StartEdUp Podcast
631 episodes - English - Latest episode: about 1 year ago - ★★★★★ - 150 ratingsWhere educators, innovators, and entrepreneurs connect.
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Brian Whitmer: The Power of Solving Problems
March 30, 2017 17:35 - 66 MBIn this episode, Brian Whitmer, founder of Instructure, joins Don to discuss the journey of building the Canvas LMS while still a college student and how he embraced opportunities through dedication and entrepreneurship.
Jocko Willink: Extreme Ownership in Education
March 24, 2017 15:43 - 79.9 MBIn this episode, Don and students from the Noblesville High School interview retired Navy SEAL, author and motivational speaker, Jocko Willink, on his insights to success, strength, discipline and living a more fulfilling life.
Eric and Rob Fajardo: Leave Normal Behind
March 21, 2017 17:32 - 66.4 MBIn this episode, Don joins young entrepreneur team Eric and Rob Fajardo, as they discuss their venture, Leave Normal Behind, and how they've learned to live and breathe entrepreneurship and innovation in every moment.
Robert Szczerba: The Future of Education
March 18, 2017 03:02 - 72.7 MBListen as Robert Szczerba, an entrepreneur, engineer and Forbes contributor, joins Don to discuss the progression of technology, its application in education, and how we can shift the future of education to a personalized, innovative and relevant experience.
NBA Player Lance Allred: The Power of Perseverance
March 13, 2017 17:20 - 54.1 MBIn this episode, Don interviews Lance Allred, the first deaf NBA player, who shares his inspirational journey through overcoming numerous obstacles throughout his life and how he teaches others to understand, cope and live. Learn more about Lance at: http://www.lanceallred41.com/ https://twitter.com/lanceallred41
Steve Sims: Boldly Going Forward
March 10, 2017 15:22 - 73.3 MBDon and Hunter join Steve Sims, founder of Bluefish concierge, as he talks about living life to the fullest, embracing every experience and creating an extraordinary life. Steve also shares his insights on how to maintain successful relationships and network at every opportunity.
Naveen Jain: Moonshots and Serial Entrepreneurship
March 06, 2017 19:37 - 92.3 MBIn this episode, Don and Hunter interview Naveen Jain, a serial entrepreneur that explores all different industries to reach as many people as he can. In this episode, the trio define the ultimate formula to success while exploring numerous advancements in technology and information.
Steven Kotler on "Stealing Fire"
March 02, 2017 18:13 - 110 MBSteven Kotler, an innovative author, entrepreneur and explorer of science and culture discusses intensely deep concepts in altered states of consciousness, human optimization, and the disruption of how we understand productivity. Be sure to check out more about Steven and his new book, "Stealing Fire": http://www.stevenkotler.com/ https://twitter.com/steven_kotler
Elizabeth McCourt The Strength in Vulnerability
February 27, 2017 17:06 - 57.4 MBIn this inspiring episode, speaker and growth coach, Elizabeth McCourt, shares how she learned how to personally take advantage of vulnerability and how we can work to empower students by understanding this. Whether you're an educator or not, this information should be heeded by everyone looking to improve emotional intelligence. Find her on Twitter at: https://twitter.com/ecmccourt And check out her Website: http://www.mccourtleadership.com/
Daniel Newman: EdTech's Future: Fact or Fiction
February 20, 2017 16:11 - 56.7 MBListen to Don and Daniel as they explore how to understand and use the exponential growth of technology and to change the way we learn and establish ourselves in the drastically new future. Learn more about Daniel: http://danielnewmanspeaks.com/
Ryan Hawk: The New Leader- Learner Over Dictator
February 16, 2017 17:53 - 66.7 MBListen to educator and innovator, Ryan Hawk, as he delves into taking ownership of your education, building your own path to success and how being a lifelong learner evolves into leadership and a successful future. Don and Ryan also explore how to change out education system and build mutually beneficial relationships throughout your life Find Ryan here at: http://learningleader.com/
Nick DiNardo: Why Adversity Builds the Growth Mindset
February 13, 2017 19:17 - 74.8 MBNick Dinardo, an author, entrepreneur and life-long learner shares his knowledge about how embracing adversity leads to growth and success. [Sponsor - Viome] http://viome.com/startedup More about Nick http://www.nickdinardo.com/
Jay Baer: Hug Those Haters!
February 13, 2017 02:57 - 95.3 MBIn this episode, speaker, author and entrepreneur, Jay Baer, explains how to explode with growth. Learn how recognize passion, understand your audience, and take advantage of your network and workstreams to grow and gain momentum.
Yong Zhao on The Rudolph Effect
February 10, 2017 23:02 - 57.4 MBAuthor of many powerful educational titles, Yong Zhao explains why we must foster innovation in our schools and promote the entrepreneurial spirit.
Dorie Clark: Self Branding or Just Showing Off?
February 07, 2017 21:59 - 44.2 MBDorie Clark, author of "Reinventing You," and "Stand Out," came on the show to talk about personal branding. She explains why we should want to "stand out," but explains the difference between being a show-off and being helpful (but not annoying). Find Dorie on Twitterhttps://twitter.com/dorieclark Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/s/ref=nb_sb_noss_1?url=search-alias%3Dstripbooks&field-keywords=dorie+clark QUAKEBOOKS [SPONSOR] quakebooks.net/
Tom Bilyeu: "Red Pill or Blue Pill"
February 03, 2017 19:25 - 50.1 MBTom Bilyeu, Founder of Quest Nutrition and host of Inside Quest and Impact Theory talks growth mindset, why everything is your fault, and why the matrix isn't a fiction, but rather, a documentary. He goes into his struggles and failures and why they were absolutely necessary in order for him to get where he is today. Tom Bilyeu Plugs twitter: @TomBilyeu twitter: @impact_theory QUAKEBOOKS [SPONSOR] http://quakebooks.net/
Andrew Hessel "An 'Evolving' Industry"
February 01, 2017 22:34 - 49.6 MBAndrew Hessel, a leader in synthetic biology, talks about the scope of the role synthetic biology will have in the future and the incredible power of customized life. He also makes many comparisons between synthetic biology, the tech world, and education. Andrew Hessel website: http://andrewhessel.com/ Autodesk Bio: https://www.autodeskresearch.com/people/andrew-hessel twitter: @andrewhessel email: [email protected] bionano: http://bionano.autodesk.com/ bioBuilder book: http://a.co...
