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StartEdUp Podcast

by StartEdUp Innovation, LLC

In this thought provoking new show, listen as teacher/student hosts, Don Wettrick and Hunter Stone, interview experts in education, innovation and entrepreneurship and discuss how to change the world, and live life to the fullest.

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  1. SEU Classic: Soledad O'Brien on truth, media, the fallacy of "both sides"

    Soledad O'Brien is an award winning journalist with a reputation for being tough, fair, and factual. So it was no surprise when she candidly talked about politics, truthful reporting, the changing culture of "truth," and why some of this "political correctness" has been helpful in changing the…

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  2. Lauren Prager of Synapse Florida: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

    Lauren Prager is the Chief Strategy Officer for Synapse Florida. Her career has centered around building community through cultivating personal connections. Lauren spent more than a decade working in and around Washington, D.C. as a lobbyist, educator and community organizer building bipartisan...

  3. Avantis: Creating the Eduverse for k-12 Students

    Avantis has just launched "The Eduverse" – a ground-breaking new online platform that gives students access to a K-12 metaverse. In the Eduverse, students can access immersive, educational content and amazing VR experiences. They can interact with each other as avatars, all in a secure and...

  4. Founder/ CEO of ID.me Blake Hall

    Blake Hall is the founder and CEO of id.me- but he is also an Army Ranger and knows a thing or two about critical missions. In this interview we talk about cyber warfare, identity theft, and the future of social media (and social media bots and trolls). Moreover, we get into how ID.me is saving…

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  5. Jason Calacanis: Practical Education

    Jason Calacanis is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and author. However, his two podcasts: "This Week in Startups" and "The All- In" podcast have gained a lot of notoriety. In fact, this interview aired in 2017 and we really talked a lot about education, and how young people could get a...

  6. Devin Johnson- The Urgency of Entrepreneurship

    Devin is another co-founder and the current Chief Executive Officer of Kennected - an Indy-based SaaS company with over 16,000 users. He is a serial entrepreneur, an inspiring leader, and an adept marketer. In this episode we dig into how flipping shoes started a passion of entrepreneurship, and...

  7. Dr Jose Morey: Remembering My Past- Providing Opportunities For All

    Dr. Jose Moray is one of the most accomplished persons I've interviewed. His passion to help serves others centers around his intense curiosity to not just learn, but find ways to help others. His bio reads like a Nobel Prize winner, and his drive matches. From his website (drjosemorey.com): CEO...

  8. Jacques Jean: From Haiti to Harvard

    Jacques M. Jean is the Founder & CEO of TechFides, and I met him at the Festival of the Diaspora. Jacques is an accomplished business professional with over 20 years of experience in planning and implementing global technology strategies. Prior to forming TechFides, Jacques held an executive...

  9. Cordell Carter: Aspen Institute and the Festival of the Diaspora

    Cordell Carter is brings 20 years of experience to his leadership of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program, a global education forum for leaders and Expectant Advisory, a privately-held leadership consultancy. He also is the catalyst behind the Festival of the Diaspora. This podcast is a three…

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  10. Dallara CEO Andrea Pontremoli: Innovation in the Italian Motor Valley

    Andrea Pontremoli is the CEO and General Manager of Dallara Motorsports in what is known as the "Italian Motor Valley." His passion for racing and innovation is what has driven this company to be the innovation fuel for top brands and collaborators like Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, among others....

  11. Dallara: Student Innovation Pipeline & Youth Diplomacy

    Dallara is a company that powers the most famous brands in the world: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Ducati, Maserati- just to name a few! So it was with great anticipation to kick off a relationship with this amazing company as we will be hosting college students to go over to Italy and…

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  12. MySherri: The CEO For Your Home

    Dreamer, Disruptor, and Creator. Ashley is on a mission to create a company that gives busy women valuable time back in their day for the people and projects that matter most. She has built MySherri to be a premium, boutique in-home management company that employs and deploys an excellent in-home...

