Dr. Stacey Gonzales is a teacher, advisor, coach, and consultant. For two decades, Stacey served as an award-winning executive leader in some of the largest school districts in Illinois. Now, Stacey is the founder of SG Creative Connections, where she guides leaders to clarify their expertise, craft an influential brand, and connect with new opportunities. In this EP, we discuss Stacey’s late foray into entrepreneurship, strategies and tactics she’s used to grow her business on Linkedin, her...

Andy Guttormsen is the Co-Founder and CRO at Circle. He was on the founding team at Teachable, and subsequently, has gone on to co-found Circle which kicked off back in 2020. Circle is now the world’s leading community platform for creators and businesses with customers like Adobe, Webflow, and ~10,000 others. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Today is my chat with Arlan Hamilton, which first aired just a few days ago on Shopify Masters. She is the Founder and Managing Partner of Backstage Capital, a fund that invests in high-potential founders who are people of color, women, and/or LGBT. Starting from scratch in 2015, Backstage has now raised more than $30 million and has invested in over 180 startups. Enjoy! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Evan Marks is a seasoned mental performance coach. With a professional journey spanning 25 years on Wall Street, Evan’s diverse experiences include navigating volatile markets, excelling as a trader, and becoming an equity partner at a leading hedge fund. His background allows him to offer a unique perspective, not only as a financial expert but also as a seasoned coach and consultant now at the helm of his own practice, M1 Performance Group. In this EP we dive into Evan’s coaching...

Today, I’m speaking with Brett Baughman. Brett is an award winning business and life coach and spends his time working with executives, business leaders and high performing individuals to advance to the next level in each area of life. He is also a best selling author and was voted the Top Coach to work with by Apple News. In this one, we dive into Brett’s journey from actor, musician, and salesperson to entrepreneur and coach. The power of place, and how one’s environment and city has a big...

Darren Mass is a serial entrepreneur. After starting, scaling and exiting Mass Communications, Darren has gone onto more personal endeavours. His podcast called “I took a hike”, features meaningful and deep conversations with the world’s leading entrepreneurs, innovators & thought leaders - all which happen over the course of many hours out in nature. In this EP, we dive into Darren’s experience as a founder; lessons learned from family and business; Darren’s personal experience with...

Cody Wittick is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO at Kynship, a performance marketing agency that has visibility into $400M in ad spend, and has sourced 350k+ influencers for its brands. Prior to co-founding Kynship, Cody began his journey at QALO, the brand that created the silicone wedding ring. Throughout his time there, he built out a robust influencer program contracting thousands of micro-influencers in a variety of industries while also working with household names such as Lebron James, Jason...

Caleb Avery is revolutionizing the payments landscape landscape. In 2019, he founded Tilled after spending nearly a decade advising merchants and enterprise software businesses on how to optimize their payment processing solutions. Prior to founding Tilled, Caleb also co-founded a credit card processing ISO while in college, which has expanded nationwide to offer processing services for merchants and software businesses. In this episode, we get into the nuts and bolts of Payfac-as-a-service...

Cole Shephard is the Founding Partner of Legacy Group, a leading alternative investment firm. his company focuses on profitable investment opportunities with high social and environmental impact in the US and Latin America. The flagship portfolio company, Green Coffee Company (GCC), is Colombia’s #1 largest coffee producer, with 10M+ coffee trees planted across 7000 acres. Before forming Legacy Group, Cole spent close to a decade at PWC working in accounting, advisory, M&A, and consulting...

Today is my chat with Jacob Sappington, which first aired just a few weeks ago on Shopify Masters. He is the director of email strategy at Homestead, a growth agency based in Wisconsin. He has worked alongside of some giant D2C brands including: Hexclad, Caseify, Brightland, and more. And with Black Friday, Cyber Monday on our doorstep, Jacob is the "go to" for amplifying customer excitement, for your eCommerce business. In this EP, we talk about opting into marketing communication; what...

In today's EP is Chad Price. He is the co-founder of Kettlebell Kings, and a former college football scholarship athlete from Rice university. Roughly ten years after starting the business back in 2012, he was able to orchestrate a multi-million dollar exit in 2021. Today, Kettlebell Kings still remains a thriving international company. In this one, we dive into Chad's background as an athlete, and the connective tissue between sports and entrepreneurship; how Kettlebell Kings grew from an...

On today's EP is Leslie Venetz - a corporate sales training and sales-led Go to market expert. Leslie has made over 100,000 cold calls, has co-authored a book called Heels to Deals, and is now running Sales Team Builder which continues to grow and build on her expertise. In this one, we dive into the best strategies for cold outbound; how to set up your communication sequences for optimal success; tools and systems for gathering amazing data on the cheap..... and in our rapid-fire round, why...

