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From Dirty Rags to Riches: The Dave "Laundromat Millionaire" Menz Story Jan 07, 2022

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1:43 - Growing up and becoming an entrepreneur
2:40 - Dave's parents
5:02 - Balance in Parenting
6:40 - Leading by example
7:00 - Early days in Corporate America
8:34 - The Aha Moment
9:30 - Process of getting there
13:57 - Evaluating different ideas
16:14 - Laundromat from a Business Perspective
20:30 - Professional Relationships and launch of first store
22:40 - Evolution of Dave
24:00 - Learn something on the way
25:56 - Early tough lessons learned
27:55 - Reaction of the Community / Community Building
29:52 - Self service Laundry Business
32:19 - Expansion of the Business
35:56 - Value added
36:29 - Learning Curve
40:40 - Self service Element
43:57 - People Leader
44:23 - Lessons from Corporate America
46:10 - Best small business
48:17 - Impetus behind the book
50:19 - Who is the book/podcast for
52:50 - Greatest piece of advice
54:00 - Dave's Super Power
54:47 - Dave's North Star

Leigh Steinberg: The Real Story Behind The Sports Empire Dec 31, 2021

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0:04 - Love for Sports
3;15 - Envision Sports as a Career
5:49 - True to the Values
6:13 - Key Mistake in early days
8:14 - Assess the character
11:11 - The Movie
15:28 - Peak of the Career
17:59 - The dark side of Life
21:26 - Relationship with David
22:06 - Mental steps to separate a business
25:05 - Going back to the roots
25:27 - Second Big break
28:47 - Accountability
30:06- Deciding Factor
31:56 - Approach to guiding the athletes / Aligning the values
33:47 - How to address the wrong attitude/violence
35:30 - Sports in terms of Covid
39:35 - Leigh's Legacy
40:37 - Greatest piece of advice
42:11 - Leigh's North Star

Brett Berish: A Self-Made Career Building Spirit Brands Dec 23, 2021

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0:01 - Prized Possession
2:11 - Getting into Investment Banking
3:07 - Entrepreneurial Spirit
4:02 - Entry in the Spirit Industry
4:50 - Best Bagel in the country
6:05 - Taste test Wine or Alcohol
6:26 - Early Life Lessons
7:40 - Competition for shelf space
10:02 - The Downhill
11:37 - Safety Net / Room to fail
13:30 - Alignment with Influencers
15:04 - The Secret Sauce
16:35 - Jay Z Brand Endorsement (First Impression)
18:33 - The People Connection
19:28 - Instant Gratification
20:44 - Self Made Symbol
22:39 - Creating a Canvas
23:47 - Relationship with Nipsey
25:18 - Grind and Hustle
26:50 - Eat what you kill
27:09 - What is Authenticity
29:11 - Greatest piece of advice
30:02 - Bret's North Star

Sean Harper: Humanizing the Insurance Industry Dec 19, 2021

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1:40 - First itch
2:40 - What programming taught about Business
4:00 - Focus on the End Game
6:06 - The Assessment
6:48 - Good Ol' days
7:59 - Transition process
9:50 - Find the answer
10:32 - Being inquisitive
11:36 - Key golden takeaway
14:02 - TSS Radio
15:34 - Opportunity arises
16:50 - The Exit Strategy
18:15 - Passion for Bees
20:18 - HomeOwners Insurance
23:28 - Knowledge about Insurance Industry
25:00 - The Hypothesis
27:07 - Regulations around the insurance company
28:30 - The Painful road - Solution
29:55 - The cool things
31:56 - Proactive Insurance
32:13 - The Mindset Shift
32:47 - Future for Kin.
34:10 - Go-to Interview Questions
36:04 - No is better than a 'No' Response
36:34 - Meeting with Matt Higgins
38:30 - SPAC
40:49 - Greatest piece of advice
41:56 - Sean's Super Power
43:21 - How to Keep Cool
44:10 - Sean's North Star

Kathleen Griffith: Architecting the Life of Your Dreams Dec 17, 2021

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1:32 - Impetus behind working as an Entrepreneur
4:30 - The Black Sheep
5:15 - Early Life Lessons
6:55 - Jumping around too much
8:57 - Disadvantage of working remote / Lack of first-hand learning
10:07 - Leaving the Corporate World
11:32 - Pragmatic Strategic Approach
14:30 - Working Parents
17:15 - Lessons taught by Grandmother
19:20 - Year 1 Big Mistakes
21:36 - Dealing with the first client
25:26 - How to take in Accountability
27:15 - Close to the Vision
29:24 - Eat what you kill
32:09 - Pattern Recognition
34:06 - Pushing yourself out of your comfort zone
37:32 - Empower Female Customers
39:39 - One Tribal World
42:10 - Greatest piece of advice
43:55 - Kathleen's Super Power
45:42 - Kathleen's North Star

Ron Coury: Defining Tenacity: 45 Years in Vegas Dec 12, 2021

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1:09 - Define Tenacity
1:54 - Overcoming Obstacles
3:15 - Growing up in Brooklyn
4:42 - Getting into Marine
6:15 - The Thought Process
7:30 - Las Vegas in 1973/74
9:02 - Becoming a Gambler
10:38 - Crazy Story from Vegas
11:56 - Level of Respect
13:08 - Old School Networking
15:51 - Second Chances
16:04 - Early Lessons Learned
18:47 - Handling Crimes
22:12 - Advice to New Entrepreneurs
23:19 - The Book on Tenacity
25:05 - Tribute
27:08 - Ron's Legacy
27:58 - Greatest Piece of Advice
29:12 - Ron's North Star

