Let's Grab Coffee Podcast ☕
By George Khalife
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Episodes: 169
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Uncovering the entrepreneurial journey's of up and coming startup founders, over coffee
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#169 – Brian Wolfe | Private Equity in Chicago: Lessons on Building and Backing Startups
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Aug 24, 2025 |
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#168 – Pablo Srugo | Inside Mistral VC: How Canadian Venture Capital Backs Startups
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Aug 16, 2025 |
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#167 – Vijen Patel | From P&G Exit to $41M VC Fund: Why Boring Industries Win
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Jul 26, 2025 |
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#166 – Harry Kraemer | Leading with Values: Lessons from a Former Global CEO & Kellogg Professor
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Jul 13, 2025 |
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#165 – Michael Fassnacht | Building Brands, Driving Growth, and Elevating Chicago
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Jun 23, 2025 |
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#164 – Landon Campbell | Venture Capital, Community Building, and Chicago Tech
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May 28, 2025 |
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#163 - Edward Woodford | Crypto, Stablecoins, and the Future of Finance
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May 05, 2025 |
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#162 - Thomas Thayyil Thomas | Transforming Deal Strategy Using AI
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Feb 27, 2025 |
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#161 - Duane Jackson | Investing in Founder-Led Businesses and Building Author Capital Partners
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Feb 16, 2025 |
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#160 - Shawn Ellis | Inside a $100M Fund Investing in the Future of Risk
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Dec 10, 2024 |
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#159 - Chris Crawford | Making Prescription Drug Costs Affordable
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Nov 12, 2024 |
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#158 - Sean Johnson | Proven Marketing Strategies for Professional Services
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Sep 05, 2024 |
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#157 - Samara Hernandez | Journey from Mexico to $52M VC Fund
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Jul 19, 2024 |
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#156 - Andrew Sykes | The Power of Habits & Building Trust
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Jul 05, 2024 |
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#155 - Mike de Vere | How Zest AI, a Fintech Breakthrough, is Making Fair Credit Accessible
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Jun 06, 2024 |
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#154 - Victor Pascucci III | Pioneering Venture Capital at the Forefront of Natural Gas Innovation
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Apr 27, 2024 |
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#153 - Gale Wilkinson | Demystifying Investing, The Path to Inclusive Venture Capital
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Mar 06, 2024 |
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#152 - Allison Whalen | Balancing Parenthood and Career, The Journey to Founding Parentaly
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Feb 03, 2024 |
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#151 - Samir Mirza | The Ups & Downs of Entrepreneurship
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Aug 02, 2022 |
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#150 - Dan Zavorotny | leveraging technology to improve global health
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Jul 26, 2022 |
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#149 - Chris Kelly | The Sandler Sales Training Methodology
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May 09, 2022 |
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#148 - Claude Cimeus | Being Authentic & Bringing People Together
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May 04, 2022 |
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#147 - Swapnil Shinde | exiting 2 startups & building AI for finance teams
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Apr 30, 2022 |
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#146 - Mark Achler | How to Sell Your Startup, Maximize Return and Build Legacy
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Apr 27, 2022 |
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#145 - Kenny Rose | earning passive income through franchise investing
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Apr 24, 2022 |
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#144 - Kristel Bechara | Becoming the First Female Artist From the Middle East to Launch NFT’s
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Apr 03, 2022 |
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#143 - Priyanka Jain | Reinventing How We Understand & Treat the Female Body
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Mar 17, 2022 |
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#142 - Daniel Dubois | Co-ownership Platform Providing Access to Real Estate for All
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Mar 11, 2022 |
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#141 - Amanda Lannert | Vulnerability in Leadership & Daring to Be Great
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Mar 02, 2022 |
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#140 - Paul Hsu | Investing in Web3 With a $48.8M Blockchain Venture Fund
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Feb 24, 2022 |
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#139 - Guy Kawasaki | The Art of the Start & Lessons From Steve Jobs
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Feb 17, 2022 |
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#138 - Victor Gutwein | Building One of the Most Active VC Firms in the Midwest at 29
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Feb 10, 2022 |
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#137 - Boyede Sobitan | building a digital marketplace for cultural groceries
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Feb 03, 2022 |
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#136 - Anoop Gupta | SeekOut crossing unicorn status & lessons from working with Bill Gates
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Jan 27, 2022 |
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#135 - Austin Long | Building Community Through Internet Collectibles
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Jan 11, 2022 |
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#134 - Pete Wilkins | Finding Purpose as an Entrepreneur
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Dec 15, 2021 |
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#133 - Lauren Foundos | From Wall St. to Fitness Tech
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Dec 06, 2021 |
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#132 - Kyle Nakatsuji | Building a Smarter Choice for Car Insurance
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Dec 03, 2021 |
