Passage to Profit Show - Road to Entrepreneurship

In this eposide, hear about virtual networking from Sid Vaidya, the founder of Switch Events, a networking platform designed to bring professionals, entrepreneurs, local business owners, executives, and career-minded folks in the room. Switch Events has different types of events includes morning networking with speakers, happy hours, virtual networking and special events, at https://www.networkwithsid.com/ Kerry Barrett is an Emmy-award winning TV news anchor at WNBC in NYC and the founder and CEO of Kerry Barrett Consulting, a full service public speaking and media presentation and strategy firm. She helps clients become confident and compelling speakers across all media platforms, including video, at https://kerrybarrettconsulting.com/ Elizabeth Gearhart, Passage to Profit show c-host introduces her new company Fireside, a video directory online for businesses and products, featuring interviews with professionals for hire, at https://fireside.directory/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

This is the 1st in a series of "Zoom Episodes" of Passage to Profit - The Inventors Show during the COVID-19 lockdown. Dave Carvajal is the CEO of Dave Partners and a sought out advisor and consultant to Board of Directors, venture firms, CEO entrepreneurs and leadership teams.  Dave specializes in Executive Search, Leadership Development, Independent Board Appointees and Leadership Competency Inventory.  Dave built HotJobs to 650 employees, $125M in revenues, IPO and $1.2B market capitalization as co-founder. The HotJobs team experienced a second exit with the acquisition by Yahoo! in February of 2002. He built TheLadders to 400 employees and $85M in revenues.  Read more at https://davecarvajal.com/. Featured Presenter: Sascha Kova, founder and designer of Kova by Sacha, is the maker of lightweight 3D printed headgear for festivals & other shenanigans.  She has been featured in Vogue & Paper Mag.  Explore her eclectic designs at https://www.kovabysascha.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, we talk to Shark Tank participant Joanna Parker, founder of Yumble, a weekly subscription service that delivers healthy, yummy prepared kids' meals straight to the homes of busy parents. When she became a stay at home mom, and two years later, she was so busy at home she realized how frustrating and stressful it was to prepare, cook, and clean up from her kids dinner every. single. day. Joanna spent 2 years perfecting foods that all kids love - like mac and cheese, pizza, and chicken nuggets - she figured out ways to make them so much healthier and more fun to eat! After opening Yumble up to the public, parents lined up (literally, on a waiting list) to let them solve their mealtime stress forever. Yumble is in over 30 states and has delivered over 1,000,000 healthy meals to kids across America, at https://yumblekids.com/ Our Executive Spotlight is Jim Barood, a dynamic innovator who collaborates extensively to translate ideas into reality, James currently heads the New Jersey Tech Council. Its mission is to help leaders and their companies/organizations grow while supporting the tech, innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystems across the tri-state region. It is one of the largest and most highly regarded membership organizations of its kind nationwide with 1,000+ companies and 100+ events per year. Recognized by NJBiz on Power 100 List and ROI-NJ as a Top 100 Influencer, James is active in the regional business community. He has also been recognized as a Small Business Advocate (NYER) and among the state's 'Forty Under 40 Business Achievers' by NJBiz.  Read more about NJTC at https://www.njtc.org/ Featured Pitch Presenters: Michael Wong with InstaHub, whose mission is to reduce energy waste through scalable automation that enhances, rather than replaces, existing infrastructure. The company provides  "snap-on integration" devices that can automate your lights in under 1 minute, providing real-time occupancy data and energy savings in a single unit at https://www.getinstahub.com/ Ash Azmi with Datumtron, an Artificial Intelligence company that has developed a new revolutionary way to represent knowledge, which enables deliverability of AI systems that understand problems at the deepest level.  