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REAL PEOPLE / REAL BUSINESSES / REAL INSPIRATION. In this raw and unfiltered podcast, nationally recognized host Michael Alden discusses fresh business ideas as well as timeless and proven success principles with real people, doing real things, running real businesses and providing real inspiration. These recordings offer a rare glimpse into what it takes to start, grow and succeed in business and in life. Mike Alden is the Founder of a premier Direct Response Marketing firm, recognized for three consecutive years by the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest growing private companies. Alden is also a three-time Wall Street Journal and USA Today bestselling author of Ask More Get More, 5% More, and Blueprint to Business. These books offer pragmatic and simple self-help guides teaching readers how to get more out of life and reach new levels of success.
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This week on The Alden Report, we are joined by successful architect, author and health and fitness legend Ed Connors. Ed's life and career have been fascinating to say the least. Originally born in Omaha, Nebraska, Ed graduated from Creighton Preparatory School, as well as the University of California, Berkeley, where he received a Bachelor of Architecture degree. He was drafted into the Army and served in the Vietnam War, earning a Bronze Star with two oak leaf clusters. After returning fro...
In this episode of The Alden Report, Wayne Altman shares his inspiring journey of creating Melody Clouds, a platform that has helped thousands of people find relief from tinnitus and promote relaxation and well-being. Wayne's personal struggle with tinnitus led him to discover the therapeutic benefits of binaural beats and music. However, he couldn't find what he needed on existing subscription sites, which led him to collect tracks from producers worldwide and create Melody Clouds. Today, M...
This week on The Alden Report, I’m joined by award-winning entrepreneur, author, and customer experience speaker Brittany Hodak. Brittany has delivered keynotes across the globe to organizations including American Express and the United Nations. She has worked with some of the world’s biggest brands and entertainers, including Walmart, Disney, Katy Perry, and Dolly Parton. She founded and scaled an entertainment startup to eight figures before exiting, and she is the former Chief Experience O...
If you have an e-commerce store, are a social media influencer, own your own brand or are thinking about starting a business, then you’re not going to want to miss this week’s episode of The Alden Report where I am joined by attorney Robert Freund. Along with very informative and engaging social media content, Robert is an experienced business litigator and advisor who focuses his practice on advertising compliance and litigation, with an emphasis on e-commerce and social media marketing issu...
This week I am joined by my good friend David Lumley. David has a most impressive resume with almost four decades of success at several public Fortune 500, private, private equity-owned, and family businesses and a record of seven straight company turnarounds. In 2015, he retired as President and Chief Executive Officer of Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc. which is a global and diversified consumer products company and he also served as Director from April 2010 to September 30, 2015; as Pr...
This week I’m joined by Best Selling Author, Speaker, Coach and Nutrition & Health Professional Neil Cannon. Neil’s mission is to help people avoid all major health conditions and minor ailments and to help them become free of symptoms, pain and medication by getting to the root cause of their health challenges. Neil is an Amazon #1 bestselling author of The Vitality Secret; Defy Disease, Combat Common Illnesses & Stay Young which highlights the root cause of almost every common...
This week on The Alden Report, I am truly honored to host author, businesswoman, empire builder and visionary, Elena Cardone. The Queen of her Empire, Elena has designed, constructed and protected a life outside of the ordinary. She has inspired a legion of followers to create their own empires – lives that are truly fulfilling and beyond the average. She counts her current job as her most important one – Chief Family Officer, where she is loving mother, fierce wife and loyal friend. El...
Today, I’m very happy to welcome Mike Millner to The Alden Report. Mike Millner has been a high-level nutrition coach for almost 10 years and has a gift for understanding the psychological and physiological needs of his clients, which has led to thousands of success stories. Mike believes the most important thing is connecting with you and understanding where you’re at in your journey. Personally, he has been on every end of the spectrum when it comes to dieting and everywhere in between. He’...
This week I welcome attorney Fred Penney who Injury Lawyer has rated the highest AVVO personal injury attorney rating of a 10– “Superb Lawyer”. He is an AV Preeminent rated Attorney by Martindale Hubbell, one of the most prestigious ratings system in the United States. This is the highest possible rating in both legal ability and ethical standards. Mr. Penney has also been rated AV Preeminent by the opinions of the members of the Judiciary. For over 30 years Mr. Penney and his firm have handl...
