Lessons via Leaders

Join us on this episode of The Pursuit of Mindfulness, as we sit down with Chad Olin, the transformative co-founder of Supermind. Delve into Chad's personal journey of mindfulness, learn the pivotal role it played in his life, and how it sparked the creation of Supermind.Listen as Chad articulates the importance of integrating mindfulness into everyday routines and the unique challenges and triumphs he faced in making mindfulness mainstream. Chad shares enriching insights, actionable tips, an...

In this engaging episode, long-term friends Ed Thomas and Cary Gahm recount their journey of transforming an idea into a successful startup, Tempmee. With their high-energy exchanges and contagious enthusiasm, they delve into the importance of a strong co-founding partnership and how they leveraged their years of effective communication and conflict resolution to navigate the ups and downs of their business endeavor.They further discuss their strategic decision to raise capital for accelerate...

In this insightful episode of Lessons via Leaders, we sit down with Juha Mikkola, a visionary entrepreneur who has experienced multiple identity shifts throughout his career. From his early days in the sporting goods industry to co-founding Wyncode Academy and now leading Usko, Juha shares valuable lessons learned along the way.Join us as we dive deep into the challenges and triumphs of reinventing oneself, the importance of embracing change, and how Juha navigated the complex journey of pers...

Ricky Lavina is the co-founder and CEO of on-demand accounting platform Taxfyle. Born and raised in Miami, Ricky launched Taxfyle in Coral Gables in 2015 with the goal of modernizing tax prep and the accounting industry for both people and practitioners. Today, Taxfyle has roughly 3,000 CPAs on its network, ready at a moment’s notice to help people and businesses file their returns, as well as an enterprise and B2B division that serves CPA firms across the U.S. and a Big Four accounting firm....

Jacklyn Baumgarten combines two decades of experience as a startup expert, seasoned leader, change agent, founding member of new industries, new divisions, and always leading the charge for scalable growth.She's the Co-founder & CEO of leading boat sharing startup, Boatsetter, where her strong leadership led to the creation of the peer-to-peer marine insurance policy that launched the industry.Previous experience ranges from creating new divisions in Fortune 500 corporations to growing st...

I'm incredible excited for this week's episode as we have Andrew Parker, CEO of Papa on the show. Founded in 2017 in Miami, FL, Papa began due to a personal need that Andrew had with his own family. Recognizing the extreme difficulty associated with juggling daily life and senior family member’s needs, Papa was initially built to support Andrew’s own grandfather. Andrew and his family recognized how impactful and positive it was to connect their grandfather with a young, energetic, and enthus...

Leigh-Ann A. Buchanan, Esq. is a writer, strategist, and a facilitator. She supports leaders and communities bridge systemic gaps in access, inclusion, opportunity and racial equity, with a focus on technology, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems.She has advised and provided technical support to innovation and technology leaders at Fortune 500 companies including Google, Facebook, Delta, P&G Ventures, AirBnB, HSBC and UBS.As a founder, she has launched ventures fro...

Jeff Ransdell is a founding partner and the managing director of Fuel Venture Capital. Founded in 2017 and headquartered in Miami, Florida, Fuel VC boasts a portfolio of 23 technology startups all over the globe, including Taxfyle, Soundtrack Your Brand, Boatsetter, and more. Prior to co-founding Fuel VC, Jeff served as a managing director and market executive of Bank of America Merrill Lynch, overseeing more than $130 billion of global private client investment assets, a P&L ...

I'm really excited for this week's episode as we have an awesome guest on the show, Amanda Goetz, CEO and Founder of House of Wise. Amanda was formerly Head of Brand at The Knot and now is part-time CMO at Teal AND making huge moves with her new company, House of Wise, where she is Founder and CEO. House of Wise is an incredible new CBD company making waves in the industry and you’ll hear Amanda talk more about it today.In this episode, Amanda shares a bit about her background, why she starte...

I'm incredibly excited for this episode as we have Jonah Fink, President of net2phone on the show today.As President of net2phone, Jonah Fink is focused on the vision to disrupt technology and change the way the world communicates. Jonah was actually a member of the original sales team at net2phone when the company first started out, and over the years worked himself up to become president and now runs the entire organization.Under Jonah’s leadership, net2phone is thriving and building ...