Riderflex Podcast Guest Interviews 151 to 300

Guest interviews 151 through 300 of The Riderflex Podcast: Inspiring & Hiring, hosted by Riderflex founder Steve Urban. These 148 conversations with entrepreneurs, CEOs and business leaders were published between March 2021 and November 2022 and cover leadership, building teams, hiring and growing a business.

Interviews 301 to 474 | Interviews 151 to 300 | Interviews 1 to 150 | Full episode guide

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Guest interviews 151 to 300

#300 Reggie Ash (November 2022). Reggie is a retired U.S. Air Force Colonel, having served over 24 years as a cyber officer.
#299 Kourtny Garrett (November 2022). Kourtny joined the leadership team of Downtown Denver Partnership in January of 2022.
#298 Andy Brusman (November 2022). Andy has been an entrepreneur and advisor to emerging growth companies for over 20 years.
#297 Payton Shubrick (November 2022). Payton Shubrick is the founder of 6 Brick's cannabis dispensary.
#296 Andrew Maida (November 2022). Born out of a passion for the classic breakfast staple, pancakes, then 21-year-old Andrew sought to create a simple to follow yet delicious recipe that was health conscious and packed with nutrients.
#295 Jon Cooper (November 2022). Jon is a dynamic leader and successful serial entrepreneur.
#294 Erica Rankin (November 2022). Erica is a young Canadian entrepreneur who took a passion and turned it into a business.
#293 Jeff Bitton (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring Jeff Bitton is the Founder and CEO of Pitch59.
#292 Brittany Flavell (October 2022). Brittany Flavell is the Regional Managing Partner for J. Galt Finance Suite . Our mission is to help entrepreneurs obtain the capital and credit they need to fuel their dreams.
#291 Rachel Kois (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring Rachel Kois, founder and CEO of Simple Switch and graduate of CU Boulder.
#290 Eric Watkins (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring Eric is the current President for Abstrakt Marketing Group that's based in St.
#289 Cliff Levin (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring A dyed-in-the-wool retailer who has wandered upstream into designing, manufacturing, and distributing the best massage chairs in the world and other categories of well-built, well-designed...
#288 Kate Westad (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring Kate Westad is the founder of Palette by pak® and inventor of the world’s first beauty reusable “for all your goops, glops & glam” - Palette®The Original High Fiver™ Palette by p
#287 Andrew Pudalov (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring Rush Bowls is a proven concept, pioneering the acai (and other) bowl market since 2004.
#286 Anna Ratala (October 2022). Inspiring & Hiring Getting through some of the more difficult and lonely times as an entrepreneur can be worked through by keeping a strong perspective on why you're there.
#284 Aaron Stachel (September 2022). Aaron is a Partner at FirstMile Ventures and joined the firm in 2013.
#283 Paul Pittman (September 2022). Are we really running out of water? Paul Pittman is the Chairman and CEO at Farmland Partners.
#282 Reggie Jonaitis (September 2022). Reggie Jonaitis is the President of VASO Group.
#281 A - Daniel Felt (September 2022). Daniel Felt is the CEO of Kura Home. He grew up on a hobby farm and began working for the small family business starting at a young age.
#280 Kendra Reichenau (August 2022). Kendra is the CEO of Heartland America. She is a global business executive with extensive experience and a passion for leading well-known consumer-facing brands spanning multinational public companies to...
#279 Lauren Foundos (August 2022). Lauren Foundos is the Founder and CEO of FORTE. She was a 2x All-American Field Hockey player at the University of Maryland.
#278 Rachel LaFollette (August 2022). Rachel LaFollette is the Chief Customer Officer at Madwire.
#277 Shae Frichette (August 2022). Shae Frichette is the Co-Owner of Frichette Winery, a family owned boutique winery in the Red Mountain AVA in Washington State.
#276 Manoj Jonna (August 2022). Manoj is the a Co-Founder and CEO of Ramped.
#275 Dan Mallin (August 2022). As a Board Member, Founder CEO and Managing Partner of Equals 3, Dan and his partners have created Lucy, an AI-powered enterprise knowledge management SaaS software platform that is transforming how the Fortune 1000...
#274 Josh Roche (August 2022). Josh Roche is the Co-founder and CEO of Quiptu.com.
