Wisdom.MBA
48 episodes - English - Latest episode: 5 months ago -Business insights from MBA students, professors and alums. We look to share wisdom, focusing on the hard-lessons learned through different career, school and business endeavors and share insights into how you can put a business education to best use.
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Reef, DC Shoes, Sanuk & the Road to Becoming a CMO with Michael Minter
November 28, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 42.8 MBMichael Minter has had a very successful career as a creative marketer working with some of the world’s largest footwear brands. Michael is currently the CMO of Reef, a 40-year-old legendary sandal brand that has recently seen an expansion in its product catalog and growth in eCommerce sales. Prior to Reef, Michael was the Global Head of Marketing for DC Shoes, leading many of the company’s iconic collaborations with the likes of the Andy Warhol foundation and the Mandalorian. Michael an...
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition & Nomadic Business Ownership with Bakari Akil
October 04, 2023 19:00 - 1 hour - 49.2 MBBakari Akil is a visiting lecturer at Cornell Johnson Graduate School of Management teaching students how to buy a business. Bakari is also a successful search fund entrepreneur and independent sponsor. Bakari recently sourced the acquisition of a burlap bag manufacturer, secured equity financing, closed the deal, then recruited and hired the CEO to operate the business. Bakari shares his inspirational story about growing up extremely poor and discovering Entrepreneurship Through Acquisiti...
The Entourage Effect & Plunge’s Parabolic Rise with Ryan Duey
August 09, 2023 02:00 - 56 minutes - 38.7 MBRyan Duey is the Co-Founder + Co-CEO of plunge.com. Plunge has seen fantastic growth with increases in demand for cold plunge and contrast therapy coming out of the pandemic. Ryan and I go deep into what caused the company’s parabolic rise and how he and his co-founder Michael Garrett were able to both help create and capitalize on the current cold plunge boom. We talk about getting free organic exposure from Lebron James. Plunge’s origin story during COVID lockdowns. His appearance on Shar...
Product Development, Market Fit & Minimum Viable Businesses with Chris McKleroy
August 01, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 43.1 MBChris McKleroy is the founder and CEO of Nocs Provisions, a company which has reinvented binoculars. Chris is a successful entrepreneur with a proven track record of designing disruptive products and bringing them to market. Prior to Nocs, Chris was the Head of Product and Co-Founder of Boombotix, one of the original Bluetooth personal speaker brands to enter the market. Chris helped scale the business from $200k to over $13 million in annual revenue. We discuss the lessons learned from mas...
Start-up Exits, Social Impact in Surf & Venture with Bradley Harris
July 15, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 45.5 MBBradley Harris is the principal and CEO of A-Frame - a venture studio built for sustainable growth. Brad and I met on acquire.com, an online marketplace for buying and selling startups. I was looking to purchase the surf and board sports business that he had founded. I loved what he had built and his focus on being a socially minded entrepreneur. Brad ultimately sold the business to someone else, but we have stayed in-contact and have helped each other on our respective entrepreneurial jour...
Investment Crowdfunding & the Future of Fundraising with Will McGuire
June 08, 2023 02:00 - 52 minutes - 36 MBWill McGuire is a seasoned entrepreneur with a passion for helping startup founders raise capital. Will and I take a deep dive into the JOBS act and how equity crowdfunding came to be in the United States. We talk about a bill that just passed in the house of representatives that would improve access to capital and how accredited investors are defined. We also talk about how his business Incolo.io is leading the charge for helping level the playing field for who gets funding. We discuss whe...
Hemp and Health: An Unconventional Journey to Business Success with Mike Fata
May 12, 2023 13:00 - 53 minutes - 37 MBMike Fata is a true pioneer in the health food sector and a passionate advocate for wellness. Mike's story is as inspiring as it is unconventional. His career began not in the boardroom, but in a personal battle with weight loss and the pursuit of a healthier lifestyle. This journey led him to discover the nutritional potential of a plant that was largely overlooked. In 1998, Mike co-founded Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods, transforming it into the world's largest hemp food manufacturer, and in...
