Bizz Banter

Rob Gregg is a Forbes Under 30 Fellow, Techstars Alum, GQ Insider, and the Founder & CEO of Gales- The First Smart PPE footwear for medical professionals. Rob formerly lead strategy for A-List Celebrities at top global agencies, generated over $5 Billion in revenue for hyper-growth start-ups and Fortune 500 brands, launched the Italian luxury footwear brand Rob McAllan, and lead businesses to achieve the Inc 500 and Crain's 50 Fastest Growing Companies lists in 2018, 2019, and 2020. Rob's latest venture, Gales, was born during the pandemic and has become a game changer for healthcare professionals worldwide. Tune into this episode to hear Rob's inspirational journey as an entrepreneur and how he founded Gales. Bizz Banter Instagram: instagram.com/bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Rob's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/robgreggofficial Gales Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/weargales Gales Website: www.weargales.com Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

This episode of Behind the Brand dives into the story of how Ben and Jerry's, the globally recognized ice cream brand known for its funky flavors and activism, came to be. Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Bizz Banter Instagram: instagram.com/bizzbanter Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Raunaq Bahl is a serial entrepreneur and investor with a passion for creating, investing in, directing, and advising companies and organizations that provide a social impact. Raunaq's work spans across many industries including hospitality, CBD, medical test kits, non-profits, and real estate. Tune into this episode to learn more about Raunaq's journey as an entrepreneur and his latest venture, CBDeu. CBDeu Website: cbdeu.co CBDeu Instagram: instagram.com/cbd_eu_ Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Bizz Banter Instagram: instagram.com/bizzbanter Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Rachel Richards is the bestselling author of Money Honey and Passive Income, Aggressive Retirement. She is a former financial advisor and a real estate investor. Most impressively, at the age of 27, Rachel quit her job and retired, living off over $10,000 per month in passive income. She has helped thousands of millennials work their way out of financial despair. Tune into this episode to learn how Rachel retired before the age of 30, and how you can too! Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Bizz Banter Instagram: instagram.com/bizzbanter Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Nischal Sharma is the co-founder of Svenklas, a sustainable luxury brand based out of India that is on a mission to create sustainable products without sacrificing on design and aesthetics. In this episode, Nischal shares his inspiring journey of starting Svenklas while sharing priceless tidbits of wisdom. Tune in to hear about his journey, fashion, sustainability and the trials and tribulations of founding a company. Bizz Banter Instagram: instagram.com/bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Nischal's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nischalsharma_/ Svenklas Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/svenklas/ Svenklas Website: https://svenklas.com/ Svenklas Spotify Playlist: https://open.spotify.com/user/4ut96qvld11sv6zuv1ye3qv3r Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Lior Flint is the Founder and Editor in Chief of Flique Editorial. At just 21 years old, Lior launched Flique with the mission of creating a digital space where people of all backgrounds and walks of life can come together to share their stories with the world. Flique is a community fueled by a like-minded desire for inclusivity, creativity, and diversity, bringing original and unfiltered content straight from its team. The editorial strives to be a space where young creatives can come together to express themselves, expand their network, and develop themselves both personally and professionally. In under one year since its launch, Flique's team has rapidly grown, developed hundreds of pieces of original content, and reached over 30,000 article reads. Tune in to this episode to learn about how Flique's young founder built her editorial empire all while balancing college, work and life. Bizz Banter Instagram: instagram.com/bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Flique Editorial Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/flique.editorial Flique Editorial Website: https://www.fliqueeditorial.com/ Lior's Medium Article: https://liorflint.medium.com/i-founded-my-own-publication-at-21-heres-how-and-why-b7f72e4d9b64 Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

In this episode of Epic jobs, we'll be hearing from Dan Schachner, Official Referee of the Puppy Bowl. We all know what the Super Bowl is, and the Puppy Bowl is just that, except cuter and furrier. This wildly popular program that airs on the Animal Planet on Super Bowl Sunday has captured the hearts of many, and when we watch it, we all envy the guy that gets to be in on all the action. Tune in to learn all about the Puppy Bowl and how Dan Schachner landed this epic job! Bizz Banter Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bizzbanter/?hl=en Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Dan's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/danschachner/?hl=en Dan's Website: https://www.danschachner.com/ Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

