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As founder of VIIM, Steph Hilfer is a master at understanding people’s relationships with brands and can visualize what doesn’t yet exist and bring it to life. So while Steph may sometimes live in the clouds surrounded by creative thoughts, she’s grounded in solid business strategy that creates a competitive edge to all brands lucky enough to experience her Midas touch.   What you will learn in this episode:   Why the changing landscape of how consumers find a business is changing the way we have to market ourselves Why it is more important than ever to take control of your personal brand...

Jose Ayala and his wife Adele are real estate investors and business owners. They have been happily married for 44 years and enjoy spending time with their children and grandkids. Jose has over 40 years’ experience between military and government service. With the same dedication and commitment, he now devotes it toward building his family-owned business, Mi Casa Real Estate Solutions, LLC, in Charles Town, West Virginia.   Mi Casa Real Estate Solutions was started to provide flexible real estate solutions for both sellers and buyers through Lease Purchase and Owner Financing. Whether you are dreaming of becoming a first-time home buyer...

Damon Remy is the Chief Everything Officer of REI BlackBook. Before launching REI BlackBook, he painfully worked a J.O.B. where he’ll readily admit he was a terrible employee who constantly thought, “I can do this so much better.” As the brains and heart behind REI BlackBook, his total focus is on doing it better, dreaming big, building for the future, listening to the REI BlackBook community needs, and ensuring the BlackBook team understands the company mission and purpose so their hearts, as well as their minds, are engaged every day.   He’s a self-taught tech enthusiast who got his start in computer...

Robert White pioneered personal transformational growth in the U.S.A and Asia with over one million graduates from companies he founded and led. Today he is a speaker, leadership trainer, business consultant and executive mentor.   He has “been there and done that” with incredible entrepreneurial accomplishment and one notable failure. Robert has totaled 23 years of his working life in Asia.   He retired at 46 to a 14,500 sf home in Aspen with the love of his life. Then lost it all — business failure and divorce — with lots of learning from those experiences.   Now he is a Mentor to executives committed to...

Alan Stein is a speaker, coach and author with an expertise in improving organizational performance, cohesion and accountability.   Alan spent 15 years working with the highest performing basketball players on the planet (like 2-time NBA Finals MVP Kevin Durant). He now teaches companies how to utilize the same strategies in business that elite athletes use to perform at a world-class level.   Alan takes pride in being a dynamic storyteller that delivers practical take-a-ways for attendees to put into immediate action to become their best selves.   He empowers every audience to achieve higher performance by closing the gap between what they know they should...

Joel Sangerman is the CEO of I Buy Real Estate dot com. He has made over ten million dollars in real estate. He routinely makes five- and six-figure checks on beautiful houses in beautiful neighborhoods — the types of homes in which anyone would want to live. You can do the same. Using very little (if any) of your own money.   What you will learn in this episode:   How getting the right coaching and implementing what you’re taught enables you to be successful in real estate Priming of the market and how it works The types of deals Joel likes to...

Kim Scott is the author of Just Work: Get *t Done Fast and Fair as well as Radical Candor: Be a Kick-Ass Boss Without Losing Your Humanity. Trier Bryant and Kim co-founded the company Just Work to help organizations and individuals create more equitable workplaces.   Jason Rosoff and Kim co-founded the company Radical Candor to help rid the world of bad bosses. Kim was a CEO coach at Dropbox, Qualtrics, Twitter, and other tech companies. She was a faculty member at Apple University and, before that, led AdSense, YouTube, and DoubleClick teams at Google. Earlier in her career, Kim managed a...

After receiving a Bachelor’s Degree in Civil Engineering from Virginia Military Institute, John Marshall began a long career in the construction and development industry. Largely dealing in heavy-highway, utility and commercial construction and development, Mr. Marshall amassed experience in multiple facets of these business lines.   In 2003, JM Partners, LLC was founded. The company offers multiple financial services, mostly within the realm of distressed and opportunistic investments. JM Partners has served on both the debtor’s and creditor’s side of many transaction and professional engagements. Through JM Partners’ debt consultation service, Mr. Marshall has the opportunity to play a pivotal role in...

Steffany Boldrini is originally from Brazil but moved to Silicon Valley 20 years ago, where she had a successful career in tech sales. For the past three years, Steffany has focused on commercial real estate investing after receiving inspiration and mentorship from sophisticated real estate investors in the niche. She's invested in three different asset classes since then and has achieved 36% cash on cash returns.   What you will learn in this episode:   How Steff made the transition into real estate after being in a corporate role for 10 years Why she took two years to make her first purchase How...

Dan Rochon is a Head Coach and Visionary with the Greetings Virginia Sales Network.   As a real estate sales agent, Dan and his team are consistently top producers in the marketplace and provide solutions for their clients. Through their investing company, he and his wife Traci have been investing in residential and commercial real estate ventures for almost 20 years.   Dan and his team help clients acknowledge the reality of the situation – and create viable solutions -- before they even begin the transaction process. Agents with Greetings Virginia can anticipate problems and get them out of the way ahead of time....