Ben Kenyon is the performance coach for the Portland Trail Blazers and the Founder of the Great Day Squad, a wellness community committed to a shift in consciousness: to increase your performance in life, improve your mental wellbeing, and to facilitate authentic connections.

Mike Rogoway is the business reporter for The Oregonian/Oregonlive.com. In this episode Mike gives an update on the state of Oregon's economy, tech news, and the sentiment of Portland business owners of a recovery.

Michelle Cardinal is the CEO & Co-Founder of Portland based Rain Growth Agency.

Her first company, Cmedia quickly became one of the top DRTV media buying players in the country with clients such as Humana, Carnival Cruise Line, and Cancer Treatment Centers of America. In 2005, Michelle merged her company with Respond2, a Portland, Oregon creative agency, to create the fully integrated DTC agency, R2C Group. After rebranding as Rain the growth agency in 2020, it is one of the top, independent advertising agencies in the country, helping to build many well-known brands including: 23andMe, Peloton, Chewy, SimpliSafe, Humana, Bissell, 1-800 Contacts, LendingTree, and many more.

Michelle pioneered the marketing philosophy “transactional brand building” which believes in driving sales and building a brand at the same time. This concept has helped propel Rain to become the top choice for fast-growing e-commerce brands, as well as many traditional brands who have expanded their DTC channels.

Chip Conley is a hospitality entrepreneur, author, advisor to AirBnb and Founder of MEA, a midlife wisdom school in Mexico. When Chip Conley was AirBnb's Head of Global Hospitality and mentor to their CEO, he was twice the age of many employees. Chip embraced being a 'modern elder' and founded MEA, a midlife wisdom school in Mexico (https://modernelderacademy.com/)

Lakecia Gunter is the Vice President and General Manager for Global IOT and Strategic Engagement for Microsoft. In this episode we talked about 'Team Lakecia', her personal board of advisors that has helped guide her career, the power of positivity and optimism during this time, podcasting, diversity in Portland, and so much more. Lakecia's podcast, Roar with Lakecia Gunter, can be listened at: https://shows.acast.com/roar-with-lakecia-gunter/

Rizwan Virk is a successful entrepreneur, video game pioneer, and venture capitalist and founder of the startup accelerator Play Labs @ MIT. A graduate of MIT and Stanford, he is also the author of Zen Entrepreneurship: Walking the Path of the Career Warrior (2013); Treasure Hunt: Follow Your Inner Clues to Find True Success (2017); and The Simulation Hypothesis: An MIT Computer Scientist Shows Why AI, Quantum Physics, and Eastern Mystics All Agree We Are in a Video Game (2019).

Ray Costantini is the Co-Founder & CEO of Bright.md, a Portland based health tech startup. In this episode we discuss Bright.md's recent funding announcement, as well as his journey from medical Doctor to start up founder.

Drew McLellan is CEO of the Agency Management Institute, which offers agency training, consulting and agency owner networks for small to mid sized advertising, marketing, PR, digital and media agencies so they can increase their AGI by at least 25%, attract better clients and employees and best of all — exceed the agency owner’s life/financial goals.

Alisia Ford is the Founder & CEO of Glory Skincare. Glory was founded in 2019 on the belief that women of color should be at the forefront of every touchpoint in skincare and beauty. This includes a world where women of all hues are empowered to make educated decisions about their skin health.

Mariah Scott is the President of Skyward, a Verizon Company. Skyward provides drone operational management software.