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Transforming the Water Industry with Its Advanced Purification Technology - Raz Razgaitis of FloWater | 212

212. FloWater | Rich Razgaitis is the CEO and Co-Founder of FloWater. Raz, as most people call him, is passionate about creating a brand new, amazing type of water that’s at the epicenter of the sustainable movement. Their vision is to inspire the world with water, eliminate single use plastic water bottles, and provide everyone access to the world’s best tasting water anywhere they work, rest, and play. Raz and his FloWater team is introducing the Refill Station technology, which transforms tap water into the world’s best-tasting, most purified water, delivered on-demand and eliminates the use of plastic bottles.

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Rich Razgaitis. ***

 

 

 

The Tale of GoTab: How Tim McLaughlin Turned a Restaurant’s Challenge into a Tech-Based Opportunity | 211

211. GoTab | Tim McLaughlin is Co-Founder of GoTab, a leading contactless ordering and payment platform serving full-service food & beverage establishments in almost thirty states and still growing. GoTab launched in 2016 as a code on the receipt for mobile payment of restaurant tabs. In 2018 it became a QR code. The idea started in 2015 when Tim co-opened his first restaurant and brewery, Caboose Brewing Co., an upscale brewery based in Fairfax, Virginia. It had been a passion project in the works for many years and many of GoTab’s most important features were incubated at Caboose.

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Tim McLaughlin. ***

 

 

 

Staring & Growing an Internet Service Provider with Terry Koosed, the Founder of Bel Air Internet | 210

210. Bel Air Internet | Terry Koosed is the Founder of Bel Air Internet, a Los Angeles based Internet Service Provider, and a leading authority on successful entrepreneurship. He has founded and successfully run seven companies in the high-tech industry during the past 40 years, sometimes concurrently, and is what some would call, a serial entrepreneur.

 

Listen to Part II, right now: How Exceptional Customer Service made Bel Air Internet a Leading Provider (A Continuation of EP 210).

 

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The Blazy Susan Story: How Will Breakell Turned His Passion for Cannabis into a Thriving Smoking Accessories Business | 209

209. Blazy Susan | Will Breakell is the brainchild and founder of the Blazy Susan brand. Will is a young entrepreneur from Roanoke, Virginia. Although Will graduated from the esteemed Virginia Military Institute, he soon realized that he was meant to take a different path than the majority of his peers. The mountains of Colorado were calling for him, and so was the emerging cannabis industry.

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Will Breakell. ***

 

 

 

Disrupting the Backyard Pool Industry with this Innovative Shipping Container Design - Paul Rathnam of ModPools | 208

208. ModPools | Paul Rathnam was diagnosed with a learning disability early in his life, Paul Rathnam persevered through all the challenges and reached success by becoming the business owner of a unique and innovative company called ModPools. His very first company was ModPro, which customizes shipping containers for a variety of client's needs. Containers are custom modified as per clients' requests including but not limited to a storage space or a fully functional portable office space.

 

Listen to Part II, right now: No One Believed Him at First, but Now his Unique Idea is Paying Off (A Continuation of EP 208).

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Paul Rathnam. ***

 

 

The Levels Effect: A Biowearable Startup that Empowers People to Take Control of Their Health | 207

207. Levels Metabolic Health | Josh Clemente spent the first half of his professional career working at SpaceX and Hyperloop– two companies, one founded by and the other supported by Elon Musk. At SpaceX, Josh spent six years working on rocket and spacecraft systems, while at Hyperloop, Josh worked on infrastructure level engineering and life support systems development. To combat fatigue, Josh applied his characteristic engineering approach to his health by using glucose monitoring to analyze how his body converted food to usable energy. In time, through years of this self-experimentation and further exposure to metabolic research while at SpaceX, Josh would be compelled to go on to start Levels to help others improve their metabolic fitness.

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Josh Clemente Interview. ***

 

 

 

How DiamondBack Truck Covers Survived (then Thrived) after 10 Years of Challenges: A Convo with Ethan Wendle | 206

206. DiamondBack Truck Covers | Ethan Wendle in 2003 was attending an Engineering Entrepreneurial class when he met Matt Chverchko. They partnered in a classroom project that grew from a garage operation to a real full-time enterprise. Thus, DiamondBack Truck Covers was born. Ethan attended Penn State University from 2000 to 2003 and took up Civil Engineering.

Listen to Part II, right now: Surviving a Labor Union Takeover to Reach Success (a Continuation of EP 206).

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Ethan Wendle Interview. ***

 

 

 

The Light Bulb Moment that Led Grant Morgan to Build R-Zero. A Biosafety Co that Delivers Hospital-Grade Disinfection. | 205

205. R-Zero | Grant Morgan was developing a powerful UV-C disinfection device capable of destroying over 99.99% of pathogens to make commercial space as safe as possible for employees and customers. Grant, along with his co-founders, runs R-Zero Systems, which is a biosafety company dedicated to making safer everyday spaces and common places. Among their top priority is to thoughtfully design the most effective technologies and protocols that would reduce our world of deadly pathogens such as the Coronavirus, Influenza, norovirus, E. coli, common cold, and other common infectious diseases.

 

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Designing & Developing Engaging Games for Learning w/ Stephen Baer of The Game Agency | 204

204. The Game Agency | Stephen Baer launched The Game Agency 13 years ago and The Training Arcade 3 years ago, Stephen Baer has developed award-winning games for new-employee on-boarding, sales and product training, leadership development, safety, security, compliance, systems & processes, customer service, and many other training topics.

Listen to Part II, right now: The Creation of a Game Agency (a Continuation of EP 204).

 

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Succeeding in Digital Marketing & SEO with Igor Avidon of Avidon Marketing Group | 203

203. Avidon Marketing Group | Igor Avidon is a digital marketing expert with a decade of experience in online marketing & advertising. He is also the founder of Avidon Marketing Group, which is a boutique SEO company. His career began with a personal interest in helping his family's business survive the 2008 economic recession. During this period, he autonomously learned paid search advertising using Google's AdWords platform.

 

*** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Igor Avidon Interview. ***