Snyder Showdown

George Leimer is the CEO of fintech investing app Rally. Rally is a platform for buying and selling equity shares in collectible assets like exotic cars and other memorabilia. George is a seasoned leader in product & technology with more than two decades of delivering results in e-commerce, technology, and content development. George has worked for top brands and tech companies, including ESPN, eBay, Disney, and Apple. George joins the Snyder Showdown to discuss how consumer investing in alternative asset classes is evolving and becoming more attainable.  

Ryo Chiba is the co-founder of Topic - an AI-driven research and content optimization tool. After selling his first company TINT in 2018, Ryo co-founded Topic with his long-term friend Nik to help companies produce better quality content. Ryo sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss his adventures as a tech and business founder as well as his newest entrepreneurial endeavor, Topic.

Frenchie Ferenczi is an efficiency-obsessed and strategy-driven human helping ambitious entrepreneurs use their business as a tool to unlock their most important goals. With over a decade of experience scaling startups and seeing the key differences between successful and unsuccessful companies, Frenchie now works with entrepreneurs and startups on visioning, strategic planning, product development, and finding offers that sell. All of this work of course is focused on performance and ROI-based principles.

Arjun Sen is a former Fortune 500 executive-turned-entrepreneur and an acclaimed Brand Zen™. Arjun is a highly rated international keynote speaker in the Brand and Customer Experience category and has impacted brands to Win Big. At Papa John’s, he led the 3,000-restaurant chain to 4-years of record growth. As CEO of ZenMango, he has made big impacts for major restaurant, service, retail, nonprofit, and sports brands worldwide. Arjun sits down with Chris Snyder to share how building a strong relationship with your customers is the key to earning their business for life.

Taylor Burton is the co-founder of Till Financial - an FDIC-insured collaborative family banking platform that helps create smarter spenders. Taylor and Till co-founder/4x entrepreneur Tom Pincince are both dads that recognized a gap in the marketplace for the more than 50 million pre-banked young people that represent over $400B in buying power. Over his career, Taylor has developed a wealth of experience within the fintech, AdTech, and D2C e-commerce space. Taylor sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how parents can give their kids an early economic advantage through smart banking and investing.

James Robert Lay is one of the world’s leading digital marketing authors, speakers, and advisors for financial brands. He is the author of Banking on Digital Growth: The Strategic Marketing Manifesto to Transform Financial Brands. He is also the founder and CEO of the Digital Growth Institute, where he has guided more than 520 financial brands on a mission to simplify digital marketing and sales strategies that empower banks and credit unions to generate 10X more loans and deposits. James Robert Lay has been named one of the Financial Brand's "Top Global Financial Services Influencers to Follow," a "Credit Union Rock Star," and a CU Times "Under 40 Trailblazer." James Robert Lay joins chats with Chris Snyder on how banks and credit unions can simplify their digital marketing initiatives to increase customer revenue on a local level.

Tim Ash is an acknowledged authority on evolutionary psychology and digital marketing as well as a best-selling author and keynote speaker. He has been named one of Forbes' Top 10 Online Marketing Experts and his book, Landing Page Optimization, has sold over 50,000 copies worldwide. Tim sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the psychology of digital marketing and tell us about his NEW book, Unleash Your Primal Brain.

Andrew Jamison is the CEO and Co-Founder of New York-based Extend Enterprise. Extend offers a virtual card solution that allows businesses to manage expenses and safeguard against fraud –and they do this while leveraging users' pre-existing corporate credit cards. A virtual card expert, Andrew managed all B2B payments solutions for AmericanExpress for 12 years, including virtual card platforms and products. Prior to AMEX, he spent 10 years as an SAP consultant. Andrew sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how virtual cards help business owners and entrepreneurs streamline business expenses.

Mike Van Kempen is the COO of UNest, a California-based fintech startup that provides tax-advantaged investment accounts and savings apps for kids. Mike has played a crucial role in multiple rounds of fundraising at various startups with top VCs (a16z, NEA, DAG, TPG, Greycroft & e.ventures). Before joining the UNest team, Mike was the Director of Growth at investment startup Acorns. Mike sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how UNest is helping parents create smart investments for their kids.