John McDonald: "Opportunity is IoT"
January 31, 2017 00:32 - 38.5 MBJohn McDonald and Don talk about the future of IoT (Internet of Things) and the immense scope of the influence it has already had and will continue to have on our lives. they also get into The Human Condition and whether humans are inherently hard workers or just looking for something to complain about. John McDonald Link: Twitter: @JPMCDON Website: OnCloudOne.com SPONSOR LINK [QUAKE BOOKS] http://quakebooks.net/
Tom Murray "Future Ready Education"
January 27, 2017 21:45 - 49.2 MBTom Murray and Don discuss the role of technology in education and having it play a greater role than an "expensive notebook". They also go into the importance of providing today's students a memorable and authentic education environment by reducing the amount that needs to be remembered and instead focussing on building necessary skills needed in life. ----TOM MURRAY plugs---- Website: http://thomascmurray.com/ Twitter: @thomascmurray QUAKEBOOKS [sponsored] http://quakebooks.net/
David Burkus "Great Leaders ask Great Questions"
January 25, 2017 23:01 - 47.2 MBToday David talks about how he got his start as a great thought leader and how far he has left to go. He also shares some great insights as to why education is a much harder industry to change. website: http://davidburkus.com/ Books Under New Management: http://a.co/hOnUM2p The Myths of Creativity: http://a.co/irMty6p
Nick Gillespie: 'Reason'able arguments for School Choice"
January 23, 2017 00:46 - 49 MBReason Magazine's Nick Gillespie talks the difference between big 'L' and small 'l' libertarians, and why they support school choice. As a public school educator, I talk with Nick about the "reasons" why some charter schools work, and why some do not.
Todd Dewett: "Deviating from the Norm"
January 20, 2017 21:58 - 42.4 MBTodd Dewett talks with Don and Hunter about the issues with social justice and with a largely stagnant education system. Todd highlights the problems and faces the solutions in a joyful rhythm as well as promoting the need to deviate from common norms in order to advance Todd's Site http://www.drdewett.com/ Check out his books! http://www.drdewett.com/books/
Liz Wessel: "The Art of Cold Emailing"
January 17, 2017 23:31 - 25.2 MBLiz Wessel talks with Don about her journey from college student, to successful business founder, her experience at google, and the hidden art of Cold Emailing. She highlights how cold emailing has exponentially grown her network and success, especially among the entrepreneur/startup world.
Jordan Gilbert (N0THING Cloud9): "Gamifying Education"
January 15, 2017 20:00 - 35 MBJordan Gilbert and Don talk about how gaming and education can resemble one another with the introduction of innovation. They also talk about what it takes to be a professional gamer.
Matt Hunckler: "Failure = Learning"
January 11, 2017 20:45 - 38.7 MBMatt Hunckler talks about his journey of success through failure, from teenage vinyl digitizer to extremely impactful founder of Verge. Now he shares his knowledge and teaches others the ins and outs of startup culture and the growth mindset necessary to succeed within that world.
Kai Whiting: “Our Limitations are Self Imposed”
January 09, 2017 18:41 - 40.5 MBKai Whiting, founder of Quake Books and successful brand strategist, editor, and writing coach talks about being relentlessly helpful to others to selfishly grow yourself. Also pointing out that "Our limitations are NOT self imposed, unless we impose them on ourselves." With a fresh perspective, he highlights the future of education and business to be one in the same.
Howard Rheingold "The Power of Digital Collaboration"
January 06, 2017 20:48 - 55.1 MBHoward Rheingold is a critic, writer, and teacher; his specialties are on the cultural, social and political implications of modern communication media such as the Internet, mobile telephony and virtual communities (a term he is credited with inventing). In this episode “Virtual Community” pioneer talks about the good, bad, and ugly of social media- from the ultimate collaboration tool to a destructive jealousy site.
Grant Lichtman: Taking an EdJourney
January 05, 2017 04:05 - 39.5 MBGrant Lichtman talks about the trends he's seen in education for the last 30 years and how these trends are starting to become a reality. he has even traveled across the United States and wrote about it in his book EdJourney. In this episode we separate fact from fiction and how schools can move to 21st century learning.
Nik Koyama: "The Hustle is Real"
January 01, 2017 22:10 - 37.2 MBWe talk to Nik Koyama, and discuss how he took an idea of helping local businesses and grew it to a powerful training tool to help empower other businesses.
Jeff Hoffman: "There is No They"
December 30, 2016 21:29 - 57.7 MBWe talk with entrepreneur extraordinaire, Jeff Hoffman, who is a serial entrepreneur from Priceline.com, uBid.com, and ColorJar, However, in this episode he talked about the power of empathy and the lesson of “there is no THEY.” This episode will inspire you to do more, and help others. You can learn more about Jeff and his worldwide mission at: http://jeffhoffman.com/
EP 1: Intro with Hunter Stone
December 30, 2016 14:22 - 14.6 MBDon and Hunter discuss the mission of StartEdUp, and why they wanted to focus a podcast on startups, innovators, and entrepreneurs, and what insights they could provide to help change education.