Gratitude Through Hard Times

Babak Hedayati is the Co-Founder and CEO of Tapclicks. During this interview, Mr. Hedayati goes in depth on how poetry influenced his leadership and parenting style. He specifically recites "On Children" a poem from Kahlil Gibran and compares it to his own life and children. Mr. Hedayati acknowledges the success he has endured but, explains how he wants his children to be even better. He...

Zvi Band founded Contactually back in 2011. An engineer and a CEO, he has taken Contactually from idea to a fast-moving startup that now powers over 208million relationships. The company has over 60 employees, millions in revenue, 12M+ in venture backing, numerous awards, and thousands of customers. As of Monday, February 25, 2019, Contactually entered into an agreement to be acquired by Compass....

Ben Wright is Founder and CEO of Velocity Global, the leading provider of global business expansion solutions. The company is the first in the industry to provide end-to-end services that help companies expand globally using just one partner. Today, Velocity Global has over 120 employees with 10 international offices and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado. In 2018, Wright was named Entrepreneur...

As CEO and President of SADA Systems, Tony Safoian firmly believes that technology can empower people to transform their world. To this end, he places innovation at the core of the business model, coupled with exceptional customer support and managed services. Under Safoian’s guidance, SADA has differentiated itself by proactively addressing a rapidly evolving market across Enterprise, SMB, Govern...

Nis Frome is the co-founder of Alpha, the product management platform that powers thousands of experiments for the world’s leading brands. He is the editor of Product Management Insider and the co-producer of This is Product Management, a podcast with 1M+ downloads. His articles have been published in Forbes, The Next Web, and UX Magazine. In this conversation, we take a look back to his high scho...

Henry Schuck is the CEO and Co-Founder of DiscoverOrg and CEO of ZoomInfo. Under Henry’s leadership, DiscoverOrg has delivered unprecedented growth and innovation – landing on the Inc. 5000 list over the past 8 years and earning multiple awards as the top sales and marketing intelligence tool in the industry. Leading a talented team, he is focused on constantly enhancing DiscoverOrg’s proven abili...

Pat Swisher founded Swisher Hygiene in 1983. In 1994, he went on to become Forbes Up and Coming Entrepreneur, as well as becoming a top Semi-Finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year, and given The Distinguished Alumni Award Appalachian State. In 1995 he was awarded Top Entrepreneur by Success Magazine. As the CEO of Swisher Hygiene, he was voted as one of the Top 100 Franchises in...

Ronn Torossian is the founder and CEO of 5W Public Relations, one of the 10 largest independently-owned PR firms in the United States. With over 20 years of experience crafting and executing powerful narratives, Torossian is one of America’s most prolific and well-respected Public Relations professionals. Since founding 5WPR in 2003, he has overseen the company’s dynamic growth, expanding the comp...

Steven has a BS in Computer Science from Fordham University and a JD from the Pace University School of Law. As the Chief Operating Officer, he is the driving force behind day to day operations, strategic implementation, and execution at The Credit Pros. Also acting as an EOS Integrator, he ensures that solutions are reached for the tough issues through productive meetings, impactful off-sites, co...

As a 25-year veteran of the payments industry, Ralph, CEO and board member of BlueSnap, has led BlueSnap to be a payments leader in Global eCommerce. Ralph has spent his career creating products for retailers, processors and financial institutions, while growing both public and private companies. BlueSnap is a global payments company that looks at eCommerce a little differently. They are payment e...

Working with Fortune 500 companies including Microsoft, Acer, Amazon, Cisco, McKinsey, HTC, Google, AT&T, Sony, and Symantec, Selina has served as the digital partner for several of the most illustrious brands in the world. In 2009, after 15+ years in the industry working both the client and agency side, Selina founded Rational Interaction, a full-service integrated digital agency with a strat...

A glance at his resume and you may think to Movement’s CEO, Casey Crawford, greatness lies in achievements like NFL Super Bowl champion, founder and CEO of a multibillion dollar mortgage company, and becoming a sought-after media guest whose appearances span CNBC’s Squawk Box, Bloomberg and Fox News with print features in The Wall Street Journal and TIME Magazine. There's no doubt the 2015 Ernst &...

