Action and Ambition

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Erich Bergen, an American television, film, and stage actor raised in New York City. He is also the Founder of 6W Entertainment, a production industry that has already produced over 100 different projects spanning web, television, and in-person events. Erich Founded 6W Entertainment after discovering the need for high-end hybrid and live event productions. Most recently, Erich was an Executive Producer for the new Paramount+ docuseries, “Clive Davis: Most Iconic Performances.” In this four-part docuseries, Clive Davis takes viewers through some of his favorite musical performances from the last few decades. Tune in to learn more about Erich’s story of becoming an exceptional producer!

Our guest today is Ajay Jay, co-founder and CEO at PreSkale. The tech start-up is capturing intel that helps people close a sale and is shining a light on the growing army of ‘PreSales' teams to become revenue creators. The PreSkale proposition and their all-in-one PreSales intelligence platform has raised a $500,000 pre-seed funding round today led by BoldCap. Tune in to learn more about their backstory, approach and plans going forward.

In this episode, we are joined by Wahida Clark, Founder of Wahida Clark Presents Publishing, which has become one of the fastest-growing independent publishing houses in the country. Wahida Clark is a four-time New York Times bestselling author who has become one of the most sought-after Urban Lit authors of this generation and is one of only 4 Urban Lit authors to appear on the New York Times bestseller list. Wahida began writing her first novel while serving a 9 ½ year prison sentence, including nine months in solitary confinement, at the Lexington Prison Camp in Lexington, Ky. While behind bars, Clark inked a publishing deal with a major publishing house, wrote and released seven novels, and laid the groundwork for her publishing company, Wahida Clark Presents Publishing. Tune in to learn more!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Elia Wallen, founder, and CEO of Hotel Engine, a hotel booking platform. Hotel Engine provides hotel booking solutions designed for business travel. Book and manage business lodging while enjoying exclusive savings of up to 60% at over 700,000 properties worldwide. Before Hotel Engine, Elia Founded Travelers Haven, an on-demand, full-service housing firm that manages the short-term housing process. He explains how Hotel Engine simplifies the hotel booking process. Tune in to learn more!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Reena Sehgal, Principal Owner at Sehgal Law PC. Sehgal Law PC helps single-owner businesses, small-to-midsize businesses, and individuals in a wide variety of business law and entertainment matters, ranging from contracts and transactions, intellectual property, employment, financing, mergers and acquisitions, real estate, insurance, business succession planning, and general advice and counsel. They provide relevant and helpful legal counsel to assist you in avoiding legal pitfalls and navigating legal challenges through competent, professional representation. Tune in to learn more!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Matias Alem, Founder, and CEO of BRG, a Miami Beach-based, multidisciplinary investment and development company that specializes in high-end real estate and income-producing communities. In recent years, through the BRG companies, Matias has been directly responsible for managing hundreds of millions of dollars of investment in South Florida, including real estate sales, design, development, & construction of residential projects. Matias explains how the Covid 19 pandemic helped scale his business. Tune in to learn more!

In today’s episode we meet Matthias Heller, co-founder of Lightly, who is helping companies to build better machine learning models faster through better data. Matthias shares his insights that will help to save time and money on data selection and labelling, whilst at the same time improving the performance of models. Today, Lightly is used by Fortune 500 companies and startups in autonomous driving, robotics, video analytics and much more.

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today are Aaron Bai and Sahil Phadnis, Co-Founders at Pebble. They end the traditional banking business model with The Money Revolution by leveraging Pebbles. Pebble is their way of interacting with the community. It is their way of aligning their interests, the interests of the investors, the team, and the community. Tune in to learn more on this!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Lavie Popack, Co-Founder and CEO at Overpass, the nation’s first vertical talent marketplace for hiring managers and freelance salespeople. The Overpass platform, overpass.com, gives business leaders the tools to find, hire, and manage their sales talent and activities, monitor performance, and pay reps from a single source. With access to a marketplace of top sales talent worldwide, team managers can select experienced sales professionals from hundreds of industries and find the right fit for their team at a fraction of the cost or time of hiring an in-house team. He also founded MPower Energy, a renewable energy company spanning 11 offices in 9 states across 35 utilities. Tune in to learn more!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Paul Kacir, Founder and CEO of RVnGO, a successful Internet Peer-to-Peer, and InsureTech start-up. RVnGO is the place where all kinds of RV enthusiasts can come together and feed their passion. They have created the first place where RVers can buy, sell or rent RVs. Its mission is to make RVing accessible to as many people as possible, whether it's letting you find your next RV, or just try it out by renting an RV for the weekend without committing to buying. Tune in to learn more about RVnGO!