How some of the internet’s most interesting characters built their businesses, and how you may just be able to build your own. Long form conversations to extract the pieces of knowledge that helped individuals find their path to success. Alexander V. Johnson is an entrepreneur and Founding Partner of Mixt Solutions, a 4x Inc. 5,000 Fastest Growing Company in America. Mixt Solutions has successfully done millions of transactions on Amazon and works with some of the largest consumer packaged g ...
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#42: Steve Washuta - Death of the Mom & Pop Gym; Rise of the Fitness Social Media Sphere
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As a seasoned personal trainer, and author of Fitness Business 101, Steve Washuta brings a wealth of knowledge from his journey in fitness and business. Holding a plethora of relevant certifications, Steve is not just an expert in the field but a passionate advocate for wellness. His approach goes beyond traditional fitness regimes, focusing on tai…
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#41: Alex Soojung-Kim Pang - Work Better, Smarter, and Less: The Four Day Work Week
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Alex Soojung-Kim Pang is director of research and innovation at 4 Day Week Global, a nonprofit promoting the 4-day workweek. His books— WORK LESS DO MORE: Designing the Four Day Week (Penguin, 2023); SHORTER: Work Better, Smarter and Less— Here’s How (Public Affairs, 2020); REST: Why You Get More Done When You Work Less(Basic Books, 2016), and THE …
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#40: Beau L Warren - Using Artificial Intelligence to Brew Beer - Species X Brewing
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Beau Warren, 35, is the brains behind Species X Beer Project, where he’s using machine learning to brew groundbreaking beer. Beau has a decade of previous experience working in brewing roles, is a Certified Level II Cicerone (certified beer expert), studied microbiology at the Siebel Institute in Montreal, has a certificate in Data Analytics from T…
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#39: Ed Hunt - The Grocery Store Battle Grounds - How Companies Greenwash for Your Business
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-Ed Hunt is an experienced CPG professional, and Director of Sales for Pete & Gerry's Organic Eggs. Connect with Ed: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/edehunt/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/peteandgerrys/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/peteandgerrys/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/peteandgerrys -Alexander V. Johnson is a Founding P…
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#38: Emmet Apolinario - Should You Roll Your 401K and Buy a Business?
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-Emmet Apolinario is a Certified Exit Planning Advisor (CEPA), Certified Value Builder (CVB) and the President of the Ohio Business Brokers Association (www.obba.org). He is an award-winning entrepreneur and a frequent speaker at various business events in Central Ohio. In 2002, Apolinario was awarded "Small Business Leader of the Year" by both the…
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#37: Jim Seitzer - I Build Every Idea I Have - Inventor, Entrepreneur, Powerlifter, Bodybuilder
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- Jim Seitzer is the owner of Bandbell and the inventor of the Earthquake Bar and Rhino Bar. With nearly 35 year’s experience in Powerlifting, Bodybuilding, Resistance Training, and now Oscillating Kinetic Energy (OKE) program development, Jim joins us this week to discuss his history in the fitness industry! Connect with Jim: Website: https://www.…
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#36: Matt Rosenman - No Cheat Day Needed - The Journey To Becoming a Viral Content Creator
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-Matt Rosenman is an American content creator and food blogger based in Detroit, Michigan. Some of his most popular videos are aimed towards making people aware of how big brands use specific terms and branding to make products seem healthier than they are – a phenomenon called 'food washing' or 'health washing'. In this episode Alex and Matt discu…
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#35: Travis "Bam Bam" Davis - Marine Corp Vet, Pro Fighter, Coach, Celebrity Private Security
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-Travis Davis is a United States Marine Corp Veteran, professional MMA fighter, and boxer out of Columbus, Ohio holding a win record of MMA: 10-6, Boxing: 5-0. In this episode, Travis discusses growing up in a small town in northern Ohio, his time in the Marines, and finding his inspiration to become a professional fighter. It's a wild ride you don…
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#34: The 9 Lessons We Learned in 2023
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Alex and Steve Malone, our podcast editor, sit down and talk about some of the reoccurring themes from 2023 that guests brought up and how they have influenced our thinking. In the episode you will hear about the "quickest" way to have success, not following the crowd, how having hard conversations is a super power, understanding risk to reward, ho…
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#33: Steve Spaulding - Hard Choices Create an Easy Life - IFBB Pro Bodybuilder, Gym Owner, Coach
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-Steve Spaulding is a professional bodybuilder with the International Fitness and Bodybuilding Federation (IFBB), a personal trainer and bodybuilding coach with more than 20 years of experience in the industry, owner of Flex Barbell Gym in Hilliard, OH, and 2020 Mr. Ohio competition winner. Connect with Steve: Website: https://www.flexnfit.net/ htt…
