StartEdUp Podcast

Charles Linden was named The World’s Leading Authority by Hay House Publishing. To date, Charles’ programs, workshops and residential retreats have helped in excess of 340,000 people to find full and lifelong recovery from anxiety disorders including GAD, OCD, panic disorder, health anxiety, agoraphobia, eating disorders, self-harming, Pure O and more. Charles' media and resources has been used by over 30 million people worldwide. NHS testing of the programs demonstrated 100% recovery outcomes. Charles is consultant to celebrities, TV studios, film studios, sports stars and corporate organisations from around the world. 1000’s of recovery reviews are testament to Charles’ recovery outcomes but also to his 22 years suffering and over 25 years providing solutions to people all over the world. The programs are CPD accredited and administered by BPS and BACP support staff. TLM is the only registered, accredited anxiety disorder recovery solution. Learn more at: https://www.emotivate.me/ and www.thelindenmethod.co.uk https://www.thelindenmethod.direct/anxietyreliefclub

Del Duduit is an award-winning freelance writer, blogger and author from Lucasville, OH. He is represented by Cyle Young, Hartline Literary Agency. He is the author of Buckeye Believer: 40 Days of Devotions for the Ohio State Faithful (2018, BY Books) Bengal Believer: 40 Who-Dey-Votions for the Cincinnati Faithful (2019 BY Books) Dugout Devotions: Inspirational Hits from MLB’s Best, (2019, New Hope Publishers) and First Down Devotions; Inspirations from NFL’s Best (2019, New Hope Publishers). As a former sports writer, he won both Associated Press and Ohio Prep Sports writing awards. Del’s articles have appeared in Athletes in Action, Clubhouse Magazine, http://OhioStatehousenews.com, Sports Spectrum, The Portsmouth Daily Times, The Sports Column, One Christian Voice, The Christian View Online Magazine, and Portsmouth Metro Magazine. His blogs have appeared on One Christian Voice and its national affiliates across the country, on http://ToddStarnes.com and on Almost an Author and The Write Conversation. In 2020, Del and his agent will release Michigan Motivations, and he will also release Bama Believer: 40 Days of Devotions for the Roll Tide Faithful, and Auburn Believer: 40 Days of Devotions for the Tiger Faithful, from New Hope Publishers. Then in 2021, he will release three more devotional books. Dugout Devotions: New Hope Publishers: http://bit.ly/ShopDugoutDevotions Amazon: https://amzn.to/2UxqWIx First Down Devotions: New Hope: http://bit.ly/newhopefirstdown Amazon: https://bit.ly/FirstDownDevotions Michigan Motivations: release in July https://amazon.com/gp/aw/d/B07Z1SKP7N?ref_=dbs_P_W_othr_edtn

Akira The Don is a musician blending beats with wisdom. His popular tracks and YouTube videos feature clips from Joe Rogan, Jocko, Jordan Peterson, and many others. In 2017, Akira the Don released mixtapes in the form of a new genre he created, referred to as "Meaningwave" – a fusion of wave music with meaningful lyrical content and lofi hip-hop. In this episode, we dive into Meaningwave, purpose, perspective, and education. Find Akira on all these platforms: https://www.meaningwave.com/ https://www.patreon.com/akirathedon http://www.youtube.com/akirathedon http://www.twitter.com/akirathedon http://www.facebook.com/akirathedon https://www.instagram.com/akirathedon/ YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsoiSpBvkr4Y-78Pj3recUw

Ed Andrew is a serial entrepreneur having built 4 companies on 4 continents across industry over 20 years. An ex lawyer and former head hunter he has advised some of the world’s biggest brands including Fortune 50 and ASX 20 companies. Ed has coached more than 15,000 people in 35 countries through career transition and life transformation from global CEO’s, world champion athletes to veterans, graduates and start up founders. A cancer survivor Ed is also host of the top 100 podcast Human Impact talking to world leaders about bringing humanity to work and life. You can find the podcast here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/human-impact/id1295787262 He lives with his wife and daughters in the Hunter Valley, Australia."

Travis Chappell is a podcast host, and relentless connector. His show, Build Your Network, has featured some of the top names in marketing and entrepreneurship in the world. His story of how he got there is simple- knowing how to provide value and connect with people. In this episode, Travis unpacks how he built his network and podcast. This episode is practical and valuable, and ANYONE can replicate. Find more about Travis at: https://travischappell.com/ and his podcast: https://travischappell.com/podcast/

Kevin Berkopes wants to pay students- during the school day. He plans on building schools that stay open until late evening, and have grocery stores and wellness facilities inside the school. He believes that joy and gratitude should be a part of the curriculum. And that's just a start to his bigger vision. This is a podcast that EVERY educator should listen to! You can learn more about Crossroads education at: https://crossroadseducation.org/ And more about Kevin at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drkevinberkopes/

Fran Lockwood, CTO of Valvoline is focused on the future of not only her company, but the future of customer service, energy, and technology. As a seasoned CTO, Lockwood is focused on where this massive company should head, and be an industry leader to not only the customers, but also in the field of research and innovation.

