This Is My Era The Podcast (#thisismyera)

Casey Gauss     What’s it like when your success means helping other people succeed? Casey Gauss is the co-founder and CEO of Viral Launch, a company that helps entrepreneurs forge success on Amazon. After teaching himself to code and dropping out of college, he built Viral Launch from the ground up into an eight-figure company with more than 40 employees. Not only did he make Viral Launch hugely successful, Casey did so with minimal initial investment and while struggling to make ends meet. The result is a company that keeps his passion for helping others at the center of its mission. If you’re interested in selling products on Amazon, you’ll get incredible advice from this podcast – and if you haven’t thought about it before, you might be tempted to!

Book Beau     Have you ever had a problem, discovered the perfect solution… and then turned that solution into a thriving business? When Benita Botello invented Book Beau, a book sleeve for book lovers who take their books on the go, demand was so high that she couldn’t sew them fast enough. Together, she and Arel Avellino turned her brilliant idea into a thriving business, scaling it from a one-woman operation on Etsy to a growing brand. Listen to this episode of the #ThisIsMyEra podcast for a great conversation about scaling a business from the ground up, building a loyal fan base through social media, and the importance of giving back to your community. Benita’s story is hugely inspirational – in terms of both how she’s transformed her own life and built her business – so this is an episode you won’t want to miss.

Joshua Williams     In this episode of the #ThisIsMyEra podcast, Alexander Star sat down with Joshua Williams – a 16-year-old changemaker and youth activator. Joshua founded the Joshua’s Heart Foundation at the age of five when he realized that everyone deserves to live a life with access to dignified food. With the help of his family, who loved sharing their Jamaican food with their community, they were able to feed around 200 people every Saturday before becoming incorporated. Since the beginning of his foundation, Joshua’s Heart has been able to feed 1.3 million lbs in food and over 300,000 people.

Jonny Caiani & Jeremiah Lee Klingman     Lots of guests on the #ThisIsMyEra podcast started making it their era at a young age, but Jonny and Jeremiah – also known as the Richest Kids in Maine – are truly remarkable for having built a million dollar eCommerce business at the ages of just 21 and 22. They taught themselves the ropes of using Amazon as a platform to sell their products and, through trial and error, navigated the learning curve and massively scaled their brand within a single year. In this episode, the Richest Kids in Maine join the #TIME podcast to share their insights on launching an Amazon-based brand, cultivating a customer base, and prioritizing family and community. They provide a clear roadmap for anyone wanting to give an Amazon business a try, either as a main business or as a side hustle. The central takeaways they offer are applicable in nearly every area of life, and show just how many lessons entrepreneurship can teach us that can make us better people.

Adam House     Ready to meet someone who’s not only made this his era, but whose career seems to already span multiple eras? Adam House is a successful serial entrepreneur who’s been running successful companies since age 19. In addition, he’s a dedicated father (listen to the podcast to hear about his son’s entrepreneurial spirit!), a pro basketball player, and on the board of a major philanthropic foundation. In this episode, Alexander Star chats with Adam about how success can follow an unexpected path, how life goals can be achieved out of the usual order, and about that all-important theme which undergirds the #ThisIsMyEra ethos: building a legacy. A huge takeaway from this episode is Adam’s philosophy on seizing opportunity. It’s sure to both motivate you and change the way you approach opportunities in your own life.

Michelle Reeves     What do you do when a major life experience shatters your sense of self? When this happened to Michelle Reeves, she faced the difficult task of rebuilding her life from the ground up – and realized that she wasn’t alone in tackling this life challenge. Today, Michelle has found her passion as a certified life and mindset coach, working with women to achieve the best version of their true selves. In this episode, Michelle chats with Kuda Biza and Alexander Star all the way from her home in the UK. She explains how our thoughts shape our reality, and how developing mindset shifts can help create massive change in our lives. Michelle’s advice is powerful because it addresses both the personal and professional at the same time, revealing how our inner selves and personal happiness can reflect directly upon our professional achievement.

