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| 26 Apr 2017 | 208 Mike Denardis, Raleigh Flyers, Trading Options, and Marketing Channels | 00:39:01 | |||||
Mike DeNardis is one of the owners and founders of the Raleigh Flyers, a professional ultimate Frisbee team in the AUDL. Mike has been intimately involved with Ultimate Frisbee for over twenty years and a player and coach. He has coached youth, college, and club, most recently leading both The University of North Carolina’s men’s team Darkside and the men’s club team Ring of Fire out of Raleigh.
Mike grew up in Chicago, Il and currently works as an Energy Derivatives Broker in Chapel Hill, North Carolina.
Mike’s Challenge; Use your history and knowledge base to innovate in whatever endeavors you take on.
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| 06 Sep 2016 | 132 Sean Douglas, Emerging from Darkness to Inspire Others | 00:31:51 | |||||
Sean Douglas is a veteran of the United States Air Force, a certified Master Resilience Trainer, and a professional Motivational Speaker. He enlisted in the Air Force in 2001 right after 9/11, has been deployed to multiple locations, and performed a multitude of duties all over the world. Sean gives many speeches throughout the year on various topics, such as Developing Leaders, Leadership Principles, Team Building, Stages of Team Forming, Self-Defeating Behaviors, Decisions, and much more. As a Master Resilience Trainer, he teaches the following skill sets: Counting Blessings, Accomplishing Goals, ABC (Activating Event, Brain's Interpretation, Consequences), Check Your Playbook, Balance Your Thinking, Acceptance, Capitalizing On Strengths, Physical Resilience, Spiritual Resilience, Interpersonal Problem Solving, and Good Listening & Active Constructive Responding.
Sean's passion is Resilience and inspiring others to succeed. His love for helping others achieve their dreams and instilling in them that extra motivation to finish strong is at the forefront of every speech and presentation he delivers. His main goal is to save at least one person from a self-defeating behavior and to inspire change in their lives. Sean is also a published author of a book titled, "Decisions: The Power To Overcome Self-Defeating Behaviors".
Sean’s Challenge; Pick one of your values and review how much money & time you’ve actually put into your “priority” over the last 30 days.
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| 30 Aug 2017 | 242 Darrin Grove, 20 Years of Reinvention as an Entrepreneur | 00:38:49 | |||||
Darrin Grove, Truefit’s Founder and CEO, is a native Pittsburgher with a passion for innovation, technology, and values-based leadership.
Since its bootstrap beginnings in 1997, Truefit’s experience with new, disruptive technologies has positioned the company as a leader in helping entrepreneurs and organizations bring new software products to market quickly. Using their proprietary Idea Launch™ process, Darrin and the Truefit team guide clients through a proven path to create new and next generation software products. By involving a broad cross-section of company stakeholders, end users, and subject matter experts, Truefit helps product teams reduce risk and build confidence. Their principled approach and “start-up” mentality have proven to be an invaluable asset to companies looking for an entrepreneurial approach to software product development.
In addition to his work at Truefit, Darrin is dedicated to sharing his insight in innovation and entrepreneurship with the Pittsburgh community. He leads the Deal Flow Team for Software and Technology at BlueTree Allied Angels and advises start-up companies at the AlphaLab tech accelerator. He is also active on several non-profit boards to promote leadership, education, and urban renewal, and is a regular panelist and judge at events related to innovation.
Darrin’s Challenge; Think small. Focus on the small executions, pivots, and iterations that will move your work forward.
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Resources Mentioned Lean Startup by Eric Reis Prospect The Sandler Way by John Rosso Good to Great by Jim Collins
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12 Apr 2021 | 472 Hidden Forces w/ Demetri Kofinas | 00:58:30 | | ||||
Demetri Kofinas is a media entrepreneur and host of Hidden Forces, a podcast devoted to exploring the underlying forces driving the most powerful changes we see in the world.
His show covers a wide range of topics, including culture, philosophy, economics, technology, social science, and the hard sciences.
Demetri has previously co-founded Guerilla Gaming Concepts, an interactive entertainment company focused on the middleware of gaming. He has also reported on financial news and told stories to hundreds of thousands of people around the world.
In addition to his show, Demetri consults blockchain and distributed ledger technology companies, helping them anticipate security vulnerabilities by building theoretical attack frameworks against token-based systems, and he consults hedge funds and venture capital firms on how to invest in and around these same emerging technologies.
In this episode, Aaron and Demetri have a far-reaching conversation about truth, technological progress, and geopolitics.
Mentioned The Meaning of Human Existence by Edward O. Wilson
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Demetri Kofinas’s Challenges; 1. Hold yourself to a higher standard.
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| 23 Nov 2015 | 43 Dick Zhang, Sending in the Robots with Identified Technologies | 00:33:40 | |||||
Dick Zhang is President and CEO of Pittsburgh, PA based Identified Technologies. Dick leads his rapidly growing team’s efforts to deliver real-time job site updates to industrial companies around the world using robotic aerial drones.
Prior to founding Identified Technologies, his previous work included corporate finance at Goldman Sachs and project management at Bristol-Myers Squibb. A technologist as well as an entrepreneur, he is an alumnus of the University of Pennsylvania with training in Mechanical Engineering and holds several U.S. patents.
Dick has been featured as an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year Finalist, Pittsburgh Business Times Fast Tracker, and Point Park University guest lecturer.
Dick’s Challenge; Push yourself outside of your comfort zone so that you’ll continue to grow.
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| 21 Oct 2019 | 401 How to Go from Consulting to Investing in Startups w/ James Haluszczak | 00:30:36 | |||||
James Haluszczak founded SteelBridge Consulting in 2008. The boutique consultancy exclusively focuses on serving as a strategic advisor to Private Equity and Venture Capital fund managers, investors, and administrators.
He is also a Co-Founder and Managing Partner of SteelBridge Laboratories, which he and his partners founded in 2016 as an investment firm focused on early-stage Fintech companies.
James has 20 years of experience in Financial Service operations, finance, and technology roles, and is a seasoned Fintech founder and investor. James has held management roles inside of four currently operating Fintech startup companies, and he and his team have invested in more than 10 Fintech companies since 2016.
In this conversation, James and Aaron discuss scaling a consulting firm, finding deal flow for investing, and helping a young company grow. Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Mind & Fill your Heart happens once a year.
James Haluszczak’s Challenge; Use a fintech tool to donate to a cause, like cancer research.
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| 30 Sep 2016 | 139 Jim Gerencser, Building an AUDL Champion Team | 00:35:01 | |||||
It was a pleasure to interview the 56-year-old co-owner of the Dallas Roughnecks. In their inaugural season, the Roughnecks won the 2016 AUDL championship in dominant fashion, beating the Seattle Cascades 33-27. The win capped an undefeated 17-0 season and the birth of a potential juggernaut.
Jim Gerencser is also the CEO & President of Nationwide Auto Services. Jim started the company in 1982 and has continually refined the process used in overspray removal and administering large-scale claims.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 62 with AUDL Commissioner Steve Gordon where we discuss running the American Ultimate Disc League and the future of pro ultimate. | |||||||
| 17 Feb 2020 | 416 Throwing Axes & Ice Curling w/ Jack Welsh | 00:29:21 | |||||
Jack Welsh is the co-owner of LumberjAxes and Sliders Curling. He has successfully transitioned from a union job and bartending gig into running a business that delivers genuinely unique experiences.
He and his co-founders first came across axe throwing in Philadelphia and decided to bring the concept to Pittsburgh. It’s been a winner and has grown to multiple locations.
To keep the momentum going, he has now opened Sliders Curling in the adjacent lot to offer competitive, bar-style curling to their customers.
In this conversation, you’ll hear Jack and Aaron discuss the origins of the company, how Jack transitioned out of his day job, and the capital required to get the company off the ground.
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Jack Welsh’s Challenge; Go out of town to find some new entertainment options.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 184 with Ed Bailey & Day Bracey where we discuss comedy, drinking partners podcast, and creative partnership.
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31 Mar 2016 | 78 Jonathan Abrams, Delivering Critically-Acclaimed NBA Writing | 00:16:49 | | ||||
Jonathan Abrams is an award-winning journalist who has covered the NBA for ESPN’s Grantland, The New York Times and Los Angeles Times. He is a graduate of the University of Southern California.
His first book, Boys Among Men, chronicles the generation of NBA players that jumped directly to the pros from high school and the struggles they faced along the way.
Jonathan’s Challenge; Buy Shea Serrano’s book, The Rap Yearbook.
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| 16 Sep 2019 | 396 $2 Million to $80+ Million Family Business w/ Kristy Knichel | 00:30:10 | |||||
Kristy Knichel is a second-generation logistics executive and the president of Knichel Logistics. Prior to leading the company, she led the operations team for 10 years.
Kristy has driven a staggering amount of growth for the company. Since its inception, Knichel Logistics has grown from $2 million in revenue to $80 million under Kristy’s leadership.
Knichel Logistics is a woman-owned and operated, non asset based third-party logistics provider. In this interview you’ll find out what that means.
The company specializes in intermodal, less than truckload, full truckload, and specialty services and has a veteran staff that prioritizes customer service.
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Kristy Knichel’s Challenge; Put yourself out there.
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| 12 Jan 2017 | 177 Isaac Saul, Positive Journalism, the 2016 Election, and Healthy Political Discourse | 00:41:29 | |||||
I am a 25-year-old journalist based in Harlem, NY. I was born in Trenton, NJ and got my start in journalism as the sports editor for The Pitt News. I have lived, studied, traveled or written all over United States, Mexico, Puerto Rico, Dominican Republic, Iceland, Israel, Egypt, Thailand, Singapore, Indonesia, China, Alaska, and West Texas, which I've come to consider a country of its own.
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| 24 Apr 2017 | 207 Mark Walker, Escaping the Rat Race by Investing in Real Estate | 00:31:42 | |||||
Mark has been an active real estate investor since 2004, so he brought a wealth of knowledge with him when he founded Luxmana Investments in 2011. He started out as a part-time investor––holding a full-time job in high tech––and his passion for real estate enabled him to escape the rat race of Corporate America.
Prior to Luxmana, Mark succeeded in multiple development projects in the trendy Highlands and Berkeley areas of Denver, Colorado. Since then, he's acquired dozens of residential and multifamily income properties through Luxmana Investments LLC, which he founded in 2011, and Peak Margin Partners LLC, which he co-founded in 2013.
