Matt Johannsen aka "Josie" and his wife, Kelly, started Upstairs Circus together and have captured a totally creative niche: crafts & cocktails. But this ain't no ordinary follow-along painting class; this is a dope-ass bar, with banging beats, and an edgy...
Mike Arzt is one badass creative and thank god he picked up a snowboard 20+ years ago. His passion for snowboarding became a career, which became a business, which is now five businesses. The Public Works is creative agency that he co-founded with...
If you polled 100 startup founders about the kinds of things to expect during the process of a company acquisition, you’d be hard pressed to find any of them who would suggest that the company being bought would continue to...
A very real business strategy these days is to create and establish a tech or software based startup for the purpose of selling to a large corporate buyer in short order. It happens every day, but that’s not what Matt...
Every entrepreneur dreams of building a company that makes a difference in the world and he or she is able to grow for years to come. George Morris (@gmorris) felt the same way but felt a tension in his own soul...
Dr. Ryan Ross' (email) journey from the projects to PhD will show you he transformed through grit, hustle, and the kindness of others. There are a couple things to pay particular attention to in this episode. The first is how Ryan always came...
Teju Ravilochan (@tejuravi) is the CEO and co-founder of the Unreasonable Institute, has already been named "30 Under 30" by Inc. Magazine, and received a standing ovation for his TEDx talk. And he's as humble as they come. Since 2009, his institute offers entrepreneurs...
How many parties and weddings have you been to that sucked? Sure there were food and drinks, but the night dragged on and the only buzz people caught was from drinking too much. Now have you ever been to a party that...
My guest this episode is Maggie Hsu (email), Chief of Staff to Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos.com. Maggie is an Advisor at the Downtown Project which treats downtown Vegas like a startup, using $350 million of Tony’s personal funds, to...