Michael Deem is an experienced senior professional who has operated in senior management, Board, and advisor capacities with companies ranging from start-up, to rapid growth, to large multi-national companies. His intellectual bandwidth has benefited companies from a wide cross section of industries that include Life Sciences, Artificial Intelligence, Genomics, Data Science, Biotechnology, Energy, and Cancer Research. Michael recently finished his term as Department Chair of Bioengineering at Ri...
Aug 13, 2022•20 min•Season 5Ep. 8
James is the Chief Executive Officer at FJ Holdings and Khuri Enterprises. James Khuri is an American businessman, social media influencer, and wildly successful entrepreneur who have been developing successful, innovative businesses and business models for more than 20 years. His groundbreaking work in restructuring e-commerce platforms has propelled him into the spotlight in recent years as he works tirelessly to build a better e-commerce business model that has a more consumer-friendly global...
Jun 21, 2022•22 min•Season 5Ep. 7
Marc is a high energy, high caliber Sales Leader and Sales Training Professional with over 22 years of broad commercial experience and a strong history of success in the pharmaceutical industry. I am experienced in the traditional pharmaceutical, buy and bill, and specialty pharmacy business models. He has been recognized as an exemplary leader at the National and Regional level who is skilled in achieving sales and business objectives through strategic planning, attention to people, and a focus...
May 26, 2022•33 min•Season 5Ep. 6
Kevin has immense professional experience in the marketing and management field spanning nearly 30 years. He started his career immediately after college by joining a governmental relations firm and then went on to establish ‘Beer Drinkers of America’–an advocacy organization sponsored by Anheuser Busch and Miller Brewing. Thereafter, Kevin served as an Executive Vice President of Marketing for the Birmingham Fire (NFL’s World League of American Football) and served as Vice President of Marketin...
May 23, 2022•31 min•Season 5Ep. 5
Rene Pardo is an inventor, creator and entrepreneur. A visionary driven by innovating world firsts to impact and help people, his entire life he has been supporting advanced R&D and building tech companies around exceptional, bright people. He is most recognized for co-inventing and developing the world's first electronic spreadsheet (1969), as well as Forward Referencing, the cornerstone functionality of modern spreadsheets and reactive programming. The spreadsheet was licensed to and used ...
Apr 15, 2022•1 hr 30 min•Season 5Ep. 4
Eric Weinberger is a media executive who specializes in live production, long-form storytelling, launching new businesses, leadership of large teams and content monetization and innovation. During his 20 years in media Eric has been a key member of teams that started Fox Sports, built and developed NFL Network and created the digital and linear assets for Bill Simmons Media Group and HBO. Eric has his own Podcast Network, the first of which is now up and running and consists of a podcast for eac...
Apr 11, 2022•46 min•Season 5Ep. 3
James is the Chief Executive Officer at FJ Holdings and Khuri Enterprises James Khuri is an American businessman, social media influencer, and wildly successful entrepreneur who have been developing successful, innovative businesses and business models for more than 20 years. His groundbreaking work in restructuring e-commerce platforms has propelled him into the spotlight in recent years as he works tirelessly to build a better e-commerce business model that has a more consumer-friendly global ...
Apr 09, 2022•44 min•Season 5Ep. 2
15+ years as a real estate entrepreneur, business angel, and venture capitalist. Traveling the world seeking business opportunities and cultural growth, in this process founded several successful companies. Currently Chairman of Real Capital Caribe and American Wise Investment and also the President of Real Capital Ventures. Simultaneously, these investment groups have several companies, from real estate and construction management to finance services. Antonio’s ideas and guidance always represe...
Mar 19, 2022•41 min•Season 5Ep. 1
Poonam Rahman is the Founder and Chief Executive Officer of two international 501(c)(3) nonprofit organizations designed to provide free resources to historically marginalized communities. Observing the lack of access to mental health and S.T.E.A.M. resources within my local community, she felt propelled to create organizations to lower the barrier to such vital resources needed to succeed. She has also written a book called "Shattering Bias In S.T.E.A.M." which focuses on bridging gender gaps w...
Oct 18, 2021•46 min•Season 4Ep. 33
Robert H. Forrester’s career spanned 50 years of service to the global philanthropic sector. From 1980-2008, Bob was the Founder and CEO of Payne Forrester, LLC, an international consulting firm providing planning, management, fundraising, and governance advisory services to non-profit organizations (i.e. clients included - American University of Beirut during the hostilities of the civil war in Lebanon, The United Nations Foundation and Global Polio Eradication Initiative, and at the request of...
