Sapphire Stories Podcast
by Thomas Ma
Sapphire Stories features top business leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and innovators. In our episode, we dive deep into how people got to where they are today. The purpose is for listeners to take actionable advice that they can apply to their own endeavors. To get in touch please DM @boxwithtom
Episodes
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Brian Lee and Brian Liu: The LegalZoom Story
Brian Liu is the co-founder and founding CEO of LegalZoom which is a technology platform giving access to professional legal advice. The company has a $2B+ valuation today with over 1,000 employees. Brian Lee is an entrepreneur. He is co-founder and former president of LegalZoom.com, co-founder…
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Carly London and Juhi Pikale
Our first episode of 2022 features 2 great marketers in Juhi Pikale and Carly London. Carly is the Head of Growth at WearLIVELY Juhi is a results driven growth marketer with 8+ years in the e-commerce industry, successfully deploying over $500MM so far in direct response advertising across paid...
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Ziv Haklili: Co-Founder of Scale
Ziv is the CoFounder of Scale, a next-generation DTC house of brands he founded with his childhood friend and business partner, Ben Flohr to create meaningful connections between brands and consumers—and positively impact thousands of lives. With expertise in strategic vision, product development...
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Lila Stewart: Co-Founder of Hari Mari
Lila, along with her hubby, Jeremy are travellers. They know firsthand that comfortable footwear is an important staple in every adventurer’s pack. Like they tend to do after scampering up miles of mountainous trails and endlessly exploring new cities, theirs wore out. In a futile search for...
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Sarah & Christine: Co-CEO & Co-founder of Glow Recipe
Sarah and Christine are both the CEO & Co-founder of Glow Recipe. It has been their mission since 2014 to empower everyone to feed their skin the ingredients it needs, when it needs it. Because no one day is the same. Naturally potent, clean formulations with sensorial, unexpected textures and...
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Michael Wieder: Co-Founder, President, & CMO at Lalo
Co-Founder of Lalo, Michael Wieder, realized very quickly that when it comes to shopping for baby products, parents tend to get overwhelmed by their unlimited options. As a result, Lalo focuses on two core products, the Daily Stroller ($515), and a 2-in-1 high chair and play chair combo called…
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Cody Levine: Co-Founder and Chief Brand Officer at Twice Toothpaste
Cody is in business with his older brother, Julian, who's in L.A. right now, and Lenny Kravitz, who’s their third business partner. They all came together four years ago alongside their family. Cody's dad is a dentist in New York, or more like an oral health expert scientist turned entrepreneur…
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Ben Siedl: CEO & Co-Counder of Neyborly
An entrepreneur who finds opportunity in under-utilized assets and hidden human potential. Ben is currently on a journey building exciting, unique short-term rental spaces by transforming vacant retail spaces into thriving creative hubs for professional and social uses. His business is growing...
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Richard Henne: Co-Founder of Ivory Ella
Richard Henne is a Temple graduate entrepreneur and the Co-Founder of Ivory Ella, an elephant themed charitable women’s e-commerce brand, as well as the Co-Founder of TM38 LLC, a full-service digital agency servicing entrepreneurs and established businesses alike with its proven grass root...
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Scott Norton: Co-Founder of Sir Kensington's
Scott Norton is co-founder of Sir Kensington's, best known for making condiments with character. With a mission to bring integrity and charm to ordinary and overlooked food, Sir Kensington's has become an integral offering at the leading retailers and restaurants across the country. In 2017, Sir...
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Ju Rhyu: Co-Founder/CEO of Hero Cosmetics
Ju Rhyu is co-founder/CEO of Hero Cosmetics. Hero Cosmetics was launched in 2017 with one product, Mighty Patch, as a test on Amazon. Now, Hero Cosmetics sells a box of Mighty Patch every 15 seconds in channels like Amazon, Target, DTC, Neiman Marcus, Goop, Urban Outfitters, Anthropologie and…
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Bassima Mroue: CEO and co-founder of SkinTē
Bassima Mroue is the CEO and co-founder of SkinTē, the first-ever collagen sparkling tea positioned at the intersection of beauty, beverage and wellness. The brand is experiencing rapid growth, was Finalist for Best Ingestible 2 years in a row by IBE, and has been recognized by media including…
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Jaime Schmidt: Founder of Schmidt's Naturals / Author of Supermaker
Jaime Schmidt is the quintessential maker-made-good. As the founder and former CEO of Schmidt's, Jaime led the brand to sales in over 30 countries and onto the shelves of Target, Costco, CVS, Walmart, and Whole Foods. The brand was acquired by Unilever in 2017, and Jaime continues to support…
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Kara Lynn Joyce: CEO of Lead Sports Co. // Three-Time USA Olympic Swimmer
Kara Lynn Joyce is a three-time USA Olympic swimmer living in Long Beach, CA. Kara competed in the 2004, 2008 and 2012 Olympics for team USA winning a total of four medals. As a swimmer for the University of Georgia, Joyce won 18 NCAA titles and set the American Record in the 50 yard and 50 meter...
