Ariel Garten: neuroscientist, innovator, and entrepreneur whose driving purpose is to empower and help others overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives and reach their maximum potential. Garten is one of the Founders of InteraXon, the makers of Muse: the brain sensing headband. Muse is the award-winning wearable technology that assists and trains meditation and mindfulness. Before founding InteraXon, Ariel was not only trained as a neuroscientist and psychotherapist, but al...
Jan 11, 2021•31 min
Lisa Barnett is the Co-Founder & President of Little Spoon, the fastest growing direct-to-consumer children’s food and nutrition company reinventing the modern parent’s experience of keeping their child healthy. She has been recognized as one of the ‘Women Changing the Food Industry’ by Well + Good, by Marie Claire as an ‘Power Woman of 2019, and by Forbes as 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital. Learn more about Little Spoon: https://littlespoon.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcast...
Jan 07, 2021•35 min
Today I sit down with the founder of BeApp, Ray Smith. BeApp has quickly become a top 10 app in the Apple App Store with over 1 million downloads to date with featured performances from Katy Perry, Miguel, Kaskade, DJ Khaled, Gryffin, Flosstradamus and more. BeApp brings your favorite artists, concerts, and festivals wherever you are in the world via live stream. BeApp isn't skimping out anywhere, they've spent millions on production and artists to create an awesome experience for fans all aroun...
Jan 06, 2021•33 min
Mark is widely known as an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer, author, serial entrepreneur, and member of multiple board of directors. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series, with more than 500 million books sold. In the area of human potential, no one is better known and more respected than Mark Victor Hansen. For more than 44 years, he has focused solely on helping people and organizations reshape their personal visio...
Jan 05, 2021•47 min
Today I sit down with my good friend Jordan DeCicco to talk about the growth of his company, Super Coffee. The company was started in 2015, when the youngest brother Jordan, who was a starting basketball player at Philadelphia University, started brewing coffee in his dorm room as a way to stay up late nights and manage a busy student athlete schedule. Once they turned it into a company, Jordan's brother Jim left his job as financial analyst for The Blackstone Group, the middle brother Jake stay...
Jan 04, 2021•33 min
Today I sat down with the Co-Founder of LiveRecover, Dennis Hegstad. LiveRecover contacts, engages, and converts your abandoned carts into sales for you over text message. Learn more about LiveRecover: https://liverecover.com/ Follow Dennis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dennishegstad Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Dec 16, 2020•33 min
Jesse Draper is a mother of 2 boys, founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of Emmy nominated television series, The Valley Girl Show. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist focused on early stage investing in consumer technology companies led by female and co-ed teams. Among her 55 portfolio companies, are the Skimm, Glamsquad, Carbon38, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company, Eloquii (recently sold to Walmart) and This is L (sold to P&G). She stars on SET's televisi...
Dec 15, 2020•39 min
Tyler Winklevoss is an investor, entrepreneur, and Olympian. He co-founded Winklevoss Capital to support entrepreneurs who have a powerful Why. To date, Winklevoss Capital has supported more than 75 startups led by founders with strong conviction and a differentiated point of view. In addition to investing, Tyler co-founded Gemini, a crypto platform, where he currently serves as its CEO. Tyler earned a degree in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Oxford University’s Saïd Business ...
Dec 08, 2020•41 min
Today I sit down with Ben Kaplan, a partner at @FuckJerry and the creator of the viral game "What Do You Meme." We talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and have a conversation about the future of social media marketing, meme's, board games, and much more. Also, Ben likes to call himself the "Head of Security" of @DudeWithSign, the story of how they created this viral Instagram account is amazing, stay tuned. Enjoy the interview and comment down below what you think. Follow Ben Kaplan on Ins...
Dec 02, 2020•36 min
Today I sat down with my good friend Mooch and talked about his journey as a videographer / director. He's worked artists such as Iann Dior, Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker and has become one of the most sought after music video producers in the hip hop industry. He's incredibly talented and his story will inspire you, I hope you enjoy. Follow Mooch on Instagram: https://instagram.com/mooch Check out his recent videos: - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguMffX_OFI - https://www.youtube.com/watc...
Dec 01, 2020•35 min
Andrew D'souza has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital and is an adviser and investor to companies such as WealthSimple, Properly, and Tulip Retail. Prior to Clearbanc, Andrew was the president of Nymi, a wearable platform focussed on identity and security and the COO of education startup, TopHat. Andrew has a degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo. Learn more about Clearbanc: https://clearbanc.com/ Follow Andrew on Instagram: https://www.insta...
