We sat down with one of the most influential people in tech, Lorenzo Thione, who shares his very inspiring journey and how that led him to be where he is today. Lorenzo grew up in Milan, Italy and had a technical background at an early age. He

How Jordan Levy Left His Mark On The Venture Capital Industry

Mar 5th, 2022 46m 35s

In the fall we sat down with one of the godfathers of Venture Capital, Jordan Levy, who shares his very inspiring founder story and how that led to his career as an investor. Jordan co-founded Software Distribution Services which was acquir

Scott Wayman's Plan for Kangarootime to Support the $648 Billion Care Economy

Oct 5th, 2021 56m 51s

Scott Wayman's shares his epically inspiring founder story. His passion for Kangarootime is next level and the company is currently focused on winning the childcare management software space for daycares and preschools. With plans to expand

Creating Data-Driven Sales Leaders With Peter Kazanjy

Nov 13th, 2020 47m 14s

Pete Kazanjy is Ambition Today’s new guest from Southern California. He is sitting in San Francisco, CA right now as we speak, enjoying Alamo Square. He is a serial founder and seasoned early stage Saas executive, advisor, and investor. Pet

Jack Greco Builds A Unicorn Company In Buffalo

Nov 6th, 2020 34m 9s

From growing up on a dairy farm, to a successful entrepreneur with hundreds of employees, meet our next guest, Jack Greco. Greco co-founded ACV Auctions, an online auction dealer platform, which was last valued at $1.5B. He never th

News Roundtable: Future of American Cities and Working From Home

Oct 23rd, 2020 35m 36s

Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler are at it again, discussing the current news in our world today. Each person brings one topic to the table and they talk about them both. Kevin’s Topic: The Future of American Cities. Kevin starts by dis

Bringing Back Jeff Wald To Discuss The End Of Jobs

Oct 16th, 2020 40m 44s

Our next guest is so amazing, we had to interview him a second time! He was on nearly 5 years ago on Episode 8! Jeff Wald is an entrepreneur who has started three technology companies, with his latest company, WorkMarket, being sold to ADP.

News Roundtable: R.I.P. to RBG and Facebook

Oct 7th, 2020 31m 16s

In this new episode, Kevin Siskar and Tim Shisler discuss the current news in our world today. Each week, each person brings one topic to the table. This week Tim chose to talk about the sad passing of former Associate Judge, Ruth Bader Gin

Join The Bandwagon With Harold Hughes

Feb 21st, 2020 39m 44s

Our next guest on the show, is the amazing Harold Hughes. He is the founder of Bandwagon, which helps companies discover the identity of their fans in order to increase attendance, offer personalized services, and increase revenue. Growing

Alexis Beechen Drops Knowledge From Building Her Wine Empire

Jan 29th, 2020 29m 39s

Imagine being on a cruise with friends and a good business idea comes to mind, then months later, your idea is now being distributed in Walmart’s around the world! Today’s guest, Alexis Beechen was enjoying her time partyin’ and thought, pu

Automating Indoor Agriculture with Dan Nelson's Grow Computer

Dec 11th, 2019 48m 47s

Packing for a nice relaxing vacation, you look around, and realize, you have these beautiful plants that you have worked so hard in growing, and you wonder, are they going to be thriving when you get home? Our amazing guest today, Dan Nelson th

Taylor Jacobson Teaches Us Distraction-Free Productivity with Focusmate

Nov 27th, 2019 46m 45s

After a summer break, we are back with a brand new season of Ambition Today! Season 3 brings with it some fresh new changes to the podcast, coming to you from our brand new podcast studio in the heart of New York City! We have some exciting gue

Bryan Janeczko Is Helping Entrepreneurs Gro

May 13th, 2019 32m 41s

Bryan Janeczko was recently named one of the Top 23 LGBTQ people in Tech, along side other notable figures such as Tim Cook, Peter Thiel, and more. He has built a strong track record for building great businesses including: NuKitchen, a foo

Skip Hop's Michael Diamant Innovates Baby Products

Apr 8th, 2019 50m 24s

From being forced to layoff his whole staff, to selling his company for $140 million, our next guest, Michael Diamant, has great insight on how he became successful. Michael Diamant created a well-known brand with his wife, called Skip Hop,

Australia's Benjamin Chong Helps Startups Excel With Right Click Capital

Mar 25th, 2019 38m 35s

Today, my guest is a fellow Founder Institute Director, Benjamin Chong. Benjamin has been the director of Founder Institute in Australia since 2011 and is also well known as a partner at Right Click Capital. Right Click Capital is a venture ca

Michael Loeb's New Approach To Launching Billion Dollar Companies

Mar 11th, 2019 54m 17s

Joining us today is Founder and CEO of Loeb Enterprises, Michael Loeb. Loeb Enterprises is an early stage venture investing company and an incubator for startups. Prior to Loeb Enterprises, Michael co-founded Synapse in 1992 with Jay Walk

Brian McCullough How The Internet Happened & What Is Happening Today

Feb 21st, 2019 36m 33s

Approaching two decades later, our guest, Brian McCullough’s company is still going strong. Brian is CEO of ResumeWriters.com which is the longest lasting company for this service, shout out to Brian. Not only is he a successful entrepreneu

50 Episodes Later, Ramphis Castro Returns To Talk About Investing In Hard-Tech & Life Science Startups

Feb 7th, 2019 53m 2s

Reminiscing on my first podcast is my guest, Ramphis Castro. We sat down for my very first podcast in August of 2015 and he has watched it grow over the years. It was great to have him here with me again. Ramphis is a serial entrepreneur, i

Understanding Your Habits To Become Indistractable, With Nir Eyal

Jan 24th, 2019 43m 55s

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Author, Blogger, Entrepreneur, Teacher, Investor, and Consultant, also known as our next guest, Nir Eyal. Well known for

Byron Reese Believes Technology Will Bring About A New Golden Age Of Humanity

Dec 18th, 2018 36m 20s

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Fascinated about how things worked and technology from a young age, today’s guest, Byron Reese, makes you question, are yo

Matt Mandell Is Automating Businesses So They Can Focus On Higher Priorities

Nov 19th, 2018 41m 2s

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Starting out young, today's guest, Matt Mandell, created his first company at the age of 12. Matt grew up with a support

Dr. Dileep Rao Teaches Us How to Create Wealth and Keep It

Oct 29th, 2018 31m 57s

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Entrepreneur, investor, public speaker and author are a few titles that Dr. Dileep Rao is known for. He came from India

Greg Alterman is Making Life Simpler with Gender Neutral Everyday Products

Oct 15th, 2018 50m 9s

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever Today’s guest grew up with Entrepreneurial spirit surrounding him. All of the men in Greg Alterman’s family for generation

NASA's Parker Solar Probe Launch: A Historic Interview To Touch The Sun

Oct 2nd, 2018 15m 27s

Join the A-list backchannel to get "Single greatest piece of advice ever received": https://siskar.me/best-advice-ever NASA made history on August 12, 2018, launching the Parker Solar Probe; their first ever mission to touch the sun. Luckily,

Alex Batdorf Is Teaching Female Entrepreneurs How To Get Shit Done

Sep 12th, 2018 44m 10s

Did you know that only 17% of all startups have a female founder? Well, we are lucky enough to have a female founder on our show today, Alex Batdorf. Alex is a business coach, co-founder of Zip Fit, a company that delivers a perfect fit denim f