The Riderflex Podcast: Inspiring & Hiring

Trusting Your Own Knowledge - Lauren Foundos; Founder & CEO at FORTË | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Lauren Foundos is the Founder and CEO of FORTE. She was a 2x All-American Field Hockey player at the University of Maryland. Lauren was a national championship winning athlete in college who went to Wall Street and then returned to help reshape the way we access our local gyms through h...

Hire Former Entrepreneurs | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing The grit and determination needed to start and run a business is unmeasurable. People who have been entrepreneurs an also make great employees later in life. If you are a hiring manager and have potential candidates that have been entrepreneurs, give them strong consideration. These people will understand what you're going through a...

Helper's High from Helping Others - Rachel LaFollette, Chief Customer Officer; Madwire | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Rachel LaFollette is the Chief Customer Officer at Madwire. As CCO Rachel is the voice of the customer on the Madwire and Marketing 360 Executive Team. She works with the rest of the C-Suite, as well as the organization as a whole to drive a company-wide focus on an optima...

Save Thousands In Recruiting Fees With Recruiters On Demand | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Are you experiencing the same "hard to hire struggles" as many other companies? Are you posting your jobs with no applications coming through, or, the applications coming through are a poor fit? Riderflex offers companies the opportunity to use our recruiting team "On Demand". No more high fees for...

What is your Core Purpose? - Shae Frichette, Co-Owner; Frichette Winery | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Shae Frichette is the Co-Owner of Frichette Winery, a family owned boutique winery in the Red Mountain AVA in Washington State. Prior to starting Frichette Winery, Shae lead the Organizational Development Function for Stanley Black & Decker - HHI where she designed Leadership Develop...

Resume Quality Isn't Most Important | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Do you think that just because a candidate has a perfect resume they're going to be the best possible option? When you think about the best employees you've worked with, did they have a perfect resume when they were hired? Probably not. STOP disqualifying job candidates because of their resume or LinkedIn profile. The best...

Dealing With Judgement - Manoj Jonna, Co-Founder & CEO; Ramped | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Manoj is the a Co-Founder and CEO of Ramped. He is passionate about helping achieve progressive social change through education, empowerment, and entrepreneurship. Prior to Ramped, Manoj served as Chief Strategy Officer of Reservations.com and as Vice President and Founding Team member at Yay...

People vs. KPI's | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Caring about the people in your organization is critical to ensuring your company's success. Too many leaders can get caught up with endless numbers and KPI's. Knowing how well you're doing with your business is important and certain reports can be needed to evaluate and improve. However, too much reporting can become overwhelming and time c...

The Unique Beginning Of A Career - Dan Mallin, CEO & Founder; Lucy AI | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing As a Board Member, Founder CEO and Managing Partner of Equals 3, Dan and his partners have created Lucy, an AI-powered enterprise knowledge management SaaS software platform that is transforming how the Fortune 1000 to leverage their unstructured data. Dan also sits on multiple private...

Advice To Aspiring Entrepreneurs - Josh Roche, Co-Founder & CEO; Quiptu | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Josh Roche is the Co-founder and CEO of Quiptu.com. Josh came up with the idea during a biking trip across 50 miles of Montana with a friend. He didn’t have the necessary gear for the trip, having to borrow, ship and put together a bike when he got there. Quiptu.com is an online plat...

Deciding On Co-Founders And A Team - Timothy Visos-Ely , Co-Founder & Chief Product Officer; StrideTech | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Tim is a Co-Founder and the Chief Product Officer for Stride Tech. He recently graduated from the University of Colorado with a degree in Engineering Plus, with an emphasis in Mechanical Engineering and a concentration in Engineering Management. Tim ga...

Can You Pitch Your Company? | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Are you able to pitch your company right on the spot? It's amazing how many people know their business inside and out, but when put on the spot, have a hard time clearly and concisely pitching it to someone that asks. Being able to pitch what your company does and your own personal background can benefit greatly in the long run. h...

