Episodes

Anthony and Alex lead a roundtable discussion on how leadership, emotional intelligence and self-reflection make for a rewarding experience in SDSU’s HTM/MEM Master’s journey. Three of Anthony’s fellow master’s cohort members—Charlene Liu, Senior Meeting Planner for the National Council on Compensation Insurance; Todd Hale, COO and General Manager at the San Diego Country Club; and Adrienne Foster, CMP, Event Manager at VTM Group—join the show. They each answer the burning question, “What is one...

Anthony and Alex lead a roundtable discussion on how leadership, emotional intelligence and self-reflection make for a rewarding experience in SDSU’s HTM/MEM Master’s journey. Three of Anthony’s fellow master’s cohort members—Charlene Liu, Senior Meeting Planner for the National Council on Compensation Insurance; Todd Hale, COO and General Manager at the San Diego Country Club; and Adrienne Foster, CMP, Event Manager at VTM Group—join the show. They each answer the burning question, “What is one...

Welcome back to another episode of Bollotta-FIDE with your hosts Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis. This week they start with their loose chat about Anthony finally getting to taste Alex’s home cooking, city sanctioned tree trimming and parked cars. On to the main event: the two handle the topic of EVENT PROPOSAL ETIQUETTE aka EVENT QUOTE ETIQUETTE. This episode for everyone that lives that RFP “Request for Proposal” LIFE. Alex fires off questions about what is the “ideal proposal”, what is ...

Welcome back to another episode of Bollotta-FIDE with your hosts Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis. This week they start with their loose chat about Anthony finally getting to taste Alex’s home cooking, city sanctioned tree trimming and parked cars. On to the main event: the two handle the topic of EVENT PROPOSAL ETIQUETTE aka EVENT QUOTE ETIQUETTE. This episode for everyone that lives that RFP “Request for Proposal” LIFE. Alex fires off questions about what is the “ideal proposal”, what is ...

Welcome back to another episode of Bollotta-FIDE with your hosts Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis. This week they start with their loose chat about Anthony finally getting to taste Alex’s home cooking, city sanctioned tree trimming and parked cars. On to the main event: the two handle the topic of EVENT PROPOSAL ETIQUETTE aka EVENT QUOTE ETIQUETTE. This episode for everyone that lives that RFP “Request for Proposal” LIFE. Alex fires off questions about what is the “ideal proposal”, what is ...

BollottaFIDE's Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are back in the ZOOM where it happens without a guest but with a potpourri of topics. Get to know them both a little more personally as they chat about Valentine's day, friend relationships in (and out) of the industry and cultivating music generationally as Alex is helping her daughter prep for college auditions. As they talk about dealing with success and failure and Alex's 17 year old kid's words of wisdom. Anthony's parents recently celebr...

BollottaFIDE's Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are back in the ZOOM where it happens without a guest but with a potpourri of topics. Get to know them both a little more personally as they chat about Valentine's day, friend relationships in (and out) of the industry and cultivating music generationally as Alex is helping her daughter prep for college auditions. As they talk about dealing with success and failure and Alex's 17 year old kid's words of wisdom. Anthony's parents recently celebr...

BollottaFIDE's Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are back in the ZOOM where it happens without a guest but with a potpourri of topics. Get to know them both a little more personally as they chat about Valentine's day, friend relationships in (and out) of the industry and cultivating music generationally as Alex is helping her daughter prep for college auditions. As they talk about dealing with success and failure and Alex's 17 year old kid's words of wisdom. Anthony's parents recently celebr...

Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis you Bollotta-FIDE hosts start this episode talking about following the rules, following the company culture, getting perms and 90 year old parents in their loose chat. They are joined today by Benjamin “Benji” Asher owner of the aptly named, Benjamin Asher Productions. Benji as many know him is one of the premier Bar/Bat Mitzvah DJ/Entertainer in the industry and they get into the full business of entertaining family friendly audiences. We get his take on th...

Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis you Bollotta-FIDE hosts start this episode talking about following the rules, following the company culture, getting perms and 90 year old parents in their loose chat. They are joined today by Benjamin “Benji” Asher owner of the aptly named, Benjamin Asher Productions. Benji as many know him is one of the premier Bar/Bat Mitzvah DJ/Entertainer in the industry and they get into the full business of entertaining family friendly audiences. We get his take on th...

Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis you Bollotta-FIDE hosts start this episode talking about following the rules, following the company culture, getting perms and 90 year old parents in their loose chat. They are joined today by Benjamin “Benji” Asher owner of the aptly named, Benjamin Asher Productions. Benji as many know him is one of the premier Bar/Bat Mitzvah DJ/Entertainer in the industry and they get into the full business of entertaining family friendly audiences. We get his take on th...

It’s the end of January and we are six weeks from Spring, YAY! Anthony talks about turning off his notifications to save time vs. Alex’s appreciation for her iWatch, and autocorrect fails. They are joined this week by Bryan Yamami the Executive Director of TaikoProject. Find out a little more about this growing company with an impressive resume that includes commercials, Academy & Grammy Award, XFactor and Late Night Television appearances. Bryan schools Anthony and Alex on some of the history o...

