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Tech pioneer previews the world's first VCon-focused conference and the protocols reshaping AI, business conversations, and communications strategy ST. PETERSBURG, FL - At Cloud Connections 2025, Jeff Pulver, internet telephony pioneer and CEO of the newly launched vCon Foundation, joined Technology Reseller News to preview the first-ever VCon Conference, taking place April 22–24 in Hyannis, Massachusetts. Pulver described vCon—short for "virtualized conversation"—as a new file format standard, backed by the IETF, that captures and structures conversations across voice, chat, email, and messaging platforms. More than just a storage format, vCon is the key, he says, to unlocking insights, building memory into AI systems, and enabling truly intelligent, context-aware communications. “For anyone trying to manage unstructured data, better understand support calls, or just improve customer engagement—this is it,” Pulver said. “If you're asking yourself what you can actually do with AI in your business, the answer is two words: virtualized conversations.” The upcoming VCon event will focus on three core themes: Theory and Protocols – Understanding VCon and SCITT (Supply Chain Integrity, Transparency, and Trust) Industry Activation – Product and service announcements from companies integrating the standard Interop Testing – The first public interoperability event for VCon-compatible platforms Pulver, who famously launched Free World Dialup and co-founded Vonage, emphasized the disruptive potential of this new standard: “We've never had a universal file format for conversations before. With VCon, any AI tool, from any vendor, can now understand and analyze that data.” He also announced a related initiative called TAFI (Trust Agent Framework for AI), which incorporates VCon for memory and SCITT for trust—a new model for AI transparency and reliability. Pulver, who now refers to himself as Chief Evangelist Officer of the vCon Foundation, promised attendees real value: “If you show up and don't learn something new, I'll refund your registration. That's how confident I am.” With rapid enterprise AI adoption underway, Pulver sees VCon as the missing link. “Conversations matter. Memory matters. And VCon brings them together.” Learn more and register: www.vonevolution.com/spring25-vcon
"We used to care about the conversation only from the moment it started until it ended. Now we care about what happens after." That key quote from Jeff Pulver, telecom pioneer and the driving force behind the Pulver Order that helped make VoIP a legitimate telecom service, sums up a new era in enterprise communications. Speaking alongside leading industry analyst Jon Arnold, Pulver and Arnold joined Doug Green, Publisher of Technology Reseller News, for a wide-ranging closing podcast at Enterprise Connect 2025. Looking back over 25+ years of Enterprise Connect—from the PBX shows in Washington, D.C., to the Swan and Dolphin, and now the Gaylord and Las Vegas—the two industry veterans observed how much has changed. From Nortel to Microsoft, from hardware to the cloud, and now into the AI era, the show and the industry have constantly evolved. Arnold noted the shift in enterprise communications from dedicated telecom departments to outsourced IT and cloud-first strategies. Pulver recalled the days when maintaining uptime on voice trading systems was a mission-critical function for financial firms. Today, the challenge is managing and extracting value from the metadata of conversations. Pulver introduced listeners to the vCon, a new standard that captures the essence of a conversation—voice, text, and data—for post-call analytics, memory, and trust-building. "Living in a world where you can now leverage the metadata associated with the conversation and monetize that... that's the future," he said. Learn more about the Pulver Order and Jeff's legacy in VoIP here: Celebrating 20 Years of Innovation. AI, metadata, and automation were key themes. Arnold explained that while UCaaS providers have solved voice and video delivery, the next frontier is capturing insights from those communications to improve workflows and build knowledge across the organization. Pulver added that many chatbots today suffer from "amnesia" – they can't remember previous interactions. The vCon standard aims to solve that, along with related standards like SKIT, which help verify the authenticity of data. Trust and memory, said Pulver, are the building blocks of AI in communications. And while these technologies are just gaining traction, he predicted that by 2027-2030, they will redefine how businesses communicate, collaborate, and operate. Pulver emphasized the importance of building opt-in consent and compliance into communications. Recording calls without proper consent, especially in California or the EU, could pose legal risks, and new protocols are being designed to address that. Looking ahead, Arnold cautioned that companies that fail to invest in R&D during this critical AI transition risk falling behind. While current products are still maturing, the groundwork for the next generation of communications is being laid today. Enterprise Connect 2025 may have wrapped, but the conversation is far from over. As Pulver put it, "This is where the future happens." Stay tuned for more updates from Enterprise Connect 2025 at Technology Reseller News.
Podcast with Vincent Gianfrancesco, Channel Manager, Snom "Our job is to walk hand-in-hand with partners. We'll support you in customer meetings, train your teams, and serve as an extension of your business." – Vincent Gianfrancesco, Channel Manager, Snom March 2025 – At Enterprise Connect 2025, Vincent Gianfrancesco, Channel Manager at Snom, sat down with Doug Green, publisher of Technology Reseller News, to discuss Snom's unwavering commitment to its partners and the innovative solutions driving their success. A Partner-First Philosophy Snom, known for its precision-engineered German-designed VoIP hardware, is part of the VTech family of brands. Within this group, Snom serves as the business communications solutions arm—supporting UCaaS providers, hosted voice companies, and service providers across North America and beyond. “We believe that through the channel, we can really start to penetrate not only the global market but specifically here in the Americas,” Gianfrancesco said. Backing Partners Every Step of the Way Snom goes beyond delivering reliable hardware—it builds long-term partnerships. The company offers: U.S.-based channel managers Onsite and remote sales support Partner training and enablement Live support and zero-hassle product replacement With a three-year advanced replacement warranty and fully stocked U.S. warehouses, Snom ensures partners and their customers experience minimal downtime and maximum satisfaction. “We stock everything within our U.S. warehouses, also with our partner distributors,” Gianfrancesco emphasized. Purpose-Built Devices for Business Snom's product line includes IP phones, DECT mobility solutions, conference phones, and headsets—all tailored for reliability and real-world conditions: D7xx Series – Next Gen: Wideband HD audio, Bluetooth support, and sleek design make these IP phones ideal for SMBs and enterprise offices. Explore M500 Pro DECT Series: Built for mobility, this series supports rugged, antimicrobial handsets ideal for hospitals, auto shops, and warehouses. Explore C520 Conference Phone: Engineered for group collaboration with high-fidelity audio and wireless expansion mics. Explore Supporting Innovation and Industry Trends From supporting AI-driven solutions like Jeff Pulver's vCons to exploring new use cases in healthcare and hospitality, Snom continues to adapt its hardware for a rapidly changing UCaaS landscape. “We're trying to be nimble—integrating with disruptive technologies like AI, contact center platforms, and vCons so we can support our partners wherever the market is going,” said Gianfrancesco. Learn More Visit snomamericas.com to explore Snom's full product line, find your regional channel manager, or start a new partnership.
"The conversation doesn't end when you hang up the phone. That's when it begins." – Jeff Pulver At the recent TMC event, Technology Reseller News publisher Doug Green sat down with Jeff Pulver, a pioneering voice in the VoIP industry and now the driving force behind vCon. Their conversation, much like the technology it centered on, was a glimpse into the future of communication—one that redefines how we capture, analyze, and leverage conversations. 30 Years of VoIP: From VocalTech to vCon For Pulver, February 13th, 2025, marked a milestone—30 years since VocalTech introduced the first consumer VoIP application, a moment that proved voice could travel over the internet, not just phone lines. While voice-over-IP technology has been in development since 1969, Pulver sees 1995 as the true launch of the VoIP industry. Since then, the landscape has evolved in ways few could have predicted. Now, Pulver is championing vCon, an IETF standard that could revolutionize digital communication. "If you're familiar with SIP (Session Initiation Protocol), then you'll appreciate that the same people behind SIP are bringing you vCon," he said. vCon is more than just a file format—it's a way to store, analyze, and extract value from conversations across voice, email, and text. A Game Changer for Businesses of All Sizes Until recently, only large enterprises could afford advanced AI-driven conversation analysis, using sentiment and metadata to gain insights. But vCon democratizes this capability, allowing small and medium-sized businesses—or even individuals—to capture and analyze conversations effortlessly. Pulver envisions a world where conversations are no longer lost but instead serve as valuable data points. "We've been letting metadata fall on the cutting room floor. Now, we can take conversations, apply AI, and gain insights without millions in R&D costs," he explained. The First-Ever vCon Interop Event To further the adoption of this groundbreaking standard, Pulver announced the first-ever vCon Interop event, set for April 22-24, 2025, in Cape Cod. The event will feature a workshop, hands-on application development, and an industry showcase where companies can test interoperability. Additionally, he is spearheading Vinevolution, an event in Bentonville, Arkansas, on April 9, focusing on the intersection of AI, telecom, and supply chain, as well as AI Com in New York City on April 4. The Future of Conversations Pulver, who coined the term Voice on the Net (VON) in 1995, sees vCon as a natural progression of his work. "We're living in a world where AI is pervasive, and communication is evolving again," he said. "This is more than just telecom—it's about transforming how we do business." With vCon, conversations become assets, not just fleeting moments. For those who want to be part of this next wave of innovation, the opportunity starts now. As Pulver put it, "If you're an early adopter, come join us." For more details, visit pulver.com or join the vCon Foundation at pulver.com/join. (This podcast summary was done by vCon)
“For the first time, I saw how a vCon could instantly surface the key insights from my own podcast—just like I would.” – Doug Green, Publisher of Technology Reseller News At ITExpo 2025, Jeff Pulver and Technology Reseller News publisher Doug Green explored the future of structured conversation data through vCon—and experienced its impact firsthand. Green, known for producing thousands of industry podcasts, has long been burdened by the manual effort of summarizing, archiving, and analyzing content. But during this live demo, he witnessed how vCon automates this process with precision. vCon in Action: A New Era for Media and Business Intelligence With a simple copy-paste workflow, Green and Pulver tested vCon's capabilities: ✅ Accurate Transcription: vCon provided a structured and highly precise transcript. ✅ Instant Podcast Summarization: AI identified the most SEO-friendly key quote, just as Green himself would have. ✅ Automated Editorial Review: When asked, “What did Doug forget to ask?” the system generated insightful follow-up questions, improving future interviews. ✅ Optimized Social Media Posts: vCon-crafted LinkedIn content aligned with both human audiences and algorithmic discoverability. Beyond automation, Green emphasized that vCon enhances, rather than replaces, human judgment. “I still review, tweak, and finalize everything,” he said. “But the heavy lifting is done.” Beyond Podcasting: The Broad Implications of vCon The implications of vCon go far beyond media production. Pulver and Green identified game-changing use cases for industries such as: Regulatory and Legal Proceedings: Structured archives provide instant access to historical insights, benefiting legal cases and expert testimony. Sales and Prospecting: vCons help MSPs and resellers track and optimize their customer engagement strategies. Customer Experience & Call Centers: Enterprises can analyze vast amounts of conversations to identify pain points, streamline responses, and enhance service quality. Pulver summed it up best: “vCon gives businesses a perfect memory—structured, searchable, and actionable.” Learn More vCon & Structured Conversations: www.conserver.io Doug Green's Podcast Archive: Technology Reseller News #vCon #AI #ITExpo2025 #Podcasting #MediaTech #CustomerExperience #Automation
Jeff Pulver is all about vCons at ITEXPO this week “vCons provide the memory,” says Jeff Pulver. According to Jeff's upcoming publication on vCons, Virtualized Conversations are a transformative force in enterprise AI and communications. Jeff believes that much like how VoIP revolutionized voice communication, vCons redefine how conversations are captured, structured, and leveraged as digital assets. “Imagine dealing with different bots, and every time you're there, it's like 50 first dates. You forget that you were there five minutes ago. The vCon provides the memory layer that keeps track of what's said, when, and where. If you're in a business, an enterprise, you know, vCons can capture not just voice conversations but emails, messages, everything. You have a 360 on what's going on in a relationship with a customer, with an employee, or even in your own company's knowledge base. It's expansive what this power is being unleashed. In the age of AI, vCon is essential, whether you're an MSP, or any type of service provider, for that matter. If you're an engineer. You're building hardware. You're telecom ecosystem. vCon should be on your product roadmap.” Jeff is at ITEXPO this week. He will be at the ‘Future of Work Strategy – State of the Market Review' at 10 AM on Tuesday, with Jon Arnold. He will also be available at the Snom booth, during the EXPO. https://www.vonevolution.com/
With travel to industry events in full swing during October, we had a lot of ground to cover. Jon recapped both events from earlier in the month – Verint, British Telecom and UC Expo – along with previewing upcoming October events that were to take place after our podcast was recorded, namely Cisco WebexOne and NICE Analyst Summit – which took Jon to Zambia. From Chris's end, he updated us on VON Evolution (now vCon), where Jeff Pulver's community explored the future of voice and conversations, then WorkTech, where the focus was on the return to office side of hybrid work, and how the corporate real estate world is thinking about these things. Things are never dull here on Watch This Space, and this episode will update you on the worlds of AI, customer experience and future of work in more ways than you might imagine.
October marks the start of the busy season for technology events, and we provided a preview of what's coming, namely Jeff Pulver's new-and-improved VON event, Verint Engage, British Telecom's Focus analyst event, the UC Expo in London, and NICE's analyst event in Zambia. Ahead of that we introduced changes coming to the podcast, both for updating the format, and two new channels where WTS can be found – TMCnet, and EM360. On the tech news front, we discussed the implications of Amazon's new mandate for full-time back to the office – definitely a Watch This Space topic.
The Pulver's 25 Cent Solution, Enterprise Connect Podcast, The key to successful deployment for AI in a company is one word, discernment. “It's 40 years old, 40 years old, has not necessarily been tried out in this capacity yet. But imagine that before you initiate a call to call someone, you paid something. $0.25,” asks Jeff Pulver. In this Live podcast recorded at Enterprise Connect, Pulver looks at an old solution to a growing problem. People aren't answering the phone. Everyone now has a phone. Everyone has a phone almost everywhere they go. But no one is answering the phone because calls can't be trusted. Can charging strangers a simple 25 cents (or some sort of fee) be the spam speed bump the industry has been looking for? Discernment “The key to successful deployment for AI in a company is one word, discernment,” declares Pulver. “I mean, the key to successful deployment for AI in a company is one word, discernment. If you learn how to discern and you understand, if you're the person running the company or running the department and your boss says, well, you must be using AI tools now, it really doesn't matter so much whose platforms you're using. But what does matter is the people whose hands you give the tools to, that they understand the problems being asked.” Visit www.jeffpulver.com More Jeff Pulver
Before getting to Jon's travelogue of industry events, we reviewed how businesses are still facing challenges getting hybrid work right, and what vendors are doing to make the in-office experience more compelling, especially for meeting spaces. We noted how this theme will be further explored at Jon's Future of Work Expo in February, where many of the leading vendors will be speaking. From there, Jon recounted highlights from his extensive October travels – UC Expo in London, NICE in Peru, Avaya in Dubai, Cisco WebexOne in Anaheim, and SCTC in Raleigh - including a SIPtones gig. Finally, we did a brief mention of Jeff Pulver's VON Evolution event in NYC, where both of us were speaking, and we did a special edition WTS segment specific for the event.
