Podcast appearances and mentions of alexandra kenin

Learn how Alexandra got into urban hiking, started a company, wrote two books on urban hiking and some cool things to see on San Francisco's urban trails. ABOUT ALEXANDRA KENIN Alexandra is a Studio Chief at Wordsmithie, Inc., a content and design agency that serves clients in the tech, finance, healthcare, and other industries. She also runs Urban Hiker SF, a San Francisco-based tour company that explores the city's stairways, hills, and trails. Through her experience building her company, she has hiked with thousands of guests and published two hiking guidebooks for the Bay Area, Urban Trails: San Francisco and Urban Trails: East Bay, which have sold a combined 25,000 copies. A third hiking guidebook, Urban Trails: San Jose, South Bay, and Peninsula is coming out in 2025. Alexandra has a BS in French from Georgetown, an MBA from the Wharton School, and an MA in International Studies from the University of Pennsylvania. She lives in San Francisco with her partner Brett, their daughter Dylan, and their dog Jodie.EPISODE LINKSUrban Hiker SFUrban Trails: San Francisco: Coastal Bluffs/ The Presidio/ Hilltop Parks & StairwaysUrban Trails East Bay: Oakland * Berkeley * Fremont * Richmond CONNECT WITH US Claim Your Weekly EDGE Newsletter. It's FREE.Written by Brandon with insights giving you an edge to win in your business and your life. Over 24,200 readers and counting! OTHER GREAT PODCASTS ON THE THE BEST PODCASTS NETWORK PRODUCTIVITYDaily productivity tips in less than 4 minutes a day. Business PlanHow to write a business plan, the modern business plan way. Danielle & Brandon Show All about owning a business MARKETING PodcastMarketing science revealing successful marketing. 401k Plans PodcastSet up and run your company's 401k retirement savings plans correctly. Car Accident Lawyer PodcastBest lawyer advice. podcast for entrepreneurs

Alexandra Kenin, Heather Knight, Peter Hartlaub Ever wonder where to find a hiker's rugged dream in the big bad city? Alexandra Kenin (“Urban Trails: San Francisco”) has meticulously tracked all 70 miles of hiking trails and 220 parks in mainland San Francisco, Alcatraz, and the islands. In this special in-person edition of the San Francisco Chronicle's Total SF Book Club, get the scoop on our city's best-kept hiking secrets.

Hello and welcome to Episode 23!This episode sounds a bit different than usual, because I'm the one who's answering questions, while guest host Alexandra Kenin is the one asking them! Alexandra is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, an urban hiking tour company in San Francisco and author of two guidebooks, Urban Trails: San Francisco, and Urban Trails: East Bay. She is super passionate about getting out and exploring cities by foot, and she also happens to be a big fan of Girl Gotta Hike! Well I'm a big fan of hers too – in fact I interviewed her back on Episode 9 of this podcast – so when she proposed the idea of interviewing me during a recent visit to Brooklyn, though I was a bit nervous, I just couldn't say no!When I started this podcast, I assumed that my listeners would mostly consist of those who get to come out for a hike with me in person. On trail, I'm often answering questions about how I got into guiding and sharing snippets of my thru-hiking adventures, so my podcast goal was to talk less about me and highlight other women who are rockin' their outdoor passions instead!But it turns out that so many of you listeners, and especially those that are new, come from locations that are much further afield than my New York City-based circle, and until Alexandra pointed it out to me, it hadn't really occurred to me that you might want to learn some of the history and details about how I got into the outdoors too! So many thanks to her for the invite, and I hope you enjoy our walk and talk together in Prospect Park!Useful links:Gossamer Gear Discount — use code “GIRLGOTTAHIKEGOSSAMER” for 15% off your first purchase at GossamerGear.comCheck out GG's amazing pack lineup here:Mariposa (60-Liter)Gorilla (50-Liter)G4-20 (42-Liter)Kumo 36 (36-Liter) Melissa "Click" Goodwin can be found at:Girl Gotta Hike - Website@girlgottahike - InstagramFacebook -  @GirlGottaHikeGuest Host Alexandra Kenin can be found at:@urbanhikersf  - InstagramUrban Hiker SF - WebsiteFacebook - @UrbanHikerSFTwitter - @UrbanHikerSFTrip Advisor - Urban Hiker SF - Day ToursUrban Trails: San Francisco - guidebook to the trails of San Francisco Urban Trails: East Bay - guidebook to the trails of Oakland, Berkeley, Freemont, & more! 