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#32: Jason Dhir - The Ultra Human - Professional Partier to Award Winning Nutrition Entrepreneur
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-Jason Dhir is the owner of Ultra Human; an award winning supplement company based in Dublin, Ohio, specializing in nootropics, amino acids & teas. Born in Coventry, England, Jason moved to the United States to attend The Ohio State University Nutrition Program. He then became a consultant to many top brands as a multi-faceted expert in the field o…
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#31: Jeff Bradshaw - First Child Syndrome - Entrepreneur & President of Discount Fashion Warehouse
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-Jeff Bradshaw is the President at Discount Fashion Warehouse; a popular company started in Ohio who's approaching 17 stores and over 300 employees. Connect with John: Website: https://www.dfwh.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeff-bradshaw-6997aa25/ Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/dfwhshop/ -Alexander V. Johnson is a Founding Partner…
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#30: John Sherwin - CEO and Founder of Hydrant Hydration - Oxford Biologist to Silicon Valley to NYC
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-John Sherwin is the Co-Founder of Hydrant, a wellness brand company providing a balanced mix of electrolytes, minerals, and vitamins to integrate proper hydration into one's everyday routine. After studying biology at Oxford University, John moved to the US to get some experience in the world of high growth technology companies. While he learned a…
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#29: Thibaut Woolace - Can the World Go 100% Solar?
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-Thibaut Woolace is a graduate from The Ohio State University and CEO of 1 Earth Solar. What's his mission?.. He's on a journey to build the best solar installation experience in the nation. Cobalt Mining Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hmqf0L52rD8 Connect with Thibaut: Website: https://www.1earthsolar.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com…
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#28: Catherine Lang-Cline; CEO, Entrepreneur, Artist.
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- Catherine spent more than 20 years in the creative industry as a designer for corporations and ad agencies, both as an employee and as a freelancer. With Kristen, Catherine felt that there needed to be a place to help artists find work and help clients find talent. So they combined their experience and opened Portfolio Creative in 2005. Catherine…
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#27: Jeremy Hoy Pt. 2 - “I Don't Lose” - 3 Sport Athlete, Stuntman, Olympic Strength Coach, Bobsledder, Restauranteur, and Gym Owner
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-Coach Hoy is the Director of Coaching and Manager of The Spot Athletics' Dublin location. He is the former associate strength and conditioning coach at The Ohio State University, where he directed the successful men's hockey and golf strength and conditioning programs, as well as overseeing their elite women's ice hockey program. He has trained nu…
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#26: Jeremy Hoy Pt. 1 - “Built Different” - 3 Sport Athlete, Stuntman, Olympic Strength Coach, Bobsledder, Restauranteur, and Gym Owner
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-Coach Hoy is the Director of Coaching and Manager of The Spot Athletics' Dublin location. He is the former associate strength and conditioning coach at The Ohio State University, where he directed the successful men's hockey and golf strength and conditioning programs, as well as overseeing their elite women's ice hockey program. He has trained nu…
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#25: Michael Rectenwald - Presidential Candidate for the Libertarian Party
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-Michael Rectenwald is an American scholar, former professor, and author. In 2023, Rectenwald filed to run for president of the United States seeking the Libertarian presidential nomination in the 2024 U.S. presidential election. Connect with Michael: Campaign: https://rectenwald2024.com/ Website: https://www.michaelrectenwald.com/ YouTube: https:/…
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#24: Will Randle - America's Hidden Mental Health Crisis
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-Will Randle is a therapist who specializes in working with people with extreme experiences & structural dissociation. Will has been working with survivors of trauma, abuse, and extreme experiences since 1998. He grounds his understanding of how people work – and how they heal – in human physiology & Buddhist practices more than in traditional psyc…
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#23: Adam Gilbert (STARSET) - Turning Music and Creativity Into Medicine
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-Adam Gilbert is the drummer for the American rock band STARSET, a talented artist, and owner/president of Drum Abuse; a creative community about love, patience, acceptance, openness to the beauty of our inherent differences, and using creativity to challenge indifferences, especially where right and wrong are unclear. Connect with Adam: Websites -…
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#22 - Daniel Z. Blanton - Trading Addictions: From Unhealthy Habits to Sales and Successful Business Ownership
