Episode 34: Rachel Gersten, CEO of Viva Wellness
Dare To Be Fearless with Alexa Curtis
Release Date: 07/25/2018
Sam Budd, CEO of Buddy Media Group: ADHD As A Founder, Steven Bartlett And Resilience
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Samuel Budd is the founder and CEO of Buddy Media Group, an award-winning independent social and influencer marketing agency. With over a decade of experience in launching and scaling global marketing agencies, Sam has led performance and acquisition strategies for renowned brands such as Apple, Aviva, Procter & Gamble, Spotify, and Bacardi. He's also an angel investor and formally worked with Steven Bartlett at Social Agency, an agency they co-founded together. Use code CHIEFSWAG10 for 10% off your first order at Connect with Alexa on social media ( & )
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How The Fashion Industry Helped Amanda Beausoleil Overcome Self-Harm (Founder of Sira)
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Amanda Beausoleil is the Founder and Executive Director of SIRA, a nonprofit that helps people recover from self-injury through an effective and powerful peer-group support model. Amanda struggled with self-injury for 15 years. She found recovery through a self-injury peer support group in New York. In 2019 she left the corporate world and a longstanding career in fashion working for the industry’s most respected brands (Saks Fifth Avenue, Tory Burch, and Coveteur) to take the peer support group and launch it into a full-fledged 501(c)3. She now brings her lived experience and professional...
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Behind Bars: From Connecticut To Prison To HBO With Ian Bick
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In this gripping episode of Dare To Be Fearless, Ian opens up about his harrowing experience of being locked up and the profound lessons he learned during his time behind bars. Join us as he takes you on a journey through the challenges, the camaraderie, and the unexpected moments of clarity that transformed his life. Ian shares candid stories of resilience, personal growth, and redemption, revealing how his past experiences shaped his present. You’ll hear about the friendships forged in unlikely circumstances, the strategies he used to stay mentally strong, and the pivotal moments that led...
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Getting Paid On Time, Hiring Freelancers And Knowing Your Rates With Cadana Co-Founder Ameer Shujjah
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Forbes 30 Under 30 Cadana (payroll system) Co-Founder Ameer Shujjah came to America and started a business that's generated major revenue and press. The world's largest payroll platforms and talent marketplaces use Cadana's APIs to build compliant hiring products in Africa, Asia, and Latin America- but the greater question is how hard is it for immigrant founders to scale and build businesses, and how do you get your parents to support your dreams from across the world? Connect with Alexa below: THE PERSONAL BRAND E-COURSE IS LIVE! Sponsor this show at Subscribe to Stay...
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Serial Entrepreneur & Investor Darren Marble, Do Founders Need A Personal Brand? And Proper Cold Outreach Strategies
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is a serial entrepreneur, investor and executive producer of Going Public, a show similar to Shark Tank. We connected on X in April and he has advised me through some highs and lows in business as a young founder. His background (college dropout!) is remarkable, and he and I have some unique thoughts on how to go about cold pitching, landing investors and building a brand on X (Twitter). Shop Chief Swag Officer with a special discount code for fans of the show using the code FEARLESS ! Connect with Alexa below: THE PERSONAL BRAND E-COURSE IS LIVE! Sponsor this show at ...
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Making Mic Covers In My Living Room Became A Million-Dollar Company
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Surprise, I started a new company earlier this year. It's called , and we make custom foam and microphone products for creatives. I've been keeping this a secret for months and I'm finally ready to dive into how this scaled and was created. Shop Chief Swag Officer with a special discount code for fans of the show using the code FEARLESS ! Connect with Alexa below: THE PERSONAL BRAND E-COURSE IS LIVE! Sponsor this show at Subscribe to Stay Fearless or Die Trying . BUY A MEDIA LIST OR MEDIA KIT !
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April Uchitel: Transition From Corporate To Being An Entrepreneur (Formally at DVF + Violet Grey)
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April Uchitel is the former CEO of Violet Grey, a content and commerce company inspired by Hollywood’s beauty culture. Prior to joining Violet Grey, April was a founding member and the chief brand officer of the digital shopping destination Spring and the EVP of global sales for Diane von Furstenberg. Now, she is the founder of The Board, a large consulting group that focuses on helping small and big businesses scale. Connect with Alexa below: THE PERSONAL BRAND E-COURSE IS LIVE! Sponsor this show at Subscribe to Stay Fearless or Die Trying . BUY A MEDIA LIST OR MEDIA...
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Oliver Yonchev, Co-Founder of Flight Story: What Brands Do Wrong With Marketing
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If you want to know how to scale a million dollar brand through marketing, this episode is for you. Oliver is an entrepreneur, speaker and co-founder of Flight Story, a 120+ strong global marketing and communication company founded alongside Steven Bartlett (Diary of a CEO). Flight Story exists to keep brands at the forefront of what’s possible - through a range of strategy, content, communication and media services. For over a decade, Oliver has been at the forefront of digital marketing and transformation, helping guide the management teams of many of the worlds most...
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Being Fat Isn't Always A Choice: Alex Frankel, CEO Of Hot Fay Guy Club
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Alex grew up in the SF Bay Area where the definition of “hotness” was dictated by “beautiful” people in popular magazines and TV shows. His entire childhood, he felt trapped in his fat body and hated how he looked. That was until he realized what he had been taught his whole life was a lie. Hotness was more than perfect abs and bulging biceps, it was an attitude. And that he had! Alex is also a Professional Opera Singer, an industry that he thought would be accepting of his fat body. Boy was he wrong. When Alex began his modeling career in 2016, the entire experience was a fever...
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This Lawyer Has Gotten 30+ Wrongfully Convicted People Out Of Prison: Justin Brooks Of Innocence Project
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About Justin Brooks: Justin Brooks has spent his career freeing innocent people from prison. With You Might Go to Prison, Even Though You're Innocent, he offers up-close accounts of the cases he has fought, embedding them within a larger landscape of innocence claims and robust research on what we know about the causes of wrongful convictions. Buy You May Go To Prison Even Though You're Innocent . My biggest passion project aside from helping you be fearless is helping kids whose parents were incarcerated. Another organization I work with is For more information about...
info_outlineRachel Gersten is a licensed therapist and certified health coach based in New York City. She’s the co-founder of Viva Wellness , which is almost a coaching company revolving around mental health, and holistic health services to help improve your life for the better. Rachel completed her undergraduate degree at the Arizona State University where she double majored in psychology and human development, and attended Teachers College Columbia University where she earned two masters degrees in counseling!