Everyone Talks To Liz Claman: Recent Episodes
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Inspiring and motivational stories about some of today's most successful business leaders. Liz will speak with entrepreneurs and executives about their journey. This podcast will provide feel-good stories that will leave the listener feeling inspired and moved.
How do you find the strength to pick yourself up from an absolute nightmare and move forward successfully? Matt Mauser joins Liz to share his story of perseverance after heartbreak. Matt’s life was irrevocably changed when his wife Christina Mauser, a basketball coach at Mamba Sports Academy, was killed in a helicopter crash on January 26th, 2020, that also took the lives of 8 other passengers including legendary basketball player Kobe Bryant and his 13-year-old daughter Gianna. A year and a half later, Matt had the courage to audition for America's Got Talent, singing Phil Collins' "Against All Odds" and told the judges, and now Liz, how he had to go on to raise his three children as a single father without the love of his life. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Welcome to a crash course in business management, with Mr. Wonderful. Chairman of O’Leary Ventures and Beanstox, Kevin O’Leary joins Liz to share how he rose to be the mogul and “Shark” he is today. Kevin reminisces on his childhood and the early stages of his career, acknowledging that his knack for business is a gift he inherited from his family. Liz asks Kevin what key principles he lives by that have solidified his success in the industry and what advice he can offer to aspiring entrepreneurs. Later, Liz and Kevin share their thoughts on brand messaging and partnerships with notable celebrities and public figures. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
The body can achieve what the mind believes—or at least that's the mantra our guest today lives by. Sixteen-time World Heavyweight Champion and two-time WWE Hall of Famer Ric Flair joins the podcast to share his life story, from being stolen from an orphanage as a baby, to his stint as a WWE superstar, and surviving a life-altering plane crash in 1975. Ric gives listeners a deep dive into his journey, which epitomizes resilience, charisma, and the unyielding pursuit of excellence. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Liz revisits her conversation with Founder and CEO of Madison Reed, Amy Errett to discuss how she revolutionized the hair color industry despite having no background in the business. Amy details how her desire to address a consumer pain point led her to create Madison Reed; she touches on how her background in finance helped her succeed in a new field. Later, Amy explains how she and her company were able to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Put me in, coach! This phrase that is old as time represents an attitude that people from all walks of life can live by, but especially in sports. Liz's guest for this episode is someone who took this rather literally: Entrepreneur and the former star Quarterback for the Washington Redskins, Joe Theismann. Joe details his humble beginnings as the son of a gas station owner in New Jersey, but once he got a ball in his hands, he knew his destiny. From being the winning quarterback of the Washington Redskins during Super Bowl XVII, to succumbing to a career-ending injury, to climbing back up the ladder of success to eventually becoming a star football analyst, Joe Theismann is living proof that no path to greatness is ever simple. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
What does abandoning your dream really mean? After ten years of investing in his music career, CEO and Co-Founder of True Classic Ryan Bartlett stood up from his piano bench and walked away from his first dream, not knowing that only a few years later he would launch a t-shirt company raking in millions of dollars. Ryan joins Liz to detail his journey from piano protégé with just three thousand dollars in his pocket to the wildly successful businessman he is today. Plus, he explains to listeners how his company sets his products aside from the oversaturated clothing market. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
If you watched an episode of SNL or one of many Billy Madison Productions, you know Actor & Comedian, Rob Schneider! Today, you'll get to know him better as he joins Liz to discuss how he began his career as a comedian and the moment he discovered he had the gift of comedy. Rob emphasizes that he believes the SAG-AFTRA strike will signal to production companies that actors and writers are irreplaceable regardless of the emergence of A.I. technology. Then, Liz asks Rob how his diverse background influenced his comedy. Later, Rob shares how he uses his platform to shed light on social issues that are important to him. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Jennifer Drummond is a woman of many titles! She’s a mom of seven, an entrepreneur, the first female world record holder to climb the second highest summits on each of the 7 continents and today, she’s a guest on the podcast. Jenn joins Liz to share how she took life's greatest challenges and turned them into incredible success. She details the catastrophic car accident that left her fighting for her life. Her life altering accident was the turning point for her unyielding determination to not only survive, but to seek extraordinary experiences that test the limits of her resilience, endurance, and even put her back in danger. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz revisits her conversation with twin brothers and Hosts of the HGTV show Buy It or Build It, Calvin and Chris Lamont to talk about their journey from college football, to running a janitorial company, and ultimately their current careers in real estate.
Calvin and Chris share stories from their time playing football for Lehigh University, their move to Texas during the recession to pursue their dreams in real estate, and explain how they were able to achieve the American Dream through hard work and determination.
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On this episode, Liz sits down with CEO of hair care company Olaplex, JuE Wong to discuss how she started her career as a commodities trader and rose to the top of the haircare industry. JuE shares the challenges she faced trying to raise her children while also trying to grow in the business world. JuE later reveals how she overcame instances of harassment in the workplace, the death of her husband, and a massive pay cut that all contributed to her immense success at Olaplex. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
CEO of the Austin-based jewelry and accessories brand “Kendra Scott,” Tom Nolan joins Liz to discuss how he discovered his passion in the fashion industry. As a former two-sport college athlete on a full scholarship, Tom shares the challenges he faced growing up in a low-income family and how he networked his way to landing executive-level positions at multiple corporate giants. Plus, he reminds listeners of the importance of giving back to your community. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Two words: no excuses. While serving in Afghanistan, U.S. Marine Sergeant Kirstie Ennis was severely injured in a helicopter crash, resulting in the amputation of her left leg. Amid a grueling recovery process, Kirstie accepted her fate and kept going no matter what. She joins Liz on the podcast to discuss how she struggled mentally to overcome this horrific hardship, eventually turned her life around, and even scaled the tallest mountain in the world, Mount Everest. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Today’s guest not only lived in a city riddled with murders, but drew on his experience to become a playwright, screenwriter, and an Oscar nominated actor. Bronx native, Chazz Palminteri wrote and starred in A Bronx Tale, a Hollywood classic that chronicles the life of residents living in a turbulent neighborhood in the Bronx. Chazz joins Liz to discuss how he overcame witnessing a murder as a child, to then soaring to the very top of Broadway and Hollywood. He later shares what he believes is the key to success and details how he is spending his time nowadays. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Liz is joined by the Founder and CEO of The RealReal, Julie Wainwright as they discuss what sparked the inspiration for the company and how the business was able to become a near-instant success.
Plus, they talk about Julie’s new business, Ahara, and how she hopes it will change the way the public views nutrition and health. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Liz revisits her conversation with the Founders of Beekman 1802, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge.
Josh and Brent share how they lost their jobs during the 2008 recession and decided to start making goat's milk soap from their kitchen table. Since then, the two have continued to curate artisan products and have brought their company to national acclaim, led by the motto "work hard, never quit, help your neighbor."
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This week, Liz sits down with the Founder and CEO of Samsara Sanjit Biswas to discuss how the second fastest-growing tech startup in America started.