Alex Wheldon is the co-founder of Rho - a leading digital commercial banking platform backed by Alexa Von Tobel and Inspired Capital. Alex has founded four startups, three of which were acquired. Alex founded Rho because there were no banks tailored towards founder needs, a personal pain point Alex faced as a serial entrepreneur. Rho provides a full-service digital banking solution that integrates with the tools and services that modern entrepreneurs use to run their businesses.

Eric Shoykhet is the Founder & CEO of Atom Finance –a New York-based fintech dedicated to empowering individuals to make informed investing decisions with best-in-class software and data. Atom launched in 2019 and has raised $20 million in funding to date. Atom’s daily active users have grown 300% in nearly a year, and the platform has attracted funding from leading investors like General Catalyst and Greycroft. Eric sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how the personal investment industry is transforming.

Don Henig is the co-founder of AccrueMe, a New York-based fintech providing funding to Amazon Sellers. Don is also the former president of 3 divisions of a NYSE-listed company that had more than 7,000 employees. Don and his team have funded well over $100 billion in mortgage financing as well as produced 8 feature films. Don is now the co-founder of fintech startup AccrueMe. Don sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the evolving Amazon seller landscape and how AccrueMe is empowering e-commerce sellers.

Patrick L Young is a lifelong entrepreneur and fintech industry veteran. His first book, “Capital Market Revolution!” published in 1999, was a bestseller. A former stock exchange boss in Europe, he runs the daily information service for bourses [stock markets], “Exchange Invest”, which is followed by executives at NYSE and NASDAQ down through the pyramid of exchanges. Patrick’s most recent book, “Victory or Death,” looks at the impact of fintech, including blockchain and cryptocurrency on the business world. Patrick sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss blockchain, fintech, and the future of global markets.

Chris Doyle is the founder, president, and CEO of Billd – a disruptive payment solution for the construction industry that helps contractors and suppliers grow their businesses with less hassle and risk. Recognizing cash flow hurdles contractors face when purchasing materials, Chris launched Billd to make traditional Wall Street working capital accessible to these small business owners. Chris sits down with Chris Snyder to share how Billd is helping to change the construction industry for the better.

Mareike Turner is the director of operations and CX at Payability – a NYC-based fintech company that provides financing and payment solutions to eCommerce sellers. Mareike built her career around empowering SMB Retailers after pivoting from "offline" trade to eCommerce. Mareike sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the increasing pivot towards eCommerce and how Payability makes it easier for online retailers to finance inventory and business operations.  

Evan Leaphart is the founder of KiddieKredit, a mobile chore tracking app designed to teach kids about the importance of financial literacy. KiddieKredit utilizes chore completion, quality, and timeliness to generate a Kredit Score that helps children learn how to maintain and improve real life credit. Evan sits down with Chris Snyder to talk about the importance of personal credit at a young age.  

Matt Remuzzi is the founder of CapForge – a virtual bookkeeping firm headquartered in San Diego, CA. Matt started CapForge with an investment of $500 and has since grown the company into a bi-coastal organization dedicated to helping small businesses. Matt sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how the business accounting experience is evolving in response to an increasingly remote workforce.

Maëlle Gavet is a tech industry leader, having held positions as the COO of Compass, Executive VP of the Priceline Group, CEO of OZON.ru, and Principal of the Boston Consulting Group. Maëlle has been named a Young Global Leader by the World Economic Forum, one of Fortune’s 40 Under 40, one of the Most Creative People in Business by Fast Company, and was fifth among Time Magazine’s List of the Top 25 ‘Female Techpreneurs’. Maëlle sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss her first book, Trampled by Unicorns, and the tech industry’s growing empathy problem.

Will Rhind is the Founder & CEO of GraniteShares - an independent Exchange Traded Fund (ETF) company built for investors seeking simple, cost-effective access to commodity and alternative investments. Will is a 20-year veteran of the ETF industry with experience working at, building, and running successful ETF businesses. Will sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the current climate of the ETF industry and investment trends to take note of.

