F'ing Up

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Dan Griffin spent a year jobless. After a successful tech trajectory, Dan was laid off by Microsoft. He battled a brutal job market and had to reshape life in many ways to ensure care for his family. Shame, lack of income, and terminated health benefits were a few of the effects he had to navigate. Dan shares his unvarnished truth in his episode of F’ing Up. 

ABOUT DAN GRIFFIN

Dan Griffin has over 15+ years in the Talent Acquisition space and has spent more than half of that supporting the largest tech companies in the world - Amazon, Google and Microsoft.  Dan has spent the last 5+ years in a leadership role supporting multi-billion dollar global businesses at Microsoft.  While many people look at his personal and professional career as a quick and rather linear trajectory, there are many instances where he feels he has really f'ed it up. 

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Sara Mauskopf is an intelligent woman, successful especially in the realm of Tech. She’s worked for companies like Google, Twitter and has gone on to found her own company. Though she had a fantastic trajectory, it has come with extreme challenges, particularly in her personal life. She struggled with finding her footing and identity as a mother and shortly after having her first child, her husband was diagnosed with cancer. Sara shares openly about these struggles with Host, Deanne Rhynard.

About Sara Mauskopf
Sara Mauskopf is the CEO and Co-founder of Winnie, a leading marketplace for daycare and preschool helping millions of parents across the United States. Parents use Winnie to discover high-quality local daycares and preschools and learn all about their programs including detailed descriptions, photos, tuition information, licensing status, availability data and more. Child care providers use Winnie to get the tools and support to grow their business. Sara has a background in consumer technology and product management and is also a mom of 3 young children.

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Jane Boulware came from nothing. As one of five children, she was forced to grow up quickly and learn the importance of caring for herself. Not understanding what attending college really meant, she attended, setting the stage for her future. She rose quickly, creating a name for herself as a powerful leader in business. Eventually courted by Microsoft, she joined as one of very few female executives. While she earned her seat, she felt out of place from the start. Jane found herself trying to dress the part and struggled with a resurgence of a disorder. Jane desires to normalize learning from one another’s journeys all while lifting each other up in the process.

About Jane Boulware

From the cornfields of Iowa, Jane Boulware defied expectations to lead billion-dollar businesses and rise to a top Microsoft executive.   By 52, she'd launched three major ventures, navigated the US's largest merger, and left a trail of influential leaders behind her. Passionate about empowering others to recognize their worth, Jane now dedicates herself to mentoring, board service, speaking and cherished excursions with family.  All proceeds from her book WORTHY are donated to Boys & Girls Clubs for youth scholarships. Jane lives in Bellevue, Washington.

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Austin Moore is a sales and recruiting rockstar, having helped countless people find work. He built his own business and witnessed his net worth climb at a rapid rate. Though he experienced highs in the working world, he’s had no absence of struggle - managing through challenges such as getting fired, addiction, conflicts with a co-founder, and choosing to walk away from a wealth building business in order to choose mental health. Austin feels it’s important to share his struggles so others can understand they are not alone and to learn that there’s more to life than the low career experiences.

About Austin Moore

Austin Moore is the heart and mind behind Catalyst Crew. Austin's story isn't your typical success narrative; it's a raw, real journey through life's highs and lows. 

Austin battled severe alcoholism from 2012 to 2017, he emerged from this personal crisis with newfound resilience and sobriety. But the challenges didn't stop there. In 2021, Austin faced a pivotal moment atop his 8-figure business venture. It was then he realized he was chasing success in a realm that didn't resonate with his true self.

Making a bold, life-altering decision, Austin stepped away from it all to pursue a path aligned with his core values and purpose. Today, he leads a company that's not just a business but a true embodiment of his life's mission and principles. Austin's journey exemplifies the essence of learning, growing, and finding one's path through the unexpected twists of life.

His story is a testament to the fact that sometimes, the best way forward is to embrace the setbacks and allow them to guide you towards your true calling. 

In his spare time, he loves spending time with his beautiful daughter, his girlfriend, exercising, spending time in nature, and just loving the beauty of sober life. 

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Luke Coan is an accomplished Chef, working for many successful restaurants including a James Beard Award winning restaurant, The Publican. His journey has been one of grit. He struggled to find his way and contimplated suicide on numerous occasions. The kitchen became his saving grace, enabling him to grow both professionally and personally.

Trigger Warning

This episode discusses suicide and suicidal ideation. If you or someone you know is suicidal, please, contact your physician, go to your local ER, or call the suicide prevention hotline at 800-273-TALK (8255), or message the Crisis Text Line at 741741. Both programs provide free, confidential support 24/7.

