The Value Add Podcast

Nicci Julian is an entrepreneur who turned her passion for baking into a career. She guides and assists others with creating high-quality desserts for a large amount of special events in the Southern California area. Nicci founded Confectious Pastry shop in 2016 with her passion for making cakes and posting them on her social media. Through her artistic design and ambition, she started to grow a following on a predominantly word of mouth basis due to the delightful flavors and aesthetics of her cakes. Confectious and Nicci have evolved over the years redefining their image and direction to mimic the demands of the highly seasonal market associated with their industry. The talented team of Confectious Pastry Shop thrives in creating delicious custom pastries as well as gluten-free and vegan options to cater to the lifestyle of an evergrowing food-sensitive demographic. They pride themselves in working with fresh and organic ingredients that will complement their elegant desserts that everyone can enjoy. This episode gives you an insight on the journey of an entrepreneur who utilizes her imagination and determination to fuel her passion. 

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Donnie Aldridge is the founder of The Copper Can which is a Moscow Mule in a copper can. Donnie discusses how his first venture in high school sparked his creative bug to pursue entrepreneurship and working for himself. He established a bottled lemonade beverage with his family that had some success early on then one summer Donnie decided to pursue other ventures to establish The Copper Can. Through grit, perseverance, and trust in himself, Donnie collaborated with his peers, mentors, and equity partners to manifest one of the first alcoholic cocktails in a can which is in over 5,000 stores today. 

This podcast depicts the journey of a young entrepreneur with a bright future who is looking to create a national household staple with his beverage company and by the sound of it many other ventures along the way. 

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Brian began his recruiting journey in high-stakes agency recruiting and has since joined the corporate ranks in both technical and non-technical capacities. Throughout this journey, he's served in roles ranging from specialized, technical sourcer to full-cycle recruiting generalist. Brian believes that talent acquisition is just part of a company's broader people strategy, so in 2017 he took and passed the Society for Human Resource Management (SHRM) certification exam. Now he tries to leverage that body of knowledge to help his employers achieve business goals by addressing critical talent gaps.

On a more personal note, Brian loves gaming, game-streaming, PC building, and all things "geek," so working for a game studio has been a long time goal of his, but his journey is just beginning at Bungie.

This episode dives into the recruitment game, fostering healthy company culture, what success takes in his field, and how Brian has excelled in various recruiting roles at different organizations. If you want to know how to stand out and what a recruiter looks for and sees for an organization. Check this episode out!

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Tre Carpenter is a Realtor out in Las Vegas, NV who built his business from the old school farming style where he picked a neighborhood and made it his own. He was doing open houses six days a week for two years straight before he started to really gain traction. He is a man of commitment, integrity, creativity, and passion for his clients and family. Tre mainly resides in Las Vegas with his wife and dog, but still invests with a long term strategy out in his hometown of Akron, OH. 

If you want to listen to a real-life case study of started from the bottom now we here on the way up, then take a listen. This man is on an upward trajectory to success and has no plans on stopping anytime soon.