Podcasts about twin cities business magazine

Liz Fedor of Twin Cities Business Magazine joins Chad to talk about her piece on the struggles of downtown St. Paul since the pandemic and what leaders are doing to bring people back to the area.

Chad opens the hour with Liz Fedor of Twin Cities Business Magazine discussing her piece on revitalizing downtown St. Paul. Later, we discuss a new survey of Harvard professors showing their reluctance to teach or discuss controversial topics in class.

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Hour 2: Jason talks with Ali Kaplan from Twin Cities Business Magazine. Then, do we actually WANT Biden/Trump II?

There are multiple factors listed in a recent article talking about the urbanist culture in Minneapolis, the many things that deter Minneapolis from finding its way and more - we talked to Adam Platt of Twin Cities Business Magazine on how Minneapolis has fallen off the wayside and we are all essentially to blame for it.   

Adam Platt from Twin Cities Business Magazine recently wrote an article explaining how the Hennepin County Government is one of the biggest employers who is slow to bring back employees to downtown Minneapolis

This episode is about dreams, missions, storytelling, and how Cory Hepola combines all of those things into his life as a storyteller and documentarian and how he uses his gifts and skills to highlight small towns.    About Cory:   Cory Hepola is an Emmy Award Winning TV Anchor and Documentarian.    Currently, he serves as the Vice President of Communications, Growth & Strategy at The Brookshire Company where he helps businesses around the world reach their fullest potential through strategic connections, high-impact storytelling and inspiring purposeful partnerships.     A dynamic leader led by his core values and mission to empower others, Cory has earned two Emmy Awards for Outstanding TV Anchor at KARE 11, been named “100 People To Know” by Twin Cities Business Magazine as the creator & host of his own daily show on iconic WCCO Radio, developed and hosted the popular docuseries “Rural By Choice” and ignited a 3rd party Campaign for Governor of Minnesota.    Last year, Cory was honored by his alma mater, Concordia College, with the “Sent Forth Award” which is presented “to a young alumni who has made an impact early in their career, emphasizing service to others and demonstrating a strong vocational commitment.”   In this episode, we cover: Cory's road from broadcast journalism to his current role The power of learning more about yourself and your own mission, and planting the right seeds Why he's so passionate about rural America Why rural America isn't what many people think it is How the way we communicate has changed, and why it matters Links and Resources Mentioned: Brookshire's Community Venture Network: https://brookshireco.com/services/community-venture-network/ Rural By Choice: https://youtube.com/playlist?list=PLuZ3BsRIR3ZIM83HKbgu-CYi_R60WwdHz Episode 112 with Erik Osberg: https://www.growingsmalltowns.org/post/episode112

On this episode I'm speaking with Cody Dietrich, Partner at Hayes Dietrich. Cody runs the development side of the company after spending his career specializing in multi-family residential development, including affordable, mixed-income, and luxury housing in the Twin Cities and Nashville markets. Overall, Cody has been involved in the development or substantial rehabilitation of over 2,000 multifamily units totaling in excess of $500M in total development costs. Currently, he is working on 700+ units entitled for his new company in Southern California and Minnesota. He started his career with Dominium working on new construction and acquisitions with substantial rehabilitations in the Twin Cities and Nashville markets. During his time at Dominium, the firm was one of the top 10 affordable housing developers and owners each year, according to Affordable Housing Finance. In 2016, Cody received the Dominium Executive Committee Award. Cody joined Doran Companies in 2017 and has helped lead several large developments, including a $140M 369 apartment unit development, Expo, which was completed in 2020. While at Doran, the company has consistently been recognized as one of the top developers by multiple local publications, including Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal, Finance & Commerce, and Twin Cities Business Magazine. Related links for this episode: Hayes Dietrich - https://hayesdietrich.com/ Cody on LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/cody-dietrich-21503266/ Email Cody - cody@hayesdietrich.com 1500 Nicollet - https://www.1500nicollet.com/ Expo Minneapolis - https://expompls.com/ Twelve and a Half (book) - https://amzn.to/41UGedk Be sure to support this podcast by subscribing and reviewing! Get on the list at https://transformingcities.io for future announcements. Brought to you by Authentic: https://authenticff.com © 2023 Authentic Form & Function

