EDGE for Peak Performance
Business & Economics Podcasts
The EDGE Podcast brings you an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving, world-class performers who have all excelled in their field. They bring you first-hand experiences, lessons learned and offer their playbook they've employed to get them to the top and keep them there.
Hosting every conversation is Brandon White, an entrepreneur with two exits (so far), lots of strikeouts, a former VC, sr. management in Marketing at AOL. A genuinely curious person, he shares his lessons learned from over two decades of successes and failures in the trenches as an entrepreneur, athlete, and human.
The show features guests from all walks of life that offer you different angles on how to get a winning edge.
Previous guests include successful entrepreneurs, authors, Emmy Award winners, scientists, explorers, Navy SEALS, venture capitalists, angel investors, professional and amateur athletes, artists and other seemingly ordinary people doing extraordinary things.
Listen in on the conversation weekly and grab your edge!
Location:
United States
Description:
The EDGE Podcast brings you an intimate glimpse into the lives of high-achieving, world-class performers who have all excelled in their field. They bring you first-hand experiences, lessons learned and offer their playbook they've employed to get them to the top and keep them there. Hosting every conversation is Brandon White, an entrepreneur with two exits (so far), lots of strikeouts, a former VC, sr. management in Marketing at AOL. A genuinely curious person, he shares his lessons learned from over two decades of successes and failures in the trenches as an entrepreneur, athlete, and human. The show features guests from all walks of life that offer you different angles on how to get a winning edge. Previous guests include successful entrepreneurs, authors, Emmy Award winners, scientists, explorers, Navy SEALS, venture capitalists, angel investors, professional and amateur athletes, artists and other seemingly ordinary people doing extraordinary things. Listen in on the conversation weekly and grab your edge!
Twitter:
@BrandonCWhite
Language:
English
Contact:
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Website:
https://brandoncwhite.com/
Email:
b@brandoncwhite.com
Episodes
Achieve Your Greatness with Professional Basketball Player Laken James
3/29/2023
Laken shares her playbook how to achieve mental strength and perseverance so you can achieve YOUR best self.
From one day being put in a closet to sharpen pencils with serious thoughts of giving up here dream, to a call that day that put her on a plane and on the professional basketball court just a few days later.
Learn how she set herself up for success and how YOU can do the same thing.
About Laken James
Laken is a four year professional women's basketball player. She played Division...
Duration:01:09:47
Best Drinking Water on World Water Day with Taylor O’Neil CEO of Richard’s Rainwater
3/22/2023
On World Water Day 2023 Taylor shares the story of Richard's Rainwater, the only company in the US that is licensed to sell rainwater as drinking water.
From Richard collecting rainwater at his house in Austin, TX, to a few bottles of water locals said was the best drinking water they'd every had, to a full scale operation that has the opportunity to provide clean drinking water for communities around the world.
About Taylor O'Neil and Richard's Rainwater
Taylor is CEO of Richard’s...
Duration:01:03:08
Green Berets and Warthogs in Combat INCREDIBLE Story. With Green Beret Jeff Tompkins and Warthog A-10 Pilot Mike Stock from Troops in Contact
3/17/2023
Jeff and Mike share intimate details about a firefight where close air support from the A-10 Warthog was critical to helping save Jeff and his fellow Green Bret lives.
You have to hear the story to believe it! And this is just one of many situations where close air support has saved lives.
PLEASE help save close air support by signing the petition so we don't lose this vital capability. It only takes 20 seconds to sign the petition:
Save Close Air Support Petition (takes about 20 seconds...
Duration:01:14:09
Peak Performance with Kristen Faulkner Professional Cyclist on the UCI World Tour
3/15/2023
Kristen opens up and shares her story from clipping in to her first bike ride six years ago to leaving a venture capital job to pursue her calling and winning podium finishes on the UCI World Tour.
Where do YOU feel like you are your BEST self? Are you brave enough to follow that?
You'll leave with the courage that YOU can do it too. and reach your peak performance. Why not you?
About Kristen Faulkner
Kristen is from Homer, Alaska, a quaint fishing village that is also the halibut...
Duration:01:21:58
Being Unstoppable and How to Set Goals and Achieve Them Using GoalBud with Former Navy SEAL and Inc 500 CEO Alden Mills
3/8/2023
Alden drops into the studio and talks about his life, how he programmed his mind to be unstoppable, overcame health deficients to achieve peak performance, and after getting out of the SEAL teams started a company and sold it.
