On July 26, 2016, Nneka Brown sold 8,000 notebooks in 24 hours with her award winning stationery manufacturing company Nneka is a service disabled U.S. Army Veteran who sustained several traumatic brain injuries from jumping out of airplanes. 45 days after leaving her 9 year career in the US Army due to injuries, her new path in life was established for good. She’s been navigating through the obstacles of being a first-time founder and a disabled business owner since that day and has many storie...
Feb 25, 2021•24 min•Season 4Ep. 10
Hennesys Disla is an experienced founder and the Creator of ArmHug with a demonstrated history of working in the hospital & health care industry. She is skilled in healthcare, medical technology, and teaching. Hennesys has a unique story in that she went to art school and was going to pursue a career at Disney Animation Studios. However, she was later engulfed into the world of science. After being taken on a lab tour by a science friend from Stanford University, she couldn't believe how muc...
Feb 22, 2021•47 min•Season 4Ep. 9
Last year, Karina Popovich was honored as Teen Vogue's 21 Under 21 for organizing an international group of makers to produce 82,000 units of PPE. After going back home to Brooklyn “mid-semester with her 3 [3D] printers”, she did research on understanding how to “print medical grade PPE and additional materials.” That grew into Makers for COVID-19 and a group of 170+ members and one of the largest Maker collaborations for COVID-19. In that being said, Karina is the Founder of Makers for COVID-19...
Feb 17, 2021•44 min•Season 4Ep. 8
Genevieve Kim is a storyteller at heart, photographer, and creative consultant to many. She founded and built a creative media production studio called Triangleflash Studio, launched the global photography movement called the EYESEEYOU Project in 2017, and her work has appeared in The NY Times, Harper’s Bazaar, UN Habitats Reports, Business Insider, AdWeek, MOZAIC, and more. Some of her clients as a creator include the UN Habitats, TEDx, Inscape, The Assemblage, Invisible Technologies, and When ...
Feb 12, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 7
Presence Plumb is the host of the podcast ”It starts with Action”. It came out just last year after she found her voice and also her vision. At age 9, Presence moved to a foreign country. She didn’t know the language, received extremely low grades in her first year, and was bullied immensely because of it. But eventually she worked her way to the best student of the year and also received the good student of the year award, which only 10 students receive in Hong Kong. The bullying didn’t stop th...
Feb 09, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 6
“I really wanted to create an impact bigger than just my community and contribute on a global scale [with Lê Crumb Bakery]. That’s why I added on the mission of donating a portion to Doctors Without Borders, which impacts over 70 countries.” (Orange Coast Magazine) That’s Christin Le. She is a still an on-going, first-generation, Vietnamese student at Johns Hopkins University studying Public Health and Neuroscience on the pre-med track. However, this past spring, she founded Lê Crumb Bakery that...
Feb 03, 2021•39 min•Season 4Ep. 5
Shaun Jay is an award winning magician. He’s been seen on FOX, ABC, NBC, Masters of Illusion on the CW Network and also the TEDx Stage. Magician Shaun Jay started his career at the early age of 12 and has studied under some of the biggest names in magic over the past 17 years along with Jeff Mcbride at the Magic and Mystery School. When not performing or speaking at events, Shaun uses his talents for 3D CAD design and prototyping as a trusted creative consultant for one of the world’s premiere a...
Jan 28, 2021•56 min•Season 4Ep. 4
Yuri is an organizational development + HR strategy consultant, the Principal of Master The Talk Consulting , and a Forbes Coaches Council Member and startup advisor. Yuri holds roles at Elite Healthcare Consultants and HR, Talent & Systems Consulting (an award-winning HR consultancy). He has consulted and spoken at numerous Fortune 500 and Inc. 5000 companies, VC-backed startups and top universities, including EY, Google, Columbia and UPenn, likewise appearing on network TV and top podcasts...
Jan 15, 2021•40 min•Season 4Ep. 3
Serena Scanzillo is a Biomechanics Specialist, NESTA FNC, with 12 years of training experience. She is the founder of SerenaFit, a high performance lifestyle program that focuses on habits, fitness, nutrition and mindfulness, which are all topics we cover in this episode. Serena has the following certifications under her belt too: NASM Certified Personal Trainer, CPR/AED Certified (AHA), NESTA Fitness Nutrition Coach, AFPA Functional Sports Exercise Specialist, AFPA Trainer of Special Population...
Jan 13, 2021•51 min•Season 4Ep. 2
Erifili Gounari is a 21 year old student, entrepreneur, and social media specialist from Greece. In May 2020, she launched The Z Link, the first Gen Z-led social media marketing studio that helps brands reach Gen Z on social media. Currently studying for her undergraduate degree, she was recently named Forbes 30 Under 30 for Greece, and has worked with companies from all around the world and across industries to create social media strategies and content. Before launching her business, Erifili h...
