Action and Ambition

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Rylie Maeder and Dr. Jonathan Vaught. 14-year-old Rylie is the founder of Rylie’s Smile Foundation, which educates families about medicinal cannabis and helps provide access to it. She’s also the CEO of Rylie’s Sunshine Botanical Supplements providing safe, natural, clinically tested solutions. Dr. Jonathan Vaught is the CEO and co-founder of Front Range Biosciences, an agricultural biotechnology focusing on developing new medical cannabis and hemp varieties. Rylie and Dr. Vaught joined forces to discover which hemp varieties grow best in the Mid-Atlantic region where Rylie lives. Listen to discover Rylie’s personal journey with medicinal cannabis and how it saved her smile. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Ross Thompson, CEO and founder of COVAC Global, the first COVID travel company. Offering a membership program for U.S. business and leisure travelers, COVAC Global provides travelers with the highest level of confidence and protection for COVID-19. Ross has been experienced in intelligence, security, and crisis management since 2006. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Teddy Heidt, Founder & CEO of Chicago-based creative agency The Gauge Collective. Helping his clients pivot to virtual events and experiences like chef demos, mixology classes, and live music, Teddy is guiding his clients successfully through the pandemic. From cross collaboration brand giveaways to virtual fitness classes, Teddy’s ideas lead to increasing reach and engagement for his clients online. Hear how you can stay agile in this ever-changing world. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Jeremy Jackson. Former ‘Baywatch’ star Jeremy Jackson appeared in 159 episodes of Baywatch, more than any other actor apart from David Hasselhoff, playing Hobie Buchannon from season 2 through season 10 (1991–1999). Today, among his other pursuits, Jeremy is the head of Lifestyle Development for Pachamama and is a strong ambassador for the brand. PACHAMAMA is one-of-four CBD brands (out of 248) to receive the Purity Award from The Clean Label Project highlighting the commitment to crafting exceptional products. PACHAMAMA means “Mother Earth,” the giver of all life. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about how Jeremy overcame obstacles to unleash opportunity!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Taylor Shupe, co-founder of BooSocki, the first of its kind sock brand bringing local artists to the forefront while offering customers the chance to ‘Boo’ friends and family by gifting them an unexpected pair of comedic socks. A serial entrepreneur, Shupe also co-founded FutureStitch, a knitting facility challenging factory worker exploitation in the fashion industry. Learn about his sustainability initiatives, new techniques in workforce management, and just-in-time manufacturing process. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Josh Meah, founder and CEO of JoshMeah.com. A marketing specialist who designs and implements custom marketing campaigns in more than two dozen industries, Josh offers marketing innovations and fundamentals that can keep businesses alive during the pandemic. Specializing in small and mid-sized businesses, Josh curates five tips for small businesses: Listen to hear how to build your brand, deliver more value, and leverage email marketing. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Gavin Collier and Jordan Erskine of Dynamic Blending, the global cosmetic company catering to each company through manufacturing. With Gavin’s chemistry-emphasized biology degree AND his J.D. coupled with Jordan’s MBA AND entrepreneurial co-founding of multiple manufacturing/R&D-focused businesses make for a dynamic duo – or Dynamic Blending – offering the only true turnkey solution in contract manufacturing. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today’s guest is Andrea Albright. Andrea is a renowned entrepreneur and publishing thought leader. She is the Founder and CEO of Beverly Hills Publishing, where she helps authors publish books with meaning. She is the author of 25+ books, and has been featured in CBS News, FOX, NBC, ABC, Medium, Oxygen. In this episode, she discusses mental clarity and how to separate your ego when launching books and products. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. Today’s guest is Julia Lytle, who is a self-proclaimed brand catalyst. Julia’s love for socializing long ago developed into a passion for connecting people and brands with symbiotic goals. Since graduating from Boston University’s College of Communication in 2014, she has worked in public relations, digital & social media, and event marketing across a variety of industries, including nonprofit, consumer products, sports, and tech. Hear her tips, tricks, and tactics of how to generate PR in today's chaotic media landscape. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Samii Ryan, an influencer and entrepreneur, who grew her accessories and custom clothing brand from 35 retail stores to more than 650 in six months in 2018, followed by tripling revenue in the first eight months of 2020. After living in a homeless shelter throughout middle school, Samii is literally and figuratively the model for rags to riches. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Johnny Casali, 60, grew up on Huckleberry Hill Farms, the Humboldt County cannabis farm where today he grows 5,000 square feet — about 2,000 plants — of legal cannabis. He has an amazing story, riveted with ups, downs, a 10-year prison stint, and eternal redemption. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Mo Amin. Mo is the founder of Exclusive Calls. He's happily married, a serial entrepreneur, and living in Orange County in the beautiful state of California. He owns a yacht, and has built up a multi-million dollar company from the ground floor. He believes in positive energy and manifestation, as well as hard work and no excuses. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Andrew Scivally is CEO of eLearning Brothers. He helps companies create engaging, interactive, and inspiring eLearning content. Prior to eLearning Brothers, he worked at JP Morgan Chase and Zions Bank, where he managed learning and development teams and built online learning content. Andrew holds a BA degree in communications from Southern Utah University and an MS degree in computer education from the University of North Texas. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Stacy Kirk. Stacy is the Founder and CEO of two companies - QualityWorks Consulting Group and Posture. QualityWorks provides social impact web and mobile development, digital transformation, and quality innovation consultancy. She recently launched Posture, a Cybersecurity Officer-as-a-service platform that leverages analytics and automation to provide SMBs with an affordable option to quickly build a strong compliance program. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition I'm your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Deborah Deal and John Grizz. The sister-brother powerhouse team of Deborah Deal and John (Grizz) Deal have three decades of experience in tech commercialization and product development for their nine startups. Now focused on helping solve regional water crises around the globe, the Deals are compelling archetypes of doing well by doing good. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Jeremy Jackson. Former ‘Baywatch’ star Jeremy Jackson battled addiction for most of his adult life before reaching sobriety and becoming a...

