66.In Shifting Your Perception of Money, Aaron Froug, CEO & Co-Founder of Grifin, joins host William Glass to discuss money. Together they dive into Aaron’s struggles with his perception of money and how it affected him during early fundraising for Grifin. Aaron shares his own strategies for shifting your perception and relationship with money. For the first time, Aaron publically shares Grifin’s manifesto and how they are changing the finance industry forever. This episode is wonderful for entrepreneurs raising capital, aspiring entrepreneurs, and anyone struggling with their own relationship with money.

About Aaron Froug:

Aaron Froug is the Co-Founder and CEO of Grifin. He graduated from the University of Florida with a BSBA with a focus on Behavioral Economics. Prior to their product launch, Aaron raised $2M from angel investors for his company Grifin and placed first in multiple competitions including Startup of The Year People’s Choice Award and Draper Demo Day. Aaron has been a notable speaker for multiple nationwide conferences including Startup Week, Rethinking Innovation, 161, C3, Columbia University, and more. Grifin, the only app that buys you Stock Where You Shop, was built to help people invest safely for the first time in a new and fun way and is now available on the Apple AppStore.

Grifin: https://www.grifin.com/

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65.In CAC vs CPA, host William Glass shares what these key marketing terms mean, why they are important, and how to use them. You may already know that CAC stands for customer acquisition cost and that CPA stands for cost per acquisition, but do you understand when and how to use them? William dives deep into the context and examples so you can start measuring these key marketing metrics in your own business.

William Glass’s Bio:

William Glass is the CEO & Co-Founder of Ostrich and host of the Silicon Alley Podcast. His mission is to improve global financial well-being. Ostrich’s mobile app addresses financial literacy deficits by creating game-like social community and accountability around money. The key is tackling the emotional side of money and creating strong money habits.

William hosts the Silicon Alley Podcast providing a platform for entrepreneurs from all industries and backgrounds to tell their stories.

Prior to starting Ostrich, William worked at an AI Market research company in New York City. Additionally, William led sales teams at Gartner Research where they worked with the leadership teams of tech startups from pre-revenue to $250M in revenue.

In 2014, William was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship where he taught English in rural Thailand for 14 months. William is originally from Alabama, graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and now resides in New York City.

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64.In What is Silicon Alley, host William Glass shares the history of New York’s Famed Silicon Alley tech hub. You’ll learn where the name silicon alley originated and why it became ubiquitous for New York’s Tech scene. In addition, he shares why the name Silicon Alley is so important to him and the name of this podcast.

William Glass’s Bio:

William Glass is the CEO & Co-Founder of Ostrich and host of the Silicon Alley Podcast. His mission is to improve global financial well-being. Ostrich’s mobile app addresses financial literacy deficits by creating game-like social community and accountability around money. The key is tackling the emotional side of money and creating strong money habits.

William hosts the Silicon Alley Podcast providing a platform for entrepreneurs from all industries and backgrounds to tell their stories.

Prior to starting Ostrich, William worked at an AI Market research company in New York City. Additionally, William led sales teams at Gartner Research where they worked with the leadership teams of tech startups from pre-revenue to $250M in revenue.

In 2014, William was awarded a Fulbright Scholarship where he taught English in rural Thailand for 14 months. William is originally from Alabama, graduated from Rollins College in Winter Park, Florida, and now resides in New York City.

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63. In Paying Off $100,000 in Debt in 3 Years While Building a Business, host William Glass sits down with Evan Knox the CEO & Founder of Caffeine Marketing, & CaffeineLabs. Evan helps small businesses nail their marketing and achieve incredible growth. Evan walks us through his journey of living an affluent middle-class life in Georgia and having all of that disappear in his teenage years. As a 12-year-old, Evan sold a $22,000 pair of earrings in his grandfather’s jewelry store and the seeds of entrepreneurship were planted.

Not only is this episode packed with Evan’s compelling story, but you’ll also hear practical advice you can apply to your life and business. Prepare for a value-packed episode.

Evan’s Official Bio:

Evan Knox is the Founder of Caffeine Marketing and CaffeineLabs. Caffeine Marketing makes profitable marketing easy for small companies. CaffeineLabs is the education arm of the Caffeine family and gives entrepreneurs the exact blueprint to run in order to grow the company they’ve been dreaming of.

Connect with Evan on evanknox.com and caffeine.marketing

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62. In Living the Free Life, we hear from rapper, artist, & entrepreneur Mike Wallz about how he went from D1 college football at Penn State to a rapper and entrepreneur living in Los Angeles. Mike shares his origin story and how being both an athlete and artist helped him cope with trauma and failure he faced at various points in his career. Ultimately, Mike lives by a concept that he calls Free Life and has built a company around this concept.

Mik shares his personal growth during the early days as an entrepreneur and how he focuses on being the best version of himself. You’ll hear Mike’s perspective on personal finances and what about financial education in society is “criminal.”

You are going to come away with a ton of energy, excitement, and the mindset to achieve your dreams at the end of the podcast.

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61.The Side of Startups We Don’t Talk About, host William Glass sits down with Jeff Wald, Founder of WorkMarket to discuss the dark side of entrepreneurship, the future of work, and much more. This conversation is jam-packed with actionable advice and stories from Jeff’s own experiences building multiple successful companies. Jeff’s book, The End of Jobs is now available on Amazon.

Jeff has founded several technology companies, including WorkMarket (acquired by ADP) & Spinback, a social sharing platform (acquired by salesforce). Jeff began his career in finance, serving as MD at activist hedge fund Barington Capital Group, a VP at Israeli venture firm GlenRock and various roles in the M&A Group at JP Morgan. He is an active angel investor and startup advisor, as well as serving on numerous public and private Boards of Directors.

Jeff holds an MBA from Harvard University and an MS & BS from Cornell University. He also formerly served as an officer in the Auxiliary Unit of the New York Police Department. Jeff is the author ofThe Birthday RulesandThe End of Jobs: The Rise of On-Demand Workers and Agile Corporations.He is also a Producer of the Tony Award Winning Best MusicalA Gentleman’s Guide to Love and Murder, Slava’s Snowshowand the full-length featureInez & Doug & Kirawhich has won best picture at various film festivals. Jeff is a regular writer in Huffington Post and Forbes and speaks widely at conferences and on television on startups and labor issues.

Twitter @JeffreyWald

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60. In Creating a Transformative Remote Culture, Yotam Hadass the VP of Engineering at Electric sits down with host William Glass to discuss how to build incredible remote teams. Specifically, Yotam has led remote teams across multiple countries and discusses how you can create a unified and collaborative culture. Yotam grew up in Israel where he developed a love for software at a young age which ultimately led him into computer engineering.

Yotam is the VP of Engineering at Electric, a world-class IT solution that’s centralized, secure, and lightning-fast. Joining Electric in November of 2019, Yotam brought with him two decades of experience in product development, building and scaling engineering teams, as well as leading software architecture and operations. Most recently, Yotam served as Senior Director of Engineering for WorkMarket, acquired by ADP, where he led a wide variety of software operations and engineering efforts. Yotam has also served as the VP of Engineering at StructuredWeb, an industry-leading channel marketing automation platform.

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59. In Saving the Planet One Bikini at a Time, you’ll hear from Hannah Patten and Christina Firestone, Co-Founders of Hülya Swim. Hannah and Christina discuss how they came up with the idea for the business and why environmental sustainability is at the center of their brand mission. You’ll love hearing the passion these two have for what they are building and the impact their business is having on the environment.

This episode is one of the top 3 most listened to episodes of 2020 and originally aired on January 17th, 2020.

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