Nov 23, 2020•34 min
Today on Rise of The Young, we sit down with Erik Huberman. Erik is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, the fastest growing marketing consultancy in the United States. Launched in 2014, Hawke Media has been valued at $75 million and has grown from seven to over 150 employees in three locations (Los Angeles, New York, and Boston). The company has serviced over 2000 brands of all sizes, ranging from startups like Tamara Mellon, SiO Beauty, and Bottlekeeper to household names like Red Bull, Verizon...
Nov 17, 2020•26 min
Brent Saunders has over 25 years of experience in various aspects of healthcare and has been in leadership roles at several prominent global pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. Until May 2020, when it was acquired by AbbVie Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $63 billion, Mr. Saunders served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan plc. His role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan began in July 2014 and his added role of Chairman began in Oct...
Nov 11, 2020•34 min
Today on Rise of The Young, we sit down with Josh Richards. Josh is a Canadian influencer, angel investor, and podcaster. He has a following of over 30 million across various platforms including Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube, and Triller. He is the chief strategy officer of Triller and recently founded Ani Energy, an energy drink company, together with fellow Sway LA member Bryce Hall. Follow Josh on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/joshrichards/ Follow Josh on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com...
Nov 01, 2020•31 min
Fatima Zaidi is the CEO and co-founder of Quill Inc., the world’s first one-stop marketplace where podcasters can find pre-vetted expert freelancers who will save them time, improve their podcast quality, and help grow their audience. As a member of the National Speakers Bureau, Fatima has spoken at various events around the world on media and tech trends leading her to keynote on world stages alongside speakers like Gary Vaynerchuk, and most recently Richard Branson. In addition to being a comm...
Oct 22, 2020•33 min
Tommy Rodriguez is a serial entrepreneur, investor & e-commerce expert who went from being broke to $10M by 30 years old. He has helped and trained entrepreneurs all over the world on how to build income through Amazon. He then expanded into creating Automation Empire, an Amazon automation business where investors can create a passive revenue stream through Amazon, completely hands off. He now resides in Florida with his two children. Follow Tommy here: instagram.com/trod Learn more about yo...
Oct 20, 2020•39 min
Today on Rise of The Young we are joined by a very special guest. Joe Foster inherited his grandfather's shoemaking company, JW Foster and Sons, together with his brother. In 1958, they formed a companion company "Reebok," having found the name in a South African dictionary won in a running race by Joe as a boy. Since then, Joe and Reebok have pioneered the world of sneakers, becoming one of the largest sneaker manufacturers in the world. They have won Olympic, Commonwealth and European medals a...
Oct 16, 2020•40 min
Today on Rise of The Young we sit down with Kevin Gould. Kevin is an entrepreneur, talent manager, brand builder, and investor based in Los Angeles. He is the founder and CEO of Kombo Ventures and is also a co-founder of three direct to consumer brands; Insert Name Here, a hair extensions and product brand, Wakeheart, a fragrance and scent brand aimed at Gen Z and young millennials and co-founded with the Dolan Twins, two of the largest digital influencers in the world, and Glamnetic, a leading ...
Oct 15, 2020•35 min
Today on Rise of The Young we sit down with Hiram Garcia. Hiram is the President of Production at Seven Bucks Productions, a passionate photographer, and a film and television producer whose films have amassed over $4 billion in box-office revenue. A trusted collaborator in the production process to Seven Bucks co-founders, Dwayne Johnson and Dany Garcia, Garcia oversees all production operations from development to release. In addition to producing projects, Garcia loves to get behind his own c...
Oct 15, 2020•39 min
Chris Ngo is the cofounder of the menswear brand The Leverage. From what began as a boutique mens’ streetwear agency has evolved to a vertically structured conglomerate, built around wholesale and direct-to-consumer sales, in-house design, production, and distribution, with eight portfolio brands (Embellish, Haus of JR, Crysp, Karter Collection, Lifted Anchors, Club Paradise, Diet Starts Monday and Richie Le Collection) – all self-funded and independently operated in Ngo and Ramirez’s hometown o...
Oct 10, 2020•34 min
Sgt Major (ret) Mark Spicer is a 25-year veteran of the British Army with a worldwide reputation in the sphere of Sniping and Counter terrorism, which led to his selection and use as the US Governments Expert witness in the Washington DC Sniper trials. He has served worldwide with the British and UN forces on real world deployments, and has vast experience of counter terrorist operations and terrorist methods of operation, having worked extensively against the IRA in Northern Ireland and subsequ...