Sep 01, 2021•1 hr 6 min•Season 4Ep. 32
Jason Mars is an inventor, scientist, professor, entrepreneur, and author. He currently works as a professor of computer science at the University of Michigan where he directs, one of the best places in the world to be trained in topics spanning artificial intelligence, large scale computing, and programming languages. In 2017, Jason was named Bank Innovations #2 Most Innovative CEO in Banking and in 2019 he was named into Crain’s Detroit Business’ 40 under 40. Jason is one of the most adept peo...
Aug 14, 2021•59 min•Season 4Ep. 31
Abe Issa is a Lebanese-born entrepreneur who has concentrated his business efforts on green energy and sustainability. After graduating from the Texas Christian University with a finance degree, he started a real estate investment company, redeveloping over 500 homes and commercial properties in Dallas, Fort Worth, and South Texas between 2005 and 2010. His desire to be proactive and drive social change along with environmental regeneration led him into the home improvement and energy efficiency...
Jul 17, 2021•28 min•Season 4Ep. 30
David Walker Green Beret is the Co-Founder and Chief Operating Officer of GrowthLine Capital. GrowthLine Capital is a long-biased, high return-seeking equity long/short hedge fund that invests in companies benefiting from the innovation-driven disruptive change that can become multiples of their current size. David is a Financial Services Executive and Former US Army Special Forces Commander (“Green Beret”) with exceptional ability to lead under pressure. David Walker Green Beret has over 17 yea...
Jul 14, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 29
Miles Taylor is a public policy leader, recent CNN Contributor, and the former U.S Lead for Advanced Technology and Security Strategy at Google. Miles is also the former Chief of Staff at the U.S. Department of Homeland Security. He oversaw the government's third-largest department's day-to-day operations, including nearly 250,000 employees and a $60 billion annual budget. He has also co-founded the Washington Leadership Academy, a four-year high school in Washington, D.C. Attached Things/Links ...
Jul 09, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 28
Josh Cutler was a teacher for many, many years in New York City. During that time, he learned how to foster a great classroom environment and the details to the educational system. From there he went on to develop his knowledge in the educational realm and training space. He is now a Learning and Development/Training Strategy Consultant. Also, Josh is an Executive Coach at Teach the Trainer. This conversation has a deep pull on my life because proper education is super important to me. Josh Cutl...
Jun 14, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 27
Ashley Olafsen is an author, TEDx speaker, and Forbes entrepreneur. As a 3x business owner and social entrepreneur and Startup Coach at IFundWomen, Ashley has great knowledge about the business world. She started her first company in 2013, called MOVE, and from there has inspired many young women to forge a life they would be fulfilled with. She has some of the best business acumen I know of…. So enjoy this deep dive with Ashley. Attached Things/Links Mentioned: Ashley's Journey Business Busines...
Jun 10, 2021•43 min•Season 4Ep. 26
Cameron Dower is an entrepreneur, content strategist, and a genius ideator and maker of branding and content. At 20 years old, Cameron has created 5 businesses thus far (the first of which at 9). He brings great value to his social media platforms and has grown his personal brand extremely well. With all his knowledge, he founded and created a social media content agency (SMCA) in 2020. Alongside that, he now also works as a project manager at FanBytes. Cameron Dower and I met on Twitter last ye...
Jun 07, 2021•38 min•Season 4Ep. 25
Emily Padan is the creator of Bloom Class, Co-Owner of Hinter Company and Hinter House, and host of Finding You Wave Podcast. Emily was a teacher for many, many years and has even created her own educational tutoring company called Bloom Class. Along the way, she decided to co-create Hinter Company with her husband Mauricio. Hinter Company builds cabins and rents them out to people for unique experiences. Check out their information below if you’re interested in what Emily is doing, has done, or...
Jun 05, 2021•58 min•Season 4Ep. 24
Taylor is the Co-Founder and CEO of Toucan, which is a free Chrome extension that helps you learn a language without even trying. In the past, she has worked for Fair, Headspace, and Science. Taylor comes from a sports background, taught herself to code, and has always been on an ambitious road of business and personal development since young. Toucan currently supports seven languages — Spanish, Korean, French, German, Italian, Portuguese and Japanese. English is coming soon (and is probably liv...
Jun 02, 2021•32 min•Season 4Ep. 23
Neil Heritage is a motivational speaker and disabled Army veteran. He has definitely inspired me. From the first day I heard of his story to now interviewing him, I am astounded by Neil’s courage and perseverance. Neil served in the British Army for 11 years on the bomb disposal team in Bosnia, Northern Ireland, and Iraq. He lost his legs in Iraq in 2004 where he was clearing a route for IEDs and a suicide bomber got through the cordon and detonated. After the initial recovery from his injuries ...
May 31, 2021•34 min•Season 4Ep. 22
Naomi is a 16 year old entrepreneur and education reform advocate. Since the earliest of days, Naomi has started multiple businesses - especially Spice it Up and now Bright Futures. She has had the ambition to envision her business and the diligence to execute on them. Most notably, she is a national intern for Girl Scouts of the USA and received the Gold Award Girl Scout in 2020. Naomi has much wisdom and a still disposition to her. Enjoy this episode as we talk deep about her journey so far. A...
