Melody Mcloskey founded StyleSeat - the premiere marketplace for beauty and barbering services. It has generated more than $6.5 billion in revenue for its small business customers and powered more than 120 million appointments in 16,000-plus cities across the U.S. But Melody actually sat on this idea for two years. She was passionate about it, but she was afraid of taking the leap. She had so many personal doubts, fears and insecurities holding her back. So, what did it take for Melody to finall...
Jan 29, 2020•49 min•Season 1Ep. 124
Alan Fuerstman started his career in the hotel industry as a doorman at a Marriott in New Jersey. He then worked his way up to captain of the bell stand, and then onto major hotels across the country, then helping Steve Wynn at the Bellagio. He then came up with an idea for a new type of hotel. It would be an ultra-luxury property that allowed people to be causal, not stuffy like the other luxury hotels of the time. He called it Montage, and built it in Laguna Beach California. And he was right....
Jan 22, 2020•41 min•Season 1Ep. 123
There are over one billion people globally living with disabilities, but up until a few years ago no one in the fashion industry was making clothes for them. That was until Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams, a nonprofit that partnered with Tommy Hilfiger to create an adaptable clothing line. More recently, Mindy launched Gamut, a business that helps people with disabilities to find work in the adaptive economy. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jan 15, 2020•53 min•Season 1Ep. 122
Marc Merrill is the Co-Founder of Riot Games. Riot created League of Legends, one of the most popular video games of all time. League of Legends World Championship rivals the Super Bowl viewership — with close to 100 million last year. The company even brought in $1.5 billion in revenue this past year. But when Marc started the company, there were times they barely had funds left to pay employees. They had disastrous technical failures at their live events, and nearly went out of business many t...
Jan 08, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Season 1Ep. 121
There is a reason we choose to pay $5 for a cup of coffee. The customers aren't paying for the coffee, they are paying for the experience of being at Starbucks. Danny Meyer the famed restauranteur was doing this before the term "experience economy" was even coined back in the 1990's. He opened his first restaurant in New York City called Union Square Cafe back in 1985 and one thing he has always done better than anyone else in the business is offer an incredible experience. Learn more about your...
Jan 01, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 120
Starting a business at any time can be scary but how about dropping out of school to start a business during the greatest recession in the history of the world? To make a move like that can be downright frightening. Alexa Von Tobel literally left Harvard Business School before graduating to pursue her mission to educate everyday Americans on how to manage their own finances. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Dec 25, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 119
Jarrod Moses went from being a college intern at Grey Advertising to becoming its youngest president ever. He was a 30-year-old boss of a major publicly traded company, and regularly faced age discrimination because of it. But it didn’t stop him. He went on to found the United Entertainment Group—a joint venture with Hollywood powerhouse Untied Talent Agency, that would produce branded entertainment for General Mills, AT&T, Starbucks, and more of the world’s largest brands. Learn more about ...
Dec 18, 2019•53 min•Season 1Ep. 118
Jake Schwartz started a company called General Assembly that just sold to the big human resource company Adecco Group for a reported 413 million dollars. After graduating from Yale and thinking he learned all he needed to to succeed in business, Schwartz got smacked in the face with reality. He realized education and the way people were learning was changing. GA started with relevant classes that people were willing to pay for because they were making investments in themselves. Learn more about ...
Dec 11, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 117
Lesley Eccles is the co-founder and former head of marketing of FanDuel, the billion-dollar fantasy sports company. She started it with her husband Nigel in a tiny office in Scotland, and it went on to help change the law about sports betting across America. But despite the company’s success, Lesley and Nigel didn’t get to enjoy the spoils. Their relationship with their investors fell apart, and they left the business in 2017 having made almost no money on the deal and retaining no interest in t...
Dec 04, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 116
Randi Zuckerberg was one of the first employees at Facebook. She contributed on many fronts in those early days of Facebook, and was responsible for creating the Facebook Live tool that today is used by billions of people. But something nagged at her. She would often look around while on meetings and realize she was the only woman there. And she felt called to fix that—not just in Silicon Valley, but everywhere. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 27, 2019•45 min•Season 1Ep. 115
How do you deal with the feeling of not being able to make a difference in a changing industry? David Kanbar is a serial entrepreneur who started a mortgage business which he later sold because he realized he could never make a difference in a business that had become commoditized. He changed industries and eventually founded the brand Skinnygirl Margarita with Bethenny Frankel. Now Kanbar is at it again having just launched King Street Vodka with actress Kate Hudson. Learn more about your ad ch...
