The Inspiration
23 Years of Ramen: The Salty Journey of an Entrepreneur
A weekly interactive series exploring lessons in leadership, resilience, and hope
What began as a reflective exploration of unseen entrepreneurial seasons has evolved into a strategic leadership framework for organizations navigating growth, uncertainty, and transition.
This workshop translates lived entrepreneurial inflection points into structured leadership tools for clarity, courage, and decisive action.
The Collaboration
Nancy Gale
Founder, JAMAH & AMBITION
Creator of 23 Years of Ramen: The Salty Journey of an Entrepreneur
With over 25 years of entrepreneurial leadership, Nancy brings lived experience navigating risk, sacrifice, and pivotal decisions. Her Cause & Commerce philosophy bridges luxury enterprise with nonprofit impact, showing resilience becomes legacy.
Van Lai-DuMone
Interactive Keynote Speaker
Author of What If Pigs Can Fly?
LEGO® SERIOUS PLAY® Methods Trainer
Van equips leaders with curiosity-driven frameworks that challenge assumptions, stimulate innovation, and increase strategic clarity in high-stakes environments.
This is not a keynote. It is a strategic leadership lab.
The Workshop
Objective
• Identify a defining leadership inflection point
• Reframe adversity as strategic data
• Surface one limiting assumption
• Define one courageous next move
• Leave with a small step that can be taken within the next 48 hours
Participants Leave With
• A written “Recipe for Ramen”
• A reframed leadership inflection point
• A surfaced blind spot
• A defined next move that can be taken within the next 48 hours
Available in 45 | 60 | 90 minute formats