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Renowned multi-platinum writer, DJ and producer Ellis Miah doesn’t just deliver music; he infuses each performance and speaking engagement with a profound connection to LGBTQ+ culture Jun 24, 2024

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Ellis Miah was born in New York City, New York and was raised there and in Southern Florida. He loved growing up there because of the freedom and the culture of the area. He loved growing up spending a lot of time at the local mall where he loved the mall culture of Staten Island. Miami was where music really happened for him. It rocked his world! When he came back to New York he went to work making music professionally.

With over twenty years of experience in the music and entertainment industry, Ellis has a unique perspective on how things work and what it takes to build a career as a solo entrepreneur, relying solely on his skill set without a major team or affiliations.

Among his unforgettable contributions is the creation of the groundbreaking track “Read U Wrote,” a fixture in the cultural lexicon of RuPaul’s Drag Race and All Stars, captivating fans across the globe. Ellis has worked on hits for artists like BTS, Jennifer Lopez, Sia, Backstreet Boys, Christina Aguilera, Miley Cyrus, Big Freedia, Annie Lennox, Loleatta Holloway, and Yoko Ono. His songwriting efforts with Grammy-winning Siedah Garrett earned him a spot on Entertainment Weekly’s Best Christmas Albums list for his nine co-penned songs on RuPaul’s “Slay Belles” album. These songs continue to be featured annually on the TV Christmas special. As a featured songwriter on BTS’s international phenomenon album, Map of the Soul, Miah is diving into the ever-growing K-Pop and J-Pop markets, collaborating with writers, producers, and artists.

Anchored in Los Angeles, Ellis’s DJ sets are fixtures in legendary venues like The Abbey, Mickey’s, The Standard, Ace Hotel, and Kiss Kiss Bang Bang. His magnetic performances extend far beyond LA, leaving a lasting impression on cities such as Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, London, New York, and Miami with his electrifying shows. On the airwaves and dance floors, Morgan Page’s “Sweet Illusion” is receiving major DJ support, while on screens around the world, international pop star Belinda’s “Eden,” co-written by Miah, serves as the theme song for the Netflix hit show of the same name.

Two Music Industries: Traditional Major Label Model vs. DIY Artists
Major Labels vs. DIY: What each of these paths looks like for music creators

How DIY Artists, techknowlody,and fan listening habits are Disrupting the Traditional Label Model

How is money made for music creator working in this new era of Major vs DIY artists.

How to Be Prepared for a Viral Moment: There Are No Happy Accidents
Going Viral: The Essential Preparation for Your Breakout Moment

Master the Art of Viral Success: Why It’s All About Strategy, Not Luck

From Obscurity to Fame: How to Be Ready for Your Viral Moment

How to Use Social Media Around Your Production/Creative Process
Boost Your Music Career: Using Social Media to Showcase Your Creative Process

Incorporating live streaming and social media as tools for your creative process while making music.”

Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Ellis! You are amazing!
For more information about Eliis visit: https://www.ellismiahmusic.com/

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PreSchool Teacher and Mom Writes A Children’s Book That Emphasizes The Importance Of Time In Our Lives! Jun 24, 2024

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Melissa Toole was born and raised on Manhattan Island in New York City, New York. Her parents were professional actors. Her parents both starred on popular soap operas. Her dad was the most influential person to her growing up. He encouraged her to write from an early age. She loved the diversity of growing up on the island of Manhattan. She learned early on that she wanted to be in acting and pursued that passion in the early years of her life. History was her favorite subject in high school. She attended Tulane University to experience life outside the city. Later she got married and became a mom. She put acting on the back burner while they were young. As her kids became older she went to work as a preschool teacher, teaching four year olds, which is what she does full time today. She decided to write a children’s book about the importance of time in our lives. She originally wrote the story in 1999 when she was much younger. The turn of the century was getting to her as to how fast time was going by. She was working at a kids camp and she decided to submit the story to a publisher and one publishing house accepted it. She was shocked. Kids she teaches have been approaching her at the end of each year and they are nervous about kindergarten and they would love to be able to stay in preschool because of the fear. So she wrote a book about it that can help a young person embrace the passage of time instead of fearing it. Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Annie! We are so proud of you! To buy her book visit: https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/time-is-on-your-side-melissa-toole/1144105424

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Immigrant Becomes True American Success Story Building A Pizza Business Into An Amazing Franchise Opportunity! Jun 21, 2024

