En Factor Podcast

Sandy Yawn is best known as Captain Sandy. Sandy is a renowned superyacht captain with over 30 years of international maritime experience. In addition to being an established and respected captain, she is also the series lead on Bravo’s hit show, Below Deck Mediterranean. Sandy is one of only a handful of female leaders in her industry and is paving the way for women in the boating space. Througho...

Welcome to The En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs.  I’m Rebecca White and my guest on today’s episode is Executive Director of Tampa Bay Tech, Meghan O’Keefe. Meghan graduated with a B.A. in Communications from John Carroll University, where she played competitive soccer all four years. Since then, she has worked in a variety of industries before joining the non-profit sector at Tampa Bay...

Welcome to The En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs. I’m Rebecca White and my guest on today’s episode is Brooke Evans. After graduating from Florida State University, Brooke began her career in public accounting. Since then, has amassed about 20 years of progressive financial management experience. She is committed to the Tampa community and serves on a variety of organizations including t...

Brenden is a public speaking coach, the founder and president of MasterTalk, and is passionate about helping people build confidence through the development of public speaking skills. Leaning into his mission to serve others, Brenden developed a track record that proved critical to his ability to launch MasterTalk as a corporate training company. Listen in to hear how serendipity and an industry e...

Welcome to The En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs.  I’m Rebecca White and my guest on today’s episode is Matthew Nauss. Matthew has a B.S. in Entrepreneurship from the University of Tampa where he started fostering his entrepreneurial mindset right here in the Lowth Entrepreneurship Center. Since then, he has founded companies such as Hussar Yachts, Dolomites Consulting, My City Co-work a...

Welcome to the En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs who started, stumbled, and succeeded. I’m Rebecca White and today I am talking with Italian entrepreneur, Enrico Casati. Enrico studied at top business schools in Milan, Shanghai, and the United States. However, in 2012, Enrico and his partner embarked on an ambitious entrepreneurial journey with the in founding of Velasca, a high-quality...

Welcome to the En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs.  I’m Rebecca White and my guest on today’s episode is Jonathan Tavarez. Having graduated from the University of South Florida, with a B.S. in management and marketing,  Jonathan is now a staple in the business community in the greater Tampa Bay area. He is the founder of several companies such as Pro-Housekeepers, Harmony by Pro-Housekeep...

Welcome to the En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs who started, stumbled and succeeded. Today I am recording in the University of Salerno incubator, located in the Campania region of Italy. My guest today is Ennio Adinolfi. Ennio is a post-doctoral student at the university and also the CEO and co-founder of MinervaS, a company that offers innovative solutions in the energy and automotive...

Welcome to the En Factor, conversations with entrepreneurs who started, stumbled and succeeded. Today I am recording in an incubator in Penta, Italy, in an interesting building that was formerly a monastery and located near the Campus of the University of Salerno. My guest today is Alessia (Al – less e a) Saggese (Si Jay se), Associate Professor and co-owner of AI Tech srl. A.I. Tech is a highly d...

On today’s episode, Dr. White talks with freelance artist Emily Bagan. Since graduating from the University of Tampa, Emily has been fostering her entrepreneurial mindset through her creative talents. Emily is a lover of music and expresses her art through the feelings she experiences when listening to songs, and recently completed the tour art titled Three Chords for Greta Van Fleet. She discusse...

Our guest today on The En Factor is Peter Sayer. Peter is the founder and CEO of businesses such as FlexPath Capital, which delivers affordable capital, insurance, and practice management tools that facilitate growth. He is also the founder and CEO of Driveline, which is in the business of data infrastructure and analytics. Today we hear how he got his start and facilitated his entrepreneurial min...

On today’s episode, we will be talking with Troy Bravenboer. Troy is president of Brave Freight, a company he started 10 years ago after spending several years in sales.  This business is a premier motor carrier organization that offers unique opportunities for both its drivers and shippers. More recently, Troy helped to start Dawn TMS, an innovative tech-enabled company that supports the business...

