Innovation City
213 episodes - English - Latest episode: over 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 38 ratingsInnovation City is a podcast featuring the innovators, disruptors and creators behind the innovation movement. Imagine a place where you can break through the status quo of business as usual and realize your life's purpose. A place where you can have an impact and shape the future. This place exists in cities across the world. In this innovation podcast we introduce you to the disruptors, innovators, and creators behind the movement.
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Holding the Key to Miami’s Entrepreneurial Success - Jorge Cortes (Miami, FL)
October 22, 2019 07:30 - 26 minutes - 26 MB“Building the right team is one of the hardest lessons [for a startup], but learning how to build the right team is something to focus on [for scaling up].” — Jorge Cortes Today’s guest is Jorge Cortes, Founder of MIA Ventures. MIA Ventures’ mission is to engage startups to solve urban, social and environmental challenges through an accelerator program and transform Miami into a global hub for social enterprises. Jorge joins the team to discuss his entrepreneurial journey, his passion fo...
Connecting Science and Advocacy to Change Society - Kilan Ashad-Bishop (Miami, FL)
October 15, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 25.5 MB“When we talk about STEM, my endpoint is always innovation … it goes beyond just what we think is cool, it’s about how we leverage that science and change systems so that science can change society.” — Kilan Ashad-Bishop Today’s guest is Kilan Ashad-Bishop, Biomedical Scientist & Advocate. Dr. Ashad-Bishop is a molecular biologist and environmental justice advocate based in Miami, FL. Kilan joins the team to discuss her dual life as a scientist and public advocate, how environmental in...
Helping Small Businesses Win at Super Bowl LIV - Rashad Thomas (Miami)
October 08, 2019 07:30 - 18 minutes - 17.3 MB“Do your homework, it’s simple. Find out what’s going on and get connected. There are too many opportunities [out there].” — Rashad Thomas Today’s guest is Rashad Thomas, VP, Business Connect & Legacy Projects for the Miami Super Bowl Host Committee. The Miami Super Bowl Host Committee is the liaison between the National Football League, the city of Miami and the local surrounding communities. Rashad joins the team to discuss the Business Connect program and how to get involved with Super ...
Helping Diverse Founders Achieve Global Impact - Laura González-Estéfani (Miami, FL)
October 01, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 24.9 MB“There are a lot of people that try to build things so that, at the end, they find the problem. But, it should be the other way around … it’s “we have this problem, how are we going to fix it?”” — Laura González-Estéfani Today’s guest is Laura González-Estéfani, Founder & CEO of TheVentureCity. TheVentureCity is a new venture and acceleration model that helps diverse founders achieve global impact. Laura joins the team to discuss the momentum of innovation hubs around the world, the im...
Connecting Different Ecosystems Through Technology - Lucas Hernández (Miami, FL)
September 24, 2019 07:30 - 26 minutes - 25.6 MB“Ultimately, the more ideas we have that have support and understand what else is out there, the better our community is going to be.” — Lucas Hernández Today’s guest is Lucas Hernández, Director of Civic Engagement, Miami at Microsoft. As Director, Lucas works with government and civic leaders, and the citizens they serve, to tackle urban challenges in the greater Miami area as part of Microsoft’s broader technology and corporate responsibility efforts. Lucas sits down with us today...
Finding Your Right Audience - Tiara Miles (Miami, FL)
September 17, 2019 07:30 - 20 minutes - 21 MB“If I’m not bringing value to you, then I’m not doing you any good and the business is not going to be sustainable.” — Tiara Miles Today’s guest is Tiara Miles, Founder & CEO of Koki. Koki delivers personal chefs next day to your home to prepare fresh healthy meals. The chefs prepare four entrees, help you set the table to eat one meal same day, while carefully packing away the others. Tiara joins the team to discuss how Koki got started, creating her business out of need not want, her ear...
