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How to Be Creative in Growing Your Business, Ep 60 from 2018-06-05T15:00:05
Allen Gannett is the founder and CEO of TrackMaven, a marketing analytics platform whose clients have included Microsoft, Marriott, Saks Fifth Avenue, any many other well known names. He has bee...
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How To Have Customers Line Up At Your Door On Launch Day, Ep 059 from 2018-05-31T15:00:23
Melissa Biggins is the owner of Sweeter Hue, a popular bakery in Washington DC’s Shaw neighborhood. In this episode, Melissa talks about what it’s like to start a brick-and-mortar business in a ...
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How to Build Your Business Brand Online And Offline, Ep 058 from 2018-05-11T15:00:51
Elise Crawford is the founder of Ringlet Studio, a digital marketing agency in Washington DC that helps women entrepreneurs build their brand online. As an expert in online marketing, branding, ...
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How to Launch And Grow A Food Business, Ep 057 from 2018-05-04T15:00:10
Kim Bryden is the CEO and founder of Cureate, a company that helps emerging food and beverage businesses grow and scale, and also helps big brands and institutions connect with their target audi...
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From Government Employee To Software Company Founder, Ep 056 from 2018-04-19T14:19:18
Ahmad Ishaq is the founder and chief innovation officer of ByteCubed, an IT consulting firm in Arlington Virginia. In 2017, ByteCubed was ranked No 46 on the Inc magazine’s list of fastest growi...
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How to get and keep customers for service-based businesses, Ep 055 from 2018-04-10T15:00:58
Mina Fies is an award-winning designer, remodeler, and the founder and CEO of Synergy Design&Construction. She is also the author of the Renovation Roadmap system. In this episode, Mina told the...
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How to Build, Launch, And Improve A Software Product, Ep 054 from 2018-04-02T15:00:51
PJ Taei is the founder of UScreen, a video platform that enables content creators launch their own video streaming service and build a profitable business selling their videos online In this epi...
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The Non-Linear Journey to Product-Market Fit with Ryan Croft, Ep 053 from 2018-03-21T15:00:29
Ryan Croft is the co-founder and COO of TransitScreen, a technology company in DC that helps millions of people save commute time by providing real time display of local transportation informati...
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From One-Man Shop On eBay To DC’s Best Place For Work with Joel Holland, Ep 052 from 2018-03-07T15:00:15
Joel Holland is the founder and executive chairman of Storyblocks, a subscription-based online platform for high quality stock media. Joel has won numerous awards for his work with StoryBlocks. ...
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How to find your business’s unique positioning through continued experimentation with Alex Hastings and Mike Galyen, Ep 051 from 2018-02-28T15:00:47
Alex Hastings and Mike Galyen are co-founders of Guerrilla Vending, a company that creates custom curated vending machines, in collaboration with local Washington DC businesses. In this episod...
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How To Grow A Business Through Low-Cost, Grass-Root Marketing with Robert Kinsler, Ep 50 from 2018-02-20T15:00:32
Robert Kinsler is the founder of DC Fray, a company that’s on a mission to make living in DC more fun through organizing social sports leagues, special events, and scouting out the coolest thing...
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Why Investing In The Local Community Will Get You More Customers with Lisa Wise, Ep 049 from 2018-02-13T15:00:28
Lisa Wise is the founder of Nest DC, a boutique property management company that has a strong social mission. In this episode, Lisa talked about how she started Nest with little industry experie...
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Content Marketing Tips for Local Businesses with Chris Marentis, Ep 048 from 2018-02-06T15:00:06
Chris Marentis is the founder and CEO of Surefire Local, a software platform that helps local businesses generate new customer leads by getting discovered online. Chris originally started the co...
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How To Build An App Business That’s Positioned to Scale with Junaid Shams, Ep 047 from 2018-01-30T15:00:32
Junaid Shams is the co-founder and CEO of Rooam, a mobile payment platform that lets users pay their bar tab or restaurant bill directly from their phone. He has received numerous national recog...
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How To Create Network Effect For Your Product with Param Jaggi, Ep 046 from 2018-01-23T15:00:48
Param Jaggi is the founder and CEO of Hatch Technologies, a company working to democratize the software development industry. Param is an inventor and serial entrepreneur. At the age of 13, he i...
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From Freelancer To Hip Design Company Owner with Aaron Scales, Ep 045 from 2018-01-16T15:01:19
Aaron Scales, owner and director of BroCoLoco, an architectural design company in DC that turns buildings into brand ambassadors. Aaron started his entrepreneurial journey as a freelancer workin...
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What To Do When Your Entrepreneurial Idea Didn't Work Out First with Thomas Schneider, Ep 044 from 2018-01-09T15:00:37
Thomas Schneider is the founder of Rooftop Roots, a non-profit organization that designs, builds, and maintains vegetable gardens and native landscapes in the DC area. When Thomas first started ...
