The Casey Adams Show
By Casey Adams
The Casey Adams ShowDec 24, 2019
Yahya Mokhtarzada - Co-Founder of Truebill Speaks on Getting Acquired For $1.275 Billion
Prior to cofounding Truebill Yahya served as VP of Business Development at Nanigans, an advertising technology platform focused on social and mobile channels. At Nanigans, Yahya executed platform licencing agreements with enterprise advertisers including Ebay, Zappos, EA, Zynga, Amazon and Wayfair.
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Learn more about Truebill: truebill.com
David Carpenter - How To Overcome Adversity & Find Quality Mentors
3LAU on The Future of NFT's, Web3, and Tokenized Music (royal.io)
Justin Blau, aka 3LAU, is the co-founded Royal.io, a marketplace that allows fans to buy partial ownership of songs as LDAs, or limited digital assets. The company just garnered $55 million in a Series A round that included support from Andreessen Horowitz’s a16z crypto fund, Coinbase, rapper Nas, and fellow electronic artists the Chainsmokers. 3LAU is formerly known as the world-renowned musician and producer, best known for his chart-topping hits and unique DJ style. Starting small at college fraternity parties, 3LAU quickly rose to fame, performing at sold-out shows around the world. Today, he has amassed over 1 billion music streams across Spotify, Soundcloud, YouTube, and other platforms.
Learn more about Royal: https://royal.io
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Blake Wynn on The Importance of Team Culture & Building Enclave & Key
Blake Wynn is the Founder of Enclave & Key, Global Ambassador for the LA Chargers, and former sneaker YouTuber with over 400,000+ subscribers. Enclave and Key has expanded into the world of talent management by connecting today's hottest brands with professional athletes, traditional celebrities and young influencers from around the world. On today's episode we talk about building team culture, the hardships that come with entrepreneurship, seeking mentors and much more!
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Mat Ishbia - CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage Speaks on Company Culture and Leadership
Mat Ishbia is the President and CEO of United Wholesale Mortgage the No. 1 wholesale mortgage lender in the nation for six years running and the No. 2 mortgage lender in the nation. Under Mat’s leadership, UWM has soared to new heights, becoming one of the most innovative lenders in the industry. With his focus on supporting independent mortgage brokers across the country and growing the wholesale channel, Mat has taken UWM from a 12-person company to a nearly 9,000 person team working together on one campus in Pontiac, Michigan. At the end of 2019, UWM broke the all-time record of wholesale volume in one year with over $107.7 billion in mortgage originations, while holding its title as the fastest-growing mortgage company in America. And in January 2021, Mat took UWM public in the largest SPAC deal ever (NYSE: UWMC), shining a spotlight on the entire wholesale mortgage channel and elevating the status and value of brokers nationwide.
Learn more about Mat Ishbia: https://www.uwm.com/about-ishbia
Derek Moneyberg - Why Sacrifice Is The Key To Success
Derek Moneyberg is a world renowned business coach and founder of moneyberg.com. During our conversation we talk about building wealth, why you need to study finance, and his entrepreneurial journey. Enjoy today's episode and make sure to leave a review on iTunes!
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Learn more about Derek: www.moneyberg.com
Duncan Cock Foster - Co-Founder of Nifty Gateway Explains The NFT Boom
Duncan Cock Foster is the co-founder of Nifty Gateway, one of the top NFT art-selling platforms. Duncan and his brother Griffin sold their site to crypto company Gemini in 2019. The Cock Foster twins started Nifty Gateway to mainstream what had been a highly technical subculture by, among other things, allowing civilians to buy nifties (on the Nifty Gateway website) with credit cards.
Learn more about Nifty Gateway: https://niftygateway.com
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Andy Stenzler - Co-Founder of Rumble
Andy Stenzler is the Co-Founder of Rumble. Rumble is a boxing-inspired group fitness concept with existing locations in NYC, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Washington DC, Chicago and Philadelphia. Rumble was acquired by Xponential, the largest purveyor of group fitness concepts in the world.
