En Factor Podcast

In this newest episode of The En Factor, we are very excited to welcome a recent graduate from the entrepreneurship program at The University of Tampa and Founder & CEO of Dirty Bastard Laundry Co., Maximus Mattuchio. You could say Maximus was born an entrepreneur, as side hustles and finding creative ways to make money have always been a part of his life since constantly operating lemonade st...

On this episode of The En Factor, we are excited to welcome franchise consultant, founder, and CEO of Peak Franchising, Chris Hilgers. Chris grew up around family businesses much of his early life where he gained firsthand experiences of the entrepreneurial lifestyle and dedication it took to become successful as a business owner. Beginning his professional career in sales, Chris learned a lot abo...

In this newest episode of The En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by the founder of Interview Valet, Tom Schwab. Have you ever wanted to be a guest on a podcast so you can share a story or an idea? Then this is the perfect episode for you. As a Navy veteran and engineer by training, Tom has helped over 1,500 business owners, leaders, and companies amplify their stories and marketing messages t...

In this newest of The En Factor, we welcome entrepreneur, author, and mental coach at the University of Austin’s Texas’ athletic department, John Mitchell. John is the CEO of Think It Be It, who developed a life-changing 12 minute daily technique that brought him life-changing success and has brought countless others success in their lives. John’s ultimate secret to success is inspired by his pass...

In this episode of The En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Jason Kramer, who is the Founder of Cultivize. From a young age, Jason had a strong passion for art and building things and although he was completing his education at Syracuse University, he was still unsure of the path he wanted to take professionally. After earning his degree, Jason went on to begin a career in graphic design and...

In this episode of the En Factor, we welcome the CEO and co-founder of Agorapulse, Emeric Ernoult. Emeric grew up spending time in the United States and Africa before moving to France, where his family is from, to go to school to become a lawyer. Experiencing lots of success early on in his law career had Emeric wanting more for himself, but he was still too young to be able to become a partner an...

Happy 2026 from Dr. Rebecca White and the En Factor! This special New Year’s episode is centered around goal setting, and you will not want to miss a moment of today’s discussion. Dr. White kicks off the episode with an introduction to goal setting and some of the research, best practices, and advice regarding goal setting in today’s world of constant uncertainty. We then dive into two shorter cas...

This week’s episode of the En Factor is a special one that was recorded live at the Global Collegiate Entrepreneurs Organization (CEO) Conference in Tampa, Florida with one of the most successful pitchmen that there is. Today’s guest is Bob Circosta, who is well known for being the original Home Shopping Network host and playing a huge role in the foundation and rise of the multi-billion dollar ho...

This week’s special Thanksgiving episode of the En Factor features oncology nurse and book author Pamela Baptiste, who was a pleasure to have on the show. Pamela’s journey began on the Caribbean island of Trinidad where her hardworking and resilient mindset was built by the positive and inspiring influence of her parents. She always wanted to be a nurse growing up, as she was inspired by the compa...

On this week’s episode of the En Factor, we are excited to be joined by celebrated Canadian artist and creative business mentor, Tim Packer. Tim had a lifelong dream of making a living off of his artwork, but had given up on himself after only a few years of not being satisfied with his talent and potential as an artist after college. He left his dream to join the police force for nearly 20 years,...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are excited to welcome Leslie Hassler, founder of Your Biz Rules, to the show. Leslie’s journey to Your Biz Rules was not very linear, as she spent years working at an advertising agency before starting her first business, a residential design and construction company. After some time with this venture and realizing that what she was doing wasn’t fulfilling to...

This week’s episode of the En Factor features Whitney Dueñas Richardson, who is the founder of Global Sprouts. Whitney’s journey is a very inspiring one, where she grew up in Guam before her family moved to the United States while she was in high school, when she was struck by the low level of cultural awareness in the United States. But it was when Whitney saw this same disconnect in her own daug...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are excited to be joined by James Brown, an experienced entrepreneur with vast law, business development, and consulting experience who is currently the founder of Business Accelerator Institute and Perseverance Squared. With these two businesses, James provides coaching services including consulting, business development and growth, and marketing for professio...

