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Matt Higgins grew up in poverty while having to take care of his ailing mother. He dropped out of high school, obtained an equivalency diploma and enrolled at Queens College. He started out as a reporter and attended law school at night, while he worked for Mayor Giuliani. Today, he is recognized as one of the savviest business leaders in the venture space as the CEO and co-founder of RSE Ventures, a company he started with Miami Dolphins owner Stephen Ross. 
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Rich Kleiman formed a special bond with NBA superstar Kevin Durant. Together, they formed Thirty Five Ventures, an umbrella company for their business interests across sports, tech, culture and philanthropy. Rich and Kevin have been immensely successful with a diverse investment portfolio, including companies such as Postmates, Acorns, Overtime, Coinbase, and so much more Rich shares his incredible insight on being an entrepreneur.
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Designer Rebecca Minkoff and Katia Beauchamp, the founder of Birchbox, the leading beauty and grooming subscription box with over 2.5 million customers, are working together to support the emerging Female Founder Collective. Minkoff founded the FFC with the mission to enable and empower female owned and led businesses to positively impact communities, both socially and economically. Together, Minkoff and Beauchamp are hoping to change the world in a positive way for female entrepreneurs.
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Arthur M. Blank believes that for good companies, purpose and profit can-and should-go hand in hand. Arthur found incredible success by doing just that with his company Home Depot. The rest is history. Blank stepped down as co-chairman of Home Depot in 2001 and the next year he bought the NFL’s Atlanta Falcons for $545 million. Today, the team is worth an estimated $2.8 billion and recently played in the Super Bowl. Arthur shares his wisdom on building “good companies.”
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Baron Davis started preparing for life after the NBA when he was just in high school. Once in the NBA, he quickly became one of the key original investors in Vitaminwater and helped launch Thrive Market. Davis is an entrepreneur, investor and two-time NBA All-Star and record-holder. As powerful point guard, Davis won national acclaim for executing in crucial, high-pressure moments, when his team needed him the most. Today, he is stacking up his game winning shots off the court.
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Monique Brandon is working together with legendary venture capitalist Steven Dietz to tackle California’s affordable housing crisis. Her company United Dwelling facilitates the conversion of underutilized garages or backyards into attractive housing at an affordable price while also providing homeowners with extra income. She believes that the key to making this possible is to optimize operations and economies of scale to tackle one of the biggest issues facing California.
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Dennis Crowley is the co-founder of Foursquare, the technology company that powers location experiences for more than 1 billion people around the world. Previously, he founded Dodgeball, one of the first location-based mobile social services (acquired by Google in 2005) and help to build early location-based games PacManhattan (2004) and ConQwest (2004). Dennis is also the founder and Chairman of the Kingston Stockade Football Club, a semi-professional soccer team. 
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John Paul DeJoria is an American entrepreneur, a billionaire and philanthropist best known as a co-founder of the Paul Mitchell line of hair products and The Patrón Spirits Company. He sold Patron two years ago to spirits company Bacardi for a reported 5.1 billion dollars. Not bad for a guy who was homeless two different times in his life and not bad for guy who started out with a series of jobs including janitor and door-to-door encyclopedia salesman. A true How Success Happens story. 
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A native of New Zealand, Tim Brown was always well versed in the magical qualities of merino wool. He was always inherently curious. That’s why while he was playing professional soccer he began asking himself why such a remarkable, sustainable resource was virtually absent in the footwear industry. And with that spirit of wonder, Tim’s Allbirds journey began. It was a journey that officially launched in 2016 and one that has quickly seen Tim create a billion dollar business.
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Daniel Lubetzky, founder and Executive Chairman of KIND, is on a mission to make the world a little kinder one snack and act at a time. He started KIND in 2004 and created a new healthy snacking category. Daniel was always inspired by his father who left an indelible mark on him to do good in the world. He has been committed to using his business as a vehicle for social change. Its KIND Movement inspires everyday acts of kindness and The KIND Foundation works to create kinder, more empathetic communities.
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In 2009 Alexia Brue launched what has become wellness digital media power house, Well + Good. Alexia started Well + Good after identifying a need for information and resources on the emerging trends in nutrition, fitness, beauty, and overall wellness lifestyle. Without raising any outside capital she bootstrapped the launch and growth of Well+Good eventually growing the company to reach over 20M wellness-conscious women monthly via the web. In 2018 she sold the company to the Leaf Group (NYSE: LEAF).
