Coffee with Jon - Think Big. Get Unstuck. Grow Your Business

Alex Fedotoff is one of the leading Facebook advertising strategists for e-commerce brands. His agency AF MEDIA helps brands to scale massively using results-oriented direct response advertising. Huffington Post calls him one of the foremost Facebook advertising experts in the world and The Next Web calls him a marketing specialist with one of the highest ROI-producing Facebook formulas amongst advertisers. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Alex Fedotoff: Website: https://www.alexfedotoff.com/home/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/alexandrfedotof Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-fedotoff/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/fedotoff90/videos Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/385240885169090/permalink/680481192311723/

Alex Barseghian is the GVP of Sales and Marketing for US Retail at Blackhawk Networks. He is responsible for driving over $15B in Revenue through retail and digital channels. Prior, he headed Original Content for Blackhawk where he was in charge of new products, as well as successfully launching Happy Cards in over 50,000 retail locations. Prior to this, Alex was founder of Samba Connects, which was purchased by Blackhawk in 2016. Samba became the fastest growing company in the UK and was top 50 fastest growing company in Canada 2 years in a row prior to the acquisition. He has held various senior positions which include Aeroplan, Royal LePage during their IPO as well as MDS. An entrepreneur at heart, he gets excited about successfully taking complex problems, simplifying and operationalizing them in order to scale products and companies quickly. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Alex Barseghian: Website: www.localmotiontoday.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alex-barseghian-7b04869

Alex Barseghian is the GVP of Sales and Marketing for US Retail at Blackhawk Networks. He is responsible for driving over $15B in Revenue through retail and digital channels. Prior, he headed Original Content for Blackhawk where he was in charge of new products, as well as successfully launching Happy Cards in over 50,000 retail locations. Prior to this, Alex was founder of Samba Connects, which was purchased by Blackhawk in 2016. Samba became the fastest growing company in the UK and was top 50 fastest growing company in Canada 2 years in a row prior to the acquisition. He has held various senior positions which include Aeroplan, Royal LePage during their IPO as well as MDS. An entrepreneur at heart, he gets excited about successfully taking complex problems, simplifying and operationalizing them in order to scale products and companies quickly. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Alex Barseghian: Website: www.localmotiontoday.com LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/alex-barseghian-7b04869

Charlie Saffro has over 14 years of direct recruiting experience within the Logistics, Transportation and Supply Chain space and started CS Recruiting from the ground up over a decade ago. Today, she leads a team of over 40 and manages a multi-million dollar organization. As the President and Founder of CS Recruiting, she focuses on making meaningful connections to empower others to discover their full potential. Charlie has worked with many small to medium-sized businesses, as well as with Fortune 50 companies to help them identify the right talent for their organizational needs. Clients have included Third Party Logistics providers (3PL's), Asset Based providers, Shippers (Manufacturers and Distributors) and Vendors to the industry (transportation technology/fleet solutions). CS Recruiting's goal is to partner with clients and candidates to develop long-lasting relationships and make appropriate and time sensitive career matches. Charlie's team of dedicated recruiters have experience filling positions of all levels; including C Level and Executive positions, Management roles and Independent Contributor seats. Charlie is passionate about all things related to the employee experience and recruiting process. She enjoys sharing knowledge on hiring and retention, leadership, employee engagement, workplace culture, remote work and talent branding. Charlie is a dedicated yogi and encourages her clients and team to practice mindfulness in the workplace and beyond. She is also the mother of three boys and active in her community, volunteering with organizations to help women in the workforce. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Charlie Saffro: Website: www.cs-recruiting.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/charliemichele LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/charliesaffro/

Mark Carpenter is a serial storyteller. Even as a child, he loved to tell stories (mainly to get attention). He leveraged that ability into a career in marketing communications and public relations, then as a college professor and corporate facilitator. Now, he teaches people how to more intentionally tell stories that teach, lead, sell, and inspire to accomplish business and personal goals. He is the co-author of the best-selling book "Master Storytelling: How to Turn Your Experiences Into Stories that Teach, Lead, and Inspire" and co-creator of the Master Storytelling Workshop. Leveraging a 20-year career in corporate communication, 10 years working as an adjunct professor of communication, and 15 years facilitating training, Mark couples a lively, engaging style with purposeful, impactful learning. When he's not training, speaking, coaching, or creating new content, Mark is likely hiking or snowshoeing in the mountains near his home in Utah, playing the piano, bragging about his grandchildren, or writing children's books. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Mark Carpenter: Website: www.master-storytelling.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/43261825/

Jon talks with Charlie McCarrick about the importance of forecasting in business. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!

Adam Coffey has spent the past 18 years as President and CEO of 3 national service companies, each in different industries. Adam's first company, Masterplan, was a medical device service company, owned by Three Cities Research (NYC) and Camden Partners (Baltimore) that was subsequently sold after his departure to Berkshire Partners (Boston) in 2007 and later became a division of Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) in 2011. Adam's second company, WASH Multifamily Laundry, a commercial laundry service company, started as a family-owned business that during Coffey's tenure was subsequently sold in 2008 to Code Hennessy & Simmons (Chicago) and was then sold again in 2015 to EQT Partners (Stockholm). Adam is currently building his third company, CoolSys, a commercial refrigeration and HVAC service company for the Audax Group (Boston). Known for building strong employee centered cultures, and for executing a buy and build strategy, Coffey is highly sought after by private equity and is considered an expert in running commercial and industrial service businesses. Adam is a former GE executive, an alumnus of the UCLA Anderson Executive Program, a pilot, and is a Veteran of the US Army. Adam's first book – The Private Equity Playbook, was released in February of 2019 and became an instant Amazon Best Seller. He is married, a father, and makes his home in Yorba Linda, California. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big!

Adam Hergenrother is Founder and CEO of Adam Hergenrother Companies. In less than ten years, Adam has built this rapidly growing company through his commitment to thinking big and never giving up. Fearless and purposeful; unconventional and systematic, Adam sets a seemingly impossible goal then quickly gets to work on closing the gap to achieve it: no limits, no regrets. A real estate industry leader and speaker, Adam is known for his commitment to transformational personal growth, developing high performing teams leadership training. Adam is a graduate of The University of Vermont. He lives in South Burlington, Vermont, with his wife and three young children. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Adam Hergenrother: Website: adamhergenrother.com Twitter: @ahergenrother

Brendan Papariello is the CEO and co-founder of Viniamo. Viniamo provides small and family-owned wine producers with a seamless avenue to reach the U.S. Consumer. In doing so, they support these producers and their surrounding communities by increasing their sales and bringing exposure and visibility to their world-class yet relatively unknown wine-producing regions. By working directly with the producers, they can remove multiple steps in the supply chain – and the costs that come with those steps – to provide our consumers with incredible value. Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Brendan Papariello: Website: https://viniamo.co Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/viniamo.co/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/winefarm/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/viniamo.co

Dive into an engaging speed round from THINK Business LIVE with Jon Dwoskin and Lori Zoss Kraska, Founder & CEO of Growth Owl. These quick-fire questions and candid answers reveal best advice, favorite books, and personal insights. Watch the full interview Connect with Jon Dwoskin: Twitter: @jdwoskin Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jonathan.dwoskin Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thejondwoskinexperience/ Website: https://jondwoskin.com/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jondwoskin/ Email: jon@jondwoskin.com Get Jon's Book: The Think Big Movement: Grow your business big. Very Big! Connect with Lori Zoss Kraska: Website: https://www.thegrowthowl.com/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/zosskraska?lang=en LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lorizoss/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/GrowthOwl/