Sanjit shares his journey of becoming the youngest engineer to ever be hired at the software giant, Oracle, at the age of fifteen. He explains how his mission is to move the world forward, with his most recent startup helping companies become safer, more efficient, and more sustainable through the data they collect. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Actor, Speaker and Founder and CEO of Sans by Taejin Beverage Inc., Kevin Kreider to discuss his business and time on the Netflix show, Bling Empire. Kevin shares his experience on the hit show, taking listeners on his journey in his hunt for his biological parents and his struggle to overcome alcoholism. He later details what it was like growing up in a white community as an Asian American, and explains what drove him to become an entrepreneur. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Managing Partner and Founder of Oxbow Advisors Ted Oakley to discuss how he managed to overcome poverty and become a monetary mogul. Ted explains how the idea of Oxbow came to be when he realized there was a large gap in wealth management across the country. He shares how his personal goal is to grow his clients' wealth and aims to advise those who are unsure of how to handle large amounts of money. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with CEO of hair salon chain Great Clips Steve Hockett to discuss how his hatred for his 9-5 investment banking job fueled him to the top of the world’s largest salon brand. Steve explains how his passion and persistence lead him to climb the ladder at Great Clips, from franchise owner to market manager all the way up to Chief Executive Officer. He shares what motivated him through the tragedy of closing down thousands of salons during the COVID-19 lockdown, and reveals his best tips to listeners who might want to dive into the world of franchising. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the Founder & CEO of RAILS Jeff Abrams to discuss how he launched a successful clothing brand with no experience in fashion and only $5,000 in his bank account. Jeff reflects on the turning point for his business when Brazilian model Gisele Bündchen wore a shirt from his brand on the field at a New England Patriots game, which led consumers to notice the vibrant color and premium texture that distinguished his product. Later, Jeff emphasizes the importance of detaching from emotional connections and focusing on problem-solving as an entrepreneur instead. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Real Estate Contributor and Host of Mansion Global on the FOX Business Network Katrina Campins to discuss how she got the real estate "bug" at the young age of 17 and how she's grown her success throughout her career. Katrina reflects on the Cuban American immigrant spirit her parents passed down to her, which led her to persist in the rigorous training to become a top real estate agent. Later, she shares her read on today’s real estate market and talks about the strength of creating one's own destiny. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO of the yogurt brand 16 Handles Neil Hershman to discuss his career pivot transition from an astrophysicist to a business owner. Neil reflects on his career journey from before getting into the frozen yogurt business, to striving to survive through the pandemic and finally becoming the CEO. Later, he describes his determination and faith to pursue his passion regardless of the risks, which eventually led him to success. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Liz sits down with the CEO of Bare Performance Nutrition Nick Bare, to share his inspirational story of grit and resilience. Nick reflects on how his passion for healthy living catapulted his thriving health and performance supplements company. He also addresses how personal life setbacks motivated him to sustain his business, despite being told to give it up. Later, Nick shares with Liz how his life motto of “go one more,” motivates him to keep moving forward despite the many speed bumps of life. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the President of DoorDash Christopher Payne to discuss the various paths he crossed in order to make it to the top of the fast food chain. Christopher stresses to listeners that success is all about taking risks; he would not be where he is without venturing through Microsoft, Tinder, and other companies first. He later shares how his first job at McDonald's fueled his passion for providing delightful customer service experiences that he now gets to improve across various restaurants through DoorDash. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO & Founder Of Grove Collaborative Stuart Landesberg to discuss his passion for protecting the planet’s environment. Stu shares what inspired him to create sustainable household products in hopes of combatting the three pillars of the climate change crisis: decarbonization of the energy economy, moving away from industrial agriculture, and plastic waste. He later explains how he never gave up on his vision for his company despite receiving nearly two hundred rejections while trying to kickstart his career. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO of casual clothing company Lands' End Jerome Griffith to discuss his life journey from pumping gas in order to pay for college, to eventually becoming the CEO of one of the most popular retail brands on the market. Jerome shares what led him to dominate the world of cozy, comfortable wear and explains how the landscape of clothing has changed since the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz revisits her conversation with CEO of Crunch Franchise Ben Midgley, who shares his journey from the ground up in health clubs around the country and how he made it to the top without a college degree.
Ben explains how his love of fitness fueled his success and what it took to make a big comeback in the industry after facing the effects of COVID-19.
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On this episode, Liz sits down with CEO of hair care company Olaplex, JuE Wong to discuss how she started her career as a commodities trader and rose to the top of the haircare industry. JuE shares the challenges she faced trying to raise her children while also trying to grow in the business world. JuE later reveals how she overcame instances of harassment in the workplace, the death of her husband, and a massive pay cut that all contributed to her immense success at Olaplex. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the Founder and CEO of Illumix Kirin Sinha to discuss how she started up one of the world's leading augmented reality companies. Kirin shares how her life as a founder has been an isolating journey, pursuing a vision of the world that others might not understand, but making the choice to persevere was already something she has practiced as a dancer growing up. She later describes the misconceptions about the Metaverse and reveals how it can connect the digital & physical world, rather than dividing them apart. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz revisits her conversation with Co-Founders of The Comfy Brian and Michael Speciale to share their climb to success. Michael and Brian discuss their invention, a blanket that's also a sweater called The Comfy. They share their journey from proto-type to landing a deal on Shark Tank and where they are with the company today. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Liz sits down with the CEO of Parachute Ariel Kaye, to share her story of leaving her job in advertising, to start her own home essentials company. Ariel shares stories from her upbringing and how it ignited her entrepreneurial spirit, she discusses her decision to quit her job and move into a field she had no prior experience in, and the business decisions she had to make to succeed in this competitive industry. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Liz sits down with Ben Goodwin, CEO, Formulator, and Co-Founder at Olipop, a beverage company that slips healthy ingredients like prebiotics and plant fibers into soda products, to help promote digestion and still taste refreshingly sweet. Ben shares how he turned traumatic childhood experiences and body image struggles into fuel in the entrepreneurial field and developed an innovative approach to avoid the sugar and artificial ingredients found in brand-name sodas. Later, Ben talks about the evolution of Olipop’s nutritional strategy, brand investments from A-list celebrities like Gwyneth Paltrow, and his biggest piece of advice for anyone wishing to start their own company. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz is joined by Founder and CEO of Hooked, Prerna Gupta to discuss how she cycled through many misses before finding success as an entrepreneur. She shares the impact of being a second-generation American in a small town in Oklahoma, how she experienced her first huge success with her app Songify, and her aspirations to adapt the stories from her most recent app, Hooked, to movies and television shows. Follow Liz on Twitter: @liz.claman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Liz sits down with the CEO and Co-Founder of Brilliant Earth, Beth Gerstein, to discuss how she developed one of the world’s largest and fastest-growing fine jewelry companies out of her one-bedroom apartment in San Francisco. Beth shares how she entered the jewelry business with zero experience or connections and is now running a publicly traded ethical jewelry company with more than 370,000 customers in over 50 countries. Later, Beth talks about the importance of lab-grown jewelry, conflict-free gems, and blockchain-enabled diamonds in order to trace the origins and make sure pieces are ethically sourced. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
On this episode, Liz sits down with the President and CEO of SMART Global Holdings, Mark Adams, to share his journey of putting himself through college and working his way up to the pinnacle of the technology world. Mark weighs in on the status of the supply chain shortage in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and the current state of the semiconductor space. Later, Mark shares his thoughts on the importance of following a leading example, committing to family, and honoring integrity when working as a business professional. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with CEO and Co-Founder of BARK Matt Meeker to reflect on his journey from failing, young entrepreneur to leading two successful multimillion-dollar startups, including a leading global brand for dogs and their owners. Matt talks about how the company's flagship product, BarkBox, has grown into the premier subscription-based toy and treat service for dogs. Later, he discusses how the pandemic brought an influx of new dog owners who share Bark's passion for making their dogs excited.
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This week, Liz sits down with Planet Fitness CEO Chris Rondeau to discuss working his way to the top from front desk receptionist to CEO of one of the country’s largest fitness franchises in North America. Chris explains the evolution and success of Planet Fitness and how the gym’s judgment-free zone led it to grow into a company with over 2,200 locations and 16 million members. He also reflects on how his team weathered the storm of the COVID-19 pandemic without losing a single location and how Planet Fitness is constantly adapting to get more customers off their couch and into a gym. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz chats with Founder and CEO of Madison Reed, Amy Errett to discuss how she revolutionized the hair color industry despite having no background in the business. Amy details how her desire to address a consumer pain point led her to found Madison Reed; she touches on how her background in finance helped her succeed in a new field. Later, Amy explains how she and her company were able to navigate the COVID-19 pandemic. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Co-founder and CEO of World Wide Technology Jim Kavanaugh to discuss how he created his great success in the tech world from St. Louis, Missouri. Jim shares how growing up in a blue-collar household taught him the value of hard work, integrity, and trust; he explains how these values prepared him to tap into the world of soccer & business. Later, Jim shares how he navigated his company through the early days of business with a very low budget. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO of P.F. Chang's China Bistro Damola Adamolekun to discuss how he got the opportunity to bring this fast-food Chinese chain to the forefront of his life.
Damola shares the challenges he faced in his journey to becoming a first-time CEO, how being an immigrant impacted his venture into the business world, and how he kept his company afloat during the height of the global pandemic.
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This week, Liz revisits a conversation with Celebrity Cruises Captain, Captain Kate McCue, to discuss how she shattered glass ceilings to achieve her dream of becoming the first American woman captain of a major cruise line. Captain McCue discusses the career path that led her to her current role, how her team has persevered through COVID-19, and the joy she's found in bringing her passion for sailing to TikTok, where she has over 1 Million followers. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with twin brothers and Hosts of the new HGTV show Buy It or Build It, Calvin and Chris Lamont to talk about their journey from college football, to running a janitorial company, and ultimately their current careers in real estate. Calvin and Chris share stories from their time playing football for Lehigh University, their move to Texas during the recession to pursue their dreams in real estate, and explain how they were able to achieve the American Dream through hard work and determination. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Ancestry.com CEO Deb Liu to discuss her journey from Chinese immigrant to the top executive at the largest genealogy company in the world. Deb explains how she overcame being bullied as a child, learned to speak up for what she believes in, and found her voice before becoming the successful woman she is today. Later, she shares a heartwarming story of how a man found his biological mother and siblings through Ancestry.com. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with 19-year-old cryptocurrency influencer Randi "Miss Teen Crypto" Hipper to discuss her decision to dive into the world of crypto. Randi shares how she got into crypto at such a young age, emphasizes the importance of young people getting involved in the virtual stock market, and explains the biggest misconceptions about digital currency. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO and Founder of The Chai Box Monica Sunny to discuss how she turned a family recipe into a successful business.
