All Episodes

#177 – Wendell Dallas | Powering Illinois: Leadership, Strategy & the Future of Energy

#176 – Varvara Alva | What Great CFOs Actually Do: Leadership, Teams & the C-Suite

#175 – Tyrone Thomas | Inside the Mind of a General Counsel: Leadership, Risk & Decision-Making

#174 – Nick Moran | Why Outsider Founders Win and How New Stack Picks the Best Early-Stage Teams

#173 – Michael Roytman | How AI Is Changing Cyber Risk And What Most Companies Get Wrong

#172 – Betsy Fore | From First Indigenous Founder to Raise a Series A to Becoming a VC Leader

#171 – Rola Dagher | Rising from War to the Global Boardroom: Leadership with Purpose

#170 – Terry Graunke | From Founder to Family Office: Lessons on Building Businesses That Last

#169 – Brian Wolfe | Private Equity in Chicago: Lessons on Building and Backing Startups

#168 – Pablo Srugo | Inside Mistral VC: How Canadian Venture Capital Backs Startups

#167 – Vijen Patel | From P&G Exit to $41M VC Fund: Why Boring Industries Win

#166 – Harry Kraemer | Leading with Values: Lessons from a Former Global CEO & Kellogg Professor

#165 – Michael Fassnacht | Building Brands, Driving Growth, and Elevating Chicago

#164 – Landon Campbell | Venture Capital, Community Building, and Chicago Tech

#163 - Edward Woodford | Crypto, Stablecoins, and the Future of Finance

#162 - Thomas Thayyil Thomas | Transforming Deal Strategy Using AI

#161 - Duane Jackson | Investing in Founder-Led Businesses and Building Author Capital Partners

#160 - Shawn Ellis | Inside a $100M Fund Investing in the Future of Risk

#159 - Chris Crawford | Making Prescription Drug Costs Affordable

#158 - Sean Johnson | Proven Marketing Strategies for Professional Services

#157 - Samara Hernandez | Journey from Mexico to $52M VC Fund

#156 - Andrew Sykes | The Power of Habits & Building Trust

#155 - Mike de Vere | How Zest AI, a Fintech Breakthrough, is Making Fair Credit Accessible

#154 - Victor Pascucci III | Pioneering Venture Capital at the Forefront of Natural Gas Innovation

#153 - Gale Wilkinson | Demystifying Investing, The Path to Inclusive Venture Capital

#152 - Allison Whalen | Balancing Parenthood and Career, The Journey to Founding Parentaly

#151 - Samir Mirza | The Ups & Downs of Entrepreneurship

#150 - Dan Zavorotny | leveraging technology to improve global health

#149 - Chris Kelly | The Sandler Sales Training Methodology

#148 - Claude Cimeus | Being Authentic & Bringing People Together

#147 - Swapnil Shinde | exiting 2 startups & building AI for finance teams

#146 - Mark Achler | How to Sell Your Startup, Maximize Return and Build Legacy

#145 - Kenny Rose | earning passive income through franchise investing

#144 - Kristel Bechara | Becoming the First Female Artist From the Middle East to Launch NFT’s

#143 - Priyanka Jain | Reinventing How We Understand & Treat the Female Body

#142 - Daniel Dubois | Co-ownership Platform Providing Access to Real Estate for All

#141 - Amanda Lannert | Vulnerability in Leadership & Daring to Be Great

#140 - Paul Hsu | Investing in Web3 With a $48.8M Blockchain Venture Fund

#139 - Guy Kawasaki | The Art of the Start & Lessons From Steve Jobs

#138 - Victor Gutwein | Building One of the Most Active VC Firms in the Midwest at 29

#137 - Boyede Sobitan | building a digital marketplace for cultural groceries

#136 - Anoop Gupta | SeekOut crossing unicorn status & lessons from working with Bill Gates

#135 - Austin Long | Building Community Through Internet Collectibles

#134 - Pete Wilkins | Finding Purpose as an Entrepreneur

#133 - Lauren Foundos | From Wall St. to Fitness Tech

#132 - Kyle Nakatsuji | Building a Smarter Choice for Car Insurance

#131 - Yuval Brisker | The Emergence of Embedded Finance

#130 - Ash Agarwal | Digitally Transforming the Resource Industry

#129 - Marc Champagne | Questions That Stimulate Your Mental Fitness

#128 - Brendan Wallace| Building the Largest Venture Capital Firm Focused on Real Estate Tech

