NetWorkWise Presents: Conversations with Connors

Latest Episodes:

Liz Young: Creative, Connected, and Killing It Apr 17, 2018

Show notes

Liz Young is the founder, CEO & Creative Director of StudioLabs, a product design and development studio which focuses on creative technology. StudioLabs has helped create websites, mobile applications, software applications, and other digital products for clients such as Estee Lauder and ESPN, and they’ve partnered with some of the world’s most talented creative teams at agencies like Ogilvy & Mather, and RG/A. Essentially what StudioLabs does is build awesome software and digital products!

Liz is not only an entrepreneur, but a VC investor (predominantly in the SaaS (Software as a Service) industry, board member, RE investor & professor at Pace University.

Liz and her team have had a plethora of accomplishments, one in particular that we found extraordinary

was her design team’s involvement in helping design and build the world’s first-ever live webcast of an international sporting event - the 2000 Paralympic Games in Sydney, Australia.

When Liz is not out dominating the creative world, you can find her hustling people pool, running the mean streets of Hoboken or out having fun with her amazing wife Jen. Liz and Jen are dog lovers and are often seen walking their rescued dog around town.

Today’s Subjects:

How Liz became an entrepreneur & how StudioLabs was born
How her network has helped the growth of her company; from hiring to business development
The value of your network and importance of relationships
How building real relationships has served Liz both professionally and personally
The importance of a regimented day and how she manages her time
What she looks for when hiring: the value of internships and extracurricular work
What it’s like being a woman CEO; she was raised by a very strong independent woman
The art of listening and how it can serve you
How not “properly” networking affected her bottom line
Her philosophy of doing good, building great relationships and how to build the right bridge
You don’t have to go to Networking events to build a top-shelf network
Best advice: Just be a good human being. You’d be surprised how far that can take you

Joe Mindak: The Joe You Need to Know Apr 16, 2018

Show notes

A father and husband first, Joe takes great pride in the common thread that all his successes share, relationship development, benevolence, communications skills, and taking initiative. Joe is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years experience in marketing, owning his own firm before selling in 2015. He also launched and sold hMAG, a lifestyle magazine, within 5 years of launching. He subsequently launched 3 new ventures since using his marketing experience to grow for each eventual sale. In the meantime, he has launched The Connective to use his networking skills to refer business to disparate industries that can use help with their sales and marketing.