Episode 35: Learning Life Lessons from Sports, with Dan Rioux

Dan, originally from New Hampshire, attended Texas State University while on a baseball scholarship and graduated with a degree in Engineering Technology. After two years of playing professional baseball, Dan worked in the field of engineering and industrial sales but ultimately found his calling through a community friend in the Financial Services Industry with New […]

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Episode 34: Growing a Business in a Challenging Industry, with Tai Lee

Chef Tai Lee, Texas A&M Class of 2002, owns and operates five gourmet eateries in Bryan/College Station: Veritas Wine & Bistro, Madden’s Casual Gourmet, Paolo’s Italian Kitchen, Chef Tai’s Mobile Bistro and upcoming Urban Table Restaurant. Since starting his business in 2007, Chef Tai has established himself as one of the most prominent players on […]

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Episode 32: The Nine Stages of Career Transition, with Ed Molitor

In the last 26 years, Ed has developed his leadership skills in both athletics and business. From working as a NCAA Basketball coach at Texas A&M to becoming the Vice President of a national recruiting firm, Ed has taught countless athletes, coaches, and business leaders how to THINK, ACT, and EXECUTE at an elite level. […]

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Episode 31: Brain Chemicals and Business Leadership, with Mike Simonsen

Mike co-founded Altos Research in 2005 and serves as the company’s CEO. He has 15 years of experience with software development and marketing of enterprise applications, and security products. In developing the Altos product offerings he applied his expertise in analytical systems development to a personal interest in the real estate market. Prior to founding […]

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Episode 30: Finding the Way Back to Center, with David Meltzer

Dave Meltzer is the CEO of Sports 1 Marketing, a Forbes “Top 10 Keynote Speaker“, award-winning humanitarian, and two-time national best-selling author, with 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the legal, technology, sports, and entertainment fields. With expertise across many industry verticals, he is uniquely positioned as a world-renowned thought leader, […]

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Episode 28: Culture, Community and a Great Cup of Coffee, with Nick Bayer

Nick Bayer is currently the Entrepreneur in Residence at Cornell University and faculty member at Drexel University, where he teaches a course in entrepreneurial franchising. He serves on the board of Big Brothers Big Sisters Southeastern Pennsylvania and has been a Big Brother for seven years. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Nick’s […]

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Episode 27: The Critical Skill of Persistence, with Rob Emrich

Rob Emrich is a serial entrepreneur and the CEO of Gimbal Inc. Gimbal Inc. is a marketing technology that unites the physical and digital worlds. The company counts over 10,000 end customers, from global giants like Ford, Citibank, Walgreens to small neighborhood businesses.  Gimbal has received over $90 million in investment from institutions like Qualcomm, […]

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Episode 26: The Importance of Leadership and Teamwork, with Tiffani Bova

Tiffani Bova is the global customer growth and innovation evangelist at Salesforce and Wall Street Journal bestselling author of Growth IQ: Get Smarter About the Choices that Will Make or Break Your Business (Portfolio). Tiffani has appeared on MSNBC and Yahoo Finance and is a regular contributor to Forbes, Harvard Business Review, Marketing Matters on […]

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