Mark has successfully overseen the operations of his own assets, and that of other investors, in Colorado, Texas, Florida and Illinois. This includes his active involvement with MBP Capital and Catalyst Multifamily Management—a highly successful multifamily investment, management and brokerage firm. During this tenure, Mark has had property management oversight of his Dallas area multifamily portfolio, while assisting with acquisitions and dispositions of assets as well.
Real Estate Book Recommendations Rich Dad, Poor Dad by Robert Kiyosaki
Mark’s Challenge; Learning leads to taking action. Take some sort of action today. You can analyze real estate deals at BiggerPockets.com.
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| 09 May 2016 | 90 Brad Kriel is Saving Builders' Time with Velocity Robotics | 00:27:38 | |||||
Brad Kriel wants construction firms and Do-it-yourselfers to get projects done more efficiently. His company is dedicated to leveraging modern technology to help save builders time.
At Velocity Robotics he used lean startup methods, developed an MVP application, hired graphic designers to optimize UI and UX of mobile apps and website, and managed legal and accounting team to handle company formation and complexities of bringing in initial startup capital.
In this episode, we discuss finding product-market fit and Brad’s core values.
Brad’s Challenge; Set a date and finish one of your incomplete projects.
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| 13 Jan 2020 | 411 Saving Lives w/ Robots w/ Kent McElhattan & Discovery Robotics | 00:40:48 | |||||
Kent McElhattan’s entire business career has been dedicated to the safety of workers.
In 1985, Kent co-founded Industrial Scientific and built a worldwide leader in IOT and predictive analytics for the safety industry. The company climbed to hundreds of millions in revenue and sold to Fortive.
After that success, Kent started another company, Discovery Robotics, aimed to bring robotics technology to the field of janitorial services. Their first product is an autonomous floor-cleaning robot.
The company’s mission remains to increase human productivity and safety.
In this conversation, Kent and Aaron discuss how he ended up focusing on industrial cleaning, the lessons Kent has taken from Industrial Scientific, and the future of work.
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Kent McElhattan’s Challenge; Find something that doesn’t feel like work.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 297 with Jorgen Pedersen where we discuss saving lives with robots or episode 400 with Austin Webb where we discuss changing agriculture with tech.
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| 25 Jan 2016 | 59 Aaron Walker, Coaching Entrepreneurs to Live a Life of Significance | 00:33:17 | |||||
Aaron T. Walker, a businessman and life coach, inspires through his leadership, mentorship, and consistent pursuit of excellence. 35 years of entrepreneurship and marriage have given Aaron an opportunity to broaden his perspective by examining his experiences and growing from them.
For 19 years and counting, Aaron has taken classes from and has been coached personally by his friend, financial guru, Dave Ramsey. Spiritual mentors David Landrith and Bob Warren have impacted his spiritual life beyond measure. Two other disciplined mastermind groups, 48 Days led by friend Dan Miller and The Torch have played a role in his understanding of how to live a significant, successful life.
Years ago, it only took a few years as a partner with David Patton Construction LLC for Aaron to help take the business from doing one to two projects per year to a multi-million dollar company, voted number one builder for three consecutive years by Nashville’s House & Home & Garden Magazine's People's Choice Awards. He sold his retail business to Cash America USA, a Fortune 500 company. In addition to being the owner of eight lucrative businesses, Aaron participates in civic endeavors.
Aaron’s Challenge; Call people randomly without asking for anything.
Aaron’s Book Recommendations How to Win Friends and Influence People by Dale Carnegie
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| 10 Dec 2018 | 357 Self-Driving Cars, Paying for Parking, and Learning to Code w/ Jim Gibbs | 00:30:04 | |||||
Jim Gibbs is the CEO & Co-founder of Meter Feeder, a low cost payment and enforcement solution for small to mid-sized governments.
Jim’s startup is modernizing the way that people pay for parking and has already been through Y Combinator in the winter of 2016. The company is headquartered in Braddock and can boast a considerably lower burn rate than companies that stuck around in the Bay Area.
In this conversation, Aaron & Jim discuss the how he sells into municipalities, why his technology is revolutionary, and how the Pittsburgh scene has evolved.
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Jim’s Challenge; Get outside your circle and interact with new groups.
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| 02 Feb 2016 | 61 Ben Carlson, Providing Investors a Wealth of Common Sense | 00:27:23 | |||||
Ben is the Director of Institutional Asset Management at Ritholtz Wealth Management. He helps the team create detailed investment plans and manage portfolios for institutions and individuals to help them achieve their goals. | |||||||
| 20 Dec 2021 | 507 GOATA’s Ricky Stanzi on How to Move Pain-Free | 00:45:27 | |||||
Ricky Stanzi is a professor and coach within the GOATA (Greatest Of All Time Athletes) system. GOATA’s goal is to hone in the most effective transfers of energy in the body and make those muscle movements second nature.
Ricky was formerly a football quarterback in the NFL, CFL, and Big Ten. He was drafted by the Kansas City Chiefs in the fifth round of the 2011 NFL Draft and played college football at the University of Iowa.
Ricky and the GOATA team have studied slow motion video of crawling babies, indigenous tribes, super athletes that avoided non contact injuries, and the 55-60 year old marathon runner who still runs at a high level pain free to develop their system.
Now, they’ve built a business helping normal people recode their movements, certifying coaches to use their system, and coaching top athletes pursuing a professional career.
In this episode, Ricky and Aaron discuss the origins of the GOATA system, which athletes are the best to study, and quick wins that anyone can implement to improve their movement.
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Ricky Stanzi’s Challenge; 1) Get your feet straight, fist width apart, Inside Ankle Bone High. 2) Watch 100 non-contact ACL tear videos on YouTube.
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| 15 Oct 2018 | 349 Defying the “Death of Retail” w/ Brianne Conley | 00:35:26 | |||||
Bri Conley is the founder of No. 14 Boutique in Lawrenceville, one of the few shops bucking the trend of “The Death of Retail”.
How?
By establishing great relationships with clients, staying on top of fashion trends to offer a distinct selection, and masterfully utilizing Snapchat and Instagram to create demand.
In this conversation, Brianne explains how she used Snapchat & Instagram stories to drive demand, what she felt like the market was missing when she opened her store, and how she’s blending ecommerce with in-store experience.
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Bri’s Challenge; Show up in person to get what you want.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 295 with Nisha Blackwell where we discuss her handmade bowties business and episode 305 with Wendy Downs where we explore the blending of ecommerce and physical retail.
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Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | 10 Oct 2018 | 348 Can the XPrize make I, Robot a Reality? (w/ Amir Banifatemi) | 00:31:09 | | ||||
Amir Banifatemi is the General Manager for Innovation and Growth at XPrize and is an Executive Advisor for the IBM Watson AI XPRIZE & the ANA Avatar XPRIZE.
Prior to joining XPRIZE, Mr. Banifatemi began his career at the European Space Agency and then held executive positions at Airbus, AP-HP and the European Commission division for information society and media.
He’s previously managed two venture capital funds and contributed to the formation of more than 10 startups with emphasis on Information Technologies, Telecommunications, IoT, and Healthcare.
We talk about how the XPrize stimulates innovation, what the Avatar XPrize is pursuing, and how the teams in the competition are formed.
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Amir’s Challenge; Think about how our human evolution will look over the next two decades. Discuss this with others so we can call have a better future.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 240 with Kenny Chen where we discuss the impact of the AI XPrize, establishing a network in a new city, and Thrival 2017.
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24 Jun 2019 | 384 Hannah + Aaron Reflect on 16 Months of Piper Creative | 00:19:02 | | ||||
We had a guest no-call/no-show. No fun.
HP & I made the best of it by recording a podcast reflecting on Piper Creative being 18 months old, our hardest days of the process, and how great our team is.
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| 14 Jan 2016 | 55 Morgan Housel, Teaching Finance through History and Psychology | 00:33:27 | |||||
Morgan came on the podcast to talk cognitive biases, personal finance, and writing. He took an interesting path to his current career and uses that to his advantage when teaching through his writing.
Morgan Housel is a columnist at the Motley Fool and The Wall Street Journal. His work is also featured in USA Today, The Huffington Post, and Business Insider.
He is a two-time winner of the Best in Business award from the Society of American Business Editors and Writers and was selected by the Columbia Journalism Review for the Best Business Writing 2012 anthology. In 2013 he was a finalist for the Gerald Loeb Award and Scripps Howard Award. He holds a B.A. in Economics from the University of Southern California.
Morgan’s Challenge; Go out and read things that you know you are going to disagree with to round out your view of the world.
Morgan’s Book Recommendations The Intelligent Investor by Ben Graham Confessions of a Street Addict by Jim Cramer
Morgan’s Writing Financial Advice for My New Son 122 Things Everyone Should Know About Investing and the Economy
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| 25 Mar 2019 | 375 Resettling Refugees, Making an Impact, and Launching a Nonprofit w/ Sloane Davidson | 00:34:15 | |||||
Being a refugee in a new country can be scary, confusing, and lonely. While there are agencies in the US that help refugees with resettlement during the first 3 months, resource constraints leave them unable to assist past that point.
Sloane Davidson created Hello Neighbor to help connect refugees with friends and mentors in their community who can be a sustainable support system.
The families Hello Neighbor supports all have kids under 18 in the home. Mentors range from young professionals to families and seniors, making Hello Neighbor a family-focused volunteer opportunity.
In this interview, Aaron and Sloane discuss common things refugees need help with, how her organization has grown so quickly, and why she was inspired to start this organization. Never miss one of our best episodes by subscribing to the newsletter.
Sloane’s Challenge; Find one way to feel uncomfortable.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 317 with Tammy Thompson where we discuss poverty, homelessness, and the importance of social cohesion. Underwritten by Piper Creative A digital agency that provides strategy, delivery, and analysis specializing in a few key service offerings. Documentary-as-a-Service (Vlogging 2.0) Instagram Content Production & Account Building Podcast Production, Strategy Consulting, and Guest Acquisition
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11 Jul 2018 | 325 Artificial Intelligence & the Most Used Document on Earth w/ Kevin Miller | 00:34:37 | | ||||
LegalSifter is on a mission to bring affordable legal services to the world by empowering people with artificial intelligence. Kevin Miller joined the startup to help prove the business model and scale the company.
Previously, Kevin has served as Chief Operating Officer Industrial Scientific Corporation, helped launch an online version of Argosy University, and spent half a decade at FreeMarkets, in the global sourcing and procurement software space.
In this podcast, we discuss artificial intelligence replacing vs augmenting humans, how Kevin prepared to be a CEO throughout his career, and the climate for raising capital in and outside of Pittsburgh.
