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Chris Nowinski is a former football player at Harvard University and professional wrestler with WWE, World Wrestling Entertainment. After enduring a career-ending head injury, Chris has dedicated his professional life to serving patients and families affected by brain trauma, particularly Chronic traumatic encephalopathy, or CTE, a progressive neurodegenerative disease that develops after repeated head injuries. Jay and Chris discuss the state of head injuries in American athletics, the difference between advocating for head safety at youth and professional levels, Chris’ newest research, and much more. Episode Chapters (00:00) Intro (00:50) changes in the culture around concussions in the past two decades (02:39) padded helmet technology (03:55) concussion reporting in the NFL (10:35) Chris’ career path and concussion history (14:52) connecting with activists who haven’t themselves suffered a traumatic brain injury (17:42) SHAAKE - a new sign to identify concussions (20:53) Unions can help players advocate for safety policies (23:10) final thoughts and goodbye For video episodes, watch on www.youtube.com/@therudermanfamilyfoundation Stay in touch: X: @JayRuderman | @RudermanFdn LinkedIn: Jay Ruderman | Ruderman Family Foundation Instagram: All About Change Podcast | Ruderman Family Foundation To learn more about the podcast, visit https://allaboutchangepodcast.com/…
For this new special edition podcast series, we’ve spoken with hundreds of Growth Marketing Leaders to discuss what it means to lead as a growth marketing executive in the face of adversity/change and periods of growth. With this series, we hope to help other marketing executives and growth marketing leaders navigate unchartered territories and learn from other tech driven growth executives within the tech D2C space. How can a Growth Marketing Executive ensure that everyone stays calm and co ...
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EPISODE 3: The Growth Suite Leadership Podcast, Special Edition Leading During COVID19 Edition, with Amy Millard CMO VTS
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Listen Closely to Seasoned Amy Millard the CMO at VTS who has navigated several downturns on how to handle the unknowns that 2020 presents and her guidance for ensuring your team stays unified. https://rockettalent.co/podcasts/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rockettalent/message…
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EPISODE 2: The Growth Suite Leadership Podcast, Special Edition Leading During COVID19 Edition, with Ben Erwin CRO CharityBuzz
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In this episode the founder and CEO of Rocket Talent, Jonathan Spiess, sits down with the CRO at Charitybuzz, Ben Erwin. Charitybuzz is a leading online auction hub that utilizes celebrities and high end brands to raise funds primarily for nonprofit organizations. Ben enlightens us with how Charitybuzz has continued to fundraise and magnify Charity…
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EPISODE 1: The Growth Suite Leadership Podcast, Special Edition Leading During COVID19 Edition, with Miriam Kendall SVP of Marketing Makespace
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The current COVID-19 pandemic has brought unprecedented disruption to the country, and many companies in the D2C (Direct to Consumer) Industry. Executive leadership needs to step up to the plate now more than ever. Growth Marketing & Digital Marketing Leaders need to be especially nimble when uncertainty is the rule and not the exception. All busin…
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EPISODE 10: Why you need Product EQ with Vivek Bedi, Head of Digital Products at Northwestern Mutual
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EQ is easy to overlook in tech, but for a PM, it can be the difference between a standout product and, well, a mediocre one. Take it from, Vivek Bedi, Head of Consumer Experience, Digital Products, at Northwestern Mutual. In this episode, Vivek chats with Jonathan about how cultivating the softer side of your skills, navigating work with empathy, a…
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From Developer to Leading Product Management Teams with Nate Stewart Vice President of Product Management at Cockroach Labs
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Want to go from being the engineer who builds the product to being the product manager who makes decisions around the product? Nate Stewart, VP of Product at Cockroach Labs, has done it. In this episode, Nate talks to Jonathan about his experience breaking into product management, leading product organizations and shares his tips how to get to the …
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Getting your app featured in the Editors’ Choice section of Google Play is a developer’s dream. It’s the difference between having close friends and family members download your app and having anywhere from tens of thousands to millions of strangers discover your work. But how exactly do you get featured? Stanojko “Tancho” Markovich, former Head of…
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Not all FinTech Companies are evil and Engineering Leadership from the VP of Engineering at STASH
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Fintech Isn’t All About Making More Money. It’s About Creating WealthFintech companies present interesting challenges for software engineers, but they often get written off as engines for the perpetuation of wealth. But Cliff Hazelton, VP of Engineering at STASH, reminds us that it doesn’t need to be this way. STASH is focused on helping average, f…
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How to go from App Developer to VP of Engineering at a SeriesB Startup w/ Alexandre Agular, Socure
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On this episode of the Rocket Talent podcast, Alexandre Agular, VP of Engineering at Socure, talks about his journey from being a coder to a manager. Listen to him discuss the challenge of making systems safe in a world where most people, even Kanye West, still use 0000 as their phone password. He also talks about his personal experience shifting t…
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Could frenzied Times Square be the best place in the world to learn how to meditate? In Episode 5 of the Rocket Talent podcast, Kunal Gupta, CEO of Polar.Me, aB2B marketing Saas startup, discussed how it just might be. Listen to hear him talk about how meditation and mindfulness can be used to navigate the stressful, sometimes scary world of tech s…
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From Data Grunt to Strategic Advisor to the C Suite with Stefan Iliescu, Analytics Growth Manager at Audible
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This is my best podcast yet! Learn how to grow from just a data grunt to a true strategic partner that is respected by the business. If your in tech or specifically a Data Analyst and want help evolving to the next level you must listen to this interview!--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rockettalent/message…
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Introduction to Product EQ with Kate Leto, the former Head of Product at Moo.com and Executive Product/Career Coach. Kate has been featured many times in MindTheProduct.com. Listen as we Discuss Emotional Intelligence, Product EQ and the importance of being self aware as a Product Manager. Emotional Intelligence is heavily discussed by Daniel Golem…
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Rocket Talent Episode 2 with CTO John Pavley on our deep dive on how to become an Engineering Leader. John Pavley is the SVP of Engineering of Viacom and former Engineering Executive at Spotify, Huffington Post, Apple and Limewire. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rockettalent/message…
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The very first episode of Rocket Talent! We do a deep dive with CTO Seth Purcell from SignPost and discuss his tips and tricks to becoming a top Engineering Leader--- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/rockettalent/message
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