Bouissou has been a Silicon-Valley entrepreneur, CEO, venture capitalist for 30 years. He currently manages Blue Dots Partners LLC, an advisory firm he co-founded focused on revenue growth. He has served on the board of directors of 20 companies. He previously founded and was the CEO of G2i, a sonware company before leading business development for electronic publishing for Hacheoe, one of the largest publishing companies in the world. He then joined Apple, where he founded and managed the online Apple Store and grew its revenue from zero to $350 million under Steve Jobs. He later was General Partner with two venture capital firms.

Adam Carolla is the outspoken comedian, author, entrepreneur, and "origional" podcast host. I wanted to dig deep into his "chapter 1" on how he "became" Adam Carolla. I've heard some interviews on his beginnings, but wanted to focus on the mindset and HOW he found all these opportunities. This podcast is NOT about The Man Show, or his documentaries, or even about LoveLine. What it was, however, was understanding the mindset of a man that knows that "luck" favors the prepared.

Dr. Sonny Magana is an award-winning teacher, pioneering educational technology researcher, and best-selling author. In this episode we go deep into his new book, the methods, and why classrooms need the T3 Framework NOW. Dr. Magana’s latest book, Disruptive Classroom Technologies, introduced the T3 Framework for Innovation which has been hailed as: “A visionary work; truly insightful and inspirational!” (Marzano, 2017); “A brilliant breakthrough in our understanding and use of technology for learning” (Fullan, 2017); and, “A major step forward; Magana’s T3 Challenge is credible, powerful, and exciting; let’s do it!” (Hattie, 2018).

Chris Aviles is a teacher at Knollwood middle school in the Fair Haven school district in Fair Haven, New Jersey. There he runs the renown Fair Haven Innovates program he created in 2015. The Fair Haven Innovates program is Fair Haven school district’s 21st century life, innovation, and technology program for 4th to 8th graders. In FH Innovates, Chris guides students as they create and sell products that solve problems as part of student-run businesses that turn a real profit. Students can use a percentage of their profits to support the people and causes they care about through FH Gives. Two years ago, Chris started the first middle school esports team in the country as part of the program. He uses esports to teach social/emotional learning and career and technology education. You can keep up with chris on his website http://TechedUpTeacher.com and @techedupteacher on all social media

Nader Hamda had a problem. He wanted his children to have access to more cutting edge curriculum that made programming and robotics fun. So he did something about it. He created Ozobot. As a serial entrepreneur specializing in products that use technology to make children’s lives better, Nader knew how to start, scale, and optimize a company that is on a mission is to inspire young minds to be prepared for the high demand skills in robotics. In this interview, Nader and Don get into a deep conversation on teacher feedback, student engagement, and potential collaborations. For more information, go to https://ozobot.com

CEO of Impero, Justin Reilly is at the intersection of education, EdTech, security and innovation. In this episode, Justin and I go deep into what the future of education looks like, and how our students can collaborate in a global sense. We also talk about being an international company, and the challenges of protecting and empowering schools and students from around the world. Justin Reilly has more than 15 years leading EdTech businesses from around the world. Reilly's early career included teaching mathematics and ICT in UK secondary schools, so his background in education gave him a unique perspective as a CEO and former teacher. Reilly was also CEO of Mwabu Group, an African EdTech business, serving schools and ministries of education in some of the most remote regions. Justin was VP of technology delivery and strategic partnerships at Pearson Education and CEO of Fronter AS, a provider of learning management systems. For more information, please go to: https://www.imperosoftware.com/us/

Adam Geller is the founder of Edthena, a video-powered professional learning platform, and author of professional development book Evidence of Practice. He started his career as a science teacher in St. Louis, Missouri. Since 2011, Adam has seen Edthena evolve from a paper-based prototype into a research-informed and patented platform used by schools, districts, teacher training programs, and professional development providers around the world. To learn more about Edthena, visit www.edthena.com.

Garrett Mintz is the founder of Ambition In Motion, https://www.ambition-in-motion.com/ a company that helps grow company cultures and engagement through mentorship. Garrett's vision is a world where the vast majority of people are excited to go to work, believe their expectations meet reality when they are there, and when they come home they feel fulfilled. Garrett started Ambition In Motion in 2013 as a sophomore at Indiana University with the initial idea to help college students gain a more realistic idea of their career paths through mentorship. Garrett still serves college students but has since pivoted his focus towards companies to connect their employees together for mentoring relationships leveraging the science around Work Orientation and its correlation to successful mentorships. If you are interested in learning more about mentorship at your company or learning your Work Orientation and how that would impact a mentoring relationship, go to https://ambition-in-motion.com/companies. Feel free to connect with Garrett on LinkedIn at https://www.linkedin.com/in/garrettmintz/.

