The Jason Cavness Experience

On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to David Bradford – CEO FluentWorlds

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We talk about the following:

Advice to brand new entrepreneurs

How to use LinkedIn

Women's Technology Council of Utah

His company FluentWorlds

David's Bio

David Bradford is a proven business leader with over 35 years of experience in the computer industry. He has been fortunate to run not 1 but 2 of America's 50 fastest growing tech companies. Today, David is the CEO of FluentWorlds which is revolutionizing Language training in 3D Virtual Worlds. He and his wife of 45 years, Dr. Linda Bradford, are using video gaming technologies for the purpose of actually learning something. Imagine a classroom or training environment where instead of having video games interfering with classroom instruction, video game technology is at the core of your instructional paradigm.

In 2019, David was given the "Utah Genius Award" for his life's work in Technology by the Utah Genius Group.

In 2018, Brigham Young University gave Mr. Bradford their Distinguished Emeritus Alumnus Award.

In 2017, David was honored with the 2nd ever "Lifetime Achievement Award" by Utah Business Magazine.

David Bradford has previously served as CEO and Chairman of 2 remarkable companies – Fusion-io and HireVue. Fusion-io went public and eventually achieved a $3.6 Billion dollar valuation. While there, David recruited and hired the iconic Steve Wozniak. Co-Founder of Apple, as the Company's Chief Scientist and BusinessWeek named the Company America's most Innovative. During his tenure at HireVue, Company sales increased over 200%, the Company raised over $ 47 Million in capital, and was twice awarded the prestigious HR product of the Year becoming the de facto standard in digital interviewing.

In 2014, David authored the highly popular book- "Up Your Game- 6 Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top" which has blessed the lives of many.

In October of 2013, Bradford was inducted into the Utah Technology Hall of Fame.

David is known as the "Human Internet" to many with 30,000 connections on LinkedIn and 5000 Facebook Friends. He prides himself as the CTO of his companies - Chief Talent Officer. Among those David has brought into his companies as employees or advisors include, Steve Wozniak, Inventor of the Apple Computer, Nolan Bushnell, the Father of VideoGames, Larry King, the most famous interviewer on the planet, Steve Young, NFL law of Famer, and most recently, Jimmer Fredette, MVP Foreign Player of the China Basketball Association.

David's Resources

I have this great book I mentioned earlier, "Up Your Game - Six Timeless Principles for Networking Your Way to the Top."

I'm happy to send a copy to the listener of your choice.

David's Social Media

David's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidbradford/

David's Website: http://www.davidbradford.com/

FluentWorlds Website: https://www.fluentworlds.com/

FluentWorlds FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/fluentworlds/

David's Advice

Just go out and do. You're going to make mistakes, you're going to trip over your feet, you'll fall down but you're going to get back up and just do do do.

Remember this? Perfect is the enemy of the good. That's kind of a subtle thing. But think about it. People will analyze things for months, months, months to get it just perfect to get it just so the best thing you can do is execute today.

General MacArthur once said that an unfinished plan violently executed today. It is way better than the perfect plan executed a month from now. Go out and do it today. Make mistakes, reiterate, reform yourself. Move forward.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Will McNeil – Cofounder and CEO of Black Tech Jobs

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We talk about the following:

Does starting companies ever become easier.

Has his philosophy on hiring/recruiting changed?

His company, Black Tech Jobs.

Bunker Labs and Veterans in Residence.

Will's Bio

Will McNeil is a veteran sales executive and serial entrepreneur. He's held multiple senior sales leadership positions as a Director, Vice President, and Senior Vice President. He has launched/co- founded 7 different companies, the first when he was only 8 years old. His professional background spans a 20 plus year career in telecommunications, insurance, financial services, automotive, digital media, and technology.

Will is a 9-year veteran of the United States Army, which allowed him to attend college on the GI Bill. He started his family early in life and worked while in taking classes at night. At one point he held as many

as 3 jobs at one time. He earned an AAS in Accounting from the Community College of Aurora and holds both a BS in Business Administration and MBA from the University of Phoenix.

