Conquering Columbus Podcast

Conquering Columbus Podcast

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Conquering Columbus Podcast episodes

  • book+street
    Summary: Michelle Murcia is the Founder and CEO of book+street — Specializing in private, venture-backed and pre-IPO companies, Book+Street provides comprehensive finance and administration services that make it easy for start-ups to start off right, right from the start. Book+Street is your outsourced finance and administration team, with fractional CFO, controllership, bookkeeping, talent acquisition and …
    33 min
  • Breakthrough Sales Performance, LLC
    Summary: Mark Sellers is the founder and CEO of Breakthrough Sales Performance, LLC – a sales consulting firm headquartered here in Columbus, OH. Mark has helped over 120 sales teams around the world implement his proprietary “buying journey,” sales funnel model, the BuyCycle Funnel. Milestones: (00:00:00) Opening remarks (00:00:44) Small Biz Cares (00:01:19) The SunDown …
    50 min
  • Brittany & Co. Consulting
    Summary: Brittany Dixon is the Founder and Director of Operations at Brittany and Co., a consulting firm with a focus on systems, efficiency, and automation for startups and entrepreneurs. She helps them free up their time so that they can focus on big goals and sustain long term growth. Milestones: (00:00:00) Opening remarks (00:00:43) Small …
    30 min
  • The School Performance Institute
    Summary: The School Performance Institute (SPI) launched as the learning and improvement arm of the Columbus non-profit United Schools Network (USN) on July 1, 2017, with start-up grant funding support from the W.G. and Patricia M. Jurgensen Fund of The Columbus Foundation, The Columbus Foundation, and the AEP Foundation. SPI’s core purpose is to seek …
    38 min
  • GiftPocket
    Summary: Brooke Yoakam is an Upper Arlington High School junior, actively involved in student council, Spanish honors society, and is the captain of her school’s soccer team. Brooke is also the CEO and Founder of GiftPocket, a mobile app designed to help teens easily store, manage, use, and exchange all of their gift cards. When …
    29 min
  • Tego
    Summary: Angela Rucci is the CEO and a Co-founder of Tego, a personal safety application that allows someone to send updates to their friends when walking by yourself. Angela thought of the idea after being assaulted while shopping at a local grocery store, and she pitched the idea at the OSU Hack-a-Thon in 2018, where …
    30 min
  • Fortress Real Estate Companies
    Summary: Jack Tzagournis, President of Fortress Real Estate Companies, has over 23 years of experience in the real estate industry as Vice President of Development for Continental Real Estate Companies and Vice President of Sales at Dietz Commercial, prior to starting Fortress. He was responsible for site selection and development activities for Giant Eagle’s entry …
    46 min
  • The Wellington School
    Summary: Jeff Terwin is the Associate Head of School and Head of the Upper School at the Wellington School. The Wellington School is private Pre K-12 school here in Columbus, with a mission of discovering and cultivating the unique potential in every student. Before Wellington, Jeff spent time working at several other private schools, and …
    39 min
  • Ohio State’s Business Builders Club
    Summary: The Ohio State University’s Business Builders Club (BBC) is a group of passionate students who collaborate with the Columbus Community and organizations around the world to foster entrepreneurship. The BBC recruits, educates, and funds talented students at Ohio State, and their members are excited by the challenges and opportunities provided by entrepreneurship. Milestones: (00:00:00) …
    32 min
  • United Schools Network
    Summary: Andrew is the Founder & CEO of United Schools Network, which started with just 57 students and one school. The organization has now grown to over 850 students, and their goal is to provide an excellent education to students that normally lack these opportunities so that they can be prepared for college and life …
    38 min

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Conquering Columbus is a brand for those across Central Ohio who are determined to find a way to align their skills, values, and talents in order to make a lasting and long impact during their lifetime on the city of Columbus. With a podcast as our medium, we research and interview those across Columbus, and at times abroad, who have achieved success in areas ranging from business and athletics, to medicine and beyond.