Going Deep with Aaron Watson
567 episodes - English - Latest episode: 4 months ago - ★★★★★ - 116 ratingsThe Going Deep with Aaron Watson podcast is a forum for having meaningful, deep conversations about the passions, fears and problems of people from all walks of life. Guests talk about entrepreneurship, sports, finance, comedy and lifestyle design.
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429 How to Raise $35 Million w/ Luke Skurman of Niche.com
May 18, 2020 05:30 - 40 minutes - 40.6 MBLuke Skurman is the CEO and Founder of Niche.com. Niche is an informative website that provides insight and analysis from experts and neighbors to help people choose colleges, K-12 schools, and places to live. Niche, formerly College Prowler, was founded in 2002 and recently raised $35 Million to expand its client base and grow its team. This Series C funding was led by the New York-based Radian Capital and San Fransisco-based Salesforce Ventures. Luke has been at the helm of t...
428 Saving Small Bars & Restaurants w/ Keith Harmon (Alchemy Financial)
May 11, 2020 05:30 - 1 hour - 56.8 MBKeith Hamon has over 30 years of operational restaurant experience, with 10 years in active financial management and 7 years of direct experience owning, operating, growing, and stewarding a small group of restaurants. His firm, Alchemy Financial, serves as a bookkeeper, financial planner, and CFO for clients in the hospitality space. Keith is committed to helping small restaurants and bars survive and thrive using better financial planning and thinking strategically about prici...
427 Ben Hunt of Epsilon Theory talks Seeing Through Fake Statistics, Hope, and Being a “Girl Dad”
May 04, 2020 05:30 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBBen Hunt is the creator of Epsilon Theory and co-founder of Second Foundation Partners. Epsilon Theory is a newsletter and website that studies markets using game theory and history. It is read by over 100,000 professional investors and allocators across 180 countries. Ben is the founder of two technology companies, a past professor of political science, and a successful investor. He’s worked in venture capital and subsequently on two long/short equity hedge funds. He evolved to...
426 Making Crypto More Useful w/ BlockFi’s Flori Marquez
April 27, 2020 05:30 - 35 minutes - 37.1 MBFlori Marquez is the cofounder of BlockFi, a fintech firm that provides wealth management products to investors in cryptocurrency. BlockFi currently offers interest-bearing crypto accounts, crypto trading, and crypto-backed loans. In the last year, BlockFi has raised an $18.3 million Series A and a $30 million Series B from investors like Morgan Creek Digital, Fidelity, the Winklevoss twins, and Valar Ventures. Flori has spent her career managing alternative lending product...
425 Marcellus Shale and Natural Gas w/ Matt Wieszczyk & Par City Holdings
April 20, 2020 05:30 - 36 minutes - 36.7 MBThe Coronavirus (rightfully) gets most of the headlines. However, we are also living through an oil price war between Saudi Arabia and Russia that has worldwide ramifications. Matt Wieszczyk is the Managing Member of Par City Holdings, a land services company that specializes in the acquisition of oil and gas mineral and royalty rights. At PCH, he has placed $15mm for various investors in SW Appalachia. Prior to Par City, Matt was Acquisitions Manager & General Counsel for San Ja...
424 Building the Blockchain Version of YouTube w/ Jeremy Kauffman, LBRY founder
April 13, 2020 05:30 - 43 minutes - 44.5 MBLBRY is a place where they can find great videos, music, ebooks, and more. How? LBRY started as a new protocol that allows anyone to build apps that interact with digital content on the LBRY network. Apps built using the protocol allow creators to upload their work to the LBRY network of hosts (like BitTorrent), to set a price per stream or download (like iTunes) or give it away for free (like YouTube without ads). The work you publish could be videos, audio files, documents, or any o...
