Secrets to Win Big With Arjun Sen

Charlie Cole is Chief Executive Officer of FTD, the modern florist collective, where he oversees people and operations. Charlie brings extensive digital and retail leadership experience to the 110 year old brand, which he joined in March 2020. 

Before joining FTD, Charlie served as the first Global Chief eCommerce Officer for Samsonite while simultaneously serving as Chief Digital Officer for Tumi. Earlier in his career, he held executive positions and led digital transformations at Assembled Brands, Schiff Nutrition and Lucky Brand Jeans.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

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Jeff Crilley is CEO of Real News Public Relations, Author of Free Publicity, Host of The Jeff Crilley Show, and Former Emmy-Award Winning TV Reporter from Dallas, Texas.

Jeff retired from TV news after 25 years in the business to start the country’s first “all journalist” PR firm.

Over the course of his career, Jeff has made hundreds of national news appearances, won several Emmy awards, and was named by the Texas Associated Press, "The Best TV Reporter in the state."

Jeff now uses his experience and knowledge of the newsroom to run one of Dallas’ largest PR firms.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

Prefer the video version? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/2Ia8gndbgII

What better way to celebrate the 100th episode of the Secrets to Win Big® podcast than to be interviewed by my daughter Raka Sen. Triggered by questions only a daughter can ask a dad, this is a great conversation full of reflections, learnings from past guests, and secret stories about ZenMango’s origin. 

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

Prefer the video version? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/Wp9z2V-4c5o

Katrina Mitchell founded Franchise Speakers in 2008 with a mission to help franchisors find the right speakers. As a successful franchisee herself, Katrina experienced first-hand both energizing and compelling events and some that left her feeling disengaged and disheartened. Franchise Speakers was launched with the singular focus of helping franchisors find the perfect speakers to re-ignite, re-energize, educate and inspire their franchisees. Being a natural “connector”, Katrina has been happily hunting down perfect matches for Franchise Speakers’ many clients ever since. When not busy match-making, Katrina loves to ski, bike, paddleboard & hike with Franchise Speaker’s CFO (Chief Fun Officer) Cecil Roy, a sweet and fun-loving Australian Shepherd. Other passions include dancing, knitting, playing the harmonium, reading, and exercising on Zoom with her 85-year-old Mom. 

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

Prefer the video version? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/lW9AgvYasjw

Carl is the CEO for 40 Strategy Inc and host of the Measure Success Podcast. He is passionate about designing great strategic plans but more importantly getting them done. The Navigate Your Strategy with Purpose™ methodology increases success by 3x.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

Connect with Carl at www.40strategy.com

Prefer the video version? Watch it here: https://youtu.be/o7s3ySfEt4k

S04E29: Don't Blend in with the Background with VIP guest Paige Arnof-Fenn

Paige Arnof-Fenn is the founder & CEO of global marketing and digital branding firm Mavens & Moguls based in Cambridge, MA. Her clients include Microsoft, Virgin, The New York Times Company, Colgate, venture-backed startups as well as non-profit organizations. She graduated from Stanford University and Harvard Business School. Paige serves on several Boards and is a popular speaker and columnist who has written for Entrepreneur and Forbes. 

Listen to this powerful Secrets to Win Big episode with Paige Arnof-Fenn in which she and Arjun take a deep dive into what it takes to properly and purposefully understand a brand and it’s customers. 

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

Links Mentioned:

http://mavensandmoguls.com/

Connect with Paige:

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/paigearnoffenn/

S04E028: How Staying Positive and Open Can Lead To Making Dust Not Eating It with VIP guest Janet Steiner

Janet (Jan) Steiner is the former President/CEO of Thoro Packaging, an industry leading packaging solutions company. Driven by her life motto, “If you don’t make dust, you eat dust,” Jan scaled the company from $1 million to just under $40 million in revenue before negotiating the sale of her family-owned business in 2018 and retiring from this position. Jan shares her core principles of success and business passion, inspiring and empowering other driven entrepreneurs to Make Dust, the name of her new speaking and mentoring business (ad)venture.

