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2 episodes with Brian Dunn
This week's show has the weekly monologue, 5 minutes with Jack, News with Chester County Ramblings and an interview with West Whiteland supervisor Brian Dunn.
Join us for an exciting episode as we welcome Brian Dunn from the band Fantastic Cat!
This week I am doing something a bit different - I am taking a deep dive into the societal constructs that create unbalanced relationships and hold women back from living the lives of their dreams. Buckle up and get ready for an impactful discussion with return guest co-host Mr. Brian Dunn. Note: this is a two-part episode! If you are curious about what it means to de-center men or take a patriarchy detox you are going to love what we have for you this week. Beat your breakup in THREE hours or less. Click here to get started. I am so excited for this one! In part one Brian and I will explore: -What is the patriarchy? -How men benefit from a patriarchy detox-What a patriarchy detox IS-The real meaning of feminism -Hidden stereotypes about gender roles that rob all genders of their humanity -AND MORE! Please go show Brian some podcast love. Follow him on IG at mrbriancdunn and TicTok at mrbriancdunn Resources mentioned in this episode: Episode: Stop victim blaming (125) Documentary: Victim/Suspect (Netflix) Book: The Patriarchs: The Origins of Inequality by Angela Saini More Janice/Brian episodes: -
Send us a Text Message.Ever dreamed of jamming with some of the music industry's most celebrated icons? Picture yourself backing up the likes of Chaka Khan and Patty LaBelle? Brian Dunne, a renowned drummer, is living that dream, and he's here to share his incredible journey. As he walks us through his early days of jamming with his brother to his experiences with world-famous artists, Brian's tale is a testament to the power of dedication, practice, and an unwavering passion for music.Navigating the unpredictable music industry is no easy feat. Imagine waiting on tenterhooks to find out if you'd be called back for another gig or dealing with overzealous fans. When we shift gears and delve into Brian's career progression and his experiences in the Long Island drum scene, it's clear that camaraderie and support can make all the difference. His candid tales reveal the exciting and sometimes challenging life of a professional drummer and the importance of friendship within the industry.In an industry steeped in tradition but continually evolving, understanding the fundamentals of drumming and their application to different musical genres is key. Brian sheds light on the evolution of drumming, the rise of modern drummers, and the impact of technology on the music industry. Whether you are a seasoned drummer seeking inspiration or a newbie fascinated by the world of drumming, this conversation with Brian Dunn will leave you with newfound insights and a renewed passion for your craft.Support the Show.
Don't let fear stop you from stepping into the plans God has for you. It is time to take a step out of the boat and walk.
Let me be your breakup buddy! Get direct access to my calendar here to schedule a FREE consultation. Ah triggers…they come up when we least expect them to, and we often react so quickly that it can cause ruptures in our relationships. Preventing these ruptures is an intentional, ongoing practice. An inside of a healthy, committed relationship both people can play a part in working through it. But it is our personal responsibility to make that happen. Welcome back to the show Brian Dunn! This week we are talking about: -The definition of a “trigger” -What happens when we feel triggered -How our past relationships affect what we respond to -What can happen in a relationship when triggers go un-addressed -The part that each person in a relationship plays in addressing and preventing future rifts that are caused due to past shit Please go show Brian some podcast love. Follow him on IG at mrbriancdunn and TicTok at mrbriancdunn Quotes from the episode: “Get specific. Saying you ‘felt triggered' does not describe your experience.” “If someone has “triggers” and is not working to resolved them, you do have the option to consider if it is something you want to take on.” “Both perspectives can be true.” “It is not about who's right and who's wrong. It's about ‘We have this problem. How can we fix it together?'” Want to connect? Email: breakupspodcast@gmail.com IG: @breakupspodcast and @janiceformichella Love Breakups, Broken Hearts, and Moving On? Let me know by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. ____________________________________________________________________________ Breakups, Broken Hearts, and Moving On with Janice Formichella is an inclusive space for all adults who are looking to heal their hearts and have happy relationships. I believe that love is love and that there are a wide variety of different types of relationships and that all are valid. I recognize each individual's right to self-identify. As a podcast host, I am dedicated to making this a safe space for all and strive to portray that in my content. I welcome feedback on my efforts and thank you for being a part of the community. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/breakupspod/support
