Sound BITES (Business, Innovation, Technology, Entrepreneurship, Strategy)

Today on the Sound BITES podcast we have Mickie Kennedy. the founder and CEO of eReleases, a leading press release distribution service that helps small businesses, startups and authors gain national media exposure. Mickie has spent over 25 years helping small businesses land media coverage that actually matters. Mickie opened our eyes to creative PR strategies, what he calls the 3% Rule, and PR i...

Today on the Sound BITES podcast we have Chris Hilgers, founder of Peak Franchising. Chris helps business professionals and high achievers find opportunities to elevate their performance and change their lives. He’s a business coach as well as franchise ownership matchmaker. Chris Hilgers: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-hilgers-969b98/   Peak Franchising: https://podcast.peakfranchising.com/sb...

Today on the Sound BITES we have Natalia Zacharin. Natalia is the founder of Zacharin Consulting, a firm helping business owners gain financial clarity and build profitable, resilient companies. With expertise in CFO services, bookkeeping, and financial coaching, she empowers entrepreneurs to scale strategically. Natalia has an unconventional path to get where she is that required her to adapt and...

Today on sound BITES we have have two guests: Mike Vindler, CEO of Tronix3D with a really interesting background we will dive into and friend of the show, Alex Trader who is Tronix3d’s  head of Growth/Sales. Tronix3D is a leader in the additive manufacturing space - specializing in rapid prototyping and low-volume production. Their focus spans design, engineering, and production with the ability t...

Today on Sound BITES - The podcast where we talk about business, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and strategy; we have CJ Casselli. CJ is the co founder and CEO of Truss Vet - a veterinary urgent care that reimagines animal hospitals by bridging the gap between standard office visits and veterinary emergency visits. CJ takes us through his team’s growth, the challenges of creating a new...

Today on Sound BITES - The podcast where we talk about business, innovation, technology, entrepreneurship, and strategy; we have Daniel Myers. Dan is the co-founder and CEO of Flair, a company specializing in smart climate control solutions for homes and businesses. Dan has an unique background with a combination of computer engineering and music from Northwestern University. The flair team is wor...

John Rossman Today on Sound BITES we have John Rossman. John is an author, business advisor and keynote speaker. He was an early Amazon executive who played a key role in launching the Amazon marketplace business in 2002. His books include: The Amazon Way - https://a.co/d/cCC1by0 Think Like Amazon - https://a.co/d/hfooDjc and his latest book, Big Bet Leadership is an actionable guide for leaders w...

Andrei Oprisan Agentic AI, LLMs and Generative AI are extremely exciting spaces with exciting possibilities. Today on sound bites we have Andrei Oprisan. Andrei is a technology leader with over 15 years experience in software engineering, AI, and machine learning. He’s held leadership roles at brands like Wayfair and Hubspot and is currently the engineering lead at Agent. AI. Agent. AI is transfor...

Ravi Kurani On this episode of SoundBITES we chat with  Ravi Kurani, Founder of Sutro. Sutro is an IoT platform that monitors the water in your pools and spas to make sure the chemistry is in order. And keep your water crystal clear. Ravi has a strong background in entrepreneurship, growth hacking, IoT, and AI. Ravi takes us through his journey from working for his parents' pool business to consul...

Kevin Dean On this episode of SoundBITES we have Kevin Dean, the CEO and founder of manobyte. Manobyte is a technology services company specializing in AI-driven business transformation. Kevin has a background and passions in Data Science, change management, ocean conservation and shares some of my old stomping grounds of West Michigan before relocating to Florida. ManoByte has worked with some in...

Somehow today’s episode of Sound BITES  managed to start and end with baking conversations. Our guest, Bob Buda, is the CEO and founder of Buda Consulting - Specializing in database management, security, disaster recovery, and business analytics. Bob has been an expert in the field for a while now and was actually among the First Certified Oracle database administrators. Bob walks us through ident...

Today on the podcast we have our friend Craig Baldwin, Co-founder and partner at Upsourced Accounting. Upsourced provides robust financial surfaces for creative agencies. Before Unsourced, Craig had experiences in consulting, VC backed startups, SAAS products, the IoT internet of things space, as well as building several other ventures (high tech and low tech). Craig takes us through his journey,...

