Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

Stephanie Scheller is the Impact Authority, she has worked with more than 2500 companies in the past decade, using psychology to simplify sales, marketing & people management. She is an accomplished speaker and a two-time best-selling author. In 2016 she founded Grow Disrupt, a San Antonio-based training organization empowering small business owners to thrive personally & professionally. Stephanie is a TEDx speaker, a multi-Forbes award nominee, a 2020 Woman Business Owner of the Year Award Recipient, and dedicated to teaching the same skills that allowed her to build her business from scratch and walk away from her corporate job in less than five months. Stephanie plays the violin, loves riding horses and Thrives LOUD every day.  Enjoy this episode as she connects with Lou on Thrive LOUD. *** Connect with LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Maria Massei-Rosato wears many hats. She's an executive with a record of enabling strategic partnerships and developing business critical tools. 35 year career at Federal Reserve Bank of New York with particular emphasis on working with businesses to build next generation products leveraging advanced analytics. She's and educator.  She's developed and teaches, Storytelling with Data, a graduate course at The New School’s Parsons School of Design and conducts customized workshops based on this course for organizations interested in learning how to apply storytelling techniques to their data. She's a writer - a creative non-fiction author, specializing in memoir and essays. Published works in Poets & Writers Magazine, Brain Child Magazine, Boomer Lit Mag, Tell Us A Story, and Mutha Magazine. Memoir manuscript selected as a semi-finalist and essay “The Joyful Mysteries” a finalist, in the William Faulkner Creative Writing Competition. She's an award-winning screenwriter of Lost in Control, which has pla

Dr. Petra Deeter is an award-winning film director and a social impact builder. As a filmmaker, she has made films in many genres, focusing on using the visual story medium to tell the stories that matter. Her film "Reborn" , about domestic violence, premiered at the legendary Chinese Theatre in Hollywood, won over 2-dozen international awards and screened at festivals and theatres around the world. Her upcoming film is a feature-length documentary "At All Costs" that examines a 5- year custody battle and the system failure that led to the murder of a 10yo boy by his father. As a survivor of child abuse and domestic violence, she is passionate about creating social impact to advocate for victims. She is the founder of Victim To Hero Institute where she provides resources and support for victims, raises public awareness, and champions system and social changes. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Several years ago, having no business background or training Manuel Suarez started a business, launching his own brand. Within a year, through his study and application of Social Media Advertising, it was a multi-million dollar company. He sold it a few months later. Then he took his father's company from two million dollars in revenue — in one country, to forty million dollars in eight countries, in four years. Since then he has offered his expertise to other companies and has helped generate over 2 billion views across different channels, and have helped generate millions of followers.   He started his own Agency, Attention Grabbing Media and created his own course Social Media Marketing.   Currently, Manuel runs an agency with more than 50 staff servicing hundreds of clients and students from different markets. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD    

Lila Rose is a speaker, writer, and human rights activist. She founded and serves as president of Live Action, a media and news nonprofit dedicated to ending abortion and inspiring a culture that respects all human life. Lila speaks internationally on family and cultural issues and has addressed members of the European Parliament and the United Nations Commission on the Status of Women. She has been called the face of the millennial pro-life movement and regularly appears on and writes for major news outlets. She also hosts the popular podcast The Lila Rose Show, which addresses topics like purpose, work, relationships and health. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Helen Dayen is an executive coach with over 15 years of experience in leadership, sales, relationship management, business development, and executive coaching. She specializing in elevating influential leadership, honing executive presence, building teams and fostering stronger professional relationships. Helen works with professionals in high stress/high demand industries such as finance, technology, and law. Helen enhances the effectiveness of executives and high performers as they face inflection points in their careers and businesses. Helen is a former Wall Street veteran who worked as a sales executive in fixed income for various investment banks. Her experience is in sales and relationship building, which allows her to bring the transformative power of effective communication and high emotional intelligence to her clients. With a clear message and strong connections, Helen’s clients can become better leaders, team players, and influencers. Check out this special leadership operating manual from The Daye

