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HumanizeHer with Erica LockheimerPam Kostka | Startups | Magnify Ventures | All RaisePam Kostka, a seasoned executive with nearly 30 years of experience driving growth at enterprise startups and building successful companies. Pam's career spans across various leadership roles, including CEO, CMO, and currently sits on multiple boards, is an advisor and executive in residence. As an executive-in-Residence at Magnify Ventures, Pam is focused on the "care economy" – a sector that's revolutionizing how we support families, care for aging populations, and manage our households. Prior to Magnify, Pam was the CEO of All Raise, a non-profit dedicated to increasing the representation of women in venture capital.They've supported thous...2025-01-221h 13
CheckwritersManaging Perceptions at Work, Leveraging Networking Events, Building a School, Defining Leadership with Joe Sharp, CFO at Jewish Leadership AcademyThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world... Like the show? Don't forget to Subscribe! In this episode, Dakota and Felicia are joined by Joe Sharp, CFO/COO at the Jewish Leadership Academy in Miami, FL. ---- Born and raised in Chicago, Joe is known for deploying organization-wide systems and maximizing efficiencies, while demonstrating the utmost professionalism and accountability. He joined the Jewish Leadership Academy when it was just an idea, helping build the schoo...2024-10-2455 minCheckwritersQuiet Vacationing, Unlimited PTO, Vigilante Employees, Remote Work Fading, Pay Transparency, + more!This episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to Subscribe!Our latest episode with Megan Butz, General Counsel for HR Compliance at Checkwriters is packed with a couple bizarre happenings in employment world, advice for current HR trends, and several VERY thorough compliance updates from an attorney who doesn't miss a beat!Check it out for:🆘 How HR can support employees with panic attacks at work🤫 Addressing the "Quiet Vacationing" Trend...2024-10-0959 minCheckwritersMastering Difficult Employee Conversations, Why HR Can’t be Friends with Everyone, the Solution to “Quiet Quitting,” and more with Amber Stockham, Senior Director of HR Programs at NBOAThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to Subscribe!In this episode, Dakota and Felicia are joined by Amber Stockham, SPHR, Senior Director of HR Programs at NBOA-Business Leadership for Independent Schools.----Have you ever left a conversation thinking "Wow. That escalated quickly."Amber Stockham has made mastering the art of difficult conversations a centerpiece of her HR career, which includes HR leadership roles at several organizations...2024-09-2351 min
Stretch Four PodcastVenture Capital is Back episode of the End of the Day Show with Matt Parker discusses the return of venture capital funding and the focus on a specific type of founder. It also highlights two interesting fund announcements: Better Tomorrow Ventures and Slauson and Co. The episode provides insights into fundraising strategies and the importance of building a network. It concludes with a mention of the supporting sponsor, Flippa.venture capital, funding, founders, online businesses, valuation, fundraising, network, whales, Slauson and Co, Better Tomorrow Ventures, FlippatakeawaysVenture capital funding is back, with a surge in funding...2024-09-0717 minCheckwritersDopamine Hits, PIPs, and Selling HR with Author and Harvard Sales Coach Carole MahoneyThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to Subscribe!In this episode, Dakota and Felicia are joined by Carole Mahoney – Harvard Entrepreneurial MBA coach, HubSpot INBOUND 2024 Speaker, and author of the book Buyer First.----Think about the last time you bought a car…Did you “kick the tires” so to speak? Hem and haw about price? Did you go to multiple dealers and play one off the other? O...2024-09-031h 03CheckwritersStrengthening Staff and Cultivating Community: Revitalizing Your Nonprofit with Boys & Girls Club Director Dan D'AngeloThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...He brought a beloved chapter of the Boys and Girls Club back from the brink!Hear how Dan D'Angelo - Executive Director of the West Springfield Boys and Girls Club - was able to revitalize this nonprofit organization by:- Strengthening the board and his staff- Revamping the club's programming- Committing to an open-door policy, and...- Mentoring the next generation of leadership!...2024-08-2057 min
Checkwriters InterviewsStrengthening Staff and Cultivating Community: Revitalizing Your Nonprofit with Boys & Girls Club Director Dan D’AngeloHe started his career at a Boys and Girls Club based in an old mill building with no AC...but despite the bare-bones facilities, the place was overflowing with kids!
