Podcasts about coca cola

Wilfredo Méndez empezó en la agricultura a los 16 años, inspirado por su abuelo y con una pequeña estructura que levantó en el patio de su casa en San Sebastián.Su primera gran siembra no salió como esperaba: sembró aproximadamente 3,000 plantas de recao y las perdió todas. Pero en vez de quitarse, volvió a intentarlo, aprendió del proceso y poco a poco comenzó a vender cilantro y recao a restaurantes, mercados y distribuidores.Hoy, con Puro Campo, cuenta que vende en 18 tiendas Walmart, alrededor de 140 restaurantes semanalmente y también ha llegado a aeropuertos.En este episodio hablamos de agricultura en Puerto Rico, producto local vs. importado, cómo encontrar clientes, aprender a poner precios, crear rutas de distribución, manejar empleados, formar alianzas con otros agricultores y las oportunidades que todavía existen para jóvenes que quieren emprender en la isla.También conocemos el sacrificio detrás del crecimiento: Wilfredo llegó a trabajar jornadas extremadamente largas mientras trabajaba de noche en Coca-Cola y levantaba su finca durante el día. Incluso cuenta que dormía en el carro en el parking para poder continuar trabajando.

What if failure wasn't something to avoid—but a skill to master? In this episode, I share a fresh take on how to handle setbacks, manage your mind, and turn mistakes into momentum.Why your brain resists failure (and how to outsmart it)The mindset shift that transforms “mistakes” into dataHow to stop hiding in research and start taking actionUnderstand what creates confidence  Support the showJill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

Era sábado à noite, nos anos 2000.Mais cedo, no MSN:“10h na porta?”“Fechou.”Você se arrumava, encontrava os amigos e ia para a balada. Sem stories, sem localização em tempo real, sem saber antes quem estaria lá. Você simplesmente descobria quando chegava.Na pista, tocava Summer Eletrohits. No refrão, ninguém levantava o celular.Levantava os braços.O momento ficava na memória de quem estava vivendo. Não virava Reels no dia seguinte.Se quisesse uma foto do rolê, precisava ter um amigo com câmera digital ou encontrar o fotógrafo da balada. No dia seguinte, todo mundo procurava as fotos na internet. Flash estourado, olho vermelho, alguém cortado, foto tremida.E todo mundo achava incrível.Uma delas ainda podia virar sua foto do Orkut pelos próximos seis meses.E se você fizesse alguma besteira durante a noite e ninguém tivesse fotografado, acabava ali. No máximo, virava história entre os amigos. Você não acordava no domingo viralizado.Até para encontrar alguém que sumiu no rolê era diferente:“kd vc?”E localização em tempo real? Kkkkk. Sonha.Ficar em casa também tinha seu ritual. Pizzaria pelo telefone fixo, Zorra Total, depois Supercine. No domingo, Fórmula 1, Globo Rural, almoço em família, Turma do Didi e Domingo Legal.Lasanha ou frango no forno. Coca-Cola de 2 litros. Todo mundo à mesa.Ninguém dizia:“Peraí, deixa eu tirar uma foto.”A comida não precisava esperar por um story.Mais tarde, alguém chamava:“Bora dar uma volta?”E “dar uma volta” podia significar praça, calçadão, sorveteria ou casa de alguém.Ninguém escolhia o lugar pensando em qual foto ia render.À noite, o Fantástico anunciava que o fim de semana estava acabando.E você não passava o domingo comparando sua vida com a de outras 300 pessoas nos stories. Não sabia quem tinha viajado, saído mais ou almoçado melhor.Você tinha vivido o seu.Na segunda-feira, a pergunta era simples:“E aí, fez o quê no fim de semana?”E você contava tudo.Porque ninguém tinha acompanhado sua vida pela internet antes de você contar.Era real time de verdade.Talvez alguns dos melhores fins de semana da nossa vida não tenham virado conteúdo porque não precisavam.Eles simplesmente aconteceram.Talvez a gente tivesse menos conteúdo, mas mais presença.Menos comparação e mais experiência.Menos necessidade de mostrar e mais liberdade para viver.Bons tempos.Ou talvez tenham sido tão bons porque a gente estava inteiro dentro deles.

Era sábado à noite, nos anos 2000.Mais cedo, no MSN:“10h na porta?”“Fechou.”Você se arrumava, encontrava os amigos e ia para a balada. Sem stories, sem localização em tempo real, sem saber antes quem estaria lá. Você simplesmente descobria quando chegava.Na pista, tocava Summer Eletrohits. No refrão, ninguém levantava o celular.Levantava os braços.O momento ficava na memória de quem estava vivendo. Não virava Reels no dia seguinte.Se quisesse uma foto do rolê, precisava ter um amigo com câmera digital ou encontrar o fotógrafo da balada. No dia seguinte, todo mundo procurava as fotos na internet. Flash estourado, olho vermelho, alguém cortado, foto tremida.E todo mundo achava incrível.Uma delas ainda podia virar sua foto do Orkut pelos próximos seis meses.E se você fizesse alguma besteira durante a noite e ninguém tivesse fotografado, acabava ali. No máximo, virava história entre os amigos. Você não acordava no domingo viralizado.Até para encontrar alguém que sumiu no rolê era diferente:“kd vc?”E localização em tempo real? Kkkkk. Sonha.Ficar em casa também tinha seu ritual. Pizzaria pelo telefone fixo, Zorra Total, depois Supercine. No domingo, Fórmula 1, Globo Rural, almoço em família, Turma do Didi e Domingo Legal.Lasanha ou frango no forno. Coca-Cola de 2 litros. Todo mundo à mesa.Ninguém dizia:“Peraí, deixa eu tirar uma foto.”A comida não precisava esperar por um story.Mais tarde, alguém chamava:“Bora dar uma volta?”E “dar uma volta” podia significar praça, calçadão, sorveteria ou casa de alguém.Ninguém escolhia o lugar pensando em qual foto ia render.À noite, o Fantástico anunciava que o fim de semana estava acabando.E você não passava o domingo comparando sua vida com a de outras 300 pessoas nos stories. Não sabia quem tinha viajado, saído mais ou almoçado melhor.Você tinha vivido o seu.Na segunda-feira, a pergunta era simples:“E aí, fez o quê no fim de semana?”E você contava tudo.Porque ninguém tinha acompanhado sua vida pela internet antes de você contar.Era real time de verdade.Talvez alguns dos melhores fins de semana da nossa vida não tenham virado conteúdo porque não precisavam.Eles simplesmente aconteceram.Talvez a gente tivesse menos conteúdo, mas mais presença.Menos comparação e mais experiência.Menos necessidade de mostrar e mais liberdade para viver.Bons tempos.Ou talvez tenham sido tão bons porque a gente estava inteiro dentro deles.

Get 60 days free at https://www.shipstation.com with code jumpers Jump in with Carlos Juico, Gavin Ruta, Mack Mah and Samir on episode 301 of Jumpers Jump. This episode we discuss: Guy privilege in the club, Japan clubbing story, Attraction theories, Sleep paralysis, Lucid dreams, Chinese sleeping superstitions, Hayden Panettiere theory, Coke drink is demonic, Manifestation stories, Beauty magic, Alter ego theory, Astral projection, Prophetic dream that saved a life, Obsession gingerbread man similarities, Being parasocial in this generation, Value of your word, Naming your friends kid, Cancel culture, Parents taking risks, Looking at yourself in the mirror for an hour, Eyes attraction theory, Cloning, Manager method at the club, Exposure theory, and much more! Follow the podcast: @JumpersPodcast Follow Carlos: @CarlosJuico Follow Gavin: @GavinRutaa Check out the podcast on YouTube: ⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠⁠https://bit.ly/JumpersJumpYT⁠⁠ Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

I had ceviche during Dallas restaurant week and realized something that stopped me cold. The fish never touched heat, yet it was fully cooked, all because of the acidic environment it sat in. That got me thinking about every area of your life where you feel stuck or like you're going backwards despite giving everything you have. In this episode, I break down how your environment is either cooking you into something better or eroding you like metal sitting in Coca-Cola. The goal is to stop being a product of your environment and start being the coffee bean that changes the room. Key Takeaways Your environment shapes you whether you are conscious of it or not. What you are marinated in will eventually show up in your character, your habits, and your results. Stagnation is not always a personal failure. If the environment around you is stronger than your effort, you will not make progress regardless of how hard you work. Every piece of content you consume, every person you spend time with, and every room you sit in is seeping into your environment slowly and steadily. You must take real inventory across every bucket of your life, work, family, social, spiritual, and honestly identify where the toxicity is coming from. The coffee bean does not become a victim of boiling water. It changes the water. That is the standard. Your aroma, your discipline, your optimism should transform the environment around you. Action Steps List the areas of your life where you feel most stuck, then write down the three to five people, habits, or inputs that make up that environment. Look for the pattern before assuming the problem is you. Audit your daily media consumption for one week. Note whether what you are watching, listening to, or scrolling through is pulling your mindset toward growth or toward cynicism and stagnation. Identify one environment in your life that is eroding you and make a concrete decision this week, whether to remove yourself from it, limit exposure, or actively change the culture of that room. Notable Quote The coffee bean decided it was not going to be a victim of its environment. When you put it in the hot water, its aroma gets stronger and its flavor gets bolder. You can be that person.

Diet Coke was a regular presence in our house almost as soon as it became available. Before that my family usually bought two bottles of Coca Cola each month, and I could count on drinking my share before it disappeared. Then my mom tried Diet Coke and one of those bottles changed over to the new drink. My sisters sorta would drink it too, which sometimes meant more regular Coke for me, but once that was gone I would stare at the remaining Diet Coke and wish it were something else. I found out years later that my mom felt much the same way and never actually liked it as much as regular Coke. On the show, I start before Diet Coke existed, when Coca Cola already had a successful diet soda with Tab but was still reluctant to put the Coke name on anything except the original drink. That changed in the early 1980s with a secret project that would change what people drank around the world. Aftere that, I get into the launch, the switch in sweeteners and how Diet Coke unexpectedly became part of the story of New Coke a few years later. I also pull out newspapers from when Diet Coke first showed up near me and look at what else was going on at the time. What interests me most about Diet Coke is that it eventually stopped feeling like a substitute for something else. It is its own thing. Coca Cola later created Coke Zero specifically for people who wanted something closer to regular Coke without the sugar, yet Diet Coke continued because its drinkers actually wanted Diet Coke. The company has tried changing its image and introducing new flavors, but people seem happiest when it simply lets the drink stay the same. After more than forty years, it has its own taste and its own history, and there are people who are every bit as particular about it as regular Coke drinkers are about Coke. I may have spent part of my childhood wishing that bottle in the refrigerator was something else, but I understand a lot better now why it never went away.

Scott Wapner and the Investment Committee debate their positions ahead of a major week for the market.  Plus, we hit the latest Calls of the Day. And later, Josh Brown spotlights Monster Beverage and Coca-Cola in his "Best Stocks in the Market."  Investment Committee Disclosures Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Frankie Val settles in for a rainy Thursday with cousin Sherry riding shotgun in the studio. The opening stretch dissects the endlessly re-aired Candace Owens versus Andrew Wilson debate, why Frankie lands somewhere near "Candace proximity" without joining a tribe, and how the whole spectacle folds back into the year long Charlie Kirk case and what he calls true crime psychosis. From there the show wanders in classic fashion. The Library of Congress buries a 250th anniversary time capsule holding synthetic DNA, a Coca Cola bottle, an iPhone, and the Phillies lineup, not to be opened until the year 2276. There's nostalgia bait too, teasing a future Great American Sleepover episode about the pre Internet slumber party. It closes on the eerie: a replay of that infamous Las Vegas 911 call reporting eight to ten foot aliens in a backyard. Raffle night as always.