Monica shares the pivotal moment where she realized a product she made every day could actually take off as her day-job, and later reveals the challenges of sourcing her chai spices from economic, sustainability, and ethical standpoints. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO and Co-Founder of Embark Technology, Alex Rodrigues to discuss how he started his high-tech company in college with his friends. Alex shares how he created his software that enables trucks to drive without drivers and explains why this technology makes the freight industry safer, more sustainable, and more efficient. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with CEO and Chief Global Strategist of Euro Pacific Capital Inc. Peter Schiff to discuss the Berkshire Hathaway 2022 shareholder meeting that took place this past weekend. Peter Schiff shares his experience at the meeting, reveals how he agrees and disagrees with both Warren Buffett and Charlie Munger, and advises listeners where to put their money in investments. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with 2022 Nobel Peace Prize nominee, businessman, and philanthropist Keith Krach to share his story of working as a welder from a young age to founding a multibillion-dollar company. Keith explains how his work in tech and diplomacy provides him a platform to stand against humanitarian crises. He shares how his passion to influence change and be of service to others was the catalyst for his philanthropic endeavors domestically and overseas. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Chairman and CEO of Pernod Ricard North America Ann Mukherjee to share how she became CEO of the world's second largest wine and spirits seller. Ann shares that while reckless alcohol consumption led to the loss of her mother's life, her work in evolving the image of brands like 'Absolut' can create a culture of responsibility around alcohol consumption. Ann later shares that she prefers the term "predictive human behavior" rather than marketing when it comes to the business. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with former Green Beret and CEO of Global Guardian Dale Buckner to discuss how he applied his professional knowledge to extract more than a thousand Ukrainians from the Russian invasion. Dale shares his analysis of the Russian-Ukraine situation, while he had predicted the invasion and sent warnings before the start of the war. Later, he talks about how he left his decorated military career to start a successful business in the security industry. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman revisits a conversation with YouTube star Logan Paul. Logan shares how he rose to fame on YouTube and other social media platforms, making mistakes and managing his money Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Founder and CEO of International Workplace Group (IWG) Mark Dixon to discuss how he became a pioneer for virtual and flexible workplaces. Mark shares how he was able to completely rebuild his business after a major setback, putting him on the path to becoming a successful billionaire. Later, he gives his advice to listeners on the best ways to start a business. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with co-founder and CEO of biotechnology company Frequency Therapeutics David Lucchino as he shares his goal of reversing hearing loss. David explains that through the new world of technology, more humans have been experiencing gradual hearing loss over time and reveals his approach to advanced therapy to significantly improve hearing and the quality of life for those suffering. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz takes a look back at her conversation with Barstool Sports CEO, Erika Nardini. Erika discusses how her passion for the brand and unrelenting hard work landed her the top spot at the coveted sports, culture, and media company Barstool Sports. She also explains Barstool's response strategy to the freeze on professional sports, her own podcast Token CEO, and the company's new partnership with Penn National Gaming. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with CEO and Founder of Current Stuart Sopp, to discuss how it was possible to start a digital banking tool from the ground up. Stuart shares how through his previous banking career, he saw a pattern of wealth inequality and sought to correct it. In a world of prestigious financial institutions, Stuart's goal is to help people get access to more credit opportunities and savings rates that beat inflation. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Microsoft Excel influencer Kat 'Miss Excel' Norton to discuss how she transformed her side hustle into a full-time gig. Kat reveals her journey onto the social media platform, Tik Tok, to share her vast knowledge of Microsoft Excel, and shares how much her videos have helped young professionals hone their skills across the world. Later, Kat emphasizes the importance of making learning fun, as it is a much more effective and productive technique. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the President and CEO of Kelly Services, Peter Quigley, to discuss how employers and employees are adapting to a new type of workforce. As workers seek to fit work into their lives rather than build their lives around work, Peter shares how companies must adapt to the ever-changing times and describes the making of a successful employer goes beyond wages and benefits. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Justin & Taylor Norris of the Low Impact Training (LIT) Method to discuss their new approach to fitness. Justin and Taylor share how their own athletic injuries formulated a foundation for them to form a fitness company focused on low impact training designed to build bodies, not break them. They note their rapid growth over only a few years, including starting a 'LIT Lab,' which has been invested in by rapper Jay-Z and other celebrities. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with entrepreneur, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing, former CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, and host of The Playbook podcast David Meltzer to break down how his failures contributed to his successes. David shares what caused the downfall of his climb to success and reveals how he had to make serious changes in his mindset to get back on his feet. Later, David and Liz agree that success is a journey and that you cannot attach all your emotions to one outcome. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with the CEO and Co-Founder of Genexa David Johnson to discuss his leap into the world of pharma. David explains how he started with zero background in medicine but set out to start the first clean over-the-counter pharmaceutical company. He explains how his inspiration stemmed from becoming a parent, and not knowing what ingredients were in the medicine he gave to his children. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Founder of Urban Air and Founder and CEO of Unleashed Brands Michael Browning to discuss how he has navigated his business throughout the pandemic. Michael shares what challenges he overcame when faced with the many challenges posed by the pandemic. He also emphasizes the importance of his company allowing children to connect and play especially after spending so much time isolated from their peers during the pandemic. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz sits down with Host of Making Money With Charles Payne on FOX Business Charles Payne. Charles shares his climb from a poverty-ridden childhood to one of the most trusted financial news anchors in America, and later gives listeners his best investment advice.
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This week, Liz sits down with Co-Founders of The Comfy Brian and Michael Speciale to share their climb to success.
Michael and Brian discuss their invention, a blanket that's also a sweater called The Comfy. They share their journey from proto-type to landing a deal on Shark Tank and where they are with the company today.
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This week, Liz sits down with CEO Of Elite World Group Julia Haart to share how she went from being trapped in her religion to the CEO of the world's largest conglomerate of model agencies.
Julia shares how she extricated herself from an ultra-orthodox Jewish community, and how she gained the courage to finally take the leap. She also explains how her ultimate goal is to help women discover their freedom and strength in life.
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This week, Liz sits down with founder and CEO of Luminar Technologies Austin Russell to discuss his climb from Stanford University dropout to a self-made billionaire.
Austin reveals the obstacles and fears he faced when starting his company at such a young age. He explains why he's glad to have taken the leap because Luminar's lidar technology is the future of autonomous vehicles.
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This week, Liz sits down with CEO and President of Dogtopia Enterprises Neil Gill to discuss how he got into the world of franchises.
Neil shares the challenges of turning a branded concept into a national brand with local operators with enough strength behind it to become a booming success.
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This week, Liz looks back at some of her favorite interviews of 2021 to celebrate their successes. She features Cruise Captain Kate McCue, Founder of AppHarvest Jonathan Webb, Baked By Melissa's Melissa Ben-Ishay, Jay Chaudhery of Z-Scaler, Co-Founders of BOOMCHICKAPOP Dan and Angie Bastian, and Wall Street Bets Founder Jaime Rogozinski.
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This week, Liz Claman speaks to Xponential Fitness Founder Anthony Geisler to discuss how he went from local gym member to CEO of a fitness conglomerate.
Anthony shares how he overcame adversity and obstacles to become the successful fitness mogul he is today.
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This week, Liz sits down with FOX News Business Senior Correspondent, Charlie Gasparino, to discuss his new cookbook in the making.
Charlie shares his tips for shopping for the best cooking ingredients, explains how to use those ingredients properly, and gives a step-by-step tutorial on how to cook a delicious meal for the holiday.
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Charlie Gasparino’s Homemade Lasagne:
To feed 5-7 people
Start with making meatballs:
1 lb ground beef
2 eggs
½ cup breadcrumbs
2 tablespoons parsley
1 tablespoon salt
1 teaspoon pepper
1 teaspoon garlic powder
Brown and bake at 350 for 20 minutes
Then sauce:
2 cans crushed tomatoes
½ cup olive oil
1 small onion
Basil leaves
Sprinkle of parsley and oregano
Garlic
Throw in a meatball or 2 to add flavor while sauce simmers for 2-3 hours
Finally assemble Lasagne:
Start with sauce on bottom
Layer of dry noodles
Layer of crushed meatballs
Layer of dry noodles
Layer of ricotta
Layer of noodles
Final layer of sauce
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This week, Liz sits down with the Founder of the Youtube Channel, The Moon, motivational speaker, and influencer, Carl Runefelt to discuss how we went from grocery store cashier to crypto-millionaire.
