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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 21, 2022 2:44

FREE Training "How to become a millionaire - it's easier than you think!" https://www.iamjoannaha.com/ Index: 00:00 Intro 00:22 SHOCKING 00:50 Secret #1 01:03 Secret #2 01:27 Secret #3 01:56 Secret #4 02:22 Secret #5 02:35 Closing My Fav Development Apps: Blinkist (1 Month Free Trial): http://blinki.st/ecc573b528ff My Core Money Apps: M1 Finance for IRAs ($50 free) https://m1.finance/aZESJ9sYeCG3 Coinbase for Crypto ($10 free BTC) https://www.coinbase.com/join/ha_kmu?... CashApp for Money transfer ($5 free) https://cash.app/app/RHQKCJD Mint for Budgeting https://mint.app/8hz3t674 My Fav Products: Olive & June Nails 20% off: http://fbuy.me/v/joannaalexishaKlassy Network Bra Tops $10 off: http://portal.referralcandy.com/4GZWK7F/share_redirectlocation=reminder_email&message_id=708996857&type=get_invite_link_email_click Instacart $10 off: https://inst.cr/t/bFJ5cFRLOVVH Lion's Mane Coffee $20 off: http://foursigmatic.refr.cc/joanna Away Luggage $20 off: https://referrals.awaytravel.com/away432428

My top 5 finance books & how to read more in a year

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Play Episode Listen Later Feb 14, 2022 5:32

FREE Training "How to become a millionaire - it's easier than you think!" https://www.iamjoannaha.com/ Index: 00:00 Intro 00:43 How to read more 01:23 About Blinkist 04:17 Top 5 Fav Books 05:09 Closing My Fav Development Apps: Blinkist (1 Month Free Trial): http://blinki.st/ecc573b528ff My Core Money Apps: M1 Finance for IRAs ($50 free) https://m1.finance/aZESJ9sYeCG3 Coinbase for Crypto ($10 free BTC) https://www.coinbase.com/join/ha_kmu?... CashApp for Money transfer ($5 free) https://cash.app/app/RHQKCJD Mint for Budgeting https://mint.app/8hz3t674 My Fav Products: Olive & June Nails 20% off: http://fbuy.me/v/joannaalexishaKlassy Network Bra Tops $10 off: http://portal.referralcandy.com/4GZWK7F/share_redirectlocation=reminder_email&message_id=708996857&type=get_invite_link_email_click Instacart $10 off: https://inst.cr/t/bFJ5cFRLOVVH Lion's Mane Coffee $20 off: http://foursigmatic.refr.cc/joanna Away Luggage $20 off: https://referrals.awaytravel.com/away432428

I bought my first NFT - here's what you need to know!

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 31, 2022 7:18

FREE Training "How to become a millionaire - it's easier than you think!" https://www.iamjoannaha.com/ Index: 00:00 Intro 00:17 Must Know #1 01:53 Must Know #2 04:06 Must Know #3 05:01 Must Know #4 06:06 Must Know #5 My Core Money Apps: M1 Finance for IRAs ($50 free) https://m1.finance/aZESJ9sYeCG3 Coinbase for Crypto ($10 free BTC) https://www.coinbase.com/join/ha_kmu?... CashApp for Money transfer ($5 free) https://cash.app/app/RHQKCJD Mint for Budgeting https://mint.app/8hz3t674 My Fav Products: Olive & June Nails 20% off: http://fbuy.me/v/joannaalexishaKlassy Network Bra Tops $10 off: http://portal.referralcandy.com/4GZWK7F/share_redirectlocation=reminder_email&message_id=708996857&type=get_invite_link_email_click Instacart $10 off: https://inst.cr/t/bFJ5cFRLOVVH Lion's Mane Coffee $20 off: http://foursigmatic.refr.cc/joanna Away Luggage $20 off: https://referrals.awaytravel.com/away432428

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What I knew before investing - Avoid these mistakes

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 24, 2022 2:21

FREE Training "How to become a millionaire - it's easier than you think!" https://www.iamjoannaha.com/ Index: 00:00 Intro 00:14 Mistake #1 00:36 Mistake #2 01:06 Mistake #3 01:22 Mistake #4 02:00 Comment other newbie mistakes My Core Money Apps: M1 Finance for IRAs ($50 free) https://m1.finance/aZESJ9sYeCG3 Coinbase for Crypto ($10 free BTC) https://www.coinbase.com/join/ha_kmu?... CashApp for Money transfer ($5 free) https://cash.app/app/RHQKCJD Mint for Budgeting https://mint.app/8hz3t674 My Fav Products: Olive & June Nails 20% off: http://fbuy.me/v/joannaalexishaKlassy Network Bra Tops $10 off: http://portal.referralcandy.com/4GZWK7F/share_redirectlocation=reminder_email&message_id=708996857&type=get_invite_link_email_click Instacart $10 off: https://inst.cr/t/bFJ5cFRLOVVH Lion's Mane Coffee $20 off: http://foursigmatic.refr.cc/joanna Away Luggage $20 off: https://referrals.awaytravel.com/away432428

Episode 28 - Jealousy, Body Image, and Confidence in the Swinging Lifestyle (Q&A #6)

4OURPLAY - A Swinger Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2021 31:40

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My First AWAY Luggage!

The Bella Edit

Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2021 6:09

In this episode, I tell you all about my new AWAY luggage purchase and how I made the decision for my new carry on. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thebellaedit/message

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What to Pack to Travel in Style

Fashion Crimes Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2021 37:32

We are tripping this week, which means: “What to Pack?” These 3 little words, when put together, tend to be SUPER stressful for some people. But, not to worry! Our Stylists Extraordinaire are here to make sure you don't overpack or forget your underpants – and, they even pick out the right suitcase for you! Because you need to be prepared: you need to read the room, know where you are going - and you need to look good. Period. So, what kind of trip packer are you? Nolan tends to pack his entire wardrobe – especially all of his shoes – and then needs to borrow a suitcase to get all of his shit back home. Duh. Holly has a formula to pack for dinners, daytime activities, and adds 2 extra backup outfits. But regardless of how much, or how planned out, you do your packing; don't forget to pack your style. Can I get an amen? This week: Our amazing and knowledgeable stylists try really hard to give you insider packing secrets, but mainly, spend most of their time discussing what Holly will be wearing to the Podcast Movement convention in Nashville, TN. I mean, #sorrynotsorry. Nolan is butt-hurt that he “was not invited” to a super-dorky podcast convention, which would have bored him TO DEATH. So, he is planning his own trips to Miami and Vegas, instead. Both of our stylists have been shopping and planning for Holly's appearances in Nashville because the FASHION CRIMES PODCAST will be one of the only, if not THE only, fashion podcast represented at this national convention. So - She. Needs. To. Kill. It. Be sure to follow our social media this week, because you must see all of the AMAZ-BALLS outfits Holly and Nolan have created for this trip. They chose a fun and current short suit from Anine Bing, which will be accompanied by Holly's lustful purchase of some rockin' Roger Vivier boots. Nolan is the master of finding the best designer styles, and then waiting for them to go on sale. “Never pay full retail” is Nolan's mantra! They then move on to Holly's next outfit: a knit Alaia dress covered in butterflies. Nolan tells us all about this designer and these unique knit dresses that work for any shape and figure. The rest of the outfits include denim from Frame Clothing and Oscar de la Renta along with the new YSL lip print shoes. NEXT. LEVEL. Of course – they spend HOURS discussing the OG Saint Laurent Red Lips vintage print heels. If you haven't heard about this purchase yet, don't worry: You will hear it again! While our fashion experts do tend to gush about their love for designer styles, Nolan is always quick to remind our listeners that selling a kidney for any item is ridiculous. Wait for the sale, but if you see it on sale, do buy it right then and there. Also: buy things that bring you joy. If you like the dress, buy it. Because you might get hit by a fucking bus tomorrow. But, back to planning for your next trip: buy a good suitcase (Holly likes Away Luggage, Nolan likes Rimowa), don't overpack, think of all the shoes you will need, don't forget your shapewear or undergarments, and think about where you will be, who you will be with and what the occasion is. We want you to Travel in Style. In This Episode: [1:00] Holly: People constantly ask me what to pack or how to pack. What are we going to pack? What should I bring? Nolan brings his entire closet every time he packs and goes somewhere. . [2:01] Holly: What is up, homie? Nolan, I am so high on life right now. Nolan: No, you're not high on life. It's Saint Laurent you're high on, there's a very big difference. Very, big difference. I'm very rarely high on life. I am, almost always, high on fashion. Big difference. . [04:47] Nolan: I know, look at me! I'm helping someone pack for a trip that I wasn't even invited on. Uh! I'm such a giver. . [06:35] Holly: Nolan, as you just told me that I don't get a medal, OK, for doing good things. You don't get a medal for adulting. Okay, cuz that's what you're doing. You're doing a hustle. . [06:53] Nolan: I wouldn't say that's why I'm butt hurt, but let's go with it. Let's just go with it. I am, I'm jealous. You do get to go to UAL, which is United Apparel Liquidators. One of my best-kept secrets. . [9:40] Holly: But this is a happy podcast, because we're going to talk about packing. When you're packing, you have to think about the dress code where you're going to be, what you're going to do, who you're going to be with, and how you're going to be photographed. Because if you've worn the same clothes, around the same people: It's time to get some new clothes. Time to get a new look. Let's talk about the first outfit that I'm going to wear, the Anine Bing suit. . [12:44] Nolan: I was so proud because I love Roger Vivia. I'm a sucker for anything French, and I think Roger Vivia, their edgier styles, are really beautiful. But again, they're ridiculously expensive. . [14:16] Holly: Okay, so I'm wearing that because I'm reading the room. I understand that I will be the only fashion person, and it's ‘a lot' but it's not ‘A LOT.' Nolan, explain the difference between a lot and A LOT. . [17:44] Holly: The next day, as I will be running around, making it rain, with my personality and my business cards, meeting people, being a lady about town, running around the convention. I'm going to wear my next prized possession, which is: Dun Dun Dun: the butterfly dress. . [18:09] Nolan: So, I love Alaia. I've always loved Alaia. I mean, it's just beyond. And Holly and I often fight about buying things that are classics that are long-term pieces to have forever, because I look at fashion, as I like things to be buildable. You like to have something be like, a one-stop-shop. You want the dress to be bold and memorable and whatever, which is great. But then you can't wear it six times in one year, because then everyone's like, oh, there's that dress again. . [21:21] Nolan: I'm very much like: buy it now. Or, don't buy it at all. But I don't want to hear it, if it sells out. Because you get mad when it sells out. So, I always say, if you don't buy it, that's fine. You don't need to. But if you want it, you need to buy it now. Because I don't want to hear about it in three weeks, I want that dress and it's gone. And I get yelled at, because it's not my fault. . [24:19] Holly: Which brings us back around to the new lip shoes. My pride, my joy, Nolan, I'm saying it. It's recorded. I am pushing it out to the world. You were right. . [24:33] Nolan: I'm always right, though. . [26:44] Nolan: Hmmm? Something else I wasn't invited to? Oh, sorry. That was my out-loud voice. . [26:54] Nolan: You told me to be sassy today. I don't know if you were quite ready. . [28:09] Holly: I'm so glad you went to a dinner party that I wasn't invited to. I'm 80% happy for you. . [28:49] Nolan: How do you pack? Because now that we're talking about this, I feel like we've given no packing tips. We've just talked about ourselves for 30 minutes. (Duh.) Let's come back to the whole packing thing, because as a packer, I would rather have too much than too little. . [29:56] Holly: If you're going on a three-day weekend, you figure out what you're going to wear. You don't have to know every single activity, what you're going to do, but you need to plan out what you're wearing at night and during the day and bring two backup outfits. That is what I do. . [34:34] Holly: Anyway, so packing! Call us, ask us. Let us know what your questions are. We're excited to help you. Don't overpack. Make sure you plan. Bring enough shoes, be comfortable. Bring all your undergarments. Peace Out! Key Takeaways: Holly and Nolan discuss how to plan your wardrobe for trips. The key is to know where you going, who you will be seeing, and to plan ahead. Shop, prepare and pack ahead of time. Holly recommends a formula for packing by occasion and time of day. Nolan likes to have options, so he packs everything. Which packing style works for you? Our stylists have been all over the place shopping for Holly's trip to the Podcast Movement National Podcaster's Convention in Nashville, TN the week of Aug. 2nd. Holly feels the pressure to ‘kill it' with style, as it is the first appearance of the Fashion Crimes Podcast at this event. Photos of the ‘Outfits of the Day' are posted on our social pages. Nolan shares his fun, unique and flavorful insider's knowledge of the designers he has chosen for Holly, often with insightful historical references, and of course, his own personal anecdotes from his adventures in fashion. Don't miss this week's episode: Travel in style and pack with purpose! Links Discussed: Podcast Movement: https://2021.podcastmovement.com/ She Podcasts: https://www.shepodcasts.com/ Alaia: https://www.maison-alaia.com/us Anine Bing: https://www.aninebing.com/ Roger Vivier: https://www.rogervivier.com/us-en/home/ Away Luggage: https://www.awaytravel.com/ Rimowa Luggage: https://www.rimowa.com/us/en/all-luggage/ Yves Saint Laurent: https://www.ysl.com/en-us Quotes: “Nolan, I am so high on life right now.” – Holly “No, you're not high on life. It's Saint Laurent you're high on, there's a very big difference. Very, big difference. I'm very rarely high on life. I am, almost always high on fashion. Big difference.” – Nolan “Okay, so I'm wearing that because I'm reading the room. I understand that I will be the only fashion person, and it's “a lot” but it's not “A LOT.” Nolan, explained the difference between a lot and A LOT.” – Holly “Which brings us back around to the new lip shoes. My pride, my joy, Nolan, I'm saying it. It's recorded. I am pushing it out to the world: You were right.” – Holly “That's my MO. I just sort of chuck everything in a bag and figure it out when I get there.” – Nolan “If it brings you joy, and you're going to want to wear it for five years: buy the dress. Because life is short. You could get hit by fucking bus tomorrow.” – Nolan