Welcome to "Secrets of Scale," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this first series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of "scaleups" companies, speaking with founders and CEOs who have successfully reached scale, raised millions of dollars, and have valuable insights to share on scaling their businesses on a global stage. Join Matt as he uncovers the secrets to success in the world of scaling a business. Series: Secrets of Scale Jeff Pulver, an American Internet entrepreneur and futurist, has made significant contributions to the field of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and is recognized as an innovator. His pioneering efforts in VoIP began with his company Free World Dialup and resulted in a momentous regulatory decision by the Federal Communications Commission in 2004. This decision reclassified VoIP as an internet application, freeing it from the burdensome government tariffs and regulations associated with traditional telephony services. Consequently, this groundbreaking ruling paved the way for the development of video and voice internet communications, revolutionizing the way we connect and communicate.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.Support the show
Our May episode took us to Boston and New York, where Jon recounted takeaways from Extreme Networks' analyst event, and Chris did the same for Jeff Pulver's VON reboot. Framing those highlights was a broader discussion about where AI is taking us, and what the new generation of tech entrepreneurs is bringing to a space where events like VON played a formative role. Jon also provided a reality check about how tech is driving today's fan experience, and it has very little to do with watching the ballgame.
Here is Jeff Pulver. Pulver is going to explain his unique background becoming an entrepreneur and having an accounting degree. He was a DJ in the 80s, establish his own firm for helping independent artists grow from the ground up and is a venture capitalist. He is the owner of Pulver Radio and has a law established in his name called the Pulver Order. We will learn about his unique background, how he is connected independent artists on his Zoom coffee platform and his life living in NYC being an investor for FourSquare and Twitter. For more information on Jeff Pulver, you can check out his website at: https://www.pulver.com/
Jeff Pulver helped change the way the world communicates. The passing of The Pulver Order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2004 helped set the stage for a world, where today consumers can communicate openly and freely. Lonely at 9 years old and looking for a way to make friends, Jeff was introduced to amateur (ham) radio by his uncle. This changed his life and led to one of his lifetime achievements of helping to change the way the world communicates.In this episode:The afternoon at 9 years old that changed Jeff's lifePhone patchingCreating the first phone network that ran on the internetEarly exposure to entrepreneurshipLearning to have fun in different waysAppreciating the magic of lifeLessons from dad, his biggest fanFind ways to appreciate and increase serendipity and synchronicityForming the VON Coalition The passing of The Pulver Order by the FCC in 2004Finding grounding under a clear, unpolluted night skyContinuing his interest in making connections with passion-based marketing
Communication skills are an asset to any business, industry, or specialty. This week on The DEB Show, host Debra Eckerling gathers friends from the #140conf community – founder Jeff Pulver, along with Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia and Hank Wasiak – to talk about communication. Jeff Pulver is founder/curator of The VON3 Summit & #140Conf, Shirin Laor-Raz Salemnia is founder and CEO of PlayWerks and WhizGirls Academy, and Hank Wasiak is an Adjunct Professor at Marshall School of Business at USC. The group discusses their relationship with communication, what they are passionate about – beyond and including the topic, tips for improving communication and dealing with breakdowns in communication, and much more.
There's a lot to unpack in that podcast title, and that's what we did, not just as attendees of Jeff Pulver's VON3, but as speakers as well. Communications is an elastic concept, and VON3 explored emerging possibilities that go beyond the world of telephony and collaboration that Jon and Chris know so well.
United Souls Course - Join PulveREDU - Internalize 2021-2022 - Click & Share - https://youtu.be/bPShaXCI0wE - Enjoy our Dec 21st Climax Session of 2021 #unitedsouls #pulveredu @goldsmitheli Thank you Jeff Pulver & Lauren Pulver for hosting! #internalize - Thank you Hashem we are able to climax the 2021 United Souls @pulveREDU year!!! #coursesonline New Podcast 2022 - till then Enjoy our Relationship Flow - https://relationshipflow.wordpress.com/ Sign up now for 2022 new sessions - https://www.eventbrite.com/o/pulveredu-31868453475 - Internalize for a success unity focused ~ 2022! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
He co-founded Vonage; he helped change the way the world communicates; he spends his time these days helping others. You can thank him later. Actually, you can thank him at 9pm EDT tonight when he comes on Joseph Jaffe is not Famous (because obviously Jeff Pulver is famous!) We'll discuss everyone's favorite topic, NFT's, how we communicate and riff on fear, greed, and disruption. Plus Tom Morris on Negative Capability and Poet the Poet performs. Have any questions for Jeff or want a shoutout on air? You can potentially ask your question live or get a shoutout using $JAFFE coins which you can purchase via my creator coin link: www.rally.io/creator/JAFFE. I'll also be giving away $JAFFE coins every episode to viewers who tune in live. Watch full episodes at youtube.com/c/josephjaffeisnotfamous. Subscribe at bit.ly/subscribetotheshow Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
Join Roger and Michelle with special guest Jeff Pulver, the father of VoIP. Jeff is an internet pioneer, futurist, entrepreneur, and oracle. He's the co-founder of Vonage. Jeff produces six live shows a week and hosts exclusive retreats in the Turks & Caicos.You can learn more at pulver.comIf you have questions, feel free to ask. Roger & Michelle will also give a prize if there are a certain number of active listeners...so invite your friends. They will also offer live readings.Watch live on our SoulWhat page for giveaways and readings!You can also listen to SoulWhat on @MichelleSoulTopia YouTube, iHeart Radio, iTunes, Spotify and Google Podcast.
#Listening to #synagize - United Souls for a Divisive Generation! By Eli Goldsmith - https://youtu.be/psgR63uaS9k JULY 20th is our next session - @pulveREDU 514: Uniting Our Souls Across the Globe with Eli Goldsmith - #unitedsouls - Sign up now - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu513-uniting-our-souls-across-the-globe-with-eli-goldsmith-tickets-153396614403 Please email – UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com to bring more unity to our lives! Thanks again Jeff Pulver and Lauren Pulver for hosting... Reminder to all that we are working on #unitedsoulscollaborationalbum #3! Release day TuBav - 24th July 2021 Motzai Shabbos Nachamu! Please send your appreciated unity focused track with info to UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com to join the #unitedsouls music flow! Here is United Souls #2 - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0 --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
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Today, I am joined by digital marketing icon Chris Brogan. Chris is a New York Times best-selling author of nine books, including Trust Agents. He's also the host of The Backpack Show and CEO of Owner Media Group, which sells online training and skill upgrades in the form of webinars and courses. Chris has spoken for or consulted with companies such as Disney, Google, GM, Sony, Coke, and Microsoft. He's part of Tony Robbins' internet Money Master series, and StatSocial ranked Chris as the number three power influencer. Forbes listed Chris as one of the Must Follow Marketing Minds, and his website is one of the 100 best websites for entrepreneurs. In today's episode, we're going to discuss how Chris has leveraged the waves of tectonic shifts to achieve success. Learning to Ride the Wave Chris Brogan wasn't born a successful entrepreneur. He worked at a telecom company and when he saw opportunities, he seized them. He rode the wave of those opportunities to become who he is today. During the time Chris worked at a telecom company, he constantly read about the business world, learning about unique ideas that weren't really being applied. This created the desire to start his own business so he could implement the great ideas he was reading about. He eventually launched his own blog, but nobody really cared. It took him years just to get his first 100 readers. A few years later, he started his own podcast, but again, nobody really cared. So, he decided to start an event with a friend. On the second day of the event, he met Jeff Pulver, a millionaire, who had just run a conference on video on the internet. Jeff offered to take Chris out and suggested they run a conference together. After that, he immediately started working with major brands with Jeff, and jumped into another company about a year later since, at that time, they were just a bit too early for the video trend. Chris eventually started running part of a consultancy where he worked with things like digital and new social media platforms such as Twitter and rode the wave from there. In time, people started asking questions about how the new media applied to their business, and that's how Chris started working with big companies such as Google and Microsoft. “It was all the same kinds of questions like, ‘What do we do with this stuff? Is Twitter worth it?'” Chris said. “I was able to show [them] where there might be a little bit of magic.” In 2009, Chris started the first company that he ran 100% himself. Since then, he has run five or six different iterations of a corporation. Part of being a successful entrepreneur is about timing and riding those waves of opportunity. When Chris started his own blog and podcast, it wasn't immediately successful because the timing wasn't right. The blog and podcast tectonic shifts hadn't happened yet. Now, blogs and podcasts are extremely important and essential, but it wasn't the same way 20 years ago. “I was early on a bunch of those waves,” Chris said. “[But beyond] being early to the pile, what I've been so willing to do over and over and over again is fail, be wrong, look stupid. And I get there faster because of it.” Chris's blog failed. His podcast failed. He left his work with Jeff on internet video after a year because the wave wasn't quite there yet. But every time, he didn't let failure stop him. He got back up and looked for the next opportunity, and jumped back into opportunities when the time was right. “I got to everything faster than a lot of other people just by being willing to fail in front of everybody and be willing to try new ways. I think that's what separates me from all the people who came up in my spaces. They were still trying really hard to preserve their reputation. And I built my reputation around falling right down a hole in front of you, and just showing you what comes next,” Chris explained. He made his career by riding the waves to shore as tectonic shifts happened. Below are three current tectonic shifts Chris has successfully adapted to. Being Human Being human and more personalized in our businesses is crucial to success. This is especially important now as the pandemic has increased the need for human connection. “The minute someone feels like you're not there to help them when they're having a rough time, that's a problem. So make your support system a lot more human and connectable. Second off, as you're selling anything, beyond just features and benefits, make it easy to reach a person. Make it easy to be able to ask those questions you might have,” Chris explained. When I asked Chris about one thing he is passionate about, he said it is helping companies no matter what size. We have to ask ourselves, “How can we be more human even at a distance? How do we bring a bit more humanity into what we do?” Our businesses need to be about connecting with people. Companies have such a great opportunity to reach out and be human, but we blow it so many times because we're too focused on making a profit. The minute someone feels like we aren't there to help them, they are going to leave. To be successful, we really need to make our support a lot more human. Influencer Marketing One of the biggest tectonic shifts that the business world is dealing with today is credibility marketing. It used to be 20 years ago that businesses would buy a whole bunch of advertising, and then use that reach to tell the world how awesome they were. And it often worked. To a great extent it worked. But today, if businesses do that, it doesn't work so well. People don't trust what businesses say about themselves anymore. This means businesses have to find much more credible ways to communicate with their potential customers. This is why credibility marketing has become such an important tectonic shift today. Businesses are shifting more and more to credibility marketing in many different ways, such as through influencer marketing, reviews marketing, word-of-mouth marketing, and client testimonial videos. When implementing influencer marketing, the first thing we need to do is find the right influencer to work with. As I mentioned earlier, StatSocial ranked Chris as the number three power influencer. But this doesn't mean he's the right influencer for everybody. Chris shared a story in which a company asked him to promote a paper shredder. So, he made a video for them. He didn't have any paper in his house, so he shredded the manual and said, “I don't know what else I should show you because it just ate the manual.” The humor was good for him, but the company never sent him another paper shredder. And why? Because Chris wasn't the right, credible person to promote their product. Just because someone has a massive following, doesn't mean they're the right person to talk about our product. We need to find someone whose following is largely our target audience. We also need to find an influencer who likes and uses our product, and who is credible to talk about the product. “If you're going to look for influencers, it will be so much better if we do it the other way around. Who's talking lovingly about my product?” Chris said. As we search for the right influencer for us, we can search for people who already use our product. That way they will be much more credible to our audience. A good example of this is when Chris reached out to Johnsonville Sausage. During the summer, he had started to talk about their sausage in his videos just because he loved it so much. He ended up reaching out to the company and doing a sponsored video for them. This video actually mattered since he was able to influence his audience. The Age of Distraction We live in an age of distraction. There are thousands of different good things constantly competing for the time and attention of our potential customers. Our phones get notifications throughout the day from so many different people. We get so many text messages, email notifications, app reminders, updates, etc. we could live in our little notification bar on our phones. “If the notification screen is the battlefield, and if all of a sudden every single website is like, ‘Please can we send you notifications?' . . . how is a lowly old email going to get into somebody?” Chris said. These are the questions we have to be asking ourselves and trying to answer. We need to pay attention to the market and where our specific audience is going. “In a world where we're not willing to sit still for an ad, you've got to put some really interesting information in front of us, for us to sit still enough to want to consume it,” Chris said. It is a competition for every second of our consumer's attention. We need to make sure we are creative and cut directly to the chase. We need to show consumers how we can help them achieve the things that matter most to them. “Instead of attention and distraction being the big challenge, it's more, “Can I find the person that I hope to serve in some way?' And that's what we do. That's the goal. If you're going to try to be influential in some way, that's how you're going to learn,” Chris said. Key Takeaways Thank you so much Chris for sharing your stories and knowledge with us today. Here are some of my key takeaways from this episode: We need to ride the “waves” of tectonic shifts. We need to be more human and personalized in our businesses. People don't trust what businesses say about themselves anymore. This means we have to find much more credible sources, such as influencers, to promote our products. Just because someone has a massive following, doesn't mean they're the right person to talk about our product. We need to find an influencer whose following is our target audience. We live in an age of distraction. We have to constantly fight for the time of our customers. In order to capture their attention, we need to show them what value we offer as fast as possible. Connect with Chris If you enjoyed this interview and want to learn more about Chris, connect with him on his LinkedIn, or his website, chrisbrogan.com. You can also find his books on Amazon and watch his video podcast on YouTube. Want to be a Better Digital Monetizer? 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We need a Unity Focus more than ever - Sign up now - https://pulveredu511.eventbrite.com/ hosted by #pulveRedu #unitedsouls #global - The next Class begins on 25th May please join us and share on! Thank you for Joining pulveREDU510: Uniting Our Souls Across the Globe by Eli Goldsmith - an important growing Interactive course to bring more Unity to our daily lives... For collaboration & info plz email UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com :)! Thank you for hosting Jeff Pulver & Lauren Pulver with Co! Highly recommend the online Pulver Community e.g. Zula weekly on Thursday at 830 am Eastern! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
Hear the incredible story of Elliot Rose from first working in the garment industry which was his father's business with the hopes of Elliot taking over one day and then ended up being fired. This was one of his greatest gifts because it opened an unexpected door for Elliot to first work with an animator which led him to learn film making then film school and eventually into making movies for mainstream non-profits. Learn also how Elliot myronically brought a version of Sesame Street to Israel (wait until you hear who is the equivalent to Big Bird…Alysha is still trying to picture this one!!) and this ended up being the catalyst that helped bring Sesame Street to other countries!! Elliot shares how by being in action and recognizing his myronies helped create so many wonderful projects including his new company he will soon be launching that brings cruise ships and motorcycles together (what a fun concept!) along with so many other visionary ideas which includes his passion of bringing awareness and connecting people to Israel which first started with around 200 people and now has over 6 million around the world!! Alysha is so grateful for yet again Jeff Pulver and his incredible networking group the Zulas (go to www.pulver.com to find out more) so she could have this wonderful & quite myronic conversation with Elliot that now you get to listen to also!! About the Guest: Elliot Rose fell in love with nonprofits when he was running his own production company in New York just in the beginning of his entrepreneurial journey. Inspired by his passion for Zionism, as well as a believer in the democratic and humanitarian values Israel stands for, Elliot further developed a deep passion for philanthropic work while holding dual citizenship, American and Israeli. Since 2017, after selling his US business, Elliot brings valuable consultancy for US and Israeli nonprofits and is happy spending his days promoting Israel as an amazing culture to experience one beneficiary at a time.His mission is to teach nonprofits how to put their donors first and create simple yet effective fundraising systems that deliver sustainable, growing revenue and valuable impact.He managed portfolios of prospects with a focus on securing gifts and pledges of $10,000 or more and implemented individual and major gift strategies for short and long-term fundraising initiatives. He also developed and executed highly successful capital campaigns from half a million to over $15 million for universities, foundations and Jewish/Israeli organizations. Elliot is a well-respected professional, fundraiser and management consultant in the nonprofit field with 10 years of practical experience and an endless passion and energy for supporting nonprofits like synagogues, universities and other Jewish nonprofit organizations related to Israel. Based in New York, Elliot delivers his outstanding expertise consulting and delivering speeches in Synagogues in Israel and throughout the world on the “Miracles of Israel” and what Israel will look like in the year 2023 and beyond. As a marketing and fundraising consultant, Elliot always brings his best, working with companies, universities, nonprofits and synagogues for building valuable knowledge and great results where they are most needed. He is passionate about Social Media and the new ways of communication and is committed to putting the good word out about Israel and all the Miracles of Israel.The highlight of his career is definitely his international experience and being chosen to talk on behalf of his country, as this is the most valuable contribution he feels he makes with his life, to always exceeding expectations in terms of passion and involvement and spreading the word about Israel.Currently Elliot is sharing his expertise by...