Carl describes how he started imagining himself as a successful person and explains how that visualization turned into a reality of wealth, happiness, and success. He later explains the concept of ownership of NFTs.
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This week, Liz is joined by the co-founder of dating app Coffee Meets Bagel, Dawoon Kang, to discuss how she went from Korean immigrant to a successful entrepreneur.
Dawoon shares how challenging it was to assimilate into a new country and culture. She also explains how she faced adversity to build a new dating app focused on long-term relationships and lasting connections across a global platform, unlike the other options in the online dating realm right now.
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This week, Liz is joined by Editor in Chief of Investopedia, Caleb Silver, to discuss how he climbed the ladder in the world of business news.
Caleb explains how he began his career producing wildlife documentaries and worked his way through the media industry from assignment editor at a news network all the way up to Editor in Chief of one of the most reliable digital business dictionaries in the country.
Later, Caleb reveals his favorite people he has ever interviewed while producing documentaries.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman re-visits her conversation with Allbirds founders, Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger.
The co-founders share how they brought their backgrounds in professional soccer and environmental science together to build a billion-dollar sneaker brand. They also speak about how their simple, sustainable product has set them apart from other shoe brands and the strength of their global production in the face of the Coronavirus.
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This week, Liz is joined by Chief Executive Officer of Kite Pharma a Gildead Company, Christi Shaw, to discuss the way she went from a child living on a farm to the CEO of a transformational cancer treatment center.
Christi shares how she took the painful loss from losing her mother and sister to cancer, only to turn it into groundbreaking cell therapy technology with the ultimate goal of a cure for cancer with industry-leading pipeline and manufacturing capabilities.
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This week, Liz is joined by the founder of WallStreetBets, Jaime Rogozinski to discuss how he brought a group of underdogs together through Reddit to move mountains and crush the short sellers on Wall Street.
Jaime explains how WallStreetBets all started from an idea he had after he was directly affected by the financial crisis back in 2008 and breaks down how the idea slow boiled before it exploded into what it is today.
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This week, Liz is joined by FOX Business Network Senior Correspondent, Charlie Gasparino. Charlie and Liz get into a heated debate about individual investors actually moving some stocks in a coordinated manner.
Charlie argues that people try to do these types of things to "stick it to the man" but "the man" is always 20 steps ahead of them.
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This week, Liz is joined with Founder and CEO of Reveal Suits, Carlton Dixon. Carlton shares his story of leaving a good job and a steady income to follow his dreams to create customizable suits. Carlton reflects on his moments of doubt before his business took off and his future goals as he continues to provide upscale, signature branded merchandise to a host of clientele who desires to stand out among their peers.
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This week, Liz takes a look back at a conversation with Founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications,Eric Yuan. Eric shares the story of growing up in China, fighting for citizenship in the U.S. and building one of the largest tech firms in Silicon Valley.
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This week, Liz takes a look back at a conversation with Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Co-Founder and Brand Ambassador of OPI Products, Inc.
Suzi discusses achieving the American dream, how her company originally made dental products and the advice she has for young entrepreneurs.
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This week, Liz sits down with Co-Founder and CEO of cybersecurity company CrowdStrike George Kurtz to discuss his journey from programming video games in fourth grade to creating the lead provider of next-generation protection and threat intelligence.
George shares how Crowdstrike identified the Russian intelligence security hackers that breached their computer systems during the 2016 election. He also explains how he was able to take his company public and how this decision impacted his life.
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This week, Liz is joined by Co-founder and CEO of AvePoint TJ Jiang who shares his journey building the largest Microsoft 365 data management solutions provider.
TJ explains what it was like growing up in China with parents who did not learn English until age 40 and the culture shock he faced when moving to America. He also discusses what inspired him to develop the “growth mindset” that ultimately drove him to become a software entrepreneur.
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This week, Liz is joined by the Founder and Managing Partner of Kinzie Capital Partners, Suzanne Yoon. Suzanne discusses her upbringing in a working-class family in Chicago and explains how she was able to break through the male-dominated investment industry.
Suzanne talks about what prompted her to take a leap of faith and launch her own private equity firm after spending 20 years in the finance industry.
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This week, Liz takes a look back at a conversation with co-CEO of Biggby Coffee, Michael McFall to discuss his journey from minimum wage barista to the business leader for a brand he truly loves.
Michael shares how his business experiences shaped his entrepreneurial philosophy, how Biggby Coffee grew into a $100 billion-dollar coffee franchise, with more than 250 locations across the Midwest. Michael explains his inspiration to write his book “Grind” in the hopes of motivating others…and he did it all without an MBA.
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This week, Liz takes a look back at a conversation with Former NFL Defensive End & Founder of Oceans 97, Jarvis Green.
Jarvis shares how playing football at Louisiana State University and for The Patriots in the NFL taught him the importance of perseverance, a lesson he would take into founding his own wholesale shrimp company, Oceans 97. Jarvis also discusses how the impact of COVID-19 led his company to pivot production to producing personal protective equipment (PPE) through the pandemic.
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This week, Liz is joined by Anti CEO Oisin Hanrahan who shares his journey from community handyman to Harvard dropout before building an app that became a massive publicly traded company.
Oisin explains the motivation behind dropping out of Harvard to pursue what started out as a minuscule and risky idea. He also shares what it takes to maintain a self-starter and positive mindset when facing difficult decisions.
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This week, Liz is joined by Co-Founders of BOOMCHICKAPOP® Angie and Dan Bastian to talk about how they built a successful marriage, family, and popcorn company.
Angie and Dan share the story of meeting in New Mexico and the origins of the popcorn company. The duo also shares how Angie's Popcorn transitioned from a side hustle based out of their garage to the multi-million dollar BOOMCHICKAPOP® company it is today. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz is joined by Film Producer and CEO of Health and Wellness company ChromaDex, Rob Fried. Rob explains how he broke into the entertainment industry and the knowledge he developed along the way which has guided him to pivot and excel in bioscience.
Rob shares what drove his passion to chase his many different dreams and the key takeaways from working in multiple different industries.
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This week, Liz is joined by FOX Business Network Senior Correspondent Charlie Gasparino to talk about the mysterious world of IPOs.
Charlie discusses the valuation of different companies, how institutional investors make decisions, and the herd mentality of markets.
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This week, Liz is joined by Class Pass Founder and Executive Chairman Payal Kadakia, who shares her journey as the odd one out in a small New Jersey town with Indian immigrant parents to building a $1 billion fitness company years after quitting her corporate job.
Payal explains how dance has played a huge role in her life and guided her to where she is today.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO of Crunch Franchise Ben Midgley, who shares his journey from the ground up in health clubs around the country and how he made it to the top without a college degree.
Ben explains how his love of fitness fueled his success and what it took to make a big comeback in the industry after facing the effects of COVID-19.
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This week, Liz is joined by Head of IBM Global Services, Mark Foster who shares the story of how he went from studying ancient Greek language at University College Oxford to becoming a tech giant running a division of more than 240,000 employees.
Mark explains his road less traveled to get where he is today, which includes being a member of the Royal Shakespeare Company and traveling the world working as a Commissioner for the United Kingdom Global Aid before making the move to America.
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This week, Liz honors Independence Day by taking a look back at some of her favorite success stories where immigrants seized upon the American Dream.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO and Founder of CANO Health, Marlow Hernandez who shares his journey from Cuba to America at age nine, not knowing a word of English and how he persevered to build one of the fastest growing health care companies in the nation.
Marlow shares his struggles as a medical student trying to create an affordable primary care facility while battling his own debt. He also explains how his upbringing and life experiences made him so passionate about his life’s work.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO and Founder of Pegasystems Alan Trefler who shares his journey from ordinary suburban kid in Massachusetts to world-renowned chess player by age 19, to now, more than 40 years later, a multi-billionaire dollar software company creator.
Alan details his not-so-glamorous introduction into the business world after turning down admission to Stanford University Business School. He also explains how his father inspired him to be humble, hungry and people smart.
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As the world begins to reopen its doors, Liz revisits a conversation with British entrepreneur, founder, and CEO of Peek.com Ruzwana Bashir.
Ruzwana shares how she overcame her childhood hardships and channeled her energy into hard work as a Harvard and Oxford University graduate. Ruzwana also explains how she built an epicenter for finding the some of the most unique international experiences.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO and Founder of Zscaler, Jay Chaudhry who shares his journey from growing up in the Himalayas with no electricity to developing the world’s largest cloud-native security platform.
Jay details his story of determination that spans continents and how he put his life savings on the line to get to where he is today. He also weighs in on the recent increase in hacking activity.