Allison (Ali) Kaplan is a self proclaimed career side hustler, and that she is! With a “day job” in writing and journalism as Vice President of content for MSP Communications' Cities Media Group, which includes Twin Cities Business Magazine, where she also serves as Editor in Chief and MplsSt.Paul Magazine, to her “hustle” as Founder of Mother Of, we are so excited to share her story, energy, and insight into the retail industry and all things business journalism.  In this episode, we begin by talking about all things “Mother Of,” the go-to dress resource for mothers of the bride and groom. Whether you are that of the bride or groom, you too deserve to feel and look your best. Her business was designed to curate that list and access to dresses, cutting through the clutter, to find what works for you. We talk about how the business blossomed, functions, and serves the greater community at large. We discuss the woes of the fashion industry and how to curate your best wardrobe.  At heart, Ali truly is a writer, an editor, a speaker and a storyteller who takes an entrepreneurial approach to journalism—from the creation of her own Ali Shops in the “dark ages” before Instagram to the more recent development of TCB's StartMN magazine focused on entrepreneurship, weekly radio show Shop Girls on myTalk107.1 co-hosted with her mom, and a TCB podcast about business leadership and innovation called By All Means. This episode takes you on the journey of how Ali became who she is in the business world and provides ways you too can lean on her insight and resources. Our Non-Profit Spotlight is Neighborhood Development Center __ Connect with Katie Harms @ katie@katieharms.com or Lisa Rubin @ lisa@wardrobeconsulting.net. Please take a moment to rate our podcast wherever you are reading or listening to this! Thank you! We are thankful to our sponsors Continental Diamond and Renae Keller

Adam Platt writes for Twin Cities Business Magazine and joined Jason to talk about his career and the Minnesota media market.

Hour 2: Jason talked with Adam Platt from Twin Cities Business Magazine on Jason talks to the Media. Then Michelle Pohlad talked about her new book Personal Heart Power

Jack Jablonski is a well known name in MN hockey circles. Yesterday he revealed he's gay. Some suggest that shouldn't be a big deal in a time of tolerance. But Adam Platt from Twin Cities Business Magazine joined Jason to talk about why it still matters.

    (09:15) Mark and Susan discuss a July 10th article by Adam Platt that appeared in the Twin Cities Business Magazine,  entitled, “Why Campus Tours Keep Presidents up at Night”. The article looks at how the college tour is such a high stake game that it is a source of concern for Presidents.   https://tcbmag.com/why-campus-tours-keep-college-presidents-up-at-night/     (59:00) Our question from a listener, comes from Cadence, a student a Stuyvesant HS in NYC. Cadence sent in two questions about interviews that we will answer over the next two weeks:   If I am asked, what other schools are you applying to, how am I supposed to answer that question.   (01:26:21) Our interview is with Heath Einstein, the Dean of Admissions. In Part 1 of 3, Mark and Julia discuss the following: Part 1   Welcome and Greetings Julia shares how she met Heath Heath gives his backstory Heath answers the question, “Who is TCU” How does the mission at TCU impact the educational experience I find that both TCU and SMU are at times challenging for students to consider as a goof fit for their college list if they don't identify as Methodist or Christian , how would you answer the question, why should I consider TCU if I don't identify as a Christian? The mascot at TCU is a “horn Frog”; what is a Horn Frog? TCU is known for its School spirit, the Horned Frogs, where does this come from and how does it impact the student experience? TCU is also known for friendly people and a strong sense of community, same question, where does this come from and what does this look like? Describe the TCU campus?   The TCU interview with Dean of Admissions, Heath Einstein will also serve as our college spotlight.  (01:38:56) The recommended resource is  This is the work of Tyler Hornsby, who we have interviewed on our podcast. This is the best source Mark knows of to follow the student loan forgiveness and all other student loan options. .   Please send in your questions either on Twitter at @YCBKpodcast using the Messages tab (this is our preference) or via email at for the 27 admissions interviews we are doing in the summer and fall. 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Sheletta is tickled pink when a story about her podcasting network shows up in Twin Cities Business Magazine so she asks the editor Ali Kaplan to join her on the show...

Failing is losing your business, destroying a batch of cookies, or leaving your cell phone in your pocket during the wash. In this episode, Tina and Minneapolis Chef David Fhima share stories of failure and how shifting your mindset is essential to growth. Fhima is the guest of this episode who Twin Cities Business Magazine proclaimed “likely closed more high profile restaurants than anyone in the Twin Cities" among all his success in a nearly 40-year career.Fhima is the executive chef for the Minnesota Timberwolves and Minnesota Lynx. He also runs his French-American restaurant Fhima's in downtown Minneapolis and is a master of the "pivot."

