Best Nick Danforth Podcasts (2024)

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Creating a WIN-WIN Program For Universities, Investors, and Entrepreneurs With Brett Danforth 1:05:40

2+ y ago1:05:40

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Brett Danforth is the co-managing director of NC State University's Wolfpack Investor Network, an angel network currently comprised of 150 NC State-affiliated angel investors that have deployed over $10 million into NC State-affiliated early stage companies over the last two and a half years. Prior to joining WIN, Brett was a Venture Banker at Squa…

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Empowering & Inspiring Women Around The World To Follow Their Passion w/ Vandana Dake 53:51

2+ y ago53:51

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From India, to Dubai, to Durham NC. A truly world class citizen, business owner, and architect, Vandana Dake and Nick Jordan sit down to discuss her career journey, her passion for helping empower and inspire women in developing nations, and finding your why. Vandana provides a broad range of experience in design and construction — both locally and…

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Finding and Fulfilling Our Intrinsic Why With Madilynn A Beck 1:12:47

2+ y ago1:12:47

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Madilynn A. Beck is a former actor and entertainment industry executive turned psychotherapist, entrepreneur, and podcast host. One of her current startups is Better Spot, which you can think of as We Work for wellness and wellbeing professionals.Founded four years ago, the company helps to set up and serve their retail clientele and run their prac…

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How College Helped This Entrepreneur Start Her Business with Anna Shuford 36:18

3y ago36:18

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Anna Shuford is an innovative, business professional with experience in campaign development, strategic partnerships, and content creation. Anna is currently enrolled in UNC Kenan Flagler's MBA program, Class of 2022. At UNC, she’s pursuing a concentration in marketing and enrichments in entrepreneurship and technology and innovation management. Al…

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Starting a New Gym Training Platform In College & During a Pandemic with Anna Shuford 29:42

3y ago29:42

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Anna Shuford is an innovative, business professional with experience in campaign development, strategic partnerships, and content creation. Anna is currently enrolled in UNC Kenan Flagler's MBA program, Class of 2022. At UNC, she’s pursuing a concentration in marketing and enrichments in entrepreneurship and technology and innovation management. Al…

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From Local Attorney To Harnessing Her Inner Entrepreneur with Venus Liles 1:06:13

3y ago1:06:13

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What's holding you back from moving forward with the ideas swirling around your head? Venus Liles loves new ideas, whether thinking of them for herself or supporting those of other entrepreneurs. Venus has many passions, including law, entrepreneurship, and tech. Over the years, Venus is an active member of the Senior Legal Counsel for SAS Institut…

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Investing In Your People - Expand Your Employees To New Heights With Maria Kingery 54:02

3y ago54:02

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We’d like to give a warm welcome to Maria Kingery! Maria co-founded Southern Energy Management with her husband in 2001. Since then, she has helped pioneer the residential energy efficiency and solar industries in North Carolina and beyond. Being deeply committed to sustainable business practices, Maria believes businesses have the greatest power t…

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[PART TWO] Diversity In Investing - Opportunities & Insights From Leading Venture Capitalists W/ Lister Delgado 25:20

3y ago25:20

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From Playing Soccer before he could walk to now a Venture Capitalist at one of North Carolinas leading VC firms, Lister Delgado has been a staple of the Durham and RTP startup, technology, and investment scene for the last 15+ years. In this conversation, Lister and Nick talk about the path to VC, diversity, what they both like about our roles in t…

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[PART ONE] Diversity In Investing - Opportunities & Insights From Leading Venture Capitalists W/ Lister Delgado 25:53

3y ago25:53

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From Playing Soccer before he could walk to now a Venture Capitalist at one of North Carolinas leading VC firms, Lister Delgado has been a staple of the Durham and RTP startup, technology, and investment scene for the last 15+ years. In this conversation, Lister and Nick talk about the path to VC, diversity, what they both like about our roles in t…

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The Future Of Low-Code/ No-Code Programming & Development w/ Jarrod Overson 28:39

3y ago28:39

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Let's welcome to the triangle, Jarrod Overson! Jarrod is a Director of Engineering at Shape Security, where he led Shape's Enterprise Defense development, the industry-leading solution against imitation attacks like credential stuffing. After Shape Security exited for over 1B dollars, Jarrod now frequently speaks on modern web threats and cybercrim…

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Becoming A Lifelong Instigator with Chris Heivly 1:08:44

