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Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailMartin Cordsmeier is the co-founder and CEO of millionways, which began as a non-profit organization. As millionways grew, it pivoted to for-profit, and Martin moved to the US with his co-founder. Martin published a book about his belief that mental health starts with understanding yourself and your unconscious traits and patterns. Max Weidemann is the co-founder and CTO of millionways. After graduating from Goethe University in Frankfurt, Germany with a Master's degree in Mathematics, he became a self-taught full-stack developer primarily interested in Applied Machine Learning and AI. After co-founding the start-up, millionways, with Martin in Germany, he moved to the US to further develop, scale, an

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailRishi Khanna is the CEO of Stocktwits, the original social platform for individual investors and traders with six million registered members and millions of monthly visitors. Prior to StockTwits, he was a Managing Director at SS&C where he had overall responsibility for sales, product, operations and strategic direction of a number of businesses serving the alternative assets industry. Prior to joining SS&C, Rishi was Co-Founder and President of Novus, a portfolio intelligence platform for the institutional asset management industry that he co-founded in 2007. Before Novus, he led product development and technology initiatives for Gerson Lehrman Group. Rishi holds a B.S. in Computer Science from Co

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailAndy Kurtzig is the founder and CEO of JustAnswer. Kurtzig is an established entrepreneur with two successful acquisitions before founding JustAnswer. Kurtzig has been recognized as “One of the Bay Area’s Most Admired CEOs” by the San Francisco Business Times and one of Goldman Sachs “Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs.” Prior to JustAnswer, Kurtzig founded and later sold eBenefits, a cloud-based Human Resources application. eBenefits received funding from established venture capital firms NEA, Draper Fisher Jurvetson, and WR Hambrecht. Before that, Kurtzig developed and sold ANSER, a software program for the newspaper industry, while still in college. Kurtzig is also an angel investor, with successful investme

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailCelebrity NDA is a mobile application designed for celebrities and high-profile individuals to protect their confidential information and personal details. It provides a secure and convenient way to sign and manage non-disclosure agreements (NDAs) without the need for paper-based signatures or complicated legal processes. The application offers several key features. These factors make it a top choice for individuals looking to protect their privacy and confidential informationGet an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to "Secrets of Scale," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this first series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of "scaleups" companies, speaking with founders and CEOs who have successfully reached scale, raised millions of dollars, and have valuable insights to share on scaling their businesses on a global stage. Join Matt as he uncovers the secrets to success in the world of scaling a business. Series: Secrets of Scale After a career in Silicon Valley, Gary pursued passion projects, studying astrophysics and philosophy. He’s spent the last two decades thinking about how to live a balanced, meaningful life in a rapidly evolving technological world. This self-reflective journey infuses his novel with insights about our future and the challenges we will face in finding purpose. Before turning to writing speculative fiction, Gary worked in a variety of Silicon Valley tech companies. He was eBay’s Chief Financial Officer, and led the company’s initial and secondary p

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailRob Brewster has 2 current jobs as Limited Partner at Stage 2 Capital and CEO at GoFormz. Additionally, Rob Brewster has had 8 past jobs including VP - Global Sales at Twilio. Rob took over from former CEO and founder Jeffrey Fildey who was sentenced in federal court to 51 months in custody for embezzling more than $1.5 million from the company he co-founded.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailNeubloc began 12 years ago as an outgrowth of Ameritege, a boutique private equity firm based in San Diego, on the premise that traditional software development outsourcing was broken and that there was an opportunity to invent an entirely new approach.This approach has project success rates well beyond traditional models — whether inhouse or outsourced. It also leverages reduced cost of multi-location development.Neubloc since then has thrived into a vibrant software development firm offering a full range of product design and implementation with its 10 development centers worldwide.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailLet talk about the founder and CEO of PetParty, Brennan Agranoff. He was mentioned in a 2019 Business Insider article titled 10 Teenagers Who Are Making More Money Than You.When he was 13, he started manufacturing socks. He named his company HoopSwagg. Initially, HoopSwagg was built to manufacture custom socks for different sports teams and charities.HoopSwagg really took off when Brennan launched a program called HoopSwagg Causes. This program helped people in need of charity and Brennan would print their socks and sell them, letting the charity keep the money.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailJon Kazarian is the Founder and CEO of Accelevents, a leading virtual & hybrid events platform recently recognized as a top 200 fastest-growing private company in America by Inc. 5000.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailAndrew Petersen has been working in the technology industry since 2011, when they became CEO of Bluefin Data. In this role, they aimed to make substantial improvements to the seafood industry. Andrew also held the role of COO, where they focused on building a company centered around passionate people. In 2011, Andrew also founded Sen Enterprises and took on the role of Software Developer. Prior to 2011, Andrew was self-employed as a Professional Poker Player. With mentorship from their older brother, they learned lessons such as money management, data analytics, and adaptability.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailStephen Goldberg is the Co-founder and CEO of Harper DB, a fast-distributed database platform for developers looking to quickly build apps and save companies millions. They have 100K+ users and have raised $7.2M. Founded in 2017, they've also been able to scale rapidly with a small team of fewer than 20 people and are currently doing $6M+ in sales. The platform reduces the complexity and cost of database management while saving developers time with app development, data stores, ETL processes, and IoT projects. Before HarperDB, Stephen worked as a CTO and CEO of several other startups, held roles at larger organizations like IBM subsidiary software company Red Hat, and led digital transformation projec

