Hala Taha

Young and Profiting Podcast 🚀 CEO & Founder 💁🏻‍♀️ YAP Media Network - #1 Business Podcast Network 🚀 The Podcast Princess 👸🏻 YAP Media - #1 Linkedin Marketing Agency 💁🏻‍♀️ LISTEN. LEARN. PROFIT 🤓💕🔥🚀

Hala Taha, known as “The Podcast Princess,” is the host of Young and Profiting (YAP) Podcast, a #1 Entrepreneurship podcast with over 30 million downloads. A Top 100 podcast globally, YAP features star-studded guests like Matthew McConaughey, Gary Vee, Alex Hormozi, Deepak Chopra, Daymond John, Mel Robbins, and countless others. The show was recognized as a 2022 Webby Honoree, and Hala graced the cover of Podcast Magazine in January 2021.

Hala is also the Founder and CEO of YAP Media, an award-winning, premier white-glove social media and podcast production agency for CEOs, celebrities, and top podcasters. With nearly 60 employees and a dozen high-profile clients, YAP Media was named the #1 LinkedIn Marketing Agency and voted Best Podcast Agency of 2022.

In 2022, Hala launched the YAP Media Network, a podcast network that helps top podcasts land sponsorship deals with major brands like LinkedIn, Airbnb, and Shopify. YAP Media is pacing to hit 8-figures in 2025, and represents some of the most popular business podcasters in the world including Jenna Kutcher, Russell Brunson, Neil Patel, and John Lee Dumas. 

Hala is well-known for her engaged following and influence on Linkedin, leading to the creation of YAP Academy. Her first two-day LinkedIn Secret Masterclass has had 9 cohorts with hundreds of new influencers following Hala’s expertise to achieve successful LinkedIn growth and monetization. The next YAP Academy Masterclass is currently in the works with a focus on podcast creation, growth and monetization.

Hala is a 2025 Real Leaders Top 50 Keynote Speaker, sharing her expertise in podcasting, LinkedIn, social media, personal branding, sales and entrepreneurship through in-person keynotes and panels such as Funnel Hacking Live 10 and IAB Upfronts.

Hala has had a knack for inventing successful products and motivating teams since a young age. She began her career in radio production while in college, working at HOT97 on The Angie Martinez Show. In her senior year of college she founded The Sorority of Hip Hop, building a community of 50 female bloggers who hosted a popular blog, events, concerts, and radio shows. When the blog boom slowed down, she got her MBA, graduating #1 in her class with a 4.0 gpa, and spent the next 6 years in various corporate marketing roles at Hewlett Packard and Disney Streaming Services.

Host of Young and Profiting Podcast

Host and Producer of #1 Education Podcast, Young and Profiting.

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Most people think they chase opportunity.

But that’s hardly true.

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Most people sell the dream:
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"Imagine the freedom."
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Heather Monahan

I help leaders, teams, and organizations build unshakable confidence, overcome adversity, and drive measurable revenue results.

I’m a keynote speaker, 2X bestselling author, executive coach, and entrepreneur who has gone from the C-suite to the global stage, sharing proven strategies on leadership, resilience, and sales. My talks are designed not just to inspire—but to deliver tactical takeaways that fuel growth, performance, and transformation.

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✔️ Partner with organizations as a consultant and executive coach to create cultures where people thrive and revenue accelerates.
✔️ Provide actionable strategies through bestselling books, top-ranked podcasts, and training programs.

Who I’ve Worked With:
Global brands: Google, Amazon, Verizon, MGM Resorts
Top universities: Harvard, University of Miami, FIU
International events: Headlined the LEAP Technology Conference in Saudi Arabia (250,000 attendees) in 2024 and 2025, and the WHX Tech Conference in Dubai in 2025.

Recognition:
Real Leaders Top 50 Keynote Speaker
Favikon Top 100 LinkedIn Creator
Top 20 Executive Coach (Real Leaders 2024)
Featured by Forbes, USA Today, CNN, Success Magazine

Why It Matters:
Whether it’s a Fortune 500 team, a fast-growing startup, or an audience of thousands, my mission is the same:
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She thought she was ending my career. She was starting it. 😳

She pushed the papers across the table. Smiled. And I saw it.

Not nerves. Not hesitation.

Joy.😳

She was enjoying this.

In that moment, something shifted in me. I wasn't just being fired. I was being freed.

Because I realized: I don't want to work with you either.😃

For 14 years, I had shrunk myself. Tolerated the toxicity. Shrunk myself in hopes it would make her feel better.

But sitting across from someone who took pleasure in my pain? Those are not my people and they are not yours either.

I had 60 seconds to decide.
Sign the papers, take the money, and stay silent.

Or walk away with nothing but my integrity.

I chose me. 🙏

No severance. No safety net. Just an 18-month non-compete and a whole lot of uncertainty.

Here's what I gained:

✅ The freedom to be confident
✅ The freedom to be the unapologetic me
✅ The freedom to write my two best selling books
✅ The freedom to launch my podcast and speaking career

Spoiler alert:  I had been the one holding myself back.
She never held the key to my freedom, I always did.🔑

Where in your life have you been the one holding you back? 👇


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