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This week, Liz is joined by Founder and CEO of Anastasia Beverly Hills Anastasia Soare, who shares the story of growing up in communist Romania, emigrating to America, and learning English in a country that was foreign to her, while building an eyebrow empire.
Anastasia details how daytime television helped her to learn the English language and the element of culture shock she faced when first arriving in the United States.
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This week, Liz is joined by Founder and CEO of Superhuman Rahul Vohra, who shares the story of his journey from the United Kingdom to Silicon Valley after deciding to drop out of his PhD program.
Rahul describes how he learned the art of fundraising from scratch, the struggles he faced along the way and what it takes to become an avid startup investor. He also shares his experience in new, high risk business ventures and how to determine what is a worthwhile investment.
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This week, Liz is joined by Co-founder and CEO of Vita Coco Mike Kirban, who shares the story of how he dropped out of college to build a company with his best friend.
Mike describes how a chance encounter a small NYC bar was the inspiration for his company, the transition from selling their product out of the back of a van to hitting some of the world’s largest markets, and the touching impact Vita Coco has on people around the globe.
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This week, Liz is joined by founder and CEO of Baked By Melissa, Melissa Ben-Ishay to discuss how getting fired from her job as a media planner encouraged her to build one of the largest cupcake emporiums in the nation.
Melissa describes how her family guided her to enter a line of work that she is truly passionate about, passionate enough to start her business in a tiny NYC apartment and explains the value of working with a close-knit team, gaining confidence, and juggling work with motherhood.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO of Envoy, Larry Gadea to discuss his captivating story that begins thousands of miles away as a non-English speaker to one of San Francisco's top tech wizzes.
Larry describes how his family escaped Romania’s dictatorship and his childhood in Canada, how he graduated while also working at Google, and what it was like being one of Twitter’s first 50 employees.
Later, Larry shares his passion for technology and explains the most valuable qualities of big tech companies. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week, Liz is joined by co-CEO of Biggby Coffee, Michael McFall to discuss his journey from minimum wage barista to business leader for a brand he truly loves.
Michael shares how his business experiences shaped his entrepreneurial philosophy, how Biggby Coffee grew into a $100 billion-dollar coffee franchise, with more than 250 locations across the Midwest. Michael explains his inspiration to write his book “Grind” in the hopes of motivating others…and he did it all without an MBA. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
This week on a very special episode, after nearly two years Liz is celebrating 100 episodes of Everyone Talks To Liz.
Liz looks back at just some of the amazing stories and incredible guests who have shared their inspiring stories of hard work and dedication.
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This week, Liz is joined by Founder and President of Nonfungible.com, Dan Kelly to break down what exactly NFTs are and how he was so early to the technology.
Dan discusses how growing up playing video games in the 90s inspired him to teach himself computer programming, how he believes blockchain technology will revolutionize how society operates and why he thinks NFTs are a trend that will only continue to grow over time.
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This week, Liz is joined by Founder and CEO of theScore, John Levy to share how he took his love for sports and turned it into a billion-dollar sports gaming and media company.
John discusses finding inspiration from childhood watching his father building a small cable business into a top competitor, how a challenging aspect of business foundation was the uncertainty of success, how theScore sports network innovated the game-switching format for Major League Baseball games and how his company pivoted to sports betting.
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This week , Liz is joined by Outlier.org Founder and MasterClass Co-Founder, Aaron Rasmussen to discuss how he discovered a passion for providing quality higher education.
Aaron recalls learning coding as a 7-year-old and taking his first college-level course at age 11, how he overcame his PTSD from an early childhood accident through coding video games, the difficulty he encountered in finding celebrity teachers when founding MasterClass and how Outlier.org was created to make higher education more accessible for everyone.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO of Panera Bread, Niren Chaudhary to discuss how his dedicated work ethic and deep friendships guided him to lead companies like Taj Hotels, Krispy Kreme and eventually Panera Bread.
Niren describes the humbling experience of assuming a leadership role at Taj Hotels at only age 24, and how his work at Yum! Brands India brought cultural relevance to global brands like KFC and Taco Bell. He shares his goal for Panera Bread to serve the food that one would serve to their own family and the lessons of courage and gratitude he’s learned from his late daughter Aisha.
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This week, Liz is joined by Celebrity Cruises Captain, Captain Kate McCue, to discuss how she shattered glass ceilings to achieve her dream of becoming the first American woman captain of a major cruise line.
Captain McCue discusses the career path that led her to her current role, how her team has persevered through COVID-19, and the joy she's found in bringing her passion for sailing to TikTok, where she has over 1 Million followers.
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This week, Liz is joined by the Founder and CEO of AppHarvest, Jonathan Webb, to discuss how years in Washington D.C. developing solar technologies for American defense led him to return home to Kentucky to fix American Agriculture.
Jonathan discusses how he appealed to Hillbilly Elegy author JD Vance and AOL's Steve Case to back his company, why he believes Kentucky is the perfect location for AppHarvest, and where we sees the future of American farming going.
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This week, Liz is joined by the Founder and CEO of GT’s Living Foods, GT Dave (George Thomas Dave), to discuss how he started his premier kombucha brand at just 15-years-old. GT Dave shares how he has been able to remain confident about his product during challenging times, his philosophy for company growth, and his advice to his younger self.
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This week, Liz is joined by Founder of EnvoyNow and Know Your VC, Anthony Zhang to discuss how a few moments changed the trajectory of his life and guided him toward entrepreneurial success.
Anthony explains his experience pitching and selling a stake in that business to Mark Cuban while in college, an offer he took from billionaire Peter Thiel to drop out of college to become a full-time entrepreneur and how he overcame a tragic accident to continue pursuing his passion for business.
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This week, Liz is joined by CEO and Co-Founder of Lolli.com, Alex Adelman, to discuss how he created a Bitcoin rewards company looking to democratize the way people access, earn, and utilize Bitcoin. Alex shares what inspired him to start Lolli, the lessons he has learned along the way and where he thinks the future of cryptocurrency is headed.
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This week, Liz is joined by the President and CEO of 1-800-FLOWERS.COM, Chris McCann, to discuss how he and his brother, Jim McCann, grew their small New York flower shop into an industry leader in the floral and gift space.
Chris shares the trials they faced in the early years of the company and how they have continued to innovate and evolve over the last four decades.
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This week, Liz is joined by Founder and CEO of Hooked, Prerna Gupta to discuss how she cycled through many misses before finding success as an entrepreneur.
She shares the impact of being a second-generation American in a small town in Oklahoma, how she experienced her first huge success with her app Songify, and her aspirations to adapt the stories from her most recent app, Hooked, to movies and television shows.
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This week, Liz is joined by Co-Founder and CEO of Bluemercury Inc., Marla Beck to share what changed her perspective and allowed her to follow her entrepreneurial spirit.
Marla explains how she was inspired after hearing Jeff Bezos speak on the value of e-commerce, the innovations that sprung from working in the first Bluemercury retail location, how she navigated the position of CEO after selling the company to Macy’s and her advice for young entrepreneurs on achieving their dreams.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by founder and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff.
In early January, Bitcoin made headlines as its value peaked at over $40k, causing at-home investors and finance mavens alike to race to get their hands on the cryptocurrency.
But ever since Bitcoin became available in the early 2010s, Peter Schiff has been skeptical of its worth. Today, he joins Liz to discuss how Bitcoin works, why he doesn't like the cryptocurrency as an investment, and how he thinks Bitcoin will ultimately fail.
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Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman, is joined by the Founder and CEO of Cameron Mitchell Restaurants, Cameron Mitchell.
By the time he was 18 years old, Cameron Mitchell had run away from home, dropped out of school, and barely earned his degree. But one night while working in a kitchen in his hometown of Columbus, Ohio Cameron committed himself to making it in the restaurant industry. Today, Cameron Mitchell Restaurants boasts an impressive portfolio of favorites, including the acclaimed Ocean Prime restaurant.
In this conversation, Mitchell discusses how he harnessed his inspiration to reach his goals, his company's guiding rules for serving employees and customers, and his guidance for facing those "near-death" business challenges.
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Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman, is joined by FOX News National Correspondent, Jacqui Heinrich.
FOX's Jacqui Heinrich got her start in news after interning on Capitol Hill, as an intern for Norah O'Donnell on MSNBC. From working overnights at MSNBC, Jacqui went to KOAA in Colorado Springs, then KTNV-TV in Las Vegas, and then Boston 25 News before coming to New York City to work for the FOX News Channel.
In this conversation, Jacqui and Liz discuss the winding climb that all broadcast journalists face as they advance in their careers. Jacqui explains the lessons she learned as a novice reporter, her experience covering the 2020 election as a FOX political reporter, and what's ahead for her coverage and her career.