From Donuts to Beer (And Everything In Between) - Corey Smale (St. Louis, MO)
September 10, 2019 07:30 - 27 minutes - 26.8 MB“If you’re going to go into business for yourself, you need to go into business for other people too.” — Corey Smale Today’s guest is Corey Smale, Owner of SUPERGIANTWORLD. With a copywriting background in advertising, Corey has been able to successfully launch two St. Louis restaurants, Strange Donuts and Good Fortune, that have helped to put him on the map in St. Louis’ marketing elite. Corey sits down with the team to discuss his advertising background, how he started Strange Donuts, th...
Empowering Conscious Creation - Alina Ruta (Miami, FL)
September 03, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 25.6 MB“When we are empowered as human beings, we are conscious creators of our lives. That’s how we change the status quo.” — Alina Ruta Today’s guest is Alina Ruta, Founder & CEO of Cellvana Biotechnology. Cellvana’s products empower researchers to develop faster, more cost effective, and more accurate rare cancer and stem cell therapies. Alina sits down with the team to discuss her passion and goal to help people live their best lives, the difference between healthy and unhealthy cells, the im...
Giving Back Through Purpose-Driven Business - Andrew Glantz (St. Louis, MO)
August 27, 2019 07:30 - 22 minutes - 22.7 MB“Start early. Test things out and fail and perform small experiments to learn. Otherwise, if you’re waiting [for the perfect time] you could yield nothing.” — Andrew Glantz Today’s guest is Andrew Glantz, Founder & CEO at GiftAMeal. GiftAMeal is an app that provides a meal to someone in need each time customers dine at a partner restaurant. Andrew sits down with the team to discuss the importance of removing barriers in the donation process, the value of being a purpose driven organiz...
The Power of Understanding Your Why - Angela Betancourt (Miami, FL)
August 20, 2019 07:30 - 27 minutes - 27 MB“What is your “Why?” Why did you start that company? That is your north star. If you deeply understand that...everything else starts to fall into place.” — Angela Betancourt Today’s guest is Angela Betancourt, Strategic Communications Consultant. Angela is global communications specialist with over 10 years of experience developing, managing, and executing integrated communication campaigns and strategies. Angela joins the team to discuss the ever-changing landscape of business communi...
How To Communicate Design - Tom Greever (St. Louis, MO)
August 13, 2019 07:30 - 22 minutes - 22.7 MB“If you can’t articulate your design decisions, then you might as well stay home.” — Tom Greever Today’s guest is Tom Greever, President, UX & Design at Bitovi. Bitovi is a front-end design and development consulting company. Tom joins the team to discuss how UX can be expanded outside apps, his book, Articulating Design Decisions, the different types of UX specializations, tips for how to articulate your design choices, and much more!
Design Thinking for Sustainable Growth - Alana Libow (Miami, FL)
August 06, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 26 MB“Risks, vulnerabilities, and constraints are actually what generate the opportunities.” — Alana Libow Today’s guest is Alana Libow, Founder & Chief Strategist at Forefront Sustainable Development. Alana works to position entities from governments to global brands at the forefront of Sustainable Development by identifying opportunities, co-design initiatives, bridging innovations to investors, and deploying SDG solutions. Alana sits down with the team to discuss her passion for design ...
Listening to the Marketplace - Adam Hoffman (St. Louis, MO)
July 30, 2019 07:30 - 20 minutes - 21.6 MB“So many people operate through a paradigm of fear, but if you take a leap (even once), it will make you more successful at anything you choose to do next.” — Adam Hoffman Today’s guest is Adam Hoffman, CEO of Qstodian. Qstodian is a restroom management system that empowers venues to keep restrooms immaculate and their customers thrilled and coming back for more. Adam sits down with the team to discuss launching his new venture: Qstodian, how to know when it’s time to pivot your company, t...
Bringing Innovation to City Government - Michael Sarasti (Miami, FL)
July 23, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 25.4 MB“You can put more creativity in your work, you can be more inspired and have a deeper connection to your purpose, because if you understand what problem you’re trying to solve and what you’re trying to do in the community, then you will feel better about the work you’re doing.” — Michael Sarasti Today’s guest is Michael Sarasti, CIO / Director of Innovation and Technology at City of Miami. As the city’s first Chief Innovation Officer, Michael has been aiding city government in process ...
