Secrets to Win Big With Arjun Sen

Kyle Smith is the CEO and President of Reell Precision Manufacturing where he has led the business successfully over the last 15 years. Kyle did his PhD in solid state chemistry from Brown University and thrives at the intersection of business and science/technology. He always wins by putting himself in positions to work with cross-functional and multi-cultural teams, leading groups to significant accomplishments and doing everything with energy, intensity, and integrity.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

• Culture is the heart beat of all people.
• Don’t get means and ends mixed up.
• Form and function are different.
• Knowing yourself is key.
• No margin, no mission.

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Orianne Collins is a globally acclaimed jewelry designer, a lifetime philanthropist and former wife of music legend Phil Collins. Jewelry designed by Orianne are influenced by her heritage and her travels around the world studying various cultures and craftmanship techniques, inspiration imbuing jewelry design with symbolism, color and eclectic elements.

Orianne has made it her purpose in life to encourage people to “Never Give Up,” no matter what happens in life. She wants to show people if they push themselves every day, they can achieve whatever it is that they desire.

Orianne has received the UNICEF Humanitarian Award Clarins in 2005, one of the highest humanitarian awards given for Orianne’s contribution to social causes and impacting the lives of children worldwide. 

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

• How to realize your objectives and take it to the next level.
• How to have a dream and then add the drive to achieve that dream.
• How to move forward to face the challenges of tomorrow and not get stuck with the challenges of yesterday.

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Nigel Travis served as Non-Executive Chairman of the holding company for Dunkin’ and Baskin Robbins and previously he served as Chief Executive Officer of Dunkin’ Brands and as Executive Chairman of the Board.

Previously, Nigel served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Papa John’s International and a variety of senior positions with Blockbuster and Burger King.

At present, Nigel serves on the board of directors of Advance Auto Parts and Abercrombie & Fitch Co. He is the author of The Challenge Culture: Why the Most Successful Organizations Run on Pushback. He is also Chairman of Fooda, and Servpro, both private companies and serves as Chairman and Co-Owner of Leyton Orient Football Club, a professional football club in England.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

– Avoid the legacy trap.

– Compromise is never a weak term.

– Recognize inherent conflicts and bridge the conflict.

– Alliances start with doing something together.

– Always have a culture and start by making it positive.

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Hugh Ballou is the President of SynerVision Leadership Foundation, guiding the life-changing, life-saving global impact of churches and nonprofit organizations. He has 30 plus years of a successful career in orchestrating success: working with visionary leaders integrating strategy into performance. 

Key insights from the show include how Hugh brings synergies of orchestrating music at the highest level:

• How, as leaders, you can invite your team to use their expertise for a shared vision.
• How to not over function and micromanage.
• How to have successful meetings by not having agendas but deliverables and clear objectives.

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Monishi Sanyal is the Founder, Board Member & Chief Evangelist at IIT Startups. He is also the Founder & CEO of Intersoft Corporation. Over the last twenty years he has made a high level of impact on organizations like PanIIT and IIT Madras.

Key insights from the show include the three elements needed to build a startup:

1. Mentee: Who has an idea that is fundable, is passionate, and flexible.
2. Mentor: Who has total or partial startup experience.
3. VC: Who gets the field and is interested in the area.

Listen to Monishi Sanyal to learn how successful start-ups are going from idea, to incubator, to success.

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Dr. Jit Choudhuri is the founder and CEO of MediCardia Health, a digital health platform that aggregates and visualizes healthcare data, and applies intelligence and automation at the clinician-patient interface, to drive value for patients, providers, practices, and payers. By using technology to deliver big wins to all stake holders, MediCardia is developing the healthcare platform of tomorrow, to drive digital transformation today, starting with Cardiology and Cardiovascular disease.

Jit is a Cardiac Electrophysiologist and Electrical Engineer, and today has more than 10 years experience in Clinical Operations, applied Value-based Care and population health, and cardiovascular Informatics.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

• The vision of success is to transition healthcare from being one of the least digitized industries to one in which digitization is at the center of how we maintain and act upon data.
• Digital transformation and data driven healthcare is the true solution that will enable transition into value based care.
• Digital care doesn’t mean impersonal care.
• Always challenge a simple premise.
• A solution should never be a compromise.

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Mark Mears is a visionary business leader with a significant track record of building shareholder value by driving innovation and profitable growth among world-class, high profile brands.

Mark possesses a unique and diverse background in building growth brands such as PepsiCo/Pizza Hut, McDonald’s, Frito-Lay, JCPenney and NBC/Universal among others. Mark has also held executive leadership positions including SVP/Chief Marketing Officer for The Cheesecake Factory, EVP/Chief Marketing Officer for Noodles & Company and President & Chief Concept Officer for Mimi’s Cafe.  

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

– Make a decision with 80% of the information and time will tell if it’s right. 

– Take time out to truly discover your purpose.

– Align your purpose with your vocation and other areas of your life.

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Patti Plough, has established several successful businesses throughout her career. She has extensive experience buying, selling, and running businesses. This expertise developed over time has allowed her the ability to assist and give the small business owners options for retirement or exiting their business in a dignified way.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

• What you have to offer is much bigger than you.
• Implement the best practices based on what makes your customers happy.
• Tune out the naysayers.

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George Brunt has over 40 years of business and legal experience advising both large and small companies. After representing Alcatel, Citicorp, International Telephone and Telegraph (ITT) in the General Counsel position and serving as Of Counsel to Greenberg Traurig, a leading international law firm, he founded Business Legal Management LLC.

George built the multimillion dollar companies of Controldocs.com (now known as iControl ESI) and PBW Holdings Inc., and owns several Paul Mitchell Schools.

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

• Do the right thing right.
• It’s not whether or not you’re brilliant but how you’re brilliant.
• Success unshared is failure.

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Evan Dash, left the corporate world behind to found StoreBound with his wife, Rachel. In just 8 years, StoreBound launched over 200 products and built the largest organic social media following in the industry. Today their Dash brand of small kitchen appliances is sold through top-tier US retailers like Crate & Barrel, Williams-Sonoma, Target, Amazon and many more. 

Here are some key insights from this week’s show:

• It’s all about winning the customer’s heart.
• Ensure the culture you’re putting in place gets you into the future.
• Make mistakes and embrace the learnings from it. Failure fuels a hunger.
• When you find something that works, make it bigger.

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