Lorenzo Thione

We sat down with one of the most influential people in tech, Lorenzo Thione, who shares his very inspiring journey and how that led him to be where he is today. Lorenzo grew up in Milan, Italy and had a technical background at an early age. He completed his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering. He is now the Managing Director of Gaingels, a leading LGBTQIA+/Allies investment syndicate and one of the largest and most active private investors in North America. He is also the co-founding Chairman of StartOut, Chairman of the Board at Social Edge, and previously co-founded Powerset, a natural-language search engine startup sold to Microsoft for $100 million in 2008. Lorenzo is named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 and his dedication in supporting and elevating leaders of the LGBTQ+ in the venture startup is amazing. As the Managing Producer at Sing Out, Louis! Productions, he is also a Tony-Award winner (Hadestown, The Inheritance). He produced and co-created the Broadway musical, Allegiance starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. He is currently working in a new original musical, Indigo, as well as The Elephant Whisperer. We covered a lot of ground in this episode, including: Topics Discussed:   Where his passion comes from and how Lorenzo found entrepreneurship.   Helping others to build a diverse company by providing more than just funding.   The different companies that he had a part in building.   His mark on Broadway.   How your descent can make a difference in your future and your thinking.   How the model of angel groups is evolving to syndicates and SPV’s.   The role of a “Platform” strategy to help Gaingels portfolio companies.   What does Lorenzo think about the future of Venture Capital.     Quote of the Episode: “Strategic Value, what is all being brought to the table”   The Greatest Piece of Advice: His mentor told him to, “ be obsessive, about how you can add value, to your own network and relationships”  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   Lorenzo Thione on Bio   Lorenzo Thione on LinkedIn   Lorenzo Thione on Twitter   Gaingels   StartOut   Shearshare   Bryan Janeczko episode     ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

We sat down with one of the most influential people in tech, Lorenzo Thione, who shares his very inspiring journey and how that led him to be where he is today. Lorenzo grew up in Milan, Italy and had a technical background at an early age. He completed his studies at the University of Texas at Austin, from which he holds a M.S. in Computer Engineering. He is now the Managing Director of Gaingels, a leading LGBTQIA+/Allies investment syndicate and one of the largest and most active private investors in North America. He is also the co-founding Chairman of StartOut, Chairman of the Board at Social Edge, and previously co-founded Powerset, a natural-language search engine startup sold to Microsoft for $100 million in 2008. Lorenzo is named one of the most influential LGBT people in tech in 2014 and 2018 and his dedication in supporting and elevating leaders of the LGBTQ+ in the venture startup is amazing. As the Managing Producer at Sing Out, Louis! Productions, he is also a Tony-Award winner (Hadestown, The Inheritance). He produced and co-created the Broadway musical, Allegiance starring George Takei and Lea Salonga. He is currently working in a new original musical, Indigo, as well as The Elephant Whisperer. We covered a lot of ground in this episode, including: Topics Discussed: <ul> <li> Where his passion comes from and how Lorenzo found entrepreneurship. </li> <li> Helping others to build a diverse company by providing more than just funding. </li> <li> The different companies that he had a part in building. </li> <li> His mark on Broadway. </li> <li> How your descent can make a difference in your future and your thinking. </li> <li> How the model of angel groups is evolving to syndicates and SPV’s. </li> <li> The role of a “Platform” strategy to help Gaingels portfolio companies. </li> <li> What does Lorenzo think about the future of Venture Capital. </li> </ul> Quote of the Episode: “Strategic Value, what is all being brought to the table” The Greatest Piece of Advice: His mentor told him to, “ be obsessive, about how you can add value, to your own network and relationships” Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> Lorenzo Thione on <a href="https://thione.me" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bio</a> </li> <li> Lorenzo Thione on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorenzothione/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> Lorenzo Thione on <a href="https://twitter.com/thione?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://gaingels.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gaingels</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://startout.org" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">StartOut</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://shearshare.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Shearshare</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.siskar.co/blog/2019/5/13/bryan-janeczko-gro-academy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Janeczko episode</a> </li> </ul>   ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

How Lorenzo Thione Is Scaling Support For Diverse Founders With Gaingels

Jordan Levy

In the fall we sat down with one of the godfathers of Venture Capital, Jordan Levy, who shares his very inspiring founder story and how that led to his career as an investor. Jordan co-founded Software Distribution Services which was acquired by Ingram Micro, before going on to be a Partner on the early-stage investing team at SoftBank Capital (SBNY) for 16 years. Jordan has served on the boards of BuzzFeed, TalkSpace, Work Market, ACV Auctions, and many others. Using his upbringing and religion to pay it forward (Tzedakah) to the community that he grew up in, in Buffalo, New York. Jordy also co-founded Z80 Labs, a startup incubator in Buffalo, and 43North, an accelerator that hosts an annual startup competition, investing $5M per year in Buffalo, NY. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, including:   Topics Discussed:   Building Software Distribution Services in the early days of venture capital.   How to think about the private vs public markets.   The intricacies of SPACs vs the IPO.   Lessons learned from decades of investments.   Betting on the first days of the internet and what has changed since.   Investing through the dot com boom and bust.   How ACV Auctions re-defined the auto market.   The importance of investing in people over markets, trends, and other aspects of the business.     Quote of the Episode: “You invest in the people and I will always believe that” and “if you don’t think someone can take this company to the promised land, then don’t invest in them.”   The Greatest Piece of Advice: As his grandmother passed down to him, “never go to bed angry with your wife.”  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   Jordan Levy’s Bio   Jordan Levy on LinkedIn   Jordan Levy on Twitter   Finta   43North          ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

In the fall we sat down with one of the godfathers of Venture Capital, Jordan Levy, who shares his very inspiring founder story and how that led to his career as an investor. Jordan co-founded Software Distribution Services which was acquired by Ingram Micro, before going on to be a Partner on the early-stage investing team at SoftBank Capital (SBNY) for 16 years. Jordan has served on the boards of BuzzFeed, TalkSpace, <a href="https://siskar.co/blog/2020/10/16/jeff-wald-the-end-of-jobs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Work Market</a>, ACV Auctions, and many others. Using his upbringing and religion to pay it forward (Tzedakah) to the community that he grew up in, in Buffalo, New York. Jordy also co-founded Z80 Labs, a startup incubator in Buffalo, and <a href="https://www.43north.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">43North</a>, an accelerator that hosts an annual startup competition, investing $5M per year in Buffalo, NY. We cover a lot of ground in this episode, including: Topics Discussed: <ul> <li> Building Software Distribution Services in the early days of venture capital. </li> <li> How to think about the private vs public markets. </li> <li> The intricacies of SPACs vs the IPO. </li> <li> Lessons learned from decades of investments. </li> <li> Betting on the first days of the internet and what has changed since. </li> <li> Investing through the dot com boom and bust. </li> <li> How ACV Auctions re-defined the auto market. </li> <li> The importance of investing in people over markets, trends, and other aspects of the business. </li> </ul> Quote of the Episode: “You invest in the people and I will always believe that” and “if you don’t think someone can take this company to the promised land, then don’t invest in them.” The Greatest Piece of Advice: As his grandmother passed down to him, “never go to bed angry with your wife.” Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> Jordan Levy’s <a href="http://www.sbny.vc/jordan-levy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bio</a> </li> <li> Jordan Levy on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jordan-levy-a245448/https://www.linkedin.com/in/scott-wayman-48b93b5/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> Jordan Levy on <a href="https://twitter.com/jordalev?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.43north.org/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">43North</a> </li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

How Jordan Levy Left His Mark On The Venture Capital Industry

Scott Wayman

Scott Wayman's shares his epically inspiring founder story. His passion for Kangarootime is next level and the company is currently focused on winning the childcare management software space for daycares and preschools. With plans to expand to the larger “care economy” which includes not only early education &amp; childcare but also elder &amp; senior care. A $648B TAM in the U.S. Alone according to  Melinda Gate's Pivotal Ventures. The Kangarootime team brilliantly positioned themselves throughout COVID19 as leaders in the space, by taking time to host educational sessions about how their customers can best adapt their centers, as well as quickly shipping new features such as contactless check-in/out, health checks, and more. I have personally watched Scott relentlessly grow this company from their early days at Founder Institute, through several investments from 43North, and was very excited to sit down with him for this episode. ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Scott Wayman's shares his epically inspiring founder story. His passion for Kangarootime is next level and the company is currently focused on winning the childcare management software space for daycares and preschools. With plans to expand to the larger “care economy” which includes not only early education &amp; childcare but also elder &amp; senior care. A $648B TAM in the U.S. Alone according to <a href="https://fortune.com/2021/07/14/melinda-french-gates-pivotal-ventures-care-economy-648-billion/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Melinda Gate's Pivotal Ventures</a>. The Kangarootime team brilliantly positioned themselves throughout COVID19 as leaders in the space, by taking time to host educational sessions about how their customers can best adapt their centers, as well as quickly shipping new features such as contactless check-in/out, health checks, and more. I have personally watched Scott relentlessly grow this company from their early days at Founder Institute, through several investments from 43North, and was very excited to sit down with him for this episode. ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Scott Wayman's Plan for Kangarootime to Support the $648 Billion Care Economy

Peter Kazanjy

Pete Kazanjy is Ambition Today’s new guest from Southern California. He is sitting in San Francisco, CA right now as we speak, enjoying Alamo Square. He is a serial founder and seasoned early stage Saas executive, advisor, and investor. Pete has cofounded many companies including TalentBin, Modern Sales, and Atrium. He is also an author of “Founding Sales”. He went to Stanford where he learned English and Philosophy. Pete is still going strong and has a lot to offer his clients, be sure to read his book “Founding Sales”, a Startup Sales Handbook. Topics Discussed:   Branding and Design   Go-to-Market and Marketing Strategies   Product Development   Hiring and On-Boarding   Sales, Revenue, and Accounting   Work-life balance   End Game   Quote of the Episode: “Three main rules: focus, focus, focus”. The Greatest Piece of Advice: Checkout the podcast’s back channel, The A-List where you can listen to exclusive audio clips containing the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned!  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   Atrium   Peter’s Bio   Founding Sales   Connect with Peter on LinkedIn   Connect with Peter on Twitter   Finta   ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Pete Kazanjy is Ambition Today’s new guest from Southern California. He is sitting in San Francisco, CA right now as we speak, enjoying Alamo Square. He is a serial founder and seasoned early stage Saas executive, advisor, and investor. Pete has cofounded many companies including TalentBin, Modern Sales, and Atrium. He is also an author of “Founding Sales”. He went to Stanford where he learned English and Philosophy. Pete is still going strong and has a lot to offer his clients, be sure to read his book “Founding Sales”, a Startup Sales Handbook. Topics Discussed: <ul> <li> Branding and Design </li> <li> Go-to-Market and Marketing Strategies </li> <li> Product Development </li> <li> Hiring and On-Boarding </li> <li> Sales, Revenue, and Accounting </li> <li> Work-life balance </li> <li> End Game </li> </ul> Quote of the Episode: “Three main rules: focus, focus, focus”. The Greatest Piece of Advice: Checkout the podcast’s back channel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where you can listen to exclusive audio clips containing the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.atriumhq.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Atrium</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://kazanjy.svbtle.com/pete-kazanjy-speaking-bio" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Peter’s Bio</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.foundingsales.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founding Sales</a> </li> <li> Connect with Peter on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/kazanjy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> Connect with Peter on <a href="https://twitter.com/Kazanjy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://trustfinta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> </li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Creating Data-Driven Sales Leaders With Peter Kazanjy