Joseph Fung is the CEO of Uvaro, a tech sales career accelerator, and of Kiite, a sales enablement platform purpose-built to provide sales teams with the information they need when they need it. A graduate of the University of Waterloo’s Computer Engineering program, Joseph’s a repeat Founder & CEO, and with multiple successful exits, and speaks frequently on the topics of sales leadership, diversity, and corporate social responsibility. He is an active early-stage investor who ensures that the majority of his investments are into women-led companies.  Listen and learn from Joseph as he shares some his ways to achieve unlimited income potential with Lou Diamond on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Simon Severino helps business owners in SaaS and Services (Consultancies, Agencies) discover how to be able to run their company more efficiently which results in sales that soar. He created the Strategy Sprints®️ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds.  Simon is the CEO and founder of Strategy Sprints which is a global team of certified Strategy Sprints®️ Coaches which has offers a customized strategy to help clients gain market share and work in weekly sprints which results in fast execution.  He is also a Forbes Business Council Member, a contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine, and a member of Duke Corporate Education. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Dan Soviero is an entrepreneur, athlete, laxer, problem solver and the founder of Signature Lacrosse. He has been taking a “problem-solving” approach; to build innovative products, distribute them in disruptive ways, to progress the experience of the sport, and make the sport more accessible. Listen in to this Forbes 30 Under 30 innovator and 'join the flock' as he shares his journey from his college dorm room to a multi-million dollar business (Signature Athletics) that's changing youth/team sports. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

John Livesay, aka The Pitch Whisperer, is a sales keynote speaker where he shows companies’ sales teams how to turn mundane case studies into compelling case stories so they win more new business. From John’s award winning career at Conde Nast, he shares the lessons he learned that turns sales teams into revenue rock stars. His TEDx talk: Be The Lifeguard of your own life has over 1,000,000 views. Clients love working with John because of his ongoing support after his talk which includes implementing the storytelling skills from his best-selling book and online course “Better Selling Through Storytelling.” His book is now required reading for the UTLA (University of Texas in LA) course on Entertainment and Media studies. “John is part artist, philosopher, and sales crushing storyteller. Highly recommend John for any organization looking to change their selling style to be relevant, impactful, and to rise above the noise.” — Keith Griffis, Executive Director of Marketing, Olympus He is also the host of “The Su

Rayanne Irving has been a Sex Trafficked Child.,  Champion Cowgirl., World Traveller, Muay Thai Kickboxer, Keynote Speaker, Practicing Student of BioEnergetics., Mentor,  Author, Podcast Host and today?? She's YOUR loudest Cheerleader! Listen, bookmark and re-listen to this unbelievable conversation between Rayanne and Lou as Rayanne covers ALL OF THE ABOVE on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Jeff Dwoskin is a User Experience Expert. Social Media Guru. Influencer. Brand Builder. Comedian. Professional speaker. Box Breaker.  Jeff is a co-founder of #Stampede helping brands that are really sucking at creating fun experiences online at scale to get them to engage better. His brother Jon Dwoskin is a Business Coach, Author, Speaker & Podcaster.  Jon helps business leaders that are successful, stuck, and ready to THINK BIG(GER), to get them to think very BIG and get them unstuck. It's a sibling happening here on Thrive LOUD as the Dwoskin Brothers catch up with Lou Diamond. *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Kute Blackson is a beloved inspirational speaker and transformational teacher. He speaks at countless events he organizes around the world as well as at outside events including A-Fest, YPO (Young Presidents’ Organization), and EO (Entrepreneurs’ Organization). He is a member of the Transformational Leadership Council, a select group of one hundred of the world’s foremost authorities in the personal development industry. Winner of the 2019 Unity New Thought Walden Award, Blackson is widely considered a next generation leader in the field of personal development. His mission is simple: To awaken and inspire people across the planet to access inner freedom, live authentically and fulfill their true life’s purpose. Kute's new book just launched on May 4th is called The Magic of Surrender and Kute connects and chats with Lou about it on Thrive LOUD. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Tim Ash is an acknowledged authority on evolutionary psychology and digital marketing. He is a sought-after international keynote speaker, and the bestselling author of Unleash Your Primal Brain and Landing Page Optimization. Tim has been mentioned by Forbes as a Top-10 Online Marketing Expert, and by Entrepreneur Magazine as an Online Marketing Influencer To Watch. For nineteen years he was the co-founder and CEO of SiteTuners – a digital optimization agency. Tim helped to create over 1.2 billion dollars in value for companies like Google, Expedia, eHarmony, Facebook, American Express, Canon, Nestle, Symantec, Intuit, Humana, Siemens, and Cisco. Engage, connect and tap into your Primal Brain with Tim Ash on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD

Brant Pinvidic and his family are currently on an epic cross country RV adventure touring all 48 states looking for the most interesting people, the most inspiring places, and the most fun and exciting adventures. About halfway through their journey, Lou decided to meet up with the Pinvidic family just outside of New York City; bring them some New York Bagels; and speak, not with Brant, but with two of his kids, Briana and Braden, to get a 'behind the scenes' perspective of this amazing trip and what it's meant to them.   *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Donald Miller is the CEO of Business Made Simple, an online platform that teaches business professionals everything they need to know to grow a business. He is the host of the Business Made Simple Podcast and is the author of several books including the #1Wall Street Journal bestseller “Building a StoryBrand" and the recently released "Business Made Simple." Donald connects with Lou on Thrive LOUD with Lou Diamond. ** Special promo - listen and learn how you can possibly have Donald's company assess your website and get some free popcorn while you watch the review!

Tracy Hazzard is a seasoned media expert with over 2600 interviews from articles in Authority Magazine, BuzzFeed, and her Inc. Magazine column; and from her multiple top-ranked videocasts and podcasts like The Binge Factor and Feed Your Brand – one of CIO’s Top 26 Entrepreneur Podcasts.   Tracy brings diverse views from what works and what doesn’t work in marketing, branding and media from thought leaders and industry icons redefining success around the globe. Tracy’s unique gift to the podcasting, marketing, and branding world is being able to identify that unique binge-able factor – the thing that makes people come back again and again, listen actively, share as raving fans, and buy everything you have to sell. She is also the co-founder of Podetize where she is obsessively focused on helping Videocasters & Podcasters be Seen, Heard, Found & Rewarded Listen in as Tracy connects with Lou about her journey, her work and, of course, Spaceballs

Jane Atkinson is an author of four books including the bestseller The Wealthy Speaker 2.0, The Epic Keynote and The Wealthy Speaker Daily Success Planner and Journal. Over a decade as one of the top business managers for speakers including best-selling author‘s, celebrities and the industries most sought after. Six years under the roof of a Texas speakers bureau, working both as an agent and manager of exclusive Speakers division. Founder of The Wealthy Speaker School, which provides online courses, group coaching and live events for all levels of speakers. Host of The Wealthy Speaker Podcast and frequent podcast guest. Invited to speak at local, national, and international speakers associations on regular basis. Jane is known in the industry as the Speaker Launcher. *** CONNECT TO LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD  

Monica Dubay is a Master Transformational Mentor.  Her book, the Amazon #1 Bestseller: Heal Your Mind Heal Your Life and The Mindset Mastery Method help people shift quickly and transform their lives from the inside out. Monica combines spiritual energy release with mindset training, which cause clients to have rapid shifts in consciousness.  They claim to have more healing with her in a few months than in many years of traditional therapy.  She works with mission-driven entrepreneurs to help them align to their highest level and impact.

Jes Richardson has been burnt-out, burned-down, and fucking fried... but she learned to rise, again and again. She started hustling in 1992 when entrepreneurship sunk its teeth into her soul. In 1998, she experienced the power of online business, the tech blew her mind. Over the last 23 years, she has worked with everyone from Combat Veterans, Families, and Trafficking Survivors to Celebrities and C-Suite Entrepreneurs. thrive at the intersection of relationships and business. She is the author of "Everything I Know I Learned From My Pimp!" - surviving trafficking and the anti-trafficking movement. The mother of five humans (four still at home), a traveler, a free-spirit with a fierce rebellious streak, and a survivor of just about everything. She lights fires to feel joy because she's lived through the fire and truly THRIVES LOUD... *** CONNECT WITH LOU DIAMOND & THRIVE LOUD