GSD Factor Podcast

Get STUFF Done: Stepping Into Your Extraordinary Through Networking with Rachel Rozen

Special Get STUFF Done episode:Do you network? Today we learn that networking takes practice. Rachel Rozen is known for turning “icky” networking into “sticky,” lasting relationships, she helps individuals and teams grow their “net worth” network. 
Just like athletes train and singers rehearse, networking takes role play and repetition. In order for a networking event to be effective you must formulate a plan and execute with intentionality. Rachel has created a formula that teaches you how to do just that. Tune in to hear some of her fantastic guidelines to help anyone improve and elevate their networking game.
Rachel Rozen, a former Chief Customer Officer, transformed her career by connecting with 300 individuals in a year, leading to the founding of Connection Catalyst. Through group coaching, she teaches professionals to overcome networking challenges and build meaningful connections. Connection Catalyst also empowers teams with communication and relationship-building skills, fostering collaboration and workplace satisfaction. 
 
Connect with Rachel Rozen on LinkedIn
Connection Catalyst Website
Free Networking Webinar
 
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Stepping Into Your Extraordinary as a Female Medtech Innovator with Téa Phillips

Téa Phillips witnessed her grandmother struggle with arthritis and wasn’t satisfied with doing nothing. She wanted to do something, anything to help provide relief. 
When she couldn’t find a product that would help she decided to invent it. Téa founded ATS Innovations and is the inventor of the MedTech product MetaFlex, a grip-strengthening compression glove that’s helping her grandmother and many more people. 
Téa LinkedIn
ATS Innovations LinkedIn
MetaFlex Website
 
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Stepping Into Your Extraordinary In Your Second Act with Ann Kimmel

Have you thought about your second act? Are you in your relentless era? 
Ann Kimmel is a wife, mom, and Gram loving her second act in sports media. Ann is a writer and radio co-host for Penalty Box Radio and co-host of the Locked on Predators podcast covering the Nashville Predators hockey team. Over her reporting career she has written for Sports Illustrated and The Hockey News. 
On today’s episode we touch on the tough season that the Nashville Predators have been experiencing and discuss how they have had to tap into their resilience and confidence. Only now are we starting to see the fruits of continuing to do the hard things and showing up with their recent comeback that was the greatest in franchise history. What’s ironic is the lessons they are learning are so applicable to entrepreneurs and the mindset that is needed.
Follow Ann on X: @AnnK_MamaOnIce
Locked on Predators Podcast
Penalty Box Radio

Stepping Into Your Extraordinary with a Female Founder Mindset with Annika Lundström

Annika Lundström, a woman who wears many hats: youth Olympian, entrepreneur, Nordic Women in Tech Awards Rising Star of the Year winner, TEDx speaker, she successfully led a pre-seed round of half a million, and the list goes on.
Also with her background in molecular biosciences, she is trailblazing how mental health can be measured and assessed through her MedTech startup company Reminded as Founder and CEO.
Annika drives ReMinded forward with her resilient mindset and willingness to navigate the complex field of healthcare innovations through a ‘doing what is required’ approach. Her dedication to improving behavioral healthcare stems from her personal experiences while enrolled in high-performance sports, alongside a passion for making a powerful contribution to a cause that is close to her heart. Here are some of the remarkable highlights in 2024:
Successfully completed Pre-Seed round of approximately $500,000. 
Rapid saliva-based cortisol sensor development is ready for integration in clinical settings.
Secured a partnership with a well-known hospital to conduct a clinical trial in Q2 2025. 
On track with regulatory requirements and expected FDA approval by Summer/Fall 2025.
2nd place at the Wearable Technologies Innovation World Cup Finals.
Annika won the ‘Rising Star of the Year’ award at the Nordic Women in Tech Awards 2024.
Annika Gave a TED Talk on her athlete/scientist MedTech founder journey.
 
Links: 
Reminded Website
ReMinded LinkedIn
Annika LinkedIn
 
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Stepping Into Your Extraordinary with Familial Mentorship with Eric Nordhoff + Kaden Nordhoff

