45. Building the Perfect Product: How to Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP) with Ned Lomigora

Building the Perfect Product: How to Build a Minimum Viable Product

45. Developing the Perfect Product: How to Build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), host William Glass sits down with Ned Lomigora, Serial Tech Entrepreneur & Founder of Cape Ann Tech to discuss the illustrious MVP. In today’s episode, Ned walks us through how to build a Minimum Viable Product (MVP), the common pitfalls, and why it is so crucial when developing a new product. We spend the last 20 minutes really diving deep into personal finance. Together we tackle the challenges with income inequality that face both individuals and the American Democracy.

About Ned Lomigora

Ned Lomigora is a serial entrepreneur who discovered his love for startups while developing Auto ID RFID technology at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. His work there had a direct correlation with the creation of RFID technology that was later adopted by Electronic Product Code as a global standard.

After a stint at several software companies, in increasing levels of responsibility, Ned co-founded his first startup in the computational biotech space with generous funding from the company he was working for at the time. Completing a successful exit, Ned took on a co-founder and CEO role of another startup in the publishing industry. After a successful exit out of that venture, Ned was asked to run a company in the biotech equipment space.

After several years in that role, Ned felt a strong pull back to his software roots. This led Ned to start his current company, Cape Ann Tech. The impetus that started Cape Ann Tech was Ned’s frustration with the overly transactional nature of outsourced software development services business. Cape Ann Tech provides exceptional quality software, with a mission to develop long term partnerships with all its clients. Cape Ann Tech clients range from Fortune 500 companies to startups.

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44. Tej Singh – Exploring Your Inner Voice and Discovering Equanimity

44. Exploring Your Inner Voice, host William Glass sits down with Tej Singh a Sr. Sales Executive and Podcaster to discuss how to find your purpose through what Tej refers to as equanimity and walking us through his process of self-discovery. You’ll learn how expectations can be our own worst enemy and how to deal with that feeling that you are not aligned with your purpose.

Tej shares a number of insights he discovered on his self-discovery journey including uncovering our 5 different bodies, the realization that across the world people are searching for the same answers to happiness, and the impact of interacting with the world through conscious awareness.

About Tej Singh

Sr. Account Executive at Gartner a Global Technology Consulting Firm where he has achieved various accolades and recognitions for his sales performance. His personal growth and self-discovery journey really started when he was at the pinnacle of his career. Tej had achieved his dream of penetrating the fabled tech scene in Silicon Valley and Yet he felt there was still something missing. That feeling led him on an 8-month spiritual journey to discover his inner purpose. He’s since been part of many masterminds, workshops, traveled to over 25+ countries, and stayed in different spiritual centers around the world. Tej now works towards living an integrated life and has a Podcast called the Growth Lab Podcast where teaches his audience to do the same.

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44. Exploring Your Inner Voice with Tej Singh

Exploring Your Inner Voice

44. Exploring Your Inner Voice, host William Glass sits down with Tej Singh a Sr. Sales Executive and Podcaster to discuss how to find your purpose through what Tej refers to as equanimity and walking us through his process of self-discovery. You’ll learn how expectations can be our own worst enemy and how to deal with that feeling that you are not aligned with your purpose.

Tej shares a number of insights he discovered on his self-discovery journey including uncovering our 5 different bodies, the realization that across the world people are searching for the same answers to happiness, and the impact of interacting with the world through conscious awareness.

About Tej Singh

Tej Singh is a Sr. Account Executive at Gartner a Global Technology Consulting Firm where he has achieved various accolades and recognitions for his sales performance. His personal growth and self-discovery journey really started when he was at the pinnacle of his career. Tej achieved his dream of penetrating the fabled tech scene in Silicon Valley. Yet he felt there was still something missing. That feeling led him on an 8-month spiritual journey to discover his inner purpose. He’s since been part of many masterminds, workshops, traveled to over 25+ countries, and stayed in different spiritual centers around the world. Tej now works towards living an integrated life and has a Podcast called the Growth Lab Podcast where teaches his audience to do the same.

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43. Making Money A Family Topic with Mike Fraietta

Making Money a Family Topic

43. Mike Fraietta – Making Money a Family Topic, host William Glass sits down with the Founder & CEO of KidFolio. KidFolio is an app that helps friends and family send money to kids safely and easily all while creating meaningful ways to bond, learn & build for the future. The idea for KidFolio came out of Mike’s own experiences buying stocks for his niece over the years and then his own desire as a father to help set his son up for success.

