Thrive Loud With Lou Diamond

Allen Arakal takes some time to share his views on the global economy, entrepreneurship, philanthropy and the spirit of balancing the financial world and giving back.     How to Connect with us: Lou: Twitter:  @ThriveLOUD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveLouD/ Site:  www.thrivepartners.net   Allen: Twitter: @allenarakal Site: www.shamanacapital.com   More About Allen:   Allen is an entrepreneur, philanthropist, investor, trader and firm believer in the possible.  A public-school kid who has lived around the world, worked for the greatest mentors and is passionate about giving people a chance.    Allen has 25 years of unique global capital markets expertise. Allen has experience in both investing and running operations on the ground in 4 countries including a wide range of responsibilities across trading, portfolio management, product development, execution and strategic client coverage. Prior to founding Shamana, Allen was Managing Director a

Angela Maiers is a true leader, visionary. entrepreneur, disruptor and change maker, that's driving the movement to make sure everyone on this planet knows...that THEY MATTER.   How to Connect with us: Lou: Twitter:  @ThriveLOUD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveLouD/ Site:  www.thrivepartners.net   Angela: Twitter: @AngelaMaiers Site: www.angelamaiers.com   More About Angela: Angela Maiers founded Choose2Matter to bring the world hope by helping every individual embrace their value and potential contribution.    Choose2Matter has evolved into a movement that supports parents, educators, and employees around the world. Her work in 60,000 classrooms across 100 countries has rallied more than a million children who have banded together to launch 170 social enterprises and influenced 17 laws.   And organizations across all industries are finding new ways to ignite the genius of their employees, successfully addressing a $15 trillion employee engagemen

CEO and Serial Entrepreneur, Michael Sloan, shares with us his journey, his lessons, his ups and downs and his passion for his amazing company Chloe’s Soft Serve Fruit Company.     How to Connect with us: Lou: Twitter:  @ThriveLOUD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveLouD/ Site:  www.thrivepartners.net   Michael: Twitter: @chloesfruit Site: www.chloesfruit.com   More about Michael: Michael is a self-proclaimed Serial-entrepreneur with over 20 years’ experience building and managing many companies through various economic cycles.   Over the last 10 years, Michael grew an investment management business from $15mm to over $10bn in assets under management.   Most recently Michael launched a new frozen dessert business called Chloe’s Soft Serve Fruit Company – of which he is the founder and CEO and in a very short time has grown Chloe’s Fruit into a national brand.

Billee shares with us her thoughts on the future of of marketing, storytelling, content creation and thought leadership.   How to Connect with us: Lou: Twitter:  @ThriveLOUD Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/ThriveLouD/ Site:  www.thrivepartners.net   Billee: Twitter: @MashupTweet Site: www.brandthropologie.com       More About Billee: Billee Howard is Founder + Chief Engagement Officer of Brandthropologie, a cutting edge consultancy specializing in harnessing creativity to solve business problems. . Billee is a veteran communications executive in brand development, digital storytelling, trend forecasting, corporate reputation management, content creation and production, strategic media relations, and C-suite executive positioning   Her work has spanned from her early days as Press Secretary for the President of the Philippines to helping transform dozens of global brands like Samsung, PespiCo, MasterCard, AllState, DreamWorks and Fast Company.   She is