Podcasts about economics degree

GUEST 1 OVERVIEW: Keith Pitt is the Federal Member for Hinkler as a member of the Liberal National Party of Queensland. Educated at Kepnock State High School in Bundaberg, Keith undertook an electrical apprenticeship and was named Queensland Electrical Apprentice of the Year. He went on to complete a Bachelor degree in computer and electrical engineering at the Queensland University of Technology. Keith was a member of cabinet in the Morrison government as Minister for Resources and Water.   GUEST 2 OVERVIEW: Paul Vallejo is an aerospace engineer who spent more than a decade as a systems and avionics engineer at NASA, Johnson Space Center. Paul studied nuclear engineering as part of a Bachelor's degree at the University of Virginia. Paul has since completed further Masters degrees in Behavioural Sciences and Economics. He spent time teaching tertiary courses in macro and micro economics – including a stint teaching to prison inmates. Paul is an advocate of nuclear  energy and has shared his views publicly at several Australian energy forums in recent years. Paul fell in love with Australia while completing an Economics Degree at Sydney university in 2003. And he feels blessed to call Australia “home” since relocating (with his 2 children) in 2012.

To quote Ray Dalio, “Principles connect your values to your actions.” With that in mind, welcome to this insightful Investing Matters interview with Richard Stone, hugely talented former Chartered Accountant, Equity Analyst, Financial Controller, Finance Director, CEO, leader and now Chief Executive of the Association of Investment Companies, which he joined in September 2021. Prior to that, Richard was Chief Executive of Share plc (The Share Centre platform) from 2014 to 2020 and was Finance Director from 2006 to 2013. At Share plc he positioned the company to deliver exceptional customer service, including digital transformation, for both direct retail clients and other partner investment firms. Floating the business on London' Alternative Investment Market (AIM) in May 2008. Richard led Share Plc for seven years as Group CEO prior to the business being purchased by Interactive Investor in 2020. Many of you will be aware that as a subsidiary of Interactive Investor, that Share plc was purchased in May 2022 by the behemoth investment company Abrdn Plc. Having had an interest in stocks and shares since his teens. Richard's passion for numbers led to him pursuing and attaining a Philosophy, Politics and Economics Degree at York University. Following this he gained his “first proper job” with Ernst & Young (EY) as a Trainee Accountant. Richard excelled at EY and went on to win the coveted KPMG Peat Prize (The Peat Gold Medal & Prize) for the highest mark in his final Chartered Accountancy exams. Richard is qualified ICAEW Chartered Accountant. After some year auditing for EY, Richard got the opportunity in 1999 to move to London to work as a software and information technology equity analyst for the US-based Investment Bank, Robertson Stephens. Where he worked on numerous IPOs in London. He then moved to ECsoft Group Plc the Information Technology Consulting Service co, a dual listed Nasdaq firm as their Financial Controller. Following which he moved to Huntsworth Plc, becoming their first Financial Director, where as part of the team backed by 3i, worked diligently and rapidly over three years grew the company from 100 members of staff to 600. He then joined Gavin Oldham at the Share Centre (Share Plc). Richard has seen and worked across the US & UK Capital Markets from almost every angle during the past two decades, which makes for fantastic and insightful Investing Matters which will be informative for all. In this Investing Matters interview, Richard gives a brief overview of his roles and responsibilities at the Association of Investment Companies, AIC's fantastic team, Investment companies' growth, capital raising, dividends, reasons to be optimistic and much more. Topics and discussions also include: -Equity participation -Investment companies / Investment Trusts “Never get into stockbroking” -Studying economics / Big privatisations -Investment companies discounts to Net Asset Value, tightening cycle -Private Equity -Renewables / Infrastructure - Reasons to optimistic -The UK market “is pregnant with value” -Mergers, wind-ups, buybacks -The British ISA -Shareholder engagement -Investment companies cost disclosures -Stamp Duty -AIC's education & building awareness strategy -Structural benefits of investing in investment trusts -Dividend Heroes -A long-term savings plan -Long-term investment outperformance -Investing & much more We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Please subscribe to this podcast on your platform of choice and follow the @InvMattPodcast on Twitter.

Migena Agaraj is a Global Focused Connector, Business Matchmaker, Founder & CEO of Eagles MA LLC, a Consulting Firm focusing on Business Solutions. In addition she is an Investor, 10X Certified Business Advisor Mentor and Trainer, TV Host & Associate Producer of America's Real Deal, Inspirational Global Speaker, Best-Selling Author, Capital Raiser. I was born and raised in Fier, Albania and moved to New York City in 2003. I live with my parents and my brother. I graduated from Hunter College with an Economics Degree, double minored in Italian and History. Fluent in five languages. Twenty + years of combined experience in Customer Service, Hospitality, Recruiting, HR, Class A Commercial Office Space Real Estate, Business Development, Operations, Client Relations, Capital Raising. Today, I am the founder and CEO of Eagles MA LLC, a consulting company providing business and real estate solutions, a conduit and business matchmaker. A 3 time bestselling author, inspirational speaker, 10X business mentor, TV host and associate producer for the investment TV show~ America's Real Deal. I love to connect, collaborate and create friendships, partnerships & opportunities on a global scale. I love to read, travel, play golf, host events, cook and enjoy being a guest on Podcasts. In addition I love hosting Red Carpet Events. To name a few, “ America's Real Deal Red Carpet Premiere”, “ Michael Blank's Deal Maker Event, ect”. I am also the host of ASKMIGENA SHOW, a podcast streaming on YouTube, LinkedIn, Facebook,Twitter, and Clubhouse. I am the creator of the Mentorship Program : “Migena's 21C's ~ The Art of Limited Connecting to Limitless Connections”

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic link up to talk about the big deal over Lori Harvey, Keke Palmer's restraining order against her ex, Dee-1's commentary over the state of hip hop, thoughts on the Republican Presidential candidates and more! Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: The Cool Kids- "Gr8Full feat. Joyce Wrice"

This week, Oz, Fluent and Euphonic link up to talk about the big deal over Lori Harvey, Keke Palmer's restraining order against her ex, Dee-1's commentary over the state of hip hop, thoughts on the Republican Presidential candidates and more! Plus, your listener letters and the Top 3 STFUs. Pour Up! Song of the Week: The Cool Kids- "Gr8Full feat. Joyce Wrice"

Regional economic/political unions are some of the most important organisations in our world today. We invite Fandi Achmad to discuss how unions like ASEAN, African Union, Mercosur, etc. can shape individual member states economically, politically, and socially. He is interviewed by marketing director Brandon Sambrano. Fandi Achmad is a DPhil candidate in International Development at Oriel College, University of Oxford. He has over ten years of work experience covering issues of international trade and digital trade policies, competition policy, and financial inclusion. He held various positions in the past, including in the Executive Office of the President of Indonesia, where he monitored the country's strategic issues on industrial and trade policies, and in the ASEAN Secretariat, where he ran regional programmes for the development of competition policy and law and served the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) Working Group on competition negotiations between 2013-2016. Fandi is currently a consultant for the St. Gallen Endowment for Prosperity Through Trade to monitor trade and commercial policy changes in ASEAN countries for the Global Trade Alert. He also recently engaged as a consultant for UNESCAP and OECD for a research project on digital trade regulatory restrictiveness in several Asian and African countries. Drawing from these experiences, his doctoral research seeks to investigate the channels on how digital trade affects digital technology diffusion in developing countries. He receives the Jardine Foundation Scholarship Award to sponsor his doctoral study. Fandi holds a Bachelor in Economics Degree from Gadjah Mada University, Indonesia, a Master of Public Policy from the University of Michigan, USA, and a Master of Advanced Studies in Economics from KU Leuven, Belgium. He was also awarded as a Young Leaders for Indonesia by McKinsey & Co. in 2010.

