Ryan is a solo freelance developer consistently making over a quarter of a million dollars per year from consulting work, while having the freedom to pick and choose the clients that he works with. Using the lessons from his own consulting business, he teaches other freelancers and consultants how to build sustainable six-figure businesses of…

Laura Lamons is a lifelong athlete and sponsored runner by RunOn! Although she’s competed in soccer, tennis, cycling, basketball, volleyball and softball she began to hone in on running during college at the University of North Texas. She became a sponsored runner in 2014 so you can find her running competitively in DFW almost every other weekend. In…

Mark Sinatra is CEO of Staff One HR. Before joining Staff One HR, Mark co-founded Gordian Capital, a private investment company that focuses on making long-term investments in lower middle market companies. He has worked in the private equity, investment banking, consulting, and business process outsourcing industries. He came to Staff One HR with some impressive…

Bob McDaniel is certified Spartan SGX Coach & Spartan Obstacle Specialist. He started Spartan racing in May of 2012. Since then, he’s completed 4 Spartan Trifectas which are 3 separate Spartan races, of varying distances completed over the course of 1 year.  Bob has accomplished 12 first place finishes in his age group from 2013 – 2015.…

Brandon Jenkins is a talented musician who was first inspired by rap music at the age of 12 years old. Since then, his life long dream was to become a professional musician.  While most kids his age were busy playing video games or hanging out with their friends, he was honing his craft by writing song verses and turning them…

Anthony Victorio is a software engineer lead currently working at Facebook. In this episode he shares his insights on how he got the job at Facebook as well as what it’s like to work for the social media giant. As a bonus, he gives us some insights into his approaches to problem solving.  Anthony is one of…

Mike Leduc is a very accomplished software engineering leader with over 20 years of experience. He was former the Vice President of Software Engineering for Bottle Rocket Studios, a mobile app development company that has produced some of the highest quality mobile apps in the world. At Bottle Rocket, he managed the software engineering group which consisted…

Ian Parkinson is a technology professional and former Marine Sergeant. Today, he is the Quality Assurance Manager for the AWE Division of Bottle Rocket Studios, one of the premier mobile development firms in the world. As a recruiter, I’ve encountered many of our veterans who are struggling to find work and translating their military experience…

Billie Placino, my amazing sister, is a personal trainer and single mother of two.  She wasn’t always in great shape. As a matter of fact, she was severely overweight as a result of her two pregnancies. This is her inspiring story of how she was able to lose 56 pounds, 30% body fat and went from a…

J.R. Atkins is a Professional Speaker, Author and Consultant.  In his first book, Success Simplified, with Dr. Stephan Covey, Dr. Tony Alessandra and Patricia Fripp J.R wrote about how organizations can use social media to communicate with perspective customers, current clients and employees. His most recent book, Roadmap to Success, with Deepak Chopra and Ken Blanchard J.R.…