Podcasts about entrepreneurship initiative

Energy is fundamental to economic development. It propels manufacturing, transportation, and construction, and throughout history, it's been the driver of human prosperity. But as global population continues to increase, and countries develop, energy use could double by the end of this century—with much of that increase concentrated in the developing world.  Meeting that demand while ensuring we stay on track to reach a net- zero future is a massive challenge. It means leveraging both new innovations and scaling up the technologies that are already available. It also means increasing investment, as emerging markets and developing economies outside China account for only around 15% of clean energy spending.  Why is energy a critical enabler of development? What would it mean to electrify everything, and is that even possible? And what role will existing technologies like nuclear power play in a net-zero world? This week, a re-run of host Jason Bordoff's conversation with Eric Toone from July of this year where they discussed the challenges of increasing energy access in the developing world while rapidly cutting emissions.  Eric is the technical lead on the Investment Committee at Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Before joining Breakthrough in 2017, he was the vice provost and director of the Duke University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, and a professor of chemistry and biochemistry. From 2009 to 2012 he was detailed to the U.S. Department of Energy's Advanced Research Projects Agency, where he served as program director and deputy director for Technology.

Women's Business Centers are a hidden gem for aspiring entrepreneurs, offering invaluable support in the complex world of starting and growing a business. These centers, often overlooked, provide essential support for women looking to start and grow their own businesses. Claudia Viek, a trailblazer in the field and the Founder and Catalyst of the Invest in Women Entrepreneurship Initiative has long championed the importance of these centers. She underscores the vital role of access to capital—whether through loans, grants, or investors—in enabling women to launch and expand their ventures. As these centers continue to support and uplift women, they remain unsung heroes in the entrepreneurial landscape, quietly driving change and fostering success one business at a time.   Engage with us: LinkedIn, Instagram & Facebook: @PasadenaCityCollegeEWD Join our newsletter for more on this topic: ewdpulse.com Visit: PCC EWD website   More from Claudia Viek:  LinkedIn: @claudiaviek   More from Invest in Women Initiative:  Visit https://www.investinwomeninitiative.org/   Partner with us! Contact our host Salvatrice Cummo directly: scummo@pasadena.edu Want to be a guest on the show? Click HERE to inquire about booking    Find the transcript of this episode here  

The mission of the Urban Entrepreneurship Initiative is to empower urban entrepreneurs to provide sustainable, scalable, business-oriented solutions that address the needs of urban communities. Not only by supporting entrepreneurs engaged in startup ventures but also to entrepreneurial-minded professionals who work in established businesses, community service and government as well. Check out the programs at urbanei.org to learn more

Energy is central to economic development, and access to energy is intrinsically linked to prosperity. As standards of living improve, energy use could double by the end of the century with a majority of this growth occurring in the developing world. Meeting this demand with zero-carbon, affordable energy is a herculean task.  Powering economic growth with zero and low-carbon energy resources will require both the development of new technologies and the rapid deployment of existing technologies. But reinventing the global energy mix continues to be extremely challenging, and there are open questions regarding the affordability and feasibility of new technologies.  Why is energy so important for development? And where are the opportunities for innovation in the energy transition?  This week host Jason Bordoff talks with Eric Toone about the intersection of energy and economic development, and the challenge of increasing energy access in the developing world while rapidly cutting emissions. Eric is the technical lead on the Investment Committee at Breakthrough Energy Ventures. Before joining Breakthrough in 2017, he was the vice provost and director of the Duke University Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, and a professor of chemistry and biochemistry at Duke.

The SLEI program is open to Latino owned businesses that are generating $1million in annual sales and provides the tools to scale up operations. There are three pillars of the program, research, scaling and ecosystem. Dr. Porras has over 50 years of experience with the Stanford Graduate School of Business. He is also the co-author of the best seller, "Built to Last". --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/james-herlihy/message

The guest this episode is Laura Huang, Professor of Management and Organizational Dynamics, Distinguished Professor, and Faculty Director of the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative at Northeastern University. Getting funding is one of the most important goals for a new organization, but funding decisions are not always driven by objective measures. In this episode, we talk about how subtle individual differences can lead to inequities in new venture funding.  In a recent paper in AMJ, Laura and her co-authors investigate how gender differences in communication impact investor perceptions during the "pitch meeting".  We discuss the takeaways from this study and the larger role that academics should play in trying to develop solutions. Finally, Laura also shares some great insights about how everyone can turn their adversity into an EDGE.

Laine Clark serves as the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Manager for The Good Food Institute (GFI), helping emerging companies in the alternative proteins sector as they launch and scale. In addition to founding her own company that she exited through acquisition in 2016, she has worked with numerous startups for more than 20 years. Since 2017, she has been an Entrepreneur in Residence for Georgetown University's Entrepreneurship Initiative at the McDonough School of Business. Additionally, she has served as an entrepreneurship mentor for George Washington University's Office of Innovation and Entrepreneurship, including engagements with the NSF I-Corps Program and the Korean Innovation Center. Laine holds a BA in Communications from Wake Forest University. --- https://www.linkedin.com/in/lauragclark/ https://gfi.org --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thinkfuture/support

In this episode, Rob is joined by the dynamic Leslie Feinzaig, Founder and Managing Director of Graham & Walker, a $10m Venture Capital fund and community. Leslie's mission, which began in her Seattle basement, is to reshape the Nasdaq by investing in tech companies founded and led by women or women led/mixed gender teams. She proudly states that her measure of future success, will be " whether there are more women led companies at the future College Job Recruiting fairs of her now young daughters." In 2017 she started a Facebook group for women CEOs of tech companies, which quickly grew to become the most prominent network for women-founded startups and aligned investors in America. In the years since, her company has connected thousands of women founders with hundreds of VC firms across the US and she has launched this new VC fund! Born and raised in Costa Rica, of Polish and Jewish descent, Leslie's life story is a testament to the value of multi-culturalism. Leslie moved to the US to attend Harvard Business School, after completing her undergraduate studies at the London School of Economics. She has since been named one of Forbes Most Powerful Women from Central America, the Puget Sound Business Journal 40 Under 40, and Seattle Magazine's Most Influential People. Leslie serves on the Boards of the Harvard Business School Equity and Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Washington Technology Industry Association and the Girl Scouts of Western Washington. She is also a contributing writer for Fast Company, TechCrunch and Entrepreneur and Fortune Magazine. Feel free to follow and engage with Leslie here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/LeslieFeinzaig?s=20&t=-DyFpHjfhJy9PAnLRA8T_g LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/lesliefeinzaig Website: https://grahamwalker.com We're so grateful to you, our growing audience of entrepreneurs, investors, builders, influencers and those interested in the entrepreneurial economies of Latin America and the under-represented entrepreneurial communities in the USA! Plug in, relax and enjoy some Spanish, English and a fun dose of spanglish as always. We're here to help inspire, educate and empower you, so that you can build the future! ¡Salud y gracias!, Mentors Today's Team --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mentorstoday/message

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On Episode 29 of The Innovators Podcast, we talked with Kevin Kimle, Rastetter Chair of Agricultural Entrepreneurship at Iowa State University, Director of the Agricultural Entrepreneurship Initiative, and Teaching Professor in the Department of Economics. We talked about his past projects, Ag startup engine success, and his work as a professor. We really enjoyed this episode and we hope you do too!

When it comes to federal investment in research and development, failures like Solyndra are held up as evidence of wasteful government spending while success stories go largely unnoticed. But what kind of returns do we see on investments in scientific research by government? And should government funding emphasize basic or more practical, applied research? To answer those questions and more, I'm joined today by Benjamin F. Jones. Ben is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Northwestern University as well as the faculty director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. This summer he authored "https://www.kellogg.northwestern.edu/faculty/jones-ben/htm/Science%20and%20Innovation%20_%20Underfueled%20Engine%20of%20Prosperity.pdf (Science and Innovation: The Under-Fueled Engine of Prosperity)."

