Masters of Craft
258 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 36 ratingsFrom the team behind the top-ranked Innovation Crush interview series, Masters of Craft explores the life and times and minds of some of the world's greatest thought leaders in business and beyond. Created and hosted by Chris Denson and Caleb Thorpe, the show serves up a giant helping of some of the best minds around the world, all with a heaping side of occasional bad jokes. Listen. Enjoy. Repeat.
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#13: Elizabeth Rosenberg -- Opening the Branding Portal
January 11, 2024 20:00 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBWhether we're a Fortune 500 company at the top of our game, a founder with a unique point of view, or a seasoned executive on the rise, every day we're figuring out new ways to consistently engage people in our brand stories. The nuances of creating ways to cut through the clutter, defining and expressing authenticity for ourselves, all while staying technologically and culturally relevant is a labyrinth of choice and opportunity. As the former Global Head of Communications at 72 & ...
#12: Catharine Dockery -- From Harmfulness to Happiness
December 08, 2023 20:19 - 41 minutes - 37.7 MBAs a child, Catharine Dockery slept on a floor for 5 years. As an adult she is the founding partner of Vice Ventures, armed with a sum total $75 million dollar venture fund designed to combat the problematic perceptions and developments in vice categories of business like sex work, e-cigarettes/nicotine, psychedelics, and more. Deeply embedded in Vice Venture's strategy and DNA is a personal (and business) mission of harm reduction -- reducing chemicals in vapes, providing proper ca...
#11: Carl Jones -- The Evolution of Creativity & Leadership
November 02, 2023 22:42 - 54 minutes - 50.1 MBCarl Jones is one of the most curious creatives in the world today. Through his visionary company, Martian Blueberry, Carl has been the creator and executive producer of long-standing entertainment franchises like The Boondocks, Black Dynamite, The Last OG, and many more. He's leveraged everything from his technological curiosity to his leadership learning curves, and even navigating anxiety to build NFT's, opinions on artificial intelligence, quantum theory and more. Not to mention...
#10: Kellen Roland -- The Champion of Challenges
October 13, 2023 01:13 - 1 hour - 57.8 MBWith over 10000 hours of mediation under his belt, Kellen Roland has become masterful at reframing the many challenges we face in life and business. As a pioneer in fashion & accessories, and recent stints building Pharell William's I AM OTHER where he was COO, and luxury shopping platform Joopiter, as CEO -- Kellen is no stranger to the ever changing tides of culture, innovation, and creativity. On this installment of Masters of Craft we navigate perception vs reality, the power of...
#009: Sir John -- The Beauty of Entrepreneurship
September 14, 2023 19:00 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBSir John is a force to be reckoned with. Not only is he the Chief Creative Officer of CTZN Cosmetics or the Creative Director for Kilian PARIS Makeup, he is the only makeup artist represented by CAA, and has created signature looks for some of the world's most influential cultural figures from Celine Dion to Viola Davis, Priyanka Chopra, Doja Cat, Serena Williams, and most notably, Beyonce. A true multi-hyphenate, Sir John also serves as an executive producer, television host, and b...
#008: Chantel Chapman -- More Money, Less Problems
August 31, 2023 23:17 - 46 minutes - 42.1 MBAs the co-founder of The Trauma of Money, Chantel Chapman has trained CEO's, founders, creatives, therapists, VC's, colleges, banks, HR professionals in better managing individual and organizational relationships with money, through a signature, trauma-informed approach. A former fintech executive and mortgage broker, she is considered a refreshing voice in the financial recovery and education space, renowned for her cutting-edge, relatable, and emotionally intelligent money guidanc...