Has Anyone Noticed How Online Gambling Is Being Marketed? by Don Wettrick

Why I HATE TikTok as a father and a teacher. This week Jamal joins me and we discuss. We really appreciated the feedback from last week. While some of you liked TikTok we really appreciated the feedback w/o it getting personal. This was our best week for good, constructive feedback. Thank you.

Richard Anderson III wants more innovation and collaboration in music. He also wants to showcase the talent in the Indianapolis music scene. As a musician with over 15 years with a background in Neuroscience, Biotechnology, Business Development, he already knew how to start a business. Now he wants a "landing zone" for great meetups and collaboration. For more information: https://sndspc.com/

In 2005, Maggie Donye took a "gap year" to travel to northern India. During that trip, she spent time volunteering at a children's home in and a little girl won her heart. Since then she has started been honored as "CNN Hero of the Year." Her organization, Blink Now, is growing and thriving. Please visit: https://blinknow.org/?gclid=EAIaIQobChMIso7l6Pma5gIVEdRkCh3N_gKuEAAYASAAEgIJ9vD_BwE Also, if you want to support the STARTedUP Foundation, please visit: https://startedupfoundation.org/donate

Ben journalist and filmmaker working primarily for the BBC from Liverpool, England. He makes documentaries for different channels in the UK and beyond as a documentary maker for BBC Studios and his own production company, ZANDLAND Films. He was formerly head of BBC documentary team, and also presents the BBC podcast, The Next Episode. His work on R Kelly made headlines and sparked a national dialogue. In this episode, Ben recalls stories and the challenges in shooting in dangerous and unpredictable zones. Lastly, he has AMAZING advice for young innovators.

Hanan Challouki is a managing partner at the creative agency Allyens. The main expertise of Allyens is inclusive, viral communications, with millennials as primary target group. In today's episode we talk about her being the co-founder of the online platform Mvslim, created to break stereotypes about Muslims. Also, the wisdom and mindset it took to get this off the ground. Mvslim spreads inspiring stories of role models and already reached millions of people worldwide.

Trained in computer science and biology, Robert's passion for combining medicine and AI throughout his work and research has grown extraordinarily. As a software developer at the Montreal Neurological Institute, Robert worked on integrating state-of-the-art deep learning techniques in the healthcare industry, specifically brain imaging. As CTO of Aifred Health, in pursuit of better mental health care. Follow his journey on Twitter at: @robert__fratila LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/robertfratila/

When Guillermo Martínez was little, he would dream about a toy-making machine. Many years later, 3D printers arrived and he saw that his dream had turned into reality: he bought himself one and started producing figures. Now he is an industrial organisation engineer, soon got tired of making “things to put on the shelf” and wanted to take things further. So he start printing prosthetics. He took them to Kenya to help people living with a disability and very limited means. It changed their lives. Go to https://www.bq.com/en/project-help-me-3d

Mark Twain famously wrote, "Comparison is the death of joy." How very relevant and true for today.

Shaka Senghor is the President of Shaka Senghor, Inc. His memoir, Writing My Wrongs: Life, Death and Redemption in an American Prison, debuted on The New York Times and The Washington Post Best Seller Lists. Shaka is a former MIT Media Lab Director’s Fellow and a former Fellow in the inaugural class of the W.K. Kellogg Foundation’s Community Leadership Network. His 2014 TED Talk was featured in their “Year in Ideas” roundup and has over 1.5 million views. Shaka is the recipient of numerous awards, including the 2012 Black Male Engagement (BMe) Leadership Award, the 2015 Manchester University Innovator of the Year Award, the 2016 FORD Man of Courage Award, and the 2016 NAACP Great Expectations Award. He was recently recognized by OWN (the Oprah Winfrey Network) as a “Soul Igniter” in the inaugural class of the SuperSoul 100. He has taught at the University of Michigan and shares his story of redemption around the world. Today, Shaka’s priority is shifting societal narratives by creating content with deep social impact and high entertainment value. For more information, go to: https://www.shakasenghor.com/

Serious question: When are we done with our students? Is it when they graduate? Drop out? Get expelled? Serious question: what if we kept the school open for more mental health help AFTER they've graduated? Kept the weight room open? Provided classes as they transition into adulthood? I would very much like your thoughts on this on. Feel free to email me at: [email protected]

JP Sears is a comedian, YouTube sensation, and quite honestly, one of the most deep, intellectual people I've met. While he pokes fun at being "ultra spiritual," he is actually quite compassionate, and wants more people to understand his/her purpose. This interview was a glimpse into a guy that is making people think- through reflection, introspection, and laughter.

