EnFactor Podcast

Make Shift to Sustainability with Caleb Quaid

Caleb Quaid is a Regenerative Consultant and founder of Regenerative Shift -an environmental consulting firm that focuses on assisting businesses and communities with the transition to regenerative practices. He recently worked with Raymond James Stadium in Tampa to plant the first regenerative planting project in North American professional sports, with a 1,100-foot living fence of bamboo and native plants.

Prior to forming Regenerative Shift in 2021, Caleb spent 12 years working the NFL, mostly with the Tampa Bay Buccaneers in a senior operations and project management role.

 

Caleb’s passion for regeneration blends into his personal and social life. He and his two sons, Kobe and Atlas, operate a small front-yard permaculture community garden from their home in Tampa, where neighbors can pick their own produce to enjoy. I am very excited to learn more about Caleb and his company in today’s conversation at En Factor.

Discovering Personal Purpose with Greg Sloan

Greg Sloan, is a Chief Purpose Officer and Co-Founder of Go Beyond, a People Development company that combines Behavioral Science and Technology to create a more prosperous workforce.

Greg is an alumnus of Georgia State University, currently resides in Atlanta, Georgia, and has lived there for the most part. Greg was also a VP at Goldman Sachs for over a decade, and then became an entrepreneur in a quest to have a more purposeful career.

And this is what has led him to start Go Beyond, and in today’s conversation, we would love to learn more about his career trajectory, his journey of Go Beyond and understand how it helps the workforce to find purposeful careers.

Stock Market, Real Estate & Zero Sum Game with Joseph Sutton!

Joseph is an alumnus of University of Florida, and is a serial problem solver with more than 35 years of banking and business experience. His business journey is highlighted in his new book that was released in late June 2022. It details the crisis in 2008 with a touch of humor and the book is called “The Zero-Sum Game”

In today’s conversation, we would love to learn more about his career trajectory, his inspiration behind writing a book, and what he thinks of the current market trends.

Simplifying Math with Music by Marcus Blackwell!

Marcus is the CEO and Founder of Make Music Count, which was founded in 2013 and is an app that teaches how to master math by playing popular songs on the piano.

Make Music Count is a math app taught through playing the piano. Students of 3rd - 11th grade solve math equations where the answers are piano notes to immediately play popular songs on the piano. This app is available for school districts to license and use as a supplement during the school day, for enrichment after school, and for students to use at home.

Learn more about BlockChain with Cory Hymel

Cory Hymel leads all things Web3 as the Director of Blockchain at Gigster, a company dedicated to helping businesses develop software applications with the speed of a startup, coupled with the quality and expertise of the most innovative global talent. 

Follow him on YouTube, Twitter, and LinkedIn, and read his blog at https://gigster.com/blog. 

Finding a Product Market Fit for Businesses with Andrew Amann

Andrew Amann, CEO of NineTwoThree Venture Studio. Andrew and his team have created over 50 products and 14 startups and were featured in the Inc 500 in 2021 and 2022.

Since co-founding NineTwoThree Venture Studio in 2012, Andrew Amann has helped launch countless ventures for clients and emerging companies and turned his business into one of the fastest-growing private companies in America on the Inc 5000 list.

In this episode, you will learn more about Andrew and what businesses should do to find the right product-market fit!

Stay Organized with Twos, featuring Joe Steilberg and Parker Klein!

Delighted to have the founders of Twos App in the studio with En Factor- Joe Steilberg and Parker Klein.

Joe is the co-founder and head of sales at Twos, is an alumnus of University of South Carolina with a bachelor’s in finance and has worked as an Area Project manager with ResProp Management in Dallas Area.

And Parker is the CEO and technical lead of Twos, Parker is an alumnus of Vanderbilt University, has a bachelor’s in computer science and has worked as a software engineer with Qualcomm and Google in California in the past.

Twos was founded in July 2020 in Tampa Bay and is the first app and website designed to help people simply remember things. With Twos, users can keep all their *things* from reminders, to-dos, thoughts, and memories in one place that stays organized, leading to a more calm and present life.

Methods to Achieve Product Market Fit with Feryal Ferdowsi

Feryal is a Founding General Partner at FM Ventures and also an Advisor with Berkeley SkyDeck since 2018. She invests and advises early-stage startups on business strategy, marketing, funding, and product development.

 

Feryal started her career in Asset Management with Morgan Stanley, and then founded a company named Vitrine- a fashion social platform that revolutionizes the way we shop

She has been a Founder and CEO for the most part of her career since, for companies such as Vanity Stories, Catwalk App which operate in the luxury/fashion space.

Feryal is based out of Bay Area, and is an alumnus of Stanford and Santa Clara University.

Turning Occurrences to Opportunities with Jeff Gigante

Jeff is the Co-Founder of Next Level Brands Hospitality, and also the Co-Founder of Forbici Modern Italian restaurant. If you are in Tampa Bay area, you must have surely heard of the food and service of Forbici.

Jeff Gigante is a Florida native, has successfully developed a diverse collection of restaurant concepts, for 25 years, by earning a reputation for hospitality, community involvement, and philanthropy.

Apart from being in Hospitality industry, Jeff is also a Partner at Train Up First, Grand Theming Studios and Human Media Group. Jeff served as a Co-Founder to the well-known Ciccio Restaurant Group for 25+ years at Tampa until October 2020.

Forming Relationships in Order to Succeed with Jason Kuhn

Welcome to The En Factor, conversations about how great entrepreneurs started, stumbled, and succeeded. Today's guest on En Factor is Jason Kuhn.

Jason has an educational background in Finance and Law, and is the Founder of Kuhn Automotive Group, which was started in February 2004 in Tampa Bay and has been operating successfully ever since. I am very excited to talk about Jason, and what Kuhn Automotive Group has achieved in the last two decades of business in Tampa Bay Area.