Just Go Grind

Tim Ferriss is a marketing genius, author of 5 best-selling books, podcaster, entrepreneur, and angel investor. He built a successful blog with over 1 million monthly visitors, a podcast with more than 400 million downloads, and has helped thousands of people through his content. I first heard about Tim Ferriss in 2011 when I read his first book, The 4-Hour Workweek, and preceded to have my life and thinking altered for good. I've since met Tim in person, bought all of his books, and generally believe he's one of the smartest marketers on the planet. Tim also has built a community so strong that there is even a phrase called "The Tim Ferriss Effect" for his ability to sell the products he recommends. After years of consuming Tim's content, I wanted to curate a few of his best business lessons and share them with you to apply them in your own work. Selfishly, I also want them all in one place so I can easily be reminded of them too. What can I say, this desire helped me write this post. You're welcome. 13 TIMELESS BUSINESS LESSONS LEARNED FROM TIM FERRISS (BLOG POST): https://www.justgogrind.com/tim-ferriss-timeless-business-lessons/ JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ MY FREE COURSE ON HOW TO START A PODCAST: https://just-go-grind.teachable.com/p/podcast-launch JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Todd Marks, a 40 under 40 and 2x EY Entrepreneur of the Year Nominee, is the teacher-turned-technologist founder of Mindgrub Technologies. Mindgrub, voted CRTC's Tech Company of the Year and placing #520 on the Inc 500/5000, is a mobile, social and web app consultancy, working with companies and organizations in a variety of industries to bring their brand to digital. MY FREE COURSE ON HOW TO START A PODCAST: https://just-go-grind.teachable.com/p/podcast-launch JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

There are a million things you could do in your business, but ruthlessly prioritizing, choosing the right things to do, at the right time, will help you make more progress. In this episode I share a few thoughts on ruthless prioritization and how I manage my own schedule and all the things I'm trying to get done each day. MY FREE COURSE ON HOW TO START A PODCAST: https://just-go-grind.teachable.com/p/podcast-launch JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Lisa Atia is a social entrepreneur, creative strategist, and storyteller at heart. She's had over 10 years' experience scaling rapid-growth start-ups and Fortune 500 companies. She's served as the Creative Brand Strategist for Blavity and Chief Revenue Officer for Backstage Capital. At the intersection of culture, media, and tech, her work builds ecosystems and creates access to opportunities for women and people of color entrepreneurs. You can find Lisa on Twitter. JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

As the son of a military doctor, Sasha Strauss spent much of his youth with US Navy SEALS. The mix of international affairs and world travel stirred in him a sense of duty and adventure that carries him daily through his ceaseless travel as a global brand consultant. In 2006, Sasha founded Innovation Protocol to consult using a specialized, rigorous, protocol-driven brand development practice for innovators. Innovation Protocol has grown into an international brand consulting powerhouse, serving marquee organizations across categories, from biotech to fintech, academia to athletics. Sasha's passion for brand strategy has also driven his practice as a celebrated speaker, authoring and presenting original thought leadership and keynote speeches for audiences worldwide. Presentations such as "Branding in the New Normal" and "Rise of the Herogen" have been delivered in a dozen countries and viewed on YouTube over 1M total times. When not leading Innovation Protocol or speaking, Sasha teaches brand strategy to graduate students at the MBA programs at UCLA, USC, and UCI, where he remains one of the highest-rated faculty members. A SCUBA diver, passenger-aviator, voracious music consumer, fruit/nut/veggie scavenger, and perpetual futurologist, Sasha is Innovation Protocol's founder, culture captain, and a senior client adviser. JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Devin Person is a humble 21st-century incarnation of the wizard archetype, playfully blurring the line between fantasy and reality. Wizards are helpful guides who bring magic, mystery, wisdom, and hope to the societies in which they serve. As a modern wizard, Devin's life's work is to help you—yes, specifically you!—create a slightly better reality. Using thought to change reality is nothing new. From mindfulness meditation to the placebo effect, we know mental actions can produce real-world benefits. What makes wizardry different from positive thinking, self-help, and other forms of spirituality is its focus on small actions. In an era of endless content and constant overwhelm, the wizard asks, "What's the least you can do?" Find Devin online at Person is Awake, listen to his podcast, This Podcast is a Ritual, or read his features in The New York Times and the New York Post. JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/

