Inspiration and information for creating an amazing second half of life: There is an abundance of information on creating a great life for those in their 20s, 30s, and even 40s, but truly little for those 50 and beyond. The media seems to think we should either be chasing our past glory days by clinging to youth with a white knuckle death grip OR just quietly fading into the background and letting life pass by. Yet, this time of life brings an amazing opportunity to combine our wisdom and ex ...
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Innovative Entrepreneur Tim Huntzinger Launches 3-wheel On-Road EV Scooter Focusing on Safety and Fun
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29:32Automotive and aerospace designer Tim Huntzinger turned entrepreneur takes you on his journey of co-founding an EV startup called XOTO. The company recently introduced a 3-wheel on-road electric “scooter” built to have greater stability to avoid skids and front wheel drive for enhanced control and maneuverability. Hear how he gathered his team, wen…
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From Baja1000 to Breakthrough Entrepreneur: Colin Godby’s Journey to Revolutionize Electric Dirt Bikes
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35:20When an entrepreneur takes the road less traveled, it is literally true for Colin Godby, co-founder of Dust Moto, an innovative startup launching a high-performance electric dirt bike. Colin’s entrepreneur journey began as a young power sport enthusiast which led him to be an off-road co-driver in international competitive events including the Baja…
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Pickleball Entrepreneur Discusses Pain Point, Proof of Concept, MVP & Kickstarter Success
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34:41Josh Brown is an entrepreneur, inventor, founder, and CEO of Dropshot, a smart scoring platform designed to enhance Pickleball scorekeeping– the fastest-growing sport in America. Josh applied his 14 years of software engineering experience to address a pain point of passionate pickleball players like himself---how to keep score that easily eliminat…
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Entrepreneur Kasey Edwards Shares How Helpr Seized the Opportunity of Digital Technology to Achieve Global Success
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36:33Kasey Edwards, CEO and Co-Founder of Helpr, a global technology company transforming corporate caregiving benefits, shares how their company scaled its services using digital technology to achieve great success. Helpr now serves Fortune 500 companies such as Clorox and Snap through its enterprise platform and is in 45 countries. Hear how Kasey and …
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Entrepreneur Broc TenHouten Solves EV Charging Challenges
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31:00Broc TenHouten, Co-founder and CEO of Intrinsic Power, Inc., is a leading authority on the challenges of distributed energy and a technical leader and manager of electric vehicle technology commercialization. Hear how his startup identified and solved major pain points impacting consumer use of EVs, while addressing capacity challenges facing our c…
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NobleReach Foundation's $500M Endowment to Transform American Innovation
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30:23Climate change and the COVID-19 pandemic exemplify national challenges requiring a new approach to achieve the most effective technological solutions. NobleReach Foundation’s CEO Arun Gupta is taking on those challenges, heading a nonprofit startup with half a billion dollars in endowment. Founded as a spinoff of LMI, NobleReach offers a new and am…
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Serial Entrepreneur Byron Bennett Started Young and Shares those who have supported his Entrepreneurial Passion
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37:54Serial entrepreneur Byron Bennett began his entrepreneurial journey in high school, never expecting that one day he would lead a venture called Zergratran to build in Columbia an alternative to the Panama Canal. He shares the challenges he is facing which include raising funds for a venture of significant scale. His stories of earlier ventures illu…
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Entrepreneur Vitaly Golomb Automates Sales with AI to boost Qualified Leads and Reduce Costs
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38:57Vitaly Golomb is a seasoned Silicon Valley entrepreneur and investor who most notably co-founded HP’s corporate venture arm. He is the Co-Founder and CEO of Sofielabs, the next-gen CRM that uses AI to automate the sales process. Hear how AI was applied to the costly weak link of sales and how their startup strategically emerged from stealth to take…
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Entrepreneur Trevor Laudate shares how Startup took 1st Place for $300K Investment Award
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28:27Trevor Laudate heads the award-winning startup Ecodrive, a B2B climate tech platform connecting companies to measurable sustainability projects such as tree planting and harvesting plastic from the ocean. Customers find these environmental and social activities appealing which companies see as strengthening loyalty and yielding other desired custom…
