Episode Introduction: Jamie Becker is a senior Psychology and Communications duel-major, as well as a NCAA DIII soccer player at Endicott College, who excelled both on and off the field. Jamie is currently based in Durham, NC completing a semester long internship at Duke University with their athletics department.

Episode overview: Jamie shares his story that starts out in Brazil and his journey to Fairfield, CT and then Endicott College. Jamie dives into the pivotal role soccer has played in his life, his vast internship experiences (7+), his stellar freshman season at Endicott, and advice for any brand builders that are looking to grow on social.

If you have any interest in building your brand, your companies brand, or even your own personal brand, you are NOT going to want to miss this one! He gives actionable advice on growing your social media following and shares the steps he took.

Are you looking for an internship? Will you be looking for an internship in the coming years? Jamie gives some A-class advice on how to land any internship you want and the importance of building connections before doing so.

If you have any questions, comments, or would like to get in touch with Jamie, feel free to find him here:

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Instagram: @jambeck9

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Episode Introduction: On today’s episode, our co-hosts, Deirdre Sartorelli and Josh Sousa interviewed guest, Zach Servideo, who is a professional communicator; tech startup advisor; relentless worker; and perpetual spreader of positive energy.

In the professional realm, Zach is currently the Executive Vice-President of Marketing Strategy for Fabric Media, Host of the podcast Boston Speaks Up, and Visiting Entrepreneur-in-Residence here in the Angle Center for Entrepreneurship.

Zach is a Boston University College of Communication graduate with 15 years consulting with b2b/b2c tech companies on business models, marketing strategy, go to market plans, fundraising decks, ad creatives, product marketing plans, press launches, strategic partnerships, growth hacks, CRM set ups, account-based marketing strategy, conversational marketing, and most anything digital experience. In his role at Fabric, he is particularly focused on advising businesses at the intersection of media, advertising and commerce. He believes there is a beautiful serendipitous nature to all human connections, and is grateful to collaborate with an ever-growing swath of people that I consider my family.

Speaking of family, you are not going to want to miss what Zach has to say about his wife and daughter… One of the most special moments to date on FUEL Your Fire.

Resources:

Follow Zach on Instagram: @zachservideo

Follow Zach on Twitter: @zachservideo

Check out Fabric Media: http://www.fabricmedia.net

Follow Fabric Media on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fabricmagazine/

Follow Fabric Media on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fabric_media

Listen to Zach’s podcast: Boston Speaks Up on Apple, Spotify, Anchor, & More!

Follow Boston Speaks Up on Instagram: @BostonSpeaksUp

Follow Boston Speaks Up on Twitter: @BostonSpeaksUp

Check out Boston Speaks Up on Medium: https://medium.com/boston-speaks-up

Read the Bitcoin White Paper: https://www.scribd.com/document/411710754/Bitcoin-White-Paper

Episode Introduction: Alicia Ramsdell is founder and CEO of Mindful.Career.Path. From a cold call to a connection… Alicia Ramsdell talks about career planning and her career coaching business, Mindful.Career.Path. From a college student doing what was expected to a successful business woman, Alicia’s frank conversation is balm to any job hunter’s stress.

Podcast Overview: Alicia talks about the beginning of her career, doing what she thought was right and following the “safe bet”. She addresses her own experience with the imposter syndrome and how this was a turning point in her professional life.

She tackles head on how she left the safe bet of a well-paying corporate job. By looking for opportunities in her role as an accountant to do what she loved and through additional side hustles like college teaching and doing digital career counseling, she found a way to bring her genuine career energy to her corporate workplace.

With Covid, Alicia feels people are talking about mindfulness when it comes to careers and hopes that this moment in history is not lost when it comes to careful career contemplation.

Alicia talks about the importance of one’s social media presence being in alignment with their professional goals, especially as it pertains to platforms like LinkedIn.

She gives listeners actionable advice about being authentic and intentional about their career choices and assures us all that there is a “true North” career path for everybody. With raw honesty, Alicia talks about “the jobs that got away” and how what seemed devastating at the time, actually got her to where she exactly needs to be!

