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Episode 15 – Allison Yacht of Bravehoods
Shortly before her daughter was to begin kindergarten, Allison heard the words that no parent wants to hear – your daughter has cancer. As treatments progressed, and hair was lost, her daughter Meredith was eager to find some item of clothing that would help her...
Episode 14 – Jeryl Abramson
In the course of my job, I have had the opportunity to meet some wonderful people who have shared their stories with me (and my clients) over the past 20 years. Of course it is fair to say that some of these stories stand out more than others. About seven years ago, I...
Episode 13 – Dave Mezzapelle
I recently had the opportunity to sit down with Dave Mezzapelle, a serial entrepreneur who founded the Contagious Optimism movement (www.contagiousoptimism.com). He truly believes that we all have the capacity to make optimism contagious just by sharing our life's...
Episode 12 – Andy Greenfield
How important is curiosity in business? Andy Greenfield has a point of view. In 1996 I was a 22-year-old kid working in the new field of digital marketing while Andy was pioneering new ways of conducting business online. By that point in time, he was already a...
Episode 10 – Jim Bryson
Jim Bryson is the founder and CEO of 2020 Research; a Nashville based qualitative research firm with facilities in Nashville, Charlotte, and Miami. In addition to traditional facilities, 2020 is a leading provider of online qualitative solutions including both...
Episode 9 – Ernie Bourcier
When I was 21 years old I thought I knew it all and that my parents knew absolutely nothing. By the time I turned 22 and was working in my first job with real bills to pay, I was amazed at how much my parents learned in just 12 short months. Since becoming an adult...
Episode 8 – GM O’Connell
In 1996 I was barely 22 years old when I started my career in advertising. I worked for a company called FCB direct, which was owned by a holding company known as True North Communications. No offense to Brian Rafferty, my boss at the time, but the job kind of...
Episode 7 – Dorothy Collins, CND
[iframe style="border:none" src="http://html5-player.libsyn.com/embed/episode/id/2298751/height/100/width/480/thumbnail/no/theme/legacy" height="100" width="480" scrolling="no"] When I woke up this morning, I never could have predicted that one of my elementary school...
Episode 6 – Shelley Zalis
I first met Shelley Zalis when I was working for Unilever and she was invited to speak at an offsite meeting. She broke two rules during her presentation; 1. She divulged her age and 2. She quoted Yoda. Most women don’t do those kinds of things; then again,Shelly...