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#119 - Financial Relationships with Diane Johnston Aug 16, 2019

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Diane Johnston is a Vice President and Financial Advisor at Bernstein Private Wealth Management in the New York office. Diane’s focus is offering institutional-quality wealth management to entrepreneurs, families, and institutions, as well as their respective trusts, estates, foundations, endowments and pension plans. Before joining the firm in 2018, she was a director and senior investment leader at Willis Towers Watson, a global consulting firm. Prior to consulting, Diane was a director at WHV Investments, a VP at OppenheimerFunds, and a director at Fidelity Management & Research. Her 20-plus year career in capital markets also included roles in investment banking, trading and private offerings. Diane holds a BA in economics from Sewanee: The University of the South, and an Executive Certificate in business administration from the Mendoza College of Business at the University of Notre Dame. Diane is also a board member of UNITAS, an international humanitarian organization united to fight against human trafficking, and a member of The Knickerbocker Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution. She is an active member of Save the Sound to support healthier and cleaner water in the Long Island Sound and metro New York Region. Diane and her family live in Port Washington, NY, and she enjoys her dogs, the water, running and her rose garden. Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#118 - VR & AR Entrepreneurship with Lyron Bentovim Aug 07, 2019

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Mr. Bentovim has over 25 years of experience in executive management, technology investing and entrepreneurship. Prior to co-founding the Glimpse Group in 2016, between 2008-2016, Mr. Bentovim served as CFO and COO for several technology companies: Top Image Systems (TISA; a SAAS software company), NIT Health (a healthcare IT company) and Sunrise Telecom, Inc (SRTI; a test and measurement solutions for telecom, wireless and cable networks). He also founded Darklight Partners, a strategic advisory to small and mid-cap companies. Between 2002 and 2008, Mr. Bentovim was a co-founder and Managing Director of Skiritai Capital LLC, a San Francisco based hedge fund focused on small-cap technology investing. Prior to this, Mr. Bentovim was an entrepreneur, as co-founder and President/COO of Webbrix, Inc. Additionally, Mr. Bentovim has held positions as a Senior Engagement Manager with strategy consultancies: USWeb/CKS, the Mitchell Madison Group LLC, and McKinsey & Company Inc. He has also served on the board of directors for multiple public and private companies. Mr. Bentovim holds an MBA from Yale School of Management and a Law degree from the Hebrew University. Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brutallyhonestpodcast/?hl=en Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Brutallyhonestpodcast/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/Harrison_Baron Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#117 - Marine Corps & BJJ with Mike Cesare Aug 01, 2019

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Mike Cesare Bio: Served in the Marine Corps after graduating high school in 2009. Deployed to Marjah Afghanistan in 2011. Received the Purple Heart medal. Got out of the Marine Corps in 2013. Returned to Long Island dealt with the difficult task of adjusting to civilian life while recovering from combat wounds and lots of other interesting obstacles along the way. Trying to spread the word about veteran mental illness and the current veteran suicide epidemic. BJJ practitioner, first-time dad to a 3-month-old son. Currently living in Oakdale working and going to college full time to advance a career. Reaching out to fellow combat veterans and encouraging them to take care of their mental health. Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#116 - Serial Entrepreneurship with Vinny Papalardo Jul 03, 2019

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Vinny is currently a partner at Premier Payroll Solutions. Premier Payroll specializes in providing payroll, HR, and time & attendance services to businesses. Premier specializes in working with companies in the restaurant industry. Vinny spends most of his time in working on business development for the company as well as leading up their digital marketing campaigns. Vincent graduated from Chaminade High School in 1998. He went on to graduate from Loyola University in 2002. Once out of college, Vinny founder Elite Valet Services, a valet parking company that services the Long Island area. Vinny continued to build this company for the next 10 years to employing in excess of 200 employees and accumulated over 150 accounts. After selling his stake in Elite Valet Services, he co-founded Zuma Merchant Solutions, a company that provides local businesses the ability to process credit card transactions for their businesses. He then founded Malibu POS, a company that manufactures and sells POS systems to local businesses. Then in 2011, he helped co-found, Zuma Payroll Solutions, the sister company to Zuma Merchant Solutions. Zuma Payroll provides local businesses with customized HR, payroll & time and attendance solutions. Vinny currently lives In Oceanside, New York with his wife Yvette and his two daughters, Emma, 7 and Ava, 3. Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#115 - Doing what you love with Chuck Lott Jun 10, 2019

