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A Line Stories

Karmen Berentsen

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Join Karmen Berentsen and A Line Boutique in highlighting the beautiful, unique voices of our community through organic conversation and exploration of our shared human journey. Here, you are at home. We invite you to listen, learn, and join in on the conversation with industry leaders, style icons, the A Line team, and the everyday people who have loved, fumbled, failed, and emerged confident and purposeful through exploration and imagination.
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The SHORE Line

Shores & Islands Ohio

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The Shore Line, brought to you by Shores & Islands Ohio, is the definitive podcast about fun attractions and activities, including behind the scenes interviews and local insider tips, for the Midwest’s hottest vacation destination. Between Toledo and Cleveland, our area provides an eclectic mix of historically-significant sites, family-fun amusements, gorgeous scenery, and outdoor recreation. The region boasts the Great Lakes’ best fishing as well as migratory bird watching opportunities. Wh ...
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Natrually Norka's Health Boutique

Norka Arrington Johnson

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The goal is to share information, experiences and Herbal and Home Remedies that work, as well as go into depth on certain foods and herbs that can heal, help or control certain illnesses and diseases. Question and answer sessions, as well as guests that are well versed in their particular studies will be included down the line. There are also a few products that can be purchased and a give away here and there. Happy Listening!
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The Twenty Minute VC (20VC) interviews the world's greatest venture capitalists with prior guests including Sequoia's Doug Leone and Benchmark's Bill Gurley. Once per week, 20VC Host, Harry Stebbings is also joined by one of the great founders of our time with prior founder episodes from Spotify's Daniel Ek, Linkedin's Reid Hoffman, and Snowflake's Frank Slootman. If you would like to see more of The Twenty Minute VC (20VC), head to www.20vc.com for more information on the podcast, show note ...
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Boutique Speak

