We found 10 episodes of Looking Beyond With Michael Sikand with the tag “business”.
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#147 The High School Startup Making $500K!? w/ Sims Wilson and Daniel Greenberg, co-founders of ViralLEDS
June 1st, 2021 | 11 mins 23 secs
business, entrepreneurship, howto, startup
In #147 futurists tune into a conversation with high school students and soon to be graduates Sims Wilson and Daniel Greenberg, the co-founders of ViralLEDS, a startup they founded in 2020 which sells an array of in-home lighting products through social media. After Sims posted a TikTok showing how he made LED light strips for his bedroom and it went viral, he and Daniel decided to turn a hobby into a business that to date has cleared more than $500,000 in revenue, with almost 100% of their sales coming through TikTok! It's insane to see entrepreneurs building businesses out of the immense reach afforded by TikTok's platform, and Daniel and Sims share an awesome story about how they built their business, how Addison Rae discovered and reposted their product, how they both got into Ivy league schools (Sims is going to Cornell and Daniel is going to Brown), and their career advice to young entrepreneurs.
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#23 Ed Bolian, Founder of VinWiki
June 29th, 2020 | 16 mins 27 secs
business, car, disruption, drakogte, drakomotors, ed bolian, electric, electric vehicle, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, ev, lamborghini, startup, startups, supercar, technology, vinwiki
In Episode 23, listeners hear from Ed Bolian, Founder and CEO of VINwiki Inc., former Cannonball Run record holder, and ex-Sales Director of Lamborghini Atlanta. He discusses why he started an exotic rental car company in college, how his VINwiki youtube channel went viral overnight, and his advice to young people who aspire to be shrewd negotiators.
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#21 Sandy Plashkes, Co-Founder at OwnersBox
June 24th, 2020 | 10 mins 58 secs
athletes, athletics, business, digital, draft, entrepreneurship, fans, fantasy, football, nfl, players, sports, technology
In Episode 21, listeners hear from Sandy Plashkes, Co-Founder at Owners Box, a sports tech startup determined to disrupt the multi-billion dollar fantasy sports industry through a key advantage: social engagement. Sandy discusses how Owners Box's game plan for taking on giants like Draft Kings, the need for a comprehensive fantasy sports experience, and how he loves the sports tech space.
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#19 David Dann, CEO of MOAG Records
June 17th, 2020 | 13 mins 56 secs
apple music, artists, business, disruption, dj, independent, label, music, spotify, streaming
In Episode 19, listeners hear from David Dann, Founder & CEO at Mind of a Genius Records, an independent label home to artists like ZHU, THEY., Gallant, and Klangstof. Dann discusses the importance of creative freedom, how artists get paid through streaming, working with mega-labels, and his advice to students interested in music business.
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#17 Eunice Cofie-Obeng, CEO of Nuekie
June 11th, 2020 | 13 mins 41 secs
beauty, blm, business, cosmetics, diversity, entrepreneur, innovation
In Episode 17, listeners hear from Eunice Cofie-Obeng, CEO and Chief Chemist of Nuekie, a DTC beauty company with skincare products designed for dark skin tones. She discusses why she launched her game-changing beauty brand, the strengths of the DTC business model, and how she believes empowering entrepreneurs of color can change the world.
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#15 Rob Chesnut, Former Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb
June 8th, 2020 | 14 mins 27 secs
airbnb, business, change, disruption, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, fake i.d.s, future, government, law firm, laws, lawyer, policy, technology
In Episode 15, hear from Rob Chesnut, Advisor and former General Counsel and Chief Ethics Officer at Airbnb, about his company’s 500k donation to Black Lives Matter + NAACP, the importance of companies aligning with social missions, and his advice to students about how to affect change in the new war on racism and inequality.
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#12 Alicia Levine, Chief Strategist at BNY Mellon
June 1st, 2020 | 14 mins 58 secs
business, coronavirus, covid, fed, finance, monetary policy, technology, wall street
In Episode 12, listeners hear from Alicia Levine, Chief Strategist at BNY Mellon, about the state of financial markets, the role of monetary policy in a crisis, and career advice for young professionals interested in finance.
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#10 Derek Koenig, CMO at Buffalo Groupe
May 27th, 2020 | 14 mins 32 secs
advice, animal planet, business, career, discovery, disruption, entrepreneurship, innovation, streaming, technology
In today's episode, listeners hear from media executive Derek Koenig, Chief Content and Creative Officer at the Buffalo Groupe and former SVP of Global Creative at Discovery Channel and CMO at Vail Resorts. He discusses leading Discovery through a major rebrand, producing an Emmy winning commercial with Steve Irwin and Lance Armstrong, and working with mega-brands like Nike and McDonald's.
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#9 Socrates Rosenfeld, CEO of IHeartJane.com
May 25th, 2020 | 12 mins 39 secs
business, cannabis, consulting, ecommerce, entrepreneurship, flying, helicopters, military, strategy, tech, weed, westpoint
How is technology shaping the cannabis industry In Episode 9, listeners hear from Socrates Rosenfeld, Founder and CEO of IHeartJane.com, the world's first and largest e-commerce marketplace for cannabis products, about his local-first model, hot trends in wellness products, and how his previous career flying Apache Helicopters for the U.S. Army shaped his business savvy.
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#8 Shadi Mere Founder of Bedestrian
May 22nd, 2020 | 13 mins 30 secs
autonomous, biotech, business, disruption, electric vehicle, entrepreneur, entrepreneurship, hopsitals, medicaltech, nurses, robots, startups, technology
Will hospitals soon be run by robots? In Episode 8, listeners hear from Shadi Mere, Founder & CEO of Bedestrian, a startup building robots for hospitals to improve efficiencies in patient care.