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Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman, takes time to remember some of the most impactful moments of 2020, and her favorite interviews from the podcast.
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Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman, is joined by the CEO & Co-Founder of NerdWallet, Tim Chen.
In 2008, after studying finance at Stanford University, Chen found himself laid off from his Wall Street job in New York City. It wasn't until his sister asked him for credit card advice that Chen discovered the need for reliable financial information on the web, and NerdWallet was born.
In this conversation, Tim discusses how his setbacks fed his entrepreneurial success, the commitment NerdWallet has to its consumers and his strategies for leading his company through key growth stages.
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Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the CEO & Co-Founder of Orca Security, Avi Shua.
When Avi was 13 years old, he received his first computer and became interested in hacking and securing computer technologies. Thereafter, Avi went on to join Unit 8200, the elite Israeli Intelligence Corps unit of the Israel Defense Forces, where he held key positions.
In this episode, Avi discusses how working in Israeli intelligence led him to found Orca, what listeners need to know about our modern technological environment, how Orca has faced the challenges of the COVID-19 pandemic, and his thoughts on a recent Russian hack on U.S. Federal Agencies.
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Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Founder and Executive Chairman of Shutterstock, Jon Oringer. The son of two teachers, Oringer grew up with a hunger for learning. While still in high school, he started his own computer repair company and went on to develop his own security software company while in Undergraduate at Columbia University. After Columbia, Oringer began taking photos for his computer software company and was inspired to start the royalty-free image site Shutterstock. In this episode, Jon discusses the path that led to Shutterstock, the challenges he overcame in the growth of the company, where he sees the photography industry headed, and his plans for the future. Follow Liz on Twitter: @LizClaman Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business' The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Fox News Senior Correspondent and Anchor, Eric Shawn.
Eric shares how he has prioritized facts and truth throughout his career, most recently, while covering the 2020 election and the resulting fallout. Liz and Eric also discuss how he rose through his career in broadcasting, his coverage and book about the United Nations and the principles that have guided him along the way.
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This week, Everyone Talks to Liz Claman revisits some of our favorite episodes from the past year. This episode features conversations with Peter Schiff, the founder and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Seema Bansal, the co-founder of Venus Et Fleur, and Cynthia Marshall, the CEO of the Dallas Mavericks.
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This week, Liz is joined the Founder of A-series Investments & Management and Co-Founder of DesiHits, Anjula Acharia to discuss her origins from growing up in a small suburb of London to becoming the epitome of the “American Dream” in Silicon Valley.
Anjula explains how she first met record executive Jimmy Iovine and landed investments from venture capitalists in Silicon Valley, the value she has found in investing in female-run businesses and her passion for changing pop culture by taking Bollywood star Priyanka Chopra and transforming her into an American TV star.
Later, Anjula discusses dealing with rejection on the path to success and her goals to continue to serve as a platform to help women accomplish their dreams.
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This week, Liz is joined by the CEO of Kodiak Cakes, Joel Clark.
When Joel Clark was just eight-years-old, he set out with his red wagon to sell his mother's pancake mix to their neighbors in Salt Lake City. By the mid-'1990s, Joel's brother, Jon, decided to reinvigorate the brand, stocking their mix in stores throughout the American West. Today, with Joel at the helm, Kodiak Cakes celebrates its brand's positioning as a fan favorite and the fastest-growing pancake mix in the United States.
In this conversation, Joel discusses how he "bootstrapped" Kodiak Cakes for over seven years while he worked to develop its exposure. After a series of trials and victories, from turning down "Sharktank" to landing a major deal with Target, Joel discusses how he has persevered through uncertainty, and where the brand is headed next.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Fox Business Network Senior Correspondent, Charlie Gasparino.
Liz and Charlie walk through how Fox Business covered election night, the advantages each presidential candidate had going into Election Day and what the results of the 2020 Senate race mean for legislation in the next four years.
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This week, Liz is joined by the first woman of color CEO of AT&T Business, Anne Chow to discuss how her background of hard work and personal experiences of being discriminated against continue to bolster her leadership style of empathy and equity at AT&T.
As a child, Anne learned the importance of discipline and grit as her immigrant Taiwanese parents encouraged her to audition for the Julliard school of music at just ten years old. Throughout her life, education would continue to prove paramount, as Anne pursued degrees from Cornell University in business and engineering. Today, after more than three decades at the company, Anne is the CEO of AT&T Business. She is also a contributor to "The Leader's Guide to Unconscious Bias," by Pamala Fuller & Mark Murphy.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the founder of Bai and Crook & Marker, Ben Weiss.
According to his mother, Ben Weiss has had a knack for creating products with a cult-following since he was a child. In 2009, Ben caught the entrepreneurial bug once again, and created the coffee fruit drink Bai out of his New Jersey basement. Today, Ben continues to innovate in the beverage space with his spiked beverage company Crook & Marker. Ben is also the author of "Basementality: How This Entrepreneur Drove His Fight Against Big Sugar and Rose from the Basement to a $1.7 Billion Brand."
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Founder and CEO of LivePerson, Robert P. Locascio.
In 2000, Locascio took his company, LivePerson, public at eight dollars a share. By 2001, the dotcom bubble had burst and LivePerson shares dropped as low as seven cents per share. In this conversation, Robert discusses how the challenges and pitfalls of his early career helped him as a leader and allowed his team to thrive through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Hollywood Executive Producer, Founder of the Anti-Recidivism Coalition, and Founder and CEO of One Community Scott Budnick.
After 16 years of executive producing blockbuster Hollywood films like The Hangover, Due Date, Project X, and War Dogs, Scott Budnick left his contract at Green Hat Films to embark on a new venture. In 2013, Budnick instituted The Anti-Recidivism Coalition (ARC), a non-profit committed to "[empowering] formerly and currently incarcerated people."
Today, Scott has melded his commitment to criminal justice with the power of film to return to the big screen with Just Mercy, featuring Michael B. Jordan. Liz and Scott discuss the work of the ARC, the power of impactful filmmaking, and his plans for future projects.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the CEO & Founder of Better.com, Vishal Garg.
This week, Vishal discusses how he came to start Better.com after having mortgage complications of his own. Vishal explains how Better.com is "making homeownership simpler, faster ... and more accessible for all Americans," and how he was inspired to leave his job as a Mergers & Acquisitions Analyst at Morgan Stanley to embark on his entrepreneurial journey.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Fox Business Network Senior Correspondent, Charlie Gasparino.
In late July of 2020, President Trump announced his intention to "ban" the Chinese video-sharing platform TikTok within 24 hours. This week, Liz and Charlie discuss Microsoft, Oracle and other tech companies' bids to win the acquisition of TikTok and how the influence of Washington D.C. continues to impact the private sector and the stock market, as we head into the 2020 election.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Co-Founder and CEO of OKTA, Todd McKinnon.
In 2008, as the United States spiraled into recession, Todd did the unthinkable and left his prominent post at Salesforce to create his own cloud security company, Okta. Todd discusses how he grew his company to its nearly $29 billion market cap, how he transitioned from "engineering genius" to CEO, and how he and his wife plan to pay their prosperity forward in the coming years.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Chairman of VaynerX and the CEO of Vaynermedia, Gary Vaynerchuk.
After emigrating from Belarus to the United States as a child, Gary bagged ice, flipped baseball cards, and managed his own chain of lemonade stands. By sixteen, Gary began working at his father's liquor store; a business he would grow into a 60-million-dollar wine company.
Today, Gary is the Founder of VaynerX and CEO of VaynerMedia, where he and his team continues to trailblaze in brand consulting through social media strategy. Gary discusses how his intense resilience has served him in his life and career, and what he believes is next for the United States in this difficult time.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the CEO of Feeding America, Claire Babineaux-Fontenot.
In 2018, after spending more than a decade as an executive at Walmart, Claire left the private sector to work on fixing our hunger crisis in the United States. Today, Claire joins the podcast from the road, as she visits foodbanks across the Texas panhandle, to discuss the $100 Million Dollar gift her organization received from Amazon CEO Jeff Bezos.
She also weighs in on the state of American hunger during COVID-19 and Claire's concerns about food insecurity as school districts and families return to school both in-person and virtually. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Founder of Kind LLC, Daniel Lubetzky.
Daniel discusses how he went from being unable to afford three square meals a day, to developing his company into the snack bar giant it is today, worth over a billion dollars. Daniel also explains how his father's survival of Dachau concentration camp and his family's eventual migration to the United States honed Daniel's commitment to the American dream.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Jersey Mike's Subs CEO & Owner, Peter Cancro.
