School for Startups Radio

Geoffrey Howard – CEO of Money Confidence Project   It’s estimated that employers are losing two hundred and fifty billion, that’s with a B, billion dollars a year in productivity due to employees and their financial stress, their financial anxiety. Geoffrey Howard is the CEO of Money Confidence Project. I’ve got extensive experience in the digital space with both ad-supported and subscription-bas...

Aaron Chapman  – Author of  Redneckonomics: Unconventional Success by Takin’ the Beatin’ Path Nobody gives a damn about you, because they don’t. You got to give a damn about you. Aaron Chapman is a nationally recognized mortgage finance expert, entrepreneur, and speaker who has spent more than 27 years helping real estate investors build lasting wealth through strategic lending and financial disci...

Paul Sloane – Speaker on  Lateral Thinking and Innovation  and Author of  The Art of Unexpected Solutions: Using Lateral Thinking to Find Breakthroughs If real people don’t have a pain which you’re solving, “then chances are your business not going to work. Paul Sloane writes and speaks on lateral thinking and the leadership of innovation. He gained a master’s degree in Engineering at Cambridge Un...

Tracy Holland  – Co-Founder of  HATCHBEAUTY Brands , Founder of  InnerFifth  and Host of  Potential to Powerhouse Podcast The mission in life, if you’re an entrepreneur, is to surprise and delight your customer, no matter what it is you do, and if you can under promise and over deliver on experience, you are going to be successful no matter what the category is. Tracy Holland is a founder, investo...

Mark Podolsky – Managing Director at  Land Geek  and Host of  The Art of Passive Income Podcast The fundamental way of you know, when you do marketing, a good headline, having strong urgency, scarcity, a clear call to action, like these fundamentals haven’t changed in eight years. Mark Podolsky, known as “The Land Geek,” is the Managing Director of Land Geek and a leading expert in raw land invest...

Chris Dyer  – Keynote Speaker, Consultant, Former 5x Inc. 5000 CEO, and Author of Moments  That Matter: See, Shape, and Scale What Count I just don’t want the grass to be greener on the other side. I don’t want it to be any better. I’m going to create the best place you’re ever going to work. Chris Dyer is Inc. Magazine’s #1 Leadership Speaker on Culture, a 5x Inc. 5000 CEO, and 3x bestselling aut...

Richard McWhorter – Private Wealth Advisor, Managing Partner of  SRM Private Wealth You have to treat them as human beings underneath it all… that’s where we all come back down to the baseline. Richard McWhorter CFP®, CRPC, SRM Private Wealth, is a dynamic financial advisor known for his distinctive and unconventional approach, bringing an alternative and fresh perspective to wealth management, fi...

Jon McNeill – CEO and Co-Found of DVx Ventures and Author of  The Algorithm: The Hypergrowth Formula that Transformed Tesla, Lululemon, General Motors and SpaceX When you automate first, you’re automating a bad process, and all you do is get to the bad answer faster. Jon McNeill  currently serves as the CEO and Co-Founder of DVx Ventures. With a track record of founding and scaling six companies,...

Garrett Fritz – Partner & CTO at  MetaCTO What is valuable now is the problem solving, the ownership, the stakeholder mentality, and really the engineering think work which is valuable. Garrett Fritz is a Partner and Chief Technology Officer at MetaCTO, where he works closely with founders, creators, and business leaders to turn ambitious ideas into fully realized digital products. With more t...

Andy Freed  – CEO and CEO of  Virtual Inc. We’ve always just really focused on our culture and really focused on our employees. Andy Freed is a nationally recognized CEO, author, and strategic leadership advisor whose company, Virtual, Inc., has been named a Best Place to Work for more than a decade. Known for his exceptional communication insight, he helps leaders rethink how they show up, connec...

Sam Bousfield – CEO  Samson Sky  – Switchblade Flying Car Money doesn’t solve your technology, but it at least buys you the time to get that done. Sam Bousfield is the CEO and founder of Samson Sky and the visionary designer behind the Switchblade Flying Sports Car, a hybrid vehicle that can be driven on roads and flown as an aircraft. With a professional background spanning more than 25 years as...

Gary Ashworth  – CEO, Chairman, Investor x 30, Built Multiple £100m+ Companies, Successful Multi Million Pound Exits, Bringing Together UK & UAE Founders Who Want To Double Their Stake Every Three Years, and Author of  Double-Up Money Mastery You only have to double 100,000 bucks to make 100 million, now that’s just 10 good decisions. Gary Ashworth is a serial entrepreneur, CEO, Chairman, non-...