Today I'm joined by Alexandra Kenin, who is the founder of Urban Hiker San Francisco. Her business model is super interesting because though we've had quite a few tour companies on the show now, their approach has been very different. Even though Alex does offer her tours directly to consumers, a big focus of our conversation today was all about the B2B market and how she's grown her business through networking. And before you write this episode off because you think networking is a dirty word, I really want you to wait and hear it from Alex's perspective. Her approach is all about forming relationships with other businesses. She does this as someone who loves meeting new people and loves establishing new friendships. When you think of it in those terms, networking can be anything but a dirty word. Alex shares her story of how she's grown Urban Hiker San Francisco, largely through working with corporate groups. She shares how she's partnered with match.com to offer dating hikes where ten to twenty single people show up and get to go on a group hike and maybe meet the love of their life. She's also partnered with several local DMCs, or destination management companies, that specialize in organizing trips for large corporate groups. This has been a huge component of her business and it's fascinating to hear how making connections with these DMCs has enabled her to grow her client base. She even offers her tours on Zola, which is the wedding website and guests to a wedding can buy her tours on a registry for their loved ones. Alex's approach is just so different from so many other more traditional tour companies. There is nothing wrong with the traditional way, but it's nice to hear about alternate routes that people could take to grow their businesses. As it shows, there's really no one right way to go about it. Alex is full of ideas, she's got such an entrepreneurial mind and fantastic energy. I'm really excited for you to hear her story. Find the show notes and resources mentioned in the episode here. And if you loved this episode, please share it with a friend!

When Alexandra Kenin realized her job was not allowing her to fully thrive, she found a way to combine her love of outdoor exploration with writing and crafted herself a dream career. Alexandra is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, Studio Chief and Senior Editor at Wordsmithie, and author of Urban Trails: San Francisco and Urban Trails: East Bay. In our conversation, Alexandra shares how she made her career transition and the strategies she used to get her tour business started. Alexandra also shares the steps she took to quickly and successfully publish her first book. If you have considered trying an entrepreneurial idea, or if you are in the middle of a career transition, this conversation may give you the boost and tips you need for taking the next steps towards your dream career path.  Topics Discussed: Career transitions Hiking and exploring San Francisco The power of business school networks Marketing strategies for an outdoor tour business Tips for publishing a non-fiction book: Unconventional Guide to Publishing by David Fugate Follow us @iwhjpodcast

Urban Hiker founder Alexandra Kenin comes on Total SF to talk about her project personally climbing and documenting San Francisco's 900+ public stairways, and sharing some of her favorites. Hosts Peter Hartlaub and Heather Knight also ask Alexandra about coyote sightings, her favorite public restrooms and the most floors she's climbed in a day. See Alexandra's stairway project at Urbanhikerrsf.com. Produced by Peter Hartlaub. Music is "The Tide Will Rise" by the Sunset Shipwrecks off their album "Community" and cable car bell ringing by 8-time champion Byron Cobb. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

On episode 9, Melissa takes you with her to San Francisco, California where she goes for a hike inside the city with West Coast hiking guide and kindred spirit, Alexandra Kenin, founder of Urban Hiker SF, an urban hiking tour company and author of two incredible guidebooks, Urban Trails San Francisco and Urban Trails East Bay. Since 2012, Alexandra has been helping visitors and locals alike explore the stairways, hills and hiking trails of beautiful San Francisco. Melissa caught up with Alexandra at a coffee shop in the Glen Park neighborhood of San Francisco and from there they went on a hike up Glen Canyon Park, over Twin Peaks and down to the Mission. You’ll hear them ooh and ahh over some iconic and inspiring views and when Melissa’s not gasping for air on the uphills, you’ll learn all about some San Francisco history, find out what led Alexandra to her love of hiking, what it takes to write a guide book, and what it’s like to be a tour guide. If you like learning about how others are pursuing their passions, if you’re a fan of San Fran or even if you’d like to just visit there one day, then you’ll love this episode. Whether you live on the east coast, the west, or somewhere in between, hyper-local hiking is where it’s at right now! As travel restrictions remain in effect across many regions of the world due to the omnipresence of Coronavirus, take some tips from Alexandra and go for a hike right in your own city! But the next time you find yourself in San Francisco, I cannot recommend going on a hike with Alexandra and Urban Hiker SF enough! In the interim, I encourage you to live vicariously through her Instagram feed @urbanhikersf, which is full of cityscapes, secret stairway views, and beautiful California wildflowers. You can even plan those Bay Area hikes ahead of time, by picking up a copy of one or both her books, Urban Trails San Francisco and Urban Trails East Bay. Useful links: Urban Hiker SF website Urban Hiker SF Instagram Urban Trails San Francisco: Coastal Bluffs/ The Presidio/ Hilltop Parks & Stairways book by Alexandra Kenin Urban Trails East Bay: Oakland/ Berkeley / Fremont / Richmond book by Alexandra Kenin “A 17-Mile Hike to Unite San Francisco” by Nellie Bowles, The New York Times, November 18th, 2019 – article about the Crosstown Trail and Bob Siegel Charles Sowers, artist “Solar Totems”

