Office Hours with David Meltzer

Ed Stevens Ed is also a successful investor and sits on the Board of several U.S.-based companies across several industries, including blockchain and online retail. He also has a BA from Stanford University in Russian Literature. Ali Nasser He’s CEO of AltruVista, the “Fastest Growing Wealth Advisory Firm in Houston”, which went from being a $20M firm to $200M+ in 4 years. He started Wealth Integr...

Craig Goldberg Craig’s journey started when doctors and specialists couldn’t find a way to treat his wife’s illness due to gluten. This led to him researching how the body operates and learning more about the positive impacts of spiritual connectedness and meditation. In November of 2016, he had his first Sound Lounge experience and it forever changed his life. His work is backed by 40+ years of r...

Liz Elting [0:00] She’s an entrepreneur, business leader, linguaphile, philanthropist, feminist, & mother. After living, studying, & working in five countries across the globe, she founded TransPerfect out of an NYU dorm room in 1992 & served as Co-CEO until 2018. TransPerfect is the world's largest language solutions company, with over $1.1 billion in revenue & offices in more tha...

Erin Lopez & Lisa Cox [0:00] Erin Lopez is the wife, a mother & entrepreneur behind A Lopez Lifestyle. A sought-after speaker, author and leader in the direct sales industry, she brought her 25 years in the fashion industry to build an entrepreneurial business to help others find success. She quickly built a multi million dollar business while raising their beautiful children, inspiring he...

Rob Meyerson He’s a namer, brand consultant, and principal and founder of Heirloom, an independent brand strategy and identity firm founded in 2015. He’s also author of the book How Brands Are Built and Host of the “How Brands Are Built Podcast”. Matt Kaulig He’s the owner of the NASCAR team Kaulig Racing, which won the Xfinity Series Regular Season Championship last year. His family office, Kauli...

Ben Jeffries Ben founded the company at 17 before dropping out of university and a placement at, Royal Dutch Shell to pursue it. He raised Influencer's first funding round (£100,000) in under 24 hours. He’s been named Forbes 30 Under 30, as well as BMW Entrepreneur of the Year. They work with global brands like Mars, Alibaba, and P&G. Mike Corradini He is also the host of the ProductMentor pod...

Liz Wiseman She is the CEO of the Wiseman Group, a leadership research and development firm headquartered in Silicon Valley, California. She’s a former executive at Oracle Corporation, she worked over the course of 17 years as the Vice President of Oracle University and as the global leader for Human Resource Development. Patricia Love She is a Women's Motivational and Confidence Coach. She flips...

JV Crum III JV is the Founder of Conscious Millionaire.com . He is a mindset and strategy coach, speaker, futurist, investor, attorney and 34x #1 International Best-Selling Author. JV is creator of the Mindset to Millions Event and hosts the Conscious Millionaire Show for entrepreneurs who want to get rich changing the world! In its eighth season, the podcast and syndicated radio show is heard by...

Grant Gibson He has more than a decade of experience in the cybersecurity industry and is the Chief Information Security Officer at CIBR, a cybersecurity think tank. CIBR stands for the Cyber Institute for Battle Readiness and their mission is to inspire and activate businesses to achieve cyber readiness through innovative strategies, education, staff augmentation, and technology. Joshua Hicks He...

Pamela Shainhouse [0:00] She’s the President of Allistyle Inc., a fashion line named in memory of her daughter Alli Shapiro. Allistyle highlighted the need for a size-diverse, beautiful, comfortable clothing for women sizes XS-3X. Her claim to fame is the October 2012 runway show at Toronto Fashion Week, the first size-diverse brand to ever walk a runway in Canada. She’s writing a memoir about her...

Glenn Poulos [0:00] He’s a sales coach, author, & public speaker. He’s the co-founder, vice president, and general manager of NWS Canada, formerly Gap Wireless Inc. With over three decades of experience in sales, he has developed a successful strategy system by spending thousands of hours in the field or on the phone with customers and working with salespeople in several successful companies w...

Colin Jacobs After graduating from Brown with a degree in Computer Graphics, Colin started as Tech Director for Star Wars 1 & 2 at LucasArts in San Francisco. Later, Colin partnered with SportStar Relocation, a niche real estate company in LA that is a one-stop relocation service for professional athletes. After speaking and training agents with Tom Ferry, he transitioned to work as a global t...