Jeremy Burton is the Co-Founder, CTO & Chief Data Scientist at Wonolo. He is a 9x serial entrepreneur, previously being on the Founding team of Symbian and Co-Founder of Intuwave, both of which have been sold to Nokia. Wonolo (Work. Now. Locally) is an on-demand staffing platform for businesses to fill their immediate hourly or daily job needs. Wonolo allows companies to manage unpredictabilit...

"Hello, my name is Erwin van der Vlist. I am a passionate entrepreneur and co-founder of Speakap. Speakap is a digital platform that enables organizations to reach, engage and connect all employees - regardless of their physical location within the business. Our solution is used by more than 350 organizations around the globe - including some of the biggest names in retail and hospitality (Ni...

"Jeff Burgess’ career has spanned over 38 years in various segments of the computer industry. He founded Burgess Computer Decisions, Inc., (BCD) in 1999, as an IT reseller, building HP servers for Fortune 500 companies. In early 2008, a chance meeting sparked Burgess to begin transitioning the company to the video surveillance storage market as BCDVideo. Now the industry leader in purpose-bui...

"John Laramie is the Founder and CEO of Project X (fka ADstruc), the fastest growing OOH specialist in the United States. He graduated from Loyola University of Maryland with a Bachelor of Arts in Business Administration and Concentration in Marketing. John, a two-time entrepreneur, is an active member of the New York Tech Community and enjoys playing ping pong and tennis. John was also featu...

"I help commercial operators change the trajectory of their careers. The average tenure of a commercial executive at a growth company has fallen below 18 months, with some estimates pegged at 16 months. That volatility jeopardizes growth, erodes shareholder value, and creates upheaval and risk for the operators building and running high growth businesses. It is a dangerous time to be a commer...

Robyn Hatcher shines a light on the power of COMMUNICATION to transform relationships, status and your bottom line. Robyn uses her decades of TV and screenwriting experience to help you craft complicated messages into simplified engaging content. Techniques culled from her extensive acting experience, help you deliver your message with impact and power. Robyn’s training as a certified Neural Lingu...

Kamine founded KDC Ag to serve as a food and agricultural-focused arm of his family’s investment shop, Kamine Development Corporation. His goal? Create and invest in profitable infrastructure that will reduce food waste in the U.S. KDC Ag’s proprietary technology can convert 160 tons of unwanted fresh food into animal feed and organic fertilizers. Some of the biggest names across investing and agr...

Thomas Sparico is a career entrepreneur, inventor and and executive having built, led and advised several companies across a number of industries. His career has been driven by a passion for innovation and a desire to engineer the success of concepts and companies. He is the Founder of the Brand New Matter companies (Brand New Matter, Inc. and BNM Ventures). Brand New Matter provides strategic adv...

Rob Emrich is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Gimbal Inc. Gimbal Inc. is a marketing technology that unites the physical and digital worlds. The company counts over 10,000 end customers, from global giants like Ford, Citibank, Walgreens to small neighborhood businesses. Gimbal has received over $90 million in investment from institutions like Qualcomm, AEG, Zebra Technologies, and SK Group. T...

Dan’s passion for closing deals and building businesses has led to growing teams on three continents, #61 on the INC500 as VP Sales at Brafton, and taken several companies from zero to multi-million dollar revenue. Dan currently leads Mindracer’s sales consulting practice, providing the go-to-market strategy for SaaS, Consulting and Agency businesses. Clients include SPARK Neuro, Bodhala, New Hair...

Peter Hurley is the premier headshot photographer in New York City. He teaches his technique at his Headshot Intensive Workshops and online at Headshot Crew—his educational website dedicated to cultivating the largest network of portrait photographers in the world. He is the author of the book The Headshot: Secrets to creating Amazing Headshot Portraits and has released several critically acclaime...

Radek started as an analyst, became a sales person and then worked for 8 years as a portfolio manager. Radek has unique first-hand knowledge of how things work in the industry. Radek’s direct experience with the pain of Corporate Access both on the sell side and buy side as well as a desire to fix a problem that affected him directly for so many years is what spurred the idea behind WeConvene.

WorkGenius is a digital workforce solution connecting companies with freelancers. Founded in 2012 by Marlon Litz-Rosenzweig and Daniel Barke as "Mylittlejob", the company has expanded internationally. With offices in Hamburg, Germany, and New York City, WorkGenius works with over 300,000 freelancers and more than 5,000 companies worldwide. In November 2018, WorkGenius officially announce...