Finding Your Niche

In today’s episode of Finding Your Niche, I shared a conversation with Alex French, the Co-Founder and CEO of Bizzy a cold brew coffee brand based out of the Twin Cities.

Alex started his career working as an investment banking analyst at Lazard, then spent a few years working as an analyst for two of Minnesota’s largest companies, Best Buy and General Mills.

In his time at General Mills, Alex shifted into a role working for 301 Inc. General Mills’s venture capital arm and brand elevator.

While working at General Mills, Alex began home-brewing cold-brew with his Co-Founder Andrew and in a few years they were working together full-time on a mission to brew the world’s best cup of coffee.

In today’s episode of Finding Your Niche, I shared a conversation with Steve Pacinelli, the Chief Marketing Officer at BombBomb a software service that enables companies to build better business relationships with video messaging via email.

Think about receiving an email as a video instead of simply words on a screen.

BombBomb is a pretty fascinating product and Steve is a great and was a pleasure to have on the show.

I hope you enjoy :)

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Steve’s Info:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stephenpacinelli/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/stevepacinelli

Website: https://bombbomb.com/c/

In today’s episode of Finding Your Niche, I shared a conversation with Dan Slagen, the Chief Marketing Officer at ClimaCell a Weather Intelligence Platform which enables businesses to forecast weather, so they can proactively optimize their business plans.

Think companies like Uber, the United States Air Force, and Delta.

Dan is a super interesting guy with a ton of marketing knowledge, and I personally got a lot out of this one... I hope you enjoy :)

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Dan’s Info:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dan-slagen-718675a/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/danslagen?lang=en

His Book: Understanding Start-Up CEO’s

Allison Phillips is the current President and CEO of the National Podcast Association.

Her career started in Hollywood following her graduation from college and she slowly found her way back to Milwaukee where she launched EDGE Sports and began building her media company, EDGE Marketing and Media which is home to the EDGE Podcast Network and soon to be EDGE radio.

Her team has most recently launched the Wisconsin Podcast Association and is in the process of launching the National Podcast Association as well.

Allison is a fearless leader with expertise in marketing and media and she was a pleasure to have on the show.

I hope you enjoy :)

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EDGE Marketing and Media -  https://edgemke.com

Wisconsin Podcast Association - http://wisconsinpodcast.com

Allison's LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/allison-phillips-a84b2170/

Today’s episode of Finding Your Niche is a fun recording from a live event a few weeks ago hosted by the Wisconsin Podcast Association.

In the show, I sat down with Ross Overline, the Co-founder and CEO of Scholars of Finance to discuss the founding of Scholars of Finance and all of the great work that the rest of the SOF team is doing across the country right now.

Connect with Ross below:

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/rossoverline/

Website: https://scholarsoffinance.org/

In today’s episode of Finding Your Niche, I sat down with Scott Paul the founder and CEO of Wooly inc., a marketing software company based out of Utah, to discuss his theory behind C-Commerce, and the digital word of mouth platform that he and his team are building right now called Wooly.

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Scott’s Links:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/scottpaul2/

Website: https://www.wooly.com/

Welcome to the very first episode of Finding Your Niche!!

I wanted to start by thanking everyone that’s supported me so far as I’ve been preparing to launch this show and Willow Creek Media and I’m excited to get this show going with a bang.

In today’s show, I had on one of the highest energy people I know, Mark Samuel, the Founder, and CEO of IWON Organics a plant-based protein snack company out of California.

In the episode, we dig into Mark’s story and the big things that are happening over at IWON organics and we have a fruitful discussion around the future of plant-based foods.

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Mark’s Contact Info:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/markalansamuel/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/MarkAlanSamuel

Website: https://iwonorganics.com/

Hello and welcome to Finding Your Niche! I’ll be your host, Jake Kranz, and in this podcast, you will find a mix of interviews, conversations, and wonderful stories about how individuals and companies found or are finding their niches. If this sounds interesting to you, I encourage you to follow or favorite this podcast and in the meantime, I’m looking forward to creating these for all of you.