When Peter was just seventeen years old, his football coach gave him a loan that would allow him to buy the sub shop in Point Pleasant, NJ where he had worked since he was fourteen. Today, that shop has grown into the over one-thousand-location sandwich franchise, Jersey Mike's Subs. Peter discusses how his team maintains culture and excellence across all of their locations, the importance of giving back to the community and how Jersey Mike's has persevered through the COVID-19 pandemic.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Former NFL Defensive End & Founder of Oceans 97, Jarvis Green.
Jarvis shares how playing football at Louisiana State University and for The Patriots in the NFL taught him the importance of perseverance, a lesson he would take into founding his own wholesale shrimp company, Oceans 97. Jarvis also discusses how the impact of COVID-19 led his company to pivot production to producing personal protective equipment (PPE) through the pandemic.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Executive Director of Syrian Youth Empowerment, George Batah.
George shares how his upbringing in Syria and love for the United States inspired him to found Syrian Youth Empowerment, a program that supports students from Syria and other conflict countries secure educational opportunities in the United States. George and Liz also discuss the impact of recent actions from the Trump administration on foreign students studying in the United States.
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This week, Liz is revisiting some of the best moments from past episodes. Marc Randolph: co-founder and first CEO of Netflix, Anne Beiler: the founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, and Donna Brazile: former DNC Chairwoman, Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University and FOX News Contributor share their motivational stories.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Co-Founders of Bantam Bagels, Nick and Elyse Oleksak.
Nick and Elyse share how they left their jobs on Wall Street to become entrepreneurs and create their iconic bagel balls. They discuss how they landed a coveted spot on Shark Tank, partnered with Starbucks, and signed a deal in 2018 to have the company acquired for over 30 million dollars. Today, the Oleksaks are the proud parents of two growing boys and their Bantam Bagels are in thousands of Starbucks locations and grocery stores across the United States.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by infectious disease epidemiologist, Dr. Anne Rimoin. Dr. Rimoin explains how she first found her passion for helping people as an epidemiologist, how her early work studying Ebola has helped her further understand the coronavirus, health issues like wearing masks and students returning to school becoming politicized and optimism about a COVID-19 vaccine.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman revisits her conversation Eric Yuan, the CEO of Zoom Video Communications, from July of 2019.
As the COVID-19 pandemic and its social distancing guidelines persist, the need for connecting virtually is more vital now than ever before. In this conversation, Eric shares how he fought for citizenship in the U.S. and built one of the most influential tech firms in Silicon Valley. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by former Cisco CEO & founder of JC2 Ventures, John Chambers.
John and Liz discuss how overcoming dyslexia as a child gave him the resilience he needed in business. John also details the years he spent leading Cisco through economic downturns, pandemics, and more; and how his experiences have given him to tools to be an expert coach for the young CEOs he invests in now.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Barstool Sports CEO, Erika Nardini.
Nardini discusses how her passion for the brand and unrelenting hard work landed her the top spot at the coveted sports, culture, and media company Barstool Sports. She also explains Barstool's response strategy to the freeze on professional sports, her own podcast Token CEO and the company's new partnership with Penn National Gaming. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Dallas Mavericks CEO, Cynthia Marshall.
Marshall discusses how after more than three decades at AT&T, she came to the Dallas Mavericks to institute large-scale change for the NBA team following widespread instances of sexual misconduct. Now, in the wake of the death of George Floyd and others, Marshall explains the importance of building systemic culture changes in our corporations and beyond.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by BCT Partners Co-Founder, Dr.Randal Pinkett.
Pinkett shares the lessons he learned as a young man in a predominantly white neighborhood that inspired him to found BCT Partners in 2001 and go on to win The Apprentice in 2005. Plus, Pinkett walks listeners through his chief principals for corporations working toward improved diversity practices and weighs in on President Trump's re-electability in the 2020 election.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Chef Rocco DiSpirito. DiSpirito brings listeners through his culinary career, from training in kitchens in France as a teen to becoming a world-renowned cookbook author and television star. DiSpirito shares why he wrote his latest cookbook Rocco's Keto Comfort Food Diet, and gives listeners his recipe for super-simple Pasta Carbonara.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by 305 Fitness founder, Sadie Kurzban. Kurzban explains how she grew 305 Fitness from a college passion-project into a fitness sensation, and how her inclusive fitness philosophy has harnessed their loyal client base. Kurzban also discusses how her company's response to the challenges of COVID-19, their plans for re-opening, and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Stericycle CEO, Cindy Miller. Cindy explains how her humble beginnings have allowed her to thrive in positions of leadership and emphasizes the importance of hard work and perseverance. Cindy also discusses how Stericycle has responded to COVID-19 and other global crises like the environment and opioid crisis.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the Founders of Beekman 1802, Josh Kilmer-Purcell and Brent Ridge. When Josh and Brent lost their jobs in the 2008 recession, they began making goats milk soap from their kitchen table. Since then, the two have continued to curate artisan products and have brought their company to national acclaim, lead by the motto "work hard, never quit, help your neighbor."
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Brian Garish, president of Banfield Pet Hospital. Garish shares the three essential leadership skills that dropping out of college and going to work for Walgreens pharmacy taught him. Garish discusses his employee-driven solutions management strategies and how his company is serving its clientele during the Coronavirus.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Kathy Giusti, the founder of The Multiple Myeloma Research Foundation (MMRF) and Faculty Co-Chair of The Harvard Business School Kraft Precision Medicine Accelerator. Giusti shares how her background in pharmaceuticals and her own cancer diagnosis inspired the creation of her foundation. Kathy also discusses how the MMRF and Harvard Business School are leading innovation in disease research, and the importance of strong data and partnership as the healthcare industry races to find a Coronavirus solution. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by MGA Entertainment CEO, Isaac Larian. Larian shares how emigrating to the U.S. as a teen helped him create a billion-dollar toy company driven by empathy. Larian also discusses his company's incredible COVID-19 response effort, "Operation Pac-Man," and his plans for future philanthropic projects.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Venus Et Fleur co-founder, Seema Bansal. Seema shares how her father's tireless work ethic and her upbringing in the family business shaped her own entrepreneurial spirit. Seema discusses her passion for flowers, growing her business with her husband, and what her business is doing to help workers on the frontline of the Coronavirus pandemic. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by PayPal and Affirm co-founder, Max Levchin. Levchin shares how growing up in Soviet Ukraine shaped the business ethic that drove him to create a financial lending company that "does not want to benefit from [its users'] mistakes." Plus, Levchin discusses American reliance during challenging times.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman touches base from her home studio to update listeners on the stock market and the nation's state of affairs amidst the confusion of the Coronavirus. Liz provides listeners with some inspirational words and exclusive notes from The Claman Countdown. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Vital Proteins Founder and CEO, Kurt Seidensticker. Seidensticker draws on his nearly three decades of solutions-focused leadership as an engineer at NASA and beyond to break down some of the challenges his company and the United States face amidst the Coronavirus.
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BONUS EPISODE: Admiral James Stravridis
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Admiral James Stavridis. Having served his country for nearly three decades in the United States Navy, Admiral Stavridis joins Liz to discuss the importance of strong leadership in these difficult times. Plus, Admiral Stavridis weighs in on the impact of the Coronavirus nationally and explains how the pandemic has challenged the U.S. Navy.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Pence Wealth Management co-founder, Laila Pence. Laila shares how her close encounter with destruction during her childhood inspired her to pursue her dreams once she emigrated to the United States. She explains how her "scrappy" work ethic empowered her to put herself through college and go on to over forty years of award-winning wealth management.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Patrón Spirits and John Paul Mitchell Systems co-founder, John Paul DeJoria. DeJoria brings listeners from his modest beginnings as a janitor and facing homelessness, to his incredible success building billion-dollar brands. DeJoria shares how hard work and perseverance have served him in his career and his commitment to giving those who have fallen on hard times “a hand up, not a hand out.”
