inTheir20s: Recent Episodes
Landon Campbell
Host Landon Campbell interviews the most influential people in the world about their 20s. Guests have included Steve Wozniak, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, Cathy Bessant, Ev Williams, Beto O'Rourke, Chantel Jeffries, Mayor Francis Suarez, Dr. Meg Jay, Tim Hardaway Sr, AJ Vaynerchuk, Sekou Kaalund, and Andy Dunn.
Fred Hoch is a consummate builder. Throughout his career, Fred has worked with thousands of technology companies to drive their growth through strategic insight partnered with a keen focus on execution. Hoch is the Founder and General Partner of Chicago’s TechNexus Venture Collaborative, a venture investment company building ecosystems to drive insight and growth. Through a unique alignment of relationships and partnerships, leading corporations leverage the platform to align, invest in and collaborate with ventures to transform business models and ultimately innovate. An outgrowth of one of the most successful startup incubators in the country in the past decade, TechNexus has emerged as one of the most active venture investors globally. He has an eclectic entrepreneurial background that includes startups, evangelism, the birth of SaaS, and associations with a bit of international affairs thrown in for good measure. He uses the entire spectrum of these experiences, and a dose of sarcasm, to propel in his business and personal endeavors.A native Californian, now a deep-rooted Chicagoan, he is always seeking ways to get in the water and enjoy the outdoors through biking, hiking, or kayaking with and without his wife, labrador, and three children. He currently sits on the boards of numerous startups, as well as the UIC School of Engineering, ChicagoNEXT, and SmartBet Charities.
Keith Houlemard is former President of the Jordan Brand at Nike. He's currently the CO-Founder of FoodE
Ben Weiss is the co-founder of CoinFlip, which has the largest network of Bitcoin ATMs by volume in the US.
Francesc Miralles is the author of one of my favorite books: IKIGAI: The Japanese Secret to a Long and Healthy Life.
Reclist is a customizable newsletter where you can subscribe to different thought-leaders and get all the articles, podcasts, videos and books they recommend.
Glewee is an Exclusive Marketplace that connects brands with creators. We spoke with Co-Founders Chris Brown and Dylan Duke.
Puzzl App is building work management for digital service businesses. This episode dives deep into the gig economy.
Dive Chat is a new app for college, bringing together your group chats and events in a fun and seamless experience.
Casey Adams is a 22 year old entrepreneur and co-founder of MediaKits. At the age of 17, Casey started his podcast, The Casey Adams Show, which has quickly become a top 100 business podcast. Over the years Casey has interviewed over 300+ world class individuals including the late Larry King, Rick Ross, Maye Musk, Robert Greene, and David Sacks.
NowAccount pays businesses their invoices now, while they await their clients’ payments for their services/products.
Why? Companies are more likely to grow out of business than they are to go out of business.
Prior to Now, Lara co-founded Nourish (the manufacturing company), and Insomnia, LLC, a firm specializing in investment, development, and management of complex and innovative “world-changing” projects.
She also co-wrote a book about business with her good friend and business parter Stacey Abrams.
Most books about the post-grad years are written by psychologists and business leaders who offer recommendations based on their professional expertise. While helpful, it is rare to hear the voices of those currently living through this season of life.
That's why I spoke with Cate LeSourd, the Author of Coming of Age. This book exposes the realities of the pivotal transition from college into adulthood from the perspective of other twenty-somethings and thirty-somethings.
Frank Mong is COO of Nova Labs (formerly Helium Inc.), where he is responsible for sales, marketing and business development for the company. Before Helium, Mong spent 20 years in cyber security including CMO at Hortonworks, SVP of Marketing at Palo Alto Networks, and VP/GM of security at HP.
Henri is Co-Founder and Managing Partner of Harlem Capital, a venture capital firm changing the face of entrepreneurship. He has led 22 investments and sat on 7 company boards. Henri currently sits on the Amazon Black Business Accelerator Board and formerly sat on the Management Leadership for Tomorrow NYC Board.
Tim is a notable venture capital investor, and founder of Draper University, Draper Venture Network, and Draper Associates. Some of his investments include early bets in companies like Hotmail, Skype, Tesla, SpaceX, Twitch, Carta, Webflow, Robinhood, and Coinbase. Tim is regularly featured on major networks, in publications, and in social media as a proponent for entrepreneurship, innovative governance, free markets, and Bitcoin. He has received various awards and honors including the World Entrepreneurship Forum's "Entrepreneur of the World." He has also been highly ranked on several notable lists including one of the top 100 most powerful people in finance by Worth Magazine, the top 20 most influential people in Crypto by Crypto Weekly, #1 most networked venture capitalist by AlwaysOn, #7 on the Forbes Midas List, and #48 most influential Harvard Alum. In this episode we spoke about:
The Formula for Risk Taking in your 20s Tim’s Honest Thoughts on Bitcoin What Originally Peaked his Interest about Venture Capital
Eyal N. Danon is a life coach, founder of the Ignite Advisory Group, and author of “The Principle of 18: Getting the Most Out of Every Stage in Your Life.” We’ve been taught to plan our lives based on a very stressful pattern: Decide what you’ll do for a living in your 20s, focus on making money in your 30s, work into your late 60s, then retire fatigued — and, perhaps, unfulfilled.
But as a life coach who was worked with several major clients, including executives at Amazon and Dell, Eyal discovered an alternative life-system that can minimize your regrets, decrease your worries, and enable you to live a happier, more meaningful life.
You can do this by realizing the potential of five interconnected stages: the Dreamer, Explorer, Builder, Mentor and Giver. He calls it the “Principle of 18,” because each stage lasts for 18 years.
Welcome to the 100th Episode of inTheir20s. For the past 2 years, we've shared iconic episodes with the World's most influential people about what they did in their 20s. People like Steve Wozniak, Jason Calacanis, David Sacks, Cathy Bessant, Ev Williams, Beto O'Rourke, Chantel Jeffries, Mayor Francis Suarez, Kat Cole, Dr. Meg Jay, Tim Hardaway Sr, AJ Vaynerchuk, Sekou Kaalund, Andy Dunn, and more. This episode will be a little different than what we usually do. This is a reflection on building inTheir20s. In this 3 part episode, we speak about methods to getting the best guests on the podcast; dealing with the tragic passing of inTheir20s co-host Michael Holmes; and leveraging the podcast to get a full-time role in media.
On this week’s episode of inTheir20s, we chatted with Workweek co-founder and CEO Adam Ryan. Adam and Workweek are building a new kind of media company that empowers creators to leverage their industry experience through engaging and insightful newsletters.
In this episode of inTheir20s, Adam spoke about the benefit of being a deep generalist throughout your 20s. Deep generalism is the process of having a wide net of experiences across multiple industries and verticals. Adam explained how deep generalism helped him find career success before discussing what he is building with Workweek.
In this week’s episode of inTheir20s, we spoke with Cana CEO Matt Mahar. Cana is the world’s first molecular beverage pinter. Its innovative technology brings an entire grocery store’s worth of beverages to your kitchen.
Cana is a company that is being incubated by David Friedberg’s The Production Board, which is a holding company of businesses established to solve the most fundamental problems that affect our planet. Landon spent some time with David this past week in Miami for the All-In Summit. Matt was a terrific guest who gave a tone of actionable advice. Over the course of the episode we discussed:
- His first job out of college teaching English in South Korea
- Being a video game tester at EA
- Building category-defining products at Nike
During the episode, Matt recommended that listeners check out Play Bigger.
Kat Cole is an American businesswoman. She is the former Chief operating officer and president of North America for Focus Brands. She is a former president of Focus Brands' subsidiary Cinnabon, an American chain of retail bakeries specializing in cinnamon buns. She currently serves as the COO and President of Athletic Greens.
Chantel Jeffries is a Dj/Producer, Investor and Online personality with endeavors in the film and modeling industries. With presence in the online and traditional entertainment space for over 10 years she has worked with numerous brands, many from their early stages such as : Uber, Revolve, Samsung, Loreal, Fendi, Skims, Alo, Savage x Fenty and countless others. She has amassed over 10 million followers across her various social media platforms which she now uses to help find, collaborate and invest in companies that align with her thesis. Through her amassed network of entrepreneurs, influencers, celebrities, and brands and vast knowledge and interests across sectors she plans to make innovative and impactful investments for her limited partners as she has been personally.
Special shoutout to Jess The VC. Follow her on Twitter here.
In this week’s episode of inTheir20s, we spoke with the founders of INDX. This episode dives deep into a massive, yet overlooked, part of information commerce - the curation economy.
We live in a world where information is in infinite abundance yet time and attention have never been more restricted. The average twenty-something spends ~ 3 hours on their phones per day. Including work and sleep, there isn’t much time left to consume the knowledge necessary to level up as an entrepreneur, creative, or any other dream you may have. What do you do with so much to learn and so little time?