https://youtu.be/jPTlkjF8M-c Tanner Taddeo, CEO and Co-Founder of Stable Sea, is driven by a mission to bring Wall Street-grade financial services to Main Street while embodying the principle Stay Put in Your Convictions. By combining blockchain technology, stablecoins, tokenized capital markets, and AI advisory services, Tanner helps businesses access investment opportunities, put idle cash to work, and move money globally with greater speed, transparency, and capital efficiency. In this conversation, Tanner introduces The Lionel Messi Startup Framework—Develop a High-Level Thesis, Talk With and Learn From the Market, Run 30-Day A/B Tests, Iterate Your Offering, and Stay Resolute With Your Convictions. He explains why founders should observe patiently, validate their ideas with customers, and act decisively when market opportunities emerge. Tanner also discusses balancing long-term conviction with continuous experimentation, unlocking 24/7 liquidity through tokenized capital markets, reducing friction in cross-border payments, and finding urgent “morphine” problems that customers cannot afford to leave unsolved. — Stay Put in Your Convictions with Tanner Taddeo  Hello everyone. Steve Preda here, and my guest today is Tanner Taddeo, the CEO and Co-Founder at Stable Sea, an autonomous treasury management platform that helps finance teams and global businesses access capital market products and move money around the globe to 40 currencies with the cheapest FX rates. Tanner, welcome to the show.  Steve, thanks for having me. Excited for the conversation today.  It’s very interesting that this is how you position your business because most businesses in your industry, as I see them, position themselves with low transaction fees, but really their money is made on the FX. So if you do preferential FX rates or cheap FX rates, that can be a very transparent way of getting business. So I don’t know if that connects to your personal why, but I’d love to learn about your personal why and how you manifest it in your business.  Yeah, definitely. At Stable Sea, we’re very mission-driven in terms of everything that we do. The team itself comes from Block, which was formerly known as Square. Yeah. And everyone on the team has been focused on building products for the real economy, for consumer use cases, for business use cases, et cetera, over the course of everyone’s career.  And so when we started at Stable Sea, our primary thesis was, with blockchain, with stablecoins, with some of the tokenized capital markets products like money market funds, bonds, equities, et cetera, that are coming on-chain, how can you really take Wall Street-grade financial services and provision them out to Main Street for businesses that need them the most? And so the why for Stable Sea, for myself, for the team, is really around helping businesses drive greater capital efficiency in their operations. And we service businesses in the real economy that typically make widgets or some sort of physical hardware devices, and they need to send them around the world.  We help them because we give them access to different types of capital markets products, so money markets and private credit and fixed-income products, et cetera. And then we help them move their money around the globe a little bit more efficiently than they could with either their state bank or their credit union or some third-party cross-border payments provider. Because our firm thesis has always been, if you and I ran Coca-Cola or a large organization, we would have the best-in-class transaction banks helping us put our idle capital to work at every point in time during the day.  If you and I ran a steel manufacturing company in Missouri, you typically have a checking account and QuickBooks, and that’s about it. And so for us, it was always about helping businesses grow, save more money, and then operate more efficiently with some of the new technologies that are out there today.Share on X  So that means, presumably, that what you focus on is more about the investment side of the business rather than crypto and blockchain, and helping people access financial products through the blockchain. Help me understand a little bit what you do and how it is different from what people can get from banks?  Yeah. So everything that we do, all the technology that we build and provision, is on-chain. So all of the capital markets products are tokenized. So tokenized bonds, tokenized equities, tokenized fixed income, tokenized money markets. All of the payment services and settlement services that we offer are through the use of stablecoins, and we can send that around the globe, settle it instantly, and then have low FX rates off the back of that. And then we have some of our AI advisory services.  But from a broad paintbrush perspective, at Stable Sea, you’ve got three products that hang off of our platform. You’ve got capital markets, you’ve got global settlement, and you’ve got advisory services. And then with all of that, we share a common architecture, and that architecture is built across many different blockchains. And then we utilize stablecoins and we utilize RWA tokens, or real-world asset tokens, to provision those use cases.  So everything that we do is stablecoin-native, but we don’t lead with that from a messaging perspective. And the reason we don’t lead with that from a messaging perspective is that if you and I ran a bakery here in Brooklyn, New York, and we had a point-of-sale terminal that just got offered RTP access from the Fed for instant settlement, the bakery owner doesn’t really care about the technology underneath it.  They just care, “Do I trust it? Is it going to get me my money quicker, and is it going to be cheaper than my current alternative?” How it happens, not very many people care unless you’re in the industry and you’re a builder, product manager, et cetera, and you want to nerd out on the actual mechanical nature of how the product works. But for us, it’s always been leading with the narrative of, what is the value proposition and how can we drive greater value to the businesses? So that’s how we lead. But to your point on what the difference is, with any new technological paradigm that occurs, rarely is it so disruptive in nature that folks can’t recognize it.  Everything that happens in terms of the innovation paradigm is typically you stand on the shoulders of giants and you make things incrementally better. And so for us, what we do with capital markets is, the first value proposition is that many businesses in the United States just don’t have access to a diverse array of capital markets products. So the first thing that we have done is just provision access, which is an innovation in and of itself because in the traditional markets, if you want to access a money market fund or a fixed-income product, you typically have high hurdle rates, meaning that as a business, you need to invest at least $10 million at the asset manager in question.  You need to hold that there so then you can get access to all these products. With us, you don’t. There’s only a $1 minimum to clear, so I think most folks can handle a $1 minimum. And then secondly, as things go on-chain, the value proposition there is that you have 24/7, 365 liquidity and tradability. And so what that means is that, just from a money market fund perspective, the interest accrues daily and it pays out daily.  So you get this interest that is dripped into your account daily as opposed to waiting for a month. You also have the ability—so let’s say that you and I run this bakery in Brooklyn. Let’s say that we close our business on Friday, and we’ve got $100,000 sitting in our checking account, and we’re closed on Saturday, Sunday because it’s the July 4th holiday. So we know $100,000 is just going to be sitting in our checking account Saturday, Sunday, not being put to work. With Stable Sea, you can put that to work in a tokenized money market fund because it operates 24/7, 365.  So what we see is businesses now that close their books on Friday can just do an auto-sweep into a money market fund, generate yield Saturday, Sunday, get back to U.S. dollars for their open of business. And again, it’s one of those things where it might not sound like the most revolutionary concept in the world, but if you can help businesses, especially in the mid-market, lower mid-market, operate a little bit more efficiently, I mean, saving an additional $20,000, $30,000, $40,000 a year is a big value-add to them in the real economy, right? If you’re a large Fortune 100 company, you probably don’t care, or it’s not as valuable. But for us, the companies that run on us, these small increments, standing on the shoulders of giants, a small derivation in innovation is actually really valuable for the end user.Share on X  Well, I think it is because, looking at the inverse of it, I used to be in banking, and I know that one of the biggest moneymakers for banks is float. Yeah. So it’s basically the money that doesn’t earn interest, which they have access to just because they cash the check a day later or make the wire two days instead of one day. And essentially, what you’re doing is you’re taking this money from the bank and you’re giving it to the company that actually should have it in the first place, right? Yep.  Then the question is, how are the banks going to survive if you take away their bread?  Yeah. That is the debate that’s happening right now. I think if you’re one of your G-SIBs, your major banks, you’re going to be okay. So the top 25 banks in the U.S. are going to be just fine, and they make money in tons of different ways, and you’re not going to disrupt that trust ultimately. In the long tail is where I worry because a lot of credit unions and a lot of state banks, they just don’t offer—they’re smaller banks, right?  So they’re not managing—they don’t have a ton of money by virtue of assets under management. So with the deposits that they receive, they need to turn around and recycle that because it’s fractional depository lending, meaning that if I have a checking account, I put 10 grand into it, the bank is then turning around with that 10 grand, making money on it somehow. And you have to think, how does the bank actually make money on that? Well, they typically make it through debt facilities, so mortgages, auto loans, student loans, cards, et cetera.  They’re putting it to work in high-margin financial products back into the economy. They’re not taking that and then buying some money market fund from an asset manager where they make 10 basis points and provisioning that out to the businesses, right? There, I think that we’re seeing a lot of companies move off. They’re taking their money from their checking account, moving it to Stable Sea because we can put it in these capital markets products.  I think that overall, that’s a net positive for the business because the business now has a higher degree of operating capital on hand that they can make money with. But by the same token, if the state banks and the credit unions don’t wake up and respond to this, their depository base will be, if not fully eroded, tarnished and diminished. And what that means for local community health, I’m not sure because banks do play a very important role, especially credit unions and local banks.  You know your local community the best, and so you lend back into that community with the deposits that you receive from that community. So there’s a cyclicality to it which has some poetry in it. And so it’s not apparently clear to me that some of this stuff is going to be a net positive. But at the same time, living in one of the most capitalistic countries and markets in the world, there’s a clear demand for this, and if the banks aren’t going to wake up and serve it, we’ll be there to help businesses do what’s best for them.  Yeah. It’s the invisible hand, right? You increase the efficiency, which will force the banks to also increase their efficiency. And yeah, the smaller banks might have to be more innovative. But they are more nimble, so maybe there are other ways that they can serve the community.  So I’d like to switch gears here and talk a little bit about frameworks. So this is a podcast of frameworks, and 350 episodes in, I’m always looking for some kind of a framework, shortcut, a mental model that you have come across or developed yourself that helps you make more sense of the world around you, get something done. It can be explained in three to five steps, something like that, which the listeners might get some ideas out of and be able to improve their businesses. So what comes to mind for you?  Yeah, two things. I’ll start with a high-level analogy and then go a little deeper. It’s the World Cup right now, so I don’t know if you or any of your listeners are following the World Cup. But if you watch Messi play, his playing style is a great analogy for startups. And whether that be a startup externally where you raise venture capital, or even just intrapreneurship if you’re inside of a big company and you’re on an innovation team, et cetera.  From the outside, it looks like startups are always building things and they’re always moving fast, et cetera. But in reality, if you watch Messi play, Messi really doesn’t move that much on the pitch. He just sits around, he observes, he watches, and then when a hole opens up and some opportunity opens up, he breaks for it, and then he goes and executes. But he spends the vast majority of time just sitting there, tinkering, observing, watching. And then if you’re watching him, you’re like, “He’s not working that hard. He’s just sitting around.”  And then he goes and executes. But he’s always observing, he’s always watching, and there’s a real learning in that. I feel like Silicon Valley, as it relates to startups, there’s this pressure that you always have to be building, you always have to be shipping, you always have to be constantly grinding. I think that wisdom is actually counterintuitive because you want to have a thesis in the market, and then you want to be able to test that thesis quickly. So in some respects, you do want to be shipping all the time.  But you don’t want to be working for the sake of work. You want to have a thesis in the market. You want to be building towards that thesis that will happen in the next six months, 12 months, two years. And then you always want to be learning and talking to the market because when that hole does open up, you’ll have the right product at the right time to go and execute on. So I think that's something that we have learned: being patient and staying resolute in your conviction that what you're building is right.Share on X And it can’t just be a gut feeling. It has to be validated by the market.  So we do a bunch of A/B tests every 30 days where we have an idea about a feature or a product or a direction we want to take it. And the thing is, if you can’t get five CEOs on the phone in 30 days to validate if a product is going to be interesting or not, then that’s a signal in and of itself, right? So for anything that we do, we always have a thesis on the market, and then we spend 30 days testing it. And at the end of those 30 days, we get some feedback.  The reason why we do these A/B tests, just to drill down into one level further, is that the idea of a startup or a product that you have in your head, it’s a living entity. It’s always evolving on the basis of who you talk to, what your team is thinking, what you’re reading in the market, et cetera.  And then you’re trying to take that living concept and plug it into a market. But the market itself is also living, right?  You’ve got regulations, you’ve got different macroeconomic cycles, you’ve got companies that have budget, don’t have budget, people getting laid off in different organizations. The market itself is living and evolving. So you have this idea that is living and evolving, and you have a market that is living and evolving, and you need those two things to stick together. And so for us, we’re always wedded to this concept that product at time A is not going to be product at time Z. You need to constantly be doing A/B tests to figure out what that right fit is.  And then when you have that fit, you need to double down on it and grow it into a line of business. But you also need to recognize that there are very few businesses in this world that have been around for more than 200 years, if at all. So whatever your original product idea is, or whatever the feature that gave you product-market fit is today, you have to consciously be aware that, “Hey, that’s not going to be the thing that gets us to IPO in five years’ time.” So you can’t be lulled into this false sense of security. You always have to be waiting, observing, testing, experimenting, growing, and then if you see opportunity, you strike.  Yeah, this is fascinating. Especially now, things are moving very fast with AI creating capabilities all the time for people to test products or to create capabilities that then get disrupted in a couple of months. So it’s interesting that you say that you have to stay resolute in your conviction. So there is a tension there. You build a thesis and you stay resolute, but then you’re testing and the market might tell you not to be resolute.  And then you also told me that companies don’t live forever. So how do you resolve this tension of being stable with your thesis and not letting your conviction be upended, but also being nimble in the changing market dynamics and everything to respond to? So how do you manage the tension?  Yeah, it’s a good question. There has to be a high-level thesis, right? So for us at Stable Sea, it is as simple as: In 10 years from now, will more finance teams and businesses be on-chain or off-chain than today? And so our high-level conviction is, in 10 years’ time, more businesses will be running their treasury stack on-chain. So that’s our conviction. We know, come hell or high water, that is going to be where the puck is going to be in the future, and we’re going to skate to that future.  So if you start with this high-level conviction that more companies are coming on-chain, that is what we’re building for. Now, how they come on-chain is a matter of debate, which is where the A/B test comes in, right? We originally thought it was going to be for payments. So we built all the stablecoin infrastructure to do global payments in 40 different markets.  Turned out to be not the case, actually. And then we started tinkering as we saw the data coming in and were like, “Okay, some companies are using stablecoins for payments, but there’s a bunch of inefficiencies. That world’s still going to take two or three years to wake up. Where is the wedge in the market today?” And so when we started experimenting with capital markets products, we found that there was this massive opportunity that businesses just didn’t have access to a diverse array of yield-bearing strategies, and they wanted that.  And so that was where we were like, okay, let’s get businesses into the on-chain economy through capital markets. And then what we’re finding is, as folks come onto the platform, everyone uses us today for capital markets, and then 20, 30% of our companies say, “Actually, I do have a cross-border payment need, and I already hold money with you. Can you facilitate that payment or that settlement to Mexico, Colombia, Brazil, South Africa, et cetera?”  So for us, when I say you need to stay resolute in your conviction, our why is always: We want to take Wall Street-grade financial services and provision them out to Main Street.Share on X The conviction behind that is that you can do that through on-chain technology. And then in 10 years from now, more businesses will be on-chain than off-chain. How we get to that future in 10 years, who knows, right? And that’s where the fun of the startup is.  You’re always testing. And so for us, we’ve waxed and waned on different product strategies, primarily because the market has changed. And as people start to educate themselves on what the value props are, you see where folks find value, and then you build to that value. And in theory, in three, five, seven years, we should be living in a world where more companies are operating on-chain, and then they might use that full product suite.  But out of the gate, it’s kind of like, where is that value, that wedge? You charge as hard as you can into that wedge, and then you continue to expand your product set over time. All with that high-level conviction of, in 10 years from now, we believe that more businesses will be on-chain than off-chain.  So basically, you want to find the point where you can penetrate that market opportunity, and then it’s a land-and-expand kind of thing. And then you expand from there as the market opportunities evolve over time. But you already have a customer, you’re already building trust with them, and now they’re going to be more disposed to buying from you.  Yeah, that’s right. And I think it’s interesting from a mental place being a startup because you’re forced to think so short-term because you just need to generate revenue, get to the next capital round, et cetera. So you’re always building for the moment. But what we try to do at Stable Sea is we try to think as if we were already a Vanguard and a large company, to the extent that we have the luxury of planning for 10 years.  If you think about it in that regard, it takes a lot of the day-to-day anxiety away. It’s a little bit like, if you listen to Warren Buffett, any time that there’s volatility in the market, he’s like, “Well, it doesn’t really bother me because I’m investing for 50 years.” So, is it up 20%, down 20%? Who cares? In 50 years, it’s going to be up 200%, so that’s all I’m worried about, right? And there’s a real luxury when you come and think about it that way. So that’s why I think if you’re founding anything, or if you’re starting something inside of a company as an intrapreneur, you need to have a strong conviction on where the market’s headed in five or 10 years, and then you need to test towards that future. But that also makes the day-to-day operations of the business a little bit more palatable.  So often, you can get caught up in this whipsaw of, “Big Company A launched this product. Regulation came down, wiped out this company. This competitor raised a Series C, and they have way more money in the bank than we do.” And so you can get caught up in all this minutiae, but it doesn’t really matter if you sit back and you say, “I know that I’m going to find a way to make this business exist for the next 10 years.” In 10 years’ time, what does the future look like? Do I feel strongly that that’s going to be the case? Cool. I’m going to build towards that future. And then whatever the headwinds are in the interim, they’re just short-term temporal problems that kind of come and go along.  Yeah. I mean, I totally agree with you. And interestingly, 20 years ago, or 25 years ago, I didn’t feel like I had enough time to think that long term. But now that I’m older, I actually am more patient to have the long view, which is very counterintuitive.  And Dan Sullivan, who is a coach and the founder of Strategic Coach, he is now, I think, north of 80, and he has this thesis that even at his age, he has a 25-year plan, and that allows him to actually create more value. So that’s fascinating. So switching gears here, what drives growth in your business right now?  Yeah. So we govern the business with an assets under management model. So we have USDC, we’ve got money market funds, we’ve got fixed-income products, we’ve got Bitcoin on platform. So we just look at overarching platform balance. And so that’s the primary, very simple heuristic for how we define success: Is that thing growing month over month, quarter over quarter? That’s how we define growth and measure our growth.  But again, the value prop in terms of what drives that, why do companies actually sign up to Stable Sea? Primarily because they just don’t have access. Almost every business that we have talked to so far, and honestly every business that I’ve interacted with, has idle cash sitting in a checking account someplace. Full stop. And that idle cash could sit there for the weekend, i.e., two days, or it could sit for a quarter. If you’re gearing up for quarterly bonuses in Q1, you will escrow a million, $2 million in Q4 so you can pay out in Q1. Not just the U.S. economy, but every economy, there’s just cash sitting around at a bank, and it’s being underutilized.  And so for us, when we go and finally chat to businesses in the mid-market, lower mid-market, even SMBs, we have a customer on platform that invests $2,500 every week. It almost looks like a checking account, or almost looks like retail behavior in some ways. But they do it because they say, “Hey, I don’t make a lot of money with my business, but if I can eke an additional two, three grand at the end of the year, that’s valuable to me.” And there’s a real poetry to that because they’ve never had access to it. They’ve always wanted it.  But banks, large and small, won’t go build for the long tail of the economy. And so finally, we show up and we say, “Hey, here’s your menu of investment options. Here’s the risk profiles. Here’s how you should think of it. Based on the seasonality of your business, we can get you into the right products.” There’s real utility there, and that’s what kind of drives the value proposition and the growth of the business and the business’s assets under management overall.  So you’re looking for opportunities where you can be additive to customers, where there’s a situation where maybe there’s a gap in the market or there’s friction that they are experiencing with investing their money, and you can be the wedge in that situation and offer them a 3X better solution.  Yeah. Correct. Correct. And again, our tagline internally is, “Keep your bank, upgrade your capital.” Because we really don’t want to compete with the checking account. Where you run payroll, where your invoices land if someone pays you, your day-to-day spend, keep your banking relationships because it’s very difficult to usurp that. And also, we don’t want to get into that. That puts us squarely in this neobank realm where you’ve got great companies like Mercury and Rho and Ramp and Brex and a thousand other companies there.  We don’t really want to go compete with that. We’re more of, if you had the privilege of working with some of the largest transaction banks in the world, that’s what we’re trying to be and essentially provision those services out to the real economy, which is typically access to capital markets, access to global foreign exchange for payments and settlement, and then advisory services, tax reporting, et cetera.  Almost like a democratized private banking service.  Yeah. Yeah. All of us at Stable Sea, we’re trying really hard to steer away from the banking narrative, but yes, in the future, if you take that 10-year perspective, yeah, we will most likely be a private banking solution, a democratized version of that.  Yeah. Fascinating. So what’s one thing that you’re actively trying to figure out right now in your business?  Yeah, it’s a great question. I mean, the one thing that we’re actively trying to figure out is two things, really. One is, so we build directly into ERP systems like QuickBooks or NetSuite or Oracle or SAP, and we have advisory services. So we take a lot of that data, we build our own model weights on top of it, and then we offer that out to our customers so that they can essentially query their own transaction data and use it for different services.  Now, we’ve got strong signal on the first value proposition for that, but I’m curious mostly for owner-operators in the real economy: What are their biggest back-office pain points? And that’s something that we’re trying to figure out because we hear a lot, “Yes, we don’t have access to savings products.” Okay, we can solve that today. “Yes, cross-border payments are frustrating, slow, and expensive.” Yes, we solve that today.  So we’re looking for that third pillar. One of our VCs always talks to us about morphine versus vitamins, where it’s kind of a crude analogy, but if you go to the hospital and you’re in dire pain, you don’t want to be sold vitamins. You want some morphine, and that’s what you’re going there for, right? And when you’re in a startup and you create products, you’re really looking for that morphine of, people just cannot live without this product. And then you can sell all the value-added services around it, which are essentially the vitamins.  And so for us, we’ve found two morphine-like products where there’s a real pain point for accessing capital markets. Primarily, there is no ability to access that today. And then second, cross-border payments: slow, difficult, expensive, opaque, all the things. Solved that. So the third one that we’re trying to figure out now is: How do we A/B test quickly enough to figure out—we have a treasure trove of data building into ERP systems—what is the highest signal-to-noise product that we can build using a diverse data set to help owners operate their back office a little more efficiently?  So you say highest signal-to-noise. Is it the ratio of signal to noise? So what is the product value which you can detect as being a need in the market? Is this what you mean by that? Yeah, yeah. It’s like, what is that one pain point that is so resolute that people are like, “I would do anything to have this thing solved”? There’s all these value-adds like cash flow reporting and automating some of your tax stuff at the end of the year, which are all nice-to-haves. We’re curious. We’re trying to figure out what it is that folks will say, “I’ve got all this data in my ERP system. I would love to know one, two, three things and have A, B, C automated so my back office can run a little bit more efficiently and my accountant doesn’t have to ask me every quarter-end, ‘Where is X, Y, and Z statement?'”  Yeah. I mean, I’ve got some ideas, but I’m sure that you’ve already thought about most of it, so I’m not going to share them. So if someone is listening to this who is a small business or medium-sized business, and they’ve got some cash just sitting around, or they’d like to invest, but they don’t have big enough balances or the transaction costs are prohibitive for their size of investment, whatever the reason, but they are curious about exploring how to have access to better FX rates, more investment products, where can they learn more, and how can they connect with you?  Of course. Well, connect with me on LinkedIn, Tanner Taddeo, pretty easy to find. And then the platform is stablesea.com. So, free to sign up, no cost whatsoever. Also, no cost to use the platform at all. So feel free to sign up right online, and then, yeah, typically it takes us two days to run through the KYB document requests, and then you’re up and running. So, pretty simple. Stablesea.com, free to sign up and start putting your capital to work. Awesome. We try and make it as seamless as possible.  So I’m just wondering, the name of the company, is it something to do with stablecoin? Is it a sea of opportunities for stablecoin?  It was stablecoin for sure. So we started with the word “stable” and then “sea” because we wanted to provide a sea of liquidity. Both for FX, because we do B2B settlements, which are typically large transactions, low volume. You’re not doing twenty $10 million transactions a day. You’re typically doing one $10 million transaction a week or every other week. But you need a deep pool of liquidity to service that.  And then also, from a capital markets perspective, we wanted to be able to provide a sea of liquidity there for different investment options that companies could access based on the seasonality of their cash flow or the risk tolerance that they have as a business. So stable meets sea, so Stable Sea.  Okay. Well, if you want to keep your bank but upgrade your capital, then reach out to Tanner Taddeo, the CEO and Co-Founder of Stable Sea. He’ll get you more investment opportunities that maybe you have not had access to. And if you enjoyed this episode, make sure you subscribe and follow us on Apple Podcasts. Do not miss any episode with exciting entrepreneurs like Tanner. So thanks, Tanner, for coming, and thank you for listening.  Thank you, Steve. Important Links: Tanner's LinkedIn Tanner's website

