In this episode of "Live Your Edge," Gilbert interviews Brad Lea, who brings a refreshing perspective to sales. Brad underscores the importance of honing empathy and active listening skills, emphasizing salespeople as problem solvers more than product pushers. He highlights the need for understanding customer pain points and tailoring solutions accordingly. Brad also offers novel strategies, such as helping customers "feel" their problem and recognize their need for the offered solution. He urges salespeople to foster a client relationship that values the product more than money, further stressing the importance of listening rather than dominating conversations. Exploring his business growth, Brad points out the significance of recurring revenue and discusses the challenges of selling online courses. The conversation also delves into the importance of scaling, clear vision of success and developing resilience to discomfort. In a final note of advice, Brad underscores the necessity of clear, decisive choices in life and business.

In the "Live Your Edge" podcast, host Gilbert interviews LinkedIn influencer Eric Sim, who discusses his journey from a UBS managing director to a LinkedIn influencer with close to 3 million followers. Sim emphasizes the importance of consistency, authenticity, and the value of content in personal branding. He shares his approach of bridging online and offline relationships, creating a more personal connection with followers. He underscores the need for creating insightful content that benefits readers more than just showcasing personal life or achievements. Sim also highlights the importance of risk-taking and transforming setbacks into opportunities, as exemplified by his academic career progression after rejection from a Ph.D. program. He encourages engaging with others' posts on LinkedIn to build relationships and expose oneself to a wider audience, asserting that social media offers opportunities beyond likes and followers.

On the Live Your Edge podcast, host Gilbert Joa converses with Jesse Li, a former banker who pivoted to a lifestyle influencer, co-founder of Change Global Media, and a women's entrepreneurship coach. Li's professional journey took her from Australia to Hong Kong, where she transitioned from investment banking to the media and PR industry, driven by burnout and a lack of fulfillment in finance. She attributes her courage to make this shift to her uncle, Dr. Harley Sardine, and her aunt, an influential female entrepreneur. Her "superpower" is her adaptive mindset, which she credits for her success. She also discusses managing her multifaceted role while maintaining physical and emotional health, stressing on daily exercise, meditation, and regular reading. Towards the end, Lee reveals her upcoming venture, a premium supplement brand enhancing body functions by increasing NAD+ levels.

Known as the Modern Day Renaissance Man, Alon Braun is also a member of Israel's cyber special force unit, a marine biologist, a body movement teacher, an online group marketing, children's book author, business accelerator strategist, and a decision making coach for business leader. And for today's episode, Alon will talk about how you can accelerate your business and make a conscious decision using some of his strategies.

Samit Patel is a crowdfunding expert. In this episode, Samit will share his expertise and experiences in terms of scaling business. He believes that if you make a positive impact on other people, it will create a difference in the world and it will create success for people.

In this episode, Steve Tan shared his expertise in e-commerce or digital entrepreneurship. Steve is a Singapore-based serial entrepreneur, a renowned eCommerce drop shipper, and a full-stack digital marketer. He and his brother Evan Tan was entitled as the “indestructible duo” who conquered the eCommerce game by selling $100 million worth of their products. His business called “Super Tan Brothers Groups” consists of eCommerce, education, software, supply chain, and marketing agencies. Aside from the business-related topics, he also gives moral values on how to be a good entrepreneur. He highlighted how important to provide value not only for ourselves but also for the employees, family members, and society. Steve always says that “You have to learn your roads. You have to learn how to walk before you learn to run and before you learn how to fly”. He also believes that “The more you don’t focus on making money, the more money you can make”.

In this episode, you will learn to be an empowered woman just like our guest Genecia Alloura, a former Miss Singapore, Cafe Retail Chain Owner, Southeast Asian Woman Excellence 2010, and International Progressive Women 2019. She is also the Founder of Soul Rich Woman, the #1 female entrepreneur network in Southeast Asia that connects more than 200,000 women across the region in the ‘Soul F’ membership program.

