Action And Ambition

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Rylie Maeder and Dr. Jonathan Vaught. 14-year-old Rylie is the founder of Rylie’s Smile Foundation, which educates families about medicinal cannabis and helps provide access to it. She’s also the CEO of Rylie’s Sunshine Botanical Supplements providing safe, natural, clinically tested solutions. Dr. Jonathan Vaught is the CEO and co-founder of Front Range Biosciences, an agricultural biotechnology focusing on developing new medical cannabis and hemp varieties. Rylie and Dr. Vaught joined forces to discover which hemp varieties grow best in the Mid-Atlantic region where Rylie lives. Listen to discover Rylie’s personal journey with medicinal cannabis and how it saved her smile. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Ross Thompson, CEO and founder of COVAC Global, the first COVID travel company. Offering a membership program for U.S. business and leisure travelers, COVAC Global provides travelers with the highest level of confidence and protection for COVID-19. Ross has been experienced in intelligence, security, and crisis management since 2006. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Teddy Heidt, Founder & CEO of Chicago-based creative agency The Gauge Collective. Helping his clients pivot to virtual events and experiences like chef demos, mixology classes, and live music, Teddy is guiding his clients successfully through the pandemic. From cross collaboration brand giveaways to virtual fitness classes, Teddy’s ideas lead to increasing reach and engagement for his clients online. Hear how you can stay agile in this ever-changing world. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Jeremy Jackson. Former ‘Baywatch’ star Jeremy Jackson appeared in 159 episodes of Baywatch, more than any other actor apart from David Hasselhoff, playing Hobie Buchannon from season 2 through season 10 (1991–1999). Today, among his other pursuits, Jeremy is the head of Lifestyle Development for Pachamama and is a strong ambassador for the brand. PACHAMAMA is one-of-four CBD brands (out of 248) to receive the Purity Award from The Clean Label Project highlighting the commitment to crafting exceptional products. PACHAMAMA means “Mother Earth,” the giver of all life. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about how Jeremy overcame obstacles to unleash opportunity!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Taylor Shupe, co-founder of BooSocki, the first of its kind sock brand bringing local artists to the forefront while offering customers the chance to ‘Boo’ friends and family by gifting them an unexpected pair of comedic socks. A serial entrepreneur, Shupe also co-founded FutureStitch, a knitting facility challenging factory worker exploitation in the fashion industry. Learn about his sustainability initiatives, new techniques in workforce management, and just-in-time manufacturing process. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Josh Meah, founder and CEO of JoshMeah.com. A marketing specialist who designs and implements custom marketing campaigns in more than two dozen industries, Josh offers marketing innovations and fundamentals that can keep businesses alive during the pandemic. Specializing in small and mid-sized businesses, Josh curates five tips for small businesses: Listen to hear how to build your brand, deliver more value, and leverage email marketing. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Gavin Collier and Jordan Erskine of Dynamic Blending, the global cosmetic company catering to each company through manufacturing. With Gavin’s chemistry-emphasized biology degree AND his J.D. coupled with Jordan’s MBA AND entrepreneurial co-founding of multiple manufacturing/R&D-focused businesses make for a dynamic duo – or Dynamic Blending – offering the only true turnkey solution in contract manufacturing. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today’s guest is Andrea Albright. Andrea is a renowned entrepreneur and publishing thought leader. She is the Founder and CEO of Beverly Hills Publishing, where she helps authors publish books with meaning. She is the author of 25+ books, and has been featured in CBS News, FOX, NBC, ABC, Medium, Oxygen. In this episode, she discusses mental clarity and how to separate your ego when launching books and products. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today’s guest is Julia Lytle, who is a self-proclaimed brand catalyst. Julia’s love for socializing long ago developed into a passion for connecting people and brands with symbiotic goals. Since graduating from Boston University’s College of Communication in 2014, she has worked in public relations, digital & social media, and event marketing across a variety of industries, including nonprofit, consumer products, sports, and tech. Hear her tips, tricks, and tactics of how to generate PR in today's chaotic media landscape. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Samii Ryan, an influencer and entrepreneur, who grew her accessories and custom clothing brand from 35 retail stores to more than 650 in six months in 2018, followed by tripling revenue in the first eight months of 2020. After living in a homeless shelter throughout middle school, Samii is literally and figuratively the model for rags to riches. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Johnny Casali, 60, grew up on Huckleberry Hill Farms, the Humboldt County cannabis farm where today he grows 5,000 square feet — about 2,000 plants — of legal cannabis. He has an amazing story, riveted with ups, downs, a 10-year prison stint, and eternal redemption. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Mo Amin. Mo is the founder of Exclusive Calls. He's happily married, a serial entrepreneur, and living in Orange County in the beautiful state of California. He owns a yacht, and has built up a multi-million dollar company from the ground floor. He believes in positive energy and manifestation, as well as hard work and no excuses. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Andrew Scivally is CEO of eLearning Brothers. He helps companies create engaging, interactive, and inspiring eLearning content. Prior to eLearning Brothers, he worked at JP Morgan Chase and Zions Bank, where he managed learning and development teams and built online learning content. Andrew holds a BA degree in communications from Southern Utah University and an MS degree in computer education from the University of North Texas. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Stacy Kirk. Stacy is the Founder and CEO of two companies - QualityWorks Consulting Group and Posture. QualityWorks provides social impact web and mobile development, digital transformation, and quality innovation consultancy. She recently launched Posture, a Cybersecurity Officer-as-a-service platform that leverages analytics and automation to provide SMBs with an affordable option to quickly build a strong compliance program. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition I'm your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Deborah Deal and John Grizz. The sister-brother powerhouse team of Deborah Deal and John (Grizz) Deal have three decades of experience in tech commercialization and product development for their nine startups. Now focused on helping solve regional water crises around the globe, the Deals are compelling archetypes of doing well by doing good. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Evan Leaphart. Evan is the founder of Kiddie Kredit. Kiddie Kredit’s mission is to leverage technology to educate and empower future generations. Kiddie Kredit is driven to empower families through credit education. Healthy credit fuels power, freedom, and access. The app instills healthy credit habits by rewarding activity completion with a scoring system that simulates FICO. Learn more and download the app at www.kiddiekredit.com. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the investment space!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Silvina Moschini. Silvina is an award-winning serial entrepreneur focused on the digital transformation of the world of work, President and Founder of TransparentBusiness, and CEO and Founder of SheWorks! Silvina is a Linkedin influencer, a selected group of 500 personalities comprising Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Arianna Huffington, a contributor to the World Economic Forum's Agenda blog, and in 2019, she received the Equals In Tech Award in the leadership category, a global initiative by the United Nations, ITU & GSMA that gathers leading companies to distinguish the most innovative projects with global impact focused on bridging the unemployment gender gap through technology. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about how she pioneered remote work!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Cortney Woodruff and Cortez Bryant. Cortney Woodruff is a native of Jackson, Mississippi with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Economics from Alabama A&M University. Post undergrad and at the age of twenty-two years old, he attended IESE Business School in Barcelona Spain. For the past ten years, he’s operated his Venture-backed startup, www.Trainersvault.com, an online platform that provides software services to personal trainers and built it with operations that span across the US, Europe, and Asia. Cortez Bryant is Woodruff’s Co-Founder of Be-Great.Tv, Maverick Partner, The Blueprint Group Co - C.E.O., and Young Money Entertainment C.O.O. Cortez “Tez” Bryant became one of the entertainment industry’s pre-eminent managers through identifying and igniting the potential of game-changing outliers such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, Tiffany Haddish, Law Roach, Jesse Williams and more. An innate ab