Alden and Brandon also talk about his new app GOALBud that will help you set and achieve your goals.
You'll leave this episode with an actionable playbook to reach your peak performance and become unstoppable.
About Alden Mills
Alden Mills is on a mission to help...
Duration:01:30:08
Pharmaceutical Sobriety, Precision Wellness and America's Drug Problem with Sara Auld Founder of Upper
3/1/2023
Taking drugs to fix your health problems has become the norm instead of the exception or even better the last resort.
Sara and Brandon talk about how America has become hooked on drugs of all kinds. From over the counter drugs, prescription drugs and even illegal drugs, Instead of a program for getting healthy, you get a prescription for a pill.
Listen in hear how Sara's company is aiming to change this and how pharmaceutical sobriety may be the key to you living a longer life.
About Sara...
Duration:01:40:34
Day in the Life of a Fishing Guide, Fisheries Conservation and Catching BIG Tuna with Capt. John McMurray of One More Cast Light Tackle Charters
2/22/2023
John and Brandon talk about what it's like being a full time professional fishing guide, fisheries conservation and catch BIG tuna on light tackle and fly fishing gear.
About Capt. John McMurray of One More Cast Fishing Charters
For twenty years Capt. McMurray has been the owner and primary operator of “One More Cast” Charters.
He runs trips on both the skiffs and the Contenders, pretty much every day the weather allows, from mid-April through December – with the notable exception of...
Duration:01:38:43
Building and Selling Three Companies and the Next Level of Productivity with Marc Gingras CEO of Bloks
2/14/2023
Marc shares his two decades of entrepreneurship founding, building and selling three companies, the lessons he's learned along the way and how he and his team are aiming to make you more productive with Bloks.
Lots of practical lessons you can immediately use that give you an edge to win in your business and in your life.
About Marc Gingras
Marc is a Canadian serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and business leader responsible for helming many successful startups that have transformed how...
Duration:01:23:06
Success, the Army, Moral Outrage, Bourbon and Building a Non-Profit to Bring People Together with Morgan Hancock Founder of Bourbon with Heart
2/8/2023
Morgan and Brandon explore her journey from driving trucks in the Army to founding a non-profit with the idea of bringing people from all walks of life together over a good glass of bourbon to make the world a little better place.
Morgan drops some things that you just can't make up.
A fun, wild and inspiring conversation about a never give up attitude.
About Morgan Hancock
Morgan Hancock is a commercial real estate agent, entrepreneur, US ARMY veteran, mother-of-two, bourbonista, and...
Duration:01:30:16
Lessons from a Fighter Pilot You Can Use to Reach Your Peak Performance with A-10 Warthog Pilot Jinks
2/1/2023
Jinks and Brandon talk about his career flying the A-10 Warthog and Jinks shares lessons learned from flying missions in combat that you can apply to your life and business to reach your peak performance.
About Jinks
Jinks is a fighter pilot and Officer in the US Air Force Air National Guard where he has served for over nineteen years.
During that time he's been deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom (2x), Inherent Resolve, and Freedom’s Sentinel in A-10C Attack Aircraft....
Duration:01:44:42
How I Built an Escort Business with Society Service Founder Marike van der Velden
1/25/2023
Marike and Brandon talk about the escort business and how she built a world renowned escort service.
About Marike van der Velden
Marike is an entrepreneur from The Netherlands in a line of business that is not very common; at 21 she founded the fully legal high end escort service called Society Service.
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Duration:01:02:28
How I Turned a Non-Profit into a Thriving For-Profit Business with Taharka Brothers Ice Cream Founder Sean Smeeton
1/19/2023
Sean shares his story of how he founded Sylvan Beach Foundation and discovered that the key to it's real success and survivability was transitioning it into a for profit ice cream company.
If you have not tried Taharka Brothers Ice Cream, you need it. Honey Graham is one of the most amazing flavors you're ever taste 🍨
About Sean Smeeton
Sean is a social entrepreneur, co-founder of the Sylvan Beach Foundation and Taharka Brothers Ice Cream based in Baltimore, MD.
