Mantra-Preneur with Hirdesh Matta

At the intersection of civic engagement, social enterprise, and community outreach, you'll find Chante Harris. Chante Harris is a Vice President at Capalino+Company, where she helps start-ups and other businesses with procurement opportunities and the development of community impact programs. She serves on the Board of Directors of the Kota Alliance, a nonprofit social enterprise incubator that empowers women. Chante is an alumna of the prestigious Coro Fellowship in Public Affairs in New York City.

We've all grown accustomed to analytics in sports after Moneyball. Now, Artificial Intelligence has entered the sports industry. Mangolytics is one of the companies at the forefront of this movement. Swupnil Sahai is Co-Founder and CEO of Mangolytics, a mobile AI platform for athletes, which has produced the #1 downloaded iOS app for tennis, Swing®. Swupnil has a Ph.D in Statistics and worked on Tesla's Autopilot team, meeting weekly with Elon Musk himself, before leaving the firm to devote his attention to the expansion of Mangolytics. Interested in sports, entrepreneurship, or app development? Tune in and learn more about Swupnil and his work with Mangolytics.

Interested in launching a product through crowdfunding? You'll want to check out this episode. Alexandré Wing is Co-Founder of MoJoe Brewing Co., which makes it easy to brew and enjoy coffee on the go, leveraging their portable single serve coffee maker. Alex and his co-founders successfully raised over $180,000 through crowdfunding to launch their platform. How did they do that? Let's dive in and find out.

AJ Watkins worked in Management Consulting before leaving to grow her two businesses full-time. She is the Founder and CEO of Leis4Days and All Natural Kinks. Leis4Days is focused on creating customized leis for graduations and other occasions. All Natural Kinks provides the blueprint for growing long natural hair.

Nick Kurgansky worked for the federal government before venturing out and starting his own business. He noticed an unmet need in terms of scheduling and patient correspondence in his dad's dermatology business and used that as a test case before starting Next in Line. Next in Line is a real-time online booking platform that helps medical and veterinary practices automate their client scheduling, registration, and intake process, saving them time and money.

Mariam Nusrat is the Founder and Director of the Gaming Revolution for International Development (GRID). GRID is leveraging the power of digital games to inspire behavioral change. The company aims to make games that can educate, engage and empower people to make better decisions about their lives, their health, their money and their future, all while having a good time.

Becca Hale started as an accountant before starting her business in the natural health industry. After overcoming some personal health issues leveraging a natural diet and being able to get off her medications, she decided that she wanted to help others do the same. In this interview, you will find out more about her business and her passion for the natural health industry.