#007: James Roh -- Creators, Collaborators, and Connections
August 17, 2023 19:00 - 50 minutes - 46.4 MBAs an ultra multi-hyphenate, James Roh is a musician, a lawyer, a restauranteur, record label owner, community organizer, investor, and mustache connoisseur. As a founding member of Far East Movement, James was part of the first Asian-American music group to reach #1 on Billboard and has worked with artists ranging from Bruno Mars, to Wiz Khalifa, Snoop, Rhianna and Lady Gaga to name a few. With the group's rise to unprecedented heights, James began placing big bets in other areas o...
#006: Devi Brown -- Wisdom and the Workplace
August 10, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 59.3 MBDevi Brown is a former radio and broadcast celebrity turned trusted voice and advisor guiding organizations such as Chase, Microsoft, Chopra, Overtime to name a few. Her dedication to wellness over the past decade helps to individuals and organizations toward better internal and external operating systems, productivity, and human creative potential. On this installment of Masters of Craft, we dish on everything from navigating career changes, to empathy in innovation, following intu...
#005: Sanjay Sharma -- From Marginal to Mainstream
July 26, 2023 16:00 - 57 minutes - 52.4 MBAs an investor, lawyer, creative savant, Sanjay Sharma has been the engine behind everything from the All Def Digital to the Clinton Administration, Machinima, numerous technology ventures, and now his very own Marginal Studios with projects nominated for, or winning at The Gotham Awards, the Independent Spirit Awards, GLAAD, NAACP Image Awards, and the Imagen Awards to name a few. On this installment of Sanjay schools us on building success in artificial intelligence, storytelling,...
#004: Aaron Levant -- Counting on Counterculture
July 26, 2023 15:48 - 41 minutes - 37.9 MBSince a kid, Aaron Levant has developed a skill for finding unique opportunities hidden in plain sight. At the age of 19, he began in his parents living room what would later become Agenda -- one of the most sought after trade shows within the estimated $185 billion streetwear industry. He would later go on to co-create ComplexCon with Marc Ecko and is now co-founder of NTWRK a live digital shopping network with unique products from artists and brands ranging from Billie Eilish to M...
#001: Arabian Prince -- Innovators With Attitude
July 05, 2023 19:30 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBMost notably known as one of the founders of hall-of-fame rap group, NWA, Arabian Prince is a technologist, investor, maker, music producer, DJ, and soon-to-be venture capitalist with a $150 million dollar fund dedicated to empowering underrepresented founders. Join us on a wild ride from sneaking into concerts with his uncle as a kid, to launching the #1 PC used by streamers on Twitch, to building a medical metaverse and more. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and ...
#003: Ajay Relan -- The Company You Keep
July 05, 2023 19:30 - 43 minutes - 39.6 MBFresh off the heels of a $50 million dollar raise, Ajay Relan joins Masters of Craft to dive into everything from his coffee shop ventures with Issa Rae, launching a portfolio of over 30 commerce & community oriented tech startups, a brief stint as a rapper alongside Snoop Dogg, being partner at Nas' Queensbridge Ventures, his personal journey with mental health, and serving over 1 million meals around the world through his Hashtag Lunchbag philanthropic organization. See Privacy ...
#002: Michelle Waterson -- Winning The Fight Within
July 05, 2023 19:30 - 40 minutes - 37.3 MBAs a professional UFC fighter, Michelle Waterson -- the Karate Hottie -- knows exactly what it's like to fight for anything and everything. The multi-hyphenate restaurateur, entrepreneur, mom, wife, and ass-kicker has been fighting for her voice since a young age, and in the octagon as a force to be reckoned with. Recorded at VeeCon, Michelle joins Masters of Craft and parallels her path of physical discipline, broken bones, and personal evolution to the one we're all on -- no matte...
#244: MassChallenge: How Peloton & HubSpot Drive Growth
September 15, 2020 14:22 - 58 minutes - 53.4 MBRecorded live in August 2020, MassChallenge presents an in-depth conversation on the latest trends in sales and marketing from industry leaders and innovation experts, Brian Halligan, co-founder and Chief Executive Officer of HubSpot, Carolyn Tisch Blodgett, former Head of Marketing at Peloton, and award-winning, best-selling author, Chris Denson of Innovation Crush as moderator. We discuss everything from pivoting your business, to hurdles behind growth, to diversity and inclusion...
