Culture: Founders, Entrepreneurs & Innovators
80 episodes - English - Latest episode: 9 months ago - ★★★★★ - 30 ratingsConversations with Business Founders, Innovators & Entrepreneurs on how their Journey has Inspired, Created & Evolved CULTURE.
Hear the background of these leaders, pick up on tips for growth, lessons learned, raising capital, company culture and their words to live by.
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Ep#28: Kay Koplovitz, Founder USA Network | CoFounder Spingboard Enterprises
July 31, 2018 14:53 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBKay Koplovitz Founded the USA Network and is currently the CoFounder & Managing Director of the Springboard Growth Capital. She is the Chairman of Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit accelerator that has fostered the investment of more than $8.3 billion in women-led firms, and has served as its Chairman since inception. Kay acted at CEO and Chairman of the USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel, and USA Networks International which today is multi-billion dollar television cable television networks...
Ep#27: Jeanne Sullivan, The Arcview Group, Investing in the Cannabis Industry
July 24, 2018 15:41 - 43 minutes - 59.2 MBJeanne Sullivan has been described in Forbes as “one of the women VCs changing the world – grooming the next generation of female entrepreneurs”. Jeanne is a General Partner at The Arcview Group and is a fierce advocate for legalization and regulation of the Cannabis industry. Jeanne talks about her philosophy on business life, mentoring growing entrepreneurs, raising capital, and her words to live by. Jeanne is an experienced keynote speaker on tech and the growing cannabis industry. https:/...
Ep#26: Vincent Bragg & Janeya Griffin, CoFounders of ConCreates
July 17, 2018 07:00 - 1 hour - 86 MBDiscussion w/ ConCreates CoFounders Vincent Bragg and Janeya Griffin about giving inmates a purpose and helping rehabilitate into contributing members of society. ConCreates is a unique Creative Agency that crowd sources its ideas from the untapped talent pool currently locked up behind bars. Vincent Bragg, the Co-Founder and CEO of Concreates, has shaken off the title of Felon & redefined himself as an executive and innovator. Bragg has over 15 years’ experience in the entertainment and mark...
Ep#25: Premium Pete Gibaldi, Founder & Host of the Premium Pete Show | YouGottaEatThis | SneakerTube
July 10, 2018 06:00 - 48 minutes - 66 MBPete Gibaldi is the Founder & Host of the Premium Pete Show, CoFounder of YouGottaEatThis! and Founder SneakerTube. Pete talks about growing up in Brooklyn, starting in the podcast world from the Combat Jack Show and love for NYC pizza. He gives some inspiring pro tips, preaches never to question your passion and talks about lessons learned from his mentor Reggie Ossé. The Premium Pete Show is packed with captivating culture and the essence of optimistic growth. Premium Pete is devoted to cre...
Ep#24: Christian Wierød, CEO & CoFounder of Unite Living
July 03, 2018 08:00 - 48 minutes - 66.5 MBChristian Wierød talks digitalization and automation of the residential rental market from Norway and breaking into the NYC market. Christian was a squad leader in the Norwegian Armed Forces, a tour guide around the world, and a club coach ski instructor in Canada. We talk about the inception of Unite Living, lessons he learned along the journey, ProTips for growth, book recommendations and shares awesome Norwegian Folk Tales. Unite Living https://uniteliving.com/ Instagram: @uniteliving Twit...
Ep#23: Ignitia Open Start Up Pitch Contest in Brooklyn NY
June 26, 2018 15:14 - 43 minutes - 59.5 MBSpecial Episode Highlighting The Ignitia Open Pitch Competition. On Wednesday June 20th, 2018 Ignitia Office held their first annual pitch competition that featured the 7 finalist competing for $20,000 grand prize consisting of $10,000 in coworking space and $10,000 in cash. Below are the following contestants that we spoke with prior to the big pitch. Padspin, Inc. - Finding an apartment can be a real nightmare. Padspin helps cut down on the pain of the apartment hunt by cutting back broker ...
Ep#22: Andrew Ackerman, VC at Dreamit Ventures | CoFounder of Bunk1
June 19, 2018 13:56 - 57 minutes - 78.5 MBAndrew Ackerman Managing Director at Dreamt Ventures, one of the Top 5 accelerators in the world. Andrew is in charge of UrbanTech at Dreamit and investing, advising & mentoring Post-Seed start-up companies. Andrew previously founded Bunk1 and consulted at Booze Allen. Andrew talks about the qualities he likes to see when investing in companies, Dreamit Ventures customer emergence program, what separates his VC from others and finding that “one sentence” that hits the problem, solution & what...
