Culture: Founders, Entrepreneurs & Innovators

Talking with Ben Wright the CEO Founder of Velocity Global the 4th Fastest Growing Private Company on the Inc. 5000 List. Ben discussing the importance of company Culture, hiring 10’s and helping companies grow internationally. We talk about the starting Velocity Global, the importance of speed, hiring talent, best advice received, protips for growth, favorite books, music and his words to live by.   Velocity Global is an international employment services firm ensuring companies get the fastest entry into market, reduce costs, and maintain the highest level of flexibility by adjusting to your business demands. https://velocityglobal.com/ https://twitter.com/velocity_global https://www.linkedin.com/in/bentwright/

Michael 'President' Anderson the CEO & Founder of MPAC Solutions sits down to discuss Venture Capital, FinTech, Investing, Advising and creating Investment Funds to Empowering Communities. Working his way up through Harvard, Wharton Grad, Wall Street to founding his own businesses and Michael talks through navigating his portal of high net worth individuals to reinvest into sustainable innovation.  Be Fearless.  Insta: https://www.instagram.com/presidentquadrillions/  https://www.mpacsolutions.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/presidentmpac/   

Tanya Zuckerbrot, MS, RD the Founder & CEO of the popular F-Factor diet talks about her humble beginnings  from selling rocks in her front yard to starting one of the most popular weight loss and health programs in the world. Tanya educates us on the benefits of a Fiber based diet and how she started her own private health practice in NYC. We also learn about her mentors which include Maye Musk (Yes Elon's mom) and her advice on being your best self.   “Through education you empower and through empowerment you inspire!” IG: @tanyazuckerbrot @f_factor https://www.ffactor.com/  

Discussion with Whats the Move NYC, Founder and CEO Taqee Bond. The Bronx Native talks about his NYC Social Platform that is helping NYers find the best daily events in TriState including festivals, music, food and nightlife. Taqee explains how he made the leap into the business from the first steps to building a team, the impact of his mentor Combat Jack and the importance of focusing on your strengths. “Your Network equals your Net Worth” Books: Grit: The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth The subtle art of not giving a f*ck by Mark MansonMusic - Nipsey Hustle - Album Victory Lap   Social Handles : @taqeebond @whatsthemovenyc https://twitter.com/WhatsTheMoveNYC http://whatsthemovenyc.com

Interview with StartUp Founder Michael Marra, CEO of the ME GROUP that's providing the next generation with cutting edge community, education, and self development. Michael has created a network, ENTRE which is the hub for entrepreneurs to connect, learn and build businesses together. We talk how he built this network of Entrepreneurs, helping founders find their passion, and how to build a business in a day. Entrepreneurship is a long road with ups and downs but its important to "have the willingness the learn and change".  ENTRE host networking nights with start ups, VC's and business Founders from Miami, Pittsburg to NYC.  Sign up the Entre StartUp Founders Night w/ VC Panel Here.  Enter "Entre" for $5 off -  https://www.eventbrite.com/e/startup-founders-night-with-vc-panel-tickets-51730675844#tickets  Insta: @Entre__ Email: michael@joinentre.com  Facebook ME Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/entreplatform/ 

A discussion with Adnan Pirzada and Tristan McCormick, the CoFounders of Clarify. Clarify is education technology company building a way to help schools and teachers make better sense of students data.  Tristan a software engineer and Adnan a teacher looking to innovate the education system, talk about how they built their product, how it's helping teachers and the future of technology in the classroom.  http://www.clarify.school/ Connect with the CoFounders on LinkedIn:   https://www.linkedin.com/in/tristanmccormick/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/adpirz/  

Carlo is a serial entrepreneur who launched his first successful business in college, helping bring thousands of customers to local venues throughout Miami. He has helped build or grow startups of all sizes ranging from pre-development stage startups to Groupon. Most notably, he helped build Groupon Japan, turning it into one of the company's largest and most successful international markets in just two months. He is currently the Founder & CEO of SELECT, a private membership community and concierge service that provides access to exclusive events, insider pricing and VIP perks at thousands of locations. SELECT partners with top rated local restaurants and nightlife venues as well as premier global brands in travel, retail, entertainment & more. SELECT's 15,000+ members receive exclusive benefits at over 600,000 partner locations. SELECT works with numerous leading brands across industries including TAO Group, H.Wood Group, SBE, The One Group, Lululemon, Bose, Hyatt, Kimpton, Priceline, Hawaiian Airli

