LA Business Podcast

Insperity Regional Vice President, Sarah Grimstead, talks about ensuring success, and limiting mistakes with human resources.

Please welcome Alexander Melton, CEO & Founder of Wyrmix, a creative technology engineering studio based out of Dallas, TX that that leverages their partnerships to create physical and digital products, connected experiences, and interactive environments.

Please welcome Emilia M. D'Anzica and Sabina M. Pons, Authors of "Pressing ON as a Tech Mom: How Tech Industry Mothers Set Goals, Define Boundaries & Raise the Bar for Success." This book is not just about women in tech. It's about technology moms and the struggles and triumphs that they experienced throughout their careers, as well as allies of tech moms who want to support this movement.

Jason White is an expert in the federal contracting process. He has nearly 13 years' experience helping businesses succeed with government contracts. Jason is the AUTHORITY in formulating strategies to increase APPROVAL in Federal Government contract bids. He equips entrepreneurs, business owners, 9-5ers, and anyone who desires to supply products and services to the Federal Government with the kno...

Please welcome Benson Tsai, CEO of Stellar Pizza. Stellar Pizza uses cutting-edge technology and advanced robotics to create an automated, touchless machine, offering a one-of-a-kind technology-driven culinary experience that bakes and serves pizza from scratch in under five minutes.

Please welcome Ron Rudzin, Founder & CEO of Saatva. Saatva has been the fastest-growing online brand in the bedroom category over the pandemic, growing to over $420M in revenue in 2021. 

Please welcome Kwini Reed, Owner of Poppy + Rose and Poppy & Seed. Kwini's path to becoming a renowned restauranteur has been untraditional, as she started her career in the entertainment industry, singing in venues throughout the country and writing music for film and TV shows.

Please welcome Dr. Chandler Sims Chang, Clinical Psychologist and CEO of Therapy Lab and Therapy Lab Kids. Therapy Lab Kids aims to address the mental health challenges families in America face by providing accessible therapy. On this episode, we will be discussing culture in the virtual workspace and avoiding burnout.

Please welcome Pavel Stepanov, CEO of Virtudesk. When he was still working as a real estate agent, hiring his first VA made him realize that virtual assistants can help save time and money, which contributes to increasing business productivity and growth.    He has been able to grow Virtudesk to over 700 employees without funding, since the cost-effectiveness of virtual assistants allows him to re...

Please welcome Kim Estep, Founder of Women Nation, a soon to be released podcast. Kim Estep has worked in the commercial finance industry for over 22 years and attributes her success to understanding and adapting to the male professional psyche.

Please welcome Amy McCord Jones, Owner of Flower Moxie. Flower Moxie is an online business that sells flowers to DIY brides and helps them put it all together using recipes and tutorials. Flower Moxie's success shows that you can absolutely create something brave and unrepresented from scratch, keep the daily operations small, but scale the impact nationwide.   

Please welcome  Kerry Siggins , CEO of StoneAge  and host of the podcast  Reflect Forward . StoneAge is engineering and manufacturing company of industrial cleaning equipment; and is also employee owned.   Named CEO of StoneAge at the young age of 29 years old, grown StoneAge from $8M to $60M in revenue through 3 downturns and in the process of transitioning the company from manufacturing to more...

Please welcome T.K. Pillan, Founder and Executive Chairman of Veggie Grill, a growing chain of plant-based restaurants. Veggie Grill is the largest 100% plant-based restaurant company in the United States. Since founding Veggie Grill in 2006, T.K. has been helping people advance their conscious food journey in an approachable and attainable manner. T.K. Pillan is also the Founding Partner of Power...

Please welcome Vinayak Mahajan, Founder & CEO of GiftAFeeling Inc. - the only gifting company in the world that educates people on how to find a gift based on research done on human psychology.  

Please welcome Michael Coughlin, CEO of Apparel Company  TheBlueOceanLife.com . The Blue Ocean Life Co. is a lifestyle clothing brand designed for people seeking natural ways to improve their wellness. From dealing with the devastating effects of childhood tragedy to struggling with anxiety,  Blue Ocean Life Company's  founder Mike Coughlin's pursuit to live a happier and healthier life has been r...

Innovation Ecosystem is an organization offering practical tools and support to deliver a step change in innovation effectiveness. Jennifer is a leader in System Innovation, enabling organizations to solve challenging problems, and find the right solutions to build high impact change.

Please welcome Brett Cramer, Co-founder and President of The Spice Lab. The Spice Lab was developed to encourage creative cooking and make meals more flavorful. Many hours of research have gone into finding the finest salts for cooking, finishing and seasoning, and bringing them to your table.

Please welcome Myong Lee. Myong Lee is the President, Chief Operating Officer, and Co_Founder Clever Care Health Plan. With 14 years' experience in health care leadership, Myong has a proven track record in launching health care organizations. His leadership focus is in building provider relationships and contracting. Prior to founding Clever Care, Myong was instrumental in building Clover Health'...

Please welcome Jesse P Gilmore, CEO of Niche in Control. Jesse is an agency growth advisor for marketing agency and creative firm owners. Niche in Control gives you a blueprint for turning your marketing agency or creative firm into a growth machine. Niche in Control has taken clients that are going from $15k/month to $100k+/month within a 12 month period.   

Please welcome Lattice Hudson, Owner of Lattice & Co and a business coach, leadership mentor, and social sales expert at latticehudson.com. Lattice helps coaches start, grow, and scale profitable 6-7-figure businesses online. Lattice was born and raised in Chicago, IL and now resides in Scottsdale AZ. Lattice graduated with her Bachelors of Arts. Degree in Human Resource Management in 2015, and we...

Please welcome Dragos Badea, CEO of Yarooms. Yarooms is hybrid work management software that allows companies to digitize offices via an easy to use meeting room booking tool. One thing led to another and the team evolved it into a fully fledged workplace management solution that is recognized as an industry leader according to G2. Over the past 10 years he has helped multiple companies across the...

Please welcome J Haleem, an award-winning, nationally published commercial photographer turned bestselling author, motivational speaker, and corporate trainer. J Haleem has worked with national brands providing them with the imagery needed to market and promote their businesses. He is an Amazon bestselling author of two books, I Won't Starve and U Won't Starve: Key Principles of Entrepreneur Devel...

Please welcome Craig Dempsey. Craig is the co-founder and chief executive officer of  Biz Latin Hub Group , Integrated accounting, law and recruitment firm an organization dedicated to assisting investors in Latin America and the Caribbean via the likes of company formation and tax advisory, as well as through recruitment and payroll outsourcing. Craig holds a degree in mechanical engineering, a m...

Please welcome Ismael Wrixen, Executive Chairman of FE International. Ismael comes from a background in large-cap M&A investment banking, where he executed several high-profile deals, namely in the technology sector. He has grown FE International into an award-winning global M&A advisor of SaaS, e-commerce, and content businesses, completing acquisitions for thousands of founders, owners, and acqu...

CEO and Co-founder at DMarket, a cross-chain marketplace to trade all possible NFTs and technology for building metaverses.