Enter the curation economy.
Jeremy Neilson is the Co-Founder and CEO of Assure. Assure is a fintech fund administration company that provides the most complete back-office services in the market for fund managers, equity crowdfunding platforms, angel groups and other private-transaction investors. Jeremy has provided support and leadership for some of the most innovative and dynamic industry initiatives in the U.S.--including launching and managing the State of Utah’s $300 million Fund of Funds program, providing due diligence and advisory services for the U.S. Small Business Administration’s $1-billion early-stage venture capital initiative, and created the LLC syndicate (SPV) administration service used by AngelList, SeedInvest, EquityZen and more.
In this episode, we spoke with Spinach Records founder Brad Watson. Spinach is a record label and creative agency helping to establish a mental health foundation at the intersection of music, film, fashion, politics, and technology.
We cover an essential topic - prioritizing mental health in the creative industry.
We also dive into the origins of Spinach Records before learning about what’s currently wrong with the music industry and how entrepreneurs like Brad are looking to change it.
Elysian House is a collective of the best Gen Z builders in web3 x community based in SF. They’re curating a living space and IRL center of gravity that brings together individuals creating change in the world of web3.
Haley Bryant is a Venture Partner at Hustle Fund and the GM of Golden Wok, the holding company behind the b2b SaaS content marketing agency Animalz and the Superpath’s content career community. Haley spent the first 5 years of her career at Apple Retail. She spent the following 5 years in startup customer success, first at I Done This, then at DC based Brazen and most recently leading ops as the COO of Animalz. Haley joined Animalz as Director of Customer Ops in 2018 when the company was <$2m in ARR. They closed 2021 >$13m ARR. Haley began angel investing in 2020, writing her first check into a coworkers startup (Sacra) and joining Angel Squad as a member and then a team member in 2021. She has now made over 30 angel investments.
For Episode #90, we were joined by the "Queen of the Gen Z's": Meagan Loyst! Meagan is the founder of Gen Z VCs, a global community centered around empowering the next generation of leaders in venture capital, growing it to more than 14,000 members since November 2020. She's also an Associate and youngest investor at Lerer Hippeau, where she's sourced and helped lead seven investments working with 20 portfolio companies.
We spoke with the Co-Founder and CEO of Stoovo about what the job market will look like in 10 years.
Episode #88 features Arik Levy (Founder of LuxerOne) and Alex Hejazi (Founder of BallBox). We spoke about the intriguing space parcel management and locker storage, and why both founders joined this billion dollar industry in their 20s.
Mike founded CityBase to shatter the govtech status quo, creating technology that better serves the everyday needs of people. Mike brings a deep interest in behavioral economics from over a decade working in capital markets, including as a Federal Reserve analyst at Northern Trust. The company ground along for five years, moving at the speed of government, before it was acquired in 2019 for $160 million. Duffy remains onboard as CEO.
Guy Kawasaki is an author, podcaster, and former Chief Evangelist of Apple. He is one of the early pioneers of evangelist marketing and was instrumental in the success of the Apple Macintosh. He now serves as the Chief Evangelist of Canva. In addition, he is the host of the Remarkable People Podcast.
In this episode we broke down:
- How to pick the right mentor; Why your first job doesn’t matter; and Following interests not passions.
On this episode of inTheir20s we spoke with the owner of the GaS Digital podcasting network Ralph Sutton. GaS Digital is one of the most successful podcasting networks out there who’s members include superstar comedians and creators.
Ralph gives a masterclass podcasting which includes:
How to get started Tools and resources How to build organically How to earn from your podcast
Plus a whole lot else.
Miko is a General Partner with gCC Gumi Cryptos Capital, a Silcon Valley investment fund with over $400M in assets including early-stage investments in unicorns like OpenSea, Yield Guild Games, Celsius Network, VEGA Protocol, Qredo, 1Inch Network and Agoric.
Casey Adams is a 21 year old entrepreneur and co-founder of MediaKits, a SaaS platform that allows creators to easily share their creator analytics. At the age of 17, Casey started his podcast, The Casey Adams Show, which has quickly become a top 100 business podcast.
Laurent Lamothe is the former Prime minister of Haiti and a serial entrepreneur. He's also the longest serving PM in modern Haitian history. Through his companies, investments, and political action Laurent has impacted the lives of millions.
In this week’s episode Laurent broke down his:
- The routines that helped propel him towards success
- Approach to entrepreneurship
- Journey to become a political leader
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This weeks episode was sponsored by…… Unstoppable Wallet and Stoovo.
On this week’s episode of InTheir20s we spoke with Lolli Co-Founder and CEO Alex Adelman. Lolli helps its users earn up to 12% back in Bitcoin when they make purchases from companies like Nike, Adidas, Athleta and more.
We spoke about:
- His college years
- Use of Twitter, LinkedIn, and email
- Building and scaling companies
- Finding what you’re uniquely great at
and….Bitcoin.
Mayor Francis Suarez is the 43rd Mayor of Miami in Florida. He assumed office in 2017 and is also the first Miami-born Mayor in the city in over 125 years. Suarez was recently elected to serve as the President of the U.S. Conference of Mayors.
Mayor Suarez is most known for his vision to make Miami a top Crypto, VC, and startup hub in the U.S. Accomplishments under his leadership include: Miami becoming #1 in the country in tech-job grow; Miami voted the healthiest city in America 3 years in a row; and Miami growing 200% in venture capital deals.
We spoke about lessons from the Mayor's 20s; why he's so bullish on crypto; and his pitch for twenty-somethings interested in moving to his city.
Amanda Richardson is the CEO of CoderPad, which is a platform for conducting technical interviews. Most of the engineers that get hired in Silicon Valley use CoderPad. In the past, Amanda was the Head of Product at Prezi, VP of Product at HotelTonight (AQR by AirBnB), and the CEO of Rabbit.
Benjamin Grubbs and Jonathan Shambroom are the co-founders of Creator+, which is a studio and distribution platform that produces feature-length films in partnership with digital creators and monetizes through their existing audience and beyond across mobile, web and connected-TV. In addition to streaming feature films, the Creator+ platform provides a new user experience for engaging with content, commerce, Creators and community in one place. They recently raised $12M.
Benjamin formed Next 10 Ventures in March 2018 to pursue incubating and investing in startups focused on working with content creators. He’s worked in media for a while at companies like Google, Yahoo, and YouTube.
Jonathan is a veteran operator and serial entrepreneur. Eight of his nine previous tech companies were acquired.
Sean Mendy is a co-founding Partner of Concrete Rose. He is a Bay Area native who has spent his career working to close opportunity gaps in Silicon Valley. Prior to Concrete Rose he was an executive at the Boys & Girls Clubs of the Peninsula and an Advisor to the Chan Zuckerberg Initiative. As Venture Partner at Next Play Ventures and Entrepreneur in Residence at Sixth Street, Sean has experience building meaningful connections across the venture ecosystem. Sean earned his BA from Cornell University, where he played soccer, then advanced degrees in business and policy from Stanford and USC.
Former Concrete Rose student intern, Jahleesa Phelps, joins this episode as a special guest to share her experiences working with Sean.
Brett Goldstein is the Co-Founder of Launch House, which is a community built to connect and support the world's most ambitious entrepreneurs and creators. Launch House brings together emerging leaders in the startup and entertainment worlds to live in illustrious mansions around the world. Through in-person and online programs, individuals refine their skills, form lifelong relationships, and build category-defining startups as a cohesive community.
Sign up to join the Launch House community at www.launchhouse.co
Will Allen is a former NFL safety turned prominent venture capitalist. He was drafted to the NFL in 2004 and played for the Cowboys, Buccaneers, and Steelers, where he served as the team co-captain. In total, he had a 12 year playing career. He’s now the Managing Director and Co-Founder of Magarac Ventures Partners, an early stage VC firm based in Pittsburgh that invests in the Mid-West’s best companies.
Today's episode is sponsored by Launch House and Collectable.
If you’re a founder you should be part of Launch House. Launch House is an exclusive community of 300+ founders that offers fundraising support, partnerships with top creators, and thousands of dollars in SaaS discounts to help members build their companies. Founding a company can be a lonely endeavor. Launch House gives access to community and capital that can make going from 0-1 easier than ever before. Apply for an upcoming cohort at www.launchhouse.co
Collectable is #1 fractional investment platform for sports. They make the top end of the market accessible to all by creating affordable opportunities for buying and trading shares of iconic blue chip trading cards and sports memorabilia. Purchase shares in people like Michael Jordan and Tom Brady at www.Collectable.com
Mark Suster is a Partner at Upfront Ventures, one of Los Angeles' leading and largest venture firms with a portfolio including the likes of Bird, GOAT, and Ring.com.
