Office Hours with David Meltzer

Marcoantonio Rodriguez Rodriguez has continued to develop the family business by perfecting their Premium Miche Miche Marlin Michelada sauce. Meant to be mixed with carbonated or alcoholic beverages, their new Michelada product made its first major debut at the 2019 Sacramento Michelada Bash at Cesar Chavez Park, winning first-place in the competition. Gloria Feldt She is cofounder and president o...

Greg Falesnik Greg has worked with dozens of executive management teams to build comprehensive and effective IR campaigns with both public and private companies, while also leading the consulting process for several successful IPOs. His diverse investor relations experience spans across several industries, including disruptive technology, clean tech, financial tech, business services and consumer...

Jeffrey Smith As the leading spokesperson on GMO health dangers, Jeffrey Smith has authored 2 global bestsellers, directed 5 films, delivered 1000 lectures and 1000 interviews in 45 countries, trained 1500 speakers and organized over 10,000 grassroots advocates. He is now sounding the alarm about the serious, even irreversible hazards from new genetic engineering techniques, which can lead to heal...

Dawn Weiss She is CMO of Cycle Bar, Row House & Xponential Fitness. CycleBar offers several different classes, including Classic, Connect, Performance, Empower, Xpress, and Cyclegives (which raises proceeds to benefit a cause). Row House also offers all-in-one cardio enhancing full-body workouts at different levels of cardio with six different class types: Signature, Power, Full Row, Restore,...

Steven Cohen [0:00] He’s the Senior Vice Dean of Columbia’s School of Professional Studies & a Professor in the Practice of Public Affairs at Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs. He’s also Director of the Master of Public Administration Program in Environmental Science & Policy at Columbia University’s School of International & Public Affairs, Director of...

Brad Deutser [0:24] He’s the visionary leader behind Deutser & Deutser Clarity Institute (with leadership learning labs in Houston, New York, Bermuda and Arizona). He’s a trusted counselor, executive coach & leadership guru for CEOs, Board Chairs, & top corporate management. His unique insights & original approach to affecting a human approach to sustainable organizational change h...

Tay Sweat The 32-year-old was arguably set up to fail in life. Growing up with a single mom on welfare, Sweat got his first job at a Grocery Fulfillment Center, soon losing that job, his home and his car which propelled him, a regular guy with no background in finance, started tirelessly studying the stock market. He invested in a coach, read 1 book a week and saved 100% of his income until he cou...

Tony DiMatteo Tony DiMatteo is a serial entrepreneur currently serving as the Chief Executive Officer of Lottery.com , a venture-backed technology company based in San Francisco, CA, & Austin, TX, with additional offices across the globe. It lets you play the Lottery from your phone. He is also the executive director of WinTogether which is paving the way for the future of philanthropy. The fo...

Paul Epstein Paul Epstein is an expert in leadership and organizational culture with nearly fifteen years of experience as a professional sports executive for multiple NFL and NBA teams, a global sports agency, and the NFL league office—leading and coaching business teams, most recently with the San Francisco 49ers. Matthew Pollard Global Gurus lists him as a Top 3 Sales Professional, Top Sales Wo...

Fredrik Haren [6:58] In 2008, he decided to become a truly global speaker. Since then, he’s been invited to speak in between 20-35 countries per year, while also enjoying at least 3 months off annually with his family. During these breaks, he typically spends time on his private island in Sweden or at his home in Singapore. His message has reached more than 1,000,000 people from the stage. He’s co...

Regina Gwynn She is one of the two Co-Founders of Black Women Talk Tech, an organization that aims to identify, support and encourage black women to build the next billion-dollar business. They are building community and profitable, scalable businesses for self-identified Black women in tech, together. It is the largest collective of black women tech founders with a unique understanding of the cha...

Christopher Willis [0:23] He has been helping people immigrate and settle since 1995. Prior to joining Latitude, he was a Managing Partner of Henley & Partners, responsible for operations in the Americas and Caribbean region including the Citizenship-by-Investment Programmes in St Kitts & Nevis, Antigua & Barbuda, St Lucia and Grenada. In 2018, Latitude merged with RIF Trust to expand...