Taking the Engineering Industry by Storm - Lusnail Haberberger (St. Louis, MO)
July 16, 2019 07:30 - 18 minutes - 19 MB“Diversity of thought is what creates innovation.” — Lusnail Haberberger Today’s guest is Lusnail Haberberger, President of LUZCO Technologies. LUZCO Technologies is an electrical engineering consulting firm offering project management services, engineering design services, and transmission and distribution engineering services. Lusnail sits down with the team to discuss her passion for engineering, the diversity struggle in engineering, breaking down barriers in the engineering industry, ...
Non-Alcoholic Beer Take Over - Jeff Stevens (St. Louis, MO)
July 09, 2019 07:30 - 22 minutes - 22.9 MB“Raising money is hard, but you stumble through it...you work your way through every phase of the [startup] process.” — Jeff Stevens Today’s guest is Jeff Stevens, Founder of WellBeing Brewing. WellBeing Brewing is a craft brewing company that is solely dedicated to brewing non-alcoholic craft beer. Jeff sits down with the team to discuss how he got started brewing NA beer, the non-alcoholic brewing process, acceptance in the craft beer community, marketing and selling NA beer nationally, ...
Taking Ideas to the Next Level - Romi Bhatia (Miami, FL)
July 02, 2019 07:30 - 27 minutes - 26.6 MB“Entrepreneurship is not something just rests within the business schools, it is cross-disciplinary.” — Romi Bhatia Today’s guest is Romi Bhatia, Executive Director of The Idea Center at Miami Dade College. The Idea Center offers a support network for all MDC students and community members to make creative, innovative, and entrepreneurial ideas come true. Romi sits down with the team to discuss the importance of real-world application in a teaching setting, the center’s main teaching metho...
Building Economic Sustainability - Emily Lohse-Busch (St. Louis, MO)
June 25, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 24.1 MB“What if instead of a company coming in and giving support, an entire city came in and supported entrepreneurs?” — Emily Lohse-Busch Today’s guest is Emily Lohse-Busch, Executive Director at Arch Grants. Arch Grants is a nonprofit organization that is building a new economy by providing $50K equity-free grants and pro bono support services to entrepreneurs who locate their early-stage businesses in St. Louis. Emily sits down with the team to talk about Arch Grants' goal for the St. Louis e...
Using Resistance to Create Opportunity - Aaron Mottern (St. Louis, MO)
June 18, 2019 07:30 - 19 minutes - 20.1 MB“Processes make everything better … Spend time on how to operate efficiently with human capital constraint.” — Aaron Mottern Today’s guest is Aaron Mottern, Founder & CEO of AGOGIE. AGOGIE designs and manufactures resistance integrated clothing for the sports performance, fitness, and athleisure industries. Aaron sits down with the team to discuss his entrepreneurial journey that led him to his current product, his passion for creating opportunities for others, customer success stories, wo...
Modern Fitness from a Modern Entrepreneur - Aryan Rashed (Miami, FL)
June 11, 2019 07:30 - 23 minutes - 23 MB“Being candid with other entrepreneurs about your vulnerabilities or places that you want to improve actually enhance the business.” — Aryan Rashed Today’s guest is Aryan Rashed, Co-owner of JetSet Miami. JetSet Miami is a fitness studio that utilities a modern form of pilates to transform your body and mind. Aryan joins the team today to discuss her passion for fitness and starting JetSet, creating a common purpose bigger than fitness, welcoming competition and learning from one another,...
Reforming Civic Engagement - Matthew Haber (Miami, FL)
June 04, 2019 07:30 - 23 minutes - 23.5 MB“Rather than creating a system that is teaching people to be reactive … teach them to be proactive.” — Matthew Haber Today’s guest is Matthew Haber, Co-Founder at CivicPro. CivicPro is a Miami-based social enterprise focused on making it easier to track and engage with the local policy decisions that affect residents, businesses, and the city. Matthew sits down with the team to discuss why he started CivicPro, simplifying the government - resident interaction process, how CivicPro is work...