#127 - Brian Barnes | Personal Finance, Fintech, & Reaching Unicorn Status

#126 - Matt Van Horn | Cofounding Zimride (Now Lyft) & Creating an Intelligent Oven

#125 - Joe Foster | The Founder of Reebok 👟

#124 - Kailin Noivo, Co-Founder of Noibu | From Finance to Entrepreneurship, Lessons From the Trenches

#123 - Matt Bailey, Founder GameOn | Building the Future of Superfan Engagement

#122 - John Abrams, CEO of Venzee Technologies | Optimizing supply chain with artificial intelligence

#121 - Michael Schein, President of MicroFame Media | Lessons From the World’s Greatest Propagandists

#120 - Deon Nicholas, CEO of Forethought | TechCrunch Disrupt winner, the "AI for Customer Support"

LGC E119 - Jon Cheney | Augmented Reality Meets Commerce

LGC E118 - Rachel Tipograph | Creativity, eCommerce, & Influence

LGC E117 - Jeff Korzenik | how second chance hiring works for your business and the community

LGC E116 - Tessa Wijaya | building the fastest growing digital payments infrastructure in Southeast Asia

LGC E115 - Rohan Kapoor | being a houseguest on Big Brother Canada 9 #roshow

LGC E114 - Eytan Bensoussan | building the most effective banking experience in the world

LGC E113 - Naveen Jain | ideas that will push humanity forward 🚀

LGC E112 - Hardika Shah | Financial Inclusion for Small Business Entrepreneurs

LGC E111 - Elie Habib | Becoming the First Arab Tech Company to IPO on Nasdaq

LGC E110 - Sean Merat | entrepreneurship, MMA, life & more

LGC E109 - Ryan Walsh | Shaping the Future of Drone Delivery

LGC E108 - Anthony Zhang | Overcoming Tough Times & Building a Platform for Fine Wine

LGC E107 - Allen Lau | Building One of the Largest Storytelling Platforms and Getting Acquired for US$600M

LGC E106 - Kalpesh Kapadia | Creating a digital-first credit card platform for students & immigrants

LGC E105 - Brett Johnson | Professional Soccer Player Turned Startup Founder

LGC E104 - Jay Samit | One of the World's Leading Experts on Disruption

LGC E103 - Dr. Shawn Baker | The Carnivore Diet 🥩

LGC E102 - Isabelle Kenyon | Changing the way the world treats weight

LGC E101 - Anshul Pandey, Ph.D. | Day in the life of a CTO building no-code AI

🎊 LGC E100! with Jean Desgagne | Life & career lessons from the C-Suite (a special episode with a friend, and mentor)

LGC E99 - Ablorde Ashigbi | Consultant turned VC turned startup founder & building 4Degrees

LGC E98 - Cheryl Kemp | Starting a company during COVID after being let go & meeting Co-Founders virtually

LGC E97 - Jared Mattsson | First time founder making networking more efficient

LGC E96 - Xenia Muntean | Entrepreneurship in Europe, Building Planable, Forbes 30 Under 30

LGC E95 - Anshul Ruparell | Disrupting real estate & raising $100M

LGC E94 - Tim Schumm | The world of recruiting post pandemic & landing a job effectively

LGC E93 - Andrew Ostro | Shaking up the life insurance industry

LGC E92 - Jake Dunlap | Shaping the Future of Modern Sales

LGC E91 - Jeremie Bacon | Building the world's largest aerial adventure park while being a full-time Tech CEO

LGC E90 - Loulou Khazen Baz | Exiting Nabbesh.com and becoming an angel investor in the UAE

LGC E89 - Garry Cooper | Building tech to scale reuse within organizations via Rheaply

LGC E88 - Godard Abel | 2 successful exits (Oracle & Salesforce) to now building G2.com, one of Chicago's top B2B Tech startups

LGC E87 - Kieran Mathew | Changing the way brands communicate with youth (Gen Z marketing)

