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WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSEASON 5, EPISODE #56 with Founder & Owner, Andrew Lachlan of the SAUNA HOUSEFor this Episode, our 6th this season, we are going to the Sauna House. Now you might be pausing right now, thinking huh, a Sauna House? You mean where you sweat, it’s hot, you take a cold plunge and get back in, and sweat some more? Yep, The Sauna House. Founder and Owner Andrew Locklin, after many entrepreneurial businesses, including a helicopter rental operation - you’ll hear more about that in a moment - turned to the ancient and time-tested tradition and experience of the sauna…and is now enterprising that for a national launch in 2022. He starte...2021-12-0843 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSEASON 5, EPISODE #55 with Jon O'Connor & Amy Cincione O'Connor: Cannabis and the Hospitality IndustryAnd...welcome to our Season 5 of the WatchPitch Podcast and You Tube Channel program with our special focus on the “thaw” from the impacts of COVID on entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Investors.For this Episode, our 5th this season, we are going west, to the Northern California coast of redwood forests and the world famous, “Emerald Triangle,” of Humboldt County. Husband and wife team Jon O’Connor & Amy Cirincione O’Connor launched a boutique hotel in the thick of COVID. And their other businesses, also squarely in the hospitality industry, have embraced the legalization of cannabis with both style and th...2021-11-0853 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 5, Episode # 54 with Angie Flynn-McIver and "Before You Say Anything"Welcome back to Season 5 of the WatchPitch Podcast and You Tube Channel program with our special season focus on the “thaw” from the impacts of COVID on entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Investors.And in this episode # 54 we are doing a deep dive with Pitching during this time when we might indeed, start to find ourselves back-in person with a group of peopleAngie Flynn -McIver is one of our pitch coaches and during COVID she decided to put the time to good use and write a book that cracks the code on everything you do...BEFORE you...2021-08-2543 min
Talking 'ShipPodcasting with PodcastersIn our very first episode of Talking 'Ship, Jeff talks with local, seasoned podcasters (and entrepreneurs!) about their successes, failures and how we can make our podcast great.In this episode: Supportedly Co-Founder & COO Stephanie Kissel, WatchPitch Founder & CEO Trey Scott and Making It Creative Co-Founder Tony Ubertaccio. Supportedly: https://supportedly.com/WatchPitch: https://www.watchpitch.com/Making It Creative: https://www.makingitcreative.com/2021-08-1353 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSEASON 5, EPISODE 53 with Sabrina Viitasaari & Nusa SentaraAnd...welcome back to Season 5 of the WatchPitch Podcast and You Tube Channel program with a special focus on the “thaw from the impacts of COVID on entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Investors.For our Episodes 2 and 3, for Season 5, we are in Europe, across the pond as they say, to visit with two Founders who competed and were finsihers at this Year’s Virtual, Knowledge Graph Conference. Their companies depend on knowledge graphs for their business solutions, just like when you say, “Hey Siri” what’s the weather in London like today, or “Alexa, play me some jazz,” knowledge graphs are bei...2021-06-1854 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSEASON 5, EPISODE 52 with Dennis Diefenbach & The QA Company.mp3So... welcome back to Season 5 of the WatchPitch Podcast and You Tube Channel program with a special focus on the “thaw from the impacts of COVID on entrepreneurs, Start-ups and Investors.For Episode 2 and 3, for Season 5, we are going to Europe, across the pond as they say, to visit with two Founders who competed and were finsihers at this Year’s Virtual, Knowledge Graph Conference. Their companies depend on knowledge graphs for their business solutions, just like when you say, “Hey Siri” what’s the weather in London like today, or “Alexa, play me some jazz,” knowledge graphs are bei...2021-06-1630 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSEASON 5 OPENER, EPISODE 51 with Trinity Wiles & Blake Urmos - #NASHTECHI was in Nashville, Tennessee last week to open Season 5 of your WatchPitch Podcast and You Tube Channel show with our Season focus on post-COVID strategies for Start-ups and Investors. Trinity Wiles from Where and Share - a retail, brick and mortar installed tech for enhancing the in-person and online, social media experience with retail and Blake Urmos from Low Voltage Nation - a network of training, mentoring and standards initiatives for hard-wired installation practices, who met with me at the Nashville Entrepreneur Center - #NashTech - where we talked about the thaw in COVID restrictions and that impact...2021-06-1524 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & Investors50th WatchPitch Podcast and LIVECAST Welcome to the Season 4 Finale of the WatchPitch Podcast & LIVECAST where we pivot from our Season focus on exits to the impacts of the COVID-19 pandemic on the investor community. We also look at what start-ups need to