Nadia Angelini is an intuitive life coach who has been helping private clients since 2005. Nadia’s practice, Intuition by Nadia, helps individuals promote personal growth and empowerment by addressing both personal and professional obstacles. Nadia sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how entrepreneurs can address and overcome mental blocks for continued professional growth.

Aaron Burnett is the Founder and CEO of Seattle-based Wheelhouse Digital Marketing Group. Wheelhouse is an award-winning digital agency and has made the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list three times in a row. Aaron sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss diversity in the workplace and what Wheelhouse is doing to create a culture of inclusion.  

Nick Hinrichsen is the CEO of Clutch – a newly-launched technology platform created to help Americans save thousands of dollars on car payments with just a few clicks. Nick previously founded Carlypso, a YCombinator startup that was acquired by Carvana in 2017. Nick sits down with Chris Snyder to share more about his experience creating a successful startup, raising $10M in funding, and what’s next for Clutch.

Matt Wilkerson is the co-founder and CEO of Paragon One – a platform providing flexible remote externships that help students gain hands-on work experience in different industries before they graduate. Paragon One partners with universities, high schools, and non-profits around the world to give students the chance to work on projects for US companies across sectors like technology, renewable energy, marketing, investment, and real estate. Paragon One enables these students to build job-ready skills and a network of industry connections at the very start of their careers. Matt sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how higher education has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and how Paragon One is helping students adjust to an increasingly remote workforce.

Adam Weiss is the founder of Weiss Digital Consulting and the former General Manager & SVP of the Rakuten Marketing Affiliate Network. Adam has more than 20 years of experience working with publishers and affiliate programs. Adam now operates his own affiliate consulting practice with a focus on the Publisher & Technology side of the performance marketing ecosystem. Adam sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how advertisers can launch a successful affiliate program.

Jason Mikula is the Head of Growth at Merlon - the world’s most advanced AI-powered adverse media research platform for enhanced Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) Investigations. Jason has spent more than 10 years working with consumer finance companies like Goldman Sachs and LendUp to develop and implement impactful growth strategies. Jason chats with Chris Snyder about how fintech companies can gain a competitive edge when it comes to user acquisition and growth.

Lee Mills is an Entrepreneurial sales and growth marketing leader with proven experience growing startups and scaling companies. Lee will roll up his sleeves to launch sales and marketing strategies that generate ROI. Lee’s startup experience includes leadership roles at Anonymizer, Backup, MojoPages, MOGL, and Raken. Lee sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how to develop sales and marketing programs that result in revenue growth and funding.

Liz Grantham is the CEO and founder of TheOptimal.me - an online wellness solution targeted towards the GenX and senior community. TheOptimal.me provides users with a collection of proprietary Integrated Movement Routines (IMRs) to increase flexibility, reduce stress, and aid pain management. Liz sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders are taking a physical toll on workers and what can be done to prevent this.

Eyal Golan is the CEO and co-founder of CORAL Drowning Detection Systems – a tool designed to detect and prevent drownings in privately owned pools. The CORAL Manta system watches pools 24/7, even when they are in-use, to monitor for irregular swimming patterns and prevent drownings before they happen. Eyal sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the importance of water safety and how CORAL is saving lives through AI.

Peter Ramsey is the Founder of Built for Mars – a leading UX design consultancy focused on the banking industry as well as a free community to learn UX design. Peter started Built from Mars in 2018 after his FinTech startup, Movem, was acquired and has since been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Financial Times, and many more. Peter sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how critical UX design is to the growth of the fintech and banking industry.

Robert Farrington is the founder of TheCollegeInvestor.com and host of The College Investor podcast. Founded in 2009 while Robert was still in grad school, TheCollegeInvestor.com now reaches 3.5 million monthly readers. The College Investor was built with the intention to share common-sense student loans and investing strategies and continues to do so today. Robert sits down with Chris Snyder to share some insight on how Millennials can start making strategic personal finance decisions to invest in their futures. 