In this episode, we talk with Rosie Nestingen - Tech Transformation Director at Best Buy and one of Twin Cities Business Magazine’s “100 To Know in 2021” (https://tcbmag.com/tcb-100-people/rosie-nestingen/). From getting a high end consignment shop into the digital world through roles in digital marketing to shaping tech talent transformation on a digital and technology team, Rosie sparked her own curiosity and now is helping others to find that spark. We talk with Rosie about networking, about improving accessibility to tech and tech careers, and project managing yourself. We talk about what questions you ask yourself and the people you work with, including challenging folks to think about who is included in the conversation and how to increase connections and open more opportunities for people who might not otherwise have a path into tech. 

The upheaval the restaurant industry is going through now is no secret or hidden from view. We wear it on our sleeve with protest and the warning of a new normal. The nature of our business is to gather people together. Now we are asked to try to do that without letting too many people encounter each other too closely. We're also treating our dining rooms as “clean rooms” with the staff looking and acting more like scrub nurses than cooks and servers. Adam Platt is an observer, and the restaurant business seems to get a little more attention than the rest of the busines world he observes as executive editor for Twin Cities Business Magazine. It's this affinity to hospitality that first brought my attention to his food writing at MSP Magazine. Episode Highlights; MSP Magazine Twin Cities Business Magazine Independent Restaurant Coalition Restaurant Stabilization Fund; Endangered Restaurants Say $120 Billion Aid Would Pay for Itself, Washington Post 6/10/20  Fanny's Restaurant Meat Sauce; Rediscovering Fanny's famous spaghetti sauce, Chicago Tribune, 8/10/03 Chicago Cubs

Adam Platt is an observer, and the restaurant business seems to get a little more attention than the rest of the business world he observes as executive editor for Twin Cities Business Magazine. It’s this affinity to hospitality that first brought my attention to his food writing at MSP Magazine.

It's a special Saturday edition of the program.  Roshini goes through the issues that have hovered over the city (and the country) this week.  Adam Platt of Twin Cities Business Magazine talks about businesses recovering from last week's riots (along with re-opening from the pandemic).

During this middle hour of the Mommapalooza special, Uof M president Joan Gabel provides her plan for students and programs as the school continues to deal with COVID-19.  Twin Cities Business Magazine executive editor Adam Platt explains why misinformation is hurting businesses and consumers during this pandemic.  The Lynhall owner Anne Spaeth describes her company's planned expansion.

Selling Products at Local Pop Up Markets, Best Practices & The Future of Retail Hayley Matthews-Jones received her Foundation in Art & Design from Central Saint Martins, and her BA in Silversmithing & Metalwork from Camberwell College of Arts (both colleges of University of the Arts London). While pursuing her degree, she coordinated fundraisers and art exhibitions, and her career as an event planner was born. Hayley moved to Minneapolis from her native London in 2008, and in 2015 established Minneapolis Craft Market, adding Minneapolis Vintage Market in 2018. Between the two markets she hosts more than 120 events per year around the Twin Cities at venues including breweries, parks, farmers markets, music festivals and more. The vendor roster for the markets includes 1,000+ artists and 200+ vintage vendors, and annually her events provide more than 3,000 selling opportunities for these vendors all of whom are local small businesses and artists. Minneapolis Craft Market received Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Association's inaugural “Best Emerging Business” award in 2016, Twin Cities Business Magazine's “Most Likely to Succeed in Retail”, 2017. Minneapolis Vintage Market won City Pages “Best Fashion Event”, 2019, and Hayley was named one of Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal's 40 Under 40, 2020. Follow Hayley www.mplscraftmarket.com www.instagram.com/mplscraftmkt www.instagram.com/mplsvintagemkt Jenna Redfield is the founder of LeadJenna, a social media marketing education business, focusing on video classes & 1:1 coaching to share the latest social media strategy & advice. She is also the founder of Twin Cities Collective, the largest resource in the Twin Cities for bloggers, small businesses, entrepreneurs & creatives. YouTube Channel www.youtube.com/jennaredfield Free  Lead Generation Masterclass https://www.leadjenna.com/masterclass Gram Mastery Instagram Marketing Online Course https://www.masterthegram.com Join the Facebook Group https://www.facebook.com/groups/twincitiescollective Coaching https://www.leadjenna.com/intensive Find the podcast on all platforms https://www.collectivemarketingpodcast.com Follow us on Social https://www.instagram.com/twincitiescollective https://www.instagram.com/jennaredfield  

