LA Business Podcast

Please welcome Amy McCord Jones, Owner of Flower Moxie. Flower Moxie is an online business that sells flowers to DIY brides and helps them put it all together using recipes and tutorials. Flower Moxie's success shows that you can absolutely create something brave and unrepresented from scratch, keep the daily operations small, but scale the impact nationwide.

Please welcome Kerry Siggins, CEO of StoneAge and host of the podcast Reflect Forward. StoneAge is engineering and manufacturing company of industrial cleaning equipment; and is also employee owned. Named CEO of StoneAge at the young age of 29 years old, grown StoneAge from $8M to $60M in revenue through 3 downturns and in the process of transitioning the company from manufacturing to more of a tech company.

Please welcome T.K. Pillan, Founder and Executive Chairman of Veggie Grill, a growing chain of plant-based restaurants. Veggie Grill is the largest 100% plant-based restaurant company in the United States. Since founding Veggie Grill in 2006, T.K. has been helping people advance their conscious food journey in an approachable and attainable manner. T.K. Pillan is also the Founding Partner of PowerPlant Partners, which invests in purpose-led companies dedicated to improving humanity and the planet. PowerPlant Partners investments include Beyond Meat, Thrive Market, Ripple Foods, REBBL, Beanfields and Vive Organics.

Please welcome Vinayak Mahajan, Founder & CEO of GiftAFeeling Inc. - the only gifting company in the world that educates people on how to find a gift based on research done on human psychology.

Please welcome Michael Coughlin, CEO of Apparel Company TheBlueOceanLife.com. The Blue Ocean Life Co. is a lifestyle clothing brand designed for people seeking natural ways to improve their wellness. From dealing with the devastating effects of childhood tragedy to struggling with anxiety, Blue Ocean Life Company's founder Mike Coughlin's pursuit to live a happier and healthier life has been relentless. Whether in his personal life or in his career, Mike was forced to adapt to difficult circumstances all in pursuit of a better tomorrow for himself and others while keeping the memory of his deceased older brother as his source of inspiration.

Innovation Ecosystem is an organization offering practical tools and support to deliver a step change in innovation effectiveness. Jennifer is a leader in System Innovation, enabling organizations to solve challenging problems, and find the right solutions to build high impact change.

Please welcome Brett Cramer, Co-founder and President of The Spice Lab. The Spice Lab was developed to encourage creative cooking and make meals more flavorful. Many hours of research have gone into finding the finest salts for cooking, finishing and seasoning, and bringing them to your table.

Please welcome Myong Lee. Myong Lee is the President, Chief Operating Officer, and Co_Founder Clever Care Health Plan. With 14 years' experience in health care leadership, Myong has a proven track record in launching health care organizations. His leadership focus is in building provider relationships and contracting. Prior to founding Clever Care, Myong was instrumental in building Clover Health's provider network and overseeing claims operations. He also served as COO of Satellite Healthplan and as CFO/COO at Inspira Health and Vice President of Payer Contracting at Agilon Health. Myong earned his Master's degree in Business Administration from Arizona State University and his Bachelor of Arts degree in Economics and Finance from Franklin & Marshall College.

Please welcome Jesse P Gilmore, CEO of Niche in Control. Jesse is an agency growth advisor for marketing agency and creative firm owners. Niche in Control gives you a blueprint for turning your marketing agency or creative firm into a growth machine. Niche in Control has taken clients that are going from $15k/month to $100k+/month within a 12 month period.

Please welcome Lattice Hudson, Owner of Lattice & Co and a business coach, leadership mentor, and social sales expert at latticehudson.com. Lattice helps coaches start, grow, and scale profitable 6-7-figure businesses online. Lattice was born and raised in Chicago, IL and now resides in Scottsdale AZ. Lattice graduated with her Bachelors of Arts. Degree in Human Resource Management in 2015, and went on to work for multiple Fortune 50 companies in various Human Resource Leadership roles.