Jack Greco

From growing up on a dairy farm, to a successful entrepreneur with hundreds of employees, meet our next guest, Jack Greco. Greco co-founded ACV Auctions, an online auction dealer platform, which was last valued at $1.5B. He never thought that he would be the person to co-found Buffalo’s first unicorn startup in 2014. The great part is the story behind his success. He later reveals to Kevin that he has been fired from every job before he became a founder, and what kicked him in gear, was learning that he had a baby on the way. Every success story is different, and I think this is great for our audience to hear, and prove to you, never give up, or think that you are not worth something because you got fired! Pick your feet up and move on! As of 2018, Greco left ACV Auctions and is now an angel investor. To date, he has invested in over 50 companies and is trying his hardest to maintain a quality work-life balance for his son. Topics Discussed:   A little background on Jack Greco   Unicorn Start-Up   Angel investing in 50 companies   Working with others   Covid effects on the world   Work-life balance   Mental Health   Having a coach is so important   Buffalo Bridge   Quote of the Episode: “This [ACV Auctions] is a great learning experience, and it will shape who I am going to be as an investor, a mentor, executive, father, for the rest of my life.” - Jack Greco The Greatest Piece of Advice: Checkout the podcast’s back channel, The A-List where you can listen to exclusive audio clips containing the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned!  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   ACV Auctions   Connect with Jack on LinkedIn   Connect with Jack on Twitter   Buffalo Bridge   Finta   ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

From growing up on a dairy farm, to a successful entrepreneur with hundreds of employees, meet our next guest, Jack Greco. Greco co-founded ACV Auctions, an online auction dealer platform, which was last valued at $1.5B. He never thought that he would be the person to co-found Buffalo’s first unicorn startup in 2014. The great part is the story behind his success. He later reveals to Kevin that he has been fired from every job before he became a founder, and what kicked him in gear, was learning that he had a baby on the way. Every success story is different, and I think this is great for our audience to hear, and prove to you, never give up, or think that you are not worth something because you got fired! Pick your feet up and move on! As of 2018, Greco left ACV Auctions and is now an angel investor. To date, he has invested in over 50 companies and is trying his hardest to maintain a quality work-life balance for his son. Topics Discussed: <ul> <li> A little background on Jack Greco </li> <li> Unicorn Start-Up </li> <li> Angel investing in 50 companies </li> <li> Working with others </li> <li> Covid effects on the world </li> <li> Work-life balance </li> <li> Mental Health </li> <li> Having a coach is so important </li> <li> Buffalo Bridge </li> </ul> Quote of the Episode: “This [ACV Auctions] is a great learning experience, and it will shape who I am going to be as an investor, a mentor, executive, father, for the rest of my life.” - Jack Greco The Greatest Piece of Advice: Checkout the podcast’s back channel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where you can listen to exclusive audio clips containing the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.acvauctions.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ACV Auctions</a> </li> <li> Connect with Jack on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacklgreco/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> Connect with Jack on <a href="https://twitter.com/speedygreco" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.buffalovesyou.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffalo Bridge</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://trustfinta.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> </li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Jack Greco Builds A Unicorn Company In Buffalo

Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler are at it again, discussing the current news in our world today. Each person brings one topic to the table and they talk about them both. Kevin’s Topic: The Future of American Cities. Kevin starts by discussing how he lived in NYC for a full decade and how he has seen the cost of living has increased significantly, but at the same time, the storefronts are leaving! This is due to the commercial investors also increasing their rent too much where small shops are no longer able to handle the cost. Kevin found a statistic: 50% of all restaurants in NYC are going to close due to COVID 19, currently being 12,000 being closed already. So many people think the city and other big cities are dying, but looking at the next few years, will the economy be able to come back? Tim’s Topic: Working from home, the rise of remote work! Tim talks about how it was hard to transition for him to remote work once COVID-19 forced a lot of our workforce to remote. It is a lot about having a plan and being diligent about time and how you carve it out. Routine is key. There is a fine line between work life and home life, the separation needs to be balanced. Should you be working at 8pm when you have a significant other? When working in an office, the commute is there to help you shift out of work mode, what do you do when you are working from home. This is also the time where it really shines on the people that really care about their work, vs. the people that were just working to have a job. This is a big topic right now, because working from home is definitely not for everyone. Tune in to hear what Tim and Kevin have to say about this week’s topics! ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler are at it again, discussing the current news in our world today. Each person brings one topic to the table and they talk about them both. Kevin’s Topic: The Future of American Cities. Kevin starts by discussing how he lived in NYC for a full decade and how he has seen the cost of living has increased significantly, but at the same time, the storefronts are leaving! This is due to the commercial investors also increasing their rent too much where small shops are no longer able to handle the cost. Kevin found a statistic: 50% of all restaurants in NYC are going to close due to COVID 19, currently being 12,000 being closed already. So many people think the city and other big cities are dying, but looking at the next few years, will the economy be able to come back? Tim’s Topic: Working from home, the rise of remote work! Tim talks about how it was hard to transition for him to remote work once COVID-19 forced a lot of our workforce to remote. It is a lot about having a plan and being diligent about time and how you carve it out. Routine is key. There is a fine line between work life and home life, the separation needs to be balanced. Should you be working at 8pm when you have a significant other? When working in an office, the commute is there to help you shift out of work mode, what do you do when you are working from home. This is also the time where it really shines on the people that really care about their work, vs. the people that were just working to have a job. This is a big topic right now, because working from home is definitely not for everyone. Tune in to hear what Tim and Kevin have to say about this week’s topics! ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

News Roundtable: Future of American Cities and Working From Home

Jeff Wald

Our next guest is so amazing, we had to interview him a second time! He was on nearly 5 years ago on Episode 8! Jeff Wald is an entrepreneur who has started three technology companies, with his latest company, WorkMarket, being sold to ADP. Monday was officially his last day. He is a Board Member on the following boards: Steel Connect, Costar Technologies, TransfrVR, Peerless Systems, and Register.com. But the true reason we brought him on the podcast today was to talk about his book, “The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations”. Tune in to hear all about his book as well as statistics regarding the workforce in 2020: Topics Discussed:   What is it like to sell a company?     Remote working   Social Squads   The goal of the meeting   Mechanization   Electrification   Computerization   Abusing Powers   Quote of the Episode: “Every time {we revolutionize} we ended up with more jobs, at a higher standard of living, with working fewer hours, that is definitively clear through history.” The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, The A-List where members can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode:    The End of Jobs Book on Amazon   Jeff on LinkedIn   Jeff on Twitter    WorkMarket   ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Our next guest is so amazing, we had to interview him a second time! He was on nearly 5 years ago on Episode 8! Jeff Wald is an entrepreneur who has started three technology companies, with his latest company, WorkMarket, being sold to ADP. Monday was officially his last day. He is a Board Member on the following boards: Steel Connect, Costar Technologies, TransfrVR, Peerless Systems, and <a href="http://Register.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Register.com</a>. But the true reason we brought him on the podcast today was to talk about his book, “The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations”. Tune in to hear all about his book as well as statistics regarding the workforce in 2020: Topics Discussed: <ul> <li> What is it like to sell a company? </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Remote working </li> <li> Social Squads </li> <li> The goal of the meeting </li> <li> Mechanization </li> <li> Electrification </li> <li> Computerization </li> <li> Abusing Powers </li> </ul> Quote of the Episode: “Every time {we revolutionize} we ended up with more jobs, at a higher standard of living, with working fewer hours, that is definitively clear through history.” The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where members can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips</a> and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/End-Jobs-Demand-Workers-Corporations/dp/1642934356" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The End of Jobs Book on Amazon</a> </li> <li> Jeff on <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffwald/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> Jeff on <a href="@JeffreyWald" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.workmarket.com/blog/work-market-co-founder-jeff-wald-named-2017-sia-staffing-100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> WorkMarket</a> </li> </ul> ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Bringing Back Jeff Wald To Discuss The End Of Jobs

In this new episode, Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler discuss the current news in our world today. Each week, each person brings one topic to the table. This week Tim chose to talk about the sad passing of former Associate Judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020. She passed away after complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. And brought Facebook to the table. There are real issues with Facebook. Everything from the false advertising that Facebook is not taking responsibility for, mental health issues stemming from addiction to Facebook, and now election interference! On September, 3rd Facebook came out with their plan on tackling the Election campaigns on their platform. Tune in to hear what Tim and Kevin have to say about this week’s topics! ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

In this new episode, Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler discuss the current news in our world today. Each week, each person brings one topic to the table. This week Tim chose to talk about the sad passing of former Associate Judge, Ruth Bader Ginsburg on September 18, 2020. She passed away after complications of metastatic pancreatic cancer. And brought Facebook to the table. There are real issues with Facebook. Everything from the false advertising that Facebook is not taking responsibility for, mental health issues stemming from addiction to Facebook, and now election interference! On September, 3rd Facebook came out with their plan on tackling the Election campaigns on their platform. Tune in to hear what Tim and Kevin have to say about this week’s topics! ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: ​<a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: ​<a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

News Roundtable: R.I.P. to RBG and Facebook

Harold Hughes

Our next guest on the show, is the amazing Harold Hughes. He is the founder of Bandwagon, which helps companies discover the identity of their fans in order to increase attendance, offer personalized services, and increase revenue. Growing up, Harold made his first dollar selling AirHeads for cheaper than the school sold them at their cafeteria until he got caught! He went to Clemson University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics, before going back for his Masters's degree later. It was then, while he was taking his strategic management course that he realized it was a lot like being a fan at a sports event. Harold loved playing sports when he grew up, and he loved that it didn’t matter your families financial status was or where you lived, you just loved to play the game. That is where Bandwagon all started. Now Harold has expanded Bandwagon from just preventing ticket fraud for fans, too also being a fan identity and data analytics company. Tune in to hear more about Harold’s story and experiences going through the ups and downs of being a CEO.   Quote of the Episode: “Service to others is the rent for your time on earth”  Gauntlet: Listen in for Harold’s amazing tips from his experience growing his business:   Branding/Design   Go-to-Market   Product Development   Hiring   Revenue and Accounting   Fundraising    The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, The A-List where members can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned!  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   Bandwagon   Harold’s LinkedIn    Harold’s Twitter    Never Lost Again   Equity Token   Audible   ========== Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta- A secure online, cloud-based, operations center for your start-up. Quickly set up your company and you've got a blazing fast tool for raising capital and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. Audible - Visit www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday to download and keep any audiobook for free. Download your free book now! The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. Plus, Learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web:  www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on:  Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar   Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy). ========== About:  Ambition Today is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman. 

