Entrepreneurs on Fire

Elijah Young is the Co-Founder of Fandura. Fandura creates mobile, social and web applications for brands and individuals spanning five continents. Their designs and processes allow their customers to launch Fortune 500 quality apps that compliment their business and truly bring their ideas to life.

Chris began his career in the sales and marketing industry back in his hometown of London, England. In 2000 he up-rooted himself and moved to the Philippines, where he has resided ever since. In 2010 he started an outsourcing-based company, Virtual Staff Finder, which focuses on match-making busy Entrepreneurs with high-quality, home-based Virtual Assistants in the Philippines.

Forbes is one of today's most accomplished Entrepreneurs, a highly sought-after spokesperson, motivational key note speaker, and life coach to celebrities and CEOs.

Pam is the CEO of Batchbook social CRM, which she co-founded in 2006. She is responsible for setting the overall direction and product strategy for the company. As a businesswoman and mother, she is committed to running a company that can adapt to the unique needs of both its employees and its customers in order to foster better organization, increased productivity and more balanced lifestyles.

Ryan is the Founder and CEO of OBCIDIO. He is on a mission to disrupt how professionals solve problems, share content, and forge stronger relationships through social communities.

Nichole is the President of SME Digital, the digital marketing division of Social Media Explorer. Her team helps companies figure out where social media fits, and then, helps execute the recommended strategy across the right mix of social media channels.

James lives in Sydney and runs a business called SuperFastBusiness. Lifestyle is very important to James, and he focuses on having fun with his family, looking after his health, visiting new places and growing his business.

Ameena Gorton is a serial Entrepreneur who has started businesses in the Middle East and France. Five years ago, she ditched her corporate suit to share her straight up business and marketing style with the world.

Our guest today might have the most controversial and thought-provoking book of the year.   There is huge buzz around Risky Is the New Safe.  Its author, Randy Gage, joins us for a talk about how the rules have changed and what it takes to succeed as an Entrepreneur in the new economy.

Entrepreneurship has been Danielle's backdoor approach to having conversations about consciousness. All that fire starting and hustling brought her to a place where she is simply more interested in love and how to apply it in any given situation.

Gabriel Machuret is a SEO expert, Internet Marketer, and full-time Entrepreneur. He believes in people, in dreams, and in passion. He worked as a SEO consultant for over 4 years, helping over 200 clients each year with coaching, link building, and ranking strategies

Ana never thought Internet marketing would be her career of choice, but when she got her head around SEO, she knew she had found her passion. That passion became the centerpiece of her newly popular blog, Traffic Generation Cafe. She is also proud to offer her very special and very thorough blog audits. They don't call her Mad Russian and Tzarina of SEO for no reason, you know.

Barbara's credentials include straight D's in high school and college and twenty jobs by the time she turned 23.  It was her next job that would make her one of the most successful Entrepreneurs in the country: she took a $1,000 loan to start The Corcoran  Group. She parlayed that loan into a five-billion-dollar real estate business which she sold in 2001 for $66 million.

After graduating medical school at age 22, Rosh Khan decided he wanted to be an Entrepreneur and founded SocialRank Media from his bedroom in January 2011.  Over the past two years, his bedroom business has grown into a global social media agency. His passionate team at SocialRank Media now works with small and large brands, including some of Fortune 500's.  When he's not busy with his agency, he spearheads humanitarian projects in Guyana, South America.

Patrick is the Founder of Think Tank, Portland Maine's telecommuting hub.  Think Tank is part of a new wave of shared office space that is cropping up in cities all over the world.  Think Tank offers a variety of private offices, dedicated desks, conference rooms, and shared workstations.  In addition to founding Think Tank, Patrick also sits on the board of Mensk, a stellar non-profit arts council that generates public arts programming for the city of Portland.

Andrea is a Social Media Coach, Strategist, and Speaker. She helps Entrepreneurs leverage the power of Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, and LinkedIn to grow their community and increase their revenue. She facilitates Social Media workshops, Facebook Bootcamps, and Facebook webinars, as well as one-on-one coaching and speaking.

Joe Pulizzi is an author, speaker, and evangelist. He is a content marketing expert dedicated to helping companies grow profits by creating better content. In fact, he is one of the Founders of the content marketing ovement.

Hey, Fire Nation! I have a special announcement. I was just asked to speak at New Media Expo in Las Vegas on January 6th, 7th and 8th, hosted by BlogWorld at the Rio. I couldn't be more excited. When some of Fire Nation found out about this, they contacted me and they said, John, we want to do a Fire Nation meetup in Vegas. I think it's a great idea. I'm going to hand the mic over to Chris and Jared, two Fire Nation Igniters and let them tell you more.

Hey, Fire Nation! I have a special announcement. I was just asked to speak at New Media Expo in Las Vegas on January 6th, 7th and 8th, hosted by BlogWorld at the Rio. I couldn't be more excited. When some of Fire Nation found out about this, they contacted me and they said, "John, we want to do a Fire Nation meetup in Vegas. I think it's a great idea. I'm going to hand the mic over to Chris and Jared, two Fire Nation Igniters and let them tell you more.

Erik does a lot of great stuff online.  Something that I'm excited about is his new podcast, Beyond the To Do List, which is all about perspectives on personal productivity. He talks with his guests about how they manage their time, prioritize their tasks, and take steps to avoid burnout.