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Learn more about Andy: https://andrewstenzler.com/
Max Gomez - Co-Founder of Breathwrk
Today I interview Max Gomez, the Co-Founder of Breathwrk. The Breathwrk app offers easy to follow and highly effective guided breathing exercises that alleviate anxiety, promote sleep, increase energy, improve mood, and more!
Follow Max on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/maxgomez7/?hl=en
Learn more about Breathwrk today: https://www.breathwrk.com/
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David Meltzer - Empowering Over One Billion People To Be Happy
David Meltzer is the Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire.
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Learn more about David Meltzer: https://www.dmeltzer.com
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Jake DeCicco - Super Coffee, Backed by J. Lo and A-Rod, Nabs Over $500 Million Valuation
Today I sit down with one of the co-founder of Super Coffee, Jake DeCicco. By the end of 2020, the ready-to-drink coffee beverage company Super Coffee, cofounded by brothers Jordan, Jake and Jim DeCicco, had become the third most popular ready-to-drink coffee in America.
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Anthony Ricciardi - Coming A Celebrity Artist and Following Your Heart
Anthony Ricciardi is a celebrity artist and has painted for individuals such as Demi Lovato, Bad Bunny, Shaq, James Harden, Post Malone, Migos, and many more. Some of his art collaborations include Disney, Adidas, and Coors Light among other notable brands. Anthony recently painted at the launch party for my new company www.mediakits.com and it was such a pleasure having him.
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Andrew Diaz - The Journey To Becoming "The Stock Market Wolf"
Andrew Diaz is a stock trader since 2009, firearms practitioner, and a manager at Amgen. Amgen Inc. is an American multinational biopharmaceutical company headquartered in Thousand Oaks, California. One of the world's largest independent biotechnology companies. Andrew's story of becoming a stock trader is truly inspiring, enjoy today's episode!
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Ash Mokhber - Founder of KAHN™, A Premium Skincare Brand Focused on Clean Ingredients
Ash Mokhber is the founder of Kahn Skin. Kahn Skin removes the guesswork and confusion behind skincare. KAHN™ is a premium skincare brand that focuses on clean ingredients, a simple daily routine, and promoting long term habits for our health. As somebody who has dealt with severe acne, Kahn has become my go to daily skin care routine. Learn more at www.KahnSkin.com
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Jay Gould - Selling Yashi.com to Nexstar Broadcasting Group for $33 Million
Jay Gould is an American tech entrepreneur and the founder & CEO of Yashi. Gould is also an active angel investor, and has backed web-based startups including DogVacay, Tout, Buffer, and Fitocracy. Jay Gould and Caitlin Gould founded Yashi in 2007. Yashi became a location-focused advertising platform that targeted mobile and web video advertising. The company was named to Inc. Magazine's Inc. 5000 list of the Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America for four consecutive years from 2012–2015. Yashi was acquired by Nexstar Broadcasting Group on February 2, 2015, for $33 million.
Learn more about Jay Gould: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould_(entrepreneur)
Follow Jay Gould on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jaygould
Howard Marks - Founder of StartEngine & Co-Founder of Activision
Howard Marks is the founder and co-chair of StartEngine, Los Angeles' largest startup accelerator, determined to make LA a top tech entrepreneurial city. Marks was the founder and CEO of Acclaim Games (now owned by Disney), and the Co-Founder of Activision and Chairman of Activision Studios (1991-1997).
Learn more about Start Engine: https://www.startengine.com/
Follow Howard Marks on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/howardstartengine/?hl=en
Tom Ward - How writing for Forbes led to interviewing the biggest influencers in the world
Tom Ward is the host of "The Tom Ward Show" where he interviews the biggest influencers in the world, like: Emma Chamberlain, Addison Rae, Logan Paul, and more! Tom is a Key Account Manager for a Fortune 200 company and has been in sales for over 15 years. Tom started blogging about business, about five years ago, and had several articles go viral. An editor from Forbes saw them and invited him to write for them. Three years ago Tom interviewed Jake Paul for Forbes and had no idea what a YouTuber or an influencer was at the time. After posting the article, Jake shared it on social, it quickly got over 100,000 views.