Will is not one to stand still for very long. He is a father of 3 and has been a resident of Chicago for over 19 years. He is deeply connected to Chicago's African American entrepreneur community and makes most of his community investments mentoring young people at both the K- 12 and collegiate level. He isa former member of the board of directors of Black Tech Mecca and is the co-founder of NewCarPromos.com and Espeedate.com. Currently he serves as the CEO of Black Tech Jobs, the fastest growing black tech talent community on the web. In his spare time you can find him on the golf course. On a good day he can drive the ball straight over 300 yards.

Will's Resources

If you are following this and you're an HR professional, and you're trying to drive diversity. I want to give you 40% off your first ad.

So visit us at https://www.blacktechjobs.com/ and we're going to offer you a 40% discount on your first ad. If you decide to go small or you decide to go big, we want to make your experience with us a great one.

We're happy to do this. Because you are part of this community and you're following this podcast.

Will's Social Media

Company Website: https://www.blacktechjobs.com/

Will's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/willmcneil/

Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/black-tech-jobs/

Company Instagram: @black_tech_jobs

Company Twitter: @black_tech_jobs

Will's Twitter: @willmcneil4

Will's Advice

Two things one, if you're in Chicago, and you're going to be around Chicago, January 22, and you can come to our career building event. You do not want to miss this. We have an all star cast of tech professionals and recruiting professionals to give real world advice on finding a job in 2019. You can find that information at either eventbrite or visit us at www.blacktechjobs.com.

Then lastly, I will leave you with this. If you are building a business or building your career. Your resume is a key component of your success. I highly recommend using our tool. Then second expand your network before you need it. Meet as many new people as you can that can influence your career and be clear about the types of folks that you want in your network.

Make that a part of your 2020 plan to grow your network that will allow you to grow your career and grow your business.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Dr. Jeb Hurley is the co-founder and CEO of Xmetryx, a Team Relationship Management software company and author of Team Relationship Management: The Art of Crafting Extraordinary Teams.

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Dr. Jeb Hurley is the co-founder and CEO of Xmetryx, a Team Relationship Management software company and author of Team Relationship Management: The Art of Crafting Extraordinary Teams. Jeb began his career journey in the tech industry on new-product innovation teams in Europe and Asia followed by GM / VP and CEO roles at companies ranging from Fortune 500 to a VC backed startup. He has also co-founded three software companies.

Jeb regularly speaks and writes about team leadership and improving employee wellbeing. He is also the author of The ONE Habit: The Ultimate Guide to Increasing Engagement & Building Highly-Effective Teams, has published over 60 articles on team leadership. Jeb earned a Doctorate in Organizational Leadership from Walden University with a research focus at the intersection of human motivation, employee engagement, and team

effectiveness.

He holds an MBA from the Katz School, University of Pittsburgh, and a Bachelor of Science in Economics from Gannon University. Jeb has also completed leadership programs at The Center for Creative Leadership, Harvard Business School, and The Aspen Institute.

We talk about the following:

His company Xmetryx

His book :Team Relationship Management: The Art of Crafting

Extraordinary Teams".

Can a team overcome a bad boss.

Is it easier for a bad team to become a great team or for a great team to become a bad team.

Jeb's Social Media

Jeb's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jebhurley/

Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xmetryx/

Company Website: https://www.linkedin.com/company/xmetryx/

Jeb's Website: https://drjebhurley.com/

Jeb's Resources

I want to offer my book "Team Relationship Management" to your listeners. If they go to the link below

https://drjebhurley.com/product/team-relationship-management/

they can get a 10% discount on the book from Amazon or Kindle. If they put in the code ship free 2019 the shipping is also free and it's a signed copy as well.

