Entrepreneurs on Fire

PJ Jonas is married and homeschools her eight kids. In 2008 she began a goat milk soap business with her family. That business, Goat Milk Stuff, now distributes soap world wide and has been featured on the TODAY show and in the Oprah Magazine.  PJ has a passion for helping busy moms and reaches out with her podcast, facebook page, blog, and tweets.  Running her business and taking care of her family keeps her very, very busy. And she loves it.

Dan Miller is the President of 48 Days LLC, which specializes in creative thinking for increased personal and business success. He believes that meaningful work blends our natural skills and abilities, our unique personality traits and our dreams and passions.

Jim loves design, user experience, Facebook development, and problem solving. He uses those skills everyday as the CEO for ShortStack.com.  With ShortStack you can create custom Facebook Pages, easily add contests, sweepstakes, video, custom forms, and more. ShortStack is used in over 184 countries worldwide and serves more than 450 million fans on Facebook.

Nathalie Lussier found success as the Raw Foods Witch, where she teaches people about the benefits of raw foods. She has since used her tech, design, and marketing skills to create Natalie Lussier Media where she helps small online businesses get off the ground.

VITAband was created by David Waxman and Jason Brown in 2007 and was launched in September 2009. The idea was conceived from a medical ID bracelet, but the designers had targeted athletes. So, they set out to design a medical ID bracelet that was comfortable to wear while running, cycling, hiking, along with being versatile enough to use during exercise.

Sean is the Co-founder of Inspired Marketing, the #1 company that creates digital online training with a focus on social media.  Inspired Marketing was just named on the Impact 100 list, which represents the top 100 companies in America that are run by young people.  This award includes an invitation to the White House.

Ingrid Elfver is Founder and CEO of Born Celebrity, which has more than 100,000 raving fans from around the world.  Over the last 20+ years, Ingrid has worked with thousands of people around the world - from celebrities to startups - in virtually every industry.Ingrid Elfver is Founder and CEO of Born Celebrity, which has more than 100,000 raving fans from around the world.

Pamela Slim is a seasoned coach and writer who helps frustrated employees in corporate jobs break out and start their own businesses. Her blog, Escape from Cubicle Nation, is one of the top career and marketing blogs on the web.  A quote I pulled from her site that is a Pam Slim original I have to repeat here is, Entrepreneurship at its heart is aligning your purpose for being on earth with a business idea so compelling that you simply must do it, despite the fears that hold you back.

Marcus Sheridan is an author, public speaker and online marketing consultant. He is the author of 3 Self-Help books, Co-owner of one of the largest inground fiberglass swimming pool companies on the East Coast, Professional Blogger, and Founder of The Sales Lion.

Alright, Fire Nation. I’ve got something a little different for us today. I was interviewed by Rebecca Livermore, who has the podcast, the Professional Content Creation podcast, which actually doesn’t air till January. She’s currently building her platform, but she wanted to interview me as one of her first interviews. I asked if I could share it with my audience and she said, Absolutely! So here we go!

When Andrew graduated from college, he founded Bradford & Reed, a company that ran a collection of start-ups. After he sold the last big chuck of that start-up, he took a long vacation, spending his days cycling and traveling.  Now, Andrew runs Mixergy.com, where he invites proven Entrepreneurs to teach how they built their startups. On Mixergy, he has had the founders of Wikipedia, Groupon, LivingSocial, LinkedIn, and over 600 other fascinating start-ups.

Liz loves fitness.  Early on, she realized what works for her works really well for a lot of busy women: quick and efficient workouts, healthy food that tastes amazing, and booty shakin’.  Liz provides her clients with tons of workouts they can do from home with little to no equipment, healthy and easy recipes, and plenty of tips and tricks for fitting it all in around their busy schedule.

Guy Kawasaki is the Co-founder of Alltop.com, an online magazine rack of popular topics on the web. Previously, he was the chief evangelist of Apple. Guy is the author of many best selling books such as Enchantment, Reality Check, The Art of the Start, and most recently, What the Plus,which is all about Google+.

In 1994, Tammy Levent lost her business and savings in a violent robbery. To keep her home and feed her family, she took a job as a telemarketer until her children, ages nine and two, were involved in a fatal car accident with her grandmother. Tammy saw everything she built her life around disappear within a few weeks. Her story will inspire you, her energy will motivate you, but most importantly, her tactics will show you how to accomplish your biggest goals and your bravest dreams.

Victoria is a Facebook Marketing Specialist who helps businesses and Entrepreneurs use Facebook to connect with more of their ideal clients.  Her new site is Marveo.com, and the key services she offers are Facebook Marketing Campaign Management, Facebook Page Production, Online Coaching, and training for people who want to learn how to attract more customers with Facebook Ads and Pages.