StartEdUp Podcast

SEU Classic: Soledad O'Brien on truth, media, the fallacy of "both sides"

Soledad O'Brien is an award winning journalist with a reputation for being tough, fair, and factual. So it was no surprise when she candidly talked about politics, truthf

Lauren Prager of Synapse Florida: Building Entrepreneurial Ecosystems

Lauren Prager is the Chief Strategy Officer for Synapse Florida. Her career has centered around building community through cultivating personal connections. Lauren spent

Avantis: Creating the Eduverse for k-12 Students

Avantis has just launched "The Eduverse" – a ground-breaking new online platform that gives students access to a K-12 metaverse. In the Eduverse, students can access imme

Founder/ CEO of ID.me Blake Hall

Blake Hall is the founder and CEO of id.me- but he is also an Army Ranger and knows a thing or two about critical missions. In this interview we talk about cyber warfare,

Jason Calacanis: Practical Education

Jason Calacanis is a tech entrepreneur, angel investor, and author. However, his two podcasts: "This Week in Startups" and "The All- In" podcast have gained a lot of noto

Devin Johnson- The Urgency of Entrepreneurship

Devin is another co-founder and the current Chief Executive Officer of Kennected - an Indy-based SaaS company with over 16,000 users. He is a serial entrepreneur, an insp

Dr Jose Morey: Remembering My Past- Providing Opportunities For All

Dr. Jose Moray is one of the most accomplished persons I've interviewed. His passion to help serves others centers around his intense curiosity to not just learn, but fin

Jacques Jean: From Haiti to Harvard

Jacques M. Jean is the Founder & CEO of TechFides, and I met him at the Festival of the Diaspora. Jacques is an accomplished business professional with over 20 years of

Cordell Carter: Aspen Institute and the Festival of the Diaspora

Cordell Carter is brings 20 years of experience to his leadership of the Aspen Institute Socrates Program, a global education forum for leaders and Expectant Advisory, a

Dallara CEO Andrea Pontremoli: Innovation in the Italian Motor Valley

Andrea Pontremoli is the CEO and General Manager of Dallara Motorsports in what is known as the "Italian Motor Valley." His passion for racing and innovation is what has

Dallara: Student Innovation Pipeline & Youth Diplomacy

Dallara is a company that powers the most famous brands in the world: Ferrari, Lamborghini, Pagani, Ducati, Maserati- just to name a few! So it was with great anticipati

MySherri: The CEO For Your Home

Dreamer, Disruptor, and Creator. Ashley is on a mission to create a company that gives busy women valuable time back in their day for the people and projects that matter

Jimmy Soni: The Founders- The Story of Paypal and the Entrepreneurs Who Shaped Silicon Valley

In this episode author Jimmy Soni not only discusses his new book, The Founders, but he also goes into the "DNA" of the legendary founders of PayPal. Names like Elon, Pet

Cope Notes Founder Johnny Crowder: Mental Health, Entrepreneurship, & Heavy Metal?

Johnny Crowder is a 29-year-old suicide/abuse survivor, TEDx speaker, touring musician, mental health and sobriety advocate, and the Founder & CEO of Cope Notes, a text-b

Tracy Bullock: The 5 "E's" You Must Master

Tracy Bullock brings over 30 years of business development experience at Procter & Gamble to her Sandler Training business. She builds and delivers Sandler professional d

Vivian Shen- EdTech Founder Creates Learning Platform and Community

In 2017, Vivian Shen founded Juni Learning, an online education platform for 7-18 year olds, to be the educational opportunity she wished she had growing up. As a kid, Vi

Devin Butler: Connecting Arizona Entrepreneurs

Devin Butler is the Founder & CEO of Arizona Entrepreneurs, a community created to help entrepreneurs build genuine business relationships and get access to key resources

YES Carolina: Empowering South Carolina's Youth

Tracy Bradshaw is the Executive Director of YESCarolina- a nonprofit that provides curriculum and pitch competition for South Carolina's high school students. In this ep

From the Library to the NFL: Kylen Granson

Kylen Granson was the typical kid- loved sports and video games. But his mom, who is a teacher, wanted her son to be an avid reader. In this episode Heather and Kylen Gra

Pam Marmon: Change Is Easy?!

In this episode, Abby and Megan share an insightful conversation with Pam Marmon: a best-selling author, speaker, and CEO. Within 15 minutes, Abby, Megan, and Pam confron