Rising Entrepreneurs Podcast

Michael Korn is the Founder and Inventor of KwickScreen, a company specializing in healthcare furniture and interiors. KwickScreen has revolutionized the concept of hospital dividers by introducing a hygienic, portable, and sustainable alternative to disposable curtains to create private and safe spaces for patients in various healthcare settings. Under Michael's leadership, KwickScreen has emerge...

Kenny Schiff is the Director of Analytics at Lone Star Communications, a Texas-based healthcare solutions company specializing in developing emergency response systems, automated patient tracking systems, and other life safety solutions. He founded CareSight in 2016, an analytics-as-a-service platform designed to enhance hospital operations through advanced data analysis. Lone Star uses CareSight'...

Cameron Heffernan is the Chief Marketing Officer at Your B2B Marketing, a globally focused strategic marketing agency. With a rich background as a serial entrepreneur, Cameron's career spans three continents, reflecting a diverse and expansive professional journey. He is recognized for launching a seven-figure marketing agency that caters to a wide range of clients across the globe. His expertise...

Nir Zavaro is the Founder, CEO, and Chief of Happiness at Streetwise, an agency specializing in outsourced marketing services. Founded in 2011, the company has worked with hundreds of brands in Israel and abroad. Nir is a speaker and the author of F*ck the Slides . He is also a partner in a few ventures, a mentor in various accelerators, and a lecturer on branding, sales, marketing, and storytelli...

Brent Wardrop is the Founder of Elemental, an independent full-service creative advertising and marketing agency based in Toronto. Elemental positions itself as a partner in growth, assisting clients in engaging their audiences and driving business results. Under Brent's leadership, the agency has had the privilege to serve notable brands such as Dyson, Scotiabank, Allergan, Shred-it, and Honeywel...

Richard Walker is the CEO of Quik!, a provider of forms automation and management solutions for companies looking to maximize efficiency and productivity. He started Quik! in 2002 to help people spend less time on paperwork and more time on what they do best. Before Quik!, Richard was a business consultant with Arthur Andersen. He is a published author of two books and a father of three boys. In t...

Kevin Hundal is a Certified EOS Implementer® with a rich background in entrepreneurship spanning over 20 years. He has built, scaled, and pivoted multiple companies, encountering unique challenges in areas such as people management, process optimization, cash flow, and leadership. Since 2009, Kevin has been employing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS®) in his various ventures, gaining crit...

Jake Finkelstein is the CEO and Founder of 10cubed, a company that creates advanced technology for modern marketers. With a focus on growth and scale, 10cubed offers an all-in-one digital marketing platform that blends hands-on services and advanced tools to help brands grow faster at reduced costs with increased speed-to-market. Jake is a serial entrepreneur and revenue marketing expert with over...

Rob Castaneda is the Founder and CEO of ServiceRocket, a Palo Alto-based company that assists rapidly growing software firms in engaging with their customers for successful implementations. ServiceRocket is innovating how these companies interact with their customers, ensuring optimal software utilization. In addition to his role at ServiceRocket, Rob is a member of the Entrepreneurs' Organization...

Faizan Syed is the Founder and CEO of East River, an Effie award-winning full-service digital marketing agency. With a diverse global client footprint, East River serves an array of sectors, including healthcare, beauty, confectionary, pharma, technology, beverage, real estate, and financial services. Its past clientele boasts prominent companies such as Oreo, Cadbury, Unilever, and Pizza Hut, to...

Megan Flatt is the CEO and Founder of Let's Collective, a business growth strategy firm devoted to making entrepreneurship easier and helping women-owned businesses scale. Megan and the team at Let's Collective formed Focus Sessions, 90-minute virtual co-working sessions designed to enhance productivity through distraction-free, science-backed methods.  Megan has dedicated her career to making ent...

Rusty Shelton is the Founder and Chairman of Zilker Media, a boutique agency offering comprehensive marketing solutions for thought leaders and their associated companies. Over the last two decades, he has held high-level positions and is now the Senior Marketing Strategist at Advantage Media Group (formerly Shelton Interactive). Having spoken at Harvard at age 23 about the evolving world of PR an...

