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Nearly Verified
by Matthew Puglisi
Welcome to the Nearly Verified Podcast! The idea behind the name is that I feel like a lot of people, myself absolutely included, can get carried away with the idea of success. For some it could be making a ton of money, reaching a specific job title, or even getting verified on social media. The idea behind Nearly Verified is to learn about and most importantly enjoy every piece of the puzzle leading to that success!
Episodes
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EP21 Swish Goswami - How our role is changing in the data economy
It feels pretty corny to go out and say this, but this episode literally changed my life. Just about 5 months ago I got to interview Swish Goswami, who is one of the co-founders and the CEO of Trufan. Trufan is a tech startup in Toronto that helps brands generate segment and activate first and...
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EP20 Mike Morrice - Ushering a sustainable future for the Waterloo region
My last podcast episode was posted 5 months ago. Finishing school + moving to a new city + starting fulltime work has really slowed me down on doing this, but I am very happy to get back into it :) More episodes coming soon! Mike founded Sustainable Waterloo Region and piloted Canada’s first…
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EP19 Blair Forrest - From Student to Founder, E-Commerce Edition
Welcome back to another episode of Nearly Verified! This week I get to sit down with a good friend and super successful guy that is recently graduated from Laurier University. Blair Forrest has been a serial entrepreneur since he could remember. Whether it was a lemonade stand, garage sale, or...
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EP18 Hala Taha - Entertainment, Podcasting & Entrepreneurship
Hala Taha is the host of Young and Profiting Podcast, frequently ranked as a #1 Education podcast across all apps. Hala is also the CEO of YAP Media, a full-service social media and podcast marketing agency projected to generate over $1M in revenue in its first year. She is well-known for her...
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EP17 Chris Walker - Tackling B2B Marketing at Its Core
Chris Walker, the CEO of Refine Labs, is changing the way B2B firms generate demand for their business. The landscape of advertising, and communicating your brand is transforming and refine labs is dedicated to easing that transition for businesses around the world. On this episode of Nearly...
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EP16 David Meltzer - Taking Control of Your Time & Energy
David Meltzer is the Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh (“Lee”) Steinberg Sports & Entertainment agency, which was the inspiration for the movie Jerry Maguire. His life’s mission is to empower OVER 1 BILLION people to be happy! This simple yet…
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EP15 Sofy Carayannopoulos - Giving First-Year Students the Toolkit for Success
This episode I got to have Sofy Carayannopoulos on the podcast to chat. Sofy is an associate professor at the School of Business and Economics at Wilfrid Laurier University. She currently designs, coordinates and teaches introductory business strategy courses to classes of over 200 undergraduate...
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EP14 Devyn Kelly - A Conversation With the SU President
This episode I get the chance to chat with Devyn Kelly who is the Student’s Union President here at Wilfrid Laurier University. She has had her hands full with adjusting to a completely different type of University semester. Her mission is to be the voice for the student body, bringing our…
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EP13 Jonathan Palmar - Diving into Video Marketing & Linkedin
Jon is the Chief Experience Officer at Shay Rowbottom Marketing, who I had on for episode 6, and previously was working with his Father’s forensic accounting company. Backtrack a little more, Jon was training and working with the WWE at the age of 18 to be a professional wrestler which...
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EP12 Blake Pearson - Inside a Career in Tech Sales
This week, I interviewed Blake Pearson who is a Sr. BDR at Salesforce. Salesforce.com, inc. is an American cloud-based software company headquartered in San Francisco, California. It provides customer relationship management service and also sells a complementary suite of enterprise applications....
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EP11 Ken Jackson - The Art of Teaching to 1000's and Being Empathetic With Students
For those of you who don’t know, Ken Jackson is an economics professor here at Laurier, where he teaches a range of economics classes from your beginner micro and macro courses, to the economics of sports and poverty as well. Ken has his undergraduate degree and PhD in economics from the…
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EP10 Marcel Morgenstern - Entrepreneurship in the Wine Industry
Marcel Morgenstern is an entrepreneur and small business owner in the wine industry within the Niagara region. He is a wine expert, a marketing creative, a father, soccer fan and above all an all-around nice guy. Marcel is a close family friend and family business partner, so it’s awesome to have...