Early Struggles In Building the Business - Nick Mattingly, Co-Founder & CEO; Switcher | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Nick is a livestreaming and social video expert. He leads the Switcher Studio team as CEO and co-founder. Since 2014, he has led the company to partnerships with Facebook Live, LinkedIn, Microsoft Stream, and beyond, and has garnered features in TechCrunch, USA Today, I...

Is Your Website Understandable? | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Have you ever gone to a company's website and are still left wondering what they do? There are a number of reasons that a person could be confused about your business after visiting the website. However, the good news is there's a quick and easy way to learn if that's the case for yours. https://youtu.be/RyDLR_avEYI CEO, Steve...

Best Time To Start A Business | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Starting your own business can be one of the most rewarding experiences ever. When to start your business is one of the most frequently asked questions. There is never a perfect time, but certain windows in life can make it less stressful. https://youtu.be/zdgcPA7QgKo CEO, Steve Urban, shares his advice on when the best times ar...

What Is WebEnertia? - Steve Ohanians, Co-Founder & CEO; WebEnertia | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Steve Ohanians is an entrepreneur, digital strategist, and CEO of WebEnertia since 1999. He is an accidental entrepreneur and co-founded WebEnertia because he was obsessed with designing and building websites in the '90s, not because he wanted to scale and grow an agency. Steve has worked...

How Much Should You Pay Yourself As A Startup Founder? | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing How much you pay yourself as a startup founder can be tricky. A number of different factors can determine this. Although there is not a specific answer to this question, the general answer would be, pay as little as you need. Early stage companies need as much cash as possible to continue strong operatio...

Advice To A New CEO - Patty Beach, Executive Coach & Leadership Development; LeadershipSmarts | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Patty is an inclusive leadership evangelist who combines leadership best practices and adult learning principles to make the hard work of inclusive leadership easy to master. She founded LeadershipSmarts to further a more conscious form of leadership that balanc...

Operating and Unit Agreements | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Do you think that naming your company, picking a logo, and filing your incorporation papers are the most important actions when starting a business? These efforts need to be done and they will be a big part of doing business. However, getting the foundational base put in place for how the company will be operated and who will ow...

Recruiters Also Get to Choose Who They Work With - Radu Palamariu, Managing Director-Europe and Asia Pacific; Alcott Global | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Radu has been working in consulting and executive search roles for the last 20 years. He has a strong passion for logistics and supply chain. Radu's specialties include end to end Supply Chain Executive Search: C-level, Vice President,...

Big Company Is Not More Safe Than Startup | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Think that your safe because you have a "regular" job with a "stable" company? Many people have great ideas for new businesses. However, nearly all of them will not take the jump because they work for a big company and think they're safe. Unfortunately bigger companies can sometimes present bigger risk. Working for a...

What Is Your Core Purpose? - Rich Maloy, Managing Partner; SpringTime Ventures | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Rebuild the middle class and the American Dream.  Rich Maloy is a Managing Partner at SpringTime Ventures. Rich’s mission is to transform the world through innovation and entrepreneurship. He believes that startups give all people the opportunity to grow, learn, and earn. His...

Advice For A Successful Career - Jeff Fleischman, CMO; Altimetrik | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Jeff is a C-Suite executive with a track record of executing business growth strategies that result in bottom line results, revenue growth, expense improvement, and delivering highly valued customer experiences. Jeff's experience in Omni-Channel marketing spans B2C, B2B, and B2B2C. He is passi...

Learn To Mix With All Groups | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Everywhere in life you'll find personalities and groups that are different from one another. There are social classes, economic classes, and others that have all kind of personalities. This is also true inside of every business. Sales, Marketing, IT, Finance…. All of these departments have people with different goals, mindsets an...

What Is Your Core Purpose? - Mike Mojica, Founder at Outdoor Element | Riderflex - Recruiting & Sourcing Mike Mojica, one of the founders of OE, is a mechanical engineer who spent most of his time in aerospace and military vehicle mods. Innovative, problem solving Mechanical Engineer with experience in outdoor gear, military vehicle modification, manufacturing, and aerospace industries. Known...