The Authority Company

This will not be your typical business podcast, on this episode we’re covering the intersection of spirituality and capitalism. Joe spends time with Katie Fink, the Founder of Mind Body Soul Market, an online marketplace that connects folks with a network of expert astrologers, psychics, ascension guides, and more. Katie talks about her own spiritual and entrepreneurial journey and what inspired her to build the Mind Body Soul Market.

The United States is experiencing a shortage of much-needed STEM workers, but fortunately, there are some forward-thinking companies that have been stepping up to tap into the country’s youth to fill the void. This week, Joe welcomes Malcolm Allen to the podcast. Malcolm is a serial entrepreneur and the person behind Stem X, the Leading Stem Engagement and Analytics Platform that helps organizations discover pathways for impact, digital equity, and transformation.

World Drowning Prevention Day is July 25 and on this episode of the podcast, Joe is joined by Eric Lupton, the President of Life Saver Pool Fence Systems. Eric shares his inspiring story of entrepreneurship and why an unprotected pool is over one hundred times more dangerous to your child than a loaded gun.

We’re always looking for the best ROI, but sometimes we just take things for granted…for example, tech. Are all entrepreneurs maximizing their technology investments? This week, Joe is joined by a guest who has unlocked the way to create and show the value of technological initiatives while transforming businesses. His name is Ben DeBow, he is the founder of Fortified and the architect of global mission-critical enterprise data platforms.

According to a recent study, there are almost 22 million millionaires living in the U.S. today. Some entrepreneurs believe it’s foolish to spend time, money, and energy trying to get money from customers who have very little of it. Those business owners find it more productive to concentrate on those where the price is not a factor. So if you’re an entrepreneur, how do you sell or market your services to the ever-growing mass-affluent, affluent and ultra-affluent populations?This week, Joe is joined by Will Makris, who has spent the last two decades thriving in the New York hospitality industry. In 2020, Will opened Zero Bond, a private club in the Manhattan neighborhood of NoHo, that spans 20,000 feet across two floors, and has become a destination for the mass affluent.

If you live in and around the NYC area, you’re not lacking for events to attend this summer, but if you’re looking to learn more about the future of technology near one of the most beautiful stretches of beaches in America, look no further than Hamptons Tech Week. On the podcast this week, Joe is joined by Christine Prydatko, the producer of the event and the Co-Publisher of James Lane Post. Christine talks about how it all came together and why she decided to bring the world of web3 to the Hamptons.

After a couple of years of a pandemic, the concept of virtual fitness classes sounds all very normal and acceptable, but that hasn’t always been the case. Many entrepreneurs saw the future of fitness a decade before COVID-19 locked down gyms and studios around the world. This week, Joe speaks with one of those groundbreaking entrepreneurs, Mary Helen Bowers.  Mary Helen is the founder of Ballet Beautiful, which offers world-class, ballet-inspired workouts, from the comfort of home.

Does the co-founder of Netflix get a free Netflix account? Joe finds out that answer and more when he's joined by Marc Randolph, the co-founder and first CEO of Netflix. Marc tells Joe why he was inspired to help the next generation of entrepreneurs, what he thinks the future of streaming looks like, and why he's bullish on NFTs.

The home fitness industry exploded during the pandemic, with gyms and studios around the globe shut down due to COVID-19 restrictions.  But now that all of those restrictions have been lifted and more and more people return to their yoga and spin classes, what do the present and future look like for virtual fitness businesses? This week, Joe is joined by Nathanial Jewell. Nate is a former Apple and GE Exec who is the founder of Recess, a virtual fitness platform for instructors who want to grow their businesses online & off.

This time around, Joe is joined by model turned entrepreneur, Jamie O'Banion, the Founder and CEO of BeautyBio. Jamie's brand has been disrupting the $150 billion global anti-aging market since introducing the world to her patented GloPRO micro-needling skin regeneration technology.