Kevin is also a licensed attorney in the state of Ohio.
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Kevin’s Challenge; Take 15 minutes to research artificial intelligence being applied to your industry.
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Mentioned The Inevitable: Understanding the 12 Technological Forces That Will Shape Our Future by Kevin Kelly
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Dave Nelsen has been a successful CEO in multiple businesses. Two of his startups, CoManage and TalkShoe, raised more than $70 million in angel and venture funding.
He has since moved into a full-time speaking career, traveling to country to share his perspective on Social Media for Business and Technology for Executives.
In this conversation, Dave and Aaron discuss how Dave went from a large corporation to a startup, where Dave found the ideas for his companies, and how he launched his speaking career.
Valuable listen for any aspiring entrepreneur.
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Dave’s Challenge; Do more listening.
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| 23 Dec 2019 | 409 Fighting Fake Chocolate w/ David Levine, NuGo Nutrition Bars | 00:34:13 | |||||
David Levine founded NuGo Nutrition Bars in 2000 after raising a small sum of capital from friends and family.
NuGo Nutrition uses real dark chocolate to make their protein bars and have been committed to making healthy, high-caliber bars from their inception.
The company has developed a variety of SKUs developed for Kosher, gluten-free, organic, vegan, and low sugar diets.
David and Aaron discuss the founding of the company, how NuGo has scaled its distribution, and the fake chocolate used by other companies.
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David Levine’s Challenges;
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 407 with JD Ewing where we discuss wholesaling, trends in office furniture, and creating a company book club.
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| 28 Oct 2019 | 402 Owning & Operating a Family Business Building Custom Closets w/ Michelle Walters | 00:26:13 | |||||
Michelle Walters founded Liberty Closet Systems in 1993. The family-owned and operated business serves up custom closet, cabinetry, and storage solutions in Westmoreland County & surrounding areas.
Over time, operations have been scaled to meet the demands of over one hundred builders in PA, WV, and Maryland. In 23 years LCS, Inc. has grown from a single designer/installer to a full staff of designers, fabricators, and installers specializing in custom closet design & storage systems.
In this conversation, Aaron and Michelle discuss starting the business, how to sell a great closet, and working with her family.
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Michelle Walters’s Challenge; Be kind. Not just people that agree with you.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 396 with Kristy Knichel where we discuss 3rd party logistics, woman-owned business, and great customer service.
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| 13 Aug 2018 | 333 Tenacity, Patents, and Glass Ceilings w/ Ingrid Cook | 00:37:15 | |||||
Ingrid Cook is SHzoom’s CEO. The company is an insurance-tech startup with a patented technology focused on automotive repairs. Aaron & Ingrid discuss the arduous patent process, the importance of a strong network, and the way a single moment of inspiration can change your life.
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| 14 Oct 2019 | 400 Can Vertical Farming Change the World? w/ Austin Webb | 00:38:53 | |||||
Austin Webb is leading a startup that aims to upend the food system. How? By using robotics and AI to build and operate highly efficient, commercial-scale urban vertical farms.
In late September 2019, his company Fifth Season (originally founded as RoBotany) came out of stealth mode by announcing a $35 million round of funding. With this capital, it plans to build its first commercial-scale indoor vertical farm to be located just outside Pittsburgh, in Braddock.
The startup plans to expand into other similarly-sized cities throughout the US.
In this episode, Austin and Aaron discuss the seismic impact Austin believes vertical farming can have, how this model reduces labor costs & water usage, and the composition of the team pursuing this goal.
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16 May 2022 | 528 Understand Trees, Understand Everything w/ Adam Haritan | 00:34:34 | | ||||
Adam Haritan is the founder of Learn Your Land, as well as a wild food enthusiast, researcher, and forager. He is launching a new course, Trees in All Seasons.
He learned the value of wild food foraging while studying nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh, where he discovered just how beneficial wild foods could be in optimizing human health.
Wild plants, on average, are more nutritious than their cultivated counterparts (i.e. wild blueberries vs. domesticated blueberries, wild lettuce vs. iceberg lettuce). The wild food diet is the diet that we, as Homo sapiens, have been consuming for the majority of our time on this planet, and it is the diet that we are most adapted to consume.
Today, very few Americans consume any wild foods, and instead subsist on nutrient-deficient products that scarcely resemble anything real or natural. It’s no wonder that degenerative diseases like cancer, diabetes, and chronic inflammation are so prevalent. We have abandoned our natural diet and are suffering as a result.
In this episode, Adam and Aaron discuss trees, his new course, and commitment to quality.
Adam Haritan’s Challenge; Find a tree growing close to your home and identify it.
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| 17 Aug 2015 | 18 Melissa Witmer, Ultimate Athlete Project Strength and Conditioning | 00:42:17 | |||||
Melissa is an NCSA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist who, through her online business The Ultimate Athlete Project, is on a mission to improve the training techniques of folks in the ultimate frisbee community. With a background degrees in Chemistry and Kinesiology, she is uniquely suited to sort through the sea of available research to find what’s most important, effective, and applicable for developing superior athletes and teams.
The Ultimate Athlete Project was designed to give players the tools they need to train like the serious athletes they are. In addition to writing The Ultimate Athlete Handbook and starting The Ultimate Athlete Project, Melissa gives ultimate fitness clinics nationally and internationally. She has enjoyed teaching players from Ireland, Colombia, and all over Europe. When not trotting the globe playing and coaching, she enjoy reading, hiking and enjoying the outdoors. Melissa’s Challenge; Give something and ask for something every day for 30 days
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06 Mar 2017 | 193 Graham Hill, Rethinking Real Estate with Minimalism | 00:27:26 | | ||||
Graham Hill is the founder of LifeEdited, dedicated to helping people design their lives for more happiness with less stuff. When he started the company in 2010, it brought the ideas of his previous project, the eco-blog and vlog TreeHugger.com, into design and architecture.
Before Treehugger, Hill studied architecture and design (his side business is making those cool ceramic Greek coffee cups). His other company, ExceptionLab, is devoted to creating sustainable prototypes, like lamps made from recycled blinds and ultra-mod planters that are also air filters.
Hill is the author of a book called Weekday Vegetarian.
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| 15 Jun 2020 | 433 Upgrading Legacy Financial Technology w/ Joe Hipsky of iraLogix | 00:30:29 | |||||
Joe Hipsky’s long career in financial services have allowed him to identify and develop a solution to the pipes of the financial system.
His company, iraLogix, is aimed at reducing the administrative burden placed on financial service providers.
In this conversation, Joe and Aaron discuss fundraising, why the financial services industry has been slow to adapt, and the regulatory climate for fintech.
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Joe Hipsky’s Challenge; If you’re looking for investors, study the investment process and how venture capitalists make decisions.
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| 30 Sep 2015 | 29 Erik Kulick, Wilderness Survival Expert & Owner of True North Wilderness Survival School | 00:31:44 | |||||
Erik Kulick is the owner, founder and chief instructor of the True North Wilderness Survival School. He drew upon his passion for the outdoors and his almost thirty years of teaching experience to found True North in 2011. Growing up as a backpacker and paddler, Erik has taught for regional and national outdoor programs, including the L.L. Bean Outdoor Discovery School. He has spent the last ten years focusing his training on wilderness survival in various programs and has studied under Byron Kerns, a former US Air Force SERE (Survival, Evasion, Resistance, and Escape) instructor. Erik also works in emergency medicine as a National Registry Emergency Medical Technician, a Wilderness EMT, and a Pennsylvania certified EMS Instructor. He is also a Wilderness Emergency Care Instructor for American Safety & Health Institute, and a BLS Instructor for the American Heart Association. Erik teaches at the Center for Emergency Medicine at the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center. He runs a series of programs which trains EMS providers, physicians, and law enforcement in wilderness medicine and survival skills. Erik is a member of the National Association of EMTs and the Wilderness Medical Society, where he is also a candidate for Fellow of the Academy of Wilderness Medicine (FAWM). Erik also actively serves in the Allegheny County EMS system helping the residents of various communities. With a law degree from the University of Pittsburgh and a Masters in Business from Duquesne University, Erik draws upon his experience from the corporate world to help individuals and organizations maximize their potential. Erik is a registered Merit Badge Counselor with the Boy Scouts of America serving the Laurel Highlands and Westmoreland-Fayette Councils.
Erik’s Challenge; Push yourself beyond your boundaries and acquire a new skill, be it wilderness survival related or otherwise.
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| 15 Feb 2023 | 560 Sustainability in Supply Chain with Daniela Osio (Kloopify) | 00:31:06 | |||||
Daniela Osio is the Founder and CEO of the procurement-focused start-up Kloopify. Daniela is a former supply chain specialist for DuPont and was a CPIM certified and ISM 30 under 30 rising corporate start. Today, she uses her expertise in logistics procurement, supply chain management, and risk management to run Kloopify, a data platform aimed at the global supply chain. Kloopify introduces sustainability to the procurement process with the data, analytics, and visibility into the environmental impact of all purchases. In this episode, Aaron and Daniela talk about procurement, its desperate need for innovation, and how her platform helps companies implement sustainability goals in their procurement process. Daniela’s Challenge: Take a look at where you’re spending your money. Do you spend your money on companies that align with your personal goals? Connect with Daniela OsioIf you liked this interview, check out our episode about the $2 Million to $80+ Million Family Business w/ Kristy Knichel Underwritten by Piper Creative Piper Creative makes creating podcasts, vlogs, and videos easy. How? Click here and Learn more. We work with Fortune 500s, medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs. Follow Piper as we grow | |||||||
| 31 May 2017 | 216 Noah Kagan, Facebook #30, Fired, Now a Millionaire Entrepreneur | 00:35:13 | |||||
Noah Kagan is an American Internet entrepreneur and the founder of AppSumo. Kagan began his career at Intel as a marketing analyst in 2004. In late 2005, Kagan joined Facebook where he served as product manager for eight months. After being fired from Facebook, he then joined Mint as the director of marketing. At Mint, Kagan developed the initial marketing strategy for the launch of the website.
Noah was with Mint.com for 10 months and left the company prior to the product's launch in September 2007 at TechCrunch. After Mint, in June 2007, Kagan founded KickFlip, a payment company for social games.In March 2010 Kagan founded AppSumo, a daily deals website.
