The Kickstart Podcast

Preston Park
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Interviews with founders, and other professionals to talk about how they KickStarted their amazing careers, businesses and teams We hope that their journey brings you insights on how you could implement their lessons to your career.

  1. 10/10/2023

    Ep 39: From Catering to Recruiting in Supply Chain and Logistics

    In this episode, we talk with Domenic Maiani, Founder of Lazio Search Group, a Recruitment Firm that specializes in IT, Supply Chain and Logistics. We talk briefly about his experience starting a catering business, how he was able to leverage his experience as an athlete to find success and how he was able to scale fast in the first year. He shares alot of great insights and tips in this episode and we are excited to see where his business will go into the future! Check them out here! https://laziosearch.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    52 min

  2. 09/13/2023

    Ep 38: From Airborne Ranger to Recruiting Entrepreneur

    In this episode, we talk with Zack Frost, the Founder of Laboris Tech, a Tech focused Recruitment Agency out of Sweden. We talk about his semipro hockey career, his time as a Ranger and how both of these experiences helped him to find success with his growing recruitment business. Zack shares alot of great insights and tips in this episode and we are excited to see where his business will go into the future! Check them out here! https://laboristech.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    58 min

  3. 05/05/2023

    Ep 37: From Marketing at Capital One to Founder of Fully Remote Growth Marketing Agency

    In this episode, we talk with Jeanna Barrett, the founder and Chief Remote Officer at First Place Strategy, a global growth marketing agency that partners with product-led companies looking to achieve high-volume, sustainable growth. In this exciting episode, we talk about what her professional marketing experience was like at companies like Capital One and Kabbage, how she made the jump to work for herself, how she was able to scale and maintain a strong remote culture at First Place, why she firmly believes that remote work is here to stay and why she is excited about the future! Check them out here! https://www.firstpagestrategy.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    51 min

  4. 04/30/2023

    Ep 36: From Google to CoFounder to Dir of Engineering at Sustainable Finance Startup!!

    In this episode, we talk with Steve Merritt, the Dir of Engineering at Tenet, a sustainable financial platform that is helping you lower your EV Payments. In this exciting episode, he shares his experience as a Software Engineer at Google, why he left that job to cofound his company, the biggest lessons he learned from being a founder, his take on a 4 day work week vs a 5 day work week and why he is excited about what he and his team are doing at Tenet! Check them out here! https://tenet.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    53 min

  5. 04/25/2023

    Ep 35: From TripAdvisor to Wayfair to CTO of Travel Booking Platform for Bus and Trains!

    In this episode, we talk with Arnaud Lucas, the CTO of Wanderu, a travel booking startup that offers the simplest way to book bus and train travel. In this episode we go over how he was inspired to pursue a career in engineering, what it was like working at companies like TripAdvisor and Wayfair, how he made the jump from a stable job at a large company to a small startup and why he is very excited about Wanderu's future! Check them out here! https://www.wanderu.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    50 min

  6. 04/16/2023

    Ep 34: From Investment Banking and Management Consulting to transforming Mental Healthcare!!

    In this episode, we talk with Chris Mitchell, the Co Founder and CEO of Float, a company that is building a platform that will transform the market for mental healthcare. In this episode we go over what inspired him to pursue a degree in Foreign Service and Chinese Studies, how he got a job at top investment banks and consulting firms and what he liked and disliked about both experience and how he came up with the idea of Float and why he is so excited about its future! Check them out here! https://www.floatfi.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    34 min

  7. 04/01/2023

    Ep 33: How this CEO is trying to improve your health with Precision Nutrients

    In this episode, we talk with Rachel Sanders, CEO and Co-Founder of Rootine, a startup that helps you understand what your body needs to perform optimally and then provide the solutions to help you get there through precision lab tests, nutrients, and guidance. In this exciting episode, we talked about her main takeaways from attending Harvard Business School, how to find the perfect balance between being an ambitious CEO and a mother, what inspired her to work in healthcare and why she believes Rootine is different compared to the competitors on the market Check them out here! https://rootine.co/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    40 min

  8. 03/29/2023

    Ep 32: From Head of AI to Revolutionizing E-Commerce!

    In this episode, we talk with Liam Kinney, the Co-Founder of Canal, a company that is on a mission to guide and empower digital merchandisers to activate and manage brand partnerships and capitalize on 3rd party merchandising opportunities. In this episode we talked about his experience pursuing a masters in AI and what he thinks the future of AI will be, his experience working both as a software engineer, machine learning engineer and a product marketer, what he focused on as a Head of AI to what inspired him to create Canal! Check them out here! https://shopcanal.com/ Know someone who could be a guest on this podcast? Email me at thekickstartpodcast@gmail.com Need Help with Hiring or Looking for a Job? Go to https://www.kickstartfinder.com/

    54 min
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Interviews with founders, and other professionals to talk about how they KickStarted their amazing careers, businesses and teams We hope that their journey brings you insights on how you could implement their lessons to your career.

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  • Creator
    Preston Park
  • Years Active
    2022 - 2023
  • Episodes
    39
  • Rating
    Clean
  • Copyright
    © Preston Park
  • Show Website
    The Kickstart Podcast