Coffee with CEOs: Recent Episodes
Jordan Silvera
Coffee with CEOs is a podcast around business and entrepreneurship. In each episode, a CEO shares his or her story of how they became CEO, and the lessons learned along the way. Each episode focuses on a theme, that the guest CEO will talk about. You can learn more at www.coffeewithceos.com
In this fourth episode of the Coffee With CEOs Podcast, I talk with Christian Duffus, CEO of FonBnk- a Fintech company that is dedicated to creating financial inclusion.
Some of the things we talk about in this episode are:
- What drove him to create a company dedicated to creating financial inclusion
- How to use Adversity and being an outsider to drive you forward to make lasting change
Christians Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-duffus/
FonBnk website: https://www.fonbnk.com/
In the third episode of the Coffee With CEOs podcast, I talk with Brent Sparks, CEO and Founder of Sparks SEO.
On this episode we talk about:
- How becoming a business owner challenges you to your core to change
- What Brent’s defining moment was, when he decided to start his own business
- How to become more efficient with changing yourself (Hint: meditation & mentorship)
- Failure, and how it's not as bad as it seems
- My experience and challenges (becoming more social, rejection, thinking differently and failure)
Brent's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brentsparksseo/
Sparks SEO: https://sparksseo.org/
Brent's viral LinkedIn article: https://www.linkedin.com/feed/update/urn:li:activity:6854659687124729856/?commentUrn=urn%3Ali%3Acomment%3A(activity%3A6854544895575769088%2C6854659446107455488)
Book: 2020 Guide to Small Business Tax Planning Kindle Edition: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B08GFCJD6R/
Book: Kriya Yoga by Swami Yogananda (1930): Art of Super-Realization: https://www.amazon.com/Kriya-Yoga-Swami-Yogananda-Super-Realization-ebook/dp/B00BWF3XHY/
In the second episode of the Coffee with CEOs podcast, I talk with Lex Oiler, CEO and Founder of Peachy. Peachy is a startup Fintech company that is a patient advocate platform for improving financial health. Their first product is a payment platform that makes it easier for patients to pay their medical bills.
On this episode we talk about:
- Why and how she started peachy.
- The "Twitter Tweet" that started it all.
- How to get VC $ (Venture Capital) and how to pick a good VC for your startup.
- How to start a startup if you have an idea.
- Qualities of a good startup founder, and what VC's look for in a company when investing.
- How to manage work-life balance (she's also a single mom) while growing a startup.
- And so much more!
Peachy: https://www.peachypay.com/
Lex's Twitter: @hotgirlintech or https://twitter.com/hotgirlintech
Lex's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lex-oiler/
In the first official episode of Coffee With CEOs, I invite Brian Van Norman, CEO and Co-Owner of ICU Technologies to explain topics such as:
- Knowing your Customer
- Metrics That Matter
- How to Define Success
Understanding your customer, is key to having a successful business. Many business owners think that having a successful business relies on having the lowest price or the most features, where in reality, the most successful businesses understand what the customer wants from an emotional point-of-view, and how their product satisfies those emotional pain-points.
Brians Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-van-norman-56706b85/
ICU Technologies: https://icu-techinc.com/
About ICU Technologies: ICU Technologies delivers turnkey public safety security solutions with measurable business outcomes to local, state and federal government agencies.
This is the Introduction before the 1st episode to Coffee with CEOs. We talk about why this podcast was created, how it is different from others, and the overall story of what you will get out of each episode.
You can learn more at www.coffeewithceos.com