Hayley Matthews-Jones received her Foundation in Art & Design from Central Saint Martins, and her BA in Silversmithing & Metalwork from Camberwell College of Arts (both colleges of University of the Arts London). While pursuing her degree, she coordinated fundraisers and art exhibitions, and her career as an event planner was born. Hayley moved to Minneapolis from her native London in 2008, and in 2015 established Minneapolis Craft Market, adding Minneapolis Vintage Market in 2018. Between the two markets she hosts more than 120 events per year around the Twin Cities at venues including breweries, parks, farmers markets, music festivals and more. The vendor roster for the markets includes 1,000+ artists and 200+ vintage vendors, and annually her events provide more than 3,000 selling opportunities for these vendors all of whom are local small businesses and artists. Minneapolis Craft Market received Twin Cities Metro Independent Business Association’s inaugural “Best Emerging Business” award in 2016, Twin Cities Business Magazine’s “Most Likely to Succeed in Retail”, 2017. Minneapolis Vintage Market won City Pages “Best Fashion Event”, 2019, and Hayley was named one of Minneapolis/St. Paul Business Journal’s 40 Under 40, 2020.Follow Hayleywww.mplscraftmarket.comwww.instagram.com/mplscraftmktwww.instagram.com/mplsvintagemktJenna Redfield is the leader of the Twin Cities Collective, the largest resource in the Twin Cities for bloggers, small businesses, entrepreneurs & creatives. She is a well-known speaker, educator & social media strategist. You can work with her one on one with coaching and content creation (photo/video) servicesFree Hashtag guide www.twincitiescollective.com/free-hashtag-guideJoin the Facebook Group www.facebook.com/groups/twincitiescollectiveCoaching www.twincitiescollective.com/coachingFind the podcast on all platforms http://www.twincitiescollective.com/podcast-linksGet Flodesk Email Marketing for 50% offhttps://flodesk.com/c/TWINCITIESCOLLECTIVEFollow us on Socialwww.instagram.com/twincitiescollective

Chronicling immigrant stories, How the media portrays Somalis, Mainstream news sources for the diaspora | #NomadicHustle 10 w/ Mukhtar Ibrahim, founder of Sahan JournalOn the 10th episode of #NomadicHustle - I sit with Mukhtar Ibrahim of Sahan Journal to discuss how he got into journalism, the way Somalis are portrayed in the media, creating quality news outlets for immigrant communities, and much more!Mukhtar M. Ibrahim is the founder, editor and executive director of Sahan Journal, a nonprofit news organization dedicated to chronicling the struggles, successes and transformations of Minnesota’s immigrant and refugee communities.He previously worked as a staff writer for the Star Tribune and Minnesota Public Radio News. He has also written for the St. Paul Pioneer Press, Al Jazeera English, BuzzFeed News and the Wisconsin Center for Investigative Journalism.Mukhtar is among the first of his generation's professional, accomplished journalists of Somali descent in Minnesota and in the country. His leadership has been recognized with many awards and accomplishments and is sought-after speaker and panelist at leading institutions, organizations and conferences around the United States.He was a recipient of the prestigious leadership fellowship from the St. Paul-based Bush Foundation, a "Great Immigrant" award from the Carnegie Corporation of New York, Twin Cities Business Magazine’s 100 People to Know (2019), Islamic Resource Group's "Building Bridges Award in Media" (2019), and "Above the Fold" award, which honors alumni of the University of Minnesota Hubbard School of Journalism & Mass Communication under the age of 40 who have made exceptional contributions to their fields.__Follow the host:IG: https://www.instagram.com/shareef_nomadicFollow the guest: https://twitter.com/mukhtaryare—Follow our social media accounts:IG: https://www.instagram.com/thenomadichustleYoutube: http://bit.ly/2Bv4isiListen to our podcasts:Apple - https://apple.co/2MpgsJCSpotify: https://spoti.fi/2OXh3DWStitcher: http://bit.ly/2OU12yIAbout Nomadic Hustle:Historically known as a nomadic people, the Somali diaspora's presence can be felt in nearly every country and region of the world. Often pioneering as the first generation in their families to be successful in their education and careers, the process in which it takes to break those barriers is rarely highlighted. This podcast aims to celebrate and highlight Somali excellence while shedding light on the countless success stories within our community both on a local and global scale. Focusing on inspiring the younger generation is the goal, and facilitating conversations on common issues and solutions that pertain to the Somali diaspora experience will help us stay connected as a people.Nomadic Hustle: Shedding light on our stories while engaging in conversation to enlighten our youth and inspire our community to grow."All we're trying to do is hustle and motivate"