About Luke Coan

Luke Coan is a former Chicago Chef with 10+ years experience opening and operating restaurants, including Sous Chef and Catering & Events Chef at the James Beard Award winning restaurant The Publican, Executive Sous-Chef for the opening team at Fisk & Co, and Culinary Director for Col Kitchen & Cafe in Colorado. 

Luke worked his way up from shucking oysters to running the catering for weddings and music festivals, and is now transitioning from working in restaurants into restaurant tech. 

In his spare time, Luke is an avid rock climber and hiker, having hiked the entire Appalachian Trail in 2021.

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Laila Ghambari knows success. She worked her way up in the coffee world, from Barista to Executive, all without a college degree. She even competed in the US Barista Championship in 2014 and won. Though she worked her way to the top, her journey did not come without challenges, with experiences such as poor work culture and burnout. 

About Laila Ghambari

Laila Ghambari has nearly 20 years of specialty coffee experience. She won the prestigious title of United States Barista Champion in 2014 and was an elected member of the Executive Council for the Barista Guild from 2012-2016. Her expertise is in running multi unit retail operations, training and education, as well as team and organizational leadership. 

Most recently, she founded by Laila Ghambari, her coffee business consulting company that supports coffee companies with operations, education, growth, and profitability.

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Hunter Smith has experienced rocket ship success, both in the world of music and craft beer. Most recently, he built a brewing company and hospitality group that soared, until COVID hit. He found himself holding the pieces of a wildly successful venture that suffered the effects of something unexpected. 

About Hunter Smith

Hunter Smith is the founder and former President of Champion Brewing Company and Champion Hospitality Group. 

Hunter attended Northeastern University for Music and performed as a musician in the north east before returning home to Virginia in 2009. 

Hunter completed a BS in Business Marketing from the University of Phoenix, as well as a Certificate of Brewing Technology from the Siebel Institute in Chicago and started Champion Brewing Company in downtown Charlottesville in 2012. Hunter has also become an active member in the Charlottesville community as a board member for the Music Resource Center, Piedmont Housing Alliance, New Hill Development Company, and in June of 2018 was appointed to the City of Charlottesville Board of Architectural Review by City Council. 

Hunter also works in an advisory role at his family's winery in Nelson County and as Co-Chair of Government Affairs for the Virginia Craft BrewersGuild. 

Hunter is often recognized as the grandson of C. Ray Smith, a long-tenured professor and interim dean of UVa's Darden School of Business. 

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Arielle Kilroy is a successful CEO, spending time growing her career at companies like Sierra Club, Mozilla and Small Improvements. Though she has achieved the ultimate title, she didn’t have an easy road getting there. She encountered many bumps which taught her hard lessons, shaking her belief system at times.

About Arielle Kilroy

Arielle Kilroy is a co-founder and CEO at Dado, an Employee Experience Management startup. Previous to founding Dado, Arielle has been a Webby Honoree Product Leader at a variety of different orgs from Epic Records to Sierra Club to Small Improvements. She's a conference speaker and mentor as well as a trainer at Practical Product.

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Scott Landers grew up on a farm in Texas, forced to grow up quickly and tend to the needs of the farm. Some days that meant driving the tractor and some days that meant ditching the broken down tractor to walk 40 acres back home. This early education prepared Scott for hard work with grit and determination, but it didn’t come without its challenges as there was a learning curve when it came to working with others as opposed to always “cowboying it” on his own.

About Scott Landers

Scott Landers began his lifelong fascination with water and food in Northeast Texas, where he was born and raised on the sixth-generation Landers Family Farm. He has since worked as a civil engineer, product director, and independent consultant to water and food organizations.

Scott is Co-Founder and CEO at Figure 8. Since 2019, Figure 8 has worked with over 300 restaurants across the country to build more sustainable food delivery systems. He holds a Bachelor's Degree in Environmental Engineering from MIT and lives in New York City.

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Kit Campoy has a successful career in retail, working for well known brands such as Anthropologie, Lucky Brand Jeans, Old Navy, and Tilly’s. She worked her guts out in each of her roles - dedicated to the core. With that level of dedication came a realization that working hard and long doesn’t always pay off. There were some tough realities she had to face in her journey.

About Kit Campoy

Kit Campoy spent 24 years leading teams in retail stores. In 2022, she threw her store keys in the safe and left the career she loved to write full-time. She now writes, reads, and talks about leadership daily. She advocates for frontline leaders on LinkedIn and through her newsletter, The Voice of the Frontline. Her book, The Retail Leader’s Field Guide - How to Run a Kick Ass Store Where Everyone Wants to Work, is available on Amazon.

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