#Pesach approaches in less than 2 weeks! Let us learn, clean, and bring happy soulful truth to all our cleaning towards Yom Tov with Joyous Freedom! Join us LIVE for our Weekly Monday #Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith inspired - #UnitedSouls! Click & Share - https://youtu.be/Ha5T65QWb4w The United Souls Course Eventbrite link to sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the next date 23rd March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - #UnitedSouls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album is out! To Follow & Save to your Playlists on Spotify Now - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0?si=kzrkgY_QSmOn7qfcPEQaTg! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com!
Click & Share - https://youtu.be/Ha5T65QWb4w #Pesach approaches in less than 2 weeks! Let us learn, clean, and bring happy soulful truth to all our cleaning towards Yom Tov with Joyous Freedom! Join us LIVE for our Weekly Monday #Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith - #UnitedSouls! The United Souls Course Eventbrite link to sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the next date 23rd March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - #UnitedSouls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album is out! To Follow & Save to your Playlists on Spotify Now - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0?si=kzrkgY_QSmOn7qfcPEQaTg! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com!
We are approaching the birthday of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev's birthday this Motzai Shabbos with Rosh Chodesh Nissan & in a few weeks #Pesach the special holiday of Renewal and #Emuna! Let us realize we have a great way to receive so much blessing, known as simply #Advice! Join us LIVE for our Weekly Monday Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith - #UnitedSouls! The United Souls Course Eventbrite link to sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the next date 23rd March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - #UnitedSouls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album is out! To Follow & Save to your Playlists on Spotify Now - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0?si=kzrkgY_QSmOn7qfcPEQaTg! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com!
We are approaching the birthday of Rebbe Nachman of Breslev's birthday this Motzai Shabbos with Rosh Chodesh Nissan & in a few weeks #Pesach the special holiday of Renewal and #Emuna! Let us realize we have a great way to receive so much blessing, known as simply #Advice! Join us LIVE for our Weekly Monday Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith - #UnitedSouls! The United Souls Course Eventbrite link to sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the next date 23rd March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - #UnitedSouls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album is out! To Follow & Save to your Playlists on Spotify Now - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0?si=kzrkgY_QSmOn7qfcPEQaTg! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com!
Enjoy our new https://eligoldsmithinspiredflow.wordpress.com/ place for Unity Flow Podcast & Project updates by Eli Goldsmith & Team! Please share on... #unitedsouls #unitypodcasts #unifiedprojects Emuna Is Our Future With Vessels Of Peace! Click, Join & Share on - https://youtu.be/NcP_rd-u8rI - We are already 30 days before Pesach the special holiday of Freedom and #Emuna! Let us realize we have a great way to receive so much blessing, known as simply #Peace! Join us LIVE for our Weekly Monday Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith - #UnitedSouls! The United Souls Course Eventbrite link to sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the next date 9th March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - United Souls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album is out! To Follow & Save to your Playlists on Spotify Now - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0?si=kzrkgY_QSmOn7qfcPEQaTg! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com!
For our latest episode, Chris and Jon look ahead to a post-pandemic world, but also to a new course we'll be offering on a new learning network, PulveREDU. We provide the backstory, and what founder Jeff Pulver is striving for, along witha preview for the topice - The New Voice. Target date is later in March for our course, and watch for registration details.
We are already 30 days before Pesach the special holiday of Freedom and #Emuna! Let us realize we have a great way to receive so much blessing, known as simply #Peace! Click, Join & Share on - https://youtu.be/NcP_rd-u8rI - Join us LIVE for our Weekly Monday Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith - #UnitedSouls! The United Souls Course Eventbrite link to sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the next date 9th March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - United Souls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album is out! To Follow & Save to your Playlists on Spotify Now - https://open.spotify.com/album/4hoxWh84ZzXSOOLJeiQgn0?si=kzrkgY_QSmOn7qfcPEQaTg! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com!
Happy Purim - the biggest gift you can give to another Soul is TIME - Dr. Edith Edgar expresses this beautifully! Enjoy this special time with your loved ones and will get back to our Intimacy Focus even more next week! Listen to our #UnityFlow podcast: United Souls #2 Collaboration Album Unity Flow Out #Purim2021 https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/episodes/United-Souls-2-Collaboration-Album-Unity-Flow-Out-Purim2021-eqn21v Good Unity Flow news!!! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album will be out 26th Feb - Purim 2021 - To Pre-Save on Spotify Now - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/eligoldsmithakamidnightrabbi/united-souls-2! - The United Souls Course Eventbrite link is live sign up now for 9th March - Click Here - https://www.linkedin.com/events/unitedsoulsforadivisivegenerati6759750001406050304/!!! Dedicated to Shana Malka Pulver in loving memory! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - #UnitedSouls for a #DivisiveGeneration! United Souls #2 -Collaboration Album with Unity Focused Real Music! Click, Pre-Save & Share Yours - https://unityinspiresprojects.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/united-souls-2-collaboration-album-with-unity-focused-real-music/ - Share your #relationshipflow - UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com @ Jerusalem, Israel --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eli-real/support
Emuna is our Future With The United Soul Renewal Of Purim! https://fb.watch/3ROGqtv3et/ Click here - https://youtu.be/8flc3B_t5Nc The United Souls Course Eventbrite link is live sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the new date 9th March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - United Souls for a #DivisiveGeneration! Good news!!! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album will be out 26th Feb - Purim 2021 - To Pre-Save on Spotify Now - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/eligoldsmithakamidnightrabbi/united-souls-2! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com - https://open.spotify.com/album/28vpNwoTGKgskHwaE9hhiY?si=rIqN4oTtS362AWmZO14QUQ Extract from the new book United Souls TBA - "Every time we think we have reached a climax or a point of conclusion we realize we need to begin again! This renewal is leading us onto a higher plane than where we began! To understand every struggle is a step in the right direction, a struggle of the United Souls! We get to think and grow in different ways! Expand our mindset and go for new opportunities in life! Write a second even clearer book, release a 3rd or 4th collaboration album, go on a trip to a new destination, join an online zoom community, create a new piece of art or music, go on a run to begin a new day, share an inspiring post or comment! The point is to begin again with renewed optimism and start life fresh! Btw one of those ways to be renewed was to look for an editor and publisher so we can get a United Souls book out there! In the end, even once we published this first book we shall begin writing a second! All apart keeping the process moving until 120, well it is my birthday this Sunday Purim in Jerusalem! No better day to discuss renewal than a birthday especially when mine comes on Purim in Jerusalem! The whole inner light of this special time is renewal and as the Corona Challenge reaches a Crescendo renewing from within is the true proactive healthy response! All the birthday blessings and happy Purim to us all!"
Joined us this Tuesday 23rd Feb (for our Weekly Monday Emuna Class 2:45 PM by Eli Goldsmith - #UnitedSouls) is our next important free live session - 3:30 pm Israel Time - 8:30 pm Eastern Time - dedicated to Shana Malka Pulver in loving memory! Click here - https://lnkd.in/dXjMz2A The United Souls Course Eventbrite link is live sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the new date 9th March! Please share our LinkedIn Event page - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - United Souls for a #DivisiveGeneration! Good news!!! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album will be out 26th Feb - Purim 2021 - To Pre-Save on Spotify Now - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/eligoldsmithakamidnightrabbi/united-souls-2! Email plz for United Souls # 3 & KI # 2 UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com - https://open.spotify.com/album/28vpNwoTGKgskHwaE9hhiY?si=rIqN4oTtS362AWmZO14QUQ Extract from the new book United Souls TBA - "Every time we think we have reached a climax or a point of conclusion we realize we need to begin again! This renewal is leading us onto a higher plane than where we began! To understand every struggle is a step in the right direction, a struggle of the United Souls! We get to think and grow in different ways! Expand our mindset and go for new opportunities in life! Write a second even clearer book, release a 3rd or 4th collaboration album, go on a trip to a new destination, join an online zoom community, create a new piece of art or music, go on a run to begin a new day, share an inspiring post or comment! The point is to begin again with renewed optimism and start life fresh! Btw one of those ways to be renewed was to look for an editor and publisher so we can get a United Souls book out there! In the end, even once we published this first book we shall begin writing a second! All apart keeping the process moving until 120, well it is my birthday this Sunday Purim in Jerusalem! No better day to discuss renewal than a birthday especially when mine comes on Purim in Jerusalem! The whole inner light of this special time is renewal and as the Corona Challenge reaches a Crescendo renewing from within is the true proactive healthy response! All the birthday blessings and happy Purim to us all!" To Donate and Partner with our Online Emuna Tour with Rav Shalom Arush & the community in Jerusalem plz click - Emunalive.com!
Good Unity Flow news!!! United Souls #2 Collaboration Album will be out 26th Feb - Purim 2021 - To Pre-Save on Spotify Now - https://distrokid.com/hyperfollow/eligoldsmithakamidnightrabbi/united-souls-2! United Souls #2 -Collaboration Album with Unity Focused Real Music! Click, Pre-Save & Share Yours - https://unityinspiresprojects.wordpress.com/2021/02/16/united-souls-2-collaboration-album-with-unity-focused-real-music/ - Happy Purim and 41st birthday to Eli G - UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com Join us Tuesday 23rd Feb is our next important free live session - dedicated to Shana Malka Pulver in loving memory! Click here - https://lnkd.in/dXjMz2A The United Souls Course Eventbrite link is live sign up now - Click Here - https://lnkd.in/dRRu56C for the new date 9th March! Please share our LinkedIn Eventpage - https://lnkd.in/d5V7deU!!! Thank you, Lauren Pulver and Jeff Pulver for both hosting, as excited to interact with Eli Goldsmith's new course - a needed course with #PulveREDU - #UnitedSouls for a #DivisiveGeneration! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
#Shovavim - Week 6 - Parshat Mishpatim! Blessed Chodesh Adar Enters with Joy & Unity! Thank you for joining again our special series of #EmunaClass Q/A Weekly Monday at 2:45 pm (This Week Tuesday 3:30 pm) - Shovavim is an acronym of 6 weeks connected to the Torah readings of Shemos, Vayera, Bo, Beshalach, Yisro, Mishpatim! Our next step is to build ours on going even more public with #UnitedSouls & Real Listening! Thank you for the feedback! Sign up for United Souls inspired new 6 part course with PulveREDU - United Souls for a Divisive Generation! Every other Tuesday at 8:30 AM (Eastern) 6 classes - take one or more! https://www.linkedin.com/events/unitedsoulsforadivisivegenerati6759750001406050304/ Join and share your #relationshipflow #unitedsouls - UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com! Q/A direct to Eli.Goldsmith@Breslev.co.il!
TODAY LIVE - join us for our Bi-Weekly Tuesday, this week free & live, United Souls Emuna Class 3:30 PM by Eli Goldsmith - https://youtu.be/VQGOJpW9eAk!