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Shahpour Nejad was born and raised in Sari,Iran, a small town in Northern Iran near the Caspian Sea. He came to the United States at sixteen and moved to Cleveland, Ohio. He graduated high school and attended Cleveland State University where he earned a degree in Mechanical Engineering. He went to work at a pizza shop where he became a partner as a college student. He visited his brother in Sacramento for the holidays and he loved it. He moved to Sacramento and started his pizza business. Similar to what he had experienced prior, he opened locations where his key team members were provided opportunities to become owners . Starting franchising operations, his key members were his first franchisees. He financed them to help get them started and they are all with him today. They are opening in Texas in a very short time. They currently have 90 pizza stores and are expanding nationwide! This is a story of true American success by growing organically by providing opportunities to his key team members! Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Shahpour! We are very proud of you! For more information about this amazing franchise opportunity visit: https://www.pizzaguys.com/

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Domestic Violence Champion Embarks On A Deeply Personal Journey To Bring Awareness, Hope And Healing To Those Experiencing A Very Painful Isolation! Jun 21, 2024

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Tressa Brady was born and raised in Southern Oregon out in the country. She enjoyed having fun outdoors and sports. In fact she and her sister were champion athletes growing up. She grows up and opens a health club, a lifelong dream. She obtained her personal training license. Her junior year in college she moved home and started a gym with her parents as partners. She opened a coffee shop and learned a great deal about entrepreneurship. She met her husband at 25 years old and he was in the special forces in the military. The experiences she went through taught her so much about domestic abuse and military dysfunction as to PTSD and other mental health issues. Her podcast strives to bring this to light and give those experiencing these issues awareness, hope and healing. More about Tressa: “In “The Wounds That Do Not Heal,” host Tressa Brady opens up about her personal experience with domestic violence in military families, shedding light on an often-hidden issue. Through her raw and vulnerable storytelling, she shares the struggles, pain, and resilience she has witnessed and endured while seeking to provide help and support to those who desperately need it.

Tressa also interviews experts in the field of domestic violence, including psychologists, counselors, social workers, and survivors, who uncover the harsh realities and systemic challenges faced by military families. Together, they explore the unique dynamics and complexities surrounding domestic violence within this community, breaking down stigmas and fostering a crucial conversation that goes beyond the surface.

“The Wounds That Do Not Heal” aims to create a safe space for listeners to reflect, learn, and gain a deeper understanding of the impact domestic violence has on military families. This podcast strives to make a positive change and inspire action by offering valuable resources, guidance, and empowerment.

Join Tressa on this emotional journey as she advocates for change and supports those in need.’

Thank you so much for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Tressa! We are incredibly proud of you!

Please check out her amazing podcast wherever you get your podcasts. You can visit: https://www.buzzsprout.com/2176147

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Veteran Actor Pens Amazing Book About His Remarkable Life And Adventures Taking Care Of His Mother! Jun 21, 2024

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Mark Steven Porro was born and raised in New Jersey. He enjoyed having the freedom to pursue what he wanted. He loved the arts as a kid growing up influenced by his mother. He went on to Ohio State University and graduated with a degree in Engineering. He moved to Hollywood and enjoyed a successful career in acting. His mother’s health required his returning to New Jersey to care for her. This started a number of adventures that inspired his book. More on Mark Steven Porro: ”

“This author weaves his stories together, employing a wickedly humorous skill not unlike that of David Sedaris and Augusten Burroughs”

2024 National Indie Excellence Awards Finalist

2024 IndieReader Discovery Award Winner

2024 Eric Hoffer Book Awards Finalist

2024 Book Excellence Award Winner

2024 Firebird Book Award Winner

Mark Steven Porro, a New Jersey native (Exit 163), holds an Industrial Design degree from The Ohio State University. After years of agency work, his love of acting led him to Hollywood, where he appeared in dozens of television, film, and theatre productions. Mark also spent his twenty-eight years in Hollywood, entrepreneuring. He started five non-profit companies, but hold the applause. None were intended to be. He now lives in the South of France, but hold your pity. He of sound mind and body chose to suffer in the heart of wine country where the locals insist his French isn’t so bad—at least that’s what he thinks they’re saying.

Mark is an award-winning designer, writer, director, and now a Best Selling and Award-Winning author. He has written lots of jokes, several screenplays, and one award-winning short film. A Cup of Tea on the Commode—a sad, sweet, and funny debut memoir—chronicles his multitasking adventures of filling his mother’s last years with love, laughter, and joy. Though not always successful, he came pretty damn close. And he survived to tell the tale.”

Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Mark! You are amazing!

For more information regarding his award winning book visit: https://www.amazon.com/Cup-Tea-Commode-Multi-Tasking-Adventures-ebook/dp/B0BZQZB39X?ref_=ast_author_mpb

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Former All Pro NFL Linebacker Starts Extreme Fighting League! Jun 18, 2024

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Shawne Merriman was born in Washington, D.C. and raised in Prince George’s County, Maryland in a very rough neighborhood. It was near the muder capital of the world for five years! His coaches were the most influential people during his childhood. They showed him how life is lived in normal homes. He attended The University of Maryland so that his family, friends, coaches and teachers could see him play in person instead of on television. He was drafted in the first round of the NFL Draft. He has made decisions all his life that were an example of servant leadership. He has had a passion for extreme fighting and he has started The Lights Out Xtreme Fighting League!

Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Shawne! You are awesome!

For more information about The Lights Out Xtreme Fighting League visit: https://www.lightsoutxf.com/.

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Professional Cowboy/Ranch Manager Becomes An Industry Legend And Dedicates His Life To Helping Investors Succeed! Jun 15, 2024

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Eddie Speed was born in Hazelhurst, Mississippi where he grew up just outside of Jackson to be a cowboy. He attended vo tech in high school. He moved to Fort Worth to live with his sister and went to work for The Fort Worth Stockyards. He ended up going to school at TCU and became a professional Ranch Manager. He worked as a Ranch Manager and met his wife who introduced him to her father. Her father was a pioneer in the note industry and he hired Eddie and taught him the business. Eddie opened up an office for his father in law in Dallas and went to work. Over the last few decades he has become a legend in the note business. Regarding Eddie: “Eddie Speed knows how to architect a deal like the back of his hand. For almost 40 years, he has purchased more than 40,000 notes and the NoteSchool executive team has bought 3.5 billion dollars in notes. As an esteemed teacher of all aspects of real estate notes, Eddie’s innovative methods have earned him multiple industry awards and inaugural induction into the Small Balance Real Estate Hall of Fame. He has spoken at events across the country–teaching people how to find freedom and flexibility through a widely untapped and extremely profitable area of real estate investment: Creatively buying and selling notes. At his core, Eddie is a problem solver. He is skilled at identifying roadblocks most investors couldn’t work around, and in finding solutions to creatively close in a way that’s exponentially profitable. In 2003, he founded NoteSchool, a real estate coaching program that teaches students to buy and sell performing and non-performing notes, as well as other alternative purchasing strategies like seller financing. Over the past decade, he has helped countless investors expand their portfolios by the millions using his out-of-the-box techniques.” Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Eddie! You are amazing! For more information about the amazing work Eddie and his company are doing visit: http://eddiespeed.com/

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Civil/Industrial Engineer Discovers How To Build Legacy Wealth And Dedicates His Life To Helping Others Do The Same! Jun 15, 2024

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Lane Kawaoka was born in California and raised in Hawaii where he lives and works today. More about Lane:”After 12 years as a Licensed Professional (PE) Civil/Industrial Engineer, I fired the boss and began to focus 100% of my time on my investing and helping others in my Passive Investor Accelerator & Mastermind.

I began investing in 2009 in rainy Seattle, being a ramen-eating cheapo I was able to buy a property early right after college. After discovering the difference between ‘Cashflow Investing’ and ‘Appreciation Investing (i.e. gambling / speculating)’… I moved my portfolio into 11 single family rentals in Birmingham, Atlanta, Indianapolis, and Pennsylvania.

Today, I am investing in syndications, which invest in Class C & B Multi-Family Apartment, RV Parks, mobile homes, and assisted living facilities because of this Nation’s demand for affordable housing – not rich-people Class-A assets. My mission is to help regular people into good deals that were once only accessible to the rich.

The passive income from investing in stabilized rental properties made it possible for me to move back home to Hawaii where the cost of paradise is 10%+ cost of living and -30% less pay for comparable jobs in the US mainland. There I was able to live a lifestyle where I was able to bike to work. It did not take me long however to finally quit the day job, and ditch the e-bike for a Mercedes.

Annoyed by the bogus real estate education programs out there (that take money from people who don’t have it in the first place), I set out to make this free website to help other hard-working professionals, the shrinking middle-class. I hope to dispel the Wall-Street dogma of traditional wealth-building, and offer an alternative to “garbage” investments in the 401K/mutual funds that only make the insiders rich. We help the hard-working middle-class build real asset portfolios, by providing free investing education, podcasts, and networking, plus access to investment opportunities not offered to the general public.”

Thank you Lane for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience! You are the man!

For more information about the amazing things Lane and his company are doing visit: https://thewealthelevator.com/

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Sisters Develop An App Where You Can Play With Your Past, Have An Amazing Time And Enjoy Your Nostalgia! Jun 13, 2024

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Kitty Bogle-Sherman and her sister Coco were born and raised in Longview, Texas. After time away, they have both moved back with their families. They wanted to get into business together and they were sorting through over 50,000 photos and came up with a brilliant idea! Why not develop an app that allows you to play with your past, have an amazing time and enjoy your nostalgia? Well they did and it is an incredible hit! About their app Endora: “Endora is a game powered by your memories.

It’s spearheaded by it’s creators Kitty Bogle-Sherman and her sister Courtney Harmon. They started a female-owned tech start-up – based in Longview, TX.

