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My name is Casey Adams, and over the past six years I've been fortunate to have incredible conversations with some of the most successful entrepreneurs in the world, and on my podcast, I'm sharing those insightful conversations with you. Listen anywhere you get your podcast, and please rate and review the podcast if you enjoy it!
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Sep 18, 2020 • 35min
Caya - Founder of Slidebean
Jose Cayasso (Caya) is a tech entrepreneur and growth marketer. He started his first tech company in 2011, a mobile game called Pota-Toss, that raised a successful Kickstarter campaign, and was deemed by Techcrunch and CNN as 'The Next Angry Birds'. Caya was deemed as one of 40-Under-40 Costa Rican innovators, and he was a featured speaker on the 2013 TEDx PuraVida Conference.
In mid-2014, Caya co-founded Slidebean, an AI-powered presentation platform. The company was part of the 500 Startups accelerator in Silicon Valley and so far has raised two rounds of venture capital.
Slidebean focuses on helping early-stage startups and small businesses create powerful presentations. As CEO, Caya has led the company's expansion and growth into a profitable USD $1 Million+ operation that employs over 25 people in the US and Costa Rica.
More recently, the company has seen tremendous success with its Startups 101 channel on Youtube, which has 500,000+ monthly viewers and continues to grow rapidly.
Follow Slidebean on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/slidebean
Follow Caya here: https://www.instagram.com/caya_here/
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Sep 17, 2020 • 28min
Zeb Evans - Building ClickUp to $60M in Revenue
While running a previous business, Zeb Evans came across a massive efficiency problem in the world of project management. Most companies and teams were running multiple different programs to track tasks and organize projects, making it harder to effectively get things done. To solve this issue, in 2017, Zeb founded ClickUp, a software solution for business and organizations which offers a one stop shop for project management. Since then ClickUp has gained over 1M users and has generated over $60M in revenue.
Learn more about ClickUp: https://clickup.com
Follow Zeb here: https://www.instagram.com/djcurfew/
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Sep 14, 2020 • 30min
JJ Ramberg - Creating Goodpods, a Social Podcasting App
Jennifer Jill "JJ" Ramberg was, until recently, the host of MSNBC's weekend business program Your Business. She left the television broadcasting industry to found the company GoodPods. Goodpods is a social networking app with the goal to make it easier for listeners to find great content and to help podcasters find new listeners.
Goodpods: goodpods.com
Follow JJ at https://www.instagram.com/jj.ramberg/
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Sep 5, 2020 • 33min
Charles Michael Yim - From two exits in Silicon Valley to making history on Shark Tank
Charles Michael Yim is a successful entrepreneur who has sold two companies by the time he turned 28. Yim has been able to attract top mentors including the “Paypal Mafia,” Virgin founder Richard Branson, and “Shark Tank” investor Mark Cuban. Early in Charles career, he joined Fortify and a year later in 2010, Fortify Software was sold to Hewlett Packard for $250 million. From there, Yim went off on his own and launched two startups, one which was called Chatterfly, which sold for $15 million in 2011.
Follow Charles Yim on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charlesmyim/?hl=en
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Sep 1, 2020 • 33min
Skylar Grey - Working With Eminem For 10 Years & Signing A Record Deal At 17
Skylar Grey, is an American singer, songwriter and record producer from Mazomanie, Wisconsin. In 2004, at the age of 17, Grey signed a publishing deal with Universal Music Publishing Group and a recording contract with Machine Shop Recordings under the name Holly Brook. In 2006, she released her debut studio album, Like Blood Like Honey, under the aforementioned labels. In 2010, Grey co-wrote Eminem and Rihanna's hit single, "Love the Way You Lie", with Eminem and British record producer Alex da Kid, who subsequently signed Grey to his Interscope Records label imprint, Kidinakorner. Grey's second album, Don't Look Down, was released in July 2013. The album reached the top 10 in the US and produced four singles. Grey's third studio release, Natural Causes, was issued in September 2016. Grey has also provided guest vocals on several singles, including Fort Minor's "Where'd You Go", Diddy's "Coming Home", Dr. Dre's "I Need a Doctor", Nicki Minaj's "Bed of Lies", and Macklemore's "Glorious". Additionally, she has written songs for Kehlani, G-Eazy, Alicia Keys, Christina Aguilera, Zedd, Nick Jonas, Céline Dion, and CeeLo Green.