consider as they seek an exit or additional capital during these unprecedented times. We visit with WatchPitch leadership, coaches, investors and fellow start-ups and business owners who are feeling the impacts of the pandemic directly. This is a global event with participants joining the LIVECAST from three continents. The arc of the exit just isn’t being talked about eno...2021-06-0759 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4, Episode 49 - The Inside Track and Valuations with Tim Montgomery of Redwood ValuationWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our focus is on what everyone needs when you are poised for an exit...a valuation... of exactly just what your business is worth. Redwood Valuation Director Tim Montgomery, a company with bases in San Francisco, Seattle, Los Angeles, New York, Boston and Atlanta will surprise you in this episode as that number, that valuation, is more...2020-04-2250 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4, Episode 48 - When a Banker Enters Deal Flow for an Exit Strategy - with David Madison at Home Trust BankWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our guest today is David Madison, a serial business owner with 30+ years of Finance experience who is the guy you go to if you want to buy a business, or sell it. At the core of his guiding principles is the three-legged stool of any successful exit: a solid performing business independent of its owner/Founder, a...2020-04-0846 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4, Episode 47 - Food & Sustainability Founder Courtney Bell and Her Heartful Exit with Ungraded ProduceWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. And our program today features an in-depth discussion with a Founder who did just that, she sold her company. Courtney Bell is passionate about Food and sustainability. Her story starts during her Junior year during an internship in Detroit but with an idea that was going to be launched back in Raleigh - Durham finishing up her...2020-03-231h 12
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4, Episode 46 - Positioning for an Exit on Linked In with Auxbus Founder Dan Radin, Creator of a 1-stop Software Platform for PodcastingWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features an in-depth discussion with a Founder who has been in the trenches with his business, meeting the marketplace of podcasters with successful funding rounds and a platform that makes it turn key for podcasters to get started. What’s fascinating is that after two years of pursuing his product launch he is now lo...2020-03-0958 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4, Episode 45 - Start Your Exit Relationship Early with CDI Global Partner, Brian SommerWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features a multi-generational expert in the world of Mergers and Acquisitions, Brian Sommer, a Partner with the international group, CDI Global. That said, Brian is no stranger to the struggle for start-ups and entrepreneurs and has helped develop and support Shark-Tank like experiences and curriculum for students pursuing the dream. Lots to learn from...2020-02-2450 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4, Episode 44 - The Story Arc for a Software Exit in Motor City with Dane BarragerWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features a Founder who had a fortuitous exit with his software for the automobile business. Ford vs Ferrari this is not but what we learn is how powerful getting it right early on with one vendor can lead to a system-wide application to an entire industry sector. Now of course, timing was a big...2020-02-1035 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsSeason 4 - Episode 43 - Serial Entreprenuer, For Better and For Worse: Striking a Balance with Chris BuehlerWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with our particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. Our program today features a serial entrepreneur who by his own admission has indeed, had a very successful exit alongside several others that never made it off the launch pad. What is the secret sauce for when to begin thinking about the exit? Well, listen up because it is sooner than you think and to do it...2020-01-2834 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 42 - An Exit Strategy is the Result of Structures Built That Way from the Ground-Up with Matthew Abrams and EOSWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we continue with a particular focus on exits... for start-ups, entrepreneurs and business owners...an exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. In our last episode we talked about Merger & Acquisition readiness for your business. This episode is about, in many respects, the HOW of best practices to get there, and be ready with systems and best practices fully integrated into your business operations and culture... from the ground up. This ensures continuity, growth and integration with the impacts...2020-01-1346 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 41 - Exit Strategies: Mergers & Acquisitions & Cashing Out - Planning for a Future Takes Time with Jeff McKeehanWelcome to Season 4 of the WatchPitch Podcast where we get started with a particular focus on exits for