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Secret Academy Episode – Jaime Tardy

Working full time in college to get a jump ahead of other college graduates, 22 year old Jamie was making six figures. But she was also spending limitlessly that by the age of 24, she was over $70,000 in debt. She decided to educate herself on how to pay off her debt in order to quit her job that she hated going to every day. Within a year she was able to resign and the world entrepreneurship opened up to her through the acquired knowledge she gained on her quest to eliminate her debt. Now, as a business coach, Jamie has been on CNN, MSN, Kiplingers Personal Finance, and even Yahoo’s homepage, twice. On her website, Eventual Millionaire, she interviews business owners with one million dollar net worth or higher, every single week, to learn about their action tips, advice, and stories to help her followers build their income to seven figures. She has interviewed best-selling authors like Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Michael Hyatt, and Michael Port.

On her website, Eventual Millionaire, she interviews business owners with one million dollar net worth or higher, every single week, to learn about their action tips, advice, and stories to help her followers build their income to seven figures. She has interviewed best-selling authors like Guy Kawasaki, Seth Godin, Tim Ferriss, Michael Hyatt, and Michael Port.

Secret Academy Episode – Nellie Akalp

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Nellie graduated magna cum laude from the University of La Verne, College of Law in 1999 where she obtained her Juris Doctorate Degree. In 2012, she was named a Top 100 Small Business Influencer by Small Business Trends. Her last company MyCorporation.com was responsible for helping more than one hundred thousand Corporations and LLC's get their start. In 2005, she sold that company to Intuit for $20 mil. She was recently featured in Inc.com and appears regularly on the Fox Business Small Business Center segment sharing starting a business and incorporation tips.   At the moment, Nellie is the CEO & Founder of CorpNet, a company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in America get their business off the ground in a fast, reliable, and inexpensive manner.

Nellie graduated magna cum laude from the University of La Verne, College of Law in 1999 where she obtained her Juris Doctorate Degree. In 2012, she was named a Top 100 Small Business Influencer by Small Business Trends. Her last company MyCorporation.com was responsible for helping more than one hundred thousand Corporations and LLC’s get their start. In 2005, she sold that company to Intuit for $20 mil. She was recently featured in Inc.com and appears regularly on the Fox Business Small Business Center segment sharing starting a business and incorporation tips.   At the moment, Nellie is the CEO & Founder of CorpNet, a company based on the simple philosophy of truth in business and passion to assist small business owners and entrepreneurs in America get their business off the ground in a fast, reliable, and inexpensive manner.

Secret Academy Episode – Kristen Hadeed

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“It all started with a pair of jeans,” Kristen recounts: a statement that most college students can relate to. When she was a sophomore at the University of Florida, her parents told her she needed to get a job if she wanted to buy herself “fun” – but unnecessary – stuff, like expensive jeans. Determined to get what she wanted, Kristen knew she had no choice. If pricey jeans were going to be in her future, then so was a job! As finance major with a challenging course load and little free time, Kristen needed a job that was flexible enough to accommodate her demanding schedule. However, working for someone else had never been her strong suit. Kristen is the founder of Student Maid™, a unique house-cleaning and concierge enterprise that solely employs hundreds of college students who maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher. A year later, Student Maid™ employed more than 350 students and had grown into more than just a cleaning company or a source of income. Today, Kristen devotes much of her time to mentoring Student Maid™ team members. As a boss who is close in age to her employees, Kristen can provide lessons in leadership while motivating, inspiring and guiding them on how to make it on their own in a way they can relate to.

Kristen is the founder of Student Maid™, a unique house-cleaning and concierge enterprise that solely employs hundreds of college students who maintain a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
A year later, Student Maid™ employed more than 350 students and had grown into more than just a cleaning company or a source of income. Today, Kristen devotes much of her time to mentoring Student Maid™ team members. As a boss who is close in age to her employees, Kristen can provide lessons in leadership while motivating, inspiring and guiding them on how to make it on their own in a way they can relate to.

Secret Academy Episode – Kenny Tran

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After a successful drag racing career, where he set multiple records and won numerous series, Kenny Tran left being the wheel to now performance shop owner. Located in Garland, Texas, Kenny owns and operates JoTech Motorsports, a full service tuning shop for cars ranging from the Mitsubishi EVO, to the Nissan GTR, to even the mighty Lamborghini Gallardo.

Secret Academy Episode – Derrick & Stephan Williams

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Wheel companies pop out left and right these days and it seems that very few actually survive more than a few years. While that may be the case, there are those wheel companies like D2 Forged, which not only survive, but work hard to become a true competitor to high line wheels everywhere. Founded in 2008 by Stephan and Derrick Williams who have spent the majority of their past five years working to transform D2 Autosport, their previous tuning business into D2 Forged, a very high line boutique wheel company. They share with us the struggles, the failures, and how their past experiences enabled them to move forward and reach this point. They also break down for us the inner workings of what makes a wheel company make it while others fail.

Secret Academy Episode – Lori Cheek

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Former architecture student from University of Kentucky, Lori Cheek began her career with multiple project management roles in New York City focusing on architectural interiors, furniture and design for over a decade for companies such as Christian Dior, Vitra and Karkula. In 2008 she came up with an idea that led her into the NYC World of Tech and forming relationships. She turned the online dating world upside down with her new venture, Cheek’d - a savvy online social route that draws on the age-old custom of networking with business cards. Cheek’d designs personal cards with clever catch phrases and unique ID numbers which direct card receivers to an online profile to learn more about the card giver. It's like online dating, only backwards. Cheek'd has had customers from 46 states and 20 countries.

In 2008 she came up with an idea that led her into the NYC World of Tech and forming relationships. She turned the online dating world upside down with her new venture, Cheek’d – a savvy online social route that draws on the age-old custom of networking with business cards.

Cheek’d designs personal cards with clever catch phrases and unique ID numbers which direct card receivers to an online profile to learn more about the card giver. It’s like online dating, only backwards. Cheek’d has had customers from 46 states and 20 countries.

Secret Academy Episode – Rohan Dawra

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Dawra Corp was formed in 2008 by Rohan Dawra to own and operate Subway franchises in the Louisiana region. Rohan knew he was destined to succeed in business from a very young age when he decided to buy a failing franchise from his father and turn into a profitable automated business. Since then he has purchased many new restaurants and other franchises and enabled him to live the life he always dreamed of. Today Rohan drive a Lamborghini Gallardo and spends most of his time overseeing the daily operations of his franchises throughout the United States.