Datumtron's flagship product is the Omega Natural Language Understanding AGI with focus on Wall Street AI needs, at http://datumtron.com/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode we speak to Liz Goll Lerner from Your Inspired Choices, LLC, a psychotherapy practice that helps people live the inspired life that they wan to live! Liz is not only a psychotherapist, but she is also a life coach and art therapist. With over 30 years in practice, Liz is a thought leader in the fields of counseling and coaching and has developed numerous highly respected programs for both her own practice and for health centers across the nation. Liz is known for getting results through gentle encouragement, creative techniques, sensitivity and compassion. Read more about her practice at, https://yourinspiredchoices.com/. Josh Scharf is a China Manufacturing Expert and gives his insights on how the factories work in China and why the Corona Virus it affecting trade. Featured Presenters: Marc Goldner is the founder and CEO of Golden Bell Studios, an entertainment company focused on Comics, Animation, Children's Books, Games, Stuffed Animals, and much much more. The CSR is centered around "Comics for Change" - a mission to bring entertainment to every part of the world where it's lacking, and "Comics for a Cure" is a traveling gallery exhibition housing all the original art from Golden Bell's The Sunday Comics, at https://www.goldenbellstudios.com/Paul Kandle is the President and CEO of Boast Groupware, a BizOps platform that gets businesses running smoothly through a powerful, streamlined and integrated, single cloud-based platform that gives access to entire businesses from any location, at https://www.boastgroupware.com/index.html Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode we hear from Gene Gross and Ken Valenzano, founders of Altru, a patent-pending antioxidant and electrolyte blend drink - the first of its kind containing Glutathione, the "Mother of All Antioxidants”.  Altru offers unique and exotic fruit flavors from across the globe such as Mango Cherimoya, Peach Mangosteen and Coconut Jackfruit. Altru drinks contain no artificial sweeteners, colors, flavors, or preservatives and are non-GMO, vegan, and gluten-free.  The drink is sold nation-wide on Amazon and in grocery stores, 7Eleven stores, conveience stores in NJ and PA.  Read more at: https://www.drinkaltru.com/ Featured Pitch Presenters:   Tom Sherman with 5 Season Calendar, a revolutionary timekeeping calendar system, calling for 5 seasons per year, 9 days a week and 36 days per month - correctly dividing the year into precise, accurate, standard, consistent, and compounding units - a first in human history at https://www.capegazette.com/article/calendar-dated-thomas-sherman-thinks-so/176217 Tiffany Viruet & Shawn Martinez with Mates on Mats, a children’s enrichment company for children ages 5-10 that integrates the profound developmental tools of Yoga and Chess to "teach children how to move together with intention and intuition, strengthen from within and stretch far beyond the boundaries of their mats." at https://www.linkedin.com/company/mates-on-mats/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, we hear from Sam Caucci, the Founder & CEO of 1Huddle (formerly Sales Huddle), which offers an innovative workforce training platform using science-backed, quick-burst games to help companies across the globe to make training more fun, effective and accessible for their employees.  Leading the charge to help organizations better prepare their people for the workforce. Clients are from across multiple sectors including professional sports teams, politics/government, hospitality, retail, automotive, college/universities, and more.  Read more about Sam and 1Huddle at, https://1huddle.co/ The Featured Executive Spotlight is Michele Joseph, the Founder and Executive Director of SGAP Leaders (Student Global Ambassador Program), a non-profit organization with a vision to cultivate the next generation of global leaders through programs for 7th - 12th grade students, focused on STEM, Sustainability and Social Justice.  Read more about SGAP Leaders at, https://www.sgapleaders.org/ Featured Pitch Presenters: Zula Oliveira with SGAP Leaders (Student Global Ambassador Program), is a 12th grader from Madison High School, NJ, who attended the 2019 Student Leadership Conference at the United Nations through sponsorship by SGPA Leaders. SGAP Leaders serves curious and ambitious young leaders (7th -12th graders) who want to make a difference in the world at, https://www.sgapleaders.org/ Brandon Persaud with KB Operation Hope, is a student at the Knox School of Saint James, New York and a volunteer with KB Operation Hope, a non-profit organization that advocates to governments for the welfare of international poverty-stricken children, and through donations, provides these children with educational and medical necessities at, http://kboperationhope.org/ Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