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CEO Stacey Yudin l Fostering Innovation and the Digital Tech Transformation of Nonprofits
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25:38CEO Stacey Yudin has experienced the full arc of digital technology, leading NEP Services' Union and Non-profit clients from legacy processes and structure to specialized digital technology platforms. Stacey shares how NEP learned about their customers' pain points and established collaborative working relationships---that is ongoing with new techn…
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Patricia Lizarraga | An Innovative Investing Approach for Women helping Women
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28:45Patricia Lizarraga is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hypatia Capital Management. Leveraging her 30+ years of experience on Wall Street, she and her co-founder launched in 2023 an ETF comprised solely of female-led publicly traded companies, WCEO. Hear how she navigated the launch of this unique financial model that highlights the performance o…
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Entrepreneur Daniel Daoura | Marketing an Innovative New Tech Product
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39:17Daniel Daoura, founder and CTO of Pebblebee, is a serial entrepreneur and visionary leader in the trackables industry. Daniel began his career at Boeing, where he spent over 10 years in lead engineering roles developing global software and hardware systems for military asset-tracking communication systems. Leveraging this experience, Daniel venture…
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Two SDAC Angel Investors weigh in on funding Startups: "Jockey or Horse?"
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31:36First-time entrepreneurs often have great business ideas that provoke their passion to start a business. Our guests, Stacy Pena and Brian Engleman, are Fund Managers for the San Diego Angel Conference and they will share their experience as to how angel investors view founding entrepreneurs and the business ideas they pitch for funding. Don't miss …
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Author Mark Atkeson I How Chinese Entrepreneurs moved China Forward
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46:52Join author Mark Atkeson on his 30-plus year journey of living and working in China, an eyewitness to China's great transformation into a superpower. As both an entrepreneur and investor, Mark shares his firsthand experiences in a country that lifted 800 million people out of poverty over that period, spurred in large part by innovating Chinese ent…
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Student Entrepreneur Dominyck Bullard l Sports Passion leads to launch of Athletiverse, a funded scalable Startup
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35:40Not many college students can claim that their startup won $100,000 at a pitch competition held at the San Diego Angel Conference and then also gained seed funding. Student athlete Dominyck Bullard, now student entrepreneur, accomplished both soon after launching his digital media startup Athletiverse. His company manages the digital assets of coll…
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Entrepreneur Ardy Arianpour l Solving an Enormous Pain Point that led to a Meeting with Bill Gates
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47:05Hear Ardy Arianpour, CEO & Co-Founder of SEQSTER, a healthcare technology startup. Ardy shares his journey to solve a giant pain point in the healthcare industry, achieving funding and his one-on-one meeting with Bill Gates to discuss his disruptive model. SEQSTER is on the frontline of healthcare innovation, breaking down health data silos, using …
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CEO Sri Solur | Transforming a Top Retail Brand to Compete in the Digital Economy
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43:52Sri Solur, CEO of Kenmore Brands at Transformco, takes listeners through his journey of transforming the Kenmore brand in today’s digital world, leaving behind its one-hundred-year history as a top Sears appliance brand. Hear how through his leadership he changed the company’s "retail-captive" culture to embrace innovation, while also applying his …
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Entrepreneur William Santana Li l The Mindset That Entrepreneurs Must Have to Gain Funding for Their Startup
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36:54Finding investor funding for a startup is an enormous challenge, William Santana Li, an intrapreneur at Ford Motor and its youngest senior executive at the age of 28 provides frank insight about startup funding—having raised over $120 million for his robots venture Knightscope. He shares the unconventional and visionary mindset that enabled him to …
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Simplifying Skin Care in Midlife (with Dr. Mina)