Jeb's Advice

For both the HR community, which I think to a large extent is part of your target audience. As well as anyone who is an aspiring or in a leadership position. Focusing the lens of what you do on relationships and building strong trust in your relationships, and the behaviors associated with that is the key to building extraordinary teams in the 21st century.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Charles Max Wood – CEO and Podcast host of Devchat.tv – Reaching over 70,000 software developers each week.

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Charles Max Wood is the CEO and a podcast host at Devchat.tv. His mission is to create a podcast for every programming community that leads developers to successful careers and meaningful lives. He is the author of The MaxCoder's Guide to Finding Your Dream Developer Job. Charles is a soccer fan, Ruby on Rails developer, and podcaster. He lives in Utah with his wife, Heather and their 5 children.

We talk about the following:

Devchat.tv

Why are there so many unfilled software developer positions

Should future software developers go to a coding academy or obtain a 4 year degree

How should a non tech founder hire tech talent

Charles' Social Media

Charles' Twitter: @cmaxw

Charles' LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/charlesmaxwood/

Charles' FB: https://www.facebook.com/charlesmaxwood

Website: https://devchat.tv/

Charles' Advice

The one thing that I've been on lately just talking to people about is that I have people come to me and they give me all kinds of reasons for why they can't do what they want to do. Some people believe that because they are a certain minority or gender, they have some kind of disadvantage at doing this. Or, because they grew up poor. Because they don't have a four year degree or because their circumstances just didn't line up.

I don't have time because my time is tied up with other things. The reality is that I've seen people in all of the circumstances and the thing that overwhelmingly has been demonstrated over and over again. Is that if you want it and you'll work for it, you can have it. If you're disadvantaged financially, if you're disadvantaged educationally, if you feel like the deck in society these days really is stacked against you.

I could probably argue that point both ways and sometimes I do. Even if you're right, I've seen people come out of extraordinarily hard circumstances, to be successful software developers and what it really boiled down to is that they just got to work. If you're looking for some movement, some advantage to this, I mean, the biggest advantage is just to get to work.

If If I can add one other thing is that I have a lot of people come to me and say, I'm 50 or older. I don't think I can learn to code. I have seen so many people make the career transition. They were accountants for 30 years and it's like, and then I got into software development, and I made the transition and they're being successful. So you're never too old. You're never too poor. unless you have a real cognitive disability that makes it just impossible for you to grasp these concepts, you should be able to do it. Even if you're dyslexic or have some kind of learning disability, it really is just going to boil down to the amount of work you're willing to put in.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to John Richards - Entrepreneur Angel Investor Mentor Advisor

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John E. Richards is an entrepreneur, venture investor, mentor, and educator. His endeavors involve founding, operating, managing, selling, and investing in enterprises. Though he is a generalist, he mentors entrepreneurs frequently in software, Internet, mobile, blockchain, and consumer products. He founded Startup Ignition, an entrepreneur bootcamp. He served as Google Fiber's Head of Operations as it launched in Provo, Utah.

He spent over a decade teaching entrepreneurship at Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah where he helped it achieve a #2 ranking and bring the Rollins Center for Entrepreneurship & Technology to global prominence. He is listed as one of the Top 25 entrepreneurial educators in the United States. He was managing partner of Utah Angels, a venture investing group.

He co-founded BoomStartup, a leading tech seed accelerator. He has invested in hundreds of ventures and mentored thousands. Early in his career, he was president of a yellow pages publishing company and later created the first-ever online yellow pages that led to an initial public offering and multi-billion-dollar valuation as part of InfoSpace, Inc. John is a frequent speaker at conferences and other events. He and his family reside in Utah.

We talk about the following:

Startup Ignition

What do successful founders do

The importance of building a great team

Optimal time to approach investors

John's Social Media

John's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/johnrichards/

John's Twitter: @johnrichards_ut

John's Email: [email protected]

John's Resources

Startup Ignition is an in person live boot camp that's held in Lehi, Utah. It's a booming Tech Center. We hold a boot camp there about every three months tuitions $1,999 or 2000. For any listener today that mentions that they saw this podcast if they want to attend and come in and stay in a nice, low cost hotel for three days and be a part of the three day boot camp. We will give a $500 discount so $500 down to 1500.