When it comes to federal investment in research and development, failures like Solyndra are held up as evidence of wasteful government spending while success stories go largely unnoticed. But what kind of returns do we see on investments in scientific research by government? And should government funding emphasize basic or more practical, applied research? To answer those questions and more, I’m joined today by Benjamin F. Jones. Ben is a professor of Entrepreneurship and Strategy at Northwestern University as well as the faculty director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. This summer he authored “Science and Innovation: The Under-Fueled Engine of Prosperity.”

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In this episode of the Voices from DARPA podcast, listeners will learn about an emerging component of DARPA's institutional culture for delivering technologies that strengthen the nation and redefine what is possible. Called the Embedded Entrepreneurship Initiative (EEI), this effort is designed to help creative scientists and engineers usher their new high-technology visions all of the way to real in-field, hold-in-your-hand, useful-in-the-world technologies. The mission of EEI, now entering its second year following a pilot phase, is to provide early-stage technology-development teams with veteran innovators who bring with them the proven business savvy it takes to make it through the proverbial Valley of Death. That's when anything from insufficient funding, missed deadlines, unexpected supply-chain issues, intellectual property disputes, market fluctuations, a federal policy change, or any number of other hazards can kill off even the best of technology ideas. Listeners will hear from Kacy Gerst, DARPA's Chief of Commercial Strategy; Scott Cunningham, a Senior Commercialization Advisor with In-Q-Tel-Emerge, a technology-acceleration organization that is partnering with DARPA to make EEI work; and Jeff Conroy, CEO of Embody, an emerging biotechnology company that credits EEI with accelerating its success in launching what is now its first FDA-approved biomedical technology for improving ligament and tendon repair, a common need for athletes and military personnel. Gerst is happy to note that EEI already is working with more than 50 entrepreneurial teams and she expects the initiative to ramp up over the next few years to a portfolio of 150 such teams. 

In a recent paper, Stanford professor Chuck Eesley and Notre Dame professor Yong Suk Lee observed that formal entrepreneurship education helped Stanford alumni founders raise more funding and scale more quickly than peers who received no formal entrepreneurship training. But entrepreneurship education didn't lead to a higher rate of startup creation itself. What should that finding mean for entrepreneurship educators? In this episodes, Eesley poses that question to three thought leaders devoted to training future innovators: Jon Fjeld of Duke's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, Hadiyah Mujhid of HBCUvc, and Elizabeth Brake of Venture for America. The conversations explore the many ways that entrepreneurship education can impact students and aspiring innovators — even if they never found a company themselves.

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Episode 204 is packed with gems about how to make SEL and RP something you can see. Claudine and Restore More does amazing work supporting Teachers, Student's and Parents. When I met Claudine it was during a Mastermind right when the pandemic started, we were all trying to figure out how to pivot and Restore More has led the way! Visit https://www.werestoremore.com/ for more about their company And don't forget to subscribe to our Channel! Time stamps: 1:10 - Edupreneur mastermind 3:55 - Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative 15k Pitch prize 12:17 - SEL isn't something you can see 15:10 - Making SEL tangible 16:55 - Punitive discipline vs restorative practices, 23:20 - Generation's like to hold on to power

Join Sal's Investment Syndicate List: Click to Join Bettina Hein is the founder of Pixability, one of the fastest-growing companies in Massachusetts. She was also co-founder of SVOX, a profitable Swiss startup sold to Nuance Communications for $125MM. This record may make her success seem easier to achieve than it was. Bettina Hein overcame numerous obstacles to justify the sobriquet “Fearless Founder”. Learn from her as I did. She is an exemplar of resilience, grace under fire and plain common sense. She also has much to teach us about how a startup might best raise money. Whenever I ask angel investors about a remarkable pivot by a founder, there's a good chance Bettina's name will come up. Don't miss this charming and instructive conversation with a star founder. Here are topics and quotes from the interview: Bettina Hein Bio How Bettina Hein Found Her Entrepreneurial Path in Life Bettina Hein Used to Write Computer Programs in Fourth Grade but Did Not Learn to Code in College; Why? Professors Discouraged Bettina Hein from Pursuing a Career in the Sciences “If I had to go back, I would probably get an undergraduate degree in either electrical engineering or computer science.” “I think I wanted to be an entrepreneur very early on. There's just that example that was set in my family. There's no one in my family that has had a nine to five job ever, except my brother…” Bettina Hein Founds an Entrepreneurship Initiative for Students at her University Called Start, that Leads her to Brains-to-Venture, Which Connects Her with Her co-founders in SVOX SVOX Has a $125 MM Exit to Nuance Communications Bettina Hein Starts Pixability – Looked for Co-founders But Could Not Find Any Willing Takers – How She made Being a Solo Founder Work Pixability's Storied Pivots “We help large brands and their agencies place their video advertising and optimize it on YouTube, and we've expanded to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.” How Pixability's Platform Impacts the Viewing Public “Consumers like it better, and brands get more out of it.” Sal Daher Reads an iTunes Review from HealthTech617 – Asks You to Leave a Review on iTunes Bettina Hein's Advice on Fundraising for a Startup Bettina Hein on How Things Change Once a Startup Gets Venture Funding Bettina Hein Thinks Founders Are Scared of Having a Board So They Miss out on a Lot “Many beginning entrepreneurs are scared of having a board. They fear the meddling in their business. They fear that people will force decisions on them, on the board. I have not seen that ever happen.” “For me, often times the exercise of preparing for a board meeting is almost more important than the board meeting itself because it allows me to really think through the narrative of the company.” Bettina Hein's Way of Balancing Work & Family Bettina Hein on Fundraising While Pregnant Bettina Hein on Marketing Technology's Crowded Landscape   Topics: discovering entrepreneurship, pivot, venture funding, boards, co-founders, raising money

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Cicley Gay. Cicley broke one of the biggest stereotypes. She is African American and was a single mom at age 16. While the system tried to categorize her as having capped potential, Cicley was smart, observant and curious.  One teacher and one paper flyer changed the trajectory of her life forever. Today, Cicley is the single mom to three accomplished sons, and she is a successful entrepreneur. Money tales are woven throughout her life's journey. Cicley is the founder and CEO of the social enterprise, The Amplifiers. Standing at the intersection of cause and communications, she leads communications strategies for philanthropists and nonprofits committed to social justice. Devoted to impacting the lives of the underserved, she spent nearly a decade at the Women's Sports Foundation as the founding director of GoGirlGo! and later as the National Director of Education and Alliances. There, Cicley lead a philanthropic effort to increase physical activity participation for young women throughout the nation. Cicley was also the National Program Director of the National CARES Mentoring Movement under the direct leadership of Susan L. Taylor, editor-in-chief emeritus of Essence magazine. In that role, Cicley built the grant allocations process and programmatic infrastructure of a multi-million dollar national mentoring initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Justice. She is a two-time graduate of AmeriCorps, a civil service effort of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Cicley was also the founding director of STAND (Students Take Action for New Directions), educating students on the impact of federal budget priorities on local communities. Cicley holds degrees in political science and communications and is a former recipient of the Catalyst Award from the Global Center for Social Change through Women's Leadership, a member of the inaugural class of WEI, the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative, was recognized as one of Georgia's 40 Under 40 in 2017 and as a recipient of the SPANX Red Backpack Fund grant in 2020. Her greatest accomplishment to-date is winning “Mom of the Year” as a stage, football and lacrosse mom to three sons. Learn more about Money Tale$ > Subscribe to the podcast Recent episodes See all episodes > Form CRS Form ADV Terms of Use Privacy Rights and Policies

