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Class E Podcast

The Class–E Podcast hosts conversations with leaders in innovation and entrepreneurship and sheds light on all the amazing accomplishments of students, faculty, and alumni in the Furman University Family.

We strive to help innovative thinkers share their stories, their expertise, and experience in hopes of creating an innovative and entrepreneurial ecosystem.

Our mission is to educate and inspire our listeners to engage in innovative thinking, connect with Furman Innovation and Entrepreneurship and launch their own ventures.

Jan 27, 2023

In this episode of the Class E Podcast, Dan Cockerell, a former Disney executive with 26 years of experience, shares how to bring the magic to your own leadership style and unlock the personal passion and potential in your employees.  After leaving Disney, Dan and his wife Valerie started their own consulting firm...


Aug 12, 2021

In this episode of the Class E Podcast, special series, Pathfinders in Purple, we speak with Dr. Cynthia King. During the day, she is a Communication Studies Department professor, teaching or inspiring her students in the classroom. But after hours, she presents workshops for companies and business leaders via...


Apr 8, 2021

This episode of the Class E Podcast is from our special Paladin Pivots series. Entrepreneurs are constantly facing the unknown, now more than ever. This episode brings attention to key skills essential to managing unprecedented change, especially in your business. 

Guest: Zach Johnson ’03 is president and partner of


Dec 30, 2020

In this special leadership episode, we ask business leaders for their thoughts on leadership. In this last Class E Podcast episode of the season and 2020, listen and be inspired as our guests describe the qualities that make a great leader, the qualities they strive to live up to, especially in times of crisis such as...