Welcome to this brand-new investing podcast from the London South East. My name is Peter Higgins, you can find me on Twitter @conkers3 and I will be your host for this series of Investing Matters podcasts. What can you expect from the Investing Matters podcasts? A great question. You will find long form interviews with noteworthy veterans and experts from the investment and fund management industry. During these interviews each interviewee will share and impart their knowledge, learning and insights on what aspects of Investing truly matters to them and what in their view should matter to investors. We hope this knowledge exchange benefits all and enables all those accessing and listening to these podcasts to achieve even greater investing success. With that in mind, welcome to episode thirty-four, hugely talented Andy Brough, the Head of the Pan-European Small and Midcap Team at Schroders as well as the Lead or co Fund Manager for several funds within that team. After his gaining Economics Degree at Manchester University, Andy started his career in accounting. Gained his qualification as a Chartered Accountant with Price Waterhouse, where he worked with numerous exceptional companies. Andy joined Schroders in June 1987 as an UK equity Fund Manager and in your own words, “started managing money in January 1989”. From November 1999 he managed the well-known Schroder UK Mid 250 Fund. With over 35 years of investment industry expertise, Andy rightfully holds an enviable and much respected reputation in the City. In this Investing Matters interview, Andy gives a brief overview of Schroders, the Pan-European Small and Midcap Team products, discusses being custodians of other people's money, the ability of spot things early, no substitute for hard work, numbers matter, property crash, avoid stocks of “hope”, the importance a rising fundamentals, always learning, triangle research process / methodology, the 3Ps, blending strategies, the Heineken index, emotionless selling strategy, buying strategy, Games Workshop, Frasers, ME Group, why culture of a firm is critical, looking for evolving businesses, his personal investing strategy, a 66 times return on investment and much more. We hope you enjoy this podcast, and we look forward to hearing your feedback. Please subscribe to this podcast on your platform of choice and follow the @InvMattPodcast on Twitter.

The mark of a truly good teacher is when their former students invite them as experts on their podcasts" - Plato [citation needed] The Simblified gang (minus Tony) taps into the expertise of Srikeit's former professor, Ashish Kulkarni to 'simblify' the world of economics.Ashish, an engineering dropout turned Econ PhD, talks to us about how economics principle  govern every micro aspect of our lives yet the way the subject is taught in India drives people away from it. We also discuss how movies and popular culture subtly point to the prevailing economic conditions of the time and delve into the indicators and implications of a potential upcoming recession.So please tune in to this absolute beauty of a double episode. You can follow Ashish and his musings on Econforeverybody.com We'd love to hear from you and even have you on the podcast! If you'd like to get in touch, say hello on our shiny new email ID, simblified.podcast@gmail.com. We promise to read and reply to every mail, even spam. Especially spam. Add one part news, one part bad jokes, one part Wikipedia research, one part cult references from spending too much time on the internet, one part Wodehouse quotes, and one part quality puns, and you get Simblified.A weekly podcast to help you appear smarter, to an audience that knows no less! Your four hosts - Chuck, Naren, Srikeit, and Tony attempt to deconstruct topics with humor (conditions apply). Fans of the show have described it as "fun conversations with relatable folks", "irreverent humor", "the funniest thing to come out of Malad West" and "if I give you a good review will you please let me go".Started in 2016 as a creative outlet, Simblified now has over 200 episodes, including some live ones, and some with guests who are much smarter than the hosts. Welcome to the world of Simblified!You can contact the hosts on:Chuck: twitter.com/chuck_gopal / instagram.com/chuckofalltradesNaren: twitter.com/shenoyn / instagram.com/shenoynvTony: twitter.com/notytony / instagram.com/notytonySrikeit: twitter.com/srikeitSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Publicly available statistics on career earnings show that an economics degree pays far more on the job market than degrees in other social sciences. But it's not clear that those higher salaries reveal the true returns to studying the dismal science.  In a paper in the American Economic Journal: Applied Economics, authors Zachary Bleemer and Aashish Mehta identify the causal effects of choosing one major over another by analyzing the outcomes of a policy at the University of California, Santa Cruz, that prevented students with low grades in introductory economics courses from declaring an economics major. They found that studying economics boosted annual early-career wages by $22,000 compared to students' second-choice majors—a return roughly as large as enrolling in college in the first place. Bleemer says that returns to a major can vary significantly from student to student and college to college. But the results highlight the importance of carefully evaluating information about career earnings when choosing a field of study. He recently spoke with Tyler Smith about the earnings premium of an economics degree and the downsides of major restriction policies at universities.

Whether you're a "numbers person" or not, whether you like math or not, this episode will teach you how important numbers are in a real estate business.

The elements of your business that will cause investors to continue investing with August Biniaz and Ronnie Gou.Follow us on Instagram, Facebook, and TwitterFor more educational content, visit our website at www.diaryofanapartmentinvestor.comInterested in investing with Four Oaks Capital?  First step is to schedule a call with us. This episode originally aired on March 14th ----August BiniazAugust Biniaz is a Real Estate Developer, Fund Manager, General Partner and a Real Estate Private Equity Thought Leader with 15 years of experience in real estate. He is the Co-founder of CPI Capital, where he acts as the CSO and COO working with operating partners across the US. August was instrumental in the closing of over $170 million of multifamily assets since inception. August has a passion for sharing his knowledge and helping others reach financial freedom. August enables investor partners to earn substantial returns by investing in multifamily properties in the hottest US markets. He educates his investor partners about Real Estate Private Equity through the CPI Academy platform, YouTube Show, Webinars, MeetUp Groups, Real Estate Weekly LinkedIn Newsletter and one on one coaching. ----Ronnie GouRonnie is a Managing Partner at Vertical Street Ventures, joining Co-Founders Jenny Gou and Steven Louie after their successful launch of the company. Ronnie focuses on marketing the opportunities VSV creates for passive investors and leads Investor Relations with a focus on capital raising. Ronnie brings 15 years of Market Strategy and Operations background from Procter & Gamble to the team, previously serving as a National Sales Senior Director. He has been directly responsible for running sales and operations for Charmin, Bounty, and Puffs, some of the largest brands in P&G's US portfolio and has personally negotiated deals with some of the world's largest retailers, including Walmart, Target, and Amazon. Ronnie's experience in delivering consistent, stable growth for P&G will be critical as he implements the same focus and expectations for Vertical Street Venture's passive investors. Ronnie has an Economics Degree from UC Irvine and holds an MBA from the University of Minnesota. He is married to Jenny, has two kids and resides in Southern California.----Your host, Brian Briscoe, is a co-founder and principal in the real estate investing firm Four Oaks Capital.  He and his team currently have 629 units worth $36 million in assets under management and are continuing to grow.  He will retire as a Lieutenant Colonel in the United States Marine Corps in 2021. Learn more about him and the Four Oaks team at www.fouroakscapital.com  or contact him at brianbriscoe@fouroakscapital.com - be sure to let him know where you found him.Connect with him on LinkedIn or Facebook.vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv> Check out our multifamily investing community!> The Tribe of Titans> Get exclusive access to the Four Oaks Team!> Find it at https://www.thetribeoftitans.info^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^