In this episode of Money Tales, our guest is Cicley Gay. Cicley broke one of the biggest stereotypes. She is African American and was a single mom at age 16. While the system tried to categorize her as having capped potential, Cicley was smart, observant and curious.  One teacher and one paper flyer changed the trajectory of her life forever. Today, Cicley is the single mom to three accomplished sons, and she is a successful entrepreneur. Money tales are woven throughout her life's journey. Cicley is the founder and CEO of the social enterprise, The Amplifiers. Standing at the intersection of cause and communications, she leads communications strategies for philanthropists and nonprofits committed to social justice. Devoted to impacting the lives of the underserved, she spent nearly a decade at the Women's Sports Foundation as the founding director of GoGirlGo! and later as the National Director of Education and Alliances. There, Cicley lead a philanthropic effort to increase physical activity participation for young women throughout the nation. Cicley was also the National Program Director of the National CARES Mentoring Movement under the direct leadership of Susan L. Taylor, editor-in-chief emeritus of Essence magazine. In that role, Cicley built the grant allocations process and programmatic infrastructure of a multi-million dollar national mentoring initiative supported by the U.S. Department of Justice. She is a two-time graduate of AmeriCorps, a civil service effort of the Corporation for National and Community Service. Cicley was also the founding director of STAND (Students Take Action for New Directions), educating students on the impact of federal budget priorities on local communities. Cicley holds degrees in political science and communications and is a former recipient of the Catalyst Award from the Global Center for Social Change through Women's Leadership, a member of the inaugural class of WEI, the Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative, was recognized as one of Georgia's 40 Under 40 in 2017 and as a recipient of the SPANX Red Backpack Fund grant in 2020. Her greatest accomplishment to-date is winning “Mom of the Year” as a stage, football and lacrosse mom to three sons. See all episodes >

Mit über 70.000 Mitgliedern ist Enactus die größte studentische Entrepreneurship-Initiative der Welt. Ziel von Enactus ist es, soziale und ökologische Probleme mit unternehmerischem Ansatz zu lösen. Dafür gründet Enactus weltweit eigenständige, gemeinnützige Organisationen. Die Studierendeninitiative gibt es auch in Münster, sie ist einer der Community-Partner des REACH. Dieses Mal bei Christina Fiege zu Gast sind Jule Irps und Christian Gutowski. Die beiden erklären uns, wie das vielfältige Engagement von Enactus aussieht und welche Projekte sie aktuell in Münster und in der Welt betreuen. Die Mission: Zukunft nachhaltig gestalten. Dafür sind Jule und Christian mit viel Engagement und Teamgeist dabei, um die innovativen Projekte von Enactus voranzutreiben. Sie erklären uns, warum soziales Engagement und unternehmerisches Denken keinesfalls Gegensätze sein müssen! Uns haben die beiden mit ihrer Begeisterung für Social-Entrepreneurship auf jeden Fall angesteckt! Wenn auch ihr mehr über dieses spannende Thema erfahren wollt, dann hört rein in den Podcast! www.reach-euregio.de Kontakt REACH-Team: info@reach-euregio.de Enactus: https://www.enactus.de/muenster

This episode's guest is Monica Delores Hooks ’92, Executive Director of the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative. A conversation with a historical perspective, highlighting the leadership and policy initiatives coming from the City of Atlanta, and focusing on economic mobility for women. Interview by Dartmouth student Sydney Towle '22. Edited by Laura Hemlock. Music: Debussy Arabesque no 1. Composer: Claude Debussy

“Open Education” is a fascinating discussion about what Open Education means with Aria Chernick. Aria is Associate Professor of the Practice at the Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative and the Social Science Research Institute at Duke University. She is also co-founder and co-director of the Open Design Studio. Aria is one of the major proponents of applying open-source principles to the development of education in order to provide more equal access to high-quality education for all.

Als erster Gast nimmt Annika auf unserer gemütlichen Couch Platz. Sie arbeitet beim digitalHUB Aachen e.V. in der digitalCHURCH. Schon während ihres Studiums engagierte sie sich ehrenamtlich als HR-Managerin beim „enactus Aachen e.V.“ als Teil der größten studentischen Entrepreneurship Initiative der Welt. Wir sprechen über ihre Anfänge in Aachen, ihre Motivation, sich bereits in jungen Jahren sozial zu engagieren und natürlich auch über enactus. Wir erfahren, wie ihr Engagement sie als Mensch geprägt hat, was in Zukunft für sie ansteht und mit was man ihr an welchem Ort in Aachen eine Freude machen kann. Also lehnt euch zurück, hört die Folge und unterstützt lokale Projekte! Unserer Gast: Annika Büschgens ►LinkedIn: https://de.linkedin.com/in/annika-b%C3%BCschgens-1a0a98140 Mehr über Enactus Aachen e.V. und ihre Projekte findet ihr hier: ►Website: https://www.enactus.de/aachen/ ►Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/enactusaachen Euch GEFÄLLT was ihr hört? Dann sagt´s euren Freunden, damit die es ihren Freunden sagen! Wo? NA hier: ►https://www.instagram.com/podcast_sicheres_risiko ►https://www.facebook.com/sichersrisikoaachen ►https://www.anchor.fm/sichersrisiko IHR habt einen interessanten GAST für uns im Kopf, von dem JEDER hören sollte? Dann sag´s uns per Mail an ►hallo@sicheresrisiko.de Wir hören uns alle zwei Wochen überall wo´s Podcasts gibt!

We had the pleasure to sit down with Mrs.Cherietta Prince and learn about the new initiative where the CEP is partnering with Marion County to make available a number of strategic programs to assist businesses in dealing with the COVID-19 pandemic.

Chris Holman catches up with Anum Mughal, Manager of New Ventures, Lansing Economic Area Partnership (LEAP), which is being recognized as the Capital Area Michigan Works! MVP (Most Valuable Partner) for July 2020. Chris's topic to cover with Anum was One&All Inclusive Entrepreneurship Initiative Anum's key points: - Explanation of what inclusive entrepreneurship is and why it matters - Explanation of ALICE and why One&All focuses on this - Describe how the program works and timelines, mention partners and funders and where to go to apply - Solicit mentors Anum shared about new and better ways to do a lot of work, busy every day helping those who need LEAP's support SBDC capitol region and Piper and Gold, 2-month program of mentoring for entrepreneurs, $2500 grant after graduation from the program, lower barriers for starting new businesses, working with Fledge, and refugee center, market trying to reach, those not usually comfortable coming to LEAP, ... getting above the ALICE (Asset Limited, Income Constrained, Employed), threshold, partnerships with MEDC, working people who are still asset limited and income constrained, those making more than poverty but not household needs, inclusive group.

In this episode, Vince and I speak to Ricardo Garcia of the Veterans Entrepreneurship Initiative (VEI). We discuss what's it like to transition from Veteran to Entrepreneur, the VEI's current happenings, and the future, as well as leadership advice for the listening audience. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-leadership-void/support

Jessica Carson is guest on this episode of DC Entrepreneur where she talks about the complex wiring of start-up founders. Jessica is the Expert in Residence on Entrepreneur Mental Health and Wellbeing at Georgetown University, and is the author of “Wired This Way.” She’s also a former Director at NextGen Venture Partners. In this illuminating conversation, which happened back in April, she delves into her new book "Wired this Way" where she talks about the archetypes of creators and the unique mental health issues they face, such as burnout, substance abuse, and stress. "Wired This Way" is "a user’s manual for self-understanding, self-acceptance, and self-care as an entrepreneurial spirit." Support the show (https://www.patreon.com/georgeindc)

Only 1.7% of female founders will break $1 million in annual revenue. Kara Smith Brown, CEO of SmithBrown Marketing did just this in less than two years with an all-female team. SmithBrown is a full-service marketing firm specializing in B2B lead conversion, empowering business leaders to scale with proven marketing strategies and measured results through demand generation, strategy, social conversion, and execution. Brown had a robust corporate career before becoming an entrepreneur including startups, enterprise and being part of an IPO. In 2006, Brown was one of the first employees at Echo Global Logistics. Echo grew quickly in three years and her name is on the company’s 2009 IPO press release. Brown arrived in Atlanta in 2016 and started SmithBrown with no network. Less than two years later, she has a team of four full-time employees and a client list that includes Atlanta heavyweights. Brown’s personal goal is to empower professional women. She is a founding member of Close(Her), a networking group for women in sales. She is also on the board of the Entrepreneur Organization Accelerator program, a Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative company, and a Launchpad2X alumni. Founder365 is hosted by Steven Haggerty and shares 365 insights from 365 founders during 2020.