CEO Lee handles the day-to-day operations of Peace Coffee, a growing coffee business, with her cattle dog, Ruby, by her side. She was recently named Twin Cities Business Magazine’s Top 100 People to Know. Show Notes:          Visit us on Instagram, Facebook, LinkedIn, and Twitter; bobby@gomahi.com Some podcasts Lee loves: BevNET (with food entrepreneurs), Startup, Without Fail 43:40 – Quick Fire Questions WEEKLY HACK: Don’t sweat the small stuff this week. Take a step back, take the long vision.

Have you ever thought about opening a restaurant? Most entrepreneurs can say yes. However, there are a lot of headaches and unseen layers to the hospitality industry that leads to a high failure rate. My guest is Matty O’Reilly and he has made a career of buying restaurants and revitalizing them. Matty is passionate about helping restaurants survive and decreasing the failure rate we see today. We discuss some of the reasons why restaurants fail and how Matty has been able to dodge that bullet. He has been buying, managing, and selling restaurants for sixteen years and learned every sector of the restaurant business. He is a smart business owner who really knows his industry inside and out. He is currently pursuing his MBA and has plans to launch a consulting service to entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry. What you will learn: Matty’s background in the restaurant business and ten years in management. Why he chose to the hospitality industry for a career. How banks are contributing to the failure rate of restaurants. Matty’s first experience with his own restaurant and how he made it work. Why it is better to purchase an existing restaurant. Matty’s approach to revitalizing his restaurants. What he looks for in new purchase and how he deals with the sellers. How ego can work against a seller. Why Matty is getting his MBA. The benefits of a reactive business model. How Matty decides if it is time to sell a business. Why he never got into the real estate side of the industry. What Matty is doing now and his plans for the future. Takeaways: Early on in this episode, I make a couple of announcements. One is a book I will release with Jim Carlisle, called Ripcord How to Grow and Exit Your Company, that should be out soon. Also, I mention an accelerator program with GEXP Collaborative. If you are interested in the accelerator program, then you can reach out to me at ryan@gexpcollaborative.com. We also have a page on the website with more information. Links and Resources: GEXP Collaborative GEXP Accelerator Program Matty O’Reilly on LinkedIn About Matty: Matty O’Reilly is an entrepreneur who has been working in the restaurant business for 16+ years. He worked his way up through every role in a restaurant and began buying his own restaurants in 2010. He currently owns Delicata Pizza in St. Paul, Republic in Minneapolis, and Bar Brigade in St. Paul. He was also nominated for the Twin Cities Business Magazine 100 People to Know in 2019. Matty has sold seven restaurants to date and hopes to launch a consulting firm for struggling restaurant owners. He is currently pursuing his MBA and looks forward to a new phase in his career.

Have you ever thought about opening a restaurant? Most entrepreneurs can say yes. However, there are a lot of headaches and unseen layers to the hospitality industry that leads to a high failure rate. My guest is Matty O’Reilly and he has made a career of buying restaurants and revitalizing them. Matty is passionate about helping restaurants survive and decreasing the failure rate we see today. We discuss some of the reasons why restaurants fail and how Matty has been able to dodge that bullet. He has been buying, managing, and selling restaurants for sixteen years and learned every sector of the restaurant business. He is a smart business owner who really knows his industry inside and out. He is currently pursuing his MBA and has plans to launch a consulting service to entrepreneurs in the hospitality industry. What you will learn: Matty’s background in the restaurant business and ten years in management. Why he chose to the hospitality industry for a career. How banks are contributing to the failure rate of restaurants. Matty’s first experience with his own restaurant and how he made it work. Why it is better to purchase an existing restaurant. Matty’s approach to revitalizing his restaurants. What he looks for in new purchase and how he deals with the sellers. How ego can work against a seller. Why Matty is getting his MBA. The benefits of a reactive business model. How Matty decides if it is time to sell a business. Why he never got into the real estate side of the industry. What Matty is doing now and his plans for the future. Takeaways: Early on in this episode, I make a couple of announcements. One is a book I will release with Jim Carlisle, called Ripcord How to Grow and Exit Your Company, that should be out soon. Also, I mention an accelerator program with GEXP Collaborative. If you are interested in the accelerator program, then you can reach out to me at ryan@gexpcollaborative.com. We also have a page on the website with more information. Links and Resources: GEXP Collaborative GEXP Accelerator Program Matty O’Reilly on LinkedIn About Matty: Matty O’Reilly is an entrepreneur who has been working in the restaurant business for 16+ years. He worked his way up through every role in a restaurant and began buying his own restaurants in 2010. He currently owns Delicata Pizza in St. Paul, Republic in Minneapolis, and Bar Brigade in St. Paul. He was also nominated for the Twin Cities Business Magazine 100 People to Know in 2019. Matty has sold seven restaurants to date and hopes to launch a consulting firm for struggling restaurant owners. He is currently pursuing his MBA and looks forward to a new phase in his career.

