We open our 3rd Season with the WatchPitch Podcast not just with audio but now with video...if you would like to SEE this podcast visit our You Tube Channel and SUBSCRIBE by searching WatchPitch, all one word, WatchPitch and SUBSCRIBE to our WatchPitch You Tube Channel. And when you SUBSCRIBE you won’t miss a single episode.

Chrsi DiNicholas joins us, formerly a Graphic Designer with the National Football League here in the US, He works with Founders and CEO’s with a warning sign around his neck. It reads; this job can be dangerous. Pointing to stats that back this up we discuss how to avoid these dangers and build a business with underlying foundational practices that include the importance of Co-Founders... and the “yellow flags” that indicate you might be in trouble with your Co-Founder, understanding what is actually needed for your business and doing that by listening deeply both to your customers and to the marketplace. You will want to hear and watch all of this to learn how important the habits are of your customers… Let’s get started...

We have a special treat for you, this now 35th Episode of the WatchPitch Podcast. Not one guest but 5! All captured during a LIVE EVENT where each guest took 10-minutes to discuss with us how best to connect with decision makers and investors so they understand and connect with you. Once that connection happens now you have interest and the results you both want - a decision to move forward together in partnership. You will want to share and hear this episode over and over again as you approach that next meeting and presentation. Let’s get started...this is a special bonus for everyone, including me!

Our guest today is Alexandra Herman and she is particularly special to the WatchPitch Podcast guest list because recently, she participated in a Start-Up grant application that required a Pitch Video. She used WatchPitch to create her video pitch submission and, well, she won the grant. We chat together about how she did that and the collective she has created with others, to revolutionize the wedding industry and experience ...not juts for the bride and groom but for all of those vendors that insure that special day, is indeed, special. Let’s get started with Alexandra!

Our guest today is Malinda Gagnon CEO with Uprise Partners and this, Part 2 now of an Interview with this group’s shared leadership with her husband, Brian Gagnon, in Episode 31 of our WatchPitch Podcast. We dive a little deeper into the metrics of what moves investors towards their investing; resources, time and expertise into a start-up. And perhaps you would be surprised to learn that some of this goes as deep as your soul. If a Founder and their team are not operating from a place of trust and a shared understanding of what true north means, to everyone, once faced with success or failure, this could spell for a less than brighter future if their understanding of this compass bearing is not shared. Give this a listen, you will be inspired and especially delighted to hear how a couple manage to invest their time together into future high growth businesses in parts of the country that are under-served and under-represented.

Our guest today is Aaron Welch, current Founder of Woorly, a sharing of favorites platform for family & friends. Aaron is no stranger to the life of an entrepreneur. This is his 5th start-up with successful exits in his rear view mirror...but Aaron is not looking behind him, on the contrary, it is the future he is keen on and not just with his own company but with the lives and health of entrepreneur start-up Founders around the world. A graduate of Tech Stars and with exits in eSports and other customer community building platforms, Aaron cautions with the importance of listening...to the marketplace, to your customers, to potential investors and to your own health as you navigate that fire in your belly with the promise of a success just around the corner. Learn what it takes and what to avoid as we listen to this winner of the Dig South Wild Pitch event, Fan Favorite WatchPitch for Woorly at this year’s Dig South Tech Summit in Charleston, South Carolina...You will be inspired. Let’s get started!

Our guest today is Brian Gagnon, CTO with Uprise Partners. He, along with his wife Malinda Gagnon and their team invest and lift their partners forward from start-up entrepreneurs to becoming successful businesses. We met at 1 Million Cups in Charleston and circled back with one another at Charleston’s premiere Tech Summit, DIG SOUTH. From SXSW, to TechStar events, CES, MASS Challenge and pitch events coast to coast our conversation inspired deeper understandings of what’s working in these eco-systems, and what isn’t. With roots at Google, VMWEAR, Western Digital and SANDISC the Uprise Partners address core principles of go to market strategies that can include the latest breakthroughs in AI, blockchain and machine learning but can’t forget at the core, is delighting your customers. You will be inspired, let’s get started!

Our guest today is Simmons Lettre, Founder of Charter Board Partners. She regularly consults with the formation of Advisory Boards and Boards of Directors for Charter Schools, nationwide. Charter schools, in many respects are start-ups in the business of education. Charter schools are also innovators, by design, in a field that has been around, well, for centuries. The leadership of these organizations is key to their success and discovering best practices by applying emotional intelligence and design principles from experts at Stanford University are all part of our discussion that underscores how culture eats strategy for lunch. Give this a listen...as you reflect on your own organizational culture!

Our guest today is Pete Scott at Warner Media, the newly minted company and content engine that Ted Turner started, evolving through a series of acquisitions that is fueled by world-class leadership in content generation. Pete has been with the company for decades, evolving with it, and sits near the tip of the technical spear of innovation and emerging media trends. I caught up with him between trans-atlantic flights with the start-up nation of Israel and this year’s upcoming Mobile Tech Conference in Barcelona. We discussed how global brands are now developing strategies for innovation that come from the outside of their organizations and the good reason why. You will be inspired, let’s get started !

Our guest today is a leader who works with leaders, and their teams with bridge building. This is the details, the work, the schedules, the goals and the web of connectivity sourced from the Founders vision that is critically needed as you grow from a team of 2 to teams in the thousands. Matthew Abrams working with EOS or Entrepreneurial Operating Systems offers insights, specific tools and strategies for the integration of essential frameworks for growing your business and keeping it on track. You will be inspired with a new understanding of the what and the how of growing your team and business. Let’s get started!

Our guest for the 27th episode of the WatchPitch Podcast is (drum roll…) me! Tadah ! A few days ago...which was last year, the South by Southwest - like event and group in Charleston, South Carolina known as Dig South and their folks at SouthPod reached out to do an interview.. The tech we used for the interview was Zoom, a little rough but hopefully forgiveable because for the first time, we talked about the roots of the WatchPitch. You will discover the engine behind WatchPitch is bridge building! Creating the means to identify problems, offer leading edge solutions partnering the resources to make it happen is at the core functionality of what WatchPitch does...for Investors and Entrepreneurs. You will be inspired as we launch officially into 2019 - let’s get started!