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On the occasion of the inaugural Art Basel Qatar, The Baer Faxt sat down with a bevy of guests with ties to the region including Mariët Westermann, Director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation, who have world class museums in New York, Bilbao, Venice and soon to be Abu Dhabi. Here, Mariët shares with us her thoughts on developments in the region, including education and her experience in the region as the Vice Chancellor of NYU Abu Dhabi, Art Basel Qatar, and the significant role of women in the arts. Other guests on The Baer Faxt Live from Doha include Princess Alia Al-Senussi, PhD; Jean-Paul Engelen, Director at Acquavella; and Saud Alkhater, Qatari collector. Thank you to The Ned Doha for being our host. This conversation was recorded on the 5th of February, 2026.
On the occasion of the inaugural Art Basel Qatar, The Baer Faxt sat down with a bevy of guests with ties to the region including Princess Alia Al-Senussi, PhD, a cultural strategist, art world advisor, academic and lecturer with Libyan roots. Alia has long been an advocate for the region. She shares with us her enthusiasm for cultural and artistic initiatives across the Middle East—for example, the Sharjah Biennial in the UAE and the Diriyah Contemporary Art Biennale in Saudi Arabia—as well as some of the key differences. Other guests on The Baer Faxt Live from Doha include Mariët Westermann, Director and CEO of the Solomon R. Guggenheim Museum and Foundation; Jean-Paul Engelen, Director at Acquavella; and Saud Alkhater, Qatari collector. Thank you to The Ned Doha for being our host. This conversation was recorded on the 5th of February, 2026.
This week is a tad spooky. Just enough to get you uncomfortable enough to follow the steps Baer lines out and get your photos safer online. ChitChat: https://ipvm.com/news-plan Product Highlight: https://us.shelly.com/products/shelly-flood-gen4 Meat: https://mail.google.com/mail/u/0/#inbox/FMfcgzQdzmbfGTPvTBbdkHCbjBWbsNnC S/O: @gbittech on IG
Sunday's Message: https://www.youtube.com/live/zImv2EuRywM?si=tM-qoYcs1JmdQIe3New to Zion City? Click here: https://bit.ly/3QhTbrz Find a time and attend a service with us: https://zioncity.me/locations NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? You may be wondering what's next on your journey. We want to help! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://bit.ly/3AnlHme Tucson Church, Arizona Church, Zion City, Assemblies of God, Christian Podcast, Spirit Filled Tucson Church FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: zioncity.me TikTok: zioncity.me CONNECT WITH PASTOR WAYLON & DANA Pastor Waylon's Instagram: / waylonsears Pastor Dana's Instagram: / danamsears
Sunday's Message: https://www.youtube.com/live/zImv2EuRywM?si=tM-qoYcs1JmdQIe3New to Zion City? Click here: https://bit.ly/3QhTbrz Find a time and attend a service with us: https://zioncity.me/locations NEXT STEPS Have you made a decision to follow Jesus? You may be wondering what's next on your journey. We want to help! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://bit.ly/3AnlHme Tucson Church, Arizona Church, Zion City, Assemblies of God, Christian Podcast, Spirit Filled Tucson Church FIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIA Instagram: zioncity.me TikTok: zioncity.me CONNECT WITH PASTOR WAYLON & DANA Pastor Waylon's Instagram: / waylonsears Pastor Dana's Instagram: / danamsears
New to Zion City? Click here: https://bit.ly/3QhTbrz Find a time and attend a service with us: https://zioncity.me/locations NEXT STEPSHave you made a decision to follow Jesus? You may be wondering what's next on your journey. We want to help! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://bit.ly/3AnlHme Tucson Church, Arizona Church, Zion City, Assemblies of God, Christian Podcast, Spirit Filled Tucson ChurchFIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: / zioncity.me TikTok: / zioncity.me CONNECT WITH PASTOR WAYLON & DANAPastor Waylon's Instagram: / waylonsears Pastor Dana's Instagram: / danamsears
New to Zion City? Click here: https://bit.ly/3QhTbrz Find a time and attend a service with us: https://zioncity.me/locations NEXT STEPSHave you made a decision to follow Jesus? You may be wondering what's next on your journey. We want to help! Let us guide you to your next steps in your walk with Christ: https://bit.ly/3AnlHme Tucson Church, Arizona Church, Zion City, Assemblies of God, Christian Podcast, Spirit Filled Tucson ChurchFIND US ON SOCIAL MEDIAInstagram: / zioncity.me TikTok: / zioncity.me CONNECT WITH PASTOR WAYLON & DANAPastor Waylon's Instagram: / waylonsears Pastor Dana's Instagram: / danamsears
ABOUT JOE BAER:Joe's LinkedIn profile: linkedin.com/in/joe-baer-4479385Websites:zengenius.com visual911.com Email: jbaer@zengenius.comBIO:Joe is the Co-Founder, Creative Director, and CEO of ZenGenius, Inc., an experiential design firm specializing in visual merchandising and event design. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Joe brings over three decades of mastery in innovative leadership and creative direction to the design, visual merchandising and special events industries. He has extensive knowledge of the customer journey from working in stores for decades and is a seasoned public speaker who has traveled the world to inspire and educate others through the art of visual merchandising, design and special events.Additionally, Joe has contributed his retail know-how to multiple publications, authored The Art of Visual Merchandising: Short North, and created one of my favorite events in the retail industry the Iron Merchant Challenge, a popular interactive visual merchandising competition held annually at the International Retail Design Conference. Joe's passion for the world of design is evident in his role as President of the PAVE Global leadership board - a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation with the mission to support, connect, and inspire the next generation of professionals in the retail design, visual merchandising, and consumer environments industry. He also holds Advisory Board roles at Columbus College of Art and Design and VMSD Magazine. SHOW INTROWelcome to Episode 85! of the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast…In every episode we follow our catch phrase of having “Dynamic Dialogues About DATA: Design, Architecture, Technology and the Arts.” And as we continue on this journey, we'll have guests that are thought provoking futurists, AI technology mavens, retailers, international hotel design executives as well as designers and architects of brand experience places.We'll talk with authors and people focused on wellness and sustainable design practices as well as neuroscientists who will continue to help us look at the built environment and the connections between our mind-body and the built world around us.If you like what you hear on the NXTLVL Experience Design show, make sure to subscribe, like, comment and share with colleagues, friends and family.The NXTLVL Experience Design podcast is always grateful for the support of VMSD magazine.VMSD brings us, in the brand experience world, the International Retail Design Conference. I think the IRDC is one of the best retail design conferences that there is bringing together the world of retailers, brands and experience place makers every year for two days of engaging conversations and pushing us to keep on talking about what makes retailing relevant. You will find the archive of the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast on VMSD.com.Thanks