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Richard Armstrong is one of the nation’s leading freelance copywriters, specializing in publishing, membership, and fundraising.   He was voted the AWAI copywriter of the year in 2012. Richard is a two-time winner of the Caples Award – this is the “Oscars” of direct mail. He is also the author of several books including God Doesn't Shoot craps.   For Full VIdeo Interview:   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/richard-armstrong-one-question-inspires/    

Troy Vosseller is cofounder of gener8tor, an accelerator for startups based in Wisconsin.  They have helped 25+ companies launch and get traction. He also  founded the very popular apparel company Sconnie Nation  and extended the “Sconnie” brand by releasing Sconnie Beer.   Watch full video interview:     http://www.inspiredinsider.com/troy-vosseller-sconnienation-interview/

Stephanie Leffler cofounded CrowdSource which specializes in providing an elastic labor force for large companies who manage huge bodies of content. CrowdSource works with companies such as bed bath and beyond, orbitz, target, groupon, coca cola and many more. workforce of 250K   Stephanie also cofounded MonsterCommerce with Ryan Noble.It is  an ecommerce platform that grew to serve over 8,000 small businesses with annual sales exceeding $20 million, supported by a staff of more than 200. Stephanie was awarded Ernst and Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist recognition for the outstanding success of Crowdsource.com.  She also cofounded in 2008. Juggle grew into a network of websites serving 70,000,000 unique visitors since its launch.   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/stephanie-leffler-one-question-inspires/    

  Eric Martell is cofounder of EatStreet, a popular online food ordering service. It was Founded in 2010 in Madison, Wisconsin by Matt Howard, Eric, and Alex Wyler. The company has quickly expanded to over 10,000 restaurants in over 110 markets nationwide with 100 employees.    EatStreet hosts over 6000 restaurant websites and has partnered with Yelp to include online ordering on yelp review pages.   Watch Full Video>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/eric-martell-eatstreet-interview/

Mike Moyer is a top business leader and entrepreneur. What Inspires Mike Moyer?  He talks about Slicing Pie and Dynamic Equity splits Mike has started a number of companies including:   Bananagraphic-- a product development and merchandising company, Moondog-- an outdoor clothing manufacturing company; Vicarious Communication, Inc -- marketing technology for the medical industry Lake Shark Ventures and several others   He has held senior-level marketing positions with companies that sell everything from vacuum cleaners to luxury wine.   He teaches entrepreneurship at both Northwestern University and the University of Chicago Booth School of Business Mike is the author of several books including Slicing Pie, a book about dividing up equity in early-stage companies.   Full Video>> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/mike-moyer-one-question-inspires/

  Darin Spindler is known as America’s #1 lead generation specialist for small businesses. Darin and business partner generated over 9,000,000 new customers for small businesses. He is co creator of  Kids Bowl Free summer program that has registered over 8.2 million children in just the first six years.   Watch Full Video>> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/darin-spindler-kidsbowlfree-interview/

Beth Scott is a United States Paralympian who earned 17 Paralympic medals (10 gold, 2 silver and 5 bronze) in the Barcelona, Atlanta and Sydney games between 1992 and 2000 She had seven world, paralympic and american records.  In 1993 and 1996, she was chosen as the USOC Blind Athlete of the Year.     Watch full video>>  http://www.inspiredinsider.com/beth-scott-one-question-inspires/

Manish Kothari was co-founder of AlphaSmart Inc, an education technology company that he helped build into a $40MM business. He  was part of the executive team during AlphaSmart’s IPO (NASDAQ: ALSM) in   2004, and the subsequent acquisition by Renaissance Learning in 2005.   He was also co-founder of Root-1, Inc. which was acquired by Edmodo which provides students and teachers a free and easy way to connect and collaborate.   Watch Full Video>> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/manish-kothari-alphasmart-interview/  

Joanna Wiebe is Founder of CopyHackers which helps people write more persuasive, believable and usable copy to boost website and email conversion rates.   Copyhacker bundles have been consumed by over 14,000 startups and they have been featured on Kissmetrics, visual website optimizer, copyblogger and many more. She’s written crazy-converting copy for some of the biggest names in online marketing - like Neil Patel - and invited to speak at events like Inbound, Problogger, among others. Tech businesses like Shopify, LivingSocial, Unbounce, & Asana  refer to her books and courses for copy guidance, and   To top it off Mindvalley’s Vishen Lakhiani called her “one of the world’s greatest copywriters”, alongside Frank Kern and the late, great Gene Schwartz.   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/joanna-wiebe-one-question-inspires/

Laurie Benson co founded Inacom Information Systems in 1984 and ran it for 25 years.  She grew the startup to $80M with 150+ employees. She successfully exited the company to CoreBTS in 2009.   She served on 7 corporate boards and founded LSB Unlimited where she advises CEO’s, Presidents  and Entrepreneurs on strategy, growth & much more. http://www.inspiredinsider.com/laurie-benson-lsbunlimited-interview

