Kick, Push, Pivot

Michael Anderson joins us from San Diego, California. He is Co-founder of The Wonderist Agency - a specialty marketing company that focuses on helping Dental practices get found and grow through their digital footprint. Listen and hear how putting people and culture first can transform a business and lay the groundwork for incredible growth. About Pete Maki and Alex Gallup, Hosts of Kick, Push, Pi...

Regina Boore joins us from San Diego, California. She is the Senior Vice President of Progressive Surgical Solutions- a consulting company specializing in helping surgery centers navigate the complexities of regulation and compliance all over the United States and Canada. Follow her journey starting as an entrepreneuring nurse who went on to build one of the most respected ASC consulting companies...

David McNeil joins us from Boston, Massachusetts. He is the COO and President of PatientPop - a marketing company specializing in helping doctors and dentists expand their digital footprint and get found by patients. Hear his amazing personal journey and how a school presentation by his young daughter shook his world and catapulted him into crucial stages of growth at Salesforce and Hubspot and ev...

James Romero joins us from Danville, California. He is the President of Americas for Rapid Medical - a device company specializing in helping doctors with life-saving devices procedures treating neurovascular patients and physicians. Hear more about how important family can be in a journey that landed him on top of one of the world’s leading medical device companies. About Pete Maki and Alex Gallu...

Angelique Lopez joins us from Walnut Creek, California. She works for the Ngozi Educational and Healthcare Foundation - a nonprofit focused on providing education and healthcare to children impacted by the civil war in Liberia. Ngozi means “blessing” in Ibo, a local African dialect. Hear more about Angelique’s incredible personal story and about how the Ngozi team is creating new opportunities in...

Justin Morgan joins us from Los Angeles, California. He is a Partner at Wood and Delgado - a unique law firm focusing on advising Healthcare practices on business best practices. A good team of advisors is critical to the success of a practice. Yet often healthcare practitioners find themselves in a difficult situation torn between paying too much or too little for advice. Justin shares how his te...

Steve Tessler joins us from Oakland, California. He is the Executive Vice President and was the 14th employee at a startup bank focused on transforming how the customer experiences finance. The word relationship is often bandied about. Steve shares how true relationships are really about collaboration. Hear about his journey and how it led to the birth of the bank, growth and its eventual rebrandi...

Dr. Sepand Hokmabadi joins us from Oakland, California. Known to his patients as “Dr. H”, he runs an innovative dental practice that looks to take care of more than just teeth. Bringing lessons learned from his international travels, Dr. H shares how a daring personal vision for holistic care can help the mind, body, and mouth. Hear about how his passion for integrated services led to onsite massa...

Aria Sa’id joins us from San Francisco from the heart of the Tenderloin District. She runs a nonprofit called The Transgender District which is focused on creating safe spaces for trans people, supporting economic advancement, and providing opportunities for leadership development and community. After taking a bus from Portland with only a few dollars in her pocket, she worked with several other c...

Mitchell and Sheridan join us on Kick, Push, Pivot from San Francisco, CA. After separately working for large financial firms - Mitchell and Sheridan met at Dropbox. Together, they hatched a ground-breaking approach to retirement savings that enables cash-strapped individuals to get a full 401k employer match. Both founders will share their story of how they launched their idea, secured Venture Ca...

Joel Thomas  joins us on Kick, Push, Pivot all the way from the Washington, DC metro area. Starting out with a passion for international travel and helping people, Joel started SPIN Global with the goal of merging the business mindset with the passion of nonprofits. He helps people, cities, and countries in need before and during natural and man-made disasters. His unique B-Corp works with go...

Gary Zellerbach joins us on Kick, Push, Pivot all the way from San Francisco, CA to share his story as he takes us through his life as a professional musician playing with some of the all-time greats to starting his own hologram company then later, working for Sun Microsystems and navigating the acquisition by Oracle. Gary will share his insights into how to innovate with his own company as well a...

Karen Drexler joins us on Kick, Push, Pivot all the way from Berkeley, CA to share her journey as an early employee in Lifescan which sold to Johnson and Johnson for $1B to then launching her own medical technology start-up and how it led her to start Astia Ventures, a group of angel investors that focus on female entrepreneurs. Karen will share her journey and what she looks for when investing in...

Special guest Paul Bains joins us on Kick, Push, Pivot from East Palo Alto, CA to share his story in launching the nonprofit called WeHOPE and United Builders a factory creating housing units from shipping containers. His organization provides innovative housing and shelter options for the homeless and at risk population. Paul shares his story in providing for those in need and creating wealth thr...

Special guest Steve Paladino joins us on Kick, Push, Pivot all the way from Nashville, TN to share his journey in creating his business Music City Fire. He creates fire pits that have Bluetooth audio capabilities and flames that actually dance to the music! Steve will also share some ways that he pivoted during the 2020 pandemic to save his business and ultimately end up more profitable than ever....