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Legends N Leaders
Ben Weiss
394 episodes
1 day ago
Our goal is to breakdown how legends and leaders achieved their success so you can become the greatest version of yourself! The path of each individual will be discussed highlighting the steps taken towards their achievement. We desire to simplify success, making it relatable, for you to take one step forward towards achievement.
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Our goal is to breakdown how legends and leaders achieved their success so you can become the greatest version of yourself! The path of each individual will be discussed highlighting the steps taken towards their achievement. We desire to simplify success, making it relatable, for you to take one step forward towards achievement.
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Legends N Leaders
Lindsay Brewer, Racer & Content Creator, on becoming the most recognizable female racer today!

Lindsay has fundamentally changed the way women's racing is viewed today, bringing immense awareness to the sport through her content and unique perspective. With a passion for racing, Lindsay has achieved wins in multiple leagues including the prestigious IndyCar viewed as the American Formula 1.

As a part of the Rafa Racing team, Lindsay is racing on incredible tracks alongside many of the most accomplished drivers in the world. She has been competing at the highest level in the racing world yet managed to build an incredible digital content presence that has lead to Motorsport.com naming her the most influential female race-car driver globally!

Lindsay talks about how her passion for racing originated, how she began to race competitively, and what she aspires to do with the sport at this stage!

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20 hours ago
20 minutes 58 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Adam Cohen, Founder of Stic, on transforming rideshare cars into moving billboards!

Adam has been pioneering a new form of advertising, placing ads on rideshare vehicles, enabling a significant new revenue stream to be provided to drivers that wasn't present before. Stic serves as a connector between drivers with advertisers and has technology able to track what is happening!

Adam is changing the way that advertising is done, opening up a significant new vertical of exposure for brands while helping out delivery, rideshare, and other drivers that could benefit greatly from the income. In this episode, he shares the vision for the company and his long term ambitions!

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20 hours ago
26 minutes 25 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Eyal Waldman, Founder of Mellanox, on the networking revolution the tech industry needed for scale!

Eyal pioneered a primary way that data center servers communicate with each other which became the most respected technology for long lasting and strong connectivity. The success of the technology lead to Nvidia purchasing the business for around $7B, a historic acquisition by Nvidia, that provided an incredible validation of Eyal's around 20 years of hard work.

In this episode, Eyal talks about how the idea for Mellanox came about, what went into the company's technological edge, the acquisition, and more. Eyal also shares insights into what he is investing in today, his thoughts on AI, and other ambitions!

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21 hours ago
11 minutes 49 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Elisa Basnight, CEO of WIN-NextGen, on guiding the next generation in career decisions!

Elisa knows that a younger generation needs career exposure sooner rather than later so they can prepare right away with all the industry changes due to technological advancements. So she started WIN-NextGen, a nonprofit that is focusing on providing not only more purpose to new workforce entrants but a better recruitment tool for employers!

In this episode, Elisa talks about how her business and army experience helped shape her career and what it will take to guide a younger generation through the biggest technological change the world has yet to experience!

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21 hours ago
20 minutes 5 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Scott Strode, CEO of The Phoenix, on building a sober community over 1 million strong and growing!

After struggling with addiction himself, Scott decided to take more control over his life and through exercise and will power overcame drugs and alcohol addiction. From that experience, Scott knew there was more that could be done to help others going through what he did so he launched The Phoenix.

The Phoenix has had a core element around wellness and physical activity because it requires full focus and being drunk or high impairs that ability. The approach Scott has brought out, a prioritization of exercise, has changed the lives of over 1 million people and his Ted talk is a great explainer of how it all works!

Scott talks about the decisions that lead him to creating The Phoenix, how he is scaling the program yet maintaining the high quality standards, and what the long term vision is to help the millions of people that need it!

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21 hours ago
21 minutes 26 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Max Cunningham, CEO of Sesh+, on creating a new experience with the nicotine pouch!

There has been an immense amount of harm caused by excessive smoking and Max has been a leader in pioneering an alternative that is cleaner and better for you. Max has had his own journey with smoking and was able to overcome an unwanted habit so wanted to bring out a different system to the market that he was confident would help others!

Sesh has gained great traction as a nicotine product alternative that is cleaner, well designed, and helps with controlling cravings. With well known investors such as Diplo and Post Malone, Sesh has become apart of culture and a beloved alternative that has helped countless people!

Max talks about his journey with smoking, how the idea for Sesh was born, and what it took to design the pouch to the state of quality it is in now. He also discussed the roadmap and next phases of growth!

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21 hours ago
22 minutes 53 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Sebastian Bea, President at ReserveOne, building a digital asset reserve with traditional finance!

