Passage to Profit Show - Road to Entrepreneurship

In this eposide, hear about virtual networking from Sid Vaidya, the founder of Switch Events, a networking platform designed to bring professionals, entrepreneurs, local business owners, executives, and career-minded folks in the room. Switch Events has different types of events includes morning networking with speakers, happy hours, virtual networking and special events, at https://www.networkwithsid.com/

Kerry Barrett is an Emmy-award winning TV news anchor at WNBC in NYC and the founder and CEO of Kerry Barrett Consulting, a full service public speaking and media presentation and strategy firm. She helps clients become confident and compelling speakers across all media platforms, including video, at https://kerrybarrettconsulting.com/

Elizabeth Gearhart, Passage to Profit show c-host introduces her new company Fireside, a video directory online for businesses and products, featuring interviews with professionals for hire, at https://fireside.directory/

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This is the 1st in a series of "Zoom Episodes" of Passage to Profit - The Inventors Show during the COVID-19 lockdown.

Dave Carvajal is the CEO of Dave Partners and a sought out advisor and consultant to Board of Directors, venture firms, CEO entrepreneurs and leadership teams.  Dave specializes in Executive Search, Leadership Development, Independent Board Appointees and Leadership Competency Inventory.  Dave built HotJobs to 650 employees, $125M in revenues, IPO and $1.2B market capitalization as co-founder. The HotJobs team experienced a second exit with the acquisition by Yahoo! in February of 2002. He built TheLadders to 400 employees and $85M in revenues.  Read more at https://davecarvajal.com/.

Featured Presenter:

Sascha Kova, founder and designer of Kova by Sacha, is the maker of lightweight 3D printed headgear for festivals & other shenanigans.  She has been featured in Vogue & Paper Mag.  Explore her eclectic designs at https://www.kovabysascha.com/

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In this episode, we talk to Shark Tank participant Joanna Parker, founder of Yumble, a weekly subscription service that delivers healthy, yummy prepared kids' meals straight to the homes of busy parents. When she became a stay at home mom, and two years later, she was so busy at home she realized how frustrating and stressful it was to prepare, cook, and clean up from her kids dinner every. single. day. Joanna spent 2 years perfecting foods that all kids love - like mac and cheese, pizza, and chicken nuggets - she figured out ways to make them so much healthier and more fun to eat! After opening Yumble up to the public, parents lined up (literally, on a waiting list) to let them solve their mealtime stress forever. Yumble is in over 30 states and has delivered over 1,000,000 healthy meals to kids across America, at https://yumblekids.com/

Our Executive Spotlight is Jim Barood, a dynamic innovator who collaborates extensively to translate ideas into reality, James currently heads the New Jersey Tech Council. Its mission is to help leaders and their companies/organizations grow while supporting the tech, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the tri-state region. It is one of the largest and most highly regarded membership organizations of its kind nationwide with 1,000+ companies and 100+ events per year. Recognized by NJBiz on Power 100 List and ROI-NJ as a Top 100 Influencer, James is active in the regional business community. He has also been recognized as a Small Business Advocate (NYER) and among the state's 'Forty Under 40 Business Achievers' by NJBiz.  Read more about NJTC at https://www.njtc.org/

Featured Pitch Presenters:

Michael Wong with InstaHub, whose mission is to reduce energy waste through scalable automation that enhances, rather than replaces, existing infrastructure. The company provides  "snap-on integration" devices that can automate your lights in under 1 minute, providing real-time occupancy data and energy savings in a single unit at https://www.getinstahub.com/

Ash Azmi with Datumtron, an Artificial Intelligence company that has developed a new revolutionary way to represent knowledge, which enables deliverability of AI systems that understand problems at the deepest level.  Datumtron's flagship product is the Omega Natural Language Understanding AGI with focus on Wall Street AI needs, at http://datumtron.com/

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In this episode we speak to Liz Goll Lerner from Your Inspired Choices, LLC, a psychotherapy practice that helps people live the inspired life that they wan to live! Liz is not only a psychotherapist, but she is also a life coach and art therapist. With over 30 years in practice, Liz is a thought leader in the fields of counseling and coaching and has developed numerous highly respected programs for both her own practice and for health centers across the nation. Liz is known for getting results through gentle encouragement, creative techniques, sensitivity and compassion. Read more about her practice at, https://yourinspiredchoices.com/.

Josh Scharf is a China Manufacturing Expert and gives his insights on how the factories work in China and why the Corona Virus it affecting trade.

Featured Presenters:

Marc Goldner is the founder and CEO of Golden Bell Studios, an entertainment company focused on Comics, Animation, Children's Books, Games, Stuffed Animals, and much much more. The CSR is centered around "Comics for Change" - a mission to bring entertainment to every part of the world where it's lacking, and "Comics for a Cure" is a traveling gallery exhibition housing all the original art from Golden Bell's The Sunday Comics, at https://www.goldenbellstudios.com/

Paul Kandle is the President and CEO of Boast Groupware, a BizOps platform that gets businesses running smoothly through a powerful, streamlined and integrated, single cloud-based platform that gives access to entire businesses from any location, at https://www.boastgroupware.com/index.html

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In this episode we hear from Gene Gross and Ken Valenzano, founders of Altru, a patent-pending antioxidant and electrolyte blend drink - the first of its kind containing Glutathione, the "Mother of All Antioxidants”.  Altru offers unique and exotic fruit flavors from across the globe such as Mango Cherimoya, Peach Mangosteen and Coconut Jackfruit. Altru drinks contain no artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors, or preservatives and are non-GMO, vegan, and gluten-free.  The drink is sold nation-wide on Amazon and in grocery stores, 7Eleven stores, conveience stores in NJ and PA.  Read more at: https://www.drinkaltru.com/

Featured Pitch Presenters:  

Tom Sherman with 5 Season Calendar, a revolutionary timekeeping calendar system, calling for 5 seasons per year, 9 days a week and 36 days per month - correctly dividing the year into precise, accurate, standard, consistent, and compounding units - a first in human history at https://www.capegazette.com/article/calendar-dated-thomas-sherman-thinks-so/176217

Tiffany Viruet & Shawn Martinez with Mates on Mats, a children’s enrichment company for children ages 5-10 that integrates the profound developmental tools of Yoga and Chess to "teach children how to move together with intention and intuition, strengthen from within and stretch far beyond the boundaries of their mats." at https://www.linkedin.com/company/mates-on-mats/

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