In this episode, I am chatting with Alexandra Kenin about how she launched a tour guide company called Urban Hiker San Francisco, after leaving her job at Google, to show people around the trails in the bay area. We dive into how she came up with this idea and, how she has scaled it, and how she wrote a book about it along the way. You can check her book, Urban Trails by visiting https://amzn.to/2AWD5zd and visit her website at www.urbanhikersf.com #Four ways you can support this podcast: Take a screenshot of this podcast and send it to a friend who may like it I am doing a drawing for a free hard copy of The Side Hustle Journal for every 5 iTunes reviews. So if you want a chance to win, leave a rating and review on iTunes or Apple podcasts and send me an email at hello@gritandhustle.co. Detailed instructions on how to do this are at www.gritandhustle.co/review Take your side hustle to the next level by implementing a sales funnel to turn your passive website visitors into paying customer with ClickFunnels, the #1 sales funnel software in the world. You can get a free trial by going to www.gritandhustle.co/profit If you are interested in podcasting, which is the fastest growing content medium in the world, head over to www.gritandhustle.co/podcastingmadeeasy to enroll in my course now. If you have an awesome side hustle that you would like to share with the world, I'd love to have you on my podcast. You can schedule a podcast interview by going to calendly.com/gritandhustleco/guest

It’s time to celebrate one year of Making Ways podcast! 50 creative minds, 50 career journeys, 50 compelling conversations…50 episodes. Over the past year, host, marketer, and illustrator Rob Goodman has sat down with creatives of all stripes to discuss the winding journeys to their most fulfilling careers. Our guests have navigated unexpected paths and come out on the other side to share pitfalls, lessons learned, and amazing advice. These learnings can help any creative-minded professional pursue a career that will bring them joy—and have an oversized impact on their communities too. In today’s episode, we look back at some of the interviews that listeners have loved. Hear insightful stories from artists, innovators, and entrepreneurs like Kelly Inouye, Alexandra Kenin, Windy Chien, Paul Madonna, Susa Cortez, George McCalman, Steve Vassallo, and Kimberly Bryant. Thanks for an amazing first year of Making Ways. Cheers to more stories and inspiration ahead to help you chart a creative path all your own.

Alexandra Kenin joins the show to share how she left the corporate track to carve out her own independent path amongst the trees and parks of San Francisco as founder of Urban Hiker. Alexandra grew up in the suburbs of New Jersey before making her way to an MBA from the Wharton School. It was her time at business school that opened up the opportunity to join Google where she worked as a marketing manager for 5 years before ditching the 9 to 5 to start her own hiking company. On this episode Alexandra discusses her debut book Urban Trails: San Francisco and the mix of left brain / right brain work, including her role with the marketing and copywriting agency Wordsmithie, that keeps her in balance for optimal happiness in life and on the job.

On any given weekend in San Francisco, out of earshot from the barking harbor seals at Pier 39 and the clang of the cable cars, a small group of urban hikers are exploring the city from a different vantage point. For three hours, they walk, climb, and even slide their way through historic neighborhoods and scenic outlooks. They’re led by Alexandra Kenin, or one of her carefully selected guides, and have paid $49 apiece for this unique travel experience. Alexandra runs UrbanHikerSF.com on the side from her day job as a content writer and editor. More than 1000 people take her urban hikes each year, and she now oversees a team of 4-5 guides that can lead the hikes in her place.

ALEXANDRA Kenin, is the founder of Urban Hiker SF, an urban hiking tour company that helps people explore the stairways, hills, and hiking trails of San Francisco while they learn the history of the City. Inspired by the Stairway Walks book that her father bought her after buying herself a one-way ticket to the west, Alexandra would take off to explore her new home on foot. One fateful day, a native San Franciscan friend brought her on a walk to the Embarcadero via the Vallejo and Filbert Street Steps. Alexandra loved the views from by the stairways, loved the exercise she got from climbing them, and loved how they seemed to be a secret to most. From that moment on, she was hooked on urban hiking and now wants to share her findings with you! See her beautiful infographic show notes, plus her top tips and advice for entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs at www.TodaysLeadingWomen.com or by clicking here!