Action and Ambition

Action and Ambition

By Andrew MedalBusiness
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Action and Ambition episodes

  • Alexandra Galindez Reinvigorates Brands with Strategy, Digital Transformation, and High Impact

    Alexandra Galindez is a category-leading executive with 20+ years of brand-building experience. She is the Chief Executive Officer of ROAR beverages and is a High-impact leader and digital transformation advocate. She is also part of the United States launch of Red Bull, Glacéau VitaminWater, and SmartWater. She specializes in Digital Transformation, Business Development, Brand and Marketing Strategy, and E-Commerce Growth. Don't miss out! You're going to love this episode!

    23 min
  • Brendan Heegan Creates Fulfillment and Technology Solutions

    Brendan Heegan is the Founder of Boxzooka Fulfillment & Global E-commerce. Brendan has nearly 20 years of experience in transportation, fulfillment, and distribution, both domestically and Internationally. He started Boxzooka because he saw consolidation happening in the marketplace, creating a need for more competition and more customizable solutions for best-in-class fulfillment management and technology solutions. You're going to love this episode.

    20 min
  • Kay Walten Lives the Nomad Lifestyle and Travels Aroundthe World

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. We are joined today by Kay Walten who is an early pioneer in underwater cave exploration in Mexico, women’s diver hall of fame and an accomplished entrepreneur in travel and tourism for over 20 years where she prioritized guest experience, giving back to the community, and working towards sustainability. Something interesting about her is she sold everything to live an adventure and live in a travel trailer. Let’s hear more of the adventures she went through and her 20 year experience entrepreneur! This is going to be a fun episode and you will love it.

    32 min
  • Justin Watson Is An Advocate for Social Justice, Education, and Opportunity

    Welcome back to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast. Justin Watson is an entrepreneur and former World Class Athlete who played for the St. Louis Rams and played in the Super Bowl Championship. He began his entrepreneurial journey investing in real estate in the greater Los Angeles area and then starting Studio Physique Athletic Health Club in San Gabriel Valley and owns a matte black luxury transportation company. Through his passions for coffee and social justice, he formed a team of close friends in establishing BLQK Coffee and has committed to pouring 25% of profits to improve access to quality education, advanced food justice, and bridge opportunity gaps. You will love listening to this episode!

    32 min
  • Shelby Taylor Provides Nutritious and Organic Meal Options

    Welcome back to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast. Shelby Taylor, Founder, and CEO of Chickapea, a leading brand of organic pasta made with only chickpeas and lentils. Chickapea is a Certified B Corporation and Women-Owned Business that donates 2% of revenue to charity and ranks in the top 100 fastest growing companies in Canada and was recently ranked number 96 on the Real Leaders 2021 Impact Awards. Don't miss out! You are going to love this episode!

    27 min
  • Heather Markel Shares How You Can Create a Life That Fits You Better

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today, we are thrilled to be chatting with Heather Markel, a professional world traveler, lifestyle coach, writer, and speaker. She’s a New York Times featured business peak & lifestyle coach who quit corporate after more than 25 years and became a full-time Nomad. Heather’s goal is to help professionals on the edge of burnout to build a satisfying current without ruining their future. We’re going to talk about risk, but doing it in a way that actually works. Do not miss this episode! You will love it.

    28 min
  • Helen Martin Creates Employment Opportunities for Young and Indigenous People

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Helen Martin is the Managing Director and co-founder of Banubanu, an eco-beach retreat on Bremer Island, Northern Territory. Her goal is to create employment and future income for their younger people and help other Indigenous people in mentoring and business development. Her journey includes 20 years of experience working in Aboriginal affairs in remote Indigenous communities in north Western Australia and the Northern Territory. Tourism has been her key focus for the past 15 years being heavily engaged with the East Arnhem Land community. Prior to going into the tourism business, Helen was a public servant for 17 years. She is also passionate about food and cooking and excited about incorporating the island’s native ingredients into that retreat. You're going to love this episode!

    27 min
  • Ahsan Rizvi Revolutionizes Education By Integrating A Digitized Curriculum, Instruction, And Assessments In One Platform

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. How hard is it to conduct assessments as a teacher during the pandemic? How difficult do you find learning as a student? The COVID19 Pandemic has been disastrous to every sector in the industry, and education is no exception—that's why Ahsan Rizvi changed the game by launching Kiddom! Don't miss this compelling episode and learn how Kiddom eases the lives of countless teachers and students!

    26 min
  • Kevin Olsen Curates Creativity, Leadership, Speaking & Coaching

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Kevin Olsen is popularly known as the Payments Professor. He's the Senior Vice President of Payment Solutions at VSoft Corporation, a leading provider of banking and payment solutions to financial institutions of all sizes worldwide. He has a demonstrated history of working in the electronic payments industry since the late 1990s. He is skilled in Payments, Risk Management, Mobile Payments, ACH, Checks, Alternative Payments, and emerging payments. He’s the Curator of Creativity providing enthusiastic, entertaining, and educational professional speaking, team leadership, and coaching. Through his unique style, he strives to share all he has acquired over the years with everyone in the industry. You're going to love this episode!

    25 min
  • Meet Jay Singh at LambdaTest who is on a mission to test every website in the world

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. If a website or mobile browser takes more than 3 seconds to load, we will leave. To address this challenge, today we have Jay Singh - the co-founder of LambdaTest. They are a cloud testing infrastructure company that allows users to run both manual and automated tests on their websites and webapps across 2000+ different browsers, browser versions and operating system environments. The platform has been used to perform over 12 million tests in just three years, and is now being used by over 350,000 users across 132 different countries.

    37 min

About Action and Ambition

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In his new series Action and Ambition, your host Andrew Medal goes behind the scenes to learn the backstories, mindsets, and actions of the world's most ambitious people.