This week, on Inside the Skev, we sit down with Linda Darragh. Linda is the The Larry Levy Executive Director and Clinical Professor Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative at Northwestern University. She is leading a program that is partnering Northwestern with the City of Evanston to help local businesses navigate the pandemic. To help Evanston's small businesses weather this current crisis, local Kellogg alumni and students will provide pro bono consulting to Evanston business owners in high-demand areas, including digital marketing and social media, public relations, financial planning and analysis, and human resources management. The program can be found by clicking here. In this conversation we also speak about her background in entrepreneurship, the program at Northwestern and how businesses are adapting to the pandemic. Inside the Skev is a one stop shop for all things Skokie and Evanston hosted by Aaron Masliansky. Be the first to know about local events, new podcast episodes, real estate and the latest stories about the great people in these towns by going to http://www.skevanston.com. Sign up for the newsletter and reach out to Aaron Masliansky at aaron@skevanston.com with any questions or suggestions. Be sure to also follow Inside the Skev on Facebook, Instagram and Twitter for the latest updates.  

In Episode 53, I interview Monica Hooks, The Executive Director the City of #Atlanta Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative. Ms. Hooks is also the Founder & CEO of M_Oracle. In this episode, we discuss the issues that are impacting the growth and development of women @entrepreneurs, especially Black female entrepreneurs. Ms. Hooks provides strategic direction for the City of Atlanta's Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative where she develops, manages, and executes programs and initiatives that support the development and promotion of female entrepreneurship. She is responsible for key areas such as innovation policy, entrepreneur workforce programs, financial capacity building, and entrepreneur retention and development as it pertains to women's entrepreneurship throughout the City of Atlanta. In her past life, Ms. Hooks served as the Director of Marketing & Production Management for Columbia Records and is also the former Director Media Platform for All.com. All #Entrepreneurs will appreciate this episode!Like what you hear on the Guerrillapreneur Podcast? You may also like some of my other podcasts, include Career Coaching Xs and Os Podcast (Career Advice for Executives Seeing the Corner Office) and Gigging: Everything and the Sharing Economy Podcast (News and Predictions about the Sharing Economy). You can find Career Coaching Xs and Os on Spreaker at https://www.spreaker.com/show/careercoaching-xs-and-os. You can find Gigging on Spreaker at https://www.spreaker.com/show/gigging-everything-sharing-economy. Are you an artist/singer/songwriter? Want to feature your new song on my podcast FREE OF CHARGE, tweet me @guerillapreneur. Please support the show by contributing at www.patreon.com/guerrillapreneur. If you can't donate, please share, like, and comment on the show or your favorite episode. Join the tribe by subscribing and encourage other like minds to do the same. Remember, we only want "Mavericks!" Non-Mavericks don't have to go home, but they got to get up out of this podcast. Keep fighting, Guerrillapreneurs!!! Need help developing a business pitch for your startup or small business? Check out my online course "How To Develop A Winning Business Pitch" https://ceyero-consulting-eschool.thinkific.com/courses/how-to-develop-a-winning-business-pitch. The course is only $39.00. If you need more help than the course can offer, reach out to us at Ceyero Consulting (www.ceyreo.com)Guest InformationName: Monica HooksLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/monicahooks/Twitter: https://twitter.com/monicahooksCompany Website: M_Oracle - http://m-oracle.com/WE Website: http://www.weiatlanta.com/WE Facebook: http://www.facebook.com/atlantaweiWE twitter: http://www.twitter.com/atlantaweiWE Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/atlanta_wei

Originally posted on: https://www.myasbn.com/small-business/technology/the-4-pillars-of-the-invest-atlanta-womens-entrepreneurship-initiative/ On today’s show, we’re pleased to welcome Monica Hooks, the new Executive Director of the Invest Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative. Monica first became involved in the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative as a participant, when her boutique marketing firm, m-oracle graduated as part of the program’s inaugural class. As of October, she is now the Executive Director of WEI, and shares with ASBN what the initiative is all about. --------------------- Atlanta Small Business Network is your local source for business news, information, resources, best practices and event coverage. From start-up to success, we are your go-to resource for small businesses in Atlanta, Georgia. https://www.myasbn.com/ CONNECT WITH US! Contact us: Info@myasbn.com Subscribe: https://www.myasbn.com/subscribe/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/MyASBN Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/myasbn/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/MyASBN Category People & Blogs

Benjamin F. Jones is the Gordon and Llura Gund Family Professor of Entrepreneurship, a Professor of Strategy, and the faculty director of the Kellogg Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative. An economist by training, Professor Jones studies the sources of economic growth in advanced economies, with an emphasis innovation, entrepreneurship, and scientific progress. He also studies global economic development, including the roles of education, climate, and national leadership in explaining the wealth and poverty of nations. His research has appeared in journals such as Science, the Quarterly Journal of Economics and the American Economic Review, and has been profiled in media outlets such as the Wall Street Journal, the Economist, and The New Yorker.A former Rhodes Scholar, Professor Jones served in 2010-2011 as the senior economist for macroeconomics for the White House Council of Economic Advisers and earlier served in the U.S. Department of the Treasury. Professor Jones is a non-resident senior fellow of the Brookings Institution, a research associate of the National Bureau of Economic Research, and a life member of the Council on Foreign Relations.

Currently, Katherine is leading Redeemer City to City’s efforts to establish faith and work ministries to support church planting and city renewal activities around the globe. Focused on equipping leaders in all vocations, the Global Faith and Work Collaborative will come along side churches – both pastors and congregants - to further the economic, cultural and spiritual renewal of their cities.Katherine’s 25 years in the tech industry – in roles from researcher to organizational consultant to CEO – gave her a solid background in leadership and entrepreneurship. In 2002, Katherine led Redeemer in starting its Center for Faith & Work, creating ministries to equip, connect, and mobilize the Redeemer congregation to live out the gospel in every area of their work lives. This was done through Vocation Groups, Arts Ministries, an Entrepreneurship Initiative, the Gotham Fellowship, and numerous conferences, retreats, and classes.In 2013 she turned over leadership of CFW and spent 5 years consulting with other churches around the country, helping them start church-based faith and work ministries. From 2015-18, she and her husband re-located to Raleigh NC to create the New City Fellows program through a multi-church partnership for city engagement and renewal. Katherine currently is adjunct faculty at Regent College in Vancouver, a board member of the Carver Project and the Theology of Work project, and on the Advisory Board of Made to Flourish. She has served on boards of Fellowship of the Performing Arts, InterVarsity Christian Fellowship, and International Arts Movement. Katherine assisted Tim Keller in the writing of Every Good Endeavor.

