{"version":"1.0","type":"rich","provider_name":"Acast","provider_url":"https://acast.com","height":250,"width":700,"html":"<iframe src=\"https://embed.acast.com/$/61d25e7c0cadf200121fb4e3/67336f6f1c8f0284cfb0a8ec?\" frameBorder=\"0\" width=\"700\" height=\"250\"></iframe>","title":"Episode 40 - Nick Gross - Founder of Gross Labs","thumbnail_width":200,"thumbnail_height":200,"thumbnail_url":"https://open-images.acast.com/shows/61d25e7c0cadf200121fb4e3/1732028523545-e7349594-9caa-4b78-8403-90670e00bd05.jpeg?height=200","description":"<p>Nick&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;is the founder of&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;Labs, his family office, incubation, and investment firm founded in 2019. He is also the active CEO and founder of Find Your Grind, a student-led learning and self discovery software in K12.</p><p><br></p><p>The&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;Labs ecosystem includes the K12 learning technology company Find Your Grind; an investment portfolio of over 50 companies, including X Games, 100 Thieves, Breakaway Music Festival, Beatbox Beverages, and more; a music division with John \"Feldy\" Feldmann with artists including Mod Sun, The Used, and The Veronicas; and minority stakes in DC Pickleball Club and Liga MX Club Necaxa.&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;also built the Los Angeles recording studio and content facility The Noise Nest.</p><p><br></p><p>Gross&nbsp;has had an extensive music career as the drummer for Sony Epic and MTV recording artist Open Air Stereo, and more recently, girlfriends, a pop-punk duo with Apple Music &amp; MTV host Travis Mills. Girlfriends has recently toured in 2023 with Avril Lavingne and Machine Gun Kelly. He has parlayed this experience in the music industry into a career as an entrepreneur within both the music and entertainment industries.</p><p><br></p><p>In 2018,&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;launched Find Your Grind- a software in schools that helps students discover who they are and where they want to go. Find Your Grind started hosting nation-wide speaking tours in high schools and major college campuses w/ partners Amazon Prime Student, TikTok, Twitch and more. In addition to his business ventures,&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;is the Executive Director of the Find Your Grind Foundation- a non profit focused on enriching the lives of the next generation through sports, education and music. In addition to the Find Your Grind Foundation,&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;sits on the board of The&nbsp;Gross&nbsp;Family Foundation. Nick&nbsp;has a board observer seat with Breakaway Music Festival.</p>","author_name":"The Shobeir Show"}