Our next guest on the show, is the amazing Harold Hughes. He is the founder of <a href="https://bandwagonfanclub.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandwagon</a>, which helps companies discover the identity of their fans in order to increase attendance, offer personalized services, and increase revenue. Growing up, Harold made his first dollar selling AirHeads for cheaper than the school sold them at their cafeteria until he got caught! He went to Clemson University where he received a Bachelor’s degree in Political Science and Economics, before going back for his Masters's degree later. It was then, while he was taking his strategic management course that he realized it was a lot like being a fan at a sports event. Harold loved playing sports when he grew up, and he loved that it didn’t matter your families financial status was or where you lived, you just loved to play the game. That is where Bandwagon all started. Now Harold has expanded Bandwagon from just preventing ticket fraud for fans, too also being a fan identity and data analytics company. Tune in to hear more about Harold’s story and experiences going through the ups and downs of being a CEO. Quote of the Episode: “Service to others is the rent for your time on earth” Gauntlet: Listen in for Harold’s amazing tips from his experience growing his business: <ul> <li> Branding/Design </li> <li> Go-to-Market </li> <li> Product Development </li> <li> Hiring </li> <li> Revenue and Accounting </li> <li> Fundraising </li> </ul> The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where members can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips</a> and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://bandwagonfanclub.com/harold-hughes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bandwagon</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/haroldphughes/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Harold’s LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/OneBandwagonFan?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Harold’s Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.barnesandnoble.com/w/never-lost-again-bill-kilday/1126793115" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Never Lost Again</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.equitytoken.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Equity Token</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.audible.com/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> </li> </ul> ========== Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://www.trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a>- A secure online, cloud-based, operations center for your start-up. Quickly set up your company and you've got a blazing fast tool for raising capital and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> - Visit <a href="https://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday</a> to download and keep any audiobook for free. Download your free book now! <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. Plus, Learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a></li> </ul> Follow Kevin Siskar on: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href="facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a></li> <li>Snapchat: <a href="snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a></li> </ul> Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>). ========== About:  <a href="https://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ambition Today</a> is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.

Join The Bandwagon With Harold Hughes

Alexis Beechen

Imagine being on a cruise with friends and a good business idea comes to mind, then months later, your idea is now being distributed in Walmart’s around the world! Today’s guest, Alexis Beechen was enjoying her time partyin’ and thought, putting wine in a can would be much easier to casually drink. She got home and decided to research this idea and discovered that there would be a good market for it. She partnered with some amazing people and created her brand, The Drop, which is now at concert venues, small wine stores, and as of late last year, in Walmart’s all around. An entrepreneur by heart, Alexis made her first dollar selling her mom’s gently used clothes when she could barely drive. She grew up with much support from both her parents who were lawyers. Her dad, an entrepreneur himself, had his own firm, and her mom was the first person that talked to her about branding yourself and establishing trust with people. She went to Georgetown for Marketing and eventually landed a job with Havas where she maintained Dos Equis account. Although she loved her job with Havas, she decided to go back to Columbia for business school.  During her schooling is when The Drop was born. Today, she is working on another business that she is passionate about, Hunterz.io which helps startups with connections they need to grow their business. Listen in to hear more in-depth about Alexis’ awesome story! Quote of the Episode: “You can only make as much money as the hours you build”  Gauntlet:Listen in for the tips, tricks, and tools that Alexis used growing her business:   Branding/Design - Fiverr   Go-to-Market – Hunterz.io   Product Development – feedback from customers   Hiring - LinkedIn   Revenue and Accounting - QuickBooks   Fundraising - Carta    The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, The A-List where members can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned!  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   The Drop Website   Alexis’ website   Alexis’ Instagram   Hunterz.io    The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F   Fiverr   QuickBooks   Carta   ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web:  www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on:  Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar   Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy). ========== About:  Ambition Today is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman. 

Imagine being on a cruise with friends and a good business idea comes to mind, then months later, your idea is now being distributed in Walmart’s around the world! Today’s guest, Alexis Beechen was enjoying her time partyin’ and thought, putting wine in a can would be much easier to casually drink. She got home and decided to research this idea and discovered that there would be a good market for it. She partnered with some amazing people and created her brand, The Drop, which is now at concert venues, small wine stores, and as of late last year, in Walmart’s all around. An entrepreneur by heart, Alexis made her first dollar selling her mom’s gently used clothes when she could barely drive. She grew up with much support from both her parents who were lawyers. Her dad, an entrepreneur himself, had his own firm, and her mom was the first person that talked to her about branding yourself and establishing trust with people. She went to Georgetown for Marketing and eventually landed a job with Havas where she maintained Dos Equis account. Although she loved her job with Havas, she decided to go back to Columbia for business school.  During her schooling is when The Drop was born. Today, she is working on another business that she is passionate about, <a href="http://Hunterz.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hunterz.io</a> which helps startups with connections they need to grow their business. Listen in to hear more in-depth about Alexis’ awesome story! Quote of the Episode: “You can only make as much money as the hours you build” Gauntlet:Listen in for the tips, tricks, and tools that Alexis used growing her business: <ul> <li> Branding/Design - Fiverr </li> <li> Go-to-Market – <a href="http://Hunterz.io" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hunterz.io</a> </li> <li> Product Development – feedback from customers </li> <li> Hiring - LinkedIn </li> <li> Revenue and Accounting - QuickBooks </li> <li> Fundraising - Carta </li> </ul> The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where members can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips</a> and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://thedropwine.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Drop Website</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.alexisbeechen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexis’ website</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.instagram.com/beechinnyc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alexis’ Instagram</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.hunterz.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Hunterz.io</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Subtle-Art-Not-Giving-Counterintuitive/dp/0062899147/ref=asc_df_0062899147/?tag=hyprod-20&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;hvadid=316705607905&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvrand=17756370957183461366&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9026837&amp;hvtargid=pla-605399062699&amp;psc=1" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> The Subtle Art of Not Giving a F</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.fiverr.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiverr</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://quickbooks.intuit.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QuickBooks</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://carta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Carta</a> </li> </ul> ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a></li> </ul> Follow Kevin Siskar on: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href="facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a></li> <li>Snapchat: <a href="snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a></li> </ul> Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>). ========== About:  <a href="https://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ambition Today</a> is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.

Alexis Beechen Drops Some Knowledge From Building Her Wine Empire

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Ambition Today, Startup Stories with Kevin Siskar

Michael Loeb

Joining us today is Founder and CEO of Loeb Enterprises, Michael Loeb. Loeb Enterprises is an early stage venture investing company and an incubator for startups. Prior to Loeb Enterprises, Michael co-founded Synapse in 1992 with Jay Walker. Synapse then became the largest seller of consumer magazine subscriptions worldwide and now is a subsidiary of Time Warner. Along with Jay Walker, Michael assisted with the creation and early stage funding of Priceline. Although Michael was born in St. Louis, MO, he has been in New York since the age of one years old. He was your typical entrepreneur from early on, mowing lawns, having a lemonade stand, etc. However, it was not until he was fired from Time, Inc until he realized his entrepreneurial potential. Tune in to learn more of his story:   Michael growing up   Working at Time, Inc   Why being fired can sometimes be important   Creating Synapse   Co-founded Priceline   Selling his company for $800 million   Creating Loeb Enterprises   Helping founders   Pros and Cons of being in NY as a founder   Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : I have heard you say that you wish you had bet on yourself earlier in your life. How old were you when you quit Time Inc and how can people bet on themselves earlier in life?  The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “It is hard to be an entrepreneur in your 30’s, if you didn’t have a big win in your 20’s.” Links from this episode:   Loeb Enterprises   LinkedIn   Twitter   Founder Institute   Audible    Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Joining us today is Founder and CEO of Loeb Enterprises, Michael Loeb. Loeb Enterprises is an early stage venture investing company and an incubator for startups. Prior to Loeb Enterprises, Michael co-founded Synapse in 1992 with Jay Walker. Synapse then became the largest seller of consumer magazine subscriptions worldwide and now is a subsidiary of Time Warner. Along with Jay Walker, Michael assisted with the creation and early stage funding of Priceline. Although Michael was born in St. Louis, MO, he has been in New York since the age of one years old. He was your typical entrepreneur from early on, mowing lawns, having a lemonade stand, etc. However, it was not until he was fired from Time, Inc until he realized his entrepreneurial potential. Tune in to learn more of his story: <ul> <li> Michael growing up </li> <li> Working at Time, Inc </li> <li> Why being fired can sometimes be important </li> <li> Creating Synapse </li> <li> Co-founded Priceline </li> <li> Selling his company for $800 million </li> <li> Creating Loeb Enterprises </li> <li> Helping founders </li> <li> Pros and Cons of being in NY as a founder </li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : I have heard you say that you wish you had bet on yourself earlier in your life. How old were you when you quit Time Inc and how can people bet on themselves earlier in life?  The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “It is hard to be an entrepreneur in your 30’s, if you didn’t have a big win in your 20’s.” Links from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://loebenterprises.com/index.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Loeb Enterprises</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/michaelrloeb/?trk=pub-pbmap" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/loebenterprises?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> </li> </ul> Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Michael Loeb's New Approach To Launching Billion Dollar Companies

Shahab Kaviani

On this episode of Ambition Today, I was joined by serial entrepreneur Shahab Kaviani. Shahab is most notably the co-founder of CoFoundersLab, a global organization helping entrepreneurs find their co-founder and launch lasting new businesses together. Previously he cofounded Hyperoffice and recently he is the co-founder of a new company Breezio, which is a collaboration platform for research scientist to accelerate discoveries through team science. Today we discuss Shahab's journey through serial entrepreneurship. We explore some questions such as: When is the right time to replace yourself as CEO? What to do when Google decides to enter your market? How to test your companies MVP offline without even building a website? Who could be the right company to merge with? And the new Ambition Today Question of the Day ( Q.O.T.D.™ )

On this episode of Ambition Today, I was joined by serial entrepreneur Shahab Kaviani. Shahab is most notably the co-founder of CoFoundersLab, a global organization helping entrepreneurs find their co-founder and launch lasting new businesses together. Previously he cofounded Hyperoffice and recently he is the co-founder of a new company Breezio, which is a collaboration platform for research scientist to accelerate discoveries through team science. Today we discuss Shahab's journey through serial entrepreneurship. We explore some questions such as: When is the right time to replace yourself as CEO? What to do when Google decides to enter your market? How to test your companies MVP offline without even building a website? Who could be the right company to merge with? And the new Ambition Today Question of the Day ( Q.O.T.D.™ )

#4 Shahab Kaviani of CoFounders Lab, Breezio, and Hyperoffice on entrepreneurship across 3 startups.