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| 30 Jan 2017 | 183 Oliver Luckett, What The Chainsmokers and Mark Wahlberg can teach you about The Social Organism | 00:31:06 | |||||
Oliver Luckett is a bona fide tech mogul. Having starting multiple companies and worked for clients like Russell Brand, Steve Aoki, Charlize Theron, Mark Wahlberg, the Chainsmokers, and Pitbull, he knows branding online. Oliver most recently sold his company theAudience, co-founded with Ari Emanuel of William Morris and tech entrepreneur Sean Parker. Prior, Oliver was CEO and co-founder of DigiSynd, a Walt Disney Company, and previously Oliver co-founded Revver, which helped kick off new media with their novel concept of the video rev-share.
Oliver’s Book The Social Organism: A Radical Understanding of Social Media to Transform Your Business and Life Oliver’s Challenge; Reverse engineer the success that you hope to achieve. http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast Connect with Oliver revilo@gmail.com If you liked this interview, check out episode 123 with Tucker Max where we discuss the future of branding and how to write a book. | |||||||
| 22 Jun 2016 | 105 Declan Wilson Wants Millennials to Step Up | 00:24:47 | |||||
Declan is an author of the recently released “The Millennial Way: Step Up, Step Out, Step Forward”. Declan originally set out to write a book to debunk the misconceptions and stigma surrounding the Millennial generation.
After interviewing Millennials doing “awesome things” with their lives, Declan noticed a recurring pattern among all their personal journeys, including his own. The pattern of Stepping Up, Stepping Out, and Stepping Forward became what Declan calls The Millennial Way. It’s not a 3 step process to achieve your dreams, it’s not a self-help book, it’s not a formula for success. Rather, it’s a beacon of self-awareness and clarity to your journey.
Together with his wife Erica, Declan runs the blog Millennial Type. Besides working full-time and running this blog, Declan is an avid fan of bike riding, anything Pittsburgh, reading, listening to NPR, binge-watching Netflix with Erica, cuddling with their cats, playing with their son Henry, watching Ted Talks, finding awesome podcasts and cooking.
Declan’s Challenge; Step up. Recognize your dream isn’t as silly as you think and start building the skills you're going
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| 29 Jun 2020 | 435 Juneteenth, Retaining Diverse Talent, and YNGBLKPGH w/ Brian Burley | 00:45:21 | |||||
Brian Burley is the founder of YNGBLKPGH, a book and community of talented black professionals in and around the city of Pittsburgh.
Brian came on Going Deep to discuss the absolute necessity of cities and corporations adopting more empathetic and diverse approaches to attracting and retaining talent.
He has a distinct perspective that he has earned through writing his book profiling over 100 black professionals, working in economic development for the Pittsburgh region, and leading conversations about diversity at ADP.
Aaron and Brian also cover the rise of Juneteenth into the national conversation and effective ways to market & message these important ideas.
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Brian Burley’s Challenge; Go learn something new about someone else’s culture or experience. Try to put yourself in their shoes.
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28 Sep 2015 | 28 Kate Stolzfus and Emily Levenson, Co-founders of Propelle | 00:39:54 | | ||||
Kate and Emily founded Propelle in 2011, with the mission of bringing together the amazing female entrepreneurs in their community and to provide the tools and resources necessary to help women grow and evolve, both personally and professionally. Their business has grown to include a robust newsletter, in-person networking events, a members-only Facebook community, and a monthly Mastermind group. They are passionate about building a strong and supportive community of women entrepreneurs that can support each other when the going gets rough. In the show’s first trio podcast, we discuss successful partnerships, the composition of their Mastermind program and much more.
Book Recommendations #GirlBoss by Sophia Amoruso The Miracle Morning: The Not-So-Obvious Secret Guaranteed to Transform Your Life by Hal Elrod The 4-Hour Workweek by Tim Ferriss 6 Months to 6 Figures by Peter Voogd
Kate and Emily’’s Challenge; Celebrate a win every day for 30 days. Take it a step further by using their challenge sheet.
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And Propelle Twitter: @wepropelle 08 Nov 2021 | 501 SPACs, Tech Platforms, and Part-Time Labor w/ ShiftPixy CEO Scott Absher | 00:33:42 | | ||||
Scott Absher is th Chief Executive Officer and cofounder of ShiftPixy, a platform to help business operators engage with a part-time workforce.
ShiftPixy is developing technology that balances the needs for business operators who rely on part-time labor and workers who make up the part-time workforce.
ShiftPixy is a powerful platform for leveraging the gig economy forces for both.
Scott was previously President of Struxurety, a business insurance advisory company.
In this episode, Scott and Aaron discuss the structure of ShiftPixy’s capital raises, the need for restaurants & manufacturers to leverage part-time labor, and the advantages of IPOing early.
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Scott Absher’s Challenge; Don’t ignore the service staff that you interact with every day.
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| 14 Feb 2022 | 515 Tucker Max on Doomer Optimism and Media Literacy | 00:46:44 | |||||
Tucker Max is a NYT bestselling author and cofounder of Scribe Media, the premier professional publishing company that has helped people like David Goggins, Tiffany Haddish and Dan Sullivan publish their books.
Tucker started as a blogger on his website, tuckermax.com and has built out a substantial string of entrepreneurial wins, including some angel investments.
In this episode, Aaron and Tucker discuss moving out to a ranch, Doomer Optimism, and how to take an antifragile posture and improve your life.
Mentioned: The Century of the Self: Edward Bernays
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Tucker Max’s Challenge; Read two books about Doomer Optimism, Prairie Fire by Clay Martin and How to Survive the End of the World as We Know It by James Wesley Rawles.
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06 Sep 2021 | 492 Hedge Funds, Startups, and FinTech w/ Joe Percoco | 00:41:46 | | ||||
Joe Percoco could not stand the idea that the best financial products were inaccessible to the common person, so he co-founded Titan. Titan is a fintech startup that aims to be this century’s Fidelity Investments
The startup is growing rapidly with 500% growth in the last 12 months, 30,000+ users, nearly 1 billion in assets under management, and a recent valuation of $450 Million. Their investors include Andreessen Horowitz, Kevin Durant, Odell Beckham Jr., and Will Smith.
Joe has been able to build this company so quickly thanks to his pedigree at some of the world’s top business institutions; Wharton business school, Goldman Sachs, and McKinsey.
In this interview, Joe and Aaron discuss the building blocks of a fintech startup, why index funds & day trading aren’t right for everyone, and the near-death experiences Titan has survived.
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Joe Percoco’s Challenge; Answer the question; What is your personal KPI for the week?
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| 05 Jul 2015 | 00 Introduction to the Show | 00:11:45 | |||||
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| 30 Mar 2020 | 422 2020 Financial Crisis, Bitcoin, and the Halving with Anthony “Pomp” Pompliano | 00:47:40 | |||||
Anthony Pompliano is a co-founder & Partner at Morgan Creek Digital. He leads investments in early-stage startups and cryptocurrency.
He was formerly a product manager at Facebook.
He writes a daily letter analyzing crypto news for institutional investors and a prolific podcast with other top thinkers in finance and crypto.
In this conversation, Pomp and Aaron discuss the Bitcoin halving, economic stimulus, and kindness.
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Anthony’s Challenge; Remember to be kind to one another.
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| 06 Dec 2021 | 505 Clean Air & Mold Remediation w/ Matt Dayton (Pure Air Nation) | 00:29:04 | |||||
Matt Dayton is the cofounder of Pure Air Nation, a company that focuses on mold remediation and air quality around the greater Pittsburgh area.
In just two years in business, Matt and his cofounder Jake have raced to serious business success with a full calendar and loads of 5 star reviews. Beyond mold remediation, they also offer air quality testing, duct cleaning, and preventative care.
In this episode, Matt and Aaron discuss how he got started in the business, why the demand for mold remediation is growing, and the challenges in hiring blue collar talent.
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Matt Dayton’s Challenge; Grow yourself personally and give back to your community.
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| 25 Oct 2017 | 256 John Rosso, Building a Foundation of Empathy to Become a Great Salesperson | 00:37:08 | |||||
John Rosso is the CEO of Sandler Training by Peak Performance Management. He is recognized nationally as a business-development expert, specializing in executive-sales consulting and sales-productivity training as well as the best-selling author of Prospect The Sandler Way.
John is a dynamic, enthusiastic speaker who informs, entertains, and motivates presidents, CEO's, other senior managers and sales professionals. More than 50,000 sales professionals have listened to John speak, and more than 95 percent rate his content and presentation of sought-after selling solutions the best they've ever heard. His authentic, real-world approach to the sales process speaks to visionary business leaders who want the freedom success brings.
In 1994, John founded Peak Performance Management, Inc. an authorized Sandler Training Center. With 250 offices worldwide, Sandler is the global leader in sales and sales management training.
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John’s Challenges; 1. Be an ongoing learner. 2. Find 2 or 3 business mentors that you can talk to regularly.
Books Mentioned To Sell is Human by Daniel Pink Getting Naked: A Business Fable About Shedding The Three Fears That Sabotage Client Loyalty by Patrick Lencioni Leadership and Self-Deception: Getting Out of the Box by The Arbinger Institute Adversity Quotient: Turning Obstacles into Opportunities by Paul Stoltz
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20 May 2019 | 379 Custom Cookies & Raising Prices w/ Jasmine Cho | 00:28:51 | | ||||
Yummyholic is a custom cookie & cupcake bakery with distinct, made-to-order designs.
Jasmine Cho, the founder, came on Going Deep to discuss her business and how baking can be more creative and therapeutic. She’s learned a lot through launching Yummyholic and you can learn from someone who’s been in the trenches.
Jasmine is currently working to pioneer research-based bake therapy by exploring baking as a form of art therapy.
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Jasmine’s Challenge; Find the thing you are both good at and enjoy doing.
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| 23 Jul 2018 | 327 Behind-the-Scenes of Launching a New Transportation Startup w/ Bharath Krishnamoorthy | 00:31:25 | |||||
Ride-hailing services like Uber and Lyft aren’t ideal for long distances. They cost too much.
However, trains and airlines aren’t always practical.
Bharath Krishnamoorthy believes his company, Axle Travel, is the solution. Axle is a ride-hailing service for long-distances that's focused on providing fast and affordable transportation to the airport.
In this conversation, Aaron and B discuss the inspiration behind the company, the strategy behind launching in a new city, and why the team came to Pittsburgh.
Before he started this company, Bharath was practicing Mergers and Acquisitions at Gibson, Dunn & Crutcher, a global top-10 law firm.
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Bharath’s Challenge; Bet on yourself.