#243: Dr. David Rabin - The New Science of Tranquility
July 08, 2020 13:13 - 49 minutes - 45.2 MBWhen it comes to mindfulness and emotional health, few have been more pioneering than Dr. David Rabin. A physician, neuroscientist, psychiatrist, psychedelics researcher, and now wearable technology entrepreneur, Dave is both the executive director of the Board of Medicine, and co-founder of Apollo Neuro. Apollo's first product is an "every-man" wearable device for mental wellness that helps users achieve more calm states by replicating the sense of touch -- which as he states, is...
#242: [REPUBLISHED] Hakeem Oluseyi - Becoming an Industry Mercenary
July 01, 2020 13:09 - 1 hour - 55.8 MBWhat happens when you grow up on both Fat Albert and Albert Einstein? You get Hakeem Oluseyi. As one of the world's foremost scientists, Hakeem wears many hats-- TV personality, professor, life coach, consultant, voice actor, philanthropist, and former chief science officer at the Discovery Channel, to name a few. As a kid, he grew up in some of the poorest neighborhoods in the country. As an adult he has traveled the world, spreading the gospel of the sciences. On Innovation Crush,...
#241: [Republished] Sugar Ray Leonard - Say Yes to the Yes
February 25, 2020 17:00 - 47 minutes - 43.8 MBSugar Ray Leonard is revered around the world as one of the greatest boxers who ever lived, dominating the ?80s with a fury in the ring like few have ever seen. Since his retirement from boxing, the boxer-come-entrepreneur has turned his public triumphs, personal tragedies, and unending drive into multiple businesses including a tell-all autobiography, a successful fashion line, a namesake ?Sugar Ray Leonard Foundation? for juvenile diabetes, and even motivational talks to individua...
#240: KC Ifeanyi - Fast Company Fridays (Ep. 4)
February 01, 2020 13:46 - 49 minutes - 45.7 MBEvery month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this fourth installment, Fast Company podcast host and editor, KC Ifeanyi, gives us the latest from his world of creativity, entertainment, and pop culture. More particularly, how the entertainment industry distracts us with nostalgia, overcoming failure, advertising industry flaws, Oscar the Grouch, bec...
#239: Scott Kajiya - Ventures in Curiosity
January 29, 2020 14:22 - 47 minutes - 43.3 MBAs co-founder of one of the largest cannabis portfolio companies, Scott Kajiya is a life long learner and explorer. From early days of working with artists like Keith Haring and Basquiat, to launching Indian Motorcycle in Japan, to now co-founding Tabu.co with products in over 2000 locations in Canada, Scott has created a vast network of international business relationships and market understanding in both Asia, Latin America, and here in the U.S. He has developed numerous startup...
#238: Heidi Roddenberry - Live Long, Innovate, and Prosper
January 21, 2020 13:30 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBAs president of the Roddenberry Foundation, Heidi Roddenberry is a on a mission to quite literally -- boldly go where no man has gone before. Forged in the ethos and philosophy of Star Trek creator, Gene Roddenberry, the foundation supports entrepreneurs, dreamers, and never-before-imagined solutions to some of the world's biggest challenges; including everything from climate change to girl's education to disease. Heidi joins Innovation Crush courtesy of The EPIC International Su...
#237: Shantell Martin - Drawn to New Perspectives
January 07, 2020 14:13 - 52 minutes - 48.3 MBFrom MIT to Puma to the New York City Ballet to Google to Kendrick Lamar, to homes and office buildings around the world and back again, Shantell Martin and her artwork have become iconic staples in culture. Most famously, her work asks one simple question: "Who are you?" -- a question that all of us to have in our back pockets at all times. Over the years, Shantell has combined drawing, fabrication, technology, coding, music production, fashion, and friendships to create new perspe...