Kelly Cardenas: The Roots of a Hair-Care Entrepreneurial Journey Dec 10, 2021

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1:57 - Personal Development / Millionaire Course
3:49 - Entrepreneurial Spirit
5:04 - Hair Story
6:30 - Barber vs a Hairdresser
7:20 - Never Compare Yourself
8:10 - Side Options
9:08 - Quality of People to surround with
9:38 - Educator in Hair Space
10:20 - Interaction with 'the guy' - John Paul
11:46 - Be grateful/be present/ Let the magic happen
12:31 - The Salon Experience
12:47 - 13:30
13:35 - The culture within a business
14:53 - Bounce Back/Lessons Learned
16:13 - Breakdown the story / Telling the Narrative
17:30 - The Six Indicators
18:01 - Definition of Culture
20:35 - Core lessons in Customer Service
22:09 - Podcasting in a Salon
23:37 - Relationship with God
25:06 - Definition of Faith
25:18 - Perspective on Challenges in Life
26:54 - Advice to kids to be successful
28:26 - Kelly's Super Power
29:34 - Kelly's North Star

Liane Hornsey: Career as a People Leader At Google & Uber & Palo Alto Networks Dec 03, 2021

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1:04 - Early Career in Music Industry
2:47 - Key Mistake/ Early Lesson Learned
4:36 - Concept of Unlearning
5:11 - Career at BMG
6:32 - Traits of a People Leader
7:48 - Taking a chance on people
9:55 - Experience at Google (The Good, Bad and the Ugly)
12:39 - Basis of Decision
13:42 - Interview Process
14:17 - Biggest Change made in Google (People Aspect)
17:13 - Moving to Uber
19:07 - Stepping into the fire
21:02 - One-on-One Conversation
22:45 - Toughest Lesson
25:00 - Current time at Apollo Network
26:01 - Flexibility in work during the pandemic
30:33 - Pros and Cons of Remote Work
32:12 - Flexibility in choice
34:24 - Perspective of Training Manager
37:20 - Working Parents
39:21 - Hiring Process
41:01 - Recruiters are Brand Ambassadors
42:41 - Character Assessment
46:04 - Unconscious Biasedness
47:22 - Thoughts on Unpaid Internship
47:57 - The Greatest piece of advice
49:27 - Liane's Super Power
50:15 - Liane's North Star

Talking Talent with Mark Herschberg & Gus Hattrich Nov 28, 2021

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Aired 6/14/21 https://youtu.be/QebhBsqjFqk Excited to welcome two experts in their respective fields to talk about talent - from a culture, retention, and hiring perspective. Mark Herschberg is a Fractional CTO, author, speaker, and MIT Instructor. He recently released The Career Toolkit a book that he authored about his leadership strategies and core tenants. He has taught these learnings to MIT students to prepare them for a well-adjusted career in technology. Gus Hattrich is the CEO at Paradowski Creative, a “Design for all Brandkind” agency of about 100 people. He’s been leading the charge on return to office as well as balancing the new world of hybrid work, of which his predominately creative employees are especially affected. This Episode’s Heavy-hitter’s: - Mark worked on startups early in his career as a technical lead, but soon learned he would need to pick up leadership skills to be successful in his career. He developed a framework that was so successful that he was recruited by MIT to start teaching them to students and recently released a book of his teachings on the subject. - We talk about how despite common belief, negotiation is actually a very natural skill. As Mark puts it, we start negotiating with our parents around age 3 over which vegetables we eat, we just need to relearn what we’ve forgotten because negotiations can sometimes be uncomfortable. - One of Mark’s Leadership hacks for improving relationships with his own employees is to pick a proxy to collect feedback anonymously on his leadership style. That proxy then explains the feedback his team has for him, positive and negative, but completely unfiltered. - After reading an article on the benefits of the outdoors on mental health, Gus created an outdoor day camp for his company, Paradowszki Creative. We talk about the reactions and the overall experience of that creative solution as a return to office event. - Gus explains the challenges of remote creative work. People are feeling uninspired and experiencing a lack of connection, so Paradowski has been innovating to alleviate that issue. If you enjoyed this episode, please leave a review: https://ratethispodcast.com/thepozcast #thePOZcast is brought to you by our friends at Interseller – the prospecting + outreach platform of recruiters and sellers. Whether you’re doubling down on business development or recruiting talent, Interseller does all the heavy lifting of finding contact data, automating the email and follow-up process, and syncs all that rich data into 20+ CRMs and ATSs. Reach out and get going in a 2-week *free* trial today and let them know you heard about them from Adam on #thePOZcast. Check out a free demo today! https://bit.ly/2Fbm/BZ For more, please visit www.thePOZcast.com & thanks for listening!

Bracken Darrell: A lifetime of Wisdom from the CEO @ Logitech Nov 26, 2021

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1:14 - Undergrad days / Advantage of Liberal Arts degree
2:36 - Open to taking risks
2:59 - Basketball Pro Team
3:30 - Basketball Role Models
4:47 - Specialization in Consultant World
5:50 - Detail Oriented
6:14 - Embrace the strengths
7:16 - Key Takeaway from early days
10:41 - Advice to current Senior Brand Managers
12:45 - Ownership and Accountability
13:37 - The core difference between American & European Corporate
14:43 - Leading overseas companies / Different Cultures
16:27 - Crisis Standpoint (Leadership and Management)
17:50 - Keeping up with the demand
19:07 - Decision making as a Leader
20:04 - Silver Linings
21:45 - Next Grade Innovation
23:12 - Putting into Practice
25:22 - Corporate Mirror
27:22 - Go-to Interview Questions
29:40 - Definition of Culture
31:33 - Life Biosciences
33:48 - Pandemic Effect / Future of Work
36:19 - Failure Leadership
38:29 - Consistent Learner
39:55 - The Greatest piece of Advice
41:15 - Professional Accomplishment
41:40 - Bracken's North Star

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