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While at Stanford Graduate School of Business, Fluhr entered the annual business plan competition with the idea of creating a trusted marketplace to buy and sell tickets for sporting events and concerts. Fluhr dropped out of school and co-founded StubHub in March 2000. By 2007, StubHub had over 400 employees, more than $600 million of gross merchandise volume and partnerships with many professional and college sports teams. Fluhr served as CEO until StubHub was acquired by eBay for $310 million in 2007.
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Robert Tuchman talks with Neil Blumenthal, co-founder and co-CEO of Warby Parker, a transformative lifestyle brand that offers designer eyewear at a revolutionary price, while leading the way for socially conscious businesses. Prior to launching Warby Parker in 2010, Neil served as director of VisionSpring, a nonprofit social enterprise that trains low-income women to start their own businesses selling affordable eyeglasses to individuals living on less than $4 per day in developing countries.
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Robert Tuchman sits down with Sweetgreen Co-Founder & Chief Concept Officer Nicolas Jammet to discuss how the restaurant chain is facing the challenges of Covid. Nicolas also discusses the incredible growth of the company as America’s leading healthy fast casual chain as well as Sweetgreen’s focus on maintaining its authenticity and transparency as it expands.
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Howard Mittman is the CEO of Bleacher Report the premiere digital destination for millennial and Gen Z sports fans. While many sports media companies have been hurting without live sports, Bleacher Report has been able to not only survive but thrive. In May, the broadcaster topped more than 1 billion video views for the third consecutive month across its social media channels. Mittman has helped BR disrupt and revolutionize content experiences for sports fans around the globe in good times and bad.
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Suri Kasirer is a born New Yorker and advocate. She founded Kasirer in 1997 out of a studio apartment on the Upper West Side—and a lifelong commitment to championing people, progress and policy in the city. Suri and her team have established an unparalleled record of success in New York City a place that some might say can be difficult to get things done.
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Josh Luber founded StockX with fellow entrepreneur and Cleveland Cavaliers owner Dan Gilbert after they both literally came up with the same idea separately. Amazingly enough they found each other and they decided to go at it together building StockX into a billion dollar “Stock Market” for sneakers. Josh shows us how following your passion while never giving up can eventually lead to incredible success.
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Marc Forgione is a Celebrity Chef, Iron Chef, and a man who launched a restaurant in downtown New York City six months prior to the Great Financial Crisis. Marc never wavered and eventually his restaurant thrived. Today he is navigating an even more difficult time for restaurants during the world’s current pandemic. It’s an awful time for restaurant owners and so many small businesses in our country. Listening to Marc you will see why he offers a ray of hope for so many owners of small businesses right now.
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James Daunt is the CEO of Barnes & Noble, who was brought in to lead the company last August to help with what was already a challenging situation for the bookseller even before the Coronavirus pandemic hit. Prior to coming on board at Barnes & Noble, Daunt had turned around Waterstones one of the largest bookselling chains in all of Europe. Today, he faces incredible challenges but like any great entrepreneur he is pushing ahead and continuing to focus on his plan through the current crisis.
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Stoney Clover Lane was founded by sisters Kendall and Libby Glazer from their Rochester, New York bedroom when they were just 17 and 15 respectively. Ten years later their candy-colored classics and personalized patches have become well-known for bringing some much-needed personality to the highly uniform category of travel accessories has reimagined everyday organization through their line of travel accessories designed to spark self-expression.
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Steve Martocci is the founder of music tech platform Splice. Martocci first started in the tech business by co-founding the group-messaging service GroupMe, which sold to Skype in August 2011 for $85 million, when he was just 27. In 2013 he co-founded Splice, a technology platform for music creators that streamlines the process of creating and sharing music. Then in 2014 he co-founded Blade, a private plane service. In total, Martocci’s startups have raised over $100 million.
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The Swiss financier, Thomas Flohr, started his private jet charter company in 2004, just a few years after 9/11 sent aircraft sales spiraling. It wasn’t the last time world events or market downturns would affect Flohr’s business. The 2008 financial crisis came with plenty of challenges, but as Flohr told me he managed to turn those obstacles into fuel for Vista Jet. And today in these times of a new global crisis around the COVID-19 Flohr still continues to move his company forward.
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In 2002, Brent and his brother Brad launched Exclusive Resorts, and quickly became pioneers in the destination club industry. Then, in 2011 the Handler brothers launched Inspirato, a luxury travel club with an impressive roster of exclusive experiences and bespoke travel itineraries. Now Inspirato offers a ground-breaking subscription model, which lets members pay a flat monthly rate for unlimited bookings at Inspirato’s exclusive luxury properties around the world.