Ep. 257 - David Roger, Founder of Felix Gray, an E-commerce Eyewear Company on Launching a New Category of Eyewear and Other Startup Challenges

Inside Outside

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 20:17

On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we sit down with David Roger, founder of Felix Gray, the e-commerce eyewear company with proprietary blue light filtering technology. David and I talk about the founder's journey of launching a new category of eyewear and the challenges along the way. Let's get started.Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast to help you rethink, reset, and remix yourself and your organization. Each week, we bring the latest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses, as well as the tools, tactics, and trends you'll need to thrive as a new innovator.Interview Transcript with David Roger, Founder of Felix GrayBrian Ardinger: [00:00:30] Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger, and as always, we have another amazing guest. Today we have David Roger. He is the founder of Felix Gray, an e-commerce eyewear company with proprietary blue light filtering technology. And he's got quite an interesting story. So welcome to the show, David. David Roger: [00:00:57] Thanks so much for having me. Brian Ardinger: [00:00:58] Our paths have not crossed until today, but a lot of our common network have in the past. You started your company, Felix Gray in 2016. Let's go back to the beginning and let's talk about how you got involved in becoming an entrepreneur. David Roger: [00:01:13] In college, I initially thought I wanted to be a lawyer. That's what I went to school for and by sophomore year I realized I did not want to do that. And I kind of loved this idea of starting businesses. And this is the time where TechCrunch was starting to get really popular, and you'd read a lot of different things and different entrepreneurial things. And it was something really exciting. I ended up starting my first business in college, which was a secondary school newspaper. And I had to sell print advertising to local stores and shops and businesses. And if you want to learn how tough selling is, try doing that. And then when I left Cornell, I went and joined Venture for America, which is basically Teach for America, but applied to startups and entrepreneurship. Founded by Andrew Yang, who is running for democratic nominee couple of years ago and is now running actually for Mayor in the New York Mayor race. And so that's kind of how I got into entrepreneurship.Brian Ardinger: [00:02:06] I think you started in Vegas, is that correct? Working with Tony Shay and the Downtown Project. And maybe tell us a little bit about that Vegas Tech Fund and some of the stuff that you've done in there. David Roger: [00:02:17] Through Venture for America, they are in partnership with Tony's Downtown Project. And so that's how I got connected with them. I interviewed out there, really bought into the mission, really thought it was an amazing thing to fill a walkable livable downtown area, which is, Vegas is not known for that. It's basically all suburbs. And then essentially the strip, which is a transient first population.And so, I thought that was an amazing mission. I was part of the biggest tech fund, but my primary job was on their operations team. Basically, when I got there, Tony had put in $350 million of his own money into revitalize the area, and we had no idea if projects that we had going on ranging from a million, to twenty-five million dollars, we're going to make money or lose money. It's kind of the wild west.And they threw me in, and they said, go figure this out. And so, it was really cool. Great job right out of school. I will say it did mean that I was in front of Excel, building financial models, 12 hours a day. That's when my eyes started to absolutely kill me. I was looking around, looking at everyone else, complaining about the same things our eyes being tired at the end of the day, their eyes being dry, headaches, blurry vision. And kind of looked and said, okay, why is this a thing. Everyone I know at work and half the people I know in my friend group that are in different jobs all around the country, why are we all complaining about the same thing? That's when I started talking to Optometrists Ophthalmologists. Learned around what screens produced, which is blue light and glare and basically that caused a lot of these issues that get categorized as digital eye strain. So, if you get filtered blue light, you can eliminate glare. You create this more comfortable experience. Brian Ardinger: [00:03:50] I love the genesis of that. But not every new idea becomes a company. And so how did you make that jump from, hey, I've got an individual problem from the standpoint of, you know, my eyes are getting strained from all the work I'm doing on screens to, hey, I think there's something here that I can create a company around?David Roger: [00:04:08] So the first thing was really recognizing that problem. Right? So, recognize the problem myself and then recognize that problem in a lot of other people. Whether it was people complaining about it firsthand, or me saying, hey, do your eyes ever get exhausted at the end of the day? You ever deal with a headache?And everyone's saying, yes. You're like, okay, there's something here. So, then I start to understand, okay, what is going on? So that's when I started talking to eye professionals for a better understanding what could be these root causes. And so when I'm talking to ophthalmologists and optometrists they are saying look, screens are a large driver behind this, and particularly what screens produce, light and glare.And so like, look, you can filter blue light, and you can eliminate glare. You can create a more comfortable experience. There are these glasses out there, they're yellow or orange lenses, and basically, they're going to help. So, I look, and they're not only yellow and orange lenses, but they look like hunting goggles.And if you put them on your face you look like one of the X Men. And I'm like, I can't wear that, and we'll show this to plenty of other people like, hey, this will solve your problems. They're like, I'm not wearing that. Right. So basically, the idea was okay, well, how do you create something that is functional, but also can look good. At the flip side, there were a couple other things in the market at the time, and this is still the case today. But these clear lenses, basically the Optometrist, the Ophthalmologist, the real eyecare professional said this stuff is not really filtering real blue light. It's filtering 2 to 3% of blue light where it actually matters, which produces blue light. It is basically placebo. It's not worth buying. So, what I did then was said, okay, well, how can you marry the fashion function?How can you create something that has a beautiful frame, but a really functional lens? And that's when I started working through a lot of networking with, with different lens suppliers and ended up developing a proprietary way of filtering blue light that can still have a clear lens. But be highly effective, right?So, Felix Gray's lens, even today, filters 30% of blue light instead of 2% of blue light at the 455-nanometer range, which is where screens produce blue light. Right. So basically, we filter 15 times more blue light where it's important. And that's why 9 out of 10 people who wear Felix Gray report significant improvement, but that was the genesis.So, it was okay, let's spend time building a great product off the bat. That's not only going to make your eyes feel great, but make you feel great. You feel confident in what you're wearing. And from there start. Brian Ardinger: [00:06:34] And obviously there were some signals in the marketplace that e-commerce was taking off. Warby Parker, I think had just been around and being introduced to the concept of cheaper or less expensive frames that you would buy than going to the store and stuff. So, there's some signals in that. How did you go from, and the concept of there's a problem here. I think I can solve it from technology perspective and then creating an e-commerce company? Those are different things as well. How did you go about building the team and experimenting your way to where you're at now? David Roger: [00:07:01] Ecomm was definitely growing. I would say that the distinction between the fields where I was doing and a lot of what other direct to consumer was doing was direct to consumers basically saying here's a toothbrush, you've always bought a toothbrush, let's make a prettier looking toothbrush. And let's cut costs through the supply chain and then be able to deliver it to you and use, you know, Facebook advertising, et cetera, in order to get it off the ground. We were basically creating a new category. We're saying, look, we believe that this is a big problem. After looking at lots of research through companies like the Vision Council, which is an independent group of optometrists and ophthalmologists, you're learning that 60 to 70% of people are experiencing digital eyestrain. So you're realizing this is a big problem, but the market is really low. So, the awareness is not there. The problem is obvious. It's just that no one has applied all that's known on that problem. And no one has brought a real great solution to the market. What we said is the best way to do that is to do that through a new age direct consumer model, as opposed to the traditional retail model. Because especially when something is new, a retailer's not going to say, sure, I'm just going to buy this thing. You know, I'm going to help educate your potential customers. It doesn't work like that. Right? So, we had a lot better direct connections with the customer. If we could go straight to B to C. Brian Ardinger: [00:08:20] My understanding is you got scrappy early stages when you're trying to start a new category, sometimes there's not investors that are interested in starting a new category and that. So, talk us through how you got off the ground? David Roger: [00:08:31] I remember, you know, at the time Away Luggage had just raised $2 million pre revenue. My co-founder and I said, okay, look, we're two smart, you know, guys. He came from hedge funds. I came from an entrepreneurial background. And we said, look, we can go raise some money.And we basically got laughed out of the room because people said, you're not going to start a new market. And especially we are selling specifically non-prescription glasses. So, people with either contacts or 20/20. So, you're not going to get people who don't wear glasses, to wear glasses. And so, we actually said, we believe in this product. We've tested it among friends and it's a really good success.So, the first thing we did when we really got scrappy is when we launched in January 2016 in a closed beta, we actually did what we called an office trial. We worked with offices all around New York. Spotify, Uber, Barclays, LinkedIn. And we would go in and offer up to 50 pairs of glasses to employees for two-week free trial period.We took care of everything. So really easy for a Culture HR team to just say, hey, this is a fun little perk. We don't have to do anything. And it's a nice thing to offer. And at the end of that program, people could either return them. We come and pick them up. Or they could use their own credit cards to buy.And we saw about one in three people without knowing about Felix Gray, without knowing about blue light, bought right off the bat. And then we always get emails like we'd always pick up on a Friday. And then by Monday, Tuesday, we'd always get all these emails saying, actually my eyes are killing me. Can you come back so I can buy those glasses? So, we knew we had something there. Brian Ardinger: [00:10:02] So you did an Indiegogo campaign as well and raise some money from friends and family and then manufacturing and that's expensive. So how do you get off the ground with just selling individual orders? David Roger: [00:10:13] That private beta happened after the Indigo campaign. When we did the Indiegogo campaign, we really didn't have a company at all. There's no supply chain in place yet. Basically, it was rough estimates of what we would need in order to place our first order quantities. And we didn't even know what the suppliers were. We just knew that was roughly what it was going to be. And we would figure that out later. So, I think for us, we were in a position where we use Indiegogo very much as a friends and family way of raising some money.People could contribute $50 here, $100 dollars there. And then, you know, some people, you know, friends of friends got interested, excited about the idea, but you know, you see some Indigo Campaigns that are really, really polished. They really know their supply chain. They know exactly what's going on.They've already built prototypes. And now they're racing for, you know, that full kind of, I'd say seed round, right. It goes beyond actually just the production there's marketing expenses that they're looking to raise and things like that. We were very much like, hey, we don't know if this is going to work. Let's raise as little as possible off the bat. We didn't raise our official seed round until a year after we launched. So again, 2016, right. So, we raised our first seed in March of 2017 once we started to have traction. Brian Ardinger: [00:11:30] And so flash forward. We're what, five years or so into your journey? What are some of the lessons learned along the way? And then we can talk about where you're at today. David Roger: [00:11:39] Starting with a really high-quality product, particularly one of ours that is proprietary and just works better than others, does mean a lot, right. Because at the end of the day, you can have best frames, the best marketing. If you don't have a great product, it can win, but it often doesn't, especially if you're trying to be scrappy. You know, word of mouth is still our largest source of revenue from any individual channel. We do a lot of advertising on a lot of different channels, including podcasts, including, you know, Facebook, Instagram, Google influencers, things like that. So, it's not like we're not marketing. Just word of mouth still continues to be really strong. Another thing I'd say is, you know, when we launch, we launched as a blue light company. We launched as a blue light product. We were really growing this market. Over time, I think it's important for brands to understand really at the core, what they stand for. For us that is this idea of your digital wellness, right.So, we fundamentally believe in improving the relationship between people and their technology. We believe that like, if you are able to do that, you can help people live a happier, healthier, more productive life, and change the world, right. You're happier because your eyes aren't killing you at the end of the day.We've even had the best review I ever got was a person saying that their marriage has gotten better with their spouse because they don't come home grumpy, cause their eyes aren't exhausted. And at the same time, you can also be more productive, right? So, you might have to burn the midnight oil to get a project done. And you're able to do that because your eyes aren't fatigued. You're not dealing with that headache. But at the core of what we stand for, it is really this idea of how do we help your digital being. If we care about the food we put into our bodies. We care about that exercise we get. Then we sit in front of our laptops or monitors for 10 plus hours a day, watch TV for a couple hours or on our phones for every minute in between.We know that's not good for us. So why not have a healthy relationship during that day. And that is ultimately what drives new product development that's in the works. It ultimately drives the conversations that we want to have with customers, the type of partnerships we're looking to do. And so I do think that finding your brand North Star is very important.Brian Ardinger: [00:13:51] So we've had a challenging year, as everybody has around the world. I always like to ask the founders, what have you learned over this past 18 months in COVID and that. How has that affected your business? How's it affected your ability to manage teams and grow what you're growing. What are your takeaways from where we've been and where we're coming out of?David Roger: [00:14:09] Yeah, from a business standpoint, I think, you know, particularly in the beginning of the pandemic, everyone's indoors, everyone's now learning to use Zoom. And, you know, we saw, you know, blue light, the category really exploded. I think now you're seeing kind of the opposite happen, where everyone is just focused on being outside and most people are vaccinated and which is to be expected.You know, it makes sense, but the awareness overall has risen a great deal. A customer said, you know, 80% of our customers do their research beforehand. So, you know, as the space matures, there's a lot of competition out there from $20 products on Amazon that are honestly pretty crap, to like, you know, $150 products. And people are wondering because that price point is so wide. What are the differences? And a lot of times they'll do their research. So we're learning a lot about that. In terms of business and managing a team, you know, we've always had a fundamental philosophy of it's more important to get your work done and get your work done well than to just be in the office.And so, while we had an office first culture, performance was not relying on if you showed up to the office or not. You had a plumber that needed to come, of course you could work from home for the day. If you just weren't feeling like coming in, you can work from home for the day. So, we already had, I'd say an innate level of trust with everyone on the team.And so, when we switched to work from home, I think it was less of transition for us and less a transition for people that manage teams here, than it was for other companies where that cultural is less so. Now I will say that over time, you obviously miss those interactions with individual people, you miss just being able to get in touch.And so, you know, we started doing randomized lunches every other week, so that you can kind of have these small group lunches. That was really nice. Also a nice thing is a lot of people are Slacking all the time now. And it was really nice to just Slack call or actually call someone because I liken it to just swiveling your chair around and then talking to the person next to you.And we weren't able to do that anymore. And you lose so much if you're just texting. If you're just typing on Slack, you lose all that tone. So that was another thing that we learned over time. Like, hey, let's just get on a one-minute phone call. It doesn't have to blow up into this whole thing. It can just be a one-minute phone call to talk through something.Brian Ardinger: [00:16:27] So coming out of it, are you going back to the office? Are you doing hybrid? Where are you sitting? David Roger: [00:16:31] We'll end up having a hybrid. So, we're figuring that out right now, but it's clear that most people want some office environment, but they don't want to go back five days a week. We've also started hiring people outside of New York, which I think has been awesome.It's a great way to expand the talent pool and the way that I see those things going is having a couple of off-sites every year to bring everyone together. And I actually think having multiple off-sites is really helpful anyway, because everyone, especially in a small company, working and being pretty busy.Everyone is so heads down often. It's really hard to get people up and just kind of have their heads out of the sand. And that's, especially true of people who are, you know, at lower levels in the company. And that's really, really important to get their perspective too. And off-sites are a great way to do that. Brian Ardinger: [00:17:21] Do you have any kind of go-to resources that you'd recommend for entrepreneurs or innovators out there that you rely on or use to keep you up to date and moving forward?David Roger: [00:17:29] The best thing is your own network. And as you build that network, then you might become in text groups or Slack groups and different things so that, you know, what's going on. Whether that's marketing or supply chain, or leadership. I think surrounding yourself with a couple of key mentors is also really important to better understand how to build teams in particular.So, I would say network more than anything. There's a couple of good newsletters and stuff like that. Fore Runner has a really good one. I always liked to read, Not Boring, which is not usually in the D to C space, but I think it's just very, very thoughtful and strategic. And you can learn a lot about the thought that companies put into their strategy through newsletters like that. But I would say more than anything, it's building your own network because that's where the real value has to come from. Brian Ardinger: [00:18:15] What's next for Felix Gray? What do you see coming out in the next few months, years? Where do you see the company going? And what's new and exciting in your world. David Roger: [00:18:22] Yeah. So, we're really focused on the digital wellness space. So, you know, there'll be some things that we're going to launch a Warranty Program pretty soon. We'll launch accessories pretty soon. Really just additional things on the eyewear side. But we do have a couple of products that are not eyewear related that we're looking to launch one of them in actually like late summer, early fall.It's a product that helps your long-term eye health and also helps your short-term eye comfort. So, it's kind of something that we look to be in addition to Felix Gray. And the way that we're thinking about the business overall is really this idea of we want to own and help facilitate the conversation around new digital wellbeing, and then create products that support that right products that support the fact that we weren't evolved to be in front of screens all day, every day. There are negative effects that are associated with that. And we want products that help mitigate the same effect. For More InformationBrian Ardinger: [00:19:14] Well, David, thank you again for coming on Inside Outside Innovation to share your founder journey and give us some insights into where you see the world going. I really do appreciate it. If people want to find out more about yourself or about the company, what's the best way to do that?David Roger: [00:19:27] You can follow us at Felix Gray. So, it's the same F E L I X, G R A Y S. Felix Gray was taken when we first started that. You obviously can sign up to our newsletter as well. Those are probably the best, two ways to follow the company. Brian Ardinger: [00:19:43] Awesome. Well, thanks again for being on the show and looking forward to continuing the conversation in the years to come and appreciate all your time.David Roger: [00:19:49] Thanks so much for having me. It was great.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. 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Ep. 257 - David Roger, Founder of Felix Gray, an E-commerce Eyewear Company on Launching a New Category of Eyewear and Other Startup Challenges