Paul Adrian He is an entrepreneur and Emmy award-winning journalist) who is the co-founder and CEO of latakoo, an Austin, Texas-based cloud-native technology company that has provided a secure, end-to-end video workflow solution for some of the world’s largest broadcasters and media companies for the past decade. Joe Marinucci He’s been the co-founder and CEO of Digital Media Solutions, Inc. (NYSE...

Rebecca Kacaba She is CEO and Co-Founder of the capital raising platform DealMaker, a company that has facilitated over a billion dollars in capital raises for their clients in just a couple of years. Their proprietary technology provides the tools to manage all aspects of a great raise in one centralized platform. Colonel Chris Starling Colonel Chris Starling saw many enlisted members transition...

Simon Severino As Founder & CEO of Strategy Sprints, he helps business owners in SaaS and Services run their company more effectively which results in sales that soar. Trusted by Google, Roche, Consilience Ventures, Amgen, AbbVie. He created the Strategy Sprints™ Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. Helaine Knapp She is the founder of CITYROW, which starte...

Candace Charee She started a coaching business right at the start of COVID and has grown it into something extremely successful and thriving. She created a method of reprogramming the subconscious mind that helps people heal from past pain/trauma and limiting beliefs, which she calls Neurocognitive Reprogramming. Christian de la Huerta He’s a “sought-after spiritual teacher, personal transformatio...

Justin Vandehey [0:00] He was the cofounder of Disco, the first company built on Slack & Microsoft Teams. He raised capital from several top tier investors including General Catalyst, Marc Benioff, and SAP, grew the company to profitability, and sold Disco to Culture Amp for 13x their revenues in 2020. He currently leads partnerships and business development for Culture Amp. He is an advisor f...

Janine Bogart [0:00] Janine joined as their Director of Development in July of this year. “Acknowledged for shattering performance records and creating tailored strategic plans to provide for her client's growth and development, Janine takes the panic out of the project, and delivers results for those in need. From a generational line of Military Veterans, Janine is eager to combine her skills and...

Joshua Kim He discovered the world of SBA financing and after much trial and error, was able to finance his first business purchase with an SBA loan of $1.2M at 19 without family money, connections or an ‘insider’ at the bank approving the loan. Subsequently he was able to get 2 more loans totalling another $1.3M+ to purchase 2 more businesses. By the time of his exit this year, topline was over $...

Jake Bjorseth He’s the 22-year-old founder of Trndsttrs, a Gen Z agency helping brands understand and reach, you guessed it, Gen Z. He originally presented his business plan for a Gen Z agency to his University's accelerator program and was denied. 3 years later they asked him to speak. Jill Kenney She’s the CEO of Paidia, an innovation company at the nexus of gaming, technology and media. Her mis...

Simon Mainwaring Simon was a finalist for Global Australian of the Year in 2015 and received the MAKE CHANGE, “Conscious Leadership” Award in 2016. Simon also has a book ( WE First: How brands and consumers use social media to build a better world ) that is a New York Times and Wall Street Journal bestseller. Stefan Olander He is the founder and CEO of OMORPHO, an innovative sport and fitness comp...

Ryan DeLuca In 2016 Ryan and his business partner decided to start Black Box VR with a mission to disrupt the fitness industry once again by creating innovative products and experiences that create lasting change in people’s lives. After trying VR for the first time, they knew they were experiencing a magically immersive technology that, if paired with resistance training, gaming principles &...

Peter Goldstein Peter currently serves as Founder and CEO of Exchange Listing, LLC, which provides a services in the strategic planning and implementation of listing on a senior exchange, such as NASDAQ or NYSE, for private & public companies & those pursuing a listing on global exchanges. In his 20s, Peter started a specialty food company and had his first exit at age 30. Diana Lee Diana...

Nick Bracks [16:16] He’s since developed a successful public speaking career on the topic of mental health, conducting over 1,000 talks at organizations around the world, including several TED talks. The “Neighbours” actor is also a successful entrepreneur, founding Move Your Mind Pty Ltd - a corporate wellness software for employees in construction and similar industries. He released his first bo...

Hiral Chandrana [0:45] He’s the CEO at Mastek Group, a trusted digital engineering and cloud transformation partner with ~6000 employees serving clients in more than 40 countries. With a rich experience spanning 30 years across diverse industries and expertise in IT Services, Hiral is at the helm of Mastek, responsible for the global P&L of the organization, which includes defining the strateg...