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43. Making Money A Family Topic with Mike Fraietta

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

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

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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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#39 Why Is My Brain Thinking This Way with Randall Ledet Jr.

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Why Is My Brain Thinking Like This

#39 Why Is My Brain Thinking This Way, host William Glass sits down with Randall Ledet Jr., a technology sales executive at Gartner. Following the death of George Floyd and truly seeing the reality of Black Americans in our society, host William Glass posted on Social Media that he would use this platform to be an advocate for People of Color. Randall and Will coordinated this episode to tell his story as a Black man building a successful career in corporate America. 

Randall’s Bio

Randall Ledet Jr. is a sales executive for Gartner where he works with leading technology providers grow and scale their businesses. Randall has achieved winner’s circle, Gartner’s top sales award every year since joining the company at the start of 2017.

Before Gartner, Randall spent time in the supply chain organizations of UPS & DHL. Randall boasts a bachelor’s degree in Supply Chain & Logistics from the University of Houston. Now living Atlanta Randall’s focus is on continuing to build success in his career, relationships, and life.

We discuss his experience, what drives him, and how Randall has overcome depressive episodes. I remember when Randall first joined Gartner and am happy to be able to share his insights and what has helped him be successful in his sales career.

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#38 Don’t Just Focus on the Money with Karen Swyszcz

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Don’t Just Focus on the Money

#38 Don’t Just Focus on the Money, host William Glass sits down with Karen Swysczc, a best selling author, entrepreneur, and teacher. In today’s episode, Karen opens up about not growing up with the entrepreneurial bug. As well as she discusses how her career has been more of a rock-climbing wall than a clear path. 

Karen Swyszcz’s Bio

Karen Swyszcz graduated from the University of Waterloo with a Bachelor of Science in Biochemistry. She started Makinthebacon as a hobby blog back in 2012, as a way to escape her monotonous day job. Over the years, it has evolved into a platform, initially providing content on personal finance, to now providing inspiration for entrepreneurs/aspiring entrepreneurs through blog posts and interviews. She has partnered with brands such as Camp Tech, Minted.co, Meridian Credit Union, and Supperworks on digital campaigns. She has also interviewed CEOs in the areas of fintech and travel.  The advice she gives other digital entrepreneurs is “don’t just focus on the money.”

From 2017- 2020, Karen provided 1:1 consulting services and workshops for small business owners in blogging, social media, and the basics of WordPress. She is a part-time continuing and professional studies instructor with Sheridan College. There she teaches their blogging and social media strategy courses.  

In 2019 she co-authored the Best-Selling Book in Women’s Health on Amazon – Fitness To Freedom. And launched a business and technology podcast – The Bacon Bits ‘n’ Bytes Podcast.  Karen has co-authored another book called Lighting The North, which will be launching this Fall 2020. 

Karen is the co-founder of Kaibigan Connection – an organization that is dedicated to connecting Filipinx entrepreneurs and professionals. When she is not working on her many endeavors, she can be found at the gym teaching group fitness classes.

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#36 How to Build a Brand on Social Media with Scott Aaron

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How to Build a Brand on Social Media

#36 How to Build a Brand on Social Media, host William Glass sits down with Scott Aaron, a best selling author, business coach, and speaker. Together they discuss the keys to building a strong personal and business brand on LinkedIn through human-centric approaches. Scott opens up about his struggles building multiple 6 figure businesses and how he was thrust into entrepreneurship at the age of 18 when his father was sent to prison for insurance fraud. You’ll come away with a number of tactical and strategic advice you can implement in your business today. 

Scott Aaron’s Bio

Scott Aaron is an internationally acclaimed online-marketer, best-selling author, podcaster, and speaker. He specializes in converting traffic, creating residual income using LinkedIn, and building personal brands. Fully immersing himself in learning LinkedIn and social media strategies, Scott quickly gained traction as a leader in generating big results for other entrepreneurs, online business owners, and business coaches.

Scott is passionate about helping fellow entrepreneurs achieve success while building their own network organically and without complicated and costly marketing tactics. People-focused and result-driven, Scotts strategic approach to teaching others how to create wealth online is a game-changer when it comes to competing in a saturated digital world.

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#35 Finding Your Purpose and Living an Authentic Life with Austin Walker

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#35 Finding Your Purpose and Living an Authentic Life, host William Glass sits down with Austin Walker, co-host of Purpenthicity, a certified life coach, and technology sales executive. We dive not only into Austin’s backstory and where his focus on living a purpose-driven life comes from. But discuss his experience as a Black man navigating corporate America and growing up in a predominately white neighborhood. We discuss where the blend of personal finance, education, and opportunity coincide to incite change.

