Building Bold Connections

Episode 8: Communicating Value

In the season one finale, Michael J. Coles, Co-Founder of the Great American Cookie Company and the namesake of Kennesaw State University’s Michael J. Coles College of Business, sits down with host Tyra Burton to share details of his life as an entrepreneur, world-record holding athlete, and an inspiring leader. He provides fascinating insights into the important ways customers have taken the power away from sellers, and how businesses can use that to their advantage.   
You can also watch video episodes of Building Bold Connections at the Building Bold Connections YouTube Channel.

Episode 7: Investing in People

CPA firm Smith + Howard has regularly been named one of the best places to work in Atlanta. Host Tyra Burton speaks with CEO Sean Taylor – who joined the company 30 years ago as an intern – to find out businesses can do to inspire people to spend their entire careers there. They also touch on how technology and automation is changing the accounting profession. It's episode 7 of Building Bold Connections. Watch the video version on YouTube!

Episode 6: Women in Fintech

Audrey Hall, chief product officer for Brightwell and one of the top software product executives of 2022, speaks to host Tyra Burton about how Brightwell uses digital payment technology to help cruise ship workers manage their funds, and how the company embraced innovation when the pandemic brought the cruise industry to a halt. Audrey also talks about how women can succeed in the fast-growing world of digital payments. It's episode 6 of Building Bold Connections.

Episode 5: Pivot on a Dime

Carmelita Marrow, the director of Communications and Convening for the National Network of Public Health Institutes, speaks with host Tyra Burton on how the COVID-19 pandemic threw the hospitality industry into chaos and how she has leveraged the value of relationships to weather the storm.

Episode 4: The Great Resignation

Employees are reassessing what they expect to get out of their professional lives, with a greater focus on work-life balance and career trajectory. Troy Felder with McKesson speaks with host Tyra Burton about meeting these changing expectations as well as adapting to other trends in the HR industry. It's episode 4 of Building Bold Connections.

Life Was ’Life-ing’

Nicole Anderson, founder and CEO of HER Wine, speaks with host Tyra Burton and shares stories of the adversities she faced along her journey to full-time entrepreneurship. It's episode 3 of Building Bold Connections, "Life was 'Life-ing.'"
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Episode 2: Think Before You Share

Jake Bulim, a senior cybersecurity analyst with KPMG, a three-time alumnus of Kennesaw State University, and a part-time instructor in KSU's information and security assurance program, shares insights on the cybersecurity business and on how professionals - and you - can learn to better manage cyber threats.

Episode 1: A Path to Sales

Chase York, Group Sales Account Executive with the Atlanta Falcons, shares his path to sales from a background in sports, while discussing his largest sale and revealing the scariest part of working in the sales profession. It's the first episode of Building Bold Connections, a new podcast from the Coles College of Business about exploring the bold ideas that make business innovation possible.