start-ups and entrepreneurs and business owners...the exit strategy that could be the result of a Merger, an Acquisition or the outright sale of your business. To get us started we have an in-depth conversation with the global company, Viking Mergers and Acquisitions and one of their Managing Partners, Jeff McKeehan. You will be surprised to learn about how long an exit might actually take and what to be thinking about as you begin to look over your bow, at the...2020-01-0149 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 40 - It Is No Longer About Problem-Solution - Collaborative Awareness Founders Maureen McCarthy & Zelle NelsonSo is it really all just about PROBLEMS & SOLUTIONS? Will we always be stuck in this pattern that even neurologists will tell us compromises our ability to be using the full capacity of our brain activity. Organization development experts and consultants Maureen McCarthy and Zelle Nelson from Collaborative Awareness and the Blueprint of We join us on our 40th Podcast and Videocast now to dive into a new model of focusing on what we desire and inventing new possibilities that then excites our brain and engages all of its intelligence. Powerful applications to your self, to inner team dynamics...2019-10-0757 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 36 - Season 3 - Warning Signs & Hacking Customers with Chris DiNicholasWe open our 3rd Season with the WatchPitch Podcast not just with audio but now with video...if you would like to SEE this podcast visit our You Tube Channel and SUBSCRIBE by searching WatchPitch, all one word, WatchPitch and SUBSCRIBE to our WatchPitch You Tube Channel. And when you SUBSCRIBE you won’t miss a single episode.
Chris DiNicholas joins us, formerly a Graphic Designer with the National Football League here in the US, He works with Founders and CEO’s with a warning sign around his neck. It reads; this job can be dangerous. Pointing to s...2019-08-1250 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 35 - LIVE PITCH COACHING EVENT TO INVESTORS - 5 Experts Share So YOU CAN PITCH TOMORROWWe have a special treat for you, this now 35th Episode of the WatchPitch Podcast. Not one guest but 5! All captured during a LIVE EVENT where each guest took 10-minutes to discuss with us how best to connect with decision makers and investors so they understand and connect with you. Once that connection happens now you have interest and the results you both want - a decision to move forward together in partnership. You will want to share and hear this episode over and over again as you approach that next meeting and presentation. Let’s get started...this is...2019-07-221h 13
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 34 - Alexandra Herman & The Asheville Wedding Collective - Pitch Winning with WatchPitchOur guest today is Alexandra Herman and she is particularly special to the WatchPitch Podcast guest list because recently, she participated in a Start-Up grant application that required a Pitch Video. She used WatchPitch to create her video pitch submission and, well, she won the grant. We chat together about how she did that and the collective she has created with others, to revolutionize the wedding industry and experience ...not just for the bride and groom but for all of those vendors that insure that special day, is indeed, special.
We learn from Alexandra how she in...2019-07-0856 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 33 - Malinda Gagnon - Part 2 with Uprise Partners: Getting to Soul, True North and Trust (in Order to Grow)Our guest today is Malinda Gagnon CEO with Uprise Partners and this, Part 2 now of an Interview with this group’s shared leadership with her husband, Brian Gagnon, in Episode 31 of our WatchPitch Podcast. We dive a little deeper into the metrics of what moves investors towards their investing; resources, time and expertise into a start-up. And perhaps you would be surprised to learn that some of this goes as deep as your soul. If a Founder and their team are not operating from a place of trust and a shared understanding of what true north means, to everyone, on...2019-06-0356 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 28: Matthew Abrams: Entrepreneurial Operating Systems (EOS), Vision and Bridge-BuildingOur guest today is a leader who works with leaders, and their teams with bridge building. This is the details, the work, the schedules, the goals and the web of connectivity sourced from the Founders vision that is critically needed as you grow from a team of 2 to teams in the thousands. Matthew Abrams working with EOS or Entrepreneurial Operating Systems offers insights, specific tools and strategies for the integration of essential frameworks for growing your business and keeping it on track. You will be inspired with a new understanding of the what and the how of growing your...2019-01-2657 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 27: Trey Scott: Genesis Story for WatchPitch - Closing the Global GapOur guest for the 27th episode of the WatchPitch Podcast is (drum roll…) me! Tadah ! A few days ago...which was last year, the South by Southwest - like event and group in Charleston, South Carolina known as Dig South and their folks at SouthPod reached out to do an interview.. The tech we used for the interview was Zoom, a little rough but hopefully forgiveable because for the first time, we talked about the roots of the WatchPitch. You will discover the engine behind WatchPitch is bridge building! Creating the means to identify problems, offer leading edge solutions pa...2019-01-0731 min