In the words of Christine Hunsicker who sold her first company to Yahoo for $850 million, "Alex will eat through a wall." Born in shopping paradise, Los Angeles, to a long line of sustainability entrepreneurs, Alex has always been passionate about conscious fashion. While in college at Boston University, Alex created a hobby-website called UNItiques to be a fun way for girls on campus to share closets. She was shocked when it spread to 600 campuses, and the demand from members outside of college continued to grow. Meanwhile, Alex was recognized as the "Face of Sustainability," as well as awarded the "Best New Venture" of 16,000 students, which got the attention of Forbes, Entrepreneur Magazine, College Fashionista, and even TV show Project Runway Startup on Lifetime. After graduating, Alex made it her mission to spread "relovving" fashion beyond the campus. She began developing Relovv, taking all the best pieces from UNItiques and combining them with new, unique features. Relovv launched in October 2018, and has been quickly backed by the prestigious Techstars Venture Accelerator. After launching Relovv, Alex was personally certified by Former Vice President Al Gore as a Climate Reality Leader, and is hailed as a speaker at world-class universities nationwide, including Harvard. JUST GO GRIND FB COMMUNITY: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ JUST GO GRIND SHOW NOTES: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ JUST GO GRIND INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/

Robert Luo graduated from USC Marshall School of Business with a degree in Bachelor of Business Administration. Robert started his first company when he was 20. It was during the time when he decided to take a gap year after my sophomore year in college. Robert's company developed a mobile application called Ubi, which allowed users to send messages and videos with Bluetooth. It was a unique and stressful experience at the time. The company failed to deliver the app 5 times before the official launch, which resulted in $30,000 extra expenses. Luckily, after the official launch, the app gained 5000 users within the next 6 months. By the time I sold the company for $300,000, the app had over 10,000 users. After returning to USC, Robert immediately began to draft ideas on how to start next. He eventually came up with two ideas. The first idea was starting a green fashion brand that creates sustainable and recyclable products to reduce fashion waste. After 14 months of research, customer discovery, design, and experimentation, they launched the product, Mi Terro CDS, to Kickstarter in February 2018. Mi Terro CDS is the world's only bag made of recycled ocean plastics and cork. The campaign was a big success. We were fully funded within 22 hours and later concluded the campaign with 450% funded. Because of our great product and business model, they won $5000 for the USC New Venture Seed Competition. Robert is also running a green software company called Reo2. The Reo2 app rewards users for reducing carbon emission by planting trees on their behalf. Robert Luo was a Forbes Under 30 Scholar and a candidate of the LA Business Journal's "20 Entrepreneurs in Their 20s." Show notes at: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/

I released the first episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast on June 9th, 2018 and after a year I've learned a ton, made a bunch of mistakes, and today I'm sharing with you all the details. This is my first solo podcast episode and in it I share with you the results from my first year of podcasting, why I podcast and how I got started in the first place, the logistics behind running a podcast, getting guests and conducting interviews, some lessons I've learned from podcasting, the challenges I deal with as a podcaster, and why I'm motivated to continue. Enjoy!

Matt is Managing Director of The Fort. He is a Los Angeles based serial entrepreneur and consultant who has launched over 5 companies. He has been actively involved with The Fort since its inception to ensure that Mammoth's initiative is executed properly and well resourced enough to deliver long term results. Matt works directly with the mountain leadership, Mammoth COO Mark Brownlie, and Alterra CEO Rusty Gregory, to ensure the vitality of the program. His inside the ropes perspective provides tremendous value to the project as he understands first hand how initiatives like these require space, community, resourcing, entrepreneurship and hustle in order to take shape. Prior to The Fort, Matt started Wellen, a beach lifestyle and clothing brand that was sold to Huckberry. Matt was also involved in an international licensing deal with Uniqlo for Wellen.

Marc-Lloyd Ramniceanu is a co-founder of NetCloak and is an alumni of the Techstars LA 2018 class. He currently is the Head of Growth and most recently led the customer discovery and closing for the company's first LOIs with national cyber insurance providers. Prior to founding NetCloak in 2017, he spent 3 years as a senior Cyber Threat Intelligence consultant at Ernst & Young. While at EY, Marc-Lloyd advised executive cybersecurity leaders of multinational organizations on the cyber threat landscape facing their organization. Outside of NetCloak he has a passion for offshore fishing, eSports, and craft beer. Show Notes: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Facebook Community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Elissa Grossman is an entrepreneurship educator with particular interests in experiential learning, technology-enhanced instruction, and serious educational games. Dr. Grossman's research interests include these topics and, more broadly, the topic of social network construction and use in new venturing – encompassing traditional network development for startup resource acquisition and crowd-funding. Her work has been published in journals including Journal of Management and Entrepreneurship Theory and Practice. Prior to becoming a professor, Dr. Grossman worked in brand and marketing management for companies including Procter & Gamble, Sun Microsystems, and LiveCapital (a start-up acquired by Dun & Bradstreet). PhD, MBA, UCLA; MSc, London School of Economics; AB, Harvard University.