Allison Kaplan is a respected writer, editor, public speaker, content creator, and self-proclaimed shopping guru. In her role as Editor-in-Chief at Twin Cities Business Magazine, Ali manages content development for print and digital content as well as events. Ali's writing has appeared in a number of prestigious national publications including Lucky, ShopEtc., and Delta Sky Magazine. In addition to her frequent work as an event emcee and moderator, she is a sought-after television and radio guest and hosts the weekly radio show Shop Girls alongside her mother on myTalk107.1. Ali is a true example of how women in leadership positions can balance all aspects of their lives and still excel in their careers. What You Will Learn: Ali explains why she always loved writing and why she followed a career path into journalism. She shares her intense focus on pursuing her journalistic dreams and discusses not wanting her reputation to be that of “first woman editor” at Twin Cities Business Magazine. Ali shares how her unique perspective has allowed her to make some major changes and improvements to the magazine. She shares specific examples of some of the changes she has made and the content she has reworked. Ali discusses balancing her career with her role as a mother, and she explains how she has tried to integrate her kids into her work life. She talks about the challenges of setting boundaries for her kids and for herself. Ali talks about co-hosting a radio show with her mother, and about the pressures of running a magazine. She explains the struggle of managing others and shares the challenge of doing versus delegating. Learn how Ali is dealing with the ever-evolving print journalism industry. She shares why digital media and print media both have their place, and she discusses the profound changes that social media and technology have brought to journalism. Ali discusses the skepticism that today's society often feels toward media, and she explains why it makes journalists' jobs more important than ever before and necessitates authenticity and a new level of depth. Ali shares how she finds inspiration through consuming media, traveling, riding her bicycle and other strategies. She discusses the rare times in which she gets burned out on social media. Ali discusses the methods of self-care she follows to make time for herself, and the legacy she hopes to leave behind. She also shares her advice for women in business: stay open to opportunities, be willing to try new things, and work hard. Resources: Twitter: @AliShops Website: http://tcbmag.com/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/allison-kaplan-30aab73/

Dominic Venturo is executive vice president and chief innovation officer for U.S. Bank. In this role, he leads a team of visionaries who see potential in emerging technology or business models and adapt those to fit customer needs as they understand them today or how they envision them in the future. Mr. Venturo’s team develops new products, sets the strategy for emerging innovations in financial services and creates the environment within the bank through which these innovations are tested, adjusted and brought to market. Mr. Venturo is frequently featured as a keynote speaker at industry conferences and has been recognized by Bank Innovation as a Top Innovator in Financial Services (#3, 2013), Bank Systems & Technology as one of “Elite 8” CIOs (2012), Twin Cities Business Magazine as one of “200 Minnesotans You Should Know” (2011), “Bank Technology News as “Mobile Banker of the Year” (2011) and as “Top 10 Innovator” (2009) and by Paybefore Magazine as a “Top 5 Innovator” (2011). Mr. Venturo’s team has delivered industry-leading innovations since 2008 that have earned numerous accolades in the media and awards. Voices of Customer Experience is brought to you by Worthix: www.worthix.com Follow Worthix on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/worthix/ Follow Worthix on Twitter: @worthix Follow Dominic Venturo on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dominicventuro Follow Dominic Venturo on Twitter: @innov8tr Follow Mary Drumond on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marydrumond/ Follow Mary Drumond on Twitter: @drumondmary

We go 1-on-1 with Ali Kaplan the newest -- and first female -- editor of Twin Cities Business Magazine, in this week's Who The Folk?! Podcast

