Hello everyone and welcome to another incredible episode of the Talk2Rami "Founder's Series" Podcast, where I interview movers and shakers, as to why they do what it is exactly they do!  

In today's episode, I sat down with Paul O'Brien, The Chief Executive Officer of MediaTech Ventures!  

Long time Silicon Valley technology and startup veteran, Paul O’Brien is known as SEO’Brien for his extensive past in the search industry. Now Texan, O’Brien works in Venture Capital Economic Development, serving the investment and venture capital economies directly, through thought leadership, consulting, and startup development. He’s the founder of MediaTech Ventures, a founder and managing director of Funded House, and Director in Founder Institute.  

Notably, O’Brien is a seasoned marketer with an early career at Yahoo! and HP. From there he led the early growth of startups such as Outright.com (Acquired by GoDaddy), Zvents (Acquired by eBay’s Stubhub), and MicroVentures (Venture Capital). With technical expertise, O’Brien has consulted with various web properties, designed and developed sites, online communities, e-commerce stores, and web services. Paul was featured in the book, Online Marketing Heroes, and continues to blog at seobrien.com.  

Find out more at Mediatech.ventures and seobrien.com!

Hello everyone and welcome to another incredible episode of the Talk2Rami "Founder's Series" Podcast, where I interview movers and shakers, as to why they do what it is exactly they do!

In today's episode, I sat down with Melanie Spring, the Chief Visionary of Confidancia.

What do you get when you combine a brand strategist, international keynote speaker, and Approachable Badass? Not a kickass panel of experts for your next event, but close… You get Melanie Spring!

Since Adventure seems to be her other middle name, Melanie once traveled over 7,000 miles in 3 weeks on the Live Your Brand Tour to find out what actually makes great brands (and all things, really) work. Her final answer: the humans. Humans are at the center of every success and THEIR stories are as (or more) important as the BRAND stories.

Over the years, Melanie has helped tens of thousands of humans discover their brilliance and live their dreams. She has an uncanny ability to create a safe place for humans who want to make change, matched only by her deep commitment to doing so.

When Melanie’s not playing at Confidancia, she & her marketing strategist husband are traveling the world visiting friends, chasing sunrises, and checking out new cities with their fluffy white dog, Griffin.

Find out more at melaniespring.com & confidancia.com

I want to introduce everyone to a great friend, Jim Comer. We got the chance to sit down and talk about individuality and the path of being your unique self and how that leads to likability. Jim is an amazing speaker, speech coach and speech writer. He has worked with CEOs of Fortune 500 companies as well as entrepreneurs and business owners. In more than 25 years of working with clients, he has found that well written content and individual coaching lead to amazing breakthroughs. Jim also offers presentation skills workshops for organizations who want to train employees to become effective presenters in hours.

Hello everyone and welcome to another incredible episode of the Talk2Rami "Founder's Series" Podcast, where I interview movers and shakers, as to why they do what it is exactly they do!  

In today's episode, I sat down with Mike O'Krent! 

Mike O’Krent is the founder of LifeStories Alive, LLC. The company specializes in making personal history videos for families that value their heritage. They create family heirlooms in video format – digitally mastered records of life stories with personal accounts, photos and mementos of family history.  

He was born and raised in San Antonio, Texas and graduated from Southern Methodist University with a BBA in Marketing and Management. He entered my family’s retail floor covering business as the 4th generation to be part of that business.  

Between 1996 and 2000 he interviewed Holocaust survivors for Steven Spielberg’s Survivors of the Shoah Visual History Foundation. During that incredible experience, he discovered the process and the importance of recording the life stories of our loved ones.   

He moved to Austin in 1998 when he bought and managed a local floor covering business; which he then sold in 2004. He founded LifeStories Alive at the end of 2005.   

Check out the website here: https://www.lifestoriesalive.com https://www.mikeokrent.com

Hello everyone and welcome to another incredible episode of the Talk2Rami "Founder's Series" Podcast, where I interview movers and shakers, as to why they do what it is exactly they do!  

In today's episode, I sat down with Donna Karlin a.k.a. "The Shadow Coach".  

For over 38 years Donna has been helping people become truly remarkable. Donna is an award-winning author, keynote speaker and of course, best known as The Shadow Coach®  

Donna has coached TED Fellows, and Fellows from StartingBloc, UnCharted, and the Evolve Program. It's considered more of a calling and a gift than work, however, the clients are leaders, entrepreneurs, and high potentials from Fortune 100 companies to small start-ups, governments, first-responders and anyone dealing with chaos, volatility and crises in many parts of the globe which seem to be the new normal these days.  

Donna was an absolute joy and you can tell that there is a true LOVE for working with people who want to become more of who they are, do what's meaningful and achieve their highest and best potential!  

We had a great conversation and I always learn so much when speaking to other experts and industry leaders!  Check out the website here: https://donnakarlin.com/index.html

Hello everyone and welcome to our beginning episode of the Talk2Rami "Founders Series" Podcast!   In this episode, we sat down with Alex Door, the Founder of Mushroom Revival. Mushroom Revival is a mushroom based CPG brand and the creators of incredible mushroom nootropics!  As I started our conversation, Alex explained the inspiration behind creating a brand all about mushrooms and their various types. There are really so many different categories of mushrooms, even I am surprised!  We also touched on the overall business experience of owning and operating a CPG brand, and the challenges the company had to overcome during the past 2 and half years.  

Follow Mushroom Revival on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mushroomrev... 

Check out the website here: https://www.mushroomrevival.com

Today, I got the chance to sit down and chat with my dear friend for many years, Zafar Choudhury. He currently holds the position of Senior Engineering Recruiter at Microsoft, and has been in the recruiting industry for nearly two decades now. He wanted to share some insight about his experiences — because if anybody knows the hiring process like the back of their hand, it's Zafar.

Today, I got the chance to have a great conversation with my friend Patrick. We got a chance to share our thoughts, perspectives and our experiences of war as that is something that the both of us have in common. These are the memories that we hold close.

Today I got the change to sit down and talk with one of our internal team members, Sterling. Sterling has been working with me and OpticTour for almost 6 years now and has stuck by my side hustling and grinding everyday. We got a chance to speak about leadership roles and the key differences between management and true leadership. Feel free to tune in and learn more about my take on Leadership.

Here is where you can find Sterling:

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

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

Check out Talk2Rami on Social Media:

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talk2rami/

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/talk2rami

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpyt2yoS_zQXdGLokRTiA2g

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

Check out OpticTour’s Social Channels as well as Youtube:

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

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

Twitter: https://twitter.com/OpticTour

Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCIWwNYx66CcM9f7Wwrj86gA

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/optic-tour/

Today, I sat down with Stefanie Lipnisky to talk about her next steps in her career path. We also dove into some personal goals and set backs.  What do you think about your comfort zone? Listen to the episode to find out some ways to expand your own boundaries. We also go in depth on how an environment can effect your mood and motivation.