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Evan Leaphart. Evan is the founder of Kiddie Kredit. Kiddie Kredit’s mission is to leverage technology to educate and empower future generations. Kiddie Kredit is driven to empower families through credit education. Healthy credit fuels power, freedom, and access. The app instills healthy credit habits by rewarding activity completion with a scoring system that simulates FICO. Learn more and download the app at www.kiddiekredit.com. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the investment space!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Silvina Moschini. Silvina is an award-winning serial entrepreneur focused on the digital transformation of the world of work, President and Founder of TransparentBusiness, and CEO and Founder of SheWorks! Silvina is a Linkedin influencer, a selected group of 500 personalities comprising Richard Branson, Bill Gates and Arianna Huffington, a contributor to the World Economic Forum's Agenda blog, and in 2019, she received the Equals In Tech Award in the leadership category, a global initiative by the United Nations, ITU & GSMA that gathers leading companies to distinguish the most innovative projects with global impact focused on bridging the unemployment gender gap through technology. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about how she pioneered remote work!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are Cortney Woodruff and Cortez Bryant. Cortney Woodruff is a native of Jackson, Mississippi with a Bachelors of Science Degree in Economics from Alabama A&M University. Post undergrad and at the age of twenty-two years old, he attended IESE Business School in Barcelona Spain. For the past ten years, he’s operated his Venture-backed startup, www.Trainersvault.com, an online platform that provides software services to personal trainers and built it with operations that span across the US, Europe, and Asia. Cortez Bryant is Woodruff’s Co-Founder of Be-Great.Tv, Maverick Partner, The Blueprint Group Co - C.E.O., and Young Money Entertainment C.O.O. Cortez “Tez” Bryant became one of the entertainment industry’s pre-eminent managers through identifying and igniting the potential of game-changing outliers such as Lil Wayne, Drake, Nicki Minaj, G-Eazy, Tiffany Haddish, Law Roach, Jesse Williams and more. An innate ability to spot that elusive “it” factor spearheads his success behind-the-scenes. ​ Together, these young entrepreneurs are launching www.Be-great.tv, an online platform that provides online courses taught by notable, Black innovators. (just like Masterclass). Currently, in pre-launch, Be-Great.tv is backed by some of the brightest and most notable execs and investors around the world. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the space!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Chris Lane is the CMO of Airfield Supply Co., the largest single-site dispensary in the country. Founded as the South Bay Healing Center in 2010, it was originally a medical dispensary in serving patients. Placed near the San Jose Airport, the dispensary was renamed and rebranded Airfield Supply Co. in 2015, celebrating and evoking the look and feel of the glamorous days of air travel, when we dressed up for it. Pre-pandemic, Airfield saw 1,500 individual customers a day in its dispensary, 300 of whom had never been there before. While deemed “essential” by the state of California, dispensaries had to dramatically limit the number of customers visiting their physical storefronts beginning March 16, 2020. Airfield immediately ramped up its delivery efforts. It added four Teslas to its fleet of all-electric vehicles. Chris Lane calls this “Cannabis’ Amazon moment.” Previous to coming to Airfield, Chris was Fiverr’s Global Head of Brand and Vice President of Integrated Marketing at Method Communications, among other highlights. He spent his formative career years at Edelman on the Adobe team. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the Cannabis space!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Alex Rowland. Alex is the co-founder and CEO of NewTropic, a premier cannabis manufacturer and supply chain company based out of Santa Rosa, CA. He also serves as the co-founder of Ensemble Brands, an accelerator for cannabinoid-infused product companies, and as co-founder of ANP Holdings, a financial services company focused on the cannabis and hemp markets. Prior to entering the cannabis and hemp markets, Alex founded several advertising technology companies, including Emerge Digital Group, which in 2013 was ranked both the 8th fastest growing business in the U.S. and the fastest growing company in California. Before his career in media, Alex founded USPowerSolutions, an enterprise SaaS company focused on the deregulated energy market, which ultimately sold to Green Mountain Energy in 2002. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the Cannabis space!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Jeremy Jackson. Former ‘Baywatch’ star Jeremy Jackson battled addiction for most of his adult life before reaching sobriety and becoming a...