Happy to connect in an authentic public interactive way - Please share & sign up now for our United Souls focus with interactive practical tools so needed for a divisive generation - link - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu2023-united-souls-for-a-divisive-generation-tickets-135695301299Join and share your #flow #unitedsouls - UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com! By Eli Goldsmith Hosted @ PulveREDU in association with Breslev Israel - ברסלב ישראל Universal content! - Thank you Jeff Pulver & Lauren Pulver our kind hosts. We need to bring the #UnitedSouls #Emunalive.com reality public! People more than ever are sick of the divisive agenda fuelled narrative of our media and institutions! People are hungry for the one love and success like from Tony Robbins and co! We have to represent the United Souls to bring soulfulness and unity for real to people’s daily feed and life! One of the most important parts of going Public with Soul is to appreciate other people's successes! To even assist and support other people's successes! This is the true Win-Win mindset and humility we should aim for! This expresses our true outlook of the United Soul! We all grow together and wish others to grow beyond towards United Souls - Shovavim - Week 4/5 - Parshat Beshalach! Lis Here are our company pages @unityinspiresprojects - https://www.linkedin.com/company/unity-inspires-projects Thank you all for connecting for real - #EliGoldsmith from Jerusalem! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
Join our Sunday Emuna Class Q/A hosted by Rav Shalom Arush # 18 Chai & Live with Special Community Emuna Tour Toronto Visit! #Mashiach & #Aliyah! Click, Inspire, & Share on https://www.facebook.com/132606533481945/videos/438654510505928/ our #EmunaPodcast! Also, join our Weekly Emuna Class Monday 245 PM Israel Time approx by Eli Goldsmith - Emuna is our Future with the Priority Flow! Click, Watch & Share on - https://youtu.be/k01ejYTTIc8 Keeping focused on Priorities during our Emuna Online Tours, Simchas, and busy times in life BH is our focus on our #Priority #EmunaFlow together! We shall continue hosting our musical guests before and after #Chanukah time - #MendyWeinreb & #AssafGoren TBC! Exciting to announce our first time teaching an online interactive learning course for Jeff Pulver and our globally growing community online! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu1058-united-souls-for-a-divisive-generation-tickets-130963273677 - please share on #unitedsouls! Real #inspired answers to the #CoronaChallenge and a #dividedgeneration! Listen to our #UnitedSoulsCollaborationAlbum #1 - http://sptfy.com/unitedsouls! Join our #collabalbum #2 #unitedsouls -UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com! Here is my new company page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/unity-inspires-projects Thank you all for connecting - Eli Goldsmith from Jerusalem! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
Keeping focused on Priorities during our Emuna Online Tours, Simchas and busy times in life bH is our focus on our #Priority #EmunaFlow together! We shall continue hosting our musical guests before and after #Chanukah time - #MendyWeinreb & #AssafGoren TBC! As discussed in our United Souls book and flow podcast - the values, goals with priorities guide us all during these important times on what's truly important! To be apart of our Joy, Simcha and Journey plz share your #MazelTov and #Flow direct at UnityInspiresProjects@gmail.com! We welcome setting up meetings direct with Rav Arush by Zoom or Whatsapp & to join our #emunaclasses! Just like Chazaq every night Chanukah, you and your Community can bring Rav Arush to your events via our online #EmunaTour 2020/21! B'H Q/A direct to Eli.Goldsmith@Breslev.co.il! #specialupdates TBA - #onlineteaching! The first time Eli G is teaching an online interactive learning course for Jeff Pulver and our globally growing community online! Join - https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu1058-united-souls-for-a-divisive-generation-tickets-130963273677 - please share on #unitedsouls! Real #inspired answers to the #CoronaChallenge and a #dividedgeneration! Listen to our #UnitedSoulsCollaborationAlbum #1 - http://sptfy.com/unitedsouls! Join our #collabalbum #2 #unitedsouls --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/breslevisrael/support
Join our Sunday Emuna Class Q/A hosted by Rav Shalom Arush # 18 Chai & Live with Special Community Emuna Tour Toronto Visit! #Mashiach & #Aliyah! Click, Inspire, & Share on https://www.facebook.com/132606533481945/videos/438654510505928/ our #EmunaPodcast! Also, join our Weekly Emuna Class Monday 245 PM Israel Time approx by Eli Goldsmith - Emuna is our Future with the Priority Flow! Click, Watch & Share on - https://youtu.be/k01ejYTTIc8 Keeping focused on Priorities during our Emuna Online Tours, Simchas, and busy times in life BH is our focus on our #Priority #EmunaFlow together! We shall continue hosting our musical guests before and after #Chanukah time - #MendyWeinreb & #AssafGoren TBC! Exciting to announce our first time teaching an online interactive learning course for Jeff Pulver and our globally growing community online! https://www.eventbrite.com/e/pulveredu1058-united-souls-for-a-divisive-generation-tickets-130963273677 - please share on #unitedsouls! Real #inspired answers to the #CoronaChallenge and a #dividedgeneration! Listen to our #UnitedSoulsCollaborationAlbum #1 - http://sptfy.com/unitedsouls! Join our #collabalbum #2 #unitedsouls -UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com! Here is my new company page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/unity-inspires-projects Thank you all for connecting - Eli Goldsmith from Jerusalem! --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/eligoldsmith/support
Alysha has the pleasure of meeting Marc Canter all because she listened to her “Spidey Sense” after Erica O'Grady (Episode 8) told her about Jeff Pulver's networking group (Episode 15) which is how they connected. However, it was after the biggest myrony that connected Daniel Kottke from last week's episode (Episode 17) that Alysha knew meeting Marc was for a greater reason. Hear the continued story from last week's episode of the early days of Silicon Valley where Canter shares about his experience with Jobs and how Canter's software MacroMind (which later became Macromedia) was also in the first Apple Computers. Canter shares his extremely colorful history in the software world including his claim to fame with video games (remember Professor Pac-Man?) and his meeting with Bill Gates…we know even if you are not into computers will appreciate the story he shares. Canter finally explains about his latest creativity & entertainment tool known as Instigate.ai where we will be able to tell a “story” with AI that we get to create. Is this going to be the next big thing after Instagram and Tik Tok? We hope so because for those that are tired of just selfies, Instigate.ai is the answer & more myronies could be shared!! About the Guest:Marc Canter is a software entrepreneur, who co-founded MacroMind (in 1984 in Chicago), which became Macromedia [MACR.] Because of Marc's tireless work, enthusiastic evangelism and creative leadership - Marc is known as "one of the fathers of multimedia."After Macromedia Marc created an Interactive Music Video Band (MediaBand) w/Todd Rungren, created an Interactive TV Talk Show and a venue based Operating system (MediaBar) all leading up to "the Internet." At that time Marc's product Director - was directly responsible for creating 85% of the world's multimedia and generating 100,000's of digital media jobs and production entities.Marc focused on broadband solutions during the early days of the Internet - traveling to London, Amsterdam, Japan and Italy, building "Interactive TV" systems and Digital City prototypes - all leading up to the development of a "white labeled Social Networking" platform (called PeopleAggregator) which he utilized to build 27 different social networks - between '03-'09. The 00's also had Marc getting heavily involved in the rights of User's to their Data and a group called "the Identity Gang."In '09 Marc picked up his family and moved to Cleveland, after having lived and worked in the SF/Bay Area for 27 years. Marc created an "economic development" platform (called "the Digital City Project") which he took out on the road to Amsterdam, Kuala Lampur, Jamaica, Tampa, FL, Kansas City and other cities. Marc's family then moved to Charlotte, NC - where he started yet ANOTHER startup, which originally focused on IoT Authoring tools, but pivoted into an entirely new kind of Messaging App - called Cola.Cola brought Marc back to SF - where he eventually started "Instigate, Inc." which is developing a new kind of "conversational storytelling" tool. Marc is an expert of taking ideas from Zero to One and has been helping software startups develop and grow their companies for over 30 years. Marc is a leader, an interdisciplinary thinker, a Dad and a loving husband to his wife, 5 kids and one granddaughter.Instigate.ai = websitehttps://www.facebook.com/Cantervision = Facebook grouphttps://www.facebook.com/marccanter =...
Jeff Pulver and co-host Rico Rivera discuss the latest news in the NFL and NBA. In the NFL, they discuss which leading contenders look the strongest as we approach the home stretch of the season, the time in a while that the Patriots will likely miss the playoffs, and which players deserve to be in the MVP conversation at this point. In the NBA they discussed some of the top stories from the draft, offseason moves by the Lakers and Celtics, and the Chris Paul trade. Thanks for listening! This podcast is also available as in video form on our IGTV Channel and our All Things Good Sports YouTube page if you prefer to watch. Follow us on social media @atgsportsmedia on Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, and join our Facebook Group called ATG Sports Podcast if you want to contact us, give feedback, or get behind the scenes info about our episodes! Also follow our parent company social media @allthingsgoodco which has over 129k followers on Instagram, bringing people positive stories every day. Listen to the All Things Good Podcast to hear interviews with actors, producers, directors, business people, and successful people in many fields. The music in this podcast was created by Tyler Adams. Contact him tadams897@gmail.com for music, podcast production, and audio engineering services. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/atgsports/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/atgsports/support
Jeff Pulver shares by being true to himself at the young age of 8, despite it causing great loneliness ended up being the catalyst for him to learn how to get a license with the FCC that allowed him to communicate as an amateur radio operator at age 12. The same FCC years later would issue the Pulver Order in 2004 which is the reason we all have the ability to communicate over the internet openly and freely and this is thanks to Jeff seeing the necessity from a premonition he had in a dream. Another silver lining to Jeff's early years of loneliness and his passion of amateur radio is what myronically lead him to become an Internet Pioneer in the field of Voice over Internet Protocol. The insight and wisdom Jeff shares, we felt was so important and is the reason for the length of this episode. But we truly believe once you listen you will be grateful we kept everything and be inspired to start removing the T from the can't in your lives as well. About the Guest: Jeff Pulver helped change the way the world communicates. The passing of the Pulver Order by the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) in 2004 helped set the stage for the world, where today consumers can communicate openly and freely.Jeff is an Internet Pioneer in the field of VoIP: founder of pulver.com, Co-Founder of Vonage, a number of other companies including most recently ZULAconnect. Jeff is an Entrepreneur, Investor, Oracle, Futurist, Advisor, Astrophotographer and Intuitive Healer. During 2020 Jeff has launched a number of Internet TV Talk shows including: The Conversation, The Soundtrack and Ask The Oracles. Jeff also hosts real-time passion-based networking communities known as Zula.You can also “hear” Jeff on his podcast The Almost Daily Jeff. To find out more and learn about his upcoming events visit www.pulver.comSocial Media:IG: @jeffkenipulverTwitter: @jeffpulverWikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jeff_PulverEmail: jeff.pulver@gmail.com About the Hosts:Alysha Myronuk is the creator of the fun new word of myrony (my+irony) which are the crazy coincidences that happen in life that we can't explain and is also another word for sign/synchronicity. Her life was fairly normal until she got into a car accident that triggered fibromyalgia at the age of 18 and had to deal with that very painful chronic condition along with many other life challenges including loss of both parents, marriage, divorce, suicide attempts, alcohol and prescription drug abuse and a full hysterectomy by the time she was 35. Alysha's strong spiritual connection and tenacity is what helped her through those very dark days that lead into years at times. Later she realized the reason she went through those trying times was so she could help others struggling with life's challenges and share the understanding of how to move forward.She now lives in San Jose, CA but still considers herself an East Coast girl at heart after growing up in Northern New Jersey and living in Delaware, Maryland and DC area for her entire life until she moved to California 8 years ago in 6 days which is a part of her myronic journey that helped her tap into her super power that she calls her “Spiritual Spidey Sense”. Thanks to her many careers which include hospitality & sales has allowed her to meet and work with so many different people but she is extremely excited to now be following her calling in life of sharing her concept of myrony by co-hosting “That's Myrony” Podcast (
Nicole Staple is the co-founder and CEO of Brideside. Nicole and her team reinvented the bridal shopping experience, and have raised more venture capital than any other female-led business out of Chicago. We discuss investor bias towards women, managing through rapid growth during her husband's cancer battle, and what rap lyrics have to do with ending meetings. Full episode transcript is below.Subscribe to our newsletter. We explore the intersection of media, technology, and commerce: sign-up linkLearn more about our market research and executive advisory: RockWater websiteFollow The Come Up on Twitter: @TCUpodEmail us: tcupod@wearerockwater.com--EPISODE TRANSCRIPTChris Erwin:Hi. I'm Chris Erwin. Welcome to The Come Up, a podcast that interviews entrepreneurs and leaders. Nicole Staple:I don't think they knew Sonali was pregnant and we never mention it. She was eight months pregnant. She was big. He came, he left and they told us they were passing because we were located in Chicago. You have to ask yourself is that really why they passed on the deal? Chris Erwin:This week's episode features my dear friend, Nicole Staple, the co-founder and CEO of Brideside. Brideside reinvented the bridal shopping experience, creating what they describe as an all-channel concierge service. And they've raised more venture capital than any other female-led business out of Chicago. That's super impressive. Yet Nicole, who I've known for nearly a decade, remains humble and is still very cautiously optimistic about her business. And just like when I knew her in business school, Nicole continues to work tirelessly to build Brideside. Chris Erwin:In our interview, you'll hear how Nicole always finds a way to overcome pretty big challenges like how she had to deal with investor bias towards women when first raising funding or leading Brideside through rapid growth during her husband's cancer battle. Despite all this, Nicole also knows how to add some fun into the mix like how her and her co-founder end meetings with rap lyrics. So I'm thrilled to bring you Nicole's story. It's such a good one. You'll hear wild stories and all along the way Nichole just exhibits such incredible courage and resolve. I have learned so much from her and she's a major inspiration for me. So this interview was an absolute delight. All right let's get into it. Chris Erwin:Quick heads up that my interview with Nicole was recorded back in February and prior to COVID. Yet her points about direct-to-consumer in 2020 are quite prescient, and Nicole's come-up story definitely stands the test of time. So Nicole, why don't we start out where'd you grow up, by the way. Remind me. Nicole Staple:That's a good question. Chris Erwin:I know you've told me, but I forget. Nicole Staple:A lot of different places. I was born in London. So my dad is British. My mom had moved to London and my dad followed her to get her PhD in economics from the London School of Economics. I was born there and my parents were also married there. Then my family moved to North Carolina to a small farm town outside of Durham and I lived there for the first 12 years of my life and then we moved to Princeton, New Jersey, which you know- Chris Erwin:Garden State. Nicole Staple:... because you're also from New Jersey. Chris Erwin:Much pride. Nicole Staple:And I went to middle school and high school in New Jersey and then my parents moved back to North Carolina. So now I'm sort of from nowhere. No one really lives in North Carolina anymore. My parents split. My family lives sort of all over. So I call Jackson Hole home now where my parents have a ski house and a place that I love. Chris Erwin:You have a pretty awesome geographical footprint in my opinion between Jackson Hole and Victor, Idaho and then Palm Springs where we went hiking a couple months ago. And then you also have an HQ in Chicago, and now you're based in New York City. You're all over and then I think you also- Nicole Staple:I'm a nomad. Chris Erwin:... spend time in North Carolina as well. So that's awesome. Nicole Staple:It's always feels a little freeing to be from nowhere, but it also can feel a little detached. I seriously don't know really where I would even call home now. So it's always been interesting to me. Chris Erwin:So I'm curious. Right now you are the co-founder and CEO of Brideside and we're going to help tell your story of how you got to where you are today. I'm curious, growing up, being born in London and then growing up in jersey and then you went to Lawrenceville and then to Wellesley College. What was your focus when you were at Wellesley. Why did you choose that school and what you focused on there? Nicole Staple:Wellesley was not a popular choice. It's an all-women's college outside of Boston. And no one in my class wanted to go there because it was all women. However, I had a lot of friends and school whose mothers had gone to Wellesley because it was maybe a bit more popular for that generation and I was particularly inspired by that actually and my mom and my grandmother are like amazing women and I really looked up to them and I thought like this was an opportunity to actually do something a little bit different. I actually think wanting to be different is something that's been a theme for me. Chris Erwin:Wanting to be different? Nicole Staple:Yes. Chris Erwin:Okay. Nicole Staple:I have this like fear of just living an ordinary life and blending in with everyone else and so I felt that it would be a unique experience, but I wasn't so sure I wanted to do it. Then I played lacrosse in college and so I was looking at schools where I could play sports and I knew I wanted to play division three. I got into some better lacrosse schools and then my dad told me he wouldn't pay for anywhere else that had a lower caliber of academics in Wellesley, and so the decision was sort of made. Chris Erwin:You said you have a fear of living an ordinary life. Where does that come from? Nicole Staple:So I think