Brainstorm Boutique, LLC

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The shop is open, and Britni Brainstorm and KC Lechelle are here for you! Welcome to "Boutique Speak," a podcast where these two sisters hilariously share the humanity behind some of the most memorable brands they've worked with as the owners of "Brainstorm Boutique," a boutique branding studio. "Boutique Speak" is powered by Brainstorm Boutique, LLC. For more information about Brainstorm Boutique creative strategies, please reach out to us at [email protected] or visit us at www. ...
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A weekly 30-minute podcast focused on the business of fashion. Fashion Rewired is about the successful transformation of your mind, perspective, and daily approach to your fashion brand. During the Fashion Rewired Podcast, we chat with successful fashion designers and business entrepreneurs who share their powerful stories of success. While providing real time industry tips, tools, and actionable strategies to execute today. With the goal of DESIGNING our listener’s brands for success! YOUR ...
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S2, E4 As we usher in the month of February, Shores & Islands Ohio Social Media Manager Meaghan Reynolds joins host Jill Bauer to preview some of the amazing events and activities available throughout the month. She even previews a few giveaways coming up around Valentine’s Day. Then, we chat with both the owner and the general manager of a new bou…
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Adarsh Hiremath is the Co-Founder and CTO @ Mercor, an AI recruitment platform and one of the fastest-growing companies in technology. They have scaled to $70M in ARR in just 24 months. They are famed for working 6 days per week, 9AM to 9PM. All of their founders are Thiel fellows, they are also the youngest unicorn founders ever with the fundraise…
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Today Karmen sits down with sisters Kirstin and Ashley, franchise owners of PVolve, a fitness method focused on functional movement and longevity. They share their personal journeys of transformation, the leap into entrepreneurship, and the importance of redefining fitness to prioritize how one feels over how one looks. The conversation emphasizes …
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S2, E6 Shores & Islands Ohio is ready to start thinking spring…specifically Spring Break! Hear how you can get your all-new 2025 Play + Stay Guide to start planning your getaways to the region. Speaking of things to do on Spring Break, it’s a great time for the whole family to check out a brand-new attraction in Sandusky. Adventure Play is Ohio’s l…
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Jonathan Ross is the Founder & CEO of Groq, the creator of the world’s first Language Processing Unit (LPUTM). Prior to Groq, Jonathan began what became Google’s Tensor Processing Unit (TPU) as a 20% project where he designed and implemented the core elements of the first-generation TPU chip. Jonathan next joined Google X’s Rapid Eval Team, the ini…
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Founder and CEO of LADbible Group, Solly Solomou has built one of the largest and most engaged digital media entertainment companies in the world. Under his leadership, LADbible has grown to reach two-thirds of 18-34-year-olds in the UK, with a global audience of over 494 million followers, including 141 million in the US. The company’s content now…
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TS Anil is the CEO @ Monzo, where he has been the mastermind behind the greatest turnaround in tech in the last 10 years. When TS took over at Monzo they had £40M in revenue, very little runway, had a 40% down round and had large layoffs and low employee NPS. Today they are at £1BN in revenue, profitable and the UK’s largest digital bank with more …
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Fabien Pinckaers is the Founder & CEO of Odoo, one of the most incredible businesses that you might not have heard of. Built from the countryside of Belgium, they do an astonishing $650M in ARR, they have over 5,000 employees and have over 50,000 companies as customers. Even better, Fabian openly does not ever want to sell the company, IPO, believe…
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S2, E5 Ready to kiss winter goodbye? Come out and celebrate with us as we usher out the winter season with a giant snowman effigy on the beach! A popular Shores & Islands Ohio winter festival is just around the corner – the 2025 Burning Snowman Fest in Port Clinton on February 22, 2025. On this episode, host Jill Bauer talks to committee member and…
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Sridhar Ramaswamy is the CEO @ Snowflake, the $60BN public company with $3.5BN in revenue growing 30% per year. Sridhar joined Snowflake following his company, Neeva, being acquired by them for $150M. Prior to founding Neeva, Ramaswamy spent 15 years at Google where he had an integral part in the growth of AdWords and Google’s advertising business …
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Brian Tolkin is the Head of Product @ Opendoor where he has spent the last 6 years and is responsible for product strategy and product and design teams. Before Opendoor, Brian spent an incredible 5 years at Uber through their wildest growth periods. In Today’s Episode with Brian Tolkin: 03:53 Brian's Journey at Uber: Launching China Pool 05:07 Prod…
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Max Levchin is one of the great founders and technologists of our time. As the Founder and CEO of Affirm, he has built am $18.7BN monster in the buy no pay later space. Prior to Affirm he was one of the original co-founders of PayPal. Max is also the co-founder and Chairman of Glow, a data-driven fertility company. Max is also an immensely successf…
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Today Karmen delves into the inspiring story of the entrepreneurial duo behind one of Denver's best restaurants, The Regular. Sydney and Brian's love story began in a New York City kitchen, and their restaurant started as a series of free dinner parties in their home. They credit resilience, creativity, playfulness, and the union off their differen…
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Nabeel Hyatt is a General Partner @ Spark Capital, one of the leading firms of the last decade with portfolio companies including Twitter, Anthropic, Coinbase, Affirm, Discord, Deel and more. In Todays Show with Nabeel Hyatt We Discuss: 1. The Rules of Investing: What have been Nabeel’s biggest lessons on price sensitivity? When did he not pay up a…
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Wayne Ting is CEO of Lime. The global leader in micromobility, the first to achieve a fully profitable year (2022). Last year, Lime did over $600M in gross bookings, $90M in EBITDA. Their 4-year top-line CAGR is 30%. Before joining Lime, Wayne spent four years at Uber in various roles, including Chief of Staff to CEO Dara Khosrowshahi, and General …