Follow Skylar Grey on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/skylargrey/?hl=en
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Aug 27, 2020 • 38min
Luke "the Dingo" Trembath - Find Your Grind & Becoming A Professional Snowboarder
Luke "the Dingo" Trembath is a one of a Kind personality whose fun loving spirit and contagious energy has made him a mainstay on television for years. The former pro snowboarder is a leading voice of the action sports world & beyond, where he has done everything from announcing high profile sporting events, The MTV MUSIC music awards to starring in 5 seasons of fuel TV's "The Adventures Of Danny & The Dingo". Once you've meet him, you'll agree – there’s only 1 Dingo A true social chameleon - The Dingo's ability to find common ground with anyone and adapt to any social situation makes him the perfect role model for kindness and acceptance among todays youth.
Learn more about Find Your Grind: https://findyourgrind.com/
Follow Luke "the Dingo" Trembath on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thedingoinsnow/?hl=en
Follow Find Your Grind on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/findyourgrind/?hl=en
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Aug 25, 2020 • 32min
GT Dave - Building A Billion Dollar Kombucha Empire
GT Dave is the founder and CEO of the kombucha company GT’s Living Foods. In the late 1990s, he was the first to put kombucha on store shelves and his company currently owns 40% of the U.S. kombucha market. His first sale of kombucha (which he marketed as GT's Kombucha) was to Erewhon Natural Foods in 1995, when he sold two cases (24 bottles) which nearly sold out in the first day. From his bedroom, he would call buyers, distributors and store owners, using different voices to pose as different employees. GT's Kombucha later rebranded as GT's Living Foods and now produces over one million bottles per year in its 100,000-square-foot campus in Vernon. Dave has declined multiple acquisition offers and remains sole owner of GT's Living Foods which is worth over $900 million and owns 40% of the U.S. kombucha market.
Learn more about GT's Living Foods: https://gtslivingfoods.com/
Follow GT Dave on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/gtdave3/?hl=en
Learn more about GT Dave: https://www.forbes.com/sites/chloesorvino/2019/05/09/gt-dave-kombucha/#33ee6a6555b5
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Aug 20, 2020 • 24min
Kevin Harrington - Becoming The Original “Shark” on Shark Tank & Generating More Than $5 billion In Sales Worldwide
Kevin Harrington has been a successful entrepreneur for over 40 years. He’s an original “Shark” on the Emmy-winning TV show, Shark Tank. He is also the Inventor of the Infomercial, As Seen On TV Pioneer, Co-Founder of the Electronic Retailers Association and Co-Founding board member of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization. Kevin got his start as a young entrepreneur in the early 80s when he invested $25,000 and launched Quantum International. This turned into a $500 million/year business on the New York Stock Exchange and drove the stock price from $1 to $20 per share. After selling his interest in Quantum International, he formed a joint venture with the Home Shopping Network, called HSN Direct, which grew to hundreds of millions of dollars in sales. Entrepreneur Magazine has called him one of the top Entrepreneurs of our time. Kevin has launched over 20 businesses that have grown to over $100 million in sales each. He’s been involved in more than a dozen public companies, and has launched over 500 products generating more than $5 billion in sales worldwide with iconic brands and celebrities.
Learn more about Kevin Harrington: https://kevinharrington.tv/about-kevin/
Follow Kevin Harrington on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/realkevinharrington/
Get Kevin's book "Mentor To Millions" now: https://www.mentortomillionsbook.com/bonusv3
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Aug 14, 2020 • 41min
Peter Tuchman - The Most Photographed Trader on Wall Street
Peter Tuchman is a stock trader on the floor of the New York Stock Exchange. He has been called the "most photographed trader on Wall Street.” Tuchman's photo is widely recognized for its affiliation to market news. Tuchman has strong, emotional expressions of anguish, anticipation, desperation, and triumph which he says are genuine. His photo is often chosen for news about Wall Street particularly on days of market volatility. Some say that he resembles Albert Einstein and that this is what makes his photo intriguing.
Learn more about Peter Tuchman: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Peter_Tuchman
Follow Peter Tuchman on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/einsteinofwallst/?hl=en
Check out Wall Street University: https://wallstuniversity.com/about-us
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Aug 11, 2020 • 34min
Farokh Sarmad - The Future of Instagram Reels & Building A World Class Personal Brand
Farokh Sarmad is the CEO of Goodlife Media and has spent the past six years building an Instagram empire. He is best known for starting @goodlife and for helping the most recognizable entrepreneurs build their personal brands on social media.
Follow Farokh Sarmad on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/farokh/?hl=en
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