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#131 - Yuval Brisker | The Emergence of Embedded Finance
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Nov 20, 2021 |
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#130 - Ash Agarwal | Digitally Transforming the Resource Industry
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Nov 14, 2021 |
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#129 - Marc Champagne | Questions That Stimulate Your Mental Fitness
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Oct 28, 2021 |
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#128 - Brendan Wallace| Building the Largest Venture Capital Firm Focused on Real Estate Tech
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Oct 21, 2021 |
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#127 - Brian Barnes | Personal Finance, Fintech, & Reaching Unicorn Status
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Oct 06, 2021 |
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#126 - Matt Van Horn | Cofounding Zimride (Now Lyft) & Creating an Intelligent Oven
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Sep 24, 2021 |
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#125 - Joe Foster | The Founder of Reebok 👟
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Sep 13, 2021 |
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#124 - Kailin Noivo, Co-Founder of Noibu | From Finance to Entrepreneurship, Lessons From the Trenches
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Sep 02, 2021 |
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#123 - Matt Bailey, Founder GameOn | Building the Future of Superfan Engagement
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Aug 31, 2021 |
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#122 - John Abrams, CEO of Venzee Technologies | Optimizing supply chain with artificial intelligence
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Aug 23, 2021 |
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#121 - Michael Schein, President of MicroFame Media | Lessons From the World’s Greatest Propagandists
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Aug 19, 2021 |
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#120 - Deon Nicholas, CEO of Forethought | TechCrunch Disrupt winner, the "AI for Customer Support"
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Aug 12, 2021 |
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LGC E119 - Jon Cheney | Augmented Reality Meets Commerce
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Aug 06, 2021 |
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LGC E118 - Rachel Tipograph | Creativity, eCommerce, & Influence
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Jul 28, 2021 |
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LGC E117 - Jeff Korzenik | how second chance hiring works for your business and the community
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Jun 26, 2021 |
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LGC E116 - Tessa Wijaya | building the fastest growing digital payments infrastructure in Southeast Asia
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Jun 19, 2021 |
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LGC E115 - Rohan Kapoor | being a houseguest on Big Brother Canada 9 #roshow
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Jun 14, 2021 |
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LGC E114 - Eytan Bensoussan | building the most effective banking experience in the world
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Jun 02, 2021 |
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LGC E113 - Naveen Jain | ideas that will push humanity forward 🚀
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May 20, 2021 |
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LGC E112 - Hardika Shah | Financial Inclusion for Small Business Entrepreneurs
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May 13, 2021 |
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LGC E111 - Elie Habib | Becoming the First Arab Tech Company to IPO on Nasdaq
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May 01, 2021 |
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LGC E110 - Sean Merat | entrepreneurship, MMA, life & more
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Apr 24, 2021 |
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LGC E109 - Ryan Walsh | Shaping the Future of Drone Delivery
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Apr 14, 2021 |
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LGC E108 - Anthony Zhang | Overcoming Tough Times & Building a Platform for Fine Wine
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Apr 02, 2021 |
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LGC E107 - Allen Lau | Building One of the Largest Storytelling Platforms and Getting Acquired for US$600M
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Mar 19, 2021 |
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LGC E106 - Kalpesh Kapadia | Creating a digital-first credit card platform for students & immigrants
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Mar 12, 2021 |
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LGC E105 - Brett Johnson | Professional Soccer Player Turned Startup Founder
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Mar 04, 2021 |
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LGC E104 - Jay Samit | One of the World's Leading Experts on Disruption
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Feb 26, 2021 |
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LGC E103 - Dr. Shawn Baker | The Carnivore Diet 🥩
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Feb 15, 2021 |
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LGC E102 - Isabelle Kenyon | Changing the way the world treats weight
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Feb 06, 2021 |
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LGC E101 - Anshul Pandey, Ph.D. | Day in the life of a CTO building no-code AI
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Jan 29, 2021 |
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🎊 LGC E100! with Jean Desgagne | Life & career lessons from the C-Suite (a special episode with a friend, and mentor)
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Dec 16, 2020 |
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LGC E99 - Ablorde Ashigbi | Consultant turned VC turned startup founder & building 4Degrees
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Dec 11, 2020 |
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LGC E98 - Cheryl Kemp | Starting a company during COVID after being let go & meeting Co-Founders virtually
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Dec 06, 2020 |
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LGC E97 - Jared Mattsson | First time founder making networking more efficient
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Dec 01, 2020 |
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LGC E96 - Xenia Muntean | Entrepreneurship in Europe, Building Planable, Forbes 30 Under 30
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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LGC E95 - Anshul Ruparell | Disrupting real estate & raising $100M
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Nov 20, 2020 |
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LGC E94 - Tim Schumm | The world of recruiting post pandemic & landing a job effectively
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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LGC E93 - Andrew Ostro | Shaking up the life insurance industry