2020 is a year like no other with so many hot and happening stories so tune in for the 2020 Year in Review to hear 12 of the hottest business stories of the year! Story #1: Amazon's new way to pay Story #2: Dunkin' becomes fancy Story #3: The U.S. Government's historic economic rescue package Story #4: Netflix's membership surge Story #5: Twitter's permanent WFH policy Story #6: Kim Kardashian's a billionaire Story #7: Walgreens is a doctors' office Story #8: Apple and Fortnite go to War Story #9: Zoom thrives Story #10: Crocs X Bieber Story #11: Amazon Pharmacy Story #12: Facebook's heartbreak Bizz Banter Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Yulkendy Valdez is a Forbes 30 Under 30 social entrepreneur, storyteller, and TEDx speaker. As the Co-Founder and CEO of Forefront, she helps employers, schools, and nonprofits create low-barrier, culturally relevant virtual experiences for youth to facilitate their transition from education to career. Yulkendy brings a diverse set of both corporate and nonprofit experience to the table. She's worked with Bank of America, EY, Puma, and Innosight Consulting as well as the International Institute of St. Louis and Betty Jean Kerr People's Centers. Yulkendy has received numerous fellowships, including the Resolution Project, Young People For, Opportunity Nation Leaders Program, Future Founders Fellowship, Net Impact Racial Equity Fellowship, Harvard Kennedy School Public Policy Leadership Conference, One Young World, StartingBloc, and PPIA Indiana University. She is a proud alumna of Babson College, #1 school for entrepreneurship. More recently, she was named one of the Latino 30 Under 30 honorees by El Mundo Boston and a top millennial in Boston by Get Konnected. With roots in her hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, Yulkendy has traveled to over 30+ countries for work and fun. Bizz Banter Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Forefront Instagram: @_forefront Forefront Website: https://www.getforefront.co/ Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Ryan Hogan is the Co-founder and CEO of Hunt A Killer, an innovative gaming company that delivers clues, items and correspondence to your doorstep that creates an interactive and immersive story for its Members. Ryan enlisted in the United States Navy in 2002 and was selected for the Seaman to Admiral commissioning program in 2008. He commissioned and graduated from the University of Maryland with a business degree focused on marketing and management in 2013. Ryan separated from active service in 2017 and entered the US Navy Reserves, when he decided to pursue entrepreneurship full-time. He currently serves as a Surface Warfare Officer in the US Navy Reserves and as CEO of Hunt A Killer. Ryan launched Hunt A Killer with his childhood friend, Derrick Smith by creating a live event in 2016 where they transformed a 200-acre campground into a life-like crime scene, asking attendees to solve the mystery. Expanding this idea, they worked with a team of world-class writers, editors, game designers, and graphic artists to create their Hunt A Killer subscription boxes. Since 2016, Hunt A Killer has continued to expand its portfolio of games, both with subscription boxes and all-in-one experiences, positioning players as detectives solving cases revolving around sci-fi, horror and mystery. In 2020, Hunt A Killer received the honor of ranking No. 6 on Inc. Magazine's 5000 list of fastest growing privately-held companies in the U.S., and CEO, Ryan Hogan was announced as one of Puget Sound Business Journal's 40 under 40 honorees. To date, Hunt A Killer has shipped over two-million episodes, surpassed 100,000 subscribers, and has doubled revenue year over year without outside investors, with continued growth expected. Bizz Banter Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Hunt A Killer Instagram: @huntakillerinc Hunt A Killer Website:https://www.huntakiller.com Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Joe Hollier is the co-founder of the Light Phone: a phone with minimal features, taking out social media, emails, and pretty much everything that makes us live on our phone. This phone has gone viral on social media and has radically changed the lives of the people that use it. Joe is a multi-disciplinary artist and entrepreneur. He studied design at the School of Visual Arts and graduated as the valedictorian. He was also selling and exhibiting painting, film and collage work. Some of Joe's clients include Nike, CNN, the Lincoln Center, Debbie Millman, and the Smithsonian. Print Magazine recognized Joe as one of the top 20 visual artists under the age of 30 in 2014. In 2020, Joe was named one of Forbes 30 under 30 for consumer technology products. So what inspired this budding artist to become an entrepreneur and revolutionize consumer technology? We'll be hearing all about it from Joe himself in this episode! Bizz Banter Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Light Phone Instagram: @thelightphone Light Phone Website: thelightphone.com Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Kayla O'Leary is the Co-Founder and CMO of Budz Butter, a family-owned, small batch manufacturer located in Wisconsin that specializes in hemp-derived CBD infused products. In 2017, 24 year old Kayla left corporate America to start up Budz Butter in Colorado. In this episode, you'll hear about the many trials that Kayla faced as she entered into an unknown industry in a new city, and the growth she's had from her experiences as an entrepreneur. Follow Bizz Banter on Instagram: @bizzbanter Follow Budz Butter On Instagram: @budzbutter Budz Butter Website: https://www.budzbutter.com Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Kevin Ramsey is a serial entrepreneur based out of Koreatown, Los Angeles. His first taste of being an entrepreneur was in his junior year of high school when he founded Hungercraft. Hungercraft was a Minecraft development company that reached a milestone of 3 million monthly active players in 2011. By the end of his freshman year of college, Kevin had sold Hungercraft and founded the e-sports management company Denial eSports. Denial eSports went on to win a range of competitions and awards including the Call of Duty World Championships. Due to the rapid growth success of the e-sports company, Kevin left Savannah College of Art and Design and relocated to Columbus, Ohio where he went full-time at the company's gaming house. After realizing relative success, Kevin took the leap to join a leading global toy manufacturer and rapidly ascended through the company. He eventually left his corporate career to found Warren James. With full-time staff in LA and China, the company manages everything from product design, product development , and logistics to white label website creation, fulfillment, and retail for a portfolio of successful creators and brands. Follow Bizz Banter on Instagram: @bizzbanter Follow Kevin on Instagram: @kevjramsey Warren James Website: https://warrenjames.org/ Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