3y ago1:08:44

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In this discussion with Chris Heivly about his ever evolving journey in the entrepreneurship space. Heivly is what he describes as a Lifelong Instigator, going from Entrepreneur to VC, to running an accelerator, to ecosystem building as a living, to current state as an author living full time on a lake. We also did a deep dive into Chris Heivly's f…

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From Chef To Start-Up Founder & Leader - Leading A Team To New Heights with Brandon Cheney 1:03:06

3y ago1:03:06

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Brandon Chaney is a lover of SaaS, startups, and customer/employee-centric businesses. He has helped build outstanding teams that go on to achieve award-winning projects and clients. He does this while solving real problems for amazing customers, clients, and people. Brandon shares his story of how he went from wanting to be a 5-star chef to becomi…

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Chambers of Commerce - The Durham Community & Ecosystem Business Building w/ Casey Steinbacher 56:13

3y ago56:13

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Casey Steinbacher is an ecosystem-building pro. With over 20 years of experience, Casey has worked with multiple Chamber of Commerce teams to create long-lasting ecosystem solutions for developing areas in North Carolina. In episode seven of season two on the Next Matters Most podcast, Casey and Nick chat about how Durham is growing as a “well-know…

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Entrepreneurship Lessons - Learning Experiences From The NFL w/ Brandon King 56:12

3+ y ago56:12

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Brandon King is a football star turned programmer and entrepreneur. While in the NFL, Brandon learned many lessons about staying focused, being one with your team, and understanding the opposite team. These teachings allowed him to go on to successfully launch his own startup based around music concert experiences. Although Brandon helped bring all…

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Evolving Your Career From Projects to Portfolio Investments w/ Whitney Marston Pierce 58:50

3+ y ago58:50

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Whitney Marston Pierce has two decades of creative/marketing consulting experience. Originally advised established companies in connecting with a younger generation. Since then, she has continued to connect brand and audience through multiple industries. As CMO for startups spanning finance to art, fashion to music, and tech to medical devices, she…

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Using Data and New Technology To Bring Innovation, Insights, and New Business To Fortune 100 Companies w/ Tom Snyder 48:39

3+ y ago48:39

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Tom Snyder is a senior-level manager with substantial experience building and leading global teams, technology development, product design, and introduction. He and his team have a proven innovation skillset with over 25 US patents issued. Currently the Executive Director at RIoT, he has a highly developed skillset for budget and schedule managemen…

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Why Innovation in Payments is Occurring Faster Than We Know w/ Daniel Scagnelli 49:11

3+ y ago49:11

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Daniel Scagnelli is a driven, results-oriented, customer-focused technology professional with diverse industry experience, strong business acumen, and an unbridled passion for building strong partner relationships and customer loyalty. Daniel has been a leader/executive in the startup technology scene for the past several years with a professional …

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Identifying Talent, Building Teams, and Scaling Company Revenue w/ Will Barfield 1:07:37

3+ y ago1:07:37

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Will Barfield, is a seasoned builder of sales teams and is currently the founder and principal of Barfield Revenue Consulting which helps companies of all sizes identify talent, build teams, and scale the revenue side of their companies. In this episode we discuss our local ecosystem and what we are best at as it relates to scaling sales organizati…

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(BONUS!) Trends in Inclusive Capital (Week 3) - Robinhood, GME, and Risky Investments 15:54

3+ y ago15:54

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It's been a long week, especially with all the noise and conversations centered around what is going on inside the U.S. stock market. Today, Will Breen and Nick Jordan talk about $GME, Robinhood limiting access to its users, and why all investments are risks. - To learn more about Next Matters Most: https://www.nextmattersmost.com We've got more t…

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Preventing & Managing Health Issues With Wearable Sensor Technology w/ Ryan Kraudel 59:57

3+ y ago59:57

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In the first episode of season two of the Next Matters Most Podcast, we are talking with Ryan Kraudel, VP of technology at Valencell, an inventor and maker of wearable and hearable biometric sensor technology that can monitor and measure key vitals in the body such as blood pressure, temperature, heart rate, and more. These readings and more can he…

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Don't Just Survive, Thrive. A Conversation About Career Development, Learning, and Leadership w/ Walter Pinson 1:20:29

3+ y ago1:20:29

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Leadership can have many different forms, but how do you know which one is right for you or your business? In episode 12 of the Next Matters Most Podcast, Walter Pinson, President of Smashing Boxes, talks with Nick Jordan about how he learned how to lead himself and his various teams through personal and business obstacles. Walter has a fair share …