Resources (Additional and Mentioned):

Check out Alicia's website: www.mindfulcareerpath.com

Follow Alicia on Instagram: @mindful.career.path

https://www.endicott.edu/internships-careers

Podcast: “On Purpose” with Jay Shetty

Guillebeau, Chris. Born for This: How to Find the Work You Were Meant to Do. Pan Books, 2018.

Episode Introduction: Brendan Golding is a Junior at Endicott College in Beverly, MA. Brendan currently studies Marketing/Communications and aspires to someday help grow his families businesses. What most people don't know? Brendan has amassed almost 1 MILLION followers across his social media channels at just 20 years old.

Podcast Episode Summary: Brendan Golding talks about growing his rise to fame on popular social media platform TikTok. Brendan is more than just an influencer. Brendan is a college student studying at Endicott College, played a NCAA Division III sport, aspires to help grow his families businesses, sells his personal merchandise to his fanbase, and has grow his following across social media to almost 1 MILLION followers.

Throughout this episode, Brendan shares his story of how he chose the beautiful coastal campus of Endicott as a boy from New York. Moreso, he shares his journey throughout life thus far, and all the places it has taken him. From receiving a call from a top-tier agency to model for Hollister to getting over 20 million views on one video, his life has been nothing short of a rollercoaster.

Brendan also shares his insights on growing on social media. When explaining TikTok, he talks about the importance of the first 3 seconds of every video. He also advises to add a factor to videos that may make viewers share or rewatch the clip to drive up the engagement. 

Quotes: "I did a brand deal for this one company and it went absolutely viral. Neither of us expected it. It got over 1 Million views and the company called me and said, "look, we didn't set this amount of money aside for you so, I'm gonna send you my Rolex."

Find Brendan on Social:

https://www.instagram.com/brendangolding/?hl=en

https://www.tiktok.com/@itsjustbrendan?source=h5_m

Check out his Merch:

https://tcsocialclub.com/collections/brendan-golding-collection

Episode Introduction:  Lexi Godlewski, owner of Lexi Godlewski Marketing, LLC. and Host of "Building My Empire", shares her journey from making a decision as a high school senior to step out of her comfort zone to her current work as a noted podcaster, soultrepreneur and marketing strategist.  Along the way, she will share the twists and turns she feels face every entrepreneur, once they dedicate themselves to their aspiration.

Podcast Episode Summary: Sometimes the big things happen in what “seem” to be routine decisions.

Quotes:

“I knew that I just had to take the leap of faith and start my own business.  If I didn’t do it now, would I ever?  I just didn’t want to have any regrets.”  - Lexi Godlewski

Recommended Resources:

Building My Empire Podcast: https://open.spotify.com/show/6fjysvYpxEuCDwBkxZr4Vg

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Episode Introduction:  This episode captures 21 resolutions and actions for contemplating for 2021.  We’ve reached out to the greater community and asked entrepreneurs to tell us 1 thing they are focused on or would suggest entrepreneurs focus on this year.  Interspersed with aspiration resolutions, we’ve added a few tactical actions you can work on right away to create immediate forward momentum!

Podcast Episode Summary: This “resolution” episode is far-reaching in topics!

Quotes:

Setting multiple resolutions at the same time can be challenging to stay focused and hard to create new habits necessary to stick with them. Instead, try setting a new resolution for each month of the year.  Keep it up and you'll have completed 12 new goals! - Lexi Godlewski

Recommended Resources:

“Think About Setting 2021 Goals Differently” - https://www.forbes.com/sites/joanmichelson2/2020/12/23/think-about-2021-goal-setting--differently/?sh=3193a1a733cb

“How To Set Goals in 2021 When Everything Feels Uncertain”

https://www.fastcompany.com/90585239/how-to-set-goals-in-the-face-of-continued-uncertainty

We could not be any more excited to launch our new podcast, FUEL Your Fire. 2020 was an incredible year of growth for the Angle Center for Entrepreneurship, located right here at Endicott College in Beverly, MA, and we are looking forward to an even stronger 2021. This year, do you want to start your own business? Grow your personal brand Achieve your dreams? Although this show won't do any of that for you, it will provide you the resources, mentors, life lessons, and most importantly, it will FUEL your Fire!