The Startup Life

In this episode, we talk to Kyle Bailey (Founder & CEO of NuVinAir Global) about his journey and his new product to combat COVID-19 and also which BBQ he prefers, Texas or Tennessee.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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In this episode, we talk to Rana Shanawani (Executive Director Of The Women's Center For Entrepreneurship) about the PPP Loan and the Women's Center For Entrepreneurship.

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In this episode, we talk to Erin Joy (Founder Of Black Dress Circle)as we discuss her book "The Anatomy Of Accomplishment" , how she works with her clients, and the great finds she gets from thrift shopping.

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**More On Erin**

A third-generation female entrepreneur, Erin Joy understands the rewards and challenges of starting a company and fueling its success. She has made it her life's mission to provide business owners with the resources, services, and support they need to be successful in business and life.

After 15 years spent selling and consulting in the real estate industry, in 2011 Erin shifted her focus to business consulting and executive coaching services. In response to market need, she also introduced Black Dress Circles® . These monthly, peer-driven roundtables offer support, guidance, and insights specifically for women business owners. In addition to one-on-one consulting and roundtable facilitation, Erin also shares her significant knowledge and insights on a variety of business topics through other channels, including her ongoing series of podcasts, videos, and workshops. Furthermore, she has created several helpful free business resource documents that are available for immediate download. In 2019, she launched BDC University, the educational arm of her company.

Erin is a sought-after speaker and thought leader. She has spoken at the Midwest Women Business Owners' Conference, the St. Louis Business Journal Women's Conference, and the Missouri Athletic Club's Women of Distinction Luncheon, and the American Business Women's Alliance, National Women's Leadership Conference. She has been featured in USA Today, St. Louis Business Journal, Entrepreneur Quarterly, St. Louis Post Dispatch, St. Louis Magazine, The Women's Journal, Sophisticated Living, Great Day St. Louis, St. Louis FOX2, KTRS 550am, and Biz Women Rock Podcast, to name a few. For three consecutive years, she produced the national award-winning Midwest Women Business Owners' (MWBO) Conference and is currently the administrator of a thriving MWBO Group on Facebook. Her success in this arena caught the attention of national event producers and she was asked to serve on the advisory board for the inaugural Women Future Conference in New York City in 2019, where she will also be moderating a panel.

Erin's business, Black Dress Circle (formerly known as Black Dress Partners), has been recognized several years in a row as a top consulting firm in the St. Louis area. Erin was designated one of the top 100 St. Louisans to know in 2016 and 2019. She was also honored with the international Enterprising Women of the Year Champion Award in 2019 and recognized as one of the Best Companies of 2019 in the Business Services Category by the Women World Awards®. Erin received her bachelor's degree in marketing from University of Missouri-Columbia and her Master of Arts in human resources management from Washington University in St. Louis. She is currently pursuing her Ph.D. in business psychology from The Chicago School of Professional Psychology to further enhance her ability to offer actionable, insightful advice to help people and businesses thrive.

Want to connect with Erin? Email her at [email protected]

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Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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In this episode, we talk to Bryan Barringer(Director of Entrepreneurship + Innovation at Christian Brothers University) how a new technology from his youth sparked his entrepreneurial journey, his role at CBU, and so much more.

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**More On Bryan**

Bryan is a serial entrepreneur with nine startups, six financed with three successful exits. His experience spans three decades in both self-run and founded businesses as well as employment with major corporations. This provides him with a unique set of skills with the history and perspectives from all facets of the business, large and small. With expertise in consumer products, technology, retail, transportation, operations and several other industry verticals, Bryan has a proven track record of successful protect and grow strategies. Bryan's breadth of experience in entrepreneurial consultation and leadership covering innovation, ideation, problem-solving, team forming and motivation, business development and product management. With a proven history in delivering user-centric designed products with focused skills in mobility, UX/UI architecture and design, business development, user adoption, customer acquisition and overall product envisioning, strategy, development and management. All with over a decade of Agile/Scrum/Lean project management. An experienced team leader that can engage teams, envision, create, deploy and evolve omni-channel solutions that can be brought to market with tangible returns on investment. Books to live by: Crack the Funding Code, The Lean Startup, The Startup Way, Venture Deals, Business Model Generation, Value Propositions Design, Do More Faster, Traction, I Will Eat This Cricket for a Cricket Badge...