Ep#21: Trevor Sumner CEO of Perch Interactive | NYC Entrepreneur, Advisor & Angel
June 12, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 83.4 MBInterview w/ Trevor Sumner CEO at Perch Interactive. Previously Trevor was the President, CMO and CoFounder of LocalVox, a local social & mobile marketing platform for local businesses that was named one of the top startups in NYC by Business Insider, Forbes and Huffington Post, & was acquired by The Blackstone Group. Trevor is a NYC-based entrepreneur, product and marketing executive and recognized startup advisor and angel. We discuss growing up in NYC, tips for the hiring process with 'Top...
Ep#20: Rob Krauss, CoFounder of Fortina | Founder of BoomLetsGo
June 07, 2018 08:00 - 47 minutes - 64.6 MBInterview w/ Rob Krauss CoFounder of Fortina which has 5 tri-state restaurant locations and growing. Rob used his digital marketing experience and customer retention strategies to create BoomLetGo, a new data/ mobile restaurant payment app. Rob talks about his affection for entertaining, pizza, rolling up dead bodies, his sports legacy & how his grandfather may have invented sausage? Rob gives his pro tips for growth, best advice & words to live by. Fortina https://fortinapizza.com Instagram:...
Ep#19: Josh Bobrowsky, CEO & CoFounder of Ignitia Office
June 05, 2018 14:27 - 40 minutes - 54.9 MBInterview w/ Josh Bobrowsky the CEO & CoFounder of Ignitia Office. Josh also founded Icons Consulting, owner and founder of Integrated Fitness and owned J.B. Landscaping. We discuss Josh's mentors in Ari Lightman, Digital Media & Marketing Professor at Carnegie Mellon, lessons learned along his journey, growth tips and the community and culture he is building at Ignitia Office in Brooklyn. Ignitia Office is a premium Coworking space that was recently ranked Top NYC Startups of 2018 and Top 7 ...
Ep#18: Ramya Joseph Founder of Pefin, The Worlds First AI Financial Advisor
May 29, 2018 08:00 - 59 minutes - 81.6 MBInterview w/ Ramya Joseph, Founder of Pefin the worlds first AI financial advisor. We talks about the soul of her company Pefin and creating a people first culture. Ramya talk about getting into machine learning and AI from her business experience at IBM and Goldman Sachs. We also talk about growth tips, mentors, growing up in an immigrant family and the influence of her mother. "To do as your duty, let not the fruits of your actions, affect your actions." Ramya on social media: Twitter & ENS...
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Ep#17: Jesse Levin, Founder of Tactivate | CoFounder Brooklyn Boulders
May 22, 2018 08:00 - 49 minutes - 68 MBInterview w/ Jesse Levin, Founder of Tactivate which is combining special operation veterans and entrepreneurs to help in disaster relief efforts. Jesse also CoFounded Brooklyn Boulders, is the Founder Active Collaborative Workspace, Founder of Mortar & Pistil and Founder of the Archer Group. Jesse talks about Expeditionary Entrepreneurship, running into drug traffickers while helping in Panama, the importance of relationships, building local capacity and helping rebuild communities. Jesse on...
Ep#16: Ray Edwards, CEO & Founder of PNDULUM
May 15, 2018 08:00 - 1 hour - 111 MBInterview w/ Ray Edwards, CEO & Founder of PNDULUM a fully integrated consumer product development, innovation company and incubator that is an accelerator for minority entrepreneurs. Ray is a LA-based entrepreneur and early-stage venture professional serving in strategic marketing, finance, and business development functions. Formerly CFO of Derek Jeter's Players Tribune and previously a Director of Finance & Strategy at Violator Management. Ray talks about growing up in Pittsburgh to workin...
Ep#15: Peter Birsinger, CTO & CoFounder of Podible
May 08, 2018 08:00 - 52 minutes - 72.1 MBInterview w/ Peter Birsinger, CTO & CoFounder of Podible. Podible is a podcast listening app that learns what you love and recommends new podcasts for you. We also help authors grow their audience & monetize with analytics & (soon) programmatic audio ad insertion. https://podible.co/ Download Podible App: https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/podible/id1322101132?mt=8
Ep#14: David Kidder, CEO & CoFounder of Bionic Solution
May 01, 2018 11:15 - 42 minutes - 58.4 MBInterview w/ David Kiddder, CEO & CoFounder of Bionic Solution. David is an experienced entrepreneur and angel investor in over 30 companies. Creator & CoAuthor of the two-time New York Times bestselling five book series, The Intellectual Devotional. Prior to Bionic, David CoFounded Clickable and SmartRay Network. David talks about leading the 8th fastest growing services company, his 5 Lenses of Entrepreneurial Success, interviewing Elon Musk and other innovators for his book the Startup Pla...