it's part of my DNA. I think it's like wanting things to feel exciting is very much a part of I think things I can't control and that's something I've learned over the years. But I grew up and my mom worked in public health internationally a lot and I had the great privilege of traveling with her to a lot of really interesting places. And my dad is a total adventure junkie and took us very rugged sort of backpacking and ski experiences growing up and I just think that really stuck with me. I actually believe it builds a lot of confidence to do that sort of stuff when you're younger and I think I've always sort of wanted to hold on to that because I think it was part of what like gave me confidence that I could do some of those things that other kids my age hadn't done or couldn't do. Chris Erwin:It's definitely a unique upbringing that you had between the adventures with your father and your mother in public health. So as you probably compared and contrasted your stories relative to peers of school, by just feeling of like, "Oh, mine's a bit different. Let's go with this. We got some momentum, and this feels right." Okay. So then you go to Wellesley where I think as you describe there's a lot of powerful women who had entrepreneurial ambitions or creating unique careers for themselves that, that really excited you and felt like that was part of this path and this vision that you had for your life. So while you're there, were there any entrepreneurial itches that you were scratching or was it, "Hey, I'm focused on a life on Wall Street," which we'll get into a little bit. What were you thinking there? Nicole Staple:No. I didn't really know. I was an economics major. I think part of that was again like what my parents did, but I think part of it was that, that made the world make sense to me I felt like when I was in my Econ 101 class, there was like an aha moment like, "Oh, okay. Got it. This is how the world worked and that just became my orientation." But certainly, there were things that were entrepreneurial in ways, but mostly like social justice oriented. Nicole Staple:Even when I was younger, I was really focused on the environment and conservation. So I would start little stupid organizations like sell baked goods at the farmers market to raise money for some conservation organization. Just little things. Chris Erwin:Yeah. Do what you can. Start local. Nicole Staple:Right, exactly. I was involved in some global health stuff in college in the same vein and worked with women in developing countries who were trying to get out of poverty. So that was sort of like where I was mostly focused and then investment banking became my path because that seemed to be what most econ majors did and it felt like a way to get training out of school and to make money, stand on my own two feet which both of those things, as you know, because you had a similar path, you can do when you do investment banking. But there was a very pivotal moment for me during my investment banking interviews where I met a very prolific entrepreneur and that very much changed my perspective of what I might want to do in the future. Chris Erwin:Oh, wow. Who was this prolific entrepreneur that you met? Nicole Staple:His name is Jeff Pulver he was the founder of Vonage. So he was the original inventor of voice over IP who ultimately became Skype. Chris Erwin:It's a pretty big industry. Nicole Staple:And as you know much more than that. So my girlfriend, actually a girl I didn't even know, but ultimately became a girlfriend at Wellesley and I were sitting next to each other on the Delta shuttle flight from Boston to New York for our investment banking interviews, and this guy sat next to us and asked us literally, "If you could do anything with your life, what would you do?" And we thought he was a little bit creepy. But we decided to entertain it. Chris Erwin:A little bit creepy. Nicole Staple:Then we ended up chatting with him and it was Jeff Pulver. As a result, both me and the woman sitting next to me actually talked about wanting to start companies one day and didn't really want to do investment banking, but we felt like we had to. We had a long conversation with him on the flight and ultimately we befriended each other and he ended up being in our lives actually for a good amount of time. Her and I ended up becoming pretty good friends and started working on some ideas at Wellesley together and that seed was sort of planted and ultimately led to me exploring that path later on. Chris Erwin:That is very interesting. I did not know that story at all. What did Jeff say on the plane that was like a catalyst or got you excited about entrepreneurship? And then my second question is clearly there was something inside you already and he was this spark that seemed to make it come to life. But what did he share that kind of got you thinking differently? Nicole Staple:I think it was more the questions he asked because when you're that age... And I don't know. I think it's different now. Starting companies is more of a thing. This was 2004, 2005. So it felt like something that was very isolated to Silicon Valley and I didn't even really know what Silicon Valley was. My dad was an entrepreneur and had started a few companies, but on the East Coast and it was a very different sort of situation. Chris Erwin:Not like today where there's HBO shows like literally called Silicon Valley. Nicole Staple:Exactly. Chris Erwin:And it's part of the media zeitgeist of everything. Nicole Staple:Yeah, I was totally clueless. So I think it was more really asking young people. Most young people I don't necessarily think get asked like what would you want to do if money were of no consequence, right? Chris Erwin:Yeah. Nicole Staple:You're really just thinking about how you get on your feet when you're that age. And so it was actually interesting to explore that. H was just very encouraging. He was very encouraging and positive about anything and ultimately this became like a longer-term relationship, but things that we would tell him he was just very enthusiastic about. I think when you are trying to put yourself out there just someone being encouraging of you can go a long way. Chris Erwin:I mean, this is me asserting some ideas, but maybe in your youth, when you're 2003, 2004 haven't even graduated college yet and someone is asking you questions and essentially they're thinking big. It seems like that was the impression that you got that Jeff was asking you some big questions, which is the assumption you're capable of a lot of things. And hearing that as a youth and then also as a woman probably at that time was maybe surprising. You weren't used to being thought of like that, particularly around your biggest ideas that maybe stray off the path. Nicole Staple:I mean, absolutely. And coming from Wellesley, our motto around campus is women who will. There were literally flags all across campus with the phrase women who will, women who will achieve, women who will change the world, women who will give back all over. We were very focused there on finding a path for ourselves and I think a lot of that looked like Hillary Clinton at the time, which was wearing a power suit and being in politics or finance. Chris Erwin:That was like kind of like the one image or female power definition that you had. Nicole Staple:Yes. Chris Erwin:Now, that's clearly changing a lot of ways and I think that you are helping to define what new vision is going forward. Nicole Staple:Yes. I've told myself if I am wearing a power suit in the future as I'm sitting here in like knee-high socks and a dress that I have done something wrong. So I think it looks different now. Chris Erwin:Yeah, I agree. Okay. So you're inspired from this conversation with Jeff. You want to understand how the world works, so that's why you like economics. Economically to investment banking and you commit to that path. So I think you did an internship at Goldman Sachs over summer and then afterwards you went to UBS. Was UBS the experience that you had hoped for. Was it what you expected? Nicole Staple:It was nothing like I expected. It was a wild ride. I ended up moving from equity research at Goldman to wanting to do investment banking and healthcare. UBS was a hot healthcare group at the time run by this sort of notorious banker who led a very interesting and intense culture. Chris Erwin:A lot is caught up in that definition. Interesting. Nicole Staple:Would not have flown in the era of MeToo. But at the end of the day when you have a coach that is incredibly difficult and works you into the ground, you tend to bond with the players around you and I think my experience in banking was like that. I think I learned a lot of really important skills that have helped me start a company. I made more money those two years than I have any years since. So it's only been downhill from there on the financial front. Chris Erwin:You're building lots of equity value right now, right? Nicole Staple:And I made really, really good friends. It turns out when you're trying to balance a balance sheet at four in the morning, you and your other like 22-year-old friends have a lot to talk about. Chris Erwin:Through trauma there is incredible camaraderie and companionship. It is true on the battlefield. I know that through my twin brother in the military. Nicole Staple:And I would never compare investment banking and financial modeling, just to be clear, to a battlefield. Chris Erwin:I hear you. I mean I was a banker when my brother was in combat abroad in Afghanistan and Iraq. Surprisingly there are some very interesting studies that were done that the highest stress level that a human can have is when you feel that you don't have control over your schedule and that there's incredible uncertainty. And in banking, there's incredible uncertainty because it's 9:00 pm. You think you're done for the night and then a managing director drops like a whole pitch you have to prepare by the next day on your desk. And that that level of stress... This is crazy. It's just what the article says is that that can be higher than those that are in combat and conflict. Chris Erwin:Okay. So you're at UBS. You meet this incredible group of people, this incredible network, which you've actually brought up with me in the past. You do that for I think a year or two and then you transition to SVB. What was SVB? Nicole Staple:So I did that for two years and then I became really interested actually through working healthcare, in earlier stage healthcare technologies and biotech, and I was deciding between going to work for a biotech company or going to Palo Alto to actually think about learning more about venture capital and made a last-minute decision to do that with Silicon Valley Bank that is deeply ingrained in the startup ecosystem as many of your listeners might know. So I went to work for SVB Capital which is the direct investment fund, essentially the venture capital fund of SVB, small team and that was my first introduction to startups. Chris Erwin:So your first introduction to startups, learning about startups and working with early stage founders, what was your initial reaction to that? Nicole Staple:My first reaction was there's a lot of people asking for money. I should have known better, but a lot of companies, a lot of ideas, a lot of brilliant people, things I could not understand, I could not for the life of me figure out what the cloud meant. Chris Erwin:So there's lots of "cloud conversations". Nicole Staple:And this was again, I'm dating myself, new terminology in that day. But I mean really, really inspiring and what I think was interesting is that you were taken seriously whether you were 22 or 52. I think it was really interesting for me, and this is a little bit nuanced but to learn about the life cycle of a company and how things can rise and how things can fall. By doing a lot of cap table analysis, I could actually start to understand like what it meant to own a company, who owned that company, how it all worked and how that evolved as the company grew. Chris Erwin:Yeah, that's actually really interesting because probably growing up watching the news media then going to Wellesley and then at UBS, you saw, "Hey, a lot of the founders of companies are our banking clients. They're older, right? They've gone through their careers. Now, they're more established. All of a sudden, you're at SVB. You have people that are maybe right out of college or haven't even gone to college pitching with these really big ideas. And then being empowered to do so, sometimes the bank would write checks. Chris Erwin:That's got to feel really exciting to you where, one, you're probably rooting for some of these people that are pitching, have these ideas but also thinking about, "Well, if they can do it, then I could also do that, right?" Nicole Staple:Yeah, a little bit. I mean, I felt that for sure. Everyone was smarter than I was, so maybe a little bit more inferiority complex than anything but I think that's something we all battle. That's actually been like I think you hear this a lot, but that's certainly been a big theme as well throughout all of this. I think being in awe of the just raw brain power out in the valley was it was pretty amazing and I could also start to explore like if this world is interesting to me and I do think I want to make an impact somewhere, what's something that I might orient myself towards that I could feel passionate about and understand and be good at. Chris Erwin:Interesting. So you do SVB for a couple years and then after that, you have a transition to business school, the Kellogg School of Management at Northwestern and Chicago. I think you did a couple pre-MBA internships in Chicago, but what sparked that transition? What caused you to leave SVB? Nicole Staple:I was really interested in potentially starting my own company. And again, much more socially oriented actually, I was really intrigued by social entrepreneurship again. I've had a sort of a theme around being interested in how women move up in sort of society economically. I was interested in that and I was thinking of doing a few different internships prior to business school but ultimately chose year up, which is an amazing national nonprofit that prepares really talented youth for college or really fortune 500 companies through this amazing training program. I thought that I would go to business school to start a social enterprise. Chris Erwin:So you thought you would go to business school to start a social enterprise. You'd do this pre-MBA internship at Europe and that further validated your interest in the space like yes, this is definitely what I want to do? Nicole Staple:Yes. Although, the one thing I noticed in the nonprofit world because this was a non-profit, but they have an interesting business model where Fortune 500 companies actually essentially fund the model they're not constantly fundraising for grants. But I think most non-profits, you're still particularly as the executive director or the CEO, a lot of your job is asking for money. So there was something that I was noticing there around personal wealth as well, and that was also starting to form in my mind what is the optionality I can build into myself if I think about something that could have financial upside in the near term whether it's starting my own thing or going to a startup or going to another type of job where I could continue to build maybe my own financial footholds, could that lead to more flexibility later on for the type of like social justice work I might want to do? Chris Erwin:Interesting. So it's hey, there's a chance you're looking at these early stage companies, founders with these big ideas, raise capital, work really hard, potentially have a liquidity event and exit. And then they are freed up both in time and money to give back and pursue altruistic initiatives. So that seemed like an interesting path for you to take. Nicole Staple:You're saying it probably much more eloquently than I would have thought at the time, but I think that's probably along the lines of where my head was at the time. Chris Erwin:Okay, interesting. Again, there's clearly a few different ways to do that. It's like you could go into investment banking or consulting, grind that out for 10, 20 years, and also give back. But you were leaning towards the entrepreneurial side. So you go to Kellogg. So that is your focus while you're at school? Are you on that path? Nicole Staple:Yeah. I was. I did a lot of work in social investing, social enterprise work and it was a tough industry at the time. It was hard to understand how to build either a fund or companies that were sustainable, double bottom line, sort of initiative. It was complicated. It was more complicated than I thought. Chris Erwin:I've never heard of double bottom line actually. Nicole Staple:Social return and economic and financial return. Chris Erwin:Yeah, I like that. Nicole Staple:So how do you balance the two and make them optimized for both. It can be challenging. It was around that time that I met my co-founder. She was doing something completely different, but I was ultimately intrigued by what she was working on as well. Chris Erwin:Tell us about that moment. So it seems like that you are working on a few different things at school, double bottom line companies and ideas, but as we know now, Brideside is what took off, but what were the origin days? This was not the first idea that you were working on. Nicole Staple:No. Well, this company wasn't the first idea. Well, it wasn't my idea, to put that out there. I was just along for the ride, but it was not the first. My brother and I actually pitched some ideas at Kellogg. We won a little pitch competition around our media idea, around bringing local music into... It was sort of like a pitchfork but more location based where you would merge like content and shows that were happening and content that musicians were putting out by major cities. We had some different ideas there. I had- Chris Erwin:So this is your brother, Justin. You're pitching ideas at Kellogg. How much younger is your brother? He wasn't in school with us? Nicole Staple:He was in college. Chris Erwin:He was in college. Nicole Staple:He was at University of Chicago, so just down the south side. Chris Erwin:Oh, he was nearby. Nicole Staple:Mm-hmm (affirmative). Chris Erwin:I did not realize that. Nicole Staple:Yep. So you were pitching ideas together and thinking that maybe that could be the thing doubling down on family. Chris Erwin:I just try to find people who are smarter than I am and attach myself to them and then pitch their ideas. It was a very smart strategy. It's worked very well for many people. Okay. So you were doing that with your brother and then was any of those ideas seemed like they were going to have legs? Nicole Staple:Yeah. I mean, he ended up being very successful in his own right, but Sonali, my co-founder and I were in the same business school section. So we met really day one of school and were friends first. She had been planning her wedding while applying to business school and had thought that the wedding industry was really, to not sound overly trite, ripe for disruption. I knew that she was working on this, but I didn't know much about it. We were in a class together and she said, "Do you want to join my business plan writing team?" I had a few friends on the team, so I thought, "Cool, this looks fun." Chris Erwin:Little did you know in that moment when she asked that question that it would literally transform the next nine years of your life. Nicole Staple:My entire life. Chris Erwin:And potentially many more. Nicole Staple:I think there's definitely a power in saying yes to a lot of things and just trying them out. I think I was unsure about whether the wedding industry was interesting to me at all, but I think I was open-minded enough to try to understand the opportunity in a really like detached sort of more like academic way. I immediately thought that it was an awesome opportunity and I could very quickly see where the growth scenario was. And I saw this really