Corporate Thought

Marc talks with Larry Harding of the HSP Group on developing his business supporting the international expansion of others.

This episode is part of the Entrepreneurial Mindset series. This week we explore creativity as an aspect of the successful entrepreneur's mindset and learn how Hank Ingram came up with the idea to age whiskey on the Mississippi River on barges.

Marc talks with Weston LaBar during Men's Health month to discuss physical and mental health and the importance of maintaining a healthy body and mind as an entrepreneur.

Hank Ingram of OH Ingram River Aged Whiskey comes back to the show to discuss passion.

Marc makes a brief detour to discuss the commencement speaker at his daughter's graduation and the topic of incivility in America

Marc is joined by Erin Coupe of Authentically EC to discuss passion as an element of the Entrepreneurial Mindset. Erin can be reached at erincoupe.com

Marc introduces the entrepreneurial mindset to the conversation

Julie comes on to discuss the effects on business post covid and how older business leaders can learn from younger generations

A conversation with Ira Wolfe PART 1 Ira mentioned his TED Talk – you can find it here . Ira discussed the latest Generation – Alpha. In my typical searching, I found this great article in The Atlantic about Generation Alpha and the general issue of generational delineations. We had a lengthy conversation about Generation X, so back to googling and I found many interesting articles about that gene...

A conversation with Ira Wolfe about the State of Employment in the 21st Century PART 1 Ira mentioned his TED Talk – you can find it here . Ira discussed the latest Generation – Alpha. In my typical searching, I found this great article in The Atlantic about Generation Alpha and the general issue of generational delineations. We had a lengthy conversation about Generation X, so back to googling and...

Conversation 71: My Communications with Sam George Sam talked about working with both John Sperling and George Soros .  I knew of Soros but did not know much about Sperling. Sam told the story of the changing of the term “Climate Change” from “Global Warming” and credited Republican strategist Frank Luntz with the change in term.  I went hunting and found this interesting piece . Sam pro...

Conversation 70: Experiencing Design with Karen Hold If you don’t know Folgers Coffee … When I think of law school graduates who never used the degree, I immediately think of my guest Joan Samson, please give my Conversation About Not Being A Doctor  a listen if you have not done so before. The Coursera course Karen spoke of is Experiencing Design: Deepening Your Design Thinking Practice. Kar...

Conversation 69: Raising capital with Rob Bolandian Failures are acceptable! I went far afield on the question of NDAs. That of course got me looking and I found this good breakdown about non disclosure agreements . Rob can be reached at cambridgewilkinson.com

Conversation 68: A conversation about leadership and change with Coach Diana Cutaia. I couldn’t help but talk to Diana about Food Trucks . We also discussed the Living Room Theater , Powell’s Books and Voodoo Donuts . I enjoyed Diana’s take on The Great Resignation or as she sees it more The Great Reset a rethinking of what is important to people. This of course led me down a black hole of website...

Conversation 67: Now We’re Cooking with Gas with Peter and Ginhee Ungar The Tasting Counter is a unique dining experience – dining as theater as Minhee put it. You can buy a ticket to attend a lunch or dinner here . I told Peter and Ginhee about my conversation with Jesse Cole . To learn more about the Tasting Counter, you can check out their website at tastingcounter.com

Conversation 66: Learning how to communicate with Lisa Beth Lentini Walker and Stef Tschida I loved the concept of the Portfolio Lifestyle and did some deep digging into it, finding numerous articles including this one . Okay so I researched Problemtunity and of course found this video from Lisa Beth. The book by Lisa Beth and Stef is Raise your Game, Not Your Voice The six types of stories that w...

Going Shopping with Rick Neuman Rick told us about Canadian Tire , a chain I was completely unfamiliar with. Grocery Gateway was the expensive online grocery chain that Rick talked about. Rick works at Flipp which he explains at length.  He told me that they are a great app to download before you start planning for Black Friday sales too. Go to Getflipp.com to download it or go to flipp.com f...

A Masterclass in Learning From Your Customers with Kristin Zhivago I told Kristin about my conversation with Jesse Cole I mentioned Competing Against Luck by Clayton Christensen which I highly recommend reading. Kristin's book is Roadmap to Revenue available at Amazon Kristin can be found at zhivagopartners.com and also at the following Social Links: LinkedIn. https://www.linkedin.com/in/kristinzh...

My “fan”tastic conversation with Jesse Cole We discussed 10 Ideas a Day , which I first learned about from James Altucher . Jesse mentioned Seth Godin’s quote on What is Remarkable? “ Something worth talking about ." Jesse mentioned a quote by Henry Ford about faster horses . Jesse was excited about the 2022 Banana Ball World Tour . I hope to make it to a game. I mentioned having my legal team rea...

O what a conversation with Alicia Davon Alicia talks about 5 Parts (Keys to a Successful Relationship) in the Davon Method: 1. Consciousness 2. Contact 3. Chemistry 4. Choreography 5. Cultivation Alicia is offering a free “love life” consultation. She can be reached by texting her at 415-308-9580 or through this link: https://erwandavon.com/consult/ Also, their website is pleasurecourse.com

Conversation 61: Talking social media with Chris Naghibi Chris talks about the power of personal branding in social media. Chris realized put out good advice without selling anything has been key. I am highly confused by NFTs. Here is a primer . Chris mentioned understanding NFTs for the music industry . We discuss how on social media sites, we are the product . We discussed the authenticity of Ga...

Conversation 60: Road Tripping with Stephanie Stuckey Stephanie and I took a trip down memory lane for this episode but also discussed how her brand is being found by a new batch of fans. For those who don’t know South of the Border – it is a roadside attraction on the border of North Carolina and South Carolina. Stephanie recalled rubber alligators dunking birds , among other nostalgic items. Roa...

Conversation 59: 10xing with Michael Solomon Okay so first things first, is there a Brazilian fire ant? Yes there is! We spend a lot of time discussing 10x people and Michael does a great job of explaining it but here is a little piece of information to add to the discussion. Michael mentioned following a non profit path and worked with a group to create The Kristin Ann Carr Fund to provide grants...

I had a great conversation with Anne Gannon.  Anne is the principal of the Largo Group .  I couldn’t remember where I lived so I had to remember that I lived in Middlesex County but Union County had great golf courses . Sleepy Hollow County Club was the location of Anne’s favorite golf memory. There were a lot of animal sounds during the recording of our conversation as Anne and her husb...

Hank Ingram is the proprietor of O.H. Ingram River Aged Whiskey. He brought some by for a tasting. We starting tasting his Flagship. Hank mentioned the term white dog, the clear spirit prior to aging, so I was curious to look up a bit more . I’m a lawyer so of course I was interested in the Supreme Court case Hank mentioned as the basis for getting his floating rickhouse approved. For the non lawy...