Ramon Vela

CommerceFocused Media, Inc.

CommerceFocused Media produces in-house podcasts, social media channels, and original content and provides podcast production & management services to personal/corporate brands and organizations.

Managing Director

Compass Rose Ventures

Advisor and Media Strategist

The Story of a Brand Show

Welcome to The Story Of A Brand Show. Hear the unique entrepreneurial journeys of 1000+ Consumer Brand founders. We tap into the doubts, failures, wins and inspirations that come with building Consumer Brand startups in extremely competitive times. Whether you own a brand or work for one, you will learn from our guests as they share the building blocks of their brand’s evolution. Who knows, you may even discover a few new products that become faves.

Host & Producer of Top Podcast featuring the Founders of Consumer Brands

Founders' Paradiso

Launched in April 2023, Founders' Paradiso is a podcast where listeners learn business lessons directly from the founders of successful Direct-to-Consumer, Consumer Packaged Goods, and Omnichannel consumer brands and the experts that helped them get there.

Podcast Producer, Entrepreneurship Show

Economics Explained

As the podcast co-producer for the relaunched show, I manage 1) Topic Generation, such as presenting topic ideas and identifying suitable guest partners. 2) Promotion Strategy, such as developing a comprehensive strategy to promote the podcast. 3) Partnerships, such as driving collaborations with relevant media outlets, newsletters, and public figures. 4) Content Extraction, such as distilling promotional material from each episode for various platforms. 5) Format Strategy, such as strategizing diverse podcast formats and subgenres. 5) Post-Production Oversight, such as overseeing post-production editing and quality control.

Advisor for the Leading Economics Brand on YouTube

ReSci (Retention Science)

Constant Contact, Inc. acquired Retention Science. 1) Generated outbound calls/messaging to drive pipeline sales. 2) Identified key contacts, trends, and messaging to be used to support discussions. 3) Supported any marketing/campaign planning to help develop leads and drive the leads to opportunities within the new/existing customer base. 4) Achieved quarterly and annual targets based on defined set accounts and objectives set by the business.

E-commerce SaaS Executive

Oracle

Hired on to Bronto Software. Bronto was acquired and became division of NetSuite. NetSuite was acquired and became division of Oracle. 
• Awarded Revenue Recognition Award for achieving 123% of Quota in 1st Fiscal Quarter of 2018 for selling SaaS
• Responsible for driving new software sales including identifying and qualifying opportunities, deal progression, and closure of new business with a contract value of $200,00+

Ecommerce SaaS Executive

MSP Marketing Services

My role was two-fold: 1) Identified, prospected and sold digital marketing and lead generation services to small IT managed service providers.  2) Implemented services sold, including graphic design, branding, content creation, email marketing, telemarketing, event management, and lead generation services

SMB Marketing Consultant

StreetSmartVAR

Changed name from Vela Alegria Consulting Group, LLC; launched a successful multi-million dollar consulting company serving over 260 enterprise technology services firms nationwide, including several Global Fortune 100 companies. Provided outsourced marketing and sales consulting and services.

Formed, managed, and grew coaching business comprising over 60 business owners & founders in the southern California area; provided business planning and management coaching; planned and conducted monthly business building events; Sold in 2011.

Founder & President

Host of Top Podcast Featuring the Founders of Consumer Brands

Why appear on our show? 

We believe that people want to buy from Brands they love, admire, and feel community with.

Our show attempts to illustrate “Why” people connect to a Brand and how the Brand connects the customer to the world around them.  

If you have had some success, have crazy happy customers, and are passionately obsessed with delivering an amazing customer experience and are interested in appearing on our show, please message me here on LinkedIn.

Host of Top Podcast featuring DTC, CPG, Omnichannel Brands

Interviewed the CEO’s of PAIGE, Sugarfina, Diff Eyewear, Pair of Thieves, HUM Nutrition, The Bouqs, Mighty Audio, Burst Oral Care, Ties.com, Tenzo Tea,  Lola Getts, and many more.

💛 What happens when two sisters decide to protect everything they love?

Earlier this year, I recorded a powerful conversation with Hayley and Stephanie Painter, the Co-Founders and Co-CEOs of Painterland Sisters. After you listen to this episode, you'll see why their story hits so deeply.

