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Jon Atkinson CEO of Idea Village on startup success and New Orleans as an innovation hub.
Nov 16 2021
Jon Atkinson CEO of Idea Village on startup success and New Orleans as an innovation hub.
I sit down with Jon Atkinson, CEO of Idea Village, a New Orleans start-up incubator with billion-dollar exits in their portfolio.  In this episode, we talk about what he sees in successful start-ups, why New Orleans is ripe for continued innovation, and why you should start your company in the city. Tune in to this incredibly insightful episode.Jon is an expert in startups, customer development methodologies, and entrepreneurial finance. His past experience combines a diverse knowledge as a professional investor and ‘recovering’ banker with skills gained as a professor, CEO, CFO, business advisor, board member, and strategic consultant to deliver unique business insights in guiding and financing unique business insights in guiding and financing growth oriented companies. Jon was previously the founding director for the Loyola University Center for Entrepreneurship and Community Development and a Visiting Assistant Professor of Management and Entrepreneurship at Loyola University New Orleans. He is also a co-founder and the Fund Administrator for Lagniappe Angels, LLC. Jon also holds his MBA in Strategic Management and Entrepreneurship from Tulane University. When he isn’t busy supporting the entrepreneurs of New Orleans, you can find Jon rowing out in the waters of the Gulf. He also loves all things traveling, coffee and LaCroix, and watching Chef’s Table on Netflix. Jon’s favorite thing about working at The Idea Village is providing businesses with the resources they need to be successful, as well as the great potential he sees in the entrepreneurs of New Orleans.www.Ideavillage.orghttp://www.thirdwavebook.comhttps://steveblank.com/
Conversation with executive coach Tina Marie St. Cyr on self doubt, performance, and leadership
Aug 24 2021
Conversation with executive coach Tina Marie St. Cyr on self doubt, performance, and leadership
Tina Marie is an executive and leadership coach who gets to work with some of the top executives in the country. She shares insights on the similarities she sees in top performers, the mindset it takes to turn a challenge into an opportunity, and where self-doubt and sabotage creep up. You do not want to miss this episode! Tina Marie St. Cyr is a dynamic force when it comes to personal development, leadership, and communications. She is a board-certified executive coach and a licensed corporate trainer specializing in human communications & human relations. With over 12,000 hours of application, study and design of programs, her methods for helping people create immediate and lasting results are extraordinary. Her specialty is in bringing new, transformative perspectives to a situation, allowing the human ability to solve problems flow easily. Her fascination with ‘why we humans do what we do’ and her unique ability to create an air of curiosity and wonder in her audiences has made her a revered public speaker and expert guest on human transformation. Tina Marie’s unique blend of certifications and degrees allows her to work with people from all backgrounds and cultures. Business owners will realize steady and scalable growth, positive team synergies and ever-increasing leadership skills. Entrepreneurs will have a highly experienced advocate and coach by their side advancing them to their true revenue results.After ten years of private practice, St. Cyr founded Bonfire Coaching in 2017 and began training other coaches in her methods. As of January 2020, she has a team of ten coaches serving the many Bonfire clients in personal life coaching, career coaching and executive/leadership coaching.
Interview with Luis Felipe Cabana on creating project organizations, workflow automation, immigration, and the transition to renewables.
Jul 27 2021
Interview with Luis Felipe Cabana on creating project organizations, workflow automation, immigration, and the transition to renewables.
In this wide-ranging interview, we talk about building a project organization structure, the latest trends in workflow automation, immigration, and the science behind the transition to renewables. You won't want to miss this interview!About Luis:Luis Felipe is founder and principal consultant of 100 Square Feet Consulting.An engineer by education, a change agent and problem solver by trade, Luis leverages his lifelong passion for learning, along with networks and resources acquired over many years, to every new engagement.With over 10 years of experience in various executive level roles in supply chain and complex operations management in Latin America, and more recent experience project managing North American capital oil and gas development and execution scopes, he has acquired a multitude of perspectives, people skills, team building acumen and business gravitas. He is keen to learn and fail fast, constantly making new mistakes once.Luis is an accomplished athlete with over 30 years of competitive rugby under his belt, an immigrant and proud Canadian-by-Choice, who believes his greatest achievement to date is having raised kids to become good young adults with newly independent lives.Media Contacts https://www.linkedin.com/in/luiscabana/  @LuisFCabana     TwitterHelpful links:https://www.pipefy.com/ MicrosoftPower Automate - https://flow.microsoft.com/en-us/