Judy Cook is co-founder and Senior Partner of Cook Girard Associates, with more than 30 years of experience in public policy and politics in Minnesota. Cook is repeatedly recognized as one of the leading government affairs professionals in Minnesota. She has an unequaled reputation for her skills as an effective communicator and advocate on behalf of clients. Throughout her career, Cook has successfully managed some of the most complex legislative and regulatory issues addressed by Minnesota policymakers.Cook has expertise on a variety of public policy issue areas including health care, business regulation, civil law, environment and government transformation. She is known for tackling tough government affairs challenges and achieving results through a broad, bi-partisan base of relationships while developing and implementing effective strategies. She has proven the ability to work across the political spectrum to arrive at consensus on public policy issues from the simple to the most controversial, yielding positive results.Cook has long received recognition for her achievements, including being named by Twin Cities Business Magazine to their list of “100 People to Help You Thrive in 2013.” In October 2010, the national political magazine, “Campaigns and Elections” included Cook among their list of “100 Influencers in Minnesota.” In 1997, while President of the Minnesota Retail Merchants Association, Minnesota Monthly Magazine named Cook one of the “21 Most Influential Women in Minnesota.” Cook has also served on numerous boards and organizations during her years as a leading government affairs professional in Minnesota.

Dominic Venturo, CIO of US Bank Visiting Dominic Venturo is a little like walking onto a James Bond movie set during the Q gadget briefing scene. There is a wonderful "wow" factor in encountering the most fascinating new technologies in banking. The title "CIO" used to mean Chief Information Officer. It still does, of course, but today that "I" increasingly stands for another word too:  innovation. Dominic Venturo, the Chief Innovation Officer of U.S. Bank, reflects a growing trend of banks assigning specialized leaders to spearhead their work in innovative technology. U.S. Bank actually took this step long ago. As we learned in Episode 12 with CEO Richard Davis, this is the country's fifth largest bank, and its focus on innovation caused them to name Dominic for this role eight years ago. In fact, he was such an early user of Twitter that he got the extremely cool handle @innov8tr (be sure to follow him on Twitter - he's one of my favorites). I always love hearing the backgrounds of our podcast guests, and especially noticing how they break down between people with financial backgrounds, and people with anything but.  Dominic is a career banker with 16 years at U.S. Bank and 26 years overall in financial services product development and management, commercial risk management, commercial lending and sales management. He talked with me about how he's complemented that background with a wide mix of the other skills. He has 25 people, including many who, as he says, probably "spent a lot of time in the principal's office." In our conversation, he talks about how to make these trouble-makers highly productive and more broadly about the "art" of making great innovation happen inside a big company.  There's a lot of conventional advice about that challenge, including the need to wall-off the innovators. Dominic agrees with that, and also emphasizes that innovation must be a full-time job - he thinks it's delusional to imagine that part-time people will somehow stay on top of today's tech trends by catching up on their reading backlog after hours. At the same time, he talks a lot about how to keep innovation focused on the practical. One key, he says, is that "innovation loves constraints." Another is not to start with an abstract white board session, dreaming up brilliant solutions in search of problems, but rather to focus on finding the real problems that need to be solved - especially problems impacting the customer. When you do that, your bank will usually want them, even if implementation is going to take some work. At the same time, though, the practical focus has to be balanced with imagination and vision. Dominic's group tries to look 3-5 years ahead in thinking about the bank's operations, and at how people are behaving differently and doing jobs differently. They brainstorm trends and find the insights that will reshape markets and technologies. One key to getting this balance right is to set up new kinds of success metrics. Dominic discusses the dissonance between bank cultures built to keep risks and failures extremely low, versus innovation that requires trying a lot of things that will fail.  Financial companies need new ways to keep score. Our conversation also covered the downside risks that innovation creates for consumers; his thoughts on how regulation impacts innovation; and his advice on how to keep up with technology change. As I mentioned in my year-end wrap up, I always advise bankers to attend some fintech conferences. Dominic shares his list of favorites, including Finovate, Bank Innovation, and SXSW (I'll see you there this year, and also check out my end-of-year interview with Chuck Harris of Netspend for my own list of suggestions, including Emerge). We also got Dominic's recommendations for fintech trend-watching: Wall Street Journal Personal Tech, TechCrunch, and qz.com. And last but not least, again, I recommend following him on Twitter for cutting edge insight on tech trends, mixed with humor, such as on much needed respites from the content overload. Dominic's background: A few highlights on Dominic's background. He is frequently featured as a keynote speaker at industry conferences and has been recognized by Bank Innovation as a Top Innovator in Financial Services (#3, 2013), Bank Systems & Technology as one of "Elite 8" CIOs (2012), Twin Cities Business Magazine as one of "200 Minnesotans You Should Know" (2011), "Bank Technology News as "Mobile Banker of the Year" (2011) and as "Top 10 Innovator" (2009) and by Paybefore Magazine as a "Top 5 Innovator" (2011). He also serves on the board of directors of the Minnesota Community and Technical College Foundation. He earned a bachelor's degree in finance from Oregon State University and is a graduate of the Pacific Coast Banking School at the University of Washington Graduate School of Banking. The Q Factor: In our discussion, Dominic shares examples of innovation successes at U.S. Bank, including "advances in mobile payments, voice bio-metrics, tokenization and integrated mobile and web commerce solutions." As often happens, though, I found that our discussion got even more interesting after we turned off the microphone. He showed me an amazing product demo that's still embargoed but that really wowed me. And we talked about the Internet of Things. And then, he admired my iPhone 6s - we met just after they came out, and I'd gotten one before he did. He started talking about the Live Photo tool, which he described as "Harry Potter feature."  As often happens with me, I had a cool feature on my phone without even realizing it. So we recorded a little bonus feature as he showed me how to make a photo animation that looks a bit like the living portraits in Harry Potter's world. These are fun, as is my Google Photo tool dreaming up little animations for me using the photos I've taken. If you have Live Photo and don't know how to use it, here it is.  Enjoy my conversation with Dominic Venturo. If you enjoy our work to bring together thought provoking ideas and people please consider a contribution to support the site. Support the podcast Please subscribe to the podcast by opening your favorite podcast app and searching for "Jo Ann Barefoot", or in iTunes.    