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Chris Lane is the CMO of Airfield Supply Co., the largest single-site dispensary in the country. Founded as the South Bay Healing Center in 2010, it was originally a medical dispensary in serving patients. Placed near the San Jose Airport, the dispensary was renamed and rebranded Airfield Supply Co. in 2015, celebrating and evoking the look and feel of the glamorous days of air travel, when we dressed up for it. Pre-pandemic, Airfield saw 1,500 individual customers a day in its dispensary, 300 of whom had never been there before. While deemed “essential” by the state of California, dispensaries had to dramatically limit the number of customers visiting their physical storefronts beginning March 16, 2020. Airfield immediately ramped up its delivery efforts. It added four Teslas to its fleet of all-electric vehicles. Chris Lane calls this “Cannabis’ Amazon moment.” Previous to coming to Airfield, Chris was Fiverr’s Global Head of

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Alex Rowland. Alex is the co-founder and CEO of NewTropic, a premier cannabis manufacturer and supply chain company based out of Santa Rosa, CA. He also serves as the co-founder of Ensemble Brands, an accelerator for cannabinoid-infused product companies, and as co-founder of ANP Holdings, a financial services company focused on the cannabis and hemp markets. Prior to entering the cannabis and hemp markets, Alex founded several advertising technology companies, including Emerge Digital Group, which in 2013 was ranked both the 8th fastest growing business in the U.S. and the fastest growing company in California. Before his career in media, Alex founded USPowerSolutions, an enterprise SaaS company focused on the deregulated energy market, which ultimately sold to Green Mountain Energy in 2002. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the Cannabis space!