The Authority Company

With the pandemic lockdowns way back in the rearview mirror, people are traveling like never before. One recent study showed that the Adventure Tourism Market Size will be worth $1.009 Trillion by 2030. But we all know, that traveling isn't easy. This week's guests are the founders of Landng, Devon Keakulina DeAngelo and Nacera Belal, and they're on a mission to make the experience of travel planning frictionless, inclusive and creative.

Joe welcomes Leanne Meyer to the podcast. Leanne directs the Carnegie Mellon Women’s Executive Leadership Academy and is the former Executive Director of the University’s Accelerate Leadership Center at the Tepper School of Business. She’s also the author of Climbing the Spiral Staircase: How Women Can Navigate Their Careers and Accelerate Success. Leanne shares why she's made it her mission in life to help women reclaim purpose and passion.

This week, Joe welcomes Jarrod Guy Randolph to the podcast, an entrepreneur who has spent 20 years in the world of New York City real estate and is now on a mission to help people build wealth through real estate investment. Jarrod has been described as part strategist, part guru, and 100% committed to sharing the same practices that brought him his own success.

This will not be your typical business podcast, on this episode we’re covering the intersection of spirituality and capitalism. Joe spends time with Katie Fink, the Founder of Mind Body Soul Market, an online marketplace that connects folks with a network of expert astrologers, psychics, ascension guides, and more. Katie talks about her own spiritual and entrepreneurial journey and what inspired her to build the Mind Body Soul Market.

The United States is experiencing a shortage of much-needed STEM workers, but fortunately, there are some forward-thinking companies that have been stepping up to tap into the country’s youth to fill the void. This week, Joe welcomes Malcolm Allen to the podcast. Malcolm is a serial entrepreneur and the person behind Stem X, the Leading Stem Engagement and Analytics Platform that helps organizations discover pathways for impact, digital equity, and transformation.

World Drowning Prevention Day is July 25 and on this episode of the podcast, Joe is joined by Eric Lupton, the President of Life Saver Pool Fence Systems. Eric shares his inspiring story of entrepreneurship and why an unprotected pool is over one hundred times more dangerous to your child than a loaded gun.

We’re always looking for the best ROI, but sometimes we just take things for granted…for example, tech. Are all entrepreneurs maximizing their technology investments? This week, Joe is joined by a guest who has unlocked the way to create and show the value of technological initiatives while transforming businesses. His name is Ben DeBow, he is the founder of Fortified and the architect of global mission-critical enterprise data platforms.

According to a recent study, there are almost 22 million millionaires living in the U.S. today.

Some entrepreneurs believe it’s foolish to spend time, money, and energy trying to get money from customers who have very little of it. Those business owners find it more productive to concentrate on those where the price is not a factor.

So if you’re an entrepreneur, how do you sell or market your services to the ever-growing mass-affluent, affluent and ultra-affluent populations?

This week, Joe is joined by Will Makris, who has spent the last two decades thriving in the New York hospitality industry. In 2020, Will opened Zero Bond, a private club in the Manhattan neighborhood of NoHo, that spans 20,000 feet across two floors, and has become a destination for the mass affluent.

If you live in and around the NYC area, you’re not lacking for events to attend this summer, but if you’re looking to learn more about the future of technology near one of the most beautiful stretches of beaches in America, look no further than Hamptons Tech Week. On the podcast this week, Joe is joined by Christine Prydatko, the producer of the event and the Co-Publisher of James Lane Post. Christine talks about how it all came together and why she decided to bring the world of web3 to the Hamptons.

After a couple of years of a pandemic, the concept of virtual fitness classes sounds all very normal and acceptable, but that hasn’t always been the case. Many entrepreneurs saw the future of fitness a decade before COVID-19 locked down gyms and studios around the world. This week, Joe speaks with one of those groundbreaking entrepreneurs, Mary Helen Bowers.  Mary Helen is the founder of Ballet Beautiful, which offers world-class, ballet-inspired workouts, from the comfort of home.