Meet Joshua Otten, CEO of Ronin Content Services.

In this episode Joshua discusses why building a brand based on “ingredients” alone is no longer relevant.

Ronin Content Services Highlights:

· Ronin owns the OTT (Over The Top) network Social Club TV

· Social Club TV controls the world’s largest cannabis content library, distributed on Apple TV, Roku, Amazon Prime, and Pluto TV

· Ronin also creates original content through which brands can be discovered

Doug Cole, CEO of American Battery Metals Corporation

In this episode, Doug discusses his 25+ years of experience as a CEO of small cap issuers and the challenges associated with financing public companies with convertible debt.

Meet David Uffer, Partner at Alira Health.

In this episode, David discusses what public companies are seeking in medical technology company acquisitions, and what MedTech management can do to enhance enterprise value.

Alira is a clinical and regulatory consulting firm, as well as an M&A advisor in the healthcare industry.

Meet Peter Hernandez, President of Douglas Elliman Western Region and Founder of Teles Properties.

In this episode, Peter discusses how his former company Teles Properties became a major player in luxury real estate within just a ten-year time span after starting during the Great Recession.

Other topics covered:

· Why do so many of the most successful luxury agents operate under the umbrella of a major brand?

· Would it be possible to build Teles (with over $3 billion in sales) in today’s environment?

· Is today’s real estate agent being disrupted out of existence, or actually becoming more relevant?

Meet Jacob Bates, CEO of CommonGrounds Workplace

In this episode, Jacob discusses how the office building of the future will likely transition from a fixed asset into an ecosystem.

CommonGrounds’ Vision for the Future:

· Both physical and digital security will be prioritized within the office environment

· Offices will house hubs for last mile delivery

· Flexible satellite locations will be plug-and-play extensions of enterprise-level headquarters

Meet Ken Robbins, Founder and CEO of Response Mine Interactive.

In this episode, Ken discusses why most middle market companies should focus on hiring the right marketing manager internally before searching for an agency or agencies.

Response Mine Interactive Highlights:

· Data Driven Digital Marketing Agency

· Clients include large enterprise retail and service companies such as Staples, HomeDepot and Terminix

· Founded in 2001

Meet Kevin Iudicello, Partner at Realization Capital Partners (RCP)

Realization Capital Partners is primarily a second market investor that focuses on providing liquidity to other early stage private equity and venture capital investors.

RCP Highlights:

- Seeking Tech Companies with $15MM+ in revenue (not necessarily profitable)

- Direct Investments of $5MM - $15MM

- Can go as high as $80MM - $100MM with co-investment from limited partners

Meet Alyssa Rapp, CEO of Surgical Solutions.

In this episode Alyssa discusses:

- operating a healthcare business on the front lines of the coronavirus pandemic;

- understanding the differences between running venture-capital-backed startup vs. a private-equity-backed operating company; and,

- balancing the multifaceted life of a mom, wife and executive. 

Alyssa is an accomplished author, Stanford Lecturer and CEO of a 200+ employee company.  She also previously co-founded and operated the Silicon Valley startup Bottlenotes.

Her recent book is titled, "Leadership & Life Hacks: Insights From A Mom, Wife, Entrepreneur & Executive."

Meet Ike Kavas, Founder and CEO of Ephesoft.

In this episode, Ike talks about waiting for the right time to raise venture capital funds.  

Ephesoft automates data collection for hospitals, insurance companies and financial services firms.  Clients include the IRS, First Republic Bank and USAA.   Ephesoft now has 1,000 customers across 53 countries.

Meet Greg Shepard, Founder and CEO of BOSS Capital.

Greg is an accomplished investor and entrepreneur in the AdTech/MarTech space. 

· He previously sold two of his companies to Ebay in a transaction worth over $900MM

· He recently sold one of his portfolio companies with only $2.2MM in revenue for $48MM+

· He is a regular contributor to Forbes and Entrepreneur