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Challenges as a Female Entrepreneur + Building A Business While In College w/ Nina Barnett 1:07:16

3+ y ago1:07:16

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We all know that entrepreneurship is tough; their many challenges, headaches, and stress points to overcome before starting a business. Keeping these points in mind, add the detail that the entrepreneur is in college, and the challenge of starting a business goes up exponentially. Despite these oppositions, Nina Barnett overcame them while being a …

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The Future Of Opportunity Zones - How To Properly Invest In Future Communities” w/ David Morris & Patrick Lineberry 1:04:06

3+ y ago1:04:06

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In this episode of Next Matters Most, we speak with David Morris & Patrick Lineberry, attorneys at law, about Opportunity Zones, Qualified Opportunity Zone Funds, Qualified Opportunity Zone Businesses, and what this means for investors, small business owners, and communities. Will this be just a rush towards faster gentrification, or will it be a r…

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Building Successful NC Communities With Entrepreneurs At The Forefront “ w/ Jim R 1:16:10

3+ y ago1:16:10

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Why are community ecosystems important? What can they provide to a community? Today, Jim Roberts and Nick Jordan talk about what an ecosystem can provide to large and small communities. Jim has been involved in community ecosystem building for many years. With notable success throughout North Carolina and the United States. In episode 9 of the Next…

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Creating Better Community, People, and Places In Our Challenging World w/ Pierce Freelon 1:27:03

3+ y ago1:27:03

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Pierce Freelon is a musician, director and Durham City Council Member. Pierce is the founder of Blackspace, an Afrofuturism digital maker space for teens in Durham. He is the writer, composer and co-director of the PBS animated series, The History of White People in America. He is a co-founder of Beat Making Lab, a PBS web-series, which won Best Vi…

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5x Entrepreneur puts Diversity at the center of everything he does W/ Doug Speight 59:16

3+ y ago59:16

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We have an opportunity to create an entirely new ecosystem for the entrepreneurship and intrapreneurship community that is responsible for driving innovation and change in business that puts diversity at the forefront of everything it does. The conversation in this episode will expand your thinking, articulate what is wrong, and provide proactive a…

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Investing In Your Employee’s Professional Development & Emotional Wellness W/ Don Fernando 1:04:20

4y ago1:04:20

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Our CEO & Chairman Nick Jordan recently sat down with business and mental health super guru, Don Azevedo, for an hour-long conversation for the podcast, Next Matters Most. Mental well-being is Don’s business, and he really knows his stuff. Nick and Don question why there isn’t more focus on the emotional well being of workers in the workforce, how …

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Using Technology to Create Major Change Within The America Educational System W/ Jessica Mitsch 1:03:28

4y ago1:03:28

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Jessica Mitsch is a major entrepreneurial powerhouse and a force to be reckoned with in the triangle. With a passion for education and equal access to the tools and resources people need to be job-ready, she is the CEO and Founder of Momentum Learning, a schooling system to provide coding skills training focused on the needs of the modern workplace…

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Leveraging Your Attorney Relationships to Maximize Business Potential w/ Jesse Jones 1:00:22

4y ago1:00:22

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With the evolution of technology and the availability of information on Google, is using an attorney to help your business still important? Where does the balance exist between doing your own research to save money and paying a professional to save time? It turns out that, even in the midst of increased automation, sometimes the use of an attorney …

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The Evolution of Healthcare Amidst COVID-19 w/ Michael Levy 29:39

4y ago29:39

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In the midst of a pandemic, the task that many of us are focusing on is how to “return to normal.” The goal for many is the go back to the way things used to be before COVID-19 drastically changed life as we know it. Why does that have to be the case? Why can’t we use this time to get to a better version of how the world used to be? With a virus tu…

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Politics and the Tech Industry w/ Eric Porper 1:10:09

4y ago1:10:09

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As technology continues to change the way the economy works, how are politicians changing with it? What can we do to ensure that those who aren’t technologically inclined can keep up in an age of continued growth in automation and production through blockchain technology? In episode 2, Nick talks with Eric Porper, Co-Chair of the North Carolina Blo…

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Becoming An Entrepreneur w/ Jes Averhart 1:01:40

4y ago1:01:40

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What does it take to be an entrepreneur? To turn your passion into a business that you love to run? In modern-day America, it’s easy to think of entrepreneurship as something that’s untouchable – only accessible to those who have an excellent education or an incredible mind. We think of Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, or any other world-changing innov…