Action And Ambition

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Paul Adrian. Paul is the founder and CEO of Mojo Skin & Haircare, the British premium hair styling and grooming brand which has innovated & disrupted the men’s hair category within the FMCG space in the UK & internationally. It is the private challenger brand in the category taking on the major global players in the FMCG space. A career advertising veteran, he set up the company at the age of 49. Prior to setting up the business, he spent several years in the lifestyle and beauty industry including at King of Shaves (a men’s skincare brand) to scale the brand. The genesis for the company was a gap in the FMCG sector for affordable but premium hair care product range. Paul blended science and beauty and created a pro-salon styling product with a luxurious fragrance and so started the Mojo journey. You're going to love this episode, let's get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Philip Lanos. Chef Ming Tsai, a world-renowned Chinese-American chef, restaurateur, cookbook author, James Beard award winner, Emmy Award winner, and host of the longest-running cooking show on PBS, today announced the highly anticipated launch of his first consumer packaged food product, MingsBings. MingsBings are vegan, gluten-free, food allergen-friendly, contain 6 grams of protein per Bing, and are available for purchase nationwide. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! How is it going in the world of restaurants these days? (0:21) Ming states that the restaurant industry has disseminated. COVID hit the restaurant industry particularly hard. The statistics are horrible, with 50 to 75% of moms and pops in the country will not reopen.  Ming says that he has been one of the casualties; he had to pull back into downtown Boston, a proud food pantry, through May 30. For three months, all they did was feed all unemployed restauran

Personal Development Company With Over 200k Clients in Over 83 Countries Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Calvin Coyles is the CEO and Founder of WILD Success, A global Coaching and Personal development company with over 200k clients in 83 countries. For the past decade, he’s helped people live life on their terms through his signature “WILD Method.” He’s an international speaker, 3x best-selling author, and self-made multimillionaire. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! How did Calvin get to where he is now? (1:43) Calvin does not believe himself to be a great coach. He does, however, think himself a good speaker and trainer, but he does not have enough patience for coaching. Traditionally coaching is about your clients telling you about their problems, and then the coach asks a lot of questions to help their clients figure out the answer.  Calvin likes to tell people the answer immediately. He is impatient like that, but he knew from an earl

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today's guests are Knowledgehook's cofounders, Travis Ratnam and Qamar Qureshi. Knowledgehook, is a leading educational technology company, that empowers hundreds of thousands of teachers and parents to collaboratively support the mathematics learning journey of millions of students worldwide. Winner of Google’s Game Changer Award and named Top Disruptor by BNN, its platform analyses student understanding through engaging assessments, providing real-time personalized solutions to close learning gaps between classroom teaching and at-home learning. Designed by leading numeracy and research experts, Knowledgehook’s Instructional Guidance System is known for reinventing how online technology supports education and educators while inspiring the problem solvers of tomorrow. You're going to love this episode!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today's guest is Oren Schneider. He is the CEO of CIRCA, the leading global buyer of pre-owned high-end jewelry and watches. He also co-founded Adama Partners, an operational venture firm focused on the global gem and jewelry industry. Among Adama’s business interests are Blue Nile, the world’s largest e-commerce engagement ring retailer. Prior to co-founding Adama Partners, Mr. Schneider worked at Bain & Company where he focused on private equity due diligence engagements in the internet, telecom, media, and financial institution industries. Prior to Bain & Company, Mr. Schneider co-founded and was EVP of Business Development for Infra-Com Technologies, a fabless wireless chip company. Mr. Schneider holds an MBA from Columbia University Business School and an LLB, BA in Economics from Tel Aviv University. You're going to love this episode!