Before joining the world of venture, Mark was the founder & CEO of two successful enterprise software companies, the most recent of which was sold to Salesforce.com where Mark became VP of Products.
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Khaled Naim, is the co-founder and CEO of Onfleet, a last mile delivery platform. Khaled and his co-founders started working together during grad school at Stanford University where they initially came together solve a problem that plagues delivery businesses in emerging markets: lack of functional street addresses. They went through Stanford’s accelerator program, StartX, before realizing they needed to pivot their business to a more crucial problem facing online retailers and delivery services: lack of technology. Most companies were using archaic systems, primarily pen and paper, spreadsheets, phone calls, and text messages. From there, they decided to build a smartphone-based delivery logistics platform to help these businesses run more efficiently. Enter Onfleet.
Corey Kossack is an expert in his field having gone from eBay entrepreneur out of college to serial entrepreneur with his latest edtech and SaaS sales reskilling business, Aspireship, dedicated to helping people land new jobs in the emerging field of tech sales. Corey has 15 years of sales and leadership experience specific to technology sales, education technology, and recruiting. In his experience, Corey witnessed firsthand how the skills gap was creating a hiring crisis. Inspired to make a greater difference and help overlooked candidates get into software sales, Corey launched Aspireship. Corey and his team have helped thousands of workers, from all backgrounds and experience levels, land high paying jobs in SaaS sales. Corey is a passionate advocate for the future of work specifically around disrupting antiquated hiring processes and open access, hands on training ensuring equal opportunity for all to learn and demonstrate their capability based on job simulation and soft skills, not past experience.
Kean is the Founder & CEO of MonetizeMore. He started MonetizeMore in 2010 with the goal to build a bootstrap business that would dramatically increase ad revenues for publishers. Over the years, Kean has perfected the proprietary MonetizeMore ad optimization model and now increases ad revenues for hundreds of publisher networks in over 40 countries.
He is a pioneer in ad optimization covering areas like Adsense/AdX, GAM, header bidding and ad network optimization. Kean has always believed in empowering publishers to increase their ad revenues more efficiently and effectively via articles, videos and technology.
Jason Arasheben, aka Jason of Beverly Hills, is the go-to creative genius for spectacular custom designed jewels for high-profile individuals. He's most known in the luxury market for his outrageous and over the top diamond pieces. A few of his notable clients include Drake, Michael Jackson, LeBron James, Matthew McConaughey, A$AP Rocky, and NBA teams like the Los Angeles Lakers, Golden State Warriors and Milwaukee Bucks.
Special thank you to this interview's official sponsors: Glewee and Collectable.
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Collectable is the #1 fractional investing platform for sports. They make the top end of the market accessible to all. Learn more at www.collectable.com
Stefan Henriquez is the Co-Founder and CEO of Mayk.it, which is a social music creation app that wants to help people easily produce, own and share music that they can create using just their phone. Users can upload their own beat or select an existing beat from another user, then add vocals. His company recently announced its $4 million seed round from investors including Greycroft, Chicago Ventures, Slow Ventures, and T-Pain. Prior to founding Mayk.it, Stefan worked at companies like YouTube, Google, Cameo, and TikTok in many marketing executive roles. This episode is sponsored by Glewee, which is the first exclusive marketplace that bridges the gap between Brands and Creators like yourself to connect, collaborate, and execute campaigns all in one platform. To apply to be a part of the Glewee Creator Community, download Glewee on the App Store to send in an application today. You can also visit www.glew.ee
Jasmine Crowe is a social entrepreneur and founder and CEO at Goodr Co. Goodr is a sustainable food surplus management company that leverages technology to reduce food waste and feed the hungry. ... So far, the company said it has diverted about 900,000 pounds of surplus food to community groups in the Atlanta area. This episode was sponsored by Unstoppable Wallet, which is a investor-oriented asset management tool with a focus on privacy, open economy, and decentralization. In a complex world of crypto, Unstoppable Wallet tries to make crypto easier and more accessible. Launched in 2019, Unstoppable has over 20,000 downloads, and the youngest wallet to be recommended by Bitcoin.org. The wallet currently supports all major crypto currencies and specifically designed for DeFi ecosystem. Learn more at unstoppable.money
Thomas Knoll started building online communities back in 1996. He was the Community Architect at Zappos.com. He built 5 startups but only sold 2 of them. He has been an advisor for a dozen of my friend’s companies and mentors hundreds of founders through 500Startups, TechStars, and local communities. While he has a technical background, he prefer to speak in gardening and architecture metaphors and is inspired by storytelling, psychology, evangelism, architectural theory, social economics, game mechanics, cultural anthropology, and compassion.
This episode was sponsored by Unstoppable Wallet, which is a investor-oriented asset management tool with a focus on privacy, open economy, and decentralization. In a complex world of crypto, Unstoppable Wallet tries to make crypto easier and more accessible. Launched in 2019, Unstoppable has over 20,000 downloads, and the youngest wallet to be recommended by Bitcoin.org. The wallet currently supports all major crypto currencies and specifically designed for DeFi ecosystem. Learn more at unstoppable.money
Aadi Bhanti is a 20-something entrepreneur that is an innovation machine. At the age of 15, he started a social media agency. This quickly gained attention in Central Illinois, where he had numerous clients in different industries. He used this momentum and capital to start Source to Table, which is a food startup that provides customers with a platform to buy meats at a rate which provides them with profit while making the process transparent, and providing customers with premium level meats with no warehousing. His latest venture, Dropmints, is creating a new way for fans, brands, and influencers to interact through NFTs. Aadi sees a lot of potential in the crypto and NFT space, which is why he wants to lower the barrier of entry for others to get involved. Email Aadi@Dropmints.com to join the their closed beta Our weekly newsletter is live! Subscribe to the inTheir20s newsletter at www.intheir20s.com
Anthony Tamras and Drake Roberts are the twenty-something founders of DeoBlock: a reusable deodorizer that will take over the market. DeoBlock was created to solve bad odors once and for all. DeoBlocks deodorize spaces with the use of a plant-based refill pod infused with essential oils that lasts for 30 days. After you have a DeoBlock, all you need are the refills.
Their journey to create this product began when they were seniors in high school. As active individuals, they realized that there were no solutions to odor emitting equipment and gym bags. They were tired of using products that only masked odors with other “good” scents. So, they set out to create a product that actually deodorizes bad odors at the source. Over the last 5 years, they worked diligently to create a product they are proud to stand behind.
DeoBlocks can also be customized with any logo which makes it a great giveaway or resale opportunity for gyms, colleges and corporations.
Laurence Capone is a seasoned financial executive with a wealth of experience of over 25 years in operational finance, accounting and leadership roles. Founded in 2010, Pipedrive is the first CRM platform developed from the salesperson's point of view. Today, Pipedrive is used by sales teams at more than 95,000 companies worldwide. Before joining Pipedrive, Capone worked in ADP where she served as CFO across multiple business units and functions over the last 20 years. Her roles included CFO of the Global Enterprise Organization, CFO of Worldwide Sales and Marketing and CFO of Small Businesses Services.
This episode was sponsored by Unstoppable Wallet, which is a investor-oriented asset management tool with a focus on privacy, open economy, and decentralization. In a complex world of crypto, Unstoppable Wallet tries to make crypto easier and more accessible. Launched in 2019, Unstoppable has over 20,000 downloads, and the youngest wallet to be recommended by Bitcoin.org. The wallet currently supports all major crypto currencies and specifically designed for DeFi ecosystem. Learn more at unstoppable.money
Tony Brown is the Chief Executive Officer of Breakr. Tony comes from the financial services background, having worked as a principal at Acumen Fund and both J.P. Morgan and Goldman Sachs. MusicBreakr is a new and exciting company that connects artists & creators to break new music through compelling content. The company has fostered collaborations with about 50,000 creators across 133 countries. MusicBreakr recently raised $4 million in seed money, with an impressive group of investors including hip-hop artist Nas, Salesforce Founder Marc Benioff, retired NBA All-Star Baron Davis, and TikTok Star Josh Richards.
Today's episode is sponsored by Glew.ee, which is the first free to use exclusive marketplace for Brands and social media Creators to connect, collaborate, and execute campaigns all in one platform. Brands can apply for an account in the Glewee Brand Community at www.glew.ee to access hundreds of industry leading pre-vetted Creators.
Mat Sherman is an entrepreneur, podcast host, and extraordinary 20-somethings. He is the Host of Forward Thinking Founders, which is a show that’s recorded over 730 episodes with pre-seed founders. Through his podcast, Mat discovered that he wanted to find a better way to connect founders in his network with investors. He created Seedscout, which is a pre-seed startup database that allows investors to get better data on potential investment opportunities. Seedscout collects team information, company progress, fundraise details and other pieces of data that help investors decide who to meet with. Through Seedscout, you can also request introductions to any founders, all in the platform. Seedscout has facilitated over $1.6M of capital being deployed into startups and they don't take equity from either side. Investors can sign up for Seedscout for $50/mo for unlimited data access and intro requests. Learn more at seedscout.com.