The sisters brought us in on the ground floor to create the branding for their app and essentially create the leading characters’ entire visual world. Through several brainstorming sessions Endora was created! The dazzling & whimsical star of the app, Endora helps rescue your memories from the black hole of the cloud through nostalgic reflection and wellness gaming!

From there we have created Endora’s world, branding, investment pitch presentations, social media content, head shots, website design, & custom animation.

We’re constantly communicating with their app development team to make sure Endora’s games are top-notch from inception. The integration of design and functionality has been a really stimulating challenge for us and we’re loving every minute of it!”

About the founders: “We’re sisters, co-founders, and mothers who have saved over 50,000 photos and videos between the two of us, which we consider to be among our most cherished possessions.

One day, we realized that we could never possibly print and organize that many photos and videos, especially since that number grows daily for most of us.

And that really begged the question: what is the point of taking, saving, and continuing to pay for storage fees (and increases!) for these memories when there is almost nothing to “do” with them? So for the past two years, we’ve been experimenting with new types of experiences for our memories.

Along the way, we’ve discovered that regularly looking at your memories, especially the ones you’d forgotten about, can spark great joy and powerful perspective shifts!

“That’s why our mission is to create unique digital experiences that facilitate routinely revisiting your memories in a fun, beautiful, and relaxing”

And we are committed to putting our users first, always – we are building this for you!

Join us on this mission to help the world reflect more & compare less!”

Thank you Kitty and Coco for being our guests on The Mike Litton Experience! You are amazing XOXO!

For more information about this amazing app visit: https://www.endora.app/

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Relentless Chief Investment Officer Is Dedicated To Help Business Owners Make It To The Top The Right Way! Jun 13, 2024

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Zack Ellison was born and raised in the Brookline, Massachusetts area. He received a tremendous education even though they struggled financially. All credit due to his mom who made it happen. He enjoyed playing and excelling at sports growing up, especially basketball. Regarding Zack: “As Managing General Partner and Chief Investment Officer of Applied Real Intelligence (“A.R.I.”), Zack Ellison is responsible for leading the firm’s management and investment activities, including sourcing, due diligence, structuring and execution, and portfolio management.

Previously, Mr. Ellison was Director, U.S. Fixed Income at Sun Life Financial, one of the world’s largest asset managers with more than $800 billion in assets under management. At Sun Life, he was responsible, with the team, for managing in excess of $25 billion of fixed income assets across more than 70 portfolios with varying mandates while contributing to the firm’s credit investment strategy, portfolio management, trading, and risk management practices. Primary sector coverage included financial institutions (banks, insurance, asset managers, specialty lenders, Business Development Companies), consumer products, food & beverage, utilities, REITs, transportation (autos, airlines, rails), aerospace & defense, and industrials. Secondary coverage included telecommunications, technology, media, energy, basic materials, healthcare, and pharma

Prior to joining Sun Life, Mr. Ellison worked on the Global Credit Trading desk in the top-ranked Fixed Income division of Deutsche Bank, the largest bank in the world at the time with $2.8 trillion in assets. At Deutsche Bank, he traded crossover-rated corporate bonds, credit default swaps, hybrid securities, and preferred stock across financials, energy, utilities, autos, and diversified industrials.

Preceding Deutsche Bank, and during the Global Financial Crisis, he was a banker focused on leveraged loans within the media and telecom sectors at Scotia Bank where he oversaw $2 billion of the team’s $6 billion loan portfolio. During this tumultuous period, Scotia Bank, Canada’s third largest bank with greater than $500 billion in total assets, was one of the world’s top performing global financial institutions in terms of fewest loan losses.

Mr. Ellison began his career in the financial services industry in New York at Thomson Reuters within the firm’s Corporate Advisory Services division, where he served the majority of Fortune 500 energy and utility companies as an investor relations advisor.

Currently, Mr. Ellison is a Board Member of the CFA Society of Los Angeles, a Board Member of the Southern California Chapter of the CAIA Association, and the West Coast Regional Director of the Hedge Fund Association. Additionally, he is the Chair of the CIO Advisory Council and Chair of the University Relations Committee with CFA Society Los Angeles. He is also a member of the Milken Institute’s Young Leaders Circle (YLC) and sits on various leadership sub-committees of Tech Coast Angels (TCA), the largest angel investing group in the United States.

Mr. Ellison holds an MBA with concentrations in Analytic Finance and Economics from The University of Chicago Booth School of Business along with an MS in Risk Management from New York University’s Stern School of Business. He earned a Bachelor of Arts degree from Swarthmore College while majoring in Economics. Additionally, he holds the Chartered Financial Analyst (CFA) and Chartered Alternative Investment Analyst (CAIA) designations and previously held FINRA Series 7, 55, and 63 licenses.

Thank you for being our guest on The Mike Litton Experience Zack! You are amazing! For more information about Zack and his company visit: https://www.applied-real-intelligence.com/

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