Catch Fire Careers with Simon Yost

David is a Software Developer in Residence, focusing on the alignment of innovation and human flourishing. He supports general initiatives and Hypothesis projects with an eye towards technology ethics, team formation, and expansion of product benefits across stakeholders.

Joining Preston-Werner Ventures in 2020, David has experience across industries as a multi-disciplinary entrepreneur. He has received medical device patents, acted...

Candy Washington is an actress, blogger, on-camera host, social media influencer, and the founder, of Actress with Style, a popular lifestyle brand focused on fashion, beauty, entertainment, and travel that's geared toward the active millennial. 

She is also the founder of The Billionaire Blogger Society, a global community of creative professionals who seek to build profitable, purposeful, and successful blogs, brands, and busi...

From his Casio 76 keyboard to acceptance to Berklee College of Music in Boston to contributing to the “Fresh Prince of Bel-Air” reboot’s musical score, Royce Martin has caught fire over the past several years.

Royce Martin is a pianist and composer currently attending the Berklee College of Music in Boston, Massachusetts. Born in St. Louis, Missouri, Royce taught himself the piano at the age of 14 on a small keyboard. He has a rich ...

Casey Nolen is an experienced reporter and anchor whose work has earned the Edward R. Murrow Award and six Mid-America Emmy Awards for visual journalism - ranging from in-depth reporting to craft editing. He is known for fairness and context. The nerve to hold the powerful accountable and the empathy to tell the stories of the voiceless. And, if there’s a ‘big story’ Casey is there - from scoops in statewide politics to overseas Ol...

Theresa Link, RD, LMNT is an experienced registered dietitian and diabetes educator with a demonstrated history of working in hospital, clinic, and startup health tech industries. Data and science-driven, not driven by dogma. Passionate about the therapeutic use of ketogenic nutrition for metabolic disease, mental health, and inflammatory disorders. Clinical experience in metabolic disease reversal, disease prevention, mindful eati...

Becky Gandillon is a Data & Analytics Consultant with an engineering background and extensive experience in the healthcare industry. Her aim to make essential impacts quickly. Becky excels at making technical, “boring,” or hard-to-grasp data exciting, engaging, relatable, and actionable.

Becky leads the Data & Analytics Practice at Centric Consulting. She and her family call St. Louis, Missouri home.

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Jeff Bartsch built his career in Hollywood as a television editor, producer, and voiceover artist. His editing background includes work for ABC, NBC, Universal, Disney, Apple, and many others. Jeff’s commentary on editing and the entertainment industry has been featured in Time Magazine, USA Today, the Associated Press, and multiple textbooks.

He is the author of “Edit Better: Hollywood-Tested Strategies for Powerful Video Editing” ...

Kanika Sharma is the Tech Lead for the Modern Software Practice at 1904labs. Kanika puts her heart and soul into her work, as it has been her passion since high school.

Her proudest career achievement is designing, implementing, and maintaining the “Limits Management Platform” for Market Risk traders. She was a founding member of the team that migrated an ancient system & created a handcrafted workflow engine for the 200+ tr...

GeNella McCrary is a content creator, technologist, and cosmetologist. She has also made a recent career transition from radio to tech.

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Aligning the Who/How/What for six figures. Gain skills to succeed without the university price tag. Simon provides tips for designing your career path, exclusive interviews with expert guests about success designing their own paths. 

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Léonce B. Crump Jr. is no stranger to expectations. He grew up competing as an athlete and played college football at The University of Oklahoma, while majoring in Political Science, before joining the NFL. After a short NFL career, he became a community leader and pastor of Renovation Church in Atlanta.

This week Léonce joins us to explore the messy tensions of leading a diverse group through culture, political, and socioeconomic t...

Beth Laing joins us to talk about her success in the Software Engineering space after a successful career pivot from journalism.

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We create exclusive content for you to find your fire and live for it.

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"We know what the lower limit of human beings are and the depravity people can sink to. We don't have any grasp on what the upper limit on a human being is, and that's exciting."
— Jeremy Bedenbaug

Dr. Jeremy Bedenbaug, Founder & CEO of Recreate Solutions helping leaders and organizations get started, get healthy and get unstuck. Recreate offers coaching and fractional executive services that support organizations...

What really matters in life? When you are 85 and sitting in your rocking chair, what will you be thinking about? Our guests share his inkling about this question:"What did I do with the time, money, and resources I was given to make a difference in people's lives? That's all, that's really gonna matter."This week we are joined by Zach Thomas, an entrepreneur, author, and veteran of the Army Rangers. Zach graduat...

John is a serial entrepreneur who dropped out of Seminary and was fired from his internship as a minister. What makes John remarkable is the wake of grace he leaves in both his successes and failures. Join us to learn about starting an underwear company or starting a company in your underwear. Either sounds fun.

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Jonathan F. Block joins us to share about his why as a leader and advice he got from former President George W. Bush."...go be on the front lines of compassion, go and seek and do."Learn more about your ad choices. 

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What is the barrier to starting a new venture? How do you pivot from education to entrepreneurship? We are so excited for Keina to join the show. She is a learner, teacher, girl boss, and all-around fantastic person. Keina works with passionate and hardworking single women who need help creating clear financial goals so that they can save more, pay off debt, and stress less about money.

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What is the difference between complaining and holding people accountable? It is not the most light-hearted question, and our conversation with Tyler is not short of other lighter-hearted moments. Tyler Huckabee is RELEVANT's, executive editor. He lives in Nashville with his wife, dog, and Twitter account. Tyler shares about his service of people who feel crazy, creating meaningful space in a digital world, and three filters th...

What if you got hit by a bus? Would your work and organization be able to continue? Today Jeff Pawlow joins us and shares the importance of building your organization to succeed outside of yourself. As the Founder and Managing Shareholder of The Growth Partnership, Jeff leads a dynamic team of professionals dedicated to helping their clients succeed as business owners. He has repeatedly been named one of the profession's "T...