Alex Batdorf

Did you know that only 17% of all startups have a female founder? Well, we are lucky enough to have a female founder on our show today, Alex Batdorf. Alex is a business coach, co-founder of Zip Fit, a company that delivers a perfect fit denim for every body and now the creator of a YouTube series called Get Sh!t Done. This series focuses on helping female entrepreneurs maintain a balance between pursuing purpose and profit. Growing up in Seattle, Alex had a lot of family support; they always told her the sky was the limit. She was never that kid that knew she would be an entrepreneur, she just knew she wanted to impact the world. Moving to Chicago for her undergrad degree was a big culture shock for her, but taught her a lot. After getting her Sociology degree and seeing all the entrepreneurs from her classes she realized the potential she had to become the great entrepreneur she is today. Tune in for more! ·         Growing up in Seattle ·         Culture shock moving to Chicago ·         Her degree in Sociology ·         ZipFit ·         The Ins and Outs of finding Investors ·         Get Shit Done ·         Helping other Female Entrepreneurs Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “How do you know when it is time for a change, and when you recognize it, how do you push it forward?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “You have to give yourself oxygen first… if you don’t have oxygen for yourself, nothing else can work.” Links from this episode: ·         Alex Batdorf’s Website ·         Get Sh!t Done ·         Instagram ·         Rivvly ·          Audible ·         Founder Institute ========== This episode of Ambition Today is supported by: + Founder Institute New York: goo.gl/RGezjW + WeWork: goo.gl/hyzzuP + Toptal: goo.gl/OObfM9 + Audible: goo.gl/Urjq6k ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Did you know that only 17% of all startups have a female founder? Well, we are lucky enough to have a female founder on our show today, Alex Batdorf. Alex is a business coach, co-founder of Zip Fit, a company that delivers a perfect fit denim for every body and now the creator of a YouTube series called Get Sh!t Done. This series focuses on helping female entrepreneurs maintain a balance between pursuing purpose and profit. Growing up in Seattle, Alex had a lot of family support; they always told her the sky was the limit. She was never that kid that knew she would be an entrepreneur, she just knew she wanted to impact the world. Moving to Chicago for her undergrad degree was a big culture shock for her, but taught her a lot. After getting her Sociology degree and seeing all the entrepreneurs from her classes she realized the potential she had to become the great entrepreneur she is today. Tune in for more! ·         Growing up in Seattle ·         Culture shock moving to Chicago ·         Her degree in Sociology ·         ZipFit ·         The Ins and Outs of finding Investors ·         Get Shit Done ·         Helping other Female Entrepreneurs Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “How do you know when it is time for a change, and when you recognize it, how do you push it forward?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “You have to give yourself oxygen first… if you don’t have oxygen for yourself, nothing else can work.” Links from this episode: ·         <a href="https://www.alexbatdorf.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Alex Batdorf’s Website</a> ·         <a href="https://www.alexbatdorf.com/get-shit-done/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get Sh!t Done</a> ·         <a href="https://www.instagram.com/getshitdonequeen/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Instagram</a> ·         <a href="rivvly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rivvly</a> ·         <a href="https://www.audible.com/lp/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> ·         <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> ========== This episode of Ambition Today is supported by: + Founder Institute New York: <a href="http://goo.gl/RGezjW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/RGezjW</a> + WeWork: <a href="http://goo.gl/hyzzuP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/hyzzuP</a> + Toptal: <a href="http://goo.gl/OObfM9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/OObfM9</a> + Audible: <a href="http://goo.gl/Urjq6k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/Urjq6k</a> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Alex Batdorf Is Teaching Female Entrepreneurs How To Get Shit Done

Mitch Wainer

We are exploring the marketing world on today’s episode, with our special guest, Mitch Wainer. He is the creative marketing leader with many accomplishments such as Co-Founding Digital Ocean and being the Chief Marketing Officer at Clubhouse, a project management platform for software teams that provide the perfect balance of simplicity and structure. Mitch is an active advisor and speaker on entrepreneurship and growth marketing to the startup community Mitch grew up with a great family support system, that he feels is an important part in his entrepreneurial success. He graduated with a degree in Marketing from Northeastern. Short after graduating college, he found himself sitting in board meetings with seasoned professionals, trying to convince them that Facebook and Social Media is the way of the future. Listen in to find out more about Mitch and his success  High school and college years Family Support System Teaching himself how to build websites Mitch’s first start out of college Being a part of the Ask Jason podcast Co-founding Digital Ocean Mitch’s role at Clubhouse Marketing then compared to marketing now  Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “Do you travel often, how important is travel for you, how do you balance time for those new experiences and get shit done as a founder?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “The support system around you is a key ingredient to being successful” Links from this episode:  Clubhouse DigitalOcean LinkedIn Twitter Rivvly Founder Institute    ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

We are exploring the marketing world on today’s episode, with our special guest, Mitch Wainer. He is the creative marketing leader with many accomplishments such as Co-Founding Digital Ocean and being the Chief Marketing Officer at Clubhouse, a project management platform for software teams that provide the perfect balance of simplicity and structure. Mitch is an active advisor and speaker on entrepreneurship and growth marketing to the startup community Mitch grew up with a great family support system, that he feels is an important part in his entrepreneurial success. He graduated with a degree in Marketing from Northeastern. Short after graduating college, he found himself sitting in board meetings with seasoned professionals, trying to convince them that Facebook and Social Media is the way of the future. Listen in to find out more about Mitch and his success <ul> <li>High school and college years</li> <li>Family Support System</li> <li>Teaching himself how to build websites</li> <li>Mitch’s first start out of college</li> <li>Being a part of the Ask Jason podcast</li> <li>Co-founding Digital Ocean</li> <li>Mitch’s role at Clubhouse</li> <li>Marketing then compared to marketing now</li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “Do you travel often, how important is travel for you, how do you balance time for those new experiences and get shit done as a founder?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “The support system around you is a key ingredient to being successful” Links from this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://clubhouse.io/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Clubhouse</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.digitalocean.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">DigitalOcean</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mitchwainer/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mitchwainer?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="rivvly.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rivvly</a></li> <li><a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a></li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Mitch Wainer: Bringing an Infectious Energy to the Marketing World

Brian McCullough

Approaching two decades later, our guest, Brian McCullough’s company is still going strong. Brian is CEO of ResumeWriters.com which is the longest lasting company for this service, shout out to Brian. Not only is he a successful entrepreneur, he is also the Author of “How The Internet Happened.” In 2016, he became a Ted Talk Resident, and is also known for his podcasts: Internet History Podcast and Techmeme Ride Home, which is a News Aggregator that now gives you a daily dose of tech news. Brian grew up in Florida with no entrepreneurial background as his parents were both hard working teachers. Brian went to college to get a degree in Film, which he did, however, it was when he had to write his thesis to graduate, that he ended up becoming an entrepreneur instead. Tune in to hear more about Brian’s story:   Life background   Interviewing people for his book   Internet History Podcast   Techmeme Ride Home   History of the internet   Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : With regard to the venture capital industry whose job is to depict that future, what advice would you have for them based on the history of the internet?  The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “We live in the world where entrepreneurs are rock stars” Links from this episode:  Techmeme Ride Home   Brian’s Book   Brian’s Ted Talk   LinkedIn    Twitter   Techmeme   Founder Institute     ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Follow Colors of Colleen: www.colorsofcolleen.com Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Approaching two decades later, our guest, Brian McCullough’s company is still going strong. Brian is CEO of <a href="http://ResumeWriters.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ResumeWriters.com</a> which is the longest lasting company for this service, shout out to Brian. Not only is he a successful entrepreneur, he is also the Author of “How The Internet Happened.” In 2016, he became a Ted Talk Resident, and is also known for his podcasts: Internet History Podcast and Techmeme Ride Home, which is a News Aggregator that now gives you a daily dose of tech news. Brian grew up in Florida with no entrepreneurial background as his parents were both hard working teachers. Brian went to college to get a degree in Film, which he did, however, it was when he had to write his thesis to graduate, that he ended up becoming an entrepreneur instead. Tune in to hear more about Brian’s story: <ul> <li> Life background </li> <li> Interviewing people for his book </li> <li> Internet History Podcast </li> <li> Techmeme Ride Home </li> <li> History of the internet </li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : With regard to the venture capital industry whose job is to depict that future, what advice would you have for them based on the history of the internet?  The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “We live in the world where entrepreneurs are rock stars” Links from this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://player.fm/series/techmeme-ride-home-2101919" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Techmeme Ride Home</a></li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/How-Internet-Happened-Netscape-iPhone/dp/1631493078" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Brian’s Book</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LWI3WdRo5DA" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Brian’s Ted Talk</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianmcc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/brianmcc?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.techmeme.com/180306/p18" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Techmeme</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> </li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Follow Colors of Colleen: <a href="https://www.colorsofcolleen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.colorsofcolleen.com</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Brian McCullough How The Internet Happened & What Is Happening Today

Dan Nelson

Packing for a nice relaxing vacation, you look around, and realize, you have these beautiful plants that you have worked so hard in growing, and you wonder, are they going to be thriving when you get home? Our amazing guest today, Dan Nelson thought just that as he prepared for his honeymoon a few years back. There has to be a better way than having dead plants when you get back from vacation! This is the event that gave him a new chapter in life. After countless hours of studying under his belt, he helped create Grow Computer as it is today! Dan didn’t always have the ambition to help automate agriculture, he grew up in Long Island where his father and grandfather instilled his great work ethic in him. He would help with the latest house project by wheelbarrowing supplies to them when needed. He had great hardworking role models and followed in their footsteps. Nelson graduated with a Masters Degree in accounting and an undergraduate in Economics at the University of Michigan. Before Grow Computer, he had many jobs, with one of his favorites being a virtual CFO because he has always loved helping people build better businesses. He even created a tool called Start of Economics 101. Tune in to this episode to hear more about Dan and his tips and experience in building his own company. Quote of the Episode: “If it [computer system] doesn’t talk to each other, it adds layers, complexity, transaction costs and stress and hassle, and reduces the efficiency in any business”  Gauntlet:Listen in for the tips, tricks, and tools that Dan shares with us!   Branding/Design   Go-to-Market   Product Development   Hiring   Revenue and Accounting   Fundraising    The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, The A-List where members can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned!  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   Grow Computer   Dan’s LinkedIn    Abundance - Peter H. Diamondis    Beer School - Steve Hindey and Tom Potter    The Captain Class - Sam Walker   Equity Token   Audible   Copper - Fundraising Tool   ========== Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta- A secure online, cloud-based, operations center for your start-up. Quickly set up your company and you've got a blazing fast tool for raising capital and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. Audible - Visit www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday to download and keep any audiobook for free. Download your free book now! The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. Plus, Learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web:  www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on:  Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar   Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy). ========== About:  Ambition Today is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman. 

