The Startup Life

In this episode, we talk to Pat Nulis (Founder Of So Southern) as she discusses with us about her business So Southern, what we can learn from horses, how she landed her partners, and more.

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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

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We share with StartupNation our take of Peter Yawitz's latest book "Flip-Flops and Microwaved Fish: Navigating the Dos and Don'ts of Workplace Culture"

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We share with StartupNation our take of Laura Bull's latest book "From Individual To Empire: A Guide to Building an Authentic and Powerful Brand"

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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

Contact DR and Associates today for all of your marketing needs online at www.drandassociates.com, on social media, or at 615-933-3681

KOYA is the new and best way to let your friends and family know you're thinking of them! Choose a friend, record a message, hide it at a location they are likely to visit and give them a clue. When they arrive, your message will instantly appear! You can even send them a gift! Best of all, the app is entirely free.

OK Startup Nation, I want to talk to you about our sponsor, Tresta. They're offering a 30-day free trial, so you can see if Tresta's virtual phone system is right for you. Communicate smarter and more efficiently with Tresta. Start now at tresta.com/startuplife. Tresta, Business Communication. Simplified.

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**More On Rana**

Rana el Kaliouby, PhD, is co-founder and CEO of Affectiva, and author of the forthcoming book Girl Decoded, which is available for pre-order now. Rana is the pioneer of artificial emotional intelligence—Emotion AI. The next frontier of Artificial Intelligence, Emotion AI is projected to become a multi-billion dollar industry. Rana led the innovation of the company's award winning technology, which uses deep learning and massive amounts of data to analyze complex and nuanced emotions and cognitive states from face and voice. And, she raised over $50 million in venture capital for Affectiva.

Rana's PhD research at the University of Cambridge developed one of the earliest prototypes of facial emotion recognition technology. Later, as a research scientist at MIT Media Lab, she spearheaded the applications of emotion recognition technology in a variety of fields, including mental health and autism research.

Rana holds a BSc and MSc in Computer Science from the American University in Cairo, a Ph.D. from the Computer Laboratory at the University of Cambridge, and a Post Doctorate at MIT.

Rana is one of few women leading a disruptive AI company. A Muslim-American and passionate advocate, she frequently speaks in the press and on stage, about innovation, women in technology, ethics in AI, and leadership. Forbes recently included Rana in their list of America's Top 50 Women In Tech, and Fortune Magazine included her in their 40 under 40, 2018 edition. She is also a Young Global Leader in the World Economic Forum.

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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

Contact DR and Associates today for all of your marketing needs online at www.drandassociates.com, on social media, or at 615-933-3681

KOYA is the new and best way to let your friends and family know you're thinking of them! Choose a friend, record a message, hide it at a location they are likely to visit and give them a clue. When they arrive, your message will instantly appear! You can even send them a gift! Best of all, the app is entirely free.

OK Startup Nation, I want to talk to you about our sponsor, Tresta. They're offering a 30-day free trial, so you can see if Tresta's virtual phone system is right for you. Communicate smarter and more efficiently with Tresta. Start now at tresta.com/startuplife. Tresta, Business Communication. Simplified.

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**More on Jeremy**

Jeremy is a New York Times Bestselling author, one of the world's top innovation keynote speakers / management consultants and the CEO of Trend Hunter, the world's #1 largest, most popular trend spotting firm with more than 2 billion views and 3 million fans. With custom research, innovation workshops and custom trend reports, Trend Hunter accelerates innovation for the world's top-tier innovators. Jeremy is "One of North America's Most Requested Keynote Speakers", New York Times bestselling author of "BETTER and FASTER - The Proven Path to Unstoppable Ideas" and the award-winning book "EXPLOITING CHAOS - 150 Ways to Spark Innovation During Times of Change" (Axiom Business Book Awards; Inc Magazine Best Books for Business Owners; Summary Best Books for 2011). Jeremy is an innovation advisor to over 400 brands, billionaires and CEOs ranging from Victoria's Secret, Coca-Cola and Sony to IBM, Cisco and Hughes Aerospace. He specializes in innovation during times of chaos and enabling change when change is hard. Over the last seven years, he's been the innovation keynote speaker at hundreds of events, inspiring more than 250,000 people. Routinely sourced by the media, he has appeared in hundreds of newspaper and television interviews form CNN and the New York Times to Entertainment Tonight and MTV. Specialties: trend spotting, trends, cool hunting, innovation, strategy, management consulting, guest speaking, marketing, quantitative analysis, finance, keynote speaking, social media, marketing, consulting, innovation workshops, hosting, brands, chaos, creative destruction, trend analytic, motivation, motivational speaking

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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

Contact DR and Associates today for all of your marketing needs online at www.drandassociates.com, on social media, or at 615-933-3681

KOYA is the new and best way to let your friends and family know you're thinking of them! Choose a friend, record a message, hide it at a location they are likely to visit and give them a clue. When they arrive, your message will instantly appear! You can even send them a gift! Best of all, the app is entirely free.