423 Managing Your Startup Through a Crisis and Making Face Shields for Healthcare Workers w/ Ian Rosenberger
April 06, 2020 05:30 - 40 minutes - 42 MBTwo years ago, Ian Rosenberger and his company took a leap forward by launching a backpack. It was made from Thread International’s first product, fabric made from plastic waste that had been recycled. The backpack raised $571,000 on Kickstarter and represented an important new chapter for the business. At the beginning of 2020, they launched two specific brands; Day Owl (for consumers) and First Mile (for brands like Reebok, Puma, and Converse to buy the fabric). In this c...
422 2020 Financial Crisis, Bitcoin, and the Halving with Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano
March 30, 2020 05:30 - 47 minutes - 47.4 MBAnthony Pompliano is a co-founder & Partner at Morgan Creek Digital. He leads investments in early-stage startups and cryptocurrency. He was formerly a product manager at Facebook. He writes a daily letter analyzing crypto news for institutional investors and a prolific podcast with other top thinkers in finance and crypto. In this conversation, Pomp and Aaron discuss the Bitcoin halving, economic stimulus, and kindness. Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Min...
421 Livestreaming, Digital Coaching, and Listening to your Clients w/ Kyshira Moffett
March 23, 2020 05:30 - 46 minutes - 46.9 MBKyshira Moffett is a digital brand strategist, entrepreneur, and author. She’s built a business as a coach helping other businesses and entrepreneurs market themselves effectively. Kyshira also launched Life of a Bombshell Cosmetics in 2017, offering premium makeup products at an affordable price to businesswomen. Her experiences in marketing a wide variety of businesses, running a conference (Hustle HER Way Summit), and earning an MBA have given her a wealth of knowledge to cal...
420 Teaching Kids with Robots w/ Tom Lauwers
March 16, 2020 06:00 - 36 minutes - 41.5 MBTom Lauwers is on a mission to get robots into classrooms. As the founder and chief roboticist at BirdBrain Technologies, he designs educational tools that show students the basics of coding, engineering, and collaboration. Tom received a Ph.D in robotics in 2010 from Carnegie Mellon, where he initially designed the Finch robot and Hummingbird robotics kit. The Finch is a small robot designed to inspire students learning computer science by providing a tangible representation of...
419 Blow Up Your Business Plan w/ JD Ewing (more than $70 million in revenue)
March 09, 2020 05:30 - 46 minutes - 49.1 MBThe Going Deep podcast returned to Fayette county for a second interview with one of the area’s top entrepreneurs. J.D. Ewing, President of COE Distributing, regained control of his company just after the Great Recession. J.D. had to secure financing from the bank so he could buy inventory. When they asked for a business plan, J.D. estimated the firm would reach $10 million in revenue in 3 years. COE Distributing ended up blowing past that number to more than $24 million. They ...
418 Marketing Elliot, Hip Hop Collaborations, and Modern Marketing Principles w/ Marco Marandiz
March 02, 2020 06:30 - 54 minutes - 60.5 MBMarco Marandiz is a Co-founder and Head of Marketing for Elliot, a global commerce startup based in NYC. Prior to Elliot, Marco spent time as a strategist for high-potential DTC brands and led digital product teams at HomeAway and CapitalOne. Through building and shipping products that served hundreds of millions of users, Marco learned about what makes products work in the digital realm. In this podcast, you’ll hear Aaron and Marco discuss how commerce on the internet is getting...
417 $35 to Visit a Doctor When Your Have No Insurance w/ Dr. Timothy Wong (iHealth Clinic)
February 24, 2020 07:00 - 36 minutes - 42.1 MBWhat’s a doctor to do when they become disenchanted with the healthcare system? Dr. Timothy Wong decided the answer was to start his own micro-practice. In his office in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Dr. Wong sees ~20 patients per day and only charges $35 for a visit. This allow people without health insurance to get the care they desperately need. Dr. Wong believes that healthcare needs to be simple, needs to be about the patient & the doctor, and needs to be acc...