LGC E86 - Jeffrey Doucet | Software to help people advance their careers

LGC E85 - Justin Bailie | Running a startup while being a father of four

LGC E84 - David Cairns | What offices will look like post-COVID

LGC E83 - Zev Siegl | Starting up the largest coffee company in the world, Starbucks

LGC E82 - Shrad Rao | "Building the kind of company I've always wanted to work at"

LGC E81 - Sophie Le Ray | Being an entrepreneur & mixing business with family/life

LGC E80 - Michael Brody-Waite | Great Leaders Do What Drug Addicts Do

LGC E79 - A'Lelia Bundles | Madam C. J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire in America

LGC E78 - Coffee Conversations | Sheetal Jaitly, CEO of TribalScale

LGC E77 - Duncan Wardle | Coffee With the Former Head of Creativity at Disney

LGC E76 - Mashal Waqar | Techie turned entrepreneur, COO of Tempest & Forbes 30 Under 30

LGC E75 - Colin Egglesfield | Life Lessons from Hollywood and Beyond

LGC E74 - Marc Randolph | From Startup to IPO, the Early Days of Netflix

LGC E73 - Justin Thouin | Leaving the corporate world at 34 years old and creating one of the fastest growing companies in North America

LGC E72 - Mark Metry | Dealing with COVID-19, writing a book, podcasting, & more

LGC E71 - Casanova Brooks | Beating Cancer & Becoming an Award-Winning  Real Estate Agent

LGC E70 - Danny Read | Becoming Account Executive of the Year

LGC E69 - Sam Bakhtiar | Refugee Turned Entrepreneur & Founder of Camp Transformation Centres

LGC E68 - Nadeem Nathoo | Developing Unicorn People to Solve the World's Most Important Problems

LGC E67 - Stephany Lapierre | Becoming One of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain

LGC E66 - Alex Iceman | Building Genium, a Premium Software Engineering Consulting Firm

LGC E65 - Dr. Chris Stout | The Importance of Mental Health for Success in Life and Work

LGC E64 - Peter Taunton | From Popcorn Stand to Building One of the Most Iconic Brands in Fitness

LGC E63 - Anas Ghazi | From Science to Advertising, and Leading With Gratitude

Let's Grab Coffee E62 with Andrew Witkin | Building a Business From Selling Stickers

Let's Grab Coffee E61 with Ralph Kisso | Second Lebanese Person in History to Summit Mt. Everest

Let's Grab Coffee E60 with David Meltzer | Making Money, Having Fun, Helping People

Let's Grab Coffee E59 with Buster Scher | From School Radio Station to Growing Hoops Nation with Millions of Followers

Let's Grab Coffee E58 with John Ruffolo | Launching One of the Largest Venture Capital Funds in Canada

Let's Grab Coffee E57 with Nadia Genevieve Masri | From Harvard to Starting Perksy - While Battling Meningitis

Let's Grab Coffee E56 with Kevwe Mowarin | From Investment Banking to Women's Fashion

Let's Grab Coffee E55 with Michel Falcon | building businesses that earn over $15 million/year in sales

Let's Grab Coffee E54 with Swish Goswami | Building Trufan

Let's Grab Coffee E53 with Aaron Spivak | Selling Anxiety Reducing Blankets and Growing to $50k/month

Let's Grab Coffee E52 with Ron Tite | The Unification of Content and Advertising

Let's Grab Coffee E51 with Dean Karnazes | 50 Marathons in 50 Days Across 50 States

Let's Grab Coffee E50 with Rachel David | Becoming One of Canada’s Most Sought out Marketers

Let's Grab Coffee E49 with Shawn Finder | Professional Tennis Player Turned Entrepreneur

Let's Grab Coffee E48 ft. Director X | Creating Award Winning Music Videos & Encouraging Meditation

Let's Grab Coffee E47 with Carol Leaman | Canada's Leading Female Entrepreneur

Let's Grab Coffee E46 with Bailey Parnell | Social Media, Mental Health, Entrepreneurship

Let's Grab Coffee E45 with Ross Paquette | Growing to 180+ Employees Without Ever Raising Funding

Let's Grab Coffee E44 with Francisco Diaz-Mitoma Jr. | Building an Ecosystem for Personalized Health and Wellness

Let's Grab Coffee E43 with Chris Tester | Making Coffee More Nutrient & Turning It Into a Business