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailDave is one of the co-founders of AtScale and is the Chief Technology Officer. Prior to AtScale, he was VP of Engineering at Klout and at Yahoo!, where he built the world's largest multi-dimensional cube for BI on Hadoop. Mariani is a big data visionary and serial entrepreneurGet an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailMeet Jill Stelfox. Jill is a serial founder and entrepreneur, holds multiple patents, and is the chief executive officer (CEO) and executive chair of Panzura. Panzura’s award-winning CloudFS global file system gives the ability to access files from anywhere with visibility, security, and control.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailSonya brings over 20 years of experience in the staffing industry. She enjoys spending time with her family, hiking, dancing, and weightlifting. She is grateful for our existing partnerships as well as creating and developing new partnerships. Her ultimate goal is to use her experience and solidified relationships to assist those around her with career opportunities and advancement. As an organization, our focus is always to identify ways to make a positive impact in our community.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailJonathan Ward is the founder of ICON and TLC, two automotive brands. TLC4x4 is the nations oldest and most trusted expert in Toyota Land Cruisers offering sales/service/parts and restoration services. ICON4x4 is a global leader in specialty automotive vehicle design.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to "Secrets of Scale," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this first series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of "scaleups" companies, speaking with founders and CEOs who have successfully reached scale, raised millions of dollars, and have valuable insights to share on scaling their businesses on a global stage. Join Matt as he uncovers the secrets to success in the world of scaling a business. Series: Secrets of Scale Shane Kovalsky is the founder of Glue, an end-to-end employee engagement and connection platform for distributed teams.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.Support the show

Welcome to "Secrets of Scale," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this first series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of "scaleups" companies, speaking with founders and CEOs who have successfully reached scale, raised millions of dollars, and have valuable insights to share on scaling their businesses on a global stage. Join Matt as he uncovers the secrets to success in the world of scaling a business. Series: Secrets of Scale Jeff Pulver, an American Internet entrepreneur and futurist, has made significant contributions to the field of Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP) and is recognized as an innovator. His pioneering efforts in VoIP began with his company Free World Dialup and resulted in a momentous regulatory decision by the Federal Communications Commission in 2004. This decision reclassified VoIP as an internet application, freeing it from the burdensome government tariffs and regulations associated with traditional telephony services. Consequently, this groundb

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailMatt Sauri is a business leader, entrepreneur, philanthropist, and athlete. As founder & CEO of Seattle-based Wimmer Solutions, Sauri’s focus is on the overall strategic direction of the company, which provides staffing and professional services to industry leading companies across the west coast.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.comSupport the show

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailJohn Shegerian creates profitable impact companies that make the world a better place. Goldman Sachs recently named Shegerian one of the “100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2021” at its annual Builders + Innovators Summit. He was also recently named one of the planet’s “Top 100 Recycling Stars” by Recycling International Magazine. A serial entrepreneur responsible for co-founding Homeboy Industries, FinancialAid.com, Engage and many other impactful organizations – Shegerian currently serves as co-founder, Chairman and CEO of ERI, the largest cybersecurity-focused hardware destruction and electronic waste recycling company in the United States.Get an interview on the Matt Brown Show: www.mattbrownshow.com

Welcome to the "Secrets of #Fail," a new pod storm series hosted by Matt Brown. In this series of 2023, Matt dives deep into the world of failures and lessons learned along the way from high-net-worth individuals.  Join Matt as he dives into the world of failures and lessons.Series: Secret of #FailJoyce Durst is the CEO and co-founder of Growth Acceleration Partners (GAP), a strategic technology solutions partner located in Austin, TX. She is an engineer by trade and a leader by nature, leveraging 30+ years of experience in the software and technology industry. Joyce co-founded GAP in 2007 without any outside capital. Her business model is built on strategic and long-term client partnerships, resulting in over a decade of profitable growth and more than 650 employees in Costa Rica, Colombia and the United States. GAP was founded on a purpose-based system of “striving for Greatness, being Agile and investing in People.” Joyce believes it is not enough to just write code; she challenges and rewards th