Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we have a special guest joining us, a global PR executive, startup advisor, and strategic communications consultant at Axxilion, Liliana Pertenava. Liliana has a wealth of experience in strategic communication, PR, and tech startups. Formerly spearheading global PR initiatives at Rakuten Viber, and now in a leadership role at Axxilion Strategic Communications, she...
Oct 12, 2023•49 min
No guests this week, so Ryan and Mike have a rare one-on-one discussion about what's new. We cover topics like shoulder pain, summer jobs, and Ryan's fascination with high performers (shout out to Haley Williams [Paramore] and Dani, Pau, and Ale Villareal [The Warning]). Join in for a fun conversation with the Eggs crew!
Oct 05, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today we have very special guest, former CEO, world traveler, and seasoned entrepreneur Brent Perkins. Brent has an incredible story to share, from his successful career as a CEO to his personal transformation after a life-altering event. That story is laid out for us in his new book, Papercuts: The Art of Self Delusion, and here we’ll explore some of the powerful concep...
Sep 28, 2023•1 hr
This week on Eggs Classics, we have the wildly-talented singer-songwriter Desi Valentine. On a recent tour stop in SLC we were able to get an hour with Desi backstage to talk about where he's been, where he's at, and where he's headed. We talked about growing up in the UK, finding his inspiration, his time on the West End (London's "Broadway") as a theater performer, playing the O2 arena with Elton John, touring with the likes of Blondie and Andra Day, finding success in TV, making the jump acro...
Sep 21, 2023•50 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we are thrilled to have Alan Siebenaler, a 22-year veteran real estate agent and investor. To say that Alan’s investing career has been an easy one would be a flat-out lie. Over the years, Alan has managed to survive a hurricane that nearly destroyed a 48-unit property in Texas, took on gangs at his affordable housing project in Chicago, and so much more. However,...
Sep 14, 2023•53 min
This week on Eggs Classics we dive deep, all the way back to episode 38, where we featured special guest Ian Paget. Ian is a Manchester UK based graphic designer and proprietor of LogoGeek. Through his company he has been offer his expert logo design experience to entrepreneurs and startup businesses that need a new identity as well as offer a logo redesign service to growing businesses that wish to take their brands to a new level. Aside from the design business, Ian is also the author of a pop...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 30 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today's guest is Kurt Uhlir, a leading product visionary and expert on the speed of change in technology, who has traveled coast-to-coast advising high-growth companies on how to thrive in the age of disruption. Kurt's non-linear career path started when his father brought home an Apple IIgs, which led him to become an early hacker and hustler. He founded several busines...
Aug 31, 2023•58 min
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we have a special guest named Cliff Beach. Cliff is a musician, author, and entrepreneur who has been performing live for over 20 years. He has recently released his book, Side Hustle & Flow, which chronicles his musical journey while balancing a day job. Cliff is passionate about helping people achieve their goals and maintain diversified income streams. On t...
Aug 24, 2023•52 min
Welcome to *Eggs!* the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today we have a special guest, Isaac Hetzroni, founder of Imprint Genius, a sourcing agency that was named the #1 fastest-growing custom merch distributor of the entire industry in 2020. Isaac's lifelong passion for manufacturing and global sourcing has taken him on a journey around the world, from tea in Sri Lanka to jewelry in Thailand. His knowledge and experience h...
Aug 17, 2023•40 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. In today's episode, we have the pleasure of sitting down with Jake Hurwitz, founder of Thursday Labs, a strategic content agency that helps clients connect with their audience on an emotional level. Jake has been a serial entrepreneur since the age of eight, and his journey is nothing short of extraordinary. His passions for adventure, exploration, and fostering connecti...
Aug 10, 2023•51 min
Welcome back to Eggs Classic! 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 gra...
Aug 03, 2023•59 min
Hey there and welcome back to Eggs Classics. 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 coac...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we're excited to have a very special guest, Reza Farahani. Reza is a serial entrepreneur and data science consultant with a wealth of experience in the startup world. He is the Co-Founder and former CEO of WFHomie, a people analytics tool that empowers companies to make data-driven decisions and create productive environments for their employees. With his expertise...
Jul 20, 2023•48 min
Welcome back to Eggs Classics! This week's special guest is Lance Graulich. Lance is the founder & CEO of ION Franchising, an industry-leading franchise consulting and development group that represents over 500 franchise brands & business opportunities within 90 categories. Lance helps prospective entrepreneurs find their perfect franchise at no cost to them. He also assists independent business owners in creating a franchise system. Joining us today to talk about the pros and cons of fr...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Welcome back to EGGS Classics! On today’s show, from wayyyy back on episode 76, we have special guest Damion Lupo. Damion is a best-selling author in personal finance (Black Belt Wealth® & Unicornomics®) and money thinking, host of the Transformation Nation podcast, owner of more than 30 companies, and founder of his own martial art - Yokido®. We had an amazing conversation with Damion and learned a ton about investment best practices, what NOT to do when buying real estate, shaking those pe...
