Interview with Carrie Kohan, whose journey took her from being a janitor to owning a successful vacation resort overseas
Release Date: 12/30/2020
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Tom Dunkel is a battle-tested entrepreneur with nearly 30 years of experience building, scaling—and failing in—business. He’s built two 8-figure companies, crashed six, and raised over $50M across multiple asset classes. As Managing Director of Eagle Capital, Tom helps investors grow wealth through operator-backed deals—but business building is still his core. From assembling top-tier teams to turning chaos into clarity, he brings hard-won strategy to every venture. He’s been featured on 90+ podcasts, recognized in Marquis Who’s Who, and mentors entrepreneurs chasing their next...
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info_outlineCarrie Kohan needed to find a way to work less and earn more money because her full-time career as a (volunteer) national child advocate had become her mission in life! Over the next 17 years, Carrie amended and changed 14 laws to protect children from predators - but this single mom still needed to earn a living and support her two young girls by herself as well.
So she went back to what she knew best - self-resilience, faith, and trust that she'd find a way... and she did.
From being a janitor to retiring early from investing in Real Estate, then losing her fortune, and having to start over - Carrie Kohan is the epitome of rags to riches story...
Currently, she owns a Residential Retreat Centre called Villa Heaven, which is near the glorious beaches of Portugal. Guests come and stay for 1 - 6 months at a time and learn to first relax, be open to ideas, and then how to implement them with ease and grace.
Carrie is a Speaker, Therapist, International Best Selling Author and so much more...
Note: Her book 'The Five Lessons Of Life' has been a #1 Best Selling book in 7 countries for the past 15 months now - this is unheard of for a self-published book. And Carrie is a former business partner of motivational speaker Tony Robbins.