Molly Sullivan is the owner of Miss Molly's Cafe and Pastry Shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She went to culinary school in Minneapolis and started working at Birchwood Cafe to start her culinary career. Prior to starting her cafe, Molly worked at Braise Restaurant while she starts her pastry business as a side hustle. Unaware of how to start a business, Molly started to reach out with other restaurant owners and she found Nell Benton of The National Cafe who eventually became a personal Business g...
Mar 07, 2019•52 min•Ep. 41
Miraya Berke creates experiences that spark delight! She's always dreamed of being an event planner and started her own events company Pop Productions at age 24. In 2016 she launched Dessert Goals, a wildly popular dessert festival that curates local dessert vendors. In 2.5 years she's planned 7 festivals and gathered over 20,000 dessert lovers. Her newest venture is Rom Com Fest, a romantic comedy film festival, to celebrate the genre and connect the community. As she has re-imagined the food f...
Mar 04, 2019•51 min•Ep. 40
Justin Rezvani is a first generation American entrepreneur, investor, Forbes’ 30 Under 30, and Founder of theAmplify : a data-driven advertising technology platform that produces influencer advertising campaigns for premium brands across social platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube and Periscope. theAmplify has produced major campaigns in every vertical for industry leading clients including Lions Gate, COTY, Unilever, Taco Bell, Campbell’s and Nissan. Rezvani is...
Feb 28, 2019•41 min•Ep. 39
Allison McGuire is the Founder and CEO of Walc , a walking navigation app based on visual cues (turn right at Starbucks, left at the bank) and Monaghan McGuire (MM), a premium boutique consulting firm. A passionate presenter and brand builder, she has won every competition in which she’s pitched Walc. Billed Waze for walking, Allison’s Walc attracts top talent, such as Waze’s CMO and the former CFO of Snapchat. Allison also created a pedestrian navigation app that within six months gained 500,00...
Feb 25, 2019•1 hr 6 min•Ep. 38
Chic’s passion is inspiring executives, MBA students and children to be “curious first… critical second” while creative problem solving. His latest creative adventure is founding “ WagiLabs ” A global, social innovation incubator for kids’ ideas. Chic is a Batten Fellow of Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia’s Darden Business School and adjunct faculty at the Brookings Institution and the Young Presidents’ Organization. His first book, “What a Great Idea!,” published by HarperCollins,...
Feb 21, 2019•1 hr 4 min•Ep. 37
Lindsay Gordon, the founder of A Life of Options , is a career coach for analytically minded people who are feeling uninspired or crushed by an ill-fitting job. Her programs allow you to step back from the stress of not knowing what to do next, reflect on who you are, where you’ve been and where you want to go, and emerge with a solid career plan you’re excited about. Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical ...
Feb 18, 2019•40 min•Ep. 36
Natalia Kochan is a co-founder of Curensea , an online art community where you can publish your creative work as an artist, curate other's work, and tip artists and art curators in an ad-free environment. Natalia is an artist by passion and profession. Writing poems at an early age, later on she became a screenplay writer where she was able to travel and live overseas. While working and studying in China, she met her friend and co-founder, Sofi. Encouraged by the problems of artists in general, ...
Feb 14, 2019•51 min•Ep. 35
Paul Loeb, founder of DropTrack and No Ego Records, has three passions in life - music, business, and technology - and he's incorporated all of them in the businesses he's created. In this episode of Just Go Grind we discuss how Paul launched and grew these businesses as well as other ventures early on in his life. DropTrack helps record labels and artists promote their music and get feedback from global DJs, blogs, playlisters, radio, and industry contacts. No Ego Records is an independent reco...
Feb 11, 2019•53 min•Ep. 34
Lucas Pols is the founder of Spark xyz, a technology platform built to connect incubators and accelerators with early-stage start-ups and help with their talent management. He has written a 40-article series discussing the topics of entrepreneurship and founder failures. Lucas also currently writes for Forbes and does speaking engagements around Los Angeles. As a Principal at Quake, Lucas is focusing on expanding Quake’s venture capital and angel relationships. He is also providing operational g...
Feb 07, 2019•44 min•Ep. 33
Sam Simones became a Certified Financial Planner at the age of 26, something less than 1% of financial advisors do, but decided to leave the field and pursue a different life path. Sam now works in two domains - business coaching and real estate - and in this episode he shares a high level view of starting side hustles and how he's forged his own unique career path. As you'll hear in this episode, Sam thinks in his own way, and provides a unique perspective for career switchers and aspiring entr...
