This week, Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit with Simon Matthews, President and CEO at Open Door Media Solutions, LLC . Open Door Media Solutions is a Faith-based Marketing and Creative agency headquartered in Virginia Beach, Virginia. Open Door Media Solutions is a network of marketers, designers, artists, writers, technologists, and an awesome group of people serving businesses looking for brand identity development and content creation. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Simon’s journey, how ...
Sep 21, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This week, Tim Ryan and Zack Miller chat with Marouane Sadoq, Chief Executive Officer at Green Light Auto Auctions . Green Light Auto Auctions is a virtual auction place for people who want to sell their cars fast, convenient, and for the most money. Green Light Auto Auctions understands that buying and selling cars can be time-consuming and stressful, so they’ve created a platform that makes it easy and convenient for our users. Watch this week’s episode to hear about how Green Light Auto Aucti...
Sep 11, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week, Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Rachel Willinger, Chief Operating Officer at Pancopia, Inc . Pancopia is an environmental engineering firm specializing in research, development, and commercialization of water and wastewater treatment technologies. The NASA-inspired technology, which recycles wastewater into drinking water for astronauts, has been brought down to earth. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Rachel’s journey, recycling waste, innovation, and much more! Show not...
Sep 07, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Richard Wintsch, Executive Director of Startup Virginia . Startup Virginia (SVA) supports startups and innovators with an engaged community, holistic programs, targeted resources, and dynamic workspace to help them reach their full potential and positively impact Virginia’s economic landscape. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Startup Virginia's Incubator pipelines, the great tools Entrepreneurship Support Organizations are offering, t...
Aug 31, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Paul Nolde, Managing Director of 757 Collab . 757 Collab is collaborative vehicle focused on growing an interconnected, inclusive, and impactful entrepreneurial ecosystem. Harnessing the power of 757 Angels, 757 Accelerate and 757 Startup Studios, 757 Collab provides capital, acceleration, and an incubation arm—a unique, complete model for achieving success for the region’s entrepreneurial and startup ecosystem. Watch this week’s episode to ...
Aug 24, 2023•1 hr 8 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Tom Marsden, Vice President of Marathon Consulting . Marathon Consulting is an Information Technology consulting services firm headquartered in Virginia Beach delivering services to organizations ranging from small to medium-sized businesses to global Fortune 500 companies. Marathon offers a wide range of Information Technology consulting and digital marketing services, utilizing proven IT and management methodologies to achieve world-class ...
Aug 17, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Carl Cleanthes, Founder of Epic Made . Epic Made is a digital art and animation studio with expert strategists, artists, and storytellers who help brands tell powerful and engaging stories. With expertise in visual storytelling, fantasy pop-culture, and detailed world-building, Epic Made has collaborated with some of the biggest entertainment brands such as SYFY, Nickelodeon, and TNT. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Carl’s journey, m...
Aug 10, 2023•59 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Carrie Lauck, Owner and Certified Special Events Professional (CSEP), at The Happy Hour Hostess . The Happy Hour Hostess is a Virginia Beach-based event planning company that serves across Virginia in places such as; Richmond, Charlottesville, the Eastern Shore, and Washington DC. The Happy Hour Hostess, a dynamic team of event planning experts, is dedicated to event excellence and providing the ultimate guest experience, specializing in wed...
Aug 03, 2023•1 hr 1 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Dustin Dunbar, Investment Associate at Virginia Innovation Partnership Corporation (VIPC) . VIPC is a non-profit corporation formed to support the Commonwealth’s vision for the expansion of innovation, opportunity, and job creation here in Virginia. Through commercialization and seed funding VIPC helps entrepreneurs launch and grow high-growth technology companies and create high-paying jobs for the future. Watch this week’s episode to hear ...
Jul 27, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Jared Beasley, Founder & Creative Director of Istoria . Istoria is a full-service digital marketing agency in Norfolk, Virginia that is passionate about nurturing brands through the art of digital storytelling. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Jared’s story, creating stand-out content in 2023, marketing tricks, and much more! Show notes: (0:00) Introducing Jared Beasley (3:35) Change with new technology (9:10) Discussing Donuts (1...