Packing for a nice relaxing vacation, you look around, and realize, you have these beautiful plants that you have worked so hard in growing, and you wonder, are they going to be thriving when you get home? Our amazing guest today, Dan Nelson thought just that as he prepared for his honeymoon a few years back. There has to be a better way than having dead plants when you get back from vacation! This is the event that gave him a new chapter in life. After countless hours of studying under his belt, he helped create Grow Computer as it is today! Dan didn’t always have the ambition to help automate agriculture, he grew up in Long Island where his father and grandfather instilled his great work ethic in him. He would help with the latest house project by wheelbarrowing supplies to them when needed. He had great hardworking role models and followed in their footsteps. Nelson graduated with a Masters Degree in accounting and an undergraduate in Economics at the University of Michigan. Before Grow Computer, he had many jobs, with one of his favorites being a virtual CFO because he has always loved helping people build better businesses. He even created a tool called Start of Economics 101. Tune in to this episode to hear more about Dan and his tips and experience in building his own company. Quote of the Episode: “If it [computer system] doesn’t talk to each other, it adds layers, complexity, transaction costs and stress and hassle, and reduces the efficiency in any business” Gauntlet:Listen in for the tips, tricks, and tools that Dan shares with us! <ul> <li> Branding/Design </li> <li> Go-to-Market </li> <li> Product Development </li> <li> Hiring </li> <li> Revenue and Accounting </li> <li> Fundraising </li> </ul> The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where members can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips</a> and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! 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Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.

Automating Indoor Agriculture with Dan Nelson's Grow Computer

Nir Eyal

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever  Author, Blogger, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Investor, and Consultant, also known as our next guest, Nir Eyal. Well known for his blog, Nir &amp; Far, Nir writes about “behavioral design” the intersection of psychology, technology and business. He helps companies with techniques to motivate and manipulate users. He has successfully founded and sold two businesses in the tech industry and now has his book “Hooked” on the market, with another book coming in September. Nir, originally born in Israel, moved to the US when he was just three years old and grew up in Orlando, FL. He received his MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has since then taught. He is also an active angel investor as he believes in putting his money where his mouth is and invests in habit forming products. Listen in to learn more about Nir:   Growing up in Orlando   How Nir knew he would become an entrepreneur   Stanford Graduate School of Business   Nir &amp; Far – the meaning behind the name of his blog   “Hooked”   Types of Manipulation   Creating Habit Forming products   His new book   Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “What are your thoughts on iPhone addiction? How do we protect ourselves from them?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “It is not the best product that wins, it is the product that captures the monopoly of the mind.” Links from this episode:   Nir &amp; Far   LinkedIn    Buy Hooked    Twitter   Founder Institute    Audible     ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar  Follow Colors of Colleen: www.colorsofcolleen.com Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": <a href="https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever</a> Author, Blogger, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Investor, and Consultant, also known as our next guest, Nir Eyal. Well known for his blog, Nir &amp; Far, Nir writes about “behavioral design” the intersection of psychology, technology and business. He helps companies with techniques to motivate and manipulate users. He has successfully founded and sold two businesses in the tech industry and now has his book “Hooked” on the market, with another book coming in September. Nir, originally born in Israel, moved to the US when he was just three years old and grew up in Orlando, FL. He received his MBA at Stanford Graduate School of Business, where he has since then taught. He is also an active angel investor as he believes in putting his money where his mouth is and invests in habit forming products. Listen in to learn more about Nir: <ul> <li> Growing up in Orlando </li> <li> How Nir knew he would become an entrepreneur </li> <li> Stanford Graduate School of Business </li> <li> Nir &amp; Far – the meaning behind the name of his blog </li> <li> “Hooked” </li> <li> Types of Manipulation </li> <li> Creating Habit Forming products </li> <li> His new book </li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “What are your thoughts on iPhone addiction? How do we protect ourselves from them?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “It is not the best product that wins, it is the product that captures the monopoly of the mind.” Links from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.nirandfar.com/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nir &amp; Far</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/nireyal/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Hooked-How-Build-Habit-Forming-Products/dp/1591847788/?tag=thekerne-20" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Buy Hooked</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/nireyal?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.audible.com/lp/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> </li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a>  Follow Colors of Colleen: <a href="https://www.colorsofcolleen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.colorsofcolleen.com</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Understanding Your Habits To Become Indistractable, With Nir Eyal

MATT BRITTON

As a serial entrepreneur, Matt Britton has successfully acquired and sold many companies at the perfect time. He is most known for his important role in creating MRY (Mr. Youth) and Suzy. MRY is a digital and social media marketing agency that helps companies market to the youth, which is tomorrow’s future leaders. His latest venture, Suzy, is a consumer intelligence platform which helps bring the voice of real consumers directly to brands. Now known as America’s leading expert on the Millennial Generation, Britton’s entrepreneurial spirit all started because of parties believe it or not. He ran 5 to 7 parties a week, and local businesses started to take notice. They would ask him to advertise their business during the parties, which led him to create his first business venue, Magma Group. This was just the beginning for Britton, listen to hear more of his great story:     How Magma Group came about The meaning behind “Magma” Creating MRY, Mr. Youth How MRY got Microsoft as their customer How Suzy was developed His book, “Youth Nation” Being a serial entrepreneur Being an investor  Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “You have started several companies over the years, what is being a serial entrepreneur mean to you?.” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “Ninety-nine percent of decisions made in business have no data behind it” Links from this episode:  Suzy Matt Britton LinkedIn  Twitter WeWork Founder Institute Audible  ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

As a serial entrepreneur, Matt Britton has successfully acquired and sold many companies at the perfect time. He is most known for his important role in creating MRY (Mr. Youth) and Suzy. MRY is a digital and social media marketing agency that helps companies market to the youth, which is tomorrow’s future leaders. His latest venture, Suzy, is a consumer intelligence platform which helps bring the voice of real consumers directly to brands. Now known as America’s leading expert on the Millennial Generation, Britton’s entrepreneurial spirit all started because of parties believe it or not. He ran 5 to 7 parties a week, and local businesses started to take notice. They would ask him to advertise their business during the parties, which led him to create his first business venue, Magma Group. This was just the beginning for Britton, listen to hear more of his great story:    <ul> <li>How Magma Group came about</li> <li>The meaning behind “Magma”</li> <li>Creating MRY, Mr. Youth</li> <li>How MRY got Microsoft as their customer</li> <li>How Suzy was developed</li> <li>His book, “Youth Nation”</li> <li>Being a serial entrepreneur</li> <li>Being an investor</li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “You have started several companies over the years, what is being a serial entrepreneur mean to you?.” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “Ninety-nine percent of decisions made in business have no data behind it” Links from this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://www.asksuzy.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Suzy</a></li> <li><a href="http://mattbritton.com/#home" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt Britton</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/mryouth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/MattyB?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wework.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeWork</a></li> <li><a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.audible.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a></li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Matt Britton Is Changing The Face Of Consumer Intelligence For The Millennial Generation With Suzy

Bryan Janeczko

Bryan Janeczko was recently named one of the Top 23 LGBTQ people in Tech, along side other notable figures such as Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, and more. He has built a strong track record for building great businesses including: NuKitchen, a food preparation service that helped people eat healthier. NuKitchen was later sold to Nutrisystem and pioneered the market long before Blue Apron or Plated even existed.  Now Bryan is the Founder of Gro, an on-demand startup academy. As part of the Loeb.NYC family, a venture studio in the heart of New York City, Bryan is helping founders at all stages. In a new partnership between Tony Robbins and Loeb, they have also launched Nunbelievable Foods, a baked goods company that turns their profits into feeding the homeless. Bryan grew up in Milwaukee, started a candy selling business in High School where he would at times bribe the teachers with a candy bar in order to sell more candy bars at the beginning of each class to his fellow classmates. It was such a popular business, that he started having distributors, which eventually had the principal pulling the plug on his first entrepreneurial experience. However, that didn’t stop his entrepreneurial spirit! After school, and a summer abroad in England, Bryan decided to make the big move to NY! He had a place to stay for one week and a credit card, and the rest is history! Tune in to hear more of Bryan’s story:  •  Learning resourcefulness early on.  •  His life changing trip to England •  Starting and selling his company, NuKitchen •  Co-founding Startout •  His time as the Director of Founder Institute New York •  Working with Loeb NYC •  Founding Gro Academy •  Working with Tony Robbins and  Nunbelievable Foods Quote of the Episode: “Every founder brings their unique set of traits and many of us become entrepreneurs because we may not make it in more traditional jobs…” Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : What advice can you give an entrepreneur at the beginning stages of building their first business? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Links from this episode:   Gro Academy   Bryan’s LinkedIn   Startout   Loeb NY   Nunbelievable   Founder Institute   We Work   Audible   ==========Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web:  www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on:  Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar  ========== About:  Ambition Today is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.   Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Bryan Janeczko was recently named one of the Top 23 LGBTQ people in Tech, along side other notable figures such as Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, and more. He has built a strong track record for building great businesses including: NuKitchen, a food preparation service that helped people eat healthier. NuKitchen was later sold to Nutrisystem and pioneered the market long before Blue Apron or Plated even existed.  Now Bryan is the Founder of Gro, an on-demand startup academy. As part of the Loeb.NYC family, a venture studio in the heart of New York City, Bryan is helping founders at all stages. In a new partnership between Tony Robbins and Loeb, they have also launched Nunbelievable Foods, a baked goods company that turns their profits into feeding the homeless. Bryan grew up in Milwaukee, started a candy selling business in High School where he would at times bribe the teachers with a candy bar in order to sell more candy bars at the beginning of each class to his fellow classmates. It was such a popular business, that he started having distributors, which eventually had the principal pulling the plug on his first entrepreneurial experience. However, that didn’t stop his entrepreneurial spirit! After school, and a summer abroad in England, Bryan decided to make the big move to NY! He had a place to stay for one week and a credit card, and the rest is history! Tune in to hear more of Bryan’s story:  •  Learning resourcefulness early on.  •  His life changing trip to England •  Starting and selling his company, NuKitchen •  Co-founding Startout •  His time as the Director of Founder Institute New York •  Working with Loeb NYC •  Founding Gro Academy •  Working with Tony Robbins and  Nunbelievable Foods Quote of the Episode: “Every founder brings their unique set of traits and many of us become entrepreneurs because we may not make it in more traditional jobs…” Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : What advice can you give an entrepreneur at the beginning stages of building their first business? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Links from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.gro.academy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gro Academy</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bryanjaneczko/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan’s LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://startout.org/about-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startout</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://loeb.nyc/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Loeb NY</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.nunbelievablefoods.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Nunbelievable</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> </li> <li> <a href="siskar.co/wework" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Work</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> </li> </ul> ==========Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a></li> </ul> Follow Kevin Siskar on: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href="facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a></li> <li>Snapchat: <a href="snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a></li> </ul> ========== About:  <a href="https://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ambition Today</a> is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.  Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Bryan Janeczko Is Helping Entrepreneurs Gro

Hans Bakan

Today's guest is serial entrepreneur Hans Bakan. Hans is the founder of Open Dreams, a non profit working to provide education and mentorship to young students in global emerging markets. We discuss what it takes to avoid failure in your first company and carry those lessons learned with you to make your current company more successful. Also, how you you can use a company to improve the world. We discuss how Open Dreams is working to do just that in emerging global markets.