Developing Today’s Leaders - Alejandro Cornejo (St. Louis, MO)
May 28, 2019 07:30 - 31 minutes - 30.2 MB“Do something that moves you … just start with something that gets you excited and see where it takes you.” — Alejandro Cornejo Today’s guest is Alejandro Cornejo, Leadership Development Trainer at Emerson. Emerson concentrates on challenges facing the process, industrial, commercial and residential markets. Alejandro joins the team to discuss his passion for influencing and impacting people, the importance of goal setting and anticipating roadblocks, how to handle feedback from anyone...
From Corporate to Luxury Handbags - Lisa Hu (St. Louis, MO)
May 21, 2019 07:30 - 25 minutes - 25.1 MB“Life is short and if don’t take the chance, you’ll never know.” — Lisa Hu Today’s guest is Lisa Hu, Founder & CEO of Lux and Nyx. Lux and Nyx is a luxury hand and travel bag company that creates products with a social conscience. Lisa sits down with the team to discuss how she came up with her business idea, the importance of staying organized and creating a business plan, the demands of being a full time entrepreneur, how to network and market a new product, scaling up her business a...
Connecting SEO with the Buyer Journey - Mike Grehan (St. Louis, MO)
May 14, 2019 07:30 - 21 minutes - 20.7 MB“Stop selling, starting helping. What is it that you could do right at the beginning to help me [the user]?” — Mike Grehan Today’s guest is Mike Grehan, CMO & Managing Director at Acronym. Acronym - Search Agency of the Year - is the largest independent global search engine marketing firm. Mike sits down with the team today to discuss how he got started with search engine optimization, the most important SEO tools, AI’s increasing connection with SEO, understanding the buyer journey, c...
Filling the Sales Education Void - Morgan Ingram (St. Louis, MO)
May 07, 2019 07:30 - 21 minutes - 20.9 MB“Grow 1% better every single day. That’s it. What is one new tip that I can try out or learn?” — Morgan Ingram Today’s guest is Morgan Ingram, Director of Sales at JBarrows Sales Training. Morgan is one of the top 50 sales leaders to follow on LinkedIn and his work has been featured in Forbes, Sales Hacker, HubSpot Blog, and Harvard Business Review. JBarrows Sales Training is an online and in-person professional sales training and coaching company. Morgan sits down with the team to dis...
Sharing Your Intangible Assets - Tim Sanders (St. Louis, MO)
April 30, 2019 07:30 - 29 minutes - 28.6 MB“When you get empowered, you get energized. So I say, grow everyone you do business with.” — Tim Sanders Today’s guest is Tim Sanders, New York Times Best Selling Author & CEO of Deeper Media Inc.. Tim is the author of five books, including the New York Times bestseller, Love is the Killer App: How to Win Business and Influence Friends. His publications have over one million copies in print. Deeper Media is a research and consultancy firm that serves leading global brands, government a...
Artificial Intelligence in Agriculture - Mark Young (St. Louis, MO)
April 23, 2019 07:30 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MB“At the end of the day, you live and die by the value you create for your customers.” — Mark Young Today’s guest is Mark Young, CTO & Head of Product at The Climate Corporation. The Climate Corporation is focused on helping farmers get their data in one place, uncover valuable field insights, and optimize their inputs. Mark leads the development of a unified technical vision, architecture, and roadmap to help Climate deliver an industry-leading digital agriculture platform. Mark sits down ...
App Creation Without Coding - Ben Haefele & David Adkin (St. Louis, MO)
April 16, 2019 07:30 - 26 minutes - 26.1 MB“You need to figure out what are the core steps along your journey to helping you overcome the main challenge and make sure that what you do create really helps somebody.” — David Adkin Today’s guests are Ben Haefele & David Adkin, Co-founders at Foundry. Foundry is a platform that makes creating apps easy by making the building of software accessible to anyone. Ben and David created Foundry under the belief that anyone should be able to make an app, regardless of technical skill. In this ...
Getting 10K Small Businesses Online - Hajj Flemings (Miami, FL)
April 09, 2019 07:30 - 26 minutes - 25.8 MB“We always wait for the perfect time to go do something. There is no perfect time. There is no magical amount of money to have saved in the bank and make sure everything aligns.” — Hajj Flemings Today’s guest is Hajj Flemings, Founder & CEO of Rebrand Cities. Rebrand Cities is a national civic design and brand project dedicated to helping 10,000 small business get into the digital marketplace. Hajj sits down with the team to discuss his goal of getting 10K small businesses online, the misc...
