Hey there and welcome back to a very special episode of Eggs. This week we have guests Dr. Amitava Roy and his associate and Eggs show alumni, Andrew Murphy. Dr. Roy has a background in fluid dynamics, thermodynamics, electrochemistry, development of new materials, and integrated energy systems. In a prior life, Dr. Roy worked for AFC Energy PLC a fuel cell company, listed on the London Stock Exchange as the Head of Fuel Cells leading a team to develop alkaline fuel cells and system integration....
Jun 10, 2021•50 min
Hey there and welcome back to Eggs. Today’s special guest is Dan Abbate. Dan is an entrepreneur, thought leader, investor, and co-founder at 81-c, a company that is pioneering entrepreneurship as an asset class. This will enable anyone in the world to invest in businesses that would typically never be available to the public. In addition, Dan brings a career-long focus on business process automation and the use of advanced technology in organizational development and improvement to coach our aud...
Jun 03, 2021•1 hr
Hey everyone and welcome back to the inaugural episode of Eggs Classic where we feature some of our favorite podcasts from our last four years of making Eggs, The Podcast. As summer approaches, schedules grow tighter, and on the occasional week where Mike and I cannot get together, like this week, we want to share content that newer listeners may have missed from our amazing back catalog and revisit guests and conversations that we think are worth hearing again. We really value the support of th...
May 27, 2021•1 hr 22 min
Hey there and welcome back to another exciting episode of Eggs! This week we have American Bladesmith Society Mastersmith and judge from the wildly popular History Channel show Forged in Fire, J. Neilson. J. has been making blades for more than a quarter of a century from his “shop in the woods” in the endless mountains of Pennsylvania, and turned his passion for knife making into the opportunity of a lifetime when the History Channel came knocking. Known as the Judge who dramatically tests the ...
May 20, 2021•53 min
Hey there and welcome back to another exciting episode of Eggs! Today’s special guest is Jeroen Corthout. Jeroen is the co-founder of Salesflare ( https://salesflare.com), a CRM focused on small businesses. Jeroen began his career in marketing learning in short order that the corporate world wasn’t for him. He found it was suffocating and he didn’t like the feeling of being cornered in one small part of a bigger machine. It was that spark that set him on his entrepreneurial journey. Here to shar...
May 15, 2021•54 min
This week on Eggs hosts Mike and Ryan come together without a guest for a fun conversation catching up on what's new. The discussion spanned from Ryan's home renovations to Mike's new business and beyond to cover current events and career pivots. It was a great chat and you're going to want to tune in to this very casual edition of Eggs!
May 08, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Hey there and welcome back to Eggs! Joining us today is return guest Jonathon Hensley. Jonathon is co-founder and CEO of Emerge Interactive and author of the new book Alignment: Overcoming internal sabotage and digital product failure. For more than two decades, Jonathon has helped startups, Fortune 100 brands, technology leaders, large regional health networks, non-profit organizations and more, transform their businesses by turning strategy, user needs, and new technologies into valuable digit...
Apr 29, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Hi there, and welcome back to Eggs. This week’s special guest is brand experience superstar and taco aficionado, Scott Porter. Scott is the founder and owner of San Diablo Artisan Churros, Co-founder of Circle HR, a tool that guides managers in creating connection-driven onboarding processes, and host of the podcast and video series Tacoincidence: Secrets of breakthrough brand experience on the search for the perfect taco. With a broad range of experience having worked in everything from senior ...
Apr 22, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have a special guest Nicholas Prouten. Nick is an expert in blockchain and cryptocurrency technologies and an ambassador for the Lode One project, a platform that facilitates the purchase of digital tokens which unlike many others is backed by physical assets like gold and silver. Through their “coins,” LODE, AUX, and AGX investors are able to buy, sell, and trade digital equivalents of real bullion as easily as spending traditional FIAT currency. Nick has a di...
Apr 15, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and investment banker, Paul Hickey. Paul has raised more than 22 rounds of funding for his own startups, had several exits, and taken one all the way through IPO. He has also co-founded a boutique investment bank where he’s spent a decade raising capital for fast-growth companies. Most recently, however, in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, he launched the Utah-based Pura Vita Medical to manufacture medical grade face ...
