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**Disruptive CEO Nation**

EXECUTIVE COACH + GLOBAL BUSINESS LEADER ADVISOR. SPEAKER. AUTHOR. GUIDING SMART PEOPLE TO GROW INFLUENCE & CREATE OPPORTUNITIES

Over 30 years, I have had the opportunity to work with fantastic organizations, impressive individuals and key industry leaders across six continents. Sitting in the corner office in both corporate and non-profit environments, I’ve attained, delivered and coached success in both the C-Suite and international board rooms. My diverse experience has provided cross-cultural insights into the talents, skills and measures required by individuals not only to get to the top, but to THRIVE at the pinnacle of business… And now I am happy to share that knowledge and support you in your quest for influence, empowerment, and ultimately success.

Latest Episodes:

EP 124: Alex Young, Founder & CEO Virti, U.K. & USA Dec 22, 2021

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Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers

Episode 124 Alex Young, Founder & CEO Virti, U.K. & USA

Alex Young, Founder and CEO of Virti, is a former surgeon turned human performance expert, who specializes in revolutionizing the way people learn, train and perform through immersive technology. His company is unique in how it builds training tools to improve how employees learn and retain skills.

Virti is a cloud-based training platform which incorporates AI, computer-generated avatars, videos, gamification techniques, experiential learning and virtual reality. The backend includes measurement of employee engagement and retention.

Virti has being named one of TIME’s Best Inventions of 2020 and Fast Company’s Most Innovative Companies of 2021.

The company started with a focus on healthcare, but clients are using the technology in a variety of settings, leading the company to grow from a team of 10 to 50 people in six months.

Highlights of our conversation include:

Alex’s thoughts on why everyone should have a side hustle and how his side hustle while working as a surgeon changed his life.

Virti’s funding journey from pre-seed to a $10-million Series A investment.

The importance of company culture to human performance and success.

Learning how to be a great CEO and leader and the critical action of delegating.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Alex:

Website: https://www.virti.com/

Twitter: @alexanderfyoung

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-f-young/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC1QnKYxNXosv9ykUt_6wCMg

Blog: https://blog.alexanderfyoung.com/

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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EP 123: Zak Holdsworth, Co-founder Hint Health Dec 15, 2021

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Episode 123 Zak Holdsworth, Co-founder Hint Health

In both technology and vision, Zak Holdsworth’s story is inspirational on how he went from a small farming community in New Zealand to fulfilling his dream of making it in Silicon Valley. Today he is working on democratizing the world of primary care physicians to free them from the complex world of US insurance carriers.

Zak is a change maker, helping physicians cut out the insurance process by going direct to consumers and using the new model for direct primary called subscription as a service.

Prior to co-founding Hint, Zak was VP Business Development at WellnessFX, the first direct-to-consumer clinical diagnostics/telemed company in the US, a startup he invested in during his time at Voyager Capital. Zak holds a BE (Honors) in Electrical Engineering from the University of Canterbury in New Zealand and an MBA from the Stanford Graduate School of Business.

Highlights of our conversation include:

Complexities of disrupting any existing system, especially one with a trillion-dollar risk.

How transformation requires support from the communities of people on the path of change with you.

Challenges facing physicians who choose to step outside of the status quo and take the leap of faith to restart their practice from scratch under the new model.

The relationship Zak has with his co-founder - how they went from professionals who butted heads to synchronized collaboration and trust.

How the Hint platform provides a total business solution and integrations for physicians wanting a one-to-one relationship with their clients.

How a mission-based sales process and providing an annual Hint Summit builds relationships with physicians that results in referrals and retention.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Zak:

Website: www.hint.com

Website: www.summit.hint.com

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/hint-health/

LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/zakholdsworth/

Twitter: www.twitter.com/HintHealth

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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EP 122: Salil Pande, CEO & Founder, VMock, Chicago, USA and New Delhi, India Dec 08, 2021

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Episode 122 Salil Pande, CEO & Founder, VMock, Chicago, USA and New Delhi, India

Salil Pande, CEO and Founder of VMock, has a passion to use AI and machine learning to create better career systems for candidates and corporations. The SMART Career Platform technology provides students and professionals with instant feedback and guidance. The company employs 120 people and operates between Chicago and New Delhi, India.

Before founding VMock, Salil was the Head of Emerging Markets for Siemens, where he led the firm’s emerging market strategy. Prior to that, he was Director of Sales at the Corporate Executive Board, where he worked with Fortune 2000 clients. He is a frequent speaker at the Kellogg School of Management.

In our conversation, Salil shares his founder’s journey, including a focus on:

How VMock helps individuals in their ‘learning to earning’ journey by harnessing technological ‘tutoring’ through automated tools for resumes, interview skill feedback, and coaching.

What it has been like building the company with a co-founder spouse and how undivided trust will pull you along.

The value of placing a pause on investor money if you can accelerate the strategies and get your company to stand on its own.

Envisioning the long game, securing patents, and the focus on constant improvement as a growth strategy.