Ep#13: Tom Meredith, CEO & CoFounder of BitMinutes
April 26, 2018 09:00 - 39 minutes - 53.7 MBInterview w/ Tom Meredith, CEO & CoFounder of BitMinutes (BTM) a new Crypto-currency, based on International (ISO) Banking Standards, that democratizes P2P lending to the street corner level in amounts as small as a $5- $10. BitMinutes use builds consumer credit and act as collateral for lending. MasterCard is one of our global partners, issuing virtual accounts based on BitMinutes. https://www.bitminutes.com/ Video on BitMinutes: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Si8CB9nbVhs&feature=youtu.be
Ep#12: Jared Feldman, Founder of Canvs | Mashwork
April 24, 2018 13:44 - 1 hour - 87.4 MBInterview w/ Jared Feldman, Founder & CEO of Canvs. Jared was named one the Forbes 30 under 30 Class of 2017. Canvs is an analytics company that measures and map emotions around content. Canvs has become the industry standard, informing social media strategy for television, research, production and ad sales. Canvs’ clients include HBO, Sony, Viacom and NBC Universal. Canvs has received funding from Gary Vaynerchuk, Ludlow Ventures and other well known investors. We discuss Jared’s journey fro...
Ep#11: Dan Ceniceros, Founder of Connect Media
April 17, 2018 13:52 - 51 minutes - 70.2 MBInterview w/ Dan Ceniceros, Founder of Connect Media. Dan has 20 years of experience in commercial real estate branding, media, advertising and events. His focus has been on creating technology experiences for news delivery, data and analytics, and marketing for commercial real estate owners, developers, investors, and brokers. Dan talks about growing up in Southern California, the influence of art school, working at a full service advertising agency, transitioning into commercial real estate...
Ep#10: Andrew Kortina, CoFounder Venmo| CoFounder The Fin Exploration Co.
April 10, 2018 13:29 - 46 minutes - 64.5 MBInterview w/ Andrew Kortina, CoFounder of The Fin Exploration Company and CoFounded Venmo. The Fin Exploration Company helps get your tasks, calls, emails, research and purchasing done for you. Fin combines human and machine intelligence to help you stay focused. Kortina talks about growing up in New Jersey, early jobs, UPenn, creating Fin with CoFounder Sam Lessin, his previous experience at Venmo, lessons from Yosha Bach, the brain as a pattern recognizer and protips for growth. Kortina on ...
Ep#9: AJ Vaynerchuk, CoFounder of VaynerSports | VaynerMedia
April 03, 2018 10:00 - 29 minutes - 39.9 MBInterview w/ AJ Vaynerchuk, CoFounder of VaynerSports. A sports agency for the modern day athlete. AJ previously cofounded VaynerMedia one of the fastest growing media companies. We discuss the inception of VaynerSports, changing the sports agency culture, the influence of John Madden Football, older brother Gary, cryptocurrency, the advice AJ passes along to his athletes and VaynerSports' 8 NFL Draft Prospects. Contact AJ on Social Media Twitter: @avj ENSE: @avj www.VaynerSports Twitter: @va...
Ep#8: Aaron Block, CoFounder of MetaProp NYC
March 27, 2018 15:14 - 50 minutes - 69.1 MBInterview w/ Aaron Block, CoFounder & MD of MetaProp global real estate technology investment advisory and accelerator firm. Aaron is also on the leadership council at Tech:NYC and previously worked at Cushman & Wakefield winning awards including Top Producer & Most Creative Deal. Aaron served as CEO/Chairman of Chicago-based BayRu, LLC, the US-Russia ecommerce shopping and shipping specialist and eBay.com’s exclusive drop shipping partner for Russia/CIS consumers. Aaron talks about the the a...
