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Jun 10, 2021 • 28min

Jay Gould - Selling Yashi.com to Nexstar Broadcasting Group for $33 Million

Jay Gould is an American tech entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Yashi. Gould is also an active angel investor, and has backed web-based startups including DogVacay, Tout, Buffer, and Fitocracy. Jay Gould and Caitlin Gould founded Yashi in 2007. Yashi became a location-focused advertising platform that targeted mobile and web video advertising. The company was named to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for four consecutive years from 2012–2015. Yashi was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group on February 2, 2015, for $33 million. Learn more about Jay Gould: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_(entrepreneur) Follow Jay Gould on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaygould Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 9, 2021 • 39min

Howard Marks - Founder of StartEngine & Co-Founder of Activision

Howard Marks is the founder and co-chair of StartEngine, Los Angeles' largest startup accelerator, determined to make LA a top tech entrepreneurial city. Marks was the founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by Disney), and the Co-Founder of Activision and Chairman of Activision Studios (1991-1997). Learn more about Start Engine: https://www.startengine.com/ Follow Howard Marks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howardstartengine/?hl=en Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 8, 2021 • 32min

Tom Ward - How writing for Forbes led to interviewing the biggest influencers in the world

Tom Ward is the host of "The Tom Ward Show" where he interviews the biggest influencers in the world, like: Emma Chamberlain, Addison Rae, Logan Paul, and more! Tom is a Key Account Manager for a Fortune 200 company and has been in sales for over 15 years. Tom started blogging about business, about five years ago, and had several articles go viral. An editor from Forbes saw them and invited him to write for them. Three years ago Tom interviewed Jake Paul for Forbes and had no idea what a YouTuber or an influencer was at the time. After posting the article, Jake shared it on social, it quickly got over 100,000 views. Watch "The Tom Ward Show" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thetomwardshow/featured Follow Tom Ward on Twitter: https://twitter.com/motdraw1 Learn more about Tom Ward: https://www.tomward.com/about Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Jun 8, 2021 • 33min

Benjamin Witte - Founder and CEO of Recess

Benjamin Witte is the founder and CEO of Recess, a New York-based startup that manufactures canned drinks containing CBD. As the brand soared in popularity on social media outlets, the company has navigated through uncertain CBD rules and regulations behind closed doors. https://takearecess.com/ https://www.instagram.com/bwitte Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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May 5, 2021 • 32min

Dr. Brian Lima - A Cardiac Surgeon’s Inspiring Story of Success and Overcoming Adversity

As a leading heart transplant surgeon, Dr. Brian Lima’s life story is a testament to that mantra. He’s living proof that slow and steady still wins the race, and that the American Dream is alive and well. He persevered through countless challenges growing up in a Cuban immigrant family and defied the odds every step of the way. To fulfill his impossible dream, Dr. Lima opted for the road less traveled, enduring nearly twenty years of rigorous education and surgical training at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world. In Heart to Beat, Dr. Lima shares the lessons learned throughout his improbable rise to the pinnacle of success in the medical field. He breaks down the keys to advancing well beyond your comfort zone and perceived limitations, regardless of your field of interest. No dream is too far-fetched and his Heart Way approach to life will help unleash your full potential and surpass your wildest expectations! Buy Dr. Brian Lima's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Beat-Inspiring-Overcoming-Adversity_The/dp/1950892352 Follow Dr. Brian Lima on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianlimamd Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 15, 2021 • 31min

Drew Binsky - Traveling to 194 countries by 29 years old

Drew Binsky has been to 194 countries since 2012. He works as a full-time video maker and social media influencer, where his latest stops include Yemen, Afghanistan and South Sudan. The travel bug first hit Drew when he studied abroad in Prague during his junior year of college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After having an incredible semester living in Europe and traveling to 20+ countries, he knew that he wanted to make a career out of travel. Two months after graduating college, Drew moved to a village in South Korea to teach English and he started a travel blog. After his teaching job ended, he began making daily travel videos around the world, where he’s now accumulated more than 1 billion combined views on Facebook and Youtube, along with over 4.6 million social media followers. Learn more about Drew Binsky: https://www.drewbinsky.com/ Subscribe to Drew Binsky on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Ize0RLIbGdH5x4wI45G-A/featured Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 13, 2021 • 34min

Marc Randolph - Co-founder of Netflix

Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in 2003. Marc’s career as an entrepreneur spans four decades. He’s founded or co-founded six other successful startups, mentored hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs, and as an investor has helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures (and just as many unsuccessful ones). Learn more about Marc Randolph: https://marcrandolph.com Listen to Marc's podcast: https://marcrandolph.com/podcasts/ Buy Marc's book, "That Will Never Work": https://marcrandolph.com/the-book/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 7, 2021 • 28min

Mike Vichich - Co-founder & CEO of Wisely

Today on the podcast I sat down with Mike Vichich, the co-founder and CEO of Wisely. Wisely is disrupting the restaurant industry by bridging the gap between customer data and customer experience, giving brands new ways to personalize and drive profits — at scale. Put merely, Wisely helps restaurants use data to curate a more personal experience for their guests (in-restaurant and online) and, in turn, boost profitability. Wisely's partnership is proven to drive results from the best run operations to the most effective marketing campaigns. Learn more about Wisely: https://www.getwisely.com/ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 6, 2021 • 39min

Monty Moran - Building Chipotle Into A $35B Business (with former CEO)

Monty Moran is the former co-CEO at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Prior to joining Chipotle, he was head of litigation and then managing partner and CEO at the Denver-based law firm of Messner and Reeves, LLC, which he led for ten years. Imagine you’re one of 75,000 people working in a huge company, and the CEO wants to talk to you, one-on-one, to get to know and understand you. That’s what Monty Moran did 20,000 times as he built the extraordinary culture that took Chipotle Mexican Grill from a regional burrito chain to a Fortune 500 superstar. Buy Monty's new book, "Love Is Free, Guac Is Extra" https://www.amazon.com/Love-Free-Guac-Extra-Vulnerability-ebook/dp/B08DT4HBRV Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices
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Apr 5, 2021 • 34min

Justin Kan - Twitch Co-founder Explains Why Amazon Bought Twitch For $970 Million

Justin Kan is an American internet entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the law-tech company Atrium where he served as CEO. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam.  He was formerly a partner at Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator. His attempt to broadcast his entire life at Justin.tv popularized the term "lifecasting". Kan also started a Reddit-style electronic music discovery platform, The Drop.  He also contributes to the technology news site TechCrunch and co-founded Kiko Software, an Ajax based online calendar, with Emmett Shear. Kan graduated from Yale University in 2005 with degrees in physics and philosophy.  On March 2019, along with Steve Chen he became advisor to Theta, a peer to peer video streaming platform that uses blockchain technology.   Subscribe to Justin Kan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRtwc6K_VU9N4OjNnU2P7g​ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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