SOUTH POD: Rise of a RegionTools to Improve Your Tech Deal Flow featuring Trey Scott of WatchPitchSecuring an investor is not only about the numbers, the deck or "the horse" - it's also about the jockey. WatchPitch Founder and CEO Trey Scott joins South Pod to explain how to land your signal on the investor’s radar: what they are looking for, who they are investing in and how to make sure that it’s you.2018-12-1928 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 26: Paul Caswell and Weave the People - When Connectivty Goes DeeperOur guest for the 26th episode of the WatchPitch Podcast is Paul Caswell - Founder and CEO of Weave the People - a San Francisco-based consultancy that understands, practices and implements deep connectivity in organizations. Connectivity is the lifeblood of any organization large and small. Clients like ComCast, Coca Cola, Verizon, Johnson & Johnson and countless others also understand how this connectivity also impacts the numbers and the bottom line. If connectivity is missing so eventually is meaning and purpose. Inspired insights and some great tools for accessing meaningful connection in your next encounter...in the workplace, at your holiday...2018-12-1753 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 25: Brett McCall - Better Than Unicorns - Virtual Reality, Nature and Re-Starting as a Restorative Force for EntrepreneursOur guest for the 25th episode of the WatchPitch Podcast is Brett McCall, Chief Grunt (his assigned title) with virtual reality start-up, Better Than Unicorns. Virtual reality as a new frontier is already shaping our future in the marketplace but the elements and the cycles of life that include reflecting, belonging and community are voices that will have to be included. We began our conversation shortly after our local Creative Morning gathering presented the topic of restarting...which may in fact be one of the components of not just virtual reality but for any successful business entrepreneur. Inspired content...2018-12-0352 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 21: Season 2 - Yossi Meshulam, Co-Founder & CEO of Ripples - Marketing DNA for Content Platform vs. Pure TechnologyMy guest today was discovered on the Turner or now, Warner Media campus since the AT & T acquisition, during one of the Bridge showcase events with its partners from Tel Aviv. There is more about this on the WatchPitch website and in an upcoming podcast episode. But here is what got my attention, and after we posted the short video of this company’s invention and IP with thousands of views and comments throughout the day I just had to talk with Co-Founder and CEO Yossi Meshulam. And this is someone who understands pitching, the tribulations of moving from a...2018-10-1329 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 20: Emily Breedlove, Creating Eco-Systems of Innovation for Women, Girls and CommunitiesMy guest today on our now 20th WatchPitch podcast episode is Emily Breedlove, a leader whose DNA compels her to establish eco-systems of innovation. Particularly important is her commitment to women as leaders and fostering cultures for women and girls that establish a culture of trust...because, Ideas are fragile. This is a great episode for every entrepreneur committed to their own innovation practices including discovering the right fit of investors who will join them in the journey!
We learned from Emily’s work as Executive Director of HATCH AVL, her Presidential role with Femmcity and her le...2018-09-2845 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 17: Dr. Erin Stefanacci - Winner of the WatchPitch June Competition & Functional Medicine PractitionerMy guest today is Dr. Erin Stefanacci...and we met during a 1-Million Cups Pitch event while we had our WatchPitch, Pitch Booth set up. She pitched at the event and won the June Competition with most reviews and the highest score. Every month we include for each of the winners a WatchPitch podcast opportunity to talk about more about their business and of course, what’s working and what needs to change about how they are growing their business. We had an inspired discussion with lots to learn and share.
We learned from Dr. Erin Stefannaci wh...2018-08-2239 min
WatchPitch Podcast: For Start-Ups & InvestorsEpisode 7 - Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor: Helping Start-Ups Pitch Better...from Berlin & BeyondMy guest today is Christoph Sollich - The Pitch Doctor from Berlin...Germany. He just returned from South-by-SouthWest (SXSW) in Austin, Texas delivering a stellar pitch for the Berlin start-up community. He works with Start-Up’s and Accelerator programs around the world helping Founders and CEO's with their pitches applying some easy and inspired practices for engaging the hearts, and brains, of investors. Whether you are pitching in a mankini or sharing a personal story his global experiences will offer you inspired tools for you next WatchPitch.
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