In this episode, we go back to a 2020 discussion we had with Chris Ortega; Senior Director, Global Finance - Emarsys. Chris was named the World's Top 10 Voice in Accounting, Finance & FP&A. What you'll learn - 1) What it means to look for opportunities to Fail 2) The bread and butter of any successful business 3) The importance that culture plays in building a successful company --- If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode! Or better yet, tell me what you want to hear more of in the future. --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at: www.businesstalklibrary.com/thefinanceandaccountingshow --- “If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our courses at the Business Talk Library university: https://btl.thinkific.com/

Where do you go when you want to learn how to successfully start, sustain and grow your start-up? You go to Founder's space - Founders Space is one of the leading startup accelerators in the world, with over 50 partners in 22 countries. Ranked the #1 incubator for overseas startups by Forbes and Entrepreneur Magazines. This week we are sharing our discussion with the Founder of "Founder's Space" Steve Hoffman aka "Captain Hoff" where he discusses important fundamentals EVERY business - Silicon Valley or not - should be paying attention to if they want to keep their business growing. Hoffman is a venture investor, serial entrepreneur, and author of seTveral award-winning books. These include “Make Elephants Fly” (published by Hachette), “Surviving a Startup” (published by HarperCollins), and “The Five Forces” (published by BenBella). Enjoy the episode. Learn more about Founder's space here:https://www.foundersspace.com/ More about Steve Hoffman here: Hoffman was founder and Chairman of the Producers Guild Silicon Valley Chapter, served on the Board of Governors of the New Media Council, and was a founding member of the Academy of Television’s Interactive Media Group. While in Hollywood, Hoffman worked as a TV development executive at Fries Entertainment, known for producing over a hundred TV shows, acquired by MGM. He went on to pioneer interactive television with his venture-funded startup Spiderdance, which produced interactive TV shows with NBC, MTV, Turner, Warner Brothers, History Channel, Game Show Network, and others. In Silicon Valley, Hoffman founded two more venture-backed startups, in the areas of games and entertainment, and worked as Mobile Studio Head for Infospace, with such hit mobile games as Tetris, Wheel of Fortune, Tomb Raider, Thief, Hitman, Skee-Ball, and X-Files. Hoffman went on to launch Founders Space, with the mission to educate and accelerate entrepreneurs. Founders Space has become one of the top startup accelerators in the world. Hoffman has trained hundreds of startup founders and corporate executives in the art of innovation and provided consulting to many of the world’s largest corporations, including Qualcomm, Huawei, Bosch, Intel, Disney, Warner Brothers, NBC, Gulf Oil, Siemens, and Viacom. --- If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode! Or better yet, tell me what you want to hear more of in the future. --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at: www.businesstalklibrary.com/thefinanceandaccountingshow --- “If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our courses at the Business Talk Library university: https://btl.thinkific.com/

This week we're sharing a sit down with Sam Palazzolo the Founder of Tip of the Spear Venture; a company focused on business financial investments and advisory services. A local to Detroit Michigan Sam shares his story about how he went from growing up in the restaurant business, manufacturing to eventually landing in the Venture Capital space. His story reminds us that any good idea requires work and strategy. Enjoy the full episode. More about Tip of the Spear here: https://tipofthespearventures.com/about-us/ --- If you like what you’ve been hearing on this podcast, we invite you to go wherever you’re listening to this episode and leave us a comment or review. Tell me what you love about this episode! Or better yet, tell me what you want to hear more of in the future. --- You can find all of the information about this episode and the show at: www.businesstalklibrary.com/thefinanceandaccountingshow --- “If you want to learn more about finance and accounting as it related to business, check out our courses at the Business Talk Library university: https://btl.thinkific.com/