Posts in Passion In Progress
Driving Traffic to Your Website and Raising Brand Awareness With Memes - Social Media Strategy with Edward Stockwell

Edward was the Social Media Manager at theCHIVE, Rooster Teeth, and now is a social media strategist at a marketing agency called Envision Creative. He also runs his own popular meme account called spcybois. In this episode we talk about running social accounts for major internet brands and what that looks like, as well as the art of a creating a good meme and what it does for your brand.

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Does Living A Healthy Life Translate to a Better Business?

Does Living A Healthy Life Translate to a Better Business? CJ Finley would argue yes it does. As Founder of Thrive On Life his goal is Helping mission based people/brands/businesses Thrive. We talk about the entrepreneurship mindset and about how you show up is probably the thing that unlocks better business decisions.

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Will SuperWorld be THE Augmented Reality app of the future?

Hrish Lotlikar’s background spans technology & entertainment, venture capital, investment banking and management consulting. He is a co-founder of SuperWorld, an augmented reality platform on the blockchain. He also is a co-founder of The Rogue Initiative, a film, TV, virtual reality and gaming production studio.

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Grow Your Brand with Networking and Content w/ Host of The Fire Show Moby

Verse 1 Federation is a YouTube Channel featuring a whole league of people playing 1 on 1 basketball against each other in a power ranking system looking to be the best in the world. It has caught the attention of many and is about to hit 100k subscribers at the time of releasing this podcast. In this episode we talk to the creator behind it all, "Big Brother", and why he thinks his channel has the success that it does.

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Creating a 1v1 Basketball Movement Through Story - Verse One Federation

Verse 1 Federation is a YouTube Channel featuring a whole league of people playing 1 on 1 basketball against each other in a power ranking system looking to be the best in the world. It has caught the attention of many and is about to hit 100k subscribers at the time of releasing this podcast. In this episode we talk to the creator behind it all, "Big Brother", and why he thinks his channel has the success that it does.

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Developing Virtual Reality - Founder of Viewer Ready JJ Castillo

Starting a career in filmmaking and broadcast production, JJ Castillo has taking his creative talents to the world of XR, VR, and AR. He is the Founder and CEO of Viewer Ready, a game developing company based out of Austin that makes immersive experiences for clients as well as XR/VR/AR games for VR headsets.

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Live A Great Story Founder, Zach Horvath

Zach Horvath is the founder of Live A Great Story, a life style brand focused on building a community of inspiration. His company was formed to inspire people on their personal journey to live their best life.

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Vlogging For Equality and Starting a Hat Company - Adrian Ritchie

Adrian Ritchie used to play professional basketball and has transitioned to the corporate world. She is a storyteller who vlogs her life with her wife in Denver, CO. She is also the founder of clothing brand Still Company. In this episode we talk about Diversity on YouTube, Practicing Integrity, and Starting a Hat Company, Still Company.

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SmallAdvantages (Gavin Roy) - Making a YouTube Career Out of Teaching English to Brazilians

Amassing more than 1.5 million subscribers, Gavin Roy has built a YouTube Career teaching english to those who speak Brazilian Portuguese on his channel called Small Advantages. He has also took it upon himself to teach english to those who speak Czech on a second channel called Tady Gavin.

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Pioneering The Flash Charity Campaign Model - Chive Charities

Chive Charities is committed to championing the underdogs. Targeting three specific causes: rare medical diagnoses, first responders & veterans, and special education initiatives, Chive Charities spreads awareness through sharing the personal stories of grit, courage, and never giving up. They have changed the giving paradigm. As opposed to using the cause to raise awareness on behalf of the recipient, they encourage the recipient to let their story raise awareness for their cause. Donors are connected to the entire story from beginning to end - Chive Charities watch their recipients go out into the world to do incredible things, and they are right are right beside them.

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Photographing President Obama to One Direction with Photographer Alex Mateo

The career of Alex Mateo has let him photograph President Obama, 4 Superbowls, 3 World Series, 5 NBA Finals, and thousands of concerts and celebrities. He is successful freelance event photographer that was kind enough to sit down and share his experiences with me from over the years. You can learn photography tips and how to break into the industry.

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Exploring the world of Barbecue

Best Barbecue Show Host, Yoni Levine, gives us a deep dive into the community, process, pit masters, and meat behind some of the world's best BBQ.

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Running a Restaurant with Opa Greek Taverna Owner Kostas Lazanas
Crushing Evil - Eliminating Human Trafficking in the US

DeliverFund is a nonprofit organization founded and staffed by former elite intelligence operators from the CIA, NSA, FBI, Delta Force and Navy SEALs who bring their experience in counterterrorism to bear on the human trafficking industry. They hunt human traffickers and make the business of human trafficking risky for the trafficker by equipping, training and advising law enforcement so they can bring traffickers to justice. In this episode we talk to co-founder of DeliverFund Jeremy Mahugh.

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Filmmakers Behind the CrossFit Documentaries - Buttery Bros

Heber Cannon and Marston Sawyers are the filmmakers behind the hit CrossFit Documentaries: "Froning: The Fittest Man in History" "Fittest on Earth 2015" "Fittest on Earth: A Decade of Fitness" and "The Redeemed and the Dominant: Fittest on Earth"

They have started a high quality production weekly vlog on YouTube called Buttery Bros that showcases various elite CrossFit athletes as well as friendly competition between Heber and Marston. The Bros also have a new docu-series coming out called "Fittest" covering the Journey of the 2019 CrossFit Games.

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Grow Your Business Using Video with Amanda Horvath

Amanda shares the step by step processes that she uses with her own clients to leverage the power of video. Everything from what video to start with to how to use YouTube to grow your organic lead generation.

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Co-Founder of theCHIVE John Resig - Failure Persistence Succeed

John Resig is the Co-Founder and President of the media company theCHIVE and CHIVE TV. In this podcast we go behind the scenes of this brand and get insight into this businesses success.

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A Sword, Slavery, Family, and the Most Influential Person I Know

A biographical sketch of my grandmother, Gabriela Cruz "Mama Yeya", who grew up in the Dominican Republic. Originally written from an interview with her back in 2006, this is the most influential story I know of personally because of the butterfly effect it has had on the rest of my family's life.

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