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Nov 03, 2020 |
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LGC E92 - Jake Dunlap | Shaping the Future of Modern Sales
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Oct 21, 2020 |
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LGC E91 - Jeremie Bacon | Building the world's largest aerial adventure park while being a full-time Tech CEO
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Oct 15, 2020 |
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LGC E90 - Loulou Khazen Baz | Exiting Nabbesh.com and becoming an angel investor in the UAE
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Oct 01, 2020 |
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LGC E89 - Garry Cooper | Building tech to scale reuse within organizations via Rheaply
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Sep 16, 2020 |
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LGC E88 - Godard Abel | 2 successful exits (Oracle & Salesforce) to now building G2.com, one of Chicago's top B2B Tech startups
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Sep 03, 2020 |
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LGC E87 - Kieran Mathew | Changing the way brands communicate with youth (Gen Z marketing)
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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LGC E86 - Jeffrey Doucet | Software to help people advance their careers
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Aug 27, 2020 |
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LGC E85 - Justin Bailie | Running a startup while being a father of four
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Aug 07, 2020 |
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LGC E84 - David Cairns | What offices will look like post-COVID
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Jul 31, 2020 |
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LGC E83 - Zev Siegl | Starting up the largest coffee company in the world, Starbucks
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Jul 23, 2020 |
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LGC E82 - Shrad Rao | "Building the kind of company I've always wanted to work at"
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Jul 09, 2020 |
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LGC E81 - Sophie Le Ray | Being an entrepreneur & mixing business with family/life
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Jul 01, 2020 |
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LGC E80 - Michael Brody-Waite | Great Leaders Do What Drug Addicts Do
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Jun 18, 2020 |
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LGC E79 - A'Lelia Bundles | Madam C. J. Walker, the first female self-made millionaire in America
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Jun 04, 2020 |
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LGC E78 - Coffee Conversations | Sheetal Jaitly, CEO of TribalScale
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May 22, 2020 |
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LGC E77 - Duncan Wardle | Coffee With the Former Head of Creativity at Disney
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May 14, 2020 |
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LGC E76 - Mashal Waqar | Techie turned entrepreneur, COO of Tempest & Forbes 30 Under 30
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May 07, 2020 |
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LGC E75 - Colin Egglesfield | Life Lessons from Hollywood and Beyond
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May 01, 2020 |
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LGC E74 - Marc Randolph | From Startup to IPO, the Early Days of Netflix
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Apr 22, 2020 |
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LGC E73 - Justin Thouin | Leaving the corporate world at 34 years old and creating one of the fastest growing companies in North America
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Apr 09, 2020 |
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LGC E72 - Mark Metry | Dealing with COVID-19, writing a book, podcasting, & more
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Apr 06, 2020 |
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LGC E71 - Casanova Brooks | Beating Cancer & Becoming an Award-Winning Real Estate Agent
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Apr 01, 2020 |
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LGC E70 - Danny Read | Becoming Account Executive of the Year
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Mar 28, 2020 |
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LGC E69 - Sam Bakhtiar | Refugee Turned Entrepreneur & Founder of Camp Transformation Centres
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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LGC E68 - Nadeem Nathoo | Developing Unicorn People to Solve the World's Most Important Problems
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Mar 15, 2020 |
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LGC E67 - Stephany Lapierre | Becoming One of the Top 100 Most Influential Women in Supply Chain
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Mar 01, 2020 |
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LGC E66 - Alex Iceman | Building Genium, a Premium Software Engineering Consulting Firm
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Feb 28, 2020 |
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LGC E65 - Dr. Chris Stout | The Importance of Mental Health for Success in Life and Work
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Feb 21, 2020 |
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LGC E64 - Peter Taunton | From Popcorn Stand to Building One of the Most Iconic Brands in Fitness
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Feb 11, 2020 |
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LGC E63 - Anas Ghazi | From Science to Advertising, and Leading With Gratitude
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Feb 10, 2020 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E62 with Andrew Witkin | Building a Business From Selling Stickers
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Jan 11, 2020 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E61 with Ralph Kisso | Second Lebanese Person in History to Summit Mt. Everest
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Nov 27, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E60 with David Meltzer | Making Money, Having Fun, Helping People
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Oct 03, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E59 with Buster Scher | From School Radio Station to Growing Hoops Nation with Millions of Followers
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Sep 30, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E58 with John Ruffolo | Launching One of the Largest Venture Capital Funds in Canada
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Aug 21, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E57 with Nadia Genevieve Masri | From Harvard to Starting Perksy - While Battling Meningitis
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Aug 19, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E56 with Kevwe Mowarin | From Investment Banking to Women's Fashion
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E55 with Michel Falcon | building businesses that earn over $15 million/year in sales
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E54 with Swish Goswami | Building Trufan