Mentioned Incognito: The Secret Lives of the Brain by David Eagleman
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| 27 Jun 2018 | 322 Industrious Fireside Chat Post-Talk Q&A | 00:33:45 | |||||
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| 18 Jul 2024 | 574 Israel-US Relations, Turkey, and Geopolitical Analysis w/ Jacob Shapiro | 00:43:27 | |||||
Jacob Shapiro is a geopolitical analyst who helps investors and businesses navigate the complexities of a multipolar world. Jacob oversees geopolitical analysis at Cognitive Investments and hosts the Jacob Shapiro podcast. In this episode, we question longstanding alliances, explore the intricate balance of power in the Middle East, and contemplate the future of U.S. foreign policy in the region. We begin by tracing the historical roots of the U.S.-Israel alliance, primarily forged during the Cold War and heavily influenced by U.S. energy dependencies in the Middle East. Shapiro explains how the fall of the Soviet Union and the rise of American energy independence from the shale revolution have significantly altered these dynamics, making Israel less of a strategic asset today. Connect with Jacob Shapiro
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| 25 May 2020 | 430 Tapping into the Billion Dollar Market of Land Rights w/ Luke Glass & RealX | 00:38:41 | |||||
Luke Glass is building a digital marketplace for land rights in the US. That means that any property owner can list their property’s rights to timber, solar, wind, or oil & gas for sale.
Luke’s company, RealX is aiming to unleash the trends of digitization, globalization, and virtualization on a marketplace that still operates on postcards and paper contracts.
As vice president and general manager of ListHub, which was purchased by Move in 2010, Luke Glass grew the platform into the nation’s largest online real estate listing syndicator.
In this podcast, Luke and Aaron discuss how this platform allows landowners to identify more buyers, why Luke believes solar will be more dominant over the next 20 years, and why he’s not the Garbage King of West Virginia.
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| 03 Aug 2020 | 440 Brent Johnson explains Dollar Milkshake Theory for Entrepreneurs | 00:43:54 | |||||
Brent Johnson is a wealth manager at Santiago Capital and a General Partner of the IceCap Strong Dollar Fund. Brent has had a multi-decade career in finance and has been responsible for managing billions of dollars.
Brent is well-known for his Dollar Milkshake Theory, where he expects a rapidly appreciating US Dollar over the next few years, relative to other world currencies.
Because the world is completely run by fiat currencies, cash whose value is not backed by some physical good such as gold or silver, Brent expects a massive devaluation of currencies across the board. Because of the U.S. is a relatively safer, stronger economy, he expects capital to flood into its domestic markets.
There are a lot of implications to the theory.
In this interview, Brent explains to Aaron what the Dollar Milkshake Theory is, how Brent’s career has unfolded, and the implications of a rising dollar for business owners and entrepreneurs.
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| 20 Nov 2018 | 354 Timeless Lessons for a 27-year-old | 00:08:52 | |||||
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| 27 Apr 2020 | 426 Making Crypto More Useful w/ BlockFi’s Flori Marquez | 00:35:39 | |||||
Flori Marquez is the cofounder of BlockFi, a fintech firm that provides wealth management products to investors in cryptocurrency.
BlockFi currently offers interest-bearing crypto accounts, crypto trading, and crypto-backed loans.
In the last year, BlockFi has raised an $18.3 million Series A and a $30 million Series B from investors like Morgan Creek Digital, Fidelity, the Winklevoss twins, and Valar Ventures.
Flori has spent her career managing alternative lending products, including a $125MM portfolio for Bond Street (acquired by Goldman Sachs).
In this conversation, Flori and Aaron discuss the founding of the company, the new customers BlockFi is targeting, and why banking people across the world is challenging.
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Flori Marquez’s Challenge; Take $100 and invest in something new or different.
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| 26 Mar 2018 | 296 #PiperAnswers How Long it Takes to Start a Company & Making Honest Media w/ Hannah Phillips | 00:12:34 | |||||
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| 24 Aug 2015 | 20 Aaron Recaps the First 2 Months | 00:24:01 | |||||
Episode twenty recaps the launch of the show and the lessons I have learned along the way. Thank you so much for listening! Many more episodes to come.
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Teresa Huber is the CEO of Intervala, a full-service manufacturer that produces customized electronic and electromechanical solutions for the industrial, medical, and transportation sectors.
She has led Intervala since it’s inception in January 2016 and is responsible for leading the company’s strategic direction and long-term growth. Teresa was named 2018 CEO of the Year by the Pittsburgh Technology Council.
Teresa previously served as chief executive officer for TMG Electronics and chief operating officer of Pinnacle Electronics.
In this conversation, Aaron and Teresa discuss how to establish a healthy company culture, where Teresa went to raise funding for Intervala, and why thinking long-term is a strategic advantage.
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Teresa’s Challenge; Don’t accept the status quo.
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| 28 Dec 2020 | 458 $100 Million Turnaround in the Oil and Gas Industry w/ Mark Marmo of Deep Well Services | 00:30:49 | |||||
When Mark Marmo took over as the CEO of Deep Well Services, the company was losing $2 million per year on $9 million in revenue. Six years later, Deep Well Services was making $30 million in net income on $110 million in revenue.
Mark accomplished this by focusing on bringing an innovative & efficient service to the market, building a healthy company culture, and trusting his data analysts to make good decisions.
In this conversation, Aaron and Mark discuss the standard he has implemented, the challenges of 2020, and the plans Mark is making for the future.
Deep Well Services’ mission is to help make North America energy independent and his team is proud to be working toward that end.
Their clients include Ascent Resources, CNX, Chevron, Shell, XTO Energy, Hess Oil, Eclipse Resources, Range Resources, Gastar, Arsenal, HG Energy, Gulfport, Rice Energy, and Southwestern Energy.
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Mark Marmo’s Challenge; Find a mentor. Build your network. Get into a firm with a great culture.
Connect with Mark Marmommarmo@deepwellservices.com.
If you liked this interview, check out episode 425 with Matt Wieszczyk where we discuss land rights, gas prices, and the Marcellus Shale formation.
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03 Jan 2018 | 272 Unpacking the Instruments of Our Self-Deception with Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson | 00:32:24 | | ||||
In their new book, Elephant in the Brain, Kevin & Robin explore the selfish motives that are driving everything we do. From conversation and consumption, to medicine and religion, evolutionary psychology can explains all of the quirky behaviors we perpetuate through the perspective of self-interest.
Kevin Simler is a writer and software engineer currently living in San Francisco, CA. He writes a popular blog called Melting Asphalt. Kevin joined the Peter Thiel-founded Palantir Technologies in 2006 where he worked for 7 years as an engineer, engineering manager, and product designer.
Robin Hanson is an associate professor of economics at George Mason University and a research associate at the Future of Humanity Institute of Oxford University. He has a PhD in social science from Caltech, master's in physics and philosophy from U. Chicago, and worked for nine years in artificial intelligence as a research programmer at Lockheed and NASA. He helped pioneer the field of prediction markets and blogs at OvercomingBias.com.
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Kevin’s Challenge; Look inwards and try to be more intellectually honest.
Robin’s Challenge; Give humanity a break.
The Book Elephant in the Brain by Kevin Simler & Robin Hanson
If you liked this interview, check out past episodes like 255 with Dan Munro where we discuss the rising costs of healthcare and 55 with Morgan Housel where we discuss cognitive biases. You can also find Robin’s previous appearance on the podcast. | |||||||
| 11 Nov 2019 | 404 Planning Surprise 3-Day Vacations w/ Lillian Rafson, Pack Up + Go founder | 00:32:10 | |||||
Lillian Rafson did not plan to start her business Pack Up + Go. But, on a trip to Latvia, she came across an idea that was too good to pass up. Booking surprise travel for vacationers.
She came back to the US, started the business, and hoped to get 50 clients that year. She got 500.
She followed the sharp trajectory upwards and remained bootstrapped the whole way. Now she runs a team, does millions in revenue, and is charting expansion plans.
In this conversation, Lillian and Aaron discuss the inspiration for the business, how she got initial traction, and the way she has built her team.
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Lillian’s Challenge; Go visit a new neighborhood in your city or town.
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| 08 Feb 2018 | 283 Audrey Russo Reverse Interview w/ Aaron Watson | 00:44:17 | |||||
Audrey Russo is the President of the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the oldest and largest technology trade association in North America.
She interviewed my on what I learned from my first large event.
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| 11 Jan 2021 | 460 How a Refounder turned a Failing Business into a Massive Success w/ Patrick Colletti (Net Health) | 00:36:28 | |||||
Patrick Colletti is the founder of Net Health a $100M+ cloud-based provider of specialized software that serves specialized medical facilities like wound centers, senior care, and occupational therapy.
When Patrick began his tenure as company president in 2001, Net Health was experiencing significant financial turmoil resulting in laying off all but 2 employees.
By utilizing a Refounder mindset as a framework for success, Patrick was able to spur rapid business growth and cultivate a flourishing corporate culture. He has spent two decades serving in multiple leader positions at Net Health, including the president, chief revenue officer, and chief operating officer.
Now he wants to share what he has learned.
In this episode, Patrick and Aaron discuss selling to private equity, building a company culture, and scaling the company.
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Patrick Colletti’s Challenge; Regardless of your experience or seniority, recognize that you can be the change that you want to see in your organization.
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Book Referenced 4 Disciplines of Execution by Jim Huling Chris McChesney, and Sean Covey
If you liked this interview, check out our interview with Dr. Chris Howard where we discuss leadership and the role of universities.
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Subscribe on iTunes | Stitcher | 02 Nov 2016 | 152 Rasu Shrestha, Chief Innovation Officer for UPMC Health Network | 00:24:47 | | ||||
Dr. Rasu Shrestha is the Chief Innovation Officer at UPMC and Executive Vice President of UPMC Enterprises. As chief innovation officer for UPMC, Dr. Shrestha plays a leading role in driving UPMC’s innovation strategy, serving as a catalyst for transforming the organization into a more patient-focused and economically sustainable system. Rasu’s Challenge; Practice empathy by turning off your smartphone and focus on connecting. It’s important not just to listen, but to hear. Not just to look, but to see.
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| 06 Feb 2017 | 185 Michelle Flynn, Capturing a City’s Soul on Snapchat | 00:32:01 | |||||
Raised in the home of a Pittsburgh entrepreneur, Michelle Flynn developed an interest for new creative development leading her to burghTV – Pittsburgh’s Snapchat Story and 2017 Winner of Pittsburgh's PR Disruptor of the Year. She uses her training as a professional theatre and film actress to host the channel showing off Pittsburgh's hidden gems. When not snapping for burghTV, Michelle can be found chatting with her fellow sales and marketing co-workers at Truefit – a Pittsburgh-based software product innovation firm.
