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The saying goes: Good, Cheap, Fast – pick two. But at Empathy Wines founded by Gary Vee they're doing things differently.  Stu Carnes and the creative team are developing a process to get the best of all three. By letting consumers guide their creative in real-time, Gary V., Nate, Trouty & Stu are growing an international brand. Since being acquired they are now taking their direct-to-consumer model to other Constellation Bands as well.

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Beav sits down with Mike Taylor, the inventor and owner of KeyBar. If you can imagine a Swiss Army Knife for your keys, that’s what a KeyBar is. This seemingly simple device was a major innovation in the mid 2000’s when he made the first ones completely by hand. The genesis of the product was formed due to Mike’s job at the time as a chief engineer for the Disney brand of hotels. A typical huge key ring on his belt loop was like a homing beacon to all of his employees and the guests as he jingled and jangled walking down the halls of the hotels. With Mike’s passion for custom pocket knives, he took the idea of a folding knife and applied it to his key problem. This quickly caught on with the other employees, and Mike found him self working several hours a night making KeyBars. He soon realized that outsourcing the manufacturing and quitting his job was the right decision. Fast forward just a few years, and Mike was able to bring all of the manufacturing back in house as he purchased machines and taught himself how to code CNC Mills and laser machines. This in house production meant not only could they control quality at a higher lever, but also make changes and improvements to the product in real time. This is quite a different business model than most of the “easy” e-commerce, drop shipper businesses people come to expect with outsourced manufacturing. Hear all about KeyBar’s story and a ton more on this Episode of the Beav Brodie Podcast

Mom-trepreneurs Betsy and Angie are long-time jogging buddies turned business partners and problem solvers. Their story starts a few years after the birth of Betsy’s twin boys, who had recently transitioned to bunk beds. Now a mom to three small children, reality hit Betsy hard as she realized that trying to get kids to make their beds, especially the top bunk, was impossible. Fighting to keep her sanity, Betsy bought some zippers, and with the help of her own mom, created the prototype that would change bedding forever. She quickly enlisted the help of Angie, who saw the potential and need for a product like this as a mom herself. The Beddys Bedding brand was formed and has quickly exploded over the last several years. With huge support from their husbands, Betsy and Angie have been able to overcome many of the obstacles that come with creating a new product by going all in while the dads took care of the kids. If you have ever wanted to create a product or start a business, you will absolutely learn something from this episode. Going from stay-at-home parent to business owner isn’t easy or quick, but the end result can be life changing @BeddysBeds on instagram : https://www.instagram.com/beddysbeds/?hl=en Beddys Beds on Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/BeddysBeds/ https://beddys.com/

“Necessity is the mother of invention”. We have all heard a form of that phrase at some point. Amy Tucker is literally the mother that invented a product out of necessity. Her brand, Salty Britches, was formed so that her son’s skin irritations from swimming in the ocean no longer ruined their family vacations to the beach. After exhausting all of the available creams and ointments, non of which could stand up in the heat and salt water of summer beach trips, Amy knew she would have to create something specific for her son. With her background as a chemist, Salty Britches was formulated in her home kitchen. Word got out about this amazing ointment in Amy’s small town, and quickly became a massive hit locally. After 3 years of family and friends using the home brew cream, the Salty Britches brand was officially launched in 2017 as demand grew. As you could imagine, going from a home kitchen and small batches, to a national brand caused a lot of growing pains. The first step was out sourcing manufacturing of the proprietary blend of ingredients, then packaging and distribution. Asking for help was the best thing they could do, finding specialists and networking accelerated the process and allowed Amy to focus on selling the product and organizing the business, instead of manufacturing it herself at home. Amy and her husband went all in on this new adventure, expanding their brand into many genres, including surfing, extreme athletes, marathon runners and even now in the Military and special forces arena. The next step now is scaling the social media and website side to support the growth that Salty Britches has seen organically. Beav answers many of Amy’s questions about social media marketing, using influencers, web site advancements, email campaigns, and a ton more. So much good information in this podcast, anyone wanting to start a new brand or grow an existing one will learn something. Episode 008 of the Beav Brodie Podcast is one you won’t want to miss! Sit back relax, and enjoy the show. https://getsaltybritches.com/ https://www.instagram.com/getsaltybritches/ https://www.facebook.com/GetSaltyBritches/

Its Booth! As a Father of 5, and a firefighter, Booth has a successful side hustle, known as Armordillo Concealment. He manufactures gun holsters, as well as supplying multiple other holster makers with his components, all run out of his garage since 2011. Booth could have gone all in, and quite being a full time Firefighter years ago, but you will hear why he has never made that change, and what his goals are with his family, and business. Are you thinking about scaling you’re business? Do you know the infrastructure you need to reach your goals? What type of employees do you need? Have you factored in the cost of software to support the bigger business needs? There are so many things to consider when it comes to scaling, you need to make sure all of these elements can work and grow together. Hear about how Booth made a section of his business scalable. He can supply parts to distributors, and let them deal with sales, logistics, inventory, and the customers, while he can focus on the production side of the business. He turned a piece of the business into passive income with minimal maintenance and effort on his part. As a one man band, this was a huge step for Booth to making more money and keep his work life balance in check.   Tons of good info you won’t want to miss in Episode 007 of the Beav Brodie Podcast.  

Kyle Voss is an automotive fabricator and YouTube video creator. His channel, The Fab Forums, has over 250K subs, with millions of views on several videos. Kyle discusses his strategy for building his channel, working with brands, and staying authentic with his audience. There is a ton of good information as the guys go on a few tangents, so you wont want to miss this one.

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In this episode I talk with Vaughn Neville aka TheManSpot about being an influencer, dive into some tactics and hit a button that pisses me off.. Enjoy.

Beav sits down with life long friend, Kenny Miller aka Q Kyza and Kenny's designer Endi to help them get their music label and clothing line 747 fly off the ground and growing. Kenny is no stranger to putting in the work and overcoming adversities. Kenny was a world class track and field athlete that still holds records 22 years later. They also talk about the difference between being good at something and loving what you do.

In this episode I talk with Craig Hysell about facing adversity and how that's motivated him to succeed as well as how important it is for busy entrepreneurs and leaders to take care of themselves so they can continue to take care of their business as well as the other people that reply on them. You'll also get to hear about why I don't workout. (even though I know I should...) Enjoy. Checkout and follow Craig. website - The Essential Way Project https://www.theessentialwayproject.com/ https://Instagram.com/thecraighysell https://www.facebook.com/theessentialwayproject/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCpsO9rg4YX1GdCcoY-OzMKQ Follow me at: https://www.instagram.com/beavbrodie https://www.facebook.com/officialbeavbrodie https://beavbrodie.com