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Bag designer for FIFA 2002, Founder and Principal of Retail Strategy Group, Liza Amlani comes on to geek out on retail Feb 23, 2021

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Aside from the fact that Liza thinks Kenny looks like George Clooney (in the dark in poor lighting), we talk retail - click and collect, omnichannel retailing and Liza's work to help retailers understand how to live and work in today

Find Liza at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizaamlani/

Liza's blog: https://www.themerchantlife.com/

Retail Strategy Group: https://www.retailstrategygroup.com/

Opera Singer turned banker, retailer then went Startup. Alys Richards talks about her learning journey Feb 16, 2021

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An incredible conversation with a talented individual, Alys has a lot to say about how to think about your skills differently, and how to approach looking at opportunities differently.

To find Alys: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alysrichards/

CEO of Rebellious Infusions, Doug DuMars comes on to talk about going from BIG companies to a startup that disruptes the drink space Feb 09, 2021

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Doug DuMars comes from Kraft/Heinz and Pepsi, talks about his experience working for two of the biggest CPG companies in the world, to jumping in as a startup in the drink space, founding Rebellious Infusions.

To find Doug:

https://www.linkedin.com/in/dougdumars/

https://drinkrebellious.com/

If you're interested in samples, head to https://Samples.DrinkRebellious.com

Nicole Murphy, Vice President of Growth at Bell Curve comes on to talk career, email marketing and how Bell Curve is doing things different Feb 02, 2021

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Philly and Nicole laugh about how long they've known each other, they geek out about email marketing and how it can power a business' growth. The boys are amazed at Nicole's skills and how many pots she's had her hands in.

To find Nicole: https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolemjmurphy/

Check out Bell Curve here: https://www.bellcurve.com/

Shelby Taylor, Founder, CEO at Chickapea comes on to tell us about her unconventional journey to success Jan 26, 2021

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Shelby started working on Chickapea in 2015. Today, Chickapea is everywhere!

Check out Chickpea here: https://chickapea.ca/

You can find Shelby here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/taylorshelby/

Wondering what you do with classic CPG skills? Angie Baker comes on to talk about using her strategic skills for helping children Jan 19, 2021

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Phil and Angie talk old J&J days and Philly relives some battle scars that left marks. Angie talks about putting her strategic skills to work with the Save the Children Organization, getting deployed to El Paso and helping children reunite with their families.

To find Angie Baker - https://www.linkedin.com/in/angiembaker/

First episode of the year is just the boys. Getting their sh*t together, Philly's pro-tip for the month, Google Adwords analytics improvements Jan 12, 2021

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The boys talk about getting their businesses right, how they're thinking about the year. Philly struggles to help an owner become a CEO. Philly talks about how to think about client hours and how and when to work a little harder, when to balance versus family life.

Philly's pro-tip for the month - last month was WIFI Mesh, and now Philly wants you to think about buying a budget gaming laptop. (sub-$1000, light weight gaming)

2020 Holiday Hangout! We opened the Zoom Room and podcast guests of old came and hung out! Jan 05, 2021

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We had lots of guest come and hang out for our last podcast of the year.

This one is pretty fun - if you want to watch it, it'll put faces to voices.

Head to https://youtu.be/QI4iS-Gsrso

Some of our guests that came by:

Tim Dumas, Jaks Alcohol

Stephen Sotto, Bed Bath & Beyond Mexico

Mark Stirling, Orion Sales

Cherry Yang, Air Ops Consulting https://www.airopsconsulting.org/

Tazz Latifi, https://petropolisnyc.com/the-petropolist-podcast/

Chloe Holyman, Brand Manager for https://www.tryenerc.com/

April May Bellia, formerly of Granola Girl now The Optimystic Soul life coach

Bram Warshafsky, Shelfgram, https://www.shelfgram.com/

Laurie Shopland, https://laurieshopland.com/

Jim Shopland, https://shoplandhealth.ca/

Richard Pollock, https://www.takeharmony.ca/, https://www.kihealthdefence.ca/

VP Of Business Development at Daiya Foods, Chris Bailey comes on to talk career path and leading edge plant based food innovation Dec 29, 2020

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Long time "rock" of the retail industry...Alan Bates comes up, we talk career progression and Philly drools (as usual) over Daiya's new lineup of products.

You can find Chris here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-bailey-4130958/

You can find Daiya here: https://daiyafoods.com/

Drool over Daiya's food lineup here: https://www.youtube.com/user/daiyafoods/videos

The Boss makes an appearance! The pandemic from a manufacturer's perspective Dec 22, 2020

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The Boss, Linda, talks about the pandemic from a manufacturer's perspective...A manufacturer that makes hand sanitizer. The boys and the Boss talk about concerns about the upcoming year, how to look at growth differently, and they talk growing up and ethnic backgrounds.

Check out Linda's profile here: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lindambwebb/

find Prolab here: http://www.prolabhealth.com/

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