Dan Gallapoo aka Doberman Dan has been running a successful direct response and online business since 1995. He keeps a low profile and remains behind the scenes, except for being a featured speaker at several seminars put on by the legendary late copywriter Gary Halbert. Dan talks about hard times where he had to choose “Do I Eat or Does the Dog Eat?”...   Watch the Full Video Episode>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/doberman-dan-gallapoo-one-question-inspires/  

Matt Younkle is the Inventor of the TurboTap beer dispensing technology that pours  beer up to 4 times faster than conventional taps and wastes less due to reduced over-foaming and spillage. Many stadiums across the US use the technology including  Wrigley Field, White Sox Stadium & many more.   They were Popular Science - Top Product of the Year and TIME Magazine Best Inventions of the Year.   Watch Full Video http://www.inspiredinsider.com/matt-younkle-turbotap-murfie-interview/

Lorrie Morgan-Ferrero founded Red Hot Copy in 1999 is a world-renowned award-winning copywriter. Lorrie has worked closely with clients like Ali Brown, Mark Victor Hansen, co-author of "Chicken Soup for the Soul" series, Agora publishing, Glazer Kennedy Inner Circle, and many more.   Watch Full video here>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/lorrie-morgan-ferrero-one-question-inspires/  

  Tom Kalinske was CEO of Mattel for 15 years, CEO of Sega, CEO of Leapfrog which is the largest educational toy company in the world.   He has helped build some of the best known brands for kids including Hot Wheels, Masters of the Universe, Matchbox, Sega Genesis, Sonic the Hedgehog, & many more. He was featured in the book Console Wars.   Watch Full Video Here>> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/tom-kalinske-sega-consolewars-interview/

Watch Video Interview Here and see Post>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/drayton-bird-one-question-inspires   Drayton Bird was cofounder of a marketing agency in 1977, which went on to become the U.K.’s largest direct marketing agency before it was bought by Ogilvy & Mather in 1984.  He ran the worlds largest direct marketing agency for David Ogilvy.   He has received numerous awards including the lifetime achievement award from Caples Awards. The Chartered Institute of Marketing named Drayton as one of 50 living individuals who have shaped today’s marketing.   Drayton has worked with many of the world’s leading brands, including American Express, Ford, Microsoft, and many more.  He has helped sell everything from Airbus planes and Bentley Cars to models of London buses   Watch Video Interview Here and see Post>>     http://www.inspiredinsider.com/drayton-bird-one-question-inspires

  Dustin Maher is called America’s Trainer to Moms and has appeared on network television over 100 times . He owns and operates 5  fitness locations and started 90 Fit Mom for Life groups all over North America. He is the author of Fit Moms for Life: How to Have Endless Energy to Outplay Your Kids and has Produced the documentary Fit Moms for Life: one in a million as well as 50 home workout DVDs.   Watch Full Video Here>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/dustin-maher-fitmomsforlife-interview/

Bob Bly is one of the Legends of Copywriting and is the author of more than 80 books including The Complete Idiot's Guide To Direct Marketing and The Copywriter's Handbook.   With a 30+-year track record as a top freelance copywriter he has been dubbed "America's top copywriter" by McGraw-Hill and praised by legendary ad man David Ogilvy.   Bob Bly talks about how to avoid burnout and what pushes him.   Watch full video here>> http://www.inspiredinsider.com/bob-bly-one-question-inspires/

Michael Smith is one of the top business leaders. He has a proven track record in e-commerce and direct marketing that spans more than a quarter century.   Michael’s leadership timeline: CEO of Lands End in 1994 CEO of LifeSketch  in 1999 President of Nordstrom.com  2000 CEO of Classmates 2002 CEO of United Online  2004 CEO The New Bag Borrow or Steal 2005-2010 CEO of Full Circle  2013   Board Member of REI Advisor at UW-Madison  at Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship   Watch full video>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/michael-smith-landsend-interview/

Jason Womackhas worked with olympic athletes, Investment bankers, Aerospace engineers, and Startup founders. He is  Founder of GetMomentum.co and author of Your Best Just Got Better: Work Smarter, Think Bigger, and Make More.   Jason talks about How do you get over a Freak Out and how you get Momentum. Watch full video here>>  http://www.inspiredinsider.com/jason-womack-one-question-inspires/

Top Wisconsin Entrepreneur Series:   Dan Olszewski has been the Director of the Weinert Center for Entrepreneurship at the University of Wisconsin-Madison School of Business for the past 8 years.   Prior to joining UW-Madison, Dan was CEO and Chairman of Parts Now! during which time revenues increased from $26MM to over $400MM and he led the successful buyout in 1999. Watch full video here>>   http://www.inspiredinsider.com/dan-olszewski-universityofwisconsinmadison-interview/