Watch "The Tom Ward Show" on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/thetomwardshow/featured
Follow Tom Ward on Twitter: https://twitter.com/motdraw1
Learn more about Tom Ward: https://www.tomward.com/about
Benjamin Witte - Founder and CEO of Recess
Benjamin Witte is the founder and CEO of Recess, a New York-based startup that manufactures canned drinks containing CBD. As the brand soared in popularity on social media outlets, the company has navigated through uncertain CBD rules and regulations behind closed doors.
Dr. Brian Lima - A Cardiac Surgeon’s Inspiring Story of Success and Overcoming Adversity
As a leading heart transplant surgeon, Dr. Brian Lima’s life story is a testament to that mantra. He’s living proof that slow and steady still wins the race, and that the American Dream is alive and well. He persevered through countless challenges growing up in a Cuban immigrant family and defied the odds every step of the way. To fulfill his impossible dream, Dr. Lima opted for the road less traveled, enduring nearly twenty years of rigorous education and surgical training at some of the most prestigious institutions in the world. In Heart to Beat, Dr. Lima shares the lessons learned throughout his improbable rise to the pinnacle of success in the medical field. He breaks down the keys to advancing well beyond your comfort zone and perceived limitations, regardless of your field of interest. No dream is too far-fetched and his Heart Way approach to life will help unleash your full potential and surpass your wildest expectations!
Buy Dr. Brian Lima's book on Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/Heart-Beat-Inspiring-Overcoming-Adversity_The/dp/1950892352
Follow Dr. Brian Lima on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianlimamd
Drew Binsky - Traveling to 194 countries by 29 years old
Drew Binsky has been to 194 countries since 2012. He works as a full-time video maker and social media influencer, where his latest stops include Yemen, Afghanistan and South Sudan. The travel bug first hit Drew when he studied abroad in Prague during his junior year of college at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After having an incredible semester living in Europe and traveling to 20+ countries, he knew that he wanted to make a career out of travel. Two months after graduating college, Drew moved to a village in South Korea to teach English and he started a travel blog. After his teaching job ended, he began making daily travel videos around the world, where he’s now accumulated more than 1 billion combined views on Facebook and Youtube, along with over 4.6 million social media followers.
Learn more about Drew Binsky: https://www.drewbinsky.com/
Subscribe to Drew Binsky on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC0Ize0RLIbGdH5x4wI45G-A/featured
Marc Randolph - Co-founder of Netflix
Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix board of directors until retiring from the company in 2003. Marc’s career as an entrepreneur spans four decades. He’s founded or co-founded six other successful startups, mentored hundreds of early stage entrepreneurs, and as an investor has helped seed dozens of successful tech ventures (and just as many unsuccessful ones).
Learn more about Marc Randolph: https://marcrandolph.com
Listen to Marc's podcast: https://marcrandolph.com/podcasts/
Buy Marc's book, "That Will Never Work": https://marcrandolph.com/the-book/
Mike Vichich - Co-founder & CEO of Wisely
Today on the podcast I sat down with Mike Vichich, the co-founder and CEO of Wisely. Wisely is disrupting the restaurant industry by bridging the gap between customer data and customer experience, giving brands new ways to personalize and drive profits — at scale. Put merely, Wisely helps restaurants use data to curate a more personal experience for their guests (in-restaurant and online) and, in turn, boost profitability. Wisely's partnership is proven to drive results from the best run operations to the most effective marketing campaigns.
Learn more about Wisely: https://www.getwisely.com/
Monty Moran - Building Chipotle Into A $35B Business (with former CEO)
Monty Moran is the former co-CEO at Chipotle Mexican Grill. Prior to joining Chipotle, he was head of litigation and then managing partner and CEO at the Denver-based law firm of Messner and Reeves, LLC, which he led for ten years. Imagine you’re one of 75,000 people working in a huge company, and the CEO wants to talk to you, one-on-one, to get to know and understand you. That’s what Monty Moran did 20,000 times as he built the extraordinary culture that took Chipotle Mexican Grill from a regional burrito chain to a Fortune 500 superstar.
