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The Business Compass, East Trade Winds

Today's guests are Wayne Pratt and Bernie Franzgrote. 

Bernie and Wayne discuss the critical aspects of effectively leveraging the East Trade Winds group, a segment of the World Referral Network (WRN). The discussions revolve around the significance of aligning personal values and business goals and the role of a strong vision in guiding decision-making and overall direction. They discuss the value-added benefits of being a WRN member. They also shed light on the crucial role of networking, adaptability, and the dynamics of working in a team within the World Referral Network.

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 Acknowledging their support, I would like to express my thanks to Carl Richards from Podcast Solutions Made Simple, a renowned podcast expert, Fred Crouch who is the Property Wizard podcaster, Melanie Webber my invaluable business partner, and Wayne Pratt from Motive8U Inc, who serves as both a coach and co-host of these podcasts.

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"Everyone needs a therapist or a coach." Do you agree? Join today's conversation as Soumen and I jump into mental health. Then, we transition into educating you on unique things employers are doing to go above and beyond for their people. If something sounds cool, then let's talk about how we can get that implemented in your company!

Another line that stuck with me from today's conversation? "Keep yourself curious." 

I've learned that leaders often don't understand they could provide so much more for their people if they simply had more healthcare strategy. It's really fun to help guide leadership teams to a better path forward. A path that frees up more money to elevate the investment they are making in their greatest asset, YOU!

Want to talk more with Soumen? Find him on LinkedIn! Soumen Bhattacharya. Did something resonate with you from today's episode? Please let me know as I love hearing from listeners! As always, shoot me a text 740-525-5259 or send me an email jfutrell@truenorthcompanies.com. 

Next up: World renown author of the 5 Love Languages, Dr. Paul White!

Music by Alex Lambert.

Contact Justin via text 740-525-5259 or via email JFutrell@TrueNorthCompanies.com

If you want to be connected to a guest, just ask! Also, I welcome the opportunity to hear your feedback from this episode!

Thanks again to my musically gifted friend Alex Lambert for the music.

Friends, we're almost there: the end of the year that felt like a decade. This week, Mary Ann, Natasha and Alex put aside their 2021 fatigue and talked through a week full of news - and candidly, tensions. As always, shout out to Grace and Chris for producing the show and making us sound a whole lot better. 

We got into the Lyft mafia, garbage, and why our local truckers are giving us creator economy vibes. Or more specifically:

• Kenya’s Pariti raised $2.85M led by Harlem Capital to develop startup ecosystems in emerging markets, proving yet again how Africa's entrepreneurial scene is one not to miss. The empowerment trend continued with TrueNorth's $50 million fundraise to help biz-savvy independent truckers, and freshly-anointed unicorn AgentSync with news, as Alex reminds us, that insurtech is very much alive. 
• Opensea got a new CFO from Lyft, which led to IPO rumors, denial, and rumors about why there's denial about going public. Plus, as Natasha notes, if you're not leaving Lyft to join crypto, you're leaving Lyft to join climate. 
• The Trump Media SPAC is a mess, as we anticipated, frankly.
• Mary Ann is all over the Better.com saga as its comm, marketing, PR heads all submitted their resignations this week and CEO Vishal Garg issued a poorly-received apology for how badly he effed up the mass layoffs last week -- and as she hints, there's a lot more to come.

We disagreed more than usual this episode, which is refreshing. So cheers to more of that next year, and we'll see you back here on Monday.

Credits: Equity is hosted by TechCrunch's Alex Wilhelm and Mary Ann Azevedo. We are produced by Theresa Loconsolo with editing by Kell. Bryce Durbin is our Illustrator. We'd also like to thank the audience development team and Henry Pickavet, who manages TechCrunch audio products.