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Daniel Z. Blanton is an owner of Exterior Alliance, a roofing and storm restoration contractor serving Columbus and Cincinnati Ohio. He also started the Ohio Roofing Alliance, a group for trusted contractors. Dan has sold numerous products door to door and sold roofs for 5 years before moving into ownership. His company is focused on a family cultu…
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#21 - Christian Tharp - Stock & Options Trading Strategies Coach, Finance Writer, Public Speaker
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-As a technical analyst, and Chartered Market Technician (CMT), Christian has had the incredible experience to be able to meet, teach, and coach more than 5,000 students from around the globe. -Christian helps them to learn the fundamentals of the stock market (portfolio strategies, financial trends, and behaviors), how to read stock charts (candle…
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#20 - Bartow J. Elmore - Environmental Historian, Author, and Professor at The Ohio State University
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Bartow Elmore is the associate professor of environmental history and core faculty member of the Sustainability Institute at the Ohio State University. He's the author of "Seed Money: Monsanto's Past and Our Food Future", and "Country Capitalism: How Corporations from the American South Remade Our Economy and the Planet." Find his works here: https…
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#19 - John Ziegler - Solving the Costly and Problematic Healthcare Industry
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John Ziegler is a Partner and Vice President of Patient Experience Improvement and Business Development with Ambassador Software Works and part of the management team at Healthcare Development and Innovation Group. He also previously built a printing business that he sold and was involved in another healthcare startup that sold to a veterinary grou…
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#18 - Paul Heintzman - Building an Alcohol Business and America's Great History of Rum.
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Paul Heintzman is CPO (Chief Party Officer) of Saltwater Woody American Rum whose main mission was to represent what the three founders loved the most, the beach, summer, fun and sunshine, while using 100% real fruit juices. Paul started in banking and took a chance during the Covid-19 pandemic with two friends and zero alcohol sales experience. Pa…
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#17 - Josh Schall - Sports Nutrition, CPG, and the Supplement Industry
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Josh Schall is consumer packaged goods (CPG) Strategist and Entrepreneur that focuses on the product categories of value-added (or functional) food, beverage, beauty, and nutritional supplements. Recently, he has shifted the 10 plus years of knowledge and experiences into early-stage investments, board membership, and public speaking engagements. I…
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#16 Bryce Calvin - Fitness, Online Coaching, and Managing Burnout
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Bryce Calvin is an online fitness coach with more than a decade of strength and conditioning coaching along with bodybuilding coaching as well. He owns and operates Progress Performance, a online training platform where he has multiple coaches anyone can work with along with himself. In this episode, Bryce and Alex talk about how Bryce built his bu…
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#15 - Rob Smith - Leadership Lessons from Joe Paterno to Multi Million Dollar Waste Management Exits
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Rob Smith is National Champion winning football player at Penn State under Joe Paterno, an expert in the waste management industry, and has successfully completed over 50 mergers and acquisitions in his time as an Entrepreneur. In 2022, the company he founded in 2010 was acquired in a multi million dollar sale. In addition, Rob has started numerous…
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#14 - Esteban Ceron - Colombian Immigrant to Multimillion Dollar Real Estate Developer
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Esteban Ceron is a former Colombian immigrant, having come to the United State as a child with his family. Since then, he has found his passion in real estate. He now operates his family's construction company Metro Renovations, has since started his development company Horus and Ra, and also founded Obelisk Industries, a Bitcoin mining operation. …
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#13 - Steven LeClair - What Most People Fail to Understand About Money and Management
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Steven LeClair is a Wealth Advisor, named one of the best in Ohio by Forbes. He was also formerly a Senior VP of Wealth Management at UBS. Steven has a deep understanding of financial markets , buying and selling businesses, and growing personal wealth. In this episode, Steven and Alex talk about Steven's journey into entrepreneurship, the state of…
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#12 - A-Jay Orr - Cyber Security in the Modern Age
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Ajay Orr is a 3x Award-Winning Author, United States Army Veteran, Cancer Survivor, and the CEO of Simple Plan IT. He is a digital risk management expert with more than 15 years of experience in the ever-evolving field of technology and cybersecurity. In this episode, Ajay and Alex talk about new cyber security risks in 2023, some of the attacks he…
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#11 Rick Smith - Risk, Insurance, and Taking Over a Family Business.
