Snyder Showdown

Aaron Burnett is the Founder and CEO of Seattle-based Wheelhouse Digital Marketing Group. Wheelhouse is an award-winning digital agency and has made the Inc. 5000 Fastest Growing Companies list three times in a row. Aaron sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss diversity in the workplace and what Wheelhouse is doing to create a culture of inclusion.  

Nick Hinrichsen is the CEO of Clutch – a newly-launched technology platform created to help Americans save thousands of dollars on car payments with just a few clicks. Nick previously founded Carlypso, a YCombinator startup that was acquired by Carvana in 2017. Nick sits down with Chris Snyder to share more about his experience creating a successful startup, raising $10M in funding, and what’s next for Clutch.

Matt Wilkerson is the co-founder and CEO of Paragon One – a platform providing flexible remote externships that help students gain hands-on work experience in different industries before they graduate. Paragon One partners with universities, high schools, and non-profits around the world to give students the chance to work on projects for US companies across sectors like technology, renewable energy, marketing, investment, and real estate. Paragon One enables these students to build job-ready skills and a network of industry connections at the very start of their careers. Matt sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how higher education has been impacted by the COVID-19 crisis and how Paragon One is helping students adjust to an increasingly remote workforce.

Adam Weiss is the founder of Weiss Digital Consulting and the former General Manager & SVP of the Rakuten Marketing Affiliate Network. Adam has more than 20 years of experience working with publishers and affiliate programs. Adam now operates his own affiliate consulting practice with a focus on the Publisher & Technology side of the performance marketing ecosystem. Adam sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how advertisers can launch a successful affiliate program.

Jason Mikula is the Head of Growth at Merlon - the world’s most advanced AI-powered adverse media research platform for enhanced Anti-Money Laundering (AML) and Know Your Customer (KYC) Investigations. Jason has spent more than 10 years working with consumer finance companies like Goldman Sachs and LendUp to develop and implement impactful growth strategies. Jason chats with Chris Snyder about how fintech companies can gain a competitive edge when it comes to user acquisition and growth.

Lee Mills is an Entrepreneurial sales and growth marketing leader with proven experience growing startups and scaling companies. Lee will roll up his sleeves to launch sales and marketing strategies that generate ROI. Lee’s startup experience includes leadership roles at Anonymizer, Backup, MojoPages, MOGL, and Raken. Lee sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how to develop sales and marketing programs that result in revenue growth and funding.

Liz Grantham is the CEO and founder of TheOptimal.me - an online wellness solution targeted towards the GenX and senior community. TheOptimal.me provides users with a collection of proprietary Integrated Movement Routines (IMRs) to increase flexibility, reduce stress, and aid pain management. Liz sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how COVID-19 and stay-at-home orders are taking a physical toll on workers and what can be done to prevent this.

Eyal Golan is the CEO and co-founder of CORAL Drowning Detection Systems – a tool designed to detect and prevent drownings in privately owned pools. The CORAL Manta system watches pools 24/7, even when they are in-use, to monitor for irregular swimming patterns and prevent drownings before they happen. Eyal sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the importance of water safety and how CORAL is saving lives through AI.

Peter Ramsey is the Founder of Built for Mars – a leading UX design consultancy focused on the banking industry as well as a free community to learn UX design. Peter started Built from Mars in 2018 after his FinTech startup, Movem, was acquired and has since been featured in TechCrunch, Forbes, Financial Times, and many more. Peter sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how critical UX design is to the growth of the fintech and banking industry.

Robert Farrington is the founder of TheCollegeInvestor.com and host of The College Investor podcast. Founded in 2009 while Robert was still in grad school, TheCollegeInvestor.com now reaches 3.5 million monthly readers. The College Investor was built with the intention to share common-sense student loans and investing strategies and continues to do so today. Robert sits down with Chris Snyder to share some insight on how Millennials can start making strategic personal finance decisions to invest in their futures. 

