Inspired By Example

Hosted by Will Price & Rich Price

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“Inspired By Example” is a podcast about purpose, passion and pivotal moments that can change the course of a life of meaning. Hosted by brothers Will Price and Rich Price, each episode is a thought-provoking conversation with leaders and innovators — people who, through their work and ways of working, have inspired by example.

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August 22, 202540 min

Episode 20 | Greg Slamowitz

Inspired By Example is a podcast about the heart of leadership — revealing conversations with leaders across business, public service, education, and the military, asking five essential questions about who shaped them, what tested them, and what values ground them.In this episode, Will and Rich’s guest is Greg Slamowitz, an accomplished entrepreneur, investor, educator and author whose journey embodies the evolution from command-and-control to inspired, people-first leadership.Greg began his career as a tax lawyer before co-founding Ambrose Employer Group, which he bootstrapped with $95,000 and grew into one of New York’s fastest-growing companies. Under his co-leadership, Ambrose became recognized as one of the city’s best places to work before its sale to Trinet and General Atlantic for $200 million. Along the way, Greg won Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, founded a political action committee that helped pass the Small Business Efficiency Act, and authored Flip the Pyramid, a manifesto for empowerment-first leadership.In our conversation, Greg shares the anti-lessons of toxic early work experiences, the turning point when he realized brute force wasn’t sustainable, and the paradigm shift that came from Jim Collins, Vern Harnish, and Maslow. He reflects on navigating the dot-com crash, codifying and enforcing core values even when difficult, and why true leadership means helping others rise to the top of the pyramid. We also explore his belief that sustaining leadership requires sustaining yourself — through wellbeing, balance, and joy outside of work.About the hosts: Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive SaaS platform that simplifies how teams turn strategy into action. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains), and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility, and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband, and father of two sons.This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

July 27, 202535 min

Episode 19 | Amish Jani

Inspired By Example is a podcast about the heart of leadership — revealing conversations with leaders across business, public service, education, and the military, asking five essential questions about who shaped them, what tested them, and what values ground them. In this episode, Will and Rich's guest is Amish Jani, a top-tier venture capitalist and founding partner at FirstMark Capital, one of New York’s most respected early-stage investment firms. Amish has played a key role in shaping the modern tech landscape, backing companies like Shopify, Frame.io, Pendo, and Gravie, among many others.Recognized by CB Insights and the New York Times as one of the top 100 venture capitalists globally, Amish has also been named to Business Insider’s Seed 100 and 50 Most Important VCs in New York lists.Beyond investing, Amish co-founded CloudNY, a premier summit for cloud CEOs, and leads the FirstMark Founders Guild, a private community of the city’s most promising entrepreneurs. His career reflects not just a sharp eye for innovation, but a deep commitment to founder development, long-term thinking, and principled leadership.About the hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive SaaS platform that simplifies how teams turn strategy into action. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

January 31, 202531 min

Episode 18 | Casey Sheahan

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. In this episode, Will and Rich's guest is Casey Sheahan, a renowned outdoor industry executive, someone who has had an uncommon impact on how we play in nature and how business can work to protect it. As CEO of Patagonia, Casey led the company through its most successful period and cites the company's founder, Yvon Chouinard, as his biggest mentor and influence in leadership. Casey has held leadership roles at other influential outdoor brands including SIMMS, KEEN, Kelty, Merrell, Wolverine, and Nike. Casey has dedicated his career to leadership and conservation in the outdoor industry, including through his work with the Conscious Global Leadership Institute.We recommend our listeners check out a TED Talk that Casey delivered in 2011 on the links between responsibility corporate transparency, responsibility and profitability.About the hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive SaaS platform that simplifies how teams turn strategy into action. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

October 1, 202423 min

Episode 17 | Lawrence K. Fish

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. In this episode, Will and Rich's guest is Lawrence K. Fish, former Chairman and CEO of Citizens Financial Group, someone with a remarkable record of leadership in business, philanthropy, arts, education and more. During his 17 year tenure in charge of Citizens, CFG grew 30 fold and became one of the 10 largest commercial bank holding companies in the US.Outsideof banking, Larry recently retired as Chairman of Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, the largest educational publishing company in the US, and sits on the board of trustees of Woods Hole Oceanographic Institute and Massachusetts Institute of Technology. He is also an honorary trustee of the Brookings Institute, a fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, and he is a retired board director of the iconic luxury brand Tiffany and Co. and of Textron, a leading global multi-industry company with brands including Cessna, Beechcraft and Bell Helicopter.Larry also chairs Bridge Over Troubled Waters, a Boston-area nonprofit providing services to runaway, homeless and high-risk youth, and the Fish Family Foundation, which administers the Japan Women’s Leadership initiative founded by Larry’s wife, AtsukoAbout the hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive SaaS platform that simplifies how teams turn strategy into action. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