Listen into the following Toastmasters speeches given on September 14, 2023 at Rochester Club 476: Grandpa Dunn - Brian Dunn Two Reasons - Frank DeBellis Feedback on a speech or questions for the producer? Email us: rtm476podcast@gmail.com Find a club near you! - https://www.toastmasters.org/ Toastmasters International and all other Toastmasters International trademarks and copyrights are the sole property of Toastmasters International. This podcast is independent of Toastmasters International. It is not authorized by, endorsed by, sponsored by, affiliated with, or otherwise approved by Toastmasters International other than for the use of the name, Toastmasters International. The music used in this episode is “Spark of Inspiration” by Shane Ivers. https://www.silvermansound.com/free-music/spark-of-inspiration
In Matthew 14:28, Peter asks Jesus a question. Is it the silliest question in the gospels or the most powerful? Today, we learn to ask the better question. For more from Calvary, visit our website: https://calvaryorlando.org or follow us on social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/calvaryorlando/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/calvaryorlando/?hl=en New Believer? Click the link to fill out our guest card! https://calvaryorlando.churchcenter.com/people/forms/160941 For online giving, go to: https://app.securegive.com/calvaryorlando
Bobby Russo, President of Golden Gloves of America &; NewEngland Region, Brian Dunn, Business Manager of Sprinkler FittersLocal Union 669. Re: Golden Gloves of America “Making Championsand Good Citizens since 1923” Golden Gloves Boxing in Lowell Ma. Isin its 75 th year. “Great Fights for Good Causes”
Breakups are part of life. Children are a part of life. But…the two don't go together all that well, right? Well, I've called in the experts to help! This week I am joined by two of return co-hosts and friends of the show to take a deep dive into (almost) everything that has to do with discussing breakups with your children. Dating-after-divorce coach Brian Dunn and co-parenting coach Katie Davie join me for a powerful roundtable chat about this sticky circumstance. We cover: -Telling your children that you and their other parent are getting a divorce -The difference between telling children about divorce and other types of breakups -Age-appropriate ways to have these discussions -Looking after yourself while looking after your children -How much is too much as far as involving your children in your breakups -Introducing new partners to your children -Talking about your co-parent's breakups -AND MORE PLUS: Listener questions! Please go show Brian some love. Follow him on IG at mrbriancdunn and TicTok at mrbriancdunn AND Please go show Katie some love, and get in touch with her if you want to learn about one-on-one support for navigating the co-parenting journey. You can find her on IG at CoparentingPeacefully. Want one-on-one support? Find me on IG at @Janiceformichella or email Exphilespodcast@gmail.com. Love Ex-Philes? Please help others find it by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. ____________________________________________________________________________ The Ex-Philes is an inclusive space for all adults who are looking to heal their hearts and have happy relationships. I believe that love is love and that there are a wide variety of different types of relationships and that all are valid. I recognize each individual's right to self-identify. As a podcast host, I am dedicated to making this a safe space for all and strive to portray that in my content. I welcome feedback on my efforts and thank you for being a part of the community. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ex-philes/support
SZ. 2/EP. 15 of The Fantasy Guyz is out now on Youtube, Apple, & Spotify Podcasts all under OZ Media (links in bio).The crew broke down all of the major topics that happened in week 15 of the NFL/Fantasy Football season.Our guest this week was the boss man Brian Dunn, assistant principal at Hanley International Academy (one of our gold sponsors of the show). This show was sponsored by BC Adhesives, Hanley International Academy, The Qahwah House, The Balkan House Restaurant, Unique Coney Island and Hammertime True Value Hardware. #nfl #fantasy #football #fantasyfootball #starts #sits #studs #duds #lions #jets #cowboys #jaguars #commanders #giants #rams #packers #questions #answers #thefantasyguyz #live #youtube #apple #spotify #podcasts
