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The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Denise Drinkwalter

Nov 12th, 2023 22m 7s

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The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Danielle Perlin-Good

Aug 5th, 2023 18m 27s

Danielle Perlin-Good has deep experience in digital marketing and ghostwriting. She takes her clients on a journey of personal discovery and healing as the "Soul-Aligned Ghostwriter." Danielle exudes cautious optimism and a time-proven process

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Dr. Brenda Boston

Jul 9th, 2023 25m 40s

Dr. Brenda Boston is the President of the Dr. Marie Barney Boston Foundation which was founded by her late mother. It offers more than a scholarship to help students attend college, it also teaches accountability, responsibility, and giving bac

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Jennifer Holmes

Jul 1st, 2023 22m 1s

Jennifer Holmes founded Joyous Journeys - all because she was interested in "voluntourism" and "eco-tourism" but couldn't find the services that she needed to play her offshore vacations. She, like so many others, enjoys taking vacations but al

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Annie Mork

May 13th, 2023 21m 5s

Annie Mork is the founder of Jobs For Therapists, which is a job board made for theraplists including SLPs, PTs, OTs, and Psychs. She is helping connect recruiters and job seekers in the therapy world in a more meaningful way. Her training is i

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Brilly Semenova

Mar 31st, 2023 12m 54s

Meet Brilly Semenova - a disability self-advocate who does not take 'no' for an answer. She has the tenacity, spunk, and knowledge of an entire team of advocates. As a child, she was diagnosed with Cerebral Palsy and now has difficulty with dai

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Enrique Morgan

Mar 31st, 2023 29m 50s

Accolade Wines is innovating everything from its bottles to its technology and production processes. Like bubbles? They have a new Prosecco ... and there are so many new ideas that will pop later this year. Enrique Morgan, managing director of

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Colin Darretta

Oct 16th, 2022 24m 3s

Colin Darretta is a "reformed investment banker," serial entrepreneur, investor, and a journalist for Forbes, Inc, TechCrunch, plus other major media. He is the CEO and co-founder of Innovation Department, which spurs the brands of the future.

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Christine Spang

Sep 25th, 2022 35m 19s

Christine Spang, founder & CTO of Nylas, has evolved over the last decade growing her software company which is essentially like "the plumbing for the internet" connecting code. She talks about how the highs are super high and the lows are supe

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Christina Richards

Sep 12th, 2022 19m 17s

Christina Richards is the CMO (Chief Marketing Officer) of Virtana - a software company specializing in cloud services. She took the road less traveled. Indeed, Christina calls it the "dark side" where she took a deep dive into engineering then

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Dr. Deborah Jonas

Sep 3rd, 2022 23m 46s

Dr. Deborah Jonas is the director of SRI's Center for Education Research & Innovation. Yes, she has access to astronauts and researchers of the highest caliber in the world - but she focuses her efforts on community learning. Deborah shared her

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Jeanelle Ditto

Aug 21st, 2022 23m 34s

What a breath of fresh air! It's so easy to feel intimidated, especially when it comes to things like interior design, "Will my home meet your standard?" But Jeanelle Ditto, founder of Blush Interior Designs, is one of the most fun, accessible,

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Lorrie Thomas Ross

Aug 14th, 2022 25m 8s

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In this episode, we are joined by Sami Wunder, a leading international relationship and dating expert working with ambitious, high-achieving women, helping them attract lasting romantic love. Sami serves a highly engaged, global clientele of ov

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest John Glowacki

Jun 30th, 2022 32m 42s

John Glowacki, CEO of Combat Control Foundation, shares some deeply personal insights on life, loss, and leadership. He served our country in the role of combat control - for those unfamiliar with the role, it's like air traffic control but in

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears - live from Collision

Jun 23rd, 2022 18m 40s

For something a little different, Loralyn Mears recorded this podcast live from Collision Conference in Toronto. She highlighted some of the key insights around the downward trend of venture capital investment and spotlighted some key innovatio

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Chris Beck

Jun 21st, 2022 21m 6s

Chris Beck is the VP of the Family Law division of Soberlink. Their mobile sobriety technology helps document sobriety in real-time to ensure that a child is being co-parented by a sober guardian. Think of it like a breatholyzer on demand, all

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Josh York

Jun 13th, 2022 26m 1s

Josh York, founder of GYMGUYZ, the global leader in personal fitness. He's elevated in-home training to a new level. But he had a rocky start and he openly shares how he's tapped into his unstoppable mindset, honed through fitness, to make the

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Jun 6th, 2022 26m 30s

Meet Lucas Stoltze of ExitLag - the company behind-the-scenes of hundreds of games in countries around the world. They make your game connections faster so that you can communicate with other players sooner - maybe even before the bad guy sneak

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Nick Grewal

May 31st, 2022 31m 49s

Nick Grewal, serial entrepreneur and investor, is on a mision to make electronic vehicles more efficient and sustainable. He shared a key tip for entrepreneurs, "Don't put your success in someone else's hands. Be prepared to do it yourself." He

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Ahsan Rizvi

May 22nd, 2022 29m 10s

Meet Ahsan Rizvi, founder & CEO of Kiddom, who is transforming digital education to bolster the success of the next crop of learners. He's got a lot of wisdom to share about managing startup fires and digging in to gut through those infamously

The Grit Files with Loralyn Mears & Guest Michael Norring

May 18th, 2022 26m 5s

Learn. Teach. Serve. That's a powerful motto and corporate culture that GCSIT's CEO, Michael Norring, has instilled in the workplace. It's more than a motto - people stand behind it - and employees are proud of the culture that they're helping