Mayor Suarez spearheaded the Miami tech boom that has transformed the city into one of the most forward thinking places to create change in the world! Through his leadership, Miami has attracted some of the most talented venture capitalists like Peter Thiel, entrepreneurs, and athletic talent like Tom Brady, Lionel Messi, and more. As someone who grew up in Florida, I have witnessed the change first hand and have benefited from Mayor Suarez's leadership. He shares what it really took to win originally, like knocking on 15,000 doors, and why he wanted to be a public leader in the first place. Francis also breaks down what is required for a journey of public service, how his father inspired him to run, the steps to end homelessness, and what he aspires to accomplish next!

Cory has always been apart of shaping new industries, whether in dot com with the creation of Investopedia, to now being a leader in AI embracing an outside the box approach to accelerate task specific companies with data! AltaML is focusing on fueling AI companies addressing problems better than previously handled in their own niches, rather than solely as general AI, and Cory and team can accelerate their performance with guidance and potentially capital through a venture studio model. He shares how the idea for creating an online financial dictionary occurred, how Forbes came to acquire it, the similarities in dot com and AI, and where he thinks untapped opportunity in AI currently is! Hope you enjoy!

Jim's leadership at Hyperice has changed the lives of countless athletes enabling them to remain at their peak performance for the most amount of time possible while helping to prevent injuries. The technology that Hyperice creates is utilized by some of the most accomplished players in the world and as a testament to Jim and Hyperice's impact, the NBA and NFL became investors! Jim shares what the DNA of Hyperice is, how Kobe Bryant inspired the naming of the brand, the essential nature of an athlete feedback loop, and where he thinks sports technology is heading next! Hope you enjoy!

Sacha Lazimi is a serial entrepreneur whose mission is to put “social” back in social media! He is a co-founder and the CEO of Yubo, a live social discovery app for Gen Z with almost 100 million users in 120 countries around the world. By combining features like livestreaming and gaming with an algorithm that connects users with shared interests in real time, Sacha and his co-founders are showing that online friendships are as viable as online dating. Sacha shares how Yubo navigated a 500% increase in user engagement during pandemic-era lockdowns, how Twitter and Snap investor Jerry Murdock came to join the Yubo board, and what is next for social networking! Hope you enjoy!

Oz is the viral, Emmy Award Winner, sensation that has taken over ESPN and so many shows including America's Got Talent with his incredible and reality defying tricks! Oz shares why he embraced mentalism over magic, what is unique about mentalism, how he positioned himself to become successful by working to be in the right circles of his target demographic, and why athletes have the best feedback! Oz was studying engineering and shares how much of mentalism is psychology vs engineering to get the best result. He is crafty, an outside the box thinker, and is someone that has taken a sophisticated approach to become a generational talent. Hope you enjoy!

Ryan focused on building a brand around an untapped category for athlete endorsements, underwear! He and Curt started with a dream to build their own brand and after having accumulated enough money to buy a RV they worked day and night driving around to share Ryan's design talents lead with Curt's business skills to the world by selling outside the box artsy shirts and more. Ryan shares at what point he realized he would start PSD, why underwear became the brand go to category, how they got their first athlete endorser via clever outreach, why they broadened underwear sponsorship to many players, how his passion for art evolved, and much more! PSD is a unique story of two people, with complementary skill sets, that both believed in themselves that they could become successful no matter what! Ryan also has beautiful artwork that he has created, which he employs outside the box techniques like painting on cardboard, that he shares about. Hope you enjoy!

Yat Siu is considered one of the best investors in the world today. His creation, Animoca Brands, was last valued at $6B, and is primed to be one of the hottest IPOs, should they chose to go public! Yat is a proponent of owning your digital items, having founded a successful mobile gaming company and realizing this need, he prioritizes gaming as a strong focus for Animoca Brands' Web3 strategy. Yat's approach to Web3 and the personal experience he had that solidified his passion for blockchain is fascinating and very well thought through. He shares how his upbringing made him a more independent thinker, what it was like having IBM acquire his company, what is next for Web3, how he decides what great investments are, and much more! Hope you enjoy!

Sheila took on an ambitious initiative to make a Whey protein rich healthy yet great tasting ice cream and now is leading Protelicious starting as a CEO in her 50s. Oprah Daily recently had an article about her journey of making an ice cream that is healthy, what goes into it, and more which was a standout feature for the brand. Her ice cream is beginning to roll out to Equinox Hotels, to be served there, a unique opportunity for an ice cream product! Packing 9 grams of protein per serving, known as the highest in the market, with no added sugar, Sheila's Protelicious is on the rise! She is an inspiration to many that you can begin and lead a business at any age. Hope you enjoy!

has completely changed the way chess is played globally today! He started by making the company's logo a Pawn, rather than a Queen or King, to attract new users by being inviting, as realized relatability was needed. He got the domain through persistence and clever maneuvering, which was significant to helping the platform gain early momentum as the hub. Erik focused on consistently growing and retaining the user base and decided a next stage would be to create a significant monetary prize competition, to further make Chess.com an elite competitive platform. He shares the years long process it took to build the community, the importance of having an online chess platform, how online has changed the industry, and what he aspires to accomplish next! Hope you enjoy this action packed episode!

Taylor ushered in a new era of prioritizing what you wear before the shoe goes on with a higher level of care and customization. His methodological check list of criteria landed him in the sock category and his creativity helped scale Stance to a $400M valuation! Taylor realized there was a larger market that needed to be disrupted, manufacturing, and now as Founder and CEO of FutureStitch built and is leading a 300,000 sqft facility in China that is employing advanced manufacturing techniques for socks and more while protecting our ecological system. He is unique in having a focus on providing a second chance at having a career to previously incarcerated people, and shares how this has been a major benefit to his business. There are many great lessons to learn from Taylor's abundance of knowledge and experience, so I hope you enjoy the episode!