#236: Chris Denson - Left Unsupervised Podcast
December 10, 2019 13:48 - 36 minutes - 33 MBChris Denson joins the Left Unsupervised podcast to talk holidays, being an author, millennial social behavior, and all things innovation. Check out Left Unsupervised on Instagram to see some fun man-on-the-street videos we did in Los Angeles to get some great advice on the holidays. This episode is a treat! It’s our Thanksgiving special and Elizabeth Morales sits down to talk to innovator and marketing expert Chris Denson. He is also a self proclaimed recovering standup comedian...
#235: John Canning - Staying Ahead of the Curve
November 26, 2019 17:03 - 49 minutes - 45.1 MBA brief history of how innovations are birthed and reach critical mass, with John Canning, a 20+ year industry veteran who's career has been spent developing new methods of creating and delivering media, games and interactive experiences from concept to consumer devices. He is currently the first ever executive producer of new media & experiential at Digital Domain, the company that gave us hologram Tupac, Benjamin Button, and Marvel's Thanos to name a few. John is also the chair ...
#234: (Republished) Adam Garone - From Success to Significance
November 12, 2019 14:04 - 59 minutes - 54 MBEpisode #65: A self-proclaimed "mustache farmer," Adam Garone is the CEO and co-founder of Movember, a globally celebrated movement that pits mustaches against men's health issues; particularly prostate cancer. Adam comes from a long line of military, was a digital web and marketing exec, and now for the past 10 years, has brought 10's of millions of men and women together across more than 20 countries; raising well over a half a BILLION (yes, with a "B") dollars in its brief histo...
#233: Julia Bianco & Chip Beaman - Scaling Opportunity and Access
October 29, 2019 13:21 - 51 minutes - 47.2 MBFrom BMW to Activision to EA to Star Wars, hundreds of creative projects have the secret weapons of Chip Beaman and Julia Bianco behind them. They've spent the majority of their collective career building a vast network of top tier content and game publishers, voice talent, production services, educators, and everything in between. In 2018, they created The Halp Network, a global network of creative entertainment professionals that connects talented individuals with game-changing ...
#232: Fast Company Fridays - Anisa Purbasari (Ep. 3)
October 25, 2019 12:30 - 31 minutes - 29 MBEvery month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this third installment, Fast Company assistant editor, Anisa Purbasari Horton -- who is often her own guinea pig for the things she learns -- gives us her latest learnings on productivity and performance hacks, mental repositioning, and work-life balance. Listen. Enjoy. Repeat. For more from Anisa, listen...
#231: Craig Thompson - Becoming an Extraordinary Alien
October 22, 2019 13:48 - 49 minutes - 45.3 MBSince his self-described "awful" start on YouTube, Craig Thompson, aka Mini Ladd, has gone from 16-year-old awkward gaming video maker, to amassing close to 10 million subscribers across social media, launched his own 27-city comedy/variety tour (a first ever in its category), built wells in developing countries, started a music career, and invested in a number of businesses/entrepreneurs ranging from fashion to technology to beverages. Along the way, the Irishman turned Middle East...
#230: Dallin Larsen - All in the Network
October 09, 2019 16:38 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBAs an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Dallin Larsen is no stranger to taking risks in building multi-billion dollar businesses. He is currently the CEO and founder of Vasayo, the world's first CBD network marketing business, and prior to Vasayo, almost single handedly turned the acai berry into the multi-billion industry it is today. His philosophy of envisioning a better future for the world and his teams and leaving a legacy is evident the moves he's made throughout his p...
#229: Tim Daly - Full STEAM Ahead
October 02, 2019 12:30 - 57 minutes - 52.9 MBTim Daly is an award-winning actor (Madame Secretary, Hot in Cleveland) and an arts education advocate. As a White House recognized "Champion of Change," he worked aggressively with the Obama administration to ensure that the arts remain central to the governmental focus at the time of increasing American efforts in science, technology, engineering, and math. Having worked alongside many business mavens, arts organizations, politicians, and high profile companies, his innovation p...