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Rick Smith is a 2nd generation business owner in the insurance industry, specifically in the business risk field. He interacts with businesses on a daily basis and sees the worse of possible outcomes for business owners, catastrophic events. In this episode, Rick and Alex talk about what its like to take over a family business, learn from your fath…
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#10 - Mike Moline - Documentary Film Making, Videography, and The Bishop Sycamore Scandal
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Mike Moline is a videographer, video editor, and documentary film maker. He has produced full length documentaries around the sports world and regularly works with multinational brand ad campaigns. In this episode, Mike and Alex talk about how to begin creating video content, the barriers to video production, the rise of the YouTube world, and Mike…
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#9 Neil Johnson - Business Funding, Venture Capitalists, and Angel Investors
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Neil Johnson has more than 20 years of investment banking and private equity experience including completion of over $1 billion in corporate finance transactions. He is Managing Partner of Lawrence, Evans Co., which is an investment banking and consulting company focusing on mergers and acquisitions. Neil previously managed $100 million dollars in …
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#8 - Brittany Dixon - Productivity Coaching
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Brittany Dixon is an online productivity coach who specializes in assisting entrepreneurs manage their time and organizational skills so they can run their businesses and life more efficiently. She also has a podcast called "The Productivity Pod" giving advice on entrepreneurship and running successful businesses. In this episode, Brittany and Alex…
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#7 - Brandon Street - Cryptocurrency, The Metaverse, and Virtual Real Estate Development
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Brandon Street is a Metaverse land developer, Founder of ICGrowth.io, a cryptocurrency educational platform, and Founder of Creative Collab, a platform based on bringing creators together for the purpose of publishing NFT projects. In this episode, Brandon and Alex discuss crypto, stock trading, prospective coins, virtual real estate, the metaverse…
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#6 - Flex Wheeler - The Tumultuous Life of a Bodybuilding Legend
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Flex Wheeler is a former IFBB Professional Bodybuilder. Flex won the Arnold Classic a then-record four times and was once described by Arnold as, "one of the greatest bodybuilders he had ever seen." Flex is an entrepreneur having started multiple businesses, including his Signature Series line of supplements. In 2019, due to severe kidney issues, F…
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#5 - John Quint - Exercise from a Systems Thinking Approach
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John Quint is one of the nation's top neuromuscular therapist, having learned from some of the best such as Louie Simmons at Westside Barbell and George Halpert. John is a 570lbs+ bench presser, a competitive bodybuilder, and has trained numerous NFL athletes, UFC Fighters, and elite power lifters and bodybuilders. John's areas of interest and expe…
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#4 - Coyote Peterson - Building a YouTube Empire
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Coyote Peterson is the Founder of Brave Wilderness, a worldwide brand and YouTube channel where he educates on all things wildlife and nature. In 2022, Coyote and his team have racked up almost 5 billion views on YouTube and over 20 million subscribers. Coyote has put himself into some unique situations in the name of education, including working h…
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#3 - Jimmie Bell - Former NFL Athlete and Empowerment Coach
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Jimmie Bell is a former NFL Football Player, playing for the San Diego Chargers and the New York Giants. He also was an Ohio State Buckeye, two-time Big Ten Champion, and Rose Bowl Champion. Jimmie Bell is a speaker, author, newscaster, and an empowerment coach, spending much of his time with the youth. In this episode, Jimmie and Alex talk about s…
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#2 - Ben Tietje - Building Earthley, A Natural Health Business
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Ben Tietje is Co-Founder and CEO of Earthley, an all natural wellness company which is one of the fastest growing companies in America as named by Inc. Magazine. Ben employs over 40 people in his mission driven business, attempting to show people the power of natural and herbal health remedies outside of the pharmaceutical industry. In this podcast…
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#1 - Dave Whinham - The Sports Business
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Dave Whinham is the Founder and President of The TEAM, a Sports, Entertainment, and Media Company. Dave has worked at nearly every level of the sports business, from Head Coach, Team President, first Strength and Conditioning Coach for the Detroit Red Wings, marketing, and sponsorship sales. Alexander V. Johnson is a Founding Partner of Mixt Soluti…
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