also goes to Shop Association the only global retail trade association dedicated to elevating the in-store experience. SHOP Association represents companies and affiliates from 25 countries and brings value to their members through research, networking, education, events and awards. Check then out on SHOPAssociation.org Today, EPISODE 85… I talk with Joe Baer of Zen Genius an experiential design firm specializing in visual merchandising and event design. Joe had spent more than 3 decades working the in the retail industry bringing visual merchandising know-how to the creation of emotionally resonant branded places. Visual merchandising is allot more than simply making things look good in a store. It's very much about 3D storytelling, sensory experiences, emotions and making places sing as Joe explains.We'll get there in a minute but... first a few thoughts…* * * *Monique worked in the visual merchandising departmentshe was the director there and I was the director in the interior design department our two programs ran concurrently we shared some students across our programs but we seldom actually shared lunchAnd so it was slightly strange but intriguing that she invited me to have lunch with her across the street from the college at a little Thai placeWe sat down, talked about students and then - more as a throw away - she said “they want me to go to Singapore…”And I waited for the next sentence.“But I don't really want to go to Singapore.” she said. “I'd have to leave here. I'd have to leave my son who's thinking about collage a few years and I'd really just prefer to stay in Montreal.”And then there was a silence.“Singapore?!” I said.“I don't even know where Singapore is. That's in Southeast Asia, right? ““yeah, it's like on the other side of the world.” she said.“Sounds exotic. I'd go for sure. Besides, I love Chinese food. I could eat it every day.”“Really?” she said .“Sure, why not? I'd love to go. I love the whole idea of adventure.” “Well anyway,” she said, “I don't know what they are going to do if I don't go. It's to be the Director of the visual merchandising program in an international fashion school and they've got no one else who could do it.” “No seriously, I'd go. I mean I have no idea about what you do and… I'm a guy and that means genetically I actually don't like shopping and I've only ever designed the escalator and fountain at the Eaton center. But let them know that I'd do it.”We finished lunch, climbed over the snowbank of freshly plowed snow, crossed the street to get back for afternoon classes and a few weeks later I was walking down the stairs of a plane in the stultifying humidity at Changi airport.Monday morning, I was the program Director of the Visual Merchandising Department at LaSalle International Fashion School … in Singapore… and… I had no idea what I was doing but knew my career had taken a significant and abrupt turn.The world of retail design had found me, and I never looked back for the next 20 years.Over those 20 plus years I learned from some masters in retail design and visual merchandising. I arrived in New York after a year, spent an afternoon with Gene Moore, was introduced to Peter Glenn and ended up working with Joe Weishar New Vision Studios. I spent the next four years listening to and watching Joe talk about visual merchandising practice as both art and retail strategy.For Joe Weishar visual merchandising wasn't just a display tactic but was a creative discipline that blended art, design and retail psychology. He merged visual perception and design principles and he would layout a store or a wall with the same mechanics of laying out a composition of a painting – proportions, scale, focal points. He celebrated Visual merchandising as an art form that shaped memorable experiences rather than simply placing products on the shelvesAll of those basic art principles were things that I was deeply familiar with. I had been in private art studios that my parents put me in at the age of nine because they recognized my passion for painting.I had gone to architecture school and spent the first eight years of my career doing traditional architectural projects – museums, libraries, houses, schools… that sort of thing and I taught the design same principles of scale proportion, balance, color, harmony and how you could use those things ultimately to tell a story to students in a College's interior design program in Montreal.Even in those early years of my career in the late 90s, I was learning that retail stores needed to be engaging the senses, and we should be thinking about creatively implementing textures, variations in lighting as well as sound and scent and not just focusing on what customers would experience with their eyes.I was learning that the senses were conduits for emotion and memory - that if you implemented design principles and thoughtful sensory-based visual merchandising elements correctly, that they would help to fill shopping baskets and engage customers in long-term relationships with a brand. These sorts of environments that engaged the senses would increase loyalty and invite return visits because, in the end, the store was simply a backdrop, a theater set for the full-bodied experience of a brand where main feature was the merchandise.If you thought of merchandise as elements in a composition and wrapped them in memorable display moments, it could make stores sing.This sort of thinking positioned retail as experience design rather than a purely commercial layout. The goods were a necessary part of the equation to be sure, but as I working through the foundational years of a retail design career, I saw that great retail places were more than a depository for stuff to be consumed, they had a palpable emotional resonance, they had soul. It was remarkable to me then, as a young retail architect, that we were designing with the purpose of selling…but it was more than that. Great stores fulfilled basic needs, desires and dreams. They were places for relationship building, with people as well as brands.They were story telling places that helped to message group belonging, wellbeing, connection and status. They were places where displays weren't random; they were meant to guide customers through a narrative journey. Every element was intentional, geared towards telling a brand story that invited the customer to participate in the story's unfolding.All of the effort that the designers, merchants and visual teams put into making the store wasn't just about “making it look good,” but making it work well. The design and visual strategy had to be grounded in retail metrics and customer behavior. In the end, our job as co-authors of this retail experience script was to move product.We would calculate merchandising units per square foot. We thought about how product would flow through a department from delivery to markdown and how adjacencies were critical – why groups of products were located next to what other products. We knew how many units had to sell in a department to make the financials work. There was business behind the beauty. Visual merchandising was a silent seller as author Judy Bell would say.In my early years, we didn't think too much about what happened to all the stuff after the store had aged or the season had changed. Graphics, fixtures and display items shifted along with the seasonal changes, holidays or special promotions. And a lot of it just got trashed. We began to think more deeply about the sustainability factor of our work and the impact of retail place making on our environment. It was no longer acceptable that the disposable