En Factor Podcast

In this episode of The En Factor Podcast, we are thrilled to be joined by serial entrepreneur Terry James, who is currently Founder and CEO of the Offleash’d social app, as well as Nibble and Wag, LLC. Terry joins host Dr. Rebecca White with vast business experience to share as he left a stable and successful career in wealth management to become an entrepreneur. His turning point stemmed from the global pandemic at the beginning of the decade when he came to the realization that there was an epidemic of loneliness in our world, with everyone sitting behind their screens. Human connection has changed significantly since the pandemic, and Terry had a simple goal of bringing people together and build a community through a clever commonality: pets. As a result, Offleash’d was launched by Terry and his team to bring humans and their pets together through holistic and authentic interactions. The app has been a huge success and continues to experience growth nationwide, as pet parents can be found building themselves and their pet each a profile to connect with other pets and owners in 42 different states. All from simply filling in a gap that nobody had addressed yet: connecting humans through leveraging their deep affection for their pets and the humanization of their pets. Terry’s newer brand, Nibble and Wag, was also created from a gap in the pet industry that had not truly been focused on and filled yet. Nibble and Wag is Terry’s dog food brand that is healthy, yet affordable, targeted mainly for younger pet parents that want to provide their dog healthy food but are struggling to afford the purchase of premium dog food. Another specific gap in the pet industry that nobody truly paid to attention to and targeted, but Terry didn’t launch this brand to compete with other dog food brands. He simply wanted to provide younger owners with the opportunity to feed their dogs healthy food without breaking their banks. Join us for this incredibly insightful conversation with Terry and Dr. White, as they explore and cover various key moments from Terry’s entrepreneurial journey including how he identified and capitalized on these opportunities in the pet industry, the value of building a cohesive team through a shared vision, and how Terry plans to continue leading and reshaping the pet industry in the future. Key Words - Pets, Opportunity Recognition Explore this episode, and many other conversations with entrepreneurs on The En Factor Podcast, here:https://drrebeccawhite.com/podcasts/en-factor Connect with Terry and join the Offleash’d community by downloading Offleash’d from your device’s app store, or visit their website, here: https://offleashd.com/ Connect and learn more about Terry’s newer dog food brand, Nibble and Wag, at their website, here: https://nibbleandwag.com/ Explore Dr. White’s new Entrepreneurial Intelligence (EI) Lab, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/entrepreneurial-intelligence-lab/ Check out Dr. White’s book, “See, Do, Repeat”, and more from her website, here: https://drrebeccawhite.com/see-do-repeat/

In this newest episode of the En Factor we welcome Sara Beal, who is the founder of One Step Closer to Healing. Sara is an autonomous nurse practitioner with dual certifications in adult primary care and psychiatry who runs her business as a solo entrepreneur but didn’t plan on being an entrepreneur from the start. Beginning her healthcare career in psychiatry, she fell in love with the field and stayed in it for a few years before wanting more autonomy and transitioning to start One Step Closer to Healing, where she felt she could apply her own style of approaching and interpreting care to best serve and treat her clientele. Sara started her own practice led by her very own courage, curiosity, and commitment where she felt she could best see the humanity behind her clients’ symptoms, while also normalizing mental health symptoms and leaving the labels behind. You won’t want to miss a moment of this enlightening conversation with Sara, as she and Dr. Rebecca White reflect on topics including the importance and need for more empathy and compassion in psychiatry, Sara’s perspective on mental health and how our listeners should view it, and the experience and challenges of transitioning yourself into entrepreneurship and being a business owner. Tune in and join us for this amazing discussion with Sara Beal! Key Words - Healthcare, Mental Health Awareness

This week’s episode of the En Factor features serial entrepreneur Mike Magee, who is currently the founder of LoCo Tampa Bay, which is a local office catering marketplace that works with local Tampa Bay restaurants to cater to office and workplace meetings while increasing restaurants’ catering revenues. Think of it like an Uber Eats or a DoorDash for office meetings, where Mike and LoCo promote different local catering options to local businesses, and then also deliver the food to the meeting for the restaurant. The key difference about LoCo Tampa Bay is that half of their profits are going straight back to the Tampa Bay community, including giving back to the restaurants they partner with, the referrals that help bring them business, and donating to the Florida Cancer Specialist Foundation Charity. Tune into this episode with Mike and Dr. Rebecca White as Mike has extensive experience as a business owner and provides many valuable lessons on failure and what it means to be able to persevere through setbacks as an entrepreneur. This episode also explores topics including the importance of goal setting and sales experience as an entrepreneur, mentorship and building a team around you, and the value of being able to have empathy for and an understanding of every part of your business. Key Words - Social Entrepreneurship, Resilience