Viewpoints on trends for educational institutions to survive and thrive in the future - think fewer offerings and more highly branded expert programs.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Salil:

Website: https://www.vmock.com/site

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/vmock-inc/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/salilpande01/

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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EP 121: Lindsey Allard, CEO & Co-Founder Playbookux, New York Dec 01, 2021

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Episode 121 Lindsey Allard, CEO & Co-Founder Playbookux, New York

Lindsey Allard, CEO and co-founder of PlaybookUX, knows the importance of finding unbiased user research. Lindsey is a former product manager for three innovation-based startups and has built a product that primarily serves product managers and user researchers.

Her software is a video-based user feedback application that streamlines the user feedback process. The company started by serving small and medium-sized businesses, freelancers, and nonprofits and offers multiple price points. Major corporations are now part of the company’s growing portfolio.

Highlights of our conversation include:

The importance of user research democratization.

How AI can provide a new level of user testing to companies of all sizes.

Using AI can also remove creeping bias in user testing results.

The slow and steady approach to building the company with her co-founder spouse led them to be fully self-funded.

The philosophy of product excellence and how it led to organic, product-based growth.

Being an entrepreneur is a marathon, not a sprint, and consistency is a key to success.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Lindsey:

Website: https://www.playbookux.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindseyallard2/

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#CEO #business #businessstrategy #growthstrategy #entreprenuer #entrepreneurship #entreprenuerlife #tech #technology #startups #startupstory #AI #machinelearning #founder #femalefounder

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EP 120 Brian Roland, Rounder and Social Entrepreneur Nov 24, 2021

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Episode 120 Brian Roland, Rounder and Social Entrepreneur

Brian Roland is a natural entrepreneur who immediately started by building new sales methods by looking for gaps and figuring out to fill them. Following that method, his first clients included the US Army, Walt Disney Company and Oracle.

Abenity, his privately funded company, co-founded with his brother, helps businesses large and small bring perks and benefits to employees and coordinates the complex partnerships on the backend. The technology handles data, privacy, changing tax rates, corporate compliance and more.

The social mission for the business is a long-time partnership with World Vision that now exceeds $1-million in giving to fight extreme poverty.

Highlights of our conversation include:

The incredible partnership with his brother and why it works.

Leading a remote team across 30 States.

How being a people first company contributes to its success.

The importance of giving teams a “why” and purpose, especially remote teams.

Recognizing when it was time to hire a CEO for the company he built.

Favorite resources to stay energized about business.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Brian:

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Website: https://www.brianroland.com/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianroland/

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#CEO #business #businessstrategy #growthstrategy #entreprenuer #entrepreneurship #entreprenuerlife #tech #technology #startups #startupstory #AI #machinelearning #founder #femalefounder

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EP 119: Shawn Harper, International, corporate motivational speaker Nov 17, 2021

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Episode 119 Shawn Harper, International, corporate motivational speaker

Shawn Harper is a seven-year former NFL offensive lineman who played with the Rams, Oilers, Colts, and NFL Europe. He now owns and operates American Services and Protection, a multi-million-dollar security services firm headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.

Shawn is a leading motivational speaker whose lessons from the NFL locker room to the corporate culture of the boardroom prove that one can win both worlds by using the same principles and strategies.

Shawn has a high energy and spirit that makes our conversation so memorable. He shares his journey of overcoming adversity and deciding to win in life. That decision took him from barely making it out of high school, to the NFL and outstanding success in business.

Our conversation includes Shawn’s journey from being a silent investing partner in a security business, to becoming a leader, taking personal responsibility and ownership, and navigating challenges.

We also discuss insights from his book, The Winning Edge, including:

How winners look for the edge in tactics and strategies.

The best leaders know their opponents and competition even better than themselves.

How to center yourself and build capacity.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Shawn:

Book: The Winning Edge https://shawnharperspeaking.clickfunnels.com/opt-in

Website: https://www.shawnharper.org/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/shawnharperspeaks

Instagram: @shawnharperspeaker

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/shawnharper75/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/shawnharper075

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#CEO #business #businessstrategy #growthstrategy #entreprenuer #entrepreneurship #entreprenuerlife #tech #technology #startups #startupstory #AI #machinelearning #founder #femalefounder

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EP 118: Robert Kaul, Founder and CEO Cloud DX, Canada and USA Nov 10, 2021

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Episode 118 Robert Kaul, Founder and CEO Cloud DX, Canada and USA

Robert Kaul is founder and CEO of Cloud DX, a leading North American provider of virtual care and remote patient monitoring solutions. The Cloud DX tech platform uses virtual care to address chronic illness, post-surgery care and maternal/natal care.

Chronic illness is the number one healthcare challenge worldwide and is the largest cost in healthcare budgets. The company’s mission is to deliver quality healthcare that improves outcomes for patients on a large scale, is easier for clinicians to use and is less expensive.

Robert has nearly 30 years of experience in sales, marketing and operations leadership, including a successful 17-year track record of leading early stage technology companies. Founded in 2014, Cloud DX is Robert’s sixth startup. Robert has a BSc in Biology and a certificate in Operations Strategy from MIT-Sloan.