like terrible customer experience for women, shopping for bridesmaid dresses and bridal gowns. Nicole Staple:I was like, "Oh, yeah. David's Bridal seems like super outdated. Good point." And how these large groups of women were shopping and planning together. It was a huge social thing. I hadn't really been through it much myself, but ultimately would have become a bridesmaid like several times after starting to work on this idea, and I could just see like this is something that feels given where consumer tech is going, given how we're using the internet, how we're looking for inspiration, this just feels like an industry that has not caught up yet. So as we started working on the idea together, I became more and more excited about it. Chris Erwin:Wow. Did you feel that you and Sonali really clicked from the beginning? Was there like a special vibe between you? Nicole Staple:I did and I never would have started the company if it weren't for that. While we were both MBAs and I think that can sometimes be looked down upon. I felt that we were very different in so many ways, which was a good thing. She was incredibly creative and smart. She had a really interesting orientation towards systems and science. Again, finding people smarter than you are. I was sort of like more of a strategic thinker. I liked big ideas. I could put stories together. I understood again the life cycle of a startup. Nicole Staple:I felt that I could really add some direction and structure to some of the ideas that she was talking about with our original co-founder, Emily who's no longer with the company. So I felt we worked really well together. She also was like a self-proclaimed fashion junkie, I was not. I liked more the business side of things and she had a great passion for how to build relationships with designers. She had a great eye for the product. So I just felt that we really vibed. Chris Erwin:This might have been a bit premature, but did that complementary relationship also gets you excited where it's like, "Hey, this is a really good idea. And if this were to go somewhere, just sort of become a thing, this could be someone that I could actually work with. Not only just like I like her, but no, we actually work well together. We enhance one another." Was that flashing through your mind? Nicole Staple:For sure. And those early days, it's like dating for the first time, meeting someone you really like when you're in those like early days. Chris Erwin:Nicole just did a little like shoulder shimming that was part of that. I wish you guys could see it. Nicole Staple:Yeah. It's like all romantic and fun like pillow talk until three in the morning. You just you know the ideas are flowing. You're starting to realize, "Oh my god, there is definitely some chemistry here. Some founder chemistry." And those days are really exciting because the whole world is literally at your fingertips when you feel that way. Chris Erwin:Yeah. It's a really, really exciting moment. I mean, this is like ridiculous about MBAs, when you start talking through a new idea with someone, you're like, "Could this be the rest of my life? Is this my billion dollar exit?" We probably ask ourselves that question too often while in school. But it is a really exciting moment. That's the fun of it. Nicole Staple:Yeah. Our spring break, second year, we hiked Patagonia with some friends and we spent hours on the trail like beautiful landscape. So special to be able to do that and do that together and just talked about what the rest of our lives would sort of look like. Could we do this? Could we take the leap? I often think business-minded people and ambitious people over index for risk. I think a lot of MBAs do that. They think things are more risky than they actually are and that can create a lot of fear or inhibit you from exploring new opportunities like this. Nicole Staple:I was like really glad that she had decided to do this sort of irregardless of whether I was on board or not and I think that provided a lot of inspiration for me and comfort knowing that she was in, and we could be buddies in that and I could just take the leap. At the end of the day, we'd be in it together. If it failed, I'm sure we were employable. It was not going to be that big a risk. Chris Erwin:All right. So let's fast forward a little bit. So you guys commit. You want to do Brideside. This is what you're going to do after you graduate from Kellogg. Okay. So school is over. What does the team look like and what are you working on? Do you have financing? Nicole Staple:The team was our friend, Emily, Sonali and myself. We quickly got sort of a technology UX/UI co-founder. That summer after we graduated, we started the Monday after graduation working full-time at 1871, which now is a massive incubator and co-working space in Chicago. We are one of their first tenants and we just used the Kellogg room and started working on... Chris Erwin:There's a designated Kellogg room. Nicole Staple:There is a Kellogg room and there were only like us... Basically, it was just us using it at the time. This is again, startups weren't as sexy as they are now and we did a photo shoot. We were designing a homepage. I remember that we were coming up with the name. All really important things and we were applying to incubators. That's my memory. I was sleeping on Sonali's couch, me, her husband, all in her apartment for that summer and applying to an incubator became like the primary milestone because that's how we felt we could properly organize, incorporate launch, potentially get some early stage funding. Chris Erwin:Okay. Did you eventually join an incubator? Nicole Staple:We did. It was called Dream Adventures out of Philadelphia. One of the founders of David's Bridal was involved in the incubator and that was why we chose that one and he became our mentor during those three and a half months. Chris Erwin:Interesting. Okay. So you get into Dream Adventures. Helpful experience? Nicole Staple:It was really helpful. I think we realized the value more and more once we left. It created a discipline that I think can be hard to create yourself if you're a first-time founder, which is being held accountable to KPIs every single week even when you don't really have a business. It caused us to do things very, very quickly. It removed us from our friends and family. We were in the same apartments and pens campus. And I think it allowed us to focus- Chris Erwin:So you were down in Philadelphia. Nicole Staple:We were down in Philadelphia. It allowed us to focus. Chris Erwin:Okay. Nicole Staple:And we ultimately raised some capital after it, which was obviously pivotal to being able to launch the business. Chris Erwin:So was there a demo day at the end? Nicole Staple:There was. Chris Erwin:And you raised some money from that demo day? Nicole Staple:We raised around 250,000 I think out of the gates and I believe that year, we raised another 250. So maybe 500 came out of that initial demo day. Chris Erwin:Wow. So this is exciting. You meet Sonali in your MBA program. You have the idea. You commit to it after graduation. You're working on it. You get into the incubator like check, then you raise some seed capital check. So you guys must be feeling like, "All right. Here we go. We're on this path. Things are looking up." Is that what you were feeling at the time? Nicole Staple:I feel like we felt desperate all the time. A lot of things were happening though. Sonali found out she was pregnant the day our incubator started. The day we launched our first pop-up shop which was like our coming out party of the whole thing was the day she had her baby. Chris Erwin:Wow. Okay. Nicole Staple:So April 5th, 2013 was the day we essentially early sort of beta launched Brideside the day she had the baby. So nothing in our history has ever been smooth. In fact, our first investment that was actually going to truly allow us to pay ourselves like a little bit of money which we ultimately weren't able to do for a while was through a large angel group in Philadelphia and we thought we had the investment. One of the managing partners from the group was doing a final meet and greet in Chicago, flew in to meet us. I don't think they knew Sonali was pregnant and we never mention it. She was eight months pregnant. She was big. He came, he left and they told us they were passing because we were located in Chicago. You have to ask yourself is that really why they passed on the deal? It was very tough for both of us. Chris Erwin:Yeah. You thought that you had that investment like in the bag. It was all sorted. And then that just changes. That's interesting. So I mean, one, looking from outside, people think like wow, this is a team that's really checking the boxes. They're growing. They've raised money. Through the incubator, they're learning. They have a beta test. But on the inside, you guys felt like, "Oh, we're just like every day, we're struggling through this." Just barely getting through these milestones. It's exciting but there's just so much more to do. No guarantees of success. Nicole Staple:Yeah. When you're feeling broke, you have tons of student loans. You are trying to get something off the ground and nothing feels like it's working. I think it became very obvious at that moment that we were also women in this industry. Chris Erwin:Explain that. Nicole Staple:Well, Sonali being pregnant I think was the reason that we lost that investment. I think that was very obvious to us at the time. So the reality of how we were perceived by this investment community and by the startup community actually became like very real at that point and I think you know Sonali got a lot of questions, "How can you be a mom and a startup founder?" I think there was a lot of bias at the time there and that was just becoming very clear to us that that was a factor. Chris Erwin:You're being punished for who you are and your identity which is probably an accelerant to your business because you intimately understand the bridesmaid's journey and that investors are punishing you for that. That's got to be so frustrating. Nicole Staple:Yeah. I think, look. I think there's just biases that are out there and I think you can feel sometimes like you're being held to a different standard, but ultimately that came and went and that was a reality. There was like a triple whammy as we scaled our business that year around fundraising. It was very tough for us. One was, I think being women founders but having a women focused consumer business. A lot of early stage investors are investing based on passion or just something that they personally care about, which is understandable. It's usually their personal money of their high net worth. When men generally control 90 to 95% of that capital, they just don't orient towards a woman's consumer product. They don't understand. So that was one. Chris Erwin:I can't relate to it. Nicole Staple:I think the biases of being a new mom, having a co-founder, that new mom or being young women founders, there's probably unconscious bias there being in the Midwest, less than 5% of capital at the time was going towards Midwest companies. Being in weddings and being in consumer generally less than 5% of VC goes to consumer goods businesses. So I think there was just a lot working against us that I didn't even realize at the time. So you put a lot of pressure on yourself. I spent a lot of years just thinking that everything that didn't go our way was like directly my fault and I think now I have a little bit more perspective for just how hard it is for everyone. Chris Erwin:Yeah. But as you start to reflect on that, did that make you think like, "Hey, the odds are against us. This might just not be possible." Nicole Staple:There have been many moments in the business where we were unsure whether we would be able to move forward and some of that uncertainty was... A lot of times, it was capital related. Sometimes there were moments operationally where we were like is this growing as fast as it should? Is this working? Is it not working? But there was one of those moments that I think was fundraising related where Sonali and I were at a restaurant down the street from our co-working space and we were having the conversation, "Do we keep going?" Chris Erwin:Oh, wow. Nicole Staple:I was started getting really emotional and crying at the table. Chris Erwin:What year was this? Nicole Staple:This conversation was probably 2015 at that point. And we were eating Shishito peppers as an appetizer. Chris Erwin:Okay. Good memory. Nicole Staple:And the waitress came over and said, "Is everything okay over here?" Because I was visibly upset and I told her I got one of the really spicy ones. I just remember that so well because it was really funny in the moment and I sort of pulled it together. One thing Sonali and I have always been really proud of is that in those moments, we've always stayed true to some of the key metrics in our business that allowed us to make the decision. So while it definitely is our baby and our passion project on some level, I think we've always had a very practical approach to the business. Nicole Staple:That's important because you're managing investors money and you're also managing people who are relying on you for a job. I think it's very important to be clear headed in these decisions on whether how fast you scale up or down or whether you go on or not and we always had some very key metrics around how likely a customer was to buy from us if she had heard about us and signed up for the site and how much she was spending with us. That became sort of our tried and true barometer and we ultimately were always very strong on that and also actually Net Promoter Score customer satisfaction like how much people liked our product. We were, say, very, very close to those numbers from literally day one in the business and that allowed us to navigate those decisions. And if we felt that those numbers were exceptionally good, we would keep going. Chris Erwin:When did you feel that after that conversation, there was an inflection point where like, "Okay, we really have something here and you're like the investor interest is, it's really starting to gel and manifest. Real money is flowing our way." What was that next moment? Nicole Staple:I think when we moved to a real office that became a moment for us. We moved to this really cool refurbished warehouse in the west loop where we still have our headquarters. At the time, it was 4,200 square feet. And I say at the time, because we've now taken over like the whole building. And 4,200 square feet seemed like massive to us and we decided... We had experimented in our co-working space with showrooming having women come in and try on dresses in person and it was astonishing to us that groups of women would buzz up to an office and try on dresses in a 200 square foot space literally running around in their bras and underwears in the hallway to try on dresses with us when we were literally less than 10 minutes away from some of the nicest bridal salons in the city. Chris Erwin:Wow, yeah. Nicole Staple:So we decided something there was working. So we got this new office and we decided the front part was going to be this cool lofty showroom experience and the back part was going to be our office, but it felt massive. So we said, "Okay, we'll lease it out to other companies. We'll try to recoup some of our rent expense." Within a few weeks, we felt like we were already busting out of the seams on that space." Chris Erwin:Oh, wow. Exciting. Nicole Staple:So that really felt like exciting. I was so proud to show people our real office and the showroom experience, we outfitted it for like $3,000 and within a year, it was like doing over a million bucks with people coming to try on dresses there. Chris Erwin:What year is this? Nicole Staple:This was in 2016. Chris Erwin:Okay, wow. Nicole Staple:And so we felt that we were really tapping into something with the showrooming experience. That was also giving us more insight into the customer experience more generally, which was helping inform our technology experience and our digital styling as well, which has become a huge differentiator for Brideside. We never took our eye off the prize on delivering an exceptional customer experience and we continued to invest in that, and that's very much what we're known for today. So we felt that we were really carving out something different. And then the next summer I think in 2017, we had one of our largest wholesale partners, brands, designers, went bankrupt essentially overnight. Chris Erwin:Wow. Nicole Staple:That was a huge moment for us because a lot of things happened then. We could have totally lost our shirts as a business, but we made a lot of really good decisions at that moment that ultimately led to us creating a growth strategy that would involve us becoming more direct to consumer manufacturing our own product, expanding the showroom experience while continuing to expand the technology experience. And I think that gave us a really defensible business model for mass scale. Chris Erwin:So this is an interesting moment to pause on because I know from having known Nicole now from early days of business school, in her business journey that in the beginning challenging and raising capital. And there was other companies that had actually raised... Doing something similar to what you were doing direct to consumer in the wedding industry and in retail that raising multiples of what you had raised. I know that that was really challenging and frustrating for you. But something we always talked about was like Nicole, you guys are super sharp operators. You have good KPIs in place. You have something here. Stay lean and stay resilient, and you did. Then at this point. I think around 2017, 2018, there are some of these competitors that started to fall by the wayside, were no longer around. Tell us about that moment. Nicole Staple:When the competitive landscape started to really shift both big players and smaller players and venture back players were, as you sort of put it, falling to the wayside or going out of business or the businesses were being acquired, we definitely felt that there was an opportunity opening up for us and we wanted to very much go at it full force. I mentioned I think the opportunity was really this completely integrated model where we were manufacturing our own products, so higher margin structure. We were able to deliver product faster and a more competitive price point to our customers. We had more control over product design. Nicole Staple:We now knew how to do showrooms. We had done a partnership with Hudson's bay company and some Lord and Taylor stores to experiment with that. So we were sort of ready to scale that. We were still really well known for our service experience and just this like concierge stylist experience. We had seen what we believed were cracks in other business models out there, some of our competitors and we felt that, "Hey, we're still growing." We've been really lean from a capital perspective. We were always really disciplined about customer acquisition. We've always been profitable on customer acquisition and we felt that some of our competitors for whatever reason, probably a lot of venture capital pressure had maybe been forced to grow more quickly than the business could sustain. Nicole Staple:So we felt that it was really our time. We had to wait for the dust to settle a little bit because it was a very unfriendly environment for us to raise capital at that point because there had been so much negative press around the wed tech space, the wedding technology. Chris Erwin:Wed tech? Nicole Staple:Wed tech. That's what it was called at the time. So we waited it out a little bit and when we were ready to really scale actually our private label, we had actually already started to scale our private label. That's when we went out for a larger round. Chris Erwin:And when was this? Nicole Staple:That would have been the end of 2018. Chris Erwin:End of 2018? Nicole Staple:Yeah. So we had raised 6.2 million up until that point and we wanted to raise