The time after a breakup is a POWERFUL one for reflecting on our relationship patterns and identifying where we want to grow and learn. In this week's episode guest co-host, Brian Dunn and I talk about HOW to do this in a way that creates lasting change and the foundation for joyful relationships in the future. Grab a pen and paper and start up-leveling your relationships now! Please go show Brian some love. Follow him on IG at mrbriancdunn and TicTok at mrbriancdunn What topics would you like Brian and I to cover in the future? You know where to find me: Send me a DM on IG at @Janiceformichella or email Exphilespodcast@gmail.com. Love Ex-Philes? Please help others find it by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. ____________________________________________________________________________ The Ex-Philes is an inclusive space for all adults who are looking to heal their hearts and have happy relationships. I believe that love is love and that there are a wide variety of different types of relationships and that all are valid. I recognize each individual's right to self-identify. As a podcast host, I am dedicated to making this a safe space for all and strive to portray that in my content. I welcome feedback on my efforts and thank you for being a part of the community. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ex-philes/support
Dating after divorce can be nerve-wracking and many people feel that they don't know what they are doing. But the good news is that there are SO many resources available and so many people both paving the way and teaching others what they have learned. One of these people is my friend and colleague, Brian Dunn. Brian works specifically with people navigating the crazy world of dating and courtship following their divorces. He speaks from experience; he dated 100 people in the first 15 months following his divorce and felt more confident AND competent with each new experience he had. I think Brian is an inspiration to men who desire more confidence with women, especially after being out of the “dating game” for a long period of time. We all have to start somewhere, right? Please go show Brian some love. Follow him on IG at mrbriancdunn and TicTok at mrbriancdunn What topics would you like Brian and I to cover in the future? You know where to find me: Send me a DM on IG at @Janiceformichella or email Exphilespodcast@gmail.com. Love Ex-Philes? Please help others find it by leaving a review on Apple Podcasts. ____________________________________________________________________________ The Ex-Philes is an inclusive space for all adults who are looking to heal their hearts and have happy relationships. I believe that love is love and that there are a wide variety of different types of relationships and that all are valid. I recognize each individual's right to self-identify. As a podcast host, I am dedicated to making this a safe space for all and strive to portray that in my content. I welcome feedback on my efforts and thank you for being a part of the community. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ex-philes/support
In this 1131st episode of Toronto Mike'd, Mike chats with Brian Dunn about his fascinating career in Korean and Canadian media and his love for the Barenaked Ladies. Toronto Mike'd is proudly brought to you by Great Lakes Brewery, Palma Pasta, Yes, We Are Open, The Advantaged Investor, Canna Cabana, StickerYou, Ridley Funeral Home and Electronic Products Recycling Association.
I'm so pumped for this episode! I've got Dating & Relationship Coach Brian Dunn here to share his POV on the Vital Skills Every Man Should Know For A Successful Relationship...and in LIFE! Let's go, guys-- this one is for YOU! Like me, Brian uses his experiences and (and knowledge) about love, relationships, (online) dating, communication, and personal growth to help his clients find love again. He's here to equip you with the tools and understanding necessary for successful dating and relationships. "If you can't admit when you made a mistake, that's insecurity." ~Brian Dunn Today's episode is fantastic for both women and men, but especially significant for men to understand that vulnerability is acceptable in their relationships and life! Thank you, Brian, for joining me today and sharing your excellent perspective on all things MEN and relationships! I appreciate YOU. Peace, love, and truth, xo j FIND BRIAN HERE Here's the link to my Online Dating Course: DOING DATING RIGHT! Join the Facebook Group and leave a question for a future episode: https://www.facebook.com/groups/doingdivorcerightpodcast Where to find me: Website: https://jenniferhurvitz.com/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/jenniferhurvitzbiz/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/doingrelationshipsright/ Youtube: CLICK HERE ♥️ TikTok: CLICK HERE! Pinterest: click here! You can connect with my editor, Cianna Reider, at https://yourpodcastva.weebly.com/ Get a copy of Jen's book, "Woulda, Coulda, Shoulda: A Divorce Coach's Guide to Staying Married" here. Show notes: [00:27] Struggling with dating? Check out Weaver Dating! (https://weaverdating.com/) [01:54] What Brian C does. [02:50] Women want more than a male provider. [05:10] Why therapy matters. [07:25] How to discuss your dating history. [08:23] Being a divorced dad of teenagers and dating. [10:13] 10 skills every man should know. [12:50] Why you need to take accountability. [13:50] Why men don't express their feelings well. [21:07] What Brian is working on! [25:18] Where to find Brian online, and what's coming up for him!
Licensed Clinical Social WSorker, Brian Dunn, discusses how children who participate in team sports tend to have better mental health outcomes than kids who dont.
