What's On UEN-TV
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Arlan Hamilton. Venture Capitalist. Author. Location: Los Angeles, CA.Thursday, May 2
4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1Arlan Hamilton is the CEO and Founder of Backstage Capital which funds startup companies that are specifically owned and operated by Women, Black, LatinX, and LGBTQ founders, a group of people that typically receive only 3% of all funding available. Once homeless, Arlan shares what it was like to break into the almost exclusively white male world of venture capital. Her best-selling book "It's About Damn Time" is based on her personal journey to create the "seemingly impossible." With candor and curiosity, Arlan sits down at her favorite restaurant in Los Angeles, Hotel Cafe, to share her unique story and her vision for funding "underestimated founders" and catalyzing their mission and purpose. -
Ron Finley, Master Gardener Location: Alta Adams in Los AngelesMonday, April 29
10:31 pm on UEN-TV 9.1Ron Finley is a master gardener and Founder of The Ron Finley Project in South Central Los Angeles which is a gardening training facility. Ron believes all the lessons of life can be learned from gardening and spending time in the garden. On a mission to change the narrative about gardening, Finley encourages everyone to grow their own food, have healthy eating habits and care deeply about the planet. Over the flavors of a hearty soul food meal in South Los Angeles at Alta, Ron shares the detour that became the defining trajectory of his life and how it helped him redefine his purpose and "why". -
Bethany Hamilton. Professional Surfer. Location: Hanalei, KauaiFriday, April 26
3:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1Bethany Hamilton is a Professional Surfer and Author who survived a 2003 Shark attack that left her with only one arm. Bethany learned to surf at the age of 3 and gained her first sponsorship at the age of 10. After the shark attack, she returned to surfing within one month. Bethany was the subject of the documentary Unstoppable and now teaches class on resilience, grit and goal-setting. Over the flavors of her favorite restaurant in Kauai, Bethany shares where this journey has taking her and how her unique "why" has changed recently. -
Gary Vaynerchuk. Entrepreneur. Location: New York CityThursday, April 25
4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1With a laser focused work-ethic and no previous professional connections, Gary Vaynerchuk has risen from a former liquor store clerk to one of the most successful entrepreneurs of our time and one of the most sought after speakers in business right now. An immigrant from the former Soviet Union, Gary and his family moved to this country with no material possessions and have an incredible story to tell of resilience, grit and never giving up. Currently the CEO of VaynerX and founder of Resy and Empathy Wines, Gary started at his family's wine shop. He grew the business from 3-million dollars to 60-million dollars and began his love of business and entrepreneurship. Over the familiar bar food of Gary's favorite haunt, The White Horse Tavern in NYC, Gary shares his hard-earned lessons of success and why he is so passionate about showing others how he hustled hard to create his version of the American dream. -
Bethany Hamilton. Professional Surfer. Location: Hanalei, KauaiMonday, April 22
10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1Bethany Hamilton is a Professional Surfer and Author who survived a 2003 Shark attack that left her with only one arm. Bethany learned to surf at the age of 3 and gained her first sponsorship at the age of 10. After the shark attack, she returned to surfing within one month. Bethany was the subject of the documentary Unstoppable and now teaches class on resilience, grit and goal-setting. Over the flavors of her favorite restaurant in Kauai, Bethany shares where this journey has taking her and how her unique "why" has changed recently. -
Chris Voss. FBI Hostage Negotiator. Locations: Arlington, VirginiaFriday, April 19
3:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1Chris Voss is a former FBI Hostage negotiator and the CEO and Founder of The Black Swan Group. He is also the Author of the best-selling book Never Split the Difference. A Professor at Harvard, Georgetown, and USC, Voss teaches every day tactics to win at negotiations in business and life. Over breakfast at his favorite diner in Arlington, Virginia, The Silver Diner, Chris shares the fascinating journey to become an expert in such a niche subject matter and "why" he hopes to share with others the hard-earned lessons, tactics and techniques he has learned from a life of public service. -
Jeanne Gang - Architect. Founder of Studio Gang. Location: Chicago, IL.Thursday, April 18
4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1Jeanne Gang is one of the world's most celebrated architects. With buildings and installations all over the globe, Jeanne gained international attention for her Aqua tower in Chicago which became the tallest building in the world designed by a female architect. Called the "World's Most Influential Architect" by Time Magazine, Jeanne is currently a professor at Harvard exploring how design can help create beneficial connections between people and their environments. Over the flavors of her favorite restaurant in Chicago, Brindille, Jeanne shares her journey to create memorable and impactful buildings and her vision for the future of architecture -
Chris Voss. FBI Hostage Negotiator. Locations: Arlington, VirginiaMonday, April 15