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Marc Randolph: Co-Founder of Netflix
Marc Randolph is a veteran Silicon Valley entrepreneur, advisor, and investor. As co-founder and founding CEO of Netflix, he laid much of the groundwork for a service that’s grown to 150 million subscribers, and fundamentally altered how the world experiences media. He also served on the Netflix...
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Kevin Belbey: The Montag Group:
As an agent at The Montag Group, Kevin represents sports broadcasting clients from national networks to local markets. His clients include play-by-play announcers, analysts, radio hosts, writers and reporters. Kevin is a graduate of Syracuse University, where he received his bachelor’s degree in...
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Rob Angel: The Creator of Pictionary
Rob Angel is the creator of the popular game Pictionary. On our episode, he shares exciting news about his upcoming book: Game Changer (https://robangel.com) Game Changer is the story of how a twenty-three-year-old waiter from Seattle had the outrageous dream of beating industry giants Milton...
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WEWEARCUTE: TikTok Creators with over 10M followers
Wewearcute has over 6,400,00 followers on TikTok. They consistently achieve millions of views on their account. Hear their story: Learn how they started What it takes to succeed on the platform Where they got their inspiration and more Follow us on Instagram to stay up to date with new podcast...
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Liz Hernandez: Founder of WORDAFUL
My name is Liz Hernandez, I’m a Mexican American Emmy-nominated television personality and journalist. As a former radio host and entertainment reporter for Access Hollywood, E! News and MTV, my career has been built on words, but no chapter more meaningful than the one I am currently living with...
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Laura Hutfless: Co-Founder FlyteVu
Laura Hutfless is a Co-Founder of FlyteVu, a Nashville-based full-service entertainment marketing agency founded in 2015 that connects brands to consumers through compelling storytelling, unparalleled experiences, and the power of pop culture. In only four years under Laura’s leadership, FlyteVu...
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Taiki Green: Co-Founder of Watch Momentum
Taiki Green, co-founder, and former collegiate pitcher, started working at the start-up baseball training company, Driveline Baseball. After working as the head of content there he then left to be a freelance Director/Producer. Taiki has worked with a number of organizations such as ESPN, Fox...
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Steve Astephen: CEO The Familie, Strategic Partner
Steve Astephen had an entrepreneurial spirit from day one, beginning his career owning 'The Otherside', an iconic snowboard shop in the early 90’s. The shop’s success, along with the loyalty and life long relationships Steve developed within the snowboard community, led him to his passion of...
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Alice Woo: Senior Director Of Growth At Honey
Alice Woo is an entrepreneurial professional specializing in all things digital marketing, customer acquisition, and creative strategy. She currently leads paid media for Honey, a technology company recently acquired by PayPal. To stay connected with your host, follow @thomas.ma7 on Instagram
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Candy Harris: CEO of Unlisted / Brand Lab
Candy Harris has spent her career developing the visual marketing language of leading lifestyle brands. Her professional journey began as she developed a youth marketing division at The Familie, a renowned action sports athlete management firm. Having worked with clients such as Nike and ESPN…
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Wesley ter Haar: Founder MediaMonks & S4 executive director
Wesley ter Haar is the Founding Monk of MediaMonks and board member of S4, Martin Sorrell's new era, new age services company. He co-founded MediaMonks in 2001 to wage war on mediocre digital production, working tirelessly to grow MediaMonks into a creative production powerhouse with global reach...
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Lavinia Errico: Founder of Equinox Fitness Clubs and the Inside Out Movement
Lavinia Errico, the visionary founder behind Equinox Fitness Clubs and the Inside Out Movement, is a nationally acclaimed workplace and wellness entrepreneur and a speaker of essential truths on the subjects of Values-Driven Entrepreneurship, Developing Next Generation Leadership, The Women Led...
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David Meltzer: Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing
David Meltzer is the Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and formerly served as CEO of the renowned Leigh 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 powerful…
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Stephane de la Faverie: Global Brand President of Estee Lauder
Stéphane de la Faverie is the Global Brand President, Estée Lauder, a position he assumed in July 2016. With a proven track record of building and leading global brands, deep expertise across categories and channels, and a keen understanding of local relevance, Stéphane is the ideal leader to...
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Ryan Cummins: Founder of Heroic, Co-founder of Omaze
Ryan Cummins is the Founder of Omaze, a charitable fundraising platform that partners talent and brands to create once-in-a-lifetime experiences. Since launching in 2012, Omaze has launched over 350 campaigns with the world’s biggest influencers, from Bono to Robert Downey Jr., Jennifer Lawrence,...
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Ryan Kingman: Co-founder of Stance, Partner at Studio Remains & VP Partnerships at Igloo
Entrepreneurial brand founder and marketing executive recognized for his ability to visualize untapped opportunities in a multitude of unique platforms with proven firsthand knowledge of how to specifically engage both the youth and creative classes. Merging sports, music and art cultures into an...