Building a Community for Business - Olamide Adeboye (St. Louis, MO)
April 02, 2019 07:30 - 29 minutes - 29.2 MB"A business without a community is a business of your own. A business with a community is a business for all." — Olamide Adeboye Today’s guest is Olamide Adeboye, Founder & CEO of Wakava Food & Beverage. Wakava is an organic health conscious company that provides better-tasting, healthier food and herbal drink options by using herbs from Africa. Olamide joins the team to discuss creating Wakava to bring healthier food and drink options from Africa to St. Louis, his challenge of breakin...
Keeping Your Business Viable - Elizabeth De Zulueta (Miami, FL)
March 26, 2019 07:30 - 26 minutes - 25.6 MB“Even if you love a product or love the idea of a product...you can always go to it later, but the business has to be viable and you have to have the foundation first.” — Elizabeth De Zulueta Today’s guest is Elizabeth De Zulueta, CEO of Zulubots, Inc.. Zulubots is an engineering company that focuses on robotics and automation systems. Elizabeth grew up having two parents who were engineers. Watching them create new technologies and machines cultivated her own passion for creating some...
Looking Behind the Curtain for Culture - Junior Lara (St. Louis, MO)
March 19, 2019 07:30 - 23 minutes - 23.2 MBBeing perfect is not the goal and it’s actually setting the bar pretty low for yourself. — Junior Lara Today’s guest is Junior Lara, Host of Auténtico Podcast. Auténtico showcases bilingual Latinx professionals and small business owners through shared stories and lessons learned. Junior sits down with us to discuss starting the Auténtico podcast, creating connections within the Latinx community in St. Louis, the city’s changing view of the Latinx community, using the podcast to help La...
The STLMade Movement - Allison Babka & Lee Broughton (St. Louis, MO)
March 12, 2019 07:30 - 28 minutes - 27.9 MB“Discover your own story, because you have one and you’re projecting it whether you think you are or not.” - Lee Broughton Today’s guests are Allison Babka and Lee Broughton from the STLMade movement. STLMade is a movement that wants to help establish St. Louis’ narrative through storytelling and shining a light on the innovators, thinkers, doers, & makers in the St. Louis region. Allison is a St. Louis-based award winning journalist and copywriter. Lee has 20+ years in brand marketing...
The Value of Mentorship - Chad Bernstein (Miami, FL)
March 05, 2019 08:30 - 32 minutes - 31.6 MB“The only constant in growing an entrepreneurial venture is change. Change is the only constant in a growing business.” — Chad Bernstein Today’s guest is Chad Bernstein, CEO & Co-Founder of Guitars Over Guns. Guitars Over Guns is a nonprofit that offers students from disadvantaged backgrounds a powerful combination of music education and mentorship with professional musicians. Chad is one of South Florida’s premier Latin, jazz, & funk artists with a doctorate degree in musical arts. Ch...
Creating Pathways to Success - Felecia Hatcher-Pearson (Miami, FL)
February 26, 2019 08:30 - 36 minutes - 34.8 MBI learned very young how to get creative with very limited resources … if you can channel that same creativity, you can have everything you need to start a business. — Felecia Hatcher-Pearson Today’s guest is Felecia Hatcher-Pearson, Author & Co-Founder of Code Fever. Felecia is on a mission to rid communities across the globe of innovation deserts by working with community leaders and government officials to create inclusive and diverse tech/startup ecosystems. She is also a White Hou...
Developing Entrepreneurial Mindsets - Dominick Ard’is (Miami, FL)
February 19, 2019 08:30 - 31 minutes - 30.6 MB[The minority deficit] is not necessarily a matter of capacity or smarts...it’s access. And once you start to provide access to people that have had to be more resourceful … they can go to new heights. — Dominick Ard’is Today’s guest is Dominick Ard’is, Founder and CEO at ACT House, INC. ACT is a 12-month residential accelerator designed to provide entrepreneurs a leg up in team formation. As a self-described facilitator of human potential, Dominick has a passion for helping organizations ...