Clint Babcock is a Sandler-certified trainer helping professionals hone in on their sales, leadership, and negotiation skills. Clint is also the author of Negotiating from the Inside Out: A Playbook for Business Success. With over 25 years of sales, leadership, and negotiation experience, Clint has worked with senior executives at companies in a wide range of industries to help them strategically build their sales forces. Clint sits down with Chris Snyder to share how executives can overcome common objections in negotiations and close business deals that all parties will benefit from.

Jeremy Hill is the Founder and Managing Partner of JB Capital - a direct private lender providing responsive, creative capital solutions to privately held, middle-market companies and small corporate borrowers. JB Capital makes non-control investments in select companies with strong business models, compelling value propositions, and experienced management teams. For over 15 years, JB Capital has provided capital, counsel, and direction to privately held companies and their shareholders. Jeremy discusses how finding the right private lending partner can significantly impact the future success of your business.

Rose Vitale, aka The Female Angel Investor, is the founder of the Female Founders Pitch Summit as well as the host of the Women in Business Podcast. With more than 15 years of experience as an investor, Rose is passionate about improving the landscape of funding for women-owned businesses. Rose sits down with Chris to discuss how female entrepreneurs can secure funding for continued business growth.

Jeff Biesman is the Chief Growth Officer at Remoov – a San Francisco-based startup focused on helping people declutter their space and sell the goods that they no longer want. Jeff sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss why product-market fit can make or break your marketing strategy, the importance of leading with empathy, and why the most successful entrepreneurs are the ones who never give up.

Whitney Sales is a Managing Partner at Acceleprise Ventures, an accelerator and seed fund with offices in San Francisco, New York, and Toronto – the top B2B SaaS accelerator as well as a mentorship program for startups. Whitney also founded The Sales Method - a winning analytical process that looks at Sales-Market fit and Sales-Marketing blend to appeal to a target market’s buying process and ultimately helps companies scale to market faster. Whitney sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss the secret sauce to creating startup success and scalable growth.

Peter Karpas and Matt Martin are the co-founders of Starsona - a platform that provides anyone with fans or followers with their own virtual storefronts making it safe, easy, and fun for them to monetize their personal brands. Starsona has shout outs, Q&As, and direct messaging to their audience – this creates a whole new way for fans to interact with their favorite people. Peter and Matt chat with Chris Snyder about how to market your personal brand in an ever-changing and increasingly digitized world.

Ryan Colby and is a premium domain broker that has transacted more than $75 million in domains for clients over the past decade. Ryan specializes in helping C-suite, startup founders, venture capitalists, and entrepreneurs manage their domain portfolios. Ryan has brokered domains for an extensive list of well-known brands, including Instagram, Tune, Ookla, and Rags. Ryan sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how the domain industry is evolving and how a great domain can be a gamechanger.

Ray Powell is the CEO for STIR, Brands + Entertainment – a Nashville-based agency focused on bringing the worlds of brands and digital entertainment together through compelling marketing partnerships. STIR works with industry-leading digital publishers and content creators that create high-quality branded content distributed at scale. Before launching Stir, Ray headed up entertainment brand partnerships for Awesomeness TV, 20th Century Fox, and Disney music group. Ray sits down with Chris Snyder to discuss how STIR helps publishers monetize their content.

Brian Marcus is the VP of Global Marketing at TUNE - a SaaS technology that powers successful marketing partnerships across mobile and web. The TUNE partner marketing platform is the industry's most flexible SaaS platform for building, managing, and growing partner programs and networks. Brian sits down with Chris to discuss the surging affiliate model and how to run a successful affiliate program.

Michael Bryce is the Co-Founder and Global CMO of Healist Advanced Naturals – a New York City-based sustainable wellness brand. Healist provides natural, CBD-infused products that are designed to improve feelings of stress, anxiety, sleep, and promote overall wellbeing. Mike is also the former Global CMO of Coty, a world-leading beauty company that manages brands like Covergirl, Gucci, and Burberry. Mike sits down with Chris to share how he launched Healist amidst the COVID-19 outbreak and some of the current obstacles facing the CBD industry.