Rising Tide Startups

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups this week is Rob Loughan. Rob is the CEO of Ferret and chairman of Flawless Photonics. He previously co-founded Octane Software and served as its senior vice president before he started as the CEO of Conductiv Software. He also co-founded Sagus Capital Partners. Rob also holds a bachelor’s degree in political science and government from the State University of New York. Company website - Ferret.ai Podcast Sponsor - PodBrand Media

Our special guest this week is Stuart Leo, another great guest from Down Under. Stuart is the founder and CEO of Waymaker.io - an intelligent business management platform that helps leaders build a better business in 30 days. Stuart is a thought leader in strategy, systems, and leader leadership development. As the founder of Waymaker.io he has led the creation of Waymaker's Leadership Curve - a revolutionary way of building clarity, alignment and remarkable results in any organisation. Stuart's website - waymaker.io Rising Tide is sponsored by PodBrand Media

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is James Giancotti. James is the CEO and Co-founder of Oddup, an early-stage startup ecosystem rating system. James began his career in investment banking and research roles at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan. After nearly a decade of researching companies’ financials to determine their value and assessing investment risks and opportunities, he saw firsthand the challenges that most institutional investors constantly confronted. The biggest obstacle was a lack of reliable, collated analyst insights that overcome subjectivity, so he created Oddup to address this problem by giving investors more transparency and objective insights to make the most informed investment decision. James holds both a Bachelor of Commerce in Business Intelligence and a Bachelor of Law in Intellectual Property from La Trobe University in Australia. James' Website - Oddup.com Rising Tide Startups is sponsored by Podbrand Media

Our special guest this week on the pod is Simon Serverino. Simon helps business owners in SaaS and services discover how to be able to run their company more efficiently which results in sales that soar. He created the Strategy Sprints® Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. Simon is the CEO and founder of Strategy Sprints which is a global team of certified Strategy Sprints® Coaches which has offers a customized strategy to help clients gain market share and work in weekly sprints which results in fast execution. He is also a Forbes Business Council Member, a contributor to Entrepreneur Magazine, and a member of Duke Corporate Education. Free Tools on Simon's website - Strategy Sprint Tools Podcast sponsor - PodBrand Media

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Frances Simowitz. Frances is the President and CEO of WEVE Acceleration. She is an expert in launching in the NYC startup scene and is currently the CEO and Managing Director of WEVE. Previous to WEVE, she has 10 years of experience in the startup ecosystem and helped establish and grow operations in multiple cities such as Boston, Chicago, DC and New York for startups like Sittercity, Startup Institute and now WEVE. She has worked with hundreds of entrepreneurs and has established one of the largest entrepreneurial communities in NYC through HackerNest. She also serves on the advisory board of Tech Day. Her Website - weveacceleration.com Sponsored by - Podbrandmedia.com

We have a very special guest on the pod this week, Aaron Walker. Aaron, "Big A" Walker is actually a repeat guest, which is rare on Rising Tide. Aaron has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 41 years. He attributes much of his success to having surrounded himself with his mastermind counterparts. Aaron spent a decade meeting weekly with Dave Ramsey, Dan Miller, Ken Abraham, and five other amazing entrepreneurs. He is the Founder of Iron Sharpens Iron Mastermind that now hosts 20 groups with national and international members. Aaron is the Author of View From The Top, a must-read to fully understand how to live a life of success and significance. He is the Creator of The Mastermind Playbook - an incredible resource for starting, running and scaling masterminds. Aaron lives in Nashville Tennessee with his wife Robin of 40 years, he has two incredible daughters and five beautiful grandchildren. Aaron's website - Viewfromthetop.com Tune in and Listen to Aaron every Tues at noon CST, for free - TuesdayNoon.live Sponsored by - Podbrandmedia.com