Austin Walkers’s Bio

Austin Walker is a passionate, enthusiastic, & relentlessly optimistic force. He strives to make a distinct impact on all whom he encounters. Austin is the son of a Super Bowl Champion and a proud alum of the University of Maryland where he played collegiate football. Austin played in 49 of 50 career games as a walk-on who earned a full scholarship for the Terrapins. Austin’s college football experience cemented the grit, work ethic, and raw passion that oozes from his spirit.

By day Austin is a sales leader for Avanade, the world’s leading Microsoft service implementation partner. There he liaises with Fortune 500 businesses to facilitate the utilization of technology as a competitive differentiator to drive sustained growth. While he enjoys working with senior business leaders to support organization growth, his true passions lie in fostering personal growth & development. Austin has a passion for supporting people in finding their purpose to be the best versions of themselves.

For Austin, 2020 and beyond is dedicated towards purpose identification and alignment. His sole focus is to uncover the most important question we all must answer, what am I here on Earth to accomplish? Living a purpose-driven life is tied closely towards his hyper intentional pursuit of personal growth & learning. Austin strives to be a resource to support others on their purpose journey. He’s enrolled in Accomplishment Coaching, a program that trains ontological coaching methodology. In addition, Austin co-hosts a podcast called Purpenthicity with Deric Cahill. The title of the podcast blends the word purpose and authenticity together representing the purposed driven life.

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#20 Finances in a Feverish Time with Andrew Holliday, CSO of Ostrich

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Episode 20 of the Silicon Alley Podcast, Finances in Feverish Times, Andrew Holliday Cofounder of Ostrich sits down with host William Glass to discuss the impact of COVID-19. Andrew discusses how Coronavirus disrupted his travels through South America and the importance of being prepared. Andrew and William discuss strategies on how you can weather the storm and discover the hidden lessons in the crisis. 

This episode is a bit of departure from the typical Silicon Alley Podcast shows you are used to it is much needed right now to discuss COVID-19 and how to make the most out of this tragic situation.

Andrew’s Ostrich Backstory

Andrew first heard about the idea of Ostrich late in 2017 from William, whilst still working in Private Equity in New York City. Two years later, he decided to leave that world behind – literally. Andrew left NYC, set course for South America, and has since been putting his financial knowledge towards helping more than just the wealthiest members of society.

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See Andrew’s travel journey at The Holliday Experiment

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#19 Nine Figure Exit to Living the 5 Core Life with William Moore Founder of Doorstep Delivery

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#019 Episode 19 of the Silicon Alley Podcast, Nine Figure Exit to Living Your Best Life features William Moore Founder of Doorstep Delivery, Moore Momentum, and Rollins Rentals. Will discusses how being a misfit as a kid led him to develop an entrepreneurial mindset which led him to start a successful student rental business out of college. During the mid-2000s real estate boom, Will quit a lucrative sales job to start Doorstep Delivery. Ultimately the company sold for $330 Million in 2019. Now, Will is sharing the secret to his success: The 5 Core Life.

Now, Will is taking all of the lessons he learned over the past 25+ years into his new business Moore Momentum. A book and app that focuses on helping people live their best lives. There are 5 cores that Will discusses as being the key to living your best life – mindset, career & finances, relationships, physical health, and emotional health & giving back. 

Will’s Official Bio

Will Moore graduated with honors from Rollins College. Soon after he created Rollins Rentals with another fellow alumnus – Jay Gaiser – focused on providing quality off-campus college-friendly homes to students from his alma mater.

Next came Doorstep Delivery, a restaurant delivery service comparable to Grub Hub or Door Dash. DD quickly became the largest RDS in the South East with 19 branches. 

Whether it’s real estate, restaurant delivery, or one of the other ventures he’s helped pioneer, Will has always had an uncanny knack for capitalizing on trends before they happen. And his newest venture is no exception. He is tapping into the current momentum of the up-and-coming generation finally realizing that there’s no shame in wanting to be their best selves.

But this isn’t as much a business venture as it is a movement. His purpose: Help others become the best version of THEMselves so they can pay it forward to help the world become the best version of ITself.

As a successful business entrepreneur, Will has discovered that a person’s career & finances are just 1/5th of the equation. REAL HAPPINESS involves “firing on all cylinders” in the FIVE CORE areas of your life.

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#18 Building a Successful Marketing Agency While Paying Off $100,000 Debt in 3 Years with Evan Knox of Caffeine Marketing & CaffeineLabs

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#018 Episode 18 of the Silicon Alley Podcast, Building a Successful Marketing Agency While Paying Off $100,000 Debt in 3 Years features 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, 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.

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