Today’s guest is Pam Slim – an award-winning author, speaker and business consultant who has a passion for career and organizational development.  She spent the first 10 years in business as a consultant to large companies such as Hewlett-Packard, Charles Schwab and Cisco Systems, where she worked with thousands of executives, managers, and employees. In…

Our guest this week is Mike Nealy – he serves as the Executive Director of the Arizona Sports Foundation and the Valley of the Sun Bowl Foundation which are community-based organizations who operate the Fiesta Bowl, the Cactus Bowl, and numerous community events across Arizona. A Minnesota native, Mike spent eight years with the Phoenix…

Today’s conversation is with Courtney Klein, co-founder and CEO of SEED SPOT.  This year, Arizona State University honored Courtney as the “Young Alumni of the Year” and Arizona Economic News named her “One of Arizona’s most Influential Millennials.” In 2015, the Phoenix Business Journal named Courtney as one of the “Top 10 Business People of…

In today’s podcast, we talk to Clate Mask – co-founder and CEO of Infusionsoft.  Clate was named an Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year finalist, a Top 100 Small Business Influencer by Small Business Trends, one of the 100 Most Intriguing Entrepreneurs of 2013 by Goldman Sachs, and Business Leader of the Year by the…

Today’s podcast features Chris Callahan, the founding dean of the Walter Cronkite School of Journalism and Mass Communication at Arizona State University.  He also serves as the vice provost of ASU’s Downtown Phoenix Campus, and is the CEO of Arizona PBS. In our conversation, Chris shares from his experiences growing up the son of a…

This week we talk with John Solheim – the Chairman and CEO of PING.  For over five decades, this family-owned manufacturing company has called Arizona home, and John recounts both their history and his path to leading the company.   In this podcast, John discusses many subjects, including: lessons learned in their Phoenix garage building…

This week’s podcast features Win Holden who has been the publisher of Arizona Highways magazine since 2000.  Win has an extensive background in advertising, communications and publishing and had a distinguished career at a variety of firms including Moses Anshell (now Moses Inc.), MAC America Communications, Phillips-Ramsey Advertising and Public Relations, and Tatham-Laird and Kudner Advertising. While we…

This week’s podcast features the Chairman and CEO of AMERCO, Joe Shoen.  While AMERCO may not be a household name, it is the parent company to one of the most familiar brands in America – U-Haul.  For the past 30 years, Joe has served as CEO and remains one of the most hands-on chief executives…

Gary Bender officially retired from sportscasting in 2011 after 18 years of calling games for the Phoenix Suns on Fox Sports Arizona.  His career began calling collegiate games in his native Kansas and from there, Gary embarked on an amazing career covering the NFL, college basketball, Major League Baseball, the Olympics, the NBA, and nearly…

Dr. Michael Berens is the Deputy Director of Research Resources, a professor and the director of the Cancer and Cell Biology Division and the head of the Glioma Research Lab at TGen – the Translational Genomics Research Institute.  Dr. Berens served a key role in the creation of TGen in support of its mission to…