Buy Monty's new book, "Love Is Free, Guac Is Extra" https://www.amazon.com/Love-Free-Guac-Extra-Vulnerability-ebook/dp/B08DT4HBRV
Justin Kan - Twitch Co-founder Explains Why Amazon Bought Twitch For $970 Million
Justin Kan is an American internet entrepreneur and investor who co-founded the law-tech company Atrium where he served as CEO. He is the co-founder of live video platforms Justin.tv and Twitch, as well as the mobile social video application Socialcam. He was formerly a partner at Silicon Valley incubator Y Combinator. His attempt to broadcast his entire life at Justin.tv popularized the term "lifecasting". Kan also started a Reddit-style electronic music discovery platform, The Drop. He also contributes to the technology news site TechCrunch and co-founded Kiko Software, an Ajax based online calendar, with Emmett Shear. Kan graduated from Yale University in 2005 with degrees in physics and philosophy. On March 2019, along with Steve Chen he became advisor to Theta, a peer to peer video streaming platform that uses blockchain technology.
Subscribe to Justin Kan on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCfRtwc6K_VU9N4OjNnU2P7g
Julius Makarewicz - Founder & CEO at Nude Beverages
Nude is a ready-to-drink alcoholic beverage brand with just 100 calories that is sugar-free, sweetener-free, and carb-free, containing all-natural flavors. Nude’s flagship product, Nude Hard Seltzers, are available in the US in four delicious flavors and iced tea is rolling out as we speak! More than 85 million cans of Nude have been sold since the brand’s launch, and over $215,000 have been donated as part of their #pawsofnude pledge to support animals in need. Their goal is to donate $1,000,000 by 2023. The brand’s great success has allowed Makarewicz to now expand into the U.S. market, and reach a new group of future lovers of Nude.
A few stats about Nude in the Canadian Market that may be of interest:
- Nude is the #2 Low Calorie RTD in Alberta, +91%
- Nude Vodka Soda 12-pack Mixer is the #2 RTD in BC selling over 245,000 9L cases
- Nude has sold over 1 million cases alone in BC and holds 14% of the RTD market share
- Nude Gin holds 25% of the Gin RTD market share in BC
- Nude is the #1 Low Calorie RTD in the private channel in BC
- Nude is the #2 RTD Brand in BC
- Nude is the #1 New Canadian RTD and #2 New RTD brand overall in Ontario
- Nude is a nationally available RTD
DANNY - Selling CryptoPunk #6487 for $1,054,240 (550 ETH)
@seedphrase has bought CryptoPunk #6487 for 550 ETH ($1.05m). CryptoPunks first launched in June 2017 and were developed by a two-person team of Matt Hall and John Watkinson, at American Game Studio Larva Labs. They are 24×24 pixel art images that are algorithmically generated. CryptoPunks were released before CryptoKitties. They are innovators in the NFT space and were one of the inspirations for ERC-721 tokens - which unlike ERC-20 tokens, are all one-of-a-kind, (Brave New Coin).
Alex Adelman - Earn Free Bitcoin When You Shop With Lolli.com
Alex Adelman is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Lolli. Alex was previously the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of Cosmic (acquired by PopSugar, then Ebates). He was born in Charlotte, North Carolina and currently resides in New York, New York. He graduated from UNC-Chapel Hill with a degree in Economics.
Learn more at www.lolli.com
Follow Alex on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/alexadelman/?hl=en
Anthony Pompliano - The Future of Bitcoin & 2021 Predictions
Anthony Pompliano is a founder and partner at Morgan Creek Digital, a hedge fund which specializes in blockchain technology and digital assets, and backed by investment management firm Morgan Creek Capital.
Pompliano co-founded Morgan Creek Digital with Mark Yusko and Jason Williams in 2018. He also writes daily newsletters to institutional investors which provide a personal analysis of the daily news in the crypto industry, and he is the host of the podcast, Off the Chain. Prior to his involvement in the blockchain industry, Pompliano was a partner at Full Tilt Capital (later acquired by Morgan Creek Capital), and held roles at Snapchat and Facebook.