Eric Bahn is a Co-Founder and General Partner at Hustle Fund, an early-stage venture capital firm based in San Francisco. Hustle Fund invests in software startups at the pre-seed and seed stages, backing founders who exhibit great execution and high velocity (aka, hustle). A child of immigrants, Eric’s family settled in the Midwest, where he was raised. He ventured West where he attended Stanford University receiving his BA in Political Science and MA in Sociology. As a college student, Eric thought seriously about attending law school, but abandoned that idea after learning more about the profession through speaking with various lawyers.
Upon graduation, Eric opted for a product role at Intuit and aspired for an MBA. He self-studied for the GMAT and in the process created a social network of fellow future MBAers that turned out to be an international hit. Eric turned this community into a company called Beat the GMAT. Eric later sold the company – and after nine months as a world traveler, headed to Facebook
David Sacks is the co-founder and general partner at Craft. He has been a successful founder and investor for over two decades, building and investing in some of the most iconic companies in tech. David has invested in over 20 unicorns, including Affirm, AirBnB, Bird, ClickUp, Eventbrite, Facebook, Houzz, Lyft, OpenDoor, Palantir, Postmates, Reddit, Slack, SpaceX, Twitter, Uber, and Wish. David first got involved in the technology industry in 1999 when he joined early-stage startup Confinity, later renamed PayPal. Serving as the company’s first product leader and then as COO, David built and ran many of the company’s key teams, including product management and design, sales and marketing, business development, international, customer service, fraud operations, and HR. When the company IPO’d on the Nasdaq in 2002, David was 29 — the median age of the “PayPal Mafia” executives listed on the S-1. PayPal was later acquired by eBay and eventually spun back out into a publicly traded company. David is well known in Silicon Valley for his product acumen. AngelList’s Naval Ravikant has called David “the world’s best product strategist.” This episode was sponsored by DeoBlock, which is a reusable gym bag deodorizer founded by two guys in their 20s. DeoBlock deodorizes spaces with the use of a plant-based refill pod infused with essential oils that lasts for 30 days. Learn more at DeoBlock.com
Zeb Evans is a serial entrepreneur that's started several software companies with over $75 million in revenue. Currently, he's founder and CEO at ClickUp, a productivity platform where people plan their work. ClickUp is a Unicorn company, which means its worth over $1B.
We spoke about why he founded @clickup, the best traits for aspiring entrepreneurs, managing mental health, and Zeb's plans for the future.
Meg Jay, PhD, is a Clinical Psychologist, and an Associate Professor of Human Development at the University of Virginia, who specializes in adult development and in 20-somethings in particular. She earned a doctorate in clinical psychology, and in gender studies, from the University of California, Berkeley. Her books have been translated into more than a dozen languages and her work has appeared in the New York Times, Wall Street Journal, Harvard Business Review and on NPR and BBC. Her TED talk “Why 30 Is Not the New 20” is among the most watched of all time.
Roberto Aguayo is a famous football placekicker who is known as the most accurate college kicker of all time. He played college football at Florida State University, where he won a National Championship with the team. While in college, Roberto won the Lou Groza award, which is the highest honor for a college kicker. Roberto was drafted into the NFL in 2016 by the Tampa Bay Buccaneers. During his time in the NFL, he played with such teams like the Chicago Bears, Carolina Panthers, Los Angeles Chargers, and New England Patriots. Roberto is the founder of the Roberto Aguayo Kicking Academy, a program focused on improving the physical, mental, and emotional strength of young kickers. Learn more about his program at: https://rakickingacademy.com
Brittany Davis is a General Partner at Backstage Capital, a VC firm that invests in companies led by underestimated founders, including women, people of color, and LGBTQ+ founders. So far, they've invested in 150+ companies. Brittany brings experience sourcing early-stage ventures for investment, conducting diligence, and managing an investment pipeline. Prior to working at Backstage, she has led many organizations in sourcing and evaluating early stage deal flow. Brittany was a principal for #ANGELS, where she sourced companies and contributed to the #TheGapTable initiative. She was a Manager at Village Capital where she analyzed opportunities and created investment recommendations in the fintech, education, health, food/agriculture, and energy sectors. She also gained experience supporting entrepreneurs as an Associate at Techstars and as a Mentor at Startup Jamaica. Prior to her work supporting founders, she had her own ecommerce startup, Runway Technologies, and built a solid foundation in finance working at Bank of America Merrill Lynch for 5 years. Brittany received her BS in Business Administration from the University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill and completed her MBA at Harvard Business School.
This episode features a special guest from the Black Venture Capital Consortium: Jahleesa Phelps, who is a Senior in College and Summer 2021 BVCC Cohort Member.
Simon Squibb is a prominent member of the Hong Kong startup ecosystem and one of Asia’s leading public speakers in entrepreneurship, business and innovation. He's also the Chief Purpose Officer at The Purposeful Project.
Simon has started 19 companies, invested in over 60+ startups and has mentored hundreds of founders. Having sold his award-winning branding and digital agency, Fluid, to PwC, Simon now focuses on inspiring, motivating and guiding both budding and experienced entrepreneurs by sharing his personal experiences, insights, ideas and tips. Part entrepreneur guru, part student.
Jonathan Javier is the CEO/Founder of Wonsulting, which is focused on turning underdogs into winners: helping hundreds of thousands who come from non-target schools/non-traditional backgrounds to get them into their dream careers. Jonathan’s story comes from when he was in college at the University of California Riverside. He was applying to hundreds of different roles expecting responses back from his dream companies but when he didn't receive responses back from any, he would always think "Is it my resume? My interview skills? My background?" However, Jonathan changed that perspective and realized that you can get into your dream job without applying, by simply utilizing LinkedIn. For all of his roles to work at Snap, Google, and Cisco, he never applied; Jonathan used unconventional methods which are shared throughout our discussion. Wonsulting started in 2019 as an idea at first; but quickly grew to something even greater with growing their community to 600K+ on all of their social media platforms combined.
Andy Dunn is the Co-Founder and Chief Executive of Bonobos, which is an apparel company founded with the goal of providing men with better fitting pants. The brand has grown to become a premier destination for men’s clothing. In 2007, Andy wanted to prove that the Internet was going to become the core medium for story-telling, for delivering great service, and for transacting goods.” In founding and developing Bonobos, Dunn helped define and prove a new model for vertically integrated fashion retail in the e-commerce era. Walmart acquired Bonobos in 2017 for $310 million, keeping Dunn on as Senior Vice President of Digital Consumer Brands. In addition to Bonobos, Andy is the founder of Red Swan Ventures and Monica + Andy.
Lainy Painter is a partner at Craft Ventures on the investment team, where she invests primarily in SaaS and Marketplaces and has a particular interest in complex vertical markets, such as real estate, healthcare, education, construction, and financial services. Prior to Craft, Lainy worked at Battery Ventures in San Francisco. Previously, Lainy worked at Gainsight, a B2B customer success startup where she helped lead business operations and strategy across the organization, including initiatives to grow services revenue and drive product adoption.
Lainy started her career at Goldman Sachs on the technology, media and telecom investment banking team, advising companies including PayPal, LinkedIn, Zendesk and 2U. She graduated summa cum laude from the College of William and Mary.
Lainy is an active member of All Raise, the non-profit dedicated to increasing representation in venture capital. She served as Co-Chair for the 2018, 2019, and 2020 Women Who Venture Summits.
Angel Onuoha is a Harvard University graduate who studied economics and computer science. He knew that Wall Street lacked diversity and decided to do something about it. Angel founded BLK Capital Management, which is a 100% black owned and student run hedge fund that focuses on educating members by exposing them to the field of active investment management. They are a long/short equity fund that employs capital across the globe delivering absolute returns seeking to outperform industry standards. Outside of BLK, he is the founder of Zuvy, a mobile app that allows college students to create and request services for each other. Mr. Onuoha has spent summers in private equity and investment banking at The Blackstone Group. In addition, Angel is an incoming Google Associate Product Management.
On Episode #50 of the InTheir20s podcast, host Landon Campbell interviews Steve "Woz" Wozniak. Wozniak is an icon, technological genius, and philanthropist. In 1976, Wozniak and Steve Jobs founded Apple Computer Inc. with Wozniak's Apple I personal computer. The following year, he introduced his Apple II personal computer, featuring a central processing unit, a keyboard, color graphics, and a floppy disk drive. The Apple II was integral in launching the personal computer industry. Both the Apple I and Apple II were Apple's first line of successful products. Throughout our conversation, we reflect on the exciting moments of Wozniak's accomplished career. Wozniak talks about the moments when he first fell in love with computer programing and how he turned his passion into a career. We speak about his relationship with Steve Jobs and how their friendship evolved over time. Lastly, Wozniak shares his personal philosophy on kindness and his hopes for 20-somethings today.
