Episodes

Jon Chandonnet was on the fast track to success, earning his master's from MIT and leading teams to develop software to launch startups, while also scaling mountain peaks and running marathons. But at 33, his life took an unexpected turn when he was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis. For years, Jon lived in denial, ignoring his condition as he pushed himself to even greater extremes.Eventually, his health deteriorated, forcing him to embark on an eight-year journey to understand life's essential...

Elizabeth Zelinka Parsons, J.D., is a Retirement Transition Expert, lawyer, and co-founder of two consulting firms, Zelinka Parsons and Encoraco. A magna cum laude graduate of Georgetown University Law Center and summa cum laude graduate of James Madison University, Elizabeth has spent over two decades shaping professional development and transition strategies for legal professionals. A former attorney at Milbank, she built a national consulting firm assisting AmLaw 100 firms with talent solutio...

Dre Baldwin: for the past 15 years, "DreAllDay" has changed the lives of over 60 million entrepreneurs, athletes and business professionals, sold thousands of copies of his books, courses and programs, pioneered personal branding through content, and built a business that helps tens of thousands of people master their "Game" in business, sports and in life, from the inside-out. Dre Baldwin Vroom Veer Stories Grew up in Philly; his mom was very big on academic success with him and his older siste...

Damion Lupo is the Founder of Yokido ™, a fusion of Aikido & Yoga plus holder of 3 other black belts. Paid for his first rental house with a VISA, then bought 150 houses across 7 states over next 5 years and went through a $20,000,000 meltdown in 2008. Founded & running a FinTech in Austin to disrupt Wall Street with the eQRP ™. Author of 5 published books. Damion Lupo Vroom Veer Stories Was a rebel in Alaska, started selling video games at age 11 Tried to go to college 4 times, finally got the ...

Robert Greenlee is the head of content for Spreaker, a platform that gives podcasters the tools to create, host, and distribute their content. More importantly, Robert Greenlee is the former host of the Webtalk World Radio Show, recognized as the first syndicated radio show in the world to begin podcasting all the way back in 2004. Since the birth of podcasting, Robert has made himself a part of the business at Microsoft, PodcastOne.com, and Spreaker. Robert can teach your listeners about advert...

Angus Nelson works with executives of the world’s largest companies as a speaker, coach, and facilitator. He spoke at corporate headquarters for Walmart, Whole Foods, Coke, Adobe BMW and others. His podcast, “Up In Your Business”, was recognized as a Top 20 Business Podcast of 2015 by Inc.com. Angus Nelson was featured on Aol.com, Huffington Post, VentureBeat, SocialFresh.com, and the big three major television networks. Angus has also been recognized as a Top 5% speaker by Monster.com and “Volu...

Michelle E. Dickinson - she's flipping the script on how we handle stress and build resilience. As a TED speaker and bestselling author, she's taught over 15,000 people across education, Fortune 500s, and healthcare how to actually deal with burnout and overwhelm - not just talk about it.Michelle doesn't do typical coaching. Instead, she teaches practical skills that work right away - think of it like getting a user manual for your brain. Her clients see real results fast: 30% less stress within...

Mickie Kennedy is an expert at helping small businesses, authors, and startups increase their visibility and credibility. 26 years ago, Mickie founded eReleases after realizing that small businesses desperately need a press release distribution service they can afford. While working in PR. Mickie came face to face with customers that wanted to use press releases due to their effectiveness at bringing in business, but could not afford to pay the extremely high startup fees that most agencies char...

Michael Stein is an entrepreneur, actor, writer, director, producer, stand-up comedian, and personal development expert. Michael is the founder and CEO of Abadak Inc. A company that he started with zero money and has since made 100+ million dollars. Started his entrepreneurial career when he was 19 years, becoming the #1 young nightclub promoter in Los Angeles. Michael has acted and worked with multiple Academy Award-winning actors, filmmakers, producers, and fortune 500 leaders and is the host ...

Kim Ades is the president and founder of Frame of Mind Coaching and JournalEngineTM Software. Author, speaker, entrepreneur, coach, and mother of five, Kim is recognized as one of North America's foremost experts on performance through thought mastery. By using her unique process of integrating online journaling in her coaching, Kim helps her highly-driven clients to examine and shift their thinking in order to yield extraordinary results. Kim Ades Vroom Veer Stories Little Kim was very shy and ...

R. Scott Edwards started his first company at age 17, and at 24 opened Laughs Unlimited, (1980) just the 12th full-time comedy club in the entire United States. Scott was fortunate to fall in with comedy greats like Bob Saget, Dave Coulier, Garry Shandling, and many others who helped him develop an extremely successful chain of comedy clubs in Northern California. In turn, he helped develop talents like Paula Poundstone, Brian Posehn, and Dana Carvey, and enjoyed working with icons like Graham C...

Chris Brogan (BOV) was very kind to be on my show at launch...this is a quick chat, but well worth a listen. Fun, and insightful about what is right and what is wrong in the world of content creation. Chris Brogan explores how people use content and community to build marketplaces around areas of belonging. He is CEO of Owner Media Group, a sought after public speaker, and the New York Times bestselling author of eight books and working on his ninth, Belong: A Framework for Embracing Community, ...