#228: Fast Company Fridays - Anisa Purbasari & Kate Davis (Ep 2)
September 27, 2019 13:30 - 34 minutes - 31.3 MBEvery month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this second installment, Fast Company assistant editor, Anisa Purbasari Horton and deputy editor, Kate Davis give us their latest learnings on productivity and the future of work, including artificial intelligence, the art of interviewing (or being interviewed), employee well-being, side hustles, and much...
#227: Nathan Phillips - Technology, Humans, and Taste
September 18, 2019 12:37 - 48 minutes - 44.1 MBNathan Philips award-winning work spans TV commercials, digital content, books, speeches, theater shows, improvised experiences, alternate reality games, mapping projects, book adaptations and interactive films. His work has showcased at Sundance, Tribeca and a number of museums worldwide. In 2016, he co-founded Technology, Humans, and Taste (THAT), a disruptive agency that has worked with Walmart, Michael Kors, Ford, and the Food Network to name a few. Nathan joins Innovation Cru...
#226: Janice Bryant Howroyd - Billionaire Girls Club
September 10, 2019 10:33 - 53 minutes - 48.9 MBJanice Bryant Howroyd is often touted as the first African American woman to self-start a multi-billion dollar business. As the founder and CEO of ActOne Group, Janice created her business in 1978 -- almost by accident -- while on vacation from her job as clerk for the Red Cross. A few decades of dedication later, she has racked up close to 17,000 clients in over 19 countries, worked with 4 sitting U.S. Presidents, staffed several Fortune 50 companies, and launched many verticals l...
#225: Fast Company Fridays - KC Ifeanyi (Ep. 1)
August 23, 2019 12:19 - 34 minutes - 31.7 MBEvery month, the good folks Fast Company and Innovation Crush sit down to chat about some of the most inspired developments across innovation, creativity, and human performance. In this first installment, Fast Company podcast host and editor, KC Ifeanyi, gives us the latest from his world of creativity, entertainment, and pop culture. Listen. Enjoy. Repeat. For more from KC and guests like Paul Scheer, Tracy Ullman, David Sedaris, Killer Mike, and others on his Creative Conversation...
#224: Eric Olson - Patience, Patients, and Doctoring Design
July 18, 2019 14:18 - 45 minutes - 41.3 MBPatient care is evolving at lighting speeds. From the devices that serve them to the psychology of informed patients, to the ups and downs of online self-diagnoses, healthcare and medtech are changing the way we literally live. Eric Olson is the design director at Karten Design, an award-winning product design and innovation consultancy. Driven by deep market understanding and user empathy, Karten Design creates new products, processes, and cutting edge design, with multiple stak...
#223: Eric Bell - The Fast Future of Mobility
July 10, 2019 12:30 - 58 minutes - 53.2 MBEric Bell is the CEO of Blue Duck, a mobility platform designed to get consumers from anywhere along their last mile, safely, responsibly, and with ease. With a growing fleet of scooters around the country, and having raised over 23 million dollars in just shy of a year, Blue Duck is carving out an incredibly intelligent niche in a seemingly saturated market. As a fast follower, Eric and his team have spotted a mass of opportunities where market leaders like Bird and Lime have fal...
#222: Modi Oyewole - From Moments to Movements
July 03, 2019 13:21 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBWhether founding his own festival, running his own marketing agency, or blessing the likes of Nike, Red Bull, and All Def Digital with his stylish and creative approach to elevating culture, Modi Oyewole is one of this era's most culturally connected thinkers. In 2012 -- while in college -- he created the Trillectro Music Festival, which since its inception has booked acts like Kendrick Lamar, Travis Scott, SZA, Chance the Rapper and tons of hand picked up-and-comers to boot. He rec...