Today's guest is serial entrepreneur Hans Bakan. Hans is the founder of Open Dreams, a non profit working to provide education and mentorship to young students in global emerging markets. We discuss what it takes to avoid failure in your first company and carry those lessons learned with you to make your current company more successful. Also, how you you can use a company to improve the world. We discuss how Open Dreams is working to do just that in emerging global markets.

#2 Interview with Serial Entrepreneur Hans Bakan of Open Dreams

Adam Tishman

Do you have to be an expert on a product in order to become a successful entrepreneur? Let’s ask today's guest, Adam Tishman. Tishman is a New Yorker through and through, growing up in Manhattan helped his independence from a young age. He received his Bachelors Degree at Princeton in History before he decided to pursue an MBA where he met his co-founders of Helix Sleep. Tishman knew he wanted to be a successful entrepreneur one day, however, he never thought it would be in mattresses. Knowing that mattress buying was confusing, expensive and hard for a lot of consumers, Tishman and his co-founders knew there had to be a better way. Listen for more details on how they have developed an amazing product, and what lead to Tishman's success:  Born and raised in NY Growing up with a metro card Obtaining a BA at Princeton Tishman’s early on careers Meeting his co-founders How Helix Sleep came about The research behind Helix How sleep is innovative and necessary The meaning behind the name “Helix”  Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : As an entrepreneur: How important is sleep to you? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  As you build your business, it is not just product at the end of the day, it is also the vision that you have and the story that you tell. Links from this episode:  Helix Sleep LinkedIn Twitter WeWork Founder Institute Rivvly    This episode of Ambition Today is supported by: + Founder Institute New York: goo.gl/RGezjW + WeWork: goo.gl/hyzzuP + Toptal: goo.gl/OObfM9 + Audible: goo.gl/Urjq6k ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Do you have to be an expert on a product in order to become a successful entrepreneur? Let’s ask today's guest, Adam Tishman. Tishman is a New Yorker through and through, growing up in Manhattan helped his independence from a young age. He received his Bachelors Degree at Princeton in History before he decided to pursue an MBA where he met his co-founders of Helix Sleep. Tishman knew he wanted to be a successful entrepreneur one day, however, he never thought it would be in mattresses. Knowing that mattress buying was confusing, expensive and hard for a lot of consumers, Tishman and his co-founders knew there had to be a better way. Listen for more details on how they have developed an amazing product, and what lead to Tishman's success: <ul> <li>Born and raised in NY</li> <li>Growing up with a metro card</li> <li>Obtaining a BA at Princeton</li> <li>Tishman’s early on careers</li> <li>Meeting his co-founders</li> <li>How Helix Sleep came about</li> <li>The research behind Helix</li> <li>How sleep is innovative and necessary</li> <li>The meaning behind the name “Helix”</li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : As an entrepreneur: How important is sleep to you? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  As you build your business, it is not just product at the end of the day, it is also the vision that you have and the story that you tell. Links from this episode: <ul> <li><a href="https://helixsleep.com/ca" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Helix Sleep</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/adam-tishman-87b68920/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/gonetishing?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.wework.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeWork</a></li> <li><a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a></li> <li><a href="rivvly.com/skillshare" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rivvly</a></li> </ul> This episode of Ambition Today is supported by: + Founder Institute New York: <a href="http://goo.gl/RGezjW" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/RGezjW</a> + WeWork: <a href="http://goo.gl/hyzzuP" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/hyzzuP</a> + Toptal: <a href="http://goo.gl/OObfM9" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/OObfM9</a> + Audible: <a href="http://goo.gl/Urjq6k" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/Urjq6k</a> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Adam Tishman, Bringing Customization To Your Sleep

Taylor Jacobson

After a summer break, we are back with a brand new season of Ambition Today! Season 3 brings with it some fresh new changes to the podcast, coming to you from our brand new podcast studio in the heart of New York City! We have some exciting guests coming up and I can’t wait to share all of the great conversations &amp; new questions with you! I hope you enjoy Season 3, now on to the episode! Who struggles with procrastination? Did you know that studies show up to 95% of people struggle with procrastination! My guest today is Taylor Jacobson. He is the founder of Focusmate, the app that helps you focus and in return be more productive. In this episode, we discuss with Taylor what in his personal life lead him to the idea of needing a solution like Focusmate, as well as his personal take on a lot of procrastination issues. As Taylor developed Focusmate, he found three major aspects of being more productive. One, you perform better when you need to complete a task in the presence of someone else. Two, if you commit to another person that you are going to do something, it is highly likely that you will complete it. And three, you are likely to increase productivity if you reflect on your work afterward. You know that you are going to have to review the job that you did, so in the moment of work, your actual focus becomes stronger. Focusmate is now helping thousands of people with all of these aspects! Tune in to hear more about Taylor and his company, Focusmate!  Quote of the Episode: “These are the people {Co-workers} that have my back to grow into my best self”  Gauntlet:This is a new section of my podcast for season 3, where I will ask my guest a tip or tool that they recommend for their business in each of the following categories. Listen in to hear Taylor’s answers:   Branding/Design   Go-to-Market   Product Development   Hiring   Revenue and Accounting   Fundraising    The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, The A-List where members can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned!  Links &amp; show notes from this episode:   Focusmate   Taylor's LinkedIn    Start At The End - Dave Lavinsky    Indistractible - Nir Eyal   Tim Urban - Inside the mind of a master procrastinator   Equity Token   Audible   Profitwell   Stripe   ========== Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta- A secure online, cloud-based, operations center for your start-up. Quickly set up your company and you've got a blazing fast tool for raising capital and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. Audible - Visit www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday to download and keep any audiobook for free. Download your free book now! The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. Plus, Learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web:  www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on:  Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar   Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy). ========== About:  Ambition Today is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman. 

After a summer break, we are back with a brand new season of Ambition Today! Season 3 brings with it some fresh new changes to the podcast, coming to you from our brand new podcast studio in the heart of New York City! We have some exciting guests coming up and I can’t wait to share all of the great conversations &amp; new questions with you! I hope you enjoy Season 3, now on to the episode! Who struggles with procrastination? Did you know that studies show up to 95% of people struggle with procrastination! My guest today is Taylor Jacobson. He is the founder of Focusmate, the app that helps you focus and in return be more productive. In this episode, we discuss with Taylor what in his personal life lead him to the idea of needing a solution like Focusmate, as well as his personal take on a lot of procrastination issues. As Taylor developed Focusmate, he found three major aspects of being more productive. One, you perform better when you need to complete a task in the presence of someone else. Two, if you commit to another person that you are going to do something, it is highly likely that you will complete it. And three, you are likely to increase productivity if you reflect on your work afterward. You know that you are going to have to review the job that you did, so in the moment of work, your actual focus becomes stronger. Focusmate is now helping thousands of people with all of these aspects! Tune in to hear more about Taylor and his company, Focusmate! Quote of the Episode: “These are the people {Co-workers} that have my back to grow into my best self” Gauntlet:This is a new section of my podcast for season 3, where I will ask my guest a tip or tool that they recommend for their business in each of the following categories. Listen in to hear Taylor’s answers: <ul> <li> Branding/Design </li> <li> Go-to-Market </li> <li> Product Development </li> <li> Hiring </li> <li> Revenue and Accounting </li> <li> Fundraising </li> </ul> The Greatest Piece of Advice: Join the podcast’s backchannel, <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> where members can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips</a> and get the single greatest piece of advice our guests have ever learned! Links &amp; show notes from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.focusmate.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Focusmate</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorjacobson" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">Taylor's LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Start-End-Products-Create-Change/dp/0525534423/ref=asc_df_0525534423/?adgrpid=67797265583&amp;hvadid=343191227008&amp;hvadid=343191227008&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvdvcmdl=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocint=&amp;hvlocphy=9026837&amp;hvlocphy=9026837&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvpone=&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvpos=1o1&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvptwo=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvqmt=&amp;hvrand=4677111369364653716&amp;hvrand=4677111369364653716&amp;hvtargid=aud-801381245258%3Apla-770735523741&amp;hvtargid=aud-801381245258%3Apla-770735523741&amp;linkCode=df0&amp;psc=1&amp;ref=&amp;tag=hyprod-20&amp;tag=" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Start At The End - Dave Lavinsky</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Indistractable-Control-Your-Attention-Choose/dp/194883653X/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?gclid=Cj0KCQiAiNnuBRD3ARIsAM8KmlsYv50NG0NscA3GgkQFoZcZLMQWcwt14J715rptAq0C1VPapMoQ7csaAnuvEALw_wcB&amp;hvadid=346408485357&amp;hvdev=c&amp;hvlocphy=9026837&amp;hvnetw=g&amp;hvpos=1t2&amp;hvqmt=b&amp;hvrand=12750357720379605690&amp;hvtargid=kwd-734520241600&amp;hydadcr=24661_10400816&amp;keywords=indistractable&amp;psc=1&amp;qid=1574376863&amp;spLa=ZW5jcnlwdGVkUXVhbGlmaWVyPUEzMU5IV1E5UldJVzE4JmVuY3J5cHRlZElkPUEwNTg1Mzg2T1ZXSlJQSERDMjRCJmVuY3J5cHRlZEFkSWQ9QTAzMTY1OTMyWjhVQk1TUEwyVUtVJndpZGdldE5hbWU9c3BfYXRmJmFjdGlvbj1jbGlja1JlZGlyZWN0JmRvTm90TG9nQ2xpY2s9dHJ1ZQ%3D%3D&amp;sr=8-1-spons" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Indistractible - Nir Eyal</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=arj7oStGLkU" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tim Urban - Inside the mind of a master procrastinator</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.equitytoken.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Equity Token</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.profitwell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Profitwell</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://stripe.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Stripe</a> </li> </ul> ========== Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://www.trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a>- A secure online, cloud-based, operations center for your start-up. Quickly set up your company and you've got a blazing fast tool for raising capital and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> - Visit <a href="https://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday</a> to download and keep any audiobook for free. Download your free book now! <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. Plus, Learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned!  ========== Follow: Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a></li> </ul> Follow Kevin Siskar on: <ul> <li>Twitter: <a href="http://www.twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a></li> <li>Instagram: <a href="instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a></li> <li>Facebook: <a href="facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a></li> <li>Snapchat: <a href="snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a></li> </ul> Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>). ========== About:  <a href="https://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Ambition Today</a> is a podcast about entrepreneurs, creators, investors, and builders who ambitiously changed the world. Each episode explores the hardships and heroism of everyday life to reveal the key moments which leave behind a lasting legacy. Creating value in the world is hard, but you are not alone. No matter where you are in the world Ambition Today, hosted by Kevin Siskar, is here to keep you company you as you create your own incredible story. Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, Casey Neistat, and Masters of Scale with Reid Hoffman.