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Chuck Lott is the in-arena host for Madison Square Garden Sports Properties as well as the host for The Premier Zone with the Premier Lacrosse League. He has also donated his talents to dozens of charity fundraisers over the years. As a former teacher and coach, his passion is mentoring and building the minds of tomorrow into well-rounded world citizens. Chuck currently serves as the External Program Relations Manager for Big Brothers Big Sisters of Long Island where his role is to increase awareness about the mentoring services his agency offers to the children of Long Island. There, his goal is to increase the number of mentors to match with the children in the program. Show Sponsor: https://agiledragonconsulting.com/ Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#114 - Golf Industry & Business Ownership with Jeff Wibben May 30, 2019

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Jeff Wibben Founder & CEO - Golf Pro Delivered, LLC Jeff is a PGA Professional and Founder of Golf Pro Delivered, a mobile-golf-event company that brings portable golf simulators and PGA Pros to corporate events around the country. From rooftops in NYC, to backyards in California, his portable golf setups allow his team to introduce golf to people that normally wouldn't go to a golf course. The company has a focus on professional service and instruction, and also prides itself as being a one of the most world-class entertainment additions to Fortune 500 Companys' event lineups. Jeff is passionate about creating positive change, and he loves helping people. His personal mission through GPD is helping more people experience golf, especially women and minorities, because he's seen how much it'll help enrich your life. Since graduating Coastal Carolina University in 2013, Jeff has pursued his dream of owning his own business. His life motto is - Leave every person, place, and thing better off that you found them. - Contact Information - Email: Jeff@golfgpd.com Phone: 631-681-1330 Website: WWW.GOLFGPD.COM Show Sponsor: https://agiledragonconsulting.com/ Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#113 - Old Farm Equipment to Farmiture May 28, 2019

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GROUDAS ART Inc. & Farmiture™ is a collection of unique, one of a kind welded steel Sculpture, Lighting & Farmiture™. All of our works are created from salvaged steel that has been hand selected from all across New York State. Our original designs are inspired from rusty old car parts, vintage farm machinery, old bicycles, gears, antique lumber, barn wood and interesting industrial age objects. Each piece of salvaged steel we use in our sculptures and home furnishings has a story behind it. Nancy and I married in the summer of 1997 and we have been creating art ever since. Our latest endeavor is working with welded steel. We have always been “pickers” of unique found objects, intrigued about the history of each piece of old steel we find. We seek objects that once were proudly well made in the USA, strong and solid. The aged patina of the steel we unearth and recover stimulates us artistically. Many are works of art unto themselves. Our mission is to reclaim these steel objects, then blend and incorporate them into our Sculpture, Lighting, and Farmiture™ Instagram- @Farmiture Facebook- Farmiture http://www.groudasart.com/ Show Sponsor: https://agiledragonconsulting.com/ Show Sponsor: https://terranut.com/bhp Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#113 - Scuba Diving For The Environment with RJ Harper May 23, 2019

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Robert “RJ” Harper is a PADI-certified scuba diver, model and environmental ambassador with Earth Justice, one of America’s leading environmental justice law firms. Harper embraces Earth Justice’s mission “Because the Earth Needs A Lawyer” and had been a vocal ocean advocate. RJ openly celebrates some of the recent successful beach and ocean cleanups and is slated to Dive with Dixie Divers and PADI on June 15 @ Deerfield Beach, Florida as a Team Leader in “The Largest Underwater Cleanup in the History of World” hoping to set an inspiring Guinness World Record that will be repeatedly broken each year going forward. “I’m very happy to be part of the leadership of this tremendous ocean cleanup by Mr. Arilton Pavan working closely with PADI, Dixie Divers, AquaLung and other committed sponsors to bring global awareness about the devastating things mankind is doing to our delicate oceans.” Harper has appeared on international magazine covers such as Global Man and has appeared in numerous scuba marketing campaigns for major aquatic brands and hopes to build a lasting legacy that ultimately encourages more young people of color to learn swim and embrace aquatic sports. “Every day in America, ten people drown and of those ten, six of them are always persons of color. As PADI divers, I think we all have a broader responsibility in America to help reduce those terrible statistics in the near future by encouraging all people to embrace aquatics early in life because, on some level, all scuba divers are ocean advocates by default.”