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They say every “overnight success” takes 10 years, and that’s something reality TV tycoon Brent Montgomery knows all too well. In 2014, Brent sold an 80% stake of his production group Leftfield Entertainment for $360 million—the most lucrative nonfiction television deal ever made in North America. But if you rewind ten years, you’d find Brent producing wedding videos in New York City. He was working 80-100 hour work weeks with minimal pay, hustling to land a ticket into the entertainment business.
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A movie is a piece of entertainment. But a movie is also a business. There are budgets, payroll, marketing—you name it. Michelle Ganeless, the former President of Comedy Central, Alysia Reiner, an actress famous for her role on Orange is the New Black, and her husband, the accomplished actor David Alan Basche talk about how making their movie, EGG, was very much like building a business.
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Melissa Ben-Ishay is the founder of Baked by Melissa. When she was let go from her job, she had no idea what to do. But her brother suggested she start baking. Melissa wasn’t sure if her love for baking as a real business opportunity or just a distraction. But he encouraged her to nurture her creative instincts, and boy did it pay off. Those little colorful cupcakes ended up in the hands of some influential people, and now Baked by Melissa is arguably the most successful cupcake company in the world.
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Daniella Yacobovsky the co founder of BaubleBar the go-to online retailer for on-trend jewelry seemed to understand early on that failures she had in her business were just part of the necessary process needed to eventually find success. She built BaubleBar into a major fashion accessories business by failing her way to success. Figuring out the right answers by making the wrong decisions. Even today when she launches new jewelry products its a continual process of testing, failing, learning and growing.
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Leah Cohen started in the restaurant business way before the #metoo movement. Many people might know her from her wildly successful New York City restaurant Pig and Cow. Or her brand new restaurant Piggyback. Others possibly know her from her appearance on Season 5 of Top Chef. But most don’t realize her success didn’t happen overnight. She put in a lot of years working for a variety of chefs and restauranteurs before taking her own leap into entrepreneurship.
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Melody Mcloskey founded StyleSeat – the premiere marketplace for beauty and barbering services. It has generated more than $6.5 billion in revenue for its small business customers and powered more than 120 million appointments in 16,000-plus cities across the U.S. But Melody actually sat on this idea for two years. She was passionate about it, but she was afraid of taking the leap. She had so many personal doubts, fears and insecurities holding her back. So, what did it take for Melody to finally dive in and just go for it?
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Alan Fuerstman started his career in the hotel industry as a doorman at a Marriott in New Jersey. He then worked his way up to captain of the bell stand, and then onto major hotels across the country, then helping Steve Wynn at the Bellagio. He then came up with an idea for a new type of hotel. It would be an ultra-luxury property that allowed people to be causal, not stuffy like the other luxury hotels of the time. He called it Montage, and built it in Laguna Beach California. And he was right. It set the standard for a new type of luxury property, and is now one of the most well-known ultra-luxury brands in the industry, with multiple properties around the world.
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There are over one billion people globally living with disabilities, but up until a few years ago no one in the fashion industry was making clothes for them. That was until Mindy Scheier started Runway of Dreams, a nonprofit that partnered with Tommy Hilfiger to create an adaptable clothing line. More recently, Mindy launched Gamut, a business that helps people with disabilities to find work in the adaptive economy.
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Marc Merrill is the Co-Founder of Riot Games. Riot created League of Legends, one of the most popular video games of all time. League of Legends World Championship rivals the Super Bowl viewership — with close to 100 million last year. The company even brought in $1.5 billion in revenue this past year. But when Marc started the company, there were times they barely had funds left to pay employees. They had disastrous technical failures at their live events, and nearly went out of business many times.
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There is a reason we choose to pay $5 for a cup of coffee. The customers aren’t paying for the coffee, they are paying for the experience of being at Starbucks. Danny Meyer the famed restauranteur was doing this before the term “experience economy” was even coined back in the 1990’s. He opened his first restaurant in New York City called Union Square Cafe back in 1985 and one thing he has always done better than anyone else in the business is offer an incredible experience.
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Starting a business at any time can be scary but how about dropping out of school to start a business during the greatest recession in the history of the world? To make a move like that can be downright frightening. Alexa Von Tobel literally left Harvard Business School before graduating to pursue her mission to educate everyday Americans on how to manage their own finances.
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Jarrod Moses went from being a college intern at Grey Advertising to becoming its youngest president ever. He was a 30-year-old boss of a major publicly traded company, and regularly faced age discrimination because of it. But it didn’t stop him. He went on to found the United Entertainment Group—a joint venture with Hollywood powerhouse Untied Talent Agency, that would produce branded entertainment for General Mills, AT&T, Starbucks, and more of the world’s largest brands.