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Jonathan Ross is the Co-Founder and CEO of Groq, providing fast AI inference. Prior to founding Groq, Jonathan started Google’s TPU effort where he designed and implemented the core elements of the original chip. Jonathan then joined Google X’s Rapid Eval Team, the initial stage of the famed “Moonshots factory,” where he devised and incubated new B…
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S2, E3 As January winds down, host Jill Bauer and special Shores & Islands Ohio guest, Assistant Marketing Director Jennifer Yochem, chat about all the fun events and activities to look forward to in February. From the Vermilion Ice A Fair to the Burning Snowman Festival in Port Clinton, we break down some of the upcoming fun events. We also discus…
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Carlos Delatorre is one of the legendary go-to-market leaders of the last 20 years. Today, Carlos is the Chief Revenue Officer (CRO) at Harness, where he oversees global sales and go-to-market (GTM) operations. Before Harness, Carlos was the CRO @ MongoDB and Navan. Carlos is also an investor with a portfolio including the likes of Modern Treasury …
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George Sivulka is the founder and CEO of Hebbia, is one of the fastest-growing gen AI companies and they recently raised a $130M series B. Investors include the company include hailed names such as a16z, Peter Thiel, Index, GV and others. In Today’s Episode with George Sivulka We Discuss: 04:47 Three Traits The Best Founders All Share? 08:11 How Co…
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Karmen and Shana Colbin, founder and owner of Denver's beloved Kismet boutique, serendipitously met on a flight and immediately connected. Shana shares her journey from growing up in New York City, modeling for Ralph Lauren, working in retail, to eventually founding Kismet. She speaks candidly about her entrepreneurial journey, challenges in hiring…
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S2, E2 Season two of The Shore Line continues and we’re so excited to be back and bringing you interesting interviews and information about the fun attractions, insightful people, unique small businesses, and welcoming communities of the Shores & Islands Ohio region. This week we’re chatting with Merry-Go-Round Museum executive director and curator…
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Hussein Kanji is the Founder and Managing Partner of Hoxton Ventures, one of Europe’s leading early-stage firms with mega wins in the form of Darktrace and Deliveroo. Hussein cut his teeth in venture at Accel Partners in his early years. In Today’s Episode with Hussein Kanji We Discuss: 1. How to Raise a Fund: What are Hussein’s biggest lessons fro…
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The story of Monday.com is insane, turned down by most VCs, then scaled from $6M to $120M ARR in just three years. Today the company is public with a market cap of $12BN. Joining us in the hotseat today is Monday's Co-Founder and CEO, Eran Zinman. In Today's Episode with Eran Zinman We Discuss: 03:03 The Role of Video Games in Founders' Success 04:…
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Victor Riparbelli is the CEO and Co-founder of Synthesia, the world’s leading AI video communications platform for enterprises. To date, Victor has raised over $250M from Accel, GV, NEA, and more. More than 1,000,000 users and 55,000 businesses, including 60% of the Fortune 100, use it to communicate efficiently and share knowledge at scale using A…
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S2, E1 Thank you for joining us as we usher in season two of The SHORE Line! We’re looking forward to many great things in 2025 and hope you’ll stay along for the ride. Host Jill Bauer shares some highlights to watch for in the coming months – follow along on our social media platforms. Since we started Season One with a series on our indoor water …
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Shervin Pishevar is a serial entrepreneur and investor. Shervin is famed for leading Uber’s Series B at Menlo alongside leading Warby Parker’s Series A and investing in Tumblr, all in just 18 months at Menlo. Following Menlo, Shervin co-founded Sherpa Capital and today Shervin is averaging over 73x on his investments. As an angel investor, Shervin …
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Mikey Shulman is the Co-Founder and CEO of Suno, the leading music AI company. Suno lets everyone make and share music. Mikey has raised over $125M for the company from the likes of Lightspeed, Founder Collective and Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross. Prior to founding Suno, Mikey was the first machine learning engineer and head of machine learning at …
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Carvana is one of the most wild stories in the public markets. The company IPO’d with a market cap of $2BN before skyrocketing to $60BN, only for the company to lose 99% of it’s value hitting a bottom of $400M market cap. Today the company is stronger than ever and with a market cap of $41BN. Joining us in the hotseat is Dan Gill, Carvana’s CPO, th…
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To ring in 2025 Karmen sits down with Jennifer Martin, owner and founder of Reset Your Nest, to dive into the transformative impact of home organization. Jen shares insights into how organizing our physical spaces can lead to greater emotional and spiritual freedom, and shares key tips like decluttering first and starting small. Just like A Line, R…
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Mike Maples is one of the OG seed investors of the last two decades. As a co-founding Partner at Floodgate, Mike has been on the Forbes Midas List eight times in the last decade. Some of Mike’s investments include Twitter, Twitch.tv, Clover Health, Okta, Outreach, Chegg, Demandforce, and Applied Intuition. In Today’s Episode with Mike Maples We Dis…
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This week, Karmen and fellow safari traveler Becky Stevens reflect on this year's A Line Adventures safari trip across Kenya's Mara. Karmen shares how the journey allowed her to connect with her softer, more feminine side amidst the wild beauty of the land. Becky recounts empowering connections made on the trip, both with the group and the wildlife…
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Brian got the chance to sit down with a driven entrepreneur that chose to give back to her community from the beginning. Meghan Alfonso after graduating from The University of Arizona, jumped right into the corporate world of non-profits, expecting to work there her entire career. That short lived dream was quickly extinguished by typical corporate…
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S1, E50 Welcome to our 50th episode and the final of the year! Thank you so much for coming along for the ride! On today's episode we get to know new Shores & Islands Ohio Social Media Manager, Meaghan Reynolds. Host Jill Bauer asks Meaghan about her life and career and what brought her both to living and working in the Shores & Islands region. The…