Taylor Jacobson Teaches Us Distraction-Free Productivity with Focusmate

Ramphis Castro

Reminiscing on my first podcast is my guest, Ramphis Castro. We sat down for my very first podcast in August of 2015 and he has watched it grow over the years. It was great to have him here with me again. Ramphis is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist that has impacted several companies across 40 countries. His quote sums him up very well, “I am a Computer Engineer and Lawyer by training, serial entrepreneur by experience, and grass-root ecosystem builder by conviction.” A Puerto Rican Native, Ramphis grew up by the beach with his dad, mom and three siblings. He is close to his family and had his mom instilling entrepreneurship in his mind from the beginning. The family always had little ways to make some extra spending money outside of their jobs, which taught Ramphis investing and ways to make money from a young age. He was fortunate enough to go to a school that taught English and went to an Engineering school for college. From there he was hired as a Microsoft, which was the hot company to work for at the time. He then started a consulting service company, had to learn from a few mistakes, and get back up. He has now owned several companies and has helped multiple companies by investing. Listen in to hear more about Ramphis and his path to success:   World happenings from Episode 1     Life in Puerto Rico     Early Entrepreneurial experiences     Working for Microsoft     Starting his own company     Learning from bad experiences in owning a company     Joining Kauffman Fellows     Seeing different Ecosystems around the world     NYCIC     Venture Capital   Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : Where is the future of Venture Capital is going?  The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “You don’t know what you don’t know” Links from this episode:   Biography   LinkedIn    Twitter   Founder Institute      Audible    Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar  Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Follow Colors of Colleen: www.colorsofcolleen.com   Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Reminiscing on my first podcast is my guest, Ramphis Castro. We sat down for my very first podcast in August of 2015 and he has watched it grow over the years. It was great to have him here with me again. Ramphis is a serial entrepreneur, investor and philanthropist that has impacted several companies across 40 countries. His quote sums him up very well, “I am a Computer Engineer and Lawyer by training, serial entrepreneur by experience, and grass-root ecosystem builder by conviction.” A Puerto Rican Native, Ramphis grew up by the beach with his dad, mom and three siblings. He is close to his family and had his mom instilling entrepreneurship in his mind from the beginning. The family always had little ways to make some extra spending money outside of their jobs, which taught Ramphis investing and ways to make money from a young age. He was fortunate enough to go to a school that taught English and went to an Engineering school for college. From there he was hired as a Microsoft, which was the hot company to work for at the time. He then started a consulting service company, had to learn from a few mistakes, and get back up. He has now owned several companies and has helped multiple companies by investing. Listen in to hear more about Ramphis and his path to success: <ul> <li> World happenings from Episode 1 </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Life in Puerto Rico </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Early Entrepreneurial experiences </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Working for Microsoft </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Starting his own company </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Learning from bad experiences in owning a company </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Joining Kauffman Fellows </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Seeing different Ecosystems around the world </li> </ul> <ul> <li> NYCIC </li> </ul> <ul> <li> Venture Capital </li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : Where is the future of Venture Capital is going?  The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “You don’t know what you don’t know” Links from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://about.me/jramphis" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Biography</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/jramphis/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/jramphis?ref_src=twsrc%5Egoogle%7Ctwcamp%5Eserp%7Ctwgr%5Eauthor" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.audible.com/lp/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> </li> </ul> Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a>  Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Follow Colors of Colleen: <a href="https://www.colorsofcolleen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.colorsofcolleen.com</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

50 Episodes Later, Ramphis Castro Returns To Talk About Investing In Hard-Tech & Life Science Startups

Greg Alterman

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Today’s guest grew up with Entrepreneurial spirit surrounding him. All of the men in Greg Alterman’s family for generations owned and operated one of the largest grocery stores chains in the South since the early 1900’s. With all the entrepreneurial passion within him, he started his first successful shirt business while attending college at the University of Florida. Alternate Apparel successfully grew until he sold the company for $60 million dollars nearly 30 years later. In 2015 Greg suffered from a brain hemorrhage that would change his life forever. During his recovery, he noticed that vibrant colors and clutter really were bothersome to his sight which lead him to create his newest business endeavor, m/f people. Alterman wanted to company that didn’t market towards one sex or the other. m/f people focuses on sleek and simple designs for skin care products as well as apparel. Listen in to hear more of Greg’s amazing journey!   Family Owned business that started on the side of the road in the early 1900’s   Greg’s Entrepreneurial spirit from early on   Going to college on a Golf Scholarship   What Greg did to create income once his scholarship was no longer there   Alternative Apparel   Selling a company for $60 million dollars   How Brain surgery changed his life   His vision behind m/f people   Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “How do you stick to the grind for so long?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “Listen to your own gut instinct.” Links from this episode:   m/f     Greg’s LinkedIn   WeWork    Audible   ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": <a href="https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever</a> Today’s guest grew up with Entrepreneurial spirit surrounding him. All of the men in Greg Alterman’s family for generations owned and operated one of the largest grocery stores chains in the South since the early 1900’s. With all the entrepreneurial passion within him, he started his first successful shirt business while attending college at the University of Florida. Alternate Apparel successfully grew until he sold the company for $60 million dollars nearly 30 years later. In 2015 Greg suffered from a brain hemorrhage that would change his life forever. During his recovery, he noticed that vibrant colors and clutter really were bothersome to his sight which lead him to create his newest business endeavor, m/f people. Alterman wanted to company that didn’t market towards one sex or the other. m/f people focuses on sleek and simple designs for skin care products as well as apparel. Listen in to hear more of Greg’s amazing journey! <ul> <li> Family Owned business that started on the side of the road in the early 1900’s </li> <li> Greg’s Entrepreneurial spirit from early on </li> <li> Going to college on a Golf Scholarship </li> <li> What Greg did to create income once his scholarship was no longer there </li> <li> Alternative Apparel </li> <li> Selling a company for $60 million dollars </li> <li> How Brain surgery changed his life </li> <li> His vision behind m/f people </li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “How do you stick to the grind for so long?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “Listen to your own gut instinct.” Links from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.mfpeople.com/pages/about" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">m/f</a> </li> </ul> <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/greg-alterman-4001a211a/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Greg’s LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.siskar.co/blog/2018/10/8/Siskar.co/wework" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">WeWork</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.audible.com/lp/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> </li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Greg Alterman is Making Life Simpler with Gender Neutral Everyday Products

Dileep Rao

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever  Entrepreneur, investor, public speaker and author are a few titles that Dr. Dileep Rao is known for. He came from India to America in 1973 for his education, and has been a success ever since. While obtaining his PhD, he started working for an Adventure Capital firm one summer that ended up changing his life. He since then has helped invest in hundreds of businesses, which includes four businesses he started himself. He is now a professor at the Florida International University and has been awarded numerous awards for teaching. Dr. Dileep Rao is now a nationally acclaimed author, writing “Nothing Ventured, Everything Gained”. He was able to study many successful entrepreneurs in his time, and he came up with 7 steps that all successful entrepreneurs seemed to follow. His book dives deep into his findings. Learn more about Dr. Dileep in this episode! ·         Coming to America for Education ·         Working for his first Adventure Capital Firm ·         Helping Fund hundreds of companies ·         His experience writing his book “Nothing Ventured, Everything Gained” ·         The 7 steps for Entrepreneurs ·         Where growth opportunities are at ·         What Dr. Dileep is doing today Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “Where do you see the future of venture capital going next?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “Numbers help you monitor where you are going” Links from this episode: ·         Dr. Dileep’s website ·          Amazon ·         Founder Institute ·          Audible ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": <a href="https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever</a> Entrepreneur, investor, public speaker and author are a few titles that Dr. Dileep Rao is known for. He came from India to America in 1973 for his education, and has been a success ever since. While obtaining his PhD, he started working for an Adventure Capital firm one summer that ended up changing his life. He since then has helped invest in hundreds of businesses, which includes four businesses he started himself. He is now a professor at the Florida International University and has been awarded numerous awards for teaching. Dr. Dileep Rao is now a nationally acclaimed author, writing “Nothing Ventured, Everything Gained”. He was able to study many successful entrepreneurs in his time, and he came up with 7 steps that all successful entrepreneurs seemed to follow. His book dives deep into his findings. Learn more about Dr. Dileep in this episode! ·         Coming to America for Education ·         Working for his first Adventure Capital Firm ·         Helping Fund hundreds of companies ·         His experience writing his book “Nothing Ventured, Everything Gained” ·         The 7 steps for Entrepreneurs ·         Where growth opportunities are at ·         What Dr. Dileep is doing today Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “Where do you see the future of venture capital going next?” The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “Numbers help you monitor where you are going” Links from this episode: ·         <a href="https://www.dileeprao.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dr. Dileep’s website</a> ·         <a href="https://www.amazon.com/Nothing-Ventured-Everything-Gained-Entrepreneurs-ebook/dp/B07FXTRHCD" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Amazon</a> ·         <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> ·         <a href="https://www.audible.com/lp/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Dr. Dileep Rao Teaches Us How to Create Wealth and Keep It