Sebastian is taking his incredible learnings in the crypto space as previous President of Coinbase Asset Management and working hard to make crypto as accessible as possible to traditional stock market investors! ReserveOne is building a vehicle for investors to get exposure to Bitcoin, Ethereum, and other currencies with a simple purchase of a stock and not having to go through the usual buying crypto process.

The concept of ReserveOne is based on the idea of not changing the fundamentals of purchasing assets while giving access to a new asset class. A simplification in a space that may be complicated to many, while providing great exposure. In this episode, Sebastian talks about how he became interested in building the ReserveOne system, the impending listing, and the positives of the approach! He also touches on the plan to scale, marketing of the listing, and more.

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21 hours ago
20 minutes 41 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Kim Blanding, Global Dir. of Meta AI Wearables Marketing, on the marketing behind this new category!

Kim has a unique background in understanding marketing hardware and software products which has come into play quite importantly at Meta with Wearables! Meta's Wearables have lead the way in providing a new technology medium and with Kim's creative storytelling and organic viral moments, the products are reaching the masses!

Kim talks about how her interest in marketing began and what lead to the opportunity to be at Meta and help shape marketing for such an exciting category without a playbook! She also shares some of her long term goals and dives into the recent Wearables announcement.

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2 weeks ago
22 minutes 53 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Adam Stettner, CEO of FundCanna, on becoming the leading institutional lender in the space!

Adam has taken his financing talents to help the Cannabis industry get the funds they need to build high quality and long lasting businesses. With an extensive background in the traditional financial world, he understands how to navigate the hurdles.

With FundCanna, Adam has deployed over $20 billion dollars to back promising ventures with a lending model that enables growth with lower risk for the companies. The companies like his model and continue to gravitate towards a partner that truly understands this newer industry!

He explains how the FundCanna approach works, what lead him to the idea, and how he sees the industry scaling!

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2 weeks ago
23 minutes 23 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Joanna McFarland, CEO of HopSkipDrive, building the rideshare system for schools across the country!

Joanna realized there is an immense need for vetted drivers to drive kids to school and there wasn't a solution to hire one on demand like an Uber. So she set out to build it for her own kids and now over 13,500 schools across the country are using her technology!

HopSkipDrive also is great for anyone who wants to hire an vetted "CareDrive" and many elderly people have benefited from the company a lot. Joanna shares how the system works, what it took to build the technology, and her plan to take this to more schools!

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2 weeks ago
21 minutes 4 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Yung Lan, Grammy Nominated Producer, on what it takes to go #1 on the Billboard charts!

Yung Lan has produced for many of the most admired names in music worldwide and achieved incredible success. He is able to understand each artist's musical direction and match it when it comes to production.

Having been in the industry and developed a great reputation, Yung Lan has branched out to creating a management and publishing company that has many of the brightest young stars in the industry part of it.

In this episode, he shares how he got into the music space, what it took to have success, the vision for his production company and more!

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2 weeks ago
23 minutes 41 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Mark Erwin, CEO of Lofted Spirits, on taking army values to the spirits business!

Lofted Spirits has become a top 10 distiller by volume in the US under Mark's leadership, where he took skills learned as a former Chief of Staff of Army Special Operations Command and implemented them for a sophisticated leadership approach in the spirits business! Lofted Spirits not only has its own brands with great fans, like Bardstown Bourbon, it produces for others and has earned a reputation of trust and admiration.

Mark talks about how his journey in the army began, what lead him to come to the business world, and why he wanted to make whiskies! He also shares more on the company roadmap, how the business model of their own brands vs producing for others works, and the upcoming growth trajectory.

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2 weeks ago
22 minutes 19 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Justin Havins, Katana DeFi Ecosystem Lead, on building a more sustainable return oriented chain!

Justin has seen all the changes of DeFi and has been a significant contributor to the Katana chain's ecosystem development. Katana is a recently launched project that has incredible backers in Polygon Labs and GSR. Justin has been tasked with bringing awareness to the unique benefits of this blockchain.

With Katana there is consolidation of liquidity and reinvesting fees for further growth. In addition to this, there are other mechanism that give it a competitive advantage. In this episode, Justin talks about what it will take for DeFi to help the masses and why Katana is the best path forward!

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2 weeks ago
23 minutes 38 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Brittny Button, Founder of Button Atelier, on balancing calm and fun for livable yet elegant spaces!

Brittny has taken her passion for interior design to incredible heights, having designed gorgeous homes prominently featured in magazines and publications. She has now extended her design talents to the furniture area, and is debuting a collection that sits at a similar intersection to her interior design work.

She shares how her passion for interior design evolved into a business, what it took to carve our her own niche, and how her talents are being applied to help people in need such as the palisades tragedy. Brittny's design direction is respected and loved by so many because it is relatable yet uplifting, she talks about why this became her core style.