Steve Kulakowsky - Core Urban, Hamilton's Mixed Use Innovator Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing is extremely proud to have had the opportunity to sit down and interview Steve Kulakowsky, co-owner of Core Urban Inc at his stunning rooftop office in Hamilton, Ontario. As always, we start the show with a legal perspective from Peter Cass on his experiences with Mixed Use assets. We then hear from Frank Taylor and Jared Shier on their thoughts on Steve's episode. Then to the big show, Steve and Frank discuss Steve's beginnings in investment real estate. Steve's start began with him obtaining his Economics Degree at McMaster University and then telling his Dad he wants to be a builder. His father then gave him excellent advice and told Steve he needed to learn from the ground up as a laborer if this was a profession he really wanted to pursue, and that is exactly what Steve did! This is a fascinating story about incredible hard work and dedication, starting with no building knowledge, having come from humble hardworking beginnings and then making Core Urban Inc one of the most recognized builders / owner / operators of mixed use / residential / retail and office space in Hamilton today, all accomplished within 20 years. Steve and Frank share a deep passion for older 100 to 150 plus year old heritage style buildings and knew each other way back when and have a mutual respect for the desire to make old, new again! If you want to know if it's possible to go from humble beginnings to owning a massive investment real estate portfolio, this is a podcast worth listening to. So grab your pencil and paper, check out the amazing buildings that Core Urban owns and operate in advance of listening and then, enjoy all that Steve has to share. Success doesn't happen by chance, good things happen to good people who want to make a difference in the world and Steve Kulakowsky and his fabulous partners and the Core Urban Team are those people.  We hope you all enjoy this podcast and please remember to Follow, Like and share with other like minded people. Always remember, “if you don't ask, you don't get” so please feel free to call Frank to help you succeed in all things real estate.   #franktaylorconsulting #letsbefrankpodcast #letsbefrankaboutrealestateinvestingpodcast #franktaylor #franktaylorrealestate #realestateconsulting #hamilton #realestateinvestments #canada #torontorealestatepodcast #canadaininvestmentrealestate #petercass #petercasslawyer #cassandbishop #realestatelawyer #jaredshier #jaredshierpodcastcohost #franktaylorpodcasthost #toddmiller #toddmillerpodcastexperts #coreurbanrealestate #mixeduserealestate #stevekulakowsky #tiffanybyl #eyoelsamuel #korayerkaya #mixeduseinvestements #coreurbaninc #hamiltoninvestmentproperties #historicalrestorationexpert  *Note - Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing is an opinion based broadcast without warranty or liability provided. When seeking professional advice about specific matters contact Frank Taylor directly via FTC Frank Taylor Consulting which is a professional expert consulting firm. Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/franktaylorconsulting/ https://www.instagram.com/letsbefrankaboutrealestate/ https://www.instagram.com/frank.taylor.consulting/ https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.byl/ https://www.instagram.com/iamtoddmiller/ https://www.instagram.com/jaredshier93/ https://www.instagram.com/investwitheyoel/ https://www.instagram.com/pursuitsofnancy/ https://www.instagram.com/korayerkaya/ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-taylor-consulting/ Websites  https://www.franktaylorconsulting.ca  https://linktr.ee/franktaylorconsulting  https://www.cassandbishop.ca https://podcastexperts.ca/  

Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing is extremely proud to have Justin Taylor (who is unrelated) COO of GreenRock Property Management and GreenRock Property Advisors as our second guest. As always, we start the show with a legal perspective from Peter Cass on his experiences and the importance of good management of assets. We then hear from Frank Taylor and Jared Shier on their thoughts on Justin's fabulous episode. Then to the big show! Justin's career is fascinating as he speaks with Frank about the beginning of his career after graduating with an Economics Degree in the US and landing his first job in California with Canadian Developer Bramalea Limited. From there, Justin joined his father's business in England, Tudor Caterers Limited, who, at the time, acquired a castle that they were restoring into a boutique hotel / restaurant known today as Thornbury Castle in Bristol England. After building further assets in hospitality Justin oversaw the sale of the family firm, then traveled to Portugal to pursue investment related assets along the coastline and later moved his family back to Canada. Justin then landed a role at Greenwin which also managed ResREIT that, at the time, managed 12,000 residential units, known today as CapRIET. Justin eventually became Director of Operations at ResRIET. Once ResRIET was sold to CapRIET Justin went on to form a national startup storage company. Always wanting to be involved in high scale commercial towers since university, Justin had the incredible opportunity to become the General Manager of a trophy tower known as Scotia Plaza located in downtown Toronto. Justin then became Director of Commercial Real Estate for ScotiaBank where he oversaw and managed 6 million square ft of space throughout North and South America. Having known the Green family personally, while at Greenwin, Justin left ScotiaBank to become the COO of GreenRock Property Management / Advisors, a boutique family owned management firm that self manages a few thousand residential units and oversees approx 1 million sq ft of office space in Toronto.  In 2021 GreenRock was named by the Apartment Association of Canada as the #1 Property Management firm in Canada and further was awarded for their asset Postmedia Place for the 2020 BOMA Toronto CREST Award, an extremely proud moment for the entire GreenRock Team. Frank and Justin have a fantastic conversation packed with insights that we think you will truly enjoy. Welcome to Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing, we truly hope you enjoy the show.  If you enjoyed this podcast, we'd ask that you Like, Follow and most importantly share with like minded people and we'd love to know what you think about the show so please leave reviews on all your podcast providers. Always remember, “if you don't ask, you don't get” so if you have questions or need help with anything real estate investment related, reach out and give Frank a call 905 971 7070 #justintaylor #greenrock #greenrockproperty #greenrockpropertadvisors #scotiabank #resreit #greenwinpropertymanagement #greenwin #propertymanagement #franktaylorconsulting #letsbefrankaboutrealestateinvestingpodcast #franktaylor #franktaylorrealestate #realestatepodcast #realestateconsulting #torontoinvestmentrealestate #ontariorealestate #canadainrealestateinvestmentpodcast #petercass #petercasslawyer #jaredshier #jaredshiercohost  #franktaylorpodcasthost #toddmiller #podcastexperts #tiffanybyl #korayerkaya #eyoelsamuel #propertymanagementpodcast #realestateinvestmentpodcasttoronto  *Note - Let's be Frank about Real Estate Investing is an opinion based broadcast without warranty or liability provided. When seeking professional advice about specific matters contact Frank Taylor directly via FTC Frank Taylor Consulting which is a professional expert consulting firm. Instagram  https://www.instagram.com/franktaylorconsulting/ https://www.instagram.com/letsbefrankaboutrealestate/ https://www.instagram.com/frank.taylor.consulting/ https://www.instagram.com/tiffany.byl/ https://www.instagram.com/iamtoddmiller/ https://www.instagram.com/jaredshier93/ https://www.instagram.com/investwitheyoel/ https://www.instagram.com/pursuitsofnancy/ https://www.instagram.com/korayerkaya/ Linkedin https://www.linkedin.com/in/frank-taylor-consulting/ Websites  https://www.franktaylorconsulting.ca  https://linktr.ee/franktaylorconsulting  https://www.cassandbishop.ca https://podcastexperts.ca/

