Alain Guillot Show | Personal Finance And Entrepreneurship

https://www.alainguillot.com/bradley-birkenfeld/ Bradley C. Birkenfeld is the most significant financial whistleblower in history. He was awarded $104 million dollars by the IRS for disclosing tax evaders. His cooperation netted 25 billion dollars in tax revenue for the US treasury.

https://www.alainguillot.com/ken-rusk/ Can you become a millionaire, as a blue-collar worker, without a college degree? Find out in our conversation with Ken Rusk

https://www.alainguillot.com/joni-wickham/ Joni Wickham grew up in the tobacco fields of eastern North Carolina, a long way from any government building or high-profile political campaign. She was the first in her family to receive a college education, which she credits with helping her overcome the barriers of socio-economic hardship.  

https://www.alainguillot.com/carla-marrouche/ Carla Marrouche is a corporate recruiter, she works for Brother’s Canada. She shares with us her insights about the job market and what applicants should be doing to increase their chances of finding a job.

https://www.alainguillot.com/laura-gariepy/ Laura Gariepy is a freelance writer and freelance coach. After 10 years of working in corporate America, she quit her job to start her present business as a content writer and later on as a coach. She wanted to work around her life rather than live around her work.

https://www.alainguillot.com/hersch-wilson/ Hersch Wilson is a writer, speaker, ballet dancer, and dog owner, and many other things. But the part of his life that we will cover today is that he has been a volunteer firefighter for thirty years.   Today we will be speaking about his book Firefighter Zen and how to thrive in tough times. Let's listen to the conversation.

https://www.alainguillot.com/retire-at-age-35/ His blogger's name is Liquid Independence, he's the first anonymous person I have ever interviewed and he runs the investment blog Freedom 35 Blog. He has been saving and investing for 12 years and now, August 2020, he has finally reached financial independence! This means his passive income generated from his investment portfolio is enough to pay for all his current and future living expenses

https://www.alainguillot.com/roger-ma/ Roger Ma, CFP is an award-winning financial planner at Lifelaidout, a publisher strategist at Google, and a contributor to Forbes. He just published a career and personal finance book, Work Your Money, Not Your Life.

https://www.alainguillot.com/melanie-allen/ Melanie Allen is the host of the blog Partners in Fire. A blog about helping you become financially independent so that you can live the life of your dreams. In this episode, we speak about the financial independence dream, is it attainable? Is it possible for anyone to become financially independent or only for a selected few? Also, we speak about the lessons Melanie has learned about blogging during the past 3 years.

https://www.alainguillot.com/jeff-madoff/ He started his career as a fashion designer, then started a video production company and worked with clients such as Ralph Laurent and Victoria's Secret. He is on the faculty at Parsons School for Design, teaching a course he developed called “Creativity: Making a Living With Your Ideas.” And finally, the main topic of our conversation is his new book Creative Careers: Making a Living with Your Ideas. Sponsor Bluehost https://www.alainguillot.com/bluehost/

https://www.alainguillot.com/john-berlau/ What’s the first thing that comes to your mind when you think of George Washington? He’s the person whose face is imprinted in the $1 bill He’s considered to be the father of the United States He was the first president of the U.S. But do you think of him as an entrepreneur? Probably not, but in this episode, John Berlau, in his new book George Washington, Entrepreneur, tells us that above everything else, he was an entrepreneur. He became wealthy through entrepreneurship, and he remained an entrepreneur long after his term as the president was over.

https://www.alainguillot.com/marek-zmyslowski/ Wanted by the Interpol for a crime he didn’t commit, Marek Zmyslowski, was framed by his business partner in Nigeria. Marek Zmysłowski is an entrepreneur and executive, focused on Online Business and Renewable Energy, passionate about Frontier and Emerging Markets Marek Zmyslowski was born in a little town in Poland, from a poor family who did its best to survive the transition from communism to capitalism. While going to college, Marek discovers that he had a superpower, the power of closing a sale. He got a job as a door to door insurance salesman. He discovered that he had a talent prospecting and making his clients sign the dotted line.

https://www.alainguillot.com/steve-horwitz/ Steve Horwitz is a Professor of Free Enterprise in the Department of Economics at the Miller College of Business Professor Horwitz has written several economics books, he’s a self-proclaimed libertarian. We touch a bit into politics, public policies such as same-sex marriage, drug use, the positive or negative role of billionaires in our society, whether the help provided by the government in the times of COVID-19 is too much or not enough, and finally, we speak about his new book Austrian Economics.

