Beyond the Check
When it comes to work what is your Big Why? If you didn't need the money, would you keep your current job? Beyond the Check: Work, Life & Meaning, features a broad array of business people sharing insights about how their spirituality influences their career. Bay Area based host John Weems has spent more than half of his career in the business world and the other half in full time spiritual guidance as a pastor. John and his guests embrace diverse views.
Episodes
19 episodes
Dr. Frank Artress & Susan Gustafson: Near death to transforming lives in Tanzania
Dr. Frank Artress described himself as a, "He who has the most toys wins" guy focused on material accumlation. He and Susan Gustafson had meaningful jobs in medicine and education, but their lives forever changed when Frank faced a high likelih...
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Episode 18
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42:22
Ikram Mansori, from Army's 82nd Airborne Division to Founder and CEO, Curah
Curah CEO Ikram Mansori is on a mission to revolutionize the care industry with a marketplace for on-demand beauty services that are more affordable, convenient and accessible. The hard lessons she learned while deployed through the Army's 82nd...
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Episode 17
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29:25
Ron Miller, Lessons Learned through Four Exits (and Counting)
Ron Miller has exited four companies and currently serves as Chair of his fifth, StartEngine. He wants to empower entrepreneurs and investors through his learnings in business and life, including surviving cancer. In his own LinkedIn post, the ...
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Episode 16
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55:14
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Ennie Lim, CEO of HoneyBee
A divorce and financial challenges forced HoneyBee CEO Ennie Lim to move back in with her parents. She rose from adversity to co-found HoneyBee with college friend Benny Yiu to help ensure that the 70% of Americans living paycheck-to-paycheck w...
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Episode 15
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16:10
Harry Plant of Aeris, Using IoT (Internet of Things) for Good
Harry Plant has placed himself in the right place at the right time multiple times. From a run at legendary Silicon Valley law firm Wilson Sonsini Goodrich & Rosati as the Internet was coming of age, to working as investment banker, he lear...
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Episode 14
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37:43
Stevon Cook, CEO of MissionBit and President, SF Board of Education
Stevon Cook talks about the influence of his grandmother when his parents were unable to care for him as a child, connecting bridges out of poverty through coding education, and his sense of call to build things to empower others.From s...
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Episode 13
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46:09
Michael Gilroy, From Aspiring Professional Athlete to VC at Canaan Partners
Michael Gilroy grew up dreaming of becoming a professional athlete, then a hedge fund manager, and finally a venture capitalist. He achieved his goal of becoming a Partner at Canaan, a prominent VC in San Francisco. Michael shares how a couple ...
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Episode 12
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27:54
Faith and Technology with Alana Ackerson, Co-Founder of Figure
Alana Ackerson has spent a significant portion of her life wrestling with questions of financial inclusion, the implications of technology in extending human life span, and building companies including SoFi and currently Figure.
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Episode 11
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34:45
El Capitan Speed Climbing Legend Hans Florine
Skilled climbers typically take 72-plus hours to ascend Yosemite's 2,900 foot El Capitan. Hans Florine has shaved nearly 70 hours from that time and has climbed the monolith well over 150 times. Hans shares wisdom on the spirituality of climbin...
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Episode 10
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42:16
Empowering freelancers with Johnny Reinsch, Co-Founder and CEO of Qwil
From skate punk and forklift operator to "recovering" M&A attorney, Johnny Reinsch has already lived a fascinating life. Those adventures--and the time he almost failed to pay his mortgage--prepared him to co-found Qwil. Qwil works to empow...
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Episode 9
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30:27
Re-imagining impact financing with NPX Co-CEOs Lindsay Beck & Catarina Schwab
When they see a need in the world, they take action. Lindsay Beck survived cancer and founded a non-profit to help others with similar needs. Catarina Schwab has thrived through six careers (so far) from investment banking to a retail startup. The...
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Episode 8
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57:26
VCs transforming prisons with Beverly Parenti, Chris Redlitz and Kenyatta Leal
Beverly Parenti and Chris Redlitz had already achieved plenty of success when they first entered San Quentin State Prison just north of San Francisco. Though they were not looking for a new venture, they ended up crossing paths with inmates includ...
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Episode 7
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59:50
From Shark Tank to Spiritual Focus with Enlisted Design's Beau Oyler
Beau Oyler is a designer and business owner who lives with a deep spiritual focus. He has designed products you can find at Williams Sonoma, Target, Apple, The Container Store and many more. He and his business partner swam and thrived on Shark Ta...
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Episode 6
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38:23
From Refugee Camp to Silicon Valley & Facebook with Tina Tran
Tina Tran has literally been captured by pirates, survived a refugee camp and made world-changing contributions through her work in Silicon Valley with Oculus at Facebook. As if that weren't enough, she is a mom and Presidential Leadership Scholar...
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Episode 5
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28:43
Financial Technology Godfather Ron Suber
Ron Suber has experienced the exits about which every entrepreneur dreams. He has a healthy perspective about enough and doesn't have to work. Rather than ride off into the sunset in retirement, Ron travels the world in Rewirement and stays activ...
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Episode 4
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34:06
From LinkedIn to Zen with Yingzhao Liu
Many of us struggle to find work-life balance. LinkedIn's Yingzhao Liu suggests instead focusing on work-life INTEGRATION. She shares her experiences from a young immigrant from China to a User Experience Design Director at LinkedIn. She leads Li...
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Episode 3
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44:34
Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers, Part II of II
“It is amazing how much can be accomplished if no one cares who gets the credit.” Bob Myers strives to live by these words from legendary UCLA coach John Wooden. In the second part of our conversation, Bob talks about the inclusivity of Stephen Cu...
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Episode 2
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32:27
Golden State Warriors GM Bob Myers, Part I of II
What is true success? Golden State Warriors President of Basketball Operations and General Manager Bob Myers has helped build one of the greatest teams in the history of the National Basketball Association. He shares how his faith and family help ...
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Episode 1
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32:31
