In this podcast, co-hosts Dave Gold and Artem Smirnov talk with Greg Galifianakis and Allen Wyke on living a fearless life.Greg Galifianakis holds a Master Coach Certification, is an active member of the International Coach Federation and has been helping clients succeed for over 10 years. His coaching career began internally at a large technology firm and is now being offered directly to clients across the nation. Greg also specializes in leadership and workforce development. Allen Wyke is the Founder of Ripple Group Inc, a boutique consulting firm that has experience with over 200 clients. He has worked as an Executive, Lead or Advisor to CNN, Opry Entertainment Group, Motor Trend Network, NBC/Universal, The Recording Academy/GRAMMYs and more. He is a brilliant, fearless, creative catalyst who transforms everything he touches for the better.Highlights of the podcast include:Greg and Allen and host deconstruct their unique paths which have led them to live lives that are not shaped, limited or defined by fear.They also tease out pointers that can help each of us find our own exceptional path to moving past the universal experience of fear.
Jamie Blazquez is a licensed massage therapist at Hathaway Healing in Flagstaff, AZ. In this podcast Dave Gold and Artem Smirnov sit down and talk with her about her work and her journey toward being a bodywork healer.Highlights include:Jamie witnessed a beloved family member end his life, and since that day she made a promise to help stop needless suffering in the worldBodywork is as old a practice as humans have existed on the planet. Before becoming a massage therapist, Jamie was a PE teacher. But she got hooked into bodywork while on an extended trip in Thailand.Cold water therapy and breath work have been game changers for Jamie in terms of improving daily stress levels as well as other habits in her life.
Co-hosts Dave Gold, Founder of Heart Powered Ventures and Artem Smirnov, producer of this podcast interview Sharon Bennett. Sharon is a trained Spiritual Companion and a member of Heart Powered Ventures Commonwealth Network. A Spiritual Companion , also known as a Spiritual Director, is a person trained to practice "deep listening" and help people reflect on their spiritual journeys. Sharon offers a safe, non-judgmental space for people to vent, cry, celebrate and reflect on their ongoing spiritual story. You can learn more about Sharon and Spiritual Companionship at her website: www.lightenupspiritualdirection.com. You can also contact her by email at sharron.bennett33@gmail.com.Highlights of this podcast:Sharon began her unlikely spiritual journey while a freshman at NC State University in Raleigh NC almost 30 years ago. It was an unlikely choice for a "simple, country girl" - a demanding mystical path led by an obscure West Virginia Zen Master that required pursuit of Perfect Enlightenment at the expense of all worldly pursuits and pleasures. She returned to her Christian roots, as she began serving as a Spiritual Companion.
"I believe in fast, and even faster. Validate and lean methods to proving an idea. Get to revenue and your first customers by any means."Dave Gold and Artem Smirnov of Heart Powered Ventures sit down and talk with Stephen Klava, a serial entrepreneur building things from passion. Stephen is the founder of the Klava Fund Platform, Rocket Elastic startup accelerator, and Neon Barter, a new stealth project. In his work, he is always looking to mentor and add value to those seeking answers. Stephen has been doing side hustle startups for over a decade. He's a self -taught coder and has past lives in new product development and engineering management. Also in his journey, he's worked as a Software Developer/Architect for a Chicago consultancy that mainly worked for Silicon Valley heavies. Highlights of this podcast include :Stephen is a self taught programmer and his genius lies in programming an idea at a lightning fast speed to validate the venture QUICKLYStephen is spiritual and uses the idea of 'manifestation' on almost a daily level of envisioning exactly what he wants before going for itStephen keeps a notebook full of his ideas and reads over the list from time to time.Besides being a techie, Klava also enjoys mentoring folks through his accelerator RocketElastic.