Sami is Co-Founder and CEO of Cerberus Interactive and a digital marketer specializing in consumer-facing startups. In the last 48 months, Sami has helped create and execute growth strategies for multiple businesses now worth over $3B. Sami was the first marketing hire for the micro-investing app Acorns, where he led the strategy that generated the company's first 2 million investment accounts. Sami also advised Honey, the money-saving browser extension, where he executed paid growth strategies to scale the business past their first 1 million downloads. His industry-leading work has been featured in multiple case studies published by Facebook, Twitter, and Adweek. In 2017, Sami co-founded one of the fastest growing Facebook and Instagram consulting firms for startups, where he and his team have helped guide over 40 companies. Sami was born and raised in New Orleans where he also attended Tulane University.

Kareem Taylor inspires clients to do the best work of their lives. As a strategist & writer, he brings together words & story to help clients express themselves. Recent projects include helping an organization engage supporters using email marketing, developing a mission statement to energize executives and creating speech topics for leaders. A leading speaker and workshop facilitator, Kareem has traveled to London, Singapore & New York City addressing scores of business audiences on storytelling in the digital age. Prior to this, Kareem worked at Substance Global where he led business growth strategy helping the company to communicate its value proposition to clients. In this role, Kareem led the agency's team during high stake pitches, capability presentations & meetings for clients including Netflix, 20th Century Fox and Warner Bros. Television. Kareem began his career as a voiceover artist, where he launched commercial campaigns for clients including AT&T, CNN, Sony Pictures Television, Comedy Central, ESPN, Mercedes-Benz, and Redbull Media House, to name a few.

Austin Rief is a co-founder and COO of Morning Brew, a new media company bringing you informative and digestible business news. They educate 1 million+ readers on the latest news from Wall Street to Silicon Valley, daily. On this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast Austin talks about how Morning Brew got started, the challenges of growing the business, where they find great writers, and the ambitious vision for the company moving forward. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/austin-rief-podcast Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Eddie Lin is a Co-founder of NexusEdge (Techstars class of 2017) an AI-driven lifelong career navigation platform helping students discover and build their career paths. Eddie started NexusEdge out of his lifelong pursuit for job fulfillment. His career path began at Goldman Sachs and UBS Investment Bank in New York, where he met his co-founder, Shanti, in their analyst class. He is a big proponent of traversing winding career paths to continuously evolve and find the best fit, going from marketing at Adobe to Strategy and Business Development at Live Nation/Ticketmaster. Upon graduation from business school, Eddie competed as a contestant on the reality-TV show Fear Factor where he ate 20 live bees. Eddie holds a degree in Electrical Engineering from the University of Texas at Austin and a MBA from the University of Southern California where he served as student body President.

Madeline Mann is a Human Resources leader in the Technology industry with expertise in building purpose-driven, dynamic company cultures and bringing the people element to every business decision. She leads Talent Development at Inspire, a Los Angeles based clean energy company, where she crafts learning and development programs to further company initiatives. Prior to Inspire, she was on the Human Resources team at Scopely, and was the Director of People Operations at Gem. Madeline is also the creator of Self Made Millennial YouTube Channel and the author of "Fill in the Blank Job Hunt: Essential Email Templates for the Job Search." In 2019, Madeline was named a top 50 person to follow on LinkedIn, and a top 10 YouTube channel for job seekers. Her work has been featured on Business Insider, Newsweek, Career Contessa, and more. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/madeline-mann-podcast/ Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ Sign up for the Just Go Grind newsletter for insights on launching and growing a business: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/

Rand Fishkin is the founder of SparkToro and was previously cofounder of Moz and Inbound.org. He's dedicated his professional life to helping people do better marketing through the Whiteboard Friday video series, his blog, and his book, Lost and Founder: A Painfully Honest Field Guide to the Startup World. When Rand's not working, he's most likely to be in the company of his partner in marriage and (mostly petty) crime, author Geraldine DeRuiter. If you feed him great pasta or great whisky, he'll give you the cheat code to rank #1 on Google. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/rand-fishkin-podcast/ Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ Sign up for the Just Go Grind newsletter for insights on launching and growing a business: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/

Andy Bilinsky is the CEO and Co-founder of Lensabl, a convenient and affordable online prescription lens service where you can get the lenses you need, in your own frames, without leaving home. Prior to Lensabl, Andy worked in business development roles for Live Nation, HauteLook, Beachmint, PlayHaven and Co-founded ChirpAds. On this episode, Andy tells us how he got into entrepreneurship at such a young age, his experience in business development with multiple different companies and how he founded and has grown Lensabl.