Jan 08, 2021•52 min•Season 4Ep. 1
Amanda is the Founder of Creative Surrender Studios, Global Director/Founding Member of Stageless Arts, and a TED Circles Host at TED. She lives the life of a creative and has cultivated the practices to be able to do so. In this discussion, we delve into Amanda’s journey, the history of her ventures, dancing, creativity, and the way in which writing has helped her grow. Amanda’s new book is available for pre-sale now: CLICK HERE Enjoy! Attached Things/Links That Were Mentioned: Creative Surrend...
Dec 21, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 31
Hayden Humphrey is a life coach who helps uplift people and aid them in taking control of their life. Once a people-pleaser and unpassionate about his corporate roles in life, he dove deep into his internal to shake up the “foundation of his house” and make a “script” that he was passionate about living. As Hayden mentions, we were all given a set of scripts to live by as children. You learned about the world and about your place in it - without even questioning if it was right for you. So, in h...
Dec 10, 2020•55 min•Season 3Ep. 30
Andrew Feinstein is an author and entrepreneur. At 24 years old, he wrote and published Find Your Mind: Meditation for the Bold and Ambitious to help the next generation access the tools of meditation/mindfulness. Now being at Next Gen HQ, Andrew is the Director of Partnerships, helping pave the way for the rocketship growth of such a great organization and community. In this discussion, we talk about the interpersonal pillars that make up all of our lives and the entire journey of Andrew’s life...
Dec 08, 2020•50 min•Season 3Ep. 29
Joseph Lorenzo is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working with products, as well as in the e-learning and food industry. He is the past Co-Founder and COO at TechRoots Academy, an educational coding company, and is now the Co-Founder of Newmen, a product based company for men’s grooming and hygiene. With a history of entrepreneurship in his family (specifically Lorenzo Food Group), Joe was a lemonade-stand-type-kid. He pulls from the worlds of both sales and...
Dec 03, 2020•33 min•Season 3Ep. 28
Adriel is a first-generation entrepreneur who loves startups, sales, and this game of life. His roles consist of being a founder, co-founder, host of The Gong - a podcast about sales and startups, ultra-racer, and more. Now the Founder & CEO at Riveter, which is HR for the unemployed, he is building something that is of major importance in today’s economy and world. Through hindsight and reflection, Adriel has built his way to the point of Riveter. There is no story more open than this. Enjo...
Dec 01, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 27
Jason is currently the VP, User Acquisition at Mammoth Media (formerly Science Mobile). He has worked as an advisor and consultant with a wide range of companies, such as Urban Sitter, Dollar Shave Club, Google, Urban Remedy, Home Hero, and Cult Cosmetics. He has also worked at Experian EXPGF (OTCMKTS), ValueClick (VCLK) and Looksmart (LOOK). Jason is a highly-adept digital marketing executive and has the ability to build and manage high performance teams. There are a lot of golden tokens of val...
Nov 24, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 3Ep. 26
Chau Mui (first name pronounced chow - as in like eating food; last name pronounced moo-e as in the cow sound and the letter “e”) is the founder and editor in chief of ciaooo! Media Group (pronounced chow - as in like eating food), an editorial site helping New Yorkers to become informed and impactful. Prior to founding ciaooo!, Chau spent 7 years working in the advertising industry representing some of the industry’s most reputable television directors and production companies. Chau was also a ...
Nov 22, 2020•48 min•Season 3Ep. 25
Koby Wheeler had it in him since he was young…..he embodied what an entrepreneur was before it was ever popular. Lemonade stands. Selling doughnuts. Garage sales. The full nine yards. Growing up, Koby found his way by making his own way. The path of trial and error and figure-it-out-as-you-go, he honed his skills and mindset to become one in which he can operate effectively, efficiently, and provide great creative value to others - from TEDx designs in high school, to personal ideations and crea...
Nov 06, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 24
Dr. Orin Davis helps people become the best versions of themselves. Formally, Orin was the first person to get a doctorate in positive psychology. He is the Principal Investigator at the Quality of Life Laboratory and a self-actualization engineer. He also serves as Head of Behavioral Science at Vervo and is a science advisor to Happify. Jokingly, in our conversation, Orin mentioned that he is a Chief Bullshit Officer - a.k.a he calls people out on their bullshit. Topics are plentiful in this on...
Oct 26, 2020•1 hr 25 min•Season 3Ep. 23
Marianna Phillips is a New York City visual artist and creative. Long before now, she has experienced many things in this life and comes from a rich family history/upbringing in that she is a first-generation Argentinian-Colombian American. At the moment, Marianna is a partner (COO) at the Forcing Function, a high-performance consultancy led by Chris Sparks that works with investors, founders, and CEOs to maximize their trajectory and decision making. Last year, the Forcing Function published it...
