F'ing Up

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There’s hardly anyone with more coffee knowledge and expertise than Scott Callender. He spent his entire career falling in love with the thing that most people consume everyday. His appreciation took him to find a career building and innovating machines to achieve the best in-home coffee experience. Though he’s reached success in his career in coffee, it hasn't all been easy or straightforward. F’ing Up moments popped up all throughout his career and he managed through it just as so many of us have.


About Scott Callender:

Scott Callender, a Dayton, Ohio native and West Coast transplant, has built a career combining his passion for coffee, building businesses and developing innovative and creative brands. 

After moving to California in 2006 Scott spent six years exploring elements of roasting, brewing, and serving coffee with respected coffee professional, Andrew Barnett. 

Scott moved to Milan to earn his MBA at SDA Bocconi. He focused on entrepreneurial and marketing studies while fully immersing himself in Italian culture. He’s in love with Italy!

In 2013, Scott was able to combine his love for business, coffee, and Italian design by joining the La Marzocco team as Director of La Marzocco Home. During his tenure, Scott helped develop the Linea Mini home espresso machine and led the creation and launch of La Marzocco Home, a new branch of the organization that promotes education and products for residential use.

After a successful run with La Marzocco Home, Scott joined the commercial team at LaMarzocco and collaborated on the launch of the KB90 and developed the popular barista competition, Crush the Rush.

Today, Scott is the Senior Vice President of Business Development for Spinn, where he is creating a disruptive brand in the consumer coffee market that aims to improve coffee in every home in America through a connected espresso maker that utilizes centrifugal force to mimic any style of coffee from espresso to drip to cold brew.

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Sharon Cao is co-founder and COO of Happied. Though her company made the Techstars 2021 list, she was listed in Forbes’ Next 1000 list, and she wears a C-suite and founder title of a tech startup, Sharon acknowledges F’ing Up along her career journey. She shares experiences where struggled with self identity, not knowing how to do her job, and navigating personal relationships in the workplace. Sharon is not afraid to be raw and share that success is a journey not a check box.


About Sharon Cao:
Sharon Cao is Co-founder and COO of Happied. Sharon co-founded Happied, a company that powers events at the world’s best companies, following her journey in obtaining a degree in Systems Engineering at University of Virginia , working as a Business Analyst, and a 4-year stint at a DMV high-growth startup, Alarm.com. 

By nature, Sharon is a builder, explorer and connector who believes that meaningful experiences and strong communities are the keys to happiness. She draws from her experience in the tech world and strong execution skills to lead the Happied team to build their platform, which uses data to more efficiently and effectively curate exceptionally meaningful (and enjoyable) events. She is an expert at operations, getting sh*t done, and balancing work, life and 2 cats. 

She currently wears multiple hats and manages HR, Operations, Product, Fulfillment and Supply chain. The part she loves the most about startup life is fostering a healthy company culture within Happied and hiring amazing team members who are also energized by Happied's mission to better the future of work.

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Some of us only dream of walking by individuals like Idris Elba, Kristen Bell, Kevin Bacon, Padma Lakshmi, and Selena Gomez. Amy Wilkinson sits down with celebrities like these regularly. 

Amy has built her career on interviewing some of the hottest names in Hollywood and sharing those experiences through major publications like MTV News, Entertainment Weekly, Women's Health, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Vulture, and Entrepreneur.

While Amy has this access and success, she’s experienced moments of F’ing Up through her career. Amy shares stories of financial instability and scarcity, being stuck at the grocery store where all cards were declined. Amy felt hardship, yet it was part of the journey that brought her to her success today.


About Amy Wilkinson:
Amy Wilkinson is a Brooklyn-based freelance editor and writer with more than 15 years of experience in the field. 

She predominantly covers entertainment—from TV and books to streaming and podcasts—and has had the opportunity to interview dozens of bold-faced names, including 

• Idris Elba, 
• Kristen Bell, 
• Kevin Bacon, 
• Padma Lakshmi, 
• Sutton Foster, 
• Selena Gomez, 
• and more. 

Over the years, Amy has held positions at MTV News and Entertainment Weekly, and her work has appeared in publications such as Women's Health, Vanity Fair, Cosmopolitan, Vulture, and Entrepreneur. 

Amy holds a master's of science degree in journalism (MSJ) from Northwestern University's Medill School of Journalism, and she is also a comprehensively trained Pilates instructor.

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This recording is a trailer for the upcoming podcast, F'ing Up. The host, Deanne Rhynard, shares what to expect from the show, how it came to be, and an example of the content through sharing her own personal experience. 

Episodes will be released on Wednesdays every other week beginning in late January 2023. 

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