In 2018, crypto index provider Bitwise partnered with Morgan Creek Capital in 2018 to create the Digital Asset Index Fund, which offers the 10 largest digital assets by market capitalization. Funds are stored in cold storage, and Morgan Creek and Bitwise have committed to auditing the fund annually. Pompliano sits on the Index Policy Committee, which oversees the fund.
Follow Pomp on Twitter: https://twitter.com/APompliano
Follow Pomp on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/pompglobal/?hl=en
Nikhil Kamath - Meet India’s Youngest New Billionaire
Meet Nikhil Kamath, the 34-year-old Zerodha co-founder is a chess champion who dropped out of school at age 14. Nikhil Kamath co-founded India's largest trading brokerage in 2010 with his brother, Nithin. Over the last year, Zerodha—the name of which is derived from combining two words, zero and rodha (Sanskrit for barriers)—has seen its number of registered users double under the pandemic and reportedly has a daily turnover of $10 billion.
Learn more about Nikhil: https://zerodha.com/
How this 34-year-old chess champion became India’s youngest new billionaire:" https://www.cnbc.com/2021/01/12/zerod...
Kelly Rutherford - How Gossip Girl’s Kelly Rutherford Is Leading With Love And Gratitude
On today's podcast I sat down with Kelly Rutherford and talk about gossip girl, her acting career, leading with love, and finding inner peace. Kelly Rutherford is an American actress. She is known for her television roles as Stephanie "Sam" Whitmore on the NBC daytime soap opera Generations, as Megan Lewis on the Fox primetime soap opera Melrose Place, and as Lily van der Woodsen on the hit series, Gossip Girl.
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Jake Bullock - Co-Founder of Cann, A New THC Social Tonic
Today I sat down with Jake Bullock, the co-founder of Cann.
Learn more about Cann: https://shop.drinkcann.com/
TechCrunch Article: https://techcrunch.com/2020/01/21/cann-the-cannabis-infused-drink-company-moves-150000-units-and-raises-5-million/
Miami Mayor Francis Suarez - Investing Into Bitcoin & Creating The Most Crypto Forward City
During this exclusive interview Casey Adams and Miami Mayor Suarez spoke about the future of the Miami tech scene, creating the most crypto forward city, investing into Bitcoin, paying your taxes using crypto, and empowering entrepreneurs.
"On December 4th, investor Delian Asparouhov tweeted “ok guys hear me out, what if we move silicon valley to Miami”. Miami’s Mayor Francis Suarez crafted a reply heard around the tech world: “How can I help?”. Many founders mock that phrase as an investor cliche that often does not come through. But in the weeks since, Suarez has been on a tireless mission to attract talents of all types to South Beach."
Source: https://thehustle.co/mayor-francis-suarez-q-and-a-alex-garcia
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Josh Landan - From Filming To Getting Acquired by Miller Coors
Learn more about Ashland Hard Seltzer: www.ashlandhardseltzer.com/home
DJ Swivel - Grammy Award Winning Producer, Mixer and Songwriter
Jordan Young, known to many as DJ Swivel, is a Toronto-born, Grammy-winning producer, mixer and songwriter. He began his musical career in 2005 in New York City, under the mentorship of Duro, a well established mixer, producer and CEO of Desert Storm Records (Fabolous, DJ Clue). With Duro's tutelage, Swivel began working with a wide variety of artists including Jay-Z, Diddy, Pharrell, Britney Spears, and Fabolous. He is a prominent audio engineer best known for working with Beyoncé as her personal recording engineer. He has also worked with BTS, Jay-Z, Kanye West, Jay Sean among others.