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Duration:02:07:00
How I Built Modern Picnic with Founder Ali Kaminetsky
1/11/2023
Ali shares her founder's story of how she went from an idea, to a stapled together template for the first Modern Picnic lunch bag, to a fast growing brand that is sold in luxury stores like Saks Fifth Avenue.
This episode educates, inspires and gives you an edge to win in your business and in your life.
About Ali Kaminetsky
Forbes Next 1000 List-Maker, Ali Kaminetsky of Modern Picnic, disrupted the cooler industry in 2018 when she created a lunch box created for the cosmopolitan working...
Duration:01:08:16
Entrepreneurship and Venture Capital in America: The Rise of the Rest with Steve Case
1/4/2023
Steve and Brandon talk about venture capital, the early days at AOL, entrepreneurship, and the exciting entrepreneurs he met in his Rise of the Rest tour across the United States.
About Steve Case
Steve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life.
Case co-founded AOL in 1985 and under his leadership and vision, AOL became the largest and most valuable Internet company, driving the...
Duration:00:44:26
Detox Cleanse Myth with Jackie London
12/30/2022
Jackie explains why you shouldn't waste your time doing a detox cleanse for the the new year or ever. She explains the science.
This is Kung Fu Friday episode where Brandon brings you topics that give you an edge to reach your peak performance.
About Jaclyn London
Jackie is a Registered Dietitian (RD), New York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (CDN), author, brand consultant and media spokesperson in relentless pursuit of making better health and wellbeing accessible to...
Duration:00:11:17
Direct Mail Marketing for a Digital World with Dave Fink CEO of Postie
12/28/2022
Dave talks about how he and his partners built Postie and explains why you don't want overlook direct mail as a modern marketing channel.
About Dave Fink
Dave Fink thinks the best kept secret in marketing is hiding where you least expect it — your mailbox.
Over a 20-year career he’s generated hundreds of millions of dollars in ad revenue, powered viral sensations like Dollar Shave Club, and helped launch celebrity startups for Jessica Simpson, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, and Kate...
Duration:01:18:12
The Meaning of Life, the Spiritual World and Extraterrestrials with An End to Upside Down Contact Author Mark Gober
12/21/2022
Mark and Brandon explore the meaning of life, the spiritual world, UFO's and Extraterrestrials. This episode will make you think deeply and expand your mind.
Mark's latest book An End to Upside Down Contact.
About Mark Gober
Mark Gober is a former New York investment banker, Partner at Sherpa Technology Group in Silicon Valley, and has been named one of IAM Magazine’s “World’s Leading Intellectual Property Strategists.”
Outside of the business world, he is an award-winning author of...
Duration:01:18:07
Love Your Team: A Survival Guide for Sales Managers in a Hybrid World with Author Helen Fanucci
12/18/2022
Helen talks about her new book and walks you through the system she developed after managing sales teams generating billions of dollars in quota.
About Helen Fanucci
Helen is a MIT-trained engineer who has built her reputation and career managing teams responsible for billions of dollars of quota.
She developed the Love Your Team system of sales management over a 25-year career on the front lines at top tech companies including Apple, Sun Microsystems, IBM, and Microsoft.
Helen is the...
Duration:00:46:55
Building a Company Culture that Wins You Inc Magazine’s Best Places to Work in America Award with Nison Migirov Co-Founder of Emma Justine Color and Extension Lounge
12/6/2022
Nison shares he and his wife's (Amie) story of how they've been able to build Emma Justine Color & Extension Lounge and earned a spot on Inc Magazine’s Best Places to Work in America.
From selling their house and moving into their parents, to niching down their business, offering not common benefits in the salon business to other not so common things they've done that has separated them from their competition.
About Emma Justine Color & Extension Lounge
Over the years, with the help of...
Duration:01:17:36
The Life of a CIA Shadow Warrior with Ric Prado Author of Black Ops
11/30/2022
Ric and Brandon talk about Ric's life escaping from Cuba, his career in the CIA, the book and a lot of other things not in the book that you''' enjoy.
About Ric Prado
Enrique “Ric” Prado is a paramilitary, counter-terrorism, and special/clandestine operations specialist, with a focus on international training operations and programs.
Mr. Prado is a twenty-four year veteran of the Central Intelligence Agency where he served as an Operations Officer in six overseas posts. He was Deputy...
Duration:01:07:37