OK Startup Nation, I want to talk to you about our sponsor, Tresta. They're offering a 30-day free trial, so you can see if Tresta's virtual phone system is right for you. Communicate smarter and more efficiently with Tresta. Start now at tresta.com/startuplife. Tresta, Business Communication. Simplified.

Let Colony Spark help your business. Go to colonyspark.com/startuplife

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In this video, we discuss networking with a grooming fail while unboxing the Lawnmower 3.0 by our partners at MANSCAPED.

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**More on Alex**

Alex is a Clinical Professor of Law and Director of the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School. She has spent the last eleven years helping thousands of people negotiate better, build relationships and reach their goals. In 2019, Alex was awarded the Columbia University Presidential Award for Outstanding Teaching, Columbia University's highest teaching honor.

Alex believes that negotiation is for everyone. She is a world-renowned negotiation trainer for groups and individuals from all over the world—including the United Nations, Fortune 100 companies, the U.S. government, foreign governments, not-for-profit organizations, universities and private law firms. Through the Mediation Clinic at Columbia Law School, Alex and her students provide free conflict resolution services and training to many people and organizations who otherwise would not be able to afford it.

Prior to joining the Columbia faculty, Alex was associated with Cravath, Swaine & Moore LLP. She also worked at Goldman Sachs in the Principal Investment Area. She spent a year in Taipei, Taiwan as a U.S. Fulbright Scholar.

Alex received her Juris Doctor degree in 2003 from Columbia Law School, where she earned James Kent and Harlan Fiske Stone academic honors. She won the Jane Marks Murphy Prize for her mediation work and the Lawrence S. Greenbaum Prize for oral advocacy. She graduated cum laude from Georgetown University, where she won the Lena Landegger community service award.

Alex lives in Maplewood, New Jersey, with her husband Greg and their daughter Caroline. In her spare time, she enjoys cooking and practicing yoga.

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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

Contact DR and Associates today for all of your marketing needs online at www.drandassociates.com, on social media, or at 615-933-3681

KOYA is the new and best way to let your friends and family know you're thinking of them! Choose a friend, record a message, hide it at a location they are likely to visit and give them a clue. When they arrive, your message will instantly appear! You can even send them a gift! Best of all, the app is entirely free.

OK Startup Nation, I want to talk to you about our sponsor, Tresta. They're offering a 30-day free trial, so you can see if Tresta's virtual phone system is right for you. Communicate smarter and more efficiently with Tresta. Start now at tresta.com/startuplife. Tresta, Business Communication. Simplified.

Let Colony Spark help your business. Go to colonyspark.com/startuplife

Use code BETTEREVERYDAY for 30% everything sitewide at ladder.sport. That's "BETTEREVERYDAY" for 30% off at ladder.sport.

Check out his website to purchase his book.

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Joel has a long history of successful growth capital investments in a variety of industries. He currently teaches Entrepreneurial Management at Stanford's Graduate School of Business, is the Chairman of the Board of Overseers at the Hoover Institution at Stanford as well as the Chairman of the Board at JetBlue Airways, and serves as a Director of Franklin Covey. He served formerly as Managing Partner of Trammell Crow Company. He holds an MBA from Harvard Business School. Joel is the author of The 10 Laws of Trust: Building the Bonds that Make a Business Great.

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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

Contact DR and Associates today for all of your marketing needs online at www.drandassociates.com, on social media, or at 615-933-3681

KOYA is the new and best way to let your friends and family know you're thinking of them! Choose a friend, record a message, hide it at a location they are likely to visit and give them a clue. When they arrive, your message will instantly appear! You can even send them a gift! Best of all, the app is entirely free.

OK Startup Nation, I want to talk to you about our sponsor, Tresta. They're offering a 30-day free trial, so you can see if Tresta's virtual phone system is right for you. Communicate smarter and more efficiently with Tresta. Start now at tresta.com/startuplife. Tresta, Business Communication. Simplified.

Use code BETTEREVERYDAY for 30% everything sitewide at ladder.sport. That's "BETTEREVERYDAY" for 30% off at ladder.sport.