Learn more about DJ Swivel: https://djswivel.com/home/#about
Follow DJ Swivel on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/djswivel/?hl=en
Ariel Garten - Creating MUSE, The Brain Sensing Headband
Ariel Garten: neuroscientist, innovator, and entrepreneur whose driving purpose is to empower and help others overcome mental obstacles in order to live healthy, happy lives and reach their maximum potential. Garten is one of the Founders of InteraXon, the makers of Muse: the brain sensing headband. Muse is the award-winning wearable technology that assists and trains meditation and mindfulness. Before founding InteraXon, Ariel was not only trained as a neuroscientist and psychotherapist, but also started her own international clothing line while she worked in labs researching Parkinson’s disease and hippocampal neurogenesis. Her creativity and entrepreneurial drive, combined with her fascination with the brain, lead her to bring together two like minded friends and together they founded InteraXon, a Silicon Valley backed startup that allowed people to control computers with their minds, the technology that sparked the creation of Muse.
Learn more about Muse: https://choosemuse.com/
Learn more about Ariel Garton: https://www.arielgarten.com/
Lisa Barnett - Co-Founder of Little Spoon
Lisa Barnett is the Co-Founder & President of Little Spoon, the fastest growing direct-to-consumer children’s food and nutrition company reinventing the modern parent’s experience of keeping their child healthy. She has been recognized as one of the ‘Women Changing the Food Industry’ by Well + Good, by Marie Claire as an ‘Power Woman of 2019, and by Forbes as 30 Under 30 in Venture Capital.
Learn more about Little Spoon: https://littlespoon.com
Ray Smith - Founder of BeApp
Today I sit down with the founder of BeApp, Ray Smith. BeApp has quickly become a top 10 app in the Apple App Store with over 1 million downloads to date with featured performances from Katy Perry, Miguel, Kaskade, DJ Khaled, Gryffin, Flosstradamus and more. BeApp brings your favorite artists, concerts, and festivals wherever you are in the world via live stream. BeApp isn't skimping out anywhere, they've spent millions on production and artists to create an awesome experience for fans all around the world. Nothing is pre-recorded, every performance is live, whether it's Kaskade DJing from the Grand Canyon or Katy Perry in her studio, BeApp strives to provide fans a fun way to experience the music they love in a safe and interactive way.
Download BeApp: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/beapp/id1502904214
Mark Victor Hansen - Creating "Chicken Soup for the Soul" & Selling 500 Million Books
Mark is widely known as an American inspirational and motivational speaker, trainer, author, serial entrepreneur, and member of multiple board of directors. He is best known as the founder and co-creator of the “Chicken Soup for the Soul” book series, with more than 500 million books sold. In the area of human potential, no one is better known and more respected than Mark Victor Hansen. For more than 44 years, he has focused solely on helping people and organizations reshape their personal vision of what’s possible. His powerful messages of possibility, opportunity, and action have helped create startling and powerful change in thousands of organizations and millions of individuals worldwide.
Crystal Dwyer Hansen is an international speaker, researcher, corporate consultant, author, and entrepreneur. Her expertise is in the field of human potential. Through her years spent as a Transformational Life Coach, and Wellness/Nutrition Expert, she has seen people experience profound and lasting transformation in relationships, career, health & wellness, by tapping into their own inner resources.
Learn more about Mark Victor Hansen: http://markvictorhansen.com/
Jordan DeCicco - Co-founder of Super Coffee
Today I sit down with my good friend Jordan DeCicco to talk about the growth of his company, Super Coffee. The company was started in 2015, when the youngest brother Jordan, who was a starting basketball player at Philadelphia University, started brewing coffee in his dorm room as a way to stay up late nights and manage a busy student athlete schedule. Once they turned it into a company, Jordan's brother Jim left his job as financial analyst for The Blackstone Group, the middle brother Jake stayed on for just one more year to get his undergraduate degree, and Jordan decided to drop out of school to accept the Peter Thiel Fellowship. The NY-based enterprise currently has 90 full-time employees and has seen an explosive growth in revenue since its inception.