Our special guest this week on the Tide is Luca Zambello. Luca is the co-founder and CEO of Jurny, a hospitality tech company pioneering the next generation of tech-first, on-demand accommodations. A born entrepreneur, Luca launched one of the first professionally operated Airbnb vacation rental companies in 2012, quickly earning the Superhost status that he still holds today. Following that success, he realized there was a need for a more streamlined, on-demand hospitality experience for both guests and operators. Partnering with David Phillips in 2017, he co-founded Jurny and has led the company to triple-digit growth. Today, the company powers the operations and modern guest experiences for some of the world’s most exceptional independent hotel brands, vacation and short-term rental (STR) properties. As an expert within the hospitality industry, Luca has been featured in Bloomberg, Forbes, Entrepreneur and other major industry publications. His mission continues to be modernizing hospitality and creating solutions that cater to the heightened expectations of today's traveler. Luca's website - Jurny.com Sponsored by PodBrand Media - podbrandmedia.com

We have a truly unique guest on the podcast this week who brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the show. Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, Maria has been selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players in the Art World she was named by ARTNEWS as one of the visionaries who gets to shape the art world. She has written for publications such as Entrepreneur, Huffington Post, Elle, Forbes, Artnet, Cultured Magazine, Departures, and the Gulf Coast Journal of Literature and Fine Arts from the University of Houston, Texas. For several years, Maria has taught her creativity course in companies and, in 2019, she launched “Jumpstart”, an online program on creativity for entrepreneurs based on years of research and observation in both the areas of business and art. In 2019 she created and hosted "The "C" Files with Maria Brito", a TV and streaming series for PBS's new station "ALL ARTS". Maria and her projects have been featured extensively in national and international publications including The New York Times Style Section, T: The New York Times Magazine, The Wall Street Journal, The Huffington Post, W Magazine, ELLE Magazine, Harper’s Bazaar, Time Magazine, New York Magazine, The New York Observer, The Daily Beast, The Economist, Interview Magazine, VOGUE and more. She’s the author of “How Creativity Rules The World” (HarperCollins March 15, 2022). Learn more at mariabrito.com Sponsored by Podbrandmedia.com

It's early 2022 but the guest list is already heating up! Scott Danner is the CEO of Freedom Street Partners, a practice that supports financial advisors in their next career step and helps them explore all available paths to secure a fulfilling future. After fifteen years practicing on an employee platform, Scott founded Freedom Street and took it from $0 to $2 billion in assets under management in just five years. Scott is the co-founder of the Chesapeake Virginia Wine Festival and enjoys traveling the country with his wife to watch their two sons play soccer. Scott lives for learning and he thrives on relationships. Connections are crucial and he is willing to talk about anything! Scott loves to explore in a conversation by being an adventurous conversationalist all while learning from each other. He has a passion to change the world, making it a better place with the mentality of being better together. 1+1 can equal 10x’s with the right 1’s. Scott's website - scottdanner.com Scott's book - Amazon link

We have another great guest to get Season 6 off to a great start. Our guest this week on Rising Tide Startups is Raman Sehgal, founder of several niche companies including ramarketing, a multimillion-dollar international agency that helps companies get noticed in the global life science space. As an entrepreneur, Raman embarked on a business journey that ultimately spanned the Atlantic—from a spare room in the Northeast of England to the bustling streets of Boston, Massachusetts, where he lives today with his wife and three sons. As an author, keynote speaker, podcaster, blogger, Forbes Agency Council member, and guest university lecturer, Raman shares his knowledge, mistakes, and learnings in an honest manner that will hopefully help others' journey. One of his favorite mottos is "sharing is caring, right?", which is reflected in the impact that his work has on other businesses and individuals alike. Raman's website - ramansehgal.com

What a great way to launch Season 6 of Rising Tide Startups, with special guest Josh Dittrich, founder of Branded Seller. Josh Dittrich (pronounced "D-trick") is a visionary entrepreneur, seller, investor, advisor, husband and father of five. Most recently he built and sold two eCommerce businesses for 8 figures and was recently featured in a Business Insider article about how he did it. This has inspired him to write the book "Aggregator Navigator - The Ultimate Guide to Maximizing the Exit of Your Amazon Brand" to demystify the selling process of selling to an aggregator. He is also the founder of BrandedSeller.com helping Amazon Sellers strategize and maximize their exit. BrandedSeller.com also provides stunning low cost video and listing content. Learn more at Brandedseller.com Rising Tide Startups is sponsored by PodbrandMedia.com - The Best Place on the Planet to launch your own branded podcast for your company or brand!