Prior to her involvement with Truefit, Michelle served as a student liaison for Kent State University (her alma mater) surpassing record quotas for reconnecting alumni to the University and leading to increased alumni involvement and donorship. A proud member of the National Society of Leadership and Success, Michelle continues to work in the hopes of sharing her story with this professional organization
Michelle’s Challenge; Do something different, outside your comfort zone, like an acting class.
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| 19 Mar 2018 | 294 The Difference Between Development & Gentrification w/ Michael Skirpan | 00:41:11 | |||||
Michael is an ethicist, writer, artist, educator, and concerned citizen based out of Pittsburgh, PA. He received his PhD from CU-Boulder's Department of Computer Science in Fall 2017. He wrote a thesis focused on the use of socio-technical narrative as a way of communicating, comprehending, teaching, and debating the ethics of new and near-future technologies. His research spans topics such as design fiction, technology ethics, classroom design, engineering ethics pedagogy, futures, and risk.
Michael now serves as the executive director at Community Forge, a mission-driven organization dedicated to rehabbing the Johnston Elementary School in Wilkinsburg, PA into a community centered focused on education, arts, civics, and local business development.
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Michael’s Challenge; Either go to an unfamiliar neighborhood and try to venture into a small business or venue and talk to someone there.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 131 with Larry Gioia where we explained the genesis of Connection University.
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| 06 Mar 2023 | 562 The Internet’s Top Sticker Brand w/ Sticker Mule founder Anthony Constantino | 00:45:18 | |||||
Anthony Constantino is the co-founder of Sticker Mule, one of the most popular custom sticker websites in the United States and Europe. Sticker Mule was founded after Anthony was asked by his 72-year-old friend, his cofounder, how to use the internet. More than a decade later, Sticker Mule is one of the most popular custom sticker websites with over 100 employees world-wide and printing operations in the United States and Europe. Anthony oversees an operation that spans 16 countries in 4 continents with customers including Google, Facebook, Twitter and many of the world’s best brands. Anthony is also the founder of the new social media platform Stimulus and has spent most of the past four years in Mexico City, one of boxing’s biggest hubs. He became a pro boxer at the age of 39. In this episode, Aaron and Anthony talk about how he started his company, the constraints he faced operationally, and the marketing strategy that they deployed for more than 12 years that continues to work for them. Anthony Constantino’s Challenge; Go try something new. Connect with Anthony ConstantinoIf you liked this interview, check out our episode about 3 Generations of Family Business w/ Scott Heeter Underwritten by Piper Creative Piper Creative makes creating podcasts, vlogs, and videos easy. How? Click here and Learn more. We work with Fortune 500s, medium-sized companies, and entrepreneurs. Follow Piper as we grow | |||||||
| 27 Jul 2020 | 439 Mortgage Master Dan Green is building HomeBuyer.Ai | 00:56:00 | |||||
Dan Green is the founder and CEO of HomeBuyer, a mortgage lender designed for first-time homebuyers. It’s his 3rd company he’s built in the mortgage industry.
Dan previously founded the consumer-friendly mortgage education company "The Mortgage Reports", which was later acquired in 2014 by Full Beaker.
Dan Green is a 17-year mortgage lending veteran and was a multi-year, number-one loan officer before starting HomeBuyer. His current company utilizes intelligent personalization to deliver timely and precise advice through specific moments of a home buyer's journey and fulfills the buyer's mortgage.
He was part of the Techstars accelerator in 2020.
In this conversation, Aaron Watson and Dan Green discuss how he generated an enormous number of leads with a blog, why mortgage lenders don’t think long-term, and why private mortgage insurance is not the boogeyman.
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Dan Green’s Challenge; If you think you will buy a house, reach out to a mortgage loan officer and get a preapproval. Connect with Dan Greendan@homebuyer.ai
If you liked this interview, check out episode 361 with Jason Wolfe where we discuss starting multiple companies in the gift card space and building off of past successes.
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| 30 Sep 2019 | 398 Kindness Over Everything w/ Denise DeSimone, founder C-Leveled | 00:33:59 | |||||
Denise DeSimone has started & run 9 different companies. Some have been successes, some have been failures, some have fallen in between.
In 1998, Denise founded and grew one of her greatest successes, Unicorp where she developed the privately-held technology-based business from the ground floor to over $74 million in revenues.
In this conversation, Aaron and Denise discuss where to get good mentorship, how she has changed her service offerings, and the importance of company culture.
Pittsburgh’s best conference to Expand your Mind & Fill your Heart happens once a year.
Denise Desimone’s Challenge; Be kind.
Connect with Denise Desimone ddesimone@c-leveled.com
If you liked this interview, check out two other episodes with prolific entrepreneurs Jason Wolfe and Dave Nelsen.
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| 28 Oct 2015 | 37 Jenn Pharr Davis, Record-Setting Hiker & Author | 00:33:50 | |||||
Jennifer is the owner and founder of Blue Ridge Hiking Company. The speed-hiker set a new overall thru-hike record on the 2,181-mile Appalachian Trail by completing it in 46 days, 11 hours, and 20 minutes. It was the quickest recorded completion of the iconic East Coast trail, which stretches from Georgia to Maine. Davis began her journey from Mount Katahdin in Maine, the trail’s northern terminus and ended at Springer Mountain, Georgia on July 31, 2011. To break the record, Davis hiked an average of almost 50 miles a day, camping along the trail
Founded in 2008, Blue Ridge Hiking Co. is committed to getting people outdoors on their own terms. By providing custom trips and individualized itineraries, they create trips for a backpacking novices or groups seeking a challenge.
Jen’s adventures have been featured in The New York Times, The Washington Post and on NPR’s Talk of the Nation. She has appeared on national television shows such as CNN Headline News, Fox and Friends, the CBS Early Show and the 700 Club. Jennifer has been named Blue Ridge Outdoors Person of the Year and a National Geographic Adventurer of the year. Her Appalachian Trail record was voted Ultrarunning Magazine’s Female Performance of 2011.
Jenn’s Challenge; Go outside and spend 20 minutes alone in nature.
Jen’s Books Becoming Odyssea: Adventures on the Appalachian Trail Called Again: A Story of Love and Triumph
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| 22 Mar 2017 | 198 Kristin Lindeen, Setting Personal Accountability as a Core Value and Asking the Question Behind the Question | 00:25:39 | |||||
Kristin Lindeen is the daughter of author John Miller who wrote, QBQ! The Question Behind the Question. So growing up, Kristin was steeped in the QBQ! message of personal accountability. With this background, she is uniquely equipped to share it with others. Her clients include corporations, associations, schools, churches, and nonprofits.
Kristen’s Challenge; Think of the person in your life who is frustrating you the most right now. Connect with them within the next 48 hours and ask them “What can I do to better understand you?”
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| 02 Dec 2015 | 46 Taylor Pearson, Writing about the End of Jobs | 00:43:05 | |||||
Ever wondered what the path to being an Amazon #1 bestseller looks like? Meet Taylor Pearson.
Taylor taught himself Portuguese while working as a freelance Spanish interpreter, then bought a one-way plane ticket to Brazil to teach English. Between teaching classes, he played semi-pro football and built a profitable publishing business selling advertising to kitchen furniture manufacturers.
He cold-called marketing agencies using my small kitchen furniture publishing business to get a job. Went from intern to lead project manager in less than six months at the leading digital marketing agency in Memphis. While there, he managed accounts for international manufacturing brands and higher education institutions.
He left that to join the Tropical MBA team, a top 25 iTunes podcast and 10k+ subscriber blog. There he assisted in event planning and community management for The Dynamite Circle, a private mastermind forum of over 1000 of the web’s top location independent entrepreneurs. He also managed the online marketing and sales for a portfolio of 7-figure eCommerce businesses in the hospitality industry, primarily the Portable Bar Company, which grew over 527%. Then, he ran sales and product development for a valet parking software startup, selling into enterprise parking operators while managing product development and strategy.
Now, he primarily writes on his blog and consults with authors, entrepreneurs, and CEOs about how to find clarity and confidence in their businesses, expand their marketing through thought leadership and scale their internal business systems.
Taylor’s Challenge; Publish something publicly this week and share it on social media.
Taylor’s Book = The End of Jobs
Book Recommendations The War of Art by Steven Pressfield Bird by Bird by Anne Lamont
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| 09 Aug 2017 | 236 Barry Rabkin, Selling Drones, Building Brands, and Setting Progress Goals | 00:34:10 | |||||
Barry Rabkin has over a decade of success founding, growing, and selling technology companies. An operational and strategic business leader, Barry's experience ranges from high growth, venture backed startups to Fortune 500 companies. He has also contributed to the development of over 100 successful physical and digital products.
Barry is proud to serve as Chief Marketing Officer of Identified Technologies, President of Hackers & Founders - PGH Chapter, Board Director of Jewish Family & Children's Services, He is also a guest Professor at Carnegie Mellon University and Strategist at Barry Brands Consulting where he advises and invests in many of the region's fastest growing start-ups.
Barry’s Challenge; Write out your do list for the day and systematically eliminate everything getting in the way of your primary goal.
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 43 with Dick Zhang where we discuss Identified Technology for the first time, drone innovation, and entrepreneurship. | |||||||
| 01 Jun 2016 | 97 Adam Haritan, Foraging for Wild Foods and Better Nutrition | 00:29:26 | |||||
Adam Haritan is the founder of Learn Your Land, as well as a wild food enthusiast, researcher, and forager. He learned the value of wild food foraging while studying nutrition at the University of Pittsburgh, where he discovered just how beneficial wild foods could be in optimizing human health.
Wild plants, on average, are more nutritious than their cultivated counterparts (i.e. wild blueberries vs. domesticated blueberries, wild lettuce vs. iceberg lettuce). The wild food diet is the diet that we, as Homo sapiens, have been consuming for the majority of our time on this planet, and it is the diet that we are most adapted to. Today, very few Americans consume any wild foods, and instead subsist on nutrient-deficient products that scarcely resemble anything real or natural. It’s no wonder that degenerative diseases like cancer, diabetes, and chronic inflammation are so prevalent. We have abandoned our natural diet and are suffering as a result.
This realization has led Adam to pursue a lifestyle of wild food foraging while unearthing the forgotten knowledge we once cherished. It is Adam’s hope to share the enthusiasm and passion he has for wild foods with you!