Lessons learned in those early days helped Dan D'Angelo - Executive Director of the West Springfield Boys and Girls Club - revitalize his own organization by...
🏋♂️ Strengthening the board and his staff
⛹♂️ Revamping the club's programming
🤝 Committing to an open-door policy, and...
🧙♂️ Mentoring the next generation of leadership!
Watch this episode to hear about a beloved community club, the kids it serves, and...2024-08-2000 min
Checkwriters InterviewsGrowing a 3rd-Gen Family Business, HR Manufacturing Challenges, Business to Politics and Back Again with Ed Sullivan!Ever wonder how a family business can last nearly 100 years?
Curious about the HR challenges unique to manufacturing?
Ed Sullivan is the COO of Sullivan Paper - the world-class paper converter founded by his grandparents in the 1940s.
Ed's long career in business, politics, and beyond makes for an episode ripe with family business stories, leadership lessons, and more!
Watch Dakota and Felicia's conversation with Ed and learn:
👨👩👧👦 Why the FAMILY needs to serve the BUSINESS, and not the other way around
🏭 Why HR in manufacturing is SO DIFFERENT from the typical HR responsibilities
🏛 How Ed's business ethos helped him bring s...2024-08-0800 minCheckwritersGrowing a 3rd-gen family business, HR manufacturing challenges, business to politics and back again!This episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to Subscribe!We’re joined by Ed Sullivan, COO of Sullivan Paper and former Mayor of West Springfield, Massachusetts! Ed's long career in business, politics, and beyond makes for an episode ripe with family business stories, leadership lessons, and more!With Ed, you'll hear:- Why the FAMILY needs to serve the BUSINESS, and not the other way around- The rule hi...2024-08-071h 00
Checkwriters InterviewsHR Compliance Update: New DOL Rule, Pregnant Workers, Onboarding Robots, Firing Remote WorkersDOL Rule, Pregnant Workers, Remote Employees Getting Fired, and... Robots Getting Onboarded?
Checkwriters Podcast hosts Dakota Hebert and Felicia Corbeil reviewed about a dozen topics in this latest episode with Megan Butz, our General Counsel for HR Compliance. Some of these topics are timely compliance updates you CAN'T MISS, while others will leave you wondering... what's going on in HR World?
⏲ Get the legal update on the US DOL Overtime Rule
🤰 Review the Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act PWFA regs for employers
🤖 Hear which company is designing an employee onboarding experience around robots
🔥 Learn the test Netflix uses to decide whether to FI...2024-07-3000 minCheckwritersHR Compliance Update: New DOL Rule, Pregnant Workers, Onboarding Robots, Firing Remote WorkersThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY’S EPISODE: We’re joined by Checkwriters’ General Counsel for HR Compliance who gives us the legal rundown on new laws, recent bizarre HR news, and hypothetical HR scenarios you need to hear!With Megan, we’ll cover:- NEW: DOL Overtime Rule released! Get the legal update and stay in compliance. - Pregnant Workers’ Fairness Act (PWFA) regs...2024-07-241h 00CheckwritersWhy You Should Never Stop Onboarding Your Team, How to Lead with Integrity and Build Trust, Modeling Your Succession Plan After the British MonarchyThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: You know that teacher or professor you always remember who could captivate a class with their wisdom and experience?This interview with David Mersky felt just like that.David’s firm not only advises nonprofit leaders on how to create top-notch experiences for their donors and staff, but in ma...2024-07-0956 min
Checkwriters InterviewsWhy You Should Never Stop Onboarding Your Team, How to Lead with Integrity and Build Trust, Modeling Your Succession Plan After the British Monarchy with David MerskyYou know that teacher or professor you always remember who could captivate a class with their wisdom and experience?
Our interview with David Mersky felt just like that.
David’s firm not only advises nonprofit leaders on how to create top-notch experiences for their donors and staff, but in many cases he’s developed these leaders and helped them land the top job.
