In this episode the CEO of Navigating Grey, Irvine Sloan dives into the complexities and challenges companies have with navigating sustainability and social impact. It can often be easier for a company to make a donation and write a check but there are other ways to engage stakeholders when it comes to sustainability and social impact. The company Navigating Grey has experience in this specific area and dives into how a company can have a more impactful impact that its stakeholders want to be involved with. Listen to the episode and learn more at navigating-grey.com

Alex Martinez is CEO of iTissue and a Strategic Advisor to VALTICS. iTissue is in the business of 3D Printing Bioengineered Tissue to Increase the speed of  health care tests. They do this by 3D printing the tissue cells that a drug would be exposed to if ingested and then observing the reactions that those tissues have. By initially testing new drugs on 3D printed tissue it makes it easier to see which tissues are reacting to the new drugs and it should also reduce the amount of animal and human testing. 

VALTICS is a VaaS boutique firm that offers a platform and framework to assist companies with enterprise value creation, ROI, and value proposition, enabling solution value selling and value engineering to accelerate their revenue and time to profit.

Jose Villarreal is partner at the global law firm Baker Botts, and he is based in Austin Texas.  In this conversation we dive into intellectual property, patents, trade secrets and how people have tried to patent outputs from artificial intelligence. 

Nafeez Amin is a Co-Founder of Smart with a Heart which is a non-profit that helps people with their admissions process by providing live instruction, office hours, mentoring, and admissions advice. One of the most incredible things the company has to offer is that their instructors are all in the 99th percentile and they all need personal skills making them very sought after talent. Nafeez was one of those kids that took the SATs for the first time when he was 12 and thought of it as a game and realized there is a method to how these tests are structured. In the conversation we get into what people should know when preparing for admissions and how Smart with a Heart has helped thousands of people with their admissions. 

Jovelle Fernandez has lived in 5 different countries and travelled to over 50 countries. She has over 20 years experience in health care and has now written a book called "The Expat" all while developing a oral cancer drug that has had Stage 1 fully funded by the Japanese government. 

In this episode, we dive into investing in music royalties with Alex Gramatzki who is Co-President of Crescendo Royalty Corp and an Advisor to the ICM Crescendo Music Royalty Fund. We dive into forecasting future cash flows in the music industry, how revenue is collected and where revenue is collected from and why music royalties are a interesting asset class to invest into.  

Peyman A. Nejad has been involved with some of the most iconic buildings in the world such as the Burj Khalifa in Dubai and the World Trade Center 2 in New York. In this episode we dive into what makes building these massive and iconic buildings a unique challenge and how someone even ends up on this career path. 

Adriana Muñoz went from nurse, to medtech executive, to investor, Adriana shares her next move, Entrepreneurship Through Acquisition. You will hear her thoughts on the advantages of job training in a family owned business and her passion for gender equality.

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By age 29, Joe McCabe owned multiple businesses across a variety of industries. He knew what he wanted to do and found ways to get it done. From starting a real estate brokerage without a brokers license, to starting a mortgage brokerage without a brokers license, Joe kept finding ways to build the companies he wanted to own. Joe is now the CEO and Founder of The Surefire Group, which has interests in multiple real estate brokerages, Mortgage companies, insurance companies, over 80 real assets. The Surefire Group Made the INC 5000 List for 2022 and is considered one of the fastest growing companies in the United States. Joseph is also managing partner in multiple home care agencies, and assisted living facilities, spanning the nation. Joseph has many LP investments in the Technology, Artificial Intelligence, and Healthcare sectors. Joe is on track to graduate from Wharton early in 2023. 

A hospital has many assets that are needed in order to generate revenue for a hospital. Even though patients drive the revenue, the hospital needs assets such as cardiologist, MRI machines, beds, laptops, syringes, and so much more to generate revenue. Managing all the assets of a hospital is complex and that is where Pycube, Inc comes in as Asset & Item Chain Management Solution. In this episode, Alex Gramatzki is interviewing the CEO and Founder of Pycube, Srikar Yeruva.