Welcome to episode 20! Today I welcome back Rick Kohut for a highly informative conversation - all about empowering you to take responsibility for and take back control of your health and well being - specifically regarding toxins and how to reduce and eliminate them. Rick's Fall Detox: Downloadable ebook - Detox Support Program - BONUS Toxic Load Checklist https://www.healthstreet.ca/fall-detox-program-3-weeks-of-health-freedom/ Mentioned in this episode - Clean tooth paste brands: Green Beaver Toothpaste: https://tinyurl.com/3763uwuu NewCo Natural Fluoride Free Toothpaste: https://tinyurl.com/uchk5ur Rick grew up in Mountain View County near Didsbury, Alberta. He's an entrepreneur, a farmer, a family man, a fisherman and most of all a free man. He has an Ag Diploma from Olds College and an Ag. Economics Degree from the University of Lethbridge. He spent a decade in the Agricultural Fertilizer and Chemical Industry before changing directions and converting his farm to organics. He was then inspired to enter the world of natural health after the medical system failed him and his family and began to study nutrition and other holistic modalities. Rick now spends much of his time teaching and practicing holistic farming methods, permaculture and sharing knowledge of health and wellness as a certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant specializing at the Health Street Wellness Center in Olds, Alberta. Rick is the founder of foodgenie.ca, which helps people find local food directly from farmers as to improve food security. He has written and published 11 cookbooks with a special focus on traditional foods and aims to help people take back control of their health and have less dependence on the pharmaceutical industrial complex. Connect with Rick Kohut: www.facebook.com/kohutrick/ www.foodgenie.ca www.healthstreet.ca Connect with me: tanya@tanyaverquin.ca instagram.com/pixelatedperspectivespodcast **The information given in this episode is for informational purposes only. It is not intended to be a substitute for professional medical advice.**

YOLO! Today I extremely humbled to have one of my all time heros join me on Episode 19 of Switch Your Sitch! Neil Perry who needs no introduction to those who have experienced culinary delights, not only in Australia but also aboard our iconic airline fleet, Qantas! Neil's name is synonoumous with fine food, customer centric experiences and who paved the road for Australia's hospitality standards in the late 1980's/ early 1990's till today. After flunking my HSC, I took on a hospitality traineeship at Mezza Luna, a chefs hatted restaurant in Sydney's Pots point (now know as The Butler)in the 90's. Neil Perry and his restaurant group Rockpool were leading the way in delivering the ultimate dining experience here in Sydney! I went on to complete an Economics Degree as Neil took over Australia and the world with his culinary delights. Neil and I chew the Wagyu on his journey, how he initially entered the hospitality arena, how the industry has evolved, why the alliance with Qantas,  what his last meal would be and how he has had to pivot his latest restaurants (Margaret)  opening as we went it to lockdown on its opening day! Join our Facebook Group to chat to Neil or other likeminded community members who are Switching their Sitch,  starting a small business or growing an Empire

On this week's episode - we have Ryen Williams - The Storyteller Ryen's dream has always been to direct and entertain. — and she is now making that dream a reality.She went from wanting to be an actress, then a stylist, then becoming an actual makeup artist, to travel and experience the world as a flight attendant. What a life - She actually wrote and produced a dramedy series all about her life as a NY creative trying to find her way -  Here We Go. Surprisingly, her Economics Degree (from Florida A&M University) opened um, zero doors in fashion and media, but I finally landed a part-time, temp job in the beauty industry.  As she grew from  Part-time turned into more robust full-time, she soon realized the barriers she would face in the industry.Being the only black woman on a team full of creatives. Experiencing stagnation in an industry where she didn't feel valued or heard. Despite these challenges, her determination and lack of opportunity led her to bust my a$$ and work my way into managing upwards of $10 million of revenue in campaign productions for some of the world's leading organizations like Refinery29, Glossier, Bombas, and L'Oreal. But, seeing brands using the same talent over and over again — when there are so many other individuals to be discovered — led her to do something about it. In an effort to change her narrative, she founded Under Her Empire. HER goal is to tell untold stories, create world-changing content, and amplify diverse voices — all while strengthening community She has been featured on Facebook Business and recognized as an ‘Inclusivity Champ', ‘Dreamer Doer and Changemaker', and ‘Magnetic Collaborator'. She currently resides in Brooklyn (the most beautiful borough of NYC). When she is not working (which is rare these days), you can find her either traveling the world, basking in the sunlight and enjoying nature or taking strolls around her beautiful Brooklyn neighborhood, dreaming of which brownstone (with a garden in the backyard) will one day be a part of her Queendom. Please be sure to stay tapped into Destined to Disrupt. We drop weekly episodes about design, disruption, and diversity. Please follow us @destined2disrupt on Instagram, Facebook, and Twitter. Streaming on all platforms. Welcome to the Disruptors! Ryen Williams Under Her Umpire Instagram: @uhempire

Immigrant Entrepreneur: Eva Sadej Eva is originally from Poland and she immigrated with her family to the States when she was very young. Her parents had to downgrade and take lower paying jobs than what they were used to back home. As an immigrant, they had humble beginnings. Eva grew up and wanted to get to Harvard really, really bad.. so she did everything in her power to achieve a full ride scholarship to Harvard. After receiving her bachelor's in Economics she went out into the private sector where she worked for 4 years. During that time she saw her boyfriend launch a very successful startup and she had the urge to do the same thing. She saved $200,000+ during her time in the corporate world and gave everything she had to her brand new startup: Floss Bar. Floss Bar is a mobile dentistry service, providing high quality dental services to companies nationwide. Eva was featured in Forbes 30 Under 30 in Healthcare, Fox News, Business Insider, Yahoo! Finance, and many more news mediums. Eva is a young immigrant entrepreneur and shows proof that you don't need to be a dentist or a hygienist to start a company in that field. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/immigrantentrepreneurs/support