Season 4 of the GSD Factor podcast is here and we’re exploring what it means to step into your extraordinary as entrepreneurs, individuals, and organizations.
Our first episode explores mentorship with father/son team Eric Nordhoff and Kaden Nordhoff.
After 10 years in Christian music, both in the corporate world and running an International music distribution and licensing company, Eric Nordhoff began creating podcasts around his interests, expertise, and passions. These podcasts resulted in 7-figures of revenue. Several of these podcasts had enough listeners to create conferences and conventions that have impacted hundreds of thousands. 
Now, Eric helps people create podcasts around their personal brand with simple marketing funnels that allow them to generate automated income streams and have a meaningful influence on others. Connect with Eric: ericnordhoff.com.
Kaden Nordhoff, former student-athlete at Trevecca Nazarene University. Graduated in the spring of 2024 with a BS degree in Entrepreneurship and a focus in Small Business Management. Passionate and caring friend, brother, son, and associate. Connect with Kaden: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kaden-nordhoff/
 
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Season 3 Best of Part 2 of 2

Season 3 brought us 37 incredible episodes that showed up as their true authentic selves, sharing their stories and their lessons of what to do and what not to do.Here is part 2 of 2 of our best of season 3 where we take you back to our favorite moments from each episode. Find an episode that you want to hear the entire podcast, the show notes have links to each one.Thank you to all our guests for powerfully choosing to join us this season on the GSD Factor podcast:
Rachel Joy Baribeau
Catherine Traffis
Powerhouse Panel: Renee Bruns, Brooke Eby, Stacie King
Sydney Dozier
Emma Miele
Christy Smallwood
Angela Billings
Bailey Hancock
Britt Tucker
Rosa Castaño
Danny Pippin
Chelsie Tamms
Dr. Alessandria Polizzi
R.C. Farrish
Chris Rollins
Stacey Saunders
Tissa Richards
Raya Whitlock
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Season 3 Best of Part 1 of 2

Season 3 brought us 37 incredible episodes and guests that showed up as their true authentic selves, sharing their stories and their lessons of what to do and what not to do. Thank you to all our guests for powerfully choosing to join us this season on the GSD Factor podcast.Here is part 1 of 2 of our best of season 3 where we take you back to our favorite moments from each episode. Find an episode that you want to hear the entire podcast, click below:Alexander Ostojic 
Kristie Crenshaw
Jody LaVoie
Kaylyn Harris
Anthony Beckett
Renee Bruns
Nora DiNuzzo
Yesenia Sevilla
Layne Cagle
Brooke Eby
Tracy Borreson
Ashley Brooke James
Kellie Geisel
Meredith Patrick
Michael Davis
Qualia Hendrickson
Nick Woodard
Deanna Meador
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Powerfully Choosing Layoff to Launch with Steve Lomas

If each of us has a superpower, Steve Lomas' is pulling together the best possible team to bring an idea to life. That process of turning a promising concept into something exciting and valuable – making it real – is still magical to him.
Accomplished entrepreneur and CEO, Steve Lomas leads two Nashville-based firms: MojoMediaPros, a digital marketing agency, and The Roster Agency, a creative talent staffing company.
Benefiting from his background as a Fortune500 innovator, serial startup founder, and former EdTech executive, Lomas excels at harnessing emerging technologies for the creative development, promotion, and marketing of products and services.
His extensive experience includes collaborations with Dreamworks, Philips, Xerox, Panasonic, EA Games, ACT, Discovery Channel, ABC, NBC, WorldBook, College Board, Sesame Learning, and the Southern Poverty Law Center. A life long advocate for the freelance economy, Lomas has employed hundreds of freelancers throughout his career.
Drawing on his experience in the Los Angeles film and television industry, Lomas contributed to talent acquisition at lynda.com (now LinkedIn Learning), where he successfully recruited top authors to the platform. He now leverages these skills to cultivate a robust freelance network for The Roster.
Connect with Steve Lomas on LinkedIn
The Roster
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Get STUFF Done - Powerfully Choosing the Next Chapter with Raya Whitlock

Meet 18-year-old-young entrepreneur, Raya Whitlock as she shares her passion for organization and design and how that became the driving force of her launching her successful business, Written By Raya while still in high school. 
Also this episode was edited and produced by a Juniors in high school as part of mentorship program through Williamson County Schools Entrepreneur and Innovation Center.
 
Written by Raya
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Powerfully Choosing What I'm Known For with Tissa Richards

Tissa Richards unlocks the power of “So what?” to help streamline how you work, achieve organizational alignment, and set and exceed your goals.
As a serial Silicon Valley tech startup founder, Tissa raised millions of dollars in funding, secured multiple patents for complex cybersecurity products, and won awards for innovation from both HPE and Dell.
Today, she operates as a sought-after keynote speaker, trusted executive advisor, and corporate facilitator to Fortune 1000 and growth-stage organizations—helping them connect strategy to execution, so they can unlock the key to consistent growth.
Connect with Tissa Richards on LinkedIn
Tissa Richards Website
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