On today’s episode, we will be talking with Nuria, Rosaileen, and Alina. Three young women who grew up in different parts of the world, studied at different universities across the country, and are all pursuing careers in differing areas of business. However, despite these differences, they each possess a passion for seeking opportunities, creative problem-solving, and developing their entrepreneu...

Our guest today on The En Factor is Jazmine Valencia. Jazmine started her career as a media intern for Island Def Jam Music Group in 2007, she has since climbed the corporate ladder becoming the Director of Digital Marketing for Island Def Jam in 2012. Today, she is the President of the New York-based music and management firm, JV Agency, which she founded in 2015. Since founding JV Agency she has...

Darren Berkovitz is the co-founder of TeleSign, a digital identity and programmable communications company whose services are used by billions of internet users monthly and 21 of the 25 largest internet companies. He has been featured in hundreds of media outlets including Good Morning America, Entrepreneur.com and MSNBC.com. In 2017, TeleSign was purchased by BICS, one of the largest telcos in th...

Today on The En Factor we are talking with Brooke Daly, founder and owner of Advantage College Planning, as well as College Connectors owner, Jenny Buyens. Brooke and Jenny have dedicated their careers to students’ educational enrichment. They have each served on educational boards and associations, worked as application and scholarship readers for universities, and continue to consult and instruc...

Today’s guest on The En Factor is Founder and CEO of Storage Scholars, Sam Chason. Sam’s entrepreneurial spirit developed at a young age starting lemonade stands at 5 years old, and his own landscaping businesses before founding Storage Scholars his freshman year at Wake Forest University. What started as a way to reduce the amount of student debt he would owe after graduation quickly grew into th...

In honor of Valentine's Day, we are reposting our conversation with Amber Kelleher-Andrews. Amber is an internationally renowned relationship expert, professional matchmaker, TV Personality, film producer, and philanthropy enthusiast. She is the CEO of the global matchmaking firm, Kelleher International. Founded in 1984, Kelleher International continues to set the gold standard today for upscale p...

Anjali is a marketing strategist, influencer, and founder of The Immigrant Academy. She moved to the US after getting married, where she started a blog to document her experiences as a new immigrant, and quickly discovered some serious informational gaps concerning how life should look after arriving in the U.S. Anjali was able to transform her blog into one of the most recommended learning platfo...

Caleb Quaid is a Regenerative Consultant and founder of Regenerative Shift -an environmental consulting firm that focuses on assisting businesses and communities with the transition to regenerative practices. He recently worked with Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to plant the first regenerative planting project in North American professional sports, with a 1,100-foot living fence of bamboo and nat...

Greg Sloan, is a Chief Purpose Officer and Co-Founder of Go Beyond, a People Development company that combines Behavioral Science and Technology to create a more prosperous workforce. Greg is an alumnus of Georgia State University, currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and has lived there for the most part. Greg was also a VP at Goldman Sachs for over a decade, and then became an entrepreneur in...

Joseph is an alumnus of University of Florida, and is a serial problem solver with more than 35 years of banking and business experience. His business journey is highlighted in his new book that was released in late June 2022. It details the crisis in 2008 with a touch of humor and the book is called “The Zero-Sum Game” In today’s conversation, we would love to learn more about his career trajecto...

Marcus is the CEO and Founder of Make Music Count, which was founded in 2013 and is an app that teaches how to master math by playing popular songs on the piano. Make Music Count is a math app taught through playing the piano. Students of 3rd - 11th grade solve math equations where the answers are piano notes to immediately play popular songs on the piano. This app is available for school district...

Cory Hymel leads all things Web3 as the Director of Blockchain at Gigster , a company dedicated to helping businesses develop software applications with the speed of a startup, coupled with the quality and expertise of the most innovative global talent.  Follow him on YouTube , Twitter , and LinkedIn, and read his blog at https://gigster.com/blog .  Key Words - Technology development, software, bl...

Andrew Amann, CEO of NineTwoThree Venture Studio . Andrew and his team have created over 50 products and 14 startups and were featured in the Inc 500 in 2021 and 2022. Since co-founding NineTwoThree Venture Studio in 2012, Andrew Amann has helped launch countless ventures for clients and emerging companies and turned his business into one of the fastest-growing private companies in America on the...