416 Throwing Axes & Ice Curling w/ Jack Welsh
February 17, 2020 07:00 - 29 minutes - 53.8 MBJack Welsh is the co-owner of LumberjAxes and Sliders Curling. He has successfully transitioned from a union job and bartending gig into running a business that delivers genuinely unique experiences. He and his co-founders first came across axe throwing in Philadelphia and decided to bring the concept to Pittsburgh. It’s been a winner and has grown to multiple locations. To keep the momentum going, he has now opened Sliders Curling in the adjacent lot to offer competitive, bar-st...
415 Building a Candy Powerhouse w/ Bill Sarris
February 10, 2020 06:30 - 41 minutes - 38.1 MBBill Sarris has been in the candy business for more than 40 years. Upon graduating from college, Bill joined his father’s business and has overseen significant growth while building a Sarris Candies into a regional leader in chocolates. Sarris Candies was started by his father Frank in the family’s basement. Behind Bill’s efforts, the company grew to include more than 350 employees and $16 million in annual sales. Today, the Sarris Chocolate Factory and Ice Cream Parlour fill an ...
414 Storing Family Memories Forever & Losing $1 Billion w/ Glen Meakem
February 03, 2020 06:30 - 1 hour - 155 MBGlen Meakem is the founder & CEO of a permanent cloud photo storage and sharing company called Forever. He previously took his first technology startup, FreeMarkets, public in late-1999. FreeMarkets grew up during the height of the Dotcom Bubble and reached a peak valuation of over $10 billion. While the spectacular highs of the bubble could not last, underneath the market Glen was tripling revenues each year and operating. After selling FreeMarkets to Ariba in 2004, Glen started...
413 Building a Billion Dollar Company Treating Rare Diseases w/ Dr Gordon Vanscoy
January 27, 2020 06:30 - 47 minutes - 86.7 MBDr. Gordon Vanscoy is the founding Chairman and CEO of PANTHERx Rare, the nation’s leading rare disease and orphan drug-focused pharmacy. PANTHERx Rare assists patients in navigating the complex process of getting orphan & precision medicines. They also help innovative biotechnology entrepreneurs get their medicines approved by insurers and healthcare providers. Prior to PANTHERx, Dr. Vanscoy developed 7 health care companies while concurrently serving in various leadership role...
412 How to Raise $40 Million to Build Robots w/ Jake Loosararian
January 20, 2020 06:00 - 37 minutes - 68.2 MBJake Loosararian is the CEO and co-founder of Gecko Robotics, a Pittsburgh robotics startup. Gecko recently announced a $40 million Series B round of fundraising led by Drive Capital. Gecko Robotics builds robots that do unassisted inspections of power plant boilers. The robots’ sensors measure key data including temperature, wall thickness, and other system failure indicators. Jake invested his life savings into the company and was named the top startup in Y Combinator’s Winter ...
411 Saving Lives w/ Robots w/ Kent McElhattan & Discovery Robotics
January 13, 2020 06:30 - 40 minutes - 74.7 MBKent McElhattan’s entire business career has been dedicated to the safety of workers. In 1985, Kent co-founded Industrial Scientific and built a worldwide leader in IOT and predictive analytics for the safety industry. The company climbed to hundreds of millions in revenue and sold to Fortive. After that success, Kent started another company, Discovery Robotics, aimed to bring robotics technology to the field of janitorial services. Their first product is an autonomous floor-clea...
410 How to Develop Voice Recognition Technology w/ Anthony Gadient
January 06, 2020 06:30 - 40 minutes - 73.6 MBAnthony Gadient is co-founder and Chief Strategy Officer for Voci Technologies. Voci uses GPU-accelerated, deep machine learning speech technologies to help companies understand what their team members are saying on the phone. Their technology helps clients mine actionable insights from their voice data. It can be applied to customer service, sales, and compliance analysis. The company is built with technology spun out of Carnegie Mellon University. Previously, Anthony co-founded...