Can you be your freaky, bad-ass-self in your biz and still bring home the bacon?Hell Yhea!!! Erika Lyremark  is a fine example of someone who flies her freak flag high and proud while she rakes in the cash. Erika started her own entrepreneurial track while working as an exotic dancer. After the pole, she went on to co-create a multi-million dollar commercial real estate company and launch Daily Whip, her coaching consultancy. She’s been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes.com. Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Business Magazine, Metro Magazine, KSTP Channel 5 News, Twin Cities Live, The Michelle Tafoya show on WCCO radio and she even cracked the whip on a promotional video for Oprah’s Have Your Own Show! Erika’s also author of the action guide “Revenue, Results & Red Carpet Dreams.” And forthcoming book “Think Like A Stripper: How To Hustle Your Business Like You Mean It!” Erika Lyremark (LEAR-a-mark) coaches and inspires smart businesswomen all over the world to empower themselves with her easy-to-follow but hard-to-forget signature 30-day course, The Morning Whip. Every businesswoman has a superhero inside her and Erika brings her out so you can conquer the world! She teaches women entrepreneurs how to turn 5 figure jobs to 6 figure businesses and 6 figure businesses to 7 figure empires.  

Can you be your freaky, bad-ass-self in your biz and still bring home the bacon?Hell Yhea!!! Erika Lyremark  is a fine example of someone who flies her freak flag high and proud while she rakes in the cash. Erika started her own entrepreneurial track while working as an exotic dancer. After the pole, she went on to co-create a multi-million dollar commercial real estate company and launch Daily Whip, her coaching consultancy. She’s been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes.com. Minneapolis/St. Paul Magazine, Twin Cities Business Magazine, Metro Magazine, KSTP Channel 5 News, Twin Cities Live, The Michelle Tafoya show on WCCO radio and she even cracked the whip on a promotional video for Oprah’s Have Your Own Show! Erika’s also author of the action guide “Revenue, Results & Red Carpet Dreams.” And forthcoming book “Think Like A Stripper: How To Hustle Your Business Like You Mean It!” Erika Lyremark (LEAR-a-mark) coaches and inspires smart businesswomen all over the world to empower themselves with her easy-to-follow but hard-to-forget signature 30-day course, The Morning Whip. Every businesswoman has a superhero inside her and Erika brings her out so you can conquer the world! She teaches women entrepreneurs how to turn 5 figure jobs to 6 figure businesses and 6 figure businesses to 7 figure empires.