the Design Driven Life

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Arjun Rai. Arjun is a New York City based entrepreneur originally from West Windsor, New Jersey (aka Princeton Junction). Since high school, Arjun has been networking with some of the most well known entrepreneurs and even worked on a few projects and startups of his own.Upon graduation, Arjun pursued his career opportunities and came to New York City where he enrolled at the New York Institute of Technology in 2011 with scholarships and grants. Following a few weeks into college, Arjun launched his second startup, fuelbrite.com, a social media agency focused on small businesses and startups, and a student-focused organization, TheBizDen.After interning at a PR and ad agency in the summer of 2012, Arjun quickly saw the need for yet another startup within the tech space and raised a seed investment round to build it out. That startup became Wrkbench.io which was a virtual collaboration space designed for creative and visual people (we liked to say we make visual conversations).After spending a few years and learning the ins and outs of running a venture backed startup, Rai set out to modernize another industry related to his former passion of social media. The startup would be known as HelloWoofy.com which is a social media management platform driven by artificial intelligence to help small to medium sized businesses with digital marketing.Arjun currently lives in New York City. Arjun went to the NYIT School of Management (majoring in Small Business and Entrepreneurship). He also holds several notable awards and has been previously or is currently a member of the Phi Eta Sigma Honor Society and Golden Key International Honour Society. Professionally, Arjun has also been a member of The One Club, The Art Directors Club, The Advertising Club of NY, Social Media Marketing Society, IVY Connect Club etc.Featured on: Entrepreneur Magazine, Forbes, Inc Magazine, MarTech Today, Search Engine Land, NASDAQ, Small Business Trends and more.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Lis Suppo.Lis Suppo, AKA Mary Freakin’ Poppins™, is a Home Organization & Interior Design Expert who brings MAGIC into her client’s lives!After years of working with clients to streamline their organization and home décor has shown  her that by transforming their physical environment inspires and opens them to other positive changes in their life.There’s a big relationship between one’s physical and inner state.Lis is a big believer in self development and she is considered a catalyst who guides you toward the best version of yourself—the person you are MEANT to be, not just physically but mentally and spiritually as well.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Laurie Lewis.For Certified Coach, Laurie Lewis, menopause delivered brain fog, pain, memory loss, and the sudden gain of 50 pounds of stubborn hormonal fat. She tried everything she knew to feel better, and the methods that worked in the past made no difference.   After four years of struggle she stumbled upon Intermittent Fasting which turned the course of her life. She started that very same day and in less than a week the menopausal fog lifted and she felt more like herself.  Laurie restored her health, slender weight, and at 58-years old has turned her personal success into a thriving Intermittent Fasting coaching business.  Now recognized as the go-to Intermittent Fasting coach, Laurie has changed thousands of lives around the world through group programs and 1:1 personal coaching sessions.Laurie’s desire to share her healing process led her to write an Intermittent Fasting workbook. “Celebrating Your Vibrant Future: Intermittent Fasting for Women 44 to Forever” is the gift of hope, inspiration, and encouragement that every woman needs. the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Shireen Jaffer.Shireen is a second-time founder, Forbes 30 under 30, and CEO of Edvo, a venture-backed startup that builds technology to help people think for themselves and make better sense of the world. Prior to Edvo, Shireen founded and bootstrapped Skillify to a 7-figure EdTech social venture that helped 100,000+ students gain real world experience through internships and mentorships, Shireen is an active angel investor, people advisor at PIF.vc, and host of the Edvolution Podcast.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.show lessSupport the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Nancy Murphy.Nancy  is the Founder & President, CSR Communications, she spent her career saying what others are afraid to say and learning to say it in ways that people will listen. As founder and president of CSR Communications, she teaches leaders how to influence and persuade others so they can realize their vision for change faster, with less frustration and resistance. She’s known as the “intrapreneurs evangelist” for her efforts to celebrate, support and champion the work of internal change agents. Nancy’s worked in philanthropy for Steve & Jean Cases’s family foundation, in federal government as a program officer for AmeriCorps, for local and national nonprofit organizations, and for global consulting firm APCO Worldwide, where her clients included UPS, Target and W.K. Kellogg Foundation.