#273 Timothy Visos-Ely (August 2022). Tim is a Co-Founder and the Chief Product Officer for Stride Tech.
#272 Nick Mattingly (August 2022). Nick is a livestreaming and social video expert.
#271 Steve Ohanians (July 2022). Steve Ohanians is an entrepreneur, digital strategist, and CEO of WebEnertia since 1999.
#270 Patty Beach (July 2022). Patty is an inclusive leadership evangelist who combines leadership best practices and adult learning principles to make the hard work of inclusive leadership easy to master.
#269 Radu Palamariu (July 2022). Radu has been working in consulting and executive search roles for the last 20 years.
#268 Rich Maloy (July 2022). Rebuild the middle class and the American Dream.
#267 Jeffrey Fleischman (July 2022). Jeff is a C-Suite executive with a track record of executing business growth strategies that result in bottom line results, revenue growth, expense improvement, and delivering highly valued customer experiences.
#266 Mike Mojica (July 2022). Mike Mojica, one of the founders of OE, is a mechanical engineer who spent most of his time in aerospace and military vehicle mods.
#265 Shelby Dash & Kristina Clifford (June 2022). Shelby Dash & Kristina Clifford, both professionally trained comedic actresses, started making comedy videos "just for fun" in 2015.
#264 Steve Gallion (June 2022). Steve’s passion for people and eye for market opportunities have led him to build several companies over the past 15 years that have brought benefit to healthcare.
#263 A - Mike Fata (June 2022). Mike Fata is an experienced entrepreneur, investor and mentor.
#262 Chris Dreyer (June 2022). Chris Dreyer is the CEO & Founder of Rankings.io.
#261 David Friedlander (June 2022). David is a global real estate authority who can be directly linked to many of the past decade's most innovative real-estate projects, people, initiatives, and technology.
#260 Ray Riley (June 2022). Ray Riley is the Chief Executive Officer of Progress Retail, an operations and learning platform for retailers and brands.
#259 Simon Severino (June 2022). SIMON SEVERINO is a Mentor, Investor, and Advisor to B2B teams.
#258 Kim Peterson Stone (May 2022). Kim Peterson Stone is a three-time business founder, keynote speaker, and leading LinkedIn strategist that has amassed a global following of over 225,000 on LinkedIn.
#257 Jake Brantley (May 2022). Jake is a passionately driven engineer and entrepreneur with over 15 years of experience developing innovative solutions in industries including software development in mobile, web and engineering app
#256 Amanda Krulj (May 2022). Amanda Krulj is the AVP of Talent Acquisition at Chevron Federal Credit Union.
#255 Nick Cavuoto (May 2022). Nick Cavuoto is a serial entrepreneur, global leader, and master coach who is dedicated to seeing people succeed with his revolutionary, no bulls*** approach to business growth and personal transformation.
#254 JB Kellogg (May 2022). JB Kellogg is the Co-Founder & Co-CEO of Madwire®. He founded Madwire when he was 28 years old and helped grow the company to a run-rate of over 100MM+ in revenue and 500+ employees in under 10 years.
#253 Mark Samuel (May 2022). Mark Samuel is the Founder and CEO at IWON Organics.
#252 Alex Reed (May 2022). Alex Reed's career began at manufacturer Big Ass Fans, where he led an expansive marketing division that helped the company grow from $30 million in annual sales to more than $250 million.
#251 Franny Tacy (May 2022). Franny is a trailblazer in the worlds of hemp farming and CBD production.
#250 Mark Herschberg (May 2022). Mark is a seasoned executive and cybersecurity expert who can bridge the divide between business and technology.
#249 Keith E. Glendon (April 2022). LucidCoast is a Technology, Strategy and Innovation Services company.
#248 Korri Wright (April 2022). Korri Wright is an entrepreneur, real estate agent and mom of 4.
#247 Joni Wolfswinkel (April 2022). Joni Wolfswinkel is CEO of Real Property Management Preferred and co-founder of Texas Turnkey Properties.
#246 Mark E. Watson III (April 2022). For over 25 years, Mark E. Watson III has been an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor.