Geoff Woods     Entrepreneur Geoff Woods thinks that you’ve been working towards success all wrong. And there’s a pretty good chance he’s right. But don’t worry, because in this episode of #ThisIsMyEra the Podcast, Geoff walks us through the “surprisingly simple truths” that will completely transform the way you approach success and taking action towards your goals. Geoff is uniquely qualified to bring us this advice because he lives it out and proves its effectiveness every day. Just over two years ago he was still working at an unfulfilling job, but since then he’s completely reshaped his life and now serves as VP of The ONE Thing. Built around the book of the same name, The ONE Thing is a company that helps individuals achieve extraordinary results. He also hosts The ONE Thing Podcast which is among the top 5% of all podcasts. Listen now to Geoff chat with Kuda Biza and Alexander Star. They discuss his secrets for success, and how embracing a quote from entrepreneur Jim Rohn: “You are the average of

Black Violin     Black Violin is a trailblazing duo of classically trained musicians, Kev Marcus and Wil B, who blend hip-hop with classical music. As a duo, they’ve toured with musicians like Alicia Keys, Lupe Fiasco, Black Thought, 2 Chainz, and The Eagles ⭐️

'Champ' James Jones     Welcome back to the #ThisIsMyEra podcast! In this episode, Alexander Star and Kuda Biza chat with James Jones, 3 time NBA champion with the Miami Heat and Cleveland Cavaliers. Jones’s dominance on the court and insatiable drive for success eventually led to him to work on the business side of the NBA, which is a rare feat for former players to achieve. Listen now to learn how James Jones cultivated not one, but two incredible chapters of his career with the NBA, and how reverse engineering a path to success was key to James achieving his goals. This episode is jam-packed with actionable takeaways that will help you make this YOUR era, regardless of what success looks like for you.

Kurtis Dennison     Can art, music, and theater change the world? Kurtis Dennison believes they can – and he’s put that belief into action. By harnessing his passion for theatre, Kurtis has turned the arts into a tool for community building and education. He started out by serving as an Americorps volunteer in his native West Virginia and then moved to Rwanda through the Peace Corps. Today, he’s made Rwanda his home and continues to use theatre to make this his era. While in Rwanda for the Ubumuntu Arts Festival, Alexander Star sat down to chat with Kurtis, who organized the festival. In this episode of the #ThisIsMyEra podcast, you’ll hear about the power of passion to drive positive change, the challenges of becoming a local in a foreign country, and the importance of not letting others determine your path. Kurtis’s story is sure to resonate with community builders, as well as with anyone who has felt stifled by the status quo.

The Ziglers     Jenna and Travis Zigler are all about vision, in more ways than one. They’re both optometrists who are living life on a mission to end preventable blindness. In order to do so, they’ve created a massively ambitious and creative vision for how to change the world, one pair of glasses at a time. As the founders of Eye Love, a company that sells high-quality, affordable products supporting eye health, Jenna and Travis are able to provide value to their customers while using their business to fund mission trips, distributing glasses to people in need. They also run the Eye Love Cares Foundation, which is working towards opening free eye clinics. All this, and they still run an optometry practice full time! Needless to say, Jenna and Travis are hugely inspiring, but they also provide some highly actionable insight into social entrepreneurship. Listen to them as they chat with Alexander Star and Kuda Biza about creating a vision for the future, taking risks despite the possibility of failure, a

Maruxa Murphy     What happens when you mix a passion for empowering women with a love for coffee? If you’re entrepreneur Maruxa Murphy, you get Perky Perky Coffee, a company that fuses roasting small-batch coffee beans with helping women achieve their fullest potential. In this episode of #ThisIsMyEra the Podcast, Kuda Biza and Alexander Star chat with Maruxa about building a business based on core values, how community can be the foundation of an entrepreneurial venture, and how it’s possible to navigate the drive to “have it all” as a woman in the 21st century.