2019 Going Deep Wrap Up
December 30, 2019 07:00 - 11 minutes - 13.2 MB2019 was a year of growth and learning. Thank you for being a part of it. We're planning for even more in 2020. 📈 📈
409 Fighting Fake Chocolate w/ David Levine, NuGo Nutrition Bars
December 23, 2019 06:00 - 34 minutes - 62.7 MBDavid Levine founded NuGo Nutrition Bars in 2000 after raising a small sum of capital from friends and family. NuGo Nutrition uses real dark chocolate to make their protein bars and have been committed to making healthy, high-caliber bars from their inception. The company has developed a variety of SKUs developed for Kosher, gluten-free, organic, vegan, and low sugar diets. David and Aaron discuss the founding of the company, how NuGo has scaled its distribution, and the fa...
408 Addressing the Affordable Housing Crisis with Design, Empathy, and Modern Financing w/ Brian Gaudio
December 16, 2019 06:00 - 40 minutes - 74.6 MBBrian Gaudio is the CEO of Module, a design & technology startup based in Pittsburgh. Module is developing a pay-as-you-go housing solution that enables homebuilders to provide an affordable and flexible entry point for homeownership. One of their distinctive features is a design that allows a buyer to turn a one-bedroom starter unit into a 3 bedroom house. Brian has previously directed a documentary about the housing crisis in South America, worked as a Fulbright Scholar in San...
407 Saving a Company from Bankruptcy, Millions in Revenue, and Buying a 300,000 Sq Foot Warehouse w/ JD Ewing
December 09, 2019 06:30 - 42 minutes - 77.6 MBJ.D. Ewing is the President of COE Distributing, the largest furniture-only wholesale office furniture distributor in the United States. We traveled out to Uniontown, PA to record this interview at the company’s headquarters, which includes a 300,000 square foot warehouse. The company also operated hubs in North Carolina and Texas, which allows it to serve the entire continental United States. Over the last decade, COE has been growing rapidly. He bought the family busines...
406 Precision Medicine, Blue Collar Work Ethic, and Better Healthcare w/ Jessica Gibson, Ariel Precision Medicine
November 25, 2019 06:30 - 40 minutes - 73.8 MBJessica Gibson is CEO and Co-Founder of Ariel Precision Medicine, an integrated genomics and digital health company. Ariel helps patients with complex chronic diseases by using genetics and health information to model the mechanisms and drivers of disease. This enables clinicians to establish an early diagnosis, long-term prognosis, and targeted management plan. Ariel's PancreasDx® is the most comprehensive genetic test for pancreatic disease and is built off of Dr. David C. Whi...
405 Life Altering Medical Devices w/ Matt Kesinger
November 18, 2019 06:30 - 35 minutes - 65.9 MBMatt Kesinger’s company, Forest Devices, is developing the medical device ALPHASTROKE to help first responders identify stroke and triage patients to the right hospital. Strokes are the #1 cause of disability worldwide. Lives are changed by how quickly a stroke is diagnosed and treated. Matt was EMT in Boston for two years and learned how hard it can be to diagnose a stroke with just a clinical exam. While attending the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine, Matt con...
404 Planning Surprise 3-Day Vacations w/ Lillian Rafson, Pack Up + Go founder
November 11, 2019 07:00 - 32 minutes - 29.8 MBLillian Rafson did not plan to start her business Pack Up + Go. But, on a trip to Latvia, she came across an idea that was too good to pass up. Booking surprise travel for vacationers. She came back to the US, started the business, and hoped to get 50 clients that year. She got 500. She followed the sharp trajectory upwards and remained bootstrapped the whole way. Now she runs a team, does millions in revenue, and is charting expansion plans. In this conversation, Lillian a...
403 Trusting your Gut, Firing Clients, and 20 Years Growing an IT Business w/ Michele McGough
November 04, 2019 07:00 - 35 minutes - 64.4 MBWe believe this is one of the best and most valuable podcasts we’ve had the privilege to share. Michele McGough is the founder and CEO of solutions4networks, a professional services and integration company that provides network engineering and network security consulting as well as associated equipment/software to a select client portfolio. She’s been in IT for more than 30 years and has learned a lot of lesssons along the way. In this episode, you’ll hear her discuss retai...