What is the point? Where is the point? Can you be the point? These are questions that we all were asked this week when Pastor Brian walked us through the very complicated nature of being a father during this Father's Day service. We could never limit the amount of times that God thinks about us in a day. Grab your Bibles, notebooks and pens. Jesus wants to speak to you through this word today. For more from Calvary, visit our website: calvaryorlando.org or follow us on social media: @calvaryorlando New Believer? Click the link to fill out our guest card! https://calvaryorlando.org/guest-card
Licensed Clinical Social Worker with Connections Wellness Group Brian Dunn discusses the mental health effects of the COVID-19 lockdowns as well as the importance of mental health with the Texas shooting earlier this week
Join our new Patreon! Become an Ex-Philes insider! https://www.patreon.com/exphiles It can be easy to be uncomfortable using your voice after a relationship. And when you are catching the feels for someone but not sure how they feel. Welcome to defining the relationship! This week we are thrilled to be joined for a chat with dating and relationship coach Brian Dunn to talk about his extensive background with using healthy, open communication in his post-divorce dating life and how that led to him supporting others to do the same. Don't miss out on this interview! We cover: -How to know you are ready to date after a divorce or a long-term relationship -Online dating tips that win -Keeping a relationship casual or making it long term. -And more Follow Brian at https://briancdunn.com/ and https://www.instagram.com/mrbriancdunn/?hl=en Keep up with the Ex-Philes gals! Head over to the podcast Instagram @exphilespodcast and follow Clair @clairlofthouse and Janice @Janiceformichella. And if you'd like to join our online community, find us on Facebook at Breakups, Broken Hearts, and Moving On. We want to know you and for you to know us! ____________________________________________________________________________ The Ex-Philes is an inclusive space for all adults who are looking to heal their hearts and have happy relationships. We believe that love is love and that there are a wide variety of different types of relationships and that all are valid. We recognize each individual's right to self-identify. As podcast hosts, we are dedicated to making this a safe space for all and strive to portray that in our content. We welcome feedback around our efforts and thank you for being a part of the community. ***Notes for Brian's: He says “No More Mr. Nice Guy” is the male form of codependency— we acknowledge that codependency is not gendered and that any person can be codependent. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/ex-philes/support
Brian Dunn, Business Manager of Sprinkler Fitters Local 669, appeared on today's episode of the America's Work Force Union Podcast and spoke about the role organizing non-union members played in the growth of the Local. He also addressed the importance of the United Association Veterans in Piping Program at Fort Campbell, which teaches active-duty transitioning military service members a basic sprinkler fitting skillset and guarantees them a job with a Local 669 signatory contractor. International Union of Operating Engineers Local 132 Attorney and Lobbyist Justin Williams was the second guest on today's podcast. He spoke about the Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act. He also discussed the political climate in West Virginia and how state legislators are slowly realizing the repeal of the state's Prevailing Wage law did not work.
This week on Race for the Ring, Mindie is joined by Dating & Relationship Coach, Brian Dunn. In this episode, Mindie and Brian talk about how to avoid first date disasters. Brian shares his expert opinion when it comes to the first date kiss, unwanted d*ck pics, love bombing, and so much more. Listen closely as he reveals his do's and don'ts to take you from the first to the second date! Follow Brian Dunn:Website: https://briancdunn.com/IG: https://www.instagram.com/mrbriancdunn/Twitter: https://twitter.com/mrbriancdunnYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChzwUX1596wIqmH1fTV6nJg TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@mrbriancdunn Mindie BarnettWebsite: https://mbandassociatespr.com/ Our GDPR privacy policy was updated on August 8, 2022. Visit acast.com/privacy for more information.
Brian was with us to discuss his scifi book with shades of reality and plausibility, TubeTownFrontier which refers to building a settlement in lava tubes on the Moon. Please read the full summary of the program at www.thespaceshow.com for Sunday, Jan. 16, 2022.
This week Pastor Brian shares what it is like following Jesus, moving forward with your life but leaving the self-destruction behind.
We live in a world that has always been shaped by stories. Jesus knew this, and told life-giving stories, called parables, to relate with and engage people from every generation and culture. In our series: LIKE JESUS we will go through the Parables to discover what it means to think, live and lead LIKE JESUS.
Jon and Josh are joined by Brian Dunn (in his third appearance) to discuss deck building card games, pumpkins, and everything wrong with OO programming.
Archbishop Brian Dunn sits down with Ron to discuss the meaning of synodality and how it relates to the mission of the church. We are all called to full, active, conscious participation in our faith communities.
We live in a world that has always been shaped by stories. Jesus knew this, and told life-giving stories, called parables, to relate with and engage people from every generation and culture. In our series: LIKE JESUS we will go through the Parables to discover what it means to think, live and lead LIKE JESUS. This Week Pastor Brian will share about the love of God and how He works through us.