David Gertler is the CEO and Co-founder of Treble, a platform that empowers you to efficiently engage and grow your network to generate new business opportunities and advance your career. On this episode, David talks about how he came up with the idea for Treble, doing market research, fundraising, building a team, making meaningful connections, gathering feedback and testing, utilizing an internship program, and how Treble is impacting the world of business networking. Show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/david-gertler-podcast/ Join the Just Go Grind community: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/ Sign up for the Just Go Grind newsletter: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/

John Lee Dumas is the host of Entrepreneurs on Fire, an award winning podcast where he interviews inspiring Entrepreneurs who are truly ON FIRE. With over 2000 episodes, 1 million+ listens a month, and seven-figures of annual revenue, JLD is just getting started. Show Notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/john-lee-dumas-podcast The Just Go Grind Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/justgogrind/

Khaled Elmasri is the founder of the RISE Event, a fun packed 3 day business conference that brings together hundreds of gym owners, studio founders, and independent trainers to learn and grow with the leading entrepreneurs in their industry. In just 3 days the conference can take you from knowing absolutely nothing about growing a business in the fitness world to understanding the exact marketing strategy, mindset, and business structure to succeed and scale your company. Khaled is also an experienced leader with 11 years of managing fitness and sales. He has a proven record of taking teams to new levels of growth and success and takes a solution focused approach to developing business strategies that increase revenue. He also has strength in building high-performance teams through effective recruitment, training, and development. On this episode, Khaled Elmasri talks about how to put on a conference including the details on how to get speakers, sponsors, venues, and more. The show notes are at: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/

Justine Reichman is the founder of NextGenChef, a San Francisco based culinary platform that allows Foodpreneurs to sandbox their ideas and connect with advisors who provide expert advice and support, enabling these Foodpreneurs to take their idea from concept to product. NextGenChef specifically targets aspiring chefs & Foodpreneurs who want to create local, affordable and regenerative food businesses. They partner with collaborative kitchens allowing Foodpreneurs to test their ideas and get their business off the ground. The show notes for this episode are found at: https://www.justgogrind.com/justine-reichman-podcast/

Avi Flombaum is a Co-Founder, Dean, and Chief Product Officer at the Flatiron School which provides technical education on coding and programming and was eventually acquired by WeWork to further their mission of enabling the pursuit of a better life through education. Avi has changed thousands of lives by teaching students - with little to no experience - to code and actually launch careers as developers. A self-taught programming prodigy and CTO-by-20, Avi is passionate about helping people learn to love code. The show notes for this episode and all episodes can be found at: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/ Get help launching and growing a business by signing up for the weekly newsletter: http://www.justgogrind.com/newsletter/

Shiv Gaglani is the co-founder and CEO of Osmosis, a medical and health sciences education technology company aimed at revolutionizing the way clinicians learn and retain information. Osmosis' social learning platform and high-quality content are being used by 800,000 present and future medical practitioners. They also currently have around 1 million YouTube subscribers and a total of 100 million video views. Shiv is also an editor at Medgadget, the co-founder and chairman of Quantified Care, and has an MBA fro Harvard Business School. On this episode, Shiv tells us how he built Osmosis into the success it is today and what the future holds for the company.

Candice Lu is a founding partner at OnPrem Solution Partners and has 20 years of experience in media and entertainment consulting, focused now on surrounding herself with the best talent to do the best work for clients. At OnPrem Candice and her team spend every day innovating and building a next-generation consulting firm. They are passionate about hiring the best people and empowering them to become industry leaders. They pride themselves on leveraging the latest technologies and creating a collaborative organization. On this episode, Candice talks about a process she uses to solve problems, how to get to the core of a problem, the importance of treating their people right, and how they grew the company from 4 to 200 employees.

Taylor Simpson's entrepreneurial spirit emerged when he was just seven years old and launched his first business – an art studio (selling crayon masterpieces for a few dollars). When that didn't pan out, he moved on, undeterred, to businesses such as a graphic design company and other garage ventures, all before college. Using experience gained from the failure and success of his first 3 technological ventures, Taylor now serves as CEO of The Halo App, a marketplace lending platform that is sure to jar the landscape of lending and transform the way people define being free. He leads with special intentions to help create a company culture that infuses the science of happiness into its business model. Taylor is a graduate of Ball State University's college of Architecture and Planning. He lives in Indianapolis, Indiana with his wife and business partner, and their new baby girl.