economy would direct the design of store without any consideration for how it was eventually ending up in landfill sites. Lighting, manufacturing processes, materials, and lifecycles came under more scrutiny. These days, thinking about the sustainable nature of how we design and build stores is very much at the forefront of our thinking from the get-go. Design firms are becoming B-Corporations whose mission is to be better stewards of our little blue dot. Along the way, teaching - both our clients as well as students in design programs - was something that never left the radar. What had been the precipitating moment - going from teacher to running a visual merchandising program at an international school in Singapore - would remain key to my professional experience. And this is where we can bring in my guest Joe Baer into the story. Joe's story is so familiar because it is so similar. While we came to the retail world from different angles, our paths have many parallels and similarity in purpose – despite being from different orientations in the retail place-making paradigm.Joe is the Co-Founder, Creative Director, and CEO of ZenGenius, Inc., an experiential design firm specializing in visual merchandising and event design. Headquartered in Columbus, Ohio, Joe brings over three decades of mastery in innovative leadership and creative direction to the design, visual merchandising and special events industries. He has extensive knowledge of the customer journey from working in stores for decades and is a seasoned public speaker who has traveled the world to inspire and educate others through the art of visual merchandising, design and special events.Additionally, Joe has contributed his retail know-how to multiple publications, authored The Art of Visual Merchandising: Short North, and created one of my favorite events in the retail industry the Iron Merchant Challenge, a popular interactive visual merchandising competition held annually at the International Retail Design Conference. Joe's passion for the world of design is evident in his role as President of the PAVE Global leadership board - a 501(c)(3) charitable foundation with the mission to support, connect, and inspire the next generation of professionals in the retail design, visual merchandising, and consumer environments industry. He also holds Advisory Board roles at Columbus College of Art and Design and VMSD Magazine. Joe leads with passion, purpose, pure joy and believes in celebration so I see our conversation as a celebration of Joe Baer's commitment to his retail industry involvement.ABOUT DAVID KEPRON:LinkedIn Profile: linkedin.com/in/david-kepron-9a1582bWebsites: https://www.davidkepron.com (personal website)vmsd.com/taxonomy/term/8645 (Blog)Email: david.kepron@NXTLVLexperiencedesign.comTwitter: DavidKepronPersonal Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidkepron/NXTLVL Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nxtlvl_experience_design/Bio:David Kepron the Retail Studio Principal for the architecture and design firm Little (https://www.littleonline.com). He is a multifaceted creative professional with a deep curiosity to understand ‘why', ‘what's now' and ‘what's next'. He brings together his background as an architect, artist, educator, author, podcast host and builder to the making of meaningful and empathically-focused, community-centric customer connections at brand experience places around the globe. David is a former VP - Global Design Strategies at Marriott International. While at Marriott, his focus was on the creation of compelling customer experiences within Marriott's “Premium Distinctive” segment which included: Westin, Renaissance, Le Meridien, Autograph Collection, Tribute Portfolio, Design Hotels and Gaylord hotels. In 2020 Kepron founded NXTLVL Experience Design, a strategy and design consultancy, where he combines his multidisciplinary approach to the creation of relevant brand engagements with his passion for social and cultural anthropology, neuroscience and emerging digital technologies. As a frequently requested international speaker at corporate events and international conferences focusing on CX, digital transformation, retail, hospitality, emerging technology, David shares his expertise on subjects ranging from consumer behaviors and trends, brain science and buying behavior, store design and visual merchandising, hotel design and strategy as well as creativity and innovation. In his talks, David shares visionary ideas on how brand strategy, brain science and emerging technologies are changing guest expectations about relationships they want to have with brands and how companies can remain relevant in a digitally enabled marketplace. David currently shares his experience and insight on various industry boards including: VMSD magazine's Editorial Advisory Board, the Interactive Customer Experience Association, Sign Research Foundation's Program Committee as well as the Center For Retail Transformation at George Mason University.He has held teaching positions at New York's Fashion Institute of Technology (F.I.T.), the Department of Architecture & Interior Design of Drexel University in Philadelphia, the Laboratory Institute of Merchandising (L.I.M.) in New York, the International Academy of Merchandising and Design in Montreal and he served as the Director of the Visual Merchandising Department at LaSalle International Fashion School (L.I.F.S.) in Singapore. In 2014 Kepron published his first book titled: “Retail (r)Evolution: Why Creating Right-Brain Stores Will Shape the Future of Shopping in a Digitally Driven World” and he is currently working on his second book to be published soon. I caught up with Bryan at the SHOP Marketplace event in Charlotte and chatted about his focus on shaping what comes next in digital signage and experiential design. The NXTLVL Experience Design podcast is presented by VMSD magazine and Smartwork Media. It is hosted and executive produced by David Kepron. Our original music and audio production is by Kano Sound. The content of this podcast is copywrite to David Kepron and NXTLVL Experience Design. Any publication or rebroadcast of the content is prohibited without the expressed written consent of David Kepron and NXTLVL Experience Design.Make sure to tune in for more NXTLVL “Dialogues on DATA: Design Architecture Technology and the Arts” wherever you find your favorite podcasts and make sure to visit vmsd.com and look for the tab for the NXTLVL Experience Design podcast there too.
Baer doesn't punch for no reason. The security industry must hold a high ethical and moral standard to truly achieve excellence and Verkada is promoting behavior that doesn't meet that standard. We'll break it down in this episode of Security Today Podcast. ChitChat: https://www.securitysales.com/insights/jake-voll-sssi-dealer-network-best-security-advice/616079/?utm_medium=email&_hsmi=396520072&utm_content=396520072&utm_source=hs_email Product Highlight: https://radsecurity.com/ Meat: https://ipvm.com/reports/conv-ver-lock S/O: @ssansidealernetwork on IG
The Baer Faxt Podcast is back with our first episode of 2026! In the spirit of the new year, we brought together some of New York's great arts writers—Kenny Schachter, Tim Schneider along with our editor Taylor Dafoe and founder Josh Baer—for a roundtable on what's been, and what's to come. Baer With Me: Looking Forward, Looking Back is out now wherever you get your podcasts, or at thebaerfaxtpodcast.com. This episode, recorded on January 20th 2026, is brought to you by Ursula - A Magazine of Contemporary Culture by Hauser & Wirth.