It’s the end of January and we are six weeks from Spring, YAY! Anthony talks about turning off his notifications to save time vs. Alex’s appreciation for her iWatch, and autocorrect fails. They are joined this week by Bryan Yamami the Executive Director of TaikoProject. Find out a little more about this growing company with an impressive resume that includes commercials, Academy & Grammy Award, XFactor and Late Night Television appearances. Bryan schools Anthony and Alex on some of the history o...

It’s the end of January and we are six weeks from Spring, YAY! Anthony talks about turning off his notifications to save time vs. Alex’s appreciation for her iWatch, and autocorrect fails. They are joined this week by Bryan Yamami the Executive Director of TaikoProject. Find out a little more about this growing company with an impressive resume that includes commercials, Academy & Grammy Award, XFactor and Late Night Television appearances. Bryan schools Anthony and Alex on some of the history o...

Rough start to your year, too? Anthony and Alex start with their thoughts on how 2021 has begun and their hopes moving forward, how tides change and getting over themselves when it comes to fear. They are joined today by Evan Ferrante (actor, producer, director & Tom Cruise impersonator). They get into Evan’s beginnings in the entertainment industry via. major television soap operas and musical theater in NYC beginning as a child actor and then finding the push to the West Coast as an adult to m...

Rough start to your year, too? Anthony and Alex start with their thoughts on how 2021 has begun and their hopes moving forward, how tides change and getting over themselves when it comes to fear. They are joined today by Evan Ferrante (actor, producer, director & Tom Cruise impersonator). They get into Evan’s beginnings in the entertainment industry via. major television soap operas and musical theater in NYC beginning as a child actor and then finding the push to the West Coast as an adult to m...

Rough start to your year, too? Anthony and Alex start with their thoughts on how 2021 has begun and their hopes moving forward, how tides change and getting over themselves when it comes to fear. They are joined today by Evan Ferrante (actor, producer, director & Tom Cruise impersonator). They get into Evan’s beginnings in the entertainment industry via. major television soap operas and musical theater in NYC beginning as a child actor and then finding the push to the West Coast as an adult to m...

We may be showing our ages on this one but respect is due to the younger generation that has taken over the event world. This week Anthony and Alex talk about Millennials! They read recently in an article on #SocialTables by #CVent about how Millennials are now the largest generation involved and they talk about what their focus is.Time to put the value on the overall experience over the material goods. They get into the trends of the traveling meeting goer and how It’s a big deal that attendees...

We may be showing our ages on this one but respect is due to the younger generation that has taken over the event world. This week Anthony and Alex talk about Millennials! They read recently in an article on #SocialTables by #CVent about how Millennials are now the largest generation involved and they talk about what their focus is.Time to put the value on the overall experience over the material goods. They get into the trends of the traveling meeting goer and how It’s a big deal that attendees...

We may be showing our ages on this one but respect is due to the younger generation that has taken over the event world. This week Anthony and Alex talk about Millennials! They read recently in an article on #SocialTables by #CVent about how Millennials are now the largest generation involved and they talk about what their focus is.Time to put the value on the overall experience over the material goods. They get into the trends of the traveling meeting goer and how It’s a big deal that attendees...

Anthony and Alex are back with their first recording of 2022! They catch up on their New Year’s Eve nights and the Andy Cohen or it all. As they get into the issue of appearance at work Anthony poses the question to Alex, “Who do you take feedback from?”. Taking inappropriate criticism in an appropriate way. The stress of dealing with people. Alex brings up a client call that she had today that took a personal turn and how it made business easier to discuss. They close out their tete a tete with...

Anthony and Alex are back with their first recording of 2022! They catch up on their New Year’s Eve nights and the Andy Cohen or it all. As they get into the issue of appearance at work Anthony poses the question to Alex, “Who do you take feedback from?”. Taking inappropriate criticism in an appropriate way. The stress of dealing with people. Alex brings up a client call that she had today that took a personal turn and how it made business easier to discuss. They close out their tete a tete with...

Anthony and Alex are back with their first recording of 2022! They catch up on their New Year’s Eve nights and the Andy Cohen or it all. As they get into the issue of appearance at work Anthony poses the question to Alex, “Who do you take feedback from?”. Taking inappropriate criticism in an appropriate way. The stress of dealing with people. Alex brings up a client call that she had today that took a personal turn and how it made business easier to discuss. They close out their tete a tete with...

Happy New Year! Bollotta-FIDE is back with the first new episode of the year. BF’s Anthony Bollotta and Alex Apostolidis are joined this week by David Calzaretta, CEO of Magnificent Events out of Chicago and also the band leader of the award winning band Maggie Speaks. Anthony gets to the bottom of who is “Maggie” that the band’s name hails from and how did a musician/band leader find success in starting an event company. David answers the question, “Are you losing yourself by keeping your mouth...