Business Episodes

June 7, 2021

Episode 130: Making social impact through business -- with Kuda Biza

Kuda Biza is a serial entrepreneur who started his first company when he was 9 years old in Zimbabwe. Over the course of 10 years he has successfully launched 6 businesses. Currently, he is the co-founder & CMO of Nunbelievable, …

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March 1, 2021

Episode 123: A neurodiverse workplace in the LEGO world -- with David…

If your employees spent their workdays engrossed in colorful LEGO® bricks, what would you think? If you're David Kokai, you'd probably think that business is good! David founded a company devoted to the LEGO® secondary market when he left the...

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Oct. 19, 2020

Episode 113: Micro-acts of mentorship for women -- with Rebekah Basti…

Rebekah Bastian is the CEO & Co-founder of OwnTrail, an online platform that connects, mentors and empowers women as they share their personal and professional journeys and experiences. Previously, Rebekah was Vice President of Product and Vice...

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May 11, 2020

Episode 100: An entrepreneurial approach to philanthropy by Harris Ro…

Harris Rosen is the President & Chief Operating Officer of Rosen Hotels & Resorts. He is Florida's largest independent hotelier, having built a portfolio of eight hotels in Orlando, with close to 7,000 guestrooms, over the course of 45...

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May 4, 2020

Episode 99: Arlan Hamilton – It’s About Damn Time

Arlan Hamilton is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund dedicated to minimizing funding disparities in tech by investing in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Started from scratch in 2015,...

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April 13, 2020

Episode 97: How Email Marketing Elevates Women in Business -- with To…

Toni Coleman Brown is an author, small business strategist and online marketing expert, with a focus on email lead generation and sales conversion. She is the founder of the Network for Women in Business, an online educational platform that teaches...

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March 2, 2020

Episode 94: Build your brand by unlocking the creative genius of team…

Jeremy Miller is a brand strategist, bestselling author, keynote speaker, and the founder of Sticky Branding, a brand building agency. His first book, also called Sticky Branding, is a playbook for how small- and mid-sized companies challenge the...

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Jan. 6, 2020

Episode 90: Finding Your Voice On The Air -- with Ginni Saraswati

Ginni Saraswati is an award-winning journalist, radio personality and celebrity interviewer with a unique brand of comedy that includes quick-witted introductions and on-air antics. She's the founder of Ginni Media, a boutique podcast production...

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Nov. 25, 2019

Episode 88: How event ticketing can create amazing customer experienc…

This week's guest is Josh Stine, the co-founder and CEO of Seat Insiders, an event ticket concierge agency serving companies and individuals around the world. Before becoming an entrepreneur, Josh worked in cyber security and management consulting at...

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Oct. 7, 2019

Episode 81: Ajay Prasad – Lessons in Serial Entrepreneurship

After working as a corporate marketing executive for over twenty years, Ajay Prasad decided to become his own boss. In 2004, he left the corporate world and started GMR Web Team, a digital marketing agency. After switching the focus of …

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Aug. 26, 2019

Episode 75: Rachel Werner – Consulting, Motherhood and Entrepreneursh…

After working for years in the corporate, nonprofit, and public sectors, Rachel Werner founded RBW Strategy, her women-owned consulting firm based in the Washington, DC Metro area. She’s an expert in the full lifecycle of grants activities, and...

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Aug. 5, 2019

Episode 72: Emily Winston -- How the perfect NY bagel came to Califor…

This week I'm doing a podcast "episode swap" with fellow podcaster Heidi Bennett, the host of the Vibrant Visionaries podcast (and my guest from )! This means that Heidi is publishing my interview episode with her on the Vibrant Visionaries...

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July 22, 2019

Episode 70: Scott Miller – Management Mess to Leadership Success

Scott Miller is the EVP of Thought Leadership at FranklinCovey. He is also the author of the #1 hot new release on Amazon, “Management Mess to Leadership Success: 30 Challenges to Become the Leader You Would Follow.” A self-described “management...

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June 24, 2019

Episode 66: Amir Bormand – "What if" doesn’t work here

Amir Bormand is the Co-founder of Elevano, a candidate-centric technical recruitment company. On this episode, Amir and I talk about how he quit his job to start Elevano right when he got married, and how his wife’s support and belief …

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Nov. 19, 2018

Episode 37: Malavika Vivek – Girls Make Apps

Malavika Vivek is the cofounder of Girls Make Apps, a U.S. nonprofit she began as a high school junior in 2016. To date, Girls Make Apps has inspired hundreds of girls and women from middle school through college to enter …

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