Clint Babcock is a Sandler-certified trainer helping professionals hone in on their sales, leadership, and negotiation skills. Clint is also the author of Negotiating from the Inside Out: A Playbook for Business Success. With over 25 years of sales, leadership, and negotiation experience, Clint has worked with senior executives at companies in a wide range of industries to help them strategically build their sales forces. Clint sits down with Chris Snyder to share how executives can overcome common objections in negotiations and close business deals that all parties will benefit from.

Jeremy Hill is the Founder and Managing Partner of JB Capital - a direct private lender providing responsive, creative capital solutions to privately held, middle-market companies and small corporate borrowers. JB Capital makes non-control investments in select companies with strong business models, compelling value propositions, and experienced management teams. For over 15 years, JB Capital has provided capital, counsel, and direction to privately held companies and their shareholders. Jeremy discusses how finding the right private lending partner can significantly impact the future success of your business.

Rose Vitale, aka The Female Angel Investor, is the founder of the Female Founders Pitch Summit as well as the host of the Women in Business Podcast. With more than 15 years of experience as an investor, Rose is passionate about improving the landscape of funding for women-owned businesses. Rose sits down with Chris to discuss how female entrepreneurs can secure funding for continued business growth.

Jeff Biesman is the Chief Growth Officer at Remoov – a San Francisco-based startup focused on helping people declutter their space and sell the goods that they no longer want. Jeff sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss why product-market fit can make or break your marketing strategy, the importance of leading with empathy, and why the most successful entrepreneurs are the ones who never give up.

Whitney Sales is a Managing Partner at Acceleprise Ventures, an accelerator and seed fund with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Toronto – the top B2B SaaS accelerator as well as a mentorship program for startups. Whitney also founded The Sales Method - a winning analytical process that looks at Sales-Market fit and Sales-Marketing blend to appeal to a target market’s buying process and ultimately helps companies scale to market faster. Whitney sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the secret sauce to creating startup success and scalable growth.

Peter Karpas and Matt Martin are the co-founders of Starsona - a platform that provides anyone with fans or followers with their own virtual storefronts making it safe, easy, and fun for them to monetize their personal brands. Starsona has shout outs, Q&As, and direct messaging to their audience – this creates a whole new way for fans to interact with their favorite people. Peter and Matt chat with Chris Snyder about how to market your personal brand in an ever-changing and increasingly digitized world.

Ryan Colby and is a premium domain broker that has transacted more than $75 million in domains for clients over the past decade. Ryan specializes in helping C-suite, startup founders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs manage their domain portfolios. Ryan has brokered domains for an extensive list of well-known brands, including Instagram, Tune, Ookla, and Rags. Ryan sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how the domain industry is evolving and how a great domain can be a gamechanger.

Ray Powell is the CEO for STIR, Brands + Entertainment – a Nashville-based agency focused on bringing the worlds of brands and digital entertainment together through compelling marketing partnerships. STIR works with industry-leading digital publishers and content creators that create high-quality branded content distributed at scale. Before launching Stir, Ray headed up entertainment brand partnerships for Awesomeness TV, 20th Century Fox, and Disney music group. Ray sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how STIR helps publishers monetize their content.

Brian Marcus is the VP of Global Marketing at TUNE - a SaaS technology that powers successful marketing partnerships across mobile and web. The TUNE partner marketing platform is the industry's most flexible SaaS platform for building, managing, and growing partner programs and networks. Brian sits down with Chris to discuss the surging affiliate model and how to run a successful affiliate program.

Michael Bryce is the Co-Founder and Global CMO of Healist Advanced Naturals – a New York City-based sustainable wellness brand. Healist provides natural, CBD-infused products that are designed to improve feelings of stress, anxiety, sleep, and promote overall wellbeing. Mike is also the former Global CMO of Coty, a world-leading beauty company that manages brands like Covergirl, Gucci, and Burberry. Mike sits down with Chris to share how he launched Healist amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and some of the current obstacles facing the CBD industry.

Laura Huang is an Associate Professor of Business Administration at Harvard Business School and author of the book Edge: Turning Adversity into Advantage. Her research has been featured in The Financial Times, Wall Street Journal, USA Today, Forbes, and Nature. Laura has won a number of awards for her research, including a 2016 Kauffman Foundation Fellowship and was named one of the 40 Best Business School Professors Under the Age of 40 by Poets & Quants. Laura sits down with Chris to share how entrepreneurs can leverage adversity to create a competitive edge.