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Andrew L. Nehlig, the founder of Sauna House. He is an entrepreneur who is focused on increasing the mental and physical well-being of humans through sauna, cold therapy, breathwork, meditation and technology detoxing experiences. His life totally changed after he got sober and tried cold immersion for the first time. Since then, he's been inspired to make preventative wellness more accessible to the general public by creating community wellness spaces and online resources. You're going to love this episode.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Alex Pollak. He is the CEO and President of ParaDocs Worldwide Inc a global medical company that provides on-site medical services for events and venues. Most recently ParaDocs has shifted focus to help businesses and events return safely by providing covid compliance, health screenings, and covid testing. Alex is an NYC paramedic, holds an MBA in Finance and International Business, and is a Lean Six Sigma BlackBelt. You're going to love this episode.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Anna Banicevic. Anna Banicevic is the CEO and Co-Founder of Zizoo, the leading boat holiday platform, offering over 35,000 boats across more than 500 destinations worldwide.Anna Banicevic is the CEO and Co-Founder of Zizoo, the leading boat holiday platform, offering over 35,000 boats across more than 500 destinations worldwide

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Danelle Delgado is an entrepreneur and focused on developing exceptional entrepreneurs. As the owner of Life Intended, which delivers world-class training designed to equip driven individuals with tools to take action & attain the results they desire in life, business & beyond, she helps people raise the bar and achieve their most significant potential monetary equivalent. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! What were the lessons that Danelle learned on the hero’s journey? (2:10) Every little girl has those incredible dreams of making a list and checking things off of it. They have a plan that everything will be unique, and she truly believes she would be married, have kids, and the dog with the house and the holidays.  They all dream of all these fantastic things, and one tiny decision can change all of that, and in a moment, Danelle went from this joy tornado to an outraged and broken person who was t

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Trinny Woodall, founder and CEO of the disruptive beauty brand Trinny London has had a successful twenty-year career in the media. She established herself as a fashion advisor, initially as a columnist for The Daily Telegraph, and later as a co-host for What Not to Wear and The Trinny and Susannah makeover shows, filmed across 20 countries. Trinny has spent her career helping people find their most flattering styles, the best skincare, and perfectly matched, foolproof makeup. In 2017, equipped with her unique idea of portable stackable premium makeup, she founded the highly successful beauty brand Trinny London. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! What can someone do to draft a potential workshop or webpage of what they could be? How do they set themselves apart from the rest? (3:12) For Trinny, it is easy to think back retrospectively and think what the consistent thing that always brought her joy was. Looking

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Today’s guest is Justin Abrams! Justin Abrams is all at once the CEO of FlagshipRTL vying to reinvent retail by bridging luxury brands with commercial real estate opportunities, a marketing mogul with skills honed from an impressive 8+ years at Red Bull, and a practicing classical cellist who has performed all over the world. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! What was life like before RTL? (2:22) Justin was at Red Bull for roughly 10 years before Flagship. He was studying in Montreal, the only place he likes living outside of New York City. He was a music major, and he was studying with an incredible teacher at the time.  To satisfy the business outlet, he decided to explore opportunities, and Red Bull came up. Justin was a student brand manager for the company. He said it was an incredible experience.  If you take it seriously, which Justin did, you become a GM or CEO of college canvas. You’re looking at sal

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Heather Terenzio is the founder and CEO of Techtonic, the premier partner for custom software development that changes how tech talent is sourced, trained, and hired. After being unable to shake the feeling that something big was missing from the tech industry diversity. Terenzio decided to be a part of the solution, launching Techtonic’s Software Development Apprenticeship Program in 2016. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! Who is Heather, and what is she about? (0:23) She is the founder of TechTonic, which is based in Boulder, Colorado. They are a software development company that has been around for 15 years. Five years ago, they started an apprenticeship program to train people from different backgrounds on how to be software developers.  Heather says they struggle with diversity quite a bit because everybody has a different definition of what diversity means for them personally. They started originally wit

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Silvina Moschini is the Co-founder & President of Transparent Business as well as the Founder & CEO of SheWorks! An award-winning serial entrepreneur, international speaker, and author, Silvina Moschini has established herself as one of the foremost experts on the digital economy and how the fourth industrial revolution is transforming the global workforce, empowering women accelerating government reform across the world. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! Who is Silvina, and what is she about? (0:23) Silvina was born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, and she is a technology entrepreneur. She is super passionate about technologies that specialize in future work now with the presence of COVID.  She is the CEO and Founder of SheWorks, which is a platform to help professional women find remote jobs, and she is also the founder of Transparent Business, which is a platform to help companies bring transparency and