a 7 million series A. Chris Erwin:On top of that 6 million? Nicole Staple:Mm-hmm (affirmative). Chris Erwin:And did you feel at this point when your competitors are, as I said falling by the wayside, did this feel validating to you? Did it get you excited or was there another feeling that you had? Nicole Staple:I think on some level it was validating and that it's hard for everyone. I think there's a lot of FOMO or inferiority stuff going on in your head in this world particularly if you read like TechCrunch every day. You always feel like everyone's doing better than you are. But what I realized is that we were actually doing pretty well. We had generated quite a good amount of sales volume on a relatively small amount of capital. We had proven a lot out. We were acquiring customers profitably and we felt that we had a lot ahead of us. Nicole Staple:So in that sense I think it felt validating, but for me if anything, it's a constant reminder around being prudent operators and really responsible stewards of capital. I think you are always rooting for any other founder around you. I mean, you look up to them. You want to learn from people who are starting companies and scaling companies around you and you never want to see a company fail even if it is a competitor. I guess there's some pleasure in that, but at the end of the day you have to look at yourself in the mirror and say like, "Gosh, I better make sure that that's not me tomorrow." Chris Erwin:It's really interesting how you put that. I mean, essentially you're describing how you look at the world as positive some, because if this is all hard all around and if another entrepreneur is succeeding, then there's chance for me as well versus... I know being realistic and many of us will go on LinkedIn and we scroll through like look at them, they've raised all this money or they've gotten this new job promotion and it's hard not to be jealous. Chris Erwin:Now, we're talking about broader issues with comparison culture and social media. I think it's really thoughtful Nicole how you described it. This is hard for everybody and we all want to win. There is space for all of us to rise up together. Nicole Staple:Right, right. Absolutely. Chris Erwin:Just a little anecdote from this before we get on to the next area. With my consulting firm, I was actually advising one of the wed tech companies that was in Nicole's fear. I think I remember telling Nicole that I was going to... I was giving her a preview. I was going to take on this assignment. And I just know during this moment that you're probably thinking through a lot of things through the future of your business. How did it feel when I asked you about that? This might be an interesting reflection of the head space of an entrepreneur. Nicole Staple:Well, you asked me if it was okay and I said no. Chris Erwin:There's a little bit more nuances of the conversation. But okay, you didn't want me to take on the assignment. Nicole Staple:I didn't. Chris Erwin:And why was that? Nicole Staple:Well, everything felt personal. Chris Erwin:Because I'm very smart and I was just going to... Nicole Staple:Yeah. You were too smart and you were going to give them... Well, it was a few things. One, is that I think that as an entrepreneur I've tended to probably be, as I am being in this podcast right now, overly transparent and open. I think it's important to learn about the ups and downs of a startup and I confided in a lot of my business school friends mostly around the downs because the ups, you don't need help on the ups. Those are great. They happen all the time for us. Nicole Staple:I don't want to make it seem like it's all downs, but the downs are the really tough part in your job as a CEO or a founder is to constantly deal with the down. So I felt like I had been really transparent with you about those. So you going into another business knowing all my secrets, made me uncomfortable but then also like everything with the business at the time, it felt personal. I was saying I hold a personal grudge against every single friend or family member who got married or was in a wedding and didn't buy a Brideside dress. Chris Erwin:Yes, understood. To bring up this conversation not to debate whether proceeding was right or wrong or anything like that because my belief- Nicole Staple:It was fine ultimately. Chris Erwin:Yeah. My belief was it was a company with a bit of a different business model, but I think it was more like... What's interesting is just the emotional reaction that it was just, "Hey, I look to my peers for help and guidance." And this felt like just a personal saying, "Hey, maybe this person is not going to be more focused on helping another company." And I really need all the help and all the emotional support I can get. Nicole Staple:And sure. In retrospect, was that emotional reaction the right one? Probably not. Chris Erwin:I think it worked out for us. We're having a podcast right now. Nicole agreed to be on it. So we are not mortal enemies. Nicole Staple:We're good friends. We're still good friends. Chris Erwin:We are still good friends. It worked out. So we're going to talk about a big defining moment that happened in Nicole's personal and professional career I think between 2018 and 2019. Professionally, I think you raise your largest round of financing to date, I think around, I'll call it 6 to $7 million. In addition to this, your husband was also diagnosed with a very severe form of cancer, kind of concurrently all around the same time. Tell us about this moment. Nicole Staple:In early 2018, my husband and I were coming back from a Hawaiian vacation where he hadn't been feeling well and it ultimately led to a diagnosis of cholangiocarcinoma which is very rare cancer of the bile ducts. So around that time, we were forced for his medical treatment to move to Rochester, Minnesota where he received a liver transplant summer of 2018. Chris Erwin:From his twin brother. Nicole Staple:From his twin brother, which was essentially 75 to 80% of people have essentially long-term survival. It can be curative. The cancer they remove, the cancerous organ and after that, we spent several months in Jacksonville, Wyoming for his recovery, in LA with you to be in warmer weather. And throughout that time is when a lot of this competitive shake-up was happening. We were also preparing to raise that growth equity round. It was incredibly tough, obviously. We thought though things were sort of on the up and up. Chris Erwin:For Eric. Nicole Staple:For Eric. So it more became a matter of balancing, working remotely and I was his primary caretaker. He took on an incredibly anti-vegan, anti-cancer diet. So cooking became a big part of my life and spending time together and taking care of him, and also running the business. Chris Erwin:Running the business as the CEO of this... How big was your team at this point? Nicole Staple:We were probably nearing 50 or 60 people at this point and during that time, we went through a potential M&A. We almost got acquired. We almost acquired two other companies at that time. So there was a lot going on, balancing a lot of different things. And then very unfortunately as their financing round was picking up in May 2019, Eric became ill again just under a year after his transplant and they found that there was micro metastasis in the bottom of his bile duct in this one area they didn't remove and it ultimately became terminal at that point. Nicole Staple:So he was airlifted. I'm leaving out a lot of details, but airlifted back to the Mayo Clinic in Minnesota and as we were receiving that terminal diagnosis, I was literally finalizing disclosure agreements on a round. Chris Erwin:Geez. Nicole Staple:So it was taking phone calls from waiting rooms and hospital rooms sort of non-stop for several weeks. Chris Erwin:Okay. In this moment, this is like an unfathomable moment for pretty much 99.9% of the population. You have so much going on in your life. Did you feel that this was unsustainable? Did you feel that you were just going to crumble, but it was every day, just get through the next day or did you have this feeling at the moment of, "No, you got this. I'm an all-powerful CEO and wife, and I'm just going to power through"? What was going through your head? Nicole Staple:I think I felt a deep responsibility to the company. We needed the capital, we needed to close the round and it was really important for me to stay clear-headed and disciplined enough to make that happen. I also felt that a lot of the ways that we had handled my husband's illness was around really coming up with an action plan and an educated one as quickly as possible. That was sort of how we had handled the entire illness, and that became no different either. Nicole Staple:So I immediately pulled together a squad team. We came up with a plan to do as much research as possible around the new options that we had mobilized a lot of people on different parts of research and talking to new doctors because at this point the options became increasingly more limited and we had to think more out of the box more away from traditional medicine and he was also going through a lot medically at that time and he needed to be stabilized. Nicole Staple:So it was sort of just firing on all cylinders at that point to sort of get it done and obviously trying to be as optimistic about his outcomes as we could sort of like the time we could buy ourselves, whether it be options for us and clinical trials or things like that. Chris Erwin:You're taking essentially like a business approach of how you built Brideside to his cancer treatment. Nicole Staple:Yeah, absolutely. Chris Erwin:And just thinking like, "Hey, here's a problem. Let's come up with a solution. Let's do a research and figure out different ways going forward." In doing that, that it's a very smart approach, but was that also a way for you to just have comfort and how to deal with it which is we have a process, we get into it, power forward? Nicole Staple:Yeah, absolutely. And I think my husband was oriented towards that way too. I think it made having sort of hope, made a plan, made things feel better. So in that moment, that's what we were thinking, but I think the thing with cancer is you don't know where you are on the clock, ever. You don't know how far... At that point, he had no metastasis. We didn't know how long we had and we were still just adjusting to this reality. I mean, it was really unfathomable to us. We felt that he had done everything right and we had caught it early and that he was going to be fine. So we were really adjusting to this reality real time and so I think that was the reason we were just trying to get through it and he was just trying to get healthy. He was going through a lot medically. Nicole Staple:So this was May 2019. We closed around literally the exact same time he got diagnosed and then when we closed around, we had already lined up a lot of new hires. We were about to sign a bunch of leases for showrooms. So literally the day after the round closed, our head of people and culture came on, our CFO came on board. We signed several leases within that first several weeks. We started scaling up our sales team. A lot happened right then, and I think it was really over the next two or three months that it became sort of unimaginable to manage all of those things. Nicole Staple:But the one thing that I'm really proud of from that time is that I do think that I made the space to spend time with my husband. And I think overall, after his diagnosis while it sounds like I was managing a lot which I was and certainly probably worked too much, I do think that we... It was the first time I had truly prioritized something and someone else ahead of the business to be honest even though we had been married for almost five years at that point. Chris Erwin:Yeah. And I was at your beautiful wedding in Victor, Idaho. Nicole Staple:So I do think it was an important lesson around, I wasn't a mom. I think oftentimes people, or a dad, will find being a parent like forces you to do that, and we didn't have kids. So I think like this forced me to do that. Chris Erwin:Wow. So I mean, I just want to pause on this. You just have for the first time since you had graduated business school and working on Brideside, this was the first time that you would prioritized something else other than the business. Nicole Staple:Yes. Chris Erwin:That's a big statement. I mean, that's- Nicole Staple:It's really true. Chris Erwin:It's like eight years of your life. I mean, it clearly just shows your commitment to the Brideside and the team and the mission, the problem that you're solving in the industry. But I think it's also reflects on just entrepreneurs that can get lost in their business for better or for worse. So this is probably a unique moment where the business has needed you for many years and Eric, and the family also really needed you. Being as one of Eric's very close friends needed you as well. A good life lesson to think about too is balance going forward. Do you feel that that lesson is something you're applying going forward? Nicole Staple:Yeah, 100%. So your listeners know how this ended up. We were sort of like in May of that year, he passed away, August 12th of 2019. So I think now the reality is that I have a new life and that's a very important reality for me to sort of embrace and that it's never going to be like it was. Sonali, my co-founder who is also very good friends with Eric, we got together shortly after he passed away and we said Brideside has been this amazing journey that we've built. We were on our way to doubling the size of the team at this point. We're growing very fast and we said nothing that happened before is actually really relevant for what the future brings. Nothing is going to be the same in how we interacted as friends and as couple friends. Socially, the company is at an entirely new place and I think there's something incredibly liberating about that feeling. Chris Erwin:That is a powerful statement. I intimately witnessed you, Nicole during this period and you're an incredible pillar of strength for all of us around this. And just speaking to all of you investors and potential executive recruits for Nicole going forward, everything that I've seen her manage throughout every single aspect of her life is so impressive. So I would back this woman with anything, with any unlimited amounts of capital. That being said just, it's such an incredible story and appreciate you sharing that for everybody. Chris Erwin:So next up, this is the last segment before we get into our very exciting fire round, but Nicole, you're now in Brooklyn. You've moved to New York City. You're living here. You have a new flagship store on 20 East 20th. It's 2020, what's next up for Brideside? Nicole Staple:We just launched bridal gown. So as I mentioned before, we used to be just bridesmaid dresses, but now we are doing it all. So we have private label bridal gowns. We sell some top designers. We have these beautiful showrooms. We just launched a few new cities. So we launched a new big flagship in Chicago. We launched on Newbury Street in Boston. Chris Erwin:Wow. Nicole Staple:As you mentioned, we just launched bridal in New York and now we have a big store here. So we are really looking to take over the world at this point. That's pretty much what it comes down to. We have this tribe. We're now almost 130 teammates, predominantly women across all functions, all levels, operations technology. Chris Erwin:Predominantly women, is that like 60%? Nicole Staple:Like 96%. Chris Erwin:96% women. Okay, yeah. Global domination by women. Nicole Staple:Yep. We are a very diverse tribe in terms of some aspects of our makeup and others not so much, but we'll continue to build diversity into our culture. We are not only focused on the top-line growth story, but we are really focused on who we are as a company right now. I think that's something that is really, really hard to do when you're working on a lean budget and you're just trying to make it and continue to grow and prove yourself to the world, but we are super focused on who we are as a culture at how we create a company of belonging, how we're progressive and the types of policies that we're making for women and that has become a major focus for us as well. Chris Erwin:Got it. Wow. I'm just looking at Nicole's face light up during this conversation. So very exciting times ahead. What would you say is your favorite part of this job? Of all the many hats that you wear and everything that you do, what's your favorite part? Nicole Staple:It's a good question and like my co-founder said a long time ago, if it's not fun, it isn't worth it. It definitely always hasn't been fun, but I think now, I'm really working on embracing the fun and like the silly moments. In fact, Sonali and I now don't end a meeting without either singing a made-up rap lyric or recommending a song to one another. We're trying to bring in that playfulness into the day and that is really, I think what it's all about particularly around our people. So I have to say my favorite part is like getting to hang out with the amazing people that believe in us and believe in the mission and come to work every day. Chris Erwin:Wow. Can you share a recent rap lyric that you came up with Sonali? Nicole Staple:That is private founder business. Chris Erwin:There's an intimate relationship that's formed between Sonali and Nicole and I don't want to get in the way of that. Understood. Before I fully let you off on moving to some of the easier questions, let's talk about the direct-to-consumer industry as a whole, right? There's some challenges that are emerging in real time. Casper, one of the big name direct consumer brands has raised lots of capital, just went public. I think some people are looking at their IPO as... It's now trading at a discount to its IPO stock price. Chris Erwin:Recently, I think the CEO and founder of Outdoor Voices just stepped down. They're having some challenges with their user acquisition and their growth. I think a lot of people were talking about just growing saturation of user acquisition channels. It's becoming more expensive to run these businesses, and a few other factors. You hear about this in the industry in which you operate. How do you feel during all this? What's going through your mind? Nicole Staple:I mean, it's scary. I do think there's some softening. There's definitely some softening in the consumer markets across all industries for sure and we're seeing that in our industry too. For us, we are really dedicated to discipline an
Our Exciting news Inspired from our growing community is I now have United Souls Book In Development! Listen Now to our #UnitedSoulsCollaborationAlbum #1 - Out Now - http://sptfy.com/unitedsouls! Join our #collabalbum #2 #unitedsouls -UnityInspiresProjects@Gmail.com! - Here is our new company page - https://www.linkedin.com/company/unity-inspires-projects Thank you all for listening - Eli Goldsmith from Jerusalem! - Happy to have featured On the Soundtrack hosted by Jeff Pulver - August 26th, Jeff and co caught up with: Matt Wolfe - Production Manager / Entertainment Contributor at ABC Audio; ex Producer / Host: WBAB, pulverradio, Cox Radio, CBS Radio Brian Dubb - Music industry disruptor, entrepreneur and artist. Founder of Mpal.pro and Centralized.me, working with artists including Imogen Heap (UK) & Nano Stern (Chile). Born in South Africa, blooded in Australia, living now in Israel. Danny Clinch - Danny Clinch loves music. He listens to it, plays it, photographs it, and films it. Through this passion, Danny has established himself as one of the premier photographers across the entire music scene. He has shot and filmed a wide range of artists, from Johnny Cash to Pearl Jam to Tupac Shakur, from Bjork to Bruce Springsteen. ( Video: The Clinch Method ) Eli Goldsmith - Consultant, PR, Midnight Rabbi, Unity Booking Agent, Manager, Dedicated! Buzz Apollo - Busker of Grafton Street, Dublin; Singer, Songwriter, Guitarist. - The full recording will be posted by Jeff Pulver & Co :)!