  13. Jimmy Soni: The Founders- The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

    In this episode author Jimmy Soni not only discusses his new book, The Founders, but he also goes into the "DNA" of the legendary founders of PayPal. Names like Elon, Peter Thiel, Max Levchin, David Sacks, and Reid Hoffman certainly draw attention, but the behind-the-scenes people that make it...

  14. Cope Notes Founder Johnny Crowder: Mental Health, Entrepreneurship, & Heavy Metal?

    Johnny Crowder is a 29-year-old suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, mental health and sobriety advocate, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-based mental health platform that provides daily support to users in nearly 100 countries around the world. Armed with 10 years…

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  15. Tracy Bullock: The 5 "E's" You Must Master

    Tracy Bullock brings over 30 years of business development experience at Procter & Gamble to her Sandler Training business. She builds and delivers Sandler professional development programs in Leadership, Management, Sales, and Customer Service for companies of all sizes. In this Podcast, Tracy...

  16. Vivian Shen- EdTech Founder Creates Learning Platform and Community

    In 2017, Vivian Shen founded Juni Learning, an online education platform for 7-18 year olds, to be the educational opportunity she wished she had growing up. As a kid, Vivian had an interest in courses her school didn’t offer. When learning to code, Vivian remembers feeling insecure and learned...

  17. Devin Butler: Connecting Arizona Entrepreneurs

    Devin Butler is the Founder & CEO of Arizona Entrepreneurs, a community created to help entrepreneurs build genuine business relationships and get access to key resources to assist them in growing their business. In this episode we talk about community, collaboration, and fellowship. You can…

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  18. YES Carolina: Empowering South Carolina's Youth

    Tracy Bradshaw is the Executive Director of YESCarolina- a nonprofit that provides curriculum and pitch competition for South Carolina's high school students. In this episode you will learn how YESCarolina got started, but also the impact it is having on the students AND the state. Learn more at:...

  19. From the Library to the NFL: Kylen Granson

    Kylen Granson was the typical kid- loved sports and video games. But his mom, who is a teacher, wanted her son to be an avid reader. In this episode Heather and Kylen Granson go into what sparked his love of reading, but also why reading and the discipline of reading helped Kylen thrive. We also...

  20. Pam Marmon: Change Is Easy?!

    In this episode, Abby and Megan share an insightful conversation with Pam Marmon: a best-selling author, speaker, and CEO. Within 15 minutes, Abby, Megan, and Pam confront the importance of incorporating change within one's entrepreneurial journey while also touching on the challenges and beauty…

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  21. Frank Garza: A Winning Mindset

    Frank Garza is a visionary leader, coach, and tech enthusiast. In this episode we cover everything from breathing techniques, to "name, image, and likeness" for college athletes, and what education can do to improve. Oh yeah, his son was the NCAA player of the year. This is one of those episodes...

  22. Colorado Governor Polis: Entrepreneurship Ecosystem Build Starts with Education

    Colorado Governor Jared Polis has always been interested in entrepreneurship. In fact his background as the founder of ProFlowers. com and co-founder of the Tech giant "Techstars," you could say he is THE governor with the most entrepreneurial background. So, how has Gov Polis created a robust...

  23. Innovation in the Middle of a Cornfield? YES! Pike County Indiana Innovation

    Today I get the chance to talk to Mick Hetmen, Ray Niehaus, and Collin Sallee about innovation and entrepreneurship where you might not expect it. However, Mick and Ray have worked with local students to be innovators, but they also wanted a place for these students to continue to grow and stay…

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  24. Miami University: Entrepreneurship and Economic Placemaking

    Today we welcome Dr. Tim Holcomb, who is Founding Chair of the Department of Entrepreneurship, Director of the John W. Altman Institute for Entrepreneurship, and a Farmer School Endres Associate Professor Fellow in the Farmer School of Business at Miami University. On the show we went into the...

  25. Innovators Growth Podcast Ep 1: Molly Cain

    Today's guest is Molly Cain, whose long list of accomplishments includes: former director of innovation for Homeland Security, Founder of GovCity, the first 48-hour think tank for positively disruptive civic, corporate and academic emerging leaders, during SXSW. She is also a government and civic...