Ayodeji Babatunde Ayodeji Babatunde is the Lead Business Strategist and Founder at OutliersHCD Consulting, a business advisory company. Ayodeji sits on the strategy and leadership team and drives strategies for businesses spanning through public and private enterprises. Ayodeji is currently the host for LinkedIn Local Lagos, a community of over a 100 professionals and business owners. She is on the strategy team that pushed with other young Nigerians for the Not Too Young To Run campaign for youth inclusion in governance and an active member of the Global Shapers Community Lagos (a World Economic Forum Initiative), and currently an ATLAS Corps Fellow contributing to disrupting social impact space. She is a Consultant for SheTrades Commonwealth programme which aims to increase economic growth and job creation in Commonwealth countries by increasing the participation of women-owned businesses in international trade. She is experienced at developing strategies for business performance and expansion, customer acquisition and structuring organizations. A published business expert featured in multiple media sites like BusinessDay, WOC, INaijaNow and many others. She has previously held positions at Etisalat Nigeria with experience in performance improvements, customer relationship, retention and engagement and bags a Business Degree in Bocconi University in Italy. Ayodeji has an insatiable passion to empower the youth in other to create a ripple effect that will reach a larger community, a way to give back to the society. Using her professional expertise with the Telecommunications Company, she provides business development services to micro and small businesses through Cerchy Community a circle of entrepreneurs across Nigeria which she aims to extend to the rest of Africa. In 2015, she received an Award of Excellence as Top 1% Nigerian Executive in the Telecommunication Industry during her over 5years of working in Etisalat. She currently sits on the board of Kravark Limited, a New Media and Tech startup, functioning as the business strategy adviser, working closely with the developers to design simple technology tools for businesses, freelancers and service providers across Africa. She is hugely involved in the conceptualization of the product, from idea stage to the development of its first MVP. She also provide business advisory services to the over 300 entrepreneurs that make up the core network that the product seeks to serve. Ayodeji is also a West Africa YALI Fellow for Entrepreneurship Initiative in Africa which was awarded to her for demonstrating track records of community engagement and volunteering in different social organizations. Ayodeji is a FATE Foundation Youth Mentor and a United Nations Volunteer. She is a partner founder of Ajuka Foundation which caters to empower young women entrepreneurs and the girl child, to provide opportunities for students from low income families. She is Pro Bono volunteer for Act4Accountability and FATE Foundation; providing business advisory to local NGOs helping them build sustainable systems into the organization’s operations. In 2016, she was a member of the youth delegation from Nigeria to Bénin République to celebrate the country’s 56th Anniversary. In collaboration with other HR professionals, She served as Project Manager and Team Coordinator for CareerPlus in 2017, a not-for-profit career development program for young professionals funded by Daystar Christian Center Lagos, Nigeria where she deployed seamless structure for sourcing and effectively working with partners like Teach for Nigeria, Jobberman, Uber, Careerdirect, JobMag, Stutern and Industry Experts facilitators for quarterly Mentor-Meet Career fair catering for over 1000 young professionals. She has demonstrated track records of community engagement while volunteering in different organizations, transferring her professional competencies to achieve objectives that promote development among youth. She holds a Bachelor’s degree in Biological Sciences. She birthed an initiative she founded called REAL Impact; which created an enterprise empowerment and career guidance scheme for secondary school students from low income families in Lagos, providing them with tools to create sustainable income to further their tertiary education. Website: outliershcd.com LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/ayodejibabatunde

Civic Dinners uses technology to bring diverse perspectives to the table over food and provide structured conversation to build empathy and trust. More about Jenn Jenn Graham is a community organizer, designer and civic tech entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Civic Dinners, bringing diverse voices together over food for conversations that matter. She is also the founder and CEO of Aha! Strategy, a social innovation design firm working with nonprofits and companies to design issue-based campaigns to drive social change. She combines her design-thinking background with her personal passion for community engagement to help communities build empathy, raise awareness, understanding, and collective action around critical issues from racial equity, to transit, affordable housing and more. Her work has been recognized by President Obama, and has received numerous awards for creative community engagement spanning from the American Planning Association to the Public Relations Society of America. Jenn is a 2019 Center for Civic Innovation Resident and City of Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative 2019 Entrepreneur. She is also a new mother and resides with her Kiwi husband in Atlanta, Georgia. More about Civic Dinners Civic Dinners is in the business of changing hearts and minds in order to create a more inclusive and sustainable world. The platform makes it easy for cities, regions, nonprofits, coalitions, companies and brands to design and scale community conversations on issues that matter. The power of breaking bread helps break down silos, build critical trust and accelerate systems change on critical issues. Over 1,000 Civic Dinners have taken place around the world from Atlanta to New Zealand. Anyone can host or attend, by signing up at civicdinners.com. Website: www.civicdinners.com Facebook: Civic Dinners Instagram: @civicdinners Twitter: @civicdinners Jenn's TEDx Talk - Finding Common Ground Over Food and Conversation

Civic Dinners uses technology to bring diverse perspectives to the table over food and provide structured conversation to build empathy and trust. More about Jenn Jenn Graham is a community organizer, designer and civic tech entrepreneur. She is the Founder and CEO of Civic Dinners, bringing diverse voices together over food for conversations that matter. She is also the founder and CEO of Aha! Strategy, a social innovation design firm working with nonprofits and companies to design issue-based campaigns to drive social change. She combines her design-thinking background with her personal passion for community engagement to help communities build empathy, raise awareness, understanding, and collective action around critical issues from racial equity, to transit, affordable housing and more. Her work has been recognized by President Obama, and has received numerous awards for creative community engagement spanning from the American Planning Association to the Public Relations Society of America. Jenn is a 2019 Center for Civic Innovation Resident and City of Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative 2019 Entrepreneur. She is also a new mother and resides with her Kiwi husband in Atlanta, Georgia. More about Civic Dinners Civic Dinners is in the business of changing hearts and minds in order to create a more inclusive and sustainable world. The platform makes it easy for cities, regions, nonprofits, coalitions, companies and brands to design and scale community conversations on issues that matter. The power of breaking bread helps break down silos, build critical trust and accelerate systems change on critical issues. Over 1,000 Civic Dinners have taken place around the world from Atlanta to New Zealand. Anyone can host or attend, by signing up at civicdinners.com. Website: www.civicdinners.com Facebook: Civic Dinners Instagram: @civicdinners Twitter: @civicdinners Jenn's TEDx Talk - Finding Common Ground Over Food and Conversation

We all know that entrepreneurship is not a magic solution in a context of mass unemployment, but through this initiative, we will alert students to the fact that employment is not their only option to participate in the economy. The primary objective of SEW2018 is to raise awareness of entrepreneurship in its different forms as an alternative to formal employment.--- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

“If you want to improve your communities, you improve conditions for women,” says Theia Smith, founding executive director of the City of Atlanta Women's Entrepreneurship Initiative, which provides office space, mentorship, educational resources and access to capital to start-up companies owned by women. The initiative, begun in May 2016, graduated its first class of entrepreneurs in 2017 and now hosts a new cohort of 15 women. Over fifteen months, they will work together in the Flatiron Building in downtown Atlanta, growing their businesses while they learn from one another and outside experts. “Isolation is the enemy of entrepreneurs,” notes Smith, who herself is a recent graduate of Leadership Atlanta, a nine-month executive-level training and development program. In this episode of Access & Opportunity, Carla Harris talks with Smith about the model that the Atlanta Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative has established for empowering women-owned businesses and how that model could be replicated in other cities. A key element of the Atlanta program is its diversity: the women in the incubator are as racially and socioeconomically diverse as the city where they live, and they range in age from their early 20s to late 50s. “We know the talent is equal,” says Smith. “It's the opportunities that are not.”The guest speakers are neither employees nor affiliated with Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC. (“Morgan Stanley”). The views and opinions expressed herein do not necessarily reflect those of Morgan Stanley. The information and figures contained herein has been obtained from sources outside of Morgan Stanley and Morgan Stanley makes no representations or guarantees as to the accuracy or completeness of information or data from sources outside of Morgan Stanley. Morgan Stanley is not responsible for the information or data contained in this podcast.This podcast does not provide individually tailored investment advice and is not a solicitation of any offer to buy or sell any security or other financial instrument or to participate in any trading strategy. It has been prepared without regard to the individual financial circumstances and objectives of persons who receive it.© 2018 Morgan Stanley & Co. LLC, Members SIPC.