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Jake Schwartz started a company called General Assembly that just sold to the big human resource company Adecco Group for a reported 413 million dollars. After graduating from Yale and thinking he learned all he needed to to succeed in business, Schwartz got smacked in the face with reality. He realized education and the way people were learning was changing. GA started with relevant classes that people were willing to pay for because they were making investments in themselves.
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Lesley Eccles is the co-founder and former head of marketing of FanDuel, the billion-dollar fantasy sports company. She started it with her husband Nigel in a tiny office in Scotland, and it went on to help change the law about sports betting across America. But despite the company’s success, Lesley and Nigel didn’t get to enjoy the spoils. Their relationship with their investors fell apart, and they left the business in 2017 having made almost no money on the deal and retaining no interest in the business.
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Randi Zuckerberg was one of the first employees at Facebook. She contributed on many fronts in those early days of Facebook, and was responsible for creating the Facebook Live tool that today is used by billions of people. But something nagged at her. She would often look around while on meetings and realize she was the only woman there. And she felt called to fix that—not just in Silicon Valley, but everywhere.
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How do you deal with the feeling of not being able to make a difference in a changing industry? David Kanbar is a serial entrepreneur who started a mortgage business which he later sold because  he realized he could never make a difference in a business that had become commoditized. He changed industries and eventually founded the brand Skinnygirl Margarita with Bethenny Frankel. Now Kanbar is at it again having just launched King Street Vodka with actress Kate Hudson.
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Amber Venz Box is the founder of rewardStyle a business driving over one billion dollars in retail sales by uniting brands, influencers, and consumers. Despite never having any previous connections, contacts or easy ways into the Fashion industry she ended up becoming one of its most successful entrepreneurs. Amber simply forced her way in through will power and maximizing any and all opportunities.
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Ruth Zukerman will be the first to tell you that she has faced many struggles with some of her business partners over the years. But Ruth has persevered using lessons from these partnerships and relationships to learn more about herself and in turn grow as a business woman. While she has provided transformative experiences for her students over the years she herself has been transformed by the lessons learned through the ups and downs of partnerships at SoulCycle and Flywheel.
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How hard should you push yourself to achieve success? David Burke is one of the biggest names in the culinary world but in getting there he had to put in years worth of 90 hour work weeks and make incredible personal sacrifices. David has changed over the years learning to take better care of himself but we wanted to know if he could have achieved the same success he has if he had always been this way from the beginning.
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How do you sell something that people don’t understand? In 2009, when Jenny co-founded the company Rent the Runway, the business transformed the retail industry by making designer clothing rentals a convenient and accessible luxury experience for millions of women. Not many folks envisioned a world in which people would love to rent their clothing. But Jenny did and now she is back at it with her new company Jetblack.
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A chat with Reid Genauer, singer, songwriter and Chief Marketing Officer of Smule, one of the most popular music apps on the planet.
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In 2016, Tobias Peggs and Kimbal Musk partnered up to launch Square Roots, a Brooklyn-based urban farm. Farmers grow food in shipping containers by way of controlled microclimates and specialized lighting, aiming to connect communities with fresh, local produce. Before Square Roots, Peggs earned his PhD in AI and led two tech companies to acquisitions by Adobe and Walmart. In this episode, Peggs discusses the future of food and reveals his advice for entrepreneurs looking to sell their startups.
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At age 19, Falon Fatemi became known as Google’s youngest-ever hire. She’s also the daughter of two immigrant entrepreneurs, and after leaving Google, she founded her own AI company. Backed by Mark Cuban, Node aims to use deep learning to analyze relationships between people and companies, then pinpoint sales, marketing and recruiting opportunities for those companies. In this episode, Fatemi talks landing a job in big tech, AI and data policies and how to give an A+ pitch.
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Learn the mindset that helped Kara Goldin turn a simple idea into an empire boasting more than $100 million in sales.
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Dusty Stutsman, co-founder of Night Out, on recognizing those great ideas that are staring you right in the face.
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In his 20 years as a monk, Doug Lynam saw financial suffering firsthand — in his teaching community and in monastery guests, not to mention the monastery itself. Lynam decided to take a leap and pivot to a career as a financial advisor, then helped pull his community out of bankruptcy. Now, Lynam aims to help people learn mindful money management and provide clear, step-by-step guidance on how to grow a “little bit” wealthy. In this episode, he shares actionable strategies for doing just that.