For today's episode of the Let's Meet for a Beer Podcast teaming up with our good friends from Brightside. Brightside by ATB is a free banking app that helps you do more you - so you can save for and spend on the craft beer you enjoy. Just like our team at Alberta Beer Festivals, Brightside calls Alberta home and is proud to support great local breweries and businesses with their Friends with Benefits program . Today we'll be chatting with Brian Dunn, owner and founder of Canmore Brewing - one of Brightside's Friends with Benefits where Brightsiders can earn extra savings. Today me and Trevor from the ABF team were in Canmore for a pint with our friend Brian Dunn who is the brains and the smile behind Canmore Brewing. Brian and his team have embraced the mountain lifestyle - he was literally on his way to join some friends to go mountain biking as we left the brewery! Brian has an inspirational story for anyone who dreams of leaving their 9-5 someday and following their passion - I hope that you enjoy the conversation.More About BrightsideJoin Brightside and experience the banking app that helps you do more you. Download the app to sign up in minutes from your phone to get spending and saving - all for free. You can learn more about Brightside by ATB at hibrightside.ca. Brightside's giving all you lucky listeners $30 when you sign up using the code BEER. Download the app, sign up and minutes and put that $30 to good use (let's face it, we know you'll likely use it on beer!) Brightside: Download | Website | Instagram | Facebook | TwitterAlberta Beer Festivals: Website | Twitter | InstagramLet's Meet For A Beer: Website
Coach Brian Dunn of Northern Valley Old Tappan joins us for this week's episode of The Greatest Games Podcast! Coach Dunn is both the head coach of the girls basketball and football teams there and has led them both to multiple sectional titles. Coach tells us about an incredible sectional game in 2018 vs. Pascack Valley and the great Jeff Jasper (episode 115 of The Greatest Games Podcast). Click for an awesome article about the game and see a video from the longest 13 seconds in the history. Before going any further, please make a donation here to Coach Tacauma Lettsome's GoFundMe page and help this former basketball coach in his fight against ALS: https://www.gofundme.com/f/help-tacauma-fight-als/donate You can learn more about ALS (Lou Gehrig's Disease) here at ALS.org. Hear more about Coach Lettsome's story in this link from WLTX TV in Columbia, SC. Visit TeachHoops.com/816basketball for incredible basketball coaching content and resources from Coach Steve Collins. Sign up for the two week free trial, learn and grow as a coach and support the show all at the same time. Share, subscribe and leave us a 5 star review if you enjoy. Follow us on Twitter at @816Basketball.
This week Pastor Brian Dunn continues our series Summer in the Psalms with the 'Be still and know' from Psalm 46.
King of English Children's Television in Korea and one time Price Is Right star, Brian Dunn joins us this week! He's a longtime Disney fan so in honour of the release of Luca he has brought us his list of the top five Pixar movies!
This week Pastor Brian Dunn concludes our Guardrails series: A PERSONAL STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR THAT BECOMES A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE
This week Pastor Brian Dunn continues our new series Guardrails series with A PERSONAL STANDARD OF BEHAVIOR THAT BECOMES A MATTER OF CONSCIENCE. God’s plan for you is to experience the highest expression of relational and physical intimacy in the safe boundaries of a committed and lasting relationship.
Brian Dunn, Managing Partner at the Cochran Firm California, appeared on MSNBC, seeming to blame Daunte Wright for his death. Tiffany Cross, among many of us in the blogosphere, were not kind. He sent in this response. Brian Dunn clarifies his comments on Daunte Wright. Early tonight, I received an email from a source I […] --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/egbertowillies/support
Today is an open forum. Give us a call or message us about your thoughts. We hear from Brian Dunn, the lawyer that seems to blame those humans killed-by-cop. Manchin fears insurrectionists.
Brian Dunn again joins Josh and Jon to discuss video games, agile lore, Josh's disgrace of a basement, and sailing.
TODAY we celebrate the God who is VICTORIOUS. We glorify the mighty God who rolled away the stone. We magnify our God who reigns in victory and power.
The Complete Unknowns, Brian Dunn, and Happy Birthday, Bucky Halker!
This week Pastor Brian Dunn will share a message on Living Faith - it's about direction not perfection.
Join us today on A Nation Divided with legendary civil rights attorney Brian Dunn (managing partner of The Cochran Firm California) and his best friend Jim!
Two Brian's better than one! Brian Dunn (Civil Rights Atty & OJ Simpson trial team) joins Brian Panish for a civil justice discussion around the George Floyd jury selection starting with the question, 'what do you think about the justice system today' Find out more.
Ron's Arch Bishop, Brian Dunn, is a teach at heart. This conversation on digital worship will give you and your parish things to consider when planning ahead.
Join us today on A Nation Divided with legendary civil rights attorney Brian Dunn (managing partner of The Cochran Firm California) and his best friend Jim!
Jesus promised we would not be alone when He ascended to heaven after the resurrection. He told us God was sending us a Helper to be with us forever. His name is Holy Spirit.