Ep#7: Luan Cox, CEO & Founder of FinMkt
March 20, 2018 14:06 - 43 minutes - 60.3 MBInterview w/ Luan Cox, CEO & Founder of FinMkt, Mentor at Techstars, and Advisor at Springboard Enterprises. We discuss early business experience in Silicon Valley, inventing FinTech, her Mentors in Kay Koplovitz, Amy Millman and Debra Walton. Luan tells how she founded FinMkt, protips on growth, the importance of a good cofounder, company Culture and entrepreneurial traits. “Do the work the others aren’t willing to do & be good to people" - Luan Cox Follow Luan on Social Media: Twitter: @Lua...
Ep#6: Chase Garbarino, Founder HqO | AmericanInno Founder | VentureApp Founder
March 13, 2018 22:02 - 1 hour - 85.1 MBInterview w/ Chase Garbarino a media entrepreneur that founded multiple successful companies including CampusWord, Streetwise Media, American Inno, VentureApp and HqO. His recent real estate company HqO is a tenant engagement platform to help landlords optimize their property and build a community where people love to work. Chase previously founded BostInno & AmericanInno a digital media and events company that focused on strengthening local ecosystems and innovation. Also founded the Hamilto...
Ep#5: Michael Beckerman, Founder of The News Funnel & CEO of CRETech.
March 06, 2018 16:29 - 53 minutes - 73.7 MBInterview w/ Michael Beckerman, Founder of The News Funnel & CEO of CRETech. Mike also founded Beckerman Public Relations, which was tagged one of the fastest-growing independent PR agencies according to O'Dwyers. We talk ProTips for Growth, the best tequila, favorite books, movies, music, having compassion and the future of Technology in commercial real estate. "Be Kind, Be Compassionate and Love" -M. Beckerman The News Funnel: www.thenewsfunnel.com CRETech: www.cretech.com Twitter: @m_becke...
Ep#4: Aleksey Kernes, CoFounder of HOOCH
February 28, 2018 22:27 - 56 minutes - 77.8 MBInterview w/ Aleksey Kernes, CoFounder of HOOCH mobile subscription based cocktail app. From growing up in the Ukraine to managing multiple NYC clubs & restaurants and eventually creating the wildly popular cocktail app HOOCH. https://hooch.co/ HOOCH Invite Code: fromaleksey Twitter: @AlekseyKernes @hoochapp Aleksey speaks about the power of networking, growth Tips, Power of Habits, New Rock Bands, and reading an impressive amount of books. Record & submit questions to Aleksey on ENSE app. Al...
Ep#3: Dave Maloney, Founder of the D10 Decathlon | NORMA Technology
February 20, 2018 21:44 - 42 minutes - 57.9 MBInterview with Dave Maloney, Founder of the D10 Decathlon, CharityBets and Norma Technology. The Decathlon includes 10 events: 400m run, football throw, 40yd dash, bench press, and more. The D10's community has raised over $9M for the Pediatric Oncology Experimental Therapeutics Investigator's Consortium (POETIC). POETIC is a consortium of leading academic institutions across North America directed by Memorial Sloan Kettering Cancer Center. In this interview we talk about Dave's entrepreneuri...
Ep#2: Andrew Cohen, CEO & Founder of Brainscape
February 15, 2018 02:49 - 42 minutes - 58.7 MBInterview with Andrew Cohen Founder/CEO of mobile education startup @Brainscape. "Cognitive science & Economics geek". Mentor @TechStars. Instructor @GA. ProTips for growth, best advice received, morning routines & the importance of productivity and organization. Listen to the ups and downs of a true start-up leader through Andrew's journey on the Culture podcast. “Best time to plant a tree is 20 years ago and the 2nd best time is today” Check out the "Tech Start Up Genius" Flash Card on Brai...
Ep#1: Iqram Magdon-Ismail, CoFounder Venmo | Ense
February 07, 2018 15:51 - 35 minutes - 48.8 MBIn the first episode of CULTURE we interview Iqram Magdon-Ismail the CoFounder of Venmo, CoFounder of Ense and member of the band Iqram & the Immigrants Groove. We discuss growing up in Africa, UPenn, pitching Mark Zuckerberg, the untold story on how they created Venmo and his new venture Ense an audio platform social network. Culture is an Ense audio production where we interview Founders, Influencers & Entrepreneurs on how their Journey has Inspired, Created & Evolved Culture. Download Ense...
Welcome to the Culture Podcast
February 01, 2018 20:40 - 15 seconds - 341 KBWelcome to the Culture Podcast Where we interview founders, influencers & entrepreneurs on how their journey has inspired, created & evolved Culture.