All Episodes

R&D for the Rest of Us: A Community Bank's Innovation Playbook - Heath Fountain, CEO of Colony Bank

Betting on People: 25 Years of Winning Bank Investments - Tom Brown, CEO of Second Curve Capital

Biggest Ponzi Scheme of All Time? Open Banking's Need for a Network Solution - Georgina Merhom, Founder & CEO of SOLO

Strategies of Banking Rebels - John Maxfield, Founder of Maxfield on Banks

Getting Raw: Leadership & Trust in Volatility - Dan Holt, Co-founder & CEO, BillGO

Helping Banks Figure Out What's Next - Brooke Ybarra, SVP Innovation & Strategy at ABA

Business Transformation > Core Conversion - Kristiane Koontz of Zions Bancorporation

Is It Magic? Uniting High-Tech & High Touch in Banking - Marc Rehberger of Customers Bank

Fintech Lending Legend: History & Future - Peter Renton, Founder and CEO of Renton & Co

Fintech Balancing Act: Risk, Growth & Regulation - Jason Mikula, Founder of Fintech Business Weekly

Short Story, Big Impact: An E-Commerce Fashion Revolution - Isabella Sun, Founder & CEO of Short Story

Dancing Through Chaos: People Centric Leadership - Tiffany Haynes, COO of Fingercheck

Bank & Fintech Partnerships: Compliance is Key - Rafael DeLeon, SVP of Industry Engagement at NContracts

Upgrading Commercial Real Estate Banking - Shayne Skaff, Co-founder & CEO of Blooma

Security Culture In & Beyond Your Bank - David Shipley, Co-founder & CEO of Beauceron Security

Data-Driven Banking Strategies & Competitive Edge - Brian Bauer, CEO of Revio

Knowing Your Partners: Fintech & Banks - Adam Shapiro, Partner & Co-founder of Klaros Group

Better Risk Management For Community Banks - Michael Berman, Founder & CEO of NContracts

Growing the Pie Bigger in Venture Capital - Winter Mead, Founder & CEO at Coolwater

Better Together: Illinois Community Banks Collaborate - Mike Kelley (CBSC) & Kraig Lounsberry (CBAI)

A New Day For Bank Cores, Embracing Collaboration - Tara Schultz, SVP Strategy at CSI

Emerging as a VC Manager from a Community - Amber Illig, General Partner at The Council

Keys to Community Bank Tech Innovation - Sean Willett, CAO of Five Star Bank

Next Generation Family Banking - Kristin Marcuccilli, President of STAR Financial Group

Wholesale Finance Innovation for Banks - John Mizzi, Founder & CEO of Vero Technologies

Challenging How Early Startups Build - Zac Lyons, Managing Partner at Agile Innovation Advisors

Community Banks Will Still Thrive - Brad Bolton, CEO of Community Spirit Bank, and Immediate Past Chairman of ICBA

New Approaches to Talent & Culture in Banks - Samantha Berg, CHRO of Choice Bank

Future Leadership, Strategy & Growth in Community Banking - Heath Fountain, CEO of Colony Bank

Staying Ahead of the Tech Curve in Community Banking - Greg Ohlendorf, President & CEO of First Community Bank

Cyber Governance & Risk Management Success - Zach Duke, Founder & CEO of Finosec

Driving Change in Trucking Insurance - Ian White, Co-founder & CEO of Koffie Financial

Making Waves: A Founder’s Journey - Jacob Ruytenbeek, Founder & CEO of SailPlan

When Passion Meets a Market Need - Nicky Senyard, Co-founder & CEO of Fintel Connect

Launching a Startup within a Bank - Nathan Baumeister, Co-founder & CEO of ZSuite

Building a Personal Brand and Enjoying It - Teddy Mitrosilis of The Mitrosilis Group

Community-building as a Path to a VC Career - Rex Salisbury, Founder & GP at Cambrian

Charles Potts - Chief Innovation Officer at ICBA

Eric Sprink - President & CEO of Coastal Community Bank

Wayne Miller - SVP Innovation Programs at ICBA

Brent Jackson - Founder & CEO of Torpago

Ron Shevlin - Chief Research Officer at Cornerstone; Senior Contributor at Forbes

