The Crowdfire Stories Podcast

New York Times bestselling authorJaQuavis hit the scene with his high school love, Ashley, at the age of seventeen. Born and raised in the most notorious neighborhoods of Flint, Michigan, it was only natural for the pair to write about the street life they knew all too well. During their freshman year in college they received national publishing deals, and with the Cartel series they have solidified themselves as two of the best in their genre. On the podcast, he tells us how they did it and how other authors can grow. https://twitter.com/RealJaQuavis

Nathan Bashaw is the founder of @hardboundco. He was running into a learning problem in a past job. He created a brilliant solution that let people absorb the information you'd typically read an entire book to learn in just a couple of minutes. He also built it into a really fun interactive way of learning. That solution became #1 on Product Hunt   and runner-up for “App of the year.” Fast Company named it one of the top 10 apps of 2016. Apple featured it as one of the “best new apps,” and said that their stories are “so well designed we didn’t want to stop.” That's how Hardbound was born. https://www.hardbound.co/ https://www.instagram.com/hardbound_co/ https://www.facebook.com/hardboundco

I think that today there isn’t enough music that makes people happy“, Ollie states. "I’m not a preacher nor a saint but my songs come from a place of joy, deep love and a lot of happiness“. Ollie Gabriel is from a small town in Louisiana and grew up in a family of artists. After his move to L.A., OLLIE GABRIEL continued to work hard towards his goals. He even went through military life to make his dream in music happen. https://twitter.com/olliegabriel https://www.facebook.com/OllieGabrielOfficial https://www.instagram.com/olliegabriel/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCwS4SBXHi0LGvRBIQ4mF5lQ

"When we were kids, it was okay to hang posters of our favorite team all over our walls. When we grew up, as much as we loved our team, our girlfriends (and later our wives) wouldn’t have a giant Man U banner hanging above the mantel (even if they were big fans). And while it was a tough decision—loyalty to team or girl—we came up with an ideal solution" Art of Sport, a series of limited edition, living-room worthy prints that brings a modern design aesthetic to your favorite team, while subtly incorporating team history, colors, names, and mythology. Today, you meet founder John Paul Stallard and get his inside story on how Art of Sport came to be. https://artofsportstore.com/ https://www.pinterest.com/artofsportstore/ https://www.instagram.com/artofsport/ https://www.facebook.com/artofsportstore https://twitter.com/artofsportstore

Susan Day is an established author who helps grandparents connect with their grandchildren through literature. She's also on a mission to get 100 guest blogs published. She's made her own way as a successful writer but in today's episode, she teaches other writers how to do it themselves. https://www.facebook.com/sdayauthor/ https://twitter.com/@susandayauthor/ https://www.instagram.com/susandayauthor/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/astrosadventures/ http://www.astrosadventuresbookclub.com/

Chase Coleman is most recognized for his role as Billy Winslow in Season One of Boardwalk Empire, as well as guest starring on The Good Wife, Gossip Girl, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, and Kings. He has had many starring and supporting roles in independent films such as New York City Serenade, Catahoula, and God Don’t Make the Laws. He also played the lead of Andrew in the off-Broadway play My Big Gay Italian Wedding. He founded the production company Bloodstone Productions and created the short film Into the Rose Garden that he wrote, directed, and starred in. Coleman guest starred as Robert in the pilot of the TV series The Americans in the summer of 2012, as well as filming Season two of In Between Men in autumn 2012. He is currently working on the hit TV show The Originals as the werewolf character Oliver. He's also touring with his band, Mercy Mode. https://twitter.com/ChaseRColeman https://twitter.com/MercyModeBand https://www.facebook.com/ChaseRColeman https://www.facebook.com/mercymodeband

Chris Cox is the stand out star of BBC Three’s award winning ‘Killer Magic‘ and headlines the hit West End magic show ‘Impossible.’ He’s a multi award winning mind reader who can’t read minds. Not only that but according to The Guardian he is ‘one of the most exciting entertainers in Britain. http://magiccox.com/ https://twitter.com/bigcox https://www.youtube.com/user/christhemindreader https://www.facebook.com/ilovecox https://www.instagram.com/magiccox/

