Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close Ups Podcast

Episode Title: Marketing, Publishing, and Illustration with Stu Heinecke

Interviewer: Bradley Caro Cook

Interviewee: Stu Heinecke

In this CareerUp Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast Bradley Caro Cook interviews Stu Heinecke, the author of How to Get a Meeting with Anyone and Get the Meeting! named the "Father of Contact Marketing" by the American Marketing Association.

Stu's career trajectory has been quite impressive. He started from wanting to use marketing and cartooning together, created personalized cartoons that ended up setting new records, got 100% response for his first contact marketing, and now he has all the big publishers as clients. During the interview, Stu advises that people can use a whole range of creative options to break through to people. Plus, he remarks that the ones that aren't going to survive challenging situations like the pandemic are the ones that don't improvise though he assures the audience that we learn more from our mistakes than we do from our success.

Let's join Stu Heinecke and our host Bradley Caro Cook for this conversation to learn how the former did a lot of exciting things with marketing. 

Episode Title: Commercial Analytics at JUUL Labs with

Interviewer: Anita Finkelstein

Interviewee: Stacy Kaplan

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast, Anita Finkelstein interviews Stacy Kaplan, who is a Consumer Products Analytical Specialist. In this position,Stacy looks at syndicated data coming from cash registers of retailerslike 7-eleven, Walmart, and the like, to analyze distribution opportunities, promotions, competitors' strategies, pricing, and customers to target.

Stacy has now reached the expert level in her career and is considered a rare breed. She is a resourceful human being that tries to align her professional and personal life with what God would want her to do, including helping people in her professional life. One great advice that she has for young girls is that they should not multitask or try everything at once. Instead,they should do everything in phases.

Let's join Stacy Kaplan and our host Anita Finkelstein for this thought-provoking conversation.

Episode Title: The Surf Lodge and The Snow Lodge with

Interviewer: Bradley Caro Cook

Interviewee: Sophie Krakowski

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast, Bradley Caro Cook interviews Sophie Krakowski, who has Partnerships at The Surf Lodge, Montauk NY, and The Snow Lodge, Aspen.

During the interview, she mentions that it has been a lot of fun learning to adapt to a new world and find something she likes for her. So, the one thing she wishes she knew before was how to explore job titles and niche that might suit her instead of relying on what she heard in college or university. Plus, she advises new entrepreneurs to never be shy from reaching out to other people via social media, as they are likely to respond.

Let's join Sophie Krakowski and our host Bradley Caro Cook for this charming conversation.

Episode Title: Pangalo Group with Sofia Chancey

Interviewer: Larisa Epshteyn

Interviewee: Sofia Chancey

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast, Larisa Epshteyn interviews Sofia Chancey. The latter is the Co-Founder of Pangalo Group and the Head of Strategy at Intune Collective.

Even though consulting provided Sofia with many opportunities, she was concerned about making some substantialchanges, so she established a new company. Now she has created a place where she loves to work, has a healthy culture, and fantastic inclusion in diversity. She mentions that most of the time, she was the only woman in the room. Thus she holds the opinion that diversity makes us more successful, innovative, and better.

Let's join Sofia Chancey and our host Larisa Epshteyn for this mesmerizing conversation.

Episode Title: Human Insight Group with Sharon Strauss

Interviewer: Larisa Epshteyn

Interviewee: Sharon Strauss

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast Larisa Epshteyn interviews Sharon Strauss, the Human Insight Group's Founder. Human Sight is a term created and registered by Sharon. She uses it to define the multi-dimensional process of understanding how our bodies, minds, and hearts work together.

One thought-provoking thing that Sharon learned many years ago was how everyone has a different life story and that careers evolve with you. Plus, she believes that experiences influence us, so to get inspired, she surrounds herself with people that are involved in exciting things. When asked about the various things she has done career-wise, she remarked that her life isn't a series of goals and objectives. It's a path to be walked entirely for its own sake.