  26. FLUX: Student Innovation, Community BUILDing

    Today we have on Ryne Anthony and Garreth Heidt. Ryne is the Direction of Innovation at Flux and Gary is the designed of the inNOVAtion lab at Perkiomen High School. These two men have taken ecosystem building and school partnerships to a new level. In this episode we discuss the role of Flux and...

  27. You Don't Have to Say Yes to EVERY Opportunity

    Opportunities are everywhere... correct. But knowing which one's to pursue can be difficult.

  28. The Future of Podcasting and NFT's (this will blow your mind)

    Ian Utile has been working on NFTs "before it was cool." In fact, he was hosting events on NFTs and the future of voice back in 2016. So when I say Ian is a pioneer in NFTs, I sincerely mean that. But what is an NFT? There is a lot of hype surrounding this, so I talked with Ian about this, and…

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  29. Dr. Ahmed: Healthcare Innovation and Affordability

    Dr. Shakeel Ahmed is the CEO and Founder of Atlas Surgical Group, and is on a mission to educate how ambulatory surgery centers (ASCs)are not only leading innovation and productivity in healthcare, but also how much money it is saving all of us. Dr. Ahmed is a Forbes Council contributor and a...

  30. Turbocharge Your Networking with Tallal Gondal

    Tallal was just like you and wanted the same things. Tallal was just a Math Lecturer and wanted to surround himself with super successful people so he could learn from them, follow in their footsteps and achieve the same results as them. The only problem was Tallal had no idea about how to build...

  31. Tyler Kelly: Pitch Decks for the New Generation of Startups. Tell Your Story Better.

    Tyler Kelly is the co-founder of PitchPages. PitchPages provides the tools needed to more effectively create and share your pitch deck and manage a fundraise! For more information, go to https://pitchpages.io/

  32. Adeola Whitney: REDI Leadership

    Adeola Whitney is the CEO of a national early literacy nonprofit, "Reading Partners" which is a New York Times-endorsed organization that mobilizes volunteer tutors across the country to work one-on-one with awe-inspiring students because they believe in educational equity and that early literacy...

  33. Rob Angel: Game Changer and Creativity Builder

    Rob Angel is the creator of the iconic bestselling board game, Pictionary, which has sold 38,000,000 copies worldwide. He's a philanthropist, investor, and sought-after speaker who encourages aspiring entrepreneurs to "find their aardvark." Rob lives in Seattle, Washington. You can find his book…

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  34. Kamaka Dias: Journey to Eliminate $50k of College Debt

    Kamaka Dias is a native-Hawaiian from Hilo, Hawai’i who gets along with everyone. His motto is “help me, help you” and loves to help out the community. He returned home in 2019 after three years in Peace Corps Madagascar and most recently completed a mission to pay off $50K of student loans in…

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  35. Taking Down Pornhub: Laila Mickelwait

    Laila Mickelwait is on a mission. Having seen countless violations of people's privacy and abuse exploited on video, Mickelwait dove into "who" Pornhub was, and start holding the company accountable for exploiting trafficking and abuse. From the website: “Traffickinghub is a non-religious,...

  36. Jamal Challenged me to a 3 Day Water Fast. Here is What Happened:

    Jamal challenged me to a 3 Day water fast. Here is what happened:

  37. Bob Wallace: Equity & Access To The Entrepreneur Mindset

    Today our guest is Robert L. Wallace who is an internationally known entrepreneur, author, business consultant and keynote speaker. In this episode, Jamal and Don discuss Mr. Wallace's past, how he achieved this "entrepreneur" mindset, the immigrant advantage, and why he pays kids to read books....