Managing Moderna’s Global Launch, MIT’s EMBA Program & More with Jen "JB" Braly
April 02, 2023 15:00 - 1 hour - 51.9 MBJen “JB” Braly is a hands-on transformation executive with a proven track record of driving large-scale change. Most recently, she was the Vice President, Program Office for Moderna during the COVID-19 pandemic. Reporting directly to the Chief Digital and Technology Officer, JB helped the company grow from a pre-commercial research start-up with less than 1,000 US employees and no revenue to a $20 Billion global enterprise with over 4,500 employees. There needs to be an operations and logist...
Multiple Exits, Fast Cars & Saying no to Elon with Kelly Smith
March 27, 2023 02:00 - 53 minutes - 37.1 MBKelly Smith has had an incredibly diverse career and is a true business renaissance man. 5 exits. Investor in companies which were acquired by ESPN, Amazon and Google. Vice President of Digital for Starbucks China when the company was experiencing massive growth opening a store a day. Chief Digital Officer at MGM Resorts International, Hagerty and now Athletic Greens. Kelly and I talk about what it’s like transitioning from start-up founder to a Fortune 100 corporate role. His successful tr...
Building the World’s Best Meditation Cushion and More with Eddie Cohen
March 21, 2023 13:00 - 1 hour - 44.4 MBEddie Cohen is the founder of Walden, a brand that designs, engineers, and manufactures products for meditation. Eddie’s founder journey started after a 10-day meditation retreat. As a product designer who worked at Apple, he discovered that the products at the retreat lacked inspiring aesthetics. With Walden, Eddie wants it to become Nike for the mind, providing customers with beautiful and thoughtfully designed products that promote a mindful lifestyle. Eddie and I discuss his founder jou...
The Sauna / Cold Plunge Boom with Andrew Lachlan
March 06, 2023 22:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBAndrew Lachlan is the founder and CEO of Sauna House, a modern bathhouse committed to enhancing bathing culture and social wellness. Joe Rogan, Jesse Itzler, Russell Brand, Wim Hof … there is no shortage of Internet health and wellness gurus talking about the benefits of sauna and cold plunge. Atlantic writer Helen Lewis argues that we are in the “Golden Age of Gurus” where there has been an explosion in podcasters and internet personalities promoting the benefits of these ancient practices...
A.I. For Educators & Entrepreneurs with Jason Gulya, Ph.D.
February 26, 2023 17:00 - 1 hour - 44.1 MBJason Gulya is a Professor of English at Berkeley College. In 2020, Jason received Berkeley’s Faculty of the Year Award for Teaching Excellence. He is also a higher ed consultant who helps students and professors prepare for the future and gives advice on how to utilize artificial intelligence in and outside of the classroom. Jason has a wealth of knowledge and actionable advice for using A.I. He outlines many great resources that you can use immediately to make yourself more productive at ...
Branding, Storytelling & Hypergrowth on Social Media with Jake Karls
February 15, 2023 17:00 - 48 minutes - 33.5 MBJake Karls is the Co-Founder and Rainmaker for Mid-Day Squares, the first functional chocolate bar on the market. The company was founded in 2018 by Jake, his sister Lez and brother-in-law Nick. Their goal is to build a modern chocolate company with functional ingredients. The company has since exploded. Their peanut butter bar became the number 1 selling SKU in its category at Target. They received over 20 million organic views on social media in three months, and Jake was recently on the ...
Making $$ as a YouTuber, ChatGPT, the TikTok Algo & Celebrity Cap Tables with Finn McKenty
January 13, 2023 20:00 - 1 hour - 57.3 MBFinn McKenty is one of my favorite YouTube content creators who is also a brand strategist and marketing director. Between his Punk Rock MBA and personal channel, Finn has over 500k subscribers on YouTube. The Punk Rock MBA looks to promote career, business and life advice for the DIY community. Finn skillfully analyzes the cultural significance of punk and metal like a tenured English lit professor. With deep research and an incredible wealth of knowledge, you can easily find yourself going...
