Measure Success Podcast

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A passion for youth sports, inspires growth for GearUp Sports Feb 08, 2022

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Mac Lavier (Laveer)is the president and CEO of GearUp Sports based in Hillsboro, Oregon. GearUp Sports has a mission to inspire and united teams with customized gear for work and play. Mac's company is responsible for creating the Measure Success Podcast gear and we love it, thank you. Mac is a Montana State University grad with a BS in Industrial and Management Engineering. Mac started his career at Tektronix for 14 years and then moved to Radisys where he had multiple roles include VP and GM of Embedded Products and HW Services. Mac is also an investor in the Oregon Venture Fund, and he has an Executive MBA from the University of Washington, go Dawgs!

Wrestling an Alligator, with Josh Wilson Feb 03, 2022

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Josh is the creator of a group of syndicated internet shows with

topics focused on business, investments, and even taboo topics

surrounding men's health.

With a professional background ranging from wrestling alligators,

fighting fires, delivering babies, scaling construction companies,

working in venture capital / private equity, and building and selling

media brands and podcast shows.... Josh has taken the road less

traveled and has built a platinum Rolodex along the way.

CAPitalize your finances and your life, with Christopher Panagiotu Jan 27, 2022

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Christopher A. Panagiotu is a wealth advisor in the Fircrest office of Lucia Capital Group. Christopher provides comprehensive financial planning services for his clients and is versed in employer sponsored retirement plans. He is a CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ Professional and Chartered Retirement Plan Specialist (CRPS®, conferred by College for Financial Planning) and currently holds FINRA Series 7 and Series 66 licenses (held with LPL Financial). In 2020, Chris was recognized as a Five Star Wealth Manager* by the Seattle Times. Christopher grew up in the retirement plan business. Prior to joining Lucia Capital Group, he interned with UBS and worked for Morgan Stanley. He attended University of Oregon where he graduated with a B.A. in Business Administration after three years. In his free time, Christopher is involved in athletics and currently competes nationally in drug-free bodybuilding. He is a supporter of the "The Geneva Foundation", a Tacoma nonprofit that supports advancements in Military Medicine. Christopher serves on the board of Accelerating Community Empowerment (ACE), a Brazilian nonprofit that devotes its resources to empowering the next generation of Brazilian children to have the opportunity to make a difference. When it comes to football, Christopher cheers for his Ducks. He attends University Place Presbyterian Church.

Increasing your impact with your nonprofit nerd, Jarrett Ransom Jan 19, 2022

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Jarrett Ransom is known as the Nonprofit Nerd. She began her consulting firm in 2009 and works exclusively with nonprofits. She is passionate about creating community, empowering others to see and exceed their full potential. She wears many hats and under her leadership and guidance, her teams across the nation raise millions of dollars every year to support and sustain their mission. The Rayvan Group has helped create sustainable fundraising strategies for start-up to multi-million dollar charitable organizations. As President and CEO of The Rayvan Group, Jarrett consults with nonprofits to help them see the future of their organization. Not just their immediate needs, but several years down the road by providing strategic planning extending 3, 5, 10 years and beyond. In addition, Jarrett is the co-host of the American Nonprofit Academy's Nonprofit Show where she brings her dynamic energy and enthusiasm to the weekly show featuring nonprofit thought leaders and topics from around the globe. She has served as host and emcee for a variety of in-person and live events. Jarrett and her son love to adventure and explore the great outdoors. They have currently visited 13 National Parks so far and plan on seeing all US National Parks together.

Scaling companies 100x, with Karl Alomar Jan 13, 2022

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Karl Alomar is a tech investor, serial entrepreneur, and most well known for building DigitalOcean from the ground up, which is one of the fastest-growing cloud infrastructure companies that is becoming a strong challenger to Amazon.

DigitalOcean is valued now at over $10 billion. Ticket symbol is DOCM.

Karl is also the Co-founder, CEO, for China Export Finance, Co-founder CEO for Clearview Networks.

He holds Electrical Engineering degree from the Imperial College in London. Karl received his MBA from Columbia Business School and currently holds the position of Managing Partner at venture firm M13.

How to Work Smart Now,  with Richard Polak Jan 05, 2022

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Over a 40-year span, Richard Polak has been recognized in more than 90 countries around the globe for creating and structuring world-class benefits and HR programs. His research, presentations, articles, subject expertise, and training program with IBIS Academy—the world's longest-running international HR conference—was world renown. In 2012, Polak merged his company, IBIS Advisors, and his conference, IBIS Academy, in a deal with Arthur J. Gallagher & Co (AJG). This created the international department at Gallagher and the role on the Executive Committee as the Executive VP, Multinational Benefits & HR Consulting Services, a position he held for 6 years before deciding to reenter entrepreneurship. Today, Richard is a global advisor for dozens of companies and organizations around the world. He advises on productivity by working smarter, not harder. His book Work Smart Now was the #1 release on Amazon in April 2021. He is also a proud member of the American Benefits Council and Forbes HR Council.

