Just Go Grind

Marc-Lloyd Ramniceanu is a co-founder of NetCloak and is an alumni of the Techstars LA 2018 class. He currently is the Head of Growth and most recently led the customer discovery and closing for the company's first LOIs with national cyber insurance providers. Prior to founding NetCloak in 2017, he spent 3 years as a senior Cyber Threat Intelligence consultant at Ernst & Young. While at EY, Marc-Lloyd advised executive cybersecurity leaders of multinational organizations on the cyber threat landscape facing their organization. Outside of NetCloak he has a passion for offshore fishing, eSports, and craft beer. Show Notes: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/  

Elissa Grossman is an entrepreneurship educator with particular interests in experiential learning, technology-enhanced instruction, and serious educational games. Dr. Grossman's research interests include these topics and, more broadly, the topic of social network construction and use in new venturing – encompassing traditional network development for startup resource acquisition and crowd-funding. Her work has been published in journals including Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Grossman worked in brand and marketing management for companies including Procter & Gamble, Sun Microsystems, and LiveCapital (a start-up acquired by Dun & Bradstreet). PhD, MBA, UCLA; MSc, London School of Economics; AB, Harvard University.

Sami is Co-Founder and CEO of Cerberus Interactive and a digital marketer specializing in consumer-facing startups. In the last 48 months, Sami has helped create and execute growth strategies for multiple businesses now worth over $3B. Sami was the first marketing hire for the micro-investing app Acorns, where he led the strategy that generated the company’s first 2 million investment accounts. Sami also advised Honey, the money-saving browser extension, where he executed paid growth strategies to scale the business past their first 1 million downloads. His industry-leading work has been featured in multiple case studies published by Facebook, Twitter, and Adweek. In 2017, Sami co-founded one of the fastest growing Facebook and Instagram consulting firms for startups, where he and his team have helped guide over 40 companies. Sami was born and raised in New Orleans where he also attended Tulane University.

Kareem Taylor inspires clients to do the best work of their lives. As a strategist & writer, he brings together words & story to help clients express themselves. Recent projects include helping an organization engage supporters using email marketing, developing a mission statement to energize executives and creating speech topics for leaders. A leading speaker and workshop facilitator, Kareem has traveled to London, Singapore & New York City addressing scores of business audiences on storytelling in the digital age. Prior to this, Kareem worked at Substance Global where he led business growth strategy helping the company to communicate its value proposition to clients. In this role, Kareem led the agency’s team during high stake pitches, capability presentations & meetings for clients including Netflix, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Television. Kareem began his career as a voiceover artist, where he launched commercial campaigns for clients including AT&T, CNN, Sony Pictures Television, Comedy Central, ESPN, Mercedes-Benz, and Redbull Media House, to name a few.

Austin Rief is a co-founder and COO of Morning Brew, a new media company bringing you informative and digestible business news. They educate 1 million+ readers on the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, daily.  On this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast Austin talks about how Morning Brew got started, the challenges of growing the business, where they find great writers, and the ambitious vision for the company moving forward. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/austin-rief-podcast Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/  

Eddie Lin is a Co-founder of NexusEdge (Techstars class of 2017) an AI-driven lifelong career navigation platform helping students discover and build their career paths. Eddie started NexusEdge out of his lifelong pursuit for job fulfillment. His career path began at Goldman Sachs and UBS Investment Bank in New York, where he met his co-founder, Shanti, in their analyst class. He is a big proponent of traversing winding career paths to continuously evolve and find the best fit, going from marketing at Adobe to Strategy and Business Development at Live Nation/Ticketmaster. Upon graduation from business school, Eddie competed as a contestant on the reality-TV show Fear Factor where he ate 20 live bees. Eddie holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from the University of Southern California where he served as student body President.

Madeline Mann is a Human Resources leader in the Technology industry with expertise in building purpose-driven, dynamic company cultures and bringing the people element to every business decision. She leads Talent Development at Inspire, a Los Angeles based clean energy company, where she crafts learning and development programs to further company initiatives. Prior to Inspire, she was on the Human Resources team at Scopely, and was the Director of People Operations at Gem.  Madeline is also the creator of Self Made Millennial YouTube Channel and the author of "Fill in the Blank Job Hunt: Essential Email Templates for the Job Search." In 2019, Madeline was named a top 50 person to follow on LinkedIn, and a top 10 YouTube channel for job seekers.  Her work has been featured on Business Insider, Newsweek, Career Contessa, and more. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/madeline-mann-podcast/ Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ Sign up for the Just Go Grind newsletter for insights on launching and growing a business: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/

Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro and was previously cofounder of Moz and Inbound.org. He’s dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through the Whiteboard Friday video series, his blog, and his book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. When Rand’s not working, he’s most likely to be in the company of his partner in marriage and (mostly petty) crime, author Geraldine DeRuiter. If you feed him great pasta or great whisky, he’ll give you the cheat code to rank #1 on Google. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/rand-fishkin-podcast/ Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ Sign up for the Just Go Grind newsletter for insights on launching and growing a business: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/

Andy Bilinsky is the CEO and Co-founder of Lensabl, a convenient and affordable online prescription lens service where you can get the lenses you need, in your own frames, without leaving home. Prior to Lensabl, Andy worked in business development roles for Live Nation, HauteLook, Beachmint, PlayHaven and Co-founded ChirpAds. On this episode, Andy tells us how he got into entrepreneurship at such a young age, his experience in business development with multiple different companies and how he founded and has grown Lensabl.

David Gertler is the CEO and Co-founder of Treble, a platform that empowers you to efficiently engage and grow your network to generate new business opportunities and advance your career. On this episode, David talks about how he came up with the idea for Treble, doing market research, fundraising, building a team, making meaningful connections, gathering feedback and testing, utilizing an internship program, and how Treble is impacting the world of business networking. Show notes are at:  https://www.justgogrind.com/david-gertler-podcast/ Join the Just Go Grind community:  https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/  Sign up for the Just Go Grind newsletter: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/