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Rick Mirza. Rick Mirza is an experienced CA investor who is always looking to the future. He’s the CEO of Better Earth a company that is powering the cannabis industry. The company is hiring like gangbusters in California, creating jobs and stimulating the economy. New recruits after a couple months are often making 22,000 in commissions. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about the opportunity in the space!  

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. I’m your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Ryan Rafols. Ryan is the CEO and Founder for Newchip Accelerator, the only REMOTE Accelerator for scaling Pre-Seed to Series A Startups Engineer, army veteran, and founder of 3 startups, Ryan graduated at 15, founded his first startup at 17 and has 10+ years experience building international teams, 7+ years in public and private sector fundraising, corporate boards, working with regulators and lobbying. He’s also sold two companies and has helped hundreds of companies raise millions of dollars. You’re going to love this episode, let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition with your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Athan Slotkin. Athan is a serial entrepreneur and award-winning business plan strategist. He’s successfully tested and launched multiple businesses, across various industries. 

His rapid, iterative, heavily-analytical approach has been the key for over 700 new entrepreneurs in 2019 and 2020 alone, helping them package up their business with business plans, financial models and presentations, while teaching them how to become the stellar CEO they want to become along the way. His work has been featured across, TV, radio, and conferences worldwide. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition I’m your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Ratna Singh Ratna is the founder and CEO of CAR.O.L, the world’s first interactive exercise bike powered by artificial intelligence to make fitness short, smart and scientific. Prior to founding CAR.O.L, Ratna successfully sold her first startup to Safeway US, served as the first Entrepreneur-in-Residence at McKinsey & Company and co-founded health consultancy firm IHP, which later sold to PwC. Ratna holds a MBA from CASS Business School, as well as a degree in microbiology from Kings College in London. You’re going to love this episode, let’s get to it!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. I’m your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guests are David Phillips and Luca Zambello, the cofounders of Jurny. Jurny is a hospitality tech company that offers a proprietary SaaS-based management solution designed to power a seamless experience for guests and property owners. The co-founders bootstrapped the company from $0 to $2.3M in revenue in under three years. And, the company recently closed a $2.75M raise led by Okapi Venture Capital and Mucker Capital.
 You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about their action and ambition!

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. I’m your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Muneeb Mushtaq. Muneeb is a Canadian serial entrepreneur and keynote speaker who has launched three successful tech companies and sold one. His latest venture called Airzai is a CPG company that recently launched a patent-pending smart home fragrance diffuser that promotes mental wellness. Most recently, Muneeb shifted the focus of the company to do something meaningful in response to the COVID-19 pandemic. AIRZAI is focusing on contributing to the shortage of sanitization products in the market and has introduced a new line of products called, AIRZAI Care. Not only is the company tackling the increased demand but also pledging to donate portion of sales to deliver these essential products the front line workers. Muneeb also devotes his time to share motivational and thought-provoking content on his social media. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about his journey!

The Same Jesus 4 – Same God Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. I’m your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is AJ Bruno. 

AJ is the co-founder of QuotaPath, which is an automated commission tracking software that recently raised $5m. Prior to QuotaPath, AJ spent 6 years at TrendKite, the company he founded. At TrendKite, AJ led 250+ employees to a successful acquisition by the public company Cision for $225 million in January 2019. AJ is very active in the startup community. He’s an investor to dozens of startups and advisor and mentor to many. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about his journey! Free From Addictions Podcast

Welcome to another episode of Action & Ambition. I’m your host, Andrew Medal. Today’s guest is Anthony Zhang, co-founder of VinoVest. VinoVest has been referred to as the Robinhood of fine wine and has created a platform that allows users to invest in fine wine. Anthony is a repeat entrepreneur who has previously founded and sold two companies, EnvoyNow and KnowYourVC. He has also held leadership positions at Blockfolio and is a board member at RateMyInvestor. You’re going to love this episode. Let’s get to it and hear about his journey!

Welcome to another episode of The Action and Ambition Podcast! Joining us today is Jonathan Almanzar, Co-Founder, and CEO of Chick’nCone, a Florida-based fast craft food chicken with 24 restaurants in 12 states and another 58 under development. It expects to have 50 restaurants open by the end of 2022. He recently released NFTs that operate on a novel financial model that combines investment in an NFT with profit from restaurant franchises. In addition, Jonathan has authored several motivational books and is passionate about his family and serving the community. Tune in to learn more!