Embedding Yourself in the Marketing World - Perry Drake, PhD (St. Louis, MO)
February 12, 2019 08:30 - 26 minutes - 25.1 MBIt doesn’t matter whether you’re an entrepreneur or small business owner, you need to know the latest in digital [marketing] and social media. — Perry Drake, PhD Today’s guest is Perry Drake, PhD, Professor of Digital and Social Media Marketing at UMSL. University of Missouri St. Louis (UMSL) is the largest university in St. Louis, and the third largest in Missouri. Perry has been teaching marketing and digital media at the university level for over 20 years and is also the founder of ...
Radical Approaches to Social Change - Rebecca Fishman Lipsey (Miami, FL)
February 05, 2019 08:30 - 25 minutes - 23.8 MBYou have to be willing to trust yourself, gamble on yourself, try things, fail publicly and graciously, and then learn from that. — Rebecca Fishman Lipsey Today’s guest is Rebecca Fishman Lipsey, Founder & CEO of Radical Partners. Radical Partners is an accelerator for social-impact ventures based in Miami, FL. Rebecca joins the Innovation City team to discuss why she started Radical Partners, how they are helping new ventures in Miami, starting projects to help ignite social change, t...
Finding Your Product/Market Fit - Allan Daisley (Miami, FL)
January 29, 2019 08:30 - 30 minutes - 28.6 MBInvestors (most of the time) will forgive inefficiencies ... but you have to establish interest and you have to be more disciplined. — Allan Daisley Today’s guest is Allan Daisley, Managing Director at Startupbootcamp Digital Health Miami. Startupbootcamp is a global entrepreneurial support organization that focuses on mentorship, seed investment, scale programs, & innovation programs. Allan sits down with us to talk about what Startupbootcamp does, how to find product-market fit, the ...
Be a Technology Creator, Not Consumer - David Karandish (St. Louis, MO)
January 22, 2019 08:30 - 30 minutes - 28.1 MBIf you fail at something and have a transferable piece of knowledge out of it to take with you to your next gig...that’s a different type of failure- it’s a transferable failure. — David Karandish Today’s guest is David Karandish, Founder & CEO at Jane.ai. Jane.ai is a technology company that focuses on making all company intelligence accessible to employees. David has worked in the tech industry for over 17 years, but has always had a passion for creating things since his adolescence. Cur...
Storytelling Through Theater - Olga Granda (Miami, FL)
January 15, 2019 08:30 - 25 minutes - 23.5 MBArt doesn’t change lives, but great art does. — Olga Granda Today’s guest is Olga Granda, Executive Director at Colony Theatre | Miami New Drama. Olga a is a multi-disciplinary cultural entrepreneur with deep roots to Miami and the art community. Miami New Drama is a non-profit organization that focuses on theatrical excellence and theater-making as a means of social engagement, cultural conversation and human interaction. Olga sits down with us to discuss Miami New Drama and their mis...
Creating a Feedback Culture - Greg Hewitt (Miami, FL)
January 08, 2019 08:30 - 35 minutes - 33.1 MBIt’s important to help them [employees] understand the role they play in the company today and in the future. — Greg Hewitt Today’s guest is Greg Hewitt, CEO at DHL Express (U.S.). Greg has over 25 years of experience in the corporate world and has been with DHL for 17 years. DHL is a leading international postal and logistics company with over 10,000 employees in the US. Greg sits down with the Innovation City team to discuss his involvement with entrepreneurship, using technology as ...
Miami 2018 Year In Review - Travis Sheridan
January 01, 2019 08:30 - 35 minutes - 34 MBThere is something that causes you to get your butt out of bed and put your feet on the floor ... what is it that causes you to take that next step ... and do it day after day. — Travis Sheridan Today we are sitting down with President of CIC Venture Cafe Global Institute, Travis Sheridan, to take a look back at all of the amazing and unforgettable interviews from our Miami, FL shows in 2018. From CEOs, to startup entrepreneurs, educators, artists and more, the Innovation City team ha...