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Aug 10, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E53 with Aaron Spivak | Selling Anxiety Reducing Blankets and Growing to $50k/month
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Jul 16, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E52 with Ron Tite | The Unification of Content and Advertising
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Jul 15, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E51 with Dean Karnazes | 50 Marathons in 50 Days Across 50 States
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E50 with Rachel David | Becoming One of Canada’s Most Sought out Marketers
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Jul 06, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E49 with Shawn Finder | Professional Tennis Player Turned Entrepreneur
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Jun 23, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E48 ft. Director X | Creating Award Winning Music Videos & Encouraging Meditation
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Jun 14, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E47 with Carol Leaman | Canada's Leading Female Entrepreneur
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Jun 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E46 with Bailey Parnell | Social Media, Mental Health, Entrepreneurship
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May 16, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E45 with Ross Paquette | Growing to 180+ Employees Without Ever Raising Funding
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May 04, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E44 with Francisco Diaz-Mitoma Jr. | Building an Ecosystem for Personalized Health and Wellness
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E43 with Chris Tester | Making Coffee More Nutrient & Turning It Into a Business
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E42 with Saad Siddiqui | Creating a Millennial Marketplace for Men's Clothing
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E41 with Brian Scudamore | Building the World's Largest Junk Removal Service
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Apr 27, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E40 with David Segal | Building DAVIDsTEA & Starting Mad Radish
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E39 with Claude Silver | Hustle x Heart @ VaynerMedia
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Apr 12, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E38 with with Adrian Salamunovic | Using FREE PR to Generate Impressions
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Apr 11, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E37 with David Priemer | Art & Science of Modern Selling
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Apr 04, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E36 with Dr. Greg Wells | Better Health, Energy and Fitness
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Mar 25, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E35 with Dr. Paul Ekman | Understanding Micro Expressions & Reading Faces
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Mar 22, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E34 with Christopher Gimmer | Bootstrapping a SaaS Business to $55K MRR
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E33 with Dennis Mortensen | The Future of Artificial Intelligence
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Mar 19, 2019 |
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Let's Grab coffee E32 with Manny Padda | Canadian Angel Investor of the Year
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Mar 18, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E31 with Drew Green | creating the world's largest custom apparel company
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Feb 25, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E30 with Jay Rosenzweig | Building a high-end executive search firm
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E29 with Case Kenny | Creating 150K+ Following Through Quality Content
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E28 with Cassy Aite | Growing Sales from $0M to $1M
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Get Coffee E27 with Michael Hyatt | Selling BlueCat for $400 million
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E26 with Marc Champagne | Starting Entrepreneurship Later in Life & Building KYŌ App
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E25 with Mark Metry | Creating a Top 100 Podcast
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E24 with Lily Tse | Building Technology for Beauty Shoppers & Brands
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E23 with Allen Gannett | Starting TrackMaven & writing The Creative Curve
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E22 with Raphael Wong | Startups, Podcasts, Self-Development, and life
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E21 with Victoria Pelletier | Women in Leadership, Networking, and Self-Development
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E20 with Shawn Kanungo | Embracing Change, Keeping Pace with Innovation
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E19 with Mike Smith | Empowering Kids Through Skateboarding
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E18 with Connor Beaton | Unveiling the Mask of Masculinity
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E17 with Shauna Arnott | Hosting Big Events & Getting Gary Vee to Speak
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E16 with Sayem Reza | Photography, Cars, Life
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E15 with Darrell Pinto | Private Capital, Research, Life
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E14 with Manu "Swish" Goswami | Canada's Top 20 Under 20 & Young Entrepreneur of the Year
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E13 with Brian Rashid | Building a Brand Through Storytelling
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E12 with Alan Smithson | The Future & Investment Potential of VR/AR
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E11 with Chuck Garcia | Becoming a Powerful & Persuasive Communicator
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E10 with Kimberly Biggs | Co-Founding a Successful Marketing Agency
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E9 with James Beattie | Investment Banking, Trading, & Supporting LGBT
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E8 with Jeff Dennis | Strategic Advice for High Growth Companies
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E7 with Tyson Rigg | From University to Wealth Management
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E6 with Evan Carmichael | Becoming a Successful Youtuber with 1M+ Subscribers
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E5 with Randy Thomas | Making It in the Acting Bizz
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E4 with Mark Bowden | #1 in the World’s Top 30 Body Language Professionals
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E3 with Daryo Cummins | Helping Businesses Scale at Amazon
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E2 with Julie Blais Comeau | Etiquette Protocol for Everyday Life
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Feb 05, 2019 |
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Let's Grab Coffee E1 with Paul Nadeau | Lessons from Crisis Negotiations in Law Enforcement
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Feb 05, 2019 |