Apr 08, 2021•59 min
Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have head of marketing at Planable, Miruna Dragomir. Planable is a content review and marketing collaboration platform used by over 5,000 social media teams at brands like Jaguar, Land Rover, Viber, Siemens, and the United Nations. Formerly with Uber and Oracle, Miruna is an experienced marketing executive who in the last three years at Planable has spearheaded efforts that have resulted in an increase in revenue of more than 30X with no sign of slowing down. J...
Apr 01, 2021•53 min
Welcome back to the 200th episode of Eggs! To celebrate this milestone, we are thrilled to have our special guest, the revolutionary DJ Rob Swift. Born and raised in what would become the epicenter of hip-hop, Jackson Heights, Queens, Rob started his DJing at the young age of 12, influenced by his brother and father, DJs themselves. His education continued on the streets of 1980s New York City where he was exposed to all kinds of music from funk and jazz to old DJs like Grandmaster Flash and Gra...
Mar 25, 2021•1 hr 16 min
Hey there and welcome back to another episode of Eggs! This week we have Robert Clinkenbeard. Robert is the CEO of the Radix Group. He is an entrepreneur, author, and four-time Iron Man who has taken his business acumen and lessons learned in competition to not only sell his company but kickstart an investment portfolio that contains several franchises, real estate investments, and the largest Peer Group facilitation company in the US — all that on top of raising a large family. Robert joins us ...
Mar 18, 2021•38 min
Today’s guest is founder and cybersecurity expert at Dion Training, Jason Dion. At Dion Training, they offer a path to IT and cybersecurity certification through in-depth, actionable, training that gives students the real-world education they need to be able to meet today’s cybersecurity challenges. Jason is not only the principal at Dion Training but also an instructor at Liberty University’s College of Engineering and Computational Science and holds a broad range of information technology cert...
Mar 04, 2021•51 min
Hey there, thanks for joining us on another exciting episode of Eggs. Today’s special guest is Dan Mangena. Dan is a best-selling author, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and public speaker. After a late diagnosis of Asperger’s and what can only be described as a life-changing trauma at just 20 years old, Daniel began a path that went from misery to celebration. Through his struggles, he developed a path to lasting purpose and it’s become his mission to share it with the world. By way of his world-...
Feb 25, 2021•51 min
Welcome back to eggs. This week we have special guest Matthew Yahes. Matthew is the founder and CEO of ExtendYourTeam.com a company whose focus is to connect US companies with the very best remote talent from around the world. Their team will connect your business to talented distributed staff to support a broad range of needs across your business: from operations and customer service to bookkeeping and e-commerce, whatever your need, they have you covered. As a business owner himself, Matthew h...
Feb 18, 2021•1 hr 1 min
Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have guest Andrew Murphy. Andrew is an award-winning product development, innovation, and business transformation executive and industry expert in the field of Hydrogen energy, technology strategy, innovation policy, and sustainability. As a noted board advisor and APEA Award Winner, Andrew has led the creation and development of ground-breaking Hydrogen and Innovation initiatives in multi-billion dollar organizations. With a background in Renewables and Water,...
Feb 11, 2021•55 min
This week on Eggs we have special guest Chris Leonard. Chris has been in the live audio business for nearly 20 years. Early in his career, he toured as a monitor engineer with Maryland Sound International, and such artists as Tears for Fears, Don Henley, Disturbed, Josh Groban, Anthony Hamilton, and more. Presently, Chris is the Director of Audio at IMS Technology Services, a full-scale production company that provides audio, video, and lighting solutions for special events, conferences, and con...
Feb 04, 2021•1 hr 5 min
Welcome back to the Eggs show. This week we have special guest, Bryan Clayton. Bryan is CEO and co-founder of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 100,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting GreenPal Bryan founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $1...
Jan 28, 2021•1 hr 4 min
Welcome back to Eggs! Today's special guest is a best-selling author and international speaker, Todd Henry. Todd is the founder of Accidental Creative, a company that helps creative people and teams be prolific, brilliant, and healthy. He is the author of five wildly popular books about creativity, creative leadership, and productivity including The Accidental Creative, Die Empty, Louder than Words, and Herding Tigers. He regularly speaks to worldwide audiences and consults with companies about ...
Jan 21, 2021•1 hr 6 min
Happy Thursday everybody, and welcome back to Eggs. Today’s special guest is none other than Ryan Williard AKA DJ Scooter. Ryan shares the same passion for playing music as he does for creating it. At the age of 14, he began teaching himself the art of music production and has gone on to incredible heights. In 2005 he joined the then most prestigious DJ remix site on the web CrooklynClan.net. He made serious waves in the industry at that time becoming one of the top-selling featured remix artist...