Bob Kocis – President and Chief Operating Officer of  Aptean  and author of  The President’s Club Mindset: Inside the Winning Strategies of Tech’s Most Successful Sales People Everybody said curiosity was one of their key superpowers. Bob Kocis is the President and Chief Operating Officer of Aptean and a seasoned global sales leader with more than three decades of experience in enterprise technolo...

Sam Dorison – Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer at ReflexAI There is no perfect conversation. You can’t avoid landmines at all times. Sam Dorison is the Cofounder and Chief Executive Officer at ReflexAI. An expert in artificial intelligence strategy and product deployment, Dorison has been involved with AI-powered products in industries ranging from mental health to cybersecurity to smart citi...

Dr. Mark Frenkel, MD, MA, FAANS, FCNS –  Neurosurgeon Spine Surgeon     You’ll hate me for five or six weeks, and you’ll say this is the worst decision you ever made, and you’ll wish you never did it. And then it’s six weeks, you’ll be neutral, and in three months you’ll be happy. Dr. Frenkel graduated from Case Western Reserve University School of Medicine, the medical school of the renowned Clev...

Steve Brown  – Global Keynote Speaker & AI Futurist. Former executive at Google DeepMind & Intel and Author of  The AI Ultimatum: Preparing for a World of Intelligent Machines and Radical Transformation   AI is an amplifier. It is a way of amplifying human impact. Steve Brown is a leading voice in the field of artificial intelligence. A former executive at Google, DeepMind and Intel, he ha...

Andrew Schmertz – CEO and Co-founder of  Hopscotch Air You can’t just show up in this industry and hope that they come. Can’t build it and they will come that doesn’t work. Andrew has more than a decade of experience in the aviation industry, having co-founded Hopscotch Air, Inc. As CEO, he manages all aspects of the business, including sales, marketing, and regulatory issues. Previously, Andrew h...

Joe Pine  – Author, Speaker, Management Advisor, and Author of  The Transformation Economy: Guiding Customers to Achieve Their Aspirations Why you exist as a business is to help people flourish in their lives, to become more and more of who they are meant to be. Joseph Pine II is an internationally acclaimed author, speaker, and management advisor to Fortune 500 companies and entrepreneurial start...

Rebecca Irey – Founder and CEO of  Blue Skye Financial As entrepreneurs, we have the ability to move the world the way we want it to, to break a system and remake it better. That is our superpower. Rebecca Irey is the founder and CEO of Blue Skye Financial, a national firm on a mission to change the financial trajectory of American families, from dependence on broken systems like debt and Social S...

Alexandra Seaman – Senior Vice President at  Furniture.com That’s really the problem we’re solving is this decision fatigue. Alexandra Seaman is the Senior Vice President at Furniture.com, where she plays a key role in shaping the company’s growth, brand strategy, and digital customer experience. With a strong background in e-commerce, partnerships, and marketplace development, she has helped posi...

Sam Goodner  – Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Keynote Speaker and Author of  Like Clockwork: Run Your Business with Swiss Army Precision The formula for operational scalability is clarity plus repeatability plus time. Sam Goodner is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and mentor with a passion for solving business problems through the innovative use of technology. A dual citizen of Switzerland a...

Javier Marín – Author of  Live From America: How Latino TV Conquered the United States If you build one Spanish speaking market and one Spanish speaking vote, that’s a big power. Javier Marín is a media executive, producer, and author of Live From America: How Latino TV Conquered the United States. He is widely recognized for helping shape the growth of Spanish language television in the U.S. thro...

Mikael Avatar  – Coach, Paralympic World Record Holder, Abstract Artist, Composer, Inner Freedom Architect Don’t build the business around what you know. Build it around what you survive. Mikael Avatar is a coach, speaker, Paralympic world record holder, abstract artist, composer, and creator of The Mikael Avatar Method. Born in Sweden and now based in Thailand, he has built a life and body of wor...

Vince C. Ning  – Founder & CEO of  Nabis , 2x YC Founder, Forbes 30U30, Ex-Microsoft Engineer, Junior Olympian Gold Medalist The process for trying to learn about the industry resulted in the service that was needed itself. Vince C. Ning is the Founder and CEO of Nabis, the leading licensed cannabis wholesale platform connecting brands, manufacturers, and retailers across the United States. A...

Erika Rasure – Chief Financial Wellness Advisor at  Beyond Finance You can make all the money in the world, but if you don’t feel content or right with it from an emotional or mental perspective, you’ll never enjoy it. Dr. Erika Rasure, a former financial advisor and university professor turned financial therapist, has helped thousands of people approach their finances in more intentional, healthy...