Starting a business or interested in starting one?  In this episode, get sound advice from Lisa Ascolese, aka "The Inventress" is the founder of Inventing A-Z.!  She has been taking ideas, hers and many others, from concept to fruition for over 35 years and counting. The New Jersey-based entrepreneur, consultant, and agent has successfully created, patented, marketed, and launched dozens of products in QVC, HSN, national retail stores and more. She also runs the networking group AOWIE and has conferences and events throughout the year. You can read more about Lisa at: https://www.inventingatoz.com/ Featured Presenters: Antonia Tamao, with Antonia's Promise, a spiritual line, her own rendition of the holy cross, to be a reminder for prayer. Her crosses will debut at the AOWIE conference on April 19th, 2020. The website will be up in April under "Antoina's Promise". Lisa Pietracatella with Sun Head Pillow, a recreational, portable and all-purpose pillow that helps with cervical alignment for both laying on back or on the stomach, provides a handy storage pocket for keys, phones etc., and for inserting ice or heat packs. Her product will also debut at the AOWIE conference on April 19th, 2020. The website will be up in April under "Sun Head Pillow". Diane Simovich with BWNICE - Business Women Networking LLC Involving Charity and Education, provides women at all stages of business and personal life with support, education and resources. The organization brings women together to gain meaningful business connections, learn new ways to succeed, and foster an empowering environment, at https://bwnice.org/. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode hear about franchising a business from Michael Shapiro, a hyperlocal media expert, news entrepreneur and attorney. He owns and operates TAPinto.net, a network of more than 75 all-online hyperlocal news franchises in New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Florida, with more than 8,000,000 readers during the past year. Each site is franchised to a local owner/publisher and provides original objective daily local news reporting. Current franchisees include business executives, public relations professionals, journalists, hardcopy newspapers, nonprofits and universities. TAPinto.net was founded in October, 2008 by Michael and Lauryn Shapiro, who sought to provide their town’s residents with an all-online, objective, independent, daily local newspaper. You can visit his website at www.TapInto.net .  Featured Presenters: Susannah Bailin with Advice Coach, an App for patients to help them remember what matters: how to recover at home using prescribed exercises and when to go back to see the doctor, at https://advicecoach.com/.  Reed Benet with HeroHomes, a company dedicated to helping VAs build financial security by using their VA mortgage benefit to purchase multi-family properties they can provide for their own families and to help others as well at http://www.herohomes.com.  Omid Esmaili with College Foundry, offering classes, speaking events, and one-on-one consulting for students to understand how to get the most use out of their college years, to maximize opportunities and to make the most of their investment, at https://collegefoundry.com/. Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode hear from business coach and mentor, Tony Vengrove about what it really takes to lead innovation. As Warren Bennis once said, “There are two ways of being creative. One can sing or dance. Or one can create the environment in which singers and dancers flourish.” Using his Idea Climate Equation® and Seven C’s of Creative Leadership frameworks, he helps leaders and organizations learn how to walk the innovation talk and create the conditions for ideas to transform into successful innovations.  Visit his website at www.MilesFinchInnovation.com Featured Pitch Presenters: Gil Bar-Lev with Homeroots, a market leader in B2B sales of Furniture & Lighting products curated to the needs of customers, at https://www.homeroots.co/.  Kathleen Edinger with TeaScapes, a store that offers access to exclusive blends of premium, customized loose tea blends, and tea accessories, at https://www.enjoyteascapes.com/.  Caroline Strzalka with It’s By U, selling do-it-yourself flower arrangement kits with farm-fresh blooms, by subscription, at https://itsbyu.com/.  Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.

In this episode, hear from celebrity entrepreneur, Arthur Wylie, on how to take a vision and create a successful roadmap to success.  Arthur is one of the hottest brands in the country with over $1 Billion of assets, transactions, and deals managed under him since starting his first wealth management business, out of his college dorm room, no less. He’s a book author, film producer, investor, international speaker, philanthropist, and serial entrepreneur.   You can visit his website at www.ArthurWylie.com/ Featured Pitch Presenters: Audrey Davis-Dunning with Get Your Goddess, an organization dedicated to celebrating what is right and beautiful about you, at www.GetYourGoddess.com. John Carini with iEnterprises CRM, a leading provider of intelligent CRM solutions who prides themselves in staying ahead of the industry and being focused on delivering the best user experience for their customers, at www.iEnterprises.com Walter Contaldi with Halftime Razors, a unique, patented razor design that gives you the quickest, smoothest shave of your life at www.HalfTimeRazors.com.  Visit https://passagetoprofitshow.com/ for the latest updates and episodes.