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Kara Ladd is the Founder of mindful multimedia company, Boundless, which includes Boundless Creatives, a purpose-driven marketing consultancy that helps people discover their spiritual purpose & build impact brands that better the world beyond profit, and Boundless by Kara (@boundlessbykara), a conscious lifestyle personal brand that features product & experience reviews within the spiritual, health & clean beauty space.   Ladd began her career working in the fashion closets of Cosmopolitan and Italian Vogue. She eventually landed at a boutique sustainable fashion consultancy where she led creative and strategic marketing advisory for high-profile clients such as Amazon, LVMH, Mulberry, The Real Real, CFDA in addition to building out the digital infrastructure and growth strategy internally. Later, Ladd pivoted back into editorial, working as Hearst Digital Media’s E-Commerce and Partnerships Editor, where she created optimized digital content for all 28 Hearst sites. Her features achieved up to 35 million page views worldwide.Connect with Kara Ladd LinkedIn.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Kaori Fujii.Kaori was born in Tokyo and residing in New York, she an internationally acclaimed flutist, educator, and a philanthropist. She has performed, toured, and recorded with renowned artists and orchestras worldwide. Kaori has performed in concert halls such as John F. Kennedy Center, Carnegie Hall, Alte Oper Frankfurt, Liederhalle Stuttgart, Teresa Carreno Theater, Tokyo Opera City Concert Hall and Suntory Hall. She has released eight albums, one of which was shortlisted for a nomination at the Grammy Awards. She still holds the record for being the youngest prize-winner for the three biggest music competitions in Japan, which she won consecutively from 1996 to 1998. As an educator, Kaori has presented clinics and masterclasses for flutists around the world. A graduate of the Tokyo University of the Arts, and of the University of Music and Performing Arts Stuttgart. Kaori's strong classical training and professional experiences provide the right skill sets to develop and serve a community of passionate musicians around the world, such as the existing musicians in the Democratic Republic of the Congo.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Doni Aldine . Doni  is a globally mobile Afro-Latina and first-generation American who lived in & identified with seven cultures on five continents before adulthood.. Aldine is passionate about creating community for cross-cultural populations. She has extensive global experience in communications, media and marketing for organizations both large and emerging. Aldine has presented around the globe as a keynote, at conferences, at major universities & in major media outlets as an expert focused on communications, entrepreneurship, marketing, branding & cross-cultural identity. She’s developed university curricula for global culture identity and is on faculty in Journalism and Media Communication at Colorado State University.the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Start for FREEDisclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with Kader Boly.He was born on October 31. 1979. He grew up herding animals in Burkina Faso until around 15 years old. After that he continued herding them on canvas. He started showing them around the world and found that people just love his artwork. the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Buzzsprout - Let's get your podcast launched!Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show

This week on the Design Driven Life, Wendy Yates speaks with David Johnson.He is a lawyer, writer and professor. He teaches  Advanced Negotiation at Stanford Law School, and Design Thinking  at the Hasso Plattner Institute of Design at Stanford. Across the last  20 years he has also practiced law in Silicon Valley, primarily as  General Counsel for tech companies and, most recently,  a non-profit foundation. He has testified before Congress and the California Assembly on law  and technology issues. He has conducted dozens of trials and  appeals, including two state Supreme Court arguments. His client list  included some of the biggest names in science and technology:  Apple, Caliper, Google, McKesson, Sankyo Pharma, and The  Computer History Museum. In 2007 David completed a JSM in Law, Science and Technology. His  thesis explored design methods for software and their potential  application to systemic environmental issues. In 2014, David wrote,  produced and delivered the world’s first free online course on  Negotiation to some 5,000 students in 47 nations. General Electric  thereafter licensed the course for a four-year run in their executive  education program, “Brilliant U.”  the Design Driven Life is sponsored by Well Fit Human Retreats. Well Fit Human combines travel, fitness, and humanitarian work in vibrant destinations. Create positive impact through personal growth during our life-changing experiences. elevate yourself on their upcoming retreats.Disclaimer: This post contains affiliate links. If you make a purchase, I may receive a commission at no extra cost to you.Support the show