Cody is a Partner at Techstars – the worldwide network that helps entrepreneurs succeed – and works as steward of Techstars' equity investments and venture capital funds for one of the most active early stage venture investors in the world. As of October 2018, Techstars is investing in 460 companies per year and the Techstars portfolio has gone on to raise nearly $6Bn in follow-on capital. Techstars Accelerator programs are the first investor in 5% of all Series A financings in the USA. Cody works at the board level with companies including Two Bit Circus, StatMuse, WELL Health, Tasso, WeBuyGold, and GameWisp. Previously, Cody was Executive Director at Techstars and head of Techstars accelerator investments and operations in North America, which roughly doubled in size to over 20 locations across the region and ~200 investments per year during his tenure. Cody joined Techstars in 2013 to launch and serve as Managing Director for the Disney Accelerator, powered by Techstars, co-investing in 20 startups alongside The Walt Disney Company in 2014 and 2015. Earlier in his career, Cody held roles including Chief Product Officer at StumbleUpon, Vice President of Product Management at Yahoo, and Product Manager at The New York Times, Sprint, and NBC Internet. Cody holds an M.A. in Transnational Communication and Global Media from Goldsmiths College, University of London, and is a Phi Beta Kappa and Summa Cum Laude graduate of the University of Kansas with a B.A. in History and East Asian Languages and Cultures with emphasis on Mandarin Chinese.

Serah Blackstone-Fredericks, the Founder and CEO of Books in Harmony, works with individuals and small businesses to help them efficiently track their finances. By starting with clear goal setting of what is needed, they can structure a streamlined bookkeeping system and then create an action plan to process a range of items including: Monthly Bookkeeping Accounts Receivable Accounts Payable Courtesy Reminder Calls Financial Reporting Interim and Transitional Bookkeeping Support They strive to create a valued client relationship with the goal of adding value to the businesses of others by saving them time and giving them peace of mind. In this episode we discuss how Serah launched her business, how she's built her team over time, lessons learned in her entrepreneurial journey, and some of the tactics and strategies she's used to grow her business.

As of one of Dallas' most aggressive real estate magnates in the making, Chris D. Bentley has built his reputation upon surpassing client expectations. Having sold millions of dollars' worth of homes during his 15+ year career, 50% of Chris's business has consisted of repeat and referral clients and the other 50% from social media exposure. Specializing in the most elite properties in the Dallas-Fort Worth area, Chris epitomizes integrity, energy, hard, work, and excellent customer service in every detail of the real estate transaction. He has been featured and recognized by D Magazine as one of the magazine's Best Realtors in Dallas (2017, 2018) and as one of the most followed Realtors on social media (currently 13th). Chris continues to provide savvy marketing strategies and unparalleled client service to his real estate clients to this day. When Chris isn't working, he can be spotted at many of the networking and charity events in the area. He's the creator and organizer of, Plano Socialites, a local business networking Facebook group of over 3,700 members. Trained and inspired by his trusted colleagues, Chris has made a high level commitment to his real estate education. He continually challenges himself to bringing the best knowledge and service to his clients. Focusing on his customers, Chris has built a successful real estate career by providing clients with five star-worthy service that goes far beyond the selling or purchasing of a home.

Shrein Bahrami is a Licensed Marriage and Family Therapist in San Francisco and the founder of Evolve Wellness Group that specializes in eating, anxiety, and relationship disorders. Prior to the group practice, Shrein built her private practice from part-time to full-time after working as a clinician at an eating disorder treatment program. Shrein is also the author of Stop Bingeing, Start Living: Proven Therapeutic Strategies for Breaking the Binge Eating Cycle. On this episode, Shrein talks about taking the leap into entrepreneurship, building her private practice and group practice, the challenges of writing a book, and how she avoids burnout by managing her schedule.

Astrid has been treating coughs, colds, rashes, and infections with things she can find in her kitchen for years. She was shocked by how well these food-based remedies worked and excited when modern nutrition research started revealing why. When others started asking her for tips, recipes, and advice, she knew she had to make them accessible to all. This led Astrid to start Good Medicine Co. — a company that makes functional food, beverage, and body products for modern ailments and health needs.

Molly Sullivan is the owner of Miss Molly's Cafe and Pastry Shop in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. She went to culinary school in Minneapolis and started working at Birchwood Cafe to start her culinary career. Prior to starting her cafe, Molly worked at Braise Restaurant while she starts her pastry business as a side hustle. Unaware of how to start a business, Molly started to reach out with other restaurant owners and she found Nell Benton of The National Cafe who eventually became a personal Business guru. On this episode, Molly talks about the challenges she has had to overcome in starting her business, such as finding the right team and getting funding, and how she launched her business as a side hustle and now is going at it full-time with plans for expansion. Show notes: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/

Miraya Berke creates experiences that spark delight! She's always dreamed of being an event planner and started her own events company Pop Productions at age 24. In 2016 she launched Dessert Goals, a wildly popular dessert festival that curates local dessert vendors. In 2.5 years she's planned 7 festivals and gathered over 20,000 dessert lovers. Her newest venture is Rom Com Fest, a romantic comedy film festival, to celebrate the genre and connect the community. As she has re-imagined the food festival experience she now seeks to reimagine the film festival experience. Miraya is based in the Bay Area and travels to LA and NYC often. http://dessertgoals.com https://romcomfest.com http://popproductionsnyc.com Show notes at: http://www.justgogrind.com/podcast/

