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We all know that entrepreneurship is tough; their many challenges, headaches, and stress points to overcome before starting a business. Keeping these points in mind, add the detail that the entrepreneur is in college, and the challenge of starting a business goes up exponentially. Despite these oppositions, Nina Barnett overcame them while being a female within a male-dominated space. In episode 11 of The Next Matters Most podcast, Nina, the owner and founder of Grooop, talks about how she overcame the ultimatum of being a female business owner while completing her own goals of graduating college at the top of her class. 

Grooop is simple: college students use an intuitive app to feel confident on campus.  Anytime, Anywhere. Grooop is a platform that serves universities, workplaces, friends, and families through our service contracts and mobile app to make safety more fun, inclusive, intuitive, and non-invasive. Grooop is the best way to share safety status instantly. Grooop makes sure you have power in numbers, even if you're alone. Set up safe zones, create Grooops of your friends, and update your safety status to alert others if you need help. 

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Leadership can have many different forms, but how do you know which one is right for you or your business? In episode 12 of the Next Matters Most Podcast, Walter Pinson, President of Smashing Boxes, talks with Nick Jordan about how he learned how to lead himself and his various teams through personal and business obstacles. Walter has a fair share of leadership experience, from building his own companies to companies like Microsoft and Unboxed. The two also discuss how CIO advisors can help businesses leverage expertise without paying large sums to accomplish their leaders' goals.

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In the first episode of season two of the Next Matters Most Podcast, we are talking with Ryan Kraudel, VP of technology at Valencell, an inventor and maker of wearable and hearable biometric sensor technology that can monitor and measure key vitals in the body such as blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and more. These readings and more can help us do a better job of preventing and managing such major health issues as Cardiovascular disease (CVD), Respiratory issues, and Hypertension which on it's own affects over 1B people globally.  Listen in as we discuss the future of wearable technology and its ability to profoundly impact the well being of the human race, where the adoption blockers are, and what the opportunity looks like as we look to the future. 

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Will Barfield, is a seasoned builder of sales teams and is currently the founder and principal of Barfield Revenue Consulting which helps companies of all sizes identify talent, build teams, and scale the revenue side of their companies. In this episode we discuss our local ecosystem and what we are best at as it relates to scaling sales organizations, key tips for founders adding sales to their startups, and how to grow your LinkedIn connections from a few thousand to over 14,000 in less than 12 months by being authentic. 

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Gavin Jocius is an experienced ecommerce operator building brands, recently CanvasonDemand into an 80M juggernaut which exited in 2019. Currently, Gavin is forging his own path into entrepreneurship through his search fund, Riverside Ventures. In this episode we will talk about ETA, entrepreneurship through acquisition, as well as trends in digital commerce, social media and the future of advertising. 

Highly experienced eCommerce professional with over nineteen years of experience in information technology and digital communications working in education, public and private companies. Motivated, adaptable, well-rounded with great written and oral communication skills.

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Daniel Scagnelli is a driven, results-oriented, customer-focused technology professional with diverse industry experience, strong business acumen, and an unbridled passion for building strong partner relationships and customer loyalty. Daniel has been a leader/executive in the startup technology scene for the past several years with a professional focus on the post-sale customer life cycle. Hear how he got into startups, life in the startup scene in non-Silicon Valley markets, as well as why the post-sale customer life cycle is important especially when you are selling APIs that are tech-centric. 

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Tom Snyder is a senior-level manager with substantial experience building and leading global teams, technology development, product design, and introduction. He and his team have a  proven innovation skillset with over 25 US patents issued. Currently the Executive Director at RIoT, he has a highly developed skillset for budget and schedule management, staff development, and driving innovation. In episode 5 of the Next Matters Most Podcast, Tom and Nick talk about the impact data technology solutions have on business and why large companies like Google and Facebook want in on creating innovative solutions or finding the teams to do so. 

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Whitney Marston Pierce has two decades of creative/marketing consulting experience. Originally advised established companies in connecting with a younger generation. Since then, she has continued to connect brand and audience through multiple industries. As CMO for startups spanning finance to art, fashion to music, and tech to medical devices, she turns exciting ideas into viable, vibrant businesses. Known for her uncomplicated aesthetic and innate knowledge of the human condition, she creates conversation and spearheads client conversion. She is dedicated to uplifting companies and discourse surrounding social good and corporate accountability. She and Nick chat about her upbringing and how she works with start-ups to create successful brands. 

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Brandon King is a football star turned programmer and entrepreneur. While in the NFL, Brandon learned many lessons about staying focused, being one with your team, and understanding the opposite team. These teachings allowed him to go on to successfully launch his own startup based around music concert experiences. Although Brandon helped bring all the pieces together, he had a major lead ahead when he decided to teach himself programming and start developing his own app. 

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We’d like to give a warm welcome to Maria Kingery! Maria co-founded Southern Energy Management with her husband in 2001. Since then, she has helped pioneer the residential energy efficiency and solar industries in North Carolina and beyond. Being deeply committed to sustainable business practices, Maria believes businesses have the greatest power to drive positive change. After a couple of years of implementing the EOS system at SEM, Maria was so inspired by the amazing work her team was doing that she decided to train professionally as an implementer in 2016 - wanting to help other entrepreneurs achieve the same kind of results. At her new company, 360Rocks, Maria works with impact-driven organizations and leaders by helping them align their values with their actions, their people with their bold vision, and their data with their accomplishments. Through her work, Maria has proven that, with the right tools, entrepreneurs can unleash their untapped potential while changing the world.

Please join Maria and Nick as they sit down to chat about entrepreneurial systems, watching after your team’s mental health, and expanding your employees to new heights. Maria asked us to keep this episode audio-only. Out of respect, we’ve created an audio video for you to enjoy! 

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