Jan 14, 2021•1 hr 7 min
Happy 2021 everybody and welcome back to Eggs! Kicking off the new year, we’ve got special guest Jason DeFillippo. Jason is an award-winning podcast producer, editor, and host. He is the co-creator and co-host of the popular podcast Grumpy Old Geeks. His production credits consist of a literal who’s who of the top podcasts in the business including some of the most downloaded shows on the internet. His clients include The Jordan Harbinger Show, The Tim Ferriss Show, The Gladiator Way, and The Ke...
Jan 08, 2021•1 hr 9 min
Welcome to the third annual Eggy Awards! What a year it's been, but no worldwide pandemic will keep us from celebrating the many amazing people who have graced the Eggs airwaves this year. Narrowing it down to the big winners featured in this show was no easy feat. We are thrilled to have had the opportunity to meet so many amazing people this year that we simply can't say thank you enough, but nonetheless the Eggy's are an opportunity for us to thank a few people who rose to the top for one rea...
Jan 01, 2021•1 hr 46 min
Welcome back to a very special episode of Eggs! This week's show is our annual 2020 Eggy Awards pre-show. In this episode, we have a brief discussion about this year in podcasting. Afterward, Ryan and Mike explore each award category and announce publically all the nominees for the 2020 award show. Be sure to tune in next week for the most highly anticipated show of the year, the 2020 Eggy Awards! The big winners will be announced next week, Thursday, the 31st of January, 2020.
Dec 24, 2020•31 min
Hey there and welcome back to Eggs. Today's guest is Vanessa Tierney. Vanessa is a Remote Tech Entrepreneur with expertise in leading global remote teams, co-working, and international remote sourcing models in technology. She is the founder and CEO of Abodoo, the smart work platform where talent meets opportunity. Abodoo is a two-way street that helps both employers and prospective employees discover the best opportunities, people, and companies worldwide. She is also co-author of the very popu...
Dec 18, 2020•58 min
Eric D. Brotman, CFP®, AEP®, CPWA® is Chief Executive Officer of BFG Financial Advisors, an independent investment firm assisting clients with wealth creation, preservation, and distribution. Eric has over 25 years of experience in financial planning and founded the firm in Baltimore in 2003. BFG provides investment, retirement, estate, insurance, and comprehensive financial planning services for families, professionals, executives, and business owners. Eric is the host of the Don’t Retire... Gr...
Dec 10, 2020•1 hr 2 min
Welcome back to the show. This week we have special guest Tom Ross. Tom is the CEO and founder of Design Cuts, a community of more than half a million broadly distributed creative people building affordable design assets to support artists, and creatives around the world. In addition to his company, much of his time is dedicated to helping his fellow creative people to improve their marketing to build better businesses. He does this via his widely read email newsletter, his social channels, and ...
Dec 03, 2020•50 min
It's that time of year again. A time to give thanks and express our gratitude to the Eggs community for all the support this year. We know 2020 has been a monster for so many but we have been blessed to have been able to continue producing this show despite adversity and with an onslaught of incredible guests no less! To celebrate the day, Mike and Ryan get together for the first show they've done without a guest this year! It was a great conversation about the year so far, trips and travels, th...
Nov 27, 2020•56 min
Welcome back to Eggs! This week we have special guest, Dan Englander. Dan is the CEO and founder of SalesSchema, a fractional business team for marketing agencies. Prior to founding SalesSchema, Dan was the first employee and head of new business at Idea Rocket as well as the account coordinator at DX agency. Currently, Dan and his team have executed over 7,000 campaigns and won millions in lifetime revenue, and have generated 3,000+ agency/brand meetings for clients with companies such as Birch...
Nov 19, 2020•53 min
Welcome back to Eggs! On this week's show, we have Dr. Jeff Gusky. Dr. Gusky is a board-certified emergency physician currently on the front lines of the COVID-19 pandemic. In addition, he is a renowned National Geographic photographer and explorer who's discoveries and works are featured at the Smithsonian National Museum of African American History & Culture. Dr. Gusky joins us today to discuss the current state of research on the novel Coronavirus pandemic and solutions he is exploring in...
Nov 12, 2020•1 hr 21 min