Ezra Levine is a former Portfolio Manager at Hilltop Park, a NYC-based hedge fund in the Sports, Media, Consumer and Entertainment industries. He is now the CEO of Collectable, the #1 fractional ownership platform that is exclusively dedicated to high-end sports memorabilia. Their mission is to democratize the sports collectibles industry and make iconic pieces that have been hard to reach affordable and available to any sports collector, investor, and fan.
Bushra Amiwala is a Skokie native and daughter of immigrants who truly appreciates diversity in its many beautiful forms. As communities across our nation – the working poor, religious and ethnic minorities, and young changemakers who are ignored by political establishments – are pushed aside, Bushra is a committed voice for underrepresented citizens. As of April 2019, she is the youngest Muslim elected official in the United States. Amiwala was a Democratic candidate for the Cook County Board of Commissioners in the 2018 Illinois Primary Election. She seeks to ensure that our nation’s future is in good hands by building a compassionate, politically-engaged generation
Dan is the CEO of Strata Decision Technology where his focus is to ensure the company delivers on its mission to help heal healthcare. The company’s financial planning, analytics and performance platform is used by over 1,000 healthcare organizations, including many of the largest and most influential healthcare systems in the U.S. The company has been recognized multiple times as one of the fastest growing companies in the nation by Inc. Magazine, as one of the best places to work in healthcare by Becker’s Healthcare and has received the prestigious “Best in KLAS” recognition for the highest customer satisfaction by KLAS Enterprises for the last six years. Additionally, Dan is a two-time finalist for Illinois Technology CEO of the Year. With close to 30 years of healthcare experience, Dan has been one of the industry’s key thought leaders in developing the Decision Support, Financial Planning, Electronic Prescribing and Electronic Health Record markets, including serving on the Certification Commission for Healthcare Information Technology and co-authoring the books Margin + Mission: A Prescription for Curing Healthcare’s Cost Crisis and The Electronic Physician. Prior to joining Strata, Dan spent 12 years as part of the leadership team that grew a healthcare software company from 100 to over 6,000 employees. He has provided strategy and process redesign consulting for many of the leading hospitals and health systems in the U.S. and served in leadership roles for Baxter Healthcare and AstraZeneca. Dan is the co-founder of projectMUSIC™, a benefit concert that sends underprivileged children to overnight camp and of HackHunger™, a collaborative of tech companies working to crack the code on hunger. Dan earned his BS in Finance from Indiana University and his MBA from DePaul University. He is an avid runner, having completed 17 marathons.
Ev Williams has revolutionized the internet as we’ve come to know it. With Blogger, he made blogging easier for everyone; with Twitter, he helped people share ideas from anywhere; and with Medium, Ev has created a digital network of curious minds. Thirteen years after co-founding Twitter, Ev Williams is still trying to reinvent online conversation. The billionaire Medium founder sees the present as another big moment—and he is ready to pounce. Born in Nebraska, Ev grew up on a farm where he assisted with crop irrigation in the summer. As a young man he was so interested in farming that he joined the FarmHouse International Fraternity, Inc., a professional agriculture fraternity, while he was studying in the University of Nebraska–Lincoln. However, he did not stay long enough in the university to complete his degree as he was very much interested in becoming an entrepreneur as soon as possible. He teamed up with his father to set up a company to provide instructional material about the World Wide Web which they ran for a short while. He then worked as a web developer for several computer companies before co-founding Pyra Labs. Soon Pyra Labs developed the blog-publishing service Blogger which became a huge success and was ultimately acquired by Google. His entrepreneurial spirit did not allow him to stay with Google for long and he left the company to found other ventures like Odeo and Obvious Corp. The micro-blogging service Twitter was created as a project of Obvious Corp.
Welcome to the InTheir20s Spring Intern Podcast! Our 4-week internship is focused on five fundamental roles: Podcasting, Social Media Marketing, Content Creation, Professional Networking, and Business Development. Our unique program helps students gain impactful experience outside of the classroom; build a network of useful connections; and find work they are truly passionate about.
In collaboration with Upkey, we have taken 10 students from across the globe for our Spring Program. During the duration of our program, our interns are tasked with developing and producing their own weekly podcast. On today's episode, you'll be introduced to our Spring Interns; you'll hear about what they learned during Upkey's bootcamp; and you'll hear them discuss where they want to be in 10 years. Enjoy!
Learn more about our internship: www.InTheir20s.com/Internship
Ruben Harris is a Bay Area Entrepreneur from Atlanta, Georgia where he served as an Advisor for Forge and organized Atlanta's first Healthcare Hackathon. Ruben began his technology career working in Partnerships and Sales after writing a viral blog post called Breaking Into Startups about how moved to San Francisco without a job and landed a position 3 weeks later. After receiving thousands of e-mails asking how to break into tech, Ruben Co-Founded the Breaking Into Startups Podcast to demystify the process, resulting in a social media reach of ~3 million people, 200,000+ downloads, 10,000+ website visits per month, over 100+ reviews on iTunes, a Facebook Community of 10,000+ people, and invitations to be a Contributor for TechCrunch and Black Enterprise. Ruben is now the Founder and CEO of Career Karma, a company that matches people to the best coding bootcamps! Ruben’s company just raised $10 million and has the potential to be one of the most impactful startups in America.
Sarah Robinson is an International Speaking and Mindset Coach with expertise in Leadership, Brand Culture, and Strategy. She's spent over 30 years on the stage - first as a professionally trained Shakesperian actress, then as an author, business owner and keynote speaker. She's on a mission to help others lead, inspire and transform those around them through the art of high-impact communication. Sarah founded Birmingham Speaks as both a professional development organization that provides training in communication and public speaking as well as a community for those who are ready to transform the world around them through the power of communication. Her client list includes Microsoft, Inc., The National Press Club, TEDx, the Legal Marketing Association, the Professional Convention Management Association, the International Women in Business Association and many others.
Tasha has been rubbing shoulders with the “who’s who” in the sports and entertainment world for over 20 years. Her career began while in Atlanta, when she interned at Laface Records working with legendary artists such as TLC, Outkast, Usher, and Toni Braxton. In 1995, Tasha made a life-changing move to Las Vegas, where she began producing and promoting star studded, high profile celebrity events including the official Billboard Music Awards, and BET Awards after parties. It was there that she met iconic boxer Floyd Mayweather. Tasha worked with Floyd for twelve years as his right hand person. Tasha eventually penned and published her first book about some of her experiences and her lessons. "Right Hand to the CHAMP: 13 Lessons that changed my life." In 2009, she parted ways with the Mayweather business ventures and began her own. She partnered with Tiffany House and opened Treasures Consignment Boutique & Salon and made other business investments that have allowed me to be comfortable as I traveled to the next phase of life. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/A1KocggdYsYIntroduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Michele Schneider is the Senior Vice President of Workplace Services and oversees Guest Services, Internal Hospitality & Events, and Building Operations within Salesforce's global Real Estate organization. As a physical expression of the company's culture, Schneider's team is responsible for delivering world-class workplace experiences, day-in, and day-out for over 57,000 employees across more than 100 offices. Today, she's focused on Salesforce's return to the office strategy and the future of work. A Salesforce veteran of over 12 years, Schneider was previously the Vice President of Strategic Events where she led the company's World Tour, Connections and Salesforce Essentials event programming. Before joining the company, Schneider held marketing and events positions at Cisco and BEA Systems (Oracle). Schneider holds a B.A. in Communications from the University of California, Santa Barbara.
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Jason Dumas started at KRON4 in September of 2018. He previously worked as a production assistant at ESPN, a sports anchor/reporter in Bismarck, North Dakota, Baton Rouge, Louisiana and most recently, Hagerstown, MD. Here he had the privilege of covering the Washington Capitals’ Stanley Cup championship run and the District’s first championship parade since 1992.
Jason is a PROUD native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He graduated from Syracuse University’s S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications in 2011.
When he is not working, he enjoys cheering on his favorite sport teams, spending time with his family & friends, and traveling.
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Jason Calacanis is one of the most influential Angel Investors of our time. He began his career as a reporter in New York City that covered a diverse group of topics such as tech news, pop-culture, and the internet industry. He founded Silicon Alley Reporter, Weblogs Inc, Mahalo, and Inside.com. He turned down a $20 million offer for Silicon Alley Reporter. Then the dotcom bubble burst, and he wound up with a net worth of negative $10,000. Calacanis bounced back and founded Weblogs, which he sold to AOL after 18 months for $30 million. The Angel Investor for Weblogs was Mark Cuban.