In this week's podcast, Dave Gold and Artem Smirnov talk with Saniel Bonder of Human Sun Institute.For nearly three decades Saniel Bonder has been a cutting edge pioneer in the post-religious, post-spiritual field of "embodied awakening." Author of a dozen books and multiple multi-media courses, Saniel has helped nearly a thousand everyday people achieve permanent breakthroughs into a radical presence and wisdom known by only a few in previous generations.Through Human Sun Institute, co-founded with his wife and full partner Linda Groves-Bonder, Saniel's focus is now increasingly on helping high-impact changemakers realize their fullest potential and become the grounded, super-effective, empathic sage leaders we need us all to be!Takeaways:Saniel lived in a spiritual community in the 70’s and 80’s but ended up going his own way after feeling like he was losing his personal integrity by ‘surrendering his ego’. Saniel had his ‘awakening’ after leaving the spiritual community that he was a part of for quite some time. After having his awakening, Saniel made it his mission to democratize enlightenment for all.Saniel likes working with high impact entrepreneurs because he believes the business platform is the biggest platform for change: It's greater than academia, its greater than any other major sector. How did growing up with Jewish identity lead to both Dave and Saniel to becoming spiritual seekers? Both have very different experiences.
Luni Libes is a 25+ year serial entrepreneur and founder of six startups including Fledge, a global network of conscious company accelerators. Fledge helps entrepreneurs create impactful companies and co-ops at scale through short, intense programs filled with education, guidance, and a massive amount of mentorship.Luni is also the author of The Next Step, a series of book and classes guiding entrepreneurs from idea to reality; plus blogger and incessant answerer of entrepreneurs’ questions on Quora.Takeaways from this podcast include:Luni works with mission driven for profit entrepreneurs to help them launch and grow their companies.He recently created an accelerator for investors to help them invest in conscious companiesWhen people think about improving the world's problems, they think philanthropy and nonprofits. But for profit companies are a more efficient way to solve these problemsWhat is a conscious company? There are 17 defined categories that Luni has defined for a conscious company - hunger, inequality, poverty, sustainability are a few of the categories.
When you are inspired to live life from a position of service, it affects everyone and everything you touch. David Morgan is in a profession that most people regard with distrust and a touch of cynicism, but he and his wife see the world through the eyes of love and generosity. David has applied his entrepreneurial skills to establish charities in Africa, form a coffee company that supports African farmers, and establish a successful law practice that serves in every sense of the word.Takeaways from this podcast:David and his wife set goals every year, and in 2020, instead of aspiring to make a particular amount of money, they set a goal of how much money they wanted to give away, This changed everything, and brought them even more abundance.How a relationship to life based on abundance and generosity can what it means to practice law - and live life.What an enlightened relationship to money looks like.
Timothy Allsopp is a financial planner and advisor with his company Legacy of Harvest, which provides holistic, multi-disciplinary solutions for families and business owners to create multi-generation legacies of wealth and impact. Legacy of Harvest transforms uncertainty into legacy and obstacles into opportunity. Timothy has a long history of mentoring and supporting black businesses and entrepreneurs, including providing a relationship to money that overwrites the internalized cultural limitations that prevent these businesspeople from accumulating wealth.Takeaways from this episode:Many relationships between Financial planners and clients are limited by a “scarcity mentality” around wealth.There is an enormous difference between making money and accumulating wealth. The former can result in living “payday to payday” while the latter allows for generational security, opportunity and transformationNarrowing the wealth gap between Blacks and Whites requires changing not only opportunities but the mind set of survival and scarcity. Timothy was mentored by a middle aged white southern man who changed his life. No one could understand what they had in common and how they could work together, When we drop our assumptions and preconceptions about race we open he door to unimaginable possibilities in relationship and of abundance.