In today’s episode, we discuss the importance of setting children up for success financially and strategies to provide kids with a strong money foundation. Mike also discusses how bartending all over the world and at his family’s local bar in Philadelphia set him up with the skills and understanding of people to build a career in online community building. Mike mentions a resource for children’s books about money https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/money-as-you-grow/bookshelf/

About Mike Fraietta

Before founding KidFolio, Mike has been professionally in the social media and social business game since 2009 serving as a Chief Listener and Community Manager at two successful software companies, as Enterprise Community Manager for one of the world’s largest media companies and as Social Business Strategist implementing over 40 online communities. His experiences living in five countries on four continents and working over 50 types of unique jobs has enabled Mike to adapt and change ahead of society.

Mike’s continual goal is to help humanity build off of and shed the industrial age by leading the way.

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43. Mike Fraietta – Making Money a Family Topic

43. Mike Fraietta -Making Money a Family Topic, host William Glass sits down with the Founder & CEO of KidFolio. KidFolio is an app that helps friends and family send money to kids safely and easily all while creating meaningful ways to bond, learn & build for the future. The idea for KidFolio came out of Mike’s own experiences buying stocks for his niece over the years and then his own desire as a father to help set his son up for success.

Before founding KidFolio, Mike has been professionally in the social media and social business game since 2009 serving as a Chief Listener and Community Manager at two successful software companies, as Enterprise Community Manager for one of the world’s largest media companies and as Social Business Strategist implementing over 40 online communities. His experiences living in five countries on four continents and working over 50 types of unique jobs has enabled Mike to adapt and change ahead of society.

Mike’s continual goal is to help humanity build off of and shed the industrial age by leading the way.

In today’s episode we discuss the importance of setting children up for success financially and strategies to provide kids with a strong money foundation. Mike also discusses how bartending all over the world and at his family’s local bar in Philadelphia set him up with the skills and understanding of people to build a career in online community building. Mike mentions a resource for children’s books about money https://www.consumerfinance.gov/consumer-tools/money-as-you-grow/bookshelf/

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KidFolio – https://www.kidfolio.app/

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42. Just Let Them Play, Coaching Elite Teams, and Defining Expectations with Jay Hammond

Just Let Them Play

42. Jay Hammond – Just Let Them Play, Coaching Elite Teams, and Defining Expectations, host William Glass sits down with Jay Hammond a championship-winning soccer coach. We zoom in to the similarities between sports and business. You’ll hear Jay discuss how he approaches building championship-winning teams from utilizing personal goal setting with his players to his approach to understanding his team’s strengths and weaknesses. Jay has a humble leadership approach that every leader can learn from. 

Jay and William have known each other since they were 3 years old both going to school and playing sports together. William has always admired Jay for his mental toughness, insightfulness, and his incredible attitude. You’ll hear Jay open up about some of the early physical challenges he faced as a kid.

Note this episode uses some terms that are specific to youth soccer in the United States such as ODP which stands for Olympic Development Program and a few references unique to Birmingham, Alabama.

About Jay Hammond

Jay Hammond is a director of coaching at Birmingham United Soccer Association. Jay played both college football and soccer. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in Business Administration. Jay coaches a number of competitive boys and girls soccer teams ranging from under 11 up to under 19s. As a state championship-winning coach, Jay focuses on coaching his players to be the best versions of themselves both on and off the field.

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42. Jay Hammond – Just Let Them Play, Coaching Elite Teams, and Defining Expectations

42.Jay Hammond – Just Let Them Play, Coaching Elite Teams, and Defining Expectations, host William Glass sits down with Jay Hammond a championship-winning soccer coach. We zoom in to the similarities between sports and business. You’ll hear Jay discuss how he approaches building championship-winning teams from utilizing personal goal setting with his players to his approach to understanding his team’s strengths and weaknesses. Jay has a humble leadership approach that every leader can learn from.

Jay and William have known each other since they were 3 years old both going to school and playing sports together. William has always admired Jay for his mental toughness, insightfulness, and his incredible attitude. You’ll hear Jay open up about some of the early physical challenges he faced as a kid.