Talking with Nick Woodhouse, President & CMO of Authentic Brands Group (ABG). We discuss his early business experience, the company culture his team is building and growing the celebrity entertainment fashion brand ownership company.  "When you’re green you're Growing & when your ripe you’re rotting. Be Green" - Nick Woodhouse Authentic Brands Group owns such consumers brands as Juicy Couture, Jones New York, Elvis Presley, Muhammad Ali, Marilyn Monroe, Michael Jackson (manages), Nine West, Nautica, Hickey Freeman, Aeropostale, Airwalk & Prince.  www.authenticbrandsgroup.com YouTube Link to the Culture Show w/ Nick Woodhouse: https://youtu.be/zpQ5qUJgWWw   

Conversation with Jeff Berman a General Partner at Camber Creek. We discuss the Property Technology (PropTech) world, what he is looking for in founders and companies when investing,  tips for growth and Flame Throwers. Camber Creek is a venture capital firm providing strategic value and capital to operating technology companies focused on the real estate market. http://www.cambercreek.com/ Twitter: @Camber_Creek Jeff on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffrey-e-berman-7bbb0b4/    Recommended Book: Black Swan  https://www.amazon.com/Black-Swan-Improbable-Robustness-Fragility/dp/081297381X   www.CharlieNYC.com 

In this special episode we go back and hear all the previous guests protips and advice on growth both professionally and personally. Hear the Founders of Venmo, the USA Network, Brooklyn Boulders, VaynerSports and many others including VC's .    Please leave a comment and let me know what you think of this special episode! Thanks    www.CharlieNYC.com 

Jason Fox is the CEO & Founder EarBuds Music, a social music platform that offers fans a way to connect with their favorite athletes and musicians to share moments. The idea came from when Jason played in the NFL and saw Cam Newton warming up across the field jamming with his headphones on. What was he listening to? Jason wanted to find out and share it with fans across the world.  Jason is a natural born leader who has built a solid team around him and is looking to grow EarBuds Music across the globe by connecting fans and friends through sharing music.    Website: https://earbudsmusic.comInsta: @EarBudsMusicTwitter: @EarBudsLive Recommended Book: Traction: How to run your business https://www.amazon.com/Traction-Get-Grip-Your-Business/dp/1936661837

Travis Grillo took his grandfather's pickle recipe and turned it into a multi-million dollar business. Started from a selling single pickle spears from a wooden pushcart in Downtown Boston, he worked his way up to be featured in Fenway Park and snuck his way into WholeFoods. Travis has taken his marketing and promotional skills to the next level to gain mass attention to his pickle brand. Travis is a true entrepreneur and hustler that provides amazing inspiration and motivation to those looking to build their own business. www.grillospickles.com ww.instagram.com/grillospickles https://twitter.com/GrillosPickles https://www.youtube.com/user/grillospickles/featured https://www.facebook.com/GrillosPickles/ contact: info@grillospickles.com

Kay Koplovitz Founded the USA Network and is currently the CoFounder & Managing Director of the Springboard Growth Capital. She is the Chairman of Springboard Enterprises, a non-profit accelerator that has fostered the investment of more than $8.3 billion in women-led firms, and has served as its Chairman since inception. Kay acted at CEO and Chairman of the USA Network, the Sci-Fi Channel, and USA Networks International which today is multi-billion dollar television cable television networks. Ms. Koplovitz ran the company for 21 years before stepping down in 1998, at which time it was sold for $4.5 billion. Not a bad run! "Great to be lucky but you make your own luck, its when preparation and opportunity converge, you can get really lucky." -KK https://sb.co springboardgc.com https://twitter.com/KayKoplovitz Author of Been There, Run That & Bold Women, Big Ideas. Link Below. https://www.amazon.com/Kay-Koplovitz/e/B001K8ESGS/ref=dp_byline_cont_book_1

Jeanne Sullivan has been described in Forbes as “one of the women VCs changing the world – grooming the next generation of female entrepreneurs”. Jeanne is a General Partner at The Arcview Group and is a fierce advocate for legalization and regulation of the Cannabis industry. Jeanne talks about her philosophy on business life, mentoring growing entrepreneurs, raising capital, and her words to live by. Jeanne is an experienced keynote speaker on tech and the growing cannabis industry. https://arcviewgroup.com Twitter: @gianna2122 https://ense.nyc/jeanne_q_of_g