Why do some brands become part of our identity while others disappear from memory? The answer may have less to do with advertising and more to do with trust, emotion, belonging, and the story a business tells.In this episode of Conversations with Rich Bennett, Rich speaks with lifelong entrepreneur, brand creator, former business professor, manufacturing expert, and author Joe Gulesserian. Joe explains why every successful brand has a soul and how businesses can create experiences that customers do not simply recognize, but genuinely feel.Together, Rich and Joe explore: How Tide, Coca-Cola, LEGO, Nike, and Harley-Davidson built emotional connections  Why Steve Jobs and Apple transformed industrial design  How product packaging influences identity and purchasing decisions  What Tesla and Elon Musk demonstrate about founder-driven brands  Why AI, robotics, and technical skills will shape the future of work The conversation also takes an entertaining turn into automobiles, negotiation, professional wrestling, and the storytelling power of unforgettable heroes and villains.Discover Joe's books, The Guerrilla Guide for Entrepreneurs & The Rest of Us and The Practical MBA on Economics, at https://practicalmba.ca/.This episode is sponsored by Daniel McGhee and the Victory Team. Learn more at https://victoryteamsells.com/.Subscribe, leave a review, share this episode, and join the conversation by contacting Rich directly.Send us Fan MailThe Victory TeamLOOKING TO BUY OR SELL A HOME Go with the Agent that was voted Harford's Best & won the Harford CouDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the showRate & Review on Apple Podcasts Follow the Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast on Social Media:Facebook – Conversations with Rich Bennett Facebook Group (Join the conversation) – Conversations with Rich Bennett podcast group | FacebookTwitter – Conversations with Rich Bennett Instagram – @conversationswithrichbennettTikTok – CWRB (@conversationsrichbennett) | TikTokSponsors, Affiliates, and ways we pay the bills:Hosted on BuzzsproutSquadCastSubscribe by Email