John's Advice

In today's market, one of the most important things that you can do for yourself is to make sure that you are taking the time to understand what you're getting into as you think about launching a company or think about taking an idea to market. You need to be very careful when you're hiring people. The old saying, on hiring is, you know, an ounce of prevention is worth a pound of cure. So you know, be slow to hire quick to fire. Same thing with your customers. You need to make sure you understand your customers very well before you press on the accelerator and put too much gas.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Derren Burrell – President and Founder of Veteran Ventures Capital

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Derren Burrell, Lieutenant Colonel (Retired) is the is the Founder & President of Veteran Ventures Capital, LLC, an investment and consulting firm focused on scaling veteran-owned and led businesses. In this capacity he oversees all aspects of the company operations and fund management. Prior to this he served as the Chief Operating Officer for TAG Resources, LLC, a retirement service company with over $1.5 billion in assets under management.

He is an Accredited Investment Fiduciary, Certified Defense Financial Manager, and Level 3 Certified in the Secretary of Defense Financial Management Program.

Prior to his transition to the private sector in 2015, Lieutenant Colonel (Ret) Burrell was the Resource Director of the White House Communication Agency. He worked directly with senior White House (WH) staff, Congressional, comptroller, United States Secret Service, Dept of State, and Defense Information Systems Agency staff in all aspects of financial and contract management in support of POTUS. While in this position he was selected for the rank of Colonel but decided to retire from his 21-year military history and transition to the private sector.

Highlights of his military career include being deployed to Iraq as the Deputy Comptroller, United States Forces – Iraq and in Afghanistan as the Resource Director, NATO Air Training Command – Afghanistan. In this joint capacity he led the 34- person J8 directorate (Iraq) and the 4-person J8 office (Afghanistan) in planning, resourcing, and executing $20 billion + in U.S. appropriated funding in support of U.S. operations within the Iraq and Afghanistan Joint Operations Areas.

He was also stationed at the Pentagon as the flying operations analyst for the Air Force, where he was responsible for the largest Operations & Maintenance budget account in the Air Force, over $15 billion. He has been a squadron commander for both finance and wing staff agencies, and was a deployed Comptroller on the front line in Operations SEA SIGNAL, SOUTHERN WATCH, ALLIED FORCE, NEW DAWN, and ENDURING FREEDOM.

He is a graduate of the Citadel and past recipient of several awards including the Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Air Force Commendation Medals, Joint Service Achievement Medal, Air Force Budget Officer of the Year twice, Air Force Financial Management Officer of the Year, Comptroller of the Year, and USAFE James E. Short Award for Outstanding Contribution to Mentorship and Career Development.

Derren is married to the former Gloria Frey and they have 5 children: Lydia, Luke, David, Rebekah, and Nathanael.

We talk about the following:

His company, Veteran Ventures Capital

Why it is important to invest in Military Veteran led companies

How to do your pitch deck

What makes him say yes or no to an opportunity to invest

Derren's Social Media

Company website: https://www.veteranventures.us/

Company LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/veteran-ventures-capital-llc/

Company Twitter: https://twitter.com/VenturesVeteran

Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/veteran_ventures/

Company FB: https://www.facebook.com/veteranventurescapital/

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Bobby Quinn, Founder/CEO of Raven Spatial

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Founder & CEO, Raven Spatial, Inc Hometown: St. Petersburg, FL Lives in: Oldsmar Age: 38 Hobbies: beer league ice hockey, recreational flying, running slowly, hiking About: Bobby is the Founder and CEO of Raven Spatial. Bobby spent 13 years in the Air Force followed by a few years of running various businesses, including an aerial imagery company. He spent 2 years in Afghanistan as a contracted drone pilot for the US Navy. After leaving Afghanistan, Bobby worked for DigitalGlobe as a geospatial analyst where he used satellite imagery for location intelligence. He created Raven Spatial to address an industry need to leverage drones and smartphones as tools in time-sensitive mapping. Fun Facts: • Bobby built a child-sized Zamboni that he called the "Zambabi." It was discovered by the Tampa Bay Lightning and was quickly adopted by the team. Bobby's son Kai was known as the Zambabi by the team and staff, and rode the ice during intermission for two seasons.