In December 2009, Paul Tasner walked into a conference room and was let go from his position as the Senior Director of Operations of a San Francisco-based manufacturing firm. He was 64 years old. He met his wife Barbara and another couple for  dinner that evening and proceeded to get "silly drunk." He wasn't ready for retirement. So two years later, he started Pulpworks, a company that designs and manufactures biodegradable packaging replacing the toxic, disposable plastic packaging to which we've all become accustomed to. With his 2017 TED Talk, “How I Became an Entrepreneur at the Age of 66,” he's became a poster child (or perhaps "poster senior") of older entrepreneurs. The episode also includes interviews with Dr. Benjamin Jones, Professor of Strategy at Northwestern University who directs the Kellogg School's Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative and Barbara Walter, Paul's wife. DOWNLOAD EPISODE TRANSCRIPT

Next week marks the start of Global Entrepreneurship Week – seven days celebrated around the world, with events designed to recognize and encourage more people to think more seriously about starting companies and organizations. Across the state, universities will be holding a series of events – 12 of the 16 public universities in North Carolina have entrepreneurship centers that will be participating. At NC State, the Entrepreneurship Initiative will be holding a “shark tank”-like event. And they’ll be holding a special event called “Ladies Who Launch” to celebrate women entrepreneurs. Women are still a minority when it comes to starting companies, so acknowledging the problem and celebrating success matters a lot. This week, we talk with Emily Neville, an undergraduate political science major at NC State, AND co-founder of an enterprise called Reborn Clothing Co. She is so passionate about her company she talked to us in the middle of a cold, so be patient about her cough. Then listen for some really good insights on the kind of thinking you need to do to launch a new idea, or to do entrepreneurship in rural places. You’ll also learn about textile waste and slow fashion. And if you stick with it till the end, you may get an idea for the perfect holiday gift.

Bettina Hein is the founder of Pixability, one of the fastest-growing companies in Massachusetts. She was also co-founder of SVOX, a profitable Swiss startup sold to Nuance Communications for $125MM. This record may make her success seem easier to achieve than it was. Bettina Hein overcame numerous obstacles to justify the sobriquet “Fearless Founder”. Learn from her as I did. She is an exemplar of resilience, grace under fire and plain common sense. She also has much to teach us about how a startup might best raise money. Whenever I ask angel investors about a remarkable pivot by a founder, there’s a good chance Bettina’s name will come up. Don’t miss this charming and instructive conversation with a star founder. Here are topics and quotes from the interview: Bettina Hein Bio How Bettina Hein Found Her Entrepreneurial Path in Life Bettina Hein Used to Write Computer Programs in Fourth Grade but Did Not Learn to Code in College; Why? Professors Discouraged Bettina Hein from Pursuing a Career in the Sciences “If I had to go back, I would probably get an undergraduate degree in either electrical engineering or computer science.” “I think I wanted to be an entrepreneur very early on. There's just that example that was set in my family. There's no one in my family that has had a nine to five job ever, except my brother…” Bettina Hein Founds an Entrepreneurship Initiative for Students at her University Called Start, that Leads her to Brains-to-Venture, Which Connects Her with Her co-founders in SVOX SVOX Has a $125 MM Exit to Nuance Communications Bettina Hein Starts Pixability – Looked for Co-founders But Could Not Find Any Willing Takers – How She made Being a Solo Founder Work Pixability’s Storied Pivots “We help large brands and their agencies place their video advertising and optimize it on YouTube, and we've expanded to Facebook, Instagram, and Twitter.” How Pixability’s Platform Impacts the Viewing Public “Consumers like it better, and brands get more out of it.” Sal Daher Reads an iTunes Review from HealthTech617 – Asks You to Leave a Review on iTunes Bettina Hein’s Advice on Fundraising for a Startup Bettina Hein on How Things Change Once a Startup Gets Venture Funding Bettina Hein Thinks Founders Are Scared of Having a Board So They Miss out on a Lot “Many beginning entrepreneurs are scared of having a board. They fear the meddling in their business. They fear that people will force decisions on them, on the board. I have not seen that ever happen.” “For me, often times the exercise of preparing for a board meeting is almost more important than the board meeting itself because it allows me to really think through the narrative of the company.” Bettina Hein’s Way of Balancing Work & Family Bettina Hein on Fundraising While Pregnant Bettina Hein on Marketing Technology’s Crowded Landscape

“Seeing Your Margins” Everyone says they’re busy. The reality is that we spend our greatest resource, our time, on what matters to us. Those of us who listen to podcasts are the type where we can let margins erode. This is an important topic for all of us. Terry and three prominent leadership coaches talk about the working with margins in leadership, based on his book, The Self-Aware Leader. April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com. Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.   Show links You can still take our survey for two more weeks (and maybe win a prize!). Visit http://www.terrylinhart.com/37survey Check out Kyle Johnson’s new podcast for business owners, THE MIDDLE. If you want to have Michael speak at your event or church, or you want to have him help you develop and launch a killer podcast, you can connect with him at Truth Work Media.   THE SELF-AWARE LEADER MASTERMIND COACHING GROUP   Terry made a big announcement here first on 37 the Podcast: He is offering the opportunity for you to have a seat in the next The Self-Aware Leader Mastermind Coaching Group.   Terry will take a group of 6-10 people who want to engage with him in a high-level mastermind coaching group for a four month period. Terry has packed it full of the best leadership material and beneficial exercises that will give you greater self-awareness, confidence, clarity, and spiritual vitality.     The group will work through the material from The Self-Aware Leader and related sources. Each person will personally walk with Terry through six prominent personality and work profiles. Each month there will be worksheets that focus on time management, goal-setting, the cycle of executive leadership, and more. Each participant will engage in two video conference calls monthly with the group that will provide a rich community of like-minded leaders who will help you process Each person will have two private one-on-one coaching phone calls with Terry each month. A private Facebook group will support members of the mastermind gorup throughout the entire four-month period.   This mastermind coaching group costs what many coaching experiences cost for a single month. The low cost allows leaders of all types in all situations to easily afford it.   Applications are open now, so visit Terry’s website to learn more and then apply ASAP because it will fill up since he’s only taking 6-10 people in this group. The goal is to give each participant the personal attention that they need to take their leadership and work to a higher level of effectiveness.       Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links: Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter. Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space. Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.

 The Self-Aware Leader, a Roundtable Discussion, Part 7   “Seeing Your Conflicts”   Everyone faces conflict, but most of us don’t handle it well. This episode takes on this necessary topic and provides experience insight and helps to navigate these tricky times. Terry and three prominent leadership coaches talk about the dealing with conflict in leadership, based on his book, The Self-Aware Leader.   April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com.   Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com   After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.     Show links   You can still take our survey for two more weeks (and maybe win a prize!). Visit http://www.terrylinhart.com/37survey   Check out Kyle Johnson’s new podcast for business owners, THE MIDDLE.   If you want to have Michael speak at your event or church, or you want to have him help you develop and launch a killer podcast, you can connect with him at Truth Work Media.       Terry is making a big announcement here first on 37 the Podcast: He is offering you the opportunity to have a seat in The Self-Aware Leader Mastermind Coaching Group.     THE SELF-AWARE LEADER MASTERMIND COACHING GROUP   Terry made a big announcement here first on 37 the Podcast: He is offering the opportunity for you to have a seat in the next The Self-Aware Leader Mastermind Coaching Group.   Terry will take a group of 6-10 people who want to engage with him in a high-level mastermind coaching group for a four month period. Terry has packed it full of the best leadership material and beneficial exercises that will give you greater self-awareness, confidence, clarity, and spiritual vitality.    The group will work through the material from The Self-Aware Leader and related sources. Each person will personally walk with Terry through six prominent personality and work profiles. Each month there will be worksheets that focus on time management, goal-setting, the cycle of executive leadership, and more. Each participant will engage in two video conference calls monthly with the group that will provide a rich community of like-minded leaders who will help you process Each person will have two private one-on-one coaching phone calls with Terry each month. A private Facebook group will support members of the mastermind gorup throughout the entire four-month period.   This mastermind coaching group costs what many coaching experiences cost for a single month. The low cost allows leaders of all types in all situations to easily afford it.   Applications are open now, so visit Terry’s website to learn more and then apply ASAP because it will fill up since he’s only taking 6-10 people in this group. The goal is to give each participant the personal attention that they need to take their leadership and work to a higher level of effectiveness.      Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links:             Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter             Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com Connect with Michael on his website - MichaelYoder.me        Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter.       Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.       Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