What if the reason people aren't buying, engaging, staying, or following your lead isn't because they need another motivational poster about "teamwork"? It might be because you have no idea what actually matters to them. In this episode, Erin sits down with David Allison, founder of the Valuegraphics Research Company and author of The Values Map, to talk about why demographics, generic corporate values, and a bunch of buzzwords slapped on an office wall don't tell us nearly as much as we think they do. David shares how understanding what matters most to people can make you a better leader, marketer, salesperson, and overall human trying to get other humans to do things. They also dig into how to uncover someone's real values without creepily asking, "So...what are your deepest values?" and why values alignment might explain why certain jobs, people, opportunities, and even parties just click while others make you want to fake a babysitter emergency and leave. In this episode, you'll hear: Why corporate values often become expensive wallpaper and what actually motivates employees Three questions that reveal what matters most to someone without turning the conversation into a therapy session How to use curiosity and the "Third Why" to get past surface-level small talk Why understanding someone's values can make selling, leading, and influencing a whole lot easier How David realized the traditional definition of success was basically a lie for him and why building your work around what matters most can make it suck significantly less Resources Mentioned in the Episode: Check out David's Website: www.davidallisoninc.com Learn more about Value Graphics: www.valuegraphics.com Pre-order David's book, "The Values Map: Discover What Drives You and How to Move Others" Follow David on LinkedIn at davidallisoninc/ Book Erin to speak Ready to modernize your culture, liberate your leadership, and differentiate your business without sounding like every other company on LinkedIn? Bring Erin Hatzikostas in to show your team how authenticity can become an actual strategic advantage, not just another corporate buzzword. Book Erin to Speak If you'd like quick tangible tips and practical corporate career advice to level up your authentic leadership, download the 10 simple "plays" to stop selling out and start standing out at https://bauthenticinc.mykajabi.com/freebie If you like jammin' with us on the podcast, b sure to join us for more fun and inspiration! Follow Erin on LinkedIn or Instagram Take our simple, fun and insightful "What's your workplace superhero name?" quiz Unleash your Authentic Superpower with Erin's book, You Do You-ish Throw out half the playbook and start competing in a league of your own. Check out Erin's book, The 50% Rule. Work with Us Or just buy some fun, authentic, kick-ars merch here To connect with Erin and/or Nicole, email: hello@bauthenticinc.com DISCLAIMER: This episode is not explicit, though contains mild swearing that may be unsuitable for younger audiences. Tweetable Comments "What matters most to us drives everything we do." "Your corporate values are not the human values of the people who are showing up at your corporation." "Authenticity is, I'm gonna say, not a value, it's the end result of values alignment." "It was, 10 years of living a lie that I didn't know was a lie, because I'd only been taught that this was the truth." Podcast Transcript Erin Hatzikostas sits down with David Allison, founder of the Valuegraphics Research Company, to explore what really motivates people at work. They unpack the difference between corporate values and human values, how leaders and salespeople can discover what matters most to someone, why values alignment influences engagement and decision-making, and how understanding your own values can help you build a career that actually fits. Why "Values" Might Be the Wrong Word Erin: What's the biggest misconception you get when people call you the values guy or talk about the research you do around values? David: One of the biggest confusions is just the word values. We're all used to sitting in boardrooms talking about mission, vision, values. The CEO sends out the annual note saying they've finally figured out the corporate values, and usually they're the same as everybody else's corporate values. They go up on the wall behind the receptionist, everybody's happy, and then they're forgotten about 24 hours later. We also run around talking about what we think our values are. Politicians tell us what our values are. So I actually don't love using the word anymore. What works better is asking: What matters most? What matters most to you? What matters most to your customers? What matters most to your employees? That gets much closer to the kind of values I'm researching. Erin: And it feels more distinctive too. Instead of asking somebody for five or ten values, you can start with one or two things that really matter. David: Exactly. Through our research, we've identified 56 values. And the interesting thing is that you can't simply ask people what their values are, because they'll either intentionally or unintentionally tell you what they want their values to be, or what they want you to think their values are. Instead, you ask about behavior. What do you do all day? How do you feel about this thing? What does this topic mean to you? When you listen to what people are actually doing and start mapping their behaviors, you can work backward and understand what matters most to them. What Hockey Can Tell You About Someone's Values David: I'm Canadian, so let's use hockey. If somebody says they're a hockey fan, don't just stop there. Ask how often they go to games. Do they watch at home? Who do they watch with? Friends? Family? Do they take clients to games? Do they own a jersey? If their team gets eliminated, will they cheer for another team or stop watching completely? You're asking them about something they're excited to talk about. But underneath their answers, you're hearing their values. If they refuse to cheer for another team, maybe loyalty matters a lot to them. If every hockey experience involves their friends but never their family, that tells you something about the relative importance of friendship and family in that context. You listen to what people do, and from there you start to see what matters most. Erin: That's the legit researcher part. You're discerning the thing without actually asking them the thing. The Pink Van: Why Assumptions About People Get Us in Trouble Erin: Let's make this practical. Our listeners might be in sales, leadership, or running businesses. How does this help somebody market better, sell more, or become a better leader? David: I'll give you an example from our research. I was preparing for a keynote for a group of employers in the blue-collar trades. They were dealing with a major talent shortage and wanted to understand how to get more people interested in joining the trades. Our research found that people considering careers in the trades dramatically over-indexed around a value called service to others. They wanted to know they were doing something that helped people and made a difference. The employers were already talking about things like earning more money, getting out of shift work, and avoiding the cost of college. Those are logical benefits. But they weren't saying, "This is your chance to be in a helping profession." After my keynote, a business owner came up to me. He had seven offices across the Southern United States with fleets of service vans. In each fleet, one van was painted pink, and all of the money earned by that van went toward breast cancer research because of a personal story involving his wife. I thought that was the story. He said, "No. The real story is that every day my guys fight over who gets to be in the pink van." Erin: Wow. David: Think about that. If you were marketing to people in the trades based on stereotypes, would you ever have gotten to pink vans? Probably not. You'd be talking about football, tailgates, country music, or whatever other assumptions you had about the audience. But the answer was pink vans. There's almost always a pink van in the research. Something that makes you say, "We never would have guessed that, but now it makes complete sense." When you understand what matters most to people, you can use it to market, motivate, inspire, build policies, engage employees, and make strategic decisions. Three Questions That Reveal What Matters Most Erin: What about people who can't hire your company to conduct a big research study? What questions could they ask employees or clients to get closer to this information themselves? David: We have three questions we call the three telltale questions. We've tested versions of them with people around the world. The important part is that you don't ask one person once and assume you've figured everything out. Ask a lot of people and listen for patterns. Those patterns are the signals in the noise. That's where the values start bubbling to the surface. David: The first question is: Why do you go to work? Someone might immediately say, "To pay my bills." Fine. Ask why else. Maybe their friends are there. Maybe work is their creative outlet. Maybe they feel like they're making a difference. Maybe it's where they feel useful. They're telling you why they choose to spend such a huge portion of their life doing this thing. The second question is: Why would you give away half of your lottery winnings? If someone says they wouldn't, tell them to imagine they won a lottery where giving away half was required. Then ask where they'd give it and why. That's a major behavioral decision. The "why" behind it is usually a value talking. The third question is: If you could send one message to yourself 10 years ago, what would it be? Listen to whether they talk about family, friendship, work, stress, money, kids, health, or something else. Whatever comes up tells you something about what matters most to them. Erin: That's really good. The Values Corporate America Often Misses Erin: Is there a value corporations tend to underestimate? Something that leaders might not put in their top five, but your research shows matters a lot? David: Every workforce is different, so I wouldn't prescribe one value to every company. But there is a cluster that appears again and again. Of the 56 values we've identified, five show up constantly across different industries and groups. We call them the togetherness values: belonging, family, friendship, relationships, and community. Those aren't interchangeable. Belonging is different from community. Community is different from relationships. Companies tend to lump them all together, but you need to understand which one actually matters to your people. The broader point is that humans want some form of connection. So look at your employee research, surveys, hallway conversations, and everything else you already know about your workforce. Which form of togetherness seems to matter most? Then lean into it. David: Because here's the secret to everything: What matters most to us drives everything we do. If you want people to be more engaged, stop quitting, or actually care about the work they're doing, you have to give them more of what matters most. Your Corporate Values Are Not Your Employees' Human Values David: One of the biggest mistakes corporations make is spending two years and millions of dollars figuring out their corporate values and then wondering why employees aren't behaving according to them. Your corporate values are not the human values of the people who are showing up at your corporation. You've only done half the job. The company might decide creativity is one of its core values. Great. But suppose personal growth is one of the strongest human values among your employees. Now you need to connect the dots. Show employees how being creative at work helps them grow as people. Explain why the behavior you're asking for gives them more of something that already matters deeply to them. If you don't make that connection, they'll look at "creativity" written on the wall and think, "Okay, whatever. That doesn't matter to me." Corporate values might actually be better described as guiding principles or a list of ways the organization wants people to behave. Stop Turning Values Into Expensive Wallpaper Erin: You just hit one of my hot spots. It's not enough to say you're a "family-first organization." Tell people what that actually means. Maybe it means you're not expecting someone to answer emails from the soccer field. Maybe leaders who have ideas over the weekend schedule the email to go out Monday instead of firing it off immediately. Specificity is what makes those values feel real. Even something like safety can be communicated in a more human way. Instead of just saying, "We believe in OSHA adherence," explain that you want people to leave work safely and go home to grill burgers with their family that night. It's not just about the value. It's about how you talk about it and how you put it into action. I recently talked to a company whose mantra was "grit and gratitude." I loved that because it's only two things, it's memorable, and there's a little juxtaposition between them. Companies sometimes think more is better. Maybe you're better off choosing one or two things and going deeper. David: I like grit and gratitude because it doesn't sound like everybody else. Under those two ideas, you can still have many different behaviors and principles. But at least there's something distinctive to connect to. How Understanding Values Tripled a Fundraising Target Erin: What's one example where an organization used your research and made a change that had a really profound impact? David: We worked with a hospital foundation in Canada that wanted to attract more high-net-worth donors and increase the size of their gifts. We profiled people in the community who had previously donated to health-related causes but had never donated to this particular foundation. An interesting pattern emerged. Many of the prospective donors were women who had recently been widowed and, for the first time in their lives, were making major financial decisions independently. Our research showed how important that newfound independence and agency were to them. So the foundation changed its approach. Instead of saying, "Here's where your money is going," they said, essentially, "Your gift could help us in several different ways. Which area would you like your money to support?" They sat down with donors and let them decide what mattered to them. By giving those women agency over the decision, the foundation tripled its fundraising target. Erin: Wow. David: They framed their strategy, marketing, and messaging around what mattered most to those people. The decision suddenly became an easy yes because the organization wasn't just asking for money. It was giving people an opportunity to act on something they deeply valued. What Values Alignment Feels Like Erin: I think about this in my own life too. When I was evaluating financial advisors, it was amazing how few people seemed interested in understanding what mattered to me. For me, I wanted someone I could actually connect with and have real conversations with. Not a bunch of BS. If somebody had simply asked me what was most important to me, I would have basically handed them the answer to how to sell to me. David: And here's what's interesting about those situations. When you find a person, product, job, or situation that genuinely aligns with what matters most to you, you often notice the absence of things. You're not second-guessing yourself. You're not lying awake at night running the pros and cons through your head. You're not constantly trying to convince yourself to make the relationship work. It just works. Erin: It clicks into place like a Lego. David: Exactly. Think about parties. There are parties where you walk in and immediately think, "Nope. How quickly can we leave?" And then there are parties where you want to stay all night. You may not be able to explain exactly why. Maybe it's the people, the music, the room, the energy, or some combination of all of it. But something about that environment aligns with what matters to you. Is Authenticity a Value? Erin: This is where your work and mine dovetail. People are craving something they can connect to, whether it's a salesperson, a leader, or a company. Wallpaper corporate values aren't enough. You need specificity, examples, and authenticity. Give people something they can plug into so they can determine whether it aligns with them. And it's actually better if someone can clearly say, "No, this doesn't align with me," than to give them nothing but vanilla and leave them thinking, "I don't know." David: You said earlier that authenticity might be the 57th value. I'm going to reframe that. Authenticity is, I'm gonna say, not a value, it's the end result of values alignment. If you're living authentically, you're living according to what matters most to you. Erin: I think authenticity might also be part of how you uncover the values in the first place. It's the stories, uncommon language, specificity, and willingness to actually expose who you are that allow people to feel what those values really mean. David: I think we're talking about the same thing from different layers. You're looking at the umbrella. I'm down in the weeds. The Question That Changed a High-Stakes Negotiation Erin: I have a story about the phrase "what matters most." When I became interim CEO, I had to renegotiate our largest contract. The vendor wanted more money, and giving it to them could have made an already difficult financial situation much worse. It was high stakes, and I'm not exactly known for being a giant planner. Early in the first conversation, I asked the executive, "What matters most to you in this negotiation?" He wasn't expecting the question, so he answered honestly. His company expected to pursue an IPO, and long-term contracts were incredibly important because investors would want confidence that major clients weren't about to leave. Suddenly, I understood that this negotiation wasn't only about price. A long-term agreement mattered tremendously to him. Switching vendors would have been incredibly difficult for us anyway, so I was perfectly comfortable discussing a long-term contract. That one question completely changed what I understood about the negotiation. David: "What matters most to you about this situation?" or "What matters most to you about this outcome?" are fantastic questions in sales and negotiations. But you can also learn a lot by simply paying attention and being curious. How to Discover Someone's Values Through Small Talk David: Let's use you as an example. There's a photo behind you. What's it a picture of? Erin: My family. My husband and my two children. David: And I can see books behind you. What's one of the most recent books you added? Erin: Probably Fans First by Jesse Cole from the Savannah Bananas. David: Are you a baseball fan? Erin: Not specifically. I'm a big sports fan, though. David: Where did that come from? Erin: My grandmother. She passed away when she was 62, so I was only 11. But I remember sitting in her living room with her. She was about 4'11", sitting in a green leather chair beside the dialysis machine she used at home, smoking a cigarette with a police scanner nearby. She lived in a town of about 800 people, so I'm not sure how much exciting police activity there was to scan. And she always had sports on. She didn't just watch sports. She participated. She yelled at the TV. She was spicy. She absolutely hated Notre Dame, so I still hate Notre Dame today basically as an ode to her. For a woman of her generation, being that passionate about sports was unusual. And I think that's where I got it. The other reason I still love sports is the authenticity of it. Nobody knows what's going to happen. It's not scripted. I love the energy and unpredictability. I also love the lack of commitment. I can watch and leave whenever I want. David: That little conversation already gave me several clues. Family is important to you. Creativity is clearly there. I hear some tradition in the way you talk about carrying your grandmother's influence forward. Experiences are important to you. The way you described sitting in that room with your grandmother is incredibly vivid. And when you said you like being able to leave whenever you want, independence came roaring to the forefront. Erin: One thousand percent. And what's interesting is that most people stop too soon. They see the family photo and ask, "Are those your kids?" Or they notice something from Michigan and ask, "Are you from Michigan?" But then they stop. To uncover what matters to someone, you have to be genuinely curious enough to ask the next question. The Third Why David: There's a technique I call The Third Why. You might ask somebody why they chose to have a family photo taken at a particular place. They'll give you an answer. Then you ask why that mattered. And then you go one level deeper again. Three whys down is often where people start telling you about a value. The first answer is usually surface level. The second starts getting somewhere. By the third, you're getting closer to what is actually driving the decision. Erin: That's the key. You can't necessarily plan all of those questions ahead of time. You have to actually listen and be curious enough to follow where the answer goes. When the Traditional Definition of Success Stops Working Erin: We ask everyone for a "buck that" story, meaning a time when you bucked the norm, stopped following the expected path, and did something different. What's yours? David: Quitting the big company and going out on my own. That was scary. I remember the first days working from home, finding all kinds of ways to stall. Making sure the pencils were in exactly the right place. Rearranging things. Eventually you realize there's nothing left to organize. You actually have to do the work. But as we've been talking about, I have an independence streak a mile wide. I once told my coach I couldn't understand why I wasn't getting anything done even though I had deadlines everywhere. He asked if I'd blocked the work on my calendar. I said yes. He asked, "So why aren't you doing what's on your calendar?" And I realized: because I don't want my calendar telling me what to do. Erin: Because you told yourself to do it, and now yourself can't tell you what to do. David: Exactly. My calendar is bossing me around, and I'm resisting my own calendar. That independence was one of the values pushing me toward working for myself. The Day David Couldn't Get on the Elevator Erin: Was there traditional career advice you followed for a while and eventually realized wasn't right for you? David: Keep your job. Why would you work for yourself and rely on your own ability to earn a living when you could get a steady paycheck every two weeks? I grew up at a time when the path to success seemed much narrower. It felt like the goal was to become the CEO of Coca-Cola. Erin: Or become a consultant to the CEO of Coca-Cola. Those were basically the two business models we knew. David: Exactly. The world told me I was supposed to run as fast as possible up the corporate ladder. Learn to love the suits and ties. Play the politics. Run a board. Eventually I realized it wasn't working for me. I actually had a breakdown. I was working for a big company and one morning I was standing in the elevator lobby waiting to go upstairs. I couldn't get on the elevator. It felt like there was a physical barrier in front of me. I could not make myself get on that elevator and go face everything waiting upstairs. So I turned around, went home, and called in to say, "I don't think I'm coming back." It took me almost a year to recover from that and start building what I needed to build on my own. David: It was 10 years of living a lie that I didn't know was a lie, because I'd only been taught that this was the truth. When I finally figured out it wasn't the truth, at least not for me, it was like being slapped across the face. That's something I try to pass along now. Whatever the internet tells you, Instagram tells you, your parents tell you, or society tells you is the path to success is only useful if it's actually your path to success. Figure out what matters most to you. Figure out your values. Then craft your version of life and run in that direction. Erin: And the experience you went through is part of what allows you to give that lesson to somebody else now. David Allison's Advice for Making Work Suck Less Erin: What's your final piece of advice for making work suck less? David: Find ways to make your work more about what matters to you. Volunteer for that project. Take the extra assignment that aligns with you. When you can, move away from the work that doesn't. Even if you're working inside a set of constraints and don't have much flexibility, almost everybody has some ability to maneuver. You can choose what you're going to lean into and what you're not. Make your work more about what matters most to you, and you'll be happier.