Education across the physical security industry is lack-luster at best. In this episode Baer not only breaks down why it's important that independently created education is necessary to the industry but reminds you he is also contributing through bethebettertech.com. Like Follow Subscribe please.... please, for heaven's sake please.ChitChat: https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2025/12/31/german-thieves-steal-up-to-105m-in-oceans-eleven-heist-what-we-know Product Highlight: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Hwl61DIS5E https://www.clintonelectronics.com/products/mounting/camera-mounts/indoor-dome-camera-mounts/ce-ctmp-5/ Meat: bethebettertech.com S/O: @ignite.strategic on IG
Nick Reiner was under court-ordered conservatorship in 2020. A judge declared him "gravely disabled." Licensed fiduciary Steven Baer controlled his treatment. The Reiners obtained the most restrictive mental health intervention California law allows. It lasted one year. Four years later, both parents are dead—allegedly killed by the son they fought to help.The devastating loophole: under California law, if a family provides food, clothing, and shelter for a mentally ill loved one, that person may no longer qualify as "gravely disabled." The Reiners may have lost the conservatorship not because Nick got better—but because they kept caring for him. The system forces families into an impossible choice: abandon your child or lose legal authority to force treatment.We trace the timeline: 2019 police calls to the Reiner home. Nick's reported schizophrenia diagnosis around 2020. The conservatorship under Steven Baer that ended after one year. The medication change approximately one month before the killings that sources say triggered a "complete break from reality." And we examine why Baer will almost certainly testify—and what his testimony means for Nick's defense.But the Reiner tragedy exposes a sixty-year failure. Before California's 1967 Lanterman-Petris-Short Act, families could petition courts to hospitalize violent, psychotic relatives. That system is gone. Today, someone can be paranoid, delusional, and dangerous but still walk free if they can say where they're going to sleep. California went from 37,000 patients in state psychiatric hospitals to fewer than 1,500 on involuntary conservatorships. Where did the patients go? The streets. The jails. Family homes where they became ticking time bombs.The Reiners reportedly spent vast sums on treatment. None of it mattered. The system finally has authority to hold their son—but it took two bodies to get him there.#NickReiner #RobReiner #MicheleReiner #LPSConservatorship #TrueCrimeToday #StevenBaer #Deinstitutionalization #CaliforniaLaw #MentalHealthLaw #SystemFailureJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.
Today on True Crime Today, we're examining one of the most consequential decisions in the Nick Reiner case—one that happened four years before Rob and Michele Reiner were found stabbed to death. Nick was placed under an LPS mental health conservatorship in 2020, overseen by licensed fiduciary Steven Baer. Baer wasn't family. He wasn't emotionally invested. He was a professional whose entire job is managing people who can't manage themselves. And yet that conservatorship ended after just one year. It wasn't renewed. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins us to analyze how someone manipulates their way out of professional oversight. Robin spent 21 years with the Bureau, including as Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—he recruited spies, getting people to trust him who were trained to trust no one. He knows what it takes to build credibility with a skeptical professional, and he explains the playbook. Conservatorship renewals require showing the person is still gravely disabled. That creates a clear target date. Robin walks us through what strategic compliance looks like in the months before that deadline—how you perform recovery, check the boxes, say the right things. Nick had been through 18 rehab programs. He knew the language. At what point does institutional fluency become a liability for accurate assessment? And what does it tell us that Baer's only public statement called this "a horrible tragedy" without elaborating further?#TrueCrimeToday #NickReiner #StevenBaer #Conservatorship #RobinDreeke #FBI #LPSConservatorship #MentalHealthSystem #Manipulation #ReinerCaseJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.
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Steven Baer is a licensed fiduciary. He does this for a living. He's not emotionally invested like family. He's seen manipulation before. And yet Nick Reiner's LPS conservatorship—which gave Baer the authority to force medication, to make treatment decisions, to place Nick in a locked facility if necessary—ended after just one year. It wasn't renewed. Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke joins Hidden Killers to analyze what it takes to manipulate a professional gatekeeper. Robin spent his career recruiting spies—getting people to trust him who were trained to trust no one. He knows the mechanics of building credibility with skeptical professionals, and he breaks down how Nick may have exploited the very accountability structures designed to protect him. Here's the thing about conservatorship renewals: Baer—or a treating physician—would need to petition and present evidence that Nick was still gravely disabled. That creates a timeline. That creates a target. Robin explains what strategic compliance looks like in the months leading up to that renewal date—how you perform recovery, hit the right notes, check the right boxes. Nick had been through 18 rehab programs. He knew the language. He knew what progress looks like on paper. Is there a point where someone becomes too institutionally fluent to be accurately assessed? And once you've beaten the system—once you're free of oversight—what do the next four years look like before something like this allegedly happens? Baer will almost certainly be called as a witness. Robin explains what both sides will want him to say.#HiddenKillers #NickReiner #StevenBaer #Conservatorship #RobinDreeke #FBI #LPSConservatorship #SystemManipulation #MentalHealthCrisis #TrueCrimeJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.