In this newest episode of the En Factor we welcome Sara Beal, who is the founder of One Step Closer to Healing. Sara is an autonomous nurse practitioner with dual certifications in adult primary care and psychiatry who runs her business as a solo entrepreneur but didn’t plan on being an entrepreneur from the start. Beginning her healthcare career in psychiatry, she fell in love with the field and...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by autonomous nurse practitioner and entrepreneur, Patricia Delgado. Patricia has been in the healthcare industry throughout all of her career, starting out in larger hospitals before transitioning to start her own practice, Sunrise Skin and Wellness to pursue her mission of providing holistic healthcare the way she believes it should...

This week’s episode of the En Factor features serial entrepreneur Mike Magee, who is currently the founder of LoCo Tampa Bay, which is a local office catering marketplace that works with local Tampa Bay restaurants to cater to office and workplace meetings while increasing restaurants’ catering revenues. Think of it like an Uber Eats or a DoorDash for office meetings, where Mike and LoCo promote d...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are joined by serial entrepreneur Xavier Serrano, who is now the founder and CEO of Marqi Medical. After spending over two decades in the insurance world, Xavier transitioned out of his previous venture to revolutionize preventive healthcare with Marqi. Using resources like artificial intelligence, advanced testing and diagnostics, and personalized coaching, Xa...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Jake Colognesi, who is the founder of Mamba Growth Equity. Jake has spent numerous years as an investor and analyst in the technology space, working for firms like Fidelity Ventures, Volition Capital and Sageview Capital before he started his own growth equity firm, Mamba, just one year ago back in 2024. Jake has retained his focus...

In this newest episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Tampa native Lauren Fernandez, who is the Tampa Bay Market Executive of the Bank of Central Florida. Lauren has extensive experience within the banking world, as she started her career in banking right out of college, working across countless different industries and with all sorts of different businesses and entrepreneurs. T...

This newest episode of the En Factor features entrepreneur Jason Brown, who is the founder and CEO of Deliveri. Jason’s entrepreneurial passion was sparked when he returned to school to earn his MBA after spending working in telecommunications for over a decade and led him to beginning his venture, Deliveri. Jason and Deliveri are working to become the first choice for finding a logistics tech sta...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Marissa Kaloga, recording this episode at the Global Entrepreneurship Congress in Indianapolis, Indiana. Dr. Kaloga joins us all the way from New Zealand, where is she is the Hynds Lecturer of Entrepreneurship at the University of Auckland Business School.  Dr. Kaloga has been a scholar throughout her life as she led numerous in...

Founder and CEO Danielle Rushton joins us for this inspirational of the En Factor, as she discusses her journey of creating and leading her company Wherewithal, a brand new approach at reinventing the ordinary bra with adjustable features and personalized sizing through a single product. In this episode, Danielle discusses the challenges of entering a busy market with innovation and perseverance,...

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Dr. Cori Lathan, who is a neuroscientist and serial entrepreneur with vast experience in the medical field as well as the author of a best-selling book Inventing The Future, Stories From a Techno-Optimist. Cori’s entrepreneurial journey includes extensive involvement in improving healthcare and its availability through technological...

In this newest episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to welcome Jackie Hernandez as our guest. Jackie is the Founder and CEO of New Majority Ready, which provides marketing consulting services to companies that allow them to better engage with the younger generations that are Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. These generations combine to make up the largest demographic segment in all of the U...

In this newest episode of the En Factor we welcome Vincent Lanci, who is the founder of Coming Alive Podcast Production. Vincent joins Dr. White at The University of Tampa in front of a live student audience to discuss his journey as a student at UTampa, to experiencing a traumatic, life-threatening injury that led him to starting his own venture through book authoring and podcast production. Vinc...