School for Startups Radio

Marcy Syms – President of TPD Group

Entrepreneurship is understanding what the trade offs are, and understanding that the investment of today is for the hopes and the work that will you’ll be the fruits of tomorrow.

Marcy Syms is a veteran leader, social entrepreneur, and champion of corporate governance and women’s empowerment. As the founding trustee and President of the Sy Syms Foundation, she has helped steer mo...

Corinne Goble – CEO of Association of Women’s Business Centers and Winner of 100 Women to KNOW in America

I think one of the biggest things that we find by having women in the name is we’re encouraging the participation of women. We’re not exclusively here for women, and it’s not necessarily that the needs of a woman opening a business are starkly different than any other founder, because the barriers to opening a ne...

Brent Rittersdorf – 10 for 10!, Corporate Speaker, Meeting Facilitator, Real Estate Broker, Author of The Point Is in the Purpose: How Going 10 for 10 Can Change Your Life

Everybody has their 15 minutes of fame, and for me, I look back on that experience, and I was doing something that I love to do so much that I just wanted to continue to get as better and better as I could and be a part of that team.

Dave Burnett – Author, Columnist, Speaker & CEO at AOK Marketing

To get found in AI, honestly, is to do cool things, talk about the cool things you’ve done, and then do more cool things, enough for the fact that other people start talking about the cool stuff you’re doing.

Dave Burnett is a seasoned author, columnist, speaker, and the founder and CEO of AOK Marketing, a conversion-focused digital marketing agenc...

A.J. Rice – America’s publicist, CEO of Publius PR and Author of the #1 Amazon bestseller The Woking Dead: How Society’s Vogue Virus Destroys Our Culture

If you’re really good at something, from time to time take on a project that makes you feel uncomfortable, because it’s in the space of being uncomfortable where you’re going to experience growth.

A.J. Rice is known as “America’s publicist”, widely re...

Dr. David Cunic – President of UCS Advisors

Eight out of every 100 people you’re connected to is what we call potential investor resource.

Dr. David M. Cunic is a seasoned entrepreneur, investor-relations specialist, and serial business builder whose career blends medical expertise with bold ventures into capital raising, healthcare, and the cannabis industry. With academic training in physical therapy...

50 Reasons You Should Be Thankful You Are an Entrepreneur!  

This Thanksgiving, we’re taking a break from the usual format to celebrate the journey of entrepreneurship. Today’s special episode revisits one of our most-loved shows: a countdown of the Top 50 Reasons to Be Thankful as an Entrepreneur.

From freedom and creativity to impact and legacy, this list is a reminder of why we chose this path in the first place.

Give thanks ...

Adam Rosen – Founder of Email Outreach Company (EOC)

If you can get one positive reply per 1000 emails you send, you’re doing a phenomenal job in the email world.

Adam Rosen is the founder of Email Outreach Company (EOC), a multi-million-dollar agency helping businesses scale through cold email and newsletter growth. His journey with email began during his first tech startup, where strategic outreach helped raise ca...

Lisa Craft – Founder of Adventure Dating

It’s about connecting to like minded individuals through a common activity, and we’re an experience first dating platform.

Lisa Craft is the founder of Adventure Dating, a lifestyle-driven dating platform designed to replace swipe culture with real-world connection through shared outdoor experiences. Raised in Southern California, Lisa grew up surrounded by surfing, nature an...

James Koutoulas – CEO of Typhon Capital Management

I think I’m a pretty nice guy, but for whatever reason I attract some bad actors. All these experiences are why I’m so passionate about litigation finance… you don’t get pro bono lawyers come along very much, let alone ones who could beat the biggest, baddest banks in the world.

James L. Koutoulas, Esq. is the CEO of Typhon Capital Management which he founded in 200...

Gino Barbaro – 1,800 Multifamily Units Owner

That’s the beauty of real estate. It’s not this, get rich quick. It’s get rich slow. But if you commit to buying a good deal, being able to operate it, having some patience and being able to actually operate the property, run the property, and give yourself some time, you can get extremely wealthy with real

Gino Barbaro is a multifamily real-estate investor, educator, an...

Tony D’Urso – Talk Show Host of The Tony DUrso Show

Everybody can make it, but it just takes so long. But if you have a mentor or a coach or a consultant, it can speed you up.

Tony D’Urso is the host of The Tony D’Urso Show, one of the top entrepreneurial talk shows in America with more than 50 million downloads and listeners across radio, podcast platforms, Roku, and streaming TV. Known for interviewing high-achiev...

Bryan Eisenberg – Persuasion Architect | 25+ Years Helping Brands with the Stories They Sell (Google, Disney, GE, Chase, HP) | Keynote Speaker, Customer Experience and Transformation. NY Times Bestselling Author

AI is only going to accelerate the inevitable, and it cannot fix a broken story.

Bryan Eisenberg is the co-author of the Wall Street Journal & New York Times bestselling books “Call to Action”, “Waiting...

Stuart Draper – On a mission to create 1000+ millionaires  

There’s got to be a better way… Aha moments that a lot of founders have led to this idea of creating an up to date textbook and a simulation that would give students a hands on learning experience.

Stuart Draper is the host of Startups with Stu, a podcast designed for aspiring entrepreneurs to learn what it takes to launch their startup to the moon. Before ...

Dustin Howes – Affiliate Management Expert, Founder of Coalition Marketing and Performance Marketing Manager

Affiliate programs are built to be a slow burn… if you’re doing everything right… you can safely expect to have a 20% boost in revenue coming from this channel.

Dustin Howes is a seasoned affiliate marketing expert with more than 15 years of experience helping companies build successful performance partnershi...

Brett Rounsaville – Founder & CEO of Yes, More & Co.

99.9% of people are genuinely good when you want on one, it like just renewed my faith and humanity to the nth degree.

Brett Rounsaville is the Founder & Chief Executive Officer of Yes, More & Co., a modern-commerce brand that brings high-quality, globally sourced products directly to consumers via mobile drop-experiences. Under his l...

Kevin Roy – CEO/Co-Founder of GreenBananaSEO

I don’t think SEO is dead… Most of our clients have seen about an 80% – I’m sorry, a 20% drop in organic traffic, but we have seen a significant uptick in people going to ChatGPT, Gemini, Claude, Grok, Perplexity… and they’re getting that information right in the LLM search result.”

Kevin Roy is the Chief Executive Officer and Co-Founder of the digital marke...

Anthony Franco – Co-Host of How to Founder Podcast

You can’t expect AI to operate like code. With AI, it’s more about telling the system what not to do – that’s what guardrails are.

Anthony Franco is a serial entrepreneur, operator, and strategist who has launched, scaled, and sold six companies and now dedicates his time to helping other founders do the same. As co-host of the How to Founder podcast, ...

Fred Joyal – Co-Founder of 800-Dentist and Author of  Superbold: From Under-Confident to Charismatic in 90 Days

Bold people realize that the unexpected happens when you step out of your comfort zone, so they start to expect the unexpected.

Fred Joyal is an entrepreneur, speaker, busin ess advisor, and #1 Amazon Bestselling author. He co-founded the most successful dentist referral service in the country, 1-800-DENTI...