Nov 20, 2019•29 min•Season 1Ep. 114
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Nov 13, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 113
Amber Venz Box is the founder of rewardStyle a business driving over one billion dollars in retail sales by uniting brands, influencers, and consumers. Despite never having any previous connections, contacts or easy ways into the Fashion industry she ended up becoming one of its most successful entrepreneurs. Amber simply forced her way in through will power and maximizing any and all opportunities. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Nov 06, 2019•47 min•Season 1Ep. 112
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Oct 30, 2019•51 min•Season 1Ep. 111
Ruth Zukerman will be the first to tell you that she has faced many struggles with some of her business partners over the years. But Ruth has persevered using lessons from these partnerships and relationships to learn more about herself and in turn grow as a business woman. While she has provided transformative experiences for her students over the years she herself has been transformed by the lessons learned through the ups and downs of partnerships at SoulCycle and Flywheel. Learn more about y...
Oct 23, 2019•54 min•Season 1Ep. 110
How hard should you push yourself to achieve success? David Burke is one of the biggest names in the culinary world but in getting there he had to put in years worth of 90 hour work weeks and make incredible personal sacrifices. David has changed over the years learning to take better care of himself but we wanted to know if he could have achieved the same success he has if he had always been this way from the beginning. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 16, 2019•59 min•Season 1Ep. 109
How do you sell something that people don’t understand? In 2009, when Jenny co-founded the company Rent the Runway, the business transformed the retail industry by making designer clothing rentals a convenient and accessible luxury experience for millions of women. Not many folks envisioned a world in which people would love to rent their clothing. But Jenny did and now she is back at it with her new company Jetblack. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Oct 09, 2019•50 min•Season 1Ep. 108
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Oct 02, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 107
A chat with Reid Genauer, singer, songwriter and Chief Marketing Officer of Smule, one of the most popular music apps on the planet. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 25, 2019•28 min•Season 1Ep. 106
In 2016, Tobias Peggs and Kimbal Musk partnered up to launch Square Roots, a Brooklyn-based urban farm. Farmers grow food in shipping containers by way of controlled microclimates and specialized lighting, aiming to connect communities with fresh, local produce. Before Square Roots, Peggs earned his PhD in AI and led two tech companies to acquisitions by Adobe and Walmart. In this episode, Peggs discusses the future of food and reveals his advice for entrepreneurs looking to sell their startups....
Sep 18, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 105
At age 19, Falon Fatemi became known as Google's youngest-ever hire. She's also the daughter of two immigrant entrepreneurs, and after leaving Google, she founded her own AI company. Backed by Mark Cuban, Node aims to use deep learning to analyze relationships between people and companies, then pinpoint sales, marketing and recruiting opportunities for those companies. In this episode, Fatemi talks landing a job in big tech, AI and data policies and how to give an A+ pitch. Learn more about your...
Sep 11, 2019•46 min•Season 1Ep. 104
Learn the mindset that helped Kara Goldin turn a simple idea into an empire boasting more than $100 million in sales. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Sep 04, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 103
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Aug 28, 2019•43 min•Season 1Ep. 102
Dusty Stutsman, co-founder of Night Out, on recognizing those great ideas that are staring you right in the face. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Aug 21, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 101
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Aug 14, 2019•31 min•Season 1Ep. 100
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Aug 07, 2019•27 min•Season 1Ep. 99
In his 20 years as a monk, Doug Lynam saw financial suffering firsthand -- in his teaching community and in monastery guests, not to mention the monastery itself. Lynam decided to take a leap and pivot to a career as a financial advisor, then helped pull his community out of bankruptcy. Now, Lynam aims to help people learn mindful money management and provide clear, step-by-step guidance on how to grow a “little bit” wealthy. In this episode, he shares actionable strategies for doing just that. ...
Jul 31, 2019•25 min•Season 1Ep. 98
Google, eBay, Tesla, Yahoo, AT&T: These companies were all founded, completely or in part, by immigrants -- who also account for close to 30 percent of all new entrepreneurs in the U.S., the highest share in 20 years. Victor Santos, who emigrated from Brazil at age 12, is one of them. Santos launched Airfox, a mobile financial services company for individuals in emerging markets, and he's also a DACA recipient. While fundraising, Santos had to grapple with how many investors view immigrants....
Jul 24, 2019•24 min•Season 1Ep. 97
The founder of the 2 million+ member community Fit Men Cook talks about his unexpected pivot in lifestyle and business. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 17, 2019•30 min•Season 1Ep. 96
Shireen Yates is the CEO of Nima, the maker of a device that tests for gluten and peanuts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jul 10, 2019•21 min•Season 1Ep. 95