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

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Cielo - Huma-Huma

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In this episode, we talk to Mike Goldman (Business Growth Consultant & Author of "Breakthrough Leadership Team") as we discuss his book, having hard conversations, and what he has learned from his son.

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**More On Mike**

Mike Goldman is the best-selling author of Performance Breakthrough and Breakthrough Leadership Team. He is also a nationally recognized speaker and leadership team coach. He founded Performance Breakthrough in 2007 to help mid-sized companies achieve dramatic business growth by working with leadership teams to ensure they have the right people, strategies and execution habits for growth. Mike has over 30 years of experience consulting and coaching companies from the local entrepreneur to the Fortune 500. Throughout his career, he helped companies like Verizon, Disney, Polo Ralph Lauren, Chanel, Dillard's, Liz Claiborne and Levi Strauss.

Mike's clients value his vast experience and pragmatic approach. His dedication to serving his clients is always executed with incredible passion and energy. His no-nonsense, practical style enables individuals and teams to uncover opportunities and achieve revolutionary results with laser focus. Mike is a life-long learner. In fact, he often tells his clients that he if he's gone ninety minutes without recommending a book, they should dial 911 because he might be having a stroke.

Mike has the following coaching certifications and affiliations:

• Four Decisions/Gravitas Impact

• Five Dysfunctions of a Team

• 3HAG/Metronome United

• NLP Master Practitioner

• NLP Master Coach

• Master Practitioner Create Your Future™/Time Line Therapy™

• Master Hypnotherapist

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

**Break Theme**

Cielo - Huma-Huma

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Victoria talks about Prime My Body, the Hemp/CBD industry, and her journey.

In this episode, and later in the show, we talk to Marc Morial(President & CEO of The National Urban League and Author of "The Gumbo Coalition") as we discuss his book, what it means to police with compassion and his interactions with President Obama. Timestamp 30:07

First, we talk to Dr. Bobby Parmar (Award-Winning Professor at the University Of Virginia) as we discuss his new book "The Power Of And" and also his film, to which he produces and is featured in, "Fishing With Dynamite".

**More On Marc**

As a Lawyer, Morial won the Louisiana State Bar Association's Pro Bono Publico Award for his legal service to the poor and disadvantaged. He was also one of the youngest lawyers, at age 26, to argue and win a major case before the Louisiana Supreme Court. As a Professor, Morial served on the adjunct faculty of Xavier University in Louisiana, where he taught Constitutional Law, and Business Law. As a Louisiana State Senator, Morial was named Legislative Rookie of the Year, Education Senator of the Year, and Environmental Senator of the Year, while authoring laws on a wide range of important subjects. As Mayor of New Orleans, Morial was a popular chief executive with a broad multi-racial coalition who led New Orleans' 1990's renaissance, and left office with a 70% approval rating. With vigor and creativity he passionately attacked his city's vast urban problems. Elected by his peers as President of the bi-partisan U.S. Conference of Mayors (USCM), he served during the 9/11 Crisis and championed the creation of the Department of Homeland Security, and the Federalization of airport security screeners. As President of the National Urban League since 2003 he has been the primary catalyst for an era of change -- a transformation for the 100 year old civil rights organization. Under his stewardship the League has had record fundraising success towards a 250MM, five year fundraising goal and he has secured the BBB nonprofit certification, which has established the NUL as a leading national nonprofit. His creativity has led to initiatives such as the Urban Youth Empowerment Program to assist young adults in securing sustainable jobs, and Entrepreneurship Centers in 5 cities to help the growth of small businesses. Also, Morial created the National Urban League Empowerment Fund, which has pumped almost $200 million into urban impact businesses including minority business through both debt and equity investments.

**More On Bobby**

Associate Professor Bidhan ("Bobby") Parmar is the Shannon Smith Emerging Scholar in Business Administration. Parmar teaches First Year Ethics, Second Year electives on collaboration, and creative and critical thinking at the Darden School of Business. He was named one of the top 40 business school professors under 40 in the world and has won several teaching and research awards.

