Robert Shaw (S5E12)
Entrepreneurial Insights
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Susan Stepherson (S5E11)
Entrepreneurial Insights
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Stacy McCall (S5E10)
Entrepreneurial Insights
Stacy McCall, owner of ServiceMaster by Stratos, shares her remarkable entrepreneurial journey, highlighting the challenges, triumphs, and lessons learned along the way. Cheers to growth, innovation, and the entrepreneurial spirit!
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SweetBio (S5E9)
Entrepreneurial Insights
SweetBio is a great entrepreneurial story. Let’s meet Kayla Rodriguez Graff and Isaac Rodriguez, Co-Founders of SweetBio, who are revolutionizing wound care with collagen + honey products, starting in dermatology with skin cancer removal recovery. Kayla Rodriguez Graff, MBA, CEO, is a dynamic leader in healthcare and wound care industries, driving fundraising and advocating for women, diversity, and life sciences. She has been featured in Forbes, Inc. Magazine, and national TV commercials. Isaac Rodriguez, PhD, Chief Science Officer, brings 15 years of expertise in tissue engineering and...
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Carolyn Hardy (S5E8)
Entrepreneurial Insights
The Season Finale of our Entrepreneurial Insights Podcast was recorded at a recent Entrepreneurs Roundtable Meeting on Empowering Entrepreneurs through Mentoring. When Leta Nutt, Founder of NuttBio became ill and unable to present at the last minute, Jan Bouten, Partner in Innova Memphis (and Leta’s husband) and Dr. Mary McDonald, MCD Partners, agreed to present with Carolyn Hardy, Chism Hardy Investments. While we definitely missed Leta, what followed was an incredible, open discussion on mentorship. Issues addressed included: How can I identify potential mentors in my...
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Joshua D Poag (S5E7)
Entrepreneurial Insights
The Society of Entrepreneurs and Epicenter recently launched What’s Next, a series of lunches featuring new and exciting businesses in the Memphis area. This podcast was recorded during the founder of Avadain Brad Larschan’s, recent What’s Next presentation. Josh Poag serves as the President and Chief Executive Officer at Poag, a position he has held since its formation in 2014. He was previously President and CEO of Poag & McEwen Shopping Center from 2009 until 2014. With over 20 years of experience in the lifestyle center industry, Josh has worked on all facets of the business....
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Brad Larschan (S5E6)
Entrepreneurial Insights
The Society of Entrepreneurs and Epicenter recently launched What’s Next, a series of lunches featuring new and exciting businesses in the Memphis area. This podcast was recorded during the founder of Avadain Brad Larschan’s, recent What’s Next presentation. Avadain is at the forefront of nanotech, with the only known technology capable of manufacturing the world’s most highly sought-after advanced material – large, thin, and nearly defect-free (LTDF) graphene flakes. LTDF graphene flakes are the strongest, lightest, most electrically and thermally conductive material ever...
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Bob McEniry (S5E5)
Entrepreneurial Insights
Robert G. McEniry is retired Chairman of nexAir, an 83-year multi-generational company with headquarters in Memphis, TN. nexAir, founded in 1940 as Standard Welders Supply, was purchased by his father in 1950. Bob worked summers at the company during high school and college. Graduating from Vanderbilt University, Bob formally joined the company in 1963. He became President of the company in July 1971 and Chairman/CEO in 1996. Under his leadership, Bob guided the company and growth, which included acquisitions, mergers, start-ups, and joint ventures. During his 60 years with the company,...
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Leta Nutt (S5E4)
Entrepreneurial Insights
Meet the founder of Nutt Bio, a devoted dog mom and seasoned biomedical scientist with 25 years of expertise in unraveling the intricacies of cancer cell demise. She's on a mission to revolutionize the approach to addressing boar taint in piglets by replacing cumbersome procedures with a user-friendly single-injection sterilant. Drawing from her cancer cell research, she identified a delicate balance in metabolite concentrations influencing cell fate and strategically leveraged the external location of the testis for precise drug targeting. The drug she developed permanently eliminates boar...
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Johnny Pitts (S5E3)
Entrepreneurial Insights
Are you in the top 20% or the top 2%? Lipscomb & Pitts Insurance Managing Partner Johnny Pitts, a Higginbotham Partner and founder of CityCURRENT, explores how you can rise into the top 2% in all of your endeavors. As a born and raised Memphian, Johnny is very passionate about enriching, engaging, and impacting the community. We hope that you enjoy this conversation about Johnny’s entrepreneurial journey and passion for “powering the good”.
info_outlineJay B. Myers is founder and CEO of Interactive Solutions Inc. (ISI), a Memphis-based firm that specializes in video conferencing, distance learning, telemedicine, and audio-visual sales and support.
Jay started ISI in 1996 and has built it into a $25-million company with 55 employees & offices in Memphis, Nashville, Knoxville, as well as Oxford, MS, & Little Rock, AR.
ISI has received numerous corporate awards and recognition in the past several years. The company was named to INC. magazine’s list of the fastest growing private companies in the United States seven times in the past 11 years. ISI also was recently featured in the Small Business section of the Wall Street Journal. In addition, ISI was named the Memphis Business Journal Small Business of the Year in 2001 and in 2003 was the first recipient of the Kemmons Wilson (founder of Holiday Inn) Emerging Business Award.
In 2007, Jay published his first book, Keep Swinging: An Entrepreneur’s Story of Overcoming Adversity and Achieving Small Business Success and subsequently received the 2010 Ethan Award for success as an entrepreneurial author.
A natural storyteller, Jay is a sought-after speaker at CEO conferences and entrepreneurial development programs where he shares inspiring stories and practical tips based on growing ISI from $11- to $25-million during the Great Recession. Jay’s message as detailed in his second book, Hitting the Curveballs: How Crisis Can Strengthen and Grow Your Business, reveals creative, practical strategies to achieve business success in difficult times.
In 2018, ISI was sold to the world’s largest AV Integration firm, AVI-SPL.
Jay was inducted into the Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame in 2011 and is active in numerous Memphis area community and civic organizations. Myers currently serves on the advisory board of the Chickasaw Council (Boy Scouts of America) Bancorp South and the National Foundation for Transplants. He is also past chairman and a current board member/executive committee member of the Better Business Bureau of the Mid-South.
Links to items mentioned in the interview:
Jay Myers- CEO, ENTREPRENEUR, AUTHOR
Extra Innings Podcast with Rob Carter
Christian Brothers High School Hall of Fame
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