Madalyn Sklar is the host of the #TwitterSmarter Twitter chat and podcast, and weekly #SocialROI chat. She blogs, creates, speaks, and teaches courses at MadalynSkar.com. A business coach, consultant, and Twitter marketing expert, Madalyn is a real force to be reckoned with. She’s known for being the #1 social media influencer in Houston, a city of more than 2 million. She’s been founding communities online since 1996. https://twitter.com/MadalynSklar http://www.madalynsklar.com/about/ https://www.instagram.com/madalynsklar/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/madalynsklar/ https://www.facebook.com/madalynsklar https://www.youtube.com/user/SN4M

Growing up in an abusive household where his life was put in danger constantly and dealing with neglect, TH3SLK found his outlet through music. He has a growing hiphop music career and works to make life better for his own child now. He's the most inspiring story you'll hear today. He finds a way to truly connect with his audience so they know not only do they hear him but he hears them. https://twitter.com/th3officialslk https://www.facebook.com/TH3SLK/ https://www.instagram.com/th3officialslk/ https://th3slk.bandcamp.com/

Natalie is the Director of TypeFaceGroup, an award-winning marketing agency. You might think that was enough success, but for Natalie you'd be wrong. Natalie realized that other moms like her with young kids need a different work model in order to care for their kids while they grow their career. Keep in touch with her: https://twitter.com/natalietfg?lang=en

@OnAirWithRick is a super fun On-Air Radio Personality who recently started his own podcast. He has a verified Twitter with over 24,000 followers. He is teaching you how to step out on your own as brand, how to grow an audience and be brave enough to put your personality out there authentically on the podcast. https://twitter.com/OnAirWithRick http://onairwithrick.com/ https://www.facebook.com/OnAirWithRick https://www.instagram.com/OnAirWithRick/

David is a strength coach, bestselling author, and founder of http://howtobeast.com. David quit his 9-5 job as a software engineer to follow his passion of strength coaching. David teaches two aspects of what he considers "being a beast" physical transformation in strength coaching and mental transformation in confidence coaching. He's also an Instagram influencer. https://www.youtube.com/c/howtobeast?sub_confirmation=1 http://www.howtobeast.com/ https://www.instagram.com/howtobeast/

Meet Justin, the author of the Social Media Rocket Series. He evolved from freelancer to Digital Business Advisor and Speaker. He's also now a Social-Media Influencer and founded iboommedia. He's been featured in Forbes and Huffingtonpost. He can teach you how social media can take you from freelancer to founder or influencer and how that translates to financial success. He held nothing back in our interview. It's jam packed with specific strategies to find success. https://twitter.com/jmhhacker http://www.jmhhacker.com/ https://www.facebook.com/justinmatthewsocialmedia https://www.facebook.com/checkmatesocialagency https://www.instagram.com/Jmhhacker

Laura fell in love with the mountains pretty early in life. Being born in the heart of the Rocky Mountains, how could you not? Any time she spends outdoors, she's forever in awe of how truly beautiful nature is. Often stumbling as she looks at her surroundings and not so much where she's going. She can't help but see a painting in everything she looks at. Her photographs are really just plans for future paintings. Over the years, her work has evolved to depict what she sees only far more vivid. She tends to go where ever her brush takes her and she's currently in LOVE with her journey thus far. "Nature is love and the landscape is most DEFINITELY not dead." ​ #longlivethelandscape https://www.colorfullybananas.com/ https://www.instagram.com/colorfullybananas/ https://twitter.com/ColorfullyLaura

Today, you meet William Petruzzo. He says his dad’s photography has always inspired him to create and find meaning in images, but he gets his creative juice from his practice of "contemplating the strangeness of existence." I think you'll love his outlook. "I believe a happy life is one with people you love, and passions you have the freedom to pursue." https://www.petruzzo.com/ https://www.facebook.com/petruzzophotography https://twitter.com/petruzzophoto