Most of Jason's money has been made by angel investing. He placed an early bet on Uber that paid off, and he’s now a professional investor with his own syndicate. Calacanis' book is called, "Angel: How to invest in technology startups —Timeless advice from an Angel Investor who turned $100,000 into $100,000,000."
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Connor Mitchell has been called the First BitClout Influencer for his viral fame and success on the newest and most popular social media platform: BitClout. BitClout allows users to speculate on people and posts with real money, and it’s built from the ground up as its own custom blockchain. Its architecture is similar to Bitcoin, only it can support complex social network data like posts, profiles, follows, speculation features, and much more at significantly higher throughput and scale.
Like Bitcoin, BitClout is a fully open-source project and there is no company behind it-- it’s just coins and code. Every profile on the platform gets its own coin that anybody can buy and sell. These are called “creator coins,” and you can have your own coin too simply by creating a profile. The price of each coin goes up when people buy and goes down when people sell.
Shortly after joining the platform, Connor was verified and currently has more followers than people like Jake Paul, Grant Cardone, Steve Aoki and more! Connor believe BitClout can be a great way to build your brand and monetize your following.
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Sekou Kaalund is a Managing Director at JPMorgan Chase and Head of Consumer Banking for the Northeast Division. In this role, Kaalund oversees 1000 branches in five regions with 10,000 employees and over $315 billion in deposits and investments.
Prior to this role, Kaalund launched and was the Head of Advancing Black Pathways (“ABP”), a JPMorgan Chase program created to help Black individuals, families and businesses achieve sustained economic success. Kaalund set bold goals, including hiring 4,000 black students in 5 years, reaching 40% of the goal in less than two years. During his tenure, Kaalund deepened relationships with historically Black Colleges and Universities, and even launched a Hardship Fund to help keep financially distressed students in school, which became critical during COVID-19. He also launched Advancing Black Entrepreneurs, a program to provide access to capital and insights for Black businesses.
Kaalund’s success in building ABP led to the firm’s historic $30 billion commitment to closing the racial wealth gap.
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Brooke Yoakam is a freshman at Boston College and is also the CEO and Founder of GiftPocket, a mobile app that allows you store and manage all of your gift cards from your phone. She created GiftPocket when she was 12 years old and has been able to launch GiftPocket in Apple App Store and Google Play Store. Brooke has been featured on Bloomberg QuickTakes, TedX Talks, CBS Boston, and more. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/euS0aE0Rkm0 Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Tim Arthurs is a Partner and Head of Equity Sales at Seaport Global, which is a full-service investment bank, capital markets advisory and research platform based in New York and London with offices across the US and in Europe. Tim has 20 years Institutional Equities & Capital Markets Experience. He’s been instrumental in building successful distribution and research product platforms over career within equities markets, not only as a top producer but takes an entrepreneurial approach. He has an extensive distribution network with hundreds of corporate public management teams and institutional investors. He became a partner at 28 (Global Hunter Securities, now Seaport Global) moved his family to Chicago in at age 30 from Southern CA to start the Chicago office and has significantly grew the company’s presence since then. Tim has hosted 25 + investor conferences in Chicago bringing thousands of CEO’s and CFO’s of public companies from all over the United States - ranging from $200 million to $200B billion to meet with Institutional Investors. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/9OZGGk4pxuM Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
A digital-only artwork has recently sold at Christie's auction house for an eye-watering $69m - but the winning bidder will not receive a sculpture, painting or even a print. Instead, they get a unique digital token known as an NFT, or a Non-Fungible Token. Where Bitcoin was hailed as the digital answer to currency, NFTs are now being touted as the digital answer to collectables. We want to give you a quick introduction to the world of NFT's and the platforms you can interact with them on. This discussion features our friend, Nikhil Mohanty, who has seen early success on the popular NFT Platform: NBA Top Shot. NBA Top Shot is a blockchain-based platform that allows fans to buy and sell officially-licensed highlights, or Moments, from NBA games.
Uptrust is a communication and engagement tool that helps low income defendants make it to court and mandatory appointments. By improving communication between the criminal justice system and people accused of crimes, we keep low-income defendants out of jail on bench warrants, saving counties money. Their mission is to keep people out of jail who should not be there. We are focused on reducing incarceration and humanizing the experience of going through the justice system. They work across the spectrum to support clients as they navigate both pretrial and post-conviction. Helping 500,000+ people in 498 Counties as of October 2020. Building positive relationships with clients is critical to helping them successfully exit the criminal justice system. Uptrust empowers attorneys, probation & parole staff, and other officials to create more positive, supportive relationships with their clients through direct communication and community-based social service referrals. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/IwWh0MfQBdc Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Carter Deems is a cast member on the wildly popular television series Wild N' Out, a freestyle show that features some of TV's most viral moments from celebrity guests and performers like Kevin Hart, Shaquille O'Neal, Snoop Dogg, Kanye West, and Chance the Rapper. Carter has always had a passion for hip hop. Starting at a young age, he would entertain his friends through his on-the-fly freestyling abilities and clever word play. While attending Law School, Carter decided to audition to become a cast member on Nick Cannon's Wild N' Out. Carter nailed his audition, impressing the likes of Cannon himself. Since then, Carter has worked with many influential artists and entertainers on the show. Carter is also a writer on the Emmy nominated series Epic Rap Battles of History and he was on the writing staff for the TV show Drop The Mic on TBS. He has made appearances on Funny Or Die, Snoop Dogg’s Gladiator School, Animation Sandwich and he voiced a character for the viral animated short ‘The Rap Off’. His Twitter account was featured in the 50 Funniest Tweets of 2016 on The Daily Dot and he was named the Funniest Battle Rapper of 2015 by Hip Hop DX’s Battlerap.com. Carter was also a co-writer and producer for the scripted radio show Live: On Air Comedy on WXRW 104.1 Milwaukee. Carter does standup and battle rap across the country and has performed at the Comedy Store, UCB Franklin, Zanies Chicago, the Milwaukee Comedy Festival, and the Asheville Comedy Festival. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dTjyesXUq24 Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Cathy Bessant is chief operations and technology officer at Bank of America, and is a member of the company’s executive management team. Since 2010, Bessant has led Global Technology and Operations, delivering end-to-end technology and operating services across the company through a team of 95,000 people in over 35 countries. She also oversees the company’s business continuity and information security efforts. Since joining the bank in 1982, Bessant has held a number of senior leadership roles. She was president, Global Corporate Banking; president, Global Product Solutions and Global Treasury Services; chief marketing officer; president, Consumer Real Estate and Community Development Banking; national Small Business Segment executive; and president of the Florida market. After ranking No. 1 for three consecutive years, Bessant was inducted into the “25 Most Powerful Women in Banking” Hall of Fame by American Banker in 2020. Bessant was named to Barron’s “100 Most Influential Women in U.S. Finance” and she received WatersTechnology’s 2019 Women in Technology and Data Trailblazer Award. She has also appeared on Working Mother magazine’s “50 Most Powerful Working Moms” list. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/dTjyesXUq24 Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
At 18 years old, Nastassia launched a fitness apparel brand named Nasty Fit which surpassed 7-figures. At 20 years old, Nastassia began building a networking platform to solve her own personal struggle. On October 2020, Nastassia launched Connectful, a networking app that connects like-minded and entrepreneurial young adults. Her mission is to change the way young adults connect by making it more engaging, interactive and fun. At 18 years old, Nastassia launched a fitness apparel brand named Nasty Fit which surpassed 7-figures. At 20 years old, Nastassia began building a networking platform to solve her own personal struggle. On October 2020, Nastassia launched Connectful, a networking app that connects like-minded and entrepreneurial young adults. Her mission is to change the way young adults connect by making it more engaging, interactive and fun. In March of 2020, Nastassia Ponomarenko released her first self-improvement book From Dust to Discipline, where she shared her own transformation and encourages young adults to overcome fear, grow in self-love and happiness, instill discipline, and leave their past and bad habits behind to embark on a journey of becoming their best and most authentic selves. It is through self-awareness that improvement can happen, and that was Nastassia’s goal and priority for writing this book that every young adult should read.
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After opening 30 restaurants over the last 27 years, JamesBeard winning restaurateur Kevin Boehm has become one of the nation's foremost visionaries in the field of hospitality. Kevin, along with his partner Rob Katz have built a restaurant group based on great chefs, inspired design, and enlightened hospitality. Born in 1970, Kevin grew up in Springfield, Illinois and knew at a young age that he wanted to be in the restaurant business. After working in the industry for just a few years, he saved enough money to open a 6 table restaurant in 1993 called the Lazy Daze Café in Seaside, Florida. Restaurants in Blue Mountain Beach, Florida, Springfield, Illinois, and Nashville, Tennessee would follow, and Boehm got his education opening and selling 4 restaurants all before the age of 30. In 2002, Kevin would partner with Rob Katz, and the two would open 26 places together in less than 16 years. The group's many accolades & accomplishments include 16 James Beard Finalist nominations, two Food & Wines Best New Chefs, 9 consecutive Michelin Stars for Boka, 6 Boka Group restaurants in Chicago TribunesTop 50 list, and a James Beard Win and Iron Chef designation for Stephanie Izard. Kevin, along with Rob, won Restaurateurs of the year in Time Out Chicago in 2010, the Chicago Tribune in 2011, and were Eater National’s Empire Builders of the years in 2012. They have been James Beard Finalists for Best Restaurateur in America in 2016, 2017, & 2018 and New City Chicago ranked them #1 in 2017 in its annual list of the 50 most powerful influencers on the Chicago dining scene. In 2019 they won Outstanding Restaurateur in America at the James Beard Awards.