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Alexi is the co-founder and CEO of BetterUp, the first leadership development platform to connect coaching to sustainable behavior change. Recognized as a leadership and development innovator, As CEO, Alexi leads BetterUp on its mission to enable all professionals to live with greater clarity, purpose, and passion. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! What is the most significant value addition people receive from being coached? (1:53) Alexi never had a formal coach, but they did have mentors like a board of directors. Alexi was mentoring high school students and sometimes coaching them after school.  However, Alexi was in a position where he needed help, and he didn’t know where to find it. He did not know at the time about 7-8 years ago. He knew he did not need a therapist because it was not a clinical need.  He tried an executive coach, and he tried a few sessions, but the price was astronomical, and he could

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Today’s guest is Michael Stausholm. Michael Stausholm is the founder of Sprout. Since the company was founded in 2013, Sprout has sold more than 25 million plantable pencils in more than 80 countries from its head office in Denmark. Michael Stausholm began his career in the shipping industry, working for A.P. Møller/Mærsk, and traveled to Indonesia in 1993, where he lived for 14 years. His most significant interests are green entrepreneurship and sustainability. Between 1996 and 2006, he worked for Nike and Walmart companies, helping them establish more sustainable and responsible textile production processes.  You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! What has been Michael’s past experiences with podcasts? (2:32) The way Michael usually prefers a conversation over an interview.  He thinks Interviews are things you can just Google, but a conversation is like an audience is a fly on the wall, and they weren’t supposed

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Today’s guest is Ayaan Naqvi. Ayaan is a 12-year-old kid-entrepreneur born and raised in Shelton, CT. Ayaan and his family are known for being the local family who made it into “the tank” for their product, Kudo Banz. Following his family’s footsteps, Ayaan has big dreams of going back to Shark Tank for his invention. Ornament Anchor. is the founder of Ornament anchor, which keeps your ornament from falling off the tree, keeping them in place, making sure they’re secure. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Phillip Lanos. Today’s guests are Tommy Alastra and Hugo McDonaugh. Tommy Alastra is a producer and actor, known for The Iceman (2012), Dallas in Wonderland, and Jackals (2017). Tommy is the co-founder of Cryptograph.  Hugo McDonaugh graduated from Warwick University back in 2013. He went on to work in wealth management at the C. Hoare & Co. private bank in London. After a year of working there, he decided to pursue a master’s at ICBS, which is where he met fellow Cryptograph co-founders. Hugo is a big believer in the idea of sustainable philanthropy, and he is the Director of an Education technology and consultancy business that works between the UK and China. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it! How did Cryptograph come to be? (0:37) Back in late 2017, NFT tokenization on unique content was getting started on Aetherium.  Hugo and two of his co-founders were looking at the space and decided they had to do something there.

Today's sponsor is Green Chef(https://www.greenchef.com/). Go to GreenChef.com/action80 and use code action80 to get $80 off including free shipping! Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today's guest is Nick Graham, travel expert and head of online travel site Hotwire. As the brand gears up to celebrate its 20th anniversary, we talk all things travel, digital, and the internet. Since its inception in 2000, Hotwire has evolved constantly to accommodate ever-shifting traveler preferences and trends––with countless innovations to stay ahead of the curve, and ultimately solidify its place in the market as the last-minute booking go-to for millennials. Amid a rapidly changing travel scape, Nick speaks to the key evolutions and travel trends impacting the industry over the years, including the rise of last-minute and on-the-go booking, the rise of the domestic “quickie” trip, and much more. He also shares how the business has evolved over the last 20 years, including the impact of the recent pandem

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Eve Goldberg. She's an amazing entrepreneur with a huge heart. Eve founded BIGVISION in January 2015, a year after her 23-year-old son, Isaac, passed from an accidental drug overdose. She was motivated to do something to help young adults in recovery learn to live fun, meaningful, sober lives. You're going to love this epside.

Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Ross Gordon. Ross is the CEO of Catch Co, a company selling products and experiences for the modern angler. Ross turned his hobby into a lifelong dream, and the company is very keen on helping others to explore their passions. Catch Co’s “hero” product is the Mystery Tackle Box. The product is a monthly subscription box with an expertly curated selection of the best bait and tackle to succeed at the local fishing hole. You're going to love this episode, let's get to it!