Rainmakers: featuring business development's elite

 Alex Richard helps people get involved with Walmart as sellers on their marketplace and take advantage of when people purchase from the Walmart marketplace. 

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Guest - Alex Richard
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Nick Spiller talks about how he uses his network to help entrepreneurs raise funding for their businesses.

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Guest - Nick Spiller
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Andie Monet was abandoned by her single mother when she was 16 and ended up homeless. She worked hard, learn how to sell and went in to earn five college degrees. Today she is a business consultant with a wealth of knowledge and a heart of gold. Listen to her inspirational story.

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Guest - Andie Monet
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Hall Martin became an angel investor after a company he was with went public. He turned his interest in angel investing into regional networks of angel investors and later a national network of angel and venture investors that he helps entrepreneurs gain access to.

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Guest - Hall Martin
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Tyler Sweatt said that “one of the main differences you'll see in the government sector is a lot of that is pretty well documented down from Congress, each year, they're passing budgets, so you're getting an idea of where new programs coming in, and where are they. And then it gets down to the more traditional aspects of capture of meeting customers and understand their problems.”


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Guest - Tyler Sweatt
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Kyle McQuighan, a high performing business development professional, makes an encore appearance on the podcast to talk about what he has learned since his January appearance.

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Guest - Kyle McQuighan
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Ed Curtis, CEO of YTexas runs a company that welcomes companies and people to Texas.  He said Texas welcomes people, no matter where you're from…So, from an outsider looking in, I said, I would love to form an organization that helps people understand the values in Texas

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Guest - Ed Curtis
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Justin Wynter compare his approach to sales as he is gets older with his passion for running. When he was growing up, he was a sprinter in track and field, competing in the 100 meter and 200 meter. But now that he is getting older, he has gotten into distance running. In his career, when he was younger in his career, Justin might have gone for a quick close, but now he  compares the sales cycle to a marathon, where developing long-term relationships are more important than the quick closes.

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Guest - Justin Wynter
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

Shawn Basler is Co-CEO of Perkins Eastman, an  architectural firm which he has grown to 1100 employees in 21 offices around the world. Listen to hear how he does it.

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Guest - Shawn Basler
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant

As CEO of Assurely, David Carpentier is building insurance products for changing industries,  technology and times and is bringing it to market in new ways.

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Guest - David Carpenteir
Host - Carl Grant
Producer - Seth Grant