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About Tom & Ariana Sylvester
Tom & Ariana Sylvester are Lifestyle Builders, entrepreneurs and business consultants. With three thriving (and very different) businesses of their own, Tom & Ariana each bringing a variety of experience & knowledge.
The couple graduated from SUNY Oswego together in 2006—Tom with a bachelor’s in computer science and Ariana with a bachelor’s in Zoology—and were married in 2008.
Tom continued his love of learning and business with a master’s in management in 2012 from Nazareth University. He then went on to expand his experience in the corporate world consulting with Fortune 500 executives and their teams, and uses the wealth of knowledge gained there to continue helping entrepreneurs around the globe.
Ariana grew her experience by subsequently managing the day-to-day of each of their businesses: a real estate company, a retail wine & liquor store, and the business coaching company, while also raising their 2 kids.
The couple resides with their children and pets in Rochester, NY, where you can find Tom playing video games in their home theater and Ariana watching re-runs of The Big Bang Theory…Bazinga.
Our next guests have built not 1, not 2, but 3 successful businesses, which has enabled them to both leave their jobs in their early thirties. Doing this has allowed them to design and create their ideal lifestyle, which they now help others do via their Lifestyle Builders podcast, coaching programs, and newly published book. Introducing Tom & Ariana Sylvester!
Tom's Bio
Tom is a co-founder of Lifestyle Builders™, a coaching and training company that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses to create more impact with their customers and more freedom in their lives. Over the past 15 years, Tom has helped with thousands of business leaders and their teams create more success, from Fortune 500 companies to startups. During this time, Tom has honed and refined his philosophies, models, and strategies for growing entrepreneurial businesses.
Tom and his wife Ariana share their philosophies and guidance for entrepreneurs on their Lifestyle Builders™ podcast, their newly published book Lifestyle Builders™: Build Your Business, Quit Your Job, & Create Your Ideal Life, as well as through their coaching and consulting programs.
My next guest has built not 1, not 2, but 3 successful businesses, which has enabled both him and his wife to leave their jobs in their early thirties, after his wife told him it was impossible. He now partners with his wife to help others achieve financial freedom via their Lifestyle Builders podcast, coaching programs, and newly published book. Introducing Tom Sylvester!
Ariana's Bio
Ariana is a co-founder of Lifestyle Builders™, a coaching and training company that helps entrepreneurs build their businesses to create more impact with their customers and more freedom in their lives. Over the past 12 years, she has helped her husband Tom start and grow 3 very different businesses, managing the day-to-day operations, while also raising 2 kids. Most days you can find her watching Big Bang Theory, drinking iced chai lattes, and bursting into random song.
Ariana and Tom share their philosophies and guidance for entrepreneurs on their Lifestyle Builders™ podcast, their newly published book Lifestyle Builders™: Build Your Business, Quit Your Job, & Create Your Ideal Life, as well as through their coaching and consulting programs.
My next guest went from reluctant spouse to successful entrepreneur by building not 1, not 2, but 3 successful businesses, which has enabled both her and her husband to leave their jobs in their early thirties. She now partners with her husband to help others achieve financial freedom via their Lifestyle Builders podcast, coaching programs, and newly published book. Introducing Ariana Sylvester!
Interviews & Speaking
Tom & Ariana are available for interviews and presentations, either together or individually. To request an interview or to have them speak at your event, complete and submit the form below.
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Suggested Topics
- Plan With Purpose: How to get clear on what your ideal life looks like
- How to get your spouse on board with your business idea
- Find Your Freedom: How to determine your Freedom Number and determine when you can leave your job
- Concept to Cash: How to validate your business idea and turn it into sales
- Setup Your Systems: How to leverage systems and processes to organize and grow your business
- Quit Your Cubicle: How to leave your job and transition into the life of an entrepreneur
- Stop Self Sabotage: How to avoid and overcome the challenges that stop us from living our ideal lives
- Lifestyle Builders GPS: A step-by-step roadmap through the stages of business growth
- Strategy, Execution, Optimization: A framework for growing your business
Past Interviews & Features
Tom & Ariana

- Welcome to the Machine w/ John Newman
- Two Peas in a Pod w/ Ramon & Denita Smothers
- Screw the Nine to Five Success Spotlight
- Breakfast Wine w/ Amanda Bond
- Together 24/7 Podcast
- Bravepreneur Parents Academy Podcast
- That Marketing Dude Podcast
- Love Stories Podcast
- Starve the Doubts Podcast
- Sweetlife Entrepreneur
- The Hive Five
- Your Online Genius
- The Entrepreneur Way
- USA Today
- Huffington Post
- Buzzfeed
- GoDaddy
- The Simple Dollar
- Women's Money Talk
Ariana

- The Business of Family Selling with Brendan Alan Barrett
- Entrepreneurs on Fire w/ John Lee Dumas
- Boss Mom w/ Dana Malstaff
- The Unapologetic Mom Podcast
- Reality Check Podcast
- The Lifestyle Entrepreneur Podcast
- The DayDream Achiever Podcast
- All Up in Your Lady Business
- Women Taking the Lead
- The Thriving Mom
- The Thriving Mom
- 12 Minute Convos