Getting Deals Done Introducing Wall Street's Sara Ishag

How does a passion for comics, James Bond films and music become a career for a senior executive in Hollywood?  In this episode, we learn the fine art form of Getting Deals done under the mega wattage of tinsel town's bright lights.

Michael Stradford is a senior Warner Brothers executive who is a producer and executive director on projects as Matt Reeve's Batman and the Dwayne Johnson's Black Adam.  he has pioneered myriad forms of media including music, radio, DVD, film, television and interactive entertainment on films as Spiderman, Men in Black, Lawrence of Arabia, Bad Boys, Bugsy and the Larry Sanders Show. he has worked in collaboration with many of Hollywood's biggest stars and creators including Warren Beatty, Paul Newman, Spike Lee, Kevin Smith, Pierce Bronson and Robert Dinero.

"Whoever you are at your core, success will bring it out.  You may kind of veer off the path initially until you get your equilibrium back but at your core, whoever you are is just going to be magnified.”   Michael Stradford

• How preparation and diligence will take a career to its highest potential 
• Celebrating the career, tireless work and persistent verve of a Hollywood trailblazer who has worked from behind the scenes to make the world a better place, one film at a time, one deal at a time.
• How to leverage the lessons you learn at home into your dream career. 

CREDITS: 

Guest:  Michael Stradford 

Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell

Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid

Writer:  Patrick A. Howell and Tori Reid

Postproduction:  WeEdit Podcasts

Postproduction Assistant:  Alana Coleman

Intern School Affiliation:  Norfolk State University

Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems

Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West

Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

Who’s behind films like “Schindler’s List” and “Scent of a Woman” or “American Gangster” and “Inside Man?” How about “Erin Brockovich” and “Yentl?” Even “Do The Right Thing” and “Rocky III and IV” or “Ray?” 

The trailblazer and film publicist … Roz Stevenson. 

April is Black Women's History Month and for every Maya Angelou, Angela Bassett, and Ava DuVernay, there are millions of women who have done the work for centuries without any notoriety. Roz Stevenson is one such woman and talent. She’s been creating notoriety for many of Hollywood’s premier film and A-list talents for the past 5 decades. A master of branding, marketing and publicity as the former CEO of Roz Stevenson Public Relations, she has been dedicated to marketing to the African American film goer and multiethnic audience. She has made a difference in the world by working from behind the scenes to change America's premier export into one that is more universal, lucrative and harmonious. Award-winning directors as Ava DuVernay and Lee Daniels, as well as Award-winning luminaries and talents as Samuel L. Jackson all sing her praises as respect for her runs deep.

In an age where YouTube, Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, TikTok and others have made every user a purveyor and self-publicist, we have so much to learn from Roz Stevenson, her ‘more than a hundred successful movie campaigns’ and her book “Look at God! My Hollywood Walk of Faith”.   

"(I do feel that I've changed the Hollywood Industry" I feel that so many times that somebody like a Chuck Berry, when we would see me, it was such a joy."  Roz Stevenson, Hollywood Publicist

This Week on Getting Deals Done 
• How institutional racism was overcome with kindness, a pleasant penchant and a heart for harmony; how an incredible faith has leveraged a career into one that has impacted an industry and the way the world sees itself through film
• How tact, diplomacy and understanding helped change the Hollywood industry to be more 
inclusive, diverse and profitable
• How Roz Stevenson's Book "Look at God - My Hollywood Walk of Faith", gives some invaluable pointers on how we promote ourselves on social media today 
• Celebrating the career, tireless work and persistent verve of a Hollywood trailblazer who has worked from behind the scenes to make the world a better place, one film at a time, one deal at a time. 

Credits:

Guest:  Roz Stevenson
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell and Tori Reid
Post production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Post Production Assistant:  Alana Coleman
Intern School Affiliation:  Norfolk State University
Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Digital Marketing and Graphics by Octavia Johnson
Photo Credit for Roz Stevenson:  Unknown

Thank you to Special Consultant:  Clifton Taulbert

Music:
Intro and Outro - "Earth Light It Up" by Xavy Rusan/Tilden Park
Commentaries - "Soul Jazz Legacy" by SINY
Vivreau Ad Music - "That's What Left Us Behind" by Christian Anderson

Connect with the Guest:
Look at God! My Hollywood Walk of Faith by Roz Stevenson

Connect with Patrick A. Howell
Patrick A. Howell
Patrick A. Howell on LinkedIN

a Victory & Noble production
@ 2022 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

Millennials and Generation Z will alter the very nature of reality with enterprises in industries as varied as crypto currency, cannabis, space travel, the metaverse, artificial intelligence and investors who are increasingly applying nonfinancial metrics of Environmental, Social and Governance considerations in how they deploy their capital.

