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Success, Unscripted

Success, Unscripted
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Jonathan Israel is a Senior Vice President with Affinity Wealth Partners at UBS Financial Services, Inc. He has worked with business owners for nearly two decades in his role as a Financial Advisor, helping navigate the complex world of finance and wealth management. On “Success, Unscripted” Jonathan peels back the curtain on real stories of success in the business world, shedding light on the often-overlooked aspects of their journey.
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These two minutes success stories have become a fan favorite! Join Jonathan as he counts down his top 5 favorites from Season 1.
In this penultimate episode, Jonathan is joined by Jake Balcom, aka "Producer Jake," as they recount the best moments from Season One. Enjoy a mashup of savvy skills, hilarious moments, and incredible wisdom crammed into one awesome episode!
Michael Silver is a speaker, coach, consultant, and published author. After beginning his career as a financial advisor, he quickly pivoted to coaching, following his passion to become an entrepreneur. Michael is a regular contributor to Barron's, Financial Planning, On Wall Street, and other industry publications.
Matt Cole was appointed CEO of Strive Asset Management by Vivek Ramaswamy in 2022. Under Matt's leadership, Strive surpassed $1 billion in assets within its first year. Formerly a Portfolio Manager at Calpers, Matt exposes pressure he faced to act contrary to pensioners' best interests and stresses the importance of keeping politics out of asset management.
Bill Imada is the founder of IW Group, an advertising, marketing, and communications agency focusing on the growing multicultural market Bill, an inductee to the American Advertising Federation Hall of Fame, has represented the world's most iconic brands including Coca Cola, McDonald's, Walt Disney, Walmart, and many others.
James Wessel runs the country's preeminent private firefighting company providing wildland fire prevention and the largest network of private fire stations in the US. Also joining is Chief Greg McAlpine, who gives his first-hand account battling the recent Eaton and Palisades fires in Los Angeles.
Dr. Randhawa is a leading clinical academic scientist and board certified allergist. He self funded the creation of the Food Allergy Institute in Long Beach, which has become the largest food allergy treatment center in the world. Countless families, including mine, owe Dr. Randhawa a debt of gratitude for his revolutionary approach to treating food allergies.
Michael is the Founder of Twill - an AI dashboard for small- and medium-sized businesses to help owners make better decisions, improving efficiency and profitability. After his successful exit from Payment Cloud, Michael is now on a mission to bring enterprise-level solutions to small businesses.
Debra Phares holds a Chartered Advisor in Philanthropy® designation from the College for Financial Planning and is a Senior Strategist in Family Advisory and Philanthropy Services at UBS. Don't let the IRS be your favorite charity - learn about smart strategies and vehicles to maximize your impact.
Edward Chancellor is a financial historian and author. His new book, The Price of Time: The Real Story of Interest is a comprehensive and insightful accounting of our monetary history.
Michael is CEO of the iconic San Pedro Fish Market and star of the award winning docudrama Kings of FI$H now streaming on Amazon Prime Video. Don't miss the incredible story behind his world-record setting restaurant which is one of the largest and most-Instagrammed in the country
Mitch Jacobs is a financial technology pioneer. His first two payment companies were sold to public companies and his last, OnDeck, debuted on the NYSE in 2014. Mitch is an Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year and his companies have twice been named to the Inc. 500 and list of Forbes most promising companies.
Fred Fisher is a widely respected architect who has worked on many prestigious projects such as MOMA PS1 in New York, the recent renovation of the Los Angeles Natural History Museum, and the Santa Monica City Hall East Building which is the first building of its size and density in the world to achieve the Living Building Challenge certification.
Peter is a multiple Emmy-winning investigative journalist and producer and the Travel Editor for CBS News. He hosts the long-running public television series, The Travel Detective and each week hosts the CBS News three hour national radio show, Eye on Travel.
Eddie is known to some as the Principal of Comedy - a stand up comedian performing at clubs across the country. He is known to others as Mr. Gorton - Principal at Colfax Charter Elementary School. This is a story about traveling unlikely paths and using comedy to cope with trauma.
Nadine Strossen is Professor Emerita at NY Law School and past President of the ACLU (1991-2008) - the first woman to lead the organization. She is an accomplished author and leading expert on constitutional law and civil liberties.
Perrie Weiner is the Partner-in-Charge at the Los Angeles office of Baker McKenzie, one of the world's largest law firms. Perrie, who specializes in securities litigation, has been named Top 100 Lawyers and Top 500 most influential people in LA and is a recipient of The Burton Award - the Pulitzer Prize of the legal profession.
Stuart is an author and business consultant. He specializes in helping business owners raise the bar on their own performance. We discuss his new book, "Leaders Don't Solve Problems" and tap into how he uses the art of provocation to help leaders shift their paradigm and surround themselves with world class teams.
Sandy Gooch is the founder of Mrs. Gooch's Natural Food Markets, acquired by Whole Foods in a $56 million stock deal in 1993. As the first woman in the US to develop a supermarket chain, Sandy jump-started the natural foods industry and changed the way we eat for the better!
John "Harv" Harvatine and Eric Towner teamed up with Matthew Senreich and Seth Green in 2012 to form Stoopid Buddy Stoodios. Skilled in stop-motion animation, Harv and Towner are best known for their work on the hit animated Cartoon Network show Robot Chicken - for which they have both won Emmys.