  38. Dr. Charles Harrison: Solutions, Not Politics

    Rev. Charles R. Harrison is the Senior Pastor of Barnes United Methodist Church and has been in the ministry for 30 years. He is a native of Jeffersonville, Indiana. He graduated from Indiana University, where he earned a degree in Religious Studies and attended Methodist Theological School…

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  39. Susie Harder: Creating Junior Authors

    For more go to : JuniorAuthorProgram.com/startedup The innovative Junior Authors Program allows children a unique opportunity to contribute in real-time to a book being published! Kids vote on a variety of illustration-based items (characters, setting, design elements, cover choices, etc) to help...

  40. Ryan Long: Comedy As Thought Provoking Content

    Ryan Long is a comedian that has recently trended for his viral videos on his YouTube channel. His portrayal of "woke culture" and "Fox fans" is a mirror on the polarization of people and identities. In this episode Ryan explains why comedy is alive and well AND why "being offensive" can make...

  41. Learning Pods: How To Deliver Quality Education During COVID

    Mike Teng is the CEO of Swing Education, which normally places quality substitute teachers w/ schools. Now Swing has launched Swing Bubbles, which is matching educators with parents and schools that want small "pod" schools. https://www.pods.swingeducation.com We also talked a lot about equity…

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  42. Steven Tobolowsky: Reflecting On Life

    Stephen Tobolowsky is a master storyteller. He has been in hundreds of movies, plays on Broadway, and is constantly appearing on network television shows. However, I wanted to talk to him about his podcast, "The Tobolowsky Files," which to be fair, is more of story time narrative than traditional...

  43. Soledad O'Brien: Challenging Conversations

    I'm a big fan of Soledad O'Brien, mostly because she is willing to have the conversations. This episode is proof of that- she questioned and clarified several points, and (my favorite part) wanted to have a conversation around viewpoints. I especially loved the "political correct" and comedy part...

  44. The 3-2-1 Video. A Powerful Tool For Productivity & Reflection

    The 3-2-1 Video is simple and powerful. It is something I use not only to reflect and be more productive, but also a way to archive my journey.

  45. Blake Boles: Why are you still sending your kids to school?

    Blake Boles is the founder and director of Unschool Adventures and the author of Why Are You Still Sending Your Kids to School?, The Art of Self-Directed Learning, Better Than College, and College Without High School. He hosts the Off-Trail Learning podcast and has delivered over 75 presentations...

  46. Steven Kotler: Finding Flow at Home

    STEVEN KOTLER is a New York Times bestselling author, award-winning journalist, founder and Executive Director of the Flow Research Collective. In this episode Steven goes into what "flow" is, and how you can achieve flow at home, especially during quarantine time. His books include the…

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  47. Derrick Richardson: Solidarity with Black Businesses & The Road Ahead

    Derrick Richardson is the owner of the D-R Barber Salon. Unfortunately his shop was vandalized and due to the COVID-19 shut down, he had lost his insurance. I would HIGHLY encourage you to consider supporting his GoFundMe at: https://www.gofundme.com/f/the-d-r-barber-salon Derek and I wanted to...

  48. Carol Roth: Money, Mindset, and Musings

    Carol Roth is the creator of the Future File(r) legacy planning system, "recovering" investment banker, investor, entrepreneur, business advisor, national media personality and author of the New York Times bestselling book, "The Entrepreneur Equation. " Carol "plays herself on TV" weekly, having...

  49. Choose Fi Foundation: Getting Students Financially Fit

    Rob Phelan, is an entrepreneur, high school personal finance teacher and math teacher in Maryland. He has a passion for helping to create a more financially literate society, and to help break the cycle of high levels of debt and stress that come with uneducated decision-making with regards to...

  50. Ryan Moran: Capitalism Is Beautiful

    Ryan Daniel Moran is in the business of creating successful capitalists. In fact, he bought the domain... https://www.capitalism.com/ In this episode, Daniel goes into the origin of him buying the domain capitalism.com, his college beginnings as a religious studies major, and his passion to help...

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In this thought provoking new show, listen as teacher/student hosts, Don Wettrick and Hunter Stone, interview experts in education, innovation and entrepreneurship and discuss how to change the world, and live life to the fullest.

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