The nature of capitalism itself is evolving from a ruthless 0 sum game to one where all participants are ennobled.

Dr. Candace Steele Flippin is the author of “Generation Z in the Workplace” as well as “Millennials in the Workplace” and as a Gen X'er is a bridge between Millennials and Baby Boomers.

Dr. Flippin's forthcoming book is "Get Your Career in Shape", purposed with developing women's professional development and leadership. She has appeared on CNBC, TEDx and Forbes as a speaker, leader and thought leader. Her unique background as a researcher and executive to provide practical insights on the future of work. She is also on a mission to help millions of women achieve the success they need, want, and deserve. Dr. Candace Steele Flippin believes in the American Dream and she explains how after an international pandemic it is stronger than ever. 

"We all have phrases or quotes that have motivated us throughout our careers... Quote number 1 is “Control your own destiny – or someone else will.”  Dr. Candace Steele Flippin

This Week on Getting Deals Done:
• As an engaged scholar, Dr. Candace Steele Flippin is the author of the best-selling book Generation Z in the Workplace and Millennials in the Workplace.
• Her new bestselling book Get Your Career in SHAPE, released in March 2022, was based on her popular TEDx Memphis Talk, What Women Really Want… at Work.
• Dr. Steele Flippin is an accomplished communications strategist recognized for driving transformation in the industrial technology, financial services, medical device, and biotech industries. 

Credits:

Guest:  Dr. Candace Steele Flippin
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell
Director:  Tori Reid
Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Sound Mastering:  Brian K. Jackson at Maven Soundz
Associate Producer:  Kapri K. Echols
Student Intern:  Alana Coleman
Intern School Affiliation:  Norfolk State University 
Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Digital Marketing and Graphics by Octavia Johnson
Photo Credit for Dr. Candace Steele Flippin:  Unknown

Music:

Intro and Outro
Vivreau Ad Music - "That's What Left Us Behind" by Christian Anderson
Hilton Arden West Ad Music - "Expand (Goodbyes)" by Pulsed

Connect with the Guest:
Candace Steele Flippin website
Beyond the Gap, podcast
Get Your Career in Shape, book
Generation Z in the Workplace, book
Millennials in the Workplace, book

Connect with Getting Deals Done:
Patrick A. Howell
Getting Deals Done 

a Victory & Noble production
2022 Getting Deals Done (c)
2022 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

Delilah Panio's expertise is helping entrepreneurs access capital to dreams builders, entrepreneurs and business impresarios. As VP of Capital Formation for the Toronto Stock Exchange, she works with US companies considering listing financing in the Canadian capital markets (TSX). By the end of 2021, the total market capitalization of those companies listed on the TSX and TSXV (TSX Venture Exchange) reached CDN $4.0 trillion the first time ever. Delilah is also passionate about a key growth factor in those markets - women.

Delilah is the founder of Fortuna Funding (a consulting firm), working work with early-stage companies on their business and funding strategy and on getting investor-ready. As a capital markets expert, she has advised many companies on the going public process and can provide an understanding of private and public financing options in Canada and the United States.

Credits:

Guest:  Delilah Panio
Guest Affiliation:  Toronto Stock Exchange
Producer:  Victory & Noble
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell
Director:  Tori Reid
Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Associate Producer:  Kapri K. Echols
Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Digital Marketing and Graphics by Octavia Johnson
Photo Credit for Delilah Panio:  Unknown

Music:

Intro and Outro 
Vivreau Ad Music - "That's What Left Us Behind" by Christian Anderson
Hilton Arden West Ad Music - "Expand (Goodbyes)" by Pulsed

a Victory & Noble production
@ 2022 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved.

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

This is the debut of the Getting Deals Done Mastermind Forum where we look at a larger cosmic picture and identify  opportunities based upon information gleaned from past episodes.  In this case, we note trends by Fortune 500 companies as Viasat Satellite Communications and Newport Beach's Alhambra Technologies with manufacturing in Bahir, Ethiopia. 

The Africa insurance market reached a value of US $70 Billion in 2020. Revenue in the eCommerce market is projected to reach US$43,885m in 2022. Agriculture takes up 15 percent ($100 billion annually) of the whole continent's GDP and is also the largest economic sector. African infrastructure saw a raise in compound annual rate at 17%. Banking, Oil and Gas, and Telecommunication also showcase markets with astronomical potential.  The new BRIC are centrally located on the continent where all civilization, technology and visions began.