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Powering the Gig Economy with Mobile Technology with Jeff Tennery, Ep 043 from 2018-01-02T15:00:43
Jeff Tennery is the founder and CEO of Moonlighting, an online marketplace connecting freelancers with potential employers. Armed with decades of experience in mobile technology and media, Jeff ...
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How to Change A Traditional Industry with New Technology with Erik Dreyer, Ep 042 from 2017-12-26T15:00:57
Erik Dreyer is the co-founder of Goodshuffle, an online event rental marketplace specializing in party and event supply rentals. Goodshuffle was originally launched as a peer–to-peer rental mark...
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How to Turn Your Passion into A Thriving Business with Meredith Sheperd, Ep 041 from 2017-12-19T15:30:06
Meredith Sheperd is the founder of Love&Carrots, a DC-based sustainable urban farming company specializing in custom vegetable garden installation and maintenance. When Meredith decided to move ...
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How to Build A Membership-Based Business with Peter Mellen, Ep 040 from 2017-12-12T17:00:38
Peter Mellen is the founder and CEO of Netcito, a network of peer advisory groups for entrepreneurs and innovators. He is a serial entrepreneur with over 20 years of experience in online busines...
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How to Start A Serious Business in College with David Patou, Ep 039 from 2017-12-05T15:00:16
David Patou is the founder and CEO of Campus Sherpa, a student-run company that offers personalized college tours by real college students. David started Campus Sherpa during his freshman year a...
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How to Build A Social Networking Platform with Ian MacGregor, Ep 038 from 2017-11-28T15:00:21
Ian Kaine MacGregor is the founder and CEO of Hitcher, a social media platform that allows users to build more targeted networks and have more control over their online privacy compared to the m...
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How to Juggle Multiple Businesses While Serving Your Community with Tien Wong, Ep 037 from 2017-11-21T15:00:43
Tien Wong is a serial entrepreneur, angel investor and super connector in the DC entrepreneurial community. He currently serves as Chairman and CEO of Tech2000, an IT firm that provides advanced...
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Building an E-commerce Platform Over Text Messaging with Kate Myers&Kelly O’Malley, Ep 036 from 2017-11-14T14:00:24
Kate Myers and Kelly O’Malley are co-founders of Shop Or Not, an e-commerce platform that runs on text messaging. Both ladies worked in the entertainment industry. And they started the company...
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How to Succeed In the Real Estate Business with Donna Evers, Ep035 from 2017-08-02T14:00:46
Donna Evers is the founder of Evers&Co. Real Estate and Twin Oaks Tavern Winery. Donna was a very successful real estate agent, before she started her own brokerage firm with 7 sales agents. Tod...
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From Side Hustle to Thriving Business from 2017-07-26T14:00:44
James Mccartney is the founding partner and CEO of Truvincio, a data security and privacy consulting firm whose mission is to make data security affordable for small businesses. Before becoming ...
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How to Become A Serial Entrepreneur in Your 20s from 2017-07-19T14:00:39
Akobir Azamovich is the co-founder and CEO of 4stay.com, an online marketplace for student housing. Although Akobir is only in his twenties, he’s already started multiple companies. When Akobir ...
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How to Start A Two-Sided Marketplace from 2017-07-11T15:00:04
Stephanie Cox is the founder and CEO of The Level Market, the world’s first online marketplace for humanitarian supply and disaster relief products. In this episode, Stephanie talked about her j...
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How to Get Venture Capital Investors Interested in Your Startup with Dan Mindus, Ep031 from 2017-07-05T15:00:18
Dan Mindus is the founder and a managing partner of NextGen Venture Partners, an early-stage venture capital firm. What’s unique about NextGen is that they are the first network-driven venture f...
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How to Create A Business Supported by An Online Community with Craig Zelizer, Ep030 from 2017-06-27T15:00:24
Craig Zelizer is the CEO and founder of the Peace and Collaborative Development Network (PCDN), a vibrant online hub for professionals, organizations and students in the fields of social change,...
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From Zero to A National Brand with Agatha Achindu, Ep029 from 2017-06-21T15:00:04
Agatha Achindu is the founder of Yummy Spoonfuls, an innovative company that makes flash-frozen baby food from fresh, organic and wholesome ingredients. In this episode, Agatha shared about how ...
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How to Build A Disruptive Product, Ep 028 from 2017-06-13T15:00:40
Jonathon Perrelli is the CEO and co-founder of LifeFuels, a health technology company in Virginia. Their main product is smart water bottles with customized nutrition injections, which also allo...
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How to Become More Resilient as An Entrepreneur with Tim Hwang, Ep027 from 2017-06-06T15:00:21
Tim Hwang is the founder and CEO of FiscalNote, a software company in Washington DC that helps organizations build and manage their relationships with all levels of government, through their ana...