Harvard Business School, ETA & Advice for Veterans with Juan Ruiz & Doug Walsh
December 17, 2022 16:00 - 56 minutes - 38.6 MBHarvard Business School Students Juan Ruiz and Doug Walsh run communEtA -- an MBA student-run fund which invests in search entrepreneurs. The first of its kind; it is a community of LPs, students, and searchers. The group looks to provide exposure and training on Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition and source high-quality investment opportunities for LPs and finally highlight ETA as a viable career option. We discuss why communEtA was launched and Juan and Doug provide their insights on h...
eCommerce, Shopify, Building a Tea Brand, Dragon’s Den & More with Sheena Brady
November 18, 2022 16:00 - 53 minutes - 36.9 MBSheena Brady is the founder of Teasewellness.com, a wellness brand that creates all natural, tea and botanical based products that support you to live and lead consciously. As a B-Corp and through its’ Founder Fund, Tease also helps support under-represented women entrepreneurs with mentorship, strategic resources and funding. Sheena is a tea Sommelier with a wealth of knowledge. As an owner and co-founder of a tea company myself (mositea.com), we geek out on the different ways teas can sup...
POWDR CEO, Building an Adventure Lifestyle Company & Managing Adversity with Justin Sibley
September 20, 2022 01:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBJustin Sibley is the CEO of POWDR, an adventure lifestyle company that owns some of the best resorts on earth, including Copper Mountain, Killington, Silver Star and more. Justin is a fellow Fuqua MBA graduate who was the Vice President of Finance at Backcountry.com before becoming CFO and then co-President of POWDR. POWDR also owns Woodward. If you know anything about board sports, you know that Woodward is the leading name in action sports progression and innovation with facilities across ...
100 Mile Runs, Working at the White House & Combating Human Trafficking with Natalya Wallin
September 10, 2022 22:00 - 58 minutes - 40.6 MBNatalya Wallin is an endurance athlete with an amazing work career. Natalya just finished a 100-mile ultramarathon in Moab, Utah. We talk about setting hard goals, remaining tenacious when faced with adversity, the ups and downs of ultrarunning and the parallels between endurance races and pursuing an MBA. Natalya talks about her time at the White House, meeting the Obamas and working for the US Department of State and the Global Fund to End Modern Slavery. She is currently consulting for t...
Digital Marketing, Geofencing, Print Media & Intrapreneurship with Rory Gillis
July 22, 2022 21:00 - 54 minutes - 37.4 MBRory Gillis is the President of Triangle Media Partners and Founder of Triangle Digital Partners. Triangle Media Partners is the largest lifestyle influencer in the Research Triangle Park of North Carolina. The company owns Chapel Hill Magazine, Durham Magazine, Chatham Magazine, Heart of NC Weddings, Sip + Savor and Triangle Weekender. Triangle Digital Partners is the digital wing of the business which focuses on display advertising, social media marketing and more. With CNBC recently nami...
Launching a D2C Brand, TikTok Marketing & Death by Sweat with David Spratte and Kasper Kubica
July 18, 2022 21:00 - 43 minutes - 29.8 MBKasper Kubica and David Spratte are the co-founders of Carpe, makers of Dermatologist recommended sweat care products. Carpe is quickly becoming a major player in the world of antiperspirants, competing against giants like Unilever which owns Degree, Dove and AXE. From their humble beginnings, we then talk about how they have positioned Carpe to succeed in a hypercompetitive market and what makes their products unique. Both Kasper and David have become true sweat experts and have leveraged ...