Oct 23, 2020•47 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Full visual story on Sharing Excess: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SmEW3C7tkLc Since 2018, this stellar, purpose-driven, non-profit has delivered 1/2 million lbs of food at a rate of 10,000 lbs per week and conducted 3,000 total pickups.......and counting. The pandemic has accelerated the need for sharing excess food to those who need it most, especially in the city of Philadelphia, so Sharing Excess has delivered 200,000 lbs of food since the pandemic first started. Now, the next step is grow...
Oct 17, 2020•25 min•Season 3Ep. 22
Eric knew what he wanted to do since he was young…..or at least he had an understanding of his combination of his creative side and tech side. Coming from a duality of that when growing up, Eric experienced many things that caused his storytelling perspective to be the way it is - which we discuss in full. Formally, Eric Daniel Horn is an Executive Producer and Partner at Direct Narrative NYC. From sneaking into concerts at age 14 to shoot video for a variety of rock bands to traveling to China ...
Oct 05, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 21
Kylie Fernands (Kylie Michele) joins us on this episode to discuss her unique journey with music and what she is doing as she continues to stay in that purpose. Since a very young age, Kylie intuitively played the piano (even from ear), taught others at the School of Rock in Waldwick, NJ, and the rest is what we discuss up until 2020. Along the way, Kylie drops some bomb lines and brings immense value within the topics of music, the legal side of music, music business, marketing, branding, Taylo...
Oct 03, 2020•1 hr 6 min•Season 1Ep. 20
Fidel Boamah, born in Ghana, West Africa, is a creative in full. As of now, he is the Creative Director of the up and rising startup Truck Bux. Besides that, he is working on different creative skills and venturing into music. In the past, Fidel was on Ep #7 and Ep #12. This time around, he is coming back on the Dream BIG Daily podcast for a third time to discuss creativity, recent learnings, and all the growth that has happened since our recorded conversation two years ago. Enjoy this one and l...
Oct 01, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 19
(Official episode start time is around the 2:42 minute mark if you want to skip to that) Chauncey Hawkins is a Division 1 basketball player and in 3 seasons of being at St. Francis in Brooklyn, he has eclipsed 1,000 career points. He also eclipsed 1,000 career points in high school while at Saint Joseph Regional and led the 2016 team to a Jamboree County Championship in Bergen County, NJ. Chauncey is diligent and focused on being the best basketball player he can be. Its been that way since he w...
Jul 30, 2020•53 min•Season 3Ep. 18
Marco Sandoval is a DJ, entrepreneur, promoter, and radio show host. As of recently, he also became the newest member of the Recording Academy. Marco is focused, driven, and chasing his dreams on the daily. It's paying off too. Like was mentioned in the video "reputation is repetition".....and Marco is putting in his reps. Since a young age it has been that way. It's even more special, and makes even more sense, that Marco has always had the lineage behind him that was super engrossed in music a...
Jul 09, 2020•41 min•Season 3Ep. 17
AASW (Accessible and Affordable Sanitation for Women) exists to give all women proper access to menstrual hygiene and to educate them about the menstrual process. Ziyaan Virji started this initiative because his mom didn't have proper access to menstrual hygiene. Now, his initiative has given over 1,000 reusable menstruation pads. The goal this year alone is to surpass 2,500. And eventually, Ziyaan and his entire group of volunteers want to serve all the 500 million women around the world who do...
May 22, 2020•38 min•Season 3Ep. 16
This episode is a really special one. Not only did we reach a milestone of 50 episodes, but to do it with Tommy Hatton makes it all the better. Tommy is a great person, athlete, and entrepreneur. He always strives to improve himself on a daily basis with everything he does. And all the daily labor he puts in everyday gives him much deserving fruit. Whether it be state championships and All-American honors in high school, starting as an offensive lineman at UNC Chapel Hill, or co-founding a new s...
May 21, 2020•32 min•Season 3Ep. 15
The last time you heard from Riley and the Soar team was earlier this year when we joined them to document their trips to Detroit for the Forbes Under 30 Summit and Miami for the Super Bowl. If you want to check out one of the videos, click the link below: Detroit 2020 Forbes Under 30 Summit: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=115WO47_LsY It was particular important to talk to Riley during this quarantine Q&A considering the time we are living in and what we are going through as a society. Rile...
May 13, 2020•18 min•Season 3Ep. 14
The last time you heard from Tanishq was when we made a short featured film about him in 2019. If you want to see the film, check out the link below: Tanishq Joshi: A Dream BIG Spotlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a0B6mec15xQ Tanishq Joshi (TJ) is a person who leads life with passion and always works to improve his craft. Since we first met him and did a Dream BIG Spotlight on his life, it was evident that he was in his path of purpose. Now, one year later, we caught up and answered questi...
May 12, 2020•42 min•Season 3Ep. 13