We talk about the following:

His company, Raven Spatial

Drones and privacy

Different Drone rules

Bobby's Social Media

Bobby's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bobbyaquinn/

Raven Spatial LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ravenspatial/

Raven Spatial Twitter: https://twitter.com/RavenSpatial

Bobby's Resources

Sign up for access to the Raven Spatial Beta: https://ravenspatial.com/pixel

Bobby's Advice

Everybody today is wrapped up in politics and the small ideas. We talk about other people, and it's just it seems like a lot of wasted energy, right? So I challenge everybody out there. There's challenges that affect man all around us every day. Instead of wasting energy thinking about people, think about ideas, think about a way to change the world and inspire yourself to change the world. Anybody can do it. Everyone has the capability and the potential to do that. Imagine if we put out the same energy and to make the world a better place. So the same energy we do knocking people and

being at odds with our friends

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to LeShane Greenhill – CEO and Co-founder of Sagents and Founder of SalesCocktail.com

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A native Nashvillian, LeShane is CEO and Co-founder of Sagents and Founder of SalesCocktail.com. Prior to his current ventures, LeShane Founded Pishon Sales Outsourcing. In 2016, he was selected by Google and Code2040 to serve as an Entrepreneur In-Residence at Googles Tech Hub.

A graduate of the University of Memphis, LeShane received his BBA with a concentration in MIS. LeShane also completed the "Building High Performing Businesses" Executive Education program at Dartmouth's Tuck School of Business.

He has served and currently serves on numerous non-profit boards including: Metro Nashville Municipal Auditorium (Commissioner), The Exchange Club Family Center, Young Leaders Council, and Girl Scouts of Middle TN, Dan and Margaret Maddox Foundation, Trustee; Nashville Chamber Leadership Connect, Vital Signs Task Force; WorkIT Nashville, Ambassador; Belmont University Business School Ethics Advisory Board; Alignment Nashville Tech Team, and YPNashville, Founding committee member.

LeShane served as President & Chairman of the Nashville Area Junior Chamber of Commerce in 2008. As a facilitator for the Kaufmann Foundation FastTrac program, he also helped design and facilitate a 10-week entrepreneurship program for New Level Community Development Corporation. In 2017

He is a 2005 graduate of Nashville Emerging Leaders and a 2009 graduate of Young Leaders Council. LeShane is also a member of the 2008 Leadership Nashville class. Nashville Business Journal named him a Top 40 under 40 in 2010 and Power 100. In 2013 LeShane was awarded the Spirit of the Chamber Award by the Nashville Area Chamber of Commerce.

LeShane has been a featured speaker for Chicago Federal Reserve Bank, International Business Innovation Association, Vanderbilt School of Engineering, SXSW, MTSU, Pathway Women's Business Center, Karen Hunter Show on Sirius XM Radio, and many other outlets

LeShane is married to Gealita Greenhill. Together they have a daughter and son.

We talk about the following:

His companies, Sagents and Salescocktail.com

The importance of public speaking

Why it is important to give back

Reasons to adopt SaaS

LeShane's Social Media

LeShane's Twitter: @LSGreenhill

Sales Cocktail Twitter: @SalesCocktail

LeShane's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/leshanegreenhill/

LeShane's Resources

I've put together a PDF form of 15 different SaaS platforms that we've used personally within our company. For your listeners who want that PDF file, they can just text us sales cocktail, the word sales cocktail 615-510-6364 .