Digital ETA, MicroAcquire, 3x Exits, Buying & Selling Businesses with Andrew Gazdecki
May 23, 2022 15:00 - 56 minutes - 38.8 MBAndrew Gazdecki is the founder and CEO of MicroAcquire which is billed as the world’s #1 acquisition marketplace for Startups. Andrew is a successful founder with 3 exits to his name. He has been named an Inc. Magazine 30 Under 30 entrepreneur, and had the Fastest Growing Company in San Francisco in 2014 according to Inc. Andrew and I talk about his entrepreneurial journey and spend a lot of time discussing what I call “digital ETA.” Many people are familiar with Entrepreneurship Through ...
Building Relationships, Entrepreneurship, Start-up Exits, Museum Hacks & More with Nick Gray
March 31, 2022 01:00 - 48 minutes - 33.6 MBNick Gray is a successful entrepreneur, author and talented public speaker who has given a very inspiring TEDx talk on how he built and sold his multimillion-dollar start-up Museum Hack. Nick also runs a popular newsletter for business owners and entrepreneurs with topics such as productivity hacks and how to use virtual assistants. Nick and I talk about our mutual love of tea, his new book, how he helped build his family’s business which ultimately sold to private equity and how his passion...
The Traditional Search Fund Model is Broken with Robert Graham
March 16, 2022 22:00 - 59 minutes - 41.1 MBRobert Graham is a successful search fund entrepreneur. As a Partner at Search Investment Group (SIG), Robert advises searchers on deal sourcing, due diligence, and capital raises. He is also an investor in multiple Private Equity and search deals in the lower-middle market and is the CEO of Pillar Health Group, a group of healthcare companies he acquired through a self-funded search. Robert and I discuss why he thinks the traditional search fund model is broken, and he provides his wisdom ...
NCAA NIL & the Future of Collegiate Sports Marketing with Ishveen Jolly
February 05, 2022 17:00 - 50 minutes - 34.9 MBIshveen Jolly is the CEO + Founder at OpenSponsorship. OpenSponsorship is a marketplace that connects brands to professional and amateur athletes. The platform covers multiple sports in 120 different countries. Ishveen and I talk about how she built her business and the NCAA’s recent policy change that allows current and future athletes to generate revenue from their name, image or likeness. This is a massive change in the US sports marketing industry and a bit of a wild west landgrab as sc...
The Future of Private Aviation, Leadership & Special Forces Training with Tommy Sowers, PhD
January 15, 2022 18:00 - 56 minutes - 39.1 MBTommy Sowers is a true renaissance man with an incredible resume. He is an entrepreneur, academic, politician and a decorated Military officer with an 11-year career in the Army, having achieved the rank of Major. He has taught at West Point, the University of Missouri and Duke. He also served as the Assistant Secretary of the Department of Veterans Affairs. Tommy is currently the President of flyExclusive, which is the fastest growing private jet charter in the United States, located in Ki...
Stretch Goals, Ultrarunning, Kidney Failure & Learning from Hardship
November 23, 2021 18:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBFor this podcast, I plan to tell the story of why I got into ultrarunning. I was never a runner, but I decided this year to completely immerse myself in it. This year, I have finished 5 ultras, the last of which was a 100 miler that I podium at, but after finishing the race I suffered kidney failure. I spend 5 days in the hospital and almost had to be put on dialysis. I basically developed Rhabdomyolysis where the muscle breakdown from running 26 hours straight poisoned my kidneys. I thin...
Shipageddon 2.0, eCom Operations, Global Supply Chain & Logistics with Chris Bingham
October 09, 2021 19:00 - 1 hour - 51.8 MBChris Bingham is a successful entrepreneur, specializing in eCommerce operations, supply chain and logistics. In Q4 2020, the world experienced Shipageddon where the pandemic significantly increased demand for online goods while straining global supply chains. As we enter Q4 2021, we should expect to experience Shipageddon, the sequel, with even greater challenges, as brands experience inflated ocean freight container costs, container shortages, congestion within ports, lockdowns in factorie...