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EP9 Last20 - Solving The World’s Plastic Problem, One Road at a Time
This episode I have fellow Laurier students Lauren and Lucas Barnes chat about their social enterprise Last20! Founded by Lucas and Lauren in 2018; they began as a sustainable clothing brand - Last20 Apparel. Their products are sourced from plastic bottles that would have otherwise ended up in…
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EP8 Troy Osinoff - The Roller Coaster of Entrepreneurship & Finding Pain Points
Troy Osinoff is the Co-founder of JUICE, an NYC-based digital marketing agency credited by Facebook as being a top 1% agency and fastest-growing in NY, where he has helped clients such as Kenneth Cole, Paris Hilton d scale successful multi-platform marketing campaigns. Prior to JUICE, Osinoff...
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7 Episode Curse: Reflecting On Starting Nearly Verified
I heard that there is a 7 episode curse when starting up a podcast. That 7 episode mark is where a lot of shows lose steam and fizzle out. I thought it would be fitting to take a second at episode 7 and reflect on what I've started here with Nearly Verified. I take the time to look back at my 6...
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EP6 Shay Rowbottom - Seeing Potential In Yourself & Sharing Your Story
Shay Rowbottom is the Queen of Linkedin, a marketing wizard, an expert in video, a storyteller, a new podcast host, and overall just a passionate person whose energy is contagious. She has worked with companies such as Petco, Yahoo and Buzzfeed, creating viral video content generating 10 of...
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EP5 Mark Metry - The Power of Meditating & Working Towards a Better You
Today we have on Mark Metry, who is a phenomenal dude that has accomplished a ton at 23. He is on Amazon Prime's TV Docuseries "The Social Movement" attempting to solve some of the world's biggest problems. Mark is also the host of the Global Top 100 podcast called Humans 2.0 featured by Forbes,...
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EP4 Carol Leaman - Utilizing Axonify During COVID & The Importance of Culture
This week I have the pleasure of speaking with Carol Leaman who is the CEO at Axonify. What is Axonify you may be asking? It is an online learning and communications platform built for frontline employees which are more important than ever now and is used by giant companies around the world such…
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EP3 Buster Scher - Creating a Basketball Empire & The Rise of Sports Cards
Buster Scher is the 19-year-old that has created a basketball empire on social media. He is founder of Hoops Nation, host of the Buster Show, and unfortunately a life long Knicks fan. He has hosted various shows for the NBA and done online consulting for hip-hop artists and NBA legends. On this...
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EP2 Sam Lister - Starting From Scratch and Constantly Learning
This episode I have Sam Lister come on to chat! He is a 20-year-old LinkedIn phenomenon that started creating videos on his phone to document his journey of entrepreneurship, and inevitably people started catching on. He is the founder of Blnk Slate media, host of the Starting Blnk podcast, and a...
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EP1 Quinten Allums - Writing Your Story & Building Community
He is a creative storyteller, entrepreneur, podcast host, TEDx speaker, E-sports enthusiast, and probably one of the most transparent and genuine people I have followed online. Quentin Allums or Q has founded several companies with Uran Misfit Ventures and the Strange on Purpose Studios being the...
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Welcome to Nearly Verified
Hi! My name is Matt Puglisi and welcome to the Nearly Verified Podcast. To give you some context about the name and theme of the pod, my mindset behind it was pretty simple. I feel like a lot of people, myself absolutely included, can get carried away with the idea of success. For some it could…
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Welcome to the Nearly Verified Podcast! The idea behind the name is that I feel like a lot of people, myself absolutely included, can get carried away with the idea of success. For some it could be making a ton of money, reaching a specific job title, or even getting verified on social media. The idea behind Nearly Verified is to learn about and most importantly enjoy every piece of the puzzle leading to that success!
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Matthew Puglisi
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