We love the Christian Reformed Church; we want to see reformation in our denomination; and we recognize that reformation is typically messy. So, we're having conversations with pastors throughout the CRC about what reformation might look like. Intro Music by Matt Krotzer
We love the Christian Reformed Church; we want to see reformation in our denomination; and we recognize that reformation is typically messy. So, we're having conversations with pastors throughout the CRC about what reformation might look like. Intro Music by Matt Krotzer
Join us today on A Nation Divided with legendary civil rights attorney Brian Dunn (managing partner of The Cochran Firm California) and his best friend Jim!
We get to choose how we write our story. We are not able to control everything that happens in our life - but we do get to choose how we respond to things that happen to us. Today we will explore how you can write your story - how does anger impact your story?
Should Donald Trump be prosecuted for the Capitol Hill insurrection? A Nation Divided with legendary civil rights attorney Brian Dunn (managing partner of the Cochran Firm California) and his best friend Jim!
This week Pastor Brian continues our Kingdom Culture Series with sharing about generosity.
Initially aired on the Life Well Dunn Podcast, hosted by Brian Dunn, on November 5, 2020.From The Life Well Dunn Podcast:This episode can't be summed up in words. My buddy Josh stops by to open up about all things mental health, specifically the journey of his life since his brother's suicide over a decade ago.Josh is a special human, and I'm grateful to have had the opportunity to chat with him about his struggles, how he's bringing awareness to the topic, and so many other things! Josh talks about what it means to ask for help, living your truth, and how difficult it can be for men to navigate their emotions.If you're struggling, please reach out for help.Give this episode a listen, rate, subscribe, and leave a comment!Follow Josh and his journey on Instagram @thejoshpierce.Give Brian a shout on Instagram @lifewelldunn.You can help bring awareness through Tyler's foundation, https://tylersteamfoundation.org
Josh and Jon are joined by Brian Dunn to discuss jogging incentives, bedtime routines, and stickin' it to the Man.
Episode Summary In this episode of Solar Maverick, Benoy talks with Steve Raeder who is the Founder and CEO at Summit Ridge Energy and Brian Dunn who serves as dual role COO/CFO and co-founder at Summit Ridge Energy. Summit Ridge Energy is the nation’s leading owner-operator of community solar assets, providing energy savings to thousands of customers across the country. They speak about how they grew Summit Ridge Energy from 5 employees with zero revenue in 2017 to 50 employees and several hundred million in top line revenue. Steve and Brian discuss trends in community solar, energy storage projects that they are developing, and the tax equity market. Benoy Thanjan Benoy Thanjan is the Founder and CEO of Reneu Energy, as well as an advisor for several solar startup companies. Reneu Energy is a premier international solar energy consulting firm and developer, and the company focuses on developing commercial and industrial solar, as well as utility-scale solar plus storage projects. The company also sources financing for solar projects and hedges both energy and environmental commodities. Benoy received his first experience in Finance as an intern at D.E. Shaw & Co., which is a global investment firm with 37 billion dollars in investment capital. Before founding Reneu Energy, he was the SREC Trader in the Project Finance Group for SolarCity, which merged with Tesla in 2016. He originated SREC trades with buyers and co-developed their SREC monetization and hedging strategy with the senior management of SolarCity, to move into the east coast markets. Benoy also worked at Vanguard Energy Partners, Ridgewood Renewable Power, and Deloitte & Touche. Steve Raeder Steve Raeder is the Founder and the CEO of Summit Ridge energy, one of the nation’s largest owner/operators of community solar assets. In his role as CEO, Steve leads day to day corporate operations, as well as development and execution of the company’s revenue generation strategies. Prior to launching SREC in 2017, Steve served in multiple roles as SunEdison including Managing Director of Sales and General Manager of its East Coast C&I business unit where his team’s developed hundreds of MWs across multiple solar markets, including pioneering work with off-site “virtual” system that transformed the company’s business model. Steve holds a BA in History and Business Administration from Gettysburg College. Brian Dunn Brian Dunn is the co-founder of Summit Ridge Energy and serves as the company’s Chief Operating Officer and Chief Financial Officer. A member of the company’s management committee, Brian is responsible for all of SRE’s financial functions including accounting, audit, treasury, corporate finance and project finance. Prior to Summit Ridge, Brian served as Vice President at Hunt Alternative Energy Investments, the energy investment subsidiary of Texas-based Hunt Companies. In this role, Brian managed the company’s investments in distributed solar and combined heat and power projects. Prior to joining Hunt in 2011, Brian developed and financed clean energy projects for a private equity manager and held associate and analyst positions at JPMorgan and American Express. Brian received his B.A. from Bowdoin College in Economics and Government & Legal Studies. Stay Connected: Benoy Thanjan Email: info@reneuenergy.com LinkedIn: Benoy Thanjan Website: https://www.reneuenergy.com Steve Raeder Website: https://srenergy.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/steve-raeder-5283a0/ Brian Dunn Website: https://srenergy.com Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-dunn-78010115/ Top 5 Solar Energy Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020 Thank you to Feedspot for having the Solar Maverick Podcast as one of the top 5 Solar Energy Podcasts You Must Follow in 2020. Below is the link with more information. https://blog.feedspot.com/solar_energy_podcasts/ Subscribe to our podcast + download each episode on iTunes,Podbean, and youtube. This episode was produced and managed by Podcast Laundry (www.podcastlaundry.com)
This week Pastor Brian shares an important and timely message on Superhero Kingdom Culture!