Welcome to Episode 2! In this episode Rick Kohut joins me to share his interesting journey into becoming an overall proponent to natural, wholistic living. How the concept that nature makes no mistakes applies to his approach to life. Key components which highlight the order and meaningfulness found within nature. Books mentioned in this episode: Nourishing Traditions: The Cookbook that Challenges Politically Correct Nutrition and the Diet Dictocrats https://tinyurl.com/bvwdjzza Nutrition and Physical Degeneration, by Westin A. Price https://tinyurl.com/y6erdev4 Rick grew up in Mountain View County near Didsbury, Alberta. He's an entrepreneur, a farmer, a family man, a fisherman and most of all a free man. He has an Ag Diploma from Olds College and an Ag. Economics Degree from the University of Lethbridge. He spent a decade in the Agricultural Fertilizer and Chemical Industry before changing directions and converting his farm to organics. He was then inspired to enter the world of natural health after the medical system failed him and his family and began to study nutrition and other holistic modalities. Rick now spends much of his time teaching and practicing holistic farming methods, permaculture and sharing knowledge of health and wellness as a certified Holistic Nutrition Consultant specializing at the Health Street Wellness Center in Olds, Alberta. Rick is the founder of foodgenie.ca, which helps people find local food directly from farmers as to improve food security. He has written and published 11 cookbooks with a special focus on traditional foods and aims to help people take back control of their health and have less dependence on the pharmaceutical industrial complex. Connect with Rick Kohut: https://www.facebook.com/kohutrick/ www.foodgenie.ca www.healthstreet.ca Contact me at: tanyaverquin.ca/

Aidan chats to Zac who is a player from england is on a soccer scholarship in the USA. Zac tells Aidan about how he juggles playing soccer with studying for his Economics Degree. As well as what it is like playing soccer in the USA

In this episode Cesar, one of the co-founders of Hustle to Passive, shares his story growing up and learning about hustling and business from his immigrant mother; his experiences applying those lessons to entrepreneurship; and lessons on moving from hustling to building passive income streams. Here's a little more about Cesar: - Born and raised in SoCal - USC Trojan - Engaged to be married - Bulldog Pawrent - Personal finance junkie Cesar is an operations manager for a real estate company in SoCal. He graduated from USC with an Economics Degree. In late 2019, he started to take my finances seriously. He took steps towards being debt free and accomplished it in mid 2020. This has allowed him to focus on increasing his net worth by investing. He created with around that time to try and document their personal finance journeys. They want to be able to be a resource and example for people looking to understand their finances and increase their net worth. Follow Cesar and Timias of Hustle to Passive on instagram: @hustletopassive @cesar_personalfinance @timiaswoods IMMIGRANT FINANCE™ We help immigrant families build generational wealth through financial education and group coaching on money management and investing, online business development, and community accountability and support. Join our Private Community Group "Building Wealth for Immigrant Families" and access a network of supportive, financial-oriented immigrant families as well as receive our complimentary trainings on finance and online business: https://www.facebook.com/groups/ImmigrantFinance Sign up to receive our weekly Friday newsletter with resources for immigrant families building wealth: https://immigrantfinance.com/newsletter

Damien Rocchi is CEO & Founder of Grand Circus, a Michigan-based coding bootcamp that has trained more than 2,000 students across the region. Damien is a native Australian who is passionate about tech-led economic development and the application of new approaches to education. In 2014, Damien was a recipient of the DBusiness “Champion of the New Economy” award for his contribution to Detroit's entrepreneurial community. Damien has regularly featured on Detroit's Techweek 100 and in 2018 was an Ernst & Young “Entrepreneur of the Year” regional award winner. Much of Damien's experience involves building and growing new businesses, and he has led several teams within some of Australia's largest consumer-focused companies. Prior to founding Grand Circus, Damien worked at Fairfax Business Media in Australia where he managed a group of digital businesses dealing in research & data, professional education, and digital news. In a former life, Damien also worked at McKinsey & Company where he guided business strategy in organizations across Australasia. Damien holds an MBA from Wharton Business School and an Economics Degree from Monash University in Australia. Learn more about Damien at: Twitter: https://twitter.com/damienrocchi?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/damien-rocchi-7bb761 Company Website: https://www.grandcircus.co/ Phoenix Performance Partners Website: https://www.phoenixperform.com/ Culture Eats Everything Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/culture-eats-everything/id1526731051 Culture Eats Everything Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1utf9dZh2PRQKxe6qg5I5M Tom Willis: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasawillis Checkout our book: https://www.phoenixperform.com/book #CultureEatsEverything ______________________ Download & Share!

It's important to speak to people who are having success exploiting other asymmetries. Many opportunities come when the world devolves into chaos. (Bill Ackman recently made gigantic money by buying insurance against corporate defaults related to COVID.) Sometimes there are opportunities when economies start to recover. Enter PHILIP READE. He is the Co-Manager of HELM INVESTMENT PARTNERS, an investment firm that focuses on emerging markets that collapsed and have developed a narrative for recovery. What made Philip's story interesting to me was not only his half Brazilian / half British geopolitical bent, but his application of recovery narratives into usable investment themes. Philip's Background Co-Manager the Partnership (Helm Investment Partners). Investor and board member of Cultura Inglesa Rio de Janeiro, one of Brazil’s leading English as a second language school networks, backed by 3G founder Jorge Paulo Lemann. For 7 years, until February 2016, Philip was a Partner, Co-Portfolio Manager and Co-Head of the Investment Team at Tarpon Investimentos, Brazil´s largest independent equities fund with over USD 3 billion (21.7% US$ net annual return, May/2002-April/2017). At Tarpon Philip served as: Chairman of the Board of Omega, Tarpon´s renewable energy platform / Chairman of the Board of Cremer, a publicly traded company and Brazil´s leader in the disposable health care sector / Chairman of the Board of Somos Educação, a publicly traded company and Brazil´s leader in the K12 educational market / Board Member of Tarpon Investimentos, the publicly traded GP / Board Member of Metalúrgica Gerdau, a publicly traded company and the largest long steel producer in the Americas and the second largest globally / Board member of Tempo Participações, a publicly traded company and Brazil´s leader in the Roadside and Home assistance businesses Prior to Tarpon, Philip was the Head of the Brazilian operations of a NY-based hedge fund, Marathon Asset Management, focused on private and public equities as well as structured credit. Prior to Marathon, Philip worked for Goldman Sachs in Sao Paulo, as part of the Investment Banking division, participating in over 20 M&A and capital market transactions in Financial Services, Real Estate, Telecom, Power Generation and Consumer. Before that, Philip founded and ran Brasilis Seafood, a company that financed seafood processing plants in Brazil and raised US$ 2 million in venture capital from one of Brazil’s larger institutional investors. Philip started his career at Brazilian Banco Garantia, founded by Brazilian entrepreneur and 3G founder Jorge Paulo Lemann and then at McKinsey & Co. He went to Sevenoaks School in England, holds an Economics Degree from the University of Sao Paulo (top ranked student in the history of the University, as of 1996 graduation, award for the best graduation thesis and class representative) and an MBA from Stanford. Helm Investment Partners Tell us about the firm and where did you see the opportunity? What does a typical EM manager do?  How do you differ? You look for Crisis conditions . . . what does a crisis look like to you?  How do you quantify "trouble"? When screening for good or bad governments, what do you look for?  What are the countries you are focused on? Ex. Argentina, Greece, et al . . . The Concept of Going from "horrible" to "bad" Process Down 50% "Country-wide"  What does this actually mean?  How do you account for currency?  If a currency devalues, how do you stay away from the trap that it will rarely recover? Looking for Narratives that Change Perception- what do those look like? Finding ways to invest in that narrative- what is the "bottoms-up approach" to finding companies?  Why do you focus on Utilities, Telco, Retail, Consumers, and Banks? Trying to avoid being too early - how do you prevent tactical "short term downward swings" from battering your longer term p...