IN THIS EPISODE, YOU'LL LEARN:
- Why you should never stop onboarding your team
- Why you should tread carefully if hiring the best interviewee
- The difference betwee...2024-07-0900 minCheckwritersWhy Entrepreneurs Need To Go All-in, Ethics of Running a Business, What Makes a Premium Vodka, and Crafting Viral Cocktails: The V-One Vodka Story with Founder Paul KozubThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: There's something about the story behind successful liquor brands that typifies the entrepreneurial spirit.Perhaps it's the experimentation and drive to discover that elusive perfect ingredient. And Paul Kozub, creator of V-One Vodka, certainly knows what that journey is like!Watch this episode of the Checkwriters Podcast to hear from Paul a...2024-06-261h 06CheckwritersCreating Culture, Maintaining Mission, and the Art & Science of Fundraising: Nonprofit Leader Michelle TherouxThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: Are nonprofits businesses? They've got many of the same challenges! Finding staff aligned with their goals, building and maintaining culture, plus the added challenge of fundraising. Our guest in this episode is Michelle Theroux - she's taken nonprofit operations to the next level by combining strategic business leadership with a mission-driven...2024-06-1141 min
Checkwriters InterviewsWhy Entrepreneurs Need To Go All-in, Ethics of Running a Business, What Makes a Premium Vodka, Crafting Viral Cocktails: The V-One Vodka Story with Founder and Creator Paul KozubThere's something about the story behind successful liquor brands that typifies the entrepreneurial spirit.
Perhaps it's the experimentation and drive to discover that elusive perfect ingredient. And Paul Kozub, creator of V-One Vodka, certainly knows what that journey is like!
Watch this episode of the Checkwriters Podcast to hear from Paul about..
How the brand began when he started distilling vodka in his basement
All about the trip to Poland where he discovered V-One’s secret ingredient
How working in his Dad’s business as a kid built his work ethic and entrepreneurial spirit
What it's like competing agai...2024-06-1100 min
Checkwriters InterviewsCreating Culture, Maintaining Mission, and the Art & Science of Fundraising with Nonprofit Leader Michelle TherouxAre nonprofits businesses?
They've got many of the same challenges! Finding staff aligned with their goals, building and maintaining culture, plus the added challenge of fundraising.
Our guest in this episode is Michelle Theroux - she's taken nonprofit operations to the next level by combining strategic business leadership with a mission-driven mentality. Michelle has used her expertise to turn around several struggling organizations, chaired boards in the human service and healthcare worlds, and been honored with BusinessWest's 40 under 40, and Women of Impact Awards.
As the current CEO of Berkshire Hills Music Academy...2024-06-1100 minCheckwriters InterviewsBattling Rising Costs, Boosting Employee Education, and Building Plans Employees Actually Like with Benefits Consultant Michael WelnickiHe jokingly calls himself the "grim reaper" of health insurance. But Mike Welnicki actually stands out in the employee benefits industry not because of the tongue-in-cheek comparison to the angel of death - but rather because of his relentless focus on education - both for his clients, their employees, and his own team.
He's also one of the most accessible employee benefits advisors in the industry. In fact, Mike says if you don't hear back from him fast, you ought to do a wellness check.
After 25 years in the employee benefits industry and roles in...2024-05-2800 minCheckwritersBattling Rising Costs, Boosting Employee Education, and Building Plans Employees Actually Like with Benefits Consultant Michael WelnickiThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: He jokingly calls himself the "grim reaper" of health insurance. But Mike Welnicki actually stands out in the employee benefits industry not because of the tongue-in-cheek comparison to the angel of death - but rather because of his relentless focus on education - both for his clients, their employees, and his own team. ...2024-05-2849 minCheckwritersStaffing Extraordinaire Andrea Cataldo: Recruiting Advice, Interview Tips, and Building a Dream TeamThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: Let's dive into the evolving recruitment landscape with staffing extraordinaire Andrea Cataldo, where traditional practices like cover letters become less common, yet the essence of a good match between employer and candidate remains critical! Andrea shares insights from her extensive experience, emphasizing the importance of chemistry in securing lasting employment relationships.A...2024-05-141h 11CheckwritersHR Compliance Update: Secure 2.0 Act; New Independent Contractor Rule; Talking Politics at WorkThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: DON'T MISS this HR update from our in-house compliance attorney Megan Butz, General Counsel for HR Compliance at Checkwriters. We'll dive into critical updates on HR compliance and the intricacies of employment law that impact both employers and employees. Megan provides a comprehensive breakdown of the Secure 2.0 Act, discussing its intent to enhance retirement opportunities f...2024-05-0143 minCheckwriters InterviewsHR Compliance Update: SECURE 2.0 Act; New Independent Contractor Rule; Talking Politics at WorkIn this episode of Checkwriters, hosts Dakota Hebert and Felicia Corbeil engage with Megan Butz, General Counsel for HR Compliance at Checkwriters. They dive into critical updates on HR compliance and the intricacies of employment law that impact both employers and employees. Megan provides a comprehensive breakdown of the Secure 2.0 Act, discussing its intent to enhance retirement opportunities for a broader class of employees and outlining specific provisions like the reduced eligibility period for long-term part-time workers.