#112 - Business Ownership with Todd B Ringler May 07, 2019

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Todd Ringler became Partner of The Alternative Board TAB Suffolk-Long Island in 2019. Prior to becoming partner, Todd facilitated and coached a business owner TAB Board as well as an attorney-only TAB Board. Todd is also CEO of Calm Waters Consulting, a business valuation and appraisal firm. Todd is a CPA and a Certified Valuation Analyst with a Master’s Degree in Taxation. The State of New York Unified Court System has qualified him as an expert in Accounting & Appraisal work under Article 36 Office of Court Administration. Todd brings the unique perspective of real-world experience as a business owner and former executive chef owner-operator of a successful 120 seat restaurant. Additionally, his extensive required continuing academic education and professional training gives him insights and ideas beyond the textbook world. This rare combination of training and education allows Todd to bring a vast knowledge base and broad experience in support of his clients and TAB members. Todd has developed and implemented both personal and organizational strategic plans, improving both business value and the lives of people in the businesses he served. He has done this for wholesale, retail, entertainment, service and manufacturing entities, both with public companies and closely held businesses. As a former Adjunct Professor of Management and Leadership in the Graduate School of Business at Dowling College in Oakdale, and an Adjunct Professor of Business and Accounting at Nassau Community College he gives back to the community and helps individuals learn basic tenets of business and accounting. When working in public accounting some of his clients included A&E Television Networks, Bowne Business Systems, Inc., British Airways, Inc., Connoisseur Communications, Club Med USA, Giorgio Armani USA, Inc. & The Lauder Family Group. Show Sponsor: https://terranut.com/bhp Show Sponsor: https://agiledragonconsulting.com/ Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

#111- Intellectual Property with George Likourezos Apr 25, 2019

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George Likourezos is a partner at Carter, DeLuca & Farrell, LLP, a full-service intellectual property law firm based in Melville, New York. His practice encompasses all aspects of patent, trademark and copyright law. With a bachelor’s degree in electrical engineering, George understands the technical nature of his client’s innovations and can convey the same to the US Patent and Trademark Office and patent offices throughout the world in securing patent protection. His clients include individual inventors, startups, universities, research institutions, middle-market and Fortune 100 companies involved in a wide range of technologies, such as bioelectronics, biomedical systems, consumer products, communication systems, control systems, medical devices, and software. His trademark practice includes all phases of trademark prosecution, including preparing trademark opinions, non-disclosure and licensing agreements. He is a director and on the advisory board of several technology companies. George simultaneously earned a B.S. in electrical engineering and an M.S. in Operations Management in 1992 from Polytechnic University (now NYU Tandon School of Engineering) where he served as President of the Alumni Association from 2007 to 2009 during the merger discussions with NYU. George earned his J.D. from Touro Jacob D. Fuchsberg Law Center in 1995. He is admitted to the Bars of New York and New Jersey, and is registered to practice before the United States Patent and Trademark Office. He is also admitted to the US Supreme Court, the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit, and the US Court of Claims. George is a member of various intellectual property and technical organizations, including on the Board of the Long Island Capital Alliance (LICA), and ADDAPT (a trade organization serving the aerospace and defense industries of NYS), Vice President of The NY Alumni Chapter of the National Engineering Honor Society, New York Intellectual Property Law Association, Touro Law School Dean’s Alumni Advisory Council, New York Institute of Technology Dean’s Executive Advisory Board, and a regular speaker, panelist and writer on intellectual property issues. Show Sponsor: https://agiledragonconsulting.com/ Support the show! Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/brutallyhonestpodcast Website: https://www.brutallyhonestpodcast.com/ Instagram & Facebook @brutallyhonestpodcast Produced by: https://www.baronmediagroup.com/

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