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Google, eBay, Tesla, Yahoo, AT&T: These companies were all founded, completely or in part, by immigrants — who also account for close to 30 percent of all new entrepreneurs in the U.S., the highest share in 20 years. Victor Santos, who emigrated from Brazil at age 12, is one of them. Santos launched Airfox, a mobile financial services company for individuals in emerging markets, and he’s also a DACA recipient. While fundraising, Santos had to grapple with how many investors view immigrants.
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The founder of the 2 million+ member community Fit Men Cook talks about his unexpected pivot in lifestyle and business.
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Shireen Yates is the CEO of Nima, the maker of a device that tests for gluten and peanuts.
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Josh Tetrick shares how his company has found success around its goal of reducing eggs from the food system.
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Known for their viral videos dedicated to getting them out of their comfort zones, Ned Fulmer, Keith Habersberger, Zach Kornfeld and Eugene Lee Yang share what they learned from their first year in business.
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As the partners and founders of Content23 Media, Eric Conte and Dan Weinreich have developed an impressive resume. In this episode of HSH, we discuss the art of collaboration, how to stay relevant in an evolving market, and we share a few laughs.
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Cannabis business regulations vary not just from one state to the next but from one town to the next. Amanda Ostrowitz built CannaRegs so not just entrepreneurs but the regulators themselves can keep track of it all.
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Michael Kirban discusses how he built the company to become the dominant player in a relatively new beverage space.
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We’re smack-dab in the middle of the Information Age, and it can feel like a flood where we’re barely staying above water. Spiritual guru and bestselling author Deepak Chopra shares his advice for finding peace in a constant stream of data and how to decide which information we allow to affect us. He also details his morning routine, habit-building strategies and how entrepreneurs facing obstacles can tap into long-term motivation. The episode concludes with a guided meditation led by Chopra.
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In January, Medinas Health CEO Chloe Alpert won $1 million at the WeWork Creator Global Finals. Her big idea? A data-driven marketplace that aims to help healthcare organizations resell and purchase medical equipment and supplies. (By some estimates, the U.S. healthcare system wastes about $765 billion a year.) Alpert shares her strategy for a winning pitch, how to surround yourself with a team that complements your strengths and weaknesses and how to disrupt a relatively traditional industry.
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Minkoff discusses how she aims to use her platform to pave the way for other female founders.
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Porter Road has sold about 150,000 pounds of meat since it opened its online store last year.
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Michael Schultz founded both Fairgrounds Coffee, which serves coffees and teas from different brewers, and Infuse Hospitality, a provider of custom cafes.
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One couple used ‘smart’ lights to strengthen their marriage.
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Gregory Zamfotis had a business and law degree, but while sipping coffee at a Starbucks, he decided to do something else entirely.
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The Brooklyn-born comic, whose first hour-long special recently premiered on Comedy Central, reveals the secret of “graceful bombing.”
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The actor, producer and entrepreneur talks about lessons learned from her varied career.
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From JUUL Labs to Honcker, culture-tech investor Gregg Smith reveals his winning philosophy.
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The former White House Communications Director candidly discusses his wild 11 days on the national stage and how they impacted his business.
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The Shark Tank star shares her toughest money management lessons and how take your business to the next level.
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Jean Case is a tech industry pioneer. Besides her role as CEO of The Case Foundation, which she co-founded with her husband Steve, she’s also chairman of the board of trustees for the National Geographic Society — and, of course, a former AOL executive. Her new book on success and risk-taking, Be Fearless, covers five principles common to people and organizations that change the world. In this episode, Case talks pitch tips, data privacy and how to gauge whether your idea can go the distance.
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Zachariah Reitano and Saman Rahmanian want to fight stigmas with technology.
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Lisa Roth made several career pivots before landing on a formula that has translated to nearly 100 albums and hundreds of millions of streams.
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Yunha Kim shares how she keeps wellness a priority while she grows her company, which recently closed a $10 million series A funding round.
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Galahad Clark is the co-founder of VIVOBAREFOOT, which he says is better for your foot.
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Brian Kelly is founder and CEO of The Points Guy, a travel website covering everything from how to maximize your credit card rewards points to city guides for your next vacation. He shares what sparked his passion for travel points, how he made his first business idea scalable (including partnerships with big brands such as Capital One) and his top tips for consumers looking to save when booking their next trip.
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Haile Thomas teaches kids how to prepare healthy and sustainable food through The HAPPY Organization.
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This Amazon Prime show invites pitches for investment in cannabis startups.
