Elevation Nation

The World Cup is in full swing in the Middle Eastern country of Qatar. As the international tournament only comes around once every four years, we talk through some of our observations about this year’s controversial tournament. 

Max Linkoff (Elevator no. 103) is a performance coach and technology consultant based in Brooklyn, NY. As a coach, Max "works with Millennials to help them break through their clutter, stories, and self-doubts to maximize their talent and ability". Max is focused on helping young adults navigate and feel empowered in the workplace.

Max has a pretty cool side gig outside of being a coach and consultant. He owns a coffee shop in Lima, Peru, and is starting a direct-to-consumer coffee brand in the United States.

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Who doesn’t love this time of year? Although it is getting a bit cold in the Northeast where we live, the holiday season is upon us. We talk through our favorite and not-so-favorite holidays as Thanksgiving approaches fast!

Elgin Ford Jr. (Elevator no. 102) is a musician in Seattle, Washington. Growing up in Georgia, Elgin always had a love and affinity for music. Through school, he always used music as an outlet and when he graduated college he decided to pursue his dream of becoming a full-time artist.

Elgin also goes by "LGN" and says he is a singer who can rap. Since releasing his first album "What Am I Doing" in 2021, Elgin has picked up momentum. Now, he is working day in and day out to make his dream a reality, all while continuing to navigate the real world as a young adult.

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We have spoken with over 100+ elevators over the past two years. One theme remained consistent from all our conversations: Pushing out of your comfort zone and doing hard things leads to elevation.

Given the completion of the New York Marathon, we talk about why humans like to do hard things.

Madeline Weinfeld and Marissa Robinson (Elevators no. 101 & 61) are licensed psychotherapists based in New York City who specialize in working with young adults to navigate the stresses and challenges of the real world.

At their practice Be You Psychotherapy,  their approach to therapy is "humanistic, interpersonal, and evidence-based, with an emphasis on the importance of a safe and open therapeutic relationship." Madeline and Marissa's areas of expertise include self-esteem and identity, love, dating and relationships, anxiety and depression and life transitions.

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Marissa's previous appearance on Elevation Nation

The amount of recorded antisemitic incidents in America is at an all time high right now. With the recent events in the news, we have to speak about this topic as two young adult American Jews. 

Kyle Gulau (Elevator no. 100) is an entrepreneur who runs a digital creative agency and a real estate company with his wife and father. Kyle was awarded Western Michigan Universities (his alma mater) 30 Under 30 and Southwest Michigan’s Small Business Founder award for his work related to incremental real estate development.

As a young adult, Kyle is committed to elevating the lives of those around him particularly in his local community of Kalamazoo, Michigan. Through his blog and podcasts Patterns of Development, he shares his ideas and perspectives on strategy, learning and real estate.

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Happy Birthday Elevation Nation! It has been two years and over 180 episodes later since we launched the podcast. There has been so many lessons learned and people to thank along this journey. We are so excited to share some of our takeaways and what is next for the Nation because the elevating is not going to stop...

James Dvorak, Tyler Kozub, and Pat Murtagh (Elevator nos. 97, 98, 99) are the co-founders of Handshake Bets, a brand all about "betting on anything, anywhere with anyone". Recent graduates of Indiana University, James, Tyler, and Pat were committed to figuring out a way to create a company around the idea of helping anyone bet on anything.

After betting the future of their company on the coin flip of the Super Bowl, they doubled down on their content strategy of creating videos of themselves betting on literally anything. Their videos caught steam on TikTok and soon after they received a phone call that would change their life.

James, Tyler, and Pat have been on a wild journey since that phone call. Their company Handshake Bets was acquired by Betr, a Jake Paul backed sports gambling business...

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