Edward “E.B.” Batten is the EVP of Growth at BairesDev - the fastest-growing nearshore software outsourcing company in Latin America. BairesDev creates 100% bilingual teams staffed with veteran engineers in order to provide end-to-end delivery of technology solutions to companies of all sizes. BairesDev has the largest applicant pool in the industry, with over 1m annual software engineer applicants. E.B. sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how companies can leverage nearshore teams to build tech better and faster.

Kyle Hegarty is the Managing Director of TSL Marketing Asia Pacific as well as Leadership Nomad.  In 2006, Kyle opened TSL Marketing headquarters in Singapore and has grown operations across that region. Often referred to as “the Indiana Jones of International Business,” Kyle’s first book, The Accidental Business Nomad: A Survival Guide for Working Across a Shrinking Planet, was published on June 16, 2020. Kyle sits down with Chris to discuss his new book as well as how companies are finding growth opportunities in new markets.

Gabe Gordon is the co-founder and managing partner of Reach Agency, an award-winning digital video storytelling agency built specifically for the social generation. Reach Agency's client roster includes handling influencer marketing for all Nestlé Food Brands, Clorox, and Marriott Hotels, among many others. Reach has been recognized as Ad Age's Small Agency of the Year and DigiDay's Video Partner Agency of the Year. Gabe sits down with Chris to discuss the importance of visual storytelling in an age of influencer culture.

Jason Stein is a wellness business coach who offers a unique approach to wellbeing in the workplace. Both an integrative health specialist and veteran business coach, Jason has helped organizations achieve healthy profits, healthy relationships, and a healthy impact for more than three decades. Jason sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how wellness and self-care are integral to entrepreneurship and a successful, lengthy career.

Tim Sheehan is the CEO and Co-Founder of Greenlight – a debit card for kids and a mobile app that empowers parents with convenient controls to safely manage family finances and create teachable moments around earning, spending, saving, and giving. Prior to Greenlight, Tim was the Lead Entrepreneur-in-Residence at the Advanced Technology Development Center, which is Georgia Tech's startup incubator. Tim sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how Greenlight is helping parents teach kids how to be responsible about personal finance from an early age.

Eric Herrenkohl is a Managing Director at AchieveNEXT in the Career Management Services Practice with a focus on human capital and executive coaching. Eric brings 30 years of experience and retained executive search and consulting to his executive coaching work. Eric sits down with Chris to discuss how both corporations and executives can take their career management to the next level while exceeding performance goals.

Sean McGinnis is the SVP, Head of Marketing, E-Commerce & Customer Experience at KURU Footwear – a Salt Lake City-based direct-to-consumer footwear brand. KURU Footwear products feature a proprietary, patented technology built to eliminate foot pain. Sean sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the challenges and nuances of running a successful eCommerce brand, including ecom platforms, paid and organic channels, and optimizing for user experience.

Matthew Quint is the Director of the Center on Global Brand Leadership at Columbia Business School. He is also the producer and host of The Center's prestigious BRITE Conference. Matthew sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss modern branding as well as the intersection of academia and the ever-expanding business world.

Stella Grizont is a happiness expert, executive coach, and speaker. Stella is the founder of WOOPAAH - a corporate coaching service that has helped over 1,300 individuals in 19 countries on how to find deeper career fulfillment. Stella sits down with Chris to discuss how employees and leaders can shift their mindsets in order to find greater joy and satisfaction in their professional lives.

Harry Lowell is an award-winning producer and media expert creating content for advertising and entertainment. He is a member of the Television Academy of Arts and Sciences and the founder of Nite Lite Pictures in Los Angeles. He has produced network reality shows, music concerts, theatrical documentaries, and even Super Bowl commercials for some of the biggest networks, studios, and advertising clients around. His work has been seen on networks like Discovery Channel, History Channel, and OWN. Harry sits down with Chris to share how good old-fashioned hard work and a blue-collar upbringing created the foundation for his success in the entertainment industry.