On this Mastermind Forum episode of GDD:
•  Fortune 500 companies HQing operations in Africa
•  Africa nations identified by the International Monetary Fund as "emerging growth"
•  A new vision for Africa by her tribes people and as a spirit of renewal

CREDITS:

Mastermind Forum:  Africa
Producer:  Victory & Noble
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell
Producer:  Kapri K. Echols
Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Marketing Sponsor:  Afrobiz / World African Network
Music:  "Under the Fountain" by S&D Productions

a Victory & Noble production
@ 2022 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reservedn

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

This Black History Month and on Super Bowl LVII, we celebrate a champion and pioneer in the truest sense of the words.

Since 1974, Tim Reid has both starred and guest starred as a venerable who's who of the small screen. From The Richard Pryor Show to WKRP in Cincinnati to Simon and Simon and Snoops or That 70s Show, he has acted, produced, directed, and created himself into a cult classic iconoclast over several of the golden ages of television.

Every icon has a creative expression or project which demonstrates their virtuosity as well as core essence as an actor. For Tim Reid that show was the Emmy-nominated Frank's Place on CBS. New Millennium Studios was a direct outgrowth of Frank’s Place being cancelled by short-sighted studios, where he became 2nd to Oscar Micheaux to have a Black-owned full service movie studio. Outside of his own, dozens of films shot there, including Steven Spielberg’s “Lincoln”.

As we learn in this episode, anger and depression catalyzed a studio that a young Tyler Perry visited prior to his own epic and historic achievement. We talk about that and the reality of making it in, and outside of Hollywood.

Credits:
Guest:  Tim Reid
Producer:  Victory & Noble
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Producer:  Kapri K. Echols
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell
Director:  Tori Reid
Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Sound Editor:  Brian Jackson and Maven Studios
Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Digital Marketing and Graphics by Octavia Johnson 
Show Intern Affiliation:  Norfolk State University
Photo Credit for Tim Reid:  Unknown

Music:
Intro and Outro - “Wildlife Explorer” by Marc Torch

Vivreau Ad Music - "That's What Left Us Behind" by Christian Anderson
Hilton Arden West Ad Music - "Expand (Goodbyes)" by Pulsed

a Victory & Noble production

@ 2022 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved.

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

The best storytelling the world has ever known requires several tentpoles:  Authenticity, Outcome, Consistency, a Clear Agenda, a Flair or Perspective and Involving the Audience in the world of the Story. This coming year, Master storyteller Tim Reid will demonstrate a certain mastery of not only the artform but the business of storytelling with his new Legacy of a People platform (LGCYTV) set to debut globally. In this episode of “Getting Deals Done”, Mr. Reid’s Legacy Platform is clearly demonstrative of a basic storytelling principle: Storytelling is nothing more or less than being able to use words, music, images and ideas to shape the viewers’ imagination as they shape reality with their very being. 

“When the media defines something, you have to question: Is it the definition that you want applied to your culture? I’m trying to determine who’s leaving the legacy, and if the legacy that is being left is a positive one.” - Tim Reid

Credits:
Guest:  Tim Reid
Producer:  Victory & Noble
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell
Director:  Tori Reid
Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Associate Producer:  Kapri K. Echols
Premier Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Digital Marketing and Graphics by Octavia Johnson 
Show Intern Affiliation:   Norfolk State University
Photo Credit for Tim Reid:  Unknown

Music:
Intro and Outro - “Wildlife Explorer” by Marc Torch

Vivreau Ad Music - "That's What Left Us Behind" by Christian Anderson
Hilton Arden West Ad Music - "Expand (Goodbyes)" by Pulsed

a Victory & Noble production

@ 2022 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved.

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

Mobolaji Olambiwonnu, an auteur, has helmed “Ferguson Rises” is a documentary film about the inspiring story of the residents of Ferguson, Missouri, a small town that has suffered the loss of “gentle giant” Mike Brown.  The film won the Tribeca Film Festival Audience Award, debuted to a worldwide audience on PBS, and Mobolaji has been traveling the nation and world to talk about the film which has been mentioned in an extremely competitive field as a prospective Academy Award nominee. How did the film get made?  What was the director’s driving force?  Why did Grammy Award singer Aloe Blacc come on board as a producer as well as contribute his song, “the other side” to the film?  How is one man’s quest making a difference in the world?  As the film is a powerful story that has went on to become a flashpoint for a modern-day civil rights movement, it exemplifies “Getting Deals Done’s” slogan of “Doing business. Changing Power. Changing Systems.  And making the world a better place one deal at a time.”