Episode 12 – Thomas Fonua – Haus Of Kong & Chosen Family Thomas Fonua is a formidable teddy bear. A professional dancer from the age of 16 with an Economics Degree & a Masters in Leadership and proud Mumma at The Haus of Kong.   Thomas Fonua an artist of Pacific decent with an established career as a dancer, choreographer and emerging leader. Thomas has worked for companies such as Black Grace (NZ) , Australian Dance Theatre, Red Sky Performance(Canada) and has been touring internationally from the age of 16. Thomas' alterego Kween Kong, is the Reigning Dragnation Australia Winner. With a strong focus to inspire, challenge and nurture our community with his loved based leadership style. Thomas is the recipient of The (NZ) Prime Minster's Award for Arts and Creativity(2015), Out For Australia's Emerging Leader(2019) and has recently been nominated for the Dora Award For Outstanding Choreography in Canada. Kween kong https://www.instagram.com/kweenkongofficial/ Haus of Kong https://www.facebook.com/hausofkong The House with Peta-Anne Louth https://www.facebook.com/dasafehouse The House Podcast with Peta-Anne Louth https://www.buzzsprout.com/904999         SHOW NOTES Australain Dance Theatre https://adt.org.au/ Fa'afafine https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%27afafine Black Lives Matter https://blacklivesmatter.com/ Microaggression https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Microaggression Ball Room Culture https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ball_culture Voguing https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vogue_(dance) Talking Chief ( ‘orator' Chief known as Tulafale ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fa%CA%BBamatai Chosen Family https://fairygodboss.com/career-topics/chosen-family Jehovah's Witnesses https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jehovah%27s_Witnesses Stonewall Riots https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stonewall_riots Karangahape Road (commonly known as K' Road) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Karangahape_Road Black Grace Dance Company https://blackgrace.co.nz/ The Adventures of Priscilla, Queen of the Desert https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Adventures_of_Priscilla,_Queen_of_the_Desert Gender transitioning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gender_transitioning#:~:text=Gender%20transitioning%20is%20the%20process,be%20non%2Dbinary%20or%20genderqueer. Thomas Fonua – Full Biography Born and raised in New Zealand, Thomas is of Indigenous Samoan/Tongan descent. He started dancing at the age of seven and at 16 was offered a two-year apprenticeship with Black Grace Dance Company. This led to a full-time position, completing his formal training and later performing as a leading part of the ensemble touring numerous works through Europe, Asia, North America and Canada. In 2010, he was invited to The Banff Centre to take part as a dancer in the Indigenous Dance Residency. He was then invited back and given the opportunity to be a part of a pilot program designed for dancers with high leadership and choreographic ability called the ‘Merit Dancer Program'. Following the success of the program Thomas became a faculty member, assisting in mentoring, choreographing and dancing with professional dancers of Indigenous heritage from all over the world. Thomas has choreographed work for The Indigenous Dance Residencies productions Backbone and TRACE, The Banff Centre's Midsummer Gala and Red Sky Performance's inSIGNia. Thomas has worked for Red Sky Performance in Canada on productions Migration (2011) and inSIGNia (2013) and has been touring internationally since the age of 16. In 2014, Thomas joined Australian Dance Theatre (ADT) as a guest artist for the Indonesian tour of Be Your Self. Soon after, he joined the professional ensemble where he made his Adelaide debut in the return season of Proximity. In 2015, he performed in the Australian national tour of Be Your Self. He also founded the ‘Ia Manuia' initiative, focussing on the slogan – ‘Pay. It. Forward.' with the vision to give back to his Pacific community and create opportunities for young members. His work, MALAGA, was performed at the Q Theatre in Auckland, New Zealand as part of the TEMPO Dance Festival. Conceived, choreographed and directed by Thomas, the work features himself and the dancers of ADT. In 2016, Thomas performed in the world premiere season of Habitus at the Adelaide Festival as well as part one of The Beginning of Nature at WOMADelaide. Later that year, he performed in the Australian premiere season of Objekt and was a featured choreographer and dancer in ADT's return season of Ignition, where he presented an excerpt from MALAGA titled The Village. Following the season, he was nominated for the Critics Circle award for Best Emerging Artist in Choreography. In 2017, Thomas performed in Garry Stewart's Doppelganger, a piece featured as part of the exhibition at the Art Gallery of South Australia – Versus Rodin: bodies across space and time, followed by the Melbourne premiere season of Be Your Self and the Australian national tour of Be Your Self Redux. Later that year he performed in the premiere season of The Beginning of Nature in Colombia, South America. In 2018, Thomas performed in the Australian national tour of The Beginning of Nature and international tour throughout Germany, The Netherlands and Belgium. In 2019, Thomas performed The Beginning of Nature at the prestigious Joyce Theater in New York. Following the season, he took part in the development of a new work by Garry Stewart, Supernature as part of the Pillow Lab program in Jacob's Pillow, Massachusetts. Outside of ADT, Thomas competed and won DragNational Australia under his alter ego, Kween Kong. He also established the ‘Haus Of Kong', a small business designed to create windows of opportunities for the SA LGBTQIA+ communities. Kween Kong also made some very special appearances as part of the Adelaide Cabaret Festival, performing alongside Maggie Beer and Julia Zamero in The Liner Notes live show, The Blues Brothers. Kween Kong also made a guest appearance with Maude Davey in My Life In The Nude and performed with Hans (Matt Gilbertson) as part of The House Of Hans. He was also announced the Out For Australia's 30 under 30 leadership award, which recognises young leaders across the country who are demonstrating strong leadership capacity in their selected fields. Recently Thomas received support from the Scratch Festival at Griffin Theatre in Sydney to start development on his new work FAFA, a duo, physical-theatre work the examines gender in pacific culture and dissects patriarchy, gender roles and the ideology of the ‘two-spirited' people in world indigenous mythology

The Neeti offers Dharmic guidelines for individuals to conduct themselves wisely in a familial, social, organizational, and national setup. Rajaneeti is the Dharmic guidelines for an individual to adhere when in the position of leadership. Rajaneeti is also a Vedic approach to Politics. The objective of Rajaneeti, according to Bhartrihari is also to “… ensure people are persuaded, by all means possible, to understand and follow to Dharma.” When people fail to adhere to these Neetis - they often end up being abusive, corrupt, and dictatorial. This drives that specific society, organization and/or nation in a state of chaos. Recovering such organization from the depth of an abyss with minimal force and maximum intellect is the Vedic Art and Science of Kootaneeti. 