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Allbirds founders, Tim Brown and Joey Zwillinger. The co-founders share how they brought their backgrounds in professional soccer and environmental science together to build a billion-dollar sneaker brand. They also speak about how their simple, sustainable product has set them apart from other shoe brands and the strength of their global production in the face of the Coronavirus.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Beautycounter founder, Gregg Renfrew. Gregg shares how her upbringing empowered her to follow her entrepreneurial spirit early in her career and to persevere in the face of setbacks. She shares the importance of humility in leadership and how her experiences led Beautycounter to its incredible success.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by founder and CEO of Euro Pacific Capital, Peter Schiff. Peter shares how his father’s staunch libertarian beliefs and Austrian economics influenced him after his father was put in prison for tax protesting and how Peter’s unique financial insight helped him predict the 2008 housing crisis.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by entrepreneur, author and founder of Million Dollar Scholar, Derrius Quarles. Derrius shares his story, from growing up in foster care and selling candy to make enough money to participate in extracurricular activities, to earning one million dollars in scholarships and starting three different companies.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by the founder of lifestyle brand Detroit vs Everybody, Tommey Walker. Tommy shares his story of the humble beginnings of starting his business, like sharing his bedroom with his printing machine, the experience of creating a social movement and the response from the city of Detroit.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Marc Randolph, co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. Randolph shares how he and his co-founder thought up the idea of Netflix and the rocky path from a humble movie startup to the media giant it has become. Plus, Marc shares where he focuses his passion now.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Ruzwana Bashir, British entrepreneur, founder and CEO of Peek.com. Ruzwana shares how she ended up a graduate from both Harvard and Oxford University, how she overcame heavy childhood hardships and the reason behind the creation of her successful travel experience start-up.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman takes a look back at some of her most inspiring guests during 2019. Liz revisits her very first episode with guest Khalil Rafati, her longtime friend Charlie Gasparino, Jon Dorenbos and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Melissa Francis, co-host of FOX Business Network’s After The Bell. Melissa shares the struggles she faced growing up in the spotlight as an actress on Little House on the Prairie, how the death of her sister affected her and what the work ethic she hopes to instill in her own children.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Larry Kantor, Operating Partner at Atlas Merchant Capital and former economist at the Federal Reserve. Larry shares how growing up impoverished in New Jersey helped shape his outlook on life, how he struggled to pay for college and obtain his PH.D. and what sparked his passion for economics.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Dave Dahl, co-founder of Dave’s Killer Bread. Dave shares how his life of crime led him to wanting to create something for other previously incarcerated individuals, how he’s rebuilt his life after the falling out he had with his company and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Hakki Akdeniz, founder of Champion Pizza in New York City. Hakki discusses the fear he faced leaving his homeland of Turkey to learn the pizza business in Canada. Hakki shares his experience living in a homeless shelter in New York City trying to make ends meet and how he eventually achieved the American dream.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Ginette Bedard, an 86-year-old marathon runner. Ginnette shares why she loves to run, why she doesn't plan to stop entering marathons any time soon and what her daily routine looks like. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Richard Eng, founder and Chief Donut Designer of Black Label Donuts, a weekly donut pop-up in New York City. Richard shares where he found his passion for creating donuts and where he gets his unique flavor ideas. Plus, Richard shares how he survived being robbed at gun-point and shot in the face coming home from work one night.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Jon Dorenbos, former football player, magician and author of Life is Magic. Jon shares how his life changed when his father murdered his mother, leaving him orphaned and searching for an outlet. He explains how performing magic helped him cope with his family tragedy and eventually turned it into a profession when his football career was cut short.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Amar Zubcevic and Ivan Ramadan, co-creators of the Apple Arcade game The Enchanted World. Amar and Ivan share their experiences growing up in war torn Bosnia during the height of the Bosnian War, how it led them to create their own enchanted world and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Amy Lacey, founder of Cali’Flour Foods, which offers cauliflower-based products for those looking for a healthier option to bread. Amy shares how her diagnosis of Lupus inspired her to create Cali’flour pizza, how her brand has helped others struggling with autoimmune diseases and describes how she took her failures and made them into success.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Rohan Oza, a businessman and an investor on Shark Tank. Rohan has been labeled as “Hollywood’s Brandfather” for pairing undeveloped brands with celebrities, such as Sprite, Popchips and Vita Coco. Rohan shares how he began his career in manufacturing, the importance of being passionate about what you do and how he decides what brands to work with.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Rob Paulsen, famed voice actor and author of the new book, Voice Lessons: How a Couple of Ninja Turtles, Pinky, and an Animaniac Saved My Life. Rob shares his joy of voice acting, how throat cancer almost jeopardized his career and how he's used his countless characters to help others.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Larry Hite, a Hedge Fund Manager and author of the new book “The Rule: How I Beat the Odds in the Markets and in Life.” Larry discusses the obstacles he had to overcome being both dyslexic and partially blind, what led him to become a stockbroker and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by George Gero, Managing Director and Financial Consultant at RBC Wealth Management. George shares how gold saved his family after they were liberated from Nazi controlled Hungary, why he encourages people to speak multiple languages and more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman revisits some of her most inspirational guests, including James Byler, former Marine Captain turned Wall Street trader. James discusses the challenging journey he faced after losing both legs in Afghanistan after stepping on an IED.
Liz also speaks with Anne Beiler, founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels. Anne shares the inspiring story of her Amish upbringing, and how her pretzels gave her a platform to do good.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Suzi Weiss-Fischmann, Co-Founder and Brand Ambassador of OPI Products, Inc. Suzi discusses achieving the American dream, how her company originally made dental products and the advice she has for young entrepreneurs.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Anthony Scaramucci, former White House Communications Director. Anthony shares his experience serving in the Trump administration, his middle-class upbringing on Long Island, NY and his thoughts on the current political climate. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Donna Brazile, former DNC Chairwoman. Adjunct Lecturer at Georgetown University and FOX News Contributor. Donna shares her early start in politics at the age of nine, her countless experience working on campaigns and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Wes Barrett, Managing Director of FOX News Edge. Wes shares his story of growing up in rural North Carolina on a cotton and peanut farm and how he managed to work his way to the #1 cable news network, despite not having an undergraduate degree
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Pat Gelsinger, CEO of VMware, a software company providing cloud computing and virtualization software and services. Pat shares his story of growing up helping his family on the farm, finding his passion for engineering and lessons learned from his more than 30 years at Intel.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman sat down with Caroline Hirsch, owner of the famous New York City comedy club, Caroline's on Broadway. Caroline shares her story of opening the comedy club in the eighties, the famous faces who popped in over the years and how the club became the go-to spot for up and coming comedians.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Eric Yuan, Founder and CEO of Zoom Video Communications. Eric shares the story of growing up in China, fighting for citizenship in the U.S. and building one of the largest tech firms in Silicon Valley.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by YouTube star Logan Paul. This week on Everyone Talks to Liz, Logan shares how he rose to fame on YouTube and other social media platforms, making mistakes and managing his money.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by Abby Lee Miller. In this episode of Everyone Talks to Liz, Dance Moms' star Abby Lee Miller describes her amazing journey from dance teacher, to reality TV star, to inmate, to cancer survivor.
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Host of FOX Business Network's The Claman Countdown, Liz Claman is joined by IMAX CEO, Richard Gelfond. Rich shares the story of how he worked his way from his humble upbringing on Long Island, NY to the CEO of IMAX and the important lessons his mentors have taught him along the way.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is joined by FOX's Senior Vice President and Entertainment host, Michael Tammero, to talk about how he made it to the top market in television, hottest summer movies and more! Listen now as the two discuss how when you're in a rut, you really need to get into a groove.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is joined by her friend and Senior Correspondent for FOX Business, Charlie Gasparino. Liz and Charlie answer questions about their different upbringings, how they climbed the ladder to the top media market and why they love what they do.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is joined by Emmy-Winning Television Host and Best-selling Author, Yue-Sai Kan. Yue-Sai shares her story of success from her humble roots as a refugee to being being named by People magazine as, "the most famous woman in China."
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is joined by founder of Auntie Anne's Pretzels, Anne Beiler. Anne shares the inspiring story of her Amish upbringing, about giving back, but not giving up and how her pretzels gave her a platform to do good.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is joined by Former Marine Captain and now Wall Street trader, James Byler. James shares the challenging journey he faced after losing both legs in Afghanistan after stepping on an IED. Listen as James discusses the daily obstacles of being a disabled veteran, and why he decided to get his Master's in Business Administration at NYU Stern School of Business after completing his recovery.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is joined by Stephan Paternot, co-founder of Slated, Inc, the first online film finance marketplace. But in 1994 Paternot co-founded one of the first Internet community sites theglobe.com with his Cornell roommate. Listen as Paternot describes how he built himself up after his record-setting IPO came crashing down around him.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz sits down with Lexi Reed who shares her inspiring story of losing over 300 pounds without surgery. Lexi and her husband Danny discuss how her Instagram profile @fatgirlfedup has created a community to motivate others to do the same, finding inner beauty and more.
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Host of FOX Business Network's Countdown to the Closing Bell with Liz Claman, Liz is told an inspiring story of former drug addict, turned millionaire, Khalil Rafati. Khalil tells Liz about being resuscitated after his ninth drug overdose and how he turned his life around to start one of the most successful organic juice bars on the West Coast.
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A new podcast featuring inspiring and motivational stories about some of today's most successful business leaders. Liz will speak with entrepreneurs and executives about their journey. This podcast will provide feel-good stories that will leave the listener feeling inspired and moved.
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