Dream Big America Partners with My Cool Inventions

KANSAS CITY, Mo., June 2, 2014 /PRNewswire/ -- On its one-year anniversary, and after featuring over 100 startups, Dream Big America (www.DreamBigAmerica.us), broadcast on Doug Stephan's Good Day Show (www.DougStephan.com) announced today a new strategic alliance with My Cool Inventions Radio (www.MyCoolInventionsRadio.com). This new partnership will double the reach of Dream Big America's weekly listening audience (now also broadcast on My Cool Invention's America's Talk Radio Network). It will expand the time slot, enhance the format of the show, and also provide unique opportunities for inventor-entrepreneurs.

"My Cool Inventions is a high-octane show, showcasing the amazing knowledge base of its two hosts, Akos Jankura and John Cremeans," explained Doug Stephan, the host of Dream Big America. "This new partnership is a perfect alliance, and I'm excited to co-host Dream Big America with these two dynamos."   

Beginning this week, Dream Big America will switch air times from Tuesday mornings to Friday mornings, and will be broadcast on both Doug Stephan's Good Day Show and My Cool Inventions' radio networks. From 9:00am to 10:00am ET each Friday, three entrepreneurs will pitch their startup to a live, national listening audience and then discuss their business plan with the show's hosts. One of the three Dream Big America contestants will be the winner from the weekly My Cool Inventions contest which airs Monday through Thursday at the same time and on the same networks.

"Bringing the great inventors of My Cool Inventions to Dream Big America is really exciting," said Akos Jankura, co-host of My Cool Inventions. "Doug Stephan is a legend in the industry and working with him to bring America the best-of-the-best ideas our nation has to offer is going to be amazing!"

Beginning at 9:00am ET each Friday morning, Dream Big America listeners and startup supporters will have an opportunity to vote for their favorite startup contestant. The voting is now expanded to a week-long period until 5:00pm ET the following Thursday. The weekly winner will be announced during the following Friday's show, one week after the startups initially present.

My Cool Inventions Radio

My Cool Inventions Radio searches for "America's Top Invention" through an engaging, informative, reality-radio style format. Throughout the show, hosts Akos Jankura, 'The Solutionist', and John Cremeans 'The Doctor of Shopology' provide their over 60 years of expert advice on the industry of inventing products and how to successfully produce your product from inception to retail. Doug Stephan, the second-longest running talk show host in the nation, now joins them each day to find America's best inventors. Now airing on both the My Cool Inventions and the Doug Stephan radio networks, you can learn more and visit My Cool Inventions Radio at www.MyCoolInventionsRadio.com, www.facebook.com/MyCoolInventions, and www.twitter.com/MyCoolInvention.  

Doug Stephan's Good Day

Doug Stephan's Good Day is syndicated by Stephan Multimedia and distributed nationally by Radio America, Business Talk Radio, Cable Radio Networks and Genesis Radio Network on more than 350 radio stations. The news, advice and entertainment talk show airs Monday through Friday from 4-10 a.m. ET and Saturdays from 7-9 a.m. ET. Known as one of the first self-syndicators, Stephan's entrepreneurial spirit and desire to help others extends beyond radio.  Stephan also owns and runs Eastleigh Farm, a dairy farm in Framingham, Mass. that provides raw milk, cheeses and other natural food products raised without pesticides to the local community.

Dream Big America

Tapping into the surging entrepreneurial movement spreading across the country, Dream Big America strives to educate and support startups, all while providing an exciting venue for America to choose which new businesses it wants to see hit the market. With host Doug Stephan, now joined by co-hosts Akos Jankura and John Cremeans, Dream Big America airs each Friday at 9:00am to 10:00am ET on Doug Stephan's Good Day Program and My Cool Inventions Radio to a national listening audience. You can learn more and visit Dream Big America at www.DreamBigAmerica.us, www.facebook.com/DreamBigAmerica, and www.twitter.com/DreamBigUSA.  

For more information about the Dream Big America competition, or to schedule an interview with any of the Dream Big America participants, please call Beth Chapman at 816.835.0306 or email her at Email.

Media Contacts:        
Beth Chapman, Dream Big America                      
816.835.0306, Email

Amir Forester, for Doug Stephan
310.857.6207
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SOURCE Dream Big America