August 15, 2024Episode 1639 min

Episode 16 | Mike Erwin

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. In this episode, Will and Rich's guest is Mike Erwin, founder and Executive Director of Team Red, White & Blue (Team RWB) an organization that guides veterans through a journey of transition from a life of selfless service to building a post-service lifestyle with a strong focus on mental and physical health.Mike is a 2002 graduate of The U.S. Military Academy at West Point where he was commissioned as an officer and went on to serve three combat tours with the First Cavalry Division and 3rd Special Forces Group. Mike continues to serve the nation as a Lt. Colonel in the U.S. Army Reserves, assigned to the United States Military Academy at West Point, where he is an Assistant Professor. He is the co-author of LEAD YOURSELF FIRST by Bloomsbury Press (2017). Mike and his wife Genevieve live on a 32-acre farm in North Carolina, where they raise their five young children.About the hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

June 19, 2024Episode 1533 min

Episode 15 | Gary Rieschel

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Gary Rieschel, a legend in the venture capital world and Founding Managing Partner of Qiming Venture Partners, one of China's premier VC firms. Qiming invests in Technology and Consumer (T&C) and Healthcare and has $9.5 billion USD in capital raised. Many of its portfolio companies are today’s most influential firms in their respective sectors. He formerly held executive positions at Intel, Cisco, and Softbank. Gary is well regarded as a mentor to entrepreneurs and other venture capitalists, and, in today's episode, he shares lessons on leadership learned over a remarkable career in three distinct economies/cultures, the US, Japan and China.About the hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

May 6, 202431 min

Episode 14 | Marc Pierce

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Marc Pierce, Co-Founder and “head dreamer” of Warm Springs Productions, a Montana-based production company with over 30 years of award-winning work across a wide variety of networks including History Channel, Travel Channel, Discovery, ESPN2, Outdoor Channel and Sportsman Channel. About the hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

March 12, 2024Episode 1338 min

Episode 13 | Mark Gainey

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Mark Gainey, co-founder and chairman of Strava, the social fitness company used by more than 100 million athletes in over 195 countries. In 1996, Mark co-founded Kana Communications, eventually reaching an over $10B valuation in 2000 on the NASDAQ. Mark co-founded Strava in 2008 with a focus on cycling. Initially, Strava was a website where cyclists could map and monitor their rides and compete with riders across the country. Strava now records over 30 types of activities, connecting more than 100 million athletes globally. About The Hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

February 23, 202441 min

Episode 12 | Anthony Soohoo

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is Anthony Soohoo, the rare business leader who has led startups and driven industry-changing digital transformation at Fortune 500 companies. As EVP at Walmart, he led one of the largest digital transformations in history, generating billions in incremental revenue and record profits. At CBS, Anthony launched the company's first over-the-top streaming service, catapulting CBS.com into the largest television network site in the industry in the late 2000's. Anthony is currently a board member at Spryker Systems, Venture Advisor with AI Fund, and an Entrepreneur-In-Residence at Harvard Business School. About The Hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.

February 13, 2024Episode 1144 min

Episode 11 | Reverend Dr Malcolm Young

Inspired By Example is a podcast about leadership — purpose, passion and pivotal moments that change a life of meaning. This week, Will and Rich's guest is the Reverend Dr Malcolm Young, Dean of Grace Cathedral in San Francisco. As Dean, Malcolm has led the Episcopal cathedral (the third largest in the US) in its mission to reimagine church in the 21st century. Malcolm is the author of The Spiritual Journal of Henry David Thoreau and The Invisibile Hand in Wilderness: Economics, Ecology and God, and is a regular columnist for The San Francisco Examiner and a contributor to the Huffington Post.About The Hosts:Rich is co-founder of Alignd, an intuitive progress platform built to accelerate teams in moving the world forward. He's also a podcaster (The Age Old Question), a musician (The Sweet Remains) and a husband and father of five boys.Will is founder of Next Frontier Capital, a VC-firm headquartered in Bozeman, Montana. He’s passionate about supporting entrepreneurs to create companies of impact, utility and value. He's an outdoorsman, a soccer fan, husband and father of two sons. This podcast is presented by Alignd and Next Frontier Capital.