Brian Pasalich

Growing up in an immigrant family, Brian Pasalich lived in Chicago, Croatia and even a small town in Montana all by the age of 13, which allowed him to have a deeper understanding of the different walks of life that people face. This combined with a passion for helping people led him to his career in financial planning. He is now the founder of Foundational, a consumer-mindset driven platform for financial health and wellbeing Since a young age, Brian’s passion has been helping others. In his career, he has been a volunteer EMT, a flight paramedic with the Army Reserve, serving on two SWAT teams, and a civilian flight paramedic for a trauma center. He majored in Microbiology at the University of Montana before finding his passion for helping people through financial planning and serving as a Mentor with Founder Institute. Listen in to find out about Brian’s unique experiences and how it has helped him help others:  Being a SWAT flight paramedic Majoring in Microbiology at University of MT How his failing business was the best thing that happened to him  Creating Foundational.co Being a part of MassMutual team Mentoring at Founder Institute New York Being on the board for Marriage Equality Staying active in the LGBT community How health and fitness is a major part of his life  Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “Why does family matter, and how do you balance your personal life with your work life? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “Name one goal you can accomplish without money” Links from this episode:  Foundational MassMutual LinkedIn Twitter Toptal Founder Institute   ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Growing up in an immigrant family, Brian Pasalich lived in Chicago, Croatia and even a small town in Montana all by the age of 13, which allowed him to have a deeper understanding of the different walks of life that people face. This combined with a passion for helping people led him to his career in financial planning. He is now the founder of Foundational, a consumer-mindset driven platform for financial health and wellbeing Since a young age, Brian’s passion has been helping others. In his career, he has been a volunteer EMT, a flight paramedic with the Army Reserve, serving on two SWAT teams, and a civilian flight paramedic for a trauma center. He majored in Microbiology at the University of Montana before finding his passion for helping people through financial planning and serving as a Mentor with Founder Institute. Listen in to find out about Brian’s unique experiences and how it has helped him help others: <ul> <li>Being a SWAT flight paramedic</li> <li>Majoring in Microbiology at University of MT</li> <li>How his failing business was the best thing that happened to him</li> <li> Creating <a href="http://Foundational.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foundational.co</a></li> <li>Being a part of MassMutual team</li> <li>Mentoring at Founder Institute New York</li> <li>Being on the board for Marriage Equality</li> <li>Staying active in the LGBT community</li> <li>How health and fitness is a major part of his life</li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “Why does family matter, and how do you balance your personal life with your work life? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “Name one goal you can accomplish without money” Links from this episode: <ul> <li><a href="http://foundational.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Foundational</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.massmutual.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">MassMutual</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/bmpasalich/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/bmpasalich?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="Toptal.com/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Toptal</a></li> <li><a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a></li> </ul>  ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Brian Pasalich Is Setting The Foundation For Financial Health And Wellbeing

Matt Mandell

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever  Starting out young, today's guest, Matt Mandell, created his first company at the age of 12. Matt grew up with a supportive family full of entrepreneurs, so Matt was very comfortable with entrepreneurship from the start. He attended college in DC, where he spent the next several years developing multiple companies that were selective to college students. Matt is well known for his serial entrepreneurship and has spoken all across the nation teaching students how to become entrepreneurs themselves. He has been publicized multiple times, including New York Times, has helped start up multiple companies, and now is a managing partner with GAM Payments, a payment solution provider for mid-market companies. Interviewing Matt showed that there are different ways to look at being a leader that really make you think. Tune in to hear more:  Growing up in an Entrepreneurial Family Creating his first business at the age of 12 College experiences in DC The many businesses Matt created while in College Mentoring at Founder Institute Automation and Efficiency Investing in companies instead of creating them Meaning and reasoning for GAM Payments  Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “How do you realize when automation is necessary or when you should just do the small task yourself? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “If something goes wrong, it is my fault for not setting up the correct system and process for my team” Links from this episode:  Matt’s Blog Matt’s Website Twitter Founder Institute  Audible    ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Follow Colors of Colleen: www.colorsofcolleen.com Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": <a href="https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever</a> Starting out young, today's guest, Matt Mandell, created his first company at the age of 12. Matt grew up with a supportive family full of entrepreneurs, so Matt was very comfortable with entrepreneurship from the start. He attended college in DC, where he spent the next several years developing multiple companies that were selective to college students. Matt is well known for his serial entrepreneurship and has spoken all across the nation teaching students how to become entrepreneurs themselves. He has been publicized multiple times, including New York Times, has helped start up multiple companies, and now is a managing partner with GAM Payments, a payment solution provider for mid-market companies. Interviewing Matt showed that there are different ways to look at being a leader that really make you think. Tune in to hear more: <ul> <li>Growing up in an Entrepreneurial Family</li> <li>Creating his first business at the age of 12</li> <li>College experiences in DC</li> <li>The many businesses Matt created while in College</li> <li>Mentoring at Founder Institute</li> <li>Automation and Efficiency</li> <li>Investing in companies instead of creating them</li> <li>Meaning and reasoning for GAM Payments</li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : “How do you realize when automation is necessary or when you should just do the small task yourself? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “If something goes wrong, it is my fault for not setting up the correct system and process for my team” Links from this episode: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.mattmandell.com/blog/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt’s Blog</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.mattmandell.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Matt’s Website</a></li> <li><a href="https://twitter.com/mattmandell?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Twitter</a></li> <li><a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.audible.com/lp/freetrial?source_code=PDTGBPD060314004R" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> Audible</a></li> </ul> ========== Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Follow Colors of Colleen: <a href="https://www.colorsofcolleen.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.colorsofcolleen.com</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Matt Mandell Is Automating Businesses So They Can Focus On Higher Priorities

Benjamin Chong

Today, my guest is a fellow Founder Institute Director, Benjamin Chong. Benjamin has been the director of Founder Institute in Australia since 2011 and is also well known as a partner at Right Click Capital. Right Click Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. He is an active technology startup community member that has served as a mentor and guest speaker at many different entrepreneurial programs in Sydney, South East Asia, and the United States.     Benjamin Chong grew up in Australia and says his life-changing entrepreneurial moment was when he was in a program called Young Achievement in High School where a few select students from multiple schools got together and created a business, they had to sell stock, and make it profitable, which was a success. He graduated from the University of South Wales and has been unstoppable. Listen in to learn more about Benjamin’s successes…   Early years in Australia   Young Achievement program in High School   Working at PWC   Co-founding iMega   Directing Founder Institute since 2011   Is startup life different in Australia   How important mental health is   Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : What was it like to make the switch from Founder to Investor? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! If you are not a member yet be sure to join the Ambition Today A-list! Quote Of The Episode:  “Relationship in businesses are critical, it takes time to build relationships…” Links from this episode:   Right Click Capital   Benjamin’s LinkedIn   Benjamin’s Twitter   Follow Right Click Capital   Founder Institute   We Work   Audible   ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: Finta - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. The A-List - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more.  Visit Ambition Today on the Web: www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday  Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: twitter.com/TheSiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: instagram.com/thesiskar Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: facebook.com/kevin.siskar Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: snapchat.com/add/krsiskar Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (apple.co/1NRRPzL), on Google Play Music (goo.gl/LmmciJ), or on Stitcher for Android (bit.ly/1Rn01dy).

Today, my guest is a fellow Founder Institute Director, Benjamin Chong. Benjamin has been the director of Founder Institute in Australia since 2011 and is also well known as a partner at Right Click Capital. Right Click Capital is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage startups. He is an active technology startup community member that has served as a mentor and guest speaker at many different entrepreneurial programs in Sydney, South East Asia, and the United States. Benjamin Chong grew up in Australia and says his life-changing entrepreneurial moment was when he was in a program called Young Achievement in High School where a few select students from multiple schools got together and created a business, they had to sell stock, and make it profitable, which was a success. He graduated from the University of South Wales and has been unstoppable. Listen in to learn more about Benjamin’s successes… <ul> <li> Early years in Australia </li> <li> Young Achievement program in High School </li> <li> Working at PWC </li> <li> Co-founding iMega </li> <li> Directing Founder Institute since 2011 </li> <li> Is startup life different in Australia </li> <li> How important mental health is </li> </ul> Ambition Today Question of the Day™ : What was it like to make the switch from Founder to Investor? The Single Greatest Piece of Advice: Members of the "A-list" can <a href="https://siskar.memberful.com/account/downloads" rel="noopener nofollow" target="_blank">listen to exclusive A-list bonus clips here! </a>If you are not a member yet be sure to <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">join the Ambition Today A-list</a>! Quote Of The Episode:  “Relationship in businesses are critical, it takes time to build relationships…” Links from this episode: <ul> <li> <a href="https://www.rightclickcapital.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Right Click Capital</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminchong/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin’s LinkedIn</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/benjaminchong?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Benjamin’s Twitter</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://twitter.com/rightclickvc?lang=en" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Follow Right Click Capital</a> </li> <li> <a href="https://fi.co/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Founder Institute</a> </li> <li> <a href="siskar.co/wework" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">We Work</a> </li> <li> <a href="http://www.audibletrial.com/AmbitionToday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Audible</a> </li> </ul> ========== Ambition Today Is Proudly Independent &amp; Supported By: <a href="https://trustfinta.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Finta</a> - A secure, deal room platform for early-stage companies. Quickly set up your company and you’ve got a blazing fast tool for organizing your fundraise and securing your sensitive company information. House your pitch deck, secure your legal documents, organize your cap table, notify target investors, and close deals faster! Finta allows you to raise more, save time, and increase your efficiency. <a href="https://www.siskar.co/alist" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The A-List</a> - Join the podcast’s backchannel for exclusive access to learn the single greatest piece of advice each guest has ever learned! Plus additional Ambition Today content, deeper guest insights, a community of fellow fans, and much more. Visit Ambition Today on the Web: <a href="http://www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">www.siskar.co/ambitiontoday</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Twitter: <a href="http://twitter.com/TheSiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">twitter.com/TheSiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Instagram: <a href="http://instagram.com/thesiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">instagram.com/thesiskar</a> Follow Kevin Siskar on Facebook: <a href="http://facebook.com/kevin.siskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">facebook.com/kevin.siskar</a> Add Kevin Siskar on Snapchat: <a href="http://snapchat.com/add/krsiskar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">snapchat.com/add/krsiskar</a> Kevin Siskar brings you ambitious entrepreneurs inspired by Tim Ferriss Show, How I Built This with Guy Raz, Residual Income, Entrepreneur on Fire, NPR, HBR, TED Radio Hour, the StartUp podcast with Alex Blumberg by Gimlet Media, Pat Flynn, Tony Robbins, The Uncertain Hour, Bigger Pockets, Art of Charm, Dave Ramsey, Planet Money, Jocko Podcast, EntreLeadership, Zigler, APM Marketplace, This Week In Startups with Jason Calacanis, Mixergy, Seth Godin, Joe Rogan Experience, GaryVee, James Altucher, Monocle 24, How to Start a Startup, Crooked Media, and The $100 MBA Show with Omar Zenhom, and Casey Neistat. Be sure to listen and subscribe to Ambition Today in the iTunes Store for iOS (<a href="http://apple.co/1NRRPzL" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">apple.co/1NRRPzL</a>), on Google Play Music (<a href="http://goo.gl/LmmciJ" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">goo.gl/LmmciJ</a>), or on Stitcher for Android (<a href="http://bit.ly/1Rn01dy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">bit.ly/1Rn01dy</a>).

Australia's Benjamin Chong Helps Startups Excel With Right Click Capital

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