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 29, 2021 20:17

On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we sit down with David Roger, founder of Felix Gray, the e-commerce eyewear company with proprietary blue light filtering technology. David and I talk about the founder's journey of launching a new category of eyewear and the challenges along the way. Let's get started.Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast to help you rethink, reset, and remix yourself and your organization. Each week, we bring the latest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses, as well as the tools, tactics, and trends you'll need to thrive as a new innovator.Interview Transcript with David Roger, Founder of Felix GrayBrian Ardinger: [00:00:30] Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger, and as always, we have another amazing guest. Today we have David Roger. He is the founder of Felix Gray, an e-commerce eyewear company with proprietary blue light filtering technology. And he's got quite an interesting story. So welcome to the show, David. David Roger: [00:00:57] Thanks so much for having me. Brian Ardinger: [00:00:58] Our paths have not crossed until today, but a lot of our common network have in the past. You started your company, Felix Gray in 2016. Let's go back to the beginning and let's talk about how you got involved in becoming an entrepreneur. David Roger: [00:01:13] In college, I initially thought I wanted to be a lawyer. That's what I went to school for and by sophomore year I realized I did not want to do that. And I kind of loved this idea of starting businesses. And this is the time where TechCrunch was starting to get really popular, and you'd read a lot of different things and different entrepreneurial things. And it was something really exciting. I ended up starting my first business in college, which was a secondary school newspaper. And I had to sell print advertising to local stores and shops and businesses. And if you want to learn how tough selling is, try doing that. And then when I left Cornell, I went and joined Venture for America, which is basically Teach for America, but applied to startups and entrepreneurship. Founded by Andrew Yang, who is running for democratic nominee couple of years ago and is now running actually for Mayor in the New York Mayor race. And so that's kind of how I got into entrepreneurship.Brian Ardinger: [00:02:06] I think you started in Vegas, is that correct? Working with Tony Shay and the Downtown Project. And maybe tell us a little bit about that Vegas Tech Fund and some of the stuff that you've done in there. David Roger: [00:02:17] Through Venture for America, they are in partnership with Tony's Downtown Project. And so that's how I got connected with them. I interviewed out there, really bought into the mission, really thought it was an amazing thing to fill a walkable livable downtown area, which is, Vegas is not known for that. It's basically all suburbs. And then essentially the strip, which is a transient first population.And so, I thought that was an amazing mission. I was part of the biggest tech fund, but my primary job was on their operations team. Basically, when I got there, Tony had put in $350 million of his own money into revitalize the area, and we had no idea if projects that we had going on ranging from a million, to twenty-five million dollars, we're going to make money or lose money. It's kind of the wild west.And they threw me in, and they said, go figure this out. And so, it was really cool. Great job right out of school. I will say it did mean that I was in front of Excel, building financial models, 12 hours a day. That's when my eyes started to absolutely kill me. I was looking around, looking at everyone else, complaining about the same things our eyes being tired at the end of the day, their eyes being dry, headaches, blurry vision. And kind of looked and said, okay, why is this a thing. Everyone I know at work and half the people I know in my friend group that are in different jobs all around the country, why are we all complaining about the same thing? That's when I started talking to Optometrists Ophthalmologists. Learned around what screens produced, which is blue light and glare and basically that caused a lot of these issues that get categorized as digital eye strain. So, if you get filtered blue light, you can eliminate glare. You create this more comfortable experience. Brian Ardinger: [00:03:50] I love the genesis of that. But not every new idea becomes a company. And so how did you make that jump from, hey, I've got an individual problem from the standpoint of, you know, my eyes are getting strained from all the work I'm doing on screens to, hey, I think there's something here that I can create a company around?David Roger: [00:04:08] So the first thing was really recognizing that problem. Right? So, recognize the problem myself and then recognize that problem in a lot of other people. Whether it was people complaining about it firsthand, or me saying, hey, do your eyes ever get exhausted at the end of the day? You ever deal with a headache?And everyone's saying, yes. You're like, okay, there's something here. So, then I start to understand, okay, what is going on? So that's when I started talking to eye professionals for a better understanding what could be these root causes. And so when I'm talking to ophthalmologists and optometrists they are saying look, screens are a large driver behind this, and particularly what screens produce, light and glare.And so like, look, you can filter blue light, and you can eliminate glare. You can create a more comfortable experience. There are these glasses out there, they're yellow or orange lenses, and basically, they're going to help. So, I look, and they're not only yellow and orange lenses, but they look like hunting goggles.And if you put them on your face you look like one of the X Men. And I'm like, I can't wear that, and we'll show this to plenty of other people like, hey, this will solve your problems. They're like, I'm not wearing that. Right. So basically, the idea was okay, well, how do you create something that is functional, but also can look good. At the flip side, there were a couple other things in the market at the time, and this is still the case today. But these clear lenses, basically the Optometrist, the Ophthalmologist, the real eyecare professional said this stuff is not really filtering real blue light. It's filtering 2 to 3% of blue light where it actually matters, which produces blue light. It is basically placebo. It's not worth buying. So, what I did then was said, okay, well, how can you marry the fashion function?How can you create something that has a beautiful frame, but a really functional lens? And that's when I started working through a lot of networking with, with different lens suppliers and ended up developing a proprietary way of filtering blue light that can still have a clear lens. But be highly effective, right?So, Felix Gray's lens, even today, filters 30% of blue light instead of 2% of blue light at the 455-nanometer range, which is where screens produce blue light. Right. So basically, we filter 15 times more blue light where it's important. And that's why 9 out of 10 people who wear Felix Gray report significant improvement, but that was the genesis.So, it was okay, let's spend time building a great product off the bat. That's not only going to make your eyes feel great, but make you feel great. You feel confident in what you're wearing. And from there start. Brian Ardinger: [00:06:34] And obviously there were some signals in the marketplace that e-commerce was taking off. Warby Parker, I think had just been around and being introduced to the concept of cheaper or less expensive frames that you would buy than going to the store and stuff. So, there's some signals in that. How did you go from, and the concept of there's a problem here. I think I can solve it from technology perspective and then creating an e-commerce company? Those are different things as well. How did you go about building the team and experimenting your way to where you're at now? David Roger: [00:07:01] Ecomm was definitely growing. I would say that the distinction between the fields where I was doing and a lot of what other direct to consumer was doing was direct to consumers basically saying here's a toothbrush, you've always bought a toothbrush, let's make a prettier looking toothbrush. And let's cut costs through the supply chain and then be able to deliver it to you and use, you know, Facebook advertising, et cetera, in order to get it off the ground. We were basically creating a new category. We're saying, look, we believe that this is a big problem. After looking at lots of research through companies like the Vision Council, which is an independent group of optometrists and ophthalmologists, you're learning that 60 to 70% of people are experiencing digital eyestrain. So you're realizing this is a big problem, but the market is really low. So, the awareness is not there. The problem is obvious. It's just that no one has applied all that's known on that problem. And no one has brought a real great solution to the market. What we said is the best way to do that is to do that through a new age direct consumer model, as opposed to the traditional retail model. Because especially when something is new, a retailer's not going to say, sure, I'm just going to buy this thing. You know, I'm going to help educate your potential customers. It doesn't work like that. Right? So, we had a lot better direct connections with the customer. If we could go straight to B to C. Brian Ardinger: [00:08:20] My understanding is you got scrappy early stages when you're trying to start a new category, sometimes there's not investors that are interested in starting a new category and that. So, talk us through how you got off the ground? David Roger: [00:08:31] I remember, you know, at the time Away Luggage had just raised $2 million pre revenue. My co-founder and I said, okay, look, we're two smart, you know, guys. He came from hedge funds. I came from an entrepreneurial background. And we said, look, we can go raise some money.And we basically got laughed out of the room because people said, you're not going to start a new market. And especially we are selling specifically non-prescription glasses. So, people with either contacts or 20/20. So, you're not going to get people who don't wear glasses, to wear glasses. And so, we actually said, we believe in this product. We've tested it among friends and it's a really good success.So, the first thing we did when we really got scrappy is when we launched in January 2016 in a closed beta, we actually did what we called an office trial. We worked with offices all around New York. Spotify, Uber, Barclays, LinkedIn. And we would go in and offer up to 50 pairs of glasses to employees for two-week free trial period.We took care of everything. So really easy for a Culture HR team to just say, hey, this is a fun little perk. We don't have to do anything. And it's a nice thing to offer. And at the end of that program, people could either return them. We come and pick them up. Or they could use their own credit cards to buy.And we saw about one in three people without knowing about Felix Gray, without knowing about blue light, bought right off the bat. And then we always get emails like we'd always pick up on a Friday. And then by Monday, Tuesday, we'd always get all these emails saying, actually my eyes are killing me. Can you come back so I can buy those glasses? So, we knew we had something there. Brian Ardinger: [00:10:02] So you did an Indiegogo campaign as well and raise some money from friends and family and then manufacturing and that's expensive. So how do you get off the ground with just selling individual orders? David Roger: [00:10:13] That private beta happened after the Indigo campaign. When we did the Indiegogo campaign, we really didn't have a company at all. There's no supply chain in place yet. Basically, it was rough estimates of what we would need in order to place our first order quantities. And we didn't even know what the suppliers were. We just knew that was roughly what it was going to be. And we would figure that out later. So, I think for us, we were in a position where we use Indiegogo very much as a friends and family way of raising some money.People could contribute $50 here, $100 dollars there. And then, you know, some people, you know, friends of friends got interested, excited about the idea, but you know, you see some Indigo Campaigns that are really, really polished. They really know their supply chain. They know exactly what's going on.They've already built prototypes. And now they're racing for, you know, that full kind of, I'd say seed round, right. It goes beyond actually just the production there's marketing expenses that they're looking to raise and things like that. We were very much like, hey, we don't know if this is going to work. Let's raise as little as possible off the bat. We didn't raise our official seed round until a year after we launched. So again, 2016, right. So, we raised our first seed in March of 2017 once we started to have traction. Brian Ardinger: [00:11:30] And so flash forward. We're what, five years or so into your journey? What are some of the lessons learned along the way? And then we can talk about where you're at today. David Roger: [00:11:39] Starting with a really high-quality product, particularly one of ours that is proprietary and just works better than others, does mean a lot, right. Because at the end of the day, you can have best frames, the best marketing. If you don't have a great product, it can win, but it often doesn't, especially if you're trying to be scrappy. You know, word of mouth is still our largest source of revenue from any individual channel. We do a lot of advertising on a lot of different channels, including podcasts, including, you know, Facebook, Instagram, Google influencers, things like that. So, it's not like we're not marketing. Just word of mouth still continues to be really strong. Another thing I'd say is, you know, when we launch, we launched as a blue light company. We launched as a blue light product. We were really growing this market. Over time, I think it's important for brands to understand really at the core, what they stand for. For us that is this idea of your digital wellness, right.So, we fundamentally believe in improving the relationship between people and their technology. We believe that like, if you are able to do that, you can help people live a happier, healthier, more productive life, and change the world, right. You're happier because your eyes aren't killing you at the end of the day.We've even had the best review I ever got was a person saying that their marriage has gotten better with their spouse because they don't come home grumpy, cause their eyes aren't exhausted. And at the same time, you can also be more productive, right? So, you might have to burn the midnight oil to get a project done. And you're able to do that because your eyes aren't fatigued. You're not dealing with that headache. But at the core of what we stand for, it is really this idea of how do we help your digital being. If we care about the food we put into our bodies. We care about that exercise we get. Then we sit in front of our laptops or monitors for 10 plus hours a day, watch TV for a couple hours or on our phones for every minute in between.We know that's not good for us. So why not have a healthy relationship during that day. And that is ultimately what drives new product development that's in the works. It ultimately drives the conversations that we want to have with customers, the type of partnerships we're looking to do. And so I do think that finding your brand North Star is very important.Brian Ardinger: [00:13:51] So we've had a challenging year, as everybody has around the world. I always like to ask the founders, what have you learned over this past 18 months in COVID and that. How has that affected your business? How's it affected your ability to manage teams and grow what you're growing. What are your takeaways from where we've been and where we're coming out of?David Roger: [00:14:09] Yeah, from a business standpoint, I think, you know, particularly in the beginning of the pandemic, everyone's indoors, everyone's now learning to use Zoom. And, you know, we saw, you know, blue light, the category really exploded. I think now you're seeing kind of the opposite happen, where everyone is just focused on being outside and most people are vaccinated and which is to be expected.You know, it makes sense, but the awareness overall has risen a great deal. A customer said, you know, 80% of our customers do their research beforehand. So, you know, as the space matures, there's a lot of competition out there from $20 products on Amazon that are honestly pretty crap, to like, you know, $150 products. And people are wondering because that price point is so wide. What are the differences? And a lot of times they'll do their research. So we're learning a lot about that. In terms of business and managing a team, you know, we've always had a fundamental philosophy of it's more important to get your work done and get your work done well than to just be in the office.And so, while we had an office first culture, performance was not relying on if you showed up to the office or not. You had a plumber that needed to come, of course you could work from home for the day. If you just weren't feeling like coming in, you can work from home for the day. So, we already had, I'd say an innate level of trust with everyone on the team.And so, when we switched to work from home, I think it was less of transition for us and less a transition for people that manage teams here, than it was for other companies where that cultural is less so. Now I will say that over time, you obviously miss those interactions with individual people, you miss just being able to get in touch.And so, you know, we started doing randomized lunches every other week, so that you can kind of have these small group lunches. That was really nice. Also a nice thing is a lot of people are Slacking all the time now. And it was really nice to just Slack call or actually call someone because I liken it to just swiveling your chair around and then talking to the person next to you.And we weren't able to do that anymore. And you lose so much if you're just texting. If you're just typing on Slack, you lose all that tone. So that was another thing that we learned over time. Like, hey, let's just get on a one-minute phone call. It doesn't have to blow up into this whole thing. It can just be a one-minute phone call to talk through something.Brian Ardinger: [00:16:27] So coming out of it, are you going back to the office? Are you doing hybrid? Where are you sitting? David Roger: [00:16:31] We'll end up having a hybrid. So, we're figuring that out right now, but it's clear that most people want some office environment, but they don't want to go back five days a week. We've also started hiring people outside of New York, which I think has been awesome.It's a great way to expand the talent pool and the way that I see those things going is having a couple of off-sites every year to bring everyone together. And I actually think having multiple off-sites is really helpful anyway, because everyone, especially in a small company, working and being pretty busy.Everyone is so heads down often. It's really hard to get people up and just kind of have their heads out of the sand. And that's, especially true of people who are, you know, at lower levels in the company. And that's really, really important to get their perspective too. And off-sites are a great way to do that. Brian Ardinger: [00:17:21] Do you have any kind of go-to resources that you'd recommend for entrepreneurs or innovators out there that you rely on or use to keep you up to date and moving forward?David Roger: [00:17:29] The best thing is your own network. And as you build that network, then you might become in text groups or Slack groups and different things so that, you know, what's going on. Whether that's marketing or supply chain, or leadership. I think surrounding yourself with a couple of key mentors is also really important to better understand how to build teams in particular.So, I would say network more than anything. There's a couple of good newsletters and stuff like that. Fore Runner has a really good one. I always liked to read, Not Boring, which is not usually in the D to C space, but I think it's just very, very thoughtful and strategic. And you can learn a lot about the thought that companies put into their strategy through newsletters like that. But I would say more than anything, it's building your own network because that's where the real value has to come from. Brian Ardinger: [00:18:15] What's next for Felix Gray? What do you see coming out in the next few months, years? Where do you see the company going? And what's new and exciting in your world. David Roger: [00:18:22] Yeah. So, we're really focused on the digital wellness space. So, you know, there'll be some things that we're going to launch a Warranty Program pretty soon. We'll launch accessories pretty soon. Really just additional things on the eyewear side. But we do have a couple of products that are not eyewear related that we're looking to launch one of them in actually like late summer, early fall.It's a product that helps your long-term eye health and also helps your short-term eye comfort. So, it's kind of something that we look to be in addition to Felix Gray. And the way that we're thinking about the business overall is really this idea of we want to own and help facilitate the conversation around new digital wellbeing, and then create products that support that right products that support the fact that we weren't evolved to be in front of screens all day, every day. There are negative effects that are associated with that. And we want products that help mitigate the same effect. For More InformationBrian Ardinger: [00:19:14] Well, David, thank you again for coming on Inside Outside Innovation to share your founder journey and give us some insights into where you see the world going. I really do appreciate it. If people want to find out more about yourself or about the company, what's the best way to do that?David Roger: [00:19:27] You can follow us at Felix Gray. So, it's the same F E L I X, G R A Y S. Felix Gray was taken when we first started that. You obviously can sign up to our newsletter as well. Those are probably the best, two ways to follow the company. Brian Ardinger: [00:19:43] Awesome. Well, thanks again for being on the show and looking forward to continuing the conversation in the years to come and appreciate all your time.David Roger: [00:19:49] Thanks so much for having me. It was great.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. Until next time, go out and innovate.FREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER & TOOLSGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. SUBSCRIBE HEREYou can also search every Inside Outside Innovation Podcast by Topic and Company. For more innovations resources, check out IO's Innovation Article Database, Innovation Tools Database, Innovation Book Database, and Innovation Video Database.