Society will always need great communicators that bring an innovative mindset to solving challenges. Kevin Anselmo started Global Innovators Academy (www.globalinnovatorsacademy.com), a free online course educators can use to teach students about digital communications, entrepreneurship and innovation. On this episode of Crucial Conversations, Kevin and I discuss the importance of teaching students about digital communications and some different ways to approach this. You can find Kevin on Twitter. @kevinanselmo and @gloinnovacademy.

Superintendent Dr. Jim Rollins, is on a mission to provide innovative, relevant education for ALL Springdale students. From their award winning robotics program, to their dedication to alternative education, Dr. Rollins is creating a pathway of success for these Arkansas students.

It feels good to get some "easy" wins, but you don't really value it.

Jennifer Wiese started making her son healthy foods that were gluten free. She found that it affected his behavior, and overall health. Because is on the autism spectrum, she wanted to keep his diet healthy, but also wanted to make snacks that tasted good. So she did something about it. Jennifer went from the kitchen, to the Noblesville, Indiana Farmers Market- to the shelves of Kroger, Target, Whole Foods, and WalMart. I HIGHLY recommend you not only support this awesome lady, but pick up a bad of Warrior Mix!

Unplug.

This episode is a good one! You might want to share this episode out to a person that needs a boost! Some simple steps to get more gratitude in your life.

Taylor Simpson and Josh Abalos are on a mission to create opportunities of trust to disrupt the banking industry. Their company, The Halo App (www.thehaloapp.com) is bringing funders and borrowers together, allowing them to set the rate and payment structure. They're also creating #PositivityBombs by encouraging 0% loans to people that need short term loans, so they can get access to money, without having to go through the long process for a short term loan- or agree to high interest "payday" loans. I'm very impressed with The Halo App, and wanted to interview this 100% minority owned and operated company, let alone a tech company! I think you'll be impressed with the mission and vision of The Halo App.

There has been a lot of media focusing on the new skills employers are looking for. Yes, many want tech skills, but more and more employers are calling for more soft skills. So... have we pushed STEM too much?

Jamal & I talk to one of the most kind, empathetic educator we've ever ran across. Is he "Twitter famous"? Nope. Just awesome. Meet Zack Shaffer. @PhoenixAZ1899

Crucial Conversation: Do Schools REALLY need sports teams?

Nik Koyama (Twitter: @NikKoyama) is the co-founder of Video Warrior, and is, quite frankly, why I do this podcast. He was Episode #3 over three years ago. I interviewed him when he was just starting out. But I knew he was destined for success. Much like watching LeBron James in high school, you could tell. This episode is FULL of great advice, especially practical steps on how to build a community and understand the difference between "offensive" and "defensive" marketing. Share this one... you'll love it!

Do you believe the things you tell yourself about yourself? Do you make excuses or beat yourself up? Who can help with that?

Today Jamal and I talk about good planning, being spontaneous, and a can you BE spontaneous and a good planner?

In this re-broadcast, Rick Fox talks about basketball, but also how esports is transcending the sports culture. More importantly, Rick goes into following passion, and why schools need to consider esports as a legitimate sport.

I got an unexpected bump in pay today...

Are teachers held to a higher standard on ethics? Well, shouldn't we? What about "free speech?" What about making a mistake without it being in the news? What about throwing a tantrum online? Are teachers held to a different standard? Jamal & I discuss.

Jeremy Brown, of Nameless catering recalls his journey as an entrepreneur, and how he found a smaller community and focus on their needs before he decided to scale up. This episode is full of practical advice that is useful to entrepreneurs, students, and teachers alike.

I don't do Super Hero movies... Be you own.

Alex Banayan is the author of "The Third Door," which is a national bestseller. In our first interview he received a massive amount of feedback from students, teachers, and young entrepreneurs. He enjoyed it so much, he asked to return to the show. I jumped at the chance. Alex has always been generous with his time and insights to educators and students. If you are one of those, you will DEFINITELY want to listen and pass this episode along to friends.

Sometimes we need to laugh at ourselves, and say, "this will all be funny in a year..." Right?

There is a big learning curve in the first week on the job. Today Jamal has some seriously good insights on how to move forward.

"One Stone is a student-led and -directed nonprofit that makes students better leaders and the world a better place. Our program empowers high school students to learn and practice 21st century skills through experiential service, innovative initiatives, social entrepreneurship, and the radical reinvention of learning." This week we talk with Caitlyn Scales, Director of Strategy and Development. We talk about One Stone, and how it has branched out into four different eco systems to impact students all over Boise, Idaho.

Today Jamal & I talk about Twitter spats on race, inclusion & equity without being toxic. We also discuss how educators can learn & not further divide.