In this episode, you’ll learn about the fundamentals of marketing and small actions that’ll help small business owners. Thus episode’s guest, Pamela Slim is an award-winning author, speaker, and small business strategist, the co-founder of The Main Street Learning Lab where she works with business owners to remove obstacles to small business success and test and try new business ideas. She started the Escape from Cubicle Nation blog, which became one of the top career and business blogs on the web. Since 2005, Pam has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to start successful businesses. She has partnered with small business leaders like Progressive Insurance, Prezi, and Infusionsoft to deliver strategic content to the small business market. Her first book Escape from Cubicle Nation: From Corporate Prisoner to Thriving Entrepreneur won Best Small Business/ Entrepreneur Book of 2009

Vanessa Shaw is the CEO of the Business Growth Academy that helps business owners to get more clients and increase their revenue. She is an inspirational speaker who has worked with hundreds of clients and major firms, she is a highly sought-after speaker on business leadership and income strategies. "There's nothing central that can actually be scaled." - Vanessa Three kinds of key mindset as a business owner 1. The business will only grow by the amount you are willing to grow yourself 2. You got to hold yourself to high standards 3. Let go in order to grow

Alex Charfen Bio This episode’s guest Alex Charfen is an entrepreneur, author, speaker, and coach who has spent 3 decades on the front lines of entrepreneurship and business, and is helping tens of thousands of entrepreneurs with six-, seven-, and eight-figure businesses to grow and scale. Sharing his journey with others has led Alex to write for publications such as Success, Entrepreneur, and Inc. Magazine, and his story has also garnered attention from major media outlets like MSNBC, CNBC, FOX News, USA Today, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, and Investor’s Business Daily. As a result of his mentorship and success, Alex is now known as the go-to person for helping entrepreneurs ascend the Billionaire Code and understand how to plan strategically.

Jacqueline Chow discussed how to conduct successful virtual meetings and how to make your presence powerful. Jacqueline is a professional trainer, curriculum designer, and corporate role player with experience in developing and delivering a variety of training programs for both the public and private sector.

“I’d rather fail and know than not know” is what this episode’s guest, Evans believes. At 19, Evan built and then sold a biotech software company. At 22, he was a venture capitalist helping raise $500k to $15mil. He now runs the biggest YouTube channel for entrepreneurs with 2M+ subscribers, wrote 4 books & speaks globally. He wants to solve the world's biggest problem. He's set 2 world records, uses a trampoline & stand-up desk owns Canada's largest Salsa Dance Studio & has a giant Doritos bag in front of him all day long to remind him that he’s stronger than the Doritos. Toronto is his home. He's a husband, father, TSM fan & Teemo Main.

Colin Mcintosh is the Founder & CEO of Sheets & Giggles. Sheets and bedding are largely considered to be a pretty boring space. Colin says that is exactly why he wanted to create a fresh and fun brand that would stand out from the crowd. It was Sheets and Giggles that got Colin into eCommerce. His previous job had given him some limited Amazon experience but it was more focused on building relationships with brick and mortar retailers. Looking back, he recognizes that the timing was off for a retail offering like that and the company didn’t ultimately make it. When the whole team was laid off in 2017, Colin was pretty downtrodden, but within 3 weeks he had his chin up and was diving into the launch of Sheets and Giggles. Colin knew that the fun spirit of the brand would be a stand out in the bedding industry, but it was also important for him because it marked a major departure from the heavy mission of his last project—which was a wearable technology device to help prevent sexual violence.

This episode’s guest, Dan Gingiss is an international keynote speaker who believes that a remarkable customer experience can be your best marketing. Dan's 20-year professional career consistently focused on delighting customers, spanning multiple disciplines including customer experience, marketing, social media, and customer service. He held leadership positions at three Fortune 300 companies – McDonald’s, Discover, and Humana. Dan is the author of the book, Winning at Social Customer Care: How Top Brands Create Engaging Experiences on Social Media, a host of the Experience This! Show podcast, a regular contributor to Forbes, and been named to several notable industry lists.

In this episode, Gilbert explores digital marketing with his guest, Chris N. Cheetham-West. He is an international speaker, author, and President of LR Training Solutions. In his former position at Google, Chris managed marketing programs and strategies for key products. Experienced and driven, Chris’s career has allowed him to present in 48 states and various countries including Germany, Canada, and France. Voted top 50 Black Entrepreneurs in 2020 and maintaining a consistent record of excellence, Chris is one of the best keynote speakers around and can help your organization achieve measurable results. His book was named one of the best digital marketing books of 2020 by BookAuthority. Throughout his experience, he has had the opportunity to work with many well-known brands such as Canon, Mercedes-Benz, Yamaha, and more. These successes have presented him with recognition and helped him earned the Nido Qubein Scholarship in order to obtain his MBA.

