Episodes

  • Steph Paternot
    Dec 23 2019

    Happy Holidays, and welcome to the Secret Mentor season 1 Finale! This week's guest is the visionary behind the world’s first social networking site. Ten years before Facebook, he co-founded theglobe.com, which made stock market history with its record setting IPO in 1998. He’s also co-founded Slated - film's leading online marketplace, and platform which helped finance films like Churchill, The Catcher Was a Spy, and Super Troopers 2 (Mike’s favorite film of all time). Join us for this XL episode as we learn the secrets to life, the universe, and everything with this week's secret mentor, Steph Paternot.

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    55 mins
  • Michael Place
    Dec 9 2019

    Michael Place is an entrepreneur and CEO of EntoHack7G - a company that’s disrupting the food waste industry by using black soldier flies to turn waste into valuable and sustainable resources. Join Mike and Donny as they chat about the future of biotech, the impact of food waste, and the opportunity it creates with this week’s Secret Mentor, Michael Place.

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    17 mins
  • Mike Ray
    Nov 25 2019

    Mike Ray is the founder and CEO of Bloom Farms, a forward thinking cannabis company who's branding and practices have created a product that's removed the negative stigmas of pot, and gives back to the community. Join Mike and Donny as they chat risk/reward, best advice for entrepreneurs, and the future of weed.

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    25 mins
  • Kevin Doyle & Rohitash Rao
    Nov 11 2019

    This week's guests are artist/director Rohitash Rao, and creative director/musician Kevin Doyle. Lean in as Mike and Donny ply these award-winning creatives with whiskey and fine accouterments, and chat everything from the UCB and mom swag, to chimpanzees and bands that don't exists (but should), and give up the secrets to life, the universe, and everything as Secret Mentors.

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    47 mins
  • Jason Jordan
    Oct 28 2019

    Jason Jordan is a forward-thinking record executive with punk-rock roots. His meteoric journey led him to A&R at both Hollywood and Republic Records where his efforts sold over 30 million units, and helped reshape the music industry. Check out his candid chat with Mike & Donny about process, collaboration, and the future of the music business as this week's Secret Mentor.


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    28 mins
  • Liz Dee
    Oct 14 2019

    Liz Dee is Co-President of Smarties Candy Company, CEO of Baleine & Bjorn Capital, and the founder of Vegan Lady Boss. Join Mike and Donny as they chat discipline, angel investing, sustainable solutions, and making the world a better place through mindful consumption with this week's Secret Mentor, Liz Dee.

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    32 mins
  • Serge Milman
    Sep 30 2019

    This week's Secret Mentor is Serge Milman, a NYC-based entrepreneur, general partner at Starta, angel investor, and at 25 was the youngest person to grace the cover of Forbes Magazine. Join Mike and Donny as they chat Japanese proverbs, Russia, crypto economics, and brass knuckles with Serge Milman.

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    25 mins
  • Matt Ogens
    Sep 16 2019

    Matt Ogens is an award winning filmmaker and commercial director. His work includes the feature documentaries Confessions of a Superhero and Meet the Hitlers. We’re lucky to have him in studio for the TriBeCa Film Festival premier of his latest feature documentary Home + Away. Join Mike and Donny as they discuss the business of filmmaking, the seedy underworld of film festivals, and our love of Howard Stern with this week's Secret Mentor, Matt Ogens.

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    22 mins