https://www.alainguillot.com/laura-page-hamelin/ Laura Page-Hamelin is the founder of the Artebula app. An App designed for families with children who love to create art! This is a story about entrepreneurship and creativity. Artebula app was inspired by one of her daughters when she was 4 and she found a stack of her artwork in the recycle bin. It ripped Laura Page-Hamlin’s heart open. All her artwork tossed in the recycle bin! What kind of mom am I anyway”, she thought. Thanks to our sponsor Bluehost

Yasmina El Babarti Jimenez comes from a modest background. As the daughter of an immigrant, her family went through many hardships as she was growing up. At age 12 Yasmina started working and never stopped ever since. She paid for her own education working and studying full time. From the beginning, she was always interested in community building and leadership. As a woman, she was confronted with barriers men don’t have to face, but she persevered and slowly she built a network of supporters. Before starting her own business, she had many doubts and fears, but regretted the fear of regret even more, so she took the plunge and started her own business. Yasmina El Babarti Jimenez didn’t jump out of a cliff and grew wings on the way down, as many coaches suggest; she worked full time on her day job and full time on her business until she built a sustainable income, and then she quit her job. Our sponsor Bluehost

https://www.alainguillot.com/152-steve-adcock-retired-at-35-now-he-enjoys-life/ Steve Adcock and his wife Courtney worked information technology jobs for over a decade before changing their outlook on life and saving 70% of what they earned to retire to a life full of travel and adventure. He retired at 35 after working 14 years in corporate America. Instead of spending eight to ten hours a day in an office, they spend it out hiking trails, boating lakes and visiting breweries. Steve Adcock is an entrepreneur and writer. He loves fitness and Netflix originals. His main objective is to have fun. After working for 14 years, Steve Adcock got tired of the grind and decided, with his wife, to save almost everything they earned and retire to a life of travel and adventure rather than office work. They had high salaries, so over a short period of time, the put a sizable amount of money together. In addition, they live a frugal lifestyle, which allowed them to save even more and retire so much earlier because their

https://www.alainguillot.com/franziska-iseli/ Franziska is a maverick entrepreneur, leading marketing and brand strategist, mad adventurer, author, and the co-founder of Basic Bananas, OceanLovers, Moments of Humanity, and The Business Hood. Thanks to our sponsor Bluehost

https://www.alainguillot.com/how-to-find-a-job-during-the-pandemic/ Since the beginning of Covid-19, thousands of people have lost their jobs. Many businesses have closed their doors. Some jobs will never come back. Is there any hope? Today we are welcoming for the second time Marina Byezhanova. Marina has more than 15 years’ experience in recruitment & more than 10 years as the Owner of Pronexia, a premiere boutique headhunting firm. She knows what it takes to stand out in the job market, how to land your perfect next job, and how to shine. Marina is also a public speaker, giving talks at conferences or leading workshops all over the world. Finally, she is a university instructor at Concordia University. Marina incorporated her business in 2010, after the previous financial turmoil, so this is not the first time that Marina is facing a severe downturn in the market. As markets have shifted and corporations are no longer hiring, Marina has pivoted, as many entrepreneurs do. With the desire to help in

https://www.alainguillot.com/elaine-pofeldt/ Elaine Pofeldt is a freelance writer, editor, and ghostwriter who has recently worked with publications including The Economist, Fortune, Money, Inc., CNBC, Crain's New York Business, Forbes, and many others. Entrepreneurship, small business, and careers are her specialties. She is also the author of the new book "The Million-Dollar, One-Person Business." Thanks to our sponsor Bluehost

https://www.alainguillot.com/mike-berland/ Mike Berland is the Founder and CEO of Decode_M, a research & analytics firm that decodes data into momentum for its clients. In a world that runs on data, Mike strongly believes that everything is knowable, you just have to know where to look. Mike’s new book Maximum Momentum: How to Get It and How to Keep It just came out this March 2020. In Maximum Momentum, Mike reveals the key to momentum, beginning with the simple physics formula— mass x velocity. He then develops a Momentum Matrix—five signals that decode the science into effective measures.