We're going live to break down one of the most critical questions in the Nick Reiner case: How did he get out of a court-ordered mental health conservatorship overseen by a professional whose job is not to be fooled? Former FBI Special Agent Robin Dreeke—who spent 21 years with the Bureau including serving as Chief of the FBI's Counterintelligence Behavioral Analysis Program—joins us to analyze the mechanics of manipulating institutional gatekeepers. Nick Reiner was placed under an LPS conservatorship in 2020, overseen by licensed fiduciary Steven Baer. Baer had the legal authority to force medication, make treatment decisions, even place Nick in a locked facility. That conservatorship wasn't renewed after one year. Robin spent his career recruiting spies—people trained to distrust everyone. He knows what it takes to build credibility with a skeptical professional, and he'll walk us through the playbook. How do you perform recovery convincingly enough to end oversight? What does strategic compliance look like leading up to a renewal hearing? Nick had been through 18 rehab programs—at what point does someone become too institutionally fluent to be accurately assessed? We'll also discuss Baer's statement to the New York Times: that mental illness "is an epidemic that is widely misunderstood and this is a horrible tragedy." Robin reads that for subtext. Is that a man who feels he did everything right—or a man who knows something went wrong? Join us live with your questions.#LIVE #NickReiner #Conservatorship #StevenBaer #RobinDreeke #FBI #LPSConservatorship #MentalHealth #TrueCrimeLive #SystemFailureJoin Our SubStack For AD-FREE ADVANCE EPISODES & EXTRAS!: https://hiddenkillers.substack.com/Want to comment and watch this podcast as a video? Check out our YouTube Channel. https://www.youtube.com/@hiddenkillerspodInstagram https://www.instagram.com/hiddenkillerspod/Facebook https://www.facebook.com/hiddenkillerspod/Tik-Tok https://www.tiktok.com/@hiddenkillerspodX Twitter https://x.com/tonybpodListen Ad-Free On Apple Podcasts Here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/true-crime-today-premium-plus-ad-free-advance-episode/id1705422872This publication contains commentary and opinion based on publicly available information. All individuals are presumed innocent until proven guilty in a court of law. Nothing published here should be taken as a statement of fact, health or legal advice.
Reaction to City Club forum with Center for Christian Virtue The Center for Christian Virtue began as an anti-pornography group more than 40 years, but has since become what the Cincinnati Enquirer recently called a "policy powerhouse" in the state, influencing hundreds of bills, from expanding Ohio's EdChoice voucher system to banning transgender students from using bathrooms that align with their gender identity. The Center's President Aaron Baer spoke at The City Club of Cleveland Friday, amid protestors on the street, and following an open letter from members of the LGBTQ community and nonprofit leaders who pointed out the group's designation as an anti-LGBTQ hate group in 2023 by the Southern Poverty Law Center. City Club CEO Dan Moulthrop said the group's major influence in shaping state laws is why he invited Baer to speak. On Thursday's "Sound of Ideas," we're going to spend time talking about this organization and its impact in the state, and discuss the reaction to Baer's invitation and speech. Guests: - Jessie Balmert, State Government Reporter, Cincinnati Enquirer - Greg Lawson, Senior Research Fellow, The Buckeye Institute - Maria Bruno, Executive Director, Ohioans Against Extremism - Tom Sutton, Ph.D., Professor Emeritus of Political Science, formerly at Baldwin Wallace University
Back from the ashes, Baer comes with updates, focuses, missions and product highlights surrounded around Hanwha Vision! Like, Follow, Subscribe for free candy.ChitChat: https://www.sdmmag.com/articles/102971-chimera-integrations-readies-cybersecurity-reseller-program-for-prime-time Product Highlight: https://hanwhavisionamerica.com/oncafe/products/ S/O: @cicadasystems on IG
Tim and Juan chat with Tony Baer and Matt Housley, hosts of the “It’s About Data” podcast about what are the trends they are seeing with the start of 2026. We talked about AI magical thinking, Agentic architectures, Graphs, careers and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Tim and Juan chat with Tony Baer and Matt Housley, hosts of the “It’s About Data” podcast about what are the trends they are seeing with the start of 2026. We talked about AI magical thinking, Agentic architectures, Graphs, careers and much more. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Zwölf Jahre lang hat sie als Verfassungsrichterin in Karlsruhe die rote Robe getragen und wegweisende Urteile mitentschieden. Heute lehrt sie an der Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin. Susanne Baer will ihre Erfahrungen auf leicht verständliche Weise mit allen teilen und so für die Demokratie einstehen.
This is the takeaway episode about the chat that Tim and Juan have with Tony Baer and Matt Housley, hosts of the “It’s About Data” podcast about what are the trends they are seeing with the start of 2026. We talked about AI magical thinking, Agentic architectures, Graphs, careers and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
This is the takeaway episode about the chat that Tim and Juan have with Tony Baer and Matt Housley, hosts of the “It’s About Data” podcast about what are the trends they are seeing with the start of 2026. We talked about AI magical thinking, Agentic architectures, Graphs, careers and much more.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
What does it take to build trust on the internet—at global scale? In Episode 111 of The Puck: Venture Capital & Beyond, Jim Baer sits down with Jimmy Wales, co-founder of Wikipedia, to explore why trust—not technology—is the true foundation of open systems. Wales reflects on Wikipedia's evolution from a scrappy experiment into one of the most trusted information sources in the world, and why neutrality, transparency, and purpose matter more than algorithms or scale. The conversation centers on ideas from his new book, The Seven Rules of Trust, including how institutions earn trust, how they lose it, and what it takes to build systems that last. Baer and Wales also dive into: Why trust across journalism, politics, and business is collapsing How Wikipedia governs bias without a single “editor-in-chief” The role of funding models in preserving independence Why AI systems struggle with transparency and attribution What the decline of local journalism means for democracy How open debate—done fairly—can be a path toward social cohesion In a world increasingly shaped by algorithms, outrage, and information overload, this episode offers a sober, thoughtful look at how trust is built—and why it remains indispensable.
durée : 00:03:09 - Regarde le monde - Direction l'Allemagne où Sébastien Baer nous raconte le procès une mère accusée de l'enlèvement de deux de ses enfants. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
durée : 00:03:09 - Regarde le monde - Direction l'Allemagne où Sébastien Baer nous raconte le procès une mère accusée de l'enlèvement de deux de ses enfants. Vous aimez ce podcast ? Pour écouter tous les autres épisodes sans limite, rendez-vous sur Radio France.
