The Beers & Careers Podcast

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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Chief Consulting Officer, Lori Jones

From running a day care from her home to starting a manufacturing company with her husband Lori explains why “Life is all about how you handle Plan B” and how she has embraced that quote as her career evolved. She shares stories about being a woman running a manufacturing company in the energy industry and how responsible she felt for her employees and worried about their success. Now as a professor and start-up coach she shares why she stresses volunteering to learn new skills, meet new people and the importance of business exploration classes for students. Enjoy listening to our conversation with Lori Jones aka Lorraine Jones. 

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Director of Finance and Accounting, Tieg Bean

Tieg and I explored his path after college, which included starting at a smaller firm, going to Deloitte and then realizing the big 4 and big business wasn’t the best fit for him, and since then his desire to be at smaller companies. He spoke about the assessments he took to figure out what his career would be, describing it more as a process of elimination, the need to fail!  Lastly we discussed what we think office environments will be like post pandemic!

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Greg Lazarus, Chief Revenue Officer

Greg Lazarus: His journey from German National Lacrosse, to cold calling local businesses, to Chief Revenue Officer. He moved 8 times in 12 years, all for new opportunities and growth.  He talks about having “Imposter Syndrome", why he’s practicing being fearless and how he passed out before going bungee jumping. This 30 something has made the conscious decision to take more risks and it seems to be paying off as he is embarking on starting his own business.  Check out our convo with Greg Lazarus.

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Photographer and Filmmaker, Chris Cardoza

Photographer & Filmmaker: Hear stories about Chris’s first job making pizza boxes at a pizzeria in Fall River, MA to making videos with Pro Football Player JJ Watt at his house. One of his favorite projects is “Shooting Touch” a video docu-series he shoots and supports in Rwanda. This program’s goal is to promote equal access to physical activity and wellness. He talks about the amazing athletes he’s worked with, famous and not, and the challenges of starting his own company. He shares why he doesn’t want to be tied to a studio but prefers to work his own projects and documentaries and how he’s undaunted by failure.

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