The One Away Show

I absolutely adore Charlie for not only his professional prowess, but his emotional intellect. In this episode, I was able to learn about a side of Charlie's personal life that I had never seen before. We discussed his journey into recovery from alcoholism, and how his wake-up call was the fear of losing what he valued most: his family. I'm so honored that he shared his story with me. Charlie's st...

Charlie is an angel investor who helps entrepreneurs achieve their dream of starting and building their own companies for over 20 years. His track record is impressive; he is a co-founder to 12 start-ups, an angel investor in 23 start-ups, a mentor to 10 founders, and the founder of Angel Lounge in Atlanta. To top it all off, Charlie has had 5 exits which netted a 50% internal return rate. Charlie...

Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to researching cutting­ edge technology, he also writes about the impact of these innovations on our culture. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. Cal's work has been published in over 35 languages and has been fea...

Cal Newport is an Associate Professor of Computer Science at Georgetown University. In addition to researching cutting­ edge technology, he also writes about the impact of these innovations on our culture. Cal is a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, including A World Without Email, Digital Minimalism, and Deep Work. Cal's work has been published in over 35 languages and has been fea...

Tony Mugavero is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a background in media, business, and computer engineering. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Rad (FKA Littlstar), a consumer media app that delivers a premium immersive network experience on PlayStation, Smart TVs, and mobile devices with content from Disney, Fox, Showtime, NBCU, and more. He's also the co-creator of Ara, a decen...

Tony Mugavero is an experienced entrepreneur and executive with a background in media, business, and computer engineering. He is currently the Founder and CEO of Rad (FKA Littlstar), a consumer media app that delivers a premium immersive network experience on PlayStation, Smart TVs, and mobile devices with content from Disney, Fox, Showtime, NBCU, and more. He's also the co-creator of Ara, a decen...

Janet was one of the best people I met over the last year. I immediately loved her dynamic mind, charisma, vision, and global nature. I wanted to learn from her as soon as I met her. To meet someone with a career path such as hers is extremely impressive for anyone. But what's even more impressive is her resilience, grit, willingness to say yes to adventure, and desire for freedom. I'm confident t...

Janet Matricciani is a seasoned business woman, leader, and adventurer. In her decades of experience, she's served as a CEO and COO of both public and private equity-backed companies. Her track record includes quadrupling a public company's market value to over $1 billion, growing Capital One's installment loans business to $8BN from $6BN in three years, and more. She's recognized by her peers for...

Chris is definitely impressive from the get go. Very sharp, very determined, and extremely intentional in all of his pursuits. He is someone that I learned a lot from very quickly in our podcast that we did today. There were a few lessons. One being that Chris has a knack for seeing what's ahead. He's been able to do that in the sports industry with gaming and his investments. He can really see th...

Chris Chaney is the Managing Partner, C4+ and Partner at Lunar Storm Capital. Chris is an award-winning serial entrepreneur (Forbes 30 Under 30, among others) and startup mentor with a 15-year leadership track record of success in the global sports, esports and entertainment industries. A native of Germany, he is an angel investor in and start-up advisor to more than 30 companies across esports, g...

I think Steve is somebody who can see a future and really make it happen. I really loved how he spoke about the distrust in his industry and how it's one of the most mistrusted industries that people face. It deals with money and how he's doing everything he can to use technology as a tool for good, to protect people, to keep transactional data. So nothing is lost. We also touched on perfectionism...

Steve Distante is an Investment Banker, Impact Entrepreneur & Documentary Filmmaker. As a storyteller, he shares stories of Entrepreneurs who use their businesses to make a difference in the world to inspire, educate and celebrate fellow entrepreneurs for us all to consider our gift of entrepreneurship for good. As Founder of Vanderbilt Financial Group, his commitment to environmental & social sus...

I met Amanda on a train ride to New York City at the beginning of the year. I sat down next to her and her husband while I caught up on some work. Amanda and her husband began talking about investing and it was just a really cool conversation. So I chimed in and introduced myself. I got to know them and understand them a little bit better. Amanda really cares. She cares about our success in my dev...

