January 21, 2021 Isabela Chick, Managing Director, Founders Factory Listen on: As a co-founding board member at 1871 in Chicago and creator of the Dancing with Startups program, I am always on the lookout for potential global expansion partners, like Founders Factory. They are a very dynamic startup accelerator and venture studio, launched five years…
January 18, 2021 Jacqueline Parkes, CMO & EVP Digital Studios ViacomCBS Listen on: On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles, fresh out of my COVID-19 recovery, I discussed one of my favorite sectors, the entertainment industry, with Jacqueline Parkes, CMO, and SVP of Digital Studios Entertainment Youth Group and ViacomCBS. Responsible for overseeing marketing, creative and…
January 15, 2021 Steve Rader, Deputy Director for the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation of NASA Listen on: NASA’s Deputy Director for the Center of Excellence for Collaborative Innovation (CoECI), Steve Rader, joined me for an episode of the Reboot Chronicles, to discuss how our government went from “not-invented-here” to crowdsourcing and the art…
January 13, 2021 Amy Fuller, Chief Marketing and Communications Officer, Accenture Listen on: Why did Accenture Stock rise 24% in 2020? Leadership, talent, digital and focus— and with record earnings for its software products and services, management has just increased their fiscal 2021 outlook from 2%-5% to 4%-6% revenue growth. Sitting as Number 279 on…
December 16, 2020 Nicole Saphier, Author of “Make America Healthy Again” Listen on: I’ve been off the air for a while—personally recovering from COIVD-19—and with Pfizer shipping vaccines to a provider near you, the largest vaccination rollout in U.S. history, I talked with Dr. Nicole Saphier about the question on the year: should you get…
October 28, 2020 Tom Ward, SVP Customer Product Walmart Listen on: From its beginnings as a discount store with a simple way of helping people save money and live better lives, Walmart, with 2.2 million employees serving 265 million customers weekly and annual revenues over a half-trillion dollars, has become not only the world’s largest…
October 21, 2020 Ian Ginsberg, President of C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries Listen on: On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I invited Ian Ginsberg, third-generation President of C.O. Bigelow Apothecaries, to join me for an action-packed episode about blending past, present and future consumer experiences. Founded in 1838 by Dr. Galen Hunter, Bigelow is the oldest…
October 17, 2020 Franziska Leonhardt, Co-founder, AVE + EDAM Listen on: In this Startup Stories episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I talked with Franziska Leonhardt, co-founder of AVE + EDAM, an award-winning company based in Berlin, that offers tech-enabled personalized products. As you may have guessed, the company’s name is a play on Adam and…
October 12, 2020 Melissa Grady, Global CMO, Cadillac Listen on: On this episode of the Reboot Chronicles Podcast, Cadillac’s CMO, Melissa Grady, and I look at how they are driving innovation and technology—and what’s next for the auto market. Arriving Home – Back in the Auto Industry Coming out of grad school, Mellissa started her…
October 12, 2020 Chase Polan, Founder, CEO, Lead Alchemist, Kypris Listen on: In another Entrepreneur Indie-Brand episode of the Reboot Chronicles, I talked with KYPRIS Founder Chase Polan about emerging luxury in the booming global skin care market. Skincare is one of the fastest-growing segments within the beauty industry with high demand for quality product formulations…