Crossrope & The Connected Gym Equipment Market with Dave Hunt
September 07, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 47.8 MBDave Hunt is the inventor, Founder and CEO of Crossrope, weighted jump ropes with a mobile app that lets you work out anywhere. Dave and I talk about bootstrapping his business and recently making Inc. 5,000 fastest growing companies. We also discuss the explosive growth of connected wellness devices and the at-home fitness market and how Crossrope differentiates itself from companies like NordicTrack, FightCamp, Peloton, Tonal, Mirror and Whoop. Dave and I also discuss the benefits of influ...
Startup to Exit & Financial Modeling Advice with Mike Lingle
July 16, 2021 00:00 - 1 hour - 44.3 MBMike Lingle is a software developer and entrepreneur who currently mentors founders and has build tools to help build better financial projections for startups. Mike co-founded SlideRocket, which at the time of launch was a revolutionary cloud-based presentation software. SlideRocket was acquired by VMWare within 30 months of the company’s initial VC funding. Mike studied at the University of Pennsylvania and is currently an Entrepreneur in Residence at Babson College, where he teaches clas...
Search Fund / Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition Advice with Trevor Ewen
July 10, 2021 02:00 - 1 hour - 54.9 MBTrevor Ewen is the Chief Executive Officer at Southport Ventures, an acquisition fund which focuses on buying profitable mission critical, B2B SaaS businesses. In addition, Trevor runs Southport Technology Group which builds custom product & software tailored to the needs of small to medium enterprises. As an experienced software engineer, Trevor has overseen full-stack teams in clean energy, insurance, finance, and media. Trevor has implemented a unique hybrid model for his search fund wh...
Red Bull, Pabst Blue Ribbon & Liquid Death. Lifestyle Brand Marketing Brilliance with Steve “Stix” Nilsen
June 12, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 58.9 MBStix Nilsen has built an incredible career in lifestyle brand marketing. Starting in 2004, Stix was the Sport Marketing Manager for Red Bull North America, working with the biggest names in action sports. He then went on to work as the Lifestyle Marketing Manager for Pabst Blue Ribbon. The marketing campaigns done during that time helped revitalize the brand which has been around since the mid-1800s. During his tenure, the Pabst Brewing Company portfolio grew to almost $1 Billion in revenue....
Crypto, Privacy, Brave Browser, BAT & the Future of Digital Marketing with Des Martin
May 28, 2021 03:00 - 58 minutes - 40.4 MBDes Martin is the Vice President of Marketing at Brave Software, responsible for leading marketing and growth for the Brave browser. Brave is a free, privacy-focused browser that blocks third-party ads and trackers. Users retain guardianship of their data and have a faster and safer browsing experience. Integrated into the browser is a token called the Basic Attention Token ("BAT") which anyone can buy and sell on most cryptocurrency exchanges. Users also earn BAT while browsing and can pay ...
ZebPay, Crypto in India, ETH, Dogecoin, Attention Tokens and More with Rahul Pagidipati
April 20, 2021 03:00 - 1 hour - 44.8 MBRahul Pagidipati is the CEO of ZebPay, India’s oldest and most widely used Bitcoin and crypto asset exchange, with over 3 million users and $3 billion worth of transactions. Prior to ZebPay, Rahul was a co-founded of Freedom Health which became the largest Private Health Insurance company in America with over $1.8 Billion in annual revenue. The company was acquired by Anthem in 2018. Along with his family office, Rahul has led investments in multiple "Unicorn" Healthcare companies. Rahul ...
Culture, Branding, Venture Capital, Clubhouse, NFTs & More with Nate Bosshard
February 26, 2021 04:00 - 50 minutes - 34.8 MBNate Bosshard is an entrepreneur, investor and brand builder of iconic, category-defining, multi-billion-dollar consumer brands. He has managed and re-positioned heritage brands through changing market dynamics, been on IPO rocketships, experienced being inside of company acquisitions and integrations. Nate has had an incredible and diverse career working as brand manager for Burton Snowboards, The North Face and GoPro. He was the co-founder of Tonal, the world’s most intelligent fitness s...