Adam’s Challenge; Attend a nature walk where someone is going to teach you about the natural world.
If you liked this interview, check out episode 37 with Jennifer Pharr Davis where we discuss her record-setting hiking career. | |||||||
| 23 Apr 2018 | 304 Getting People without College Degrees a $42,000/year Job in Manufacturing w/ Neil Ashbaugh | 00:37:36 | |||||
Pittsburgh has been in the news recently for robots and restaurants. But it’s still a blue collar town.
In a sweeping discussion, Aaron & Neil Ashbaugh discuss the opportunities for good pay and consistent work offered by roles in manufacturing. The industry is facing a cliff over the next ten years as Baby Boomers continue to retire, leaving companies hungry for talent.
New Century Careers is training the next generation and excited about the opportunity.
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Neil’s Challenge; Read. Never stop learning.
Books Blink by Malcolm Gladwell Iacocca: An Autobiography by Lee Iacocca It Doesn't Take a Hero: The Autobiography of General Norman Schwarzkopf Walt Disney biography Open: An Autobiography by Andre Agassi
Connect with Neil ashbaugh@ncsquared.com
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If you liked this interview, check out episode 147 with Steve Shelton where we discuss getting ex-offenders reintegrated into society and employed with the Trade Institute of Pittsburgh. 21 Nov 2016 | 158 Roger Ver, Bitcoin Jesus | 00:27:10 | | ||||
Roger Ver has been a long time proponent of voluntaryism, the idea that all human interactions should be by mutual consent, or not at all. He is most well known for his work promoting Bitcoin. In 2011, his company, Memorydealers.com, became the first mainstream company to start accepting bitcoin as payment. He then went on to create Bitcoinstore.com, the first website in the world to accept bitcoin as payment for hundreds of thousands of items, and was the impetus for the future wave of merchant adoption. He also became the first person in the entire world to start investing in Bitcoin startups. Nearly single-handedly, he funded the seed rounds for the entire first generation of Bitcoin businesses. Roger’s Challenge; Install a Bitcoin wallet and give it a try.
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| 29 Nov 2016 | 161 Tim Summers, On Understanding How Hackers Think | 00:34:11 | |||||
A hacker, professor, and consultation expert, Dr. Tim Summers is a cyber and risk strategist specializing in identifying cyber risks and sensitivities within public and private organizations. He is a specialist in understanding the relationship between human cognitive psychology and socio-technical systems. He has served as an Executive Advisor for one of the world’s oldest multinational strategic management firms. He has also been a consultant for Fortune 500 companies worldwide and is a regularly invited speaker. He’s the CEO of Summers & Company, Founder of WikiBreach, and the Director of Innovation, Entrepreneurship & Engagement in the iSchool at the University of Maryland, College Park. Dr. Summers is one of the world’s leading experts in understanding How Hackers Think. Tim’s Challenge; Identify seven people and seek a unique way to inspire and empower them. Ways to empower include; Smile, be positive, encourage creativity, challenge others, and connect. http://www.goingdeepwithaaron.com/podcast Connect with Tim If you liked this interview, check out episode 95 with Dennis Mortensen where we discuss artificial intelligence, smart assistants, and entrepreneurship. | |||||||
| 17 Jul 2017 | 229 Bryce Conway, How to Save $27,000 on International Trips through Travel Hacking | 00:27:26 | |||||
In the fall of 2013, Bryce Conway started a website teaching people how to save money while traveling the world. He learned the ins and outs of the credit card industry and the bonuses that landed him reward points and frequent flyer miles.
During our interview, he shares useful tips like signing up for Starwood and Hyatt hotel’s cards and avoiding Hilton and Delta. We also discuss how he has built his business and served thousands of people through building his site.
Bryce’s Challenges
Resources Book a Trip to Paris for Under $300?
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Connect with Bryce bryce@10xtravel.com
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| 05 Feb 2018 | 281 Leah Lizarondo Keynote @ the Going Deep Summit | 00:35:20 | |||||
Leah Lizarondo spoke at the 2018 Going Deep Summit about 412 Food Rescue, food insecurity & waste, and the power we all possess to make change. The 412 Food Rescue community is responsible for 2.6 million lbs. surplus food rescued, 2.2 million meals delivered to food insecure communities, and the reduction of over 1.4 million lbs. in CO2 emissions. Get your tickets for GDS 2019 before prices go up Produced and Edited by Aaron Watson Twitter - https://twitter.com/AaronWatson59 Livestream provided by Work Hard Digital | |||||||
| 03 Jan 2022 | 509 Get in the Game w/ Jesse Pujji (Gateway X) | 00:50:34 | |||||
Jesse Pujji currently serves as Founder & CEO of Gateway X and as Executive Chairman of Ampush and MySubscriptionAddiction.com.
Prior to GX, Jesse co-founded and was CEO of Ampush. He grew Ampush to over 100 Ampushers, managed over $1BN of digital media spend, and partnered with brands such as Dollar Shave Club, Uber, Birchbox and Hulu.
Prior to Ampush, Jesse started his career with short stints at both Goldman Sachs and McKinsey.
Gateway X is a holding company that builds, buys and invests in market-leading direct to consumer companies.
In this podcast, Jesse and Aaron discuss experimenting with TikTok ads, lessons from joining the Red Ventures portfolio, and the DTC companies Jesse has launched.
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Jesse Pujji’s Challenge; Remove the bottom 5 things on your to-do list.
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| 22 Aug 2018 | 336 Better Backpacks, Haitian Earthquakes, and Using Your Privilege w/ Ian Rosenberger | 00:41:39 | |||||
Eight years ago, 100,000s of people died in the Haitian earthquake. Many people donated money, but Ian Rosenberger was compelled to do more.
Ian co-founded Thread International, which has shipped nearly 200,000 lbs of recycled plastic out of Haiti to be processed into fabric. This has also created jobs for Haitian families and represents a forward thinking solution to issues of poverty..
Currently, the Thread Team is busy running a kickstarter campaign for a line of backpacks and other workweek essentials made with this important social mission.
We discuss traveling to Haiti, the doubts and stress that comes along with running a company, and the value of professional persistence.
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Ian’s Challenge; Say Yes.
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If you liked this interview, check out previous interviews with Thread investor Zach Malone, fellow sustainable fashion entrepreneur Nisha Blackwell, and handbag entrepreneur Wendy Downs.
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If you aren’t creating or curating content regularly, your clients and customers might forget you’re open for business. 14 Oct 2015 | 33 Scott Wolovich, Founder of New Sun Rising | 00:38:27 | | ||||
Scott Wolovich started New Sun Rising to help incubate social enterprises and artists in the greater Pittsburgh area. The organization’s mission is to empower creative projects in the Pittsburgh region through fiscal sponsorship, mentoring, and community building. New Sun Rising ignites, launches, and grows impact throughout the social innovation ecosystem. Their programs operate at the intersection of people + place + innovation. They also help non-profits and for profits build, test, and implement plans that funders love. We discussed non-profits v. for-profit organizations, courting investors and much more.
Scott’s Challenge; Carry a notebook to get ideas out of your head and into the world.
Recommended Media The Do Something Principle - Mark Manson “Ah, so you run a lifestyle business?” - Happy Startup School Social Enterprise: An Idea Whose Time Has Come - British Council
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| 22 Nov 2017 | 263 Audrey Russo, Lessons from Leading the Oldest Technology Trade Association on Earth | 00:46:36 | |||||
Since 2007, Audrey Russo has served the technology business sector for southwestern PA as President and CEO of the Pittsburgh Technology Council, the oldest and largest technology trade association in North America.
With a background in information technology, operations and finance, Audrey facilitates interaction across all sectors of the regional economy, which she believes will only succeed and grow through technology innovation and commercialized disruptions across every platform and experience.
She previously worked for large multinational Fortune 500 companies (Alcoa, Reynolds Metals), as well as at MAYA Design.
Russo earned her Bachelor of Science from Ohio State University. She also has a Masters in Public Administration from Syracuse University’s Maxwell School of Public Affairs. Russo also co-hosts TechVibe Radio on KDKA 1020 AM Friday nights at 7 to explore technology companies and entrepreneurial issues.
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Audrey’s Challenge; Open the door for someone else to get a customer. Use your contacts, influence, and buying power to make a meaningful difference for someone’s business.
Books Mentioned Nudge by Richard Thaler & Cass Sunstein The Boys in the Boat by Daniel James Brown Journey to the Center of the Earth by Jules Verne 1984 by George Orwell Remaking Post-Industrial Cities: Lessons from North America and Europe by Donald K. Carter | |||||||
| 20 Dec 2017 | 269 Brent Beshore, The Relationship Between Entrepreneurship & Investing | 00:29:35 | |||||
Brent Beshore invests in family-owned companies. Unlike the venture capitalists, private equity firms, and crypto traders that fill up headlines and seek an audience, Brent humbly goes to work uncovering value in the boring spaces missed by others.
Beyond his impressive financial results, he’s assembled a talented team that complements his skill set. While he’ll humbly point to luck or colleagues for credit, his diligent assessment of thousands of deals per year has left him with a unique perspective on investing, entrepreneurship, and business.
His companies have recruited doctors for the U.S. military, provided online public relations to some of the world's largest organizations, manufactured cutting-edge home solutions, created software products for small businesses, curated the latest in women's fashion on the internet, and even helped make a couple of blockbuster movies.
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| 25 Jan 2021 | 462 Blockchain Projects, Interoperability, and Harmony w/ Stephen Tse | 00:34:49 | |||||
Stephen Tse, is founder and CEO of Harmony.one. Harmony is a blockchain-based open source development project with its own cryptocurrency.
Stephen has been obsessed with protocols and compilers since high school. He reverse-engineered ICQ and X11 protocols, coded in OCaml for more than 15 years, and graduated with a doctoral degree in security protocols and compiler verification from the University of Pennsylvania.
Prior to founding Harmony, he has worked a researcher at Microsoft, a senior infrastructure engineer at Google, and sold his startup, Spotsetter, to Apple.
In this conversation, Stephen and Aaron discuss how a blockchain project is like a traditional startup, the technical tradeoffs of blockchains, and how Stephen expects future projects to work together.
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| 27 Sep 2021 | 495 Insurance for Robots w/ Kamron Khodjaev (Koop Ai) | 00:31:51 | |||||
Kamron Khodjaev is the Chief Commercial Officer of Koop. Koop is an insurance technology and specialty brokerage company focused on commercial autonomy and robotics.