When motivation fades it's an opportunity to get curious. This episode unpacks why we often stall before what's next, and how to reignite your drive by shifting your thoughts just slightly toward possibility. Learn how believable, neutral thoughts can rebuild momentum, confidence, and clarity.In this episode:Why motivation fades when your future feels unclearHow to use believable thoughts to shift your mindset and energyThe simple mental reset that helps you take action again Support the showJill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

The guys discuss the 60's Donovan hit Mellow Yellow. A 60's hit and instant classic has some strange roots and an even stranger admission that will follow the Coca-Cola company for a long time.

Interview Date: July 26th, 2026Episode Summary:In this episode of The Business of Dance Podcast, Menina Fortunato reconnects with Hollywood Summer Tour alum Angelica Valente, whose journey has taken her from competitive dancer in Thunder Bay, Ontario, to an LA-based director, producer, fashion designer, and creative entrepreneur. Angelica shares how an early trip to Los Angeles changed the trajectory of her life, eventually inspiring her to move to LA at 17 to study dance. While pursuing a professional dance career, her interests in fashion, film, editing, styling, and creative direction began opening doors she never originally imagined.Angelica opens up about navigating the entertainment industry as an international artist, from OPT and the O-1 visa process to developing the work ethic, resourcefulness, and relationships necessary to build a career in the United States. She shares how she co-founded Spaced Visuals, grew from working with emerging artists to major productions, and eventually launched her own fashion label, VALENTE. Today, her worlds of dance, film, fashion, and creative direction intersect through productions, campaigns, custom stagewear, and visual storytelling.Throughout the conversation and mentee Q&A, Angelica encourages dancers to remain open to where their careers can lead, take risks before they feel completely ready, and create opportunities rather than waiting for permission. Her journey is a powerful reminder that dance can be the foundation for countless careers beyond performing—and that the skills dancers develop can continue shaping their success in unexpected ways.Shownotes:0:00 – Meet director and designer Angelica Valente3:23 – Growing up dancing in Thunder Bay5:15 – Discovering Los Angeles and dreaming bigger8:06 – Expanding from dance into creative direction9:28 – Film, editing, fashion spark new passions11:36 – Navigating OPT and the O-1 visa17:42 – Building Spaced Visuals from the ground up19:26 – Launching VALENTE and learning fashion independently21:19 – Designing custom stagewear for KATSEYE24:33 – Recognizing how far you have come26:32 – Taking risks before you feel ready28:45 – How dance strengthens creative direction skills33:14 – Q&A: Dreaming beyond what you can see38:40 – Q&A: Create your own career opportunities47:21 – Exploring careers beyond being the performerBiography:Angelica Valente is a director and fashion designer based in Los Angeles. She is the co-founder of Spaced Visuals, a multidisciplinary creative studio known for crafting cinematic campaigns, music videos, and visual identities for artists and global brands including Usher, Chris Brown, Megan Thee Stallion, Meghan Trainor, GIVĒON, Masego, PUMA, Coca-Cola, TikTok, 100 Thieves, and SoundCloud.Alongside her production work, Angelica is the founder and creative director of VALENTE, a luxury fashion label recognized for its sculptural silhouettes, cinematic storytelling, and handcrafted collections. Since launching in 2021, VALENTE has designed custom stagewear for KATSEYE, with pieces worn during major appearances including the GRAMMYs, as well as custom looks for Paris Hilton. Her designs have also been worn by Jordin Sparks, Tori Kelly on Good Morning America, Rhea Raj, WNBA champion Jackie Young, and Atsuko Okatsuka for the Emmy Awards.Whether directing a campaign, designing a collection, or shaping an artist's creative era, Angelica brings together film, fashion, and brand strategy to create immersive visual identities that live seamlessly across multiple mediums. Her work is defined by bold creative direction, cinematic storytelling, and a relentless focus on crafting ideas that leave a lasting cultural impression.Connect on Social Media:Website:www.spacedvisuals.com www.valenteworld.comInstagram:www.instagram.com/angelicavalente_ www.instagram.com/spacedvisualswww.instagram.com/valenteworld_

Au Vietnam, près de 70 000 tonnes de déchets ménagers sont produites chaque jour, un volume appelé à augmenter dans un pays en pleine croissance. Alors que le tri à la source reste peu développé, une grande partie de ces déchets est enfouie ou incinérée. Dans cet écosystème, les « đồng nát », les récupérateurs de matériaux autonomes, jouent un rôle essentiel. Le secteur informel collecte plus de 30% des plastiques recyclables du pays. Indispensables au système, ces travailleurs exercent pourtant le plus souvent sans contrat ni véritable protection sociale. De notre correspondant à Hanoï À moto, à vélo ou à pied, les collecteurs s'activent pour racheter aux habitants ou récupérer dans les poubelles le plastique, le carton et la ferraille. Masque intégral sur le visage, gants remontés sur les manches de sa chemise à motifs fleuris, Phuong, 40 ans, tire une benne montée sur deux roues. Originaire d'une zone rurale, elle travaille à son compte depuis 20 ans. « Je travaille entre huit et dix heures par jour. Je collecte des objets et des matériaux usagés afin qu'ils soient recyclés, puis je les revends à des dépôts qui les achètent au poids. Je gagne environ sept à huit millions de dôngs par mois [250 euros] », déclare-t-elle.  Faute de pension ou de revenus suffisants, de nombreuses personnes âgées participent aussi à ce système de collecte informel. Huyên, 78 ans, arpente les rues du centre-ville, le dos scié par deux sacs débordant de plastique et de métaux en tout genre. « Cela me permet de gagner quelques sous, même si ce n'est vraiment pas grand-chose. Et cela rend l'environnement plus propre. En me voyant ramasser ainsi, les gens peuvent penser que je suis pauvre ou que je souffre de la faim, mais en réalité, ce n'est pas le cas », affirme Huyên.  La grand-mère rejoint un hangar d'où elle revend son plastique entre 3 000 et 4 000 dôngs le kilo, une dizaine de centimes. De ces dépôts, tenus par des particuliers, les matériaux repartent en camion vers des villages spécialisés. À Xà Cầu, à une heure de Hanoï, le plastique est trié, lavé et broyé avant d'être vendu à des entreprises de recyclage. Des montagnes de déchets s'élèvent jusqu'aux toits. Chi supervise l'un des hangars. Des travailleurs précaires sans protection sociale  « Nous trions les différentes catégories de plastique. Nous effectuons seulement un pré-traitement, pas le recyclage. Nous les lavons, les broyons pour qu'ils prennent moins de place, puis nous les classons. Après cela, nous les vendons au poids à des entreprises », raconte Chi.  La sexagénaire travaille sans masque alors qu'une odeur de produits ménagers se mêle à celle du crottin. Ces travailleurs exercent souvent sans contrat et avec une protection sociale limitée. En face, une mère de famille travaille avec son jeune fils, en vacances scolaires. « Ici, on trie les différentes sortes de plastiques. Par exemple, ces bouteilles de Coca-Cola sont mises à part. Ensuite, on les sépare : le plastique souple, le plastique rigide, le plastique cassant. Il y a toutes sortes de catégories », explique-t-elle.  Ces dernières années, les autorités ont affiché leur volonté d'intégrer progressivement ces travailleurs à un système mieux encadré. D'ici au début de 2027, 5 500 travailleurs informels du nord du pays devraient recevoir des formations et des équipements de protection. Le projet doit permettre de collecter et de traiter plus proprement 20 000 tonnes de déchets plastiques.   À lire aussiVietnam: Hanoï se rêve en capitale mondiale avec sa «nouvelle ère» d'urbanisation

Ob im Supermarkt oder im Club: Mate ist in Europa ein Megatrend geworden. Doch das süsse, kohlensäurehaltige Getränk aus der Dose hat in vielerlei Hinsicht nicht mehr viel mit der ursprünglichen Version zu tun: In Südamerika wird Mate-Tee traditionell in einer Calabasa zubereitet. Diese wird auch gern unter Familien und Freunden geteilt - es ist ein soziales Ritual. Aber wie hat es Mate bis in die europäischen Supermärkte geschafft? Lateinamerika-Redaktor Simon Hehli zeichnet die Geschichte des Matebooms nach: Von den Anfängen in der deutschen Hacker- und Hipster-Szene bis hin zu prominenten Anhängern wie Lionel Messi oder Barron Trump. Ausserdem werfen wir einen Blick nach Argentinien: Warum profitieren die Mate-Bauern trotz der weltweiten Nachfrage kaum von diesem Boom? Gast: Simon Hehli, Lateinamerika-Redaktor Host: Nadine Landert Redaktion: Antonia Moser Produktion: Alice Grosjean Den NZZ-Artikel von Simon könnt ihr [hier](https://www.nzz.ch/international/mate-boom-in-europa-argentinische-tradition-trifft-modernen-hype-ld.10012606) Nachlesen. [Exklusiv für dich als Mate- und Podcast-Fan: 7 Tage NZZ-Digitalabo geschenkt. Unverbindlich testen, danach hört es ohne weiteres Zutun auf. ](https://probeabo.nzz.ch/podcast?utm_source=shownotes&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=0726_NZZCH_Podcast)

Owen Fitzpatrick talks about how your inner propaganda shapes your beliefs, decisions, and behavior–and how you can stop it from sabotaging your success.— YOU'LL LEARN — 1) Why to be wary of the “temptations of certainty”2) The three reasons people form/change their beliefs 3) The four steps to rewiring your beliefs Subscribe or visit AwesomeAtYourJob.com/ep1174 for clickable versions of the links below. — ABOUT OWEN — Owen Fitzpatrick is a social psychologist. Owen has traveled to more than 100 countries and studied propaganda firsthand in places such as North Korea, Rwanda, and Afghanistan. Also an award-winning filmmaker and former television presenter, he brings the craft of storytelling to his work. He has worked with leaders at Google, LinkedIn, Pfizer, and Coca-Cola, studied at Harvard Business School and MIT, and is the author of nine books translated into 20+ languages. His TEDx talk “Mind Control” has reached more than 1.4 million viewers. Originally from Dublin, Ireland, he now lives in New York City.• Book: Inner Propaganda: Leading Hearts and Minds Through Turbulent Times• Book site: InnerPropaganda.com• Instagram: owenf23• LinkedIn: Owen Fitzpatrick• Website: OwenFitzpatrick.com— RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THE SHOW — • Study: “The rise and fall of rationality in language” by Marten Scheffer, Ingrid van de Leemput, Els Weinans, and Johan Bollen• Study: “On the conversational persuasiveness of GPT-4” by Francesco Salvi, Manoel Horta Ribeiro, Riccardo Gallotti, and Robert West • Book: Thinking in Bets: Making Smarter Decisions When You Don't Have All the Facts by Annie Duke• Book: Influence: The Psychology of Persuasion, Revised Edition by Robert Cialdini• Book: Think Again: The Power of Knowing What You Don't Know by Adam Grant• Book: Address Unknown: A Novel by Kathrine Kressmann Taylor• Documentary: "Behind the Curve"• Past episode: 664: Dr. Robert Cialdini on How to Persuade with the 7 Universal Principles of Influence— THANK YOU SPONSORS! — • Shopify. Sign up for your free trial at Shopify.com/awesomepodSee Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

How do global companies protect their profits when exchange rates move against them?In this episode of Corporate Finance Explained, we break down foreign exchange (FX) risk and how multinational companies manage currency exposure before it disrupts cash flow, earnings, and long-term competitiveness. Using real-world examples from Coca-Cola, Airbus, and Procter & Gamble, we explore how corporate treasury teams turn unpredictable currency movements into a more manageable financial risk.You'll learn the difference between transaction, translation, and economic exposure, and why each requires a different approach to risk management. We also explore how companies use centralized treasury functions, natural hedges, forward contracts, and layered hedging strategies to reduce volatility without turning treasury into a speculative trading operation.

