Action and Ambition

Action and Ambition

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Action and Ambition episodes

  • Julian Colina Discusses How To Drive Developer Productivity And Reduce Burnout

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition Podcast. Today's guest is Julian Colina, the CEO and co-founder of Haystack Analytics. Haystack contributes to the development of elite developer teams by providing engineering metrics and alerts that have been shown to drive performance. Haystack's integration with GitHub enables them to provide real-time data insights that depict the entire delivery process, from committing to deploy, highlighting bottlenecks such as code review and team productivity. Join us in this episode and learn more about Julian’s mission and story!

    22 min
  • Raymond Magee Created a One-Stop Shop for Plant Parents

    Welcome to Another episode of Action and Ambition. Today’s guest is Raymond Magee, Founder and President of BloomCatch. Ray was hiking with his family as a nature enthusiast when inspired to build a better plant identification App. Using his computer science and business administration education, Ray launched BloomCatch, combining innovative AI with planting and gardening. His experience includes ten years of public service at the U.S. Department of Agriculture and three years in the private service at a National FoodService Manufacturer. He created BloomCatch to maximize machine learning, engage users in a community, increase regional plant recognition, provide a robust searchable database, promote connections to garden centers, and offer friendly exchanges with live plant experts. Don’t miss out! You’re going to love this episode!

    19 min
  • Tim Stracke's Passion To Well-Crafted Watches Is What Made Him Successful

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition Podcast. Tim Stracke, co-CEO and founder of Chrono24, a luxury watch buy and sell website with over 500,000 watches ranging from a classic automatic to a rare collector's piece, joins us today. Keep an eye out for this episode to learn more about his journey. This episode is going to be fun!

    34 min
  • Chip Walker Transforms Your Brand’s Mission into Meaningful Action

    Welcome to another episode of the Action and Ambition Podcast. We are joined today by Chip Walker, a Business and Cultural Strategist, author, and keynote speaker. Chip built and developed innovative market research as well as grown important brand identities over the years for some of the world's most renowned brands, such as PepsiCo, Morgan Stanley, and Heineken. He will talk about his new book, “Activate brand purpose: How to harness the power of movements to transform your company.” StrawberryFrog's strategic executives, Scott Goodson, and Chip Walker lay out a practical plan for realizing the objective of growing your company and saving the world. All of the instruments of business operations and leadership, as well as all of the power of creativity and emotion, are focused on a single meaningful goal: rallying all stakeholders, employees, suppliers, partners, and consumers to work together to bring about change. Don’t miss out! You’re going to love this episode!

    31 min
  • Pollen VC Is Helping Game and App Developers With A New Approach To Funding, Meet Martin Macmillan

    Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition.

    Today’s guest is Martin Macmillan who is helping app and game developers to borrow as much as four times’ their monthly revenues. Pollen VC’s fresh approach to lending comprises advances made on the basis of real-time information about upfront sales of the app, combined with Pollen’s data-based estimates of future spending by live users.

    You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

    23 min
  • Justin Lally Innovates in the Cryptocurrency and Blockchain Investment Space

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today's guest is Justin Lally, a member of The Bitcoin Foundation, and a partner of White Lotus Holdings, a digital currency fund founded in 2014. He is also the founder of Grey Shark Holdings N.A, an advisor of GoCoin, and the co-founder of Kash Coin. They're currently preparing for a public presale, in which anyone can become investors up until the time when their business is ready to launch. Sports betting, LPL eSports, Facebook Live, drag races, and everything else you can think of with a predictable outcome will be featured. Their goal is for everyone, wherever in the world, to be able to create their own sportsbook and invite their friends to place bets. Join us in this episode and learn more of Justin’s mission and story!

    28 min
  • Arianna Giorgio Brings Musical Inspiration to Cancer Communities Through Her Remarkable Journey

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Mental health has been a tough nut to crack and deal with during the pandemic. Not only did it bring endless worries, pain, and suffering, it also woke everyone from the delusion that everything is under control. Just like how Arianna Giorgio battled herself against cancer and the mental trauma it brought her. What does it take to keep a resilient mind and heart amid adversities? Find out how Arianna continues to fight for her life! Don’t miss this inspiring episode!

    25 min
  • Dr. Patricia Lawman Translates Sciences into Meaningful Products and Generated 2.3 Million Dollars in Extramural Funding

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. Today’s guest is Dr. Patricia Lawman, an accomplished novelist, and worked on an alligator farm in the Florida Keys. Also, she headed the Walt Disney Memorial Cancer Institute's multifaceted molecular biology, gene targeting, gene therapy, gene delivery, and universal stem cell programs as Division Director of Cancer Molecular Biology. Dr. Lawman has written or co-authored over forty scientific abstracts and publications, as well as grant applications to private, state, commercial, and federal agencies that have resulted in over $2,300,000 in extramural funding. Join us in this episode and learn more about Dr. Patricia’s mission and story!

    30 min
  • Rotem Gal Explain Digital Transformation For Businesses To Unlock Their Business Value

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. We all know about starting a business because it’s a pain in your wallet and brain. Never mind the appropriate workers you need to find, the product you want to come up with, nor have an idea to market them in the first place; you really just can’t do everything all by yourself. That’s why Rotem Gal collaborates with companies to help entrepreneurs at the inception – when they start to take that first step in the business world. Don’t miss this episode!

    33 min
  • Tatiana Fofanova Assists the Underserved and Vulnerable Populations

    Welcome to another episode of Action and Ambition. The vulnerable sector tends to get misrepresented and exploited. Not only do they suffer from their personal issues and inner demons, but opportunists also find a way to leverage these suffering to their personal gain – profit. In the name of profit, they forgot the main issue on why these people suffer in the first place. And that’s where Tatiana Fofanova comes in. Tune in, and don’t miss this inspiring episode!

    26 min

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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.