Pamela Heyward is a mother of 4 children and two….”type ones” (diabetics). She is also the inventor of Glucose SOS, an instant dissolve Glucose powder to rapidly raise blood sugar levels for people with diabetes. You tap it in your mouth, it is absorbed directly into the bloodstream to possibly avoid a day like this…”I remember medics coming in and my daughter being on the floor and looking up at them,” Pamela recalls. Eventually, Pamela couldn’t take those stories anymore and decided it was time to find a better way to raise low blood sugar quickly without spiking.Pamela is truly a mom on a mission! With Pamela's persistence and determination Glucose SOS is currently in all pharmacies in the US and in most US retailers. GlucoseSOS has some international distribution as well.Theme of podcast: Determination, Pamela's love for her children fueled her to take on the world and create an amazing product for diabeticsTakeaways:Pamela is a mother of 4 children, 2 with diabetesShe was constantly afraid of her kids going into 'hypoglycemia' (low blood sugar) and realized that there weren't any natural supplements in the marketPamela decided to create her own formula and called it GlucoseSOSIt took her years to get into pharmacies and retail stores but through perseverance she was able to get into pharmacies and many retailersPamela has a new product that she is launching with a major distributor in the coming year
The ‘heart” of a heart-powered business is authentic connection, and at Heart Powered Ventures we speak “from” authenticity and not just “about” it. In this spontaneous podcast, two powerful, insightful, successful and heart-centered women meet for the first time and share their experiences. Stephanie Basima Terry: Stephanie is an entrepreneur, community Organizer, racial equity trainer. Along with being the Director of WEBB Squared, Stephanie is Program Director of Organizing for Chatham Organizing for Racial Equity and a racial revolutionary & radical love ambassador. Angie Shockley: Along with having a shamanic healing practice and being a reiki practitioner, Angie Shockley is also the founder of several programs to help young adults transition to independence. She also founded and runs Saddles and Smiles provide equine assisted learning experiences for children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Their authenticity is powerful - and contagious. Tune in for great stories, and to see how easily and ecstatically true authenticity can be experienced and transmitted.
Jesse Lipson, Founder of Levitate, previously built ShareFile (acquired by Citrix in 2011), a secure file sharing system that has over 50,000 small business customers around the world. ShareFile helped solve the problem of securely transferring files between small businesses and their clients and partners, but along the way Jesse noticed something about relationship-based small businesses: They all struggled to keep in touch with their network in a personal and authentic way—and it was hurting business.Jesse left Citrix, teamed up with some early team members from ShareFile, and founded Levitate on a mission to help businesses grow through the power of keeping in touch.Today Levitate has over 2,000 small business customers and 100 employees at our headquarters in Raleigh, North Carolina, and we’re backed by some great investors: Tippet Partners, Peter Gassner (co-founder and CEO of Veeva Systems), and Bull City Venture Partners.
Ryan Diener strives to help his patients resolve their health challenges and have a positive impact on the people in their lives. He received a bachelor's degree in Biology from the University of Maryland, and studied Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM) at Southwest Acupuncture College in Santa Fe, NM, where he obtained a Masters of Science degree in Oriental Medicine and completed an apprenticeship in acupuncture and herbology. He then completed a two-year integration course with prominent author and acupuncturist, Lonny Jarrett, Classical Chinese Medicine with Jeffrey Yuen and is one of only 10 certified teachers in the country of Contemporary Chinese Pulse Diagnosis, which he studied closely with Dr. Leon Hammer.Ryan is co-founder and Director of Holistic Health Associates, a health facility located in downtown Frederick integrating acupuncture, herbal medicinals and supplements, massage therapy and detoxification programs. In addition, Ryan serves as co-professor of advanced practice management for the PhD program at Maryland University of Integrative Health and sits on the board of directors for the Contemporary Oriental Medicine Foundation.In his free time, Ryan enjoys spending time with his family and friends, travel, various forms of exercise and meditation and is always up for a good movie. Ryan started practicing in December 2003, and co-founded HHA in June 2005. He looks forward to helping your reclaim the best version of your health!
Dave Gold talks with Stephanie Basima Terry in order to promote our Commonwealth Network April programming.Stephanie is an entrepreneur, community Organizer, racial equity trainer. Along with being the Director of WEBB Squared, Stephanie is Program Director of Organizing for Chatham Organizing for Racial Equity and a racial revolutionary & radical love ambassador. Highlights of this podcast include:History of Black/White entrepreneurs working togetherUnity in Entrepreneurship: why it’s valuable to start with the end in mindRacial Justice and Equity work - it’s not about being charitable - it’s about radical healing and self-love How healthy black business create healthy economiesOur Commonwealth Network meetings are Thursdays at 12 pm EST. Please contact Rinnie@heartpoweredventures.com for more information.