Oct 09, 2020•59 min
Los Angeles-based restauranteur Mark Birnbaum played a major role in transforming New York City’s Meatpacking District into one of the most sought after areas in Manhattan before settling in California to operate the West Hollywood outpost of globally influenced seafood restaurant Catch (2011). Dubbed by Forbes Magazine as one of the “New Kings of New York Hospitality,” Catch Hospitality Group (Catch Restaurants, Lexington Brass) co-founder Mark Birnbaum and his partner Eugene Remm pioneered dyn...
Oct 07, 2020•47 min
Today on Rise of the Young we are sit down with Chase Chewning. A Virginia native and Army veteran, Chase is a Virginia Commonwealth University alum, graduating from their Health, Physical Education and Exercise Science undergraduate program in 2013. Having completed his MS in Health Promotion from American University in Washington, DC he also holds the following credentials: ACE Certified Health Coach and TRX Certified Suspension Trainer.Living a life of wellness has always been a part of him -...
Oct 01, 2020•50 min
Today we sit down with Ryan Blair. Ryan is a serial entrepreneur who established his first company at age twenty-one and has since created and actively invested in multiple start-ups. As the CEO of ViSalus, he took the company from start-up to more than $1.6 billion in cumulative sales, sold the company in a $792.4-million-dollar transaction, started venture fund HashtagOne, which has invested in several very successful start-ups, and was named an Ernst & Young’s 2012 Entrepreneur of the Yea...
Sep 28, 2020•41 min
In 2012, Brett Berish launched Luc Belaire, an award-winning line of French sparkling wines. Since being notably touted by longtime ambassadors Rick Ross and DJ Khaled, their signature black bottles have evolved into symbols of self-made success for prominent artists, athletes and entrepreneurs alike. In just five years, the brand’s flagship blend Belaire Rosé ranks as the top-selling French sparkling wine sold in the United States. Tapping into this spirit of independence, Belaire launched thei...
Sep 21, 2020•35 min
Jose Cayasso (Caya) is a tech entrepreneur and growth marketer. He started his first tech company in 2011, a mobile game called Pota-Toss, that raised a successful Kickstarter campaign, and was deemed by Techcrunch and CNN as 'The Next Angry Birds'. Caya was deemed as one of 40-Under-40 Costa Rican innovators, and he was a featured speaker on the 2013 TEDx PuraVida Conference. In mid-2014, Caya co-founded Slidebean, an AI-powered presentation platform. The company was part of the 500 Startups ac...
Sep 18, 2020•35 min
While running a previous business, Zeb Evans came across a massive efficiency problem in the world of project management. Most companies and teams were running multiple different programs to track tasks and organize projects, making it harder to effectively get things done. To solve this issue, in 2017, Zeb founded ClickUp, a software solution for business and organizations which offers a one stop shop for project management. Since then ClickUp has gained over 1M users and has generated over $60...
Sep 17, 2020•28 min
Jennifer Jill "JJ" Ramberg was, until recently, the host of MSNBC's weekend business program Your Business. She left the television broadcasting industry to found the company GoodPods. Goodpods is a social networking app with the goal to make it easier for listeners to find great content and to help podcasters find new listeners. Goodpods: goodpods.com Follow JJ at https://www.instagram.com/jj.ramberg/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
Sep 14, 2020•30 min
Charles Michael Yim is a successful entrepreneur who has sold two companies by the time he turned 28. Yim has been able to attract top mentors including the “Paypal Mafia,” Virgin founder Richard Branson, and “Shark Tank” investor Mark Cuban. Early in Charles career, he joined Fortify and a year later in 2010, Fortify Software was sold to Hewlett Packard for $250 million. From there, Yim went off on his own and launched two startups, one which was called Chatterfly, which sold for $15 million in...
Sep 05, 2020•33 min
Skylar Grey, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Mazomanie, Wisconsin. In 2004, at the age of 17, Grey signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and a recording contract with Machine Shop Recordings under the name Holly Brook. In 2006, she released her debut studio album, Like Blood Like Honey, under the aforementioned labels. In 2010, Grey co-wrote Eminem and Rihanna's hit single, "Love the Way You Lie", with Eminem and British record producer Alex da...
Sep 01, 2020•33 min