Let's join Sharon Strauss and our host Larisa Epshteyn for this mesmerizing conversation.

Episode Title: Coaching By Sharon with Sharon Grossman

Interviewer: Mike Fox

Interviewee: Sharon Grossman

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close Up podcast Mike Fox interviews Sharon Grossman, the success coach at Coaching By Sharon. She is also the author of 7E Solution to Burnout. 

During the interview, Sharon mentions how her career path pivoted to something she was more comfortable with thus she encourages people to tune in to themselves in order for them to figure out what works for them. She still believes that she is on this career journey as there is always the next level.

She talks about how we need to change our mindset to get through the pandemic, why it’s better to share strategies with a mentor, and why it’s important to remember that we are working to fund our life and not the other way around.

Let’s join Sharon Grossman and our host Mike Fox for this spellbinding conversation.

Episode Title: Product and Marketing Strategy Consultancy with Shahar Zeevi

Interviewer: Bradley Caro Cook

Interviewee: Shahar Zeevi

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast, Bradley Caro Cook interviews Shahar Zeevi, a Product and Market Strategy Consultant at iQuest Solutions.

Being a Product and Technology Transformer in an AI world, Shahar uses his knowledge of the product, engineering, and entrepreneurial ecosystem to make a difference in emerging professionals' lives. Although he has made quite a name for himself, he still wishes that he knew about exploring the other opportunities out there. Shahar mentions that he had no one to guide him, so he ended up making many stupid mistakes, but now he is passionate about mentorship programs and aims towards helping others. 

Let's join Shahar Zeevi and our host Bradley Caro Cook for this charming conversation

Episode title: Business Transformation with Scott Steckel

Interviewer: Bradley Caro Cook

Interviewee: Scott Steckel

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast, Bradley Caro Cook interviews Scott Steckel. The latter is the Program Manager at Delta Air Lines and Business Transformation Manager at Republic National Distributing Company.

Scott started his career as a CPA, but he ended up in a business school when he realized he wants a more challenging career. Soon he found a job at Delta where he would accept new challenges and undertake transformations according to the situation. Currently, Scott is facing COVID with the same attitude and has turned the pandemic into an opportunity. One great advice he had for listeners was that no one except you can make a better judgment call about your career and life.

Let's join Scott Steckel and our host Bradley Caro Cook for this valuable conversation.

Episode title:Nursing Mothers Counsel with Rotem Pearlson

Interviewer: Bradley Caro Cook

Interviewee: Rotem Pearlson

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast, Bradley Caro Cook interviews Rotem Pearlson, a Breastfeeding Counselor and Instructor at Nursing Mothers Counsel. She is also an Instructor at Palo Alto Medical Foundation.

Rotem Pearlson started her journey as a marketing executive working for high-tech business worlds, but then her life took a few turns, and she became a stay-at-home mom. Later on, to her surprise, she found a career that suits her well, a postpartum doula. And in this pandemic, she started teaching at Medical Foundation and educating people all over the world. According to her, the key to success is to be versatile and to adapt quickly.

Let's join Rotem Pearlson and our host Bradley Caro Cook for this fascinating conversation.

Episode Title: World Housing Solution with Ron Ben-Zeev

Interviewer: Riley Kuffner

Interviewee: Ron Ben-Zeev

In this Career Up Now Socially Distanced Close-Up podcast Riley Kuffner interviews Ron Ben-Zeev. The latter is the Founder and CEO of World Housing Solution and a Member of the Board of Advisors of Central-North Florida District Export Council.

During the interview, he talks about how World Housing Solutions was born out of an intersection of necessities. Also, Ron states that people don't care about your solutions; instead, they care about their problems. He mentions that being venerable and saying that you don't know something is vital. This way, you will ask the right questions and make an effort to fix problems.

Let's join Ron Ben-Zeev and our host Riley Kuffner for this mesmerizing conversation.