Justin Rezvani is a first generation American entrepreneur, investor, Forbes' 30 Under 30, and Founder of theAmplify: a data-driven advertising technology platform that produces influencer advertising campaigns for premium brands across social platforms like Instagram, Snapchat, Facebook, Twitter, Tumblr, YouTube and Periscope. theAmplify has produced major campaigns in every vertical for industry leading clients including Lions Gate, COTY, Unilever, Taco Bell, Campbell's and Nissan. Rezvani is a notable keynote speaker for global marketing events and has been featured in cover articles in the Wall Street Journal, AdWeek, Forbes and The Los Angeles Business Journal. Rezvani received his Bachelor of Science in business administration, marketing management and advertising from California State Polytechnic University, Pomona where he was named student of the year in both 2010 and 2011.

Allison McGuire is the Founder and CEO of Walc, a walking navigation app based on visual cues (turn right at Starbucks, left at the bank) and Monaghan McGuire (MM), a premium boutique consulting firm. A passionate presenter and brand builder, she has won every competition in which she's pitched Walc. Billed Waze for walking, Allison's Walc attracts top talent, such as Waze's CMO and the former CFO of Snapchat. Allison also created a pedestrian navigation app that within six months gained 500,000 MAUs with $0 spent on marketing and PR. Allison founded MM to give intrapraneurs and entrepreneurs alike the confidence they need to target customers, share stories, and rally an audience around their vision. Whether it's building an online presence, leading a technical roadmap, or optimizing a website for targeted traffic, MM provides high-touch services and product direction. Prior to entrepreneurship, Allison managed communications and business development at a tech company formed by AOL, Cisco, and Yahoo!, Network for Good. She also has political experience in national security and human rights through her work on Capitol Hill, with organizations such as MassEquality, and for the UK Parliament. Allison is an internationally acclaimed entrepreneur, belonging to organizations such as Vista Caballo, Women's Startup Lab, and Dreamers//Doers. She has delivered keynote speeches, guest lectured, and presented at China's Global Business Innovation Summit, SXSW, Plug & Play, BMW iVentures, NJ Tech, NYU, CUNY, Georgetown University, Columbia University, Mississippi State University, the Coalition for Queens, the East Harlem School, Mayfield Senior School, Soundview Academy, and the Chandler School. A former award-winning actress, Allison obtained a degree in Theatre Arts and Political Science from Boston University.

Chic's passion is inspiring executives, MBA students and children to be "curious first… critical second" while creative problem solving. His latest creative adventure is founding "WagiLabs" A global, social innovation incubator for kids' ideas. Chic is a Batten Fellow of Entrepreneurship at the University of Virginia's Darden Business School and adjunct faculty at the Brookings Institution and the Young Presidents' Organization. His first book, "What a Great Idea!," published by HarperCollins, was a main selection of the Executive Book Club. In 2001, Harvard Business School released a case study on the speaking career of Chic entitled "What a Great Idea!." His second book, "Yes, But..." was a guide to overcoming the bureaucratic language that stifles continuous innovation. He wrote this book after consulting with GE to help design their continuous improvement process called "Work-Out." Chic worked in new product development and marketing for: • W.L. Gore and Associates (Gore-Tex®) • Johnson & Johnson • Walt Disney During the last 30 years, Chic has given over 4500 presentations and has teamed up with talent ranging from Tony Robbins and Stephen Covey to Cirque du Soleil and Second City Improv.

Lindsay Gordon, the founder of A Life of Options, is a career coach for analytically minded people who are feeling uninspired or crushed by an ill-fitting job. Her programs allow you to step back from the stress of not knowing what to do next, reflect on who you are, where you've been and where you want to go, and emerge with a solid career plan you're excited about. Lindsay started her career working as a recycled water engineer in Melbourne, Australia before landing at Google doing technical support for the Google Apps team. After 5 years of technical support, she transitioned into career development at Google before starting her own business. She loves applying her engineering brain to helping people find careers that fit, baking complicated pastries and barbershop singing. On this episode, Lindsay talks about how to choose a career that's right for you and also how she built her side hustle into a full-time business. The show notes for all episodes are at justgogrind.com/podcast

Natalia Kochan is a co-founder of Curensea, an online art community where you can publish your creative work as an artist, curate other's work, and tip artists and art curators in an ad-free environment. Natalia is an artist by passion and profession. Writing poems at an early age, later on she became a screenplay writer where she was able to travel and live overseas. While working and studying in China, she met her friend and co-founder, Sofi. Encouraged by the problems of artists in general, they started Curensea to help their fellow artists showcase their creations. On this episode, Natalia shares her journey as an entrepreneur and artist, and the struggles of launching and growing a business without any prior experience. The show notes are at: https://www.justgogrind.com/natalia-kochan-podcast/