“Seeing Your Pressures”   This episode tackles and under-discussed area of Christian leadership: Handling our emotions. Too often we discount the emotional element and to our detriment. Terry and three prominent leadership coaches talk about the emotional side of leadership, based on the book, The Self-Aware Leader.   April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com.   Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com   After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.     Show links   The Enneagram is an effective tool for leaders to learn about what motivates them.    The best-selling book, THE ROAD BACK TO YOU, is a super helpful tool when working through the Enneagram.   Visit The Self-Aware Leader home page for more resources.   Order your copy of The Self-Aware Leader today.   Contact InterVarsity to ask about special pricing bulk orders of The Self-Aware Leader.   Terry’s book, Teaching the Next Generations, is a 2017 finalist for Christian book of the year in the ministry resources category.      Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links:             Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter             Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com       Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter.       Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.       Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

“Seeing Your Emotions”   This episode tackles and under-discussed area of Christian leadership: Handling our emotions. Too often we discount the emotional element and to our detriment. Terry and three prominent leadership coaches talk about the emotional side of leadership, based on the book, The Self-Aware Leader.   April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com.   Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com   After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.     Show links   The Enneagram is an effective tool for leaders to learn about what motivates them.    The best-selling book, THE ROAD BACK TO YOU, is a super helpful tool when working through the Enneagram.   Visit The Self-Aware Leader home page for more resources.   Order your copy of The Self-Aware Leader today.   Contact InterVarsity to ask about special pricing bulk orders of The Self-Aware Leader.   Terry’s book, Teaching the Next Generations, is a 2017 finalist for Christian book of the year in the ministry resources category.      Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links:             Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter             Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com       Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter.       Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.       Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

“Seeing Your Temptations”   When we think of leaders needing to work on their blind spots, the big temptations are often where we first think. But, there are many nuances to what tempts leaders and Terry’s guests this week show their coaching experience by taking us deeper to look at what tempts us.   April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com.   Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com   After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.     Show links   The Enneagram is an effective tool for leaders to learn about what motivates them.    The best-selling book, THE ROAD BACK TO YOU, is a super helpful tool when working through the Enneagram.   Visit The Self-Aware Leader home page for more resources.   Order your copy of The Self-Aware Leader today.   Contact InterVarsity to ask about special pricing bulk orders of The Self-Aware Leader.   Terry’s book, Teaching the Next Generations, is a 2017 finalist for Christian book of the year in the ministry resources category.      Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links:             Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter             Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com       Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter.       Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.       Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

“Seeing Your Past”   Terry Linhart is joined by three leadership coaches to discuss the themes about Christian leadership that emerge from his book, The Self-Aware Leader.   April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com.   Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com   After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.     Show links – resources, books, and organizations discussed on this episode.   Strengths Finder resources.   DISC profile assessment.   The Enneagram tool.   Sally Hogshead’s book, How the World Sees You.   Gary Thomas’s book, Sacred Pathways: Discovering Your Soul’s Path to God   Terry’s free guide Getting Published Download   Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links: Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter. Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space. Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

Terry Linhart is joined by three leadership coaches to discuss the themes about Christian leadership that emerge from his book, The Self-Aware Leader.   April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com.   Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com   After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.     Show links – resources, books, and organizations discussed on this episode.   Strengths Finder resources.   DISC profile assessment.   The Enneagram tool.   Sally Hogshead’s book, How the World Sees You.   Gary Thomas’s book, Sacred Pathways: Discovering Your Soul’s Path to God   Terry’s free guide Getting Published Download   Sponsor   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links:             Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter             Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com       Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter.       Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.       Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.

Terry Linhart is joined by three leadership coaches to discuss the themes about Christian leadership that emerge from his book, The Self-Aware Leader. April Diaz is 20-year youth ministry veteran who got her start at Willow Creek Community Church and then Newsong Church in southern California. She has authored the book, Redefining the Role of the Youth Worker. She is the director of coaching for The Youth Cartel and is a member of the advisory council for Fuller Youth Institute.   She is married to her high school sweetheart, Brian, and they have three children. You can connect with April on Twitter or at AprilDiaz.com. Joan McClendon is the project director at Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College and co-author of Life on the Fringe: Testimonies of Women Moving Beyond Desperation to Faith. She is an executive-level coach to women who run large companies in the Midwest. Joan and her husband, Kary, are the proud parents of two adult children. Connect with Joan at joanmcclendon.com After 16 years as an executive pastor at two different large churches, Jon Swanson is a consultant with the Center for Congregations. He is also a senior consultant with The Arbor Research Group and a hospital chaplain at Parkview Hospital in Fort Wayne, IN. He has authored numerous books, including A Great Work: A Conversation with Nehemiah for People (Who Want to Be) Doing Great Work and Lent for Non-Lent People. He and his wife Nancy have two adult children. You can connect with Jon on Twitter or at 300 Words a Day.   Show links – resources, books, and organizations discussed on this episode.   Strengths Finder resources.   DISC profile assessment.   The Enneagram tool.   Sally Hogshead’s book, How the World Sees You.   Gary Thomas’s book, Sacred Pathways: Discovering Your Soul’s Path to God   Terry’s free guide Getting Published Download   Sponsor:   We are grateful for EXPERIENCE MISSION to be a sponsor for our ENTIRE Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links: Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter. Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space. Thanks to Bethel College for allowing us the time to record this episode.       The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

