Tales From The PROS

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Megan Ewoldsen, who is a dedicated mother of three, successful entrepreneur and social celebrity bringing fitness & nutrition plans to the palm of your hand with her app - STRIVE with Megan.  We talk about Megan's journey going from a very top beach body coach to starting a fitness company and building a successful mobile app known as "STRIVE...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Michael Brenner is a globally-recognized keynote speaker, author of the bestselling book "The Content Formula" and the CEO of Marketing Insider Group. He has worked in leadership positions in sales and marketing for global brands like SAP and Nielsen, as well as for thriving startups.  Michael and I talk about how he best automates social media c...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with world renowned House/Trance legend known as Jaytech. As the warmup DJ of choice for Anjunabeats leaders Above & Beyond, he’s also a seasoned DJ who’s played clubs in every corner of the world, and visited nearly every festival you could imagine including Tomorrowland in Belgium and Electric Zoo in NYC. Also, in his Anjunadeep 02 and Anjunadee...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with the amazing Jay Baer. Jay is one of the top digital marketing and customer service strategists, world renowned speaker, New York Times best-selling author of five books, and a technology investor. He founded Convince & Convert, which is his fifth multi-million dollar venture. Jay and I talk about personal branding vs. company branding, the mo...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Katy Jones, who is the CMO at FoodLogiQ, which was featured on Forbes as top 25 most innovative AgTech startups, and also Katy was awarded the 2017 Triangle Business Journal C-Suite Award. FoodLogiQ helps restaurant operators, food retailers, consumer packages goods companies and other food companies achieve end-to-end traceability, and high qual...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with David Gardner, who is a very well known tech startup investor, successful serial entrepreneur, and the Founder and Managing Partner of Cofounders Capital.  David and I talk about David's inspiration behind investing in tech startups that have lots of promise, how to succeed as a startup, what his firm looks for in a pitch, the investment game nat...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Jim Anthony, who is the CEO of Corporate Real Estate Powerhouse, Colliers International - Raleigh.  Jim is a real estate guru and has one of the most diverse and distinguished commercial real estate track records in the Southeastern, US. Some questions asked during the episode: Jim, as the CEO of Colliers in Raleigh, tell us the story of what you...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with Co-founder, Fernando Carrera on how he organically bootstrapped a large web and mobile development agency in Caracas, Venezuela called Turpial Development. Fernando Carrera founded Turpial Development in Venezuela during the tough internal crisis and political unrest within the country. He has grown the web and mobile development company into ove...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO and Founder, Sean Maroni about how and why he started Betabox and reinventing experiential learning for students in schools and universities, and essentially creating an entirely unique "field trip" experience.  Sean Maroni founded Betabox in 2015 and has grown the company since its inception into a largely spoken about and funded approach to...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Jim Tobin about how he grew Ignite Social Media Agency from absolutely nothing, 100% bootstrapped, into a 35+ team and winning Small Social Agency of the Year. We also discuss how to work with large brands in the digital space and the best digital marketing strategies in today's competitive market.  Jim Tobin founded Ignite Social Media LLC...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Scot Wingo about how he went from running the public company known as Channel Advisor to starting on-demand car wash tech company called Spiffy.  Scot Wingo, now the CEO of Spiffy served as Chief Executive Officer of the public company known as ChannelAdvisor Corporation. Scot has received numerous awards including Ernst and Young's Entrepre...

In this episode of Tales from the PROS, I chat with CEO, Justin Miller about how he started WedPics, the process of receiving millions in funding from various investors, struggles he overcame, and how he is scaling the booming tech company for future growth. Justin Miller, CEO of WedPics (recently sold) became key players in and around the wedding photography vertical spending more than 30X to acq...