Forbes Article: https://www.forbes.com/sites/igorbosilkovski/2020/09/25/jennifer-lopez-and-alex-rodriguez-invest-in-coffee-brand-super-coffee-cofounded-by-30-under-30-honorees/
Follow Jordan DeCicco on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jordan_decicco/?hl=en
Dennis Hegstad - Co-Founder of LiveRecover
Today I sat down with the Co-Founder of LiveRecover, Dennis Hegstad. LiveRecover contacts, engages, and converts your abandoned carts into sales for you over text message. Learn more about LiveRecover: https://liverecover.com/
Follow Dennis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/dennishegstad
Jesse Draper - Founder of Halogen Ventures
Jesse Draper is a mother of 2 boys, founding partner of Halogen Ventures as well as creator and host of Emmy nominated television series, The Valley Girl Show. Draper is a 4th generation venture capitalist focused on early stage investing in consumer technology companies led by female and co-ed teams. Among her 55 portfolio companies, are the Skimm, Glamsquad, Carbon38, HopSkipDrive, The Flex Company, Eloquii (recently sold to Walmart) and This is L (sold to P&G). She stars on SET's television series Meet the Draper's currently in it's second season. Draper was listed by Marie Claire magazine as one of the ‘50 Most Connected Women in America’. Draper has been a contributor to Marie Claire, Mashable, Forbes, and is a regular investor and tech personality on shows including TLC’s Girl Starter, The Katie Couric Show, Fox’s Good Day LA, CNBC’s Who Wants to Be the Next Millionaire Inventor? & Freeform’s Startup U.
Learn more about Halogen Ventures: https://halogenvc.com/
Follow Jesse Draper on Twitter: https://twitter.com/jessedraper
Follow Jesse Draper on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jessecdraper/
Tyler Winklevoss - Bitcoin To $500k & The Future of Cryptocurrency
Tyler Winklevoss is an investor, entrepreneur, and Olympian. He co-founded Winklevoss Capital to support entrepreneurs who have a powerful Why. To date, Winklevoss Capital has supported more than 75 startups led by founders with strong conviction and a differentiated point of view. In addition to investing, Tyler co-founded Gemini, a crypto platform, where he currently serves as its CEO. Tyler earned a degree in economics from Harvard University and an MBA from Oxford University’s Saïd Business School. In 2010, he was depicted in the Oscar-winning film The Social Network, about the early days of Facebook. In 2019, Tyler’s early journey as an investor and entrepreneur in bitcoin was captured by author Ben Mezrich in Bitcoin Billionaires.
Learn more about Winklevoss Capital: https://winklevosscapital.com/
Learn more about Gemini: https://gemini.com/
Follow Tyler Winklevoss on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tylerwinklevoss/?hl=en
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Ben Kaplan - The Creation of FuckJerry, What Do You Meme, and Dude With Sign
Today I sit down with Ben Kaplan, a partner at @FuckJerry and the creator of the viral game "What Do You Meme." We talk about his journey as an entrepreneur and have a conversation about the future of social media marketing, meme's, board games, and much more. Also, Ben likes to call himself the "Head of Security" of @DudeWithSign, the story of how they created this viral Instagram account is amazing, stay tuned. Enjoy the interview and comment down below what you think.
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Mooch - Navigating The Music Business As A Video Director
Today I sat down with my good friend Mooch and talked about his journey as a videographer / director. He's worked artists such as Iann Dior, Machine Gun Kelly, Travis Barker and has become one of the most sought after music video producers in the hip hop industry. He's incredibly talented and his story will inspire you, I hope you enjoy.
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Check out his recent videos:
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nguMffX_OFI
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BoKnLmBX43g
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PGlHkSHC_qw
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFL0hbsDdYg
- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VsjlqafrlFM
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Andrew D'souza - Co-Founder & CEO at Clearbanc; $1B invested in 3,300 + online businesses
Andrew D'souza has raised hundreds of millions of dollars in venture capital and is an adviser and investor to companies such as WealthSimple, Properly, and Tulip Retail. Prior to Clearbanc, Andrew was the president of Nymi, a wearable platform focussed on identity and security and the COO of education startup, TopHat. Andrew has a degree in Systems Design Engineering from the University of Waterloo.
