Igniting Souls Podcast with Kary Oberbrunner

Meet Dan Nicholson. He's a successful author, speaker, and thought leader. Everything was growing and humming along quite well until he discovered someone he trusted was misusing his intellectual property. It spun him into a spiral of shame and blame. Learn how he recovered and came back stronger than ever. He'll share how to protect your IP and what to do when your confidence is shaken.

Many people love IP Movie Franchises. Enduring successful ones are a blend of nostalgic and innovation. Great ones embody a delicate blend between honoring the past and reimagining the future. If the IP is ignored , then fans boycott the film. If the IP isn't creative enough, then viewers are bored. Katie and Kary explore the finer points of IP Movie Franchises that top the charts. 

Intellectual property is the most valuable asset of your business. Sadly, most business owners don't know this fact. Even worse, they haven't taken the time to find or protect their IP. As a result, they're losing influence and income. Chief Intellectual Property Officer's can help. Here's how to practically find one and leverage one to maximize your impact.

If you don't protect your IP, your competitor will. It's way more expensive to rebrand after the fact, than to protect your IP up front. Sadly, this is often the case if your competitor beats you to it. I should know. It happened to me. Learn from my mistakes and start leveraging your IP today.

Meet Personal AI, an innovative company founded before the world knew about AI. Build a network of AI personas, each filling key roles in your organization, trained exclusively on your proprietary data to boost efficiency, streamline workflows, and fuel collaborative intelligence that powers innovation. My friend Suman Kanuganti shares how to use your IP to function as marketing assets. 

In this episode, we sit down with author and financial expert Michael McDermott to discuss his new book, The Efficient Family Office. The world of wealth management has evolved, and financial advisors must adapt to stay effective. Michael explores how modern technology and innovation are reshaping financial advising—and why the "Family Office" model, once exclusive to the ultra-wealthy, is now within reach for more people than ever. Whether you're looking to improve your financial strategy or simply want to understand what modern wealth management should look like, this conversation offers valuable insights.

Packaging is....well something you throw away. Or is it? Companies that integrate their IP into packaging are leveraging a major opportunity. Sometimes what you put on the outside of your product or service is even more valuable then the item itself. While some may disagree or debate, the reality is, it's the truth. The marketplace proves it time and time again. Discover how to maximize your IP, even within your packaging. 

In this enlightening discussion, Tony D'Angelo, an IP educator and evangelist, shares his expertise on the complex world of intellectual property. He emphasizes the crucial role of IP education for entrepreneurs, debunking common misconceptions that often intimidate innovators. The conversation covers the strategic value of patents versus trademarks, highlighting crucial choices in protecting creations, particularly in the food and beverage industry. D'Angelo also warns of the risks entrepreneurs face without a solid IP strategy, blending historical context with actionable insights.

What do you do when you have everything you want. Fame. Fortune. Friends. Family. In this episode Jeg Coughlin III shares why he lost without Faith and how we found it in a relationship with Jesus and the Bible. 

Meet MiaRose Hess, a Cedarville University student and CUE Camp alumni who turned her passion for baking into The Bagel Girl, a booming  bagel business. Set initially on equine management, she pivoted to entrepreneurship, gaining key business skills and support from Cedarville’s Entrepreneurship organization.Her hard work paid off when she pitched her venture at The Pitch, the university’s Shark Tank-style competition. Now, she’s expanding with new flavors, catering, and shipping plans.In this episode, MiaRose shares her journey, the challenges of balancing school and business, and lessons on resilience, faith, and innovation.