402 Owning & Operating a Family Business Building Custom Closets w/ Michelle Walters
October 28, 2019 05:00 - 26 minutes - 48 MBMichelle Walters founded Liberty Closet Systems in 1993. The family-owned and operated business serves up custom closet, cabinetry, and storage solutions in Westmoreland County & surrounding areas. Over time, operations have been scaled to meet the demands of over one hundred builders in PA, WV, and Maryland. In 23 years LCS, Inc. has grown from a single designer/installer to a full staff of designers, fabricators, and installers specializing in custom closet design & storage systems. ...
401 How to Go from Consulting to Investing in Startups w/ James Haluszczak
October 21, 2019 05:30 - 30 minutes - 56.1 MBJames Haluszczak founded SteelBridge Consulting in 2008. The boutique consultancy exclusively focuses on serving as a strategic advisor to Private Equity and Venture Capital fund managers, investors, and administrators. He is also a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SteelBridge Laboratories, which he and his partners founded in 2016 as an investment firm focused on early-stage Fintech companies. James has 20 years of experience in Financial Service operations, finance, and tech...
400 Can Vertical Farming Change the World? w/ Austin Webb
October 14, 2019 05:00 - 38 minutes - 71.2 MBAustin Webb is leading a startup that aims to upend the food system. How? By using robotics and AI to build and operate highly efficient, commercial-scale urban vertical farms. In late September 2019, his company Fifth Season (originally founded as RoBotany) came out of stealth mode by announcing a $35 million round of funding. With this capital, it plans to build its first commercial-scale indoor vertical farm to be located just outside Pittsburgh, in Braddock. The startup plan...
399 Saving Truck Driver Lives w/ Hayden Cardiff
October 07, 2019 05:00 - 37 minutes - 68.6 MBHayden Cardiff is the co-founder and CEO of Idelic. Idelic is a B2B Saas startup that helps trucking companies track data on their fleet & drivers to improve safety. Idelic recently announced a Series A financing round of $8M led by Origin Ventures with participation from TDF Ventures, Birchmere Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and SaaS Venture Capital. Hayden, with cofounders Nick Bartel & Andrew Russell, spun Idelic’s software out of Pitt Ohio, a logistics service firm providi...
398 Kindness Over Everything w/ Denise DeSimone, founder C-Leveled
September 30, 2019 05:30 - 33 minutes - 62.3 MBDenise DeSimone has started & run 9 different companies. Some have been successes, some have been failures, some have fallen in between. In 1998, Denise founded and grew one of her greatest successes, Unicorp where she developed the privately-held technology-based business from the ground floor to over $74 million in revenues. In this conversation, Aaron and Denise discuss where to get good mentorship, how she has changed her service offerings, and the importance of company cultu...
397 Team Building, Creativity, and Polymaths w/ Nathan Martin, Founder of Deeplocal
September 23, 2019 06:00 - 35 minutes - 64.2 MBNathan Martin is the founder and CEO of Deeplocal, a Pittsburgh-based marketing agency. The firm is comprised of creative engineers, hired by brands to build interactive experiences. Since spinning Deeplocal out of an art and technology lab at Carnegie Mellon University in 2006, Nathan has become a leader of innovation and invention in advertising, creating custom solutions that are often the world's firsts. In the last decade, Nathan has grown Deeplocal’s portfolio to include a...
396 $2 Million to $80+ Million Family Business w/ Kristy Knichel
September 16, 2019 06:00 - 30 minutes - 55.2 MBKristy Knichel is a second-generation logistics executive and the president of Knichel Logistics. Prior to leading the company, she led the operations team for 10 years. Kristy has driven a staggering amount of growth for the company. Since its inception, Knichel Logistics has grown from $2 million in revenue to $80 million under Kristy’s leadership. Knichel Logistics is a woman-owned and operated, non asset based third-party logistics provider. In this interview you’ll find out...
