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Renegade Profile: Karen Salmansohn

Jonathan Fields — Tue, 15 Sep 2009 18:14:10 +0000

This week's Renegade Profile is school teacher turned passionate husband, dad, strength coach and fitness info-entrepreneur, Zach Even-esh. You can find him online at ZachEven-esh.com In our interview, you'll discover:

Why he just walked out of a $90,000 a year job to do what he loves
How he developed a passion for fitness
How he turned that passion into a part-time business and began to build his renegade path on the side
Why he decided now, in the middle the bad economy, is the time to go renegade
What conversation he had with his wife and family
How he handled naysayers
How he's building a live fitness business and a second online info-business
And, much more...

Renegade Profiles can be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven't joined yet, or...
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Zach Even-esh, Underground Strength Coach

Jonathan Fields — Thu, 03 Sep 2009 14:54:16 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is school teacher turned passionate husband, dad, strength coach and fitness info-entrepreneur, Zach Even-esh. You can find him online at ZachEven-esh.com

In our interview, you’ll discover:

Why he just walked out of a $90,000 a year job to do what he loves
How he developed a passion for fitness
How he turned that passion into a part-time business and began to build his renegade path on the side
Why he decided now, in the middle the bad economy, is the time to go renegade
What conversation he had with his wife and family
How he handled naysayers
How he’s building a live fitness business and a second online info-business
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Writer Dad, Sean Platt

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 14:56:01 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is writer, dad and creator of, believe it or not, the web’s best potty-training info-product—Sean Platt. You can find Sean at WriterDad.com and @writerdad on twitter.

In our interview, you’ll discover:

Why Sean decided to leave a mainstream job to create his own future
How he and his wife started their own school
How they not only taught little kids, but became known as the potty-training whisperers
What led Sean to start turning to the online world
How he launched a blog that got dozens of comments on each post within weeks
How his relationship with his wive and kids has empowered his online journey
How a “rival” online dad became his close friend and biz collaborator
How he bridges the gap between his online persona and his true self without losing his authenticity
Where he’s going and how he’s making money from his blog
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Voice Artist Jeffrey Kafer

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 19 Aug 2009 15:49:05 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is voice artist, Jeffrey Kafer. You can learn more about Jeffrey at JeffreyKafer.com

In our interview, you’ll discover:

How Jeffrey discovered the world of voice talent while working a day job
How he began to build his voice career on the side
What the different paths to being a voice artist are
How getting laid off has allowed him to focus on his renegade path
How social media has helped grow his reputation and biz
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Founder of Palo Alto Software, Tim Berry

Jonathan Fields — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 14:57:04 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is a bit of a legend in the world of entrepreneurship and business planning—Tim Berry. Time founded Palo Alto Software, also known as the creator of the world’s #1 business planning software, Business Plan Pro. He’s also a prolific author, blogger all around nice guy. You can find Tim all over the place online, but start out with TimBerry.com and look for @Timberry on twitter, where he’s very active

In our interview, you’ll discover:

How Tim made the jump from journalism to B-school, with a family in tow
How he blended his passion for writing, tech and business into a renegade career path
What entrepreneurship is “really” all about
How his jones to solve a huge problem for start-ups led to the creation of his solutions and then his company
How he grew Palo Alto from a product into a company
The difference between “the biz plan” and planning your business
The importance of getting those closest to you onboard when starting any new venture
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile & Career Renegade TV: Erik Proulx

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 29 Jul 2009 14:56:09 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is PleaseFeedTheAnimals.com founder, Erik Proulx.

In our interview, you’ll discover:

How he built a longtime career on the creative side of the big ad firm industry
How, after being laid off, he decided to step back and do things differently
How he launched his website and then parlayed that into…
A documentary with everything from airfare to editing donated
How twitter has been a massive tool for both community building and marketing for him
How he handled the challenge of launching a new business after being laid off
How important getting his wife onboard has been
And, much more…

In addition to the Career Renegade TV episode you see above, this episode is also available as this week’s Renegade Profile. Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Epic Fantasy Writer, Joely Black

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 22 Jul 2009 15:09:31 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is speaker and epic fantasy writer and creator of the Anmar series, Joely Black. You can find Joely and her incredible world at JoelyBlack.net and the first book in her Amnar series “Amnar: The Awakening” has just been released as a free audiobook/podcast at PodioBooks.com

In our interview, you’ll discover:

How Joely began to create her lush fantasy world that the Anmar books revolve around,
What drives her to create a world that now unfolds in more than 15 books,
Why she decided to take the series online, instead of go mainstream
How twitter has been a critical tool in launching and growing her fan-base
How she’s leveraged podcasting as an immensely powerful promotional tool,
How she bridges the gap between the fantasy world she’s created and the online and live world of fans and collaborators
How she brings her community into the stories she tells
Where she’s taking the series from here,
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Glen Allsopp from PluginID.com

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 15 Jul 2009 16:35:05 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is personal development blogger and online marketer, Glen Allsopp. You can find him at PluginID.com and be sure to check out his new book/course on “Cloud Living,” too. It’s one of the few affiliate income courses I’ve seen that delivers non-scammy, step-by-step information at a ridiculously low investment [$37. PS - I am not an affiliate].

In our interview, you’ll discover:

What led Glen to walk away from college at 19 years old and fly to South Africa for a job in social media
How he became interested in blogging and started down the internet marketing path
How he began to earn more than he was getting paid at his job as a blogger and affiliate marketer working only a few hours a week and has grown his blogging and affiliate income into -figures a month using organic search traffic,
How he engineered a cool launch strategy that sent nearly 15,000 visits to his blog in 24 hours and had top personal development bloggers promoting it
Why he created his new Cloud Living course and an inside look at how he’s launched it
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Philippa Kennealy, The Entrepreneurial MD

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 08 Jul 2009 14:12:24 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is phsycian turned blogger and entrepreneurship coach specializing in doctors, Philippa Kennealy. You can find her at EntrepreneurialMD.com

In our interview, you’ll discover:

How Philippa invested years training to be a doctor in South Africa and then again in the U.S.
The experiences she had with patients that made her ask if what she was doing was what really made her come alive
How she dealt made the move from full time doctor to full time dotcom entrepreneur.
How she discovered the world of coaching and what she thought about the value of the training both before she went through it and after,
How she dealt with the raised eyebrows from those around her, during her transitions,
How she decided to focus her coaching practice on doctors
Why narrowing your market is a way better business choice than going broad.
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST

Renegade Profile: Paralegal Turned Pro Pet-Sitter, Joni Brennan

Jonathan Fields — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 17:14:33 +0000

This week’s Renegade Profile is legal assistant turned pro pet-sitter, Joni Brennan. You can find her at Sam-Cali.com

In our interview, you’ll discover:

How Joni Decided to make the jump from a buttoned down office into taking care of pets
What she did to launch and then market the business
The surprising business potential of the personal pet care/sitting space
How she built her business adopting an abundance mindset,
Where she’s going from here (there’s lots to come)
And, much more…

Renegade Profiles can now be downloaded in two ways:

Profile Vault: Sign into the Renegade Profile Vault, just sign up using the form below if you haven’t joined yet, or…
Podcast: Renegade Profiles are also now available as podcasts on iTunes along with a featured post of the week. Career Renegade Profiles PODCAST