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Eight-hour work days, no pointless meetings, vacations that are actually vacations — it all sounds great, but how do you make it happen?
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Itthipat ‘Tob’ Peeradechapan, the founder of Taokaenoi, recently launched a new brand aimed at American market.
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Lizanne Falsetto, the founder of ThinkThin, talks about her new venture, LF Advisory, and the types of people she wants to work with.
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The comedy veteran explains how he pivoted from nightclub performer to baking authority.
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The CEO discusses getting fired from her first big job, dealing with imposter syndrome, and building a support system for all women in business.
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Since Venmo took off, Magdon-Ismail has combined his passions with the lessons he learned about what made the payments company succeed. His new audio-sharing app, Ense, is in beta.
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At 27, Jessica Vosk took the ultimate leap of faith: She quit her Wall Street job to pursue her dream of acting full-time. Now, night after night, she stars as Elphaba in Wicked, the second highest-grossing Broadway show of all time. Vosk’s path wasn’t easy: On this episode of How Success Happens, she offers tips for using your “business brain” to ensure people want to work with you time and time again, motivating yourself even on your worst days and networking without feeling “fake.”
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Jen Glantz launched her business Bridesmaid for Hire with a Craigslist post. Today, the writer and career coach helps people get through the most pressure-filled days of their lives — and has learned a lot about finding opportunities in unexpected places.
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Author and business journalist Elaine Pofeldt discusses how solo entrepreneurs can break $1 million in revenue before they hire a single employee.
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The serial entrepreneur’s next act is helping new entrepreneurs get their businesses off the ground. He reveals the advice he won’t be giving them.
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Jennifer Ann Openshaw is an American financial innovator, author, and commentator. She is perhaps best known for starting Women’s Financial Network – the first online financial firm created for women and a trendsetter in the financial industry. Her new venture, ‘Girls With Impact’ offers young women entrepreneurs, grades 9-12, a digital education on business plans, funding, the art of pitching and more.
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Brian Volk-Weiss built the world’s largest comedy production and distribution company taking risks on comedians that weren’t yet household names and became global superstars.
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A conversation with author Stephanie Storey about how she found success with a daring risk-it-all game plan.
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Rowe’s been in business since the late ’80s, making and marketing “eco bags” to replace those yucky plastic bags clogging up our beaches and park.
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On the latest episode of How Success Happens, Joey Gonzalez of Barry’s Bootcamp shares how he rose from customer to CEO of the high performance boutique fitness chain. The father of two also talks work-life balance, how his immigrant parents inspired him to succeed and key business growth strategies. 
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On the latest episode of How Success Happens, the insanely busy Daymond John shares what goes on behind the scenes of Shark Tank, his advice for starting and growing a business, and explains how he relaxes by surrounding himself with bees. Yes, bees.
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Becoming an entrepreneur often means forging your own career path. Career Contessa’s Lauren McGoodwin evolved from education major to recruiter to founder. Now, her site advises women on how to take control of their careers — including which skills are most important for getting to where you want to go, whether you’re an employee or an entrepreneur.
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In this special episode, we listen in to the hilarious interview Kumail Nanjiani did for the May 2017 issue of Entrepreneur magazine. Learn about how he got his start in tech, how he got the courage to make the leap into comedy and how he and his wife, Emily V. Gordon, figured out how to work together without driving each other nuts.
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Heidi Zak founded ThirdLove in 2013 to change how women buy bras. The company pioneered half-sizes and developed an app that’s helped it aggregate more than 150 million data points from real women to ensure a better fitting bra. She’ll explain a surprising key to moving quickly and building her business that can help any leader: asking better questions.
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Serial founders get good at knowing how to mobilize, when a big change is coming and how to push through. And if they’re lucky, they also know themselves a lot better.
That’s certainly the case with Adam Braun. With his first venture, Pencils of Promise, Braun, who was in his 20s at the time it started, was able to completely focus of his nonprofit’s mission: to build schools and create educational programs for those living in developing countries. He built 450 schools across the globe. He also suffered from major burnout — a state he’d rather not reach again.
Today, Braun is a more experienced founder with a new project: MissionU, a college alternative with no upfront tuition. To learn more about how Braun prevents burnout, the principles behind MissionU and his take on being an entrepreneur, listen to the latest edition of How Success Happens.
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Chris Soukup understands the frustrations the deaf community faces. He’s seen deaf children put in schools that isolate them and deaf adults struggling to get work. A third-generation member of the deaf community, he knows the unexpected roadblocks that can emerge during any task — from placing a phone call to even applying for a loan.