Jul 20, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Hunter Walsh, Director of 757 Startup Studios . 757 Startup Studios is a vibrant and inclusive Downtown Norfolk community full of energy, inspiration, programming, and resources to support startup companies and founders. Watch this week’s episode to hear about getting started in the 757, helping companies grow, the entrepreneurial community, and much more! Show notes: (0:00) Introducing Hunter Walsh (9:03) What’s going on in 757 Collab (12:1...
Jul 13, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Markella Mitcheison, Founder of Hampton Roads Networking Group (HRNG) , a networking group that helps people meet clients, have fun, and be known by more professionals in Hampton Roads. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Markella’s marketing and advertising techniques, launching HRNG, the desire to connect people, and much more! Show notes: (0:00) Introducing Markella Mitcheison (4:12) What makes an event intriguing? (7:03) Starting HRN...
Jul 06, 2023•59 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Beau Turner, Founder and CEO of 757 Makerspace , a community and shared space that empowers individuals to give form to their ideas through membership, education, access to tools, equipment and the space to prototype and work. Since 2013, the Makerspace has provided tools, equipment and space for designers, technologists, innovators, artists and creatives to collaborate and bring ideas to life. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Beau’s ...
Jun 29, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with John Paris, Corporate Attorney at Williams Mullen , a regionally based, full-service law firm with more than 240 attorneys in offices across North Carolina, South Carolina and Virginia. For more than 30 years, John Paris has acted as a trusted partner and quarterback for his clients, both public and private, in various stages of growth. Watch this week’s episode to hear about John’s journey, helping corporate clients, and much more! Show not...
Jun 22, 2023•1 hr 1 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Jarrell Williams, Founder of Nomarama , a culturally influencing brand that highlights a lifestyle of adventure, fun, play & education. Working directly with Destination Marketing Organizations, Nomarama showcases a lifestyle of adventure, local love & play via travels through organic and real content creation. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Jarrell’s journey, growing Nomarama, the top food in the 757, and much more! Show no...
Jun 15, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Ben Munson, Mortgage Loan Officer at Tidewater Mortgage Services, Inc , a privately held mortgage company dedicated to facilitating the dream of homeownership from the first-time homebuyer to the seasoned real estate investor. Ben’s desire is to find the best solution for his client's situation, whether it's Down Payment Assistance or strategies on how to get the lowest monthly payment. Watch this week’s episode to hear how Ben’s nerdiness c...
Jun 08, 2023•1 hr 3 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Crystal Lugo, CEO of B & C's Gloves LLC , an innovative fish-handling and scaling glove for all fishing individuals. This product is a completely new type of fish scaling glove, offering a faster and safer way to descale fish by providing better protection against fish handler's disease. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Crystal’s entrepreneurial journey and inventing the GloveScaler, the challenges she faced, never giving up, and ...
Jun 01, 2023•1 hr
Hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down to discuss everything entrepreneurship in the 757. StartWheel Corporation and Hampton Roads Innovation Collaborative (HRIC), two of the region’s most influential players in fostering innovation and entrepreneurship, are merging their education programs. Watch this week’s episode to find out what this merger means for the region! Show notes: (0:00) Zack’s Driving Story (2:03) Innovate Hampton Roads Announcement (4:54) What is StartWheel and HRIC (11:20) The...
May 25, 2023•1 hr 3 min
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May 18, 2023•1 hr 1 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Carly Buxton, Co-Founder and CEO of Nessle , a digital health platform that serves both sides of the parent support marketplace. The online platform makes it easy for birth workers, parenting coaches, and other expert consultants to launch, run, and grow their parent-support businesses. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Carly’s journey, how Nessle had to pivot, connecting parents and experts, the secure Q&A feature, and much more! ...