#245 Margot Micallef (April 2022). Margot Micallef is the founder and CEO of Oliver Capital Partners, a private equity investment and advisory firm, and the CEO of Gabriella’s Kitchen (formerly Hollywood Foods), a leading manufacturer of fortified and...
#244 Ian Blair (April 2022). Ian is an experienced entrepreneur, internet marketer, and the Co-Founder & CEO of BuildFire.
#243 Dr. Merritt Moore (April 2022). Dr. Merritt Moore graduated with Magna Cum Laude Honors in Physics from Harvard and graduated with a PhD in Atomic and Laser Physics from the University of Oxford.
#242 Beth Smith (April 2022). Since joining StickerGiant as COO in 2017, Smith has helped guide its growth and led annual sales from USD 12 million to an expected USD 32 million for 2021.
#241 John Weiss (March 2022). My work is guided by purpose, passion, simplicity, beauty, innovation and surprise.
#240 Stephen Adele (March 2022). Stephen Adele is an entrepreneur who leads from his heart.
#239 Nick Stanitz-Harper (March 2022). Nick is known for his exuberant enthusiasm in and out of the workplace, Nick Stanitz-Harper is an award-winning entrepreneur and business leader.
#238 Verdi Ergün & Sheharyar Asif (March 2022). Relationships can be hard when running a business.
#237 Yvan Demosthenes (March 2022). Yvan Demosthenes is a Sales Professional with more than 20 years of experience, 16 years within Talent Acquisition and Recruiting.
#236 Susan Barber (March 2022). Susan is an Author, Former Fortune 500 Director, turned Executive Coach helping business leaders increase their visibility, highlight their leadership strengths, and elevate their position in the workplace.
#235 Bob Hall (March 2022). Bob Hall founded Outrider in 2017 with CEO Andrew Smith.
#234 Mitch Sullivan (March 2022). Mitch Sullivan is a successful recruiter with over 30 years of experience.
#233 Liam Berryman (February 2022). In 2015, Liam co-founded Nelumbo and during Liam’s tenure as CEO, the company has successfully developed and achieved product-market fit for their first product, attracted major investors from both ve
#232 Sidney Collin (February 2022). Sidney Collin is the inventor of NexStride, and is the co-founder and CEO of De Oro Devices.
#231 Mary Ellen Vernon (February 2022). Mary Ellen is an incredibly successful and admired business executive.
#230 Paul Lichty (February 2022). Paul is an experienced Chief Executive Officer with a demonstrated history of working in the nanotechnology and energy storage industries.
#229 Manna Dabholkar (February 2022). Manna is the CEO at GIFT Global Initiative - a Humanitarian Organization advocating for and empowering the most disadvantaged and vulnerable families, in some of the poorest areas of the planet.
#228 Allison Owen (February 2022). Allison Owen is an entrepreneur based in Denver, Colorado.
#227 Brady Harris (February 2022). Brady is a Senior Executive with a 20 year history of leadership in FinTech, Payments and SaaS industries, to include multiple successful PE transactions.
#226 David Mendez (February 2022). David Mendez is a venture capitalist with experience investing in startups globally, including Unicorns Skyhawk Therapeutics, Small Giant Games, Republic and a few pending Soonicorns!
#225 Bob Hoban (January 2022). Bob Hoban sits at the center of the world's largest commercial cannabis industry network; a cannabis industry ecosystem that he has cultivated since 2008.
#224 Michael Julian (January 2022). Michael Julian began working in security and investigations for his father at the age of 16.
#223 Phil Nadel (January 2022). Phil has been a serial entrepreneur for many years, having founded and exited several startups.
#222 Nick Traggis (January 2022). Nick is an experienced operational, business development, and engineering leader.
#221 Stefany Nieto (January 2022). Stefany is an operations enthusiast based in Toronto, Canada.
#220 Caleb Avery (January 2022). Caleb has worked in the Payments industry for over a decade.
#219 A - Yvette Pagano (January 2022). Yvette is an dynamic C-suite executive with CEO, President, Board Member, and Business Ownership experience.
#218 Larry Hartmann (December 2021). CEO for ZRG Partners a global executive recruiting firm with offices throughout the America's, Europe and in Asia Pacific.
#217 Reena Gupta (December 2021). Reena is living proof of how a small-town girl from India became a successful solo bootstrapped entrepreneur with no business background, advanced business degrees, or connections.
