SLAVA RUBIN

Slava Rubin an Entrepreneur and is the Co-Founder of IndieGoGo http://www.indiegogo.com/. Slava shares with us the formative experiences in his life and career that led him to create IndieGoGo and how the company is helping to support people's passions with collective cause financing.
  

 

CATHY ERWAY

Cathy Erway is a published Author and Food Writer in New York City. Cathy discusses how food, community, relationships, and writing have shaped her life and career. Cathy is creator and blogger of Not Eating Out In New York http://noteatingoutinny.com/ and is the author of the new book "The Art of Eating In".
  

 

DIANA WILMOT

Diana Wilmot is an Education Psychometrician in Santa Clara, California. Diana joins us to discuss how family, the classroom environment, and work in policy have contributed to her career in helping teachers and students improve and grow.
  

 

LOUISE DAVIS

Louise Davis is the Co-Founder and Executive Director of Peer Health Exchange (PHE) in San Francisco. Volunteering during her childhood and college years, Louise discusses how these experiences impacted her ambitions to affect positive, systematic change and help teach healthy decision making to this nation's teens.     

 

MIKE GERMANO

Mike Germano is a Community Builder and Co-Founder of CarrotCreative.com in New York City.  Mike discusses how his experiences in politics and his expertise in social media have led him to create platforms to bring people together for a common purpose.

 

JASON ANELLO

Jason Anello is the Experimental Marketing Director at Yahoo! in New York City.  Jason talks with us about discovering the new and the next through his creative process and the lenses he uses to see the world.  Jason is also a passionate world traveler and cook and discusses how those experiences all play a key part in his life and career.

 

J.T. ALLEN

J.T. Allen is an Educational Services Entrepreneur and Co-Founder of MyFootpath.com based out of Chicago.  J.T. has been pursuing his entrepreneurial passions for nearly ten years and talks with us about the experiences and decisions that have help shape his career.  

 

JENNIFER DUBERSTEIN

Jennifer Duberstein is a legal counsel for Major League Soccer.  Having formed a childhood passion for sports, Jennifer used that passion to help make her college and career choices.

 

MATT RUBY

Matt Ruby is a stand-up comedian based out of New York City and is also the creator of the comedy blog sandpapersuit.com.  Matt has been performing and entertaining in front of crowds for nearly four years and discusses with us the constant refining and experimentation required to keep people laughing.

 

TRICIA REGAN

Tricia Regan is an Emmy Award winning documentary filmmaker based out of New York City.  Her passion for powerful storytelling lead her to Los Angeles where she filmed her award winning documentary "Autism: The Musical".  

 

SCOTT GOLD

Scott Gold is a published author and writer living in New York City.  His passion and love for food and culture was spurred from his childhood growing up in Louisiana.  A college philosophy focus complemented his longstanding interest in literature and, progressively, literary non-fiction.  In his early 20s, he focused time as a literary agent, while playing guitar in a band.  Over time his heartfelt appreciation for food, culture, family, and history catapulted him into food writing and, in 2008, authoring his first book The Shameless Carnivore.

 

JOE STUMP

Joe Stump is an internet entrepreneur and programmer based out of Boulder, Colorado. Joe is the co-founder of SimpleGeo, an augmented reality application platform company that seeks to make location-based services application development more seamless and powerful. Before partnering with Matt Galligan at SimpleGeo, Joe was the lead architect at Digg.com.  

 

CONRAD DOUCETTE

Conrad Doucette is a musician and music journalist based in New York City.  Conrad discusses how he finds balance as a professional musician in the band Takka Takka, while working as a journalist for Blender Magazine and Fuse.tv.

 

MARK GRAHAM

Mark Graham is a pop culture blogger and writer for the entertainment section of New York Magazine.  With a long background in social media and writing, Mark talks about his journey and the ever changing media world.

 

RACHEL LEHMANN-HAUPT

Published author and journalist Rachel Lehmann-Haupt discusses with us how her constant curiosity for research and story was developed from a family history rich in writing, which has led her to write her latest book In Her Own Sweet Time.

 

SIMON SINEK

Simon Sinek is a published author and inspirational speaker, who's unique philosophy and perspective drove him to write his book Start With Why.   

 

CAROLINE GIEGERICH

Caroline Giegerich is a social media entrepreneur based out of Los Angeles, California.  Caroline discusses how a media rich background and wide range of experiences at the LA Times and HBO have shaped and guided her to continue to develop her website Daily Marauder.

 

PHIL MCKENZIE

Media and publishing executive Phil McKenzie discusses how his family, childhood and relationships have guided him from a high pressure job at Goldman Sachs to working at FREE Magazine in New York City.  

 

PATTY GREEN

Well known winemaker Patty Green of Patricia Green Cellars discusses how mentors, relationships and experiences have all been inputs in her progression as a winemaker and helping her find her purpose.

 

JULIA GREEN

Julia Green is currently a federal public defender in New York City.  Julia discusses with us her transition from a corporate litigation attorney and why she feels more fulfilled in what she does today.

 

ANDREW EPSTEIN

Andrew Epstein is the Director of Operations, Promotions at Island Def Jam Records.

 

YOAV GONEN

Yoav Gonen is currently a reporter and writer for the New York Post.  Drawing from his passion for music, culture and research, Yoav has used these inputs to influence his style of reporting.

SHAHEEN WIRK

Shaheen Wirk is a hedge fund analyst, working in both Miami, Florida and New York City.

 

BRETT GOLDMAN

Brett Goldman is the Director of Acquisitions at Triangle Equities in New York City.   

 

JAMES McCORMICK

James McCormick is a legal counsel advisor in New York City.