Advus After Hours

Our guest this week is Wil Torres, founder of Golden Dough Foods and the manufacturer and product developer behind the number one extended shelf life yeast raised donut in the packaged sweet goods category. Wil and the guys discuss the story and rapid growth of Golden Dough, how a love of Shark Tank lead to Wil leveraging LinkedIn to create business opportunities for himself, the challenges of being an introvert in a sales-based industry, why he cut short his early professional golfing career to go into business, and more.

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This podcast is produced by Advus Financial Partners, a wealth management firm located in the Central Florida area, that focuses on wealth and investment management, and retirement management.

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Mitchell and Jeff chat with Neil Menard and Tom Sittema of StepStone Group, a global private markets firm that provides customized investment and advisory solutions to some of the most sophisticated investors in the world and with $602 billion of total capital responsibility, including $134 billion in assets under management.

The guys discuss what it means to be a sophisticated investor in 2023, the importance of providing access to private markets to investors, the recent innovations they’ve see in the alternatives industry, the need for young people to seek out good mentors, how building and maintaining relationships are key to healthy client partnerships, and more.

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Our guest this week is Taj Adhav, CEO of Leasecake, a service that makes managing a portfolio of leased properties easy and accessible for tenants and brokers. Taj discusses moving to Orlando from Canada when he was 17, how his time at Disney helped him realize he wasn’t a great CPA and also prepared him for working in startups, pitching Leasecake at Techstars, growing a startup in Orlando, and more.

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Our guest this week is Rob Panepinto, Managing Partner & CIO of GOVO Venture Partners, a firm that invests in entrepreneurs building companies for which doing business with the government or navigating government regulations can be an important success factor – offering them capital, a deep understanding of government, and operational expertise.

Rob discusses why he made the transition from New York to Orlando, his experience cultivating entrepreneurs in the Central Florida area, helping businesses navigate difficult government laws and regulations, his thoughts on Orlando as someone who recently ran for mayor, and more.

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Our guest this week is Shawn Seipler, the founder and CEO of Clean the World, a social enterprise dedicated to the mission of saving millions of lives around the world while simultaneously diverting hotel waste.

Shawn discusses the origins of Clean the World, what inspired him to start the soap recycling company, the positive effect recycling hotel waste has on the world, why Orlando is the perfect place for such a venture, his recent media appearances on Dirty Jobs and The Kelly Clarkson Show, and the challenges and benefits of soap recycling during a worldwide pandemic.

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Our guest this week is Dr. Chris Pierson, the founder and CEO of BlackCloak Cyber Security, a firm focused on digital protection for high-level executives and high-net-worth individuals. He has over 20 years of experience in the field of fighting cybercrime and has held various leadership roles in organizations such as the Royal Bank of Scotland and the Federal Bureau of Investigations.

Dr. Pierson discusses his background in cyber security and the evolving risk landscape, including the early days of the internet and the growing threat of cybercrime, how his background in the intelligence community and experience in various organizations has influenced his approach to cyber security, and common-sense approaches to personal digital protection.

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Mitchell and Jeff chat with Jay Chaudhari, Executive Director at 1858 Capital Partners, on growing up in and doing business in Orlando.

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