In this episode, I get to interview Kenishia Mais, who is speaking to me from Jamaica. We talk about how she used her resourcefulness to start and grow her business. Living in the Caribbean requires a lot of hustle just to get by. Kenishia’s story is truly one of bootstrapping with NO BOOTS! Kenishia used her book and street smarts to level up and is now a widely sought after financial expert. ★ Support this podcast ★
June is National Caribbean American Heritage Month. All episodes this month will feature entrepreneurs with Caribbean heritage. To kick it off I have Rohan Gilkes here with me on the show. I talk with Rohan about how he started various multimillion dollar businesses. When we think of services based company, we often don't think of how we can apply technology to it to make it more efficient. Rohan has revolutionized that industry by using technology to amplify these businesses, and now he is teac...
To kick off season two of Doing The Most: The Misadventures of Entrepreneurship I get to chat with Matt Lebris about success. What does success mean to you? How will you know when you have achieved that success? In this episode, I interview Matt Lebris, and we talk all about his adventures and misadventures while being an entrepreneur. From monetizing his personal brand at 17 to working with Daymond John of Shark Tank, Matt's experiences, both good and bad, are of value to anyone in receivership...
Season one of the Doing The Most has been great and I can't wait to get started on season two. I want to give a big thank you to all the new subscribers, and I appreciate the love. ★ Support this podcast ★
John is a techie who works with passionate innovators looking to create change, by providing product development and management skills to organizations and young startup teams. John has worked with government agencies, small businesses and young startups to discover how technology and innovation can further their mission. He’s worked on projects such as the New York City Public Advocate’s Worst Landlord Watchlist, which uses data to identify the worst acting landlords in NYC; designed, organized...
Candace Johnson is a business leader and entrepreneur. After college, she originally planned on going to law school but realized that her entrepreneurial bug was moved from her home town Long Island, New York to Los Angeles, California. Here she was able to start working on her passion of being a fashion designer. In 2018 she was ready to successfully launch her company 925Babe that provides fashion for the fashionable 9 to 5 working young woman. Tune in to hear all about how she go it done! ★ S...
Malcolm Paul is a serial entrepreneur, product manager, and full stack developer who works with startups to get their MVP to market quickly and efficiently. Over his years of entrepreneurship, Malcolm has been able to pivot and take leaps of faith where others couldn't see opportunities. Tune in to hear from Malcolm how he was able to keep doing the most ★ Support this podcast ★
Mariella Paulino is a dreamer, thinker, and doer! She create systems and tools that center on helping people interact better with the world around them. She has worked in government, nonprofits, education, and everything else in between vacillating between project, data, and community management. In 2014 she launched her company, Project Hearing, that created bumper stickers that say "Deaf Driver" after a horrible experience with the police where her deafness was interpreted as non-compliance. T...
Michael McNair is a Father, founder, technologist. His entrepreneurial path led him unconventionally to developing AR and AI technologies. From the sports industry to technology, Michael shares some of the hardest choices he had to make to create a future for himself and his family. Tune in to hear his misadventures and adventures of entrepreneurship while doing the most. ★ Support this podcast ★
Maya is New York based Product and Web Developer, Educator, Speaker, and Entrepreneur. She is the Founder of COFFEE & CODED LLC an event series aimed at inspiring women to #TRYTECH with her series of workshops in code, design, and entrepreneurship. Tun in to find out what misadventures she experienced while figuring out her space in tech that later inspired Maya to start this company. ★ Support this podcast ★
Andrew Nguyen is a serial entrepreneur and businessman. He has been featured in Forbes, ABC, Rolling Out, CBS, and much more. He currently owns and operates The O Agency, a personal branding marketing agency for Pro-Athletes, CEOs and executive entrepreneurs. He is also the Managing Partner of Build Your Own Brand Inc. which includes the @BYOBlive platform and the annual #BYOBretreat which brings together thousands of diverse millennial creatives & entrepreneurs every year for an exciting 2-...
Katherine Rice is the Mayor of Geronimo, Oklahoma, CEO of Future of Fun, LLC a technology entertainment company, and Founder of Poetic Change, an arts organization. She is also a writer and performer of spoken word poetry, wife to an Army Captain, and mother to a baby girl. She is truly DOING THE MOST. Tune in to find out how does she manage getting this all done and what were her misadventures. ★ Support this podcast ★...
Abba Onyeani is a serial entrepreneur, father and teacher. Entrepreneurship runs in Abbas family from his father passing down the family business that is still alive today. He plans to pass down his businesses to his children which he hopes will keep the families entrepreneurial spirit alive. Juggling family and work is never easy. Tune in to learn how Abba does it while pursuing his entrepreneurial ventures. ★ Support this podcast ★...
In this episode, we have Natalia Saavedra. From humble beginnings of growing up in an immigrant family, Natlia understood from a young age the importance of entrepreneurship and community. Now she is a co-founder of Driven Society, landing partnerships with HBO, Google and more! How did she do it? Tune in and find out. ★ Support this podcast ★
Happy Valentine’s day, for this episode we have Steve Dean the matchmaker and dating expert coming on to tell us all about his misadventures. Steve shares the importance of social capital and how through building social capital he went from having $200 in his bank account to getting keys to a $30 million building, literally in a week. ★ Support this podcast ★
To kick off Black History month, this episode features Monique Marshall the Black and Proud business owner of the company Black to Business. Some of her misadventures include being told she would do better if she “served all people” instead of making a direct stance for black people because there was money in the Black Community. ★ Support this podcast ★
In this episode, Mekesia Brown gets real about her misadventure of giving free labor, miscommunication on projects, and the importance of being selfish in the world of entrepreneurship. ★ Support this podcast ★
In this episode, I talk with Corey Stedman about his misadventures. One of these misadventures includes turning down a million-dollar deal. Why did he turn it down? Tune in to find out. ★ Support this podcast ★
Drop us a line after you rate and review the episode: giftedsoundsnetwork@gmail.com In this episode, I get interviewed by my friend and previous CFO Pedro Crespo. We dive into the core of the purpose of this podcast, what some of my misadventures have been as an entrepreneur, and what real entrepreneurial life looks like. ★ Support this podcast ★
In our modern day lens, entrepreneurship has become a huge trend. People fantasize about quitting their jobs, becoming their own boss, and gaining financial freedom. Everyone wants to be the next Steve Jobs, Oprah or Jeff Bezos. We get caught up with social influencers and billion-dollar startups a.k.a. "The land of fairies and unicorns"! People often forget the time, energy and money that gets invested into earning these magical moments. The nights spent crying, waking up to negative bank accou...