Listen to this Secrets to Win Big episode with Janet Steiner in which we hear how she came to lead her packaging company to great success, as well as get a glimpse into how her positive and open mindset has led her to win big.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

●     How treating people equally, no matter their title within a company, has repeatedly paid off.

●     The secret of turning negatives into positives.

Connect With Janet:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThoroPackaging

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/makedustwithjan/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Makedustwithjansteiner/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/makedustwithjansteiner/

Victoria Song is a peak performance coach supporting leaders and companies who inspire us to live and work not just for profit but for purpose. She supports the highest impact leaders who have missions she wants to see exist in the world. 

An alumna of Yale College and Harvard Business School, she is a former venture capital investor turned executive coach. She works exclusively with conscious leaders who understand that their financial growth is deeply tied to their personal growth, and that one without the other is not true success. Supporting them with their missions allows Victoria to scale her impact by creating powerful ripples through her clients’ products, cultures, and services.

Listen to this powerful Secrets to Win Big episode with Victoria Song where they talk about how & why she came to be a peak performance coach who thinks about success a little differently than others, some of the lessons she has learned and now passes on to others, and details about her book ‘Bending Reality’.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

Connect with Victoria Song:

Links Mentioned:

https://victoriasong.me/bending-reality/

Guest Contact Info:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/victoriaesong/

Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/victoria.song1

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victoriasong/

Brian Gregory is the CEO and Founder of Admanity.com. He is an expert in direct selling, an entrepreneur, an advertising executive, and a 20-year owner/publisher of large, citywide magazines in the Phoenix market. Brian has helped to create a breakthrough emotional algorithm that can instantly give any business the advertising strategies, tactics and formulas that will sell it most effectively in the market without the high cost of hiring an agency. Brian says small businesses should advertise just like the big brands but usually, they just don’t know how.

Listen to this Secrets to Win Big episode with Brian Gregory in which they explore how emotions are interwoven with advertising.

Here is what to expect on this week’s show:

●     How brands have to think about what & who they are.

●     What is an emotional archetype.

●     Why marketing is an art using emotions between people.

●     Advice for those who are just starting a business in terms of branding and advertising.

Connect with Brian Gregory & Admanity:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/theadmanity

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/the_admanity/

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theadmanity

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/briangregoryadmanity/

Secrets to Win Big with Arjun Sen  

S04E025: Life's Simple Truths: Embrace Them Effortfully For Fulfillment

with VIP guest Jairek Robbins

Jairek Robbins is Business Performance Coach a Keynote Business Speaker and a #1 bestselling business author. FastCompany calls him inspiring and says he’ll make your life less ordinary. Forbes says Jairek will teach you how to succeed. Deepak Chopra will advise you to go to Jairek to help create meaning and fulfillment in your life. Brian Tracy applauds Jairek’s ability to teach people how to develop meaning and purpose in life, and then to make a difference in the lives of others. Jairek is always helping those who are looking for ways to level up in life and business.

Listen to this powerful Secrets to Win Big episode with Jairek Robbins in which we hear some of Jairek’s interesting life stories as well as his advice concerning the simple truth’s of life. Jairek shares from his heart the path to being a fulfilled individual.

Here are some highlights from this week’s show:

●     Just care: Fulfillment is about caring about others.

●     Play the hand you're dealt: Do the most you can with whatever you are given.

●     Trade your expectations for appreciations.

●     Do what you feel is right.

●     Why you need to maximize your magic moments in life.

Connect with Jairek:

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JairekRobbins

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jairekrobbins/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JairekRobbinsCompanies/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jairekrobbins/?originalSubdomain=pr

Twitter: https://twitter.com/JairekRobbins

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jairekrobbins/?hl=en

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JairekRobbinsCompanies/

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jairekrobbins/?originalSubdomain=pr