Carson D Sweezy
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Podcast Host (More Beach Meetings Podcast) public Remote experienceSurf OfficeJan 2019 - Current (6 years 8 months)Season 2 Host of the More Beach Meetings Podcast. Carson interviews the leading voices of workplace culture. The podcast covers topics centered around the future of work: -Remote work and distributed teams -Company culture and hiring -Happiness and productivity at work Guests include founders and team members from Buffer, Automattic (WordPress), Close.io, and Hotjar to name a few. Tune in on iTunes, Spotify, and SoundCloud- Chapter Executive verified_user Verified experienceKairos SocietyMar 2017 - Current (8 years 6 months)The Kairos Society is a foundation and venture fund for young innovators rethinking broken industries through fresh ideas. Finding solutions for world problems that affect millions of people. Casper, Periscope, and FiscalNote are a few companies within the Kairos community. As Executive Director, Carson runs the regional chapter at William & Mary. Identifying and recruiting potential Fellows -innovators working on enticing world changing projects.
- Co-Founder & Podcast Host verified_user Verified experience public Remote experienceGrindDaily MediaAug 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year 3 months)GrindDaily produced media content for "hustlers" those creative innovators making an impact on the world. In the podcast and virtual community, GrindDaily engaged with highly driven, like-minded individuals starting down the road to success. The platform provided a nourishing an advantageous support system to confide in along the way, producing meaningful content to share incredible empathetic stories. What started as a networking tool grew to a platform that hosted Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients, Singularity Fellows, Y Combinator graduates, New York Emmy Award-winning personalities, and best-selling authors. Carson was the co-founder, and host of the podcast.
- Director of Business Development and Recruiting/ Licensed REALTOR Virginia, Maryland, Washington, D.C. verified_user Verified experienceCustomer RealtyJul 2015 - Jul 2017 (2 years 1 month)Customer Realty, a startup brokerage located in the Washington, D.C. metro area, saw incredible growth with the help and expertise of Carson. As a recruiting consultant for the young startup, Carson successfully on-boarded 25 agents in 2 months a 300% increase from the 18 months prior. During this time he created a sustainable recruiting system from scratch. By implementing the processes for new agent lead generation, he worked with the lead-gen team to create scripts for cold calling prospects, hosted events, produced content, and then signed, brought onboard, and trained new agents with the firm. In his first 18 months as a licensed Real Estate Agent Carson sold over $850,000 of real estate, working with investors to buy and sell asset
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- MBachelor of Arts verified_user Verified experienceMiller Entrepreneurship Center at William & Mary, College of William & MaryAug 2016 - May 2018 (1 year 10 months)Carson self-designed his major of focus as, "The Cross-Disciplinary Studies of Media and Communications, Theory and Practices". Enrolling in college after 5 years of professional experience, Carson's focus of study was geared towards understanding how we react to various media, how those media affect us, and how to craft messages that inspire action.
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- GrindDaily Podcast verified_user Verified experience public Remote experienceGrindDailyAug 2016 - Oct 2017 (1 year 3 months)- Co-Founder, Host/interviewer, guest curator, community curator, marketing manager GrindDaily produced media content for "hustlers" those creative innovators making an impact on the world. In the podcast and virtual community, GrindDaily engaged with highly driven, like-minded individuals starting down the road to success. The platform provided a nourishing an advantageous support system to confide in along the way, producing meaningful content to share incredible empathetic stories. What started as a networking tool, grew to host Forbes 30 Under 30 recipients, Singularity Fellows, Y Combinator graduates, New York Emmy Award-winning TV chefs, and best-selling authors. Carson was the co-founder, and host of the podcast
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- VHDA Solicitation 91-0 $5MM Awarded Contract verified_user Verified experienceEastern Estates Property Management LLCJan 2015- Co-Author of the proposal. Secured signed endorsements from local legislators.