But Soukup also understands what’s possible — and he’s working to make a global impact with his nonprofit Communication Service for the Deaf, an organization dedicated to supporting people with hearing loss.
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Mark Stevenson is a futurologist and historian who’s book We Do Things Differently took him across the globe to find people looking for unexpected solutions for the big problems we’re facing across the globe. In this podcast, he talks about what that research taught him about how laughter and tenacity power innovation — and what anyone can learn.
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Antonia Dunbar has built a career developing new products to make women’s lives better. She’s been called a “feminist genius” for her part in designing THINX underwear, a revolutionary self-absorbing undergarment which eliminates the need for tampons or pads. Now Antonia Dunbar is stepping into the shoe industry with Antonia Saint New York, a line of high-tech heels and flats that feel like sneakers on the inside. How Success Happens host Linda Lacina spoke with the serial disrupter about her drive to provide innovative solutions for women, and how sacrifice, commitment and practice have fueled her success.
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Each year, thousands descend upon Austin, Texas for SXSW, a celebration of tech, movies, education and politics. They come, in part, for the more than 2,000 panels and presentations packed with thought leaders, actors, authors, astronauts and a range of buzzy personalities. Attendees have Hugh Forrest, the event’s chief programming officer, to thank for the lineup. In this podcast he’ll talk about how he’s learned to maximize the 10-12 month planning cycle that makes the festival come to life. He’ll also share the routines he puts in place not just to make that event possible, but to keep his team connected and engaged and moving projects forward.
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Martha Stewart launched her brand more than 25 years ago and it continues to serve as a model for what’s really possible for when it comes to building a personal empire. This brand — a third career after modeling and stockbrokering — has expanded from books and magazines to a range of collaborations including a cooking show with rapper Snoop Dogg, and partnerships with retailers like Home Depot, Staples, Macy’s and most recently, the QVC. She’ll talk to us today about what she’s learned — and the role of curiosity and optimism in building something that evolves and lasts.
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Daina is one of the co-founders of Health-Ade, a kombucha company, that you might have seen at Whole Foods or on the shelves of one the more than 10,000 stores it’s available at in all 50 states. But five years ago, before its first or its second plant, before the $25 million in funding, it was just a side hustle started in her apartment with some friends and $600. Today, Daina will talk about those hard early days, about quitting a corporate job and an orderly life, about getting evicted and taking conference calls in her car. She’ll talk about how she found a light to follow when the path wasn’t clear — and what she’d like every new founder going through just these struggles to understand.
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Michael Hyatt is a bestselling author whose latest book “Your Best Year Ever: A 5 Step Plan for Achieving Your Most Important Goals” uses the latest research to help us take control of our time and our dreams to build the lives we want. He’ll talk to us about the 25,000 people who helped inspire this book as well as the simple ways we all get off track and what we need to do instead.
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You might know Cards Against Humanity as profane, dark and politically tinged party game. You might also know it for its pranks, like the Super Bowl ad that featured only a potato with the word “advertisement” written on it. But you might not know the company funds a scholarship for women pursuing STEM careers and has raised millions for causes like internet privacy and government transparency. It might also surprise you that CAH for many years was run by 8 friends-turned-founders who kept their day jobs while running the card game as a sidehustle. Today we’ll talk to two of its founders, Ben Hantoot and Max Temkin, on their unique approach to running a company.
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Nathan Kontny, the CEO of Highrise, is a tech leader whose career has followed a somewhat unconventional path. He was trained as a nuclear chemist and discovered a love for software programming when a broken ankle kept him from working in the lab during a summer internship. He’d would go on to found not one, or two but three companies, including a ‘Zynga for advertisers’ and Draft, the writing software he always wished he had. Through all these experiences, he’d learn that tapping into passion, be it for software and even writing, has made opportunities appear that he never imagined. In this week’s podcast, he’ll talk about what he’s learned about passion, how writing shapes how he leads and why he hosts job interviews over chat.
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Melinda Richter of JLABs never imagined she’d run a health sciences incubator. But a near-death experience inspired her to tap into a new purpose — helping entrepreneurs in the health sciences. The shift would require her to rebuild her life and tap into every experience she’d been exposed to, from her tech background to her humble upbringing growing up with 8 brothers and sisters in rural Canada.