Comentamos la actualidad del momento con Matías Vallés y Patricia Simón. Hablamos de la resaca emocional que ha quedado al dejar atrás el eclipse total. Sara Vázquez, vecina de Berrocal, explica cómo se desalojó su pueblo tras ser alcanzado por el incendio de Huelva. Comentamos la situación en Afganistán 5 años después de que los talibanes tomaran el control escuchamos a Khadija Amin, Shabana Basij-Rasikh y Giulia Pisano, 3 mujeres que saben lo que se sufre en la zona cada día. Joan Solés, corresponsal en Italia, nos cuenta cómo se ha encontrado la Coca-cola primigenia en un antiguo monasterio de Florencia.

“I don't think AI quite has us figured out yet because, as human beings, we'll listen to sad songs to feel better. I don't think it understands that. That's true, it's contrary… Yeah, I mean, I think that AI has its place. I'm not all against it, just as a matter of course, I just think that it shouldn't replace our creativity. That's what makes us human, and I don't want to see a computer replace that. Yeah, I want it to clean my house and cook my meals so that I can create.” – Jodi Krangle & Laney McCormickThis episode is the second half of my conversation with music supervisors Laney and Matt McCormick as we talk about how AI music's changing the way human musicians approach their work, striking the right balance between playing it safe and making a memorable sonic impression, and how COVID and the rise of social media have changed sound editing and our approach to sonic branding.As always, if you have questions for my guest, you're welcome to reach out through the links in the show notes. If you have questions for me, visit audiobrandingpodcast.com, where you'll find a lot of ways to get in touch. Plus, subscribing to the newsletter will let you know when the new podcasts are available, along with other interesting bits of audio-related news. And if you're getting some value from listening, the best ways to show your support are to share this podcast with a friend and leave an honest review. Both those things really help, and I'd love to feature your review on future podcasts. You can leave one either in written or in voice format from the podcast's main page. I would so appreciate that.(00:00) – AI and CreativityOur conversation continues as Laney and Matt talk about the impact of AI on their industry, such as how fast musicians who find themselves competing with AI feel they have to work. “The speed's definitely an issue,” Matt says. “It's not easy to crank out an authentic song, and it's not even easy to crank out an inauthentic song. In a lot of ways, it's even harder.” Laney notes some of the trends she's seen in music marketing and how positive messaging is making a comeback. “I see more for that whole motivational lyrical content,” she explains, “They want rap and hip hop beat, female vocal, clean lyrics, and we see a lot of requests come in with female vocals. I think that's really cool.”(12:45) – Trends in Music LicensingThe discussion turns to pop culture and how sound is becoming more and more important in making a strong impression. “Stranger Things has a huge budget for music,” Laney tells us, “and they're using huge tunes, and those are, you know, those are the supervisors acting as influencers in many ways. ‘Running Up That Hill' was a B-side, and here it is, huge again.” Matt adds his thoughts on the musical risks brands are willing to take in order to stand out. “Everybody always wants to do something different, but that's a risk, right?” he explains. “I mean your large brands, whether it's Coca-Cola, Amazon, Nike, Taco Bell… Are those brands willing to take, like, a really huge risk with music and with sound? And the answer for me is, I don't know. But I don't see it very often.”(20:00) – The Role of Sound in AdvertisingAs our conversation comes to a close, Laney and Matt tell listeners how they can get in touch, and they both share their thoughts on the power of sound and its importance in our lives. “Music specifically for me is a therapy of sorts,” Laney says. “It doesn't matter what my problem is, what my mood is, or what activity I need to do, want to do, or have to do. There is a genre and a record that will make that easier for me.” Matt talks about sound's ability to connect us to one another, and how it creates a common ground for people from every walk of life. “Sound moves you,” he tells us. “And it can be a common ground for everybody in a way. It's hard to listen to an emotional piece of music and not be emotional and not feel that with the person that's next to you or multiple people next to you.”Episode SummaryOur discussion on how AI affects human creativity in music.Laney and Matt reveal the current trends in music requests and licensing.Matt and Laney discuss why they prioritize authentic music in their work.Connect with the GuestConnect with the Audio Branding Podcast:Book your project with Voice Overs and Vocals by visiting https://voiceoversandvocals.comConnect with me on Instagram - https://www.instagram.com/jodikrangle/Watch the Audio Branding Podcast on YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/c/JodiKrangleVOConnect with me on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jodikrangle/Leave the Audio Branding Podcast a review at https://lovethepodcast.com/audiobranding (Thank you!)Share your passion effectively with these Tips for Sounding Your Best as a Podcast Guest!https://voiceoversandvocals.com/tips-for-sounding-your-best-as-a-podcast-guest/Get my Top Five Tips for Implementing an Intentional Audio Strategyhttps://voiceoversandvocals.com/audio-branding-strategy/Editing/Production by Humberto Franco - https://humbertofranco.com/This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: OP3 - https://op3.dev/privacy

O.J. Simpson's infamous "Juiced" prank show is back in the spotlight, and The Fighter and The Kid react to some of the wildest footage and stories surrounding the controversial project.Brendan and Bryan also get into the latest UFC fight talk surrounding Ian Garry and Islam Makhachev, the bizarre world of illegal exotic animal trafficking, expensive reptiles, a viral assault video, Coca-Cola's controversial personalized-can controversy, Stephen A. Smith's criticism of COVID-era policies, Clay Travis' $10 million WNBA challenge, and a mechanic caught allegedly taking apart a customer's engine.The guys also react to Brendan's Scrub Daddy commercial, the growing world of AI companion robots, and plenty of classic TFATK tangents along the way.Subscribe for more episodes of The Fighter and The Kid.Paka - To grab your PAKA hoodie, go to http://pakaapparel.com/. That's http://pakaapparel.com/DraftKings - New DraftKings customers, sign up with code FIGHTER spend five bucks to get one hundred fifty in rewards within 14 days, includes all markets. That's code FIGHTER.Momentus - If you want to try Momentous Signature Spec Creatine, head to https://www.livemomentous.com/ and use code FATK for up to 35% off your entire first orderO'Reilly - https://oreillyauto.com/FIGHTERProgressive - https://www.progressive.com/See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

What makes a brand worth betting on? Ken Sadowsky, affectionately known as "The Beverage Whisperer," returns to Taste Radio with a sharp look at where the biggest opportunities — and potential pitfalls — are emerging across the beverage category.  A senior advisor at Verlinvest, board director at Vita Coco and Icelandic Glacial, and early-stage investor in several emerging beverage brands, Ken explains why coconut water still has plenty of runway, what founders can learn from playing the long game, and why he believes colostrum could represent the next big functional beverage opportunity. Ken also shares his perspective on the rise of caffeine-free energy, hydration, matcha, protein and functional beverages. He also offers candid takes on celebrity-backed brands, flavor versus function, packaging, category positioning and the question he asks when evaluating any new beverage. Show notes: 0:20: Ken Sadowsky, Sr. Advisor, Verlinvest – Ken kicks things off by praising his beloved Red Sox before sharing his perspective on why coconut water has quietly become one of beverage's fastest-growing categories. He explains how strategic decisions by major beverage companies can temporarily shape retailer perceptions of an entire category, and why occasion- and benefit-based shopping may increasingly blur traditional category lines, particularly in smaller-format stores. Ken also discusses several emerging brands in his investment portfolio, including Rite, a caffeine-free energy drink powered by ketones and paraxanthine, and Leisure Hydration, which he sees as a function-first product with a more relaxed approach to hydration. He and Ray also evaluate products from Stillers, Yass, Gimber, Fizzin Protein and Grind. At the heart of Ken's philosophy is a simple question: Why will a consumer buy the product again? While functional benefits can drive trial, he argues that taste remains critical to repeat purchase in most categories. For founders, he emphasizes the importance of spending time in stores, studying the competitive set and allowing consumers to determine where a product belongs rather than relying too heavily on conventional category definitions. Ken also weighs in on celebrity-backed brands, arguing that celebrity involvement can drive discovery but is far more powerful when the celebrity genuinely invests in and believes in the business. He reflects on the extraordinary velocity of beverages compared with other CPG categories and explains why he often asks if a brand has the potential to sell a billion cans. Brands in this episode: Vita Coco, Harmless Harvest, Zico, Gatorade, Red Bull, Monster Energy, Celsius, Rite Energy, Parch, Subourbon Life, Ponyboy Slings, MOTH Cocktails, Spikedade, Super Lyte, Yass, Orange Toucan, Leisure Hydration, Spindrift, Coca-Cola, Neau Water, Eatyx, Oshee, Stiller's, Gimber, Vitaminwater, Pirate's Booty, AriZona Beverages, Ancient Nutrition, Fair Life, Fizzen Protein, Protein Pop, Grind, Onyx Coffee, Donpon Energy  

In this episode of The Career Refresh, Jill Griffin breaks down the hidden cost of comparison at work—and how to replace assumptions with evidence-based clarity. Also in this episode:Learn how your brain fills in the blanks with fearHow confirmation bias can derail trustJill shares practical tools to help you lead with facts, regulate your thoughts, and stay grounded under pressure.You'll walk away knowing how to stop unhealthy comparison, build emotional steadiness, and lead with consistent, trusted confidence. Support the showJill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

Ben Curtis is Global Brand Vice President of Sure/Rexona at Unilever, and is just back the US where he ran the brand's first-ever Men's World Cup as a FIFA official partner. He came on Unofficial Partner before the tournament to talk about what he was walking into; this is the debrief — what worked, what didn't, and what a global personal-care brand actually gets for the money, from the armpit branding on the fourth official's board (a Rexona first at a World Cup) to the New York activation built around creators rather than TV spots.Joining him is Mayowa Quadri, head of brand at the football-and-culture publisher Versus, a creator and consultant who worked on Rexona's campaign from the other side of the table. What does a global brand actually get for a World Cup sponsorship? Ben breaks down how Rexona measured return in near-real time — from brand mentions, to creator content earning 10x that, to cultural moments running into the millions of engagements — and where the brand ranked against Adidas and Coca-Cola.Was the fourth-official armpit branding a gimmick or a strategy? The Rexona sign held up at every substitution was a World Cup first. Ben argues it's a durable strategic position rather than a one-off joke; Richard presses on whether the idea has legs beyond its novelty.How much of the marketing budget now goes to creators rather than TV? Ben's answer is the headline number: a decisive swing away from traditional advertising in the space of a single World Cup cycle.Has the way we consume a World Cup fundamentally changed? Mayowa on clip culture, the Americanisation of the tournament, and a younger audience watching through creators and streamers rather than buying broadcast packages — and why broadcasters are now behaving like creators themselves.What makes a brand-creator relationship work, and when does it fail? Both sides on the shift from prescriptive deliverables to briefing intent, the trust a brand has to extend, and the fast route to losing an audience by looking like you've sold out.Is football still a sport, or is it now a culture? Mayowa's case that the footballer is a human being with interests beyond the 90 minutes — and how brands are buying into fashion, music and identity rather than match results.What is the media agency actually for now? How Unilever identifies communities and maps creators against them, the rise of nano-creators as word-of-mouth amplifiers, and why the direct brand-to-creator connection still matters.Can the controversies around FIFA stay 'priced in'? With Infantino in the headlines, whether the noise around the governing body touches the sponsors who fund it — and Mayowa's argument that player power, not sponsor pressure, is the variable that could actually move things.Unofficial Partner is the leading podcast for the business of sport. A mix of entertaining and thought provoking conversations with a who's who of the global industry. To join our community of listeners, sign up to the weekly UP Newsletter and follow us on Twitter and TikTok at @UnofficialPartnerWe publish two podcasts each week, on Tuesday and Friday. These are deep conversations with smart people from inside and outside sport. Our entire back catalogue of 500 sports business conversations are available free of charge here. Each pod is available by searching for ‘Unofficial Partner' on Apple, Spotify and every podcast app. If you're interested in collaborating with Unofficial Partner to create one-off podcasts or series and live events, you can reach us via the website.