Feb 05, 2019•1 hr 37 min•Ep. 32
Lucas Lee-Tyson is the founder and CEO of Growth Cave , an independent marketing consultancy and agency. Launched in June of 2018, Growth Cave helps businesses grow online by providing 1:1 consulting and an extensive online training center to educate business owners on how to create, manage, and scale effective Facebook Ad campaigns. Prior to Growth Cave and freelancing, Lucas created and grew numerous online side-projects, including an affiliate blog which drove over $85,000 in revenue to the A...
Jan 24, 2019•1 hr 16 min•Ep. 31
Joe Teglia owned and operated a major Southeast Wisconsin asphalt and concrete site construction services and asphalt material provider for 30+ years with his focus on project management, new pavement and pavement reconstruction design, operations management, and asphalt material production. As an experienced project manager with a career total of both public and private sector infrastructure projects totaling in excess of $300 million, Joe recently started Site Advice to provide site management...
Jan 17, 2019•1 hr 59 min•Ep. 30
Artur Meyster is the CTO of the Y Combinator backed startup Career Karma, co-host of the wildly popular Breaking Into Startups Podcast, and earlier in his career switched from 3 years of investment banking to tech by becoming a self-taught software engineer. Career Karma is a career development platform for people looking to break into the tech industry. The Breaking Into Startups Podcast features inspiring stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. In this episode w...
Jan 10, 2019•54 min•Ep. 29
Quentin Allums is a LinkedIn influencer , speaker, community builder; as well as the CEO of Urban Misfit Ventures, a fast growing startup based out of Milwaukee. He has amassed over 10 million views on LinkedIn content. On his channel #justQ he covers the stories of amazing people across the globe, speaks about personal stories, and gives tips on storytelling and business. Quentin has also been named Top 30 LinkedIn Influencers by GDMS America , spoke at VidCon 2018 the largest video conferences...
Jan 03, 2019•1 hr 2 min•Ep. 28
In the first episode of the Just Go Grind podcast with multiple guests, we have Sera Alper, the Founder & CEO of PMSBOX , and Desiree Hostettler, head of PR & Media Relations. PMSBOX is a monthly subscription box that includes five items (plus a bonus token item) to improve women's menstrual experience. With every box purchased, PMSBOX gives one box of menstrual supplies in India or Turkey to a woman in need. Sera Alper is a visionary, an advertising guru who does not take “no” for an an...
Dec 30, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 27
Mikey Taylor is the current President and Managing Principle of Commune Capital, a private equity real estate investment firm. A serial entrepreneur at heart, he first found success with nearly two decades of professional skateboarding. Throughout his career Mikey held lucrative sponsorship contracts with DC Shoe Co., GoPro Cameras and Alien Workshop. Over his tenure, he had over 100 signature skateboard decks, 7 pro model shoes and was one of the most recognizable pro skateboarders on the plane...
Dec 18, 2018•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 26
Michelle Pyan is the owner of COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC (CI), a licensed private investigative agency. COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC is a certified woman-owned business. Michelle founded the agency in 2004 and is responsible for growing the business with a proactive approach - setting new standards in the background investigations industry. As President she is responsible for the strategic direction that assists their multi-industry client base of corporations. Commercial Investigations LLC ...
Dec 13, 2018•56 min•Ep. 25
Cassandra Cummings is the Founder and CEO of August Nine , a technology led creative company that designs brand experiences across social media, content and community. She got her start in marketing in the gaming industry, and moved on to lead content and event production for Splash! Animals, an award winning live art show featured at TEDx and Downtown Disney. After graduating in Global Business from Cal State San Marcos, she moved to Spain to learn a new culture, and launch her career in tech. ...
Dec 05, 2018•42 min•Ep. 24
Erik Huberman is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media , the fastest growing marketing agency in the United States. Launched in 2014, Hawke Media has serviced over 1000 brands of all sizes, ranging from startups like Tamara Mellon, SiO Beauty and Bottlekeeper to household names like Red Bull, Verizon Wireless and Alibaba. Hawke Media has taken home numerous industry awards including inclusion on the Inc. 5000 2017 list of “Fastest Growing Companies”, Fortune Magazine’s “50 Best Workplaces in Southe...
Nov 27, 2018•50 min•Ep. 23
Lizy Dastin is an Art History instructor at UCLAx and Santa Monica College with a focus on contemporary art and urban practice. She has previously taught at Chapman University, The American Jewish University, Mercy College and the School of Visual Arts and has worked on curatorial projects at the Metropolitan Museum, the International Center of Photography and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Lizy, founder of street art information hub Art and Seeking , is a passionate advocate of street art ...
