The Beers & Careers Podcast

Sr Manager, Business Excellence, Christian Apollon

Enjoy this conversation with Christian, who is full of energy, passion and ambition.  We get to dive into Christian’s story which is fascinating, including global consulting gigs and a train ride to Paris that he never expected to end the way it did.  After his story we dive into some of his perspective on the world, why he’s focused on getting better every day!

 

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Pianist, Composer, Arranger, Orchestrator Steven Feifke

Learn how this NYU graduate combined his studies of music and economics to make his passion - music - his career.  He shares his feelings on the "Freelance Philosophy" - that no amount of work is too much work - is wrong, and how he balances writing music, teaching, performing and growing his social media presence and engagement. He shares some mistakes to avoid, his advice for recent and soon to be graduates, and how he has pivoted his business during the COVID pandemic.  Listen to our conversation with Steven here.

 

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Nina Eigerman, SVP Alliances & Business Development

The conversation covered “developing your expertise” to “passion not being enough” and how Investment banking wasn’t a good fit for her.  This highly motivated individual wears a skirt and shoes every day while working from home and then changes her clothes at the end of the day to relax. She shared her career path from consulting to staffing to software and what she learned along the way, from literally making the bagels in Brooklyn to executive roles in several industries to her current role at Bullhorn.  Listen to our conversation and enjoy.

 

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Owner & Entrepreneur, Ravi Kulkarni

Our conversation with Ravi covered his education and early career growth in India from working for a company as a Product Development Engineer and Sales Engineer to starting his own manufacturing business in India and his journey to moving to the US and becoming a formally trained executive business coach.  He talks about compassion and empathy and how important it is to say “thank you” to your employees. He told us about starting a scholarship in upstate New York as a way to give back to the local community.  His personal level of self- awareness  made him realize his passion for helping businesses and individuals succeed and thrive and it underlies in everything he does.  Listen to our conversation with Ravi.

 

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Ryan Mannion, Entrepreneur

Ryan is a friend of Mark’s and overall an impressive individual who set some aggressive goals early on, including making his first million before he’s 30.  We discuss where this thought process and drive came from, the decisions he knew he would have to make eventually, and why he packed up everything and moved to Texas to follow his dreams!

 

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Krysta Van Ranst, Learning & Development Consultant

This morning person moved to Boston on  a whim with 2 friends and stayed.  This marketing and business major fell into learning and development at one of the areas largest construction companies which opened doors to her being part of Trip Advisors growth. She shares that she loves building things from scratch and loves to watch people become successful and recognize their own growth. This avid reader, who’s first job was cleaning her mom’s office,  doesn’t really have any regrets from her career decisions and shares some great book suggestions to inspire people.  Enjoy our podcast with Krysta Van Ranst.

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Nick Hutchison, Founder and Education Activist

This self proclaimed “student of the world” has created a community focused on inspiring readers to maximize their potential. Nick shares his journey from insecure and introverted high schooler to an influencer that has created a community with over 92,000 Instagram followers and how a public speaking class changed his life senior year.  Last year he read over 70 books, this year he’s reread 30 and has a goal to read 60.   His company BookThinkers created an app that allows you to organize your books and notes and revisit them periodically to maximize retention.  Throughout the episode he mentions some of his favorite books and some of his favorite quotes and hear about his morning miracle cocktail that he prepares every night before he goes to sleep. 

 

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Kathie Mahoney and Leslie Parady, MassMEP Leaders

Our first podcast with two (2) guests. We welcomed Kathie Mahoney, former center director and Leslie Parady from MassMEP. And as it turns out they went to High School together and didn’t know each other and they worked together for over 10 years.  Kathie enjoys hot yoga  and Leslie loves the New York Times Hard Sudoku and they’re both glad to see more women getting into manufacturing. Neither of them are doing what they thought they’d do after college. Come listen to their career advice and their favorite quotes and guess who likes to eat whipped cream out of the can.

Executive Coach, Nick Van Nice

Listen to Nick’s story of walking away from a career path that had him as a regular expert on TV news casts to how he found his calling as an executive leadership coach. This spiritual man starts his mornings early, very early and meditates and how growing up on a farm, being a sport fisherman and Tony Robbins Personal Power made him an early riser. He shares why it’s important to “pay your dues” at the beginning of your career to learn about “people, process, profit”. Nick has coached over 1000 people and shares some of books he recommends (Crucial Conversations and the 8^th Habit) and why writing down your goals and sharing them make it 75% likely to hit them.  Enjoy our conversation with Nick Van Nice.

 

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Lynn Turner, Business Growth Strategist

Learn about Lynn’s “Non-Lynn-ier” career path that zigged and zagged over the years … from her medical focus in college to becoming a branding specialist working with the NBA and Warner Brothers/Looney Tunes to how she started her own business while pregnant and how that didn’t work out.  These various experiences along with following her mantra “Be aware of opportunities, they come in different shapes and forms” led her to starting a Leadership Coaching business and radio show that showcased others in her profession and why she didn’t think of them as competition. Lynn has never been afraid of reinventing herself and trying new things and it has paid off.

Working is part of her DNA and she has trusted her gut to make decisions over the years.  Today, she along with her business partner help others make important decisions for their lives and businesses through the use of their decision-making framework.   Enjoy our conversation with Business Growth Strategist, Lynn Turner.

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