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Matt Plank is Rippling's Chief Revenue Officer where he oversees all Sales and Account Management functions in the US and Internationally. Matt joined Rippling in the very early days when Parker Conrad (founder) was building V1 in a basement with $0 in revenue. Today the company is a market leader with 100s of $Ms in ARR. Prior to Rippling, Matt wa…
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Daniel Dines is the Founder & CEO @ UiPath, one of the most incredible journeys in startups. For 10 years, UiPath was a bootstrapped company that scaled to just $500K in revenue. Then it all changed, product market fit became obvious and the rest is history. The company went on to raise funding from Sequoia, Accel, Kleiner Perkins and more. Today, …
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S1, E49 Dashing through the snow….straight towards the end of the year! Today on The SHORE Line we’re chatting with Zach Cummins, co-owner and COO of Great Lakes Audio Visual, a full-service entertainment event production company based in Milan, Ohio. Zach tells us about the company’s many projects and capabilities and the events they’ve produced a…
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Reid Hoffman is one of the most impactful people in technology and startups. As a Founder he founded Paypal and Linkedin before moving to the investing side where he has led deals in Facebook, Airbnb and more. In Today’s Episode with Reid Hoffman We Discuss: 1. China and Tariffs: Should the US ban Tiktok and other Chinese companies, given China ban…
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Guillaume Moubeche is the Founder of Lempire, a company he has bootstrapped in the most competitive market in technology and scaled to a staggering $30M in ARR. Guillaume has never raised primary funding for the business but sold $10M of secondary at a $150M valuation. Guillaume is also an angel investor and and best selling author. In Today’s Epis…
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Torsten Reil is the Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Helsing, a new type of defence company providing artificial intelligence to protect our democracies. Torsten has raised over $825M from the likes of Prima Materia, Elad Gil, Accel and General Catalyst. Previously Torsten founded NaturalMotion, one of the UK's most successful games and technology start-up…
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S1, E48 ‘Tis the Season to make holiday memories! In this episode, we talk to the entertainment team from Cedar Point Resorts about a couple of fun getaway or staycation ideas for the holiday season. We chat with Lisa Jones, Sam Fowler, and Tony Clark about all of the fun activities and special surprises at two local resorts. For families, there’s …
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Marc Benioff is one of the iconic founders and visionaries of our time. From the founding of Salesforce 25 years ago, Marc has in many ways created an entire industry. He has scaled the company to a market cap of $346BN, $38BN in revenue and over 72,000 employees. Ask Me Anything with Marc Benioff: The Future of Models: Why does Marc believe we are…
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Zachary Bookman is Co-Founder and CEO of OpenGov, the GovTech cloud software leader that was acquired for a staggering $1.8BN earlier this year. Prior to acquisition, Zac raised over $180M from some of the best of the best including Marc Andreesen, Josh Kushner, Joe Lonsdale and Founder Collective to name a few. Zac is also a successful angel inves…
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Nik Storonsky is the Co-Founder and CEO of Revolut, one of the fastest-growing companies in the world with a $45BN valuation and 50M customers around the world. In July 2024, Revolut posted a whopping $2.2BN in revenue with $545M in pre-tax profit in 2023. To date, Nik has raised $1.8BN for the company from the likes of Index, Balderton, Ribbit, DS…
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George Arison is the CEO of Grindr. The app that results in 40% of lesbian and gay marriages, the average user uses the app for 1 hour per day and sends more messages on Grindr than they do Whatsapp. The company will do over $300M in revenue in 2024 with a 40% EBITDA margin. One of the insane public company success stories. Prior to Grindr, George …
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S1, E47 Meet Ben Langan, 4th generation farmer looking to expand the family business and make it his own. Joining his family’s herb farm, Ben recently opened Mulberry Creek Winery. We learn all about how he became a wine maker and his experiences learning his craft with other local wineries. We hear about the different varieties being produced ther…
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Guy Podjarny founded Tessl, Snyk and Blaze. Tessl is reimagining software development for the AI era and shaping AI Native Development. Snyk created and leads the Developer Security category, and is now a multi-billion dollar company with over 1,000 employees. Guy was previously CTO at Akamai (following its acquisition of Blaze), is an active angel…
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Klaus Hommels is one of Europe’s leading start investors of the last decade with a portfolio including the likes of Spotify, Airbnb, Facebook, Coinbase, Revolut and more. Among his many responsibilities, Klaus is the Founder of Lakestar, his own venture fund and chairs the board of directors of the NATO Innovation Fund. In Today’s Episode with Klau…
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Jason Citron is the Co-Founder and CEO of Discord, a voice, video and text platform for friends playing games. Jason has raised $1BN for the company and was able to scale to 200M users. Prior to co-founding Discord, Jason founded OpenFeint, the biggest social mobile gaming platform, which sold to GREE in 2011 for $104 million. In Today’s Episode wi…
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S1, E46 As we continue through the holiday season, host Jill Bauer is joined by Shores & Islands Ohio Visitor Services Manager Angie George to talk about some special holiday events and activities surrounding the Sandusky Christmas Market and special Saturday hours at the downtown Sandusky Welcome Center. Then, we travel back in time through Angie’…
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Dan Fougere is one of the most successful sales leaders of the last decade. Most recently, Dan was Chief Revenue Officer for Datadog, growing revenues from $60 million to $1BN ARR. Before Datadog, Dan was Head of Global Sales at Medallia where he created the Mediallia sales playbook. In addition, Dan is also a minority owner of the New York Yankees…
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