Episode #11 featuring Jason Gaboriau

Jason is the Executive Vice President, Chief Creative Officer at Doner Advertising in Los Angeles. Jason has been in advertising for over 25 years, he's worked on such illustrious brands as Diet Coke, Old Navy, Netflix, Amazon, he's even done the advertising between Keeping Up With The Kardashians.

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Episode #10 featuring Dr. John Wensveen - John is the Chief Innovation Officer, Nova Southeastern University (NSU) & Executive Director of the Alan B. Levan | NSU Broward Center of Innovation responsible for overseeing a multi-million dollar public-private partnership to support the growing entrepreneurial ecosystem by attracting and retaining industry-leading entrepreneurs, technology, sources of investment capital, and supporting resources to create a premier innovation center and technology hub.

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Episode #9 Featuring Ma. Isabella Rosal - Isabella is Sustainability-focused entrepreneur, founder of 7th Sky Ventures, Tampa Bay champion, and Certified Rummelier with a degree in Actuarial Science and 10+ years of management experience.

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Episode #7 featuring Justin Frain - Listen to James interview Justin Frain in the Synapse Summit 2022 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Justin is the Chief Marketing Officer of PAAL, an electric boat company.

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Episode #8 featuring Jasmine Dasouki - James interviews Jasmine Dasouki in the Synapse Summit 2022 at the Amalie Arena in Tampa Bay, Florida.

Jasmine Dasouki is Founder of Suki Skin, a skincare diagnostics technology aimed at balancing your microbiome with our lab, curated skin routines.

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Episode #6 featuring Caleb Williams - Caleb is the CEO of RelieveIt. RelieveIt is a powerful, highly effective, and natural topical pain reliever derived from the Caribbean Pine. In June 2019, the active component in the Caribbean Pine resin was confirmed as a new plant-derived, anti-inflammatory discovery by researchers at the University of South Florida (USF) in Tampa, becoming the first plant-derived discovery credited to a black-owned company in the history of the United States.

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Episode #5 featuring April Caldwell - April Caldwell is the CEO & Founder of Fayven (www.fayVen.com) and the winner St. Pete Pitch Night 2021. Caldwell's company Fayven is a dual-sided marketplace designed to maximize unused space at venues by booking mobile vendors and artisans, collaboratively growing their customer base and tapping into additional revenue streams. Years ago, Caldwell had her own popcorn brand and had struggled to get it out there and find new ways for her to have consistent business. She realized there was a common need for people to find consistent business and she wasn't alone. Her struggle and her entrepreneurial spirit encouraged her to build her own company around the idea of helping people find unused space at venues and allowing them to be able to book space to help a row their brand. Prior to her business venture, Caldwell is a United States Air Force Veteran which makes Fayven classified as a Veteran owned business.

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Episode #4 featuring Jillian Friot - As a passionate supporter for the success of organizations and startups, Jillian Friot combines her global sales operations and account management experience to deliver new and net retained revenue growth for global software firms. Over the past 3 years, she has been part of a small team that has built and operates the global Startup Program for Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS, with a reach of over 15,000 startups. Dassault Systemes is the 15th largest software company in the world, specializing in computer aided design and manufacturing along with AR and VR solutions.

Jillian continues to develop strategy, communications, pricing, segmenting, processes as well as building the new systems that now serve over 400 resellers, 50 geographically based sales managers, as well as hundreds of venture capital, accelerator, incubator, and makerspace programs globally. Previously, Jillian served in Global Accounts and Global Operations at Dassault Systemes SOLIDWORKS. As a business builder, Jillian started Dolce Friot, a specialty frozen desserts company that built on her prior operations experience working from the ground up in her family's ice cream business, Kimball Farm. When not supporting startups and building strategy, you can find Jillian painting on canvases and flying toward her pilot's license.

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Episode #3 featuring Eric Ingram

Eric is the CEO of SCOUT (Spacecraft Observing & Understanding Things) was awarded the winner of Embarc Collective’s Startup Of The Year Summit pitch competition. Ingram’s company SCOUT was founded in 2019 with the mission to enable a new era of space safety and transparency. SCOUT’s in-space products and services, first launched in June 2021, allowing spacecraft to see and understand things around them. Ingram has been working within this industry for years prior to SCOUT, Eric served as an Aerospace Engineer for the Licensing and Evaluation Division of the FAA’s Office of Commercial Space Transportation and is also currently a board member of the space frontier foundation. 

Education: Ingram has a Bachelor of Science in Physics from Old Dominion University, most of a Masters of Science in Electrical Engineering from the University of Houston, a sport pilot certificate, and is working towards his SCUBA certification.

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Episode #2 featuring Scott Lopano

Scott is the Principal of Tech Square Ventures. Tech Square Ventures is an early-stage venture capital firm. They help visionary founders build companies that reshape industries and create new markets. Their platform is built on a strategic network of innovation ecosystem, corporate, and university relationships that help founders inform and accelerate go-to-market strategies. 

Lopano’s role as a Principle at Tech Square ventures is to source, diligence, and invest in high growth startups across the Southeast. He also supports their portfolio companies with their strategic initiatives, go-to-market strategy, financial analysis, and fundraising. Before he became a Principal at Tech Square Ventures, Lopano was an associate at the company where he Led sourcing, diligence, execution and fund management for both their Early Stage lead fund and their Engage go-to-market growth platform. He also supported their portfolio companies with their financial analysis and fund raising as an associate as well.

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