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37:40Dr. Mina is a Harvard trained dermatologist and host of The Skin Real podcast is on a mission to provide people with real skin care information and advice. In this episode she discusses misconceptions and ways to simplify skin care, the three products we should all be using, skin changes… The post Simplifying Skin Care in Midlife (with Dr. Mina) ap…
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Entrepreneur Patrik Schmidle l How We Funded Our Medtech Startup
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34:13Funding a life science or medtech startup is uniquely challenging due to the extended time required for product development, and if applicable, product approval. Patrik Schmidle, Founder and CEO of CARI Health shares how he navigated funding for his medtech startup that brought in millions of dollars in funding from a range of funding sources.…
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Susan Newman & Rob Grimes | The Excitement of Retail Innovation
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28:07Susan Newman, SVP of Conferences at the National Retail Federation, and Rob Grimes, Founder and CEO of the International Food & Beverage Technology Association discuss the latest innovations impacting the retail industry and how they will be showcased at the upcoming Retail Big Show in January. They share the excitement of the Food Service Innovati…
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Building a Pre-Retirement Flight Plan in Your Fifties (with Bill and Pete Bush)
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40:02Most retirement conversations seem to hinge around dollars and dates – how much do you have and when will you retire. Bill and Pete Bush are financial planners who approach the conversation a bit differently and share how our 50s are the time to really be thinking through what we… The post Building a Pre-Retirement Flight Plan in Your Fifties (with…
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Steve Visconti l Serial Entrepreneur takes on Cyber Security
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30:27Serial entrepreneur Steve Visconti is co-founder and CEO of Xiid, a cyber security startup providing a proprietary architecture to protect enterprise networks and assets. Steve discusses cyber security in terms of both large companies and startups, sharing insight about cyber threats dominating our news. He also gives his view as to how a tech star…
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Udaiyan Jatar | Former Coca-Cola Brand Executive Launches Health Beverage
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40:06Product brands surround our everyday lives, but few truly understand what is required to create a brand that is preeminent and enduring. Udaiyan Jatar (UJ) held prominent positions in both P&G and Coca Cola. In the latter he was one of the youngest Global Vice-Presidents where he led the strategy, innovation, and marketing for Global R&D. Now UJ is…
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Dr. Peter Bonutti: The Challenges of Medical Device Innovation
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44:00Dr. Peter Bonuitti is a renowned orthopedic surgeon who pioneered Minimally Invasive Surgery and has over 500 patents and applications. In a discussion of his two most recently launched products, the world’s smartest mobile UV light sanitizer and a medical device to counter severe headaches, Dr. Bonutti shares insight about the challenges and the r…
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Catching Up, Friends in Midlife, and Tracking Food
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11:57Just a quick episode without a guest to talk about what’s been happening, a solution (perhaps) to making friends in midlife, and a cool fitness app I’ve been using to track food and nutrients (www.cronometer.com). Ready to play bigger in midlife? Let’s get started! Thank you for listening –… The post Catching Up, Friends in Midlife, and Tracking Fo…
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Carol Craig I Aerospace Entrepreneur: From Woman Veteran Founder to CEO of a NASDAQ Public Company
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37:48Carol Craig began her career as a Naval Flight Officer flying P3 Orion Aircraft, serving as a trailblazer for women in the military. Today she is the CEO of Sidus Space, a public company listed on the NASDAQ Exchange. Hear her story of her first aerospace startup, Craig Technologies, that benefited from SBA programs for women, veterans and minoriti…
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David Hait | Fintech Entrepreneur: Private Equity Exit
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40:30From his time-consuming experience of preparing options data, fintech entrepreneur David Hait saw an unmet need for it to be better organized, cleaned, and made easier to use by portfolio managers, investors, and academic researchers worldwide. In 1999 he founded New York-based OptionMetrics when options trading was less common than it is today, wi…
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Tom Frazier | An Entrepreneurial Vision of Greener Data Centers Building Communities
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50:04Tom Frazier is the co-founder and CEO of Redivider, which follows his 25-year corporate career in technology to become a visionary entrepreneur driving transformational initiatives in future tech, B2B, and public sectors. Tom's latest venture is building greener data centers in Opportunity Zones across the U.S. He shares how he pulled together the …