Stoicism in Business, Fuqua Scholar & Healthcare Innovation with Shannon McIntyre Hooper
February 16, 2021 22:00 - 41 minutes - 28.7 MBShannon McIntyre Hooper is a fellow classmate from the Duke University Fuqua School of Business Executive MBA program. Shannon talks about what it took for her to be awarded the coveted distinction of Fuqua Scholar, graduating in the 10% of our class. We also talk about what it was like to go back to campus for two weeks during COVID and how the experience changed our perspectives on business school education and networking. Shannon is a healthcare innovation and business strategy enthusias...
Co-founding ReadyTalk & Becoming the World’s Fittest CEO with Dan King
January 08, 2021 18:00 - 44 minutes - 30.9 MBDan King is former CEO of ReadyTalk, a company he cofounded with his brother Scott in 2000. ReadyTalk makes cloud-based conferencing and communications technology that more than 6,000 businesses use for virtual meetings, webinars and training sessions. Dan was recognized as Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year in 2008 in the Software Services category. In 2017, ReadyTalk sold to Premiere Global Services Inc. Dan has more than 25 years of experience in the telecommunications industry and ...
Influence and the Future of Marketing Programs at Business Schools with Amanda Russell
January 05, 2021 03:00 - 47 minutes - 32.8 MBAmanda Russell has been referred to as “Carrie Bradshaw meets fitness.” As an award-winning brand creator and international digital marketing strategist, Amanda helps companies re-imagine how they interact with their customers and manage their businesses in the new digital world. She is the creator of Fit Strong and Sexy, an online fitness and lifestyle community for women. Amanda has been featured in publications including Forbes, The Huffington Post, Women’s Health Magazine, SELF and SHAP...
MBA Admissions Advice and Guidance with Sam Weeks
December 08, 2020 01:00 - 38 minutes - 26.2 MBSam Weeks earned his MBA from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School, funded by a scholarship from the Saïd foundation. He was named on the Dean’s list, elected Social Chair, and graduated with Distinction in 2018. Based in Amsterdam, Sam founded a consulting business with the purpose of leveling the playing field for international applicants, helping determined candidates get admitted into top business schools. International applicants often feel at a disadvantage expressing the nuanced...
Working for President Obama, Playing for Coach K and Leadership Advice with Reggie Love
October 12, 2020 19:00 - 43 minutes - 30.1 MBReggie Love is a true renaissance man and witness to history. Reggie was a political aide and former Duke football and basketball player. He was the captain and a starter for the Duke Men’s basketball team during his senior year. Reggie served as the special assistant and personal aide for President Barack Obama. He has traveled the world, met with world leaders, hung out with Jay-Z and Beyoncé and was at the President’s side during his campaign and while working in the White House. Reggie ...
The Global Art Market, Luxury Goods and Female Representation on Boards and in Business School Cases with Helen Bulwik
September 10, 2020 00:00 - 31 minutes - 21.8 MBHelen Bulwik is an experienced CEO, board director, strategic advisor and executive mentor. Helen has been the CEO of six middle-market private equity-owned companies. She has led business development and client strategy for the retail management consulting practices of IBM, Accenture and the Tom Peters Group, and she started her career as a merchandiser for Macy’s. Helen has also served on more than a dozen private and public boards, and she has been the only female on every one of them. He...
Naval Officer Round Table and Advice for Students Considering an Executive MBA with Bailey Smith & Noah Smith.
August 27, 2020 02:00 - 1 hour - 50.9 MBFor this episode, I try something a bit different by having two guests on the show. I interview fellow classmates from the Executive MBA program at Duke. Bailey Smith and Noah Smith (no relation) were both Navy Surface Warfare Officers (SWOs) with deployments in the Arabian Gulf and South China Sea. They both share their experiences from their time in the Navy and the challenges and similarities of managing sailors versus employees. Noah completed this undergraduate degree from Clemson Uni...
