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...
by Mike Carlon | Dec 6, 2022 | Business Leaders, Podcast, The Longs
Listen Watch This is going to sound funny coming from the author of eight novels, but there was a time I didn’t consider myself to be creative. Growing up, I dreaded art class because I can’t draw to save my life and I always linked creativity with the ability to...