Rising Tide Startups

Our special guest this week is Stuart Leo, another great guest from Down Under.  Stuart is the founder and CEO of Waymaker.io – an intelligent business management platform that helps leaders build a better business in 30 days. Stuart is a thought leader in strategy, systems, and leader leadership development. As the founder of Waymaker.io […]

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is James Giancotti.  James is the CEO and Co-founder of Oddup, an early-stage startup ecosystem rating system. James began his career in investment banking and research roles at Goldman Sachs and J.P. Morgan. After nearly a decade of researching companies’ financials to determine their value and assessing investment […]

Our special guest this week on the pod is Simon Serverino.  Simon helps business owners in SaaS and services discover how to be able to run their company more efficiently which results in sales that soar. He created the Strategy Sprints® Method that doubles revenue in 90 days by getting owners out of the weeds. […]

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Frances Simowitz.  Frances is the President and CEO of WEVE Acceleration. She is an expert in launching in the NYC startup scene and is currently the CEO and Managing Director of WEVE. Previous to WEVE, she has 10 years of experience in the startup ecosystem and helped […]

We have a very special guest on the pod this week, Aaron Walker.  Aaron, “Big A” Walker is actually a repeat guest, which is rare on Rising Tide.  Aaron has founded more than a dozen companies over the past 41 years. He attributes much of his success to having surrounded himself with his mastermind counterparts. […]

Our special guest this week on the Tide is Luca Zambello.  Luca is the co-founder and CEO of Jurny, a hospitality tech company pioneering the next generation of tech-first, on-demand accommodations. A born entrepreneur, Luca launched one of the first professionally operated Airbnb vacation rental companies in 2012, quickly earning the Superhost status that he […]

We have a truly unique guest on the podcast this week who brings a wealth of experience and enthusiasm to the show.   Maria Brito is an award-winning New York-based contemporary art advisor, author, and curator. A Harvard graduate, originally from Venezuela, Maria has been selected by Complex Magazine as one of the 20 Power Players […]

It’s early 2022 but the guest list is already heating up! Scott Danner is the CEO of Freedom Street Partners, a practice that supports financial advisors in their next career step and helps them explore all available paths to secure a fulfilling future. After fifteen years practicing on an employee platform, Scott founded Freedom Street […]

We have another great guest to get Season 6 off to a great start.  Our guest this week on Rising Tide Startups is Raman Sehgal, founder of several niche companies including ramarketing, a multimillion-dollar international agency that helps companies get noticed in the global life science space. As an entrepreneur, Raman embarked on a business […]

What a great way to launch Season 6 of Rising Tide Startups, with special guest Josh Dittrich, founder of Branded Seller. Josh Dittrich (pronounced “D-trick”) is a visionary entrepreneur, seller, investor, advisor, husband and father of five.  Most recently he built and sold two eCommerce businesses for 8 figures and was recently featured in a Business […]

You need to take the next five minutes to end 2021 strong! Drawing from the rich well of 228 episodes over the past five seasons, host Kevin Prewett recaps the best business quotes and startup advice he received from the best guests on Rising Tide Startups.  Listen and take notes.  These tips are pure gold! […]

As we near the end of 2021, while celebrating Christmas today, we want to introduce you to a really special guest, Veronica Romney.  Veronica works with online entrepreneurs struggling to get their teams dialed in. She is an Integrator personality to a T, and she loves managing people. She’s also been in the online marketing […]

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Neel Parekh, founder of maidthis.com.  Five years ago Neel had an idea: local businesses don’t need to be managed locally! He turned this idea into reality with MaidThis® & MaidThis® Franchise, which helps homeowners and short-term rental hosts (Airbnb, VRBO, etc) with their cleanings. They’ve generated millions […]

Our special guest this week is once again in that incredibly important field right now, cyber-security, Brian Fritton, CEO of Havoc Shield.  Brian has built products and led engineering, design, and IT teams at companies with credentials such as Fortune’s 500 Fastest Growing Companies, the Inc. 5000 List, and Entrepreneur’s 100 Most Brilliant Companies. He’s […]

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Jared Hummel, President of Parqa Digital Marketing.  Jared is an experienced business leader with a history of building start-up organizations into streamlined, revenue-generating companies. As the President of Parqa, he leads with a strong financial background and is motivated by enhancing growth and finding solutions to complex […]

We jump back into the world of online security with our next guest on Rising Tide Startups, Matt Spitz.   Matt Spitz is the Head of Engineering at Vanta, helping companies practice better security and keep their customers’ data safe. Prior to Vanta, Matt has built and scaled diverse engineering teams through significant growth, cofounded and […]

We have a very special guest with us today… and if you watch close on youtube you may also see a cameo appearance of a little one!  Franziska Iseli’s personal mission is to make a positive impact through entrepreneurship. She’s also the co-founder of BasicBananas.com, Oceanlovers.com, TheDataPeople.com.au and TheBusinessHood.com.   Basic Bananas is known for their […]

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups is Jeremy Ryan Slate.  Jeremy is the founder of the Create Your Own Life Podcast, which studies the highest performers in the world. He studied literature at Oxford University, Specializes in using podcasting and new media to create celebrity and was ranked #1 in iTunes New and #78 […]

Our special guest on Rising Tide Startups Podcast is Luke Van Der Veer.  Luke started a corporate career at General Electric and now he’s considered one of the leading experts of “Rank & Rent SEO”, having one of his websites competing against Walmart and ranks #4 in the entire US. He has generated leads in […]

Once again we have a great guest joining us for another episode of Rising Tide Startups Podcast, Jon Dykstra.  Jon is the founder of Fatstacksblog.com which profiles how he built up a large online publishing company comprised of several large niche websites. Learn more at fatstacksblog.com