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Premier Chess: Conquer the Game; Master Your Life episodes
- 93rd Episode with Eric Mendelsohn, Business Broker with Transworld Business Advisors
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In Episode 93, I converse with Eric Mendelsohn, a business broker with Transworld Business Advisors. Eric works with business owners and business buyers all over the United States to facilitate their business sale or acquisition. In addition to being a business broker, Eric also still helps individuals buy, sell, and rent real estate in Manhattan as a licensed real estate broker with eXp Realty. We talk about the process of a business sale, transferrable skills between business sales, real estate and chess, ways businesses can preemptively get ready to be sold one day, and more.
28 min - 92nd Episode with Ivan Misner, Founder of Business Network International
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In Episode 92, I have the honor of hosting Ivan Misner, the Founder of Business Network International, which has 270,000 members in 9,500 chapters worldwide. He is author of the New York Times Best Seller "Trust or Delusion? Busting Networking's Biggest Myths" and co-author of the Wall Street Journal Best Seller "The 29% Solution: 52 Weekly Networking Success Strategies." We speak about the founding of BNI in 1985, my startup chapter, BNI Manhattan Chapter 30, the PRICE system for referrals, innovation, granular messaging, networking education, the importance of mentorship, suriving during recessions, BNI's COVID-2019 transition, the projectory of BNI and more.44 min - 91st Episode with Judit Sztaray, Director of Chess Club Relations at Chess.com
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In Episode 91, I have the privelege of conversing with Judit Sztaray, 91st Podcast Guest Judit Starzay, Director of Chess Club Relations at Chess.com. She previously served as the Manager of Events and Youth Outreach at Mechanics' Institute, the United States' oldest chess club in San Francisco. In addition to running their programming, she sits on the US Chess Scholastic Committee.
We talk about chess in her home country Hungary, her work with Bay Area Chess, her organization of the United States Amateur Team West 2020, the Mechanic Institute's COVID-2019 transition, online tournaments, the 2020 online US Chess Invitational tournaments, US Chess Online Taskforce, the US Chess Coach Certification, motivation, for women to play more chess and more.46 min - 90th Episode with Pastor Bill Wilson, Founder of Metro World Child
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In Episode 90, I have the pleasure of conversing with Pastor Bill Wilson, who founded Metro World Child in Bushwick, NY In 1980. Each week, Metro World Child serves 200,000+ kids with food, education, mental support and more.We talk about his experience being picked up as a 12-year old on a street corner in Pinellas Park, Florida, after being left by his mom 3 days prior, his motivation to found Metro World Child, my Brand Ambassador Award at the 2019 Metro World Child Gala, Metro World Child's Kenya: CRITICAL campaign, some calls for action and much more.52 min - 89th Episode with Ben Sigel, Candidate for Massachusetts Congressional District 4
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In Episode 89, I converse with Ben Sigel, Candidate for Massachusetts Congressional District 4. We met several years ago when I was active in the Young Jewish Professional community in Boston when I ran the 20s 30s Group of the Tremont Street Synagogue in Cambridge. He is the President of the Hispanic National Bar Assocation New England Chapter and as his BA in Political Science from Middlebury University and his MBA in Real Estate and JD in Law from American University. Ben is running for Congress because he has the experience to bring our communities together to make real change and ensure that the wheels of justice turn for all of us, not just a privileged few. We speak about divisions in the US, community building, running for office, fighting against hate, paid family and medical lead, growing businesses during COVID-19, Universal PreK, chess communities and more.36 min - 88th Episode with National Master Alan Kantor, Teacher Former and Chess Life Editorial Assistant
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In Episode 88, I converse with National Master Alan Kantor, who is my former coach, teammate, friend and colleague. I first met Alan when taught at my elementary school Churchill when I was in 4th grade. I soon after took private lessons from him for two years. In 2007, we were on the 1st place team of the United States Amateur Team East, together with FIDE Master James Critelli, National Master Evan Turtel and National Expert Nick Panico. In addition to teaching chess, Alan runs a medical billing business Revenue King. He has previously served as a Chess Life Editorial Assistant. We talk about the motivation to teach, resiliency, changes in chess in New York and the United States Chess Federation, chess journalism, chess couples and much more.49 min - 87th Episode with Dr. Jairo Borja, Founder of Borja Consulting Group
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In Episode 87, I converse with Dr. Jairo Borja. Dr. Jairo Borja is proud to have grown up in Corona, Queens, NY. He graduated from Thomas Edison High School. Jairo also graduated from Berkeley College with a BBA in Management in 2003, MBA from Long Island University in 2007 and in March of 2019, graduated with his DBA in Marketing from Walden University. Jairo also have taught at Professional Business College (now LIBI) from 2009-2014. He has taught Small Business Management, Business Organization and Management, Principles of Marketing, Human Resources Mangement to name a few courses.Borja Consulting Group helps people build relationships to increase sales through Jairo ‘s talks on prospecting, time management, the psychology behind closing the deal, volunteering professionally, mastering the networking event and other topics. While not speaking, Jairo also acts an insurance broker with Liberty Mutual. We talk about the importance of networking in sales, ways to stay productive in the Covid—19 world, the relationship of strategy in sales and chess and more.26 min - 86th Episode with Todd Cymbol, Director at BNI and VP of Business Development at Kensington Vanguard
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In Episode 86, I converse with Todd Cymbol, who oversees 13 Business Networking International Chapters in Manhattan. In these chapters, 250+ members meet weekly to build relationships and exchange quality referrals. Todd also acts as a VP of Business Development at Kensington Vanguard, where he provides title insurance for commercial and residential real estate transactions. We discuss BNI around the world, the benefits of the organization, networking education, the art of relationships, listening, attitude, title insurance and the new chapter, I am a co-founder of, Chapter 30.44 min - 85th Episode with Irina UK, Founder of Blended World
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In Episode 85, I have the pleasure of conversing with Irina UK, the founder of Bloom Class, which offers virtual private and group coding classes. While not running her own business, Irina is a math teacher in Boston Public Schools. We talk about societal impact, ways to encourage young students to code, her visit to our virtual camp last week, the relationship of chess and coding, the importance of female ambassadors and more.35 min - Episode 84 with Raphi Salem, President of SalemGlobal Internet Website Marketing & Lead Generation
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In Episode 84, I converse with Raphi Salem, who has provided all types of business website and lead generation consulting services for 20+ years. He is an expert on Google, SEO, reputation management, social media and much more. We talk about his experience running an internet company, Israeli inspiration, the importance of innovation, searching one’s own imagine, website navigation, social media, Twitter, YouTube, competition, Raphi and previous podcast guest Marty Katz’ Biz Dev Leaders group and more.57 min
About Premier Chess: Conquer the Game; Master Your Life
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I am a national chess master, who was born and raised in New York City. After working in Enterprise Sales for a years after graduating Cum Laude from Brandeis University with a BA in Business…
International Studies, I decided to begin Premier Chess in September 2017. Since then, we have partnered with 100+ schools and companies including the law firm Kramer Levin. On this podcast, I speak about business, life, education and chess and bring on frequent guests. Learn more about Premier Chess at www.premierchess.com.