Paul Loeb, founder of DropTrack and No Ego Records, has three passions in life - music, business, and technology - and he's incorporated all of them in the businesses he's created. In this episode of Just Go Grind we discuss how Paul launched and grew these businesses as well as other ventures early on in his life. DropTrack helps record labels and artists promote their music and get feedback from global DJs, blogs, playlisters, radio, and industry contacts. No Ego Records is an independent record label based in Los Angeles, specializing in house and dubstep music. Their main business is music publishing, and they work with partners worldwide for synch and media licensing. Find the show notes for all episodes of Just Go Grind at justgogrind.com/podcast

Lucas Pols is the founder of Spark xyz, a technology platform built to connect incubators and accelerators with early-stage start-ups and help with their talent management. He has written a 40-article series discussing the topics of entrepreneurship and founder failures. Lucas also currently writes for Forbes and does speaking engagements around Los Angeles. As a Principal at Quake, Lucas is focusing on expanding Quake's venture capital and angel relationships. He is also providing operational guidance to the portfolio companies on a range of topics including leadership, recruiting, and sales. In this episode, Lucas tells us the tough but fulfilling work of a hybrid entrepreneur - providing insights on both entrepreneurship and venture capital.

Sam Simones became a Certified Financial Planner at the age of 26, something less than 1% of financial advisors do, but decided to leave the field and pursue a different life path. Sam now works in two domains - business coaching and real estate - and in this episode he shares a high level view of starting side hustles and how he's forged his own unique career path. As you'll hear in this episode, Sam thinks in his own way, and provides a unique perspective for career switchers and aspiring entrepreneurs.

Lucas Lee-Tyson is the founder and CEO of Growth Cave, an independent marketing consultancy and agency. Launched in June of 2018, Growth Cave helps businesses grow online by providing 1:1 consulting and an extensive online training center to educate business owners on how to create, manage, and scale effective Facebook Ad campaigns. Prior to Growth Cave and freelancing, Lucas created and grew numerous online side-projects, including an affiliate blog which drove over $85,000 in revenue to the Amazon Affiliate Program. He has worked and consulted with numerous multi-million dollar businesses, mainly in the eCommerce and technology verticals. Born and raised in the quiet suburbs of Connecticut, Lucas currently lives in Boston while attending Babson College, studying marketing analytics and entrepreneurship and plans to graduate in May of 2020. In this episode Lucas shares how he built his marketing consultancy and many of the best practices for using Facebook Advertising to grow your business.

Joe Teglia owned and operated a major Southeast Wisconsin asphalt and concrete site construction services and asphalt material provider for 30+ years with his focus on project management, new pavement and pavement reconstruction design, operations management, and asphalt material production. As an experienced project manager with a career total of both public and private sector infrastructure projects totaling in excess of $300 million, Joe recently started Site Advice to provide site management consulting services to clients. In this episode of the podcast, we discuss Joe's incredible career journey, including the ups and downs Joe experienced through growing a multimillion dollar company and ultimately how that experience turned into what he's doing now with Side Advice.

Artur Meyster is the CTO of the Y Combinator backed startup Career Karma, co-host of the wildly popular Breaking Into Startups Podcast, and earlier in his career switched from 3 years of investment banking to tech by becoming a self-taught software engineer. Career Karma is a career development platform for people looking to break into the tech industry. The Breaking Into Startups Podcast features inspiring stories of people who broke into tech from non-traditional backgrounds. In this episode we talk about how Artur made his big career switch, how the Breaking Into Startups Podcast was born and how it became so popular, and how people can break into the technology industry, even if they have a non-traditional background.

Quentin Allums is a LinkedIn influencer, speaker, community builder; as well as the CEO of Urban Misfit Ventures, a fast growing startup based out of Milwaukee. He has amassed over 10 million views on LinkedIn content. On his channel #justQ he covers the stories of amazing people across the globe, speaks about personal stories, and gives tips on storytelling and business. Quentin has also been named Top 30 LinkedIn Influencers by GDMS America, spoke at VidCon 2018 the largest video conferences in the world, and has a TEDx talk coming up in April of 2019. Show notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/podcast Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/

In the first episode of the Just Go Grind podcast with multiple guests, we have Sera Alper, the Founder & CEO of PMSBOX, and Desiree Hostettler, head of PR & Media Relations. PMSBOX is a monthly subscription box that includes five items (plus a bonus token item) to improve women's menstrual experience. With every box purchased, PMSBOX gives one box of menstrual supplies in India or Turkey to a woman in need. Sera Alper is a visionary, an advertising guru who does not take "no" for an answer. She brings the vision forward and eliminates any roadblocks along the way. She is a fearless leader who has an admirable reputation in the influencing community. Desiree Hostettler is an aspiring polymath, curious mind, and a culture enthusiast. It drives her mad to not know something, so every morning the first order of business is reading the news and updating herself on essential topics. Passionate about academia, journalism, and communications, she hopes one day to receive her Ph.D. When her thirst for knowledge has ceased, she enjoys composing songs, singing, playing the guitar, reading, writing and trying to finish the dozen something books she started, watching art cinema, traveling, learning a new language, and volunteering at museums.