#216 Al Gardner (December 2021). Al is a proven visionary and thought leader establishing and supporting high trust technical teams.
#215 Joe Hodas (December 2021). Joe is an experienced Marketing and Operations Executive with a demonstrated history of working in cannabis, travel and tourism, consumer packaged goods (CPG), as well as fast-casual dining, and healthcare--all...
#214 Vince Kadlubek (December 2021). Vince shares his personal story of how events in the early years shaped his entrepreneurial spirit, including getting caught for shoplifting.
#213 Jordan Conley (November 2021). Jordan is a Technology, Finance and Operations leader with 17+ years experience in the Human Resources and Benefits Administrations outsourcing industry.
#212 Alison Rayfield (November 2021). Ali has spent 18+ years in start-up environments.
#211 Lindsey Reevie and Brian Capstick (November 2021). At Baceline Group, we invest in communities by acquiring and managing Neighborhood Shopping Centers.
#210 Scott Berman (November 2021). Scott is the President and Co-Founder of the Panther Group.
#209 Andrew Ashur (November 2021). Andrew is the Co-Founder/CEO of Lucid Drone Technologies, a Y Combinator backed company that builds industrial drones for labor intensive tasks.
#208 Bill Graebel (November 2021). To understand clearly, to care deeply, and to be accountable in delivering purposeful growth.
#207 Sharon Leite (November 2021). Sharon is a strategic and results oriented, customer focused leader with proven brand management, digital, e-commerce, retail, operational and manufacturing skills.
#206 DR. Kizzy Parks (November 2021). Just go for it. We spend so much time over analyzing the things that can wrong, that people usually don't start their own business.
#205 Kevin Baum (October 2021). AgriWebb is transforming global cattle and sheep production with farm management software that delivers profitability, provenance and sustainability across the supply chain.
#204 Brandon Ford (October 2021). Brandon is a life-long entrepreneur, starting his first ‘business’ at the age of six collecting and recycling aluminum cans and bottles.
#203 Bridget Johnson (October 2021). Staffing Proud to have Bridget on the Riderflex podcast.
#202 Dan Konigsberg (October 2021). Dan began building web applications when he was 13.
#201 Janice Sinden (September 2021). Janice Sinden, President & CEO at Denver Center for the Performing Arts on the Riderflex Podcast Incredibly honored to have Janice on the Riderflex podcast.
#200 Shelli Brunswick (September 2021). Shelli Brunswick, COO of Space Foundation, brings a broad perspective and deep vision of the global space ecosystem — from a distinguished career as a space acquisition and program management leader a
#199 Darin Dawson (September 2021). Darin Dawson is the Co-Founder and President of BombBomb, a Human-Centered Communication Platform that enables users to use simple, personal video messages to leverage their best asset … themselves.
#198 Kati LeDonne (September 2021). Transforming Authors and Executives into...Bestsellers, Influencers, Keynote Speakers, & Movement Makers Kait and Brandwise Media specializes in working with executives and business-professionals-turn
#197 Greg Edwards (September 2021)
#196 Amanada Moriuchi (September 2021). Amanda is the results driven CEO of AppIt Ventures, an award-winning, international custom tech company.
#195 Kerry Nagle (September 2021). It's ok to not have all the answers. Failing and admitting to that failure is how we grow.
#194 Kim Stuck (September 2021). Kim Stuck is the founder and CEO of Allay Consulting, a compliance strategy and services provider serving the hemp and cannabis industries nationwide.
#193 Greg Coticchia (September 2021). Greg is an award-winning business strategist, product manager, sales leader, and marketing expert.
#192 Trevor Jones (November 2020)
#191 Tim Morrissey (December 2020)
#189 Shea Gerhardt (May 2021)
#188 Pat Schneider (May 2020)
#187 David Norman (February 2021). Let your excellence shine. The craft industry is leading a customer experience revolution.
#186 Matthew Blisky (April 2021). FLX Solutions is disrupting the robotics industry with highly functional and intelligent robots that are miniaturized to operate in spaces that humans and traditional robots cannot easily access.