David Frees' life, academic work and careers have taken him across the globe and exposed him to leaders, master communicators, persuaders, influencers and negotiators in hundreds of nations and across many cultures. He now uses his experience to teach leadership, sales and marketing, persuasion, influence, interrogation and negotiation to audiences ranging from computer hackers turned "good guys" to entrepreneurs, the military and civilians. David Frees Vroom Veer Stories Goes to New Zealand at ...

Dara McKinley: After studying psychology and alternative spirituality for most of her life, an unlikely turn of events veered Dara McKinley toward the forgiveness path. Examined through the lens of her previous knowledge, she discovered that forgiveness is not only an effective healing modality, but it wasn’t pardoning. Feeling called to help the many people deterred by mainstream forgiveness definitions, today Dara guides people beyond popular forgiveness understandings and into a practical spi...

Madeleine Lambert is the driving force behind the business management and growth of Content Refined. As a young entrepreneur, she is always looking for different ways to improve the business for her clients and for her employees. She has a Bachelor’s Degree with combined Honours in Legal Studies & Human Rights from Carleton University. After university, she traveled solo across the globe, and lived in Asia for a year. She and her partner are happily settled in their first home in Collingwood Ont...

Fiorella Yriberry, a nomadic content marketer for RVshare, has traveled 40+ states and 35 national parks in her self-converted home. For four years, shes explored North America, sharing stories to inspire outdoor adventures. Fiorella Yriberry Vroom Vroom Veer Show Summary In this episode of "Vroom Vroom Veer," hosted by Jeff Smith, the focus is on the nomadic lifestyle of guest Fiorella Yriberry, a content marketing specialist for RVshare. Fiorella has traveled extensively across North America i...

Jonathan Greene is a Father, writer, podcast host, guest expert, unwitting polymath. Creator of Redoubtable & Uncalendared. Purveyor of wit. Advocate of sarcasm. Believer in zen. Jonathan Greene Vroom Veer Stories Currently writing everyday on medium working up steam to write a novel; he already wrote to screenplays which was really cathartic Test questions that are looking for the "best answer" vs. the right answer drive both of us a little bit crazy Born and raised in Brooklyn Heights in New Y...

Jeff Giles is an experienced culture writer and editor who's been featured in a long list of publications including Paste Magazine, the Village Voice, American Songwriter, Ultimate Classic Rock, and Rotten Tomatoes. Jeff Giles makes his debut as a novelist with Langley Powell and the Society for the Defense of the Mundane. What would you do if the belief you'd dedicated your life to turned out to be completely, hilariously wrong?And what if you only found out just how wrong you'd been after you ...

Dr. Manan Shah is a founder and Chief Medical Officer (CMedO) of Wyndly. As CMedO, Dr. Shah oversees every aspect of Wyndly which interacts with patients (and many that don't!), including patient experience, provider experience, medical operations, marketing, and customer support. He's led Wyndly from just an idea, to its first patients, to the fully-functioning medical practice and company it is today.Dr. Shah is academically active at national and local levels. He has published multiple peer-r...

Sheila Buswell is the CEO and Co-Founder of Buswell Biomedical, a veteran of the US Army and the author of Is This Seat For Me? Overcoming Imposter Syndrome in Everyday Life and Business Sheila Buswell Vroom Vroom Veer Show Summary In this episode of Vroom Vroom Veer, host Jeff Smith talks with guest Sheila Buswell, CEO of Buswell Biomedical and an Army veteran. Tim Paige provides a thematic introduction to the podcast, emphasizing life’s unexpected veers. Sheila starts the conversation by expre...

Janice Chaka is a self-confessed introvert and an accomplished entrepreneur with over 8 years of international HR experience. She has cross cultural and international experiences working with companies both large and small. Janice provides a unique perspective on applying human resources and career coaching for introverts. Janice Chaka Vroom Veer Stories Grew up traveling all over the UK; her fav is Torquay on the southern coast of England Didn't go to University; was a dancer and got a job in a...

Roger Whitney is the Retirement Answer Man and he believes you can create a great life that balances living well today AND living well tomorrow by have the right little conversations about money. Over the last 24, years he has worked directly with clients on this journey. Roger Whitney Vroom Veer Stories The traditional idea of retirement is ready for bed, what's next? How to find balance between living well today while planning for the future GenXers have an opportunity to create a new idea abo...

Jessica Ell is a Martha Beck-certified life coach who helps people make hard decisions. From Jessica Ell.com About Page: I’ve struggled with hard decisions my whole life (I’m an Enneagram 6 with an open Identity G Center in Human Design). “I don’t know” is the most truthful statement of my existence, but about this I am absolutely certain: unless someone has been there themselves, they can’t possibly understand the deep pain of indecision, ambivalence and reluctance. I’ve longed to be a “decisiv...

Vin Clancy is an infamous growth hacker that went from being on social welfare in the UK to winning best speaker at SXSW V2V for his growth hacking talk, finishing a 100-date world tour, and earning six figures on his debut growth hacking book. Vin created one of the biggest marketing communities on Facebook, and moved to L.A., where he teaches companies how to rapidly grow their audiences and businesses. Vin is on a mission to speak truth to the many lies some internet marketers tell. He’s read...