En esta edición de No Hay Derecho abordaremos, entre otros temas: - Terremoto en Colombia: cifra de fallecidos aumentó a 164 y hay centenares desaparecidos. - Gustavo Gorriti critica informe de la Defensoría del Pueblo sobre el Sistema de Lavado de Activos. - Bancada de diputados del Buen Gobierno propone derogar la creación del colegio de artistas del Perú. - Ahora Nación propone crear una comisión que investigue las muertes en los gobiernos de Dina Boluarte y José Jerí. - Harvey Colchado en manos de la Comisión de Ética tras acusación fiscal. - Diputados del partido Obras denuncian robo de un teléfono celular y otros objetos en oficinas parlamentarias. - Keiko Fujimori encabezó primera reunión del Consejo de Inteligencia Nacional para enfrentar la criminalidad. - Keiko Fujimori defiende a Coca-Cola ante críticas por agua y contaminación. - Excongresista José Cueto critica que el gobierno de Keiko Fujimori lleva al TC la ley sobre pensiones de las FFAA y la PNP. - Cuestionadas designaciones en ministerio en el gobierno de Keiko Fujimori. - Fujimorista Alejandro Aguinaga insiste en el retiro del Perú de la Corte IDH. - Exclusivo: De congresistas a asesores.

Immer mehr Menschen nutzen die Dienstleistungen von Smartphone-Banken. Eine davon ist Revolut. Dieses Fin-Tech-Unternehmen hat nun in Frankreich eine Banklizenz erhalten. Was verspricht man sich davon. Und wie sieht es in der Schweiz aus? Wirtschaftsredaktorin Susanne Schmugge gibt Antworten. Weitere Themen: Für US-Präsident Donald Trumps Rückflug nach dem Nato-Gipfel in der Türkei wurde wegen einer Drohung zu einer List gegriffen. Trump stieg in Ankara vor laufenden Kameras in die Regierungsmaschine ein, stieg dann aber laut «Washington Post» unbemerkt in einen Catering-Container. Was danach passierte, davon berichtet SRF-Redaktor Julius Schmid. Nach dem Drohnen-Vorfall am Flughafen in Leipzig will die deutsche Regierung noch stärker in die Drohnenabwehr investieren. Wie man gefährliche Drohnen erkennen und stoppen kann und wo die Schweiz bei der Drohnenabwehr steht, sagt Roland Siegwart, Professor für Autonome Systeme an der ETH Zürich. Er arbeitet mit dem Bundesamt für Rüstung (Armasuisse) zusammen. Einem US-amerikanischen Forschungsteam der Universität Stanford ist es erstmals gelungen, mit Hilfe einer Künstlichen Intelligenz die Bauanleitung für neue, funktionsfähige Viren herzustellen. Wissenschaftsredaktorin Cathrin Caprez erklärt, wie die Forscher vorgegangen sind und wo die Hoffnungen und Gefahren liegen. Kürzlich wurde in einem Kloster in der Toskana ein Rezept gefunden aus der Mitte des 19. Jahrhunderts. Die Mixtur ähnelt Coca-Cola. Wurde das Brausegetränk vielleicht gar nicht in den USA erfunden, sondern in Italien? Kulturredaktorin Gisela Feuz ist der Sache nachgegangen.

On this day in 1981, a Coca-Cola boycott led by the Rev. Jesse Jackson's Operation PUSH ended after the company agreed to more than $30 million in commitments benefiting Black businesses and communities. Subscribe to our newsletter to stay informed with the latest news from a leading Black-owned & controlled media company: https://aurn.com/newsletter Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Jackie Pollina founded J&J Test Prep with the intention of making test prep fun and manageable for students. Jackie also co-developed No B.S. SAT® Prep, an online digital SAT® prep program that is used by tutors, programs, and schools nationwide. In our conversation, Jackie explains: Why students should take the SAT/ACT. The timeline goal that students should have to achieve their best score. How students can reverse-engineer a prep timeline so that they hit that timeframe. The opportunities that may still exist when students don't hit their desired goal by that timeframe. Where the PSAT fits into all of this. The impact that test scores have on scholarships and merit aid, and much more. J&J Test Prep offers numerous ways to work with your student. Plus, they offer my readers a special discount. To learn more about J&J Test Prep's programs, click here. And, be sure to take advantage of J&J Test Prep's FREE diagnostic to help you decide whether the SAT or ACT is the best option for your student. Click here for this complimentary program. ---------- Featured Scholarships: Silver Law Group $1000 Investor Advocacy Scholarship $1000 Follow Your Own Path Scholarship $20,000 Coca-Cola Foundation Scholarship Elks Most Valuable Student Scholarship ($30,000 Top Prize, $2,500,000+ in Prizes + Local & State Awards) $3000 CollegeXpress August Scholarship Giveaway ---------- Nnotice the categories that the applicant must list on their application for the Coca-Cola and Elks Scholarships, as well as the topic of the essay: • Academics • Extracurriculars • Volunteering • Work Experience • Leadership These are the same categories that I refer to as The Five Pillars of a Student's Personal Narrative. Students don't need to have experiences in all five of the Pillars, but they do need to know how to tie their experiences together in a compelling way that grabs the judge's attention. That is what I spend so much time helping students with in the Scholarship Navigator programs. With programs for students in the Classes of 2027, 2028, 2029, 2030, middle school, and college students, students get personalized assistance building their Personal Narrative, essay reviews, editing, and suggestions, a custom list of scholarships that match the student's profile, and much more. If you would like to learn more about the Scholarship Navigator programs, I am offering a limited number of free 15-minute Zoom meetings to answer your questions. To book your free consultation, click here.

Jose Martinez, Global Chief Data Officer at Coca-Cola FEMSA, says customers don't experience an AI system's mistake as a data problem — they experience it as a company that doesn't know them. Recorded live at Ai4 at the Venetian in Las Vegas, he and Greg Kihlström get into what has to be true underneath before AI systems can act on your data at all.A data foundation AI can act on is a different thing from one that produces reports. Martinez on what actually separates the two, and why a company can have working dashboards and still not have the foundation an automated decision requires.Across many markets and millions of points of sale, consistency is the constraint — not speed. Agility isn't really about moving faster; it's being able to change repeatedly without the company starting to contradict itself. Martinez on what keeps decisions consistent as more of them get automated.Foundational data work has to be justified without a campaign-shaped payoff. How to make the case internally when the return doesn't show up as a lift number, and what enterprise leaders can use instead.About Jose MartinezJose De Jesus Martinez Camara, MS, PMP, is an innovative executive currently serving as the Global Chief Data Officer at Coca-Cola FEMSA. Previously, he served as the Americas Head of Data & Analytics at Nissan North America for Finance, with a dual track record as well as Chief Information Officer.With over 20 years of experience driving organizational excellence, Jose specializes in managing complex IT portfolios and commercializing technology products across the consumer goods, automotive, finance, entertainment, and consultancy sectors. He is a visionary professional known for aligning technology initiatives with long-term business objectives and fostering Agile and DevOps cultures.In his current global role at Coca-Cola FEMSA, he leads the enterprise data strategy, governance, and advanced analytics capabilities to drive digital transformation and value creation at scale. Prior to this, as Americas Head of Data & Analytics for Nissan Finance, Jose oversaw the data landscape across Mexico, Canada, and the United States, ensuring strategic alignment with corporate needs. Jose Martinez on LinkedIn---------- Resources ----------Coca-Cola FEMSAThe Agile Brand podcast is brought to you by TEKsystems.We're proud to be a media partner for #MAICON26 - Oct. 13-15! Learn how AI can power your marketing and business and help you grow smarter. Use code AGILE150 to save!Reach your customers with Reddit. Spend $500 in ad spend, get $500 back in ad credit!Chaser is the only Slack-native project management platform that helps teams turn messages into tracked tasks, automate follow-ups, and maintain team-wide visibility, without adopting another tool. Now integrated with Claude and other GenAI tools. Learn more at trychaser.com and use code AGILEBRAND for a 3-month free trial (normal trial is 14 days).The most influential minds in software, AI, and engineering leadership will be at WeAreDevelopers World Congress North America, September 23-25 in San Jose.Start building your own apps with Replit and get $20 off.Enjoyed the show? Tell us more at and give us a rating so others can find the show.Connect with Greg on LinkedInDon't miss a thing: get the latest episodes, sign up for our newsletter and more.Check out The Agile Brand Guide website with articles, insights, and Martechipedia, the wiki for marketing technology.The Agile Brand is produced by Missing Link—a Latina-owned strategy-driven, creatively fueled production co-op. From ideation to creation, they craft human connections through intelligent, engaging and informative content. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

A meteorologist blooper, Coca-Cola is under fire for a viral video, a man blames Tesla auto-pilot for his speeding ticket, two children crash a car, a woman melts down at a pizza place, O.J. Simpson prank TV show clips, This Week in Florida, a street takeover gone wrong, the Coderino's greatest invention and so much more!

Kimmer welcomes Neal Boortz for a wide-ranging conversation covering elk riding in the Rockies, UFOs, ghostly encounters, travel adventures, Iran and the Middle East, and Neil’s new motor coach. Plus, Flounder’s birthday, Coca-Cola controversy, a shocking Ohio crime story, and plenty of Friday fun.

Nous commencerons notre tour d'horizon de l'actualité par une discussion sur la récente vague migratoire à Ceuta, une petite enclave espagnole située en Afrique du Nord. Ces événements mettent à l'épreuve les politiques d'ouverture de l'Espagne. Ensuite, nous parlerons de l'échec des projets de la FIFA visant à vendre des parts de la Coupe du monde et d'autres tournois à des investisseurs privés. Notre sujet sur les sciences et les technologies portera sur la réglementation du développement de l'IA. Il semblerait que les États-Unis et la Chine suivent des voies différentes. Et enfin, nous aborderons une découverte historique remarquable qui apporte un nouvel éclairage sur les origines de l'une des boissons les plus célèbres au monde : le Coca-Cola.   Le reste de l'émission d'aujourd'hui sera consacré à la langue et à la culture françaises. Notre point de grammaire de la semaine sera : Use of the Present Subjunctive with Certain Verbs. Nous nous intéresserons à un site français qui vient d'être inscrit au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO : les forteresses royales du Languedoc situées dans le sud de la France. Nous reviendrons ainsi sur l'histoire de ce site historique. Nous terminerons avec l'expression de la semaine : Attendre quelqu'un au tournant. Nous parlerons des grands incendies qui touchent la France cet été et du fort impact qu'ils ont sur tout le pays. - L'afflux de migrants submerge les capacités de l'Espagne et met à l'épreuve sa politique migratoire - Le projet de privatisation de la FIFA se retourne contre elle - Les États-Unis et la Chine choisissent des chemins différents pour encadrer le développement de l'intelligence artificielle - Finalement, le Coca-Cola serait-il né en Europe ? - Les forteresses royales du Languedoc ont été inscrites au patrimoine mondial de l'UNESCO - La France connaît des incendies d'une ampleur inédite

When your doctor gives you 3 months to live, what do you do with the company you spent 23 years building? What do you do with your life?What would crash most people resulted in another successful business venture for Yaron.What kind of person can do that?Let's find out!Yaron Assabi built 1 of South Africa's first e-commerce businesses in 1998 — before most of the country had ever been online. He rode the dot-com wave to a FTSE listing, watched it crash, bought his own company back, and spent the next 2 decades quietly building Digital Solutions Group into 7 specialist businesses serving brands like Nando's, KFC, DStv and Coca-Cola across Africa, the Middle East and the UK.Then, in April 2021, everything stopped. 3 cancers, diagnosed at once. A family history that had already taken his mother at 39 and his father twenty years later. Doctors gave him 3 months without chemo. He chose to fight it his own way instead — and rebuilt his health, his mindset, and eventually a whole other business, from the ground up.This episode is the rare kind of conversation that moves fluidly between "how do you scale 7 companies" and "how do you sit with your own mortality and choose to do your own thing" that only Yaron could pull off so well it feels.In this episode, you'll learn:How Yaron decides what to say yes to The shared-services model that lets DSG launch new startups faster every time, without founders having to be good at everythingWhy he believes a business that depends on its founder is a business that hasn't really been built yet — and how to design yours so it can run without youThe exact morning system Yaron credits with his recovery and the energy that carries him through his dayWhat changed in his mind the day he was diagnosed — and why he says fear is just "a false experience appearing real"How losing both parents to cancer shaped his relationship with risk, intuition, and not postponing his lifeYaron's take on AI in the business Why Yaron believes you don't have to sacrifice your wellbeing to build something great — and what changed his mindsetWhether you're building a company, rebuilding your health, or trying to figure out how to do everything - this episode will be your inspiration, breaking many limiting beliefs and fears that are stopping you from Doing Something Great with every day of your life.Tune in, get inspired - Do Something Great!About Yaron AssabiYaron Assabi is the Founder and Group CEO of Digital Solutions Group (DSG), a South African-founded, globally active group of seven specialist digital businesses spanning customer experience, digital marketing, telecoms, cybersecurity, data and AI, and digital commerce. Since founding the company in 1998 as one of South Africa's first e-commerce ventures, Yaron has grown DSG into a 600+ person group serving 60+ enterprise brands across Africa, the Middle East and the UK, with clients including Nando's, KFC, DStv, Coca-Cola and Unilever. He built and launched one of the world's first mobile commerce transactions in 2000, served as ICT strategist for the Nelson Mandela Foundation, and designed the 46664 global HIV/AIDS awareness campaign technology. A 3-time cancer survivor who chose to heal through lifestyle transformation rather than chemotherapy, Yaron also founded Chilled, a plant-based wellness and lifestyle brand born from his own recovery journey. He holds a degree in Economics from the University of the Witwatersrand.Links mentioned in this episode:DSG: www.dsg.co.zaChilled: chilled.mobiText Me Your Thoughts and IdeasSupport the showBrought to you by Angela Shurina  Certified Health, Sleep, Performance & Executive Coach 360 with 18 years of experience helping people change to feel, be and do their best.