#185 Kerry Bennet (August 2021). Kerry has 20 years of organizational leadership experience across privately and publicly held companies with assets up to $2.3B. Following the financial crisis of the late 2000’s, Kerry was recruited
#184 Jason Cormier (August 2021). Getting your first customer can be exciting and a learning experience all in the same moment.
#183 Matt Blumeberg (August 2021). Startup CXO: A Field Guide to Scaling Up Your Company's Critical Functions and Teams - Unlike other business books, Startup CXO is designed to help each functional leader understand how their function
#182 Tom Regan (August 2021). Remaining humble and constantly learning is critical.
#181 Avis Bulbulyan (August 2021). Most everyone needs to pick their right opportunity.
#180 Liziana Carter (August 2021). Most people can't see your vision. They aren't living in your shoes and they don't understand what or why you are making the decisions you do.
#179 Ryan Born (July 2021). Enter every situation with a learner's mindset.
#178 Arthur Nobel (July 2021). Arthur Nobel, Principal at Knight Capital, highlights his passion around helping startups impact the world.
#177 Charlie Cipriani (July 2021). Charles Cipriani, Co-Founder at Quality Bancorp, talks about the huge swing in the perceptions of cannabis, Now vs.
#176 Marcus Cooksey (July 2021). Marcus Cooksey, CEO at Duke AI, gives advice to aspiring entrepreneurs.
#175 A - Ronak Shah (July 2021). Ronak Shah, CEO & Co-Founder at Obvi, talks about scaling business exponentially in one year.
#174 Mike Green (July 2021). Mike Green, Founder of Mike Green Leadership, talks about the process and benefits from his coaching expeditions.
#173 April Lambatos (July 2021). April Lambatos, Owner of Footers Catering, talks about continuing to create more opportunities for their employees.
#172 Michael Hirsch (July 2021). Michael Hirsch, Founder and CEO at Kickstart Crew talks about openly sharing your personal beliefs as a business owner.
#171 Ed Baldwin (June 2021). Ed Baldwin, Founder at HRO Partners talks about how the labor landscape has changed how employees treat their jobs, and how HR manages it.
#170 Brie Doyle (June 2021)
#169 Ant Moorhouse (June 2021). Ant Moorhouse, Co-Founder of EarthTech Ventures talk about their mission to help others solve the worlds greatest environmental and social issues.
#168 Adam Oliver (June 2021)
#167 Russ Cersosimo (June 2021). Russ Cersosimo Jr. Founder and Managing Partner provides an overview of how Hemp Synergistics is reshaping Hemp Synergistics is a biotechnology company with the goal to make a meaningful difference in the hemp industry.
#166 Sean De Clercq (June 2021)
#165 Krista Morgan (June 2021). Krista Morgan, Private Equity Investor & Founder of Stage, talks about giving companies a Second Act.
#164 Sheldon Lotspeich (June 2021)
#163 Andrew Pudalov (June 2021)
#162 Robert DeCou (May 2021). Rob DeCou, Ultra-Endurance Athlete - Advice On Time Management Efficient, effective, and consistent.
#161 Constantine Tsang (May 2021)
#160 Tara Coomans (April 2021). Always know why. All companies and their brand can be at risk if the wrong message is sent with social media comments.
#159 Dan Burcaw (April 2021). Don't Self Limit. If you spend your time closing doors, passing on opportunities, and not taking that call...you can be limiting yourself to great opportunities.
#158 Liz Giorgi (April 2021). So much of what we learn in our early life is about following the rules and making people feel comfortable.
#157 Travis Knipe (April 2021). The best option for most companies is keeping the laser focus on creating a good product and not trying to raise cash.
#156 David Birzon (April 2021). Learn your craft. If you want to succeed in business, you need to spend time developing within your craft.
#155 Gareth Evans (April 2021). Petroleum is in nearly every product we use on a daily basis.
#154 Carm Huntress (March 2021). Find your mission in life, find your purpose.
#153 Varun Balan (March 2021). People can be passionate about certain causes.
#152 Carlos Abisambra (March 2021). Project. The goal is to always be proud of what you did when you look back on your projects.
#151 Mitch Sullivan (March 2021). So many businesses and entities have been built on social media platforms.

Interviews 301 to 474 | Interviews 151 to 300 | Interviews 1 to 150 | Full episode guide