Sam Baer was raised in a Mennonite home, but he left Christianity altogether as a young man. Living in sin and in the world, Sam eventually came face to face with the reality of who Christ is. Sam explains how Christ brought him back, and how he experienced rejoining the church. The Bible ProjectChristina's StorySpecial thanks to Credo Schloss Unspunnen for the filming location and hospitality. This episode was recorded at the Kingdom Connect Conference in Switzerland; find more information at https://kingdomconnecteurope.org.This is the 298th episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought. Sign-up for our monthly email newsletter which contains new and featured content!Join us on Patreon or become a website partner to enjoy bonus content!Visit our YouTube channel or connect on Facebook.Read essays from our blog or listen to them on our podcast, Essays for King JesusSubscribe on your podcast provider of choiceSupport us or learn more at anabaptistperspectives.org.The views expressed by our guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Anabaptist Perspectives or Wellspring Mennonite Church.
The Baer Faxt Podcast is back again with the inimitable Jeff Poe, long time friend of the pod. In this episode, we get a temperature check on the market, discuss Alma Allen for the US Pavilion in Venice, selling at auction, and more. If you enjoyed this episode, check out two more featuring Jeff Poe - here and here.
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NPR's Scott Detrow and poet Kate Baer share a favorite bookstore in Harrisburg, Pennsylvania. They recently met there to discuss Baer's new poetry collection How About Now, which wrestles with the realities of middle age. In today's episode, Baer tells Detrow about navigating honesty and privacy in her work, what it's like to share shelf space with poets like Ada Limón and Sharon Olds, and writing moments that made her hear “the angels sing.”To listen to Book of the Day sponsor-free and support NPR's book coverage, sign up for Book of the Day+ at plus.npr.org/bookofthedayLearn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoicesNPR Privacy Policy
Dans l'émission du 8 décembre, Marc-Antoine Le Bret a imité Didier Deschamps, Nicolas Sarkozy, Laeticia Hallyday, Edouard Baer et Jean-Marie Bigard. Retrouvez tous les jours le meilleur des Grosses Têtes en podcast sur RTL.fr et l'application RTL.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Mike Baer is an award-winning business professor at Arizona State University, where he researches trust, justice, and impression management. Mike has published his research in top academic journals, including the Academy of Management Journal, Journal of Applied Psychology, and Personnel Psychology, and Mike is currently the Editor-in-Chief at one of the field's top journals—Organizational Behavior and Human Decision Processes. Mike's research has been covered by media outlets such as Harvard Business Review, Financial Times, PBS, NPR, Business Insider, Men's Health, and New York Magazine among others. Prior to joining academia, Mike worked in the construction industry, at Hewlett Packard's Executive Leadership Development group, and in publishing and online education. He earned his undergraduate and graduate degrees from BYU, and his PHD from the University of Georgia. In this episode we discuss the following: Trust is both a gift and a burden. When we trust others, we can increase their pride and opportunities but can also overload them with responsibilities and pressure. Leaders routinely overload their most trusted people without taking anything off their plates, while under-investing in newer employees who could grow with smaller tasks. Trust shapes how we interpret behavior: trusted employees get the benefit of the doubt; less-trusted ones receive harsh judgments for the same mistakes, which can make early impressions disproportionately powerful. When people are forming those early impressions and deciding whether to trust us, they are thinking about three things: Are we competent? Do we care about them? Do we have good values? So if we do our job well and help other people without being asked, we will tend to make a good impression. About 25% of employees don't actually want more trust—they want stability, not responsibility.
durée : 00:05:33 - Le Journal de l'éco - par : Anne-Laure Chouin - Outre-Rhin aussi, le sujet enflamme le débat politique. Un conflit a opposé le chancelier Merz aux jeunes députés conservateurs, pourtant issus du même camp que lui. Ces dernières années, plusieurs projets ont avorté mais cette fois, le gouvernement n'a pas d'autre choix que de réformer. - réalisation : Sébastien Baer
WGN Radio's Dave Plier welcomes WTTW's Geoffrey Baer in studio to talk about his new TV special, “Chicago Works.” In this new 60-minute program, Baer meets (and helps) the industrious workers across the city and suburbs who operate Chicago's moveable bridges, deliver millions of packages, care for the city's animals, process recycling, operate the Wrigley […]
Meridith Baer grew up on the grounds of San Quentin prison, acted in TV and movies, wrote scripts in Hollywood … and then, at 50, started over – and built one of the best known home-staging companies in real estate.Meridith's life unfolds like a movie: As a teenager, she was forced to give up her baby for adoption. In her twenties, she was a writer for Penthouse. In her thirties and forties, she was a screenwriter in Hollywood, hobnobbing with Sally Field and dating Patrick Stewart.But in her late forties, Meridith hit a wall. Her writing career stalled, so she poured her energy into fixing up the house she was renting. When the owner sold that house almost immediately, she stumbled onto a strange new idea: why not stage homes for a living?From there, Meridith turned a few pieces of thrift-store furniture and potted plants into a full-blown business: trucks, warehouses, hundreds of employees, and high-end homes across Los Angeles, New York, Miami, and beyond. Along the way, she weathered the pressures of scaling a creative service into an operational machine—without ever raising outside capital.What you'll learn:How to reshape a career at 50 (or any age) without a master planHow Meridith priced her work based on value created, not hours workedWhy you don't always need investors to grow a multi-million-dollar service businessThe psychology of home staging: designing spaces that make buyers fall in love in the first 10 secondsHow Meridith thinks about legacy, stepping back, and seizing new opportunitiesTimestamps: 06:08 – Growing up as a warden's daughter inside San Quentin11:01 – Teen pregnancy, forced adoption, and reunion decades later12:43 – From Pepsi commercials to Penthouse magazine19:58 – Selling a major movie script, recoiling at the finished product22:47 – How a breakup with Patrick Stewart totally reshaped Meridith's life27:41 – The accidental first staging job at age 5035:17 – Early days of the business: vans, day laborers from Home Depot, and naming her price47:18 – Unexpected struggles: tax trouble, a cancer diagnosis51:07 – The business expands to New York and beyond1:00:22 – Running a 320-person company at 78—and what comes next1:05:56 – Small Business SpotlightThis episode was produced by Alex Cheng, with music by Ramtin Arablouei. It was edited by Neva Grant, with research help from Noor Gill. Our engineers were Patrick Murray and Kwesi Lee.Follow How I Built This:Instagram → @howibuiltthisX → @HowIBuiltThisFacebook → How I Built ThisFollow Guy Raz:Instagram → @guy.razYoutube → guy_razX → @guyrazSubstack → guyraz.substack.comWebsite → guyraz.comSee 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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Kate Baer wore sequins to Talking Volumes.It was a fitting close to the 2025 season — and not-so-subtle reminder that today is all we are promised. Might as well wear the sequins. Talking Volumes: Kate Baer Baer's latest book of poetry, “How About Now,” captures the mundane beauty of what it means to be a modern woman in midlife. She writes of shifting roles and shifting bodies, of the joy she finds in her family — even if she'd rather stand outside and look at them through the window, and the unique bond in female friendships. MPR News reporter Catharine Richert stepped into the host chair for this Talking Volumes, and talked with Baer about bad childhood poetry, Amish romance novels, the power of getting older and how Baer's latest poetry collection is both personal and resoundingly universal. Musicians Faith Boblett and Seth Duin closed out the evening with their own kind of poetry. Subscribe to the Thread newsletter for the latest book and author news and must-read recommendations.Subscribe to Big Books and Bold Ideas with Kerri Miller on Apple Podcasts, Google Podcasts, RSS or anywhere you get your podcasts.