#221: Felicia Day & Ryan Copple - Building an Alien Nation
May 22, 2019 16:58 - 45 minutes - 41.4 MBAt the forefront of fandom and geek culture, are the brilliant minds of Felicia Day and Ryan Copple. Felicia -- a long-time actor and founder of Geek & Sundry -- is an internet and pop culture original, with hear early work, The Guild, recently becoming a part of the Smithsonian, and numerous roles in works like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, and Mystery Science Theater 3000 and more. Ryan has worked as a producer and writer on a slew of Geek & Sundry projects, and works like Halo 4: For...
#220: Dr. Tom Waller - A Heightened State of Innovation
May 08, 2019 17:37 - 1 hour - 71 MBAs the founder and leader of Whitespace™, lululemon’s in-house innovation and R&D group, Tom Waller is helping the organization leave a legacy and build new roadmaps in global health futures. In the interest of unlocking all aspects of human potential and generating new value in and for the world, he and his team are reimagining everything from fabrics to mindfulness, technology, marketing, and cultural behavior. With a PhD in sports technology, Tom previously created and ran hi...
#219: Mara Abrams - Making the Best Ideas Count
April 30, 2019 11:17 - 51 minutes - 47.5 MBAs the head of innovation for the U.S. Census Bureau, Mara Abrams is on mission to bring the 2020 census into the 21st century. In her role as the founder & co-director of the organization's open innovation lab, Mara leads a nimble team that creates and deploys prize competitions, crowdsourcing, accelerators, design workshops, etc and much more in effort to to increase participation in the 2020 Census; which determines how $700 billion of annual Federal funding is directed througho...
#218: Dr. Nicole Prause - All Sex Everything
April 23, 2019 18:06 - 50 minutes - 46.6 MBThe neuroscience of orgasm is relatively uncharted territory, with some of the most groundbreaking developments being led by Dr. Nicole Prause. As the founder of the Liberos Center -- a sexual biotechnology company -- Nikki has used the study of sex as a gateway for studying everything from clinical depression to relationships to branding. Both a neuroscientist and technology inventor, she has a long history of inventing her own tools and processes to advance her craft. From hack...
#217: Damian Kulash - Mercedes Benz at SXSW
April 09, 2019 13:26 - 28 minutes - 26.2 MBTo celebrate the launch of Mercedes-Benz EQ -- a new electric vehicle -- OK Go front man, Damian Kulash joins Innovation Crush and discusses the creation of the Stress Inversion Transformer (SIT). Damian's vision in exploring "EQ" was to figure out away to turn negative energy into positive energy. So naturally (and because science), he built a booth that allows humans to exactly that. Along the way we discuss personal brand, the creative process, the SIT's upcoming world tour, an...
#216: Drake Sutton-Shearer - The Evolving Culture of Cannabis
March 20, 2019 19:35 - 41 minutes - 38 MBAs the co-founder and CEO of PROHBTD, Drake Sutton-Shearer has created one of the leading brands inside and adjacent to the cannabis industry. PROHBTD doubles as a content platform and product engine focused on the intersection of cannabis and pop culture. From fashion to gastronomy to music and smart business insights, the brand has become an icon both domestically and internationally, and reaching fans by the tens of millions each month. An entrepreneur since, age 14, Drake holds...
#215: Richelle Parham - The Endless Feedback Loop
March 06, 2019 17:32 - 55 minutes - 51.3 MBRichelle Parham is a pioneer in retail marketing and business -- and by default, professional development. Having served as the CMO of eBay, she practically revolutionized the concept of email marketing. She serves on the boards of Best Buy, e.l.f. Cosmetics, LabCorp, and formerly Scripps Network, and is a VC at Camden Partners. Her career has been fueled by a seemingly endless loop of feedback from employees, leaders, customers, life itself, and what she dubs as her own "Personal...
