Fervent Four

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Carly Buxton, Co-Founder and CEO of  Nessle , a digital health platform that serves both sides of the parent support marketplace. The online platform makes it easy for birth workers, parenting coaches, and other expert consultants to launch, run, and grow their parent-support businesses. Watch this week's episode to hear about Carly's journey,...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Pamela Rosara Jones, Founder of  The Branding Icon , the first Innovation Brand Marketing Consultancy in the Hampton Roads area. The ICONIC Formula is applied to every client's campaign to bring out their brand's authentic and unique DNA. Pamela is giving businesses, organizations, nonprofits, and solopreneurs a complete and comprehensive bran...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Adam Sledd and  Braden Croy , Executive and Program Directors of Dominion Energy Innovation Center (DEIC) , an affiliated innovation center of Activation Capital that supports early-stage advanced technology companies by providing them with collaborative space, guidance, and resources needed to accelerate their growth . DEIC supports great ide...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Aakash Shah, Founder and CEO of  Wyndly , a modern medical practice that specializes in helping allergy sufferers achieve allergy-free lives. Wyndly is replacing antihistamines and nasal sprays that don't solve the underlying problem with accessible allergy immunotherapy, a proven way to train the immune system to ignore allergy triggers. Watc...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Howard Hesson, Founder and CEO of  Fun1st , an education technology company specializing in integrating technology and wellness practices into schools. Fun1st incentivizes students to achieve academic success by tracking their behavior & performance and rewarding them with tokens that can be spent in Fun1st's digital school store. Watch this w...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Drew Keever, Co-Founder of  AdvisorFinder , an online marketplace to help people find a financial advisor. AdvisorFinder makes financial advice more accessible by helping people understand what financial advisors do, how much they cost, and more, giving them more confidence in choosing the right advisor. Watch this week's episode to hear about...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Jeanette Prophyl, Founder and CEO of  The B.O.B.O. Collective , a supply chain collective and brokerage for black owned consumer packaged goods businesses looking to grow their distribution. Watch this week's episode to hear about Jeanette's journey, how black consumers disproportionately outspend on products in the consumer packaged goods spa...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Adquena Faine, Founders of  Bäro My Keys Inc. , an on-demand key-exchange solution using a web app integrated with an intelligent locker system. The app allows guests to safely and conveniently reserve various types of rentals, whether a car or a house, in one place and pick up all keys at any time of the day. Watch this week's episode to hear...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Katy Schuck & Sean Worden, Co-Founders of  Reelist , a software company helping companies attract and engage Gen Z and Millennial job seekers for entry-level jobs. With Reelist, companies create short-form videos about their jobs and company, deliver them to targeted job seekers, and use data to improve the effectiveness of their recruiting ef...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Ricky Eckhardt, Co-Founder and CEO of  Cliqket , a creator-led social marketplace that empowers communities to interact with the people, brands, and retailers that matter to them most. Each Clique is an invite-only, fully social experience first with a complete P2P marketplace one swipe away. Watch this week's episode to hear about Ricky's jou...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Chase Austin, CEO of  OverAchieving Tea , a brewing and blending craft tea company focused on quality, innovation, and pushing the boundaries of what you think tea is. OverAchieving Tea offers a healthy alternative to coffee and energy drinks. Watch this week's episode to hear about how Chase Austin started his company with just a few hundred...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Ikeobi Ekwevi, Founder and CEO of Rooa, an app that allows you to dynamically manage and store all your interactional media data. Its goal is the preservation of your interactional data and the extension of human presence on earth. Watch this week's episode to hear about Ikeobi's background, providing indefinite access to social data, becoming...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Brian Owens, Program Manager of  B-Force Accelerator , a 12-week business development course with workshops, one-on-one technical assistance, and direct access to capital. Watch this week's episode to hear about Brian's background in music and business, the opportunity B-Force provides, the growing community, and much more!   Show notes:   (0:...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down with Emanuel Perez, Co-Founder and CEO of Novus , a startup that builds anti-phishing tools for end users, beginning with non-custodial wallet owners in web3 . Watch this week's episode to hear about Emanuel's why, the need for elevating operational security for users on the internet, lessons learned from mistakes, and much more!   Show notes:   (0...

This week hosts Tim Ryan and Zack Miller sit down to discuss everything entrepreneurship in the 757. Don't miss out on the news regarding the latest startups, events, and jobs! Watch this week's episode to hear about Zack's Texas trip, the staples locations in the region, the highs and lows of business, and much more!   Show notes:   (0:00) Zack's San Antonio Trip   (8:56) Advertising + How differ...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Erica McMannes, Founder, Chief People, and Community Officer of  Instant Teams , a talent marketplace that uses innovative technology, career development, and a focus on skills-based hiring to create employment solutions for companies and remote careers for military and veteran spouses. Watch this week's episode to hear about the growth of In...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Greg Tomchick, Partner, and CEO of  Valor Cybersecurity , a cybersecurity company that simplifies identifying and addressing cybersecurity threats and business requirements for small-medium sized businesses in financial, defense, and investment communities. Watch this week's episode to hear about Greg's background as a professional baseball p...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Hamilton Perkins, Founder and President of  Hamilton Perkins Collection , an independent brand that designs and produces unique and award-winning bags and accessories made from upcycled materials. Each bag is made from pineapple leaf fiber, billboard vinyl, fabric banners, apparel, and other advertising waste. Watch this week's episode to hea...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Tahjere Lewis, Founder and CEO of  Aunt Carol's Sauce , an all-purpose sauce delicious with meats, vegetables, and especially seafood that's purpose is to be delicious and bring families together. The sauce is a loving memory of Carol Scott, Tahjere's Aunt, who originally created the sauce for her family. Watch this week's episode to hear abo...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Tricia Dunlap, Managing Partner at  Dunlap Law PLC , a law practice that serves small businesses and business owners, helping them start businesses, protect them while they grow, and sell them when they're ready. Watch this week's episode to hear about business owners' common mistakes, the importance of a relationship with your lawyer, disrup...

This week it's a special edition of the Fervent Four Show! Hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Blair Durham at the Mighty Dream Forum. Blair is the Co-founder and President of Black BRAND , a local 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization that stands for Business Research Analytics Networking and Development seeking to transform the local, regional, and national community through unity, educatio...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Jolie Spiers, Executive Director of  Hampton Roads Small Business Development Center  (SBDC), a local resource that provides free business advising and technical assistance to existing and pre-venture entrepreneurs. Watch this week's episode to hear about how the SBDC helps businesses, the importance of small businesses to our communities, th...

This week it's a special edition of the Fervent Four Show! Hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Jacob Marshall at the Mighty Dream Forum. Jacob is the Head of Partnerships at  Quantum Spin Studios , a majority woman-owned media company whose interdisciplinary expertise spans entertainment, worldbuilding, and emerging technology. This episode is part two of three Fervent Four Show episodes...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Dominique Hawkins, CEO of  NP on Demand LLC , a niche medical practice that provides medical clearances virtually via telemedicine to patients undergoing cosm etic surgery. Watch this week's episode to hear about how Dominique got started in business, scaled her business from $0 to more than 270k in 15 months, and much more!   Tim Ryan is an...

This week hosts Tim Ryan, and Zack Miller sit down with Dan Bell, President and Chairman of  The Hampton Roads Innovation Collaborative , one of ten technology councils in the Commonwealth of Virginia. Watch this week's episode to hear about how Dan's experience from working for Apple and Cannon to has helped him grow the technology market and community in Hampton Roads.       Tim Ryan is an angel...