In the first episode of Hour of Humanity, Nick and Zach interview Todd Burrier. Please excuse the audio quality. We are working diligently to improve. About Todd Burrier Todd lives in New Bern, NC and has been married to Melanie for 31 years, and they have two adult children. He has an Economics Degree from Univ. Of MD at College Park and an MBA from Mt. St. Marys. He is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, trainer, and author. He has worked with organizations of all sizes across the United States and Europe over the past 30 years. He is the author of “3 Circles Living” and other books, audios, and personal and professional development programs. His training expertise includes interpersonal skills, productivity skills, management, sales, and leadership. He has an international nutritional supplement business, and a Training and Coaching Business. His mission is to help people achieve their richest life possible. You can find him at www.ToddBurrier.com Feel Free to include or not, any of the organizations below if necessary.   Organizations he has worked with include: Aerotek, BGE, Under Armour, Random House, MD. State Highway Administration, MD. Department of Housing, New Windsor State Bank, Performance Food Group, Otsuka Pharmaceuticals, Force-3 Communications, SECU, Tevis, H & S Bakery, Knorr Brakes, Northeast Foods, Enoch Pratt Library, Carroll County Chamber of Commerce, Lifeplus International, Flowserve, SHERM, Aracon, McDaniel College, Keller-Williams, Flatlands/Jessup Insurance Group.

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Colin and Gary interview two amazing Realtor/Investors,  Rock Thomas and Mark Loeffler   Rock Thomas is a Canadian real estate mogul, motivational speaker, Tony Robbins trainer, life-coach, and serial entrepreneur. He prides himself on his energetic and enthusiastic approach to inspiring people and helping them achieve a more meaningful life. From humble beginnings that started on a farm just off the Island of Montréal, Rock Thomas rose to the top to become a self-made millionaire. He then quickly realized that financial success is just a part of something bigger. Thus, he embarked on a quest for knowledge, from the best teachers on Earth. For years, Rock traveled the world to study with Deepak Chopra, Anthony Robbins, Jack Canfield, Robert Kyiosaki, and more. With over 34 business streams of revenue Rock's mission is to teach others how to become financially free and live an epic life on their terms.   Mark Loeffler is an experienced real estate sales representative, team leader and CEO of the Mark Loeffler Team with Keller Williams Signature Realty Brokerage. His hand selected team of realtors are all intent on securing the best possible deals for their clients, while sharing Mark's passion for excellent customer service. He and his team possess a wealth of knowledge thanks to decades of combined years of experience in the GTA and Hamilton regions. Buying his first investment property at 25 years of age, Mark has been a real estate investor for over 20 years with a current portfolio of more than 100 units. He has been featured in Canadian Real Estate Magazine and appeared on numerous TV and radio programs. He is the author of two bestsellers – Investing in Rent-to-Own Property - A Complete Guide for Canadian Real Estate Investors, Fix & Flip The Canadian How To Guide for Buying Renovating and Selling Property for Fast Profit. He has helped educate hundreds of investors in his own series of seminars to help them realize their dreams of property ownership. A graduate with an Economics Degree from the University of Western Ontario, Mark is a multiple award-winning realtor as the top individual agent for GCI in KW Canada in 2012 & 2013. In addition to heading up the Mark Loeffler Team, he is working with various other agents helping them grow their business as an Agent Coach with MAPS coaching.

Download In this episode, Joe interviews Jesse Gould, founder of Heroic Hearts Project, a non-profit doing psychedelic work with veterans. They discuss the difficulties veterans face finding healing from their PTSD in the current landscape. 3 Key Points: Heroic Hearts is a project geared toward raising funds and providing resources for veterans to receive healing through Ayahuasca and other psychedelics. Our current landscape of social media and government make it extremely difficult to receive donations and get veterans the help that they need. Heroic Hearts is trying to bridge the gap between PTSD and access to healing. Veterans tend to feel alone in their symptoms from their experiences, so creating community and an integration plan are both really important in the healing process. Support the show Patreon Leave us a review on iTunes Share us with your friends – favorite podcast, etc Join our Facebook group - Psychedelics Today group – Find the others and create community. Navigating Psychedelics Trip Journal                                                Integration Workbook             Show Notes About Jessie Founder of Heroic Hearts Project He found the healing potential of Ayahuasca after a week long retreat after struggling with severe anxiety after combat deployments with the army He was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and grew up in Florida Jesse graduated with an Economics Degree from Cornell Heroic Hearts Heroic Hearts is trying to be the voice of veterans in the psychedelic community There are very few options through the department of veteran affairs The organization helps raise money to provide opportunity for veterans to access treatment such as Ayahuasca retreats PTSD and Addiction affect the veteran community more than the general public Aligning the veteran voice with the psychedelic cause is a powerful force for change Integration is so important, both to understand what you're trying to achieve (beforehand) and stay on that path (afterward) Jessie says they work very hard to make sure vets are having true healing through their Ayahuasca experiences PTSD People have a common misconception around PTSD that there are these constant traumatic outbreaks, and although that can happen, there are so many people living their day to day lives and you'd never know they have PTSD but they still suffer from it PTSD doesn't always come from severely traumatic events like war, it can come from other things like childhood abuse or sexual assault SSRIs numb the pain but don't help with any actual healing Donations It's really hard to get donations Heroic Hearts provided financial scholarships so far to about 15 people They are doing a retreat in May for another 7 veterans The received a grant from Ubiome to study the effects of Ayahuasca on the gut microbiome There is a strong link between the stomach biome and mood They are coming up with do it yourself marketing campaigns to help individuals raise their own money, setting people up for success In a place where it's easier to get money, it's also harder to get money because so many people are creating personal fundraisers for their dog, etc. There are more and more large organizations helping smaller companies like Heroic Hearts with research Community Breathwork can be used as a helpful bridge between patients and their PTSD Veterans tend to trust veterans more They tend to feel alone so creating community among vets is really important Psychedelics and ceremony really help vets transition out of feeling alone Jesse says he plans on creating local meetups and groups for vets He tends to send vets on retreats with friends or other vets from the same community so when they return from their retreat they have a built-in community to come back to Heroic Hearts Project There is an application for vets There are many options to donate, all funds raised go right to the vets “Why is there no government funding going to the biggest breakthrough in PTSD research through the MAPS MDMA therapy? Not one cent of government money has gone to that.” - Jesse “Why are we having to send veterans to other countries to get the mental health that they deserve?” - Jesse Links Website About Jesse Gould Jesse founded Heroic Hearts Project after attending an Ayahuasca retreat in Iquitos, Peru on February 2017. During the week long retreat he instantly saw the healing potential of the drink and knew that it could be a powerful tool in healing the mental struggles of his fellow veterans. Jesse was born in Santa Fe, New Mexico and grew up in New Smyrna Beach, FL. In 2009 he graduated from Cornell University with a degree in Economics. After working in investment banking for a short time he enlisted in the Army and became an Airborne Ranger for four years and three combat deployments. Most recently, he worked in finance in Tampa, FL After struggling with severe anxiety for many years, he finally decided to go to an ayahuasca retreat which has had a profoundly positive effect on his anxiety and daily life.'I know what it is like to be at the mercy of uncontrollable elements in your own head. I also know the extreme relief of finally having these elements under control. Ayahuasca provided this. We have the ability to help thousands who are suffering but we let politics and ignorance get in the way. This is unacceptable. I started this foundation because the therapy works, I will risk what I have to ensure my fellow veterans get the treatment they deserve and a new chance at life.'