#214: Darrell Blocker - Perception Meets Reality
February 26, 2019 14:34 - 54 minutes - 50.3 MBHaving been in the CIA for almost 28 years, Darrell Blocker has seen and done it all. As the director of operations, he was awarded the George H. W. Bush Award for Excellence in Counterterrorism in 2014. He ran The Farm - the CIA's training facility - for 3 years, and was even the member of a well known band in Uganda while undercover there. If it's one thing he understands, it's human connection. What motivates us? How can we motivate others? How can we do away with perceptions and...
#213: Dr. Spiros Michalakis - All Quantum Everything
February 21, 2019 16:12 - 55 minutes - 51.1 MBWhat do Paul Rudd, Keanu Reeves, Venture Capital, and Stephen Hawking have in common? Dr. Spiros Michalakis. As one of the most sought after scientists of our time, he serves as a quantum physicist and manager of outreach at The Institute for Quantum Information and Matter at Caltech (IQMC). When not at Caltech or fulfilling his role as professor-in-residence at Relay Ventures, he spends a good majority of his time consulting with Hollywood's biggest filmmakers and talent in appl...
Al Branch - Success is a Team Sport
February 14, 2019 14:20 - 55 minutes - 50.6 MBFresh off a 2019 Billboard 100 nod, and multiple 2019 Grammy nominations to boot, CMO of the Blueprint Group, Al Branch joins Innovation Crush. As partner and CMO of Blueprint/Maverick, Al has been legendary in catapulting some of music industry talent into superstardom and beyond. From his early days with Jay-Z and Roc-a-fella to a current portfolio that includes acts like Nicki Minjaj, G-Eazy, The Roots, Jill Scott, and more, Al has had an uncanny knack for understanding how art...
#211: Chad Veach - Same Message, New Voice
February 05, 2019 14:38 - 59 minutes - 54.5 MBAs pastor of Zoe Church, Chad is a pioneer of his own design, redefining what it takes to be a religious leader and business owner in today's culture. Leading thousands each week in his home town of Los Angeles -- and more around the world -- Chad has redefined everything around the message, without disrupting the core of the message itself. Whether partnering with the likes of designer Jerry Lorenzo and creating record-selling "church merch" pop ups, shooting rounds of golf with ...
#210: DJ Jazzy Jeff - The Magnificent Messenger
December 12, 2018 19:02 - 1 hour - 55.7 MBLegendary DJ, producer, inventor and community builder, Jeffrey Allen Townes - aka DJ Jazzy Jeff, has been at the helm of music culture since the mid-'80's. Originally one half of the duo, DJ Jazzy Jeff & the Fresh Prince, Jeff was literally instrumental in the catapulting of Will Smith's career, and has gone on to give rise to several artists ranging from Eminem to Darius Rucker, The Roots, Jill Scott, and more. A self proclaimed "messenger," the Grammy award-winning Jeff is ade...
#209: Ryan & Chris Detert - The Evolution of Influence
December 06, 2018 14:11 - 15 minutes - 14 MBWith a unique combination of artificial intelligence and social data, Ryan and Chris Detert's Influential.co is leading the revolution as to how the world engages with persons of influence. As one of only five IBM "With Watson" partners, the company uses vast and unique data sets to understand and recommend digital marketing initiatives and brand action. From psychographics to mobile behavior to predictive intelligence and everything in between, Influential has helped companies like...
#208: Kinjaz - Respect All, Fear None
November 28, 2018 14:49 - 57 minutes - 52.3 MBAfter an upsetting second place finish on America's Best Dance Crew in 2015, the fan favorite Kinjaz turned their loss into a huge win, by going on to form the first ever crowd-funded global dance studio ($127,000), and the highest raised ever in the dance category on Indiegogo. Since then, the group has opened up 3 studios in the US and China, launched an international camp program, and a line of merchandise ranging from watches to hats to jackets, and racked up millions of interac...