The Student Success Podcast

Join host TJ Pingitore on this 48th episode as he tackles his own business and company on how he had to shift based on trends and needs ahead. He talks about his 2 passions on building an innovation community for his community in NJ and also his passion to help students globally based on what college doesn't teach as a compliment to academics (not replacing them). He discusses what they saw, the trends, and what the needs of the future look like for you.

Join host TJ Pingitore as he hits on a really popular well attended speaking platform that hits on the topic how to make 60-65K your first year out of college with 1-2 years prep. He quickly runs through the motivations and how to's around this topic and the one real plan every students needs to tackle which is dual income. He tackles the thinking that goes into being Entrepreneurial first then being an entrepreneur; a popular mindset/approach we discuss with students on campuses.

Join host TJ Pingitore in this episode as he goes into some detail on one key thing you can do to stand out on your resume, through interviews, and to differentiate yourself as a young thought leader. He tackles being able to host your own meetup group that allows you to take your own leadership of starting something and build something with an audience.

Join host TJ Pingitore in this episode as he tackles a topic of raising capital that many young people don't get to hear enough of early enough before they start their own something. You don't always have to give away equity to raise capital. Here we will talk about what it entails, what is needed, the mindset, and a lot of what can happen from the realities of raising capital. In this episode you should pick up some good insights and learn a few things that could save you early stress and effort.

Join host TJ Pingitore in this episode as he interviews 2 young jersey entrepreneurs and discusses what it's like to have a startup while in college and also how their startup got started. We talk about how/why they started the business, some of the realities of a startup business, dealing with some early PR, and here their story here. Don’t forget to subscribe, rate, review and share this episode of the Student Success Podcast and check us out at StudentSuccessU.com brought to you by Upstart Garden Inc.

Join host TJ Pingitore here as he interviews the Professional Selling Master, 10x Author, and LinkedIn Influencer Jeb Blount teamed up with his college student son/entrepreneur/editor Jeb Jr. In this episode we tackle the scope of selling yourself early and often college, student preparation, their experiences as a father and son together, and some advice ahead from 2 perspectives.

Join host TJ Pingitore as he approaches in this episode how to think about being entrepreneurial BEFORE you become or think about becoming an entrepreneur. Find out what it takes today to be entrepreneurial FIRST and be able to methodically approach and think through the realities of time, money, your process and path to an entrepreneur, the commitment, and experiences of entrepreneurship as that final outcome of being that entrepreneur.

Join host TJ Pingitore in this "Innovation Stories" based episode on innovation and how he worked through some challenges and also some change to innovate his early work and career path. You will hear how innovation played a key role in his life as a student in college, how he almost didn't make it back to college, and how he helped 2 Fortune 500 companies innovate their process as well to help them and himself payback his debt from college faster. Give it a listen!

Being able to utilize the art of debate not just in school but in personal and professional life is an invaluable life skill. Join host TJ Pingitore and 500+ debater and national champion Ryan James a sophomore at Emory University majoring in Business and Computer Science together. Here how they discuss the art of the debate in academics, professional and personal life. They cover how we use debate not only as debate but as a discussion and collaboration tool also.

Join Host TJ Pingitore as he teams up on this interview with entrepreneur, Mompreneur, and Rockstar business owner of Salon Concrete, Christine Zilinski. They tackle the challenges today of being new in highly competitive industries. You will hear first hand some of the challenges she facing hiring some young people and how you can be aware of some of them ahead of time. We also talk about here how to be a student of the game of life consistently no matter your age 17 or 71.

Did You Know you can produce content, hit go, get it seen, and open up new opportunities for yourself? Join host TJ Pingitore, founder of Student Success U in this topical episode as he hits on one key skill you NEED: Producing Content. It is a skill any student can easily learn that will get you noticed by creating more opportunities for you to get noticed, get hired, and gain new experience. It can also make you money if you really love it by teaching others the how to!

There are many forms of entitlement but the idea of entitlement in getting everything handed to you and always having someone or people to fall back on can be very misleading for a young person…Join Host TJ Pingitore in a tell it like it is interview with his student guests Kieran Williams and Sean Molloy as he tackles some tough questions while being very direct about what students need to be aware of today.

It can be challenging to network for students today if they are not well practiced. Getting into and involved in startups communities is a great way for young people to tackle the challenge of networking quickly and efficiently with fellow entrepreneurs. Here how host TJ Pingitore and his guest and Canadian entrepreneur startup expert Rivers Corbett discuss and break out the ways students can use communities today to springboard ahead. A must listen to episode on your road to being a student success.

Join host TJ Pingitore as he discusses the Graduate to Doctoral Path with a current student at a large state university. What that looks like in more detail and how it is shaping up for him as he progresses through. He will give some insight into this path so get your headphones ready!

Everyone heres the word technology but it is broadly defined and even today can be misunderstood by students. Here how we discuss not just technology but specifically tech enablement as we join host TJ Pingitore who discusses this. Tech Enablement is a word that small business' and startups have heavliy embraced. On this episode you can hear how you can enable technology to make life better, easier, faster while balancing the human component as well to be a more well rounded student success.