by Mike Carlon | Feb 7, 2023 | Authors, Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch I share a few things in common with today’s esteemed guest on Uncorking a Story. Glenn Kaplan and I both worked at Foote, Cone, and Belding and we both live in Connecticut, but only one of us has made the New York Times Bestseller List (hint, it’s not...
by Mike Carlon | Jan 31, 2023 | Authors, Business Leaders, Entrepreneurs, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch I love a good story about people who break conventions and today’s guest on Uncorking a Story, Jessica Weaver, does just that. Shortly after getting started in the financial planning business, Jessica felt a calling to focus her efforts on women, and wow...
by Mike Carlon | Jan 10, 2023 | Authors, Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch When I was a kid, I had dreams of joining the PGA tour; the only problem was, I really didn’t show a tremendous aptitude for the game of golf, which is kind of a precursor for playing professionally. In this way, I couldn’t be any more different than...
by Mike Carlon | Jan 6, 2023 | Authors, Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Susan Combs is President of Combs & Company, a full-service insurance brokerage firm based in New York City. She started the company at twenty-six years old with a drive to “Do more, better.” This internal mantra has resulted in numerous successes and...
by Mike Carlon | Jan 3, 2023 | Authors, Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Nick is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of one of Asia’s premiere networking organizations. He built a caring community that provides hundreds of executives a safe haven to share their challenges, and receive support and learn from each other. He...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 16, 2022 | Authors, Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch Over the course of my career I can point to three people who were excellent mentors for me—people who really helped shape who I am not only as a qualitative researcher, but as a person. They are Susanne Heincke, Liz Moore, and Paul Jacobson. Each helped...