Megan also touches on the implementation of 'de minimis' incentives under the Secure 2.0 Act, explaining the concept and its implications...2024-04-3000 minCheckwriters InterviewsStaffing Extraordinaire Andrea Cataldo: Recruiting Advice, Interview Tips, and Building a Dream TeamIn this episode of Checkwriters, Dakota Hebert and Felicia Corbeil engage with seasoned recruiter Andrea Cataldo of Recruit 413. They dive into the evolving recruitment landscape, where traditional practices like cover letters become less common, yet the essence of a good match between employer and candidate remains critical. Andrea shares insights from her extensive experience, emphasizing the importance of chemistry in securing lasting employment relationships.
Andrea discusses the nuanced art of matchmaking in recruitment, highlighting the balance between a candidate's qualifications and the cultural fit with potential employers. She underlines the significance of not judging candidates solely by...2024-04-3000 minCheckwriters InterviewsPassion, Personality, and Keeping Payroll in Check: Guiding Principles in Hospitality EntrepreneurshipIn this episode of Checkwriters, hosts Dakota Hebert and Felicia Corbeil sit down with Peter and Linda Rosskothen, the entrepreneurial spirits behind Delaney’s Market. The Rosskothens share insights from their journey, highlighting the leap of faith required in business decisions. They emphasize trust and intuition as their guide through the uncertainty of hospitality entrepreneurship.
The conversation dives into the significance of adaptability and passion in the hospitality sector. The Rosskothens recount their venture into the restaurant industry, initially driven by the unique concept of Boston Chicken (now Boston Market). Their story underscores the importance of seizing op...2024-04-1700 minCheckwritersPassion, Personality, and Keeping Payroll in Check: Guiding Principles in Hospitality EntrepreneurshipThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: Hospitality industry POWER COUPLE! Featuring Peter and Linda Rosskothen, the entrepreneurial spirits behind Delaney’s Market - who share insights from their journey and highlight the leap of faith required in business growth. They emphasize trust and intuition as their guide through the uncertainty of entrepreneurship.The conversation dives into the significance of adapt...2024-04-161h 05CheckwritersDefending Your Organization From The Dreaded I-9 Audit, H1B Visas, and International Recruiting: Strategies and Best Practices Featuring Attorney Ari FarkasThis episode is supported and produced by Checkwriters - on a mission to provide the best Payroll and HR experience in the world...Like the show? Don't forget to rate us 5 stars!TODAY'S EPISODE: "I think it'd be cool to get audited" said no one ever. Let's find out how to avoid an I9 audit with Ari Farkas, a renowned expert from A. Farkas Law, specializing in U.S. Immigration and nationality law. We'll dive into the complexities of the I-9 form, a critical yet often misunderstood document for...2024-03-291h 36
Enterprise ExploresVCs & Startups - Still A Boys’ Club?According to a Harvard Business Review Article, In 2021, only 3% of VC investments went to female-only founding startups. Less than 15% of checkwriters for VC investments are women. Female founders are underrepresented in the VC playground. For female founders who are looking for funding from VCs, what can be their recourse? We speak to Andre Sequerah and Shan Li, Manager Partners from ScaleUp Malaysia to discuss the gender equality gap among VC investors and female founders. See...2023-03-2832 min