This week Pastor Brian shares an important and timely message on Kingdom Culture: "What's a man gotta do?" on Father's Day!
This week Pastor Brian shares a powerful message from our Lead With Philippians series.
Pumpkin Spice Yeti by Great Divide Brewing Company is rich and roasty with added layers of decadent sweetness. It’s brewed with seasonal spices and a unique selection of coffee from their friends at Pablo’s Coffee. The brewery started small and in the beginning Brian Dunn was the only full-time employee. As the brewery grew, the beer spoke for itself. Dunn’s beers are balanced, flavorful and representative of a lifestyle that is uniquely Colorado. While Great Divide’s ethos may be globally-inspired, their beers are distinctly Denver. This week on FDB - a co-ed learns the hard way never to drink and dry, a 67-year-old Ninja saves the day, fowl-mouthed parrots are given time-outs, and more! Now please kick back, and enjoy another sit down with Friends Drink Beer. To support the and find out more about their beers, visit: Website: Greatdivide.com Instagram: @greatdividebrew Have a question for Ryan & Alex? Submit it today at www.friendsdrinkbeer.com, and we will answer it on the next episode! Lastly if you like the show, donate to us and show your support: www.patreon.com/friendsdrinkbeer CREDITS Alex Hobbs - Host/Executive Producer Ryan Roope - Host/Executive Producer Jared Brody - Writer/Producer Chelsea Cook - Writer
We are live! This week Pastor Brian shares from Philippians 2:1-11 about the importance of true friendship and fellowship.
Julia talks with friend and former colleague, Brian Dunn, about Galatians 6:1-5.
On this weeks episode we're joined by Brian Dunn of the Life Well Dunn podcast and waste no time getting right to it! With the world still reeling and dealing with the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic, this has brought up a number of questions for the strength and health community. Primarily, where do we go from here? What does all of this mean for the health space going forward? And how do we as coaches learn to pivot and adjust to this new landscape?
This week Pastor Brian shares about how the Apostle Paul was single-minded in his actions and beliefs because he is single sourced and utterly reliant on Jesus Christ.
Pastor Brian continues the series Lead With:Philippians.. How can just 3 verses in the bible impact our everyday living?
On this episode of the Str8 No Chaser with Jasmyne Cannick podcast Jasmyne brings on the woman who Lancaster #LACounty sheriff's deputies dragged outside naked and bleeding after kicking down her door in search of her brother who was already in jail. Jane Doe is joined by her attorney Brian Dunn of The Cochran Firm in Los Angeles. #podcast #Jasmyne #policereform #policeviolence #CriminalJusticeReform #BLM #BlackLivesMatter #blackwomen #antelopevalley #palmdale #lancaster #lawenforcement #SheriffsDeputy #sheriff #losangeles #women #morrismedia #morrismedialive
On this weeks episode we're joined by Strength & Conditioning Coach, Power Athlete Block One Coach, and host of the Life Well Dunn podcast; Brian Dunn! We go down the long road on this one and dive into everything from emotional attachment to exercise, to program design, and how to help people navigate training once their competitive days are behind them. Listen NOW!
This week Pastor Brian is sharing a message on peace. We live during challenging times, but God calls us to hold onto the peace that only He provides. A peace that last through lives ups and downs.
Because we all want some more. God's plan for your finances.
Hour three of DJ & PK in the Morning for May 6, 2020: Segment 1 - Best half-innings for MLB teams Segment 2 - Dave Southorn, The Athletic Segment 3 - Partner Profile with Brian Dunn form Steward Health Care
Brian Dunn, West Region President for Steward Health Care, joined DJ & PK Wednesday morning to talk about the great work that Steward is doing in their hospitals during the current COVID-19 pandemic. He highlighted the changes they've made to make sure all of their patients can be assured of their safety when going to a Steward facility for treatment or procedures.
Thanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Canmore Brewing Company President and Founder, Brian DunnLet's Meet For A BeerAlberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagramBrian Dunn - Canmore Brewing: website | twitter | instagram
Thanks for listening to Let's Meet For A Beer Uncut: Isolation Edition. In these unedited conversations with members of our community affected by COVID-19 we talk about how we can help each other and make it through this together. Today we talk to Canmore Brewing Company President and Founder, Brian Dunn Let’s Meet For A Beer Alberta Beer Festivals: website | twitter | instagram Brian Dunn - Canmore Brewing: website | twitter | instagram
In Matthew 5 Jesus speaks directly about what we are meant to be.
This week Pastor Brian shares what it means to be a dad. And that not every man is a dad but not every dad is a man either.
This week Pastor Brian shares how God's preparing for our response.
This Sunday Pastor Brian shares a message on having a Soil Soaking Soul.
A thriving marriage doesn’t happen by chance. Pastors Brian and Caroline share their story and the lessons they learned along the way with Jesus being in the center of it all.
Today on A Nation Divided Radio, Brian and James will be continuing the discussion on Fake news in the media. From the last episode, due to some brilliant callers, Brian and Jim have found out that the news today is full of agenda. On the show today Brian and Jim discuss "What is Truth and where can we find it?" Tune in today on A Nation Divided Radio.
This week pastor Brian shares about the story of our saviour's birth and the amazing gift He is to us in our everyday life.
This week Pastor Brian shares what God does in the baptism and what it means to walk in the footsteps of Jesus.
"A Nation Divided" featured guest was Northwestern Law School professor and former Assistant US Attorney, Dr. Juliet Sorensen. Brian Dunn and Dr. Sorensen discuss the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act during this episode. Dr. Sorensen directs the Northwestern Access to Health Project, an interdisciplinary global health program linking Northwestern University and partner communities around the world.
Today on a Nation Divided Radio, Brian Dunn and Producer Jim Oates discuss established languages in the United States. Is considered discrimination to have one main language in a country made up of immigrants? Join us today and be apart of the conversation.
On this episode of the Craft Industry Alliance podcast we're talking about running a fabric, notions, and gifts company with my guests, Mark, Brian, and Josh Dunn of Moda and United Notions. Mark Dunn got his start in the fabric industry in 1966 working with his father William Dunn at Sewing, Sales, and Services which they founded together. In May of 1975 when Mark was 29, he moved to Texas to start United Notions Inc. He started with a five-man operation where he would take orders in the morning and fill them at his warehouse in the afternoon. In 1991 he started Moda Fabrics, a company that created a new product category of precuts with their famous Jelly Rolls. Brian Dunn started working at United Notions during the summers and officially started full time in 1986. He managed and operated the Denver warehouse for 15 years as Vice President of Operations until they closed that warehouse down to consolidate all of their warehousing in their home state of Texas. He moved back and has handled all fabric buying since then. Josh Dunn started with the company 8 years ago after graduating from the University of Southern California with a major in Photography and business administration. At Moda Fabrics, he is the director of international sales. +++++ This episode is sponsored by Mitzie Shafer at Jittery Wings Quilt Co. Mitzie has authored and illustrated a new book titled Improve Your Practice: Free-Motion Quilting. She believes that quilting your beautiful quilt top doesn’t have to be frightening once you learn to stop fighting with it. Visit jitterywings.com and use the coupon code WHILESHENAPS to get 20% off your own signed copy. +++++ Please note that this show used to be called the While She Naps podcast. The name has changed, but the content and host have stayed the same. To get the full show notes for this episode, visit Craft Industry Alliance where you can learn more about becoming a member of our supportive trade association. Strengthen your creative business, stay up to date on industry news, and build connections with forward-thinking craft professionals. Meet with show host, Abby Glassenberg, each month for our Craft Business Roundtable, get access to courses and webinars taught by industry leaders, and much more.
Damian Duffy After Dark (DDAD) is a pop-culture comedy show where everything is better... after dark (and we're not talking about the 90's Mac screensaver). We entertain you always in raspy, sexy, hushed voices with topics that are germaine to everyone everywhere everyday forever and ever amen. ---- Brian Dunn returns for a comedic sports-themed episode where Damian, Eric, and Sven share their sports things that they did where they scored a goal unit basket point. Also Leslie learns the gang on how to make a cheesecake in an instapot! ---- This episode is sponsored by Trumpy Dump Laxatives and Lou's Breