Live Bold & Boss Up Stephanie Markese and Ashley Jarocki

Have you been in the situation where you just met someone and poof you instantly – I mean right always as it leaves their mouths and hits your ears you then forget what they said? Do you find it hard to recall important facts that you really need to know? How about telling everyone “oh I’m terrible with remembering names or facts or that stuff!” Not anymore!

Today, we have got the keys to unlock that big sexy brain of yours!

Boss Bites

• First, you must get those distractions under control. Don’t multitask!

• No Cramming! It’s easier to remember if you spread smaller chunks of information across a longer period of time

• A good brain diet, exercise, and adequate sleep is important to you

• Mnemonics can help you remember certain facts or information. They can come in the form of a song, rhyme, acronym, image, phrase, or sentence. Mnemonics help us remember facts and are particularly useful when the order of things is important.

• Rest periods are important when studying and trying to remember large amounts of information – take a shower, walk, or mediation will help give your brain a break so you can recall the information when needed.

• Take notes! Writing down other details and also making charts, pictures, etc with help job your memory.

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We all have fears. Don’t let them keep you from achieving your dreams. Steph & Ash talk about how to use your fears to your advantage.

Boss Bites

1. Identify what your fears are

2. Put yourself in a situation where you have to face your fear

3. Don’t make excuses

4. Surround yourself with others that support you and are that are successful

5. Change your mindset, your fear is a growth opportunity

6. Mistakes are OK

7. Visualize the goal (Vision Board, write it down)

8. Growth is uncomfortable….but the outcome makes it worth it!

9. Accept that you may fail

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Steph & Ash talk with Penny Parks on why being involved in the community and on boards can move you forward in your career. Penny is the President & Founder of Links Financial LLC. In addition, Penny serves as the Chair of the University of Tampa Board of Fellows. She chaired the CEO Council of Tampa Bay in 2020. Currently, she serves as a Board Member for the Tampa Bay Wave, a Board Member of the Greater Tampa Chamber, a Copperhead Board Member for the Valspar PGA Tournament, and a University of South Florida Women in Leadership & Philanthropy member. She also served on the Dean’s Advisory Board for the University of Tampa Sykes College of Business, and Honorary Commander at MacDill and as an Executive Committee Member for the Go Red for Women of the American Heart Association. She has previously served as the Secretary of the Global Board of the Association for Corporate Growth as well as the Chapter President of its Tampa Bay chapter. She has previously chaired the local Make-A-Wish Board, as well as the American Cancer Society’s Breast Cancer Walk. Last but not least, Penny is currently the Treasurer of Ruth’s List of Florida. Whew!

Boss Bites



* Volunteer for something you are passionate about. Research the organization and learn how you can contribute.

* Taking a leadership role as a volunteer for a non-profit can give you skills needed to

* Never ever EVER give up. Don’t let negative thoughts & self-doubt bring you down.

* No one can ever take away an education.



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Steph & Ash talk with Chuck Papageorgiou, the Founder and Managing Partner of Ideasphere Partners, LLC, a think tank and consulting company that works with high-tech companies on bringing innovation to product development and operations. Chuck was the Co-Founder and CEO of World Watch Plus an award-winning SaaS Know Your Customer Global Due Diligence AI platform that was sold to Dun and Bradstreet. He served as the Operations and Delivery executive for NeoPollard Interactive, a company that brought multiple US Lotteries online. He brings his global experience in Technology, Operations, and Sales Operations, both as a serial entrepreneur, a consultant, and an executive to actively assist and guide management teams of companies he founded or has invested in, as well as client companies, with strategic, operational, and technology leadership challenges, corporate development and growth strategies, international expansion plans and overall management aspects of their organizations.

As an entrepreneur he has founded and launched a number of companies and products, raising over $20M in startup capital, and as a corporate executive and consultant, he has managed organizations ranging from five-person spin-off divisions to 15,000+ employee international operations. He has led or acted as a Sr. Advisor on completed M&A and restructuring transactions worth over 9 billion dollars.

So, Chuck has made plenty of screw-ups and has learned along the way. He shares them with us, so you don’t have to learn them the hard way!

