Inside the Minds: Recent Episodes
Garrett Amundsen
Inside the Minds dives into the lives and minds of successful entrepreneurs to find out what makes them different.
Sandy Kemper is CEO of C2FO,the largest working capital market in the world. Kemper is also the Chairman of the Board of The Collectors Fund, a private equity fund focused on alternative asset classes. Prior to founding The Collectors Fund and C2FO, Kemper founded Perfect Commerce (fka eScout.com) and served as the company’s Chairman CEO. Under Kemper’s leadership Perfect Commerce created the Open Supplier Network™ (OSN™) and became the largest and fastest growing provider of on-demand supplier relationship management (SRM) technology in the United States. Prior to founding Perfect Commerce, Kemper served as CEO of UMB Bank and CEO of UMB Financial, a NASDAQ traded financial services company with assets of more than 25 billion dollars.
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John Owen joined Airshare as CFO in 2016 and became President and CEO in March 2018. He previously was CFO for a supply-chain management company and most recently served as Vice President for a national executive search firm leading their private equity practice. John received a bachelor’s degree in business administration from the University of Kansas and a master’s degree in accounting from the University of Missouri-Kansas City.
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Andy Rieger is the President and Co-founder of J. Rieger and Co. Originally founded in 1887, J. Rieger and Co was a staple of Kansas City. It was the largest mail-order whiskey house in the United States prior to the onset of Prohibition. In 2010, Ryan Maybee and Andy Rieger had the idea of bringing back the Kansas City brand. In 2014, the two officially relaunched J. Rieger and Co. with the release of Rieger’s Kansas City Whiskey.
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Kristin Malfer is the owner of Malfer & Associates, Compass Realty Group. Her number one goal is to provide the most amazing and effective customer service for her clients. Through years of hard work and continual persistence, Kristin has become one of the most well-known and respected realtors in Kansas City. https://malferkc.com
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As the Founding President & CEO at Pipeline Entrepreneurs, Joni delivered significant economic results that garnered national accolades. During her tenure, Pipeline entrepreneurs produced significant financial impact – creating over $1.39B in revenues, raising over $608M in outside capital, conducting business in over 85 countries and creating over 2700 jobs. For this work, Pipeline was recognized in 2016 by the Ewing Marion Kauffman Foundation with its “Uncommon Award” for excellence in entrepreneurial programming – awarded in honor of Ewing Kauffman’s 100th Celebration.
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Jeff Shackelford is President and CEO of Enterprise Center in Johnson County, which is a non-profit organization, supported by funds from Johnson County, philanthropic partners and private donors that helps connect entrepreneurs to the resources they need to grow and scale early-stage businesses. Jeff is an expert in entreprenurship, leadership, and business development.
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Jim Atwater and Scott Brouillette are the co-founders of InReturn Strategies, a company that is is redefining the purpose, execution, and scale of inclusion through a single platform that allows businesses to lead and control the results which drive long-term value. https://inreturnstrategies.com
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The crypto world is incredibly complex and difficult to navigate. On this episode, Bruce Ianni and I do our best to break down what this revolutionary technology is, and the many implications it has for the future.
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Parker Graham is an ex-NFL player turned entrepreneur. His company Finotta creates branded, personalized user experiences in bank's mobile channels to drive to drive their most important KPI - Revenue. Finotta is revolutionizing the traditional banking experience, and helping financial instutitions evolve.
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Bob Hamilton, founder of Bob Hamilton Plumbing, talks about what it took to create such a well known brand. We also discuss his inspiration for running for senator in the 2020 election.
On episode 9 of Inside The Minds, Cara Miller shares the ins and outs of high level marketing and branding. We talk about the importance of being a data driven company, and how to use data to improve the user experience. Cara is the founder of ZIV: https://letsziv.com/
Bill Brandmeyer is currently the Founding Executive Director at ShareWaves Foundation, which advocates for youth sports participation and lends support to youth organizations that use sports to connect with kids and impacts young lives. He was also the VP of New Product Development at Enturia, which sold for $490 million in 2008.
Chad Gunther is a SVP Portfolio Manager at Waddell & Reed. In this episode, we break down what happened with GameStop, the role that Robinhood played, and what it means for the future of investing.
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Mike Miroslaw is a serial entrepreneur who has co-founded, built, and sold two different technology services companies (UWI and Store Financial), over the past 30 years. Both companies (UWI and Store Financial) became market leaders in their respective industries and eventually were acquired by larger publicly traded entities. Both exits generated significant returns for investors.
Grant L. Davis is a founding partner of Davis, Bethune & Jones, LLC and has practiced law since 1987. Grant has taken on cases against some of the world’s largest agricultural companies, including Bayer Cropsciences and Archer-Daniels-Midland Company. He has helped other clients in business settings, including representing two dedicated medical scientists who had their company stolen from them. He has been part of the Top Verdict in Missouri and Top 3 in the Country (Hayes v. Courtney – $2.2 Billion, – 2002), the Top Settlement in Missouri – 2012, the Top Settlement in Missouri – 2014, the Top Attorneys of North America, and he has been Lawyer of the year 4 different times, in two different categories.
Robert Pascuzzi was a Partner at Creative Planning, one of the nation's best financial planning institutions. He is the author of Go 4 It: Start Getting What You Want in Your Finances, Career, Health & Relationships. He also wrote The Ravine, which is now a feature film staring Eric Dane, Teri Polo, Peter Facinelli, and Leslie Uggams. He is the co-author of Get Tough Retire Rich, and provides coaching and mentoring services. Listeners of this episode would benefit from reading Think and Grow Rich, by Napoleon Hill.
EPISODE TWO. In this episode, Gus Zinn, a SVP portfolio manager at Waddell & Reed, explains the importance of getting invested early, the power of compound interest, and how to navigate the market during the midst of a pandemic. We also talk about specific stocks, and Gus shares his thoughts on the potential of certain industries. ENJOY!
THE FIRST EVER EPISODE. This podcast is with Father Giacabazi, S.J, principal of Rockhurst High School. We visit the wonders of religion, ask some hard hitting questions about Christianity, homosexuality, and evolution, and dive into the future of faith in America.