395 Self-Driving Semi Trucks w/ Çetin Meriçli
September 09, 2019 05:30 - 41 minutes - 47.3 MBÇetin Meriçli is the co-founder and CEO of Locomation, a Pittsburgh startup building autonomous trucks. His company is taking a novel approach to the technical challenge by pairing trucks together, instead of building a single truck to stand alone. Locomation has raised more than $5 million from 13 venture investors, including Pittsburgh VC firm Draper Triangle Ventures. Çetin’s team, including 5 co-founders, have been working together for a decade and are aiming to realize the ...
394 How to Buy Small Companies w/ Ryan Kulp, Fomo & Fork Equity
September 02, 2019 05:30 - 42 minutes - 77.8 MBRyan Kulp is both a marketer and a programmer. This unique skill set allows him to do things that most entrepreneurs only fantasize about. Ryan constantly builds and ships new products and services on a monthly basis. This gives him the opportunity to experiment and test lots of ideas, seeing which ones stick. He also uses this skill set to buy small technology companies & software products that most private equity firms are forced to overlook. In this uncharted terrain, Ryan unc...
393 Whiskey, Beekeeping, and Hiring 100+ People w/ Meredith Meyer Grelli
August 26, 2019 05:30 - 30 minutes - 56.5 MBMeredith Meyer Grelli is the co-founder of Wigle Whiskey, the first Pittsburgh distillery since Prohibition. Wigle’s spirits are distributed throughout the country and the distillery has been the most awarded Craft Whiskey Distillery in the US for four straight years. Meredith and her team have followed up the success of Wigle with Threadbare Cider & Mead. In this conversation, Aaron and Meredith discuss what it takes to build a strong team, why they develop so many different pr...
392 eCommerce Secrets, $6.8M Series A, and Revolutionary Flower Delivery w/ Ajay Kori
August 19, 2019 05:30 - 33 minutes - 41.1 MBThe best way to prepare to run your own startup is to learn from one of the best. Ajay Kori got to work under Marc Lore and learn from an eCommerce master before launching his own company. Ajay founded UrbanStems in 2014 to fix a flower delivery industry that was institutionally broken. The company offers same-day, on-demand delivery in New York & DC, while offering nationwide next-day shipping. The company has raised millions of dollars from top VC firms including SWaN & Legen...
391 Corporate Innovation, Human Centered Design, and Better Patient Health w/ Sarah Ahmad
August 12, 2019 05:30 - 33 minutes - 35.2 MBHow do you catalyze change within a large organization? Sarah Ahmad shares her insights from in the trenches. Sarah is the senior VP of innovation and transformation strategy for Pittsburgh’s Highmark Health, a national health and wellness organization, and America’s second-largest integrated delivery and financing system. Sarah Ahmad leads Highmark Health’s effort to transform health care by developing innovative health solutions and value-based, high-quality health experiences...
390 Fintech, Innovation, and Corporate Strategy w/ David Passavant, CEO of Numo
August 05, 2019 05:00 - 30 minutes - 34.1 MBDavid Passavant is the CEO of Numo, a subsidiary company of PNC Bank. Numo is tasked with funding innovative technologies that can meaningfully move PNC’s business forward. In this conversation, Aaron interviews David about what life is life running a corporate-backed financial technology incubator in Pittsburgh and how David found his way into the role. David has been the CEO of Numo for 2.5 years and has recently launched its first two products. Great episode for anyone interes...
389 How Lily Whispers ASMR Built Her YouTube Channel
July 29, 2019 12:19 - 28 minutes - 53 MBLily D is an ASMR YouTuber. What does that mean? Listen to the podcast to find out. ASMR helps with anxiety and insomnia. Lily started making ASMR videos in 2013 and has racked up over 65 million views of her videos. In this conversation, Aaron and Lily discuss how she got started, the positive & negative messages she receives, and what the future holds for a brand built around an individual. Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter. Lily’...
