Mike Fitzgerald’s High Alpha business is fascinating. Not just the venture studio and Fund they have built, but the Sprint Week competitition where all employees compete against each other to determine what business the company should incubate. I love that. That is how you build internal culture. We spent quite a bit of time on the pod discussing how to formulate ideas and how to learn (I can never get enough of that subject). We also did some digging into the investment culture and the ratio of reviewing start-ups to actual investments. Anyone exploring this space will enjoy Mike’s perspective. His calculus story at Miami is a good one and sent him down a path of communications (which he says is a blessing and helped him into a sales-oriented path). We start with a conversation about the city of Indianapolis and Miami’s influence there.
Jackie Shropshire, JLL Chicago Industrial Lead
Kenneth Ali, managing director, Rock Gate Partners
Lance Theobald, CEO, Miami Nation Enterprises
Gopa Dobson, Chief Revenue Officer at MJ REIT
Jillian Griffiths, Chief Financial Officer at Clayton Dubilier & Rice
Mary van Praag, Global Chief Executive Officer at Milani Cosmetics
Mike Smerklo, Co Founder & Managing Director, Next Coast Ventures
Kia Nalls, Work-based Learning Solutions Creator at Sinclair Community College
Roger Howe, U.S. Precision Lens (retired)
Amy Armstrong, Co-Parent Coach, Coach Trainer, Mediator at The Center for Family Resolution
John Altman, serial entrepreneur and business leader
George Heath, Board of Directors of Sea-Land Chemical Company, former group president at Sherwin-Williams
Francie Henry, Regional President at Fifth Third Bank
Steve Katzfey, Chief Procurement Officer at Stanley Black & Decker
Michael Moses, Executive Managing Director, GBX Group
Shawn Manns-Collins, SVP Consumer Bank CFO, Fifth Third Bank
Will Grant, Associate Wealth Planner at Kovitz
Suraj Maraboyina, Executive Producer/EVP of Investor Relations, Creative Wealth Media
Katie Binns, Director of Fixed Income and Multi-Asset Indexes, Morningstar
Michelle Herrick, Head of Real Estate Banking, JP Morgan Chase
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