St. Louis 2018 Year In Review - Travis Sheridan
December 25, 2018 08:30 - 30 minutes - 28.4 MB[As an innovator] When you join a community, your crazy is normalized. — Travis Sheridan Today we are sitting down with President of CIC Venture Cafe Global Institute, Travis Sheridan, to take a look back at all of the amazing and unforgettable interviews from our St. Louis, MO shows in 2018. From CEOs, to startup entrepreneurs, educators, artists and more, the Innovation City team has been able showcase how people from all backgrounds come together through Venture Cafe.
Finding Your Niche in the Community - Latoya Stirrup (Miami, FL)
December 18, 2018 08:30 - 21 minutes - 20.4 MB“Help to be a change agent in whatever it is that you’re looking to get into.” — Latoya Stirrup Today’s guest is Latoya Stirrup, President & Co-Founder at Digital Grass Innovation & Technology. As a self-described creative solutionist, Latoya is a entrepreneur, producer, and strategist with over 14 years of experience in advertising and marketing. Latoya sits down with us to discuss her background in communications and marketing, her family’s legacy in Miami and how she is building on ...
Examining Today’s Knowledge Economy - Knight's Raul Moas (Miami, FL)
December 11, 2018 08:30 - 25 minutes - 23.4 MB“In every community that we [Knight Foundation] work in we try to accentuate and catalyze what’s endemic and already happening...it has to be authentic to place.” — Raul Moas Today’s guest is Raul Moas, Program Director for Knight Foundation in Miami, FL. Knight Foundation is a national foundation that invests in journalism, arts, technology, and in communities at large around the U.S. Raul is a Miami native with a deep knowledge about the community and entrepreneurial scene. We sit d...
Hacking Your Brain to Get Unstuck - Bill Donius (St. Louis, MO)
December 04, 2018 08:30 - 25 minutes - 24.3 MB“Instead of staying in that bad zone and staying stuck...you don’t have to, you can figure out why and fix it.” — Bill Donius Today’s guest is Bill Donius, Author of the New York Times Best-Seller, "Thought Revolution: How to Unlock Your Inner Genius." Bill is also a regularly contributing writer for Huffington Post. Previously Chairman and CEO of Pulaski Bank in St. Louis, MO, Bill has over 20 years of experience in the corporate world. Bill sits down with the team to discuss his bes...
Captivating an Audience with Passion - Luisa Santos (Miami, FL)
November 27, 2018 08:30 - 16 minutes - 16 MB“We’re entrepreneurs by blood here, it’s in our system to be testing things, hustling, and grinding...that’s just who we are.” — Luisa Santos Today’s guest is Luisa Santos, Founder of Lulu’s Ice Cream. Lulu’s Ice Cream is a hand-crafted nitrogen ice cream shop that uses fresh, locally-sourced ingredients. Luisa started her entrepreneurial journey in 2013 by selling homemade nitrogen ice cream as a project for school and quickly became captivated by the process. Luisa sits down with us ...
Cultivating Tomorrow’s Technology Talent - Juha Mikkola (Miami, FL)
November 20, 2018 16:15 - 20 minutes - 19.4 MB“Companies need to realize you might not have those years of experience or that traditional degree, but if you can do the job...you should get the job.” — Juha Mikkola Today’s guest is Juha Mikkola, Co-Founder at Wyncode Academy. Founded in 2014, Wyncode is one of the top coding schools in the country with over 600 graduates and a 91% job placement rate by more than 250 companies worldwide. Juha was born in Finland and moved to the U.S. to pursue his goal of owning his own company. He ...
How to Build an Audience - Steve Ewing (St. Louis, MO)
November 13, 2018 08:30 - 21 minutes - 20 MB“Kill it, every time. That should be your whole motto. Everything you do, just smash it.” — Steve Ewing Today’s guest is Steve Ewing, Lead Singer/Songwriter of The Urge and Owner of Steve's Hot Dogs. Steve formed The Urge while he was still in high school, creating music with an eclectic mix of punk, reggae, hip-hop, and ska. Steve’s Hot Dogs was born out of his desire to feed his audiences as well as entertain them, and it’s been a resounding success that quickly resulted in opening a...