You need to take the next five minutes to end 2021 strong! Drawing from the rich well of 228 episodes over the past five seasons, host Kevin Prewett recaps the best business quotes and startup advice he received from the best guests on Rising Tide Startups. Listen and take notes. These tips are pure gold! If you would like to be a guest or know someone who fits the bill of a business CEO or Founder, please utilize our Guest Request Form. Sponsored and produced by PodBrand Media

As we near the end of 2021, while celebrating Christmas today, we want to introduce you to a really special guest, Veronica Romney. Veronica works with online entrepreneurs struggling to get their teams dialed in. She is an Integrator personality to a T, and she loves managing people. She’s also been in the online marketing world since 2008, most recently working behind-the-scenes as a speaker, trainer, Director, and Chief of Staff for brands such as Tony Robbins, Dean Graziosi, Pete Vargas, and BossBabe. Simply put, Veronica’s unique superpowers and professional background will help you actually take a vacation – not another workcation. Learn more at veronicaromney.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Neel Parekh, founder of maidthis.com. Five years ago Neel had an idea: local businesses don't need to be managed locally! He turned this idea into reality with MaidThis® & MaidThis® Franchise, which helps homeowners and short-term rental hosts (Airbnb, VRBO, etc) with their cleanings. They’ve generated millions in revenue while having a fully remote team, and Neel is now on a mission to help others achieve the same.

Our special guest this week is once again in that incredibly important field right now, cyber-security, Brian Fritton, CEO of Havoc Shield. Brian has built products and led engineering, design, and IT teams at companies with credentials such as Fortune’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies, the Inc. 5000 List, and Entrepreneur’s 100 Most Brilliant Companies. He’s been the “guy in the hot seat” — responsible for defending a small business from cyberattacks — as a FinTech CTO at Patch of Land and the VP of Engineering for a critical political campaign and enterprise data science software maker. Brian brings the founder’s perspective to cybersecurity in an increasingly complicated and risk-filled environment. Brian is originally from the woods of northwest Michigan and got his bachelor’s degree in e-business from DePaul University, where he spent more time experimenting with different businesses than going to class. He moved back to Chicago to start Havoc Shield after building his previous LA-based startup into a crowdfunding machine, having originated over a billion dollars in real estate loans and a successful exit. He’s married, has too many pets, and lives in the Avondale neighborhood of Chicago. Learn more at - Havoc Shield

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Jared Hummel, President of Parqa Digital Marketing. Jared is an experienced business leader with a history of building start-up organizations into streamlined, revenue-generating companies. As the President of Parqa, he leads with a strong financial background and is motivated by enhancing growth and finding solutions to complex operating and execution-based challenges. He enjoys working with company leaders to integrate digital strategies into overall business decisions – with an emphasis on nurturing clients and candidates through automation – to drive revenue.

We jump back into the world of online security with our next guest on Rising Tide Startups, Matt Spitz. Matt Spitz is the Head of Engineering at Vanta, helping companies practice better security and keep their customers' data safe. Prior to Vanta, Matt has built and scaled diverse engineering teams through significant growth, cofounded and led Dropbox's NYC office, started a company, and played technical leadership roles in both product and infrastructure engineering. Learn more at - https://www.vanta.com