388 $70M in Fundraising, $10k Speaking Fees, and Timeless Business Strategies w/ Dave Nelsen
July 22, 2019 05:30 - 55 minutes - 102 MBDave Nelsen has been a successful CEO in multiple businesses. Two of his startups, CoManage and TalkShoe, raised more than $70 million in angel and venture funding. He has since moved into a full-time speaking career, traveling to country to share his perspective on Social Media for Business and Technology for Executives. In this conversation, Dave and Aaron discuss how Dave went from a large corporation to a startup, where Dave found the ideas for his companies, and how he launc...
387 Journalism & New Media w/ Matt Stroud, founder of Postindustrial Media
July 15, 2019 05:30 - 31 minutes - 29.2 MBMatt Stroud is the co-founder & CEO of Postindustrial Media. His new media startup is aiming to change the tenor of journalism in the Midwest. He’s come a long way since founding a bimonthly magazine, called Deek, out of his basement apartment while enrolled full-time at the University of Pittsburgh. Matt has written short- and long-form journalism for Esquire, Harper’s, The Atlantic, Buzzfeed, Politico, The New York Times, and Reuters, and held staff writer positions with the As...
386 Men’s Fashion Reviews, YouTube, and Building a Brand w/ Jon Shanahan
July 08, 2019 05:30 - 42 minutes - 39.4 MBIn the past, magazines like Vogue & GQ were exclusively at the epicenter of fashion and style. They alone could play kingmaker to the tastes, trends, and brands clothing of an entire culture. Today, the influence has been disseminated to a broad swath of creators and media outlets with their own perspective. Jon Shanahan saw this opportunity coming and has staked a claim with his brand, The Kavalier. He started a YouTube channel more than 4 years ago and now creates content full-...
385 Revolutionary Bras w/ Sophia Berman
July 01, 2019 05:00 - 27 minutes - 30.7 MBFor half a century, women wore bras that had been designed by men. Sophia Berman knew there had to be a better way. She’s spent that last 3 years launching and growing Trusst Lingerie, a company that has re-engineered the bra for larger-busted women. In this conversation, Aaron and Sophia discuss what she’s learned about running a company, how 3-D printing failed to live up to the hype, and how to develop a product and take customer feedback. Never miss one of our best epis...
384 Hannah + Aaron Reflect on 16 Months of Piper Creative
June 24, 2019 05:00 - 19 minutes - 21 MBWe had a guest no-call/no-show. No fun. HP & I made the best of it by recording a podcast reflecting on Piper Creative being 18 months old, our hardest days of the process, and how great our team is. Hope you have a lovely day.
383 How to Get Ahead in Your Career w/ Zak Slayback
June 17, 2019 05:30 - 35 minutes - 38.4 MBZak Slayback returns to the podcast after a 317 episode hiatus. He’s here because he’s ready to help even more people with his new book, How to Get Ahead. It builds off of Zak’s talk at the 2018 Going Deep Summit where he laid out his framework for building a great career from scratch. Zak is a career building expert and a Principal at Peter Thiel-backed 1517 Fund. He was one of LinkedIn’s most influential voices on education in 2015 and has been published in Newsweek, the ...
382 Master Vodka Distiller Barry Young
June 10, 2019 05:00 - 34 minutes - 37.9 MBBarry Young used to be a pharmacist. Now he makes vodka and rum. In this interview, you’ll hear how Barry transitioned out of corporate life, what makes some vodka better than others, and why he’s so passionate. Barry’s company, Pennsylvania Pure Distilleries, is based in Glenshaw and has been around for about 10 years. Boyd & Blair Potato Vodka was awarded the Chairman’s Trophy from the Ultimate Spirits Challenge - the beverage industry's most coveted award. Never miss on...
381 Life as a Fortune 500 CIO w/ Kurt Schnieders
June 03, 2019 05:00 - 31 minutes - 35.7 MBKurt Schnieders has served as CIO of DICK’S Sporting Goods, L Brands and ING Latin America and worked internationally in corporate America for 35 years. As a steward of digital revolution in large organizations, he has overseen the creation and launch of websites taking in over 1 billion dollars in annual sales. Throughout his career, he has provided executive leadership, business strategy and technology solution delivery across multi-cultural landscapes, working in Dubai, India, Au...