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This week we interviewed Nick Henning who has 15+ years of executive search and sales experience. Throughout his career, he has personally participated in 10,000+ interviews, placed 400+ professionals, and led recruiting teams to place 1,200+ professionals. Nick has served as a strategic staffing advisor for organizations ranging from venture back startups to Fortune 500 in the Healthcare, Insurance, Financial Services, Manufacturing and Information Technology Services industries. Nick founded Henning Coaching because he saw the need for a niche career advisory and interview intelligence services solution because of the lack of education and interview skills of talented professionals. His mission is to help others self-actualize while creating stronger communities that matter to those he serves by donating a portion of the organization’s services fees to charitable organizations and scholarship funds in their name. Nick uses a long-term focus when building professional relationships by using transparency to establish trust. He takes a methodical approach asking the difficult but necessary questions to get the core challenges organizations and professionals face to help overcome them. He is very detail and process oriented to accurately gather data and improve results.
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Neha O’Rourke is the Founder and Career Coach at Somewhere In Between Coaching, a coaching company that empowers women around the country and across industries in designing a career and life they love. Prior to Somewhere In Between Coaching, Neha worked in advertising where she architected strategies and campaigns for nationally recognized brands. Neha was named one of the top coaches by Honeybook and Rising Tide Society. Her clients today include well-known companies such as WeWork, Expedia, Athleta, and Nema. Additionally, she has been featured on Fox 32 Chicago. In our interview with Neha she discusses her decision to start coaching and handling burnout in your 20s. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/auRUeMjd-rQ Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Brad Edwards is an investigative reporter and main anchor at CBS 2 Chicago. Brad's work has netted more than 100 awards: including eight consecutive regional Emmy Awards for News Writing [2003-’10], nine Regional Edward R. Murrow Awards, including three at WBBM for Excellence in Writing – 2013, 2019 & 2020, six regional Emmy awards in 2019, including Best Investigative News Report and Best Hard News Report. Brad's work has led to new policies, and prosecutions; it has reunited families, and helped free a woman serving a 50-year prison sentence for a crime she didn’t commit. In Detroit, his year-long exposé into the Wayne County morgue led to the burial of dozens of indigent souls, and the fast-tracking of funding for a massive facility expansion. On this episode, we discuss with Brad how he became a CBS award-winning reporter and what challenges he faced along the way. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/fxEwkiiY2_0 Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
This week we interviewed Amir Badr, the CEO of Upkey. Upkey provides remote career readiness and talent engagement tools for students, universities, and companies. Upkey offers a digital learning platform that prepares students to be successful in the professional world by educating them on the skills necessary to make positive lasting impressions on employers. Amir was born in Tehran, Iran. When he was 17, Amir moved to America from his home country. He had $100; zero connections; and didn’t even speak English. Amir made it his mission to provide students and young professionals with resources they need to succeed in the job market. On this episode, we discuss with Amir his journey into America and how his company, Upkey, is reinventing the job market. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/8uNOvmJZSUE Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
This week we interviewed Bruce Richman, the Senior Advisor of Business Valuations Advisory Services at Mazars USA LLP. Bruce's practice at Mazars includes business valuations, mergers and acquisitions, and financial and tax consulting. Bruce oversees national and international valuation and forensic/litigation assignments for both private equity sponsors and individual corporate owners. Bruce has a Bachelor of Science in Business Administration from Massachusetts College of Liberal Arts, a Master of Science in Accounting from The Ohio State University, a Master of Business Administration in International Business from the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern University, and a Master of Science in Taxation from Bentley College. On this episode, we discuss with Bruce the importance of continued learning throughout a career and how to use active listening. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/2Sr9epOU9VY Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Colin McMahon is editor-in-chief of the Chicago Tribune and chief content officer of the newspaper’s parent company, Tribune Publishing. He also oversees all editorial operations at Tribune Content Agency, the syndication and premium content arm of Tribune Publishing. Colin became the Tribune’s top editor in February 2020, after a long career as a local news reporter, foreign correspondent and senior editor. While a senior editor at the Chicago Tribune, Colin launched new initiatives such as a shared content system known as Media on Demand; the digital business vertical Blue Sky Innovation; E-book and print book publishing and Printers Row Journal. He joined the Tribune in 1987 as a copy editor on the National/Foreign Desk. Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/Qj1CH4W0vUc Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Jewel Burks has been an entrepreneur for as long as she can remember. In her early 20s, she founded the tech company Partpic, which she sold to Amazon. She currently serves as the Head of Google for Startups in the US. In addition to her role at Google, she is the Managing Partner at Collab Capital, a venture capital firm created to close the funding gap for Black entrepreneurs. Jewel has been named one of Forbes 30 Under 30 and one of Atlanta’s 100 Most Influential People.
At 22 years old, AJ Vaynerchuk co-founded VaynerMedia and helped grow the business to a $100 million dollar agency. VaynerMedia is the fastest growing agency in the history of agencies. While serving as COO, AJ and his team developed social media campaigns for Fortune 500 companies like Budweiser, Chase Bank, and Pepsico. Born into an entrepreneurial family, AJ Vaynerchuk began displaying a knack for business from a young age. On the side, AJ has joined the board of the New York Chron's and Colitis Foundation, a non-profit dedicated to finding the cures for Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis. Since 2016, AJ has been running VaynerSports, a full-service sports agency.
An expert in communications strategy and messaging, Carolyn draws on her deep background in government, broadcast journalism and politics to counsel Grisko’s clients on reputation management, crisis communications and building relationships with community, corporate, civic and government leaders. She led communications for Mayor E. Lightfoot’s run-off campaign and served as communications director for her transition team. Carolyn is a Leadership Greater Chicago fellow; a leading member of IPREX, a global network of independently owned communications agencies; and active in Chicago’s civic community. Before founding Grisko, Carolyn served as deputy press secretary for Chicago Mayor Richard M. Daley, handling daily media contact and managing staff. Carolyn also worked for 10 years as an award-winning political reporter, news director and program host at WBEZ, Chicago Public Radio.
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In his 20s, Darius Fleming was drafted into the NFL by the San Francisco 49ers. In 2014, he was signed by the New England Patriots, where he played alongside Tom Brady. After his career in the NFL, Darius worked for LinkedIn as an Account Executive. Darius now works for Cameo as their Head of Sports Partnerships.
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Ron Culp held senior public relations positions at four Fortune 500 corporations and two major agencies. Ron’s career spans a broad range of communications responsibilities in government and industry sectors including business-to-business, consumer products, pharmaceutical and retailing.
Ron’s two agency stints include being partner and managing director of Ketchum’s Midwest offices and head of the agency’s North American Corporate Practice. Prior to Ketchum, he opened and served as managing director of the Chicago office of Sard Verbinnen and Company, a leading financial communications firm.
Previously, Ron was a corporate officer and senior vice president, public relations and government affairs, at Sears. During his Sears career, Ron managed internal and external communications, marketing public relations support, state and federal government affairs, community relations and the Sears-Roebuck Foundation. Earlier in his corporate career, he held senior communications positions at Sara Lee Corporation, Pitney Bowes and Eli Lilly.
Following graduation from Indiana State, Ron began his career as a reporter for The Columbus (Ind.) Republic before moving to the New York State Assembly where he served as director of member services (the public relations support unit) under both Republican and Democratic administrations.
Ron and his DePaul colleague Matt Ragas are co-authors of a business basics book for PR professionals entitled “Business Essentials for Strategic Communicators” (Palgrave Macmillan, 2014) and they jointly edited "Mastering Business for Strategic Communicators" (Emerald, 2018). Also in 2018, Ron compiled and edited an eBook entitled, "The New Rules of Crisis Management."
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Tim Hardaway Sr. is a 5-time NBA All Star and 2000 Olympic Gold Medalist. Drafted by the Golden State Warriors in 1989, Tim went on to have a legendary career in the NBA. In his 20s, Tim played against NBA greats like Michael Jordan, Karl Malone, Gary Payton, and many more.
We speak with Tim about his All Star career, experiences playing against fierce NBA competition, and the lessons he’s given to his son, Tim Hardaway Jr, who is currently an NBA player for the Dallas Mavericks.
