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The Future Driven Show
Adam talks about the challenges and wins in business, with featured industry professionals, topics include business development, lead generation, leadership, culture, sales, and marketing.
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Episode 56: Emanuel Bertolini
n this episode, Adam Lejeunekopp speaks with Emanuel, a key leader at a global company specializing in home automation and security solutions, about the company’s growth and approach to innovation. Emanuel shares valuable insights into their strategy of balancing hardware and software, the importance of sleek product design, and how they’ve built strong, long-term relationships with over 2,000 dealers across North America. He also discusses the company's brand expansion and how they’re merging acquired companies into the NICE family, all while ensuring reliability and support for their network.
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Welcome to episode 25 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Mark Davis, founder of Hero Creative. Mark’s creative agency provides top-tier services to its clients and contributes to philanthropic causes such as the Make-A-Wish Foundation.After high school, Mark followed his passion for aviation sports such as paragliding, base jumping, and skydiving. He taught and competed in this space for about a decade, and then began working in a corporate marketing and sales organization and moved up quickly. Some years later, he had a revelation about his life and his purpose and quit his job to begin Hero Creative and do philanthropic work. Mark’s creative agency now works closely with clients to build websites, create logos and brand identities, shoot commercials, guide start-ups, and much more.
Welcome to episode 24 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Matt Frary from Chief of Chaos. Over the course of his 22 years of experience with affiliate and influencer marketing, Matt has founded 6 successful digital performance marketing and technology companies.In addition to Matt’s lengthy and impressive career history, he also completed financing and marketing degrees through the famous Thunderbird international MBA program in Arizona. He now acts as a consultant and a mentor for entrepreneurs and helps others innovate and improve their business strategies.
The annual Windermere Stanwood Camano Island Soap Box Derby is held every year on Camano Island, where my family lives. This was the first year my oldest son, Falco and I had the opportunity to participate in the race. Falco and I built a soap box derby kit car together from start to finish. We got to spend most evenings over the early summer building the car together.
Welcome to episode 23 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Dan Ashburn, co-founder of Titan Network. Dan has a knack for all things internet- and tech-related and is dedicated to helping other entrepreneurs succeed in eCommerce with his company Titan Network.In his youth, Dan often occupied his free time with building websites and dabbling in other internet- and tech-based pastimes and side projects. After serving in the military for about 5 years, he decided to follow his passions and started his own agency. Eventually, he began feeling bogged down with the work, and jumped at the opportunity to get more involved with eCommerce. Dan now has a very successful eCommerce setup through Amazon and also helps run his company Titan Network.
Madak, a marketing agency and collection of brands, releases a new strategic marketing guide under their subsidiary, Madak Guide. Madak Guide is an educational resource for professionals looking to take their marketing skills to the next level. The team at Madak created this guide using the same strategies and processes used with their agency clients. The Guide allows you to learn at your own pace through the core principle known as the Madak Method, modules which focus on developing a strategy, creating a brand, and activating your marketing plan. The Madak Guide offers unique downloadable resources, including templates, planners, checklists, and more.
Welcome to episode 21 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Kerry Carter, a former NFL and CFL player who is currently Chief Operating Officer at Atavus. Kerry uses his years of experience on and off the field to help coaches and players learn how to make tackling safer and more effective.After moving on from Stanford in 2003, Kerry played for the Seattle Seahawks for three years until being picked up by the Washington Football Team (formerly known as the Washington Redskins). Eventually, Kerry was drafted by the Montreal Alouettes and finished out his football career with them in 2011. After transitioning into the world of business with his ventures, JumpIt Media and Apex Agency, Kerry joined Atavus, a tackling analytics company.
Welcome to episode 22 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Jason Wilmot, Head of Education at Canva. Jason believes everyone can be a designer and has a passion for making the world a better place through his work with educators and students.Despite his past operational roles and his degree in supply chain management, Jason found himself focused on education for the majority of his career. In his last 10 years at Microsoft, Jason worked mostly in education and did everything from writing education contracts and building education platforms to leading education teams in various endeavors. Meant to be a tailored solution for classrooms, Canva for Education was launched in 2020 shortly before Jason joined the Canva team.
Welcome to episode 20 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Joey Gilkey, founder of Sales Driven Agency. Joey is committed to using his valuable career experiences to help other agencies build successful sales operations.After working for nonprofit organizations, Joey joined the corporate world and gained a wealth of helpful sales operations knowledge. He then changed courses and began working with two small businesses as the Vice President of Sales before making the decision to work solely for himself. Joey first built an outsourced sales agency called Tribe that he has since sold, and then founded his current consulting firm, Sales Driven Agency. Now with his own podcast and several other endeavors, he is focused on growing his business while helping others grow theirs.
Welcome to episode 19 of Future Driven! This week, Adam spoke with Lynn Whitbeck, Founder and CEO of Petite2Queen and Future Forward Sales. Lynn is committed to providing sales and leadership training to small and midsize businesses.With a background in B2B sales, Lynn excelled in her field after graduate school. She followed her passion for sales and has experience as a high-achieving executive and as the CEO of two different startups, supplying her with an abundance of operations and production knowledge. Lynn launched Petite2Queen in 2016 to encourage women to pursue careers in sales and leadership and to provide strategic development programs for small to midsize businesses.