Discussion w/ ConCreates CoFounders Vincent Bragg and Janeya Griffin about giving inmates a purpose and helping rehabilitate into contributing members of society. ConCreates is a unique Creative Agency that crowd sources its ideas from the untapped talent pool currently locked up behind bars. Vincent Bragg, the Co-Founder and CEO of Concreates, has shaken off the title of Felon & redefined himself as an executive and innovator. Bragg has over 15 years’ experience in the entertainment and marketing industry, leading dozens of teams and overseeing hundreds of projects, including raising the listenership of X-Radio.Biz by over 37 million listeners during his time as VP of Marketing. Janeya Griffin, CoFounder & Chief Innovation Strategist of ConCreates balances her work with her day job at the National Aeronautics Space Agency (NASA). Her direct ties to this nation’s criminal justice system stem from her life story, where both of her parents were incarcerated at the young age of 16, leaving her to tempora

Pete Gibaldi is the Founder & Host of the Premium Pete Show, CoFounder of YouGottaEatThis! and Founder SneakerTube. Pete talks about growing up in Brooklyn, starting in the podcast world from the Combat Jack Show and love for NYC pizza. He gives some inspiring pro tips, preaches never to question your passion and talks about lessons learned from his mentor Reggie Ossé. The Premium Pete Show is packed with captivating culture and the essence of optimistic growth. Premium Pete is devoted to creating comedic, momentous, and thought provoking conversations with established & notable figures around pop culture, family, entrepreneurial growth and more. The Premium Pete Show ™ New episodes drop every Thursday http://thepremiumpeteshow.com/ You Gotta Eat This! (YGET) is a website and digital platform dedicated to featuring food content from all across the world. Rap Legend Bun B and Tastemaker Premium Pete combined their talents to create www.YouGottaEatThis.com Premium Pete on Social Twitter: https://twitter

Christian Wierød talks digitalization and automation of the residential rental market from Norway and breaking into the NYC market. Christian was a squad leader in the Norwegian Armed Forces, a tour guide around the world, and a club coach ski instructor in Canada. We talk about the inception of Unite Living, lessons he learned along the journey, ProTips for growth, book recommendations and shares awesome Norwegian Folk Tales. Unite Living https://uniteliving.com/ Instagram: @uniteliving Twitter: @UniteLiving Facebook: www.facebook.com/uniteliving

Special Episode Highlighting The Ignitia Open Pitch Competition. On Wednesday June 20th, 2018 Ignitia Office held their first annual pitch competition that featured the 7 finalist competing for $20,000 grand prize consisting of $10,000 in coworking space and $10,000 in cash. Below are the following contestants that we spoke with prior to the big pitch. Padspin, Inc. - Finding an apartment can be a real nightmare. Padspin helps cut down on the pain of the apartment hunt by cutting back broker fees and helps connect residential tenants and landlords directly and efficiently. Founded By Jeff Segal. https://padspin.com/ Geopipe, Inc. - Creates Immersive Virtual copies of real world built by algorithms, instantly downloadable for simulations, games architecture and beyond. Geopipe was Founded by 2 computer scientists Christopher Mitchell- Founder-CEO (PHD NYU) and Thomas Dickerson Founder-CSO (PHD candidate Brown). https://geopi.pe/ Lilu, Inc. is building the next generation of mom-tech products to help mothers pu

Andrew Ackerman Managing Director at Dreamt Ventures, one of the Top 5 accelerators in the world. Andrew is in charge of UrbanTech at Dreamit and investing, advising & mentoring Post-Seed start-up companies. Andrew previously founded Bunk1 and consulted at Booze Allen. Andrew talks about the qualities he likes to see when investing in companies, Dreamit Ventures customer emergence program, what separates his VC from others and finding that “one sentence” that hits the problem, solution & what makes you awesome! Dreamit Ventures Dreamit is a top-10 ranked global accelerator and venture capital firm. Dreamit drives traction and business velocity by providing startups with access to investors, a sales pipeline and a network of resources. Founded in 2008, Dreamit portfolio includes over 300 breakthrough technology companies across a variety of industry verticals. www.dreamit.com Andrew on Social Tiwtter: @andrewackerman

Interview w/ Trevor Sumner CEO at Perch Interactive. Previously Trevor was the President, CMO and CoFounder of LocalVox, a local social & mobile marketing platform for local businesses that was named one of the top startups in NYC by Business Insider, Forbes and Huffington Post, & was acquired by The Blackstone Group. Trevor is a NYC-based entrepreneur, product and marketing executive and recognized startup advisor and angel. We discuss growing up in NYC, tips for the hiring process with 'TopGrading', growing startups, being methodical, the company culture at Perch and words to live by aka the Trevorisms. Also Trevor tells a few great stories that include a live or death situation while scuba diving in Antartica. Perch is the leader in interactive retail marketing technology with proprietary 3D sensing technology and cloud platform enable traditional retail displays to detect and react whenever a customer approaches, touches or picks up a product - and deliver an experience that surprises and delights