The Beers & Careers Podcast

Rocco DeRosa, Do I Do Productions Owner/Operator and CWS Sales Executive

Tune in to our latest conversation with Rocco DeRosa. Rocco's story is one that will connect with many.  He shares his journey through corporate roles that didn’t work out and his ability to balance his passion for music, with monetizing it and being able to enjoy it.  We start off talking about the state of the music industry for an artist but then we hit some recurring Beers & Careers themes of relationships, mentorship and like most guests, Rocco is now in a place he always wanted to be although the path was not expected! (per usual)

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Meagan Downey, Founder Shiki Wrap

Enjoy our conversation with Shiki Wrap founder Meagan Downey. By day she works as a consultant to non-profits and she also started and runs her own business.  Learn why helping non-profits is so important to her and how being the PTO gift wrap mom motivated her to start Shiki Wrap and connect with other entrepreneurs. Meagan worked closely with an accelerator program to get her sustainable alternative to gift wrap off the ground.  She shares her vulnerabilities and how they helped her be self aware and introspective. Check out the conversation.

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Kayla Newcome, Regional Vice President

Listen to Kayla’s story about creating a career in the staffing industry. With a degree in elementary education, her path to the field wasn’t linear but she’s taken the attributes of great teaching, being type A and a natural born leader and found a recipe for success. Kayla discusses creating career paths for her team, empowering others to lead with empathy and solve their own problems. Juggling a career and motherhood has made her more intentional and conscientious about being fully present, whether at work or at home.

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Bill Laursen, President and CEO

From a strawberry farm, to doing maintenance for a large fair, to running a manufacturing company,  Bill shares his journey.  What it was like to have to learn a new language for a job in Switzerland and how he learned patience from traveling. As a leader Bill enjoys taking a chance and giving people an opportunity to let them do things their own way. He talks about the different companies he worked for and how he is motivated by his company culture and creating a vision with clear goals, a positive work environment and personal connections as a team.

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Kevin Pellon, Founder & CEO at raisedVT

This dad of 2 beautiful daughters was not willing to give up quality time with his family so he created raisedVT, an organically grown company focused on feel good stories and collaborating with other businesses in the Green Mountain State.  This college hockey player’s career has taken him thru medical device, pharma, and starting a lifestyle brand.  Kevin promotes genuineness and being genuine in all that he does. Listen to Kevin talk passionately about his goal behind the brand and the legacy he wants to leave for his daughters.

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Jared Stenquist, Serial Entrepeneur

Mark sits down with Jared, a friend of Mark’s and the podcast and also the founder or HqO, and a serial entrepreneur.  Listen in as Jared tells his story of his first start up which he dropped out of college to focus on.  He explains the exit and then his story transitions to that of the start of HqO and how the new company was born…incredible story and one we wish we had the tape rolling for the beers that we drank after the pod!

 

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Co-Founder, Co-Owner & Coach Brooks Farrar

Enjoy our conversation with Brooks Farrar, Co-Founder & Co-Owner of Resilience Fitness. This College athlete changed schools, majors and sports, tried Wall Street and found his passion in exercise science.  He worked so hard in the early years of starting his gym he actually slept there for more nights then he wants to admit to.  He’s learned it’s ok to ask for help and has gained the maturity to know that you don’t need to do it ALL yourself.  Enjoy this conversation with this entrepreneur who is focused on building an amazing community of families and helping them on their wellness journeys.

 

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Account Executive, Sheridan Benard

Listen to Sheridan Benard share his story which started by him taking a job before graduating! He spread his last years coursework over two years…why?  He’s someone with maturity beyond his years and loves a challenge. He’s someone who loves what he does, but he didn’t take his role at EMSI primarily for that. Mark and Sheridan both stumbled into roles they love which is an interesting discussion.  Sheridan discusses some of the data that companies are using right now to make decisions specifically on how to hire talent, where the talent is and the external factors that employers and candidates are dealing with.  They touch on being in the office and how they view this new hot button item in the workplace!

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Managing Director, Americas at CXC Global John Smith

Check out this conversation with John Smith. “You’ve got to have passion to get out of bed in the morning.” From his first job as a paper boy, to working for Budweiser in College (yes he wore the “Budman costume”), the hospitality industry, and he talks about how he leveraged those skills into his role today, working in the global business community.   CXC partners with companies to help them manage their contingent workforce globally.  Mark and John discuss some of the nuances of working with colleagues both domestic and abroad, and the cultural differences of populations around the world, specifically around work ethic.  This is a great podcast for those who are interested in learning more about staffing, Managed Service Programs, Risk and Compliance. 

 

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Fractional CFO and Accounting Firm Owner, Adam Knihtila

Check out our conversation with this accountant turned CFO and hear how he used content creation and technology to grow his business.  His journey from studying education in college, to being an actuary, to doing tax returns 10 hours a day to taking the leap and going out on his own and the chances he took and lessons he learned. He’s learned how to embrace and share his business wins. And he loves and is quite good at golf.  Enjoy the conversation with Adam.

 

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To learn about Adam's Accounting Firm check out the website  https://www.AccountantThatCares.com