In this episode of The Baer Faxt Podcast, renowned artist Rirkrit Tiravanija heads to the golf course with host Josh Baer in Doha, Qatar, to shoot the shot—and talk all things market, arts education and of course, his association with relational aesthetics.
When Laurel married in her late 50s, she never imagined she'd become her husband's full-time caregiver just five years later. Now, twenty years into that journey, she calls it a blessing: “He is so easy to care for…. I have released early feelings of resentment, realizing that I've been training my whole life to do this.”As Director of Strategic Initiatives for The Village Chicago, Laurel works mainly from home, crafting a monthly newsletter that shines a light on aging and ageism. Reflecting on life in her late-80s, she says, “I feel more myself than ever before in my life.”“I consider myself a solo ager because I am primary caregiver for my husband and am making all decisions and doing all tasks by myself.” - Laurel BaerConnect with Laurel:Email lbaer938@aol.comThe Village Chicago https://thevillagechicago.orgThanks to our Sponsor—Plymouth Place, LaGrange Park, ILDiscover the extraordinary at Plymouth Place—a vibrant community designed for active adults. Elevate your retirement living experience with tailored independent options, premier amenities, and a full continuum of care. https://plymouthplace.orgRecognizing the AGE-WISE COLLECTIVEWomen Over 70 is a proud member of the Age-Wise Collective, comprised of women-led podcasts that feature stories from women 50+ and topics that promote the pro-aging movement.MEET: Yvonne Marchese, founder and host of Late Bloomer Living https://www.latebloomerliving.com a podcast for women in midlife, inspiring and cheering each other on, sharing stories and taking bold action, in order to define and rock the next chapter of life and achieve new life goals
Hominins and feathered dinosaurs get all the publicity, but what even is a non-mammalian synapsid? They are some of the weirdest and coolest fossils in the fossil record, and they get almost no attention! Join Todd and Paul as they chat with paleontologist Matt McLain about these weird fossils. Do they really prove mammal evolution, or is there much more to the story? Find out on this episode of Let's Talk Creation!Episodes mentioned in this episodeEpisode 8Where is My Missing Link?https://youtu.be/KlHuBactLEEEpisode 42Why are Horse Fossils Important to Creationists?https://youtu.be/ZtDvd7mcAQgPlaylist of Paleoanthropologyhttps://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLOzn-NecEi8EQEPL-CsmVZRo--osOXXFfMaterials Mentioned in this EpisodeThe origin and evolution of mammalsTS Kemp https://global.oup.com/academic/product/the-origin-and-evolution-of-mammals-9780198507611?cc=us&lang=en&von Baer, Karl Ernst. Über Entwickelungsgeschichte der Thiere. Beobachtung und reflexion. [On the Developmental History of the Animals. Observations and Reflections]. Königsberg: 1828. http://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/item/28306Written in GermanBiography on von Baer.https://www.britannica.com/biography/Karl-Ernst-Ritter-von-Baer-Edler-von-HuthornKemp, TS. 2009. Phylogenetic interrelationships and pattern of evolution of the therapsides: testing for polytomyhttps://www.tskempoxford.com/_files/ugd/0c689e_1b3b7fcb16b4447e848ad84a1362b1f6.pdf
**Ask A Gettysburg Guide #117 — The Battle of Brandy Station with Tracy Baer & Mike Lentz**
We are thrilled to welcome longtime Run Farther & Faster runner, Dr. Kimberly Baer, a talented runner, dentist, mom and awesome human.Some may remember Kim's story from last year. She ran the Bank of America Chicago Marathon, and ran her lifetime PR there in a time of 3:21. Unfortunately, during that race, she stepped in a pothole and broke her foot--she still has no idea how she finished! As a result, Kim spent several months after the Chicago Marathon NOT running to allow her broken foot to heal with an eye toward her next goal race, the 2025 NYC Marathon.Kim shares how she recovered and trained for the 2025 TCS NYC Marathon and how she mentally prepared for that race after Chicago 2024.We loved this conversation and have no doubt our listeners will learn so much from Kim!You can find us on Instagram and and Facebook. Looking for coaching? Email us at julieandlisa@runfartherandfaster.com to set up a coaching call. Thanks for listening!
Christina Baer was raised in a secular home and didn't give God or Christianity much thought. But through the power of the Bible and the influence of believers, she eventually came to know Christ. Christina shares her journey of joining the church and discusses the beauty and challenge of joining a community of believers.Special thanks to Credo Schloss Unspunnen for the filming location and hospitality. This episode was recorded at the Kingdom Connect Conference in Switzerland; find more information at https://kingdomconnecteurope.org.Tirzah's Story This is the 292nd episode of Anabaptist Perspectives, a podcast, blog, and YouTube channel that examines various aspects of conservative Anabaptist life and thought. Sign-up for our monthly email newsletter which contains new and featured content!Join us on Patreon or become a website partner to enjoy bonus content!Visit our YouTube channel or connect on Facebook.Read essays from our blog or listen to them on our podcast, Essays for King JesusSubscribe on your podcast provider of choiceSupport us or learn more at anabaptistperspectives.org.The views expressed by our guests are solely their own and do not necessarily reflect the views of Anabaptist Perspectives or Wellspring Mennonite Church.