Note this episode uses some terms that are specific to youth soccer in the United States such as ODP which stands for Olympic Development Program and a few references unique to Birmingham, Alabama.

More About Jay Hammond

Jay Hammond is a director of coaching at Birmingham United Soccer Association. Jay played both college football and soccer. He graduated from the University of Alabama at Birmingham with a degree in Business Administration. Jay coaches a number of competitive boys and girls soccer teams ranging from under 11 up to under 19s. As a state championship-winning coach, Jay focuses on coaching his players to be the best versions of themselves both on and off the field.

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#41 The Mission Isn’t Money, It’s Impact with Deric Cahill

The Mission Isn’t Money, It’s Impact

#41 Deric Cahill – The Mission Isn’t Money, It’s Impact and How to Build a Chocolate Empire, host William Glass sits down with serial entrepreneur, sales professional, and podcaster, Deric Cahill. Deric shares his experience building multiple different businesses from car detailing to handcrafted chocolate. You’ll hear how Deric overcame a poverty-stricken childhood and parents with substance abuse to ultimately find his purpose. A couple of quotes that stand out from the episode include:

“Center everything in your life with what you believe in.”

“You can’t afford not to be happy.”

“The mission isn’t money, it’s impact.”

About Deric Cahill

Deric Cahill is a husband, father, career sales professional & serial entrepreneur. He currently serves as Vice President of Sales at a global technology firm, co-hosts a personal development podcast, and is the co-founder of Wicked BOLD Chocolate. Deric has a strong passion for helping people realize their potential and he strongly believes that action is the key to everything.

Purpenthicity is a podcast that discusses and dissects the pursuit of excellence in ones life. Austin & Deric bring a combination of deep life experience as well as pragmatic approaches to bring purpose & authenticity into focus.

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41. Deric Cahill – The Mission Isn’t Money, It’s Impact

#41 Deric Cahill – The Mission Isn’t Money, It’s Impact and How to Build a Chocolate Empire,host William Glass sits down with serial entrepreneur, sales professional, and podcaster, Deric Cahill. Deric shares his experience building multiple different businesses from car detailing to handcrafted chocolate. You’ll hear how Deric overcame a poverty-stricken childhood and parents with substance abuse to ultimately find his purpose. A couple of quotes that stand out from the episode include:

  • “Center everything in your life with what you believe in.”
  • “You can’t afford not to be happy.”
  • “The mission isn’t money, it’s impact.”

Deric Cahill is a husband, father, career sales professional & serial entrepreneur. He currently serves as Vice President of Sales at a global technology firm, co-hosts a personal development podcast, and is the co-founder of Wicked BOLD Chocolate. Deric has a strong passion for helping people realize their potential and he strongly believes that action is the key to everything.

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Wicked BOLD Chocolate

Purpenthicity

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#40 Being a Human is Hard, Work-Life Balance is Nonsensical, & Why Entrepreneurship is Foundational to Society with Brad Feld

Being a Human is Hard

#40 Brad Feld – Being a Human is Hard, Work-Life Balance Is Nonsensical, & Why Entrepreneurship Is Foundational to Society, host William Glass sits down with renowned Venture capitalist Brad Feld. Brad shares his insights across a number of areas including leadership during a pandemic, advocating for social justice, and accessing mental health care when you have limited resources.

“Being a human is hard.”  – Brad Feld

“You know… I think I’m done striving.” – Brad Feld

LINK COMING SOON – Brad answers audience questions

Brad Feld’s Bio

Brad Feld (@bfeld) is the author of two new books: The Startup Community Way and the second edition of Startup Communities. He has been an early-stage investor and entrepreneur since 1987. Prior to co-founding Foundry Group, he co-founded Mobius Venture Capital and, prior to that, founded Intensity Ventures. Brad is also a co-founder of Techstars the global startup accelerator community. Brad is a writer and speaker on the topics of venture capital investing and entrepreneurship. He’s written a number of books as part of the Startup Revolution series and writes the blogs Feld Thoughts and Venture Deals.

Brad holds a bachelor of science and master of science degrees in management science from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Brad is also an art collector and long-distance runner. He has completed 25 marathons as part of his mission to finish a marathon in each of the 50 states.

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