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BBALL LIFESTYLE 101: JOSH SHAPIRO
Josh Shapiro is the founder & CEO of Baseball Lifestyle 101 - an online community for baseball fans of all ages and an online retailer. Josh started Baseball Lifestyle 101 when he was 15 years old, and launched it into a 7 figure business in the years that followed.
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Menagerie: Tiffany Stone & Harlan Milkove
Tiffany is an experienced entrepreneur, growth strategist and startup mentor. She has been helping venture-backed startups build, launch and scale consumer products, with roles in product management, marketing and strategy. In 2015, she co-founded Menagerie to provide modern couples with...
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Lisa Chin Mollica & Aaron Graves
Lisa Chin Mollica has over 20 years of experience in product design and growing startups. She is currently the Founder of KidCash and two platforms that are launching, Vote In Or Out and Pepperizer. She is also currently the Principal Product Design for Arianna Huffington's Wellness Company at...
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Steven Galanis: CEO of Cameo
Steven Galanis is the CEO of Cameo, the world’s leading marketplace for personalized video shoutouts. He launched the company in 2017 with co-founders Martin Blencowe & Devon Townsend with the idea that the selfie was the new autograph. To date the company has sold over half a million Cameos and...
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Jim Decicco: CEO and Co-Founder of Super Coffee
Jim DeCicco and his two brothers, Jake and Jordan, were recently named to Forbes 30 Under 30 list in the Food & Drink category for the company they co-founded, Kitu Life. Kitu Life also appeared on Season 9 of Shark Tank as the three brothers pitched their product, SuperCoffee, a healthy,...
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Fabrice Sergent: Managing Director and Co-Founder of Bandsintown
On this episode, we interview the CEO of Bandsintown. We dive deep into how he started the company, entrepreneurship advice, and challenges he had to overcome to get where he is today. With 50 million monthly users, Bandsintiown has the reach to drive that concert discovery, and “because we…
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Barney Waters: President of K-Swiss
Full episode recording can be found here ->> https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vKFqcyOUxuM&t=2022s Learn from the president of K-Swiss and how they are tackling the shoe space with entrepreneurs!
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Capturing moments from top celebrities such as Tyga, Usher, Drake, Wiz Khalifa, and many more Ft. Armen Keleshian
Armen is a Complex top 30 music photographer He has taken photos for the biggest name in the music industry such as Drake, Tyga, Wiz, Usher, and many more. You can see his full portfolio on his website --> http://armenkeleshian.com His work has landed on Complex, New York Times, Billboard, and…
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How to EXECUTE in the Real Estate space Ft. Antonio Edwards
A former truck driver turned Real Estate Expert, Antonio Edwards has flipped and consulted on more than 400 properties. Antonio remains an extremely active Real Estate Investor who buys, sells, and rents properties. Antonio is also an international speaker, educator and mentor. Antonio is the CEO...
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How I turned @nbamemes (Top Facebook Page) into a top NBA sports network with Clutchpoints Ft. NISH PATEL, CEO [EPISODE 006)
This podcast was recorded at a Stacking Growth event in LA, California. Nish Patel is the creator of @nbamemes, a popular Facebook NBA fan page. Today, he leads a top sports network with his company Clutchpoints. His company is backed by Baron Davis and other top investors. On this podcast, you…
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Reaching your customers directly with Facebook Messenger Bot with Arri Bagah, CEO of Conversmart
On this episode, you will learn how Arri started his own agency out of Los Angeles. What is impressive is how he picked up a skill with the Facebook Messenger Bot and built a business out of it. Arri has worked with large brands like GUESS and crushed it for them. Arri believes that the way...
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How you can get started with Facebook Ads without any experience Ft. Tim Burd, Nick Shackelford, and Scott Krammer [Experts who have spent generated millions in ROAS] [Episode 004]
This episode was recorded at a Stacking Growth event at AdQuadrant in February 2019. The purpose of this episode was to bring in top Facebook advertisers to share what's working in Facebook Ads in 2019 and how people can get started. Facebook ads has been a proven tool to have internet brands…
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Going from 10k+ followers to over 100k followers on Instagram with Kendra Zager (Episode 002)
Kendra Zager is a social media influencer on instagram. She has accumulated over 150,000 followers. On our podcast, she shares what it takes to build up your following. How one can leverage their following to work with top brands and earn opportunities. To connect with Kendra, follow her...
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From zero to 7 figures + in less than one year via drop shipping as a teenager with Vince Wang
Vince Wang is a 20 year old entrepreneur from California. He built a 7 figure drop shipping brand in less than one year. On the podcast, Vince shares tactics that he used to elevate his brand and some of the mistakes that he learned. He discusses what it takes to sell a product. This is a 100%...
About this show
Sapphire Stories features top business leaders, entrepreneurs, creators, and innovators. In our episode, we dive deep into how people got to where they are today. The purpose is for listeners to take actionable advice that they can apply to their own endeavors. To get in touch please DM @boxwithtom
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Thomas Ma
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