In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Justin Zastrow, CEO of Smart Armor. Smart Armor started last year and didn’t officially launch until September. Since then they’ve generated more than $1M in sales and counting. He’s also been offered at least $20M to sell his company! Justin has an extremely diverse business...Read More
“If you have enough of the right people, you have an immune system against the wrong people.” – Steven Benson In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed, Steven Benson, CEO of BadgerMapping.com. After receiving his MBA from Stanford, Steven worked in Sales at IBM, HP and Google where he was Google Enterprise’s...Read More
“Culture isn’t just put some core values on the wall and call it a day. It has to be infused in absolutely everything you do.” – Felena Hanson In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Felena Hanson, a long-time entrepreneur and marketing maven. Her latest venture, Hera Hub, is a spa-inspired shared...Read More
In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Rick Coplin, former VP, Community Partner Ventures at Rev1 Ventures for eight years. He left that position in 2016 to return to being an entrepreneur. Prior to Rev1, he invested six years building and selling a startup company. And prior to that he was Technology Program Director at Bank One for three years overseeing technology acquisition,...Read More
“If you are transparent and honest 100% of the time, you are open not just to asking questions but also open to advice and suggestions, [and] people are going to respect you more.” – Russell Tuchman, CEO, BashPros In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Russell Tuchman, entrepreneur, world traveler, personal trainer, cinephile,...Read More
“You can’t pull together a team without putting a priority on understanding what everyone’s background and culture is.“ – Peter Gasca In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Peter Gasca in person in the studio, where they bantered about being an entrepreneur, adapting to cultures, the differences between Gen X and Gen...Read More
“Outward success is an inside job.“ – Bobby Albert In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Bobby Albert, CEO of Values-Driven Leadership LLC, an Institute focused upon teaching others the growth enabling potential of building foundational values into company culture. These values affect how employees treat one another and how they serve...Read More
In this episode of The Pivotal Leader Gina Trimarco interviewed Alex Moen, San Diego California native and lifelong entrepreneur. Alex has had multiple Fortune100 corporate partners in his career, gone from zero to 30 employees in less than 3 months, and has run businesses with home offices in multiple states AND countries. The companies being both...Read More
“When you think of the CEO’s job, if you have very talented people around you, hopefully you should make yourself irrelevant 99% of the time because all the day-to-day stuff is being handled by people who are better at their jobs than you are.” – Jonathan Frankel, CEO, Nucleus In this episode of The Pivotal...Read More
“I believe that there is currency in humanity. People are currency with value while money is superficial.” – Paul Amelio, CEO, N2 Global Solutions In this episode of The Pivotal Leader, Gina Trimarco interviewed Paul Amelio. Paul is a creative ad genius and inventor. He’s also the co-founder and CEO of N2 Global Solutions, Inc.,...Read More