Helpful Podcast

Ashley Warhun, was at the height of her professional ballet career, when it suddenly stopped. things looked bleak. a ballet legend, mentioned in textbooks, came to her aid, and got into action. in this episode, she discusses her early fascination with the business side of ballet, the pivotal moments that led her to start Mentorly, and the role of mentorship in navigating career transitions. Ashley also reflects on the key support she received during challenging times and provides insights into balancing professional and personal growth.

this is Ashley Werhun, and her tale of human helpfulness.

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Company: mentorly.co

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Christina Johnson

Isaac Souweine

Notman house in Montreal

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02:29 Ballet career comes to halt

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ABOUT THE HOST:

i’m Vahid Jozi. i’m in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. my goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.

i help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

before his many exits and becoming the COO and GP at Atomic.vc, Healey was close to losing everything. cash zero date was in sight. he was hurting.

help showed up unexpectedly, for free. in one day, he closed a $1M deal, and sold the company shortly after. those givers were at the top of the pyramid.

he shares his journey from Nebraska to Saudi Arabia, to founder and investor roles in startups. Healey believes in the importance of in-person connections in a virtual world. he also emphasizes the value of spiritual undercurrents in personal and professional growth.

This is Healey Cypher and his tale of human helpfulness.

(00:36) Healey's Background and Career Journey

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Companies: Atomic.vc, Boompop.com

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BeHelpful.Today

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ABOUT THE HOST:

i’m Vahid Jozi. i’m in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. my goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.

i help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

Isaac Souweine is a product manager tuned VC. his departure form his last product role wasn’t great. his move to investment was unplanned, and a result of a person believing in him. he’s loving his new path and been on it for the past decade.

Isaac is a dear friend, and this is his tale of human helpfulness.

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Pender Ventures

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MENTIONS:

John Stokes, partner at Real Ventures

Founderfuel

Notman house

Frontrow ventues

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BeHelpful.Today

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ABOUT THE HOST:

i’m Vahid Jozi. i’m in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. my goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.

i help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

Brice Scheschuk sold a telecom company for over a billion. he didn’t have any mentors, wasn’t even coachable. he was lucky though to find the right comrades. they went all in, fought and won. you’ll hear the details. he doesn’t hold back. later, he did a 180 and started an organization to elevate the art of mentorship.

Brice is a role model to many, and this is his tale of human helpfulness.

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Shaw buys Wind for $1.6B

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Wind Mobile co-founders, Anthony Lacavera and Simon Lockie

Naguib Sawiris, Egyptian billionaire

Founder city project by Ben Baldwin

Creative Destruction Lab

MindFrame Connect

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ABOUT THE HOST:

I am the host, Vahid Jozi. I’m in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. My goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.

I help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

Kat Khosrowyar is the soccer player who beat the Taliban. she’s a founder, but of Iran’s U-19 national women’s soccer team. She had no shortage of tough times.

she moved from Texas to Iran as a teenager, a place not known for empowering women. she barely knowing the language. she joined the national women’s team, later coached it. She also helped a the Afghan national women soccer team flee the Taliban insurgency. And, none of that is her day job.

In addition to working in the petrochemical industry now, Kat remains deeply involved in football, continuing to uplift women through her foundation.

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Wikipedia

Women's Equality and Soccer Foundation

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MENTIONS:

Joanne King Herring

Farkhunda Muhtaj - Captain of the Afghan National Women’s Football Team

ABOUT THE HOST:

I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and leadership at FractionalCPO.com

How does a grade-8 boy obsessed with basketball become a successful founder with multiple exits and an active angel investor?

Daniel will tell you. He is an accomplished founder with multiple exits, co founder of Key and an active angel investor.

His story is fascinating. He takes us through being coached by a Harlem Globetrotter, a traumatic motorcycle accident, and the support he received throughout his startup career. Through many challenges and his determination, he had multiple exists, is now a co-founder Key, and became a benefactor to entrepreneurship. Daniel's insightful experience of cultivating community groups and gaining strength from adversity brings a fascinating perspective to entrepreneurship and human resilience.

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ABOUT THE HOST:

I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe most great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and execution at FractionalCPO.com

Aydin Mirzaee, an exited founder and co-founder/CEO of Fellow.app, shares how he faced several existential threats. Coincidently helping hands showed up, and got him out of it.

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Fellow.app

MENTIONS:

J. Mark A. Hoddenbagh

John Omura 

Scott C. Ensign

Martin Taller 

ABOUT THE HOST:

I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe most great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and execution at ⁠FractionalCPO

Fred Bastien, an exited-founder turned investor, shares how was contemplating closing down his company, if it weren't for the help on someone with nothing to gain.

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Amiral.vc

MENTIONS:

Jean-Sebastien Cournoyer

ABOUT THE HOST:

I'm Vahid Jozi, a founder, product manager, and podcaster. I believe most great things happen by randomness, serendipity and helpfulness. Those are net positive values, conjured by giving. I also help companies with product strategy and execution at ⁠FractionalCPO.com⁠

Rob Kenedi understands the power of being genuinely helpful. He knows when you go out of your way to assist others, it comes back to you in unexpected ways.

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This podcast is Vahid Jozi's labour of love. He's in love with unearthing heartwarming stories of vulnerability and helpfulness. His goal is to encourage this net positive behaviour.