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2 weeks ago
21 minutes 54 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Kimball Carr, CEO of Inspire Veterinary Partners, on restoring autonomy to hospital teams!

Kimball has built an incredible business around people-first practices that give teams the ability to be independent and in control as much as possible. With an employee centric model, there is a sense of unity and the quality of care has gotten incredible reviews.

Kimball talks about the IVP model and how it works better than the traditional approach, what he aspires to do next, and how he envisions the future of animal care!

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2 weeks ago
21 minutes 59 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Molly Burke, Content Creator, on sharing her journey as a blind influencer and inspiring millions!

Molly had a typical childhood until the age of 14 when she began to fully loose her eyesight from retinitis pigmentosa, which she was diagnosed with at 4. She could have been not motivated to accomplish something great with her life but instead decided to work hard and become a content creator that has amassed a following of around 2 million. She built this audience around documenting her journey and making people understand the life of a blind person much more! Providing a new perspective to many audiences that had a limited understanding.

In this episode, Molly shares how she became the creator she is today including explaining how some of her most amazing collaborations came about like the Casey Neistat video which went viral! Molly has put in a tremendous amount of effort into being a full time creator, starting with limited financial resources, and has now become one of the most important voices today in the advocacy for improving life for blind people. She has spoken around the world and has released a book called Unseen that is a fantastic chronicle of her journey!

Molly talks about Unseen, her path as a creator, and her biggest goals now!

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3 weeks ago
28 minutes 41 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Brian Le Gette, Co-Founder of Ammortal, on creating a chamber that maximizes your human performance!

As a serial entrepreneur, Brian is always finding new radical ideas that have the potential to transform their industry and then going after them! He previously built the 9th fasting growing private company in the US and now has spent some time developing an incredible technology that enables you to have the highest human performance possible!

The Ammortal chamber provides energy rejuvenation and calmness through fully non-invasive technology in only half an hour. And the system has now been used by leading athletes around the world, with studies showing the benefits from it. Utilizing Multi-wave Pulsed Electromagnetic Fields among other technologies, cell restoration, pain relief and other areas are targeted. The difference that makes Ammortal stand out is how many areas of your wellness they are aiding in through a combination of leading technologies, providing a comprehensive recovery!

Brian talks about how the idea for Ammortal came about, what it took to build the incredible chamber, and the plans for expansion! He also touches on how the technology works, the scalability of the system, and more.

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3 weeks ago
22 minutes 45 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Ori Goshen, Co-CEO at AI21 Labs, on developing the future of enterprise specific AI!

Ori and A121 Labs have lead the industry in creating AI geared to helping corporations better manage tasks and achieve their goals through automation. There are countless AI tools out there but there are specific enterprise focused needs that must be addressed with powerful technology to ensure your company runs as efficient as possible.

This enterprise AI is the focus entirely of AI21 Labs and they have attracted significant backing in the mission including from Google and Nvidia as well as others. Ori has been involved in assembling an amazing team with Prof. Amnon Shashua, a creator of Mobileye, and others and the results have been incredible to see with companies saving substantial time and money that they would not have been able to without the automation.

Ori talks about the founding of the company, how the vision for AI21 Labs came to life, and what the biggest goals for the next phase of growth are!

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3 weeks ago
25 minutes 13 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Josh Goodelman, CEO of Liqui-Mark, on giving kids the tools to be as creative as their imaginations!

Josh leads the Liqui-Mark brand, a company that began in his family, and has become incredibly well liked in the space by making beautiful washable markers, glues, and colored pencils that kids adore for arts and crafts!

Liqui-Mark has become a staple of creativity in classrooms across the world with teachers and students relying on the tools everyday for their creative needs! The products are well designed, last a long time, and the packaging is colorful.

Josh talks about how Liqui-Mark got its start, what enabled the company to be around for the time is has, and how they manufacture at scale. Josh also breaks down how the business works between manufacturing for others as branded products, Liqui-Mark wholesale, and more!

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3 weeks ago
22 minutes 4 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Steve Brown, Founder of CureWise, on creating medical detection AI to better diagnose you!

If it weren't for Steve's quick thinking to build a swarm-based diagnostic AI to understand what he was feeling, he may not have been here today. He had a rare and often fatal blood cancer and leveraged AI to understand his condition quicker than any doctor diagnosis.

Utilizing MyChart data with his know how in the tech space Steve changed the outcome for himself and now wants to do this for others. He is working to bring this to diagnosis speed to everyone via the CureWise technology!

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1 month ago
22 minutes 24 seconds

Legends N Leaders
Our goal is to breakdown how legends and leaders achieved their success so you can become the greatest version of yourself! The path of each individual will be discussed highlighting the steps taken towards their achievement. We desire to simplify success, making it relatable, for you to take one step forward towards achievement.