Mikey Taylor is the current President and Managing Principle of Commune Capital, a private equity real estate investment firm. A serial entrepreneur at heart, he first found success with nearly two decades of professional skateboarding. Throughout his career Mikey held lucrative sponsorship contracts with DC Shoe Co., GoPro Cameras and Alien Workshop. Over his tenure, he had over 100 signature skateboard decks, 7 pro model shoes and was one of the most recognizable pro skateboarders on the planet. Not one to rest on his laurels, early in his career, Mikey was already thinking about life after skateboarding. What's next was co-founding and the eventual launch of Saint Archer Brewing Company. This San Diego based craft beer company and its first of its kind business model, led to quick success and a multi-million dollar purchase by MillerCoors Company in 2015. Since then, Mikey has been busy, co-founding Sovern Skateboards, Avni Intelligence (an entrepreneur education platform and podcast) and most importantly Commune Capital. Armed with only a high school education but more than a lifetime of real world experience, Mikey is committed to helping the next generation define the new American dream. Born and raised in Southern California, Mikey resides in Newberry Park with his wife Jen and their two young daughters. Show notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/mikey-taylor-podcast Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/

Michelle Pyan is the owner of COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC (CI), a licensed private investigative agency. COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC is a certified woman-owned business. Michelle founded the agency in 2004 and is responsible for growing the business with a proactive approach - setting new standards in the background investigations industry. As President she is responsible for the strategic direction that assists their multi-industry client base of corporations. Commercial Investigations LLC presently does business worldwide for small, medium sized, and Fortune 500 companies, as well as not-for-profit organizations. COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC is a business and human resource solutions organization. The core business of CI involves background investigations - from pre-employment, to merger and acquisitions, to other types of business transactions background investigations. In addition to background investigations CI offers Identity Protection Assessments, Applicant Tracking Systems, Employee Assessments, Drug Testing, Pre-employment Physicals, E-Verify, Electronic I-9s, and more services related to business risk mitigation. Michelle is passionate about background investigations; she believes that businesses need to take advantage of all ethical, legal and available options to assure that the appropriate applicant for a particular position is hired. Michelle's passion allows CI clients to be consistently confident with their hiring decisions. Her expertise and experience provide CI clients with the best possible services available, including accurate, timely and cost-effective investigative assistance bundled with superior service. Michelle has been examining the Fair Credit Reporting Act and other state and federal laws applicable to background investigations and human resources since 1998. Michelle is frequently a keynote speaker to various trade and professional associations. She has led seminars and discussions concerning background investigations, payroll fraud, business risk mitigation, and more. She has also published several related articles. She is an also active member with The National Association of Background Screeners (NAPBS) and the Women Presidents' Organization (WPO). In 2009, Michelle was awarded the Business Review Woman to Watch / Women Who Mean Business award. Michelle has been a licensed private investigator in the states of Wisconsin, Florida, and New York since 1991. She also has experience in human resources since 1993. She has an MBA from the University of Wisconsin Oshkosh and a BS from Winona State University majoring in Paralegal Studies / Pre-law. Michelle splits her time between the New York and Florida offices of COMMERCIAL INVESTIGATIONS LLC. Michelle and her husband, Bill, enjoy golf and music in their leisure time. Show notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/michelle-pyan-podcast/ Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/

Cassandra Cummings is the Founder and CEO of August Nine, a technology led creative company that designs brand experiences across social media, content and community. She got her start in marketing in the gaming industry, and moved on to lead content and event production for Splash! Animals, an award winning live art show featured at TEDx and Downtown Disney. After graduating in Global Business from Cal State San Marcos, she moved to Spain to learn a new culture, and launch her career in tech. There, she became founding member of the marketing team at Product School, where she hosted 100 online events for 50,000 people with speakers from Google, LinkedIn, Twitter, Slack, Amazon and more. Her true passions are traveling, food and art which were combined during her seven months in Amsterdam, where she was often found riding her bike while juggling a chocolate croissant and a gallery pass. In this episode of the Just Go Grind Podcast we discuss how to break in and succeed in product management, how to create an effective content strategy for your business, how Cassandra decided to launch her digital agency, and much more! Show notes: https://www.justgogrind.com/cassandra-cummings-podcast Just Go Grind Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/justgogrind/ Just Go Grind Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/justgogrind/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/justincharlesgordon/