Entrepreneurs on Fire

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.

Ric created his dream job: learning and sharing knowledge. He authored the book Social Marketology, a deep-dive on social media and process in marketing.  Ric is the Co-founder and CEO of DragonSearch, a full-service digital marketing agency providing service to wonderful businesses throughout the US.

Stephanie Sammons is Founder and CEO of WiredAdvisor.com, a digital leadership platform that is primarily focused on the financial services industry and professional services. Stephanie also consults on how to excel at digital leadership, building online influence and trust, and growing digital equity in the age of social media.

Gary is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal Best-Selling author who is also a self-trained wine and social media expert. From a young age, it was clear that Gary was a businessman. At 8-years-old he was operating seven lemonade stands in his neighborhood and by 10 he had moved onto selling baseball cards at local malls.

Woody Woodward dropped out of high school at 16, was a millionaire at 26, and was broke by 27. Within five years of being nearly bankrupt, he built a $30 million company. Listen as he tells you his story.

Alright, Fire Nation! Welcome to another Weekend Jam Session where you ask, I answer to the best of my abilities, and where I can’t, I bring in experts from the outside to answer your questions. We’re going to start this show off a little different. I’m going to call it The Best Review Segment. Now, if you really enjoy EntrepreneurOnFire, it warms my heart when you go and you leave a 5 star rating and review in iTunes. It really helps with the exposure of the show.

Fire Nation, welcome to another Weekend Jam Session. I hope you’re gearing up or gearing down for the holidays, whichever you prefer, and that you’re just really excited to wind down 2012 and then just ignite into 2013. I sent out an email to my treasured Fire Nation subscribers the other day with this question – what do you think is keeping you from starting/stopping/finishing and/or scrapping? And I just left it at that.

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