The Changeup

This week's guest is the founder and CEO of KERV Interactive, Gary Mittman.

KERV is a patented interactive video platform that drives deeper user engagement, boosts creative performance, and increases time spent with brands.

We talk about the genesis of the patent that led to the company, his very insightful thoughts on artificial intelligence and machine learning, breaking into the infomercial business, and what the future holds for interactive advertising.

This week's guest is the Co-Founder and CEO of Restore Hyper Wellness, Jim Donnelly. 

Restore Hyper Wellness is a system of total balance, energy and proactive healing.  It is their belief that the holistic approach to wellness is what is missing from conventional health care. 

We talk about the path that led to creating Restore Hyper Wellness, his five-year theory on building new companies and shifting careers, his approach to leadership, and how alligators were key competitors in one of his early businesses. 

This week's guest is the owner of Alphabet City Beer, Zachary Mack.

ABC Beer Company is a beer bar and store located in the lower east side of Manhattan. 

We talk about how he built the business in 2012, the evolution of the beer industry over the last decade, and how he will help anyone, and I mean ANYONE, find the right beer. 

This week's guest is the founder and CEO of TechFides,  Jacques Jean.

TechFides is an IT company that helps other businesses with enterprise digitization, IT performance management, and IT merger acquisitions and divestitures. 

We talk about how the genesis of his company came from his son at the dinner table, how building a company with friends and family adds another layer of strength, and the importance of community in giving back locally as the business grows. 

This week's guest is the founder and CEO of Loop, Nick Gallo. 

Loop is a new creative studio that just launched, working with companies across brand marketing, social media, video production, live interactive videos, and stunts.

We talked about how he broke into media with The Onion newspaper, how he was an integral part of the pop culture phenomena that was HQ Trivia, and what virality looked and felt like on Vine- remember Vine?

This week's guest is the founder and CEO of The Value of a Veteran, Lisa Rosser. 

The Value of a Veteran is a women, veteran, and minority-owned small business that provides Human Resources consulting and training for organizations that are seeking to improve support, recruitment, and retention of military veterans. 

We talk about the insight that led to the company's formation, how she helps companies hire and retain veterans, and where companies go wrong with hiring diverse staff. 

This week's guest is the founder of Human Factor Media, Zack Slingsby. 

Human Factor Media is a video production and creative shop that makes videos people want to watch. They work with brands and clients to create original work that doesn't get skipped or scrolled by. 

We talk about his journey from writer to founder,  the creative process, balancing family and work, and so much more. 

This week's guest is CEO and Co-Founder of Cognitiv, Jeremy Fain.

The media and marketing world has recently become obsessed with artificial intelligence and deep learning, marking it as the future of the business as a whole. 

Cognitiv has been applying these practices for years to help predict consumer behavior and drive marketing performance for their clients. We talked to Jeremy about the genesis of Cognitiv, the importance of ethics and AI, and how emerging technologies will revolutionize advertising. 

This week's guest is the CEO and founder of Reimaginez, Therese Gedda. 

Reimaginez specializes in designing, redesigning, and scaling culture successfully. They help founders, CEO's and leaders keep, attract and lead high achievers while living as high achievers themselves.

We talked about how growing up in Sweden building her own company was always going to be her path forward, her connection to weightlifting and sports led her to focus on high performance in the workplace and reimagine company culture. 

This week's guest is the CEO and Founder of De Kabeza, Alana Kalin. 

De Kabeza is a tech platform with gamified communications and live interactive trivia and games, based in Mexico City.

We talk about her decision to move herself and the company from New York to Mexico to refocus on a Mexican audience, the evolution of gamification, the differences in startup culture and finally how for some of us, wishing to be an Oscar Mayer Weiner is where the dream ends. She shares what it takes to actually drive the Weinermobile.