Understanding Holistic UX with Kyle Rezac-Dennis
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User experience, or UX, refers to the collective ways an end user interacts with a brand or a product. Most of the time, UX gets discussed in terms of design. Though that might imply for many the idea of visual design, it’s really only a fragment of the full strategic picture. We sat down with Kyle Rezac-Dennis of the Kansas City digital agency Useagility to learn a little bit more about what goes into getting UX right. About Kyle Kyle Dennis is a User Experience Design Researcher and Managing Director at , Kansas City's most user-focused digital agency. They specialize in using mixed...
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Exploring Renegade Entrepreneurship
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Welcome back! This week, the Financial Poise Weekly Podcast takes you to the streets of the Renegade Crafts Fair. A long-running Chicago tradition, the fair attracts creative entrepreneurs and eager patrons from throughout the region who share a passion for unique wares offered by small businesses. We talked to dozens of vendors on the scene, all of whom had valuable insights for others running a business today or hoping to tomorrow. Key Moments: The State of Street Fairs and the Renegade Craft Fairs Story (5:42) COVID and a Multi-Colored Coat of Motivation (9:33) Expanding, Branding, and All...
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Introducing the NEW Podcast from Financial Poise
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We're back at it! Financial Poise is proud to introduce a new format that will continue to bring you the expertise and insights you've come to expect from us. Whether you're an investor, entrepreneur, or just someone hungry to learn, we've got you covered. Subscribe, rate, and review wherever you get your podcasts. Follow us on Twitter, Facebook, and Linkedin as Financial Poise. Subscribe to our newsletter: ©2022. DailyDACTM, LLC d/b/a/ Financial PoiseTM.
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Episode 85 with Todd Ryden
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In Episode 85, we speak with Todd Ryden, CEO of FNEX, a growing on-line alternative investor marketplace. FNEX brings accredited investors together with curated sellers of private placement equity interests, managed futures, secondary private securities, and interests in hedge funds and private equity funds. You can learn more about Todd Ryden and FNEX . Or you can find them here: Twitter: & LinkedIn: & About Todd Ryden Mr. Ryden is an experienced entrepreneur and manager, having founded and sold...
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Episode 84 with Jason Stevens
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In Episode 84, Jason Stevens, investment executive and natural resource specialist for Sprott Global Resource Investments, discusses the potential benefits of investing in the equity of high-quality "Real" Asset agricultural, mining, or energy companies with host, Chris Cahill. That's right, energy companies, even today: the key to garnering inflation protection plus return for such investment is the quality of the companies. Learn more about Jason Stevens and Sprott Global . Or you can find them here: Twitter: @js_sprottglobal About Jason...
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Episode 83 with David Drake
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In Episode 83, David Drake takes a break from a world tour on behalf of The Soho Loft to talk with Chris Cahill about why debt crowdfunding will gain ground in the US and elsewhere over the rest of 2016, to the extent that some platforms will switch from equity offerings to debt offerings. David gets everywhere and hears from everyone, so his cosmopolitan insights are substantiated. Come join David Drake's world. Learn more about David Drake, The Soho Loft and LDJ Capital by visiting and You can also find him here: Twitter: @TheSohoLoft ...
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Episode 82 with Phil DeMuth
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In Episode 82, Chris Cahill speaks with Phil DeMuth, author of The Overtaxed Investor: Slash Your Tax Bill & Be a Tax Alpha Dog. The author is as engaging and enthused as his frequent co-author Ben Stein affects not to be. Listen and learn about the benefits of taking a "lifetime perspective on your taxes." You can learn more about Phil DeMuth . Or you can find him here: Twitter: About Phil DeMuth Phil DeMuth is Managing Director at Conservative Wealth Management, LLC, where he enjoys working with high net worth clients and saving...
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Episode 81 with Ethan Knight
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Gap Year: using a year between high school and college in particular ways in order to maximize the value of college. In Episode 81, Chris Cahill talks Gap Year with Ethan Knight, co-founder of the American Gap Association. The AGA serves as a comprehensive resource for those interested in the programmatic Gap Year's instructional, experiential, and adventuresome qualities. You can find out more about Ethan Knight and the American Gap Association . Or you can find them here: Twitter: About Ethan Knight Ethan Knight has been...
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Episode 80 with Carrie Rosenbloom
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In Episode 80, marriage and family therapist Carrie Rosenbloom discusses how to cultivate thoughtfulness and discernment in those relationships which constitute the why of our achievements, both professionally and financially. You can find out more about Carrie and The Family Mediation Group . Or you can find her here: Twitter: LinkedIn: ; About Carrie Rosenbloom Carrie Rosenbloom is co-founder and partner in the and co-founder and partner in CT Relational Therapy, LLC. She has a background in the law and a deep...
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Episode 79 with Daniel Rossen
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In Episode 79, Financial Poise Radio sits with Daniel Rossen, Senior Broker of-CRC Insurance, to speak of insurance. No, wait! Don't run! There are coverages that can help businesses grow! There are coverage choices that are meaningful at different stages of an enterprise's expansion. For a lucid, nay pellucid explanation, Mr. Rossen's your man. You can find out more about Daniel Rossen and CRC Insurance . Or you can find him here: LinkedIn: ;
info_outlineIn Episode 11 of Accredited Investor Markets Radio, host Chris Cahill talks with David Drake about trends in investing among family offices. Reflecting on his extensive family office experience in Europe and North America, Drake discusses how the number of wealthy families has grown and how advice given to them has become professionalized. The stakes for the high net worth families are very high, since by the third generation, 85% of wealthy families are no longer wealthy, according to Drake.
Learn more about David Drake at The Soho Loft and LDJ Capital.
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About David Drake:
David Drake is a leading equity expert based in New York. He is the founder and chairman of LDJ Capital, a private equity advisory firm, and of The Soho Loft, an event-driven global financial media company. Mr. Drake is a strong advocate of innovative investing in early-stage equity and the US JOBS Act, for which he lobbied both Congress and the EU Commission. Because of his leading work in this space, he was a US Commerce Department delegate to the EU Commission in Brussels and Rome, and was invited in May 2013 to the White House Champions of Change ceremony in Washington, D.C.
His investment, The Soho Loft, produces and sponsors 150+ global events a year. One such was produced in April 2013 for the institutional media leader Thomson Reuters, with speakers from Nasdaq, NYSE, KKR and Carlyle Group. He continues to advance innovative investing through his work as an international speaker and regular writer for major publications like Forbes and Thomson Reuters. He has co-authored the book Planet Entrepreneur: The World Entrepreneurship Forum’s Guide to Business Success Around the World and is the author of Crowd Fund Economics.His focus today is to take on board advisory positions at companies, angel networks and venture funds, and to guide them on such topics as international regulations, corporate strategy and fund structures, with emphasis on the growing trend of online investment automation for retail and angel investors.Privately, Mr. Drake has hosted the Harvard Business Club of NY at his home, produced Carnegie Hall concerts and raised funds for the charities Trail Blazers and Best Buddies Carnegie Hall for many years. Today he is a board director of the UBS Charity of the Year, London-based ARCHIVE Global, and is co-chair of the Tree Kangaroo Foundation in New York.Born in Sweden and fluent in six languages, Mr. Drake has an MBA in Finance and an MA in International Law and Economics from George Washington University, where he was awarded the Wallenberg Scholarship for academic merit.