Inspiration from Russia, with professional speaker Pavel Verbnyk Dec 28, 2021

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Pavel Verbnyak is a professional speaker on personal development, goal-setting, the law of attraction and leadership. He is a success expert, life coach, Vice President of JCI Russia, Brian Tracy Academy's expert and partner, the founder of "Successful Thinking", the author of several books, seminars on unlocking human potential and personal efficiency.

Pavel specializes in training and development of individuals and organizations, helping to set and achieve personal and professional goals faster and easier, to eliminate limiting beliefs and fears, increase sales etc.

Pavel Verbnyak is an award-winning speaker and an internationally recognized leader in personal development and peak performance strategies. For over 15 years, he has been teaching entrepreneurs, educators, corporate leaders, and people from all walks of life how to create the life they desire.

He speaks also to corporate and public audiences on the subjects of Personal and Professional Development, including the executives and staff of many of World's largest corporations. His exciting talks and seminars on Leadership, Selling, Self-Esteem, Goals, Strategy, Creativity and Success Psychology bring about immediate changes and long-term results.

Since 2005 Pavel has been studying the lives of successful people and applied the knowledge and ideas he's learned into his own life.

He is the graduate of Jack Canfield's 2014 Train the Trainer live program (USA).

Pavel will teach you how to get complete control of your time and your life, increase your income, simplify your work, maximize your special talents and abilities, and achieve financial independence.

The maximum amount of audience for Pavel's speech is more than 1000 people.

He worked with top Russian & international brands: Sberbank, MTS, Russian Railways, Lukoil, Rostelekom, Renault, Volkswagen etc. Consulted famous Russian and CIS top managers.

Most of Pavel's core strategies for creating breakthroughs have come from modeling and distilling the strategies of leaders in some of the fastest growing companies in the world. He has used these distinctions to help optimize and grow enterprises to new and more profitable levels.

Pavel lives in Moscow, Russia, where he continually raises the bar on his own potential by increasing and expanding his comfort zone with continued personal and professional development.

Pavel Verbnyak is happily married and has son. He is active in community and national affairs.

He wants to empower you to have a larger vision for your life by connecting to and unleashing the greatness within you.

Pavel's goal is to help people achieve your personal, professional, and financial goals faster and easier than you ever imagined.

Why a CEO Should Only Do 3 Things by Trey Taylor Dec 21, 2021

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Trey is the Chief Executive Officer of Taylor Insurance Services, Managing Director of trinity | blue consulting, and Founding Partner of Ascend Partners. In 2013, Trey was named one of Georgia Trend Magazine's 40 Under 40. Frequently featured as a Keynote speaker, he has addressed attendees at the Human Capital Institute, the Ascend Conference, and many other engagements.

In his private time, Trey enjoys teaching introductory wine courses and is a WSET certified sommelier. He and his wife, Sheya have recently founded Tyche Wines to produce and distribute interesting wines. Trey and Sheya are the proud parents of Ret and Emmaline and divide their time between Valdosta, Georgia, and Ponte Vedra, Florida.

Creating accounting value with Martin Moll Dec 14, 2021

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After 15 years with a top 10 West Coast CPA, most recently as their CEO and Managing Partner, Martin left the world of big firms to found KeyMaster, which invests in and manages accounting related businesses. Along with his partner Kristen, Martin manages Bookkeeping & Advisory, which provides distributed share bookkeeping, controller and CFO advisory services. The company has expanded rapidly to 20 advisors serving clients across the country in a multitude of industries. An avid cyclist, Martin serves on the Board of Trustees of Pacific University and the Board of Directors of New Avenues for Youth and Cycle Oregon. Martin has a law degree from the Northwestern College of Law at Lewis and Clark College and a Bachelor of Arts from the Robert D. Clark Honors College at the University of Oregon. He and his wife Lois have two children, Emily, who resides in Portland and Ryan who resides in Seattle.

Accounting doesn't have to suck by Spencer Sheinin Dec 07, 2021

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Spencer Sheinin has over 15 years as an entrepreneur combined with extensive financial experience as a CPA, CA and investment banker. He is the Founder and CEO of Shift Financial Insights, providing ridiculously simple accounting and financial insights for business on the rise. Spencer has also owned businesses in manufacturing, construction, cold storage and Real Estate. Spencer is an instructor for the Chartered Professional Accountants of B.C. and guest speaker at the University of British Columbia.

He has been a (hyper)active member of Entrepreneur's Organization since 2005, and is currently the Finance Director of EO Canada. Spencer is passionate about endurance sports and has completed several marathons, ultra-marathons (as far as 162 km), Iron man, distance cycling events, and most recently he completed his first marathon distance swim. Not surprisingly, both endurance sports and building a business require a ton of blood, sweat and tears.

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