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Startup Marketing Tips from the Trenches with Kevin Alansky, Ep 026 from 2017-05-30T15:00:03
Kevin Alansky is the Chief Marketing Officer of Logi Analytics, a software company in Northern Virginia. Kevin was one of the early employees at DC tech scene’s superstar, Blackboard Inc. He was...
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How to Validate Your Business Ideas with Minimal Cost, Ep 025 from 2017-05-23T15:00:38
Earlier this year, our host Natasha Che started Soundwise, a mobile marketplace for on-demand audio courses in business and personal development. She and her cofounders want to build the Netflix...
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Building A Business from Scratch as An Industry Outsider with Danielle Vogel, Ep 024 from 2017-05-16T15:00:38
Danielle Vogel is the founder of Glen’s Garden Market. Glen’s is not your average grocery store. Almost all of what they sell are locally sourced. And they’re on a mission to combat climate chan...
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How Bree Ryback Turned A Hobby into A Thriving Business, Ep 023 from 2017-05-09T15:00:43
Bree Ryback is the founder of Capitol Romance, a wedding coordination and e-commerce business in DC. When Bree was getting married in 2010, she struggled to find local resources that would help ...
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How to Grow A Consulting Business from 2017-05-02T15:00:02
Cenk Sidar is the founder and CEO of Sidar Global Ventures (SGV), a global macro research and strategic advisory firm. After graduate school, Cenk started doing risk analysis research for the Am...
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How to Bootstrap A Media Empire by Curating Shareable Content with Svetlana Legetic, Ep 021 from 2017-04-25T15:00:17
Svetlana Legetic is the co-founder of Brightest Young Things, an online publishing, event production and marketing company. Svetlana moved to Washington DC for an architect job in 2003. She and ...
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Creative Strategies to Get Customers and Grow Your Brand with Melanie Spring, Ep 020 from 2017-04-18T15:00:25
Melanie Spring is the Chief Inspiration Officer of Sisarina, a Washington DC-based brand strategy agency with purpose. Melanie had the entrepreneurial blood in her since she was a kid. She start...
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How to Leverage Your Brand's Story in Marketing with Ann Yang and Philip Wong, Ep 019 from 2017-04-12T15:03:05
Ann Yang and Phil Wong are the co-founders of MISFIT Juicery, a business with the social mission to reduce food waste by turning misshaped fruits and veggies into nutritious cold-pressed juices....
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How to Create A Viable Business with Tangible Social Impact with Colin Hartman, Ep 018 from 2017-04-04T15:00:43
Colin Hartman is the co-founder and CEO of Harper Macaw, a fine chocolate factory in Washington DC that is turning delicious cocoa into a force of social good for rainforest restoration. Colin i...
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How to Get the First Customers for Your Fitness Business with Mariska Breland, Ep 017 from 2017-03-28T15:00:01
Mariska Breland is the founder and creative director of Fuse Pilates®, a pilates studio and fitness brand in NW DC that offers mat, reformer and chair classes using their unique “Fuse” method. I...
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How to Grow Your Creative Design Business Organically with Rachel Pfeffer, Ep 016 from 2017-03-21T15:00:46
Rachel Pfeffer is the founder of Rachel Pfeffer Designs and also the co-founder of Stitchta (formerly Stitchtagram). She designs beautiful and quirky handmade jewelry in addition to running a cr...
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How to Test Your Restaurant Concept with Minimal Cost with Suzanne Simon and Bettina Stern, Ep 015 from 2017-03-14T15:00:17
Suzanne Simon and Bettina Stern are the co-founders of Chaia, a very popular, fast-casual vegetarian restaurant in Georgetown, DC that features delicious plant-based tacos. Despite their differe...
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How to Find A Market Niche for Your Business by Being You with Geoff Woliner, Ep 014 from 2017-03-07T15:00:19
My guest today, Geoff Woliner, is Founder and CEO of Winning Wit, a company that specializes in writing and presentation coaching for roasts, wedding speeches, and custom workshops for corporate...
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How Creativity Can Help You Become A Happier and More Productive Entrepreneur with Monica Kang, Ep 013 from 2017-02-28T15:00:18
Monica Kang is the founder and CEO of InnovatorsBox®, a company that offers creative educational workshops, services, and products for professionals to learn why creativity is critical, how to i...
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How to Master the Startup Pivot with Lou Aronson, Ep 012 from 2017-02-23T14:51:51
Lou Aronson is the cofounder and CEO of Discourse Analytics. Lou has an interesting career path. He was originally a lawyer and at one point had his own law firm, before he completely changed ca...
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How to Run A Successful Food Business while Keeping Your Sanity with Kirk Francis, Ep 011 from 2017-02-21T15:01:54
Today on the show, I interview Kirk Francis, who is the Captain of Captain Cookie and the Milkman, a mobile bakery and dessert shop in Washington DC. By popular votes, they have the best ice cre...
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