The SuccessGrid Podcast

Sean Tepper is the Founder and CEO of Tykr, a software that helps people manage their own investments with confidence. He originally created Tykr as an Excel sheet in 2016 to save time with investing. After four years, he made consistent returns ranging between 15% and 50% per year. In 2019 he started sharing this Excel sheet with other investors and everyone asked “When are you going to turn this into software to share with others?” Tykr took about one year to build and officially went live in 2020. Today, Tykr has over 8,000 customers in over 50 countries.

John Cousins is an investor, tech founder, and bestselling author of Understanding Corporate Finance and over 60 other books. John is the founder of MBA ASAP, which provides training to individuals and corporations. Currently General Partner at Tetraktys Global, a quantitative hedge fund, he is an early investor in many successful tech companies and crypto protocols. John was the cofounder of Biomoda (IPO 2006), Advanced Optics Electronics (IPO 1999), FoodSentry (epic fail), MBA ASAP, and Tetraktys Global. He holds undergraduate degrees from MIT and Boston University and an MBA in finance from Wharton.

Jon Ostenson is the Founder and CEO of FranBridge Consulting, an Inc. 5000 company, and he is a top .1% franchise consultant. Jon is also the author of the bestselling book, ‘Non-Food Franchising’. Jon draws on his experience as a former Inc. 500 Franchise President and Multi-Brand Franchisee in helping his clients select their franchise investments. Jon is a frequent contributor on franchising for publications such as Forbes, Inc., and Bloomberg.

Robin Waite is the Founder of Fearless Business, expert on pricing, regular keynote speaker at business events and bestselling author of several books, including Online Business Startup, Marketing Machine and the recent popular release Take Your Shot.

Eric Burns went from being a finance major, to firefighter, to real estate professional to commercial real estate capital raiser and entrepreneur. he believe in failing forward and financial freedom. his definition of freedom is the freedom of time to enjoy truly special experiences and moments.

Gretchen Villegas is a Senior leader with experience specializing in mission-driven innovative program designs through partnership development, impact scaling, and revenue growth. Professional experience in managing international country programs in vulnerable communities with a portfolio total of over $320M+ funded by both public and private donors. Currently, the CEO and Founder of Nexus Strategy and Growth Partners LLC, where we take more than 50 years of combined experience to support domestic and global non-profits, corporations with social impact units, and social enterprises to increase revenue to augment impacts.

Alison Smith has 23 years of experience as a coach and speaker. Her podcast 'Landscaping Your Life' is about getting back on track when you're stuck and can't see the wood for the trees. Alison lives in Scotland. She loves going out for walks, open-water swimming, reading, writing, and nature.

Larry Easto has over 40 years of experience in providing professional services as a lawyer, consultant, writer, trainer, and coach. The heart of his work lies in experiential learning, the principles he applies to help clients develop and apply their own solutions to their issues and opportunities. Preferring to empower clients to meet and overcome their challenges over telling them what they should do, Larry endeavors to equip them with the right tools to make informed decisions. He has authored over 30 books, eBooks, and video courses since 1993, sharing practical professional and business growth strategies.

Nick Gausling is a Fractional COO and consultant who helps specialty merchants and consumer service providers take concrete actions to improve their operations and generate more profit without resorting to shortsighted, knee-jerk reactions. He previously held leadership positions in multiple specialty retail companies and has been quoted by leading business press.

Kim LoCascio is a Managing Partner at a leading recruitment resource, sourceowls.com She has been in the recruitment world for almost 20 years and resides in Orlando, Florida. She loves to help companies get the perfect long-term employees on their team, and find candidates for their dream jobs.