Adam Bryant [0:23] Adam is the Senior Managing Director at The ExCo Group, an executive coaching firm. They bring an operator’s lens to executive development. Their Mentors are experienced former CEOs and top executives of complex organizations, and each brings a blend of determination, curiosity and humility to the role. He is also the co-author of The CEO Test: Master the Challenges that Make or...

Elizabeth Hamilton-Guarino Through Elizabeth's companies, she has helped individuals and organizations around the world be their best and achieve world-class excellence with gratitude-based behavior and belief systems. She is one of America's foremost personal and corporate development consultants specializing in mindset, strategy, leadership, and taking action. Soon Yu He most recently served as...

Cara Macklin She worked as the director of her family business for 15 years. An award-winning multi-million-pound healthcare & hospitality group, which grew from 3 businesses with 250 staff to 7 businesses & 600 staff. She received a scholarship to study for her MBA at Cass Business School in London, Cara gained experience in Iceland, South Africa, China, and with the International Doyle H...

Shannah Kennedy She is one of Australia’s foremost strategic executive life & health coaches. She works to transform her clients’ careers, well-being, & lives. She specializes in executive strategy, transition, values, vision, overcoming burnout, and life planning for individuals. Her proven expertise enables clients to gain control of their lives in order to achieve their visions and goal...

Josh DeTillio His company Bravera Health is a health network composed of 372 licensed beds at three hospitals and nearly 800 physicians on the combined active medical staff. The word is a combination of “brave” and the Latin root for “true,” “vera.” With focus on preventative and specialized care coupled with convenient access to appointments including telehealth options, Bravera Health makes it e...

Jeff Webb In July, the International Olympic Committee officially recognized cheerleading as an Olympic sport. Jeff’s comments: “The IOC’s actions have created a monumental milestone for cheerleading… This decision will greatly assist us as we strive to create opportunities for healthy participation and competition for millions of cheerleading athletes worldwide.” Dan Sanborn Joining the company i...

Ken Ahn [3:28] He serves as President of Marketplace & Radius at Hagerty, in addition to being a Partner and CEO of Broad Arrow Group. Hagerty Marketplace is a digital classifieds platform where anyone is welcome to buy cars, trucks, and motorcycles. They offer both car classifieds and auctions. Broad Arrow Group, a Hagerty (NYSE: HGTY) company, is an advisor, market maker, and financier for c...

Mike Kaeding [0:00] His parents had a family business. However, just a few years after joining the business, his dad unexpectedly passed away. Suddenly, he had what felt like the weight of the world on his shoulders. He had to lead the business with no preconceived notion of "the way things are done" in the industry. He was struggling to the point where the city briefly shut them down, shattering...

Ari Wallach He developed his provocative ideas (the Longpath perspective) as a result of his unique upbringing. He originally hails from Guadalajara, his father was a Holocaust survivor & a member of the underground; his mother, a respected SF artist, studied under Buckminster Fuller. Propelled by these twin influences--large-scale tragedy and the desire to design a better future--Ari hungered...

Donald Thompson He is CEO of The Diversity Movement, a results-oriented, data-driven strategic firm offering clients a productized DEI (Diversity, Equity, & Inclusion) journey built on digital learning tools and content, conversational AI, and analytics. In addition, Donald serves on the boards for Walk West, Vidant Medical Center, Raleigh Chamber, TowneBank Raleigh, and several other organiza...

David Livermore He is a social scientist & thought leader devoted to the topics of cultural intelligence & global leadership. He’s a founder of the Cultural Intelligence Center in East Lansing, Michigan, & a research fellow at Nanyang Technological University in Singapore. He spent twenty years in leadership positions with a variety of nonprofit organizations around the world and taugh...

Elan Lee He is the Co-Creator and CEO of Exploding Kittens, the hit tabletop game company. In this role, he oversees the operations of the company, and the development of new games and other corporate initiatives. His pioneering work in entertainment has spanned everything from multiple startups raising millions of dollars to creating the Alternate Reality Game (ARG) genre Tyler Williams He is the...

Michael Barlow [0:00] Michael is the co-founder and CEO of Fernish, a premium furniture and decor rental service on a mission to make it effortless to create your home. It lets clients choose from a curated selection of furniture essentials, knick-knacks, and things that just make you feel good. Clients can pay monthly and decide later what they want to keep, return, or swap out. Michael completed...