Just Go Grind

Erik Huberman is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, the fastest growing marketing agency in the United States. Launched in 2014, Hawke Media has serviced over 1000 brands of all sizes, ranging from startups like Tamara Mellon, SiO Beauty and Bottlekeeper to household names like Red Bull, Verizon Wireless and Alibaba. Hawke Media has taken home numerous industry awards including inclusion on the Inc. 5000 2017 list of “Fastest Growing Companies”, Fortune Magazine’s “50 Best Workplaces in Southern California” and Forbes’ “Content Marketing Companies to Check Out in 2018.” Prior to Hawke, Erik founded, grew and sold two successful eCommerce companies. Huberman is the recipient of numerous awards including Forbes “30Under30,” Inc. Magazine’s “Top 25 Marketing Influencers,” and Best in Biz North America’s “Marketing Executive of the Year.” A regular contributor to major publications like Forbes, Entrepreneur and CSQ, Huberman is also a well-known keynote speaker. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss Erik's previous entrepreneurial ventures, how Hawke Media became one of the fastest growing marketing agencies, the latest marketing trends, and so much more! Show notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/erik-huberman-podcast Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/ 

Lizy Dastin is an Art History instructor at UCLAx and Santa Monica College with a focus on contemporary art and urban practice. She has previously taught at Chapman University, The American Jewish University, Mercy College and the School of Visual Arts and has worked on curatorial projects at the Metropolitan Museum, the International Center of Photography and the Whitney Museum of American Art. Lizy, founder of street art information hub Art and Seeking, is a passionate advocate of street art and its makers and is committed to creating a digital archive of this otherwise ephemeral practice. She's all the co-host of the Art Attack podcast.  In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how to make a career change, the best places to find street art in Los Angeles, the highs and lows of teaching, and much more! Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/lizy-dastin-podcast/ Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/ 

Austin Belcak is the founder of Cultivated Culture where he teaches people to land jobs they love without connections, without traditional experience, and without applying online. His strategies have been featured in Forbes, Business Insider, & Fast Company and have helped people land jobs at Google, Facebook, Amazon, Apple, and more. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how you can use unconventional strategies to land your dream job, how Austin got 60,000 views in 60 days on an article he wrote, and how he's continued to grow his business and help thousands of people. Show Notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/austin-belcak-podcast/ Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/ 

Meena Zia is the founder of Wellness A to Zia LLC, a holistic health company that combines life and motivational coaching with the power of healing crystals to help clients achieve their highest level of happiness and fulfillment. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss the incredible career journey Meena has had so far including roles in politics, advertising, fitness, and most recently crystal retailing. Meena is also one of my best friends and is an inspiration to those around her as a go-getter who isn't afraid to go after what she wants in life. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/meena-zia-podcast

Mary Clavieres is the founder of Brief Transitions and provides mesh underwear to women after childbirth and surgeries. She leveraged her 14+ years of manufacturing experience at a Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical company to grow her product based business. Brief Transitions can be be found on Amazon and in select subscription boxes. Out of her love for building community, Mary also founded The Transitions Collective - a platform that provides access to experts and resources for women who want to build and work in their own businesses full time. Mary features expert interviews on her VLOG and The Transitions Collective membership community will launch March 11, 2019. Mary also provides program management consulting services and is a certified leadership and team building coach. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how Mary transitioned from working for more than a decade at a Fortune 100 Pharmaceutical company to starting multiple businesses and the challenges that go along with doing so. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/mary-clavieres-podcast

Amitesh Bhagwan is an Innovation Manager at Disney who went from engineering to product management, along the way getting an MBA at USC Marshall and interning at Dollar Shave Club. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss career change, the challenges of getting an MBA in the United States as an international student, building a career in product management, entrepreneurship, working at startups, and so much more! Show notes are at: justgogrind.com/amitesh-bhagwan-podcast

Stacie Sussman is a leader in growing sales revenue through 360 digital media strategies, including social platforms, influencers, video, ad tech, enterprise solutions, paid media, and programmatic offerings. As founder and owner of SSR Digital Group, Stacie has built a 15-year career managing over $35 million in digital media campaigns for companies ranging from high-growth startups to Fortune 500 conglomerates. Stacie's robust experience includes notable positions at New York Magazine, Daily Mail, Elite Daily, AllRecipes and Conde Nast. Stacie has developed go-to-market strategies for companies expanding to the US and has managed key advertiser relations across multiple verticals. Stacie’s colleagues and clients say that “she is a true trailblazer in the digital advertising sales space” and “exceeds expectations”. Stacie graduated from the University of Michigan with a BA degree in Communications. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss Stacie's career journey, what it's like working for large companies and in a variety of sales roles, and how she eventually decided to launch her own company.

Belma McCaffrey is the CEO and Founder of Work Bigger, a career change and development platform with the mission to redefine work so that work is a vehicle for creativity, change and living an awesome life. Work Bigger partners with companies to help tackle employee disengagement and turnover issues, and they work with individuals to provide career change support. Belma and Work Bigger have been featured in Forbes, Fortune, Complex Hustle, and Create & Cultivate. Prior to Work Bigger, Belma spent 10+ years in business development and strategy roles at companies like the Associated Press, Conde Nast and GroupM. She lives in Hoboken, NJ with her husband and son. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss Belma's career journey including how she used her MBA experience to make a career pivot and eventually launch her company, Work Bigger, to help redefine work for individuals and companies. Show notes are at justgogrind.com/podcast 

Chris Lee is a professional poker player, second year student in the full time MBA program at the USC Marshall School of Business, and works as an analyst at March Capital Partners. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how Chris got started playing poker and eventually won a bracelet in the World Series of Poker, why he decided to go back to school and get an MBA and how he navigated his first year, his experience working for March Capital Partners, and what he thinks the next steps are in his unconventional career path.

Laura Killick, PhD is a life coach whose mission in life is to help smart, curious, capable women quit all the things in life that are holding them back. She helps them learn how to revolutionize their lives from the inside out by bringing scientific methods together with deep support and a little bit of a punk attitude to help the women she works with thrive. She has always been obsessed with understanding people. Where we come from and what makes us tick are the big questions that keep her up at night. Prior to building an international coaching practice, she gained a PhD in Archaeology, became a world expert on Vole teeth (really!), project managed marketing and tech builds for some of the world’s biggest marketing firms and spent some time training as a therapist. In her spare time, she can be found volunteering for the local ambulance service or playing the drums, loudly. In this episode we go through Laura's career journey from archaeology to digital marketing to starting her own coaching business. Find the show notes at justgogrind.com/podcast