Jul 06, 2023•1 hr 3 min
Welcome back to Eggs Classic. All the way back from Episode 88, this week we have brand sorceress, LinkedIn influencer, differently-abled advocate, and entrepreneur Chantel Soumis. Chantel is a Wisconsin-based marketing expert and speaker who has quickly found herself among the top of the creator heap on LinkedIn, where she shares her compelling story of overcoming what could have been a debilitating illness through the power of hard work and a positive outlook. Today Chantel brings her bubbly b...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 6 min
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we have a special guest, B. Jeffrey Madoff, founder and CEO of Madoff Productions. Considered a storyteller and incisive interviewer, Jeffrey has used his talents to help position major brands such as Ralph Lauren, Victoria’s Secret, and Radio City Music Hall. Additionally, he’s created one of the most popular courses at the famous Parsons School of Design, "Creat...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 11 min
This week on Eggs Classics, we revisit episode 110 where we had amazing guest Josh Stiemle. Founder and CEO of Influencer Inc., Founder of MWI, a digital marketing agency and well-known public speaker and writer Josh is a veritable treasure trove of great information for anyone hoping to find success. His story is really compelling, coming from running a floundering marketing shop, he discovered the power of content creation. He began writing articles for his audience at first but rapidly was di...
Jun 15, 2023•51 min
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today we’re excited to have Robert Patin on the show. Robert is the founder of Creative Agency Success, a consulting firm dedicated to helping creative agencies scale. Robert is known for being a deeply inquisitive and analytical leader with a distinct ability to devise solutions that elevate companies and lifestyles. He is a two-time international best-selling author an...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 1 min
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. In today's episode, we have Ryan Talbert, a full-time software engineer at 1904labs and lead instructor at ThriveDX. Ryan is a seasoned business systems developer with several years of web application design and business management experience in various sectors. He is recognized for demonstrating a natural aptitude for software engineering, as well as detailed programmin...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr 4 min
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we are thrilled to have John Edmonds Kozma, Meta Media Partner and CEO of Bang Productions. John is an executive producer, entrepreneur, and thought leader in the entertainment industry, with over 20 years of experience working on both sides of the camera. He is a subject matter expert in tech and entertainment. He has collaborated with talented people such as writ...
May 25, 2023•1 hr
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today we're featuring scalability expert Adam Rundle. Adam left his corporate finance career to pursue his passion for helping online entrepreneurs. His then 2-person team has grown to a team of 45 financial specialists, including an advisory division, serving clients across agencies, coaching, consulting, and other online businesses.Adam is here to share his insights on...
May 18, 2023•47 min•Ep. 310
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. On today's episode, we’ll talk about building a successful game server hosting business with BisectHosting Co-Founder and CEO, Max Podkidkin. Max is a true authority in gaming server hosting technology. Founding his company in 2011, he has literally seen it all and, in the meantime, built a global hosting operation that provides high-quality and affordable web hosting fo...
May 11, 2023•54 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we are thrilled to have influential entrepreneur Brad Sugars. Brad is a bestselling author, keynote speaker, and business coach. Over his career as an entrepreneur he has been the CEO of more than 9 companies and is the owner of the multi-million-dollar franchise ActionCOACH®. On today’s show we’ll explore Brad’s vast expertise as it pertains to investing, busines...
May 04, 2023•1 hr
Welcome to Eggs! The Podcast where we feature the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we have a very special guest, Bassem Dghaidi. Bassem has over 15 years of experience in tech and is currently working on building the next generation of GitHub Actions. He's a thought leader, engineering manager, and startup founder who has advised some of the largest enterprises in delivering their engineering vision and strategy, optimizing their software ...
Apr 27, 2023•59 min
No guests this week, so Ryan and Mike have a one-on-one discussion about recent travel experiences, vacations, staying true to our beliefs, the advancements in AI technology, and much more. Join in for a fun conversation with the Eggs crew!
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 5 min
Welcome back to Eggs! This week's special guest is equal parts CEO, part personal development wonk, part biohacker info geek, and serial entrepreneur. Our guest is none other than Thom King. While his list of favorite books contains many success-oriented and personal-development classics, the traditional definition of achieving success isn't what motivates Thom. He follows more of a “you aren’t doing well unless you’re also doing some good” line of thinking. Consequently, his company, Icon Foods...
Apr 13, 2023•49 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today, we are thrilled to have John Smiddy, founder of Lead Plan Marketing and author of Stop Guessing Start Marketing. John has perfected his marketing strategy over the past ten years, creating the P5 Marketing Formula that helps business owners develop a successful marketing plan that will attract and grow their core customer base. Today, he'll be sharing his insights...
Apr 06, 2023•55 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, featuring the best and brightest minds in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and technology. Today we have a special guest, Mark Stouse, CEO of Proof Analytics. Mark is an award-winning B2B CMO and CCO who connects all types of marketing investment to revenue, margin, and cash flow impact in complex, long-cycle companies. Today we’ll chat with Mark about a number of topics, including marketing, innovation, and revenue optimization, as well as how to utilize mark...
Mar 30, 2023•1 hr 2 min
Welcome to Eggs! the Podcast, where we bring you the best and brightest minds in business, tech, and beyond. Our guest today is Karthik Suresh, co-founder of Ignition, a go-to-market platform that has helped hundreds of startups launch and scale successful products. Karthik has over a decade of experience in product management and entrepreneurship and has worked with companies ranging from early-stage startups to the Fortune 500. He's also a frequent speaker and writer on topics related to produ...
Mar 23, 2023•53 min