Howard Makler - Founder & CEO of Innovation Refunds

David Wexler - Co-founder & CEO of PortX

Zack DeFord - Co-founder & CEO of Smerf

Cat Berman - Co-founder & CEO of CNote

Jason Yeh - Founder of Adamant, Teaching Founders To Be Better Fundraisers

Bradley Leimer - Co-founder of Unconventional Ventures, Author of Beyond Good

Kiah Haslett - Managing Editor of Bank Director

Mark Forbis - Former CTO of Jack Henry; now Board Director & Fintech Investor

Alice Frazier - President & CEO of Bank of Charles Town (BCT)

Doug Holte - Founder & CEO of Agile Workweek Investments

Fred Thiel - CEO of Marathon Digital Holdings

Dave Ferrera - General Partner of Treadstone Holdings

Sloane Keane - CEO of Big Brothers Big Sisters of Orange County and Inland Empire

Jeff Martin - CEO & Founder of Collective Genius

Minnie Ingersoll - Partner at TenOneTen

Curtis Boyd - Founder & CEO of Objection Co

Zach Silverman - Founder of Educated Investors

Marvin Liao - Partner at GameGroove Capital & Former Partner at 500 Startups

Rajeev Kapur - President & CEO of 1105 Media

Tommy Tallarico - President & CEO of Intellivision Entertainment

William Fikhman - Founder & Chief Strategy Officer of Amazzia

Joshua Lee - Founder & CEO of Ardius

Annette Walker - President of City of Hope OC

Libby Duane Adams - Co-founder & Chief Advocacy Officer of Alteryx

Bob Nunn - CEO of Everactive

Deepa Krishnan - Co-founder & CEO of Spoonful

Kelly Perdew - Co-founder & Managing Partner of Moonshots Capital

Jennifer Friend - CEO of Project Hope Alliance

Ben Kuo - Founder & Publisher of socalTECH

(Part 2) John Dearie - President of Center for American Entrepreneurship

Giorgi Chigogidze & Chris Steege - Co-founders & CEO, CMO, respectively at Purlin

Nick Bucheleres - Founder & CEO of Grin Gaming

Jeremy Redman - Founder & CEO of Vone

JP La Torre - Co-Founder & CEO of Caylent

Larry Gulko - Brand Strategist & Brand New Day Retreat

(Part 2) Ian Hathaway - Co-Author of The Startup Community Way, Senior Director at TechStars

Nick Cromydas - Founder & CEO of Hunt Club

David Meltzer - Co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing; Author, Speaker, Entrepreneur

Luke Cooper - Founder & CEO of Fixt

Nick Bradley - Co-founder & Director at Fielding Group

(Part I) John Dearie - President of Center for American Entrepreneurship

(Part I) Ian Hathaway - Co-Author of The Startup Community Way, Senior Director at TechStars

Anthony Saba - Executive Director of Samueli Academy

Andy Wilson - Executive Director at Alliance for Southern California Innovation

Katrina Ghazarian - Founder & CEO of Gameday HR

Neal Hansch - CEO & Managing Partner of Silicon Foundry

Andrew Bermudez - Founder & CEO of Digsy

Denise Hazime - Founder & President of Prodoscore

Neal Bloom - CEO of Rising Tide Partners, Founder of Fresh Brewed Tech

Jenny Dinnen - President, Sales & Marketing of MacKenzie Corporation

Per Welinder - Partner at Welinder Shi Capital

Tom Ferry - CEO of Ferry International & #1 Real Estate Coach

Jessica Oslo - Founding Partner & Clinical Director of Vantis Institute

Re-release: Tony Smith - Co-founder & CEO of Restaurant365

Re-release: Ray Grainger - CEO & Founder of Mavenlink

Kate Buckley - CEO of Buckley Media

Jeff Gardner - President & CEO of CalAmp (Nasdaq: CAMP)

Maryam Rofougaran - Founder, Co-CEO & COO of Movandi Corporation