This week I’m joined on The Alden Report by adventurer, idea generator, sustainability advocate and entrepreneur of change Ian Clifford. Ian has more than 25 years of experience in the fields of technology and marketing. His efforts to bring about environmental change started in 2000 when he co-founded a company with a vision of turning 40-year-old retro ICE vehicles into state-of-the-art electric vehicle. From 2006 to today, Ian has raised more than $80 million in equity financing for the Co...
We are celebrating our 200th episode on this week’s episode of The Alden Report. After over 7 years of hosting the show I’ve been fortunate to host some of the most world renowned and brilliant minds in the business world who have share their inspiring and educational stories. With hundreds of episodes under our belt, join me this week as we take a retrospective trip down memory lane and we revisit some of our most memorable episodes. Thank you very much to everyone for your support of The A...
This week on The Alden Repot, I am joined by artist David Drebin. A graduate of Parsons School of Design in NYC, David is a multidisciplinary artist working in various art forms producing limited edition works including Photographs, Lightboxes, Neon Light Installations, Diamond Dust works and more. His work combines voyeuristic and psychological viewpoints in a unique manner, offering the viewer a dramatic insight into emotions and experiences which many of us have doubtlessly felt at some po...
As a former coach of my daughter’s soccer teams, I am very excited about my guest on this week’s episode of The Alden Report. Aaron Velky is an entrepreneur, author, business coach, investor, speaker and the co-founder and chief executive officer of the Money Club. With over 9 years of coaching experience, NCAA Division I soccer playing experience, and more than 6,000 hours of coaching girls, he is the author of the book Let Her Play which is an essential guide for any parent who has a daught...
This week I’m very happy to welcome to The Alden Report, CEO, Motivational speaker and the National Director of Nike Sports Camps Joel Green. After retiring from professional basketball, Joel founded Pro Level Training, which has become a 7-figure company. He is also an accomplished speaker who has been fortunate to speak to thousands and also deliver his very own TED Talk. Even with diligent focus on his family and business, Joel also finds time for professional sports/fitness modeling &am...
This week I’m very happy to welcome sales coach, business executive, author and public speaker, Glenn Poulos to The Alden Report. Glenn is the co-founder, Vice President, and General Manager of Gap Wireless Inc., a leading product and service distributor for the mobile broadband and wireless markets. With over three decades of experience in sales, he has spent thousands of hours in the field or on the phone with customers and working with salespeople to help create several very successful com...
This week I am honored to host one of the most inspirational guests I have ever had the pleasure to have on The Alden Report. My guest, Emmanuel Kelly was found as an infant half dead in a box on a battlefield on the border of Iraq. With no birth certificate, passport and no known identify he was taken to an orphanage where he lived out his early life. At a very early age, he experienced the worst of mankind often witnessing horrific events such as executions and bombings. Miraculously, at th...
This week on The Alden Report, I am very happy to welcome entrepreneur and CEO Brian Goodman. Brian is CEO of Golden Matrix (Nasdaq: GMGI) which is an established online gaming technology company that develops and owns online gaming IP and content and builds configurable and scalable white-label gaming platforms for its international customers. Among other things, we discuss the customer acquisition and marketing strategies of Golden Matrix as well as how the company is able to perform profit...
I’m not going to lie, things have been pretty rough around here both on a personal and professional level. So today, I thought I’d open up more than I believe I ever have here on The Alden Report. Today I’m talking straight to the mic again about some personal pain that I am experiencing. Some people say that experiencing pain is one of the universal laws of success. That is, most successful people experience pain and pain brings wisdom. If you can make it through and come out of the other si...
This week I am honored to host Jessi Park who is an inspiring and driven entrepreneur with a captivating life and career story. Five years ago, Jessi was dialing aged leads out of Orlando Public Library to try and start her insurance business while also job hunting. Within 8 months she wrote over $1 million in business. Within 1 year, she was making 6 figures and within 3 years she was debt-free, bought her first home, and a 6000 square foot commercial building for her agents to work in. If i...
This week I’m very happy to welcome entrepreneur and best-selling author Jamie Prickett to The Alden Report. Jamie is a former freestyle wrestler turned financial advisor who spent ten years struggling to put gas in his car. But the problem wasn’t just Jamie, it had a lot to do with the organization he worked with from the age of twenty-one to thirty-one. Two years after leaving that company, and now, over the past eight years, Jamie and his wife Lee-Ann “turned over the tables” of the entire...
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