LeShane's Advice

I mentioned earlier, one of the reasons why small businesses don't use technology is because when they Google it, they get so many options. They don't know which one is best for them and they just give up. On our website Sales Cocktail, we have a recommendation engine. Where we ask questions, like the size of your company, the industry that you're in and the type of software you're looking for and then your name and email.

It spits out a recommended list of platforms from the criteria you just entered in in there and there's no cost for that. The reason why we did that is because we want small businesses to get over this analysis of trying to figure out what to do and what to use. So, I guess that that's a long way of saying, use technology to increase your bottom line.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Victor Brown Founder & CEO at Xcellent Life

Victor L. Brown is a seasoned leader with extensive experience within both large global and start-up companies that deploy enterprise class software and sensor-based applications. Victor has driven business success as a leader and as a hands-on practitioner of best-practice approaches.

Currently, Victor is the CEO of Xcellent Life, an early stage Digital Health Analytics Company, which has launched an innovative mobile software platform to improve the quality of life by improving healthcare with better consumer engagement and analysis of health using artificial intelligence.

Victor started his career with Schneider Electric a $35B company operating in 120 different countries & 144,000 Employees, as an engineer. After 5 years, Victor transitioned to a marketing role.

As a marketing leader, Victor had ownership of a line of software products & solutions where he spent another 6 years driving product growth year-over-year. After Schneider Electric, Victor joined his first start-up BPL Global, where he built an international product marketing team driving triple-revenue growth in a 3-year span.

He has also worked as a consultant, where he founded APEX Strategy & Marketing to help small to mid-size companies develop go-to-market strategies and provide them with deep insights to best-practice approaches for growth and product commercialization. More recently, and previous to founding Xcellent Life, Victor served in various VP roles where he drove business growth at startups.

Additionally, Victor has participated in national and international thought-leadership events as a speaker discussing emerging technology trends and the processes to getting technological innovations adopted. Victor enjoys his downtime by spending time with family and staying active in the gym.

We talk about the following:

His company, Xcellent Life.

Are people ready for AI in the health industry.

The challenges, struggles and rewards of startup life.

Victor's Social Media

Victor's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/victorlbrown/

Xcellent Life Website: http://www.xcellentlife.com/

Xcellent Life FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/xcellentlife/

Xcellent Life Twitter: @XLCompany

Victor's Advice

I think the one advice I would do is that if you have an idea that you want to move forward in and you want to be an entrepreneur. I think it's very important that you are passionate about what that idea is about and what you're doing.

Because the journey of being an entrepreneur is very challenging, and it won't be very rewarding in terms of financial rewards in the early stages. I know it can be longer term, but in the early stages.

You need something that is more tied to passion that drives you forward past some of the challenges that you deal with. So do something that you're passionate about. And when you find that, I think it makes the road and journey much easier.

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On this episode of the cavnessHR podcast we talk to Nicole Kato, CEO of Puddy

Nicole has been a working in the hotel & hospitality space for 10+ years. She started her career working for the Disney Parks and eventually became a property manager in Destin FL.

She has two Bachelor degrees from Swarthmore College, a Masters in Mechanical Engineering from the University of Southern California and is currently working on an MBA in Finance from Johns Hopkins University.

Nicole started a company called Puddy,which provides guests with up-to-date information about their vacation rental

while giving hosts peace of mind throughout the process.

We talk about the following:

Her company Puddy.

Her life as a CTO and in STEM.

Bunker Labs.

Nicole's Social Media

Puddy Website: https://www.puddy.io/

Nicole's email: [email protected]

Puddy FB Page: https://www.facebook.com/puddy.io

Puddy LinkedIn Page: https://www.linkedin.com/company/puddy/

Puddy Instagram: @Puddy

Nicole's Advice

I think just keep chugging is really something that I learned at Disney is we love to push the boulder and we push it forward. And I think a lot of software people are entrepreneurs at some point they give up. And what really stood out to me at Disney that I do take in every day is just keep pushing forward.

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