Snyder Showdown

Aaron Burnett is the Founder and CEO of Seattle-based Wheelhouse Digital Marketing Group. Wheelhouse is an award-winning digital agency and has made the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list three times in a row. Aaron sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss diversity in the workplace and what Wheelhouse is doing to create a culture of inclusion.

Nick Hinrichsen is the CEO of Clutch – a newly-launched technology platform created to help Americans save thousands of dollars on car payments with just a few clicks. Nick previously founded Carlypso, a YCombinator startup that was acquired by Carvana in 2017. Nick sits down with Chris Snyder to share more about his experience creating a successful startup, raising $10M in funding, and what's next for Clutch.

Matt Wilkerson is the co-founder and CEO of Paragon One – a platform providing flexible remote externships that help students gain hands-on work experience in different industries before they graduate. Paragon One partners with universities, high schools, and non-profits around the world to give students the chance to work on projects for US companies across sectors like technology, renewable energy, marketing, investment, and real estate. Paragon One enables these students to build job-ready skills and a network of industry connections at the very start of their careers. Matt sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how higher education has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and how Paragon One is helping students adjust to an increasingly remote workforce.

Adam Weiss is the founder of Weiss Digital Consulting and the former General Manager & SVP of the Rakuten Marketing Affiliate Network. Adam has more than 20 years of experience working with publishers and affiliate programs. Adam now operates his own affiliate consulting practice with a focus on the Publisher & Technology side of the performance marketing ecosystem. Adam sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how advertisers can launch a successful affiliate program.

Jason Mikula is the Head of Growth at Merlon - the world's most advanced AI-powered adverse media research platform for enhanced Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) Investigations. Jason has spent more than 10 years working with consumer finance companies like Goldman Sachs and LendUp to develop and implement impactful growth strategies. Jason chats with Chris Snyder about how fintech companies can gain a competitive edge when it comes to user acquisition and growth.

Lee Mills is an Entrepreneurial sales and growth marketing leader with proven experience growing startups and scaling companies. Lee will roll up his sleeves to launch sales and marketing strategies that generate ROI. Lee's startup experience includes leadership roles at Anonymizer, Backup, MojoPages, MOGL, and Raken. Lee sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how to develop sales and marketing programs that result in revenue growth and funding.

Liz Grantham is the CEO and founder of TheOptimal.me - an online wellness solution targeted towards the GenX and senior community. TheOptimal.me provides users with a collection of proprietary Integrated Movement Routines (IMRs) to increase flexibility, reduce stress, and aid pain management. Liz sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders are taking a physical toll on workers and what can be done to prevent this.

Eyal Golan is the CEO and co-founder of CORAL Drowning Detection Systems – a tool designed to detect and prevent drownings in privately owned pools. The CORAL Manta system watches pools 24/7, even when they are in-use, to monitor for irregular swimming patterns and prevent drownings before they happen. Eyal sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the importance of water safety and how CORAL is saving lives through AI.

Peter Ramsey is the Founder of Built for Mars – a leading UX design consultancy focused on the banking industry as well as a free community to learn UX design. Peter started Built from Mars in 2018 after his FinTech startup, Movem, was acquired and has since been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Financial Times, and many more. Peter sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how critical UX design is to the growth of the fintech and banking industry.

Robert Farrington is the founder of TheCollegeInvestor.com and host of The College Investor podcast. Founded in 2009 while Robert was still in grad school, TheCollegeInvestor.com now reaches 3.5 million monthly readers. The College Investor was built with the intention to share common-sense student loans and investing strategies and continues to do so today. Robert sits down with Chris Snyder to share some insight on how Millennials can start making strategic personal finance decisions to invest in their futures.