Frederick Penney is the founding partner of Penney & Associates, based out of California, and the national firm - Penney, Galberth - located in 45 states. Over the past 30 years, Mr. Penney has invested in, built, and helped develop multiple companies in many different genres. He continues to be the managing partner in Penney & Associates, and invest in other entrepreneurial interests. 

Join me today as I sit down with Dr. Sapan Majmundar as we discuss how tenacity plays a role in success, why leaning on your support system is the key to getting through the hard times, and much more!

Dr. Sapan Majmundar is a Partner in an Internal Medicine practice located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania. He is board certified in internal medicine, caring for adult patients in all facets of healthcare - including hospitalized and critically ill patients, skilled nursing facilities, assisted living facilities, Long Term Acute Care Hospitals, and primary care office medicine. 

Sapan lives in Philadelphia with his wife Anupa and their daughter Mila. 

Join me and my guest today, Rachel Liverman, Co-founder & CEO of GLOWBAR, as we discuss how she's disrupting the spa industry, and what her mindset was to take an idea and build it into multiple brick-and-mortar Glowbar studios.

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Follow on IG: @glowbar and @rachelista

Book your 30-minute appointment! www.getglowbar.com

3 locations: Tribeca, UWS, + Westport, CT

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Rachel Liverman is the co-founder and CEO of Glowbar, a new skincare concept disrupting the spa industry with no-fluff 30-minute, customized and solution-oriented treatments at $65. As a third-generation esthetician, Rachel struggled to find an effective, accessible and trustworthy source for consistent facial treatments administered by expertly trained estheticians. She channeled her multigenerational knowledge in skincare into creating a solution and decided to work with the first accredited esthetics school in the country (founded by her grandmother and now owned by her mother), The Catherine Hinds Institute of Esthetics, to research consumer and esthetician challenges before officially launching Glowbar in June 2019.  While her grandmother pioneered professional skincare, Rachel is now reinventing it by developing approachable facial treatments and an aesthetically designed algorithm that eliminates consumer anxiety, overwhelming treatment menus, and the need for expensive add-ons. Since the launch, Rachel and Glowbar have been featured in Glamour, ELLE, New York Magazine's The Cut, and Byrdie among several others.

Prior to launching Glowbar, Rachel worked up the ranks in the beauty industry for ten years. She was one of the first employees to launch the beauty subscription box disrupter, Birchbox, and played a crucial role in growing the internal team from 15 employees to 300, expanding the brand’s international presence, in addition to building a $40 million e-commerce business over three years. Following her tenure at Birchbox, Liverman was a consultant with Stila and Eyeko prior to running Business Development at Beautyblender for three years.

Today on the show we have Susan Sloan, author of “A Seat at the Table: Women, Diplomacy, and Lessons for the World.” Susan and I discuss how to frame (and achieve) goals, what she has learned from interviewing high-level women in diplomacy, and how she achieved a lifelong goal of going to ALL 7 continents by age 30!

Susan Sloan is the author of A Seat at the Table: Women, Diplomacy, and Lessons for the World. Susan works for a global advocacy organization in Washington, D.C. engaging with diplomats, government officials, community organizers, and international leaders. She has met with more than 60 countries through diplomacy, advocacy, and experiential education. At the age of 30, she completed a life goal of visiting all seven continents. Susan holds a master's degree in Global Strategic Communications from Georgetown University and graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in Journalism with a major in Public Relations and a minor in Spanish from the University of Georgia.

When she's not writing, you can find her cooking something delicious, tending to her urban garden, and traveling not during a pandemic.

Connect with Susan at susansloan.com. 

Join me this week as I chat with Carl Coe, CEO of ImagineTime. We discuss how he went from living out of his car his senior year of high school, to starting a side hustle in the tire biz while working in software sales, and eventually landing as CEO of a software company (hint: it's all about his mindset).

Carl Coe is CEO of ImagineTime, software company focused on helping accounting and other professional firms run their business more efficiently and profitably. Carl has a very unique background, starting with a humble (and somewhat troubled) background. He has worked across the globe with large software company (18 years at PTC) and mid stage start ups before purchasing ImagineTime in November of 2018.

Carl says: "I am keenly focused on creating and maintain a very healthy environment focused on employees and customer success. If that happens my success follows. My family (wife and 4 kids) very important. I enjoy investing in real estate, crypto currency, and love studying markets. My life is infinitely better than I would have ever imagined and I am incredibly grateful."