E41 Phil Ou | Blossomer This episode resonates extra with us and this week's guest has an incredible story. MIT? Check, YCombinator? Check, Google/Youtube? Check and Check. What if I told you, at different points, Phil Ou walked away from all of those (in fairness, he returned to MIT). Phil, CEO of Blossomer walks us through what drives him, his approach to product management and innovation, h...

E40 Roger Einstoss | Braintly Ever struggle to fight the right development resources for your team? Our podcast guest Roger Einstoss, CEO of Braintly, built his team to solve that exact problem. Roger has a great story about growing up interested in computers, learning to code and eventually building his Braintrly in Buenos Aires Argentina. Near-shore development resources are becoming critical to...

E39 Jon MacDonald | The Good Today on sound BITES we have Jon MacDonald CEO/Founder of The Good, a digital experience optimization firm. Jon has a great story that all starts with struggling to find shoes that fit correctly and blooms into launching his company, and authoring several books including his latest ‘Behind The Click’ The Good has achieved results for some of the largest online brands i...

E38 Herb Cogliano | Aspire Growth Advisors Today on soundbites we have Herb Cogliano, the CEO of Aspire Growth Advisors. Herb helps leaders of growth companies achieve more freedom by developing industry-leading strategies. Essentially, he helps businesses and their leaders get from where they are now to where they want to be while driving a culture of accountability. Herb Cogliano: https://www.li...

E37 Sonjoy Ganguly | Digitalzone Today on soundbites we have Sonjoy Ganguly - Chief product officer of Digitalzone. Sonjoy has an interesting journey from leading product businesses to strategy at large consulting firms. Sonjoy has a track record of delivering results for product and marketing teams that he carries into his CPO role at Digitalzone. Sonjoy Ganguly: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sonjo...

E36 Peter Voss | AIGO On this episode of Sound BITES we have Peter Voss founder and CEO of AIGO.AI. Peter is a serial entrepreneur, innovator, and technologist that has been on the leading edge of AI technology for years and is credited with coining the term “Artificial General intelligence”. His company AIGO is driving the future of customer experience and engagement to deliver hyper personalizat...

E35 Tom Schwab | Interview Valet On this episode of Sound BITES we have Tom Schwab CEO of interview valet. Interview valet helps thought leaders, entrepreneurs, coaches/consultants, and non-fiction authors talk directly to their ideal clients on targeted podcasts to tell their story. Tom has a fascinating journey from Navy veteran, to medical devices industry to author and entrepreneur. We are thr...

E34 Matt Clark | The Virtual Edge On this episode of Sound BITES we have Matt Clark. Matt is the founder of The Virtual Edge And helps entrepreneurs from all over the world  create systems for exponential growth. Matt is also a host of “The Rainmaker Show”, which is launching soon and aired on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon, Samsung & LG TV. Matt is on a mission to help service based entrepreneurs cre...

On this episode of Sound BITES we have two great guests Cesar Keller - CEO of Parux and Ken Mocabee - Sr. partner at Parux. Parux is a digital product studio that partners with startups and scale ups to help them innovate by helping Design, develop, and scale digital products. They take us through what they’ve learned developing digital products, best practices that unlock the most impact per amou...

On this episode of Sound BITES we talk with Ashley Duqué Kienzle, founder of wellness company Almma health. Almma health is making it easier for people to make healthier choices using a combination of AI and behavior change science. Before venturing into the wellness space, Ashley worked on optimizing data + AI products and experiences at companies such as amazon, Facebook and capital one. Ashley...

On this episode of Sound BITES we talk with Adam Coffey. Adam is an entrepreneur, experienced leader, private equity expert, and best selling author. His Latest Book Empire Builder is a must read for anyone trying to take their business to 8, 9, or even 10 figures. Adam talks us through his background, servant leadership, getting your data systems in place, scaling your business to levels most peo...

On this episode we are talking with Nancy Diautolo. Nancy is a serial entrepreneur and founder of YDM (your digital marketer). Nancy wanted to be a writer, but talks us through how one conversation with a teacher changed the trajectory of her life and sent her down the marketing path. Nancy talks about how AI is changing the world, just like the internet did, growing up in a pre-internet world, bu...

On this episode we are talking with Angelo Pixel. Angelo is an innovator and multi-time technology founder that has navigated creating and maintaining open source projects, working with governments to deploy ambitious initiatives and running businesses while living as a digital nomad. He transitioned from the startup world to Amazon, but the entrepreneurial itch was too strong and pulled him back....