Iniziamo la nostra rassegna di attualità parlando dell'improvviso aumento degli arrivi di migranti a Ceuta, la piccola enclave spagnola sulla costa nordafricana. I recenti avvenimenti stanno mettendo a dura prova la politica di accoglienza della Spagna. Successivamente, parleremo del fallito tentativo della FIFA di vendere quote dei Mondiali e di altri tornei a investitori privati. La nostra rubrica dedicata alla scienza e alla tecnologia sarà incentrata sulla regolamentazione dello sviluppo dell'intelligenza artificiale. A quanto pare, Stati Uniti e Cina stanno seguendo percorsi diversi. E infine, parleremo di una straordinaria scoperta storica che getta nuova luce sulle origini di una delle bevande più famose al mondo: la Coca-Cola.   La seconda parte di questa puntata è dedicata alla lingua e alla cultura italiana. L'argomento grammaticale di oggi è The Absolute Superlatives, che approfondiremo partendo dalla notizia della decisione del Comune di Palermo di avviare la graduale sostituzione delle carrozze trainate da cavalli: una svolta che punta a rafforzare la tutela del benessere animale, ma che solleva interrogativi sul futuro dei vetturini. Nel finale, poi, daremo spazio all''espressione idiomatica del giorno: Andare/Mandare in Visibilio. La ritroveremo protagonista del dibattito sulle cosiddette "nonne della pasta", le signore che dietro le vetrine dei ristoranti preparano a mano la pasta, generando il dubbio se si tratti di arte autentica o di una messinscena per attirare i turisti. - I migranti mettono sotto pressione le risorse della Spagna e mettono alla prova la sua politica migratoria - Il piano di privatizzazione della FIFA fallisce - Stati Uniti e Cina stanno seguendo percorsi diversi nella regolamentazione dello sviluppo dell'Intelligenza Artificiale - L'Europa potrebbe essere, dopotutto, la culla della Coca-Cola? - Palermo dice addio alle carrozze a cavalli - Nonne della pasta in vetrina: tradizione vera o spettacolo?

Comenzaremos la discusión de la actualidad con la oleada de migrantes que llegó recientemente a Ceuta, un pequeño exclave costero español en el norte de África. Los acontecimientos recientes ponen a prueba las políticas aperturistas de España. A continuación, hablaremos del fracasado plan de la FIFA de vender participaciones en la Copa del Mundo y en otros torneos a inversores privados. La noticia de ciencia y tecnología trata sobre la regulación del desarrollo de la IA. Según parece, EE. UU. y China están siguiendo caminos diferentes. Y, para acabar, hablaremos de un notable descubrimiento histórico que arroja luz sobre los orígenes de una de las bebidas más famosas del mundo: la Coca-Cola. El resto del episodio de hoy lo dedicaremos a la lengua y la cultura españolas. La primera conversación incluirá ejemplos del tema de gramática de la semana, Imperative Mood - Part V (Irregulars). En esta conversación hablaremos de incendios forestales. En España, durante el verano de 2026 se quemaron muchas hectáreas de bosque. Las altas temperaturas debido al cambio climático contribuyen a propagar las llamas rápidamente. Pero el abandono del medio rural y la falta de limpieza en los montes contribuyen también a la rápida propagación de estos incendios. Y, en nuestra última conversación, aprenderemos a usar una nueva expresión española, Ser otro cantar. Hablaremos de los ocho nietos de Juan Carlos I, el rey emérito español, padre de Felipe VI. Algunos de estos nietos son muy discretos y salen poco en las revistas del corazón. Otros salen muy a menudo. De estos, los hay que llenan portadas por asistir a pasarelas de moda, eventos sociales y alfombras rojas. Pero hay algunos que también son conocidos por meterse en líos… Los migrantes saturan los recursos de España y ponen a prueba sus políticas migratorias A la FIFA le sale el tiro por la culata con su plan de privatización EE. UU. y China siguen caminos diferentes en la regulación del desarrollo de la IA ¿Podría la Coca-Cola haberse originado en Europa, después de todo? Incendios forestales en España Los nietos del rey emérito

Wir beginnen unsere Diskussion über aktuelle Ereignisse mit dem massiven Zustrom von Migranten nach Ceuta, einer kleinen spanischen Exklave an der nordafrikanischen Küste. Diese Entwicklungen stellen die Migrationspolitik Spaniens auf die Probe. Anschließend sprechen wir über die gescheiterten Pläne der FIFA, Anteile an der Fußball-Weltmeisterschaft und anderen FIFA-Turnieren an private Investoren zu verkaufen. Unser Thema aus Wissenschaft und Technik dreht sich um die Regulierung der Entwicklung von KI. Offenbar verfolgen die USA und China hier unterschiedliche Wege. Und zum Schluss sprechen wir über eine interessante historische Entdeckung, die neues Licht auf die Ursprünge eines der berühmtesten Getränke der Welt wirft: Coca-Cola. Der Rest des Programms ist der deutschen Sprache und Kultur gewidmet. Die heutige Grammatiklektion konzentriert sich auf Adverbs of Narration: Part 1. In jeder Region Deutschlands gibt es kulinarische Besonderheiten. Aber nicht alle haben eine so unterhaltsame Legende wie die schwäbischen Maultaschen. Ein Mönch soll in der Fastenzeit vor Ostern versucht haben, heimlich Fleisch in einem Teigmantel zu verstecken, damit es niemand bemerkte. Die Bayreuther Festspiele haben begonnen. In diesem Jahr feiern sie ihr 150-jähriges Jubiläum. 60.000 Besucher aus aller Welt können in die kleine bayerische Stadt kommen und dort bei Wagner-Musik ehrfürchtig die Ohren spitzen. Genau das ist auch die Redewendung dieser Woche: Die Ohren spitzen. Migranten überfordern Spaniens Ressourcen und stellen Migrationspolitik auf die Probe Der FIFA-Privatisierungsplan ist gescheitert KI-Regulierung: USA und China setzen auf unterschiedliche Strategien Könnte Coca-Cola seine Wurzeln in Europa haben? Schwäbische Maultaschen 150 Jahre Bayreuther Festspiele

This week on the 5 Bytes Podcast, Anthropic claims its AI models also managed to break out of isolated test environments and launch real-world attacks, while Google says AI helped it fix more than 1,000 Chrome security flaws across just two releases. We also look at DeepSeek continuing to drive down AI costs, OpenAI responding with major price cuts, Microsoft introducing internal AI token budgets, and Nutanix announcing layoffs. Plus, Coca-Cola confirms a data breach, Microsoft promises improvements to Windows 11 performance and quality, a new Print Management app is on the way, and we look at new data on ConfigMgr and Intune adoption. Reference Links: https://www.rorymon.com/blog/ai-gets-smarter-cheaper-and-harder-to-contain/

The best founders know that great products don't win on their own. Investor, entrepreneur, and longtime business journalist Darren Rovell joins Taste Radio to share the lessons he's learned backing breakout brands like Athletic Brewing, PopUp Bagels and Biena Snacks, building his own company, Kickstand Cocktails, and evaluating hundreds of startups every year.  He explains what separates investable founders from the rest, why adaptability beats stubbornness, and how emerging brands can carve out an advantage – even in the most competitive categories. Show notes: 0:20: Darren Rovell, Founder, Kickstand Cocktails & Tastemaker Capital  – Darren offers his perspective on the widespread adoption of testosterone therapy and GLP-1 drugs before diving into the investment philosophy behind Tastemaker Capital, explaining why he favors backing exceptional founders and differentiated products over rigid venture capital playbooks. He reflects on successful investments like Athletic Brewing and the consumer insights that led him to recognize the potential of non-alcoholic beer years before it entered the mainstream. Darren also discusses lessons learned from missed opportunities and the collapse of Foxtrot Market, emphasizing the importance of founder communication, adaptability, and conviction. He then shares his journey as the founder of Kickstand Cocktails, a premium line of spicy craft vodka sodas inspired by a disappointing bar experience, detailing how the brand has evolved through continuous iteration while staying true to its core promise of balanced, approachable spice. Along the way, he candidly discusses the challenges of building an alcohol brand within the three-tier distribution system, why supermarket distribution has been central to Kickstand's growth, and how he evaluates startups today—arguing that product quality and founder adaptability matter more than branding, while warning that AI-generated pitch decks make it harder than ever to separate substance from polish. Brands in this episode: Biena, BODYARMOR, Athletic Brewing, Saint Pauli Girl, O'Doul's, Guinness, Fisher Island Lemonade, Kickstand Cocktails, Cutwater Spirits, High Noon, Long Drink, On The Rocks, Surfside, Spikeade, Super Lyte, Gatorade, Powerade, Coca-Cola, PopUp Bagels

Today we discuss El Niño - the dramatic, periodic, shift in climate patterns, that depending on intensity and duration can have profound impacts on our world, economies, and the commodities sector. And as of right now, we are back in an El Niño and it is expected to be one of the strongest on records. What are the known impacts? And how might the state of the world today, with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz, exacerbate those impacts? And what could happen if we hit Super El Niño territory? Our guest is Michael Ferrari, head of research at Moby, an AI native investment platform targeted to retail investors. Michael has previously been on the show and has a stellar career at the center of data, analytics, insight, and building platforms to support that in various roles in such companies as Coca-Cola, Syngenta, Engine No. Point72, and latterly at AlphaGeo. For related content and to find out more about HC Group, a search firm dedicated to the energy & commodities sector, visit https://www.hcgroup.global

Everyone has experienced anxiety at one point in time. But as high-achieving individuals, we need tools to be able to get us out of anxiety and back into action. What you'll learn in this episode: Why you experience anxietyHow anxiety shows up in high-performing individualsRecommendations for managing anxietyTools you can use anywhere at anytime to manage your anxiety Mentioned on the showBox Breathing TechniqueMental Health ResourcesWorldwide Support HotlineU.S. Suicide Prevention Hotline 1-800-273-8255Mental Health & Suicide Resources National Institute of Mental Health (NIMH) on Suicide PreventionMental Health List of Educational ProgramsBefrienders Mental Health ResourceFinal Local SupportMental Health Center LocatorEarly Serious Mental Illness Treatment LocatorSubstance Use Treatment LocatorBehavioral Health Treatment Services Locator  Support the showJill Griffin, is a leadership strategist, executive coach, and host of The Career Refresh. She works with senior leaders to navigate complexity, strengthen teams, and lead with greater clarity and intention.With 20+ years of experience at companies like Coca-Cola, Microsoft, Hilton, and Martha Stewart, Jill brings a practical, real-world lens to leadership, decision-making, and career strategy. Visit GriffinMethod.com to learn more about working together:The Next Era Leader An 12-week cohort for women leaders ready to expand their capacity and lead through complexity with clarity and intentionExecutive Coaching & Leadership Advisory 1:1 strategic partnership for leaders navigating growth, transition, and what's nextConnect with Jill for Leadership Development for Organizations and Speaking & WorkshopsInstagram: @JillGriffinOffical

Daniel Suárez and Julia Piquet take over the podcast for a special episode of Bless Your 'Hardt. They're filling in for Amy and Dale while they're on vacation in Costa Rica. With Julia just six weeks away from her due date, the two talk about getting ready for their first baby. They discuss their 50-person baby shower, keeping the baby's gender a surprise, and the baby names they've had picked out for years. But don't get your hopes up... it's a secret. They also settle a few important debates, including exactly when Daniel should actually start cooking at the barbecue. Daniel and Julia look back at their relationship, from first meeting through Julia's brother Nelson in 2012 to dating, moving in together, getting engaged and eventually getting married. Plus, Daniel opens up about the emotional significance of winning the Coca-Cola 600 with his new team and what the victory meant to everyone involved. Then, they wrap things up with Ask Julia & Daniel. They answer questions about diaper duty, life away from racing, what they miss from home, who said “I love you” first, and what happens if Julia goes into labor on a race weekend. It's a candid look at life, racing and getting ready for a whole new chapter for the Suárez family. Check out Dirty Mo Media on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@DirtyMoMedia Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

P.M. Edition for July 28. The Washington, D.C. funeral for Lindsey Graham, who died earlier this month, drew current and formal officials and foreign leaders. President Trump gave a eulogy for the late senator, his one-time rival turned friend and adviser. Plus, the Trump administration is ending a subsidy program that helped hold down premiums for Medicare drug plans—a move that could make health care more expensive for some seniors. And the Fed's July meeting kicks off today, with a decision expected tomorrow. WSJ chief economics correspondent Nick Timiraos explains why this is one of the most unpredictable meetings in years. Alex Ossola hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A.M. Edition for July 28. Monday's slump in chip stocks spreads to Asian markets. Finance editor Alex Frangos says new concerns that China is catching up in the technological arms race come just as investors brace for updates on how much hyperscalers are spending on the AI buildout. Plus, as Volodymyr Zelensky returns to the White House, WSJ's Marcus Walker says the Ukrainian president is hoping to turn President Trump's fresh optimism about the war against Russia into a promise of more support. And Mercedes-Benz is the latest automaker to warn of headwinds in China, as the country's appetite for foreign cars continues to decline. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

A.M. Edition for July 27. President Trump calls off a major escalation of strikes against Iran, amid efforts to revive diplomacy with Tehran and a debate over America's declining munitions stockpiles. Plus, Nvidia is in talks to provide a roughly $250 billion financial backstop for OpenAI to lease a massive data center project in Ohio. And WSJ tech reporter Amrith Ramkumar explains how dual lobbying efforts from Apple and Micron are putting the Trump administration in the center of a fight over access to Chinese memory chips. Luke Vargas hosts. Sign up for the WSJ's free What's News newsletter. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

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