The POZCAST: Decoding Success with Adam Posner

1:07 – While in Brooklyn 1:53 – High School Teacher Experience 4:05 – Jumping into High School 5:14 – Biggest Lesson Learned 6:10 – Turning Moment 7:25 – Job Experience at Golf Club 8:34 – Key takeaway from Bain 10:50 – Experience as a Founder – Wayout! 14:29 – Reaching out to Wayout 15:09 – Self-awareness epiphany 19:13 – Business Plan 19:48 – Speed bumps/ Entrepreneurial Journey 21:44 – Sessiona...

1:47 - Most early memories 4:47 - Dealing with bankruptcy 6:17 - Innovation point 7:15 - Brother being a Godfather 10:20 - Starting a company together 12:27 - Sticker Culture 12:30 - Pricing and Marketing  14:55 - Favorite Comic Model/Expressions 16:49 - Biggest challenge of running a company 18:58 - Number 1 product on shelf 20:48 - The Hot sauce 24:12 - The Boxing Journey 30:09 - Empower the cre...

2:05 – Gwen’s starting point 3:32 – High School/ Childhood Interest in Crafts 4:55 – Fashion Illustration Classes 5:40 – Start of Neck-tie Business 6:50 – Internship with Ralph Lauren 7:44 – Experience with Big Designers 9:14 – Thread of Culture 9:55 – Hands on Experience 16:01- Origin of the name 17:20 – The Audience 17:44 – Raising Capital 21:28 – The Moment of Truth 23:15 – Most Challenging Ele...

1:12 - Introduction 2:02 - Early Days of Ryan's life 2:57 - The "jump" in between 5:37 - The taste test 8:11 - The disappointment phase 11:21 - Is College education worth it? 12:58 - The Decision point 16:04 - Won a group assignment 16:55 - Building a portfolio 18:40 - 2002 vs now 19:39 - The Grey Area 20:22 - The Highlights 23:29 - First job/First salary 26:23 - Early lessons learned the hard way...

2:32 - Creative Process 3:57 - Live Poetry Shows  5:04 - Is America ready for Live Poetry Show? 5:52 - Experience of performing in a big theatre 7:50 - Max Stossel's past 9:08 - Breaking point Moment 10:30 - First hit of Social Dopamine 11:55 - Balance between business perspective 14:36 - Fine line of Self promotion 15:30 - Creepy side of Social media 18:24 - Social Awakening for kids 21:39 - How...

1:47 – Coaching and Dating advice 4:47 – Getting into Podcast 5:29 – Shows on dating 7:30 – Moving to Corporate World 9:36 – Early Influence as a Podcast Host 13:12 – Preparation for a show 15:00 – Pandemic Episode 18:33 – Conspiracy Theory 19:29 – Prediction and Future Trends 23:11 – Russell Brand Show 24:10 – #1 Guest 26:53 – Star Struck 27:50 – Pope Killing Episode 29:56 – North Korea Episode 3...

3:08 - Growing up in DC/80's Era 4:50 - Structure of Chris Home/Family 6:10 - Wrong place - Wrong time 10:14 - Killing in defense 11:20 - The Chris Effect 12:15 - Jail time 13:05 - Relationship with Grandfather 16:20 - Rock bottom Moment 19:55 - Hope and Faith 21:43 - Chris's Life Sentence / Second Chance 24:41 - Meeting with the Judge 26:24 - First day out of prison 28:04 - Learning from scratch...

2:20 – Start of Football 3:50 – Moment of Realization 6:33 – Support in the initial days 8:33 – Self Awareness 14:12 – More Action, Less talking 14:20 – Most Authentic Person 16:54 – Discipline and Work Ethic 17:17 – Rookie Year 19:14 – First Home Game 23:42 – Winning the Game 27:17 – Coaching & Consultation 28:20 – Past and Future Decision 30:19 – The story of black bag 31:33 – How to align folks...

Today’s episode of The POZcast is an adaptation of a special live stream of The POZcast from The World Staffing Summit Adam hosting the World Staffing Summit with some elite content marketers and friends of mine from LinkedIn! See below for a quick background on each of my awesome guests, sit back and soak in some content marketing gold! In short, the episode is a must-watch for anyone looking to...

2:55 - Matt Higgin's Book 4:28 - Why did Matt write this book? 5:44 - Regrets and Difficult Moments 7:35 - Autobiography and Life Lessons 9:35 - Battle with Depression 11:24 - First moment in the classroom 14:32 - Hot take on Self Reliance 15:46 - Self Awareness 16:56 - Matt's view on Tenacity 18:44 - Evaluation of Founders 19:25 - Lauren's Example in the Book 21:26 - Embracing crisis 24:03 - Fun...

Megan Reilly is the COO and co-owner of Tippi Toes®, an international franchisor of children’s dance. For more than a decade, Megan has helped franchise owners build and grow their own businesses around the world. Megan and her sister/business partner Sarah appeared on Shark Tank, where they were awarded a deal by Mark Cuban. They decided to decline the deal and grow their business on their own, a...

1:51 - How important is it to be a Journalist? 3:09 - Dad's Business 3:59 - Early lessons from Dad 4:50 - Type of Interview Questions 6:50 - Advice for a switch from startup to large organization 8:24 - Experience at Starlink 10:11 - Transferable skills 13:05 - Personality Attachment 14:46 - Interaction with Bill's brother 17:57 - First encounter with Bill Murray 20:00 - Transition period 21:26 -...

1:44 – First Memory of News Room 3:19 – Extrovert – Critical to Success 4:14 – Moved to Egypt 9:09 – Working in Biggest IPO of Egypt 14:34- Biggest Takeaway/Lessons Learned 15:28 – Working with a Company vs. with a Government 17:15 – Speech Writing 19:57 – Journey into Entrepreneurship 22:02 – Advice to new Entrepreneurs 24:18 – Managing Global Crisis 27:20 – Maha’s Confidant 28:40 – Approach to R...

2:26 - Co-host for the show "Kevin" 3:02 - Entrepreneurial Parents 6:02 - Early lessons learned 7:52 - University/Internship days 13:18 - Casting & Recruiting 16:24 - Pozcast Role-Play 18:30 - Importance of Recruiting tools 23:48 - Road of Acquisition & Exit 28:14 -Connecting talent with opportunity 31:22 - Explain web3 to Mom 34:35 - Using web3 technology 36:20 - Skills in demand 38:18 - Start as...

1:55 – Kara’s First Real job 10:13 – Journey towards Entrepreneurship 15:42 – Interview Questions to find the right people 17:47 – Impetus behind the product/drink 24:47 – Launch of a new Category 26:42 – Putting all the eggs in one basket 28:38 – Challenge in educating consumers 31:40 – Brand Demand 32:38 – Process of Writing a Book 35:52 – Motivation Lesson for Everyone 40:24 – Amazing Guest on...

2:00 - Hospitality/Service Industry experience 4:08 - First Aha Moment in early days 5:59 - Musical side of Tina Karras 6:50 - GenX thing / LA experience 10:48 - Expectation vs Reality 14:10 - Tina's inspiration 16:19 - Approach and Mindset 18:11 - Take Feedback 21:47 - Vodka is Tina's spirit 25:05 - Two cents on Vodka 28:32 - Additives & Liquor 29:39 - Early hard moments 30:50 - Soil is the key t...

2:30 – Background 6:00 – Early Career Failures 8:11 – Lessons Learned 9:50 – Early Success / Ego Mindset 12:11 – Key Rules to Success by Steve Nudelberg 12:39 – Tell me Something Good 14:33 – Transition in Sales Strategy / Challenges / Getting the Silver Bullet 16:19 – Be a Solutions Provider 17:51 – Conduit Aspect to Relationships 19:34 – Goal with the Podcast /  Turn it into a Business Opportuni...

Guests in order: Kevin Smith Jevon McCormick Howard Bloom Sarah Dusek Alan Patricof Drixxon Kyser Avery Akkineni Jasiri X Todd Kaplan Luke Anderson Manda Kailimian Emeka Nnaka Dave Scatchard Part 1 & Part 2

Full Episodes, In Order: Luke Anderson Howard Bloom Connie Steele  Chris Do Shelly Zalis Brian Scudamore Jasiri X Liane Hornsey Kathleen Griffith Dave Menz Stephanie Synclair Jay Rosenzweig Chris Jericho Perfecto Sanchez Kevin Smith

1. Simon Wild Wallaby (1:10) 2. Liam Darmondy (2:34) 3. Tom Bilyu (5:41) 4. Escalator chat w Angela Antony (10:05) 5. Bashful Blobfish Story (11:02) 6. Lobby Fans (17:30) 7. Jen Styles (21:32) 8. Matt Higgins (24:31) 9. Quickie w/ Gary Vee (37:01) 10. Final thoughts in the endzone w/ Chris Adamo (38:31)

It was great to catch up back in October with some of my favorite LinkedIn folks and friends, Erin Riska, Joel Lalgee, and Liam Darmody! Erin is a fractional talent strategist, full-cycle recruitment partner, and freelance writer, providing foundational and supplemental talent acquisition support to small companies as they scale. Joel is a contract recruiter, podcaster, and, more recently, a consu...

0:10 – Celebrate Yourself 1:21 – Zack and Miri Make a Porno 2:18 – Bonding on George Carlin 4:30 – ‘The Man’ Moment 5:29 – Lesson learned from George Carlin 9:08 – Repurposing / Interpreting George Carlin 10:34 – Jack of all trades 12:04 – Keep the pieces together 14:22 – Killroy as NFT 20:52 – Indie Film Moment 22:48 – NFT dropping on July 1st 23:39 – What excites you in web3? 25:31 – Relationshi...

2:33 - The 'Why' behind the project (Juliette) 3:06 - Meaning of 'Vee Friends' characters/Mission (Andy) 4:05 - Personal Favorite Vee Friend character (Andy) 4:37 - Onboarding girls in Web3/ Hurdles and Obstacles (Juliette) 5:32 - Making Vee Friends Ecosystem Inclusive (Andy) 7:13 - All girls invent project (Juliettte) 8:02 - Biggest smile Moment (Juliette) 10:12 - Interactions with Parents and Ki...

0:55 - Dad's career influence 2:40 - Learn to move forward 4:04 - Moment to go into Wrestling 7:31 - Defining character / The storyline 9:30 - Hot take on Ricks 12:06 - Moment of Success 13:44 - Energy on the stage 17:26 - Comparison with dad 19:15 - Toughest Opponent 21:03 - Getting into Podcast (2013) 22:55 - Engaging in a podcast 24:15 - Pulling out the human piece 26:43 - Origin of Painmaker 3...

1:31 - The Better Future 2:18 - How to manage expectations 6:39 - Relationship with Money chains 9:52 - Borrowing other people's art 12:03 - Peter Tunney's Asset 13:08 - Fatherhood 16:08 - Inspiration for Art 18:18 - How Peter wants to be remembered 19:39 - A Meaningful project 21:16 - Greatest fear 24:03 - Christopher Reeve Foundation 29:00 - Single Greatest piece of advice 29:31 - Peter Tunney's...