“Live by design, not by default and not by duty.” Gilbert had a great discussion on how to create a life that you want with this episode’s guest Dr. John Demartini. Dr. Demartini is a world-renowned specialist in human behavior, a researcher, author, and global educator. He has developed a series of solutions applicable across all markets, sectors, and age groups. His education curriculum ranges from corporate empowerment programs, financial empowerment strategies, self-development programs, relationship solutions, and social transformation programs. His teachings start at the core of the issue, addressing the human factor, and range out to a multitude of powerful tools that have proven the test of time. Some of his areas of specialty include: Keynote Presentations on Success, Leadership, Wealth Mastery, Business Mastery, Self Empowerment, Entrepreneurial Success, Mind-Body Wellness, Stress Management; Seminar Presentations on Personal Development, Business Development such as Team building, Corporate Growth, Goal Setting, Communication; Professional Coaching dealing with Leadership Development, Crisis Resolution, Management Skills, Executive Coaching, Vision and Goal Achievement; Personal Coaching dealing with issues such as Money Mastery and Financial Empowerment, Relationship Coaching, Grief and Loss Coaching, Addiction Resolution, Career and Purpose Clarification... and so much more.

“Learning happens everywhere, all the time if you’re open to it.” Learn how to keep yourself on the move and learn from different things as this episode’s guest Matt Sweetwood shares valuable points in building his business and his life successfully. Matt is the CEO of Luxnow. He is also a successful serial entrepreneur, business consultant, award-winning marketer, social media influencer, personal branding expert, and photography instructor. Matt was the U.S. CEO of beBee, Inc., and served as President of Unique Photo®, NJ’s premiere camera store for 28 years. Nationally known in the photography industry as an innovator, he has helped acquire over fifty U.S. and International Trademarks for both language and design. By far, his greatest achievement is having raised five successful children to adulthood as a single dad. He has a #1 best-selling book, “Leader of the Pack: How a single dad of five led his kids, his business, and himself from disaster to success.” In it, he details his journey to success as a father and as an entrepreneur.

This episode’s guest, Marques Ogden is a keynote speaker, business coach, and corporate consultant with a unique approach to elevating your success to the next level. Marques helps each brand in various elements of business - communication, sales, leadership, management, generational issues, transition, innovation, customer experience, diversity & inclusion, and more. His designed presentations are customized to a more traditional approach designed around The Success Cycle, which brings value back to the core basics of fundamental relationship building and success. Marques believes that improving your business doesn't have to be complicated. If you want to learn more about Marques visit his social media (links below) and listen to this podcast as Gilbert and he talked about different tips and important lessons you would want to know when running your business.

“Business wasn't meant to be hard, & there can be much more ease personally & professionally with clarity around who you are, what you want & a clear path to make that happen.” This episode’s guest, Ilyse Craft’s life changed radically a year ago, after a health scare. With three VIRAL articles on LinkedIn & massive visibility, her whole world changed in less than a year. Her goal is to teach you how to get out of your own way so you have the business you want. Whether that is by "crafting" your signature system, nailing your message & personal brand & offerings, and the mindset it takes to scale to the earnings you desire, I've got this and you. Taking the best of running $100mil+ businesses, strategy, forecasting, & branding - combined with a great eye for design coming from the fashion world, she'll teach you how to show up & how to tap into your most plentiful “Human Resource '' - Y O U. She’s the "It" Girl on LinkedIn and you too can become the next HOT thing! Join her next round of 4- day course that runs monthly, "I Love Linkedin (TM) Bootcamp" “What have you been through that somebody’s at the beginning stage and you can help them through?”

This episode’s guest Gregg Clunis is the founder of Tiny Leaps, Big Changes, a media platform and community dedicated to helping regular people take control of their lives and achieve their biggest goals. Five years ago Gregg started a podcast in his one-bedroom NYC apartment called Tiny Leaps, Big Changes with a simple mission, to redefine personal development. Since then, it’s grown to nearly 15 million downloads across 100+ countries with regular top 20 rankings in the Mental Health and Health categories. Last year he published his first book by the same name. Gregg is passionate about helping people get out of their own way so they can create real change and build the life they’ve always wanted.