Ep 7 Travel Tips Time

Fab AF Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 9, 2020 71:01

Today we catch up as usual with what's going on with us. Then share our best travel tips, tricks, and hacks. Jeremy reveals his Halloween costume here.Jessica finally got her hair done after months of at home root touch ups. Photo evidence here.Several of our top tips and travel likes are linked below:Away Luggage like Jeremy's recent purchase.Thepointsguy.com and millionmilesecrets.com for great advice on travel partnerships and travel credit card points.Great items for travel first aid kits from Jeremy's favorite Wearecabinet.com.A charging cord travel organizer similar to one Jeremy has.Jessica's favorite ice face roller.

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Bitcoin, Away, and Trader Jose

The Worst People We Know

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 27, 2020 84:27

Twitter: @twpwkPatreonIn this episode we say adios to Trade Jose, discuss bitcoin scammers, understand why Away sent their co-CEO packing, rant about t-shirt economics, and follow up on the all-electric Ford Mustang Mach-E. NewsTwitter and the big bitcoin scamTrader Joe's Working To Remove Product Branding Criticized As RacistAway says co-CEO Steph Korey will step down this year after her attacks on the mediaAway's toxic work environment T-shirt Pricing rant: Parks Project and Roots of FightFord unveils a track-only version of its Mustang Mach-E SUV with SEVEN motors that produce a tyre-killing 1400bhpRecommendationsHBO Series: I'll Be Gone In The DarkBook: The Billionaire's VinegarBook: Why Nation's FailShameless PlugsFor coffee drinkers:Mike's coffee company: Bookcase CoffeeFor investors:Jeff's software: The Bubble BoardFor restaurant managers:Mike's startup: Dashy DashFollow UsTwitter: @twpwkiTunesSpotifyStitcherGoogle PodcastsPocket CastsOvercast

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Ep 002. Constraints Breed Creativity

Via Airmail

Play Episode Listen Later May 20, 2020 9:20

We're taught as entrepreneurs to fight against obstacles & constraints that come up in our businesses. But what if we used those constraints to be more creative and more innovative instead? Hear my advice on how I've used constraints to breed creativity in my business - it involved risotto balls and egg boxes! Podcast mentions… Yvon Chouinard, founder of Patagonia. I can highly recommend his book “Let My People Go Surfing” - which is all about the way he does ‘business unusual'. Jen Rubio of Away Luggage. Listen to the interview below from How I Built this where Jen tells a story of using a constraint to breed creativity. > Follow me over on Instagram @micaelakarina > Follow the podcast on Instagram @viaairmailpodcast > Leave me a voicemail with your questions, comments, and feedback: Click “message” & start recording! > E-mail me: viaairmailpodcast@gmail.com > Sign up for my newsletter - I send little helpful, insightful letters every two weeks - straight to your inbox. > Leave me a review! It will help others discover this podcast!

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💁‍♀️ “Airbnb can’t sit at Slack’s lunch table” — Away’s humane layoffs. The alphabet-shaped economic recovery. Airbnb/Slack’s debt drama.

The Best One Yet

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 9, 2020 18:53

Away Luggage is sadly laying off staff because you’re not traveling right now (and don’t need their suitcases), but the extent of benefits and way they announced it reveal a major change in HR strategy. Airbnb is raising $1B debt and Slack's raising $750M to get through the corona-conomy, but the 2 different paths reflect 2 different situations. The stock market’s recovery could look like a “V”...or a “U”...or an “L” — we’re breaking down all the options alphabetically.

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TGB - Ep. 2 - "The Arsonist in the Office" with Author Pete Havel

Tales From A Vintage Wardrobe

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 20, 2020 36:14

In today's episode I was thrilled to have my first podcast guest: Author Pete Havel.Pete & I talk about some of the big organizations in the news right now that are reeling from the consequences of allowing toxic workplace cultures, workplace harassment, whistleblowing and retaliation to run unchecked: Boeing, Houston Astros, Wells Fargo, & Away Luggage just to name a few.We discuss the multi-faceted costs to organizations who choose short-cuts and cover-ups to handle serious complaints in the workplace, why co-workers tend to look the other way when they see ethical issues and toxic behavior, and why it's so hard for people to do the right thing (I think Pete uses the word "spineless" in his reply...)We also discuss the damage caused by false accusers in the workplace and how women bullying other women rather than supporting them actually erodes the progress made by the Me-Too-Movement and the brave women that have spoken out about it.We wrap up the episode with Pete sharing what he feels is the most important quality of a gentleman to emulate today - and I couldn't agree more with his choice.Thank you, Pete, for being my first Podcast guest!ABOUT MY GUEST : Pete HavelIn addition to being an author, Pete Havel is a consultant, trainer and speaker for leading organizations on the issues of workplace culture and organizational leadership. Pete is a former lobbyist and political consultant who proudly served some of America's leading pro-business advocacy organizations. He's also been a senior executive for top strategic communications firms. Havel provides clients the tools and techniques they need to solve problems that create financial, legal, and reputational risk, while reducing employee satisfaction and company productivity levels.Pete is the president of his consulting firm, The Cloture Group.He grew up in Massachusetts, but now calls Texas home. He's a graduate of Baylor University and an avid Red Sox and Patriots fan.Thank you for listening!Don't forget to Rate, Review & Subscribe!FIND MY GUEST HERE :WebsiteBuy the Book "The Arsonist in The Office"Subscribe to his NewsletterRead his BlogSpeaking, Training & ConsultingFacebook Twitter InstagramYOUR HOST: Michelle HorlbogenHER MISSION: To foster civility, respect, and integrity (with a dash of sartorial elegance) in the boardroom and beyond.HER STORY: Two days after reporting ethical concerns to her employer, Michelle was fired. Six months later, she launched The Gentlewoman Boss website and podcast as a platform to support others who experienced workplace bullying in a toxic workplace.Her story caught the attention of and was featured in Thrive Global.Michelle also has an obsession with vintage clothing and fashion. She sells what doesn't fit on her website, The Red Velvet Shoe Vintage.This podcast is the place where her two passions collide.The Gentlewoman Boss Podcast has received numerous accolades, including being ranked in the top 10% globally by Listen Notes, Top 20 Best Month Reporting Podcasts of 2021 by Welp Magazine, #36/200 in Top Entrepreneurship Podcasts by Podchaser, & Top 20 Best Whistleblower Podcasts for 2021 by Castbox Media.BECOME A SPONSORVISIT THE GENTLEWOMAN BOSSVISIT THE RED VELVET SHOE VINTAGEJOIN THE COMMUNITYWHAT PEOPLE ARE SAYINGSUBSCRIBE TO THE NEWSLETTERFOLLOW ON SOCIAL @gentlewomanbossYouTubeLinkedInInstagramFacebookTwitterSupport this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/the-gentlewoman-boss/donations

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#0012 – Could You Survive Without Email?

Somewhat Frank

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 20, 2019 30:25

Frank Gruber and co-host John Guidos talk about whether they could live without email and how society is changing with the elimination of the landline and a “home phone.” The discussion was loosely based on the latest newsletter which is shared below. I saw a story recently about Away Luggage and how they recently ousted their co-founder and CEO Steph Korey over her use of the communication tool Slack to intimidate employees. Away Luggage employees don’t use email, limiting communications to Slack’s public channels. While Slack does offer direct message functionality, the company, like others, utilizes mostly public channels to offer a more transparent work environment – which unfortunately made public intimidation possible (or… fortunately exposed bad behavior that might otherwise have been hidden?). This is not the first company to eliminate email. For example, Automattic, the company behind web blogging platform WordPress, was one of the earliest to embrace Slack as a primary communication tool. Could you run a business, or your life, without email? This question made me think about how communication has evolved over the years. The day of the central “home phone” is something of the past. But the home landline taught me how to answer a phone (not knowing who was on the other end), speak to people of all ages, and communicate on others’ behalf. So, I’m curious if those skills are no longer being acquired by younger people. This brings a whole new reason for having a landline to light. The Atlantic recently dug a little deeper into this topic of the home landline which also forms a spontaneous connection to a household. Celebrating People in My Network —Laurie Segall on the launch of Dot Dot Dot Media. —Lo Toney raised $42M fund to invest in startups at Plexo Capital. —Michael Chasen, the CEO of PrecisionHawk, a Raleigh, N.C.-based provider of drone technology for the enterprise, on raising $32M in funding. —Jason Fudin, co-founder and CEO of WhyHotel, which operates 100 to 250 room pop-up hotels with 24/7 on-site staff in newly built, luxury apartment buildings, on raising a $20M Series B of funding. —Justyn Howard and the team of Chicago-based SproutSocial on their recent IPO. —Cody Bardo and the rest of the Trust & Will team for raising a $6M Series A round of funding with the goal of bringing estate planning To every family in America. —Mike Levins on jumping off the entrepreneurial diving board after a few decades in the corporate insurance world. I’m excited about his startup journey! Upcoming Events I am going to CES 2020 in early January so let me know if you’ll be in Las Vegas and would like to connect. Additionally, we’re in the process of planning our annual SXSW 2020 events taking place in early March in Austin, Texas. If you’re looking to do something at SXSW and need assistance, or if you’d like to get involved in supporting our efforts let me know. Reading The eight-hour workday was set over 100 years ago, does it still stand up? —The Eight-Hour Workday Is a Counterproductive Lie The force? —A ‘no-brainer Nobel Prize’: Hungarian scientists may have found a fifth force of nature Could physics change forever? —Researchers at CERN break “The Speed of Light” This could have saved Steve Jobs. —Israeli scientists find a way to treat pancreatic cancer in 14 days Largest IPO ever for the company that supplies 10% of the world’s oil —Saudi Aramco prices shares at top of the range in the world’s biggest IPO Not good. —Oceans are running out of Oxygen If plants could talk… well it appears they can and we just don’t understand their language. —Recordings reveal that plants make ultrasonic squeals when stressed Blue Bottle going a bold green! —Bring your mug: Some Blue Bottles will no longer use plastic or paper cups This is extremely disturbing. —I’m a 37-Year-Old Mom & I Spent Seven Days Online as an 11-Year-Old Girl. Here’s What I Learned. What do you think? It seems to be missing a company or two, especially one that rhymes with Gruber. —The 12 Most Influential Startups of the Decade For increasing use as a singular pronoun for those who identify outside the gender binary… —‘They’ is the 2019 Word of the Year Listening Aside from getting into the holiday spirit with my favorite holiday playlist, I had a chance to listen to Elnaz Sarraf talk about her startup ROYBI which was just named one of TIME Magazine’s best inventions of 2019. Watching Last week, I got a chance to watch the annual lighting of the Christmas Prelude tree in Kennebunkport, Maine. It was snowing and chilly but nothing a little hot cocoa couldn’t help. If you’re stuck inside and looking for a new holiday movie to watch that fun for the whole family, you might want to give the new Disney+ original Noelle a try. Gifting ‘Tis the season for holiday gifts – here are a handful of gift ideas for all ages this holiday season. I hope it helps you finish out your holiday shopping if you need ideas. If you’re looking for more holiday gift ideas, you might find our 2019 holiday gift guide interesting. 1.) Star Wars Instant Pot – It’s the classic instant pot pressure cooker, now dressed up like a Star Wars character. 2.) Baby Yoda – If you’ve been watching The Mandalorian on DisneyPlus then you know what I’m talking about. 3.) Baby Shark – Have a little one in your life? This might be a fun gift — if it doesn’t drive you bonkers from that catchy song. 4.) Weighted Blanket – They are all the rage this year. Sleep better with a weighted blanket. 5.) Roku Streaming Stick – Turn your TV into a smart TV even while traveling. 6.) KeySmart Pro – Organize those keys, add Tile so you don’t lose them and more. 7.) Kindle Whitepaper – Everyone reads, and this makes it easy even while in the pool as it’s waterproof. 8.) Travel Packing Cubes – Stay organized while traveling. 9.) Smartwool Socks – Who doesn’t like warm and dry feet? 10.) Yeti gear – Mugs, tumblers, or ramblers could be great gifts – since just about everyone drinks liquids. I hope you have a happy holiday season! Get updates like this right in your inbox before they hit the web by subscribing to the newsletter here.

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017 | Talk About Business Travel

Talk with Renee Dalo

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 19, 2019 19:46

Whether it’s attending conferences, speaking events, or spending some time on fam trip, if you want an inside look at how to travel as an entrepreneur, this is the episode for you! KEY TAKEAWAYS: Traveling as an Entrepreneur Managing Your Time Flying Business Class The Best Luggage I've Ever Had Long Haul Beauty Techniques Quick Travel Tips For a Not-So-Angry Flight What a Familiarity Trip is (aka a FAM trip) RENEE TALKED ABOUT: Chase Credit Card (get those points!) Long Haul Beauty Away Luggage (use this link for $20 off) Engage Summits

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The Trail Went Cold - Episode 153 - Katrina Ploy

The Trail Went Cold

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 47:37

December 17, 2006. Sydney, Australia. After spending the day with her family, 25-year old Katrina Ploy drives away from her parents' house. Hours later, Katrina's abandoned car and some of her possessions are found next to an oceanside cliff known as “The Gap”, but Katrina herself is missing. Katrina's body is found floating in Sydney Harbour on Christmas Day, but since she has no noticeable injuries, the evidence suggests she did not fall off the cliff and entered the water at another location. An investigation reveals lot of complications in Katrina's personal life, including a secret relationship with a former biker, sexual harassment at her workplace, and rumours about her being linked to powerful figures from organized crime. In the end, a coronial inquest fails to turn up any conclusive answers about what caused Katrina's death or who might have been responsible. Join us as we travel down under to explore a baffling Australian mystery on this week's holiday-themed episode of “The Trail Went Cold”. This episode of The Trail Went Cold is brought to you by Best Fiends, a unique and exciting puzzle experience unlike other puzzle games out there. Download it FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. This episode of The Trail Went Cold is also sponsored by Away Luggage. To learn more, go to awaytravel.com/cold. Plus, order by the end of the day on December 15 to get free ground shipping with guaranteed free delivery by December 20. Only Applicable if you live in the U.S., EU, UK, Canada or Australia. Additional Reading: https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/can_you_help_us/rewards/100000_reward/murder_of_katrina_ploy https://amp.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/mystery-meeting-may-hold-clue-to-murder-of-katrina-ploy/news-story/e90bb0e4114a10bb5bef75f7055c9e89 https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-06/cliff-suicide-coroner-delivers-open-finding/935070 https://www.smh.com.au/national/death-at-the-gap-she-was-harassed-20070125-gdpbnc.html https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/ex-bikie-wont-talk-to-cops-about-death/news-story/a9cf556d51f431ebb77686314f4e4385 https://www.smh.com.au/national/gap-death-woman-had-wanted-to-die-20100803-1149y.html https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-03/cliff-death-coroner-issues-warrant-for-ex-boyfriend/930586 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hitman-linked-to-sydney-suicide-probe/news-story/42de32ce5ddf73d43644fc8ad69ea1e0 https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/five-key-suspects-in-bizarre-gap-murder-case/news-story/28c6f3e522726be191c69e6ec9392643?sv=32c6650a304da0466b92a82196e07f5c “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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The Trail Went Cold – Episode 153 – Katrina Ploy

The Trail Went Cold

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 47:38

December 17, 2006. Sydney, Australia. After spending the day with her family, 25-year old Katrina Ploy drives away from her parents’ house. Hours later, Katrina’s abandoned car and some of her possessions are found next to an oceanside cliff known as “The Gap”, but Katrina herself is missing. Katrina’s body is found floating in Sydney Harbour on Christmas Day, but since she has no noticeable injuries, the evidence suggests she did not fall off the cliff and entered the water at another location. An investigation reveals lot of complications in Katrina’s personal life, including a secret relationship with a former biker, sexual harassment at her workplace, and rumours about her being linked to powerful figures from organized crime. In the end, a coronial inquest fails to turn up any conclusive answers about what caused Katrina’s death or who might have been responsible. Join us as we travel down under to explore a baffling Australian mystery on this week’s holiday-themed episode of “The Trail Went Cold”. This episode of The Trail Went Cold is brought to you by Best Fiends, a unique and exciting puzzle experience unlike other puzzle games out there. Download it FREE on the Apple App Store or Google Play. This episode of The Trail Went Cold is also sponsored by Away Luggage. To learn more, go to awaytravel.com/cold. Plus, order by the end of the day on December 15 to get free ground shipping with guaranteed free delivery by December 20. Only Applicable if you live in the U.S., EU, UK, Canada or Australia. Additional Reading: https://www.police.nsw.gov.au/can_you_help_us/rewards/100000_reward/murder_of_katrina_ploy https://amp.news.com.au/lifestyle/real-life/mystery-meeting-may-hold-clue-to-murder-of-katrina-ploy/news-story/e90bb0e4114a10bb5bef75f7055c9e89 https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-06/cliff-suicide-coroner-delivers-open-finding/935070 https://www.smh.com.au/national/death-at-the-gap-she-was-harassed-20070125-gdpbnc.html https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/ex-bikie-wont-talk-to-cops-about-death/news-story/a9cf556d51f431ebb77686314f4e4385 https://www.smh.com.au/national/gap-death-woman-had-wanted-to-die-20100803-1149y.html https://mobile.abc.net.au/news/2010-08-03/cliff-death-coroner-issues-warrant-for-ex-boyfriend/930586 https://www.theaustralian.com.au/news/nation/hitman-linked-to-sydney-suicide-probe/news-story/42de32ce5ddf73d43644fc8ad69ea1e0 https://www.dailytelegraph.com.au/five-key-suspects-in-bizarre-gap-murder-case/news-story/28c6f3e522726be191c69e6ec9392643?sv=32c6650a304da0466b92a82196e07f5c “The Trail Went Cold” is on Patreon! Visit www.patreon.com/thetrailwentcold to become a patron and gain access to our exclusive bonus content. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on iTunes. Click here to listen to the podcast on Stitcher. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on Google Play Music. Click here to subscribe to the podcast on Spotify. The Trail Went Cold is produced and edited by Magill Foote. All music is composed by Vince Nitro.

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Episode 6: Finals Week, Away Luggage, Peloton, Juice WRLD, Lizzo & her behind

Running on Empty

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 11, 2019 27:46

In this week’s episode of Running on a Empty I talk about what’s been going on in my life the last week and Finals week. I dive into the Away Luggage scandal, the Peloton controversy, the banana that sold for $120,000 at Art Basel, the death of Juice WRLD and the surrounding conspiracies, and Lizzo and her behind. Please don’t forget to subscribe, rate & leave a review! Thank you all for tuning in to this week’s episode and be sure to follow me on Instagram @michaelboyyle, keep up with the podcast on Instagram @runningonemptypod & on Twitter @runniingonempty. Email: runningonemptypod@gmail.com. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

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New York, what is the truth?

Bag Ladiez

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2019 36:23

This week is our last episode of 2019! We wrap up the year by diving right into “Currento Eventos” to discuss the recent deaths of Kpop stars Sulli and Goo Hara, the new Amazon offices coming to NYC, and the toxic work environments of start up Away Luggage. In “What’s your baggage” tis the season of giving so we discuss the ways we give (or don’t give) in relationships. We discuss when we know we’ve given too much or not enough. How do you give in relationships? Let us know by using #BagLadiez For “Put it in your bag” Lina talks about rekindling her love for pokemon and Estephanie puts in her bag the classic Octavia Butler novel Kindred. Finally for our rotating theme we affirm some new beginnings for ourselves in 2019 and Lina sends us off with the last affirmation of the year! It’s been a wonderful year and we can’t wait to come back in 2020! Don’t forget we’ll be uploading on Wednesdays starting in January 2020 so we’ll see you then! Thank you for all your support, likes, and kind words this past year we can’t wait to grow even more with you all! If you love this podcast and want to support us please consider becoming a patron today! We have two tiers to donate at or donate a one time donation via paypal! Thank you to our newest patron Marlena! If you’re unable to contribute financially you can also write us a review, rate us on any app you listen or tell a friend to tell a friend! Or fill out our listener survey! As always thank you for listening and you can find all our links below! Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/BGSurvey2019 Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/bgladiez Paypal: paypal.me/BagLadiez Kpop MH Crisis: https://lat.ms/2qFRAFw Escape Corset Movement: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ETQpqYbT13M New Amazon offices in NYC: https://cbsloc.al/2E2CCfH Away’s Toxic Work Environment: http://bit.ly/2qFNCg4 (Update) Away CEO replaced: http://bit.ly/38nlDma Nintendo Switch: www.switch.nintendo.com Octavia Butler: https://octaviabutler.org/ Listener Survey: http://bit.ly/BGSurvey2019 You can listen to us on soundcloud, Itunes, stitcher, Spotify and Googleplay! Soundcloud: https://soundcloud.com/bgladies Itunes: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/bgladiez/id1073190648?mt=2 Google Play:http://bit.ly/2D7bSJ5 Spotify: http://bit.ly/BagLadiezPod You can Follow us @: Twitter: Bag_Ladiez Tumblr: bgladiez.tumblr.com Instagram: BgLadiez Gmail: bgladiez@gmail.com

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Selena Kalvaria (Away) | The Difference Between Marketing and Brand

The CMO Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 4, 2019 50:25

When you think of traveling, Selena Kalvaria wants you to think of Away. Selena is the SVP of Brand at Away, a luggage company that has now infiltrated almost every aspect of travel. Before Away, Selena was working in marketing at Anheuser-Busch after she was Associate Brand Manager for Smirnoff Ice at Diageo. In this episode, Selena discusses how she got into marketing after studying math and art history at Princeton. She stresses how important it is to understand the difference between marketing and brand. Selena talks about how using real time data successfully makes Away customer obsessed.See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.

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227: Getting Off Without Checking Out

Relationship Advice

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 2, 2019 52:23

Mindfulness is having a much deserved moment in the world of podcasting and popular culture. Learning how to bring mindfulness into the bedroom is a skill that can improve your relationship and sex life — something most of us can benefit from. Learn how to get off without checking out in today's episode. In this episode, we discuss relationship advice topics that include: Learn how to get out of a state of fear and judgement around sex in your relationship How to bring attention to what feels good during sex and communicating this with your partner Becoming more embodied and familiar with our sensuality Loving and accepting your own body Micro-practices for more sexuality in your life Asking for what you want in bed And much more! Jessica Graham is a meditation teacher, sex, relationship and spiritual guide for couples and individuals, speaker and author of Good Sex: Getting Off Without Checking Out. She is a contributing editor of the meditation blog, Deconstructing Yourself and co-founded The Eastside Mindfulness Collective. Jessica also founded Wild Awakening, to help people become more human through psycho-spiritual evolution using meditation and self-inquiry. Jessica is also an award-winning actor and filmmaker. Full show notes and episode links at: http://idopodcast.com/227 Sign up for our 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge here: 14 Day Happy Couples Challenge Join our 5 Day Couples Appreciation Challenge here: idopodcast.com/appreciation Do you want to hear more on this topic? Continue the conversation on our Facebook Group here: Love Tribe Sponsors Native creates safe, simple, effective products that people use in the bathroom everyday, including some amazing deodorant! For 20% off your first purchase, visit nativedeodorant.com and use promo code IDO during checkout! Away: Luggage for the modern traveler—lightweight, premium features, and a lifetime warranty. For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/IDO and use promo code IDO during checkout. Spark My Relationship Course: For a limited time, get access to our bonus, Mastering Money Talk In Your Marriage! Visit SparkMyRelationship.com/Unlock for our special offer just for our I Do Podcast listeners! If you love this episode (and our podcast!), would you mind giving us a review in iTunes? It would mean the world to us and we promise it only takes a minute. Many thanks in advance! – Chase & Sarah

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186: Betting On Yourself With TV Host Catt Sadler

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Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2019 73:57

Catt Sadler is an award-winning journalist, activist, entrepreneur, and mother who can do it all. She is well renowned for her work on E! Entertainment where she spent more than a decade contributing to E! News, E! News Weekend, Daily Pop, and Live From E! She has over twenty years of on-air experience, owns and operates her own production company, Love Bug Entertainment. She is also a prominent voice in the Time’s Up movement. Catt shares her journey by speaking at conferences, panels, and events. She's interviewed everyone from Julia Roberts to covering the royal wedding. But her career was not based on sheer luck, in fact, Catt often has taken major leaps of faith like deciding to move to Los Angeles with two young kids and husband to pursue her career at E! to eventually leaving that same network and the stable job she relied on when she found out her co-host with the exact same duties was making double her salary. Catt is currently executive producing and hosting her podcast, NAKED with Catt Sadler. Some of her guests include Jennifer Lawrence, Lisa Ling, Kate Bosworth, and Sophia Amoruso. Naked is a safe space for women to expose themselves, share of themselves, and ultimately connect with listeners in a way that reminds the audience that they are not alone in their personal or professional struggles. Treat yourself and your loved ones with Causebox! Go to www.causebox.com and use the code (behere30) to get 30% off your first box! Get Rachael's favorite accessory Away Luggage this holiday season! For $20 off a suitcase, visit www.awaytravel.com/behere20 and use promo code BEHERE20 during checkout! Take control of your health with Everlywell! For 15% off an EverlyWell at-home lab test, visit www.everlywell.com/behere and enter code BEHERE

# 368 - Robert Kelly & ME

Bertcast

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 173:46

Today I sit down with my buddy Bobby Kelly to smoke some cigars and talk about LA vs New York, camping, being a dad, being your own boss, getting fat shamed, how Bobby met Rogan, and much more! Robert Kelly is on tour with Jim Florentine Rich Vos, and Ron Bennington. For all tour dates go to www.kreepswithkidstour.com This episode is brought to you by Blue Apron. Get $60 off today at www.blueapron.com/bertcast This episode is also brought to you by Policy Genius. If you need life insurance but haven’t gotten around to it, go to www.policygenius.com to get quotes and apply in minutes. This podcast is brought to you by Whoop. Get the Whoop Strap 3.0 free when you join. Go to www.whoop.com and use the code “Soberoctober” and get the month of October FREE! This episode is brought to you by Hims. A one stop shop for hair loss, skincare, sexual wellness, for men. Get the complete hair kit today for just $5 when you go to www.forhims.com/bertcast This episode is also brought to you by Comedy Central’s “Your Two Dads with Sean & Julian” Subscribe to their podcast wherever you get your podcasts. This episode is also brought to you by Away Luggage. For $20 off a suitcase go to www.awaytravel.com/bertcast and use the promo code "Bertcast" during checkout. Body Shots world tour is on sale now! Go to www.bertbertbert.com for tickets! For all TOUR DATE & MERCH click HERE: http://www.bertbertbert.com To Follow me on.. Twitter: https://twitter.com/bertkreischer Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BertKreischer Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bertkreischer Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/user/Akreischer

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Best Of: All the Oral You Can Handle

Sex With Emily

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 22, 2019 44:52

On today’s throwback podcast from the SWE Vault, Dr. Emily is joined by Menace and they’re getting into everything oral sex – from oral etiquette to getting over insecurities – and she’s answering your questions. The two discuss the craziest places they’ve had oral, as well as the way social media is taking a toll on relationships (mind you, this was 3 years ago!). Plus, Emily gives advice on getting past the gag reflex, confusion on your partner’s oral reactions, and details on going from front to back (hint: don’t!). Thank you for supporting our sponsors who help keep the show FREE: Magic Wand, Away Luggage, SameDaySTD, SiriusXM, Intensity Follow Emily on all social: @sexwithemily Follow Menace on all social: @menace For even more sex advice, tips, & tricks, visit sexwithemily.com

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173: Summer House's Stephen McGee is Here!

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Play Episode Listen Later Sep 13, 2019 57:20

The adorable and hilarious Stephen McGee from Bravo's Summer House is here to talk about all things Reality TV, his current status with the cast, who he will never speak to again, what really happened with Carl Radke, coming out to his parents, his time telling Donald Trump, Melania Trump and Bono to get up from Anna Wintour's table at The Met Gala, his current royal dating status and much more! Rachael's absolute favorite product and travel accessory Away Luggage! For $20 off a suitcase go to awaytravel.com/behere and enter code BEHERE at check out!

168: Kristina Kelly & Rachael Are Trouble At Lisa Vanderpump's House

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Play Episode Listen Later Aug 8, 2019 66:11

Kristina Kelly makes her "Be Here For A While," debut! But this friendship has been brewing over the years of making inappropriate comments at various Vanderpump Rules parties and events, and Stassi Schroeder's and Beau Clark's engagement celebration at Lisa Vanderpump's was no exception. From Rachael's incredibly awkward greeting, to Kristina thinking Lisa thought she stole wine. Listen as they recap the party and their excitement for Stassi and Beau. They also talk about Kristina's feelings about her involvement in the show, Kristina's 9 year relationship to her boyfriend, and Kristina's exciting company Heartspring which makes all natural lip balm, face mists, and more! Follow her Etsy store HEARTSPRINGCO! Rachael's all time favorite travel companion is Away Luggage! For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/behere and use promo code BEHERE during checkout! Comfort, style, and sustainability – these are the SHOES you’ve been waiting for! Head to rothys.com/behere today!

Sex Life Energy with Christian Cristiano

Sex With Emily

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 23, 2019 41:42

On today’s show, Emily is joined by acupuncturist and Master of Chinese Medicine, Christian Cristiano, to talk about energy, acupuncture & how it all can affect your sex life. Plus, she’s answering your emails. Emily gives insight on how to take the amazing dynamic you share in the bedroom with your partner and apply it to other parts of the relationship, can the time of day have an effect on different types of orgasms, & what physical vs. romantic attraction means. Thank you for supporting our sponsors who help keep the show FREE: Promescent, Away Luggage, SiriusXM, Muse, Veritas Farms. Follow Emily on all social: @sexwithemily For even more sex talk, tips, & tricks visit sexwithemily.com For more information on Christian Cristiano, click HERE.

#69: Different Business Models For Products

Product Business Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jul 17, 2019 10:24

The mashup of online and offline selling creates confusion sometimes. Here are the basic business models you can use for selling a product and how to COMBINE them into a stronger sales machine. Products mentioned include Warby Parker, Purple Matress, Brooke Linen, Away Luggage, Great Jones. "Great things in business are never done by one person. They're done by a team of people." - Steve Jobs LIMITED TIME OFFER —>>> Click here to get your FREE copy of our new book “Turn Products Into Profits” https://www.turnproductsintoprofits.com/

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163: The Most In Depth Dating & Relationship Episode

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Play Episode Listen Later Jul 11, 2019 69:05

Comedian Gabi Conti is here! Rachael and Gabi are going deep on what it's like to date in 2019, what ghosting actually means, and how to forgive yourself for the dating and relationship mistakes we all make. Comfort, style, and sustainability – these are the shoes you’ve been waiting for! Head to http://rothys.com/behere today! By far my favorite summer travel accessory is AWAY LUGGAGE! For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/behere and use promo code BEHERE during checkout! This Summer the best way to discover new wines you’re guaranteed to love is with Firstleaf! Just go to tryfirstleaf.com/behere That’s 6 bottles of wine for only $29.95, plus free shipping!

How To Tame a F@*K BOY with Summer House’s Paige DeSorbo

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Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2019 57:05

On this weeks podcast, Taylor fan girls out over @BravoTVs Summer House newbie @Paige_DeSorbo ! Paige explains what it’s really like to have reality TV cameras in your face 24/7, shares a fashion tip that will blow your mind, and spills on what it was like to try to tame a F@*K BOY! Thanks to our sponsors, HelloFresh, Myro, and Away Luggage!

Episode 77 - What Separates eCommerce Brands that Scale from Those that Don't with Austin Brawner of Ecommerce Influence

eCommerce Evolution

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 18, 2019 44:45

Austin Brawner is a legend in the eCommerce space, namely because his podcast - Ecommerce Influence - is one of the most popular in the industry. Austin has worked with, and is friends with, many of the top DTC brands in eCommerce - MVTM Watches, Pura Vida Bracelets, Blenders Eyewear, Four Sigmatic and many others. In fact, we reminisce on the podcast about a dinner we both attended in San Diego with the founders of those companies all together in a room hanging out and swapping stories. What separates eCommerce brands that scale vs. those that stall and plateau? What separates the Bonobos and Away Luggage companies of the world from an eCommerce company that hits a ceiling at 5 or 10 million per year in sales? Austin has a unique perspective on this topic, having walked alongside dozens of the biggest eCommerce brands of our generation. In this episode Austin and I break down the following: What you need to know about AOV and LTV and how it directly impacts your ability to scale. How product market fit impacts scale potential - and why combining a hungry market with a product people want to identify with is so important. Demand Generation vs. Demand Capture…which is better and which lends itself to scale. The road map to building a team and scaling your business Why a CEO's role is mainly about people and product and what that means. How and when to hire an agency. Why it's hard to scale single SKU businesses and why line extension is imperative.

15 People on How They Met The Love of Their Life

The Sunday Scaries Podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 16, 2019 17:25

Drunk doing karaoke. Secretly dating behind co-workers' backs. Working at the same coffee shop together. There's no shortage of ways to meet the love of your life, but more often than not when you're single, it seems nearly impossible. This week, fifteen listeners submitted how they met their current significant other. * * * Sunday Scaries Twitter: www.twitter.com/sundayscaries Sunday Scaries Instagram: www.instagram.com/sunday.scaries Will deFries Twitter: www.twitter.com/willdefries Will deFries Instagram: www.instagram.com/willdefries * * * Away Luggage: www.awaytravel.com/scaries ('SCARIES' for $20 off your purchase) * * * All music by Kevin MacLeod (incompetech.com) Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/ Podcast artwork by Alfonso Ruiz (www.alfonsoruizbook.com) and Tristan Pigott (www.tristanpigott.com)

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The TV Host Hustle with @EllieLee.tv

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Play Episode Listen Later May 23, 2019 47:43

In this episode, @EllieLee.tv explains how the hell she wet from being a dog nanny (yes.. it’s a thing), to a staple on The Wendy Williams Show, E! And VH1. She also doles out some sage advice on how to take rejection in stride and stick to your guns no matter what! Thanks to our sponsors ScentBird and Away Luggage!

Beautifying Bravo with @MsPriscillaNYC

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Play Episode Listen Later May 16, 2019 56:22

In this week’s episode, makeup artist to the stars @mspriscillanyc talks about her journey from a single mom working at the MAC counter, to the in-demand glam goddess to many of your favorite Bravolebrities! Priscilla also gives delicious Behind the Scenes deets on what it’s like to work within the @BravoTV world! She teaches, she inspires, and best of all she will make you laugh your ass off! Thanks to our sponsors Away Luggage and Third Love!

36: A PhD in Sarcasm, Busy Moms, and Passive Agression

Chrisley Confessions

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 59:30

On this week's New York episode, Todd and Julie talk about family planning, depression, and ripped jeans. Join in the conversation! Call and leave a message to: (931) 674-1672 This episode is sponsored by: [Away Luggage](https://www.awaytravel.com/cc) (code: CC)

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36: A PhD in Sarcasm, Busy Moms, and Passive Agression

Chrisley Confessions

Play Episode Listen Later May 8, 2019 59:30

On this week's New York episode, Todd and Julie talk about family planning, depression, and ripped jeans. Join in the conversation! Call and leave a message to: (931) 674-1672 This episode is sponsored by: [Away Luggage](https://www.awaytravel.com/cc) (code: CC)

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148: Celeb Gossip, Dating, & Career Hustle w Diana Espir

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 19, 2019 57:40

Controversial host of the red carpet and funny English babe Diana Espir joins Rachael for a no holds bared banter about everything from her fascinating career working with Ariana Grande's producers, to juicy celeb gossip, & dating / relationships in 2019. Rachael and Diana reveal their dating struggles and how they navigate them, what types of things they are willing to put up with and Rachael asks Diana for advice on how to meet a guy "in the wild." Diana's “zero fucks given” approach makes for one entertaining ride. Rachael also chats about her upcoming Europe tour. Follow her journey on social media @rachaelnobrien Rachael is obsessed with Away Luggage and wants you to enjoy it too! For $20 off a suitcase visit awaytravel.com/behere and use promo code BEHERE during check out!

Watch What Happens with Watch What Crappen’s Ben Mandelker

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 18, 2019 59:42

This week Bravo connoisseur @benmandelker stops by to discuss his opinions of all things Bravo per usual, to defend his obsession with a certain Housewife, and what BravoTV really thinks about The Watch What Crappens podcast. Thanks to our sponsors: CareOf, Away Luggage, Brumates, and ThirdLove!

Millennial Pink and High Fives

Present Tenses

Play Episode Listen Later Apr 16, 2019 65:14

Meghan and Chris talk about Meghan's big day and what her future holds in the next few weeks. Thanks to Instagram Ads, Meghan and Chris got a few new travel toys this week, including Away Luggage, a Peak Design backpack and Urbanears headphones. They share their initial thoughts on these products and provide some updates to their tough story of silencing from last week. Give it a listen! And if you're interested, we'd love to hear your thoughts on our new Facebook group! Just click here to join, or search for Present Tenses Podcast on Facebook. Show Notes: Meghan first heard about Away Luggage from her favorite blogger and Instagram influencer Beth Kirby who also has a podcast called the Raw Milk Podcast . One of Chris's favorite influencers, Marshall Haas, used Away Luggage before his and his wife's were stolen. Chris has been eyeing the Peak Design bags for a while. Check out this video about their packing cubes and their new travel backpacks Chris surprised Meghan with some new earbuds called Urbanears Meghan and Chris daydream about their favorite speakers Bang & Olufsen Quote of the Week When I let go of what I am, I become what I might be. ~ Lao Tzu Follow Present Tenses We're on Twitter at @presenttenses or on Instagram at @wearepresenttenses. You can also chat with us, leave feedback, and engage with other listeners in our new Facebook Group! You can find the group here: https://www.facebook.com/groups/presenttenses/. We'll see you there!

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One Two Punch with Rumble founder Joe Ferraro

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Play Episode Listen Later Apr 4, 2019 48:42

This week Taylor sits down with @joeferraro7 founding trainer of Rumble! Between it’s boxing roots, full body transformation, and heavy hitter founders, @rumble_boxing is taking over the fitness world! And in this podcast we find out how and why celebs like Justin Bieber are punching their way to summer bods! Thanks to our sponsors Away Luggage, HelloFresh, and Rothy's!

Namwali Serpell

Fully Booked by Kirkus Reviews

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 12, 2019 53:04

This week's Woman Episode is sponsored by Penguin Young Readers Group. Meet Laurie Halse Anderson (Speak), Stacey Lee, and Joy McCullough, three YA authors who look to the past to tend a feminist future, in our Woman Issue and online at Kirkus.com. Enter to win the Woman Issue Prize Pack, which includes an Away Luggage carry-on, IPad, Airpods and 4 feminist reads, here: https://www.kirkusreviews.com/contest/feminist-reads-prize-pack/. In our lead interview, meet Namwali Serpell, whose brilliant debut novel could be *the* big book of 2019. She joins us on this week's episode to discuss The Old Drift, the genre-bending tale of three generations of three Zambian families whose histories entwine in mysterious and magical ways. Then our editors join with their top picks in books this week.

Secrets of Away Luggage

Women Who Travel

Play Episode Listen Later Feb 25, 2019 37:24

We sat down with Jen Rubio—who co-founded Away luggage in 2015 with friend Steph Korey—to hear all about how they got their start, what it's like to see your luggage in every airport, and how the brand continues to rule at high-profile collabs, from Dwyane Wade to the Despicable Me minions. Check out the full show notes here. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Taylor's Got Jackie O Problems

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Play Episode Listen Later Jan 23, 2019 66:44

Taylor and @jackieoproblems take you behind the scenes of the life in the entertainment industry on this week’s podcast. Jackie talks about how she turned a college twitter account into her dream job (so fascinating), we dissect the genius that is The Morning Toast, and discuss the best and worst things when you do your job in the public eye. Thanks to our sponsors: Away Luggage, ScentBird, and RXBar

FROM THE VAULT Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - "The Piano Has Been Thinking" (M Bar 2007)

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 10, 2018 42:26

From the vault, it's an early version of Sparks Nevada fan favorite, "The Piano Has Been Thinking!" Recorded live at M Bar in March 2007 as part of the Thrilling Adventure and Supernatural Suspense Hour 2nd Anniversary Show.Starring Marc Evan Jackson, Mark Gagliardi, Paget Brewster, Hal Lublin, Craig Cackowski, John DiMaggio, Kevin Guzowski, and Mike Hughes. With music by the Andy Paley Orchestra. Written by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker.Plus lots of drama in the ads this week! So don't you dare fast forward lest you miss out on the latest reads from Dan Bucatino of the Bucatino Business and the tragic tale of his "friend" Linda from college. This episode of The Thrilling Adventure Hour is sponsored by Everlane, Eero Wifi, and Away Luggage. Listen to the episode for special offers and discount codes courtesy of Dan Bucatino (Craig Cackowski).Find the entire back catalog of The Thrilling Adventure Hour plus Bonus Episodes, Segment Libraries, Merch Discounts and more on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehourFollow The Thrilling Adventure Hour:https://twitter.com/ThrillingAdvhttps://www.facebook.com/ThrillingAdventureHourThe Thrilling Adventure Hour is a Forever Dog podcasthttp://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-thrilling-adventure-hour

014 – Exhaustasode

Shezam

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 57:53

Warning: This episode touches on some difficult topics. Forget the drunkasode, it’s the exhaustasode! Carisa and Kayla catch up, give updates on past episodes, and try to make flights on time with the help of amazing new luggage. Away Luggage

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014 – Exhaustasode

Shezam

Play Episode Listen Later Dec 3, 2018 57:53

Warning: This episode touches on some difficult topics. Forget the drunkasode, it’s the exhaustasode! Carisa and Kayla catch up, give updates on past episodes, and try to make flights on time with the help of amazing new luggage. Away Luggage

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Happy Hour #221: Melissa Radke

The Happy Hour with Jamie Ivey

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 28, 2018 68:11

My guest for The Happy Hour # 221 is Melissa Radke. Melissa is a singer, speaker, author, and momma. Melissa and her family will soon be featured on a reality show that, in her words, "will probably horrify her mother". Melissa and her husband David live in Lufkin, Texas with their two kids, Remi Hope and Rocco Cooper who they fought so hard for during 12 years of infertility. Friends, get ready because on today's show you're going to laugh, cry, and love hearing my conversation with Melissa! We start off the show talking about being brave while also feeling anxiety and fear. Melissa discusses how we learn so much through taking self-inventory and fighting the urge to point the finger outward instead of looking within ourselves. She also talks about how the reality tv show came to be and never in a million years did she think this would be part of God's plan! Melissa then shares the story of how she and her husband started out in Nashville and wound up in Texas, and faced infertility, loss of dreams, miscarriages, and broken trust in their marriage. She tells us how vulnerably sharing both sides of the story of her marriage brought healing. She says, "our most vulnerable stories are our most powerful thing", and I couldn't agree more. Hearing her story brought me to tears, but Melissa brings such encouragement as she talks about how our God is always faithful, and how He is constantly, always working for our good. {You can listen to the show HERE. And of course, I would love if you would share with your friends. Just use the FB & Twitter links at the end of this post!} Links from the Show Melissa's Website Eat Cake. Be Brave. What Melissa is loving: The Calm app, Here Again by Elevation Worship What Melissa is reading: Love is a Choice by Robert Hemfelt and Frank Minirth, & Paul Meier, Soul Keeping by John Ortberg, Sometimes I Lie by Alice Feeney What Jamie is loving: Allbirds, Look Up Child by Lauren Daigle The Happy Hour Store {all of Jamie and Aaron's book will be signed with customization available through the end of the year!} 2018 Holiday Gift Guide Connect with Melissa Facebook // Twitter // Instagram Connect with Jamie Facebook // Twitter // Instagram // YouTube Sponsors The Seven Deadly Friendships by Mary DeMuth - take the Deadly Friendship quiz Third Love - Get 15% off your first purchase! Away Luggage - Get $20 off a suitcase with code: HAPPYHOUR

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239: Unpack My Away Luggage

Turning This Car Around

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 3, 2018 43:57

Jon ran into this guy while Trick-or-Treating. Enjoy some fake products. Check out Lex's kids' costumes. Our thanks to Joule Sous Vide, the easiest way to get an amazing dinner on the table that everyone will love. Thanks to Joule’s precise temperature control, you can make restaurant-quality food at home any night of the week. To get yours, visit chefsteps.com/Joule and use code TTCA to get $15 off for a limited time. Our thanks as well to Away, high-quality luggage that is designed to be resilient, resourceful, and essential to the way you travel. The Carry-On is able to charge anything that’s powered by a USB cord – a single charge will power your iPhone five times. For $20 off a suitcase, visit awaytravel.com/ttca and use promo code TTCA during checkout! And our thanks to Prudential. Prudential and financial wellness expert Alexandra Drane are traveling across America to learn more about the changing financial landscape in a new project called The State of Us. The State of Us works to uncover the challenges getting in the way of financial wellness and teach us how to combat them. To learn more about the financial challenges facing America, visit prudential.com/stateofus. Follow us: @ttcashow. Lex Friedman can be found @lexfri, John Moltz can be found at micro.blog/moltz or @Moltz on Mastodon and Jon Armstrong is @blurb.

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TREASURY CH1 "Unslakable Ambition"

The Thrilling Adventure Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Oct 29, 2018 49:58

The Thrilling Adventure Hour rides again with the inaugural Treasury chapter, featuring your favorite space marshal, a haunting tale of a mysterious hitchhiker, and two delivery men who find themselves journeying beyond Beyond Belief.Sparks Nevada, Marshal on Mars - "Bonus Onus"Starring Marc Evan Jackson, Mark Gagliardi, Craig Cackowski, Ahmed Best, Aaron Abrams, and Hal LublinWritten by Ben Acker & Ben Blacker"The Hitchhiker Who Was the Phantom of a Hitchhiker"Starring Annie Savage, Hal Lublin, and Ayden MayeriWritten by Ben AckerBeyond Beyond Belief - "Blood Simpleton"Starring Steve Agee, Mark Gagliardi, Eric Bauza, Sujata Day, and Hal LublinWritten by Ben Acker & Ben BlackerNarrated by Hal LublinNew Musical Themes and Arrangements by Paul and Storm. Featuring Vocals by John Roderick.Produced, Recorded, and Engineered by the Forever Dog Podcast NetworkCreated by Ben Acker & Ben BlackerThis episode of The Thrilling Adventure Hour Treasury is sponsored by Hello Fresh, Eero Wifi, and Away Luggage. Listen to the episode for special offers and discount codes courtesy of Dan Bucatino of Bucatino Business (Craig Cackowski).Find the entire back catalog of The Thrilling Adventure Hour plus Bonus Episodes, Segment Libraries, Merch Discounts and more on Patreon:https://www.patreon.com/thrillingadventurehourFollow The Thrilling Adventure Hour:https://twitter.com/ThrillingAdvhttps://www.facebook.com/ThrillingAdventureHourThe Thrilling Adventure Hour Treasury is a Forever Dog podcasthttp://foreverdogproductions.com/fdpn/podcasts/the-thrilling-adventure-hour

Paul in Ireland II - Sponsored by BetterHelp - Michael Corr/Belfast

Mental Illness Happy Hour

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 24, 2018 93:06

Born in Belfast, Northern Ireland to a Catholic father and Protestant mother. He had the rare perspective of seeing all sides of the conflict both inside and outside his home, where he was raised Catholic in a violently Protestant neighborhood. He shares stories of having to endure violence walking to school every day because of his easily identifiable Catholic uniform. Today he is an architect who works on global projects that try to bring together communities torn apart by differences and violence. Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month. Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod More About Our Guest Michael is putting together a book of email drafts that people never sent. Contact him about sending yours at 100Drafts@gmail.com Check out his architecture projects at www.sult.ie Support Our Sponsors! This episode is sponsored by BetterHelp online counseling. To get a free week go to www.BetterHelp.com/mental Must be 18. This episode is sponsored by Away Luggage. For $20 off a suitcase go to www.AwayTravel.com/mental and use offer code MENTAL Other Links Mentioned Ways to Help the Podcast ______________________ Subscribe via iTunes and leave a review. It costs nothing. https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/mental-illness-happy-hour/id427377900?mt=2 ————————————————————————— Spread the word via social media. It costs nothing. Our website is www.mentalpod.com our FB is www.Facebook.com/mentalpod and our Twitter and Instagram are both @Mentalpod -------------------------------------------------------------- Subscribe to Stitcher Premium for back catalog (& much more) -Older episodes can be found ad-free exclusively at Stitcher Premium for $4.99/month. Get one month free with offer code MENTAL at signup at www.StitcherPremium.com/mentalpod -Subscription includes all episodes, ad-free, going all the way back to ep #1 in 2011, plus back catalogs of tons of other great podcasts, standup albums, original content and more. -------------------------------------------------------- Become a much-needed Patreon monthly-donor (with occasional rewards) for as little as $1/month at www.Patreon.com/mentalpod Become a one-time or monthly donor via Paypal or Zelle (make payment to mentalpod@gmail.com) --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Try Our Sponsor’s Products/Services ---------------------------------------------------

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Jen Rubio- Co-founder of Away

Girlboss Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 48:35

Jen Rubio is the co-founder of Away Luggage. Before starting Away, Jen built her career by creating compelling brand narratives for some of the world’s most innovative companies. She started at Johnson and Johnson. After working there for a couple years, she quickly moved onto work for herself as a social media manager, before that was even a real job title. In 2011, Jen joined the early executive team for Warby Parker as Head of Social Media. It was at Warby Parker, that she met her Away co-founder, Steph Korey. In 2015, Jen was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising. Jen eventually left Warby Parker and moved to London to join AllSaints, as Head of Innovation. However, her entrepreneurial spirit took over, and she quickly left that job to launch Away. Away is a modern travel brand that creates thoughtful luggage and travel accessories, designed to make travel more seamless. Away has rapid growth: starting with less than ten employees and now boasting almost 200 employees. The company has pulled in more than $125 million dollars in revenue since its launch in 2016. Today Jen is here to talk about how to find the perfect co-founder, how to fundraise, and shares her expert insight on how to effectively brand a business.