In our conversation, Robert shares how Cloud DX is disrupting the healthcare space and insights learned as an entrepreneur. We discuss:

Overcoming barriers to disrupt the healthcare industry.

How COVID-19 helped accelerate the transition to virtual care.

The strategy for finding the right market fit.

Advice for entrepreneurs: team up with a great co-founder, use investors who can be mentors, and find the right team.

Pitching investor insights: find networks of people who understand your mission.

Next marketing steps: educating and finding patients qualified for virtual chronic care.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Robert:

Website: https://www.clouddx.com/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/clouddxinc/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cloud.dx/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/cloud-dx/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/CloudDX

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

#CEO #business #businessstrategy #growthstrategy #entreprenuer #entrepreneurship #entreprenuerlife #tech #technology #startups #startupstory #AI #machinelearning #founder #femalefounder

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EP 117: Muna AbuSulayman, Saudi Arabian Entrepreneur and Media Icon Nov 03, 2021

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Episode 117 Muna AbuSulayman, Saudi Arabian Entrepreneur and Media Icon

It’s a privilege to have a conversation with one of the most influential woman from Saudi Arabia, a serial entrepreneur and media superstar, Muna AbuSulayman. Muna continues hosting the seven years running, number on television show in the Arab world that centers on social issues.

Muna is internationally recognized as an expert in management, education, sustainable development, female empowerment, and has spoken at the World Economic Forum, UN, and The World Bank.

Muna created five centers of Islamic Studies at Harvard, Georgetown, Edinburgh and Cambridge Universities. She has also launched, managed, and scaled multiple businesses and is running a consultancy that focuses on solving problems in education, gender issues, media, and entrepreneurship.

Muna’s mission is to transfer outside knowledge to Saudi Arabia, especially to female entrepreneurs who are bringing transformation to the country. She shares her story of being a media icon to entrepreneurship, and explains how being a social impact investor, and the importance of social entrepreneurism, can provide solutions from both profit and non-profit sectors.

We discuss a wide variety of topics, including:

· The launch of Adri with her New Zealand co-founder.

· Using AI to translate thousands of pages in minutes.

· Muna’s personal ethics of how she works with people.

· Invest in the legal documents for setting up a business and set roles properly.

· The media pressures of an entrepreneur and the downside when creating a “successful image.”

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Muna:

Website: https://adri.nz/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/adriinstitute

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/muna_abusulayman/

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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EP 116: Disruptive CEO Nation Podcast with Allison K. Summers Oct 27, 2021

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Episode 116 David Wood, Founder, Focus CEO

Who would think that so much wisdom could be shared from discussing and smiling about Dracula and The Gong Show! This episode is with the world’s number one life coach David Wood, founder of Focus CEO.

David has thousands of coaching hours with high-performers from around the world. He explains his philosophy of what it means to be “living in” business by moving from a pure money and systems focus to being more “human.”

David shares relatable examples, plus thoughts from his new book, The Mouse in the Room. Highlights from our conversation include:

· A framework for courage-if you wait for competence, nothing happens.

· Overcoming the imposter syndrome and being more courageous.

· Prep like a bad ass and get the win!

· How focus propels you to succeed faster.

· The importance of a coach and what to consider when hiring yours.

· Why you need to be aware of the small things around you.

Take advantage of David’s gift basket listed in the notes.

Enjoy the show!

Connect with David:

Website: https://focus.ceo/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/focus-ceo/

Freebie Goodies: http://www.myfocusgift.com

Connect with Allison:

Website: allisonksummers.com

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EP 115 Mitch Russo, CEO and Consultant Oct 20, 2021

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Mitch Russo has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Entrepreneur and Fortune throughout his career as a CEO and thought leader. In 1989 and 1991, he was nominated for Inc. Magazine’s Entrepreneur of the Year.

In 1985, Mitch co-founded Timeslips Corp, which grew to become the largest time tracking Software Company in the world. Ten years later, Timeslips was sold to Sage Plc. and while at Sage he served as Chief Operating Officer, a division with 300 people with a market cap over $100-million.

Mitch also worked behind the scenes as CEO with Chet Holmes and Tony Robbins. Together they created Business Breakthroughs, Int’l, a company serving thousands of businesses a year with coaching, consulting and training services, generating over $25-million a year in revenue.

Today, Mitch serves world-class leaders who want to take their business to the next level with his coaching and wisdom.

Here are some highlights of our conversation:

· The most important role when you’re a CEO.

· How to build your team culture and tribe.

· Sell nothing unless you know what you’re selling next.

· How a podcast can solidify your brand and start client conversations

· Three critical traits of a disruptive CEO.

Mitch also shares how he balances business with being a world class photographer. You can view his work at https://lenstraveler18.smugmug.com/Travel

Enjoy the show!

Connect with Mitch:

Website: www.MitchRusso.com

Books: www.InvisibleOrganization.com and www.PowerTribesBook.com