Dans l'émission du 31 octobre 2025, Marc-Antoine Le Bret a imité François Hollande, François Cluzet, Jeff Tuche, Edouard Baer et Jean-Alphonse Richard. Retrouvez tous les jours le meilleur des Grosses Têtes en podcast sur RTL.fr et l'application RTL.Hébergé par Audiomeans. Visitez audiomeans.fr/politique-de-confidentialite pour plus d'informations.
Sir Isaac Julien CBE RA, filmmaker and installation artist, sat down with The Baer Faxt's Founder and CEO Josh Baer for the second edition of The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025, recorded live during Frieze week. Tune in to hear insights from Isaac Julien on how personal history intersects with larger cultural narratives—from soul, fashion, philosophy to 1990s New York—and his own journey from an art school student to a world class, institutionally recognized (and recently knighted!) filmmaker and artist. The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025 is sponsored by London's Mount St. Restaurant. For more information, visit mountstrestaurant.com This conversation was broadcast on October 17th, 2025.
Emanuela Tarizzo, Director of Frieze Masters, joined The Baer Faxt's Founder and CEO Josh Baer for the second edition of The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025, recorded live during Frieze week. Tune in to hear Tarizzo discuss what sets Frieze Masters apart, from mixing old masters with contemporary art to how a new generation of younger exhibitors is making the fair more accessible. The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025 is sponsored by London's Mount St. Restaurant. For more information, visit mountstrestaurant.com This conversation was broadcast on October 17th, 2025.
Ed Dolman, founder of Dolman Partners LLP and former CEO of Phillips and Christie's, joined The Baer Faxt's Founder and CEO Josh Baer for The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025, recorded live during Frieze London. Hear Dolman discuss his journey from porter to CEO of not one but two major auction houses, and his thoughts on the rise of the Middle East's art world. The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025 is sponsored by London's Mount St. Restaurant. For more information, visit mountstrestaurant.com This marks our seventh edition of The Baer Faxt Live, following The Baer Faxt Live from Hong Kong, The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Miami Beach 2024, The Baer Faxt Live From London, Art Basel in Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong, and Art Basel Miami Beach 2023. This conversation was broadcast on October 17th, 2025.
Pilar Ordovas, founder of Ordovas, joined The Baer Faxt's Founder and CEO Josh Baer for The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025, recorded live during Frieze London. Tune in to hear Ordovas' temperature check on London's art scene, it's robust sense of community, and the recent outstanding acts of philanthropy. The Baer Faxt Live from London 2025 is sponsored by London's Mount St. Restaurant. For more information, visit mountstrestaurant.com This marks our seventh edition of The Baer Faxt Live, following The Baer Faxt Live from Hong Kong, The Baer Faxt Live from Art Basel Miami Beach 2024, The Baer Faxt Live From London, Art Basel in Basel, Art Basel Hong Kong, and Art Basel Miami Beach 2023. This conversation was broadcast on October 17th, 2025. *Please note Pilar Ordovas is the founder of Ordovas, not Ordovas Art as listed in the final slide.
Leaders Of Transformation | Leadership Development | Conscious Business | Global Transformation
How do you turn a personal frustration into a $75 million brand—with no experience in the industry? In this episode of Leaders of Transformation, host Nicole Jansen interviews Justin Baer, founder of Collars & Co., who transformed a simple idea—a dress-collar polo shirt—into one of the fastest-growing luxury menswear brands in America. With no background in fashion and a long history of entrepreneurial experiments (and failures), Justin shares how he built a multimillion-dollar brand through relentless action, rapid testing, and the courage to launch imperfect ideas. His story of Shark Tank success and partnership with Mark Cuban reveals how persistence, timing, and customer feedback can turn a simple product into a household name. You'll learn: How to identify business opportunities from everyday frustrations Why “done” is better than “perfect” when launching a new product The power of storytelling and viral marketing (including the TikTok video made by his daughter) How to scale fast while staying true to your brand vision What it takes to go from side hustle to a $75 million business in just three years If you're an entrepreneur, innovator, or aspiring business leader, this conversation will inspire you to take action—before you feel ready—and trust the process of learning, testing, and growing along the way.
#636 What if a simple TikTok video filmed by a seven-year-old could launch a million-dollar business? Or lead to a deal on Shark Tank? In this episode, host Kirsten Tyrrel sits down with Justin Baer, the founder and CEO of Collars & Co., a Mark Cuban-backed menswear brand that's changing how professional men dress. Justin takes us behind the scenes of his entrepreneurial journey — from the initial idea sparked during COVID to scaling the business into a full menswear line. He shares how a simple TikTok video filmed by his seven-year-old daughter turned into $40,000 in sales in the first month, why being willing to fail is key to success, and how giving away your product for free can be a powerful market test. Whether you're launching a product or looking to refine your business strategy, Justin's insights on testing, scaling, and building relationships will give you the confidence to take the next step! (Original Air Date - 3/24/25) What we discuss with Justin: + How a TikTok video sparked $40K in sales + Testing product viability with consignment + Importance of being willing to fail + Scaling from one product to a full brand + Leveraging influencer and social proof marketing + Why giving away products can drive sales + Balancing product uniqueness vs. smart marketing + Building strong relationships with retailers + Transitioning from DTC to omnichannel strategy + Learning and adapting quickly as an entrepreneur Thank you, Justin! Check out Collars & Co. at CollarsandCo.com. Use coupon code MU to get 20% off your first order. Watch the video podcast of this episode! To get access to our FREE Business Training course go to MillionaireUniversity.com/training. And follow us on: Instagram Facebook Tik Tok Youtube Twitter To get exclusive offers mentioned in this episode and to support the show, visit millionaireuniversity.com/sponsors. Want to hear from more incredible entrepreneurs? Check out all of our interviews here! Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices