Time4Coffee Podcast

Naren Aryal co-founded Mascot Books in 2003 with a single self-published book about a collegiate mascot and zero experience in the publishing industry. When that book took off he was more than happy to quit his job as a corporate attorney and dive headfirst into the dynamic world of books.  Since then Mascot Books , a full-service hybrid book publishing company, has published more than 3,000 ficti...

Brock Silvers is Managing Director at Kaiyuan Capital , a private equity investment firm in Shanghai, China. He has lived in China for over 30 years. Previously, Brock served as the CEO of Laris Group, as well as Managing Director of Kaiyuan Investment Advisory. Additionally, Brock was a co-Founding Partner at Power Pacific Company and he served as Director of International Development for Eagle I...

Joshua A. Adler is the founding CEO of Sourcewater , the world’s largest geospatial data and digital-market hub for viewing, analyzing and understanding wastewater logistics within the crude oil and natural gas industries. Wastewater creates the largest operating costs today for unconventional energy sources like hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Sourcewater mitigates these problems fo...

Joshua A. Adler is the founding CEO of Sourcewater , the world’s largest geospatial data and digital-market hub for viewing, analyzing and understanding wastewater logistics within the crude oil and natural gas industries. Wastewater creates the largest operating costs today for unconventional energy sources like hydraulic fracturing, also known as fracking. Sourcewater mitigates these problems fo...

Sean Gibbons is CEO of the Communications Network , a professional network of foundation and nonprofit leaders that improve lives through smart communication.  Sean is also living proof that in today’s dynamic economy, it is becoming more and more common for professionals to change jobs almost a dozen times between the ages of 18-48!  During his successful career, Sean has worked in journalism as...

Gayle Tzemach Lemmon is a journalist, author and marketing professional currently working in the technology industry at Shield AI as the Chief Marketing Officer. Her two NYT’s bestselling books: The Dressmaker of Khair Khana and Ashley’s War : The Untold Story of a Team of Women Soldiers on the Special Ops Battlefield  tell the stories of unsung heroes who showed bravery and resilience in the face...

Rick Greenberg is the CEO of Kepler Group , a tech- and analytics-driven digital agency delivering cross-channel impact for leading advertisers worldwide. Since it was founded in June 2012, Kepler Group has grown from six founders in a rented New York City conference room to 260 people across five offices in the US and UK.  The Kepler Group provides digital and database services to Fortune 500 cli...

Steve Babcock is the Chief Creative Officer at advertising agency VaynerMedia,  founded by marketing guru Gary Vaynerchuck, and has worn several hats over the course of his career. From mailroom guy to copywriter to Executive Creative Director, Steve has literally worked his way up to the top of the industry.  With over 20 years of experience in creative marketing, Steve has gained a lot of knowle...

Hannah Braaten is an Editor at St. Martin’s Press where she’s editing dozens of exciting books with unique perspectives including one by a co-host of the new Queer Eye show, Tan France !  Hannah discovered her love for publishing at Wellesley College– where she initially thought she would pursue a career in politics– but switched to English after taking a class with an incredible English professor...

Robert Draper is a writer at large for The New York Times Magazine , where he covers domestic politics. He has also been a contributing writer to National Geographic since 2007. For the latter, Robert has traveled to the all-male monastic community of Greece’s Mount Athos as well as to volatile corners of the world like Somalia, Afghanistan, the Democratic Republic of Congo and Libya.  For thirtee...

Madeline Rose is a Senior Global Advocacy Advisor at Mercy Corps*, a global humanitarian and development NGO, where she works to create and implement public policies to solve some of the world’s biggest problems. She’s a policy expert and advocacy strategist with innovative problem-solving skills who led the design of Mercy Corps’ first globally coordinated advocacy campaign, which she now leads....

Nick Freshman is the founder of Mothersauce Partners , a venture capital funded ecosystem for the food and beverage industry.   Mothersauce Partners aggressively shortens the traditional timeline to achieve profit for food and drink concepts by bringing to bear experience, connections and a suite of services that is largely absent in investing. Nick frequently works with other investors, venture c...

Provash Budden is the Americas Regional Director for Mercy Corps and lives in Bogota, Colombia. As American Regional Director Provash has over 20 years of international development experience encompassing leadership, program design, management and implementation of humanitarian and development programs. leading programs on land rights, financial services, access to education, economic development,...

Sarah Hillware has spent a decade designing, implementing and managing effective public affairs and social impact communications campaigns with public health, gender equality, educational and environmental outcomes. As a communications consultant at the World Bank and for specialized United Nations agencies, Sarah works at the intersection of international development communications and project op...

Spencer Bokat-Lindell is an Associate Editor at Axios an American news and information website founded in 2016.  Axios is based on the Greek word for “worthy”. But before Spencer was getting paid to edit expert opinions to make them worthy of the public’s time, he was doing things like peeling white asparagus at Colicchio & Sons restaurant in Manhattan where he interned one summer during colle...

Tiffany Sorya is Founder/CEO of Novel Education Group , an elite homeschooling and academic agency in California, specializing in customized curriculum and college advising, particularly for students and families with unconventional lifestyles. As the private tutor for many high profile clients including Kendall and Kylie Jenner and the family of Dr. Dre, Tiffany’s ethos is rooted in the fundament...

Sree Sreenivasan is a co-founder of  Digimentors  a new kind of digital consultancy.  Stree is an expert in the digital space as a strategist, trainer and coach for some of the world’s most important brands, as well as startups and other smaller players.  If you are at all interested in how the digital world applies to  every single career path, this is definitely the episode for you. Sree also br...

Eugenia Harvey has left an indelible mark on the world of news media as a veteran broadcast journalist on ABC News’ “PrimeTime Live”, BET, CNN and the Steve Harvey Show. Today Eugenia serves as the executive producer and project director of multi-platform initiatives at WNET, a public television station that operates in the New York metropolitan area. At WNET, Eugenia manages two public media init...

Jonathan Karp is President and Publisher of Simon & Schuster Adult Publishing , In this role he has overall responsibility for Simon & Schuster’s New York–based adult trade publishing, which includes Atria Books, Gallery Books, Scribner, Simon & Schuster, Touchstone and their associated sub-imprints and lines, and he reports directly to President and CEO Carolyn Reidy. He is also Publi...

Steven Shalowitz is the executive producer and host of podcasts: The One Way Ticket Show , where he explores guests’ ideal one way ticket destinations, and IsraelCast for the Jewish National Fund, where guests discuss the work they’re doing in Israel. From intensive language and international relations studies, to advertising and broadcasting jobs in the U.S. and abroad, Steven’s repertoire is an...

Lisa Shalett is a Managing Partner & Head of Strategic Innovation at Brookfield Asset Management , a position she took after a year-long ‘retirement’ during which she advised startups and worked as an angel investor. Brookfield is an alternative asset management firm that focuses on long lasting investments in areas such as real estate. Lisa is an expert in the field of investment banking and...

Rick Greenberg is a marketing veteran whose experience extends from brand management in the early 90’s – when “big data” was having more than one coupon code in the market at the same time – to helping today’s leading brands dynamically market across the dozens of digital channels and thousands of marketing moments that touch each consumer every day. Today Rick is the CEO of Kepler Group , a tech-...

Christina (Tina) Martini is a Partner and Co-National Hiring Partner at McDermott, Will & Emery law firm and focuses her practice on domestic and international trademark and copyright law, as well as domain name, Internet, social media, advertising, unfair competition and entertainment law.  Christina has extensive experience in counseling, prosecution, enforcement, due diligence and licensing...

Dr. Janet Yellen is currently serving as a Distinguished Fellow in Residence at The Brookings Institution. From 2014 to 2018,  Dr. Yellen served as the Chair of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System, the first woman to hold this position. During her time as the head of the Federal Reserve, unemployment dropped from 6.7% to 4.1%!  Dr. Yellen’s experience in government and working in...

Sharon Chang is a Vice President and Talent Agent in the non-scripted television department at William Morris Endeavor (WME), a division of the Endeavor Talent Agency. Sharon landed her first job, equipped with a freshly minted English degree from Vassar College, at CBS Sports. She spent 12 years there building her career in broadcasting before moving to IMG as a talent agent whose job was to recr...