Today is my chat with Michael Serbinis, which first aired just a few weeks ago on Shopify Masters. Michael is the founder and CEO of League, a technology-focused health company. With more than $1B of exits, he's known as a visionary entrepreneur who's built transformative technology platforms across several industries. Serbinis founded and built Kobo, probably the most notable competitor to Amazon's Kindle; he also founded and help build, DocSpace, Critical Path, and going way back, worked...

Fred Cary is an internationally known entrepreneur and business thought leader with over three decades of leadership experience that have resulted in billions of dollars in corporate value. His success stories cross boundaries – he has built high-growth businesses in finance, software, mobile technologies, data, retail, consumer products, strategic services and e-commerce. As CEO of IdeaPros, Fred Cary, has helped hundreds of brilliant entrepreneurs find their purpose and create their legacy....

Judith Gordon is a high-performance coach and facilitator and is the founder and CEO of LeaderEsQ, LLC, a coaching and training consultancy. She is also on the faculty of UCLA School of Law where she teaches emotional intelligence, stress management, and high-performance skills training. In this EP, we discuss the elements of thriving, especially for high achievers who experience overwhelm and burnout; managing energy, mindset, and beliefs; the essential role that core values and intrinsic...

Niles Lichtenstein is the cofounder and CEO of Nestment, a platform that aims to democratize home buying through enabling co-ownership models. After stints on the corporate side, Niles went on to founding teams at several startups in the mobile technology space. During this time, he grew passionate about helping friends purchase multi-family and vacation rentals. As he saw the changing demographic and economic trends for his Millennial peers, he realized there was a new path for home...

Jared Goetz is the founder and CEO of Zendrop (https://zendrop.com/), an e-commerce marketplace that connects reliable suppliers with online merchants and dropshipping stores. Over 1 Million merchants use Zendrop today since its inception in 2019. Recently, Jared has also shifted focus to the world of personal growth, helping new and aspiring entrepreneurs overcome limiting mindsets that stand in the way of their success. In this one, we discuss Jared's 4 'Rules' he lives by; how the power of...

Andy Cloyd and Anders Bill are the cofounders of Superfiliate, a company unlocking the power of word of mouth with automation and creation of personalized landing pages for a brand's best customers, ambassadors, and affiliates.Andy, currently the CEO of the company, spent 7 years on the other side of the table in the venture capital world, investing in pre-seed through Series A companies. Anders, a serial founder, is no stranger to the entrepreneurial scene having founded multiple companies...

Bill Protzmann, is the Founder and CEO at Musimorphic - a company on a mission to raise awareness of the power of music as self-care. He is the world's leading advocate and educator on the self-evident use of music for physical, mental, emotional, and spiritual health, non-linear thinking, and paradox. In this EP, we dive deep into the power of music, its impact on consciousness, its power as a personal healing mechanism, how in a way music saved Bill from his own personal struggles and much...

Jackie Fast is the Managing Partner of Sandbox Studios, an LA-based seed fund exclusively investing in talent-led startups. The VC has already made a number investments, however Jackie is probably best known for founding Slingshot, a London-based Sponsorship agency servicing some of the world’s most high-profile clients including The Rolling Stones, Shell, Formula 1, Red Bull, and Sir Richard Branson, Coca Cola, and others. In this EP, we discuss Jackie's experience raising her first fund;...

Kristi Herold is the founder and CEO of JAM a multi-million dollar global adult recreational sports league that has connected millions of people through play since its inception. Kristi recently authored the best-selling book "It Pays to PLAY - How Play Improves Business Culture". In this EP, we discuss the ROI of play, and the importance of "play" in a company culture; how play saves lives, and moves the needle on mental health; why the so called "blue zones" see greater longevity and...

Victor Cho recently served as the CEO at Evite where he led the company back from the brink of COVID-19 extinction and returned it to growth. Prior, he was the CEO at Kodak Gallery during a multi-year turnaround. He served as the Vice President and leader of Intuit’s web channel, taking the business from $300 million to $1.3 billion. Victor also spent 7 years at Microsoft, where he launched some of the company’s earliest Internet commerce initiatives. In this EP, we talk about Evite's...

Marc Angelos is a sales leader from the FinTech world and the founder, CEO of Anvictus - a Communication and content marketing services company for blockchain startups and Creator Economy entrepreneurs. He's authored several hundred articles and videos on content and sales strategy, and his work has been featured on CNBC, Bloomberg, the Content Marketing Institute, and elsewhere. In this EP, we dive into Marc's origins on Wall Street; his last days on Lehman Brothers back in '08; how he...

Connie Steele is a future of work expert, and the author of Building the Business of You: A System to Align Passion and Growth Potential Through Your Own Career Mash-Up, the first book to help professionals and entrepreneurs navigate the new world of work while aligning personal purpose and professional advancement. Did you know that 64% of millenials have a side hustle? That # is a whopping 70% for Genz'ers. We explore what this means for the future of work as well as other great topics...