Join me this week as I sit down with Kate Creagh, a veteran VP in human resources. We discuss how clarity leads to success (and how to ask for it), why the harder you work the luckier you get, and what she means by "Blossom where you are planted."

Kate is a deeply experienced human resources professional with 45 years of experience in primarily entrepreneurial companies. In Kate’s last role, as a managing partner and head of human resources, Kate was integral in leading Commonwealth to win 43 best places to work awards in Waltham MA and San Diego.

Kate is a retired Partner Emeritus and Managing Partner, Human Resources at Commonwealth, and an aspiring human resources consultant. In addition, Kate has just been named President of Roe Realty Corporation, a New York family real estate business.  Kate resides in Belmont, MA and Blue Point, NY.

Join today's conversation with Michael Yahkind, CEO & Founding Partner of Technical Paradigm. We discuss why sometimes a chip in the shoulder is a good enough WHY, how to find and focus on our strengths, and much more!

Michael Yahkind is the owner of Technical Paradigm, tech contributor for Shift_The_Paradigm, a speaker at various tech conferences including Microsoft Ignite Chicago and TCnewTech. Technical Paradigm was recently featured on Startup Recruiter and Medium as the “recruiting company you should know.” Mike got involved with Fintech as a recruiter, investor, and enthusiast in 2015. At the time, he was the Director of IT Talent for a large staffing firm in Chicago, and he observed fintech companies sprout up left and right. The following year, Michael spearheaded a managed staffing project responsible for the first institutional trade transaction via blockchain. The relationships he formed with talent in blockchain, machine learning, and predictive analytics helped him launch Technical Paradigm.

Michael’s idea of a subscription based recruiting model ensured Technical Paradigm’s survival. While the vast majority of staffing agencies went out of business in 2020, the flexibility of their RaaS (recruiting-as-a-service) model, allowed Technical Paradigm to not only survive, but thrive.

Michael’s firm is currently growing faster than ever, thanks to the recent surge in the NFT space. Once again, Technical Paradigm is branding themselves as pioneers in the blockchain community. Additionally, Michael is an NPA partner, overseeing the fintech group and has placed over 1 million dollars worth of candidates within the program.

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To learn more about Technical Paradigm, please visit: www.technicalparadigm.com

Today, I'm chatting with Prianca Naik, MD, physician and life coach. Join us as we talk about why taking time to think about our thinking is a key to success, how to overcome the fear of changing careers, and why many entrepreneurs fails (and how to avoid it).

Prianca Naik attended medical school at Tulane University. After residency, she began work in a medical private practice. She found herself troubleshooting everyday life problems with her patients, but more so her colleagues, nurses, social workers, and other female physicians. In helping other professionals to improve their well-being and reduce burnout, she realized she wanted to make a contribution in addition to being a regular physician. She began working on coaching certification at the International Coaching Academy fostering her skills in blended coaching and consulting.

Professional mothers come to Prianca to uncover a lighter less stressed/overwhelmed life. She works with them to begin using their own power to carve out the life they want for themselves.

To work with Prianca, please visit: www.stresscleansemd.com

And follow her on IG: @stresscleansemd

On this episode of Coach's Corner: A Success Mindset, I'm talking to Lauren Protentis, Strategic Communications expert in National Security. We discuss how making a plan isn't always the best path towards success, why your WHY is imperative, and Lauren even shares some of her harrowing travel experiences!

Lauren Protentis is a National Security and Communications expert with over 10 years of experience advising domestic and foreign governments on emerging national security issues. In 2018, Lauren received an Executive Master’s in Strategic Communications from Georgetown University and was awarded the Hoya Professional 30 for her “Excellence in Leadership”. She also serves as a frequent panelist and mentor on the topic of women in national security and a guest lecturer at Emmanuel College and the Institute for Eastern Mediterraneans Studies.

[Note: Lauren will be speaking today in her personal capacity.]

Follow Lauren's travels on IG @thedipnomad

Today, I am joined by Jeff Goldberg, where we discuss why radical candor leads to success, how to find your own voice, where confidence comes from, and much more!

Jeff a software sales professional, father, husband (and my brother-in-law!), and a hockey dad. He has spent 14 years in software sales, received multiple Presidents Clubs, and is consistently a top performer. Jeff lives outside of Boston, MA, with his wife of almost 13 years, and his 3 children.