Arizona Hotshots quarterback Jack Heneghan joins Scott Soshnick, Michael Barr and Eben Novy-Williams to discuss a host of issues related to the business of sports, including the death of the Alliance of American Football, which ceased operations after only eight weeks of play. A Dartmouth college graduate with a degree in economics, Heneghan discusses the factors that played into the league's failing so quickly. He also touches on how the players reacted to the news and why, in his opinion, Vince McMahon's XFL has a better shot at success than the AAF, whose principle backer was Tom Dundon, also owner of the NHL's Carolina Hurricanes.  Hosts: Scott Soshnick, Michael Barr and Eben Novy-WilliamsProducer: Madena Parwana

In her 51st year Deezelmama, Birthed A Record Label Named Underfoot. Born out of her frustration that the fabulous music her Producer husband was creating wasn’t being released. Deanne recognised the artists were struggling to take their music to the next step, while working day jobs and playing nights, in an industry full of fads, bright new things, and everchanging approaches to how music is delivered and distributed.  Possessing a quick mind, unique skills, lots of available time, De as she is known by her friends, was up for a challenge. Marrying a musician in 1986, she ran away from the nine-to-five-world in the late 90's, parking her Economics Degree for the practicality of the family Removals business. Three decades of marriage, music, raising children & burying parents – plus another 20 years of various career incarnations, experiments and creative sidetracks gave De the diverse skills needed to own and manage the record label.  Getting a kick out of nurturing creativity, the times of performances, videos recordings and planning strategies, gives owning a record label the wow factor. You can learn more at the label’s website underfootrecords.com.au and about De also at her website  deezelmama.com.  During the podcast discussion occurred around four books that were very helpful for De, here are two of those: ‘Creating’ by Robert Fritz and ‘The 4-Hour Work Week’ by Tim Ferriss.   Believing people need creativity, consciousness and compassion – and music delivers on all three lifting people’s hearts and souls in the listening, is why De and her husband firmly believe that’s a very good use of their time.

Welcome to the 41st CONKERS’ CORNER recorded on 21st December 2016. In this interview I have the pleasure of speaking with Jan Skoyles @Skoylesy, a unique force in the Fintech, Blockchain sector and Gold commodity space. Jan is also a highly regarded consultant, blogger and serial entrepreneur. Jan is also the founder and a partner at Barlings Consulting in Dubai, as well as a Research Executive at Goldcore. Jan grew up in the Midlands in what she describes as a “typical middle class upbringing”. She explained that she was very lucky and her parents encouraged her to be anything she wanted to be, “whether that was a fairy godmother or an astronaut”. After successfully completing school, Jan went onto study for an Economics Degree at Aston University in Birmingham. Jan became very disenfranchised with her studies which she was undertaking during the time of the financial crisis. She felt that things did not add up with regards to views what of President Magabe did in Zimbabwe and that of what Ben Bernanke was doing with regards quantitative easing (QE). Whilst on her final year placement with BP, Jan became very ill and had to extend studies across a further two years. It was during this difficult time that she was introduced to Ned Naylor-Leyland, a well known figure in the world of gold and silver investing. As Jan was still undecided as to what topic to cover for her dissertation, Ned suggested she write her dissertation on “the return of gold and silver to the monetary system”. Jan did just that and graduated from Aston University in 2011 with a Degree in International Business and Economics. She describes her dissertation “as her golden ticket” as it grabbed the attention of a few gold companies. Straight from University, Jan joined the gold investment platform start-up: The Real Asset Co (TRAC), as a co-founder. Jan covered several roles including that of CEO during her tenure at TRAC. Whilst in her role as CEO, the TRAC team did a funding round and implemented a basic blockchain. TRAC were essentially one of the first to get involved in the blockchain space. This discussion provides a useful insight into the journey that Jan has taken, which so far has encompassed Fintech, Bitcoin, Blockchain and Gold. The topics we discussed include: Fintech is many different things; Fintech start-up opportunities; Dubai/Middle East Fintech Bitcoin/Blockchain innovation; First love being Gold; Working with The Real Asset Co, Coinsilium, Goldcore, Barlings Consulting; Where Jan holds her investments; Start-up valuations, the difference between RABBITS and UNICORNS; Our changing relationship with Banks/Financial organisations. Listen now to gain insights into how Jan Skoyles, traverses the Fintech, Bitcoin, Blockchain and Gold space. Learn why Jan states that one of her wisest investments is seizing opportunities and why one of her favourite quotes is “Never turn down an invitation to a cocktail party”. Learn from the lessons in her successful, insightful business/entreprenuerial and investing journey.

Nathan Braun graduated from the University of Wisconsin-Madison with an Economics Degree with a Math Emphasis. He is currently a Data Scientist at CoreLogic and runs a Fantasy Football Analytics website called Fantasy Math Fantasymath. Data Science is a blend of Math, Statistics, Computer Science, and Business and there are 3 types of data scientists: 1) Modeler: Predictive analytics and Machine Learning. 2) General Data Analyst: Describes the data and makes it visual for business analysis. 3) Data Engineer: Designs the injest engines for acquiring the data in large servers. Many data scientist pick up the programming aspect, and many programmers pick up the analytics aspect. Recommended book is “Principles” By Ray Dalio You can pick up a free audio book from Audible at www.stemonfirebook.com Free Audio Book from Audible