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Jen Rubio- Co-founder of Away

Girlboss Radio

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2018 47:50

Jen Rubio is the co-founder of Away Luggage. Before starting Away, Jen built her career by creating compelling brand narratives for some of the world's most innovative companies. She started at Johnson and Johnson. After working there for a couple years, she quickly moved onto work for herself as a social media manager, before that was even a real job title. In 2011, Jen joined the early executive team for Warby Parker as Head of Social Media. It was at Warby Parker, that she met her Away co-founder, Steph Korey. In 2015, Jen was named to the Forbes 30 Under 30 list for Marketing and Advertising. Jen eventually left Warby Parker and moved to London to join AllSaints, as Head of Innovation. However, her entrepreneurial spirit took over, and she quickly left that job to launch Away. Away is a modern travel brand that creates thoughtful luggage and travel accessories, designed to make travel more seamless. Away has rapid growth: starting with less than ten employees and now boasting almost 200 employees. The company has pulled in more than $125 million dollars in revenue since its launch in 2016. Today Jen is here to talk about how to find the perfect co-founder, how to fundraise, and shares her expert insight on how to effectively brand a business.

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Secrets of Away Luggage

Women Who Travel

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 6, 2018 35:36

A chat with Jen Rubio, co-founder of Away and one of the women changing the landscape of travel. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Away luggage on going beyond the VC hype

Innovators by Current Global

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 22, 2018 30:46

Direct-to-consumer brands don't often live up to the hype placed on them by endless amounts of VC funding and Silicon Valley fandom, says Jen Rubio, co-founder of travel brand Away, on the latest episode of TheCurrent Innovators podcast. Speaking to Liz Bacelar, founder of TheCurrent, at the British Fashion Council's annual Fashion Forum in London, Rubio explains that from its inception in 2016, she and her co-founder Steph Korey (who she met while both working at Warby Parker), were careful not to run their business like a lot of other brands in the space. "If you go back in time a little bit, a lot of new brands and e-commerce companies were positioning themselves as tech companies and raising a lot of VC money at tech valuations that would never live up to the public market at how retail companies are valued, and then run into the trouble of needing these stores and claiming they are a retail company and not a tech one," she explains. "We saw a lot of this happening in the industry and from the beginning Steph and I said, this is not how we are going to run our business. "If you go back in time a little bit, a lot of new brands and e-commerce companies were positioning themselves as tech companies and raising a ton of VC money at tech valuations that would never live up to the public market at how retail companies are valued. And then run into the trouble of 'oh we actually need these stores so now we're a retail company and not a tech company'. They've raised too much cash, they've burned too much cash," she explains. "We saw a lot of this stuff happening in the industry and from the beginning Steph and I were like, this is not how we are going to run this business." After pitching Away as a brand aiming to make travel more seamless, as opposed to simply making luggage, the business famously received a first round of investment before even having a physical product, for instance. From the lightbulb moment for the brand's concept through to its launch, Away spoke to over 800 people about what elements would make the perfect suitcase. It is that open approach to constant feedback that it continues to focus on to this day – helping to inform its product collaborations, new features and color palettes, and even locations for pop-ups and permanent retail spaces. In this conversation, Rubio also tells Liz how its first major hurdle – airline regulation that meant their smart suitcase was no longer allowed onboard – was an important opportunity to strengthen the relationship with Away customers; how retail landlords are finally giving non-legacy brands a chance; and why understanding your consumer is key to constant innovation.

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222 – Babba Rivera of BY BABBA – Knowing the Why

Fashion Is Your Business - a retail technology podcast

Play Episode Listen Later Mar 6, 2018 57:27

Brand marketing strategy... Babba (Canales) Rivera, Founder of BY BABBA (a brand marketing agency) joins - Pavan Bahl and special guest co-host Brianne Kimmel, GTM (Growth, Marketing Strategy, Audience & Industry) at Zendesk in front of a live audience at Sennheiser’s new San Francisco retail store at 278 Post Street. MouthMedia Network is powered by Sennheiser, The Future of Audio. In this episode: Rivera discusses her work with Uber and Away Luggage, as founder of the agency BY BABBA, a next-gen brand marketing agency, and about her new last name (personal brand) shared with her new husband How until recently marketing was focused on branding and product marketing, and the rise of performance marketing, particularly direct-to-consumer for tangible and digital brands The focus for brands on talking about their brand story of amazing company-building, hiring and treating employees well The balance between performance and brand marketing, how they should be separate budgets and efforts How marketing of features is not ideal as they are easy to copy, but the brand story is beyond functionality, brand is personality, and the impact of knowing the why No one-size-fits-all in marketing strategy Some brands rely on hitting functionality, and other brands (such as in fashion) have a lot of creative resources and talent within and have more competition What does performance marketing mean? Engaging with customers, asking questions, user-generated content that aligns with the message one is trying to achieve How big brands are doing it right, such as a lot of big brands are building innovation teams and incubators and accelerators Launching Uber (Black) in Sweden, and how they didn’t have focus on brand Brand plus performance marketing, user acquisition, easy to get traffic Early days for tech companies are all about hyper growth at expense of brand, Facebook vs. Instagram The early stage of Uber, looking at how the unfair advantage was private driver experience, built early adopters via first ride for free, and then later focusing on it being the same price as a taxi The number of collaborations with Away Luggage, choosing a direction with brand partnerships, especially with physical products, by leveraging more established brands Looking at how brands can benefit from Rivera’s toolkit, giving back to brand on a personal note offering intros to help solve problems, and how this has created friends in fashion industry as a result Strategies on starting a meeting with a specific result in mind, getting curious about high- level thoughts on things the other parties are doing Adding tech to help with storytelling and amplifying presence with Rag and Bone at a very integral moment Fashion Week: most people really excited are not invited, wanting to change that led to providing access to the Rag and Bone show to anyone without being an insider, with the goal being impressions and being a part of the conversation Understanding overall brand impressions and sentiment are important, tools understanding sarcasm, People need to engage with brands when they want, on the channel they want. When a startup feels traction, what kinds of systems to put in place for performance marketing to make decisions in a fluid way How a brand can look at quantifying customer interactions How in-store environment is shaping ecommerce, how both ends drive each other, and a validation point is to not underestimate how emotionally driven consumers are with something looking like a real store Micro vs. macro influencers, and where relationships fit into marketing, and deeper connections with female founders And how most desired clients are Millennial-centric direct to consumer brands

Liz + Julie's Major Announcement, Happy 25th Anniversary Lian, 2018 Themes

Play Episode Listen Later Jan 2, 2018 57:58

Satellite Sisters is brought to you by Away Luggage. Major announcement from Liz and Julie on our first podcast episode of the new year. Operation Sea Turtle 2018: The Adventure Continues! First, best wishes to Lian Dolan and her husband on their 25th wedding anniversary, Julie's open-ended list of things she's looking forward to in 2018, how Liz wrapped up 2017 including a surprising choice for New Year's Eve, a great book recommendation and the only contest Julie will enter this year: a trip with Martha Stewart to the Global Seed Vault. She'll need her Away Bigger Carry-on for that one! For great Satellite Sisters gifts, visit our online shop, go here. To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Apple Podcasts, click here. To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Stitcher, click here.To find Satellite Sisters on Spotify, click here. The complete Satellite Sisters podcast audio archive is here. Don't forget to subscribe to Satellite Sisters Talk TV if you want to listen to Lian and Julie's TV recaps of CBS drama Madam Secretary and PBS Poldark recap Pol,Dark and Handsome. Book recommendation on today's podcast episode: Bill Bryson's In A Sunburnt Country. Or try audible here. Julie's list of exciting items for 2018:Martha Stewart Global Seed Vault https://www.croptrust.org/our-work/svalbard-global-seed-vault/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pawahqbpSvQ Joanna Gaines cookbook: https://magnoliamarket.com/the-magnolia-table-cookbook-is-coming/ Pioneer Woman hotel: https://www.today.com/.../pioneer-woman-ree-drummond-opening-hotel-oklahoma-t… Lunar exploration prize : https://lunar.xprize.org/ 2018 Winter Olympics https://www.olympic.org/pyeongchang-2018 Mary Poppins movie: www.imdb.com/title/tt5028340/ The Post movie: https://www.washingtonpost.com/graphics/2017/entertainment/the-post-movie/ The Red Sparrow movie: www.imdb.com/title/tt2873282/

Thanksgiving Guesting, Cheerios, Pirates, Bitter Business Bureau

Play Episode Listen Later Nov 14, 2017 56:16

On today's podcast episode, Julie, Liz and Lian discuss how to be a great Thanksgiving guest, a family's amazing escape from pirates in the Amazon, Lian's dream bathroom app comes true and how to appear smarter than you are. Plus Bitter Business Bureau (we are talking about you, Roger Goodell), Celebrity Homeowner Disputes (including Martha Stewart, of course) and Lian's heart is broken by Honey Nut Cheerios. Today's episode of Satellite Sisters is brought to you by: Skullduggery Toys - Kid Tested, Urban Nana Approved. Hello Fresh Lian's excited about some new some menus. Away Luggage. Promo code sisters20 MeUndies. Liz picks out some MeUndies for Julie and Lian. To browse our expanded Satellite Sisters Shop, go here. Great gifts, tees and hats for Satellite Sisters and Satellite Misters. To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Apple Podcasts, click here. To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Stitcher, click here.The complete Satellite Sisters podcast audio archive is here. Don't forget to subscribe to Satellite Sisters Talk TV if you want to listen to Lian and Julie's TV recaps of CBS drama Madam Secretary and PBS Poldark recap Pol,Dark and Handsome.

Eclipse 2017 Round-Up: Liz, Lian, Julie and Special Correspondent Jill Barancik

Play Episode Listen Later Aug 22, 2017 63:42

It's the day after Eclipse 2017 and we have a complete report from the totality + the partiality, the mountains and the plains, two wineries in Oregon, one stadium in Carbondale, IL, a parking lot in Dallas TX and a park bench in Pasadena, CA. Thanks to Away Luggage for sponsoring today's Satellite Sisters podcast. To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Apple Podcasts, click here. To subscribe to Satellite Sisters on Stitcher, click here.To subscribe to the Satellite Sisters RSS feed, click here. The complete Satellite Sisters podcast audio archive is here. Don't forget to subscribe to Satellite Sisters Talk TV if you want to listen to Lian and Julie's TV recaps of CBS drama Madam Secretary and PBS Poldark recap Pol,Dark and Handsome. Details on today's podcast episode: Was the totality as mind-blowing as you wanted? Liz, Monica and special Satellite Sister on the Spot Jill Barancik all say yes. Liz was camping at Faith, Hope and Charity Vineyard in Terrebonne, Oregon. You heard that right. Liz. Camping. A sure sign that the Eclipseolypse was upon us. Monica was doing sunrise yoga and listening to a Portlandia-inspired astronomer dude in Salem, Oregon at Brooks Winery. Jill, friend of the Satellite Sisterhood/former producer on The Oprah Winfrey Show/podcast producer, was in Saluki Stadium in Carbondale, IL after convincing her dubious husband that the totality was the only place to spend her birthday.Julie and Lian file their reports from the partiality. Julie concludes that "much joy was to be had" on her end, while Lian has a beef with some "toddler talk" on hers. Lian also joyfully provides a complete round-up of the eclipse love that all the Satellite Sisters shared with us on the Satellite Sisters Facebook Group. You must take in all the happy photos there right now! Sisters from coast-to-coast, from the top of Mount Whitney to their own lounge chairs in their driveways. You're the best, Satellite Sisterhood. Thank you for your enthusiasm and embrace of this awesome celestial event.If you have not listened to our August 1 Satellite Sisters Eclipse 2017 Spectacular with our family astronomer Robert Kirshner, you can listen here. Cousin Bob explains the power of an eclipse in a way that's fun for the whole family. We return from our August hiatus on September 5 with the first podcast of our new season. To pass the time until then, check out our entire audio archive here.

15: Maximum Incarceration

The 45th

Play Episode Listen Later Jun 20, 2017 54:22

June 20, 2017 / Susan and Rabia talk with Ames Grawert of the Brennan Center for Justice about Attorney General Sessions and the direction of criminal justice under the Trump administration. This episode is being sponsored by Away Luggage! For $20 off a suitcase, visit www.awaytravel.com/45 and use promo code ‘45' during checkout! Episode scoring music by Loch Lomond, New York Military Band and the American Quartet, Little Glass Men, Komiku, and Lobo Loco. #the45th #45thpod

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Satellite Sisters ShoutOut to Serena Williams, Sheryl Sandberg & All the Satellite Sisters that came to Santa Monica