May 11, 2023•59 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Pamela Rosara Jones, Founder of The Branding Icon , the first Innovation Brand Marketing Consultancy in the Hampton Roads area. The ICONIC Formula is applied to every client's campaign to bring out their brand's authentic and unique DNA. Pamela is giving businesses, organizations, nonprofits, and solopreneurs a complete and comprehensive brand campaign that changes the scope of their vision and their bottom line. Watch this week’s episode to...
May 04, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Adam Sledd and Braden Croy, Executive and Program Directors of Dominion Energy Innovation Center (DEIC), an affiliated innovation center of Activation Capital that supports early-stage advanced technology companies by providing them with collaborative space, guidance, and resources needed to accelerate their growth. DEIC supports great ideas across a wide spectrum of industry sectors in addition to its focus on building the alternative, rene...
Apr 27, 2023•59 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Aakash Shah, Founder and CEO of Wyndly , a modern medical practice that specializes in helping allergy sufferers achieve allergy-free lives. Wyndly is replacing antihistamines and nasal sprays that don't solve the underlying problem with accessible allergy immunotherapy, a proven way to train the immune system to ignore allergy triggers. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Aakash’s journey, how allergies are a fixable condition, the etho...
Apr 20, 2023•1 hr 7 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Howard Hesson, Founder and CEO of Fun1st , an education technology company specializing in integrating technology and wellness practices into schools. Fun1st incentivizes students to achieve academic success by tracking their behavior & performance and rewarding them with tokens that can be spent in Fun1st’s digital school store. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Howard’s journey, the importance of disruptive behavior in classrooms...
Apr 13, 2023•1 hr 5 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Drew Keever, Co-Founder of AdvisorFinder , an online marketplace to help people find a financial advisor. AdvisorFinder makes financial advice more accessible by helping people understand what financial advisors do, how much they cost, and more, giving them more confidence in choosing the right advisor. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Drew’s journey, how financial advisors help the average person, what makes AdvisorFinder different, ...
Apr 06, 2023•1 hr 2 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Jeanette Prophyl, Founder and CEO of The B.O.B.O. Collective , a supply chain collective and brokerage for black owned consumer packaged goods businesses looking to grow their distribution. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Jeanette’s journey, how black consumers disproportionately outspend on products in the consumer packaged goods space, and much more! Show notes: (0:00) Introducing Jeanette Prophyl + Silicon Valley Bank (8:20) What ...
Mar 31, 2023•1 hr
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Adquena Faine, Founders of Bäro My Keys Inc. , an on-demand key-exchange solution using a web app integrated with an intelligent locker system. The app allows guests to safely and conveniently reserve various types of rentals, whether a car or a house, in one place and pick up all keys at any time of the day. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Adquena’s journey, how Bäro is helping people manage short-term rentals, and much more! Show n...
Mar 23, 2023•56 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Katy Schuck & Sean Worden, Co-Founders of Reelist , a software company helping companies attract and engage Gen Z and Millennial job seekers for entry-level jobs. With Reelist, companies create short-form videos about their jobs and company, deliver them to targeted job seekers, and use data to improve the effectiveness of their recruiting efforts. Watch this week’s episode to hear about how Katy and Sean become co-founders, how they’re ...
Mar 16, 2023•1 hr 4 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Ricky Eckhardt, Co-Founder and CEO of Cliqket , a creator-led social marketplace that empowers communities to interact with the people, brands, and retailers that matter to them most. Each Clique is an invite-only, fully social experience first with a complete P2P marketplace one swipe away. Watch this week’s episode to hear about Ricky’s journey, how Cliqket is defragmenting the hobbyist and collector space by building inclusive Cliques, mo...
Mar 09, 2023•1 hr 1 min
This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Chase Austin, CEO of OverAchieving Tea , a brewing and blending craft tea company focused on quality, innovation, and pushing the boundaries of what you think tea is. OverAchieving Tea offers a healthy alternative to coffee and energy drinks. Watch this week’s episode to hear about how Chase Austin started his company with just a few hundred dollars, created an innovative tea company, the benefits of taking risks to better ourselves, and muc...
Mar 02, 2023•58 min