Amanda Jogia is the CEO of PrimeAlpha, a leading technology platform for connecting alternative asset managers and allocators based on both quantitative and qualitative factors. How I met Amanda is a funny story... I was on a train to NYC [pre-pandemic] and I saw this woman and her husband at this table. I was in a talkative mood, so I struck up a conversation. She was in the venture space, former...

One of the biggest things that I was able to learn from Carly is, how do you embrace what you love and what it brings you, and then how do you connect that to the workplace? I don't think we give that enough thought we just rush through our days, bulldoze through productivity, but then don't give thought to what that all entails. I also loved how Carly is just so genuine. She spoke so much about o...

Carly Cott is the Executive Assistant to Scott Harrison, Founder & CEO of charity: water. After graduating from Syracuse University's S.I. Newhouse School of Public Communications with a degree in Photojournalism, she landed a job at the Creative Artists Agency (CAA) in NYC, and then spent three years at Bionic in Consumer Insights Strategy prior to joining the charity: water team. Carly runs into...

Nir Eyal is really special. I've enjoyed our working relationship so much because he is always pushing the needle, always pushing for better, and always trying to think of ways to experiment to make the process better and the outcome better. When you work with someone like that week in and week out, that starts bleeding internally into the fabric of your organization and that's done wonders for us...

Nir Eyal is the bestselling author of "Hooked: How to Build Habit-Forming Products" and "Indistractable: How to Control Your Attention and Choose Your Life." He has taught at the Stanford Graduate School of Business and Hasso Plattner Institute of Design. His writing on technology, psychology, and business, appears in the Harvard Business Review, The Atlantic, TechCrunch, and Psychology Today. His...

Chris Ulrich is one of the most genuine, authentic, passionate, caring, charismatic people that I have ever met. I spent two, maybe four to five months doing improv classes with Chris, the second was an online Zoom presentation, and it was such an awesome experience being able to work with him. To see his energy for helping people express themselves and have the confidence to do kind of crazy thin...

Chris Ulrich is a body language expert, political consultant, improvisational actor, and personal coach. He is the founder of CU in the Moment, a company with a multi-disciplined approach to educating clients about how to use body language, executive presence and effective communication skills to bring out the best in themselves both professionally and personally and to inspire the best in others....

Chloe Belangia is storyteller and strategist equipping founders, media executives, and young professionals to advance their personal and professional presence through verbal branding strategy, with experiences spanning tech, media, agency, and venture capital ecosystems. As a podcast host and community connector dedicated to building platforms and experiences to help others feel a sense of belongi...

Chloe Belangia is an entrepreneurial-inspired storyteller who empowers other founders, media executives, and young professionals to advance their personal and professional presence through verbal branding strategy. Her experiences have spanned tech, media, agency, and venture capital ecosystems in both Silicon Valley and metro Atlanta, predominantly in marketing and communications. Chloe's innate...

I meet a lot of people who I'm fascinated by and have very intellectually stimulating conversations with. Hannah is so aligned in the mission of self-expression, letting creators and people build through technology and sharing who they are in a way that is authentic and representative to them. The pursuit of authenticity is a mission that is at the core of who I am in certain ways, too. I loved ge...

Hannah Donovan is a product & design leader in the tech industry. She creates consumer tools & experiences for self-expression, with a focus on collaborating with machine learning. Han is currently director of product at VSCO, a photo and video editing platform with a focus on creative wellbeing. VSCO acquired Han's company Trash, an AI video editing app at the end of 2020. Han founded Trash in 20...

Ryan Craig is somebody who I have looked up to for at least three or four years since he came onto my radar and he has been somebody who has inspired me because of how he sees the future of education. I find him very fascinating, incredibly intellectual, and somebody who is at the forefront of change in higher education. I think his insights and perspectives are so in line with my way of thinking...