Nov 20, 2018•50 min•Ep. 22
Austin Belcak is the founder of Cultivated Culture where he teaches people to land jobs they love without connections, without traditional experience, and without applying online. His strategies have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, & Fast Company and have helped people land jobs at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and more. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how you can use unconventional strategies to land your dream job, how Austin got 60,000 views in 60 day...
Nov 13, 2018•1 hr 24 min•Ep. 21
Meena Zia is the founder of Wellness A to Zia LLC , a holistic health company that combines life and motivational coaching with the power of healing crystals to help clients achieve their highest level of happiness and fulfillment. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss the incredible career journey Meena has had so far including roles in politics, advertising, fitness, and most recently crystal retailing. Meena is also one of my best friends and is an inspiration to those aroun...
Nov 09, 2018•2 hr 1 min•Ep. 20
Mary Clavieres is the founder of Brief Transitions and provides mesh underwear to women after childbirth and surgeries. She leveraged her 14+ years of manufacturing experience at a Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical company to grow her product based business. Brief Transitions can be be found on Amazon and in select subscription boxes. Out of her love for building community, Mary also founded The Transitions Collective - a platform that provides access to experts and resources for women who want to buil...
Nov 07, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 19
Amitesh Bhagwan is an Innovation Manager at Disney who went from engineering to product management, along the way getting an MBA at USC Marshall and interning at Dollar Shave Club. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss career change, the challenges of getting an MBA in the United States as an international student, building a career in product management, entrepreneurship, working at startups, and so much more! Show notes are at: justgogrind.com/amitesh-bhagwan-podcast...
Oct 30, 2018•2 hr 8 min•Ep. 18
Stacie Sussman is a leader in growing sales revenue through 360 digital media strategies, including social platforms, influencers, video, ad tech, enterprise solutions, paid media, and programmatic offerings. As founder and owner of SSR Digital Group , Stacie has built a 15-year career managing over $35 million in digital media campaigns for companies ranging from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 conglomerates. Stacie's robust experience includes notable positions at New York Magazine, Daily ...
Oct 15, 2018•57 min•Ep. 17
Belma McCaffrey is the CEO and Founder of Work Bigger , a career change and development platform with the mission to redefine work so that work is a vehicle for creativity, change and living an awesome life. Work Bigger partners with companies to help tackle employee disengagement and turnover issues, and they work with individuals to provide career change support. Belma and Work Bigger have been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Complex Hustle, and Create & Cultivate. Prior to Work Bigger, Belma...
Sep 30, 2018•55 min•Ep. 16
Chris Lee is a professional poker player, second year student in the full time MBA program at the USC Marshall School of Business, and works as an analyst at March Capital Partners. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how Chris got started playing poker and eventually won a bracelet in the World Series of Poker, why he decided to go back to school and get an MBA and how he navigated his first year, his experience working for March Capital Partners, and what he thinks the next...
Sep 23, 2018•1 hr 11 min•Ep. 15
Laura Killick, PhD is a life coach whose mission in life is to help smart, curious, capable women quit all the things in life that are holding them back. She helps them learn how to revolutionize their lives from the inside out by bringing scientific methods together with deep support and a little bit of a punk attitude to help the women she works with thrive. She has always been obsessed with understanding people. Where we come from and what makes us tick are the big questions that keep her up ...
Sep 16, 2018•1 hr 10 min•Ep. 14
Catherine Castellanos is a speaker, writer, and internal crisis management consultant. She founded Sidestep Strategies not only to help clients manage external PR crises, but to apply the latest advances in both neuroplastic science and spirituality to mitigate the internal crises that jeopardize success. Her ten years of research have covered traditional and emerging treatments, from intensive meditation to NAD+, Transcranial Magnetic Stimulation, Eye Movement Desensitization and Reprocessing, ...
Sep 09, 2018•1 hr 8 min•Ep. 13
Dominique Mas has had quite the career journey. She's worked at schools in London, Manila, Hong Kong, Barcelona, and New York City teaching students and developing curriculum. Now, as the founder of Lead With a Twist , she's working with people one-on-one and in small groups to help them navigate life's challenges. In this episode we discuss Dominique's career journey, diving into her experience in international education and why she decided to start her own company....
Sep 05, 2018•1 hr 12 min•Ep. 12
