CEO.com | Dispatches from the frontiers of leadership

Jeff Kearl talks lessons from vSpring, Skullcandy, the power of genuine differentiation in the creation of Stance, and the future of investing in Utah’s entrepreneurs.   Jeff Kearl is the co-founder, CEO, and chairman of Stance, a high-growth apparel company whose investors include Dwayne Wade, Jay-Z, and Will Smith. Prior to Stance, Jeff was formerly the executive vice president and served on the board of directors at Logoworks, an internet startup that was successfully acquired by HP in 2007. Following the acquisition, Jeff ran strategy and new ventures at HP. Jeff has worked as an associate at vSpring Capital, a Salt Lake City-based venture capital firm with over $500M under management where he invested in both software and internet companies including Altiris, Ancestry.com, Cerberian, Control4, and MediConnect Global. Jeff serves on the board of directors at Skullcandy (NASDAQ: SKUL), Needle, and Julep.  Jeff is an active angel investor and a managing director at Precedent Investments. He has invested in over 30 startup companies. Most of Jeff’s investments have been in consumer technology companies such as 99 Designs, Ancestry.com (NASDAQ: ACOM), Familylink (acquired by MyHeritage), Science and Uber. He has also invested in several social media infrastructure companies such as Dynamic Signal, Lithium, Needle, Supernova, Visual.ly and ZEFR. Other investments include SAAS companies such as Coupa, Domo, InsideSales.com, Omniture (IPO then acquired by Adobe) and Outright (acquired by GoDaddy). But his favorite investments are brands with authenticity; Celtek (snowboarding), Matuse (surfing), The People’s Movement (environmental awareness) and Skullcandy (music).

Tanvi Gupta is the CEO and founder of SwoonMe, a voice first avatar-based dating app. Gupta has an MBA from Marquette University and worked at Morgan Stanley and Facebook before creating and launching her metaverse playground for meaningful connections, SwoonMe.

Rabbi Dr. Alon Goshen-Gottstein is acknowledged as one of the world’s leading figures in interreligious dialogue. He is founder and director of the Elijah Interfaith Institute since 1997. His work bridges the theological and academic dimension with a variety of practical initiatives, especially involving world religious leadership. A noted scholar of Jewish studies, he has held academic posts at Tel Aviv University and has served as director of the Center for the Study of Rabbinic Thought, Beit Morasha College, Jerusalem. A multi volume series of interfaith studies edited by him is published by Lexington Books. He has published several monographs and many articles. His most recent publications are The Jewish Encounter with Hinduism: Wisdom, Spirituality Identity and Same God, Other God: Judaism, Hinduism and the Problem of Idolatry, both published by Palgrave Macmillan, 2015. CEO.com links:  ►Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/CEOdotCom ►Twitter: https://twitter.com/CEOdotcom ►Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ceo-com/ ►TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@ceodotcom

A writer, researcher and thought leader on diversity and women’s issues-in the workplace, in politics and in between, Lauren’s book Crossing The Thinnest Line (Hachette, Sept 2016) argues diversity is THE most under-leveraged economic asset in the United States. She has co-authored a long list of research studies from global think tank Center for Talent Innovation, where she served as President, and her opinion pieces have been featured in the Harvard Business Review, NY Post, Refinery29, The Hill, The Huffington Post and Inc.

Liz Wiseman talks about leading with transparency, how to deal with diminishers, and whether politics should be discussed in the workplace. Liz is the author of several NY Times best-selling books and speaks across the country on the topic of leadership.

A conversation with eLuma founder and CEO Jeremy Glauser on overcoming loss, creating a remote work environment, and building a health tech company that matters. We're seeing an explosion of healthcare companies at the moment. How should one interested in starting one focus their energy, time, and resources?

A conversation with Andrew Smith, co-founder and Managing Director of Savory Fund, on the ups and downs of entrepreneurship, how he went from building a tech company to a restaurant empire, and what it takes to create a concept that resonates with customers and drives revenue growth.  Clint also pitches Andrew a terrible restaurant idea. We're not sure what else to say about that.

Scott Paul is present and energetic and fun. He doesn't take himself too seriously, but his passion for entrepreneurs and startups is plenty serious. In this wide-ranging interview, Scott and Clint talk about crypto, Elon Musk, investing, mental health, and a whole bunch of other things.

A discussion on overcoming imposter syndrome, what it means to be a credible leader, and the opportunities and challenges that exist for immigrants to the United States. Bassam Salem is the founder and CEO of Atlas RTX. His insight and perspective is immensely valuable and relevant on these topics. This is an interview you have to watch.

A discussion on how to overcome ego, how others think of you, and conquering the struggles of entrepreneurship. Ryan Westwood, Simplus founder and CEO, knows more about this topic than almost anyone. He talks about how he went from a farm kid to managing a deli to building a $250 million company. Ryan also talks about how and when to raise capital for your business. This is a must-watch for any leader or entrepreneur.