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Is there a shortcut to feeling good, handling difficult people and situations, and, in short, having a good day? Maybe. Caroline Webb, the founder of Sevenshift, studies how behavioral science can boost effectiveness and productivity. She has packed many of these strategies into her book, How To Have a Good Day, a sort of Manual for your Head packed with science-based shortcuts that work across cultures, ages and backgrounds. She’ll chat about how better understanding our brains can help us manage our reactions and our days — and the shortcuts she puts into practice every day.
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What lies at the heart of humanity’s ability to create? That’s just what composer Anthony Brandt and neuroscientist David Eagleman set out to understand with their new book The Runaway Species: How Human Creativity Remakes the World. Brandt joins us to chat about how innovation really happens — and how it’s been used to remake business and our lives. He’ll discuss — and what we should all understand.
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As the founder of Uplevel Security, a first-of-its kind cybersecurity platform, Liz Maida knows risk. She’ll talk to us about why we should consider a sharing economy for cybersecurity and what’s standing in its way. She’ll also explain why the conversation needs to change about everything from security hacks to more everyday failures — and risk management’s role in making that happen.
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Jim Davies knows creativity. A cognitive scientist, he’s the director of the Science of Imagination Laboratory at Carleton University, in Ottawa Ontario. He’s been called the next Malcolm Gladwell and he’s used scientific findings to explain everything from how we portray aliens on TV to why religion makes us feel one with the universe. He’s also a professional artist, swing dancer, calligraphist and published author who is usually working on 5 books at once. He’ll help us understand the systems that make creativity possible. He’ll also share the personal strategies he puts in place to ensure no idea ever goes to waste.
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Witold Rybczynski an architect, professor and writer whose books often study the everyday things we sometimes take for granted, from the humble screwdriver to the ubiquitous plastic patio chair. He’ll talk to us about what we learn when we take time to study the things we might otherwise overlook — and how an outsider’s perspective can give anyone an advantage.
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Several years ago, kayaker and small apartment dweller Anton Willis became obsessed with origami. He had tapped the ancient art of paper folding to solve a unique problem — designing a collapsible boat that could be stored in a closet. This obsession eventually became a business, and this architect became the founder of Oru Kayak. In this podcast he’ll talk about the long nights he spent tinkering in his living room and how it took 25 prototypes to perfect the design over several years. He’ll also talk about the importance of making room for obsessions — and they’ve taught him.
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Ever work hard for something only to realize you don’t want it anymore? Robin Arzon, a former corporate litigator, knew she needed a change and transformed herself into an ultra marathoner, cycler, best-selling author and one-woman fitness brand. She’ll explain how she made the change — and other crucial decisions — by being her own mentor and with the help of some simple but powerful inner mantras.
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Matt Jozwiak is a chef by trade who knows the high quality ingredients left at the end of a restaurant dinner service often go to waste. It’s part of the reason he launched Rethink Food, a non-profit that transforms food that would otherwise be thrown away into delicious meals for hungry people. He’ll tell us about why this simple solution required long chats with lawyers and the FDA and how his solution could even be a boon to low-margin food businesses. He’ll also explain how he’s been able to innovate quickly — and the important role that humility and listening to others played in making that innovation happen.
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Justin Schneider is an industrial designer who took the skills he honed designing athletic shoes for New Balance and Adidas to found Wolf & Shepherd, a line of performance dress shoes for men — shoes that recently set an unofficial half marathon record at 1 hour 17 minutes. He’s also a decathlete who competed in track and field events while in college at Notre Dame. He’ll talk about the unique training decathletes endure — and how that practice helps him even today as entrepreneur.
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Kyle Nel runs Lowe’s Innovation Lab but he’s not your typical tech guy. He’s a behavioral scientist who uses his knowledge of how people work together (or don’t) to get big changes to happen. His methods are non-traditional — like giving comic books to execs. But they’ve helped build exosuits, holorooms and get a 3D printer into space. He’ll explain the importance of behavior and and story to making the most of any real opportunity.
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What Adventure Can Teach Entrepreneurs
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Limor Fried of Adafruit Industries: You Can’t Outsource Knowledge
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Contently’s Shane Snow: Look for Patterns of Success
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Steve Hindy of Brooklyn Brewery: Be Calm and Do the Work
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Will Dean of Tough Mudder: Strategy Can Be What You Don’t Do
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Kathryn Minshew of The Muse: Decide Who You Are, or Have it Decided for You
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Shamus Jones of Brooklyn Brine: Don’t Get Precious with Your Passions
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Judith Glaser: Conversation is the Most Underused Innovation Tool
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Michael Martin of RapidSOS: Together We Go Further
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Matt Thomas of Brawl for a Cause: Fight to Find Your Inner Hero
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