Robots have different data sets, risk models, and track records of performance than machinery operated by humans. Due to this complexity, many robotics firms find themselves struggling to get insured or paying way too much.
Kamron and his three cofounders realized that they could use their own proprietary algorithms to better chart the risks of autonomy and partner with large insurers the help these companies.
In this episode, Kamron and Aaron discuss the founding of the company, different data his team looks at, and the enormous market opportunity.
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Kamron Khodjaev’s Challenge; Keep an open mind.
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| 18 Apr 2018 | 303 Generating 50,000,000 Unique Visitors & Raising a $6.6 Million Series B w/ Luke Skurman | 00:33:22 | |||||
Niche.com generated 50,000,000 unique visitors last year. They announced a $6.6M Series B round of fundraising in February 2018. They've come a long way from their humble beginnings in 2002.
In my interview with Luke Skurman, the Founder & CEO of Niche.com, we discuss the challenges of raising venture capital as an established company, the marketing & business development talent in Pittsburgh, and importance of aiming at a big target.
Luke is also a Co-Founder of Ascender, a non-profit, 501(c)(3), focusing on bolstering innovation and entrepreneurship in the Pittsburgh region. They host the annual Thrival Innovation + Music Festival every year in Pittsburgh.
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Luke’s Challenge; The more you give, the more you get back. Have an impact in a meaningful way through service.
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| 16 Apr 2018 | 302 Marine turned State Representative Jake Wheatley | 00:30:59 | |||||
Jake Wheatley joined the United States Marine Corps in 1989. He needed more discipline and that’s exactly what her got.
He has since translated the skills and lessons he learned serving in the Gulf War into a career in public service.
Jake Wheatley is a Democratic politician from the state of Pennsylvania. He represents the 19th district in the Pennsylvania House of Representatives which includes a number of areas in the city of Pittsburgh including: the Hill District, North Side, South Side, Allentown, Hazelwood, Downtown Pittsburgh, The Bluff, Knoxville, Beltzhoover, Manchester, Arlington, Arlington Heights and, North, South and West Oakland.
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Books Mentioned The Art of War by Sun Tzu The Autobiography of Malcolm X Smoketown: The Untold Story of the Other Great Black Renaissance by Mark Whitaker Making Ideas Matter by Dwight Evans
Jake’s Challenge; Get involved in your neighborhood. Democracy demands your talents to be active in society.
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| 26 Dec 2018 | 360 Transforming Lives & Teaching Tech w/ Anthony Hughes | 00:36:55 | |||||
Anthony Hughes is the CEO and founder of Tech Elevator, a coding bootcamp programs with physical locations across the Midwest. His work is oriented around supporting people in rapidly acquiring technology skills so they can have more meaningful careers.
Anthony previously worked for JumpStart, an economic development organization focused on startups in Northeast Ohio. At JumpStart, he founded the Entrepreneurial Mentoring Program, which matched successful entrepreneurs and executives with budding technology entrepreneurs in mentoring relationships.
In this conversation, Anthony and Aaron discuss how the program works, how Anthony came to the Midwest from England, and why the work is so fulfilling.
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Anthony’s Challenge; Broaden your perspective on hiring tech talent. You don’t need a degree to be a valuable contributor.
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24 Feb 2020 | 417 $35 to Visit a Doctor When Your Have No Insurance w/ Dr. Timothy Wong (iHealth Clinic) | 00:36:47 | | ||||
What’s a doctor to do when they become disenchanted with the healthcare system? Dr. Timothy Wong decided the answer was to start his own micro-practice.
In his office in the East Liberty neighborhood of Pittsburgh, Dr. Wong sees ~20 patients per day and only charges $35 for a visit.
This allow people without health insurance to get the care they desperately need. Dr. Wong believes that healthcare needs to be simple, needs to be about the patient & the doctor, and needs to be accessible.
His business model allows that to happen.
In this conversation, Dr. Wong and Aaron discuss how he got the idea for iHealth Clinic, how care gets delivered at his practice, and the way this model can spread & inspire change.
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Dr. Timothy Wong’s Challenge; Let other healthcare providers know about direct-access primary care.
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12 Jul 2017 | 228 Molly Keyser, Boudoir Photographer Shares Her Secrets to Six Figures | 00:29:33 | | ||||
Molly Keyser has created two successful businesses, overcoming a common problem for entrepreneurs along the way. Beginning her entrepreneurial journey at 19 with just $0.81 to her name, Molly Marie first grew her boudoir photography business to six figures and became the envy of startup photographers everywhere.
Not long after you get over the hurdle of bringing in enough business to survive as an entrepreneur, she ran into a new roadblock—how do you scale your business in a way that allows you to work less, not more?
Requests started rolling in from other photographers wanting to know how she’d done it, presenting opportunities for additional revenue streams through digital products where she packaged her knowledge and saw her revenue explode.
Molly’s Challenge; Take a 14-day Email List building challenge. Set a goal and a plan out a method for accomplishing it.
Equipment Canon Rebel Ti Nikon D50 50mm 1.8 lens
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| 04 Nov 2015 | 39 Tim Debyl, Running the Madison Radicals & AUDL Executive Board | 00:37:01 | |||||
Tim DeByl started the Madison Radicals franchise in the AUDL in 2012 and has coached the team to the championship game of the AUDL playoffs twice. He has leveraged his experience running a marketing and design company for over a decade to make the Radicals one of the marquee teams in professional ultimate.
In episode thirty-nine, Tim and Aaron discuss the expansion of the league, wearing multiple hats for the Radicals, and Tim’s hope for the future of the sport.
Tim’s Challenge; The next time you are in a heated conversation with someone, take the time to really listen to what they are saying and not just waiting for your turn to speak.
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| 11 Sep 2018 | 340 $275M Acquisition from University Technology Transfer, Building a Loyal Team, and Helping the Next Generation w/ Craig Markovitz | 00:52:01 | |||||
Craig Markovitz co-founded Blue Belt Technologies, a spinoff from the Robotics Institute at CMU, in 2003 and thirteen years later was a key member of the deal team that led to a $275,000,000 acquisition. During his years in business, Craig has launched companies, raised capital, and managed operations in businesses spanning from pre revenue and 18 employees to multi-million in revenue and 150 employees.
Today, he is an Entrepreneur-in-Residence in the Swartz Center for Entrepreneurship and an Assistant Teaching Professor of Entrepreneurship in the Tepper School of Business at Carnegie Mellon University.
We discuss his experience building a team, his thoughts on fundraising, and touch on the peculiar position of deciding what to do after your company is acquired.
If you liked this interview, check out episode 303 with Luke Skurman where we discuss building a tech company in Pittsburgh, raising a Series A, and the challenges of building a team.
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Craig’s Challenge; Do something out of your comfort zone.
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| 12 Feb 2018 | 284 Ed Latimore's 2018 Going Deep Summit Keynote | 00:27:53 | |||||
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| 27 Jan 2020 | 413 Building a Billion Dollar Company Treating Rare Diseases w/ Dr Gordon Vanscoy | 00:47:22 | |||||
Dr. Gordon Vanscoy is the founding Chairman and CEO of PANTHERx Rare, the nation’s leading rare disease and orphan drug-focused pharmacy.
PANTHERx Rare assists patients in navigating the complex process of getting orphan & precision medicines. They also help innovative biotechnology entrepreneurs get their medicines approved by insurers and healthcare providers.
Prior to PANTHERx, Dr. Vanscoy developed 7 health care companies while concurrently serving in various leadership roles at the University of Pittsburgh School of Pharmacy. Today, he serves as Pitt’s Associate Dean for Business Innovation and Associate Professor of Pharmacy and Therapeutics.
In this conversation, you’ll hear Dr. Vanscoy and Aaron discuss the growth of precision medicine, why he came out of semi-retirement, and the staggering rate of growth.
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Gordon Vanscoy’s Challenge; Do more research on the treatment of Rare Diseases.
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16 Aug 2021 | 489 The Coen Oil Turnaround w/ Charles McIlvaine | 00:51:46 | | ||||
Charles McIlvaine is an effective operator and financier who is in the midst of a significant rebrand for Coen Oil.
After acquiring the company in the 2000s, Charlie and his brother Andy have built and spun off the company’s Energy and Transport businesses, in order to focus on their convenience store and gas station business.
In this conversation, Charlie and Aaron discuss business strategy, company culture, and how to differentiate a company’s brand.
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Charles McIlvaine’s Challenge; Evaluate your business through people, process, and technology. Also, remember you are not alone. Nobody succeeds alone.
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| 30 Dec 2019 | 2019 Going Deep Wrap Up | 00:11:04 | |||||
2019 was a year of growth and learning. Thank you for being a part of it. We're planning for even more in 2020.
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| 26 Jul 2017 | 232 Christian Simmons, Changing the Liquor Landscape in Pennsylvania | 00:39:01 | |||||
Christian Simmons is a hustler and a visionary.
His company, Pennsylvania Libations, connects distillers, small businesses, and individuals, to one another with the intent of growing, experiencing, and preserving Pennsylvania spirits. He operates a one-of-a-kind retail store located in the heart of Pittsburgh.
In this discussion, we cover Christian’s long background in alcohol retail, how he has navigated regulatory hurdles, and his vision for the future. Learn more about the realities of living in an alcoholic beverage control state.
Christian’s Challenge; Wake up at 5am. Stop watching tv. Stop drinking so much. Get to work building something meaningful.
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| 26 Apr 2018 | 305 Masterfully Made Handbags in the US with Wendy Downs | 00:38:17 | |||||
Wendy Downs is an artist who learned to be an entrepreneur. Her company, Moop, was founded in 2007 in western Massachusetts. She has since moved to Pittsburgh, where her small team design and manufactures every waxed canvas bag.
In a 35-minute conversation, we cover her expertise in e-commerce, design, small batch manufacturing, and textile manufacturing.
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Wendy’s Challenge; Find the thing you love and exercise it.
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| 01 May 2017 | 209 Steve Hall, Bringing a Venture Capital Mentality to the AUDL | 00:21:19 | |||||
Steve Hall is the Managing Partner of EHF Capital, LLC and a Co-Owner of the Atlanta Hustle, a professional Ultimate disc team in the American Ultimate Disc League. Steve is based in Charlotte, NC and formed EHF Capital in 2011 to invest his family’s portfolio in specialty chemical and niche manufacturing companies. Prior to EHF Capital, Steve was the Director of Investor Relations of Conversus Capital, the largest publicly traded portfolio of private equity funds with over $2.5 billion in assets under management. | |||||||