“We have to be able to tell these stories, and it’s not going to come from folks who don’t see through their own biases. It has to come from within our culture.”  - Aloe Blacc

"There is always the possibility for finding purpose in your pain."  - Mobolaji Olambiwonnu

Credits:

Guest:  Mobolaji Olambiwonnu
Guest:  Aloe Blacc
Producer:  Victory & Noble
Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell
Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid
Writer:  Patrick A. Howell
Director:  Tori Reid
Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts
Associate Producer:  Kapri K. Echols
Show Intern Affiliation:  Howard University
Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems
Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert
Music:  "Holdin’ onto Magic" by Easy Wheelers

a Victory & Noble production
@ 2021 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved.

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

Viasat’s satellite systems is a global communications company with a market cap of $4.12B based in Carlsbad, California. In our interview, CEO Richard Baldridge views his role more as a chief enabling  officer versus chief visionary  officer. 

Viasat’s prized commodity is not its multi-billion dollar satellite communications assets and ground infrastructure but the priceless quality of the lives of more than 6,000 employees—over 2,500 that work from the Carlsbad campus—who Rick seems to have a profound understanding of his role to serve, lead and inspire to their highest possible frequency. It is also Rick's decades old and ongoing intergalactic achiever's mindset to evolve his own understanding, consciousness and compassion.

Viasat is a provider of high-speed satellite broadband services and secure networking systems covering military and commercial markets.  Viasat believes everything and everyone in the world can be connected. But what is the spirit ennobling that global communication ?The Viasat opportunity is the 3.6 billion people (47% of earth’s population according to the GSMA) who do not have internet services in urban and the most remote areas of the world.

"We often do things that other people don't think we should.  But we doubled down in that space and made real progress over that period.  We are ready now that people are travelling again. We are well positioned to help people travel and stay connected."  - Rick Baldridge, CEO, Viasat Satellites 

Credits:

Guest:  Rick Baldridge

Producer:  Victory & Noble

Creator, Writer and Host:  Patrick A. Howell

Executive Producer and Director:  Tori Reid

Associate Producer: Chris Phillips

Post Production and Sound Engineering:  WeEdit Podcasts

Marketing Partners: Coast News in Encinitas  (North County San Diego)

Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems

Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West
Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert

a Victory & Noble Production

@ 2021 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.

Bruce Craven is a novelist, screenwriter and maverick who lives in the Palm Springs Desert.  His last book, “Win or Die: Leadership Secrets from Game of Thrones”, Bruce Craven brilliantly analyzes the journeys of the best and worst leaders in Westeros, so that leaders can create their own narratives of success.  His newest idea is “outlaw leadership” as an essential component of American leadership and business success.  He analyzes the disparate styles of Willie Nelson, Toni Morrison and Frederick Douglass - their style of going against the grain, having their own unique brand of leadership and being unafraid to carve out and follow their own paths.  But there are others - the Henry Fords, Muhammad Alis, Madame CJ Walkers, Vera Wangs, Oprah Winfreys, Lebron James, Colin Kaepernicks, Robert Smiths, Joe Bidens, Kamala Harris and Mellody Hobsons American figures who have fought against adversity and served as pistons in the engine of American ingenuity. 

“Outlaw leadership is American leadership, I think Americans, if they don’t understand how much that outlaw spirit has influenced us, they’re missing something important on how we’ve developed as a people.”  Bruce Craven 

Credits:

Guest:  Bruce Craven 

Producer:  Victory & Noble

Creator and Host:  Patrick A. Howell

Executive Producer and Narrator:  Tori Reid

Writer:  Patrick A. Howell

Director:  Tori Reid

Post Production:  WeEdit Podcasts

Post Production Assistant:  Kapri K. Echols

Show Intern Affiliation:  Howard University

Post Production Sound Engineering: Maven Sounds and Brian Jackson

Marketing Partners: Coast News in Encinitas  (North County San Diego)

Advertising Sponsor:  Vivreau Water Systems

Advertising Sponsor:  Hilton Sacramento Arden West

Ad Voiceover Artist:  Ginger Levert

Music: Holdin’ onto Magic by Easy Wheelers

a Victory & Noble Production

@ 2021 Victory & Noble LLC  All Rights Reserved

Getting Deals Done is a show about doing business, changing power, changing systems and making the world a better place one deal at a time.   Host, veteran banker and entrepreneur Patrick A. Howell, speaks with leading and successful innovators, mavericks and captains of industry about making big things happen in the world.