In this episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to be joined by Jake Colognesi, who is the founder of Mamba Growth Equity. Jake has spent numerous years as an investor and analyst in the technology space, working for firms like Fidelity Ventures, Volition Capital and Sageview Capital before he started his own growth equity firm, Mamba, just one year ago back in 2024. Jake has retained his focus on the technology world since Mamba’s founding, investing in B2B software companies in their earlier stages and providing these entrepreneurs with focused and valuable strategic and financial advice and expertise. Jake’s leadership experience goes beyond being a founder, as he also has spent over a decade as a board member for numerous different companies around the United States and Canada. You won’t want to miss out on this episode filled with meaningful and thoughtful insights and advice as Jake and Dr. Rebecca White dive into conversations such as Jake’s professional journey and the start of his entrepreneurial journey, funding advice for early stage entrepreneurs, and best practices for building and operating successfully as a board. Key Words - Funding, Investor

This newest episode of the En Factor features entrepreneur Jason Brown, who is the founder and CEO of Deliveri. Jason’s entrepreneurial passion was sparked when he returned to school to earn his MBA after spending working in telecommunications for over a decade and led him to beginning his venture, Deliveri. Jason and Deliveri are working to become the first choice for finding a logistics tech stack for the next generation of consumer brands in the United States and Latin America looking to ship their products internationally. With now over 30 million small businesses in the United States alone, Deliveri focuses on servicing smaller, earlier stage businesses who don’t have access or leverage to key logistics resources such as lower shipping costs like a larger, more developed company would. Join us for this amazing episode where Jason and Dr. Rebecca White discuss the changing landscape of logistics and shipping internationally, Jason’s transition from corporate to entrepreneurship, the importance of using the shipping and transportation experience as a brand building experience, and much more! Key Words - Logistics, Technology Entrepreneurship

Founder and CEO Danielle Rushton joins us for this inspirational of the En Factor, as she discusses her journey of creating and leading her company Wherewithal, a brand new approach at reinventing the ordinary bra with adjustable features and personalized sizing through a single product. In this episode, Danielle discusses the challenges of entering a busy market with innovation and perseverance, as well as her story of tackling a personal problem and transforming it into a feeling of empowerment to help others. By creating a community and taking advantage of her resources, Danielle reveals how she achieved success in her product development, marketing, and sales while overcoming numerous obstacles along the way. Join us and tune in as you won’t want to miss a second of Danielle’s emotional and inspirational entrepreneurial journey with Wherewithal! Key Words - Passion, Product Development

In this newest episode of the En Factor, we are thrilled to welcome Jackie Hernandez as our guest. Jackie is the Founder and CEO of New Majority Ready, which provides marketing consulting services to companies that allow them to better engage with the younger generations that are Millennials, Gen Z, and Gen Alpha. These generations combine to make up the largest demographic segment in all of the United States, now representing over half of America’s population, and behave differently than past generations requiring companies to adapt and shift their strategies to better resonate and align with these growing generations. Jackie and New Majority Ready enable companies to be better prepared to connect with this new majority of the US population through a deep understanding of these consumers and audiences, as well as cultural and social trends that impact the behaviors of this demographic. Beyond New Majority Ready, Jackie has vast leadership and board experience with Fortune 500 companies as well as investor-backed startups including MediaCo Holding, NBCUniversal Hispanic, and Victoria’s Secret. Jackie has established herself as a proven leader within brand building and business growth as she has been named among FORTUNE's Most Powerful Latinas, The Hollywood Reporter's Power 100 Women in Entertainment, and Advertising Age's 100 Most Influential Women in Advertising. She is also working on writing a new book focused on Gen Z while reflecting on her journey with New Majority Ready. Join us for this amazing episode with Jackie as she we discuss her entrepreneurial journey with New Majority Ready, consumer insights and trends pertaining to Millenials, Gen Z and Gen Alpha, as well as the role that resilience and innovation plays in responding to change and adapting your business! Key Words- Marketing, Consulting