Let's Grab Coffee E42 with Saad Siddiqui | Creating a Millennial Marketplace for Men's Clothing

Let's Grab Coffee E41 with Brian Scudamore | Building the World's Largest Junk Removal Service

Let's Grab Coffee E40 with David Segal | Building DAVIDsTEA & Starting Mad Radish

Let's Grab Coffee E39 with Claude Silver | Hustle x Heart @ VaynerMedia

Let's Grab Coffee E38 with with Adrian Salamunovic | Using FREE PR to Generate Impressions

Let's Grab Coffee E37 with David Priemer | Art & Science of Modern Selling

Let's Grab Coffee E36 with Dr. Greg Wells | Better Health, Energy and Fitness

Let's Grab Coffee E35 with Dr. Paul Ekman | Understanding Micro Expressions & Reading Faces

Let's Grab Coffee E34 with Christopher Gimmer | Bootstrapping a SaaS Business to $55K MRR

Let's Grab Coffee E33 with Dennis Mortensen | The Future of Artificial Intelligence

Let's Grab coffee E32 with Manny Padda | Canadian Angel Investor of the Year

Let's Grab Coffee E31 with Drew Green | creating the world's largest custom apparel company

Let's Grab Coffee E30 with Jay Rosenzweig | Building a high-end executive search firm

Let's Grab Coffee E29 with Case Kenny | Creating 150K+ Following Through Quality Content

Let's Grab Coffee E28 with Cassy Aite | Growing Sales from $0M to $1M

Let's Get Coffee E27 with Michael Hyatt | Selling BlueCat for $400 million

Let's Grab Coffee E26 with Marc Champagne | Starting Entrepreneurship Later in Life & Building KYŌ App

Let's Grab Coffee E25 with Mark Metry | Creating a Top 100 Podcast

Let's Grab Coffee E24 with Lily Tse | Building Technology for Beauty Shoppers & Brands

Let's Grab Coffee E23 with Allen Gannett | Starting TrackMaven & writing The Creative Curve

Let's Grab Coffee E22 with Raphael Wong | Startups, Podcasts, Self-Development, and life

Let's Grab Coffee E21 with Victoria Pelletier | Women in Leadership, Networking, and Self-Development

Let's Grab Coffee E20 with Shawn Kanungo | Embracing Change, Keeping Pace with Innovation

Let's Grab Coffee E19 with Mike Smith | Empowering Kids Through Skateboarding

Let's Grab Coffee E18 with Connor Beaton | Unveiling the Mask of Masculinity

Let's Grab Coffee E17 with Shauna Arnott | Hosting Big Events & Getting Gary Vee to Speak

Let's Grab Coffee E16 with Sayem Reza | Photography, Cars, Life

Let's Grab Coffee E15 with Darrell Pinto | Private Capital, Research, Life

Let's Grab Coffee E14 with Manu "Swish" Goswami | Canada's Top 20 Under 20 & Young Entrepreneur of the Year

Let's Grab Coffee E13 with Brian Rashid | Building a Brand Through Storytelling

Let's Grab Coffee E12 with Alan Smithson | The Future & Investment Potential of VR/AR

Let's Grab Coffee E11 with Chuck Garcia | Becoming a Powerful & Persuasive Communicator

Let's Grab Coffee E10 with Kimberly Biggs | Co-Founding a Successful Marketing Agency

Let's Grab Coffee E9 with James Beattie | Investment Banking, Trading, & Supporting LGBT

Let's Grab Coffee E8 with Jeff Dennis | Strategic Advice for High Growth Companies

Let's Grab Coffee E7 with Tyson Rigg | From University to Wealth Management

Let's Grab Coffee E6 with Evan Carmichael | Becoming a Successful Youtuber with 1M+ Subscribers

Let's Grab Coffee E5 with Randy Thomas | Making It in the Acting Bizz

Let's Grab Coffee E4 with Mark Bowden | #1 in the World’s Top 30 Body Language Professionals

Let's Grab Coffee E3 with Daryo Cummins | Helping Businesses Scale at Amazon

Let's Grab Coffee E2 with Julie Blais Comeau | Etiquette Protocol for Everyday Life

Let's Grab Coffee E1 with Paul Nadeau | Lessons from Crisis Negotiations in Law Enforcement