May 29, 2021•35 min•Season 4Ep. 21
Abby Sugar is the Founder and CEO of Play Out Apparel. She launched Play Out's first styles in 2014, as the first and only gender-equal underwear brand to show at Lingerie Fashion Week, and graduated from The Founder Institute Silicon Valley Winter 2020 cohort. As an outgoing, unapologetically queer startup founder, she strives to be a leading voice in and for the LGBTQ+ community. Abby’s entrepreneurial spirit and unique personal style give her an outsider’s advantage in the world of fashion. A...
May 27, 2021•45 min•Season 4Ep. 20
A family man, entrepreneur, engineer, and now politician. Peter Zieve was born in Milwaukee Wisconsin. He grew up under an engineer, as well. So, Peter Zieve eventually decided to attend MIT, where his brother went as well, and graduated from in 1976 with a BS in Electrical Engineering. He later entered graduate school at MIT and founded EFB Inc. He stayed with EFB Inc until 1983 when he entered graduate school at the University of Washington to eventually earn a PhD in Mechanical Engineering. A...
May 25, 2021•1 hr 22 min•Season 4Ep. 19
Danny Miranda is a writer and learner - both of which he has been a life-long learner of. Since he was young, Danny has been writing. Whether it was being a Media Relations Intern for the New York Mets, Public Relations Intern for the NYIT, or an Owner/Editor of Knicks Vision (his own media publication that he started at just age 15), writing was the thread to bind it all. Through and through, Danny has been through the wilderness of his own internal and being in a better spot each and every day...
May 09, 2021•41 min•Season 4Ep. 18
Ari Lewis was born in New York City and raised in Long Island. After moving to Ohio and completing undergrad, his childhood best friend and him started Grasshopper Capital, a hedge fund focused on investing in digital assets. They sold the firm in 2018 to Token Capital Management, an Australian asset management firm. Thereafter, Ari co-founded GreenBlock strategic communications and innovation consultancy firm. His consulting work has led him to working with one-person startups all the way to st...
May 08, 2021•29 min•Season 4Ep. 17
During this conversation, Dr. Shaun L. McKay showed his depth of knowledge and range of expertise in everything education. Not only will every student resonate with this, but every faculty person, teacher, administrator, politician should too. There is great gold in what is said during this conversation. Dr. McKay is an accomplished leader in post-secondary education, who, from 2010 to May 2019, served as President of Suffolk County Community College, the largest community college in the State o...
May 06, 2021•1 hr 27 min•Season 4Ep. 16
Brandon C. Ballard is a servant leader. He has built himself through his fair share of the trials and obstacles in life though. There have been tough moments of experiencing homelessness, having relationship issues, and sometimes having no financial backing or opportunity in sight. Brandon was also a former 8-year U.S. Army Reservist - serving since 2012. In 2015, Brandon went through a valuable journey in a casino as he worked his way from security guard to a position in Human Resources to then...
Mar 29, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 15
Jordan Gross is reimagining personal development. His full focus is to trail-blaze personal development through creative storytelling. Imagitivitation….. imagination, creativity, implementation. Through writing, speaking, going back to school to learn the field and skills of therapy, and building communities of dreamers/makers, Jordan wants to uplift others with storytelling being the main foundation. 2021 is Jordan’s year of experimentation. That’s why he is doing said things above. Another exa...
Mar 12, 2021•54 min•Season 4Ep. 14
Jim Feldkamp is the Lead Consultant - Intelligence & Counterterrorism at Complete Threat Preparedness. As a Commander, James (Jim) L. Feldkamp, USN Ret., Jim was a US Naval Flight Officer, Counter-Measures Officer (ECMO), and Navigator for the EA-6B – the U.S. Navy’s carrier-based electronic attack aircraft. He flew off the USS Midway in Operation Desert Shield and Desert Storm in 1991. Affiliating with the U.S. Naval Reserves became a Special Agent for the Federal Bureau of Investigation (F...
Mar 11, 2021•50 min•Season 4Ep. 13
Jared Kleinert is a 3-time author (2 Billion Under 20, 3 Billion Under 30, and How to Build a World-Class Network in Record Time), award-winning author, entrepreneur, and world-class networker. He’s the guy who knows the guy….. who knows the guy. At age 15, he started his first business (NowIGetIt.com). At 18, he became one of the youngest signed authors of a business book in MacMillan’s 175+ year history. Later, he became one of the first 10 employees for an enterprise SaaS company called 15Fiv...
Mar 05, 2021•1 hr•Season 4Ep. 11