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Rodney Herenton is the Founder and Co-Chief Executive Officer at Channing Capital Management. Rodney has more than 16 years of investment management experience, including first vice-president of the Private Fund Group at Morgan Keegan & Company, Inc. He was also an associate in the Investment Banking Department at Bear Stearns, where he was responsible for M&A deal execution, and equity and high-yield bond transactions, and he was an associate in the Corporate Finance Department at Lehman Brothers. Rodney received a B.A. in finance from Morehouse College and an M.B.A. from Harvard Business School. In our interview, we speak with Rodney about starting a finance career in your 20s.
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Jonny Imerman is the Co-Founder of Imerman Angels and CLOZTALK. Imerman Angels' connects a person/family with cancer to another person/family who's been through a similar cancer journey. CLOZTALK's mission is to raise awareness and funds for important non-profit organizations. They try to inspire people to rock their favorite non-profit logo on their clothes. Jonny Imerman fought testicular cancer for two years in the Detroit area in his 20’s. Jonny and a group of cancer survivors co-founded Imerman Angels in 2006. Imerman Angels has 12,000+ trained, volunteer cancer survivors and caregivers on call. In 2017, Jonny Imerman and his brother Jeff Imerman co-founded CLOZTALK to raise awareness & funds for great nonprofits. In our interview, we speak with Jonny about how he overcame cancer in his 20s and how people in their 20s can be involved in non-profit organizations.
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Dennis Bautista currently serves as the Vice President of Data Analytics at HUB International, which is an insurance company based in Chicago, IL. In his 20s, Dennis began his career in the insurance industry as a large group underwriter from nationally recognized insurance companies. He held roles on the service and business/consumer side of the health insurance industry, serving as an Account Executive, and Vice President of Benefits Consulting. Dennis' success in the insurance industry has been credited to what he learned in his 20s.
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Kevin Coval is the Artistic Director of Young Chicago Authors (“YCA”), which won a MacArthur Award for Creative & Effective Institutions, & the founder of Louder Than a Bomb: The Chicago Youth Poetry Festival, the world's largest youth poetry festival, now in more than 19 cities around the world. Kevin has mentored and created safe spaces for some of Chicago’s brightest young creatives, including now-blossoming YCA alums Chance the Rapper, Noname, Saba, and Jamila Woods. In our interview, we discuss with Kevin how he found his passion for poetry and writing and the importance of having a creative space.
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Ron Louis has built a very strong foundation for himself within both the Chicago fashion scene and the thriving streetwear industry. He has used his influence from other designers such as Virgil Abloh, Don C, and Kanye West to create garments that have gained recognition from Chicago legends.
Ron is still in his 20s, but has already accomplished so much in the clothing design industry. He started designing clothes in high school and has been able to scale his brand to be well known in Chicago.
In our interview, we speak with Ron about how he became a designer, how he was able to build his brand, and goals for his brand as he moves through his 20s.
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Landon and Michael were interviewed by the DePaulia to find out why they started In Their 20s. They were asked about their goals for web series and some of their favorite moments from interviews. Check out the full DePaulia article: https://bit.ly/3lYZO34 Join our Facebook community for exclusive advice from our interviews: https://bit.ly/2ZtCPnx Introduction music by: LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day LAKEY INSPIRED - Chill Day Download→ https://soundcloud.com/lakeyinspired/chill-day
Beto O’Rourke is an American politician who represented Texas's 16th congressional district in the United States House of Representatives. Beto is most notable for his 2018 campaign for United States Senate where he had endorsements from celebrities including Beyonce, Lebron James, and Travis Scott. Recently, Beto ran as a Democratic candidate for president of the United States in 2020 against Joe Biden and other candidates.
We were fortunate enough to speak with Beto about experiences he had during his 20s including some of the biggest risks he took while in his 20’s and what skills Beto gained while in his 20s that he still uses today.
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Steve Stoute currently serves as the Vice President for Strategic Initiatives and Chief of Staff at DePaul University. In his role, Steve serves as the university president’s senior advisor and oversees operations in the Office of the President. His responsibilities include facilitating the implementation of the university’s strategic plan, as well as serving as the liaison to the Board of Trustees on key executive matters.
Steve is an attorney and experienced leader in higher education and previously worked as an associate specializing in corporate and securities matters at Dechert LLP in Philadelphia. He also worked at Princeton University, first as an assistant director of the Princeton Varsity Club in the Department of Athletics and later as a capital giving officer in the Office of Development. He was the life skills coordinator in the Department of Athletics at the University of Southern California.
In our interview, we speak with Steve about the importance of higher education and the impact higher education can have on your family and community.
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Chris Johnson is currently working as the Managing Director of Ground Operations at Southwest Airlines. Chris leads the daily efforts of domestic Ground Operations to ensure that the Customer Service, Operations, and Ramp Employees working at the airports have the tools and support they need to deliver the safest, most reliable, most efficient, and most hospitable airport experience.
Chris started at Southwest Airlines in 1993, spending his entire career with Southwest. Chris started as a Ramp Agent in Detroit and has held Leadership roles as a Manager in Orlando, Assistant Station Leader in Oakland, Station Leader in Birmingham, Sacramento, Los Angeles, and Phoenix, Station Director, Senior Station Director, and Senior Director of Labor Relations.
In our interview, Chris talks about how commitment to a company can elevate your career from being an everyday employee to an executive!
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Kati Quigley is currently working as the Senior Director of Global Industry Marketing at Microsoft. Kati has nearly 20 years of experience with Microsoft holding various positions in their marketing department.
Kati has always had a passion for event planning and execution. In her 20s she worked for various non-profit organizations, giving her experience in event planning. Kati used this experience in her 20s to get an event marketing position that began her amazing career with Mircosoft.
In our interview, Kati gives important advice to students and professionals in their 20s trying to find the perfect company culture.
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Mike Haracz aka Chef Mike is a corporate chef, brand ambassador, social media influencer. Chef Mike recently worked for McDonald’s on their Culinary Innovation team and has been featured as a spokesperson in multiple Wendy’s commercials. Chef Mike has built a huge personal brand through social media and community engagement. Chef Mike has his own YouTube channel where he helps people create amazing food dishes from the comfort of their homes. We speak with Chef Mike about how you can build a personal brand for yourself in your 20s and some of the differences between being a corporate chef verse other culinary career paths.
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Dawn Dickson is the CEO of PopCom, an automated retail company that uses facial recognition, A.I, and blockchain technology to help retailers collect valuable customer insights. As a serial entrepreneur with over 16 years of experience in marketing and business development, Dawn launched four successful cash flow positive companies since 2002. Her most recent ventures include Flat Out of Heels (rollable flats for women to get relief from painful heels), and PopCom, after identifying a need to make vending machines more intelligent.
Dawn has received numerous awards and accolades for her business savvy and pitching skills, and has been invited to speak on numerous panels and workshops and featured in countless media outlets including Forbes, Black Enterprise, Fortune, Venture Beat, Huffington Post, and Essence Magazine.
In our interview with Dawn, we speak about how students and young professionals can become successful entrepreneurs in their 20’s.
You for sure recognize Dr. Aaron Spitz from his many appearances on “The Doctors” Talk Show, or as the physician in the highly acclaimed Netflix film, “The Game Changers”.
Dr. Spitz is a well-established Urologist and Author, who shares his personal experiences on how we juggled med school and a career in stand-up comedy while in his 20’s.
If you don’t already know Scott Kucirek, you for sure know his organic candy company: Ocho Candy, Inc. They create the most DELICIOUS line of organic candy bars on the planet! In our interview, we speak with Scott about how he paired his military background and startup experience to become a modern-day Willy Wonka!
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As one of the premier coaches for entrepreneurs, Tomer Yogev brings his vast experience and unique “Joy Forward” approach to our conversation. His laid-back and sensei-like approach inspires honest dialogue, profound innovation, and the courageous motivation to step out of comfort zones and onto fresh paths to success.
In our conversation, we speak with Tomer about what he wished he knew in his 20’s.
For over 25 years, Michelle Hollis has run sales and operations for numerous companies. She currently serves as the President of 6th Street Consulting, where she brings a diverse perspective and entrepreneurial-minded passion.
In our chat with Michelle, we speak about her journey in tech; her advice for people in their 20’s; and her “Work Hard, Play Hard” philosophy.
This week, we speak with Zoaib Mirza who is currently a director of Instructional Design at Cornell University. Zoaib Mirza is an award-winning bilingual leader with over 20 years of providing student-centered solutions. While in his 20's he received three masters degrees and is currently earning a Doctorate in Education with a focus in Educational Leadership.
In our interview, we speak with Zoaib about finding mentors in your 20’s; taking risks in your 20’s; handling difficulties in your 20s; and multitasking in your 20’s.