013 Kenia Mattis: Crushing Business Goals With Creativity
Release Date: 10/30/2017
031 The Immigrant Advantage with Egbert von Frankenberg
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That perspective was one of the huge benefits that got Egbert von Frankenberg to where he is in his company Knightfox App Design here in Jamaica, and it’s one of the things I wanted to understand more, which is why he had to be on this podcast. His story was also interesting to me because he lived in several countries, but decided to put his roots here when many natives are looking for the first plane off this rock.
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030 Top 3 Lessons From Our First Year in Business
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On today's episode, I was joined by my business partner, producer, and wife, Alexandra, and we talk about the top three lessons we learned from our first year in business in 2018. Some of these perspective shifts were uncomfortable, and they really showed us that being adaptable and open to learning would be a top skill if we wanted to make it in the marathon of new business.
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029 Intrapreneur Success Secrets with Sloane Jackson
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Sloane Jackson is a Zoologist, Head of Business at BMW/Mini a true intrapreneur, and he’s my guest today. Enjoy.
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028 Taking Huge Risks in the Face of Adversity with Garth Walker
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Garth Walker has co-founded many companies in many niches. From Creative Media & Events to Adam and Eve Day Spa, Wealth Magazine, Business Access TV and more. He’s a true entrepreneur who has taken massive risks in the face of what seemed to be a failure when many others would have faltered
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027 Scott Dunn: Dominating the World of Entertainment Tourism
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If you have a great corporate job, and you’re on an upward path, making excellent money, would you leave it all and risk getting nothing? Scott Dunn’s “dream” was too big to ignore, and he’s getting paid massive dividends for jumping off into the deep end.
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026 Ja'dan Johnson: Redefining the Young Entrepreneur
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How do you organize huge events and connect with high-impact influencers like Mark Cuban and Gary Vee all while being under 20 years old? For the Managing Partner of Disrupt Ventures, Ja’dan Johnson (@officialjadan), it’s by being the type of person you don’t underestimate. In this episode:
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025 John Henry: Playing To Your Strengths & Forging Your Own Path
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John Henry (@johnhenrystyle) is an entrepreneur, speaker and Venture Partner of Harlem Capital, a minority-owned early-stage investment firm on a mission to change the face of entrepreneurship. John also hosts the #ChopItUpShow on YouTube and the Open For Business podcast from eBay and Gimlet Creative. In this episode:
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024 Andre Burnett: Turning Creativity Into An In-Demand Investment
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Andre Burnett is the Managing Director of Muse 360 and behind many of Jamaica’s most creative ads. We get into a lot of his journey to MUSE, his philosophy for melding creativity and business and the mistakes along the way. One unusual note: we recorded in the middle of nature, so you’ll hear that on this episode.
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023 Marcia Forbes: Building a Multi-Generation Family Business
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Marcia Forbes co-founded Phase 3 Productions over 35 years ago and has transformed it into a strong family business, where her son, Delano is now CEO. They’ve been able to reinvent the business each decade by building on the principles of technology & empowerment.
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022 Jason Resnick: Freelancing From Famine to Feast
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Jason Resnick is on the podcast today! He makes a living and a life that he loves purely from freelancing and helps people to do it the right way with his community and course called “Live in the Feast”. In this episode:
info_outlineKenia Mattis (@keniamattis) is a founder of ListenMi, a creative design studio that helps companies, communities and NGOs create messages that excite and connect with their audiences through non-traditional brand-driven storytelling.
ListenMi specializes in visual storytelling, illustration, animation, voice-over and music scores and reinvests part of its profits into producing its own content such as digital graphic novel series and improving the lives of our indigenous people and children.
Kenia is the recipient of the 2016 DBJ Ignite Grant and was the 2016 Startup Winner at the Global Entrepreneurship Summit Spark the Fire Pitch Competition at Stanford University, among many other achievements.
In this episode, we talk about:
- How to design an environment that brings out the best from each employee;
- What are the benefits of keeping a lean, small team;
- How to work optimally with creative people; and so much more.