10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1Chris Voss is a former FBI Hostage negotiator and the CEO and Founder of The Black Swan Group. He is also the Author of the best-selling book Never Split the Difference. A Professor at Harvard, Georgetown, and USC, Voss teaches every day tactics to win at negotiations in business and life. Over breakfast at his favorite diner in Arlington, Virginia, The Silver Diner, Chris shares the fascinating journey to become an expert in such a niche subject matter and "why" he hopes to share with others the hard-earned lessons, tactics and techniques he has learned from a life of public service. -
Robert Reffkin, CEO and Founder, Compass. Location: Shabu Tatsu in NYCFriday, April 12
3:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1After graduating from Columbia and working stints at McKinsey and Company and Goldman Sachs, Robert decided to start an on-line real-estate company to tackle some of the problems he saw his single-mother face every day as a realtor. In 2021, Compass went public making Robert one of the country's youngest black billionaires. Robert is the Author of No One Succeeds Alone: Learn Everything You Can from Everyone You Can. Over the flavors of Shabu Tatsu, his favorite restaurant in New York City, Robert shares his purpose for disrupting the real-estate industry and why his work will always be about helping people find their definition of home. -
Emmanuel Acho - Author. NFL Analyst. Location: Beverly Hills, CaliforniaThursday, April 11
4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1Emmanuel Acho is a New York Times best-selling author, host of FOX sports, and creator of "Uncomfortable Conversations with a Black Man. " Growing up in Dallas, Texas, the son of Nigerian immigrants, he never dreamed his life would take him all over the country as an NFL player for the Cleveland Browns, the Philadelphia Eagles and the New York Giants, but it did. Turned out those "glory years" of playing football was really just the beginning of his career and what he says is now "his calling." On the rooftop of the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Beverly Hills, California at The Rooftop by JG, Emmanuel shares the emotional breaking point that led him to step into a whole new direction of this life professionally and how he is now using his time and talent to bring people of different races together to talk about what divides them and what can help unite them. -
Robert Reffkin, CEO and Founder, Compass. Location: Shabu Tatsu in NYCMonday, April 8
10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1After graduating from Columbia and working stints at McKinsey and Company and Goldman Sachs, Robert decided to start an on-line real-estate company to tackle some of the problems he saw his single-mother face every day as a realtor. In 2021, Compass went public making Robert one of the country's youngest black billionaires. Robert is the Author of No One Succeeds Alone: Learn Everything You Can from Everyone You Can. Over the flavors of Shabu Tatsu, his favorite restaurant in New York City, Robert shares his purpose for disrupting the real-estate industry and why his work will always be about helping people find their definition of home. -
Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Location: The Well in NYCFriday, April 5
3:30 am on UEN-TV 9.1In 2009, Reshma became the first Indian-American woman to run for Congress. Her winding career path in finance and law had left her adrift and she realized that her role purpose was to serve. Losing that race became the impetus for her next creation: Girls Who Code. In 2012, she created Girls Who Code after seeing firsthand how few opportunities there were for girls in computing. Forbes Magazine 40 under 40, Reshma shares her passion for helping girls learn STEM and have access to the same opportunities as boys. Over the delicious farm to table meal at the health conscious restaurant The Well, Reshma shares her many obstacles on the way to success and what she feels she is uniquely poised to do in the next chapter of her life. -
Payal KadakiaThursday, April 4
4:00 am on UEN-TV 9.1Founder of ClassPass. Location: Javier's, Century City, CA. Payal Kadakia was a world-class dancer whose passion for Bollywood dance inspired her to create her own dance troupe. Meanwhile, her job in management consulting left her less than inspired. That's when she got the idea to build a directory of dance fitness classes like OpenTable. While she lacked the funding and know-how to build something of scale, Payal's journey to build and create ClassPass, and then scale it into a billion-dollar company, is an epic one. Over the flavors of her favorite restaurant, Javier's in Century City, California, Payal shares the many setbacks along her way to success and her vision for the future of her company as she works to rebuild post-pandemic. -
Reshma Saujani, Founder, Girls Who Code Location: The Well in NYCMonday, April 1
10:30 pm on UEN-TV 9.1In 2009, Reshma became the first Indian-American woman to run for Congress. Her winding career path in finance and law had left her adrift and she realized that her role purpose was to serve. Losing that race became the impetus for her next creation: Girls Who Code. In 2012, she created Girls Who Code after seeing firsthand how few opportunities there were for girls in computing. Forbes Magazine 40 under 40, Reshma shares her passion for helping girls learn STEM and have access to the same opportunities as boys. Over the delicious farm to table meal at the health conscious restaurant The Well, Reshma shares her many obstacles on the way to success and what she feels she is uniquely poised to do in the next chapter of her life.