Andrew Street is the CEO and Founder of Dealer OMG, an innovative social media marketing agency specializing in data-driven strategies and personalized support for the automotive industry. Andrew, an automotive advertising technologist, started his career focused on mastering cost-effective advertising platforms. His extensive experience includes working as a Local Business Consultant for Facebook...

Jeremy Jenson is the CEO at Encore Search Partners, a Houston-based direct hire and executive search firm with a team of 40 dedicated to headhunting professional and technical talent nationwide. Jeremy's leadership and strategic vision have shaped Encore into a prominent player in the recruitment industry, ensuring the company stands out for its commitment to excellence and precise talent matching...

Joe Quitoni is the Founder and CEO of Unify|Align, a consulting firm dedicated to transforming organizational culture and redefining the customer experience to drive growth. With a diverse portfolio that includes working with startups and Fortune 500 companies, Unify|Align thrives under Joe's unique blend of creativity and structured thinking. Before venturing into entrepreneurship, Joe had a stor...

Jim Jacobs is the Founder and CEO of Focus Insite, a leading market research firm specializing in qualitative recruitment services for various industries. With an innovative approach, the company takes on projects of diverse complexities and offers invaluable insights that help shape its clients' business strategies.  With a strong background in sports, particularly hockey, Jim has leveraged his l...

Hannah Smolinski is the Founder and CEO of Clara CFO Group, a virtual CFO agency providing small businesses with financial clarity and profit maximization strategies. As a CPA, Hannah's professional experience with one of the world's largest accounting firms shaped her vision of bringing high-level financial expertise to the small business community. She founded Clara CFO Group to be a trusted res...

Marina Byezhanova is the Co-founder of Brand of a Leader, a personal branding agency for entrepreneurs and executives. As an entrepreneur, global speaker, show host, and personal branding expert, she has been quoted and referenced in various publications, including Inc .com, Forbes .com, Yahoo News, Financial Post , Fast Company , and Success Magazine . Marina's mission is to inspire entrepreneurs...

Kara Brown is the Founder and CEO of LeadCoverage, a B2B marketing firm specializing in lead generation for the supply chain space. She has an impressive marketing background and was one of the early employees at Echo Global Logistics. Under her contribution, Echo exhibited rapid growth, leading to its successful public listing in 2009. Beyond her work at LeadCoverage, Kara continues to make caree...

Adam Menconi is the Broker/Owner of Prosper Real Estate, a technology-driven real estate brokerage located in Sonoma County, just north of San Francisco. Under his leadership, his 10-person team at Prosper Real Estate has facilitated over $250 million in sales over the past two years, totaling around a billion dollars in transactions. RealTrends ranks the business in the top 1.5% of real estate ag...

David Shamszad is an accomplished entrepreneur and the CEO of SG Real Estate — a full-service real estate firm based in Berkeley, CA, specializing in property management, sales, leasing, and development. With over 15 years of experience in the dynamic world of real estate, David has developed a strong entrepreneurial spirit that has helped him successfully navigate the industry's challenges. Over...

Phil Kristianson is a Professional EOS Implementer at EOS Worldwide, where he helps entrepreneurs and leadership teams unlock their full potential by implementing the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS) in their organizations. With over 30 years of experience as an entrepreneur, Phil has successfully built, operated, and exited multiple businesses across various industries. Throughout his caree...

Jeff Spanbauer is the Co-founder and Chairman of the Board at Relevate Health, formerly known as Healthcare Regional Marketing. Since its inception in 2007, Jeff has led Relevate Health through four acquisitions and integrations, now supporting 185 brands, 15 hospitals and health systems, and generating over $70 million in revenue. With a background that includes 10 years at Pfizer and Procter & G...

Travis McAshan is the Founder and CEO of GLIDE Design, an award-winning, purpose-led digital creative agency based in Austin, Texas. The team at GLIDE helps startups, nonprofits, and leading brands create a seamless customer experience through its web design, development, and digital marketing services. Completing over 850 projects spanning seven countries, GLIDE continues to grow under Travis' le...

Scott Empringham is the Owner and CEO of Empringham Media Group. For more than 21 years, his passion has been helping Fortune 50 companies to break through the clutter using digital marketing and social media to drive results in areas that matter most — customer retention and acquisition. Scott's mission is to share his digital marketing and social media expertise to drive new business, retain cur...