A $200M Exit, Recruiting Software Engineers & the Future of Digital Marketing with Joe Colopy
August 13, 2020 17:00 - 42 minutes - 29 MBJoe Colopy is the founder and former CEO of Bronto software, a cloud-based provider of commerce marketing automation headquartered in Durham, North Carolina. Bronto grew its revenue from zero to $50 million dollars over fifteen years with a $200M exit in 2015, selling to NetSuite which was then acquired by Oracle. I’ve known Joe since 2006 when I started using the platform and have watched it grow and become an industry leader in omni-channel marketing. Recently, Joe launched Jurassic Capi...
Intrapreneurship, Innovation & Advice for Female Executives with Judy Toran Cousin
August 12, 2020 19:00 - 32 minutes - 22.7 MBJudy Toran Cousin is a business builder and strategist with over 20 years of experience in business development, marketing and management of large corporations, start-ups and non-profits, including Salick Health Care, Health Management Advisors, Reebok International and Procter and Gamble. Judy has an MBA from Harvard Business School and a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from the University of Southern California. Judy and I worked together at Circle Graphics, which is the wor...
The Arctic Circle with Al Roker, the TODAY Show & Finishing an MBA during COVID-19 with Cate Gropper
August 03, 2020 03:00 - 46 minutes - 32.2 MBCate Gropper is a fellow classmate in the Executive MBA program at Duke University. Cate works as a Production Manager at NBC News' TODAY Show. Cate is the primary contact for NBC teams in the field, handling all the logistics for live-broadcasts, including managing all on-site crew, communicating with the Control Room and handling any location-specific challenges. Having worked on projects in Northern Alaska and Greenland with Al Roker, we discuss the struggles of filming in such remote loc...
Facebook Advertising, Diversity, Inclusion & Duke Basketball with Chidi Erike
July 27, 2020 21:00 - 48 minutes - 33.3 MBChidi Erike is a Client Partner at Facebook where he helps clients like Unilever, Peloton and Starbucks optimize their businesses across Facebook’s ad platforms. I met Chidi a few years back while I was attending a Facebook marketing summit. I was impressed with a presentation he gave on leveraging the platform for growth and taking an analytical approach to optimizing social media ad spend. Having worked at JPMorgan, Merrill Lynch and SocialCode, Chidi leverages his experience in banking an...
Branding, Innovation & Explosive Growth with Ted Baker
July 18, 2020 01:00 - 56 minutes - 38.9 MBTed Baker is the co-founder of QALO (pronounced “kay-lo”), an active lifestyle company which was started in 2012. Their hero product, a functional silicone ring, has disrupted the multi-billion dollar wedding ring industry. In 2018, QALO was ranked #151 on Inc. Magazine’s fastest growing companies list. People like Lebron James, Dale Earnhardt Jr and Steph Curry now wear them. Ted’s story is a great example of how new innovative products can create a white space, unlocking unmet sources of c...
Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition with Ari Medoff
July 03, 2020 03:00 - 59 minutes - 41 MBWisdom.MBA is a podcast where I interview business school students, professors and alums. We look to share wisdom, focusing on the hard-lessons learned through different career, school and business endeavors and share insights into how you can put a business school education to best use. On this episode, I interview Ari Medoff who is a good friend and business advisor with a wealth of experience in search fund entrepreneurship, also known as Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition (ETA). ETA ...
Wisdom.MBA Podcast Trailer
June 28, 2020 21:00 - 44 seconds - 609 KBWelcome to Wisdom.MBA a podcast where I interview business school students, professors and alums. We discuss economics, finance, entrepreneurship and more. But most importantly, we look to share wisdom, focusing on the hard lessons learned through different career, school and business endeavors and share insights into how you can put a business education to best use. Whether you are a prospective student considering an MBA or a fortune 500 CEO, hear advice from other professionals with d...