Parmar's research interests focus on how managers make sense of uncertainty and collaborate in ways that create value for stakeholders. His work helps executives better handle ambiguity in their decision-making. Parmar's work has been published in Organization Science, Psychological Science, Journal of Applied Psychology, Journal of Experimental Psychology, Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes, Organization Studies, Business & Society, and the Journal of Business Ethics. He has co-authored two books on stakeholder theory.

Parmar works with executives in a wide variety of industries and functions on topics related to decision making, stakeholder management, design-thinking, leadership, and collaboration and influence.

Parmar is a fellow at the Olsson Center for Applied Ethics and the Safra Center for Ethics at Harvard University. Parmar is the Co-director of the Darden Experiential Leadership Development Lab, where students practice real-world leadership skills in stressful and interpersonally sensitive situations and get developmental feedback and coaching. Parmar lives in Charlottesville with his wife and two daughters.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

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Music Credits:

**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

**Break Theme**

Cielo - Huma-Huma

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If you want to try any of Swanson Health's great products for yourself, use code STARTUP20 for 20% off on https://www.swansonvitamins.com/.

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In this episode, we talk to Kimberly Sumpter (Entrepreneur & Podcaster) as we discuss her career in radio, her podcasting journey, and how she helps small businesses.

**More On Kimberly**

Kimberly Sumpter had a 17-year career in the radio broadcasting industry starting as an intern at 97.9 the Box in Houston. She became a Promotions Director at KIIZ-FM in Killeen, TX while hosting the rated #1 rated midday show in Central, TX for over 2 years. She jumped from market #141 to market #5 where she worked as an on-air announcer at KRNB-FM 105.7 before becoming a News and Traffic reporter and Assistant Promotions Director at 94.5 KSOUL and 97.9 the Beat in Dallas. Kimberly currently hosts and produces the Sistahs Connect podcast. She's a Community Business Academy instructor for Rising Tide Capital, a non-profit organization dedicated to transforming lives and communities through entrepreneurship and the owner of the Wax Kandy Candle Co.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson

Music Credits:

**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

**Break Theme**

Cielo - Huma-Huma

Sponsors/Partners

If you want to try any of Swanson Health's great products for yourself, use code STARTUP20 for 20% off on https://www.swansonvitamins.com/.

If you're concerned about the safety of your employees and the sustainability of your organization, you need the resources and connections RIMS provides. Learn more at www.rims.org/Podcast. You can save 25% off a year-long membership.

Go to the Phillip Stein and use code SLEEP EZ to get 10% of your new Philip Stein Sleep Bracelet.

Visit peopleready.com/startuplife to learn more about how you can partner with PeopleReady.

Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code THESTARTUPLIFE at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com, and use code THESTARTUPLIFE. It's spring cleaning baby and your balls will thank you!

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In this episode, we talk to David Cote (Former CEO of Honeywell and Author Of "Winning Now, Winning Later") as we discuss being fired by Jack Welch from GE, Why working hard is not always best, and answers if Bill Belichick could run a Fortune 500 company.

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Written by: Dominic Lawson

Executive Producers: Dominic Lawson and Kenda Lawson

Music Credits:

**Show Theme**

Behind Closed Doors - Otis McDonald

**Break Theme**

Cielo - Huma-Huma

Sponsors/Partners

If you want to try any of Swanson Health's great products for yourself, use code STARTUP20 for 20% off on https://www.swansonvitamins.com/.

If you're concerned about the safety of your employees and the sustainability of your organization, you need the resources and connections RIMS provides. Learn more at www.rims.org/Podcast. You can save 25% off a year-long membership.

Go to the Phillip Stein and use code SLEEPEZ to get 10% of your new Philip Stein Sleep Bracelet.

Visit peopleready.com/startuplife to learn more about how you can partner with PeopleReady.

Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code THESTARTUPLIFE at Manscaped.com. That's 20% off with free shipping at manscaped.com, and use code THESTARTUPLIFE. It's spring cleaning baby and your balls will thank you!