A long time beauty enthusiast and beauty editor, Mira Torres has made her passion for community and innovative design a full-fledged business. As the first employee of IPSY, she gained years of experience with beauty brands and media influencer relationships and helped grow their online beauty community from 25,000 to 2M in just four years. As a young, single mom fresh out of college, determined to show her son that he could be anything and everything he wanted, she decided to take a retail position at Ulta to make ends meet. In less than a year, she was promoted to Administrative Manager and for the next four years, she learned everything and anything about makeup and beauty. This led to the experience she needed to get jobs as a beauty writer, then a beauty editor, and then launching a social media consulting company where she eventually found a connection that led to becoming the first employee of IPSY. At IPSY, she really honed in on her experience and skills in the Marketing and Beauty space, working alongside Stanford, Harvard, MIT and Duke grads on e-commerce, social voice and the influencer community. From there, she decided to venture off on her own to carve out her spot in the beauty space. With JUNO & Co., Mira has created a DTC beauty brand that creates innovative beauty products alongside community-driven ideas. Launching in 2017, the JUNO Microfiber Sponge has taken the beauty world by storm, catching the eye of some of the most influential beauty influencers, selling more than 500,000 sponges in just three months. Dedicating her mission to creating makeup for makeup addicts at ridiculously affordable prices, JUNO has filled the whitespace between high quality and affordability in the makeup industry with a beauty line that offers game-changing products and prices that beauty lovers want and need. Follow Bizz Banter on Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: www.bizzbanter.com Follow Mira on Instagram: @thebeautybohemian Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/featured --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Fares Ksebati is the CEO of MySwimPro, a global technology and media company that creates fitness apps that help people improve their performance and health. Most recently, he was selected for the Forbes 30 Under 30 List for 2020 in Consumer Technology. Fares enjoys sharing his passion for entrepreneurship as a keynote speaker and startup mentor to founders around the world. MySwimPro is a digital community with over one million members in 180+ countries. The app has received international accolades being named the Best App of the Year by Apple and featured in Sports Illustrated. The company has global partners and an international investor base that spans 36 countries. Fares is also the Founder of World Swim Day, a global initiative that empowers people around the world to be more active through swimming and promote water safety. He competed on Wayne State University's Varsity swimming program and graduated summa cum laude from the Mike Ilitch School of Business. Fares continues to compete internationally and is a 3x U.S. Masters swimming individual national champion, certified USA Triathlon Coach and American Swim Coaches Association Fellow. Before launching MySwimPro, Fares led digital marketing at multiple venture-backed technology startups. His analytic approach to driving growth and creative insight for engaging audiences and branding has been attributed to the success of numerous early-stage companies. Fares, a Syrian-American has been recognized by Arab America as one of 15 Arab Americans who stole the spotlight in 2017. Follow Bizz Banter on Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter Website: bizzbanter.com Follow Fares on Instagram: @FaresKsebati Follow MySwimPro on Instagram: @MySwimPro MySwimPro Website: myswimpro.com Music by Marc Wavy: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCzwebNvOA4LrrTkTE40hFLA --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Civil Engineer, serial Entrepreneur, Fashion Editor, TV Presenter, and Reality TV Star, Amber Renae is a celebrated style icon who draws on her vast life experience to motivate, enlighten, and entertain her audiences. A qualified Civil Engineer, Amber transitioned from constructing roads to constructing dresses when she started her own fashion label in 2002. The label earned industry acclaim and achieved retail success in high-end boutiques across Australia, Japan, France, New Zealand, and the United States. Closer to home, Amber's collections were snapped up by Australian retail heavyweight Myer and its appeal among celebrities including Paris Hilton ensured the label's editorial success in Madison, Shop till you Drop, and Cosmopolitan magazines. A celebrated style icon, Amber has appeared on Project Runway Australia. Her success on the show led her to appointments as Fashion Editor for Australian Women's Health and Fitness Magazine, the resident stylist for Australia's largest media network, Southern Cross Austereo, and her role as the resident fashion presenter on Foxtel's Fashion TV where she has interviewed leading international celebrities including Andie MacDowell, Melissa George, Mel B, Rose Byrne and Ruby Rose. Amber now stars on the hottest new reality show on the FYI network, called Dream Life Los Angeles. In the show, Amber takes on Hollywood while building her revolutionary online business: The Love Academy. Follow Bizz Banter on Instagram: @bizzbanter Bizz Banter website: bizzbanter.com Follow Amber on Instagram: @theamberrenae Music by Marc Wavy https://www.youtube.com/c/MarcWavy/ --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support

Welcome to Bizz Banter, a podcast about entrepreneurs, innovators, startups, and business! From interviewing your favorite founders to digesting the latest in business, we will be bantering about all things bizz! Check us out on Instagram @bizzbanter or at bizzbanter.com --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/bizz-banter/support