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Robyn Barrett | Factoring for High Growth Startups
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36:08If you are an entrepreneur with a growing company, having access to capital is at the top of your list. Hear Robyn Barrett explain the fundamentals of factoring, a finance vehicle that gets cash into the hands of entrepreneurs based on their accounts receivables. Robyn built her own factoring company, so she knows what entrepreneurs need. Factoring…
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Amy Addington I Co-founders' People Skills Drive Pet Services Company's Success
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33:27Amy Addington is the co-founder of Woofie’s Pet Ventures, LLC, a multi-million dollar animal services company. Starting in 2018, Woofies awarded its first three franchises in Northern Virginia in 2019 and launched its in-house professional grooming school, Woofie’s Accelerated Grooming School (WAGS). Woofie’s has been recognized locally, regionally…
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Andy Voggenthaler | Serial Entrepreneur, Product Innovator, Ironman Triathlon
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35:52Andy Voggenthaler is CEO and Co-Founder of Nonaste, a complete line of scientifically advanced products to keep active people clean and odor-free. His prior business success prepared him to undertake a product launch in a highly competitive arena. Andy shares how he navigated past development and marketing challenges, sometimes relying upon the end…
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Inspiration for Midlife Women (with Alison Jacobson)
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38:15Alison Jacobson hosts the podcast “Midlife Mavericks,” coaches midlife women, and is author of the book “Daily Inspiration for Midlife Women: A Guide to Peace, Joy, Confidence, and Abundance.” I am very excited to have Alison as a guest as we share a similar view of the power of midlife.… The post Inspiration for Midlife Women (with Alison Jacobson…
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Jose Gomez | Tech Entrepreneur Shares Successful Angel Funding Experience
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50:17Jose Gomez, CEO and Co-Founder of Fluid Power AI, is a first-time entrepreneur. Jose offers a great narrative of his funding experiences. He shares the ins and outs of pitching and how he engaged with the angel network as well as tapping into the resources of the southern California entrepreneurial ecosystem including the San Diego Angel Conference…
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This episode is about retirement, but not really about saving or investing. Rather, Joe Allaria, CFP and host of The Retirement Power Hour Podcast, joins me to discuss thinking about the lifestyle of retirement and creating a fulfilling retirement. Sure, the numbers are important, but if the average retirement is… The post Retiring Better (with Joe…
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Theresa DeWit has a huge vision: to make a difference in one million marriages. Like many visions, it started out smaller. She just wanted to pass some marriage advice on to her 20-something kids. That advice has grown into a best-selling book, an online course, and relationship coaching. Theresa shares… The post Joyfully Married (with Theresa DeWi…
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Mysty Rusk | How All Entrepreneurs Gain from their Angel Conference Experience
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36:07Mysty Rusk is the founder of the San Diego Angel Conference and the Executive Director of the University of San Diego’s Knauss School of Business’ Free Enterprise Institute. Mysty discusses how the San Diego Angel Conference has grown since its founding five years ago that includes annually awarding a sizeable investment of hundreds of thousands to…
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Jeff Wesley | Exploring Technology Commercialization and University Related Resources
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29:51Jeff Wesley is the executive director of Spartan Innovations and Red Cedar Ventures, two subsidiaries of the Michigan State University Research Foundation where he oversees venture ideation, creation, business planning, and investment. He’s also the executive director of Michigan Rise, which partners with Michigan’s tech entrepreneurs to help comme…
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Fitness Transformation After 50 (with Martin Bolduc)
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44:59I can’t be the only one who’s noticed health and fitness takes a lot more intentionality and conscious effort than it did in my 30s, or even my 40s. Things take longer, I bounce back slower, and life catches up quicker. I suspect many of us in our 50s and… The post Fitness Transformation After 50 (with Martin Bolduc) appeared first on Midlife Maste…
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Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive! (with Ellen Kocher and Dominique Ben Dhaou)