Learn more about Clearbanc: https://clearbanc.com/
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Watch the full interview on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCDja3sNwZqEMgrn2rBHE44g?view_as=subscriber
Erik Huberman - Founder of Hawke Media
Today on Rise of The Young, we sit down with Erik Huberman. Erik is the founder and CEO of Hawke Media, the fastest growing marketing consultancy in the United States. Launched in 2014, Hawke Media has been valued at $75 million and has grown from seven to over 150 employees in three locations (Los Angeles, New York, and Boston). The company has serviced over 2000 brands of all sizes, ranging from startups like Tamara Mellon, SiO Beauty, and Bottlekeeper to household names like Red Bull, Verizon Wireless, and Alibaba. Hawke Media has taken home numerous industry awards including inclusion on the Inc. 5000 2020 list of “Fastest Growing Companies”, Fortune Magazine’s “50 Best Workplaces in Southern California” and Huberman was named The International Business Awards Entrepreneur of the Year in the field of Advertising, Marketing, & Public Relations.
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Brent Saunders - Former CEO of Allergan speaks on pandemic and $460M Vesper Health SPAC
Brent Saunders has over 25 years of experience in various aspects of healthcare and has been in leadership roles at several prominent global pharmaceutical and healthcare companies. Until May 2020, when it was acquired by AbbVie Inc. in a transaction valued at approximately $63 billion, Mr. Saunders served as Chairman, President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan plc. His role as President and Chief Executive Officer of Allergan began in July 2014 and his added role of Chairman began in October 2016. Mr. Saunders first role as an executive officer in the pharmaceuticals and healthcare sectors began in 2003, as a member of the executive management team at Schering-Plough Corporation, where he held several key roles, including President of the company’s Global Consumer Health Care division. While at Schering-Plough, Mr. Saunders led the integrations of the company’s $14 billion acquisition of Organon Biosciences N.V in 2007 as well as the merger between Schering-Plough and Merck & Co., Inc. in 2009. From March 2010 until August 2013, Mr. Saunders served as Chief Executive Officer of Bausch + Lomb Incorporated, a leading global eye health company, until its acquisition by Valeant Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in 2013. He then became the Chief Executive Officer of Forest Laboratories Inc., a role he held until the company’s merger with Actavis plc in 2014. Following the merger with Actavis, Mr. Saunders was named Chief Executive Officer of the combined business. In 2015, he led Actavis’ acquisition of Allergan, renaming the combined company Allergan Plc.
Learn more about Vesper Health: https://www.vesperhealth.com/
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Josh Richards - Sway LA, Angel Investing, and Podcasting
Today on Rise of The Young, we sit down with Josh Richards. Josh is a Canadian influencer, angel investor, and podcaster. He has a following of over 30 million across various platforms including Tik Tok, Instagram, Youtube, and Triller. He is the chief strategy officer of Triller and recently founded Ani Energy, an energy drink company, together with fellow Sway LA member Bryce Hall.
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Fatima Zaidi - The Future of Podcasting
Fatima Zaidi is the CEO and co-founder of Quill Inc., the world’s first one-stop marketplace where podcasters can find pre-vetted expert freelancers who will save them time, improve their podcast quality, and help grow their audience.
As a member of the National Speakers Bureau, Fatima has spoken at various events around the world on media and tech trends leading her to keynote on world stages alongside speakers like Gary Vaynerchuk, and most recently Richard Branson. In addition to being a commentator for BNN Bloomberg, she is a frequent contributor to publications including The Globe and Mail, and Huffington Post.
Over the past few years she has won two Top 30 under 30 awards, the Young Professional of the Year by Notable Life, and one of Flare Magazine’s Top 100 Women.
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Thomas Rodriguez - How To Create A Successful Amazon Business
Tommy Rodriguez is a serial entrepreneur, investor & e-commerce expert who went from being broke to $10M by 30 years old. He has helped and trained entrepreneurs all over the world on how to build income through Amazon. He then expanded into creating Automation Empire, an Amazon automation business where investors can create a passive revenue stream through Amazon, completely hands off. He now resides in Florida with his two children.
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