In this interview, the sisters talk about what it really means to grow up on a family farm, to watch that way of life disappear around you, and to decide: 

"We’re going to fight for this. Not just for their own farm — but for all family farms, for real food, and for a generation that's craving connection back to the land."

Their journey is equal parts heart, grit, and truth. This episode will make you see your yogurt—and your food system—completely differently.

Listen to find out how two young women from rural Pennsylvania turned a near-loss into a national brand rooted in purpose, place, and perseverance.

👇👇 Podcast Episode Link in Comments!👇👇

Then make sure to visit this amazing brand: https://lnkd.in/gJwvHGaV

#PainterlandSisters #TheStoryOfABrand #CPGFounders #RuralEntrepreneurship #FarmToSpoon #WomenInBusiness #FoodSystem #FamilyFarms #PurposeDrivenBrands #EntrepreneurshipStory

Top Podcast Focused on Founders, Brands, & Products

✨ What if the habits you build today become the strength you need for tomorrow’s darkest moments?

In this clip from The Story of a Brand Show, Angelica Fuentes, Founder & CEO of NOWFUL, shares why rituals are far more than “wellness moments.” They’re what anchor us when life knocks us flat.

Angelica opens up about losing everything — her company, her assets, and almost her daughters — in a single 24-hour period. And she explains how the tiny rituals she’d practiced for years — grounding, clarity, sleep, spiritual work, self-belief — became the only things that carried her through that unimaginable chapter. 

Her message is powerful: rituals aren’t optional. They’re how we come back to ourselves. They’re how we rise.

🎥 Watch the clip here and then listen to the full episode here:

 NOWFUL – How Tiny Rituals Build an Unstoppable Life
👉 Podcast Episode Link in Comments!👇👇

BIG THANKS TO Madelaine Kukanza Goldstein for referring such an amazing founder and brand to the Show!

#TheStoryofaBrand #NOWFUL #FounderStories #Resilience #Wellness #Mindfulness #WomenInBusiness #PersonalGrowth #EmotionalStrength #Leadership

🔥 Kara Redman

Backroom

Backroom is a brand strategy and activation agency. We design experience-first identity systems, messaging frameworks, and activation plans for bold companies that change how people think and interact.

CEO, Founder

R2integrated

Sr. Digital Marketing Strategist

Weber Shandwick

Digital Strategist

Examiner.com

Blogger

Alexander + Tom, Inc

Project Coordinator

Osiris Therapeutics

Executive Assistant

AV Imports

Brand Manager, Spirits and Spanish Wine Portfolio

Equity Management

Property Manager, Executive Assistant

CEO, Founder @ Backroom | Brand, Digital, Creative

Over the last 15 years I've helped founders and marketing professionals launch startups, raise over $10M in funding, build brand equity, merge, acquire, go public, exit, and win multiple awards. 

I’ve worked on brands you've never heard of to household names like Hellmann’s, StubHub, Pepsi, and the U.S. Department of State. 

The common thread = brands that are hyper focused on delivering value for people. 


💪I want to help you with:

→ brand strategy & identity
→ brand growth planning & execution 
→ targeted messaging
→ performance marketing
→ demand generation
→ internal brand alignment
→ social media growth & engagement
→ establishing market positioning

HIRE MY AGENCY
I founded Backroom in 2014 to build and activate brands of all sizes and at different lifecycle stages with people who are tired of the status quo. Flexibility, process, and collaboration are the heart of our work and infused in our culture. We believe what worked for other clients won't necessarily work for you and develop tailored marketing plans for your business and customers. 

Apply here: https://form.typeform.com/to/hQ5yZNlx


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The Brand Framework Course is the same system we use with all of our clients at Backroom. We don't think it's rocket science to do what we do so we're teaching you how. 
The Brand Framework Course: https://backroom.teachable.com/p/the-brand-framework-course

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Backroom is a brand strategy and activation agency. We design experience-first identity systems, messaging frameworks, and activation plans for bold companies that change how people think and interact. 


PSA: “asshole” isn’t a protected minority class.

So when a place touts inclusivity but you didn’t get included for:

Being racist
Bullying
Gossiping
Dominating a space 
Weaponizing “feedback” 
Treating people like staff

It’s called consequences. Not discrimination. 

Framing it as oppression because people got tired of your chaos isn’t the slam dunk you think it is.

(Pro tip: it’s not a part of “free speech” either.)

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