Debrief combines communications networks and the power of blockchain to achieve truly private and secure connections. Jeff Pulver and I dive into Debrief, what it's all about, and where it's headed in the future. Debrief is a decentralized network and middleware infrastructure for any application to build upon and utilize enhanced security and data privacy. Debrief's mission is to create a communication network and Middleware solution that no longer exposes confidential information, but instead, reduces the costs incurred for security and truly secures sensitive business and personal data on the blockchain.
Debrief combines communications networks and the power of blockchain to achieve truly private and secure connections. Jeff Pulver and I dive into Debrief, what it’s all about, and where it’s headed in the future.Debrief is a decentralized network and middleware infrastructure for any application to build upon and utilize enhanced security and data privacy. Debrief's mission is to create a communication network and Middleware solution that no longer exposes confidential information, but instead, reduces the costs incurred for security and truly secures sensitive business and personal data on the blockchain.
Techstination interview: Internet communications pioneer Jeff Pulver tackling video chat security with Debrief
Jeff Pulver created VOIP and founded the $3B Vonage. Now he's reinventing video, voice, and text communications online to fix security issues with Zoom and other platforms. Is secure, private communication a complete pipe dream? Jeff Pulver literally created VOIP. He also got the US government to issue the Pulver Order, which ensured that voice over IP was not restricted. Now he's working on a blockchain-based communications platform that could reinvent video, voice, and text communications online ... and make it much more secure. We dive into the details ... along with what's happening with Coronavirus and COVID-19.
Welcome to the Trending Tokens podcast with Jake Vale and Jeff Pulver. Jake is the CMO of Tokens and Treansactive energy for Cenfura, and independent power provider using blockchain to revolutionize the energy markets and consults in the Security Token space. Jeff Pulver is an internet pioneer known for his work in VOIP, has invested in more than 400 blockchain startups and shares his knowledge through a program called The Pulver Edge & The almost daily Jeff, a motivational podcast for entrepreneurs. Today we had a quick show to recap 2019 and provide a little bit of insight into where we think the digital security space is heading. All opinions on Trending Tokens are the opinions of Jake, Jeff and the guests. Nothing should be taken as legal or trading advice. The content of this podcast is for informational and educational purposes only.
Jake Vale and Jeff Pulver discuss the SEC Fintech Forum held on May 31st, the near term outlook for Security Tokens and STOs and the Kin/Kik lawsuit / subsequent SEC charges of conducting a $100m unregistered ICO.
Trending Tokens podcast with Jeff Pulver and Jake Vale explores the big blockchain conferences that happened in May 2019. Jake is a marketing consultant for tZERO & Jeff sits on the Global Fintech Advisory Board (GFAB) and chairman of the Blockchain Token Association. The Pulver Edge: https://www.thepulveredge.com/
Fireside Chat - Premier of Bermuda, the Hon. E David Burt, JP, MP with Jeff Pulver at STOsummit.io - hosted by Bermuda and the Blockchain Token Association
Gabriel Abed, Founder, Bitt (Barbados) with Jeff Pulver at the STO Summit in Bermuda 2019
Jeff Pulver is known as the man who saved VoIP. In the early days of the internet, he lobbied the FCC to keep voice online free and open, and he recently gave a presentation at BlockchainSouth about how we can apply those learnings to Blockchain. I chat with him in New Zealand about the similarities because VoIP regulation and Blockchain regulation, and show his presentation from the conference. Jeff Pulver is Vice Chairman of Alchemist Ventures, and an Internet pioneer known for his work in growing the VoIP industry. He's been involved in many startups, as founder, co-founder, or advisor investor: Named by BusinessWeek as one of their 2003 Tech Gurus and was profiled by the Wall Street Journal in 2006. If you liked this, please subscribe to my YouTube Channel! YouTube.com/NaomiBrockwellTV If you would like to support my podcast on Patreon, please visit: Patreon.com/NaomiBrockwell For any links mentioned in this podcast, please visit NaomiBrockwell.tv
Interview with Hillel Fuld, CMO of Zula, blogger, networker and meat lover. In this amazing interview chock full of content you can start using today, Hillel leads us through some of his amazing adventures including interviewing Steve Wozniak and running with him to a safe room when missiles were heading towards Tel-Aviv. We also learn about the importance of self branding, networking, and how to do marketing the right way in 2015. Name: Hillel Fuld Position: CMO of http://zulaapp.com/ (Zula) Blog: http://technmarketing.com (Tech N’ Marketing) Personal Brand Site: https://about.me/hilzfuld (HilzFuld.com) LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hillelfuld (Hillel on LinkedIn) Twitter: https://twitter.com/HilzFuld (@hilzfuld) https://frumentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/Hillel-Fuld.jpg () People, Companies & Books Mentioned In This Episode: http://zulaapp.com/ (Zula) http://techcrunch.com/2013/09/09/zulas-mobile-first-teamwork-tool-lets-you-spend-more-time-outside-of-the-inbox/ (TechCrunch Disrupt – Winning the Audience Choice Award) http://techcrunch.com/author/mike-butcher/ (Mike Butcher) http://www.jeffpulver.com/ (Jeff Pulver) https://www.microsoftventures.com/ (Microsoft Ventures) https://slack.com/ (Slack) https://ca.linkedin.com/in/butterfield (Stewart Butterfield) http://a16z.com/ (Andreessen Horowitz) – is a Silicon Valley-based venture capital firm with $4.2 billion under management. https://meerkatapp.co (Meerkat) https://www.periscope.tv/ (Periscope) https://www.kby.org/ (Keren B’Yavneh) http://www1.biu.ac.il/indexE.php (Bar Ilan University) http://www.writepoint.com/wpsite/ (Write Point) https://il.linkedin.com/in/paularstern (Paula Stern) http://www.comverse.com/ (Comverse) http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Foreign_exchange_market (Forex) https://www.linkedin.com/in/zivelul (Ziv Elul) http://timehop.com/ (Timehop) http://www.jems.co.il/pc/ (JEMS) http://techcrunch.com (TechCrunch) http://mashable.com (Mashable) http://aaronzakowski.com/ ( Aaron Zakowski) http://www.rackspace.com/ (RackSpace) https://plus.google.com/+Scobleizer/posts (Robert Scoble) http://guykawasaki.com/ (Guy Kawasaki ) http://glide.me (Glide) http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marc_Andreessen (Marc Andreessen) http://venturebeat.com/2014/08/07/a-twitter-interview-with-marc-andreessen-on-startups-wearables-and-his-next-offices/ (VentureBeat Article on the interview with Hillel and Marc) http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Steve_Wozniak (Steve Wozniak) http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Marissa_Mayer (Marissa Mayer) http://www.wikiwand.com/en/Mark_Zuckerberg (Mark Zuckerberg) https://www.linkedin.com/in/dpstyles (Dennis Crowley Co-Founder/CEO of 4Square) Alyssa Milano, Actress Jeri Ryan from Star Trek https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Steve_Jobs (Steve Jobs) Send your CV’s to Hillel at hilzfuld@gmail.com http://technmarketing.com/tech/for-the-love-of-god-stop-asking-me-to-like-your-completely-irrelevant-facebook-page/ (For the Love of God, Stop Asking Me to Like your Completely Irrelevant Facebook Page) https://www.linkedin.com/in/jaredmorgenstern (Jared Morgenstern) Kol ha’omer davar beshem omro, mevi ge’ula le’olam. – First person that reads this and tweets to @frumentrepreneur the name of the Rav who said this will get a special shout out and link in a future episode! – UPDATE – Congrats to http://www.avizuber.com/ (Avi Zuber) who was the first one to get it right and post! https://www.kby.org/english/staff/?id=72 (Rav Avraham Rivlin) https://www.garyvaynerchuk.com/ (Gary Vaynerchuk) http://amzn.to/1JOvPlG () http://amzn.to/1RdiJW3 () http://amzn.to/1KDrswB () Gary does have a 3rd book out, my mistake! It’s called “http://amzn.to/1RZLX5A (The Thank You Economy)“ https://frumentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/hillel-fulders.jpg () https://frumentrepreneur.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/07/The-greatest-level-of-charity-above.png ()
Jeff Pulver discusses: His early influences in life, and why he wanted to connect the world together How radio gave him the chance to connect and engage with people from all walks of life The paradox of vulnerability and strength How music and lyrics guide his life How to allow yourself to connect to your flow and have the confidence to "just Be." The spiritual moments that happen by being outdoors in Nature.
Social media and branding lessons learned from 140 Characters Conference in NYC, organized by Jeff Pulver. Host: Jay Ehret of TheMarketingSpot.com Topics Discussed: Being trapped in the now by social media. Allowing for differentiation between businesses. Using "Hybrid Higor" to create a "Corridor of Opportunity." Using social media to network instead of marketing. Premium webinar: How to create, write and leverage a blog. Complete show notes and links: Hybrid Vigor and the Corridor of Opportunity
I know. You’ve heard it a million times. The social web is not a vanity press. It’s a place to develop relationships, where give and take rules and conversations thrive. Sounds great, right? But how does that work in practice? Just because you have a way to introduce yourself, doesn’t mean people… The post Power Social Networking with Jeff Pulver appeared first on Eric Schwartzman.
Best Week EVER~! - 15 min.This week, Jeff Pulver held the #140conf in LA and some of my very dear friends were there, such as: @CiaoBella50 @LoriMoreno @MayhemStudios @HennArtOnline @AdventureGirl @3Lunches @BethFrysztak and so many more! Friday night, the Foo Fighters - my favorite band - held a 3 HOUR online concert for their fans! See the replay!http://www.livestream.com/foofightersAnd I've been getting a lot of requests for custom wholesale - an oxymoron! LOL So have to pull the plug on that one for now in small quantities since that is NOT wholesale, but custom only - it should have a higher price! And the doctors I ask about skin care are Dr. Perricone and Dr. Murad, mainly. Dr. François Marceau did some testing on a rabbit's ear in Canada and he is afraid DMAE causes fibroblasts - which are formed during the genysis of collagen tissue, by the way, but hypothesizes that DMAE may cause thickening of the skin. I have been using DMAE for 7 years and have nothing but fantastic things to say! Of course I am not documented, so I am documenting that fact today! The article:Anti-wrinkle compound causes pathological reaction in skin cellsPlease note they are promoting other skin care lines on this page!More info: http://ModelSupplies.info Thank you so much for listening! Twitter follows: @CiaoBella50 @LoriMoreno @FooFightersFeatured BlogCiaoBella50's #140conf Picture Blog!
Best Week EVER~! - 15 min.This week, Jeff Pulver held the #140conf in LA and some of my very dear friends were there, such as: @CiaoBella50 @LoriMoreno @MayhemStudios @HennArtOnline @AdventureGirl @3Lunches @BethFrysztak and so many more! Friday night, the Foo Fighters - my favorite band - held a 3 HOUR online concert for their fans! See the replay!http://www.livestream.com/foofightersAnd I've been getting a lot of requests for custom wholesale - an oxymoron! LOL So have to pull the plug on that one for now in small quantities since that is NOT wholesale, but custom only - it should have a higher price! And the doctors I ask about skin care are Dr. Perricone and Dr. Murad, mainly. Dr. François Marceau did some testing on a rabbit's ear in Canada and he is afraid DMAE causes fibroblasts - which are formed during the genysis of collagen tissue, by the way, but hypothesizes that DMAE may cause thickening of the skin. I have been using DMAE for 7 years and have nothing but fantastic things to say! Of course I am not documented, so I am documenting that fact today! The article:Anti-wrinkle compound causes pathological reaction in skin cellsPlease note they are promoting other skin care lines on this page!More info: http://ModelSupplies.info Thank you so much for listening! Twitter follows: @CiaoBella50 @LoriMoreno @FooFightersFeatured BlogCiaoBella50's #140conf Picture Blog!
In epsiode #23 of the CompuSchmooze podcast, social media and internet entrepreneur Jeff Pulver discusses his commitment to early-stage investments in startup technology companies in Israel. We spoke with Jeff during a recent social media breakfast gathering he hosted in Princeton, NJ. Steve photographed with Jeff Pulver at the Philadelphia breakfast. This podcast is based on an interview conducted at the Princeton meeting. Sponsor: The CompuSchmooze podcast is brought to you by GoToMeeting.com. Try GoToMeeting free for 30 days! For this special offer, visit www.gotomeeting.com/techpodcasts. mpt = new Date(); mpts = mpt.getTimezoneOffset() + mpt.getTime(); if (!document.layers) { document.writeln(""); } else { document.write("" ); } Download the podcast file here (20.0 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:14:36 length). Keywords: compuschmooze, lubetkin, cherry hill, jewish, voice, pulver, internet, entrepreneur, Israel, angel, early stage investing, vc, venture capital, high technology
This podcast features a report on the breakfast for social media devotees hosted by Jeff Pulver in Philadelphia on January 31, 2008. Steve attended along with about 50 other social media users including bloggers, podcasters, videobloggers, web designers and others. Steve interviewing Jeff Pulver More photos at Steve's Flickr site Download the podcast here (17.4 mb stereo MP3 file, 00:12:42 duration). Send comments to steve@professionalpodcasts.com or call our podcast comment line, +1-856-861-6146 (Europe and UK, +44 020 7193 6146) Keywords: lubetkin, cherry hill, philadelphia, business, social media, pulver, breakfast Produced by Professional Podcasts LLC.
Jeff Pulver hosted a social networking breakfast this morning at the S & S Restaurant and Deli in Cambridge, Mass. This podcast episode contains excerpts of conversations I recorded during the two-hour event. Included are Bryan Person, Israel Drori, Chris Brogan, Joyce Bettencourt, Michael Mikek, Oleg Puzyreff, Ian Carpenter, Steve Garfield, and Jeff Pulver. That much creativity in one room left me energized and glad for the chance for face-to-face time with people I find so intriguing when I encounter them on my computer screen. Many photos were taken and uploaded, mostly to Facebook, as well as some to Flickr.The music for my podcast is "Going to the Sun" composed and performed by Montana musicians Christine Dickinson, Janet Haarvig, and Matthew Lyon, from their Glacier Journey CD.
Welcome to the show it is January 6th 2007 and this is our 182nd show. Today will be an interview with Jeff Pulver from Pulver Media and Network2.tv
The Alternative Music Show #027 (MP3 – 40.0MB -44 min) DOWNLOAD THE SHOW HERE Or play it by clicking here: [audio:http://alternativemusic.thepodcastnetwork.com/audio/tpn_alternativemusic_027_20061119.mp3] Mentioned in this episode: Network2.tv including Jeff Pulver, Chris Brogan and company Galacticast and the awesome Casey and Rudy The folks from G14Productions Juliette Powell I blanked mid-show and should have also mentioned getting [...]
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