Joan McClendon is back from episode 25.  She is the Associate Director for the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College near Notre Dame University. She is actively involved in both the Downtown South Bend and an author (LIFE ON THE FRINGE) and speaker. She has owned her own business for eight years and has been married for 24 years to her college sweetheart and has two college-aged children. You can connect with Joan via Facebook.   Terry has a new book coming out in March 2017, The Self-Aware Leader: Discovering Your Blind Spots to Reach your Ministry Potential. He’s building his launch team and if you’d like to get on the inside of the book launch, you can apply at his website. You’ll get an advance PDF of the book and get to participate in a private Facebook group with Terry.   Show links Here are some Christmas gift ideas that you will want to consider if you’re stuck. We use all of these and have found them valuable!   Drift Away Coffee - Coffee for people who love coffee   Anker Astro Ultra High Capacity Power Bank   Verilux Happy Light   Echo Dot - “Alexa”   Bose Q35 Noise-cancelling headphones – a life-changing luxury for the regular traveler.   Nomad base station – charges all of your devices clutter free.   Elizabeth W. eau de parfum – an uncommon perfume that you will love.   Voluspa candle – French cade and lavender.  The smell and duration of these candles set them apart. Can be found cheaper elsewhere.   Here are some books that we loved this year for the leader within or that you know.   The Power of Nice: How to Conquer the Business World with Kindness - by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Kavel   From Grit to Great: How Perseverance, Passion, and Pluck Take You from Ordinary to Extraordinary - by Linda Kaplan Thaler and Robin Kavel   The Naked Now: Learning to see as the Mystics See – Richard Rohr   Hacking Leadership: The 11 Gaps Every Business Needs to Close and the Secrets to Closing Them Quickly – Mike Myatt   The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to do About It – Michael Gerber   Sponsors   Terry Linhart’s latest book, TEACHING THE NEXT GENERATIONS, is atop the best-selling lists in Christian Ministry. . It will serve as a comprehensive resource guide and will help anyone learn more about how teaching and learning “work.”     If you’re looking to build an Email list for your blog, church, conference, or group, ConvertKit is the fastest growing service there is for those who want to build an Email list. And with good reason: It’s easy to use and it’s powerful. As your list grows, it’s cheaper than other options that get more and more expensive once you grow past 1000 subscribers. Check out ConvertKit to learn more about its amazing features.     We are so excited to have EXPERIENCE MISSION sponsor our entire Season 3. EM is one of the leading non-profit organizations for short-term mission trips and longer Immersion experiences throughout the U.S. and around the world. Right now, EM is offering some amazing cross-cultural training resources for FREE to listeners of 37 the Podcast. Check out their training sessions built around the ideas of Hope, Human Dignity, and Brokenness. EM believes that “living your mission” and serving others is incredibly important and these resources explore the importance of how we serve others in a cross-cultural setting. Don’t miss these and all of Experience Mission’s upcoming mission trip opportunities.   Links: Follow 37 the Podcast on Twitter Connect with Terry on his website – TerryLinhart.com Follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter. Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space.   The opinions expressed on this episode are exclusively those of podcast participants.  

Samantha Hodgkins is Founder & Chief FireStarter of SparkFire Active, a new line of performance activewear clothing designed exclusively for teen girls in just-right styles, colors and custom-sizing to fit & flatter their developing bodies and to support life in motion. From working out to adventuring out, SparkFire Active helps girls move freely and feel strong so they’re always ready to step off the sidelines, get into the game, and PLAY HARD, DREAM BIG!  There is a fire within every girl, ready to ignite with strength, confidence and passion. Let that light shine bright and BE THE SPARK! Mission: Being the mom, Samantha has a front row seat to the challenges teen girls face and just how sensitive their self esteem can be at such a critical time. She also watched as her wardrobe of athletic wear was constantly disappearing into her teen daughter’s closet… It wasn’t long before she soon connected to the mission for SparkFire Active. Mindset: As her idea began to grow, Samantha knew she needed a sounding board. She approached several people close to her and was encouraged by what she heard. The idea was resonating and that sparked the courage to begin taking real action. Marketing: The ideal client for SparkFire Active is someone who is as inspired by the clothing as they are the social impact that this company is making. Listen as Samantha shares how she connected and aligned with to international organizations that are giving teenage girls the education that would otherwise be out of reach. Masterminds: Samantha has quickly placed herself in the middle of the movers and shakers of Atlanta’s startup scene. SparkFire is one of only 15 companies selected to participate in the City of Atlanta’s Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative. She is also a member of the consumer-focused Switchyards coworking place. Mastermind Challenge: I loved Samantha’s story about connecting to the right manufactures and suppliers. She could have easily handed over the reigns to those who were more knowledgeable about the process, but she stayed close to the process and even educated them on what was possible. If you’ve started to let go or outsource part of your process, take some time to check in and make sure things are running as if you you intend them too. Getting help is wonderful, but not an excuse to take your eye off the ball.

Mariana is CEO & Founder of seif, the Social Entrepreneurship Initiative & Foundation, based in Switzerland.  Seif was established in 2010 to develop a wide variety of business creation and growth workshops, and support social businesses looking for funding – it has catalysed the development of a more professional community of social entrepreneurs and innovators in...

Joan McClendon is the Associate Director for the Women’s Entrepreneurship Initiative at St. Mary’s College near Notre Dame University. She is actively involved in both the Downtown South Bend and YWCA board. She also is an author and speaker. She owned her own business for seven years and was an adjunct instructor for Bethel College for over three years. Joan has been married for 24 years and has two college-aged children. She holds a B.A. in Natural Science from Indiana University of Pennsylvania, a Masters of Ministry and Master of Arts in Theological Studies from Bethel College. She is the co-author of LIFE ON THE FRINGE and is married to her college sweetheart, Cary, and they have two children, Joshua and Moriah. Mentions: Here is a local TV interview with Joan. Joan mentioned that she benefits from her “happy” light. You can order Philly Cheesesteaks from Campo’s. Links: Be sure to follow 37 the Podcast and Truth Work Media on Twitter. Don’t go to sleep tonight without liking us on Facebook. You can follow Terry Linhart on Twitter or Michael Yoder on Twitter. 37thePodcast is a production of Truth Work Media. Truth Work Media creates monsters called podcasts. We also create killer websites for churches who could use a new website. Visit their website to see our cost-effective packages. Thanks to Experience Mission for sponsoring entire Season 2. They are amazing. Thanks to J2 Marketing for providing studio space. Thanks to our partners at Bethe College (Indiana). For more about that vibrant growing Christian liberal arts college, visit BethelCollege.edu. Special Offer from Audible.com: 37thePodcast listeners now enjoy an audiobook for FREE from Audible.com. Audible is offering a free trial of their service. Sign up, select a book and listen! We think you’ll love them. If you like it, you can remain a subscriber (like Terry is) or you can cancel. When you participate in this trial, you’ll be helping out the show, even if you cancel after the first month.  The opinions expressed on this episode, unless the sources are otherwise given, are exclusively of those on the podcast.

Amir Rahnamay-Azar is unique in our collection of interviews; he’s the first we’ve come across who aspired to business administration early in his career, rather than coming to financial leadership accidentally. He sees his team at Carnegie Mellon University as a group of friends and colleagues, equally adept in financial and strategic management as they are committed to the team’s role in financial leadership of the institution. This week on the show, we have a conversation that illustrates the opportunities that come with the change in our field through a visionary leader and a team that is active in moving their institution forward.

Required listening for young entrepreneurs. Howie Rhee is Managing Director, Student and Alumni Affairs, Duke Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative at Duke University. Howie is also my brother, and one of the most intellectually and culturally curious people I know. We talk about his work, his life, and his interests, which are wide-ranging.  

Pachakuti Mesa Shamanism Training @ Alex Grey's Chapel of Sacred Mirrors with Jeff Firewalker Schmitt Jeff Schmitt, PhD - Folk Healer, Tabaquero, Ceremonialist & Scientist - enjoys a rich life filled with community, science, music, art, and family.  A walker-between-worlds, Jeff is an enthusiastic advocate for indigenous healing and wisdom traditions.  As both a noted scientist and practitioner of Peruvian Folk medicine, he seeks to build bridges of understanding.  Jeff is a challenging and evocative speaker/storyteller; in 2011 he presented the first TEDx talk on Ayahuasca - inspired by his life-changing sojourn with the Secoya people of the Nortthern Amazon rainforest. Jeff chairs the Heart of the Healer Foundation Board of Directors and is adjunct Professor of Biochemistry, Physiology & Pharmacology, and former Research Director at the Center for Integrative Medicine at Wake Forest University School of Medicine. As a 32-year veteran scientist/entrepreneur with more than 100 publications and patents to his name.  He has participated in raising morethan $100 million toward research and innovation to improve human health.  Jeff played a key role in the launch of 4 companies and a research Institute (The Bent Creek Institute of the University of North Carolina).  As founder of the Wake Forest University School of Medicine Innovation and Entrepreneurship Initiative, he has helped innovators leverage numerous new technologies into the marketplace.  Jeff also enthusiastically works with nonprofits to increase effectiveness and organizational capacity. For information about The Heart of the Healer organization: http://heartofthehealer.org/ For more info can to register for training visit http://firewalker.be/