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48:48I LOVED this conversation with Ellen Kocher and Dominique Ben Dhaou. As the co-authors of the book Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive!: How to Lift Up Your Life in Your 50’s and Beyond, they brought tons of information and inspiration on creating and embracing a vibrant life after 50, with a particular… The post Wake-Up, Shake-Up, Thrive! (with Ellen Kocher…
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Experimenting with Replacing Goals with Habits
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18:56Happy New Year! No guest this episode. I wanted to share some thoughts I’ve been having about replacing my annual goals with a focus on developing really small habits. I have been creating annual goals for the past 20 years and I like the direction they provide, but I’ve noticed… The post Experimenting with Replacing Goals with Habits appeared firs…
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Many in the fitness industry promise (or strongly suggest) quick fixes and amazing results. But that’s not really how our bodies work and it often leads to disappointment, frustration, and the relentless search for that next miracle diet and workout. But what if we approached it differently? Nate Wilkins and… The post Aging Well (with Ageless Worko…
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Harvey Homan | Angel Investor & Entrepreneur Shares Navigating Startup Funding
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49:37Harvey Homan, CEO of MetasTx, LLC Harvey Homan has been active in the entrepreneurial arena as both an entrepreneur and angel investor for many years, following a successful corporate career in which he had leadership in the development of OTC brands. He draws on his breadth of experience in biotech, medical device, digital health and pharmaceutica…
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Tom White | The Next Generation of Leadership in a Family Business
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40:29Tom White is Founder and President of Accurate Mechanical, a commercial and residential HVAC company serving Central Ohio. He began his entrepreneurial journey 40 years ago and now shares his experience of bringing a son into Accurate and how he is preparing him for a leadership role.By Jeanne Gray, Publisher of American Entrepreneurship Today(R)
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Area President of Keiretsu Forum MidAtlantic and SouthEast Howard heads two regions of Keiretsu Forum, a national network of over 3,000 accredited angel investors–which is considered the world’s largest and most successful accredited investor organization. His two regions are the fastest growing regions in the Keiretsu global network. Howard discus…
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Midlife in Beast Mode (with Gail Gensler)
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37:22She’s back! Gail Gensler returns for another episode and brings her non-stop full throttle enthusiasm for (mid)life with her. She points out that everyone is, will be, or was in midlife, so why do we spend so little time discussing it? We talk about: How to get started creating a… The post Midlife in Beast Mode (with Gail Gensler) appeared first on…
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Having a Mindful Midlife Crisis (with Billy Lahr)
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53:18It’s always fun to have another midlife podcaster on the show. Today, I’m joined by Billy Lahr, co-host of Mindful Midlife Crisis and co-creator of the Reflect, Learn, Grow course. We cover a lot of ground in this show as Billy shares: How cultivating a mindfulness practice changed and saved… The post Having a Mindful Midlife Crisis (with Billy Lah…
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It took an emotional breakdown for Rae Ann to realize she had been living someone else’s dream and get clarity on her own aspirations. Using that difficult path, she became a transformational life coach focused on helping women discover what they want to do with their lives and live on… The post Live Your True You (with Rae Ann Louise) appeared fir…
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Riders of a Certain Age (with Fran Severn)
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41:12Midlife is a fantastic time to take on new hobbies or to return to those that really interested us when we were younger. In midlife, we typically have a bit more time, money, opportunities, and resources than we did in our 20s or 30s, and a bit more wisdom as… The post Riders of a Certain Age (with Fran Severn) appeared first on Midlife Mastery Pod…
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Normalizing Aging (with Jacqueline “Jack” Perez)
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32:47Jacqueline (Jack) Perez is on a mission to normalize aging. In 2017, she created Kuel Life, a website providing community and expert advice for midlife women. Along with curated content and real-life expert advice, the site also showcases women-driven brands. In this episode, we discuss the importance of community and… The post Normalizing Aging (w…
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