Top 5 Screw Up (MAJOR Boss Bites)





1. Confusing PoC with MVP – A Proof of Concept may resemble a Minimum Viable Product, but it is not even remotely adequate to assume it is a Market Viable Product.





2. Confusing Founder Equity with Friendship Equity – Your college roommate is not necessarily your 50/50 co-founder





3. Confusing a data point with a trend and using it as proof – Selling one (or 100) products/subscriptions may simply be a data point and not a trend if your scaling plan assumes you will sell to millions





4. Thinking raising capital is a metric of success – Raising capital is the creation of an obligation that comes at an expected cost to fulfill. The best capital structure is one you can support on your own or through the 3F’s (Friends Family and Fools). The second best is one you can support through your customers. The third is a grant or government funding you can leverage without equity. The fourth is a bank loan without personal guarantees. The fifth is a loan with personal guarantees. The sixth is smart equity from Venture Capital investors. The seventh is blood equity from Vulture Capital Investors.





5. Not doing enough due diligence on investors – There are Great Investors, Good Investors, Bad Investors, Horrible Investors, Investor wannabes, and Predators! Need to know the difference before taking their money.





 

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Steph & Ash speak with Lester J Morales, Founder & CEO of Next Impact LLC. Lester is a true consultant in the human capital and employee benefits arena.

Focused on innovation and changing the “status quo,” Next Impact is a full-service employee benefits and human resource marketing and consulting company, committed to helping other companies grow and add value to their clients. Before he founded Next Impact, he cofounded Incela, a benefits administration company focused on helping advisors support their clients with ACA compliance. Prior to becoming an entrepreneur, Lester served nearly three years as Executive Vice-President and Chief Growth Officer for Willis’ Human Capital Practice, one of the largest insurance brokerages in the world. In this role, Lester led over 200 producers/consultants in 40 + offices as part of a $350,000,000 practice-Willis’ single largest practice in North America.

During a previous eight-year stint at Willis, Lester was consistently among the top five consultants nationally. He is a highly sought-after speaker at industry conferences, on the subjects of on-site clinics, private exchanges, self-funding, wellness, pharmacy carve-outs, compliance, captives, and other cost-mitigation strategies.

Boss Bites



* Failure is a great learning tool (a common theme with LBBU!). You wouldn’t be where you are today if it wasn’t for the lessons along the way.

* If you are going to wake up and grind every day, then make sure you are loving what you do!

* You have to start with your WHY.

* Don’t regret the things you didn’t do.



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Steph & Ash talk with Vasti Amaro, a Holistic Life Coach guiding people to become the Whole Human Being they were purposed to be. She was a transportation expert for 30-years working for government agencies, global firms and starting her own transportation consulting business in 2014. Vasti took a sabbatical in 2020 to be still in order to develop her life purpose. From that experience, The Whole Person Health Life Coach program was birthed. Vasti studied Business Management at the University of Phoenix and is a graduate of the WTS Leadership program. She has served on many association and non-profit boards and is currently an Advisory Board Member and Director of Girls Golf Site Director for Women of Color Golf Youth Initiatives.

Major Boss Bite



* Don’t be afraid to reinvent yourself! Do what you are passionate about that fulfills you.



Women of Color Golf (WOCG) & Girls On the Green Tee (GOTGT) are a not-for-profit 501c3 organization located in Tampa, Florida. The mission of Women of Color Golf is to increase diversity and inclusion in the sport of golf for women and girls through instruction, on-course play, mentoring, networking, special events, health, and career-related opportunities.

The mentoring program Girls on the Green Tee (GOTGT) is designed for girls ages 10 -17, and college students, to answer the ever-present need for strong, accomplished, and resilient female role-models. (GOTGT) seeks to create a spark of interest and inspiration in the game of golf. This inspiration is then turned into action by connecting the motivated girls to mentors in our golf community through various activities and events.

The Women of Color Golf (WOCG) and Girls on the Green Tee (GOTGT) initiatives have grown into a nationally recognized community program with recognition by the United States White House as Champions of Change for Extracurricular Enrichment for Marginalized Girls.

For more information, visit Women Of Color Golf and the Clearview Golf Club online.

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