We have a very special guest with us today... and if you watch close on youtube you may also see a cameo appearance of a little one! Franziska Iseli's personal mission is to make a positive impact through entrepreneurship. She's also the co-founder of BasicBananas.com, Oceanlovers.com, TheDataPeople.com.au and TheBusinessHood.com. Basic Bananas is known for their amazing marketing mentoring programs to support small business owners. Over the last eleven years they've worked with thousands of businesses from all around the world. If you've detected a 'small' accent - that's because she's a Swaussie (Swiss born Australian). People refer to her as a bit of a rebel and super down-to-earth. She loves combining my creative and strategic abilities to grow and lead businesses. In 2013 Franziska was awarded the NSW Young Entrepreneur of the Year Award recognising her innovation, creativity and philanthropic involvement. She's a big believer in using business as a force for good and has had the pleasure to facilitate workshops at the United Nations Headquarters in NYC to address UN's Sustainable Development Goals through entrepreneurship. One of her big passions lies in ocean conservation and through OceanLovers.com, she's built a global community to help save our oceans. She's the author of three bestselling books (Perception, Bananas About Marketing and The Courage Map) with a fourth one coming out soon. She is also crazy about adventures and in her spare time loves surfing, riding a motorbike around the world, playing music, learning new things and sharing experiences with loved ones. To find out more, please visit FranziskaIseli.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Jeremy Ryan Slate. Jeremy is the founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world. He studied literature at Oxford University, Specializes in using podcasting and new media to create celebrity and was ranked #1 in iTunes New and #78 in the iTunes top 100. He was named the #1 Podcast to Listen to by INC Magazine in 2019, as well as being named a Top Influencer by Forbes. After his success in podcasting, Jeremy Slate and his wife, Brielle Slate, founded Command Your Brand to help entrepreneurs get their message out by appearing as guests on podcasts. Jeremy's Website - Commandyourbrand.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups Podcast is Luke Van Der Veer. Luke started a corporate career at General Electric and now he’s considered one of the leading experts of "Rank & Rent SEO", having one of his websites competing against Walmart and ranks #4 in the entire US. He has generated leads in 73 different niches and 48 states and is now enjoying a flexible lifestyle without alarm clocks, bosses or vacation requests. Learn more at - digitalrealestatecoaching

Once again we have a great guest joining us for another episode of Rising Tide Startups Podcast, Jon Dykstra. Jon is the founder of Fatstacksblog.com which profiles how he built up a large online publishing company comprised of several large niche websites. Learn more at fatstacksblog.com

Our special guest this week on the podcast is Niro Knox. Niro lives in London and is a musician, traveler, mystic and Marketer with an IT and Tech Edge and Experience. Learn more at blade-marketing.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Eleanor Haglund. Eleanor is the Founder and CEO of Aspire 360 – a network for entrepreneurs that provides peer-to-peer community groups to help accelerate their learning whilst they’re growing their own business. Aspire360 has also been featured in Forbes, Ambitious Entrepreneur, among other publications. Eleanor was an inaugural member of the Innovation Scholars Program in Project Olympus, and won awards in several start-up competitions like the Columbia Venture Challenge, and Hack-a- Startup. Eleanor is also a Columbia University (MBA) alum! Learn more at - aspire360.io

Once again, we have the privilege of hosting another great guest, Devin Miller, founder of Miller IP Law. He loves startups and runs his own patent and trademark law firm to help startups and small businesses. Devin also founded his first startup while earning his Law & MBA degrees. Since then, he has founded several 7 & 8 figure startups and enjoyed every minute of it. Learn more at - milleripl.com Book a free strategy session with Devin - strategysession.com

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Latha Karthigaa. Latha is the founder of Brandupwise Marketing and has been a 𝗗𝗶𝗴𝗶𝘁𝗮𝗹 𝗠𝗮𝗿𝗸𝗲𝘁𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗰𝗼𝗻𝘀𝘂𝗹𝘁𝗮𝗻𝘁 and a 𝗕𝘂𝘀𝗶𝗻𝗲𝘀𝘀 𝗚𝗿𝗼𝘄𝘁𝗵 𝗔𝗱𝘃𝗶𝘀𝗼𝗿 for the past 4 years. She helps Businesses to generate 𝗵𝗶𝗴𝗵-𝗾𝘂𝗮𝗹𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗽𝗿𝗼𝗳𝗲𝘀𝘀𝗶𝗼𝗻𝗮𝗹 𝗹𝗲𝗮𝗱𝘀 on Digital Platforms. Learn more at brandupwise.com