Executive Minds Podcast | Professional Development and Career Tips for Entrepreneurs, Executives, and Non-Profit Leaders

This week, Launch Youniversity is honored to be joined by Carey Nieuwhof. Carey is someone who people might look at and think "how does he do all of that?". Carey serves as a Senior Pastor at Connexus Church in Toronto. He has a blog with several million readers. He writes and publishes books. He has a podcast that just celebrated 2 million downloads. Oh, and he just launched an online course called The High Impact Leader. The thing is , Carey will be the first to tell you that he isn't Superman. However, has learned to master his energy and schedule. Through all of his experience launching, Carey has more than a few bits of wisdom to share with the Launch Youniversity listeners. We hope you enjoy this interview as much as we did!

We are so happy to have Jeff back with us this week to share his incredible wisdom on launching, empathy, creativity and how to stand out in a crowd. If you missed last week's episode—make sure to listen to it next!

This week, Launch Youniversity is honored to be joined by Jeff Shinabarger. Jeff is a social entrepreneur, leader, and author at Plywood People. In this episode, Jeff shares his wisdom in how to launch start-ups. We hope this conversation inspires you, challenges, you, and brings you closer to launching your ideas.

It's 2017 and we're more ready than ever to set intentional goals and launch ourselves into the new year... and we know you are too! The entire Launch Youniversity team is here today to talk about their personal experiences in goal setting and what they've learned along the way. We know that with focused preparation, intentional goal setting and an actionable plan, this will be your best year yet.

Launch Youniversity is honored to be joined by NFL Tight End, Hunter Henry. This past year, Hunter was drafted by the San Diego Chargers as the 35th overall pick. While Hunter's career path is unique, he is in the trenches learning about what it takes to launch a career just like many of you listening are. In this episode Hunter shares how he's learning from others in his field, how to overcome early-career upsets and lots of other lessons along the way. We hope you enjoy our conversation with Hunter as much as we did.

This week, Jeff is talking with David Farmer and Shane Benson of the Launch Youniversity team about a hard-hitting topic: Chick-fil-A BBQ Sauce. At Chick-fil-A, David is responsible for Menu Strategy and Shane is over Customer Experience. In July of 2016, David and his team were developing ways to freshen up their BBQ Sauce by launching a new recipe. They followed the steps of The Pathway to Launch Sequence and successfully validated the new product in test locations. Everything pointed to a successful launch. But what happens when your launch doesn't go the way it's supposed to? Listen to Episode 009 now.

In today's episode, Chef Ford Fry walks us through his process of taking an idea for a restaurant, designing a full concept, and ultimately opening its doors to the public. His approach is unique—instead of building everything around his idea, he starts with a location and builds his ideas around the needs of the neighborhood. This servant-leadership way of thinking has resulted in restaurants that feel authentic and serves a greater purpose in the city. Listen to the full episode now.

Everyone has a strong desire to do their own thing, but very few ever make the step to get there. In our conversation with Chef Ford Fry, we learn what it takes to take the first step and what to do once you've taken it.

Welcome back to The Launch Youniversity Podcast! Today is part two of our conversation with David Butler from Coca-Cola. Today we are diving deep into how to define design and what it truly does for the success of your company.

As the VP of Innovation and Entrepreneurship within one of the most influential companies in the world, David has a unique perspective on how to launch. In today’s episode he discusses the importance of scaling, structure and solving customer’s problems (not creating problems to solve).