Melissa Ortiz     This week we're sitting down with a true change maker who is making this her era. Melissa Ortiz is a world-class athlete and social entrepreneur. Throughout her career as a professional soccer player, she's broken boundaries, becoming the first Colombian woman to play on a professional soccer team in the US. She's played for the Colombian Women's National Football Team, as well as professionally in Boston and Iceland. She's creating real-world change by blazing trails for the next generation of female athletes and creating sustainable jobs for artisans in Colombia through her business, Vakano Bracelets. Perhaps most importantly, Melissa has developed a mindset of owning her journey, fully living in the moment and realizing that failure is part of the process. In this episode, Melissa will teach us why owning your journey is essential to making this your era.

Asoka Veeravagu     this episode of the #ThisIsMyEra Podcast, Kuda Biza and Alexander Star bring you a massively packed conversation with visionary entrepreneur Asoka Veeravagu. Asoka is the co-founder and CEO of Revolve Automotive, a subscription service that lets users drive the latest luxury cars, switching them up as easily as updating a Netflix queue!! Asoka reveals the keys to staying motivated as an entrepreneur in the face of setbacks, and how to relentlessly pursue an idea that will disrupt the way things have been done for generations. You’ll find huge takeaways here whether or not you have an entrepreneurial dream, because all of Asoka’s insight is hugely relevant to taking risks and creating change in all areas of life. Listen now!!

Sam Vaghar     What’s the key to making big things happen? Sam Vaghar, the executive director of the Millennium Campus Network, was once told to never be afraid of starting a conversation with someone, no matter who that person is. This one piece of advice led to him to build an organization that’s creating massive world change. Today, the Millennium Campus Network is an organization that encourages college students to come together to realize their visions. The MCN works with 300 universities and has expanded its reach worldwide by holding its annual Millennium Campus Conference in Morocco in 2017. In this episode, Kuda Biza and Alexander Star speak with Sam about starting conversations, taking full advantage of every opportunity, and learning to ask the right questions. Sam brings tons of actionable advice and ideas for cultivating connections and leveraging the community to maximize the potential for impact. If you’re seeking to network in genuine ways that build real relationships, you’ll definite

Kuda Biza     In this second episode of the brand-new #ThisIsMyEra podcast, co-host Kuda Biza sits down with Alexander Star to discuss the power of taking massive action [If you missed it, you’ll definitely want to listen to the first episode, which tells Alexander’s story]. As Kuda tells us in this episode, he first became an entrepreneur at age nine – that’s right, nine – and tirelessly worked to overcome obstacles in order to come to the United States from Zimbabwe as a college student. This episode is going to fire you up to create massive world change and equip you with a ton of new skills for honing in on your goals and working towards them… in short, this episode is going to have you saying #ThisIsMyEra. Watch the "This Is My Era" music video! Follow #ThisIsMyEra on Instagram! Follow #ThisIsMyEra on Facebook! Get the #ThisIsMyEra 90-day Goal Planner! Listen to "Better Than Ever" by Alexander Star! Listen to "Pass The Good Vibes Around" by Alexander Star! Follow Alexander Star on Instagram! F

Alexander Star       Welcome to the #ThisIsMyEra podcast! This podcast will inspire you to create huge world change and take massive action. In this very first episode, you’ll get to know Alexander Star, an Emmy-nominated recording musician and good vibes ambassador who lives out the mission of #ThisIsMyEra in all that he does. Alexander Star discusses what it means to find your core purpose, which becomes the starting point for the impact you will make on the world and the actions you will take to accomplish your goals. In Alexander’s case, he discovered in college that his core purpose was filling the world with good vibes through his music. From there, his music (in particular, the song #ThisIsMyEra) grew into something that reached far beyond just himself. It’s up to you to define your own core purpose, but once you do, you may be astounded by the places it takes you. Watch the "This Is My Era" music video! Listen to "Better Than Ever" by Alexander Star! Listen to "Pass The Good Vibes Around" by Al