Dave Gold and Artem Smirnov, co-hosts of the "Future of Heart Powered Entrepreneurship" have a frank and enlightening conversation with Isabella Reeves Smith, step-daughter of Dave Gold. Isabella is a freshman at Guildford University, Greensboro NC studying fashion designed and has a keen observation on human nature. In this podcast Isabella Reeves Smith demonstrates how a younger mind with fewer expectations and predilections can open the door to real understanding and unity in race relations. We recognize that authentic, transformative discussion around race require a level of nuance and self-reflection.
Finding your Heart in the Trees - How a Philosopher and an artist found their calling 50 feet off the groundDave Gold and Artem Smirnov talk with Craig Nishimoto and David Ricks, The Treeists.Craig has a Ph.D. in Philosophy from Harvard. David is an accomplished artist. Neither are your prototypical outdoor-sie craftsmen or businessmen, but each brings their hearts and sensitivities to their work as arborists, to the delight of their customers and the trees. Collaboratively they have built The Treeist, a phenomenally successful company with rave reviews and a 6-12 week waiting list for services.Podcast Highlights:You do what you love and the marketplace rewards you.They cannot be anything other than themselves - and their customers love them.Whatever drove Craig to philosophy, and David to art is finding perfect expression in the trees.They lead from the front - they always do the most dangerous tasks themselves.They have attracted a workforce that radiates confidence and love of their job.
Meet Angie Shockley:Along with having a shamanic healing practice and being a reiki practitioner, Angie Shockley is also the founder of several programs to help young adults transition to independence, including: Applewood Transitions for Young Women The Journey WV for Young Men Cabin Mountain Living CenterCommunity Integration. She also founded and runs Saddles and Smiles provide equine assisted learning experiences for children and young adults with Autism Spectrum Disorder.Key Highlights from the podcast:By following her heart - and the unexpected opportunities that thrust before her - Angie has developed numerous programs that help young adults transition to independence . Life proves its trustworthiness - if you have the heart and courage to trust life.If you are doing what you love and what is yours to do, there is no distinction between work and the rest of your life.You don’t have to try to do good things or make an impact on the world. If you say “YES” to the opportunities that live places before you, you will find that by living your life, you will do good and be good.The most powerful tool for achieving mindfulness is love. If you love, you will be interested. And if you are interested, you can’t help but pay attention
Shaina Holman, D.D.S., Ph.D. is a dentist and the owner of Holman Family Dental Care, a family dental practice in Chapel Hill, NC. She loves running a business that is part of the community and provides high quality care. Shaina also loves managing a team that is passionate about what they do and is constantly striving to be better.Highlights of this podcast include:Building a practice/business through social mediaAuthenticity in communication with patienceResponding to the pandemic with heart and care of team and patientsSelf-trust in decision making and leading from the heart
Documentary filmmaker, storyteller, podcaster, storytelling coach, and more - Rain Bennett helps people connect deeper with their communities, audiences, and markets through the power of storytelling. Rain sits down with Dave Gold and Rinnie Orr of Heart Powered Ventures.Key Highlights:The importance of creation myth/origin story in branding and marketing your business.Visual arts as storytelling
"If you go upstream to the source of self-sabotage, you’ll discover that self-defeating actions are the result of relating to life (and business) from a place of fear rather than peace (trust, ease, love, etc...)" - Dave GoldDave Gold, Founder of Heart Powered Ventures, gives a talk to founders and entrepreneurs on how they can be successful while staying true to integrity. He gives profound advise and best practices for running a business from the heart , love, peace, and trust versus fear. There are three ways we self-sabotage in business, and all three are based in fear.The three areas where people self-sabotage:We don't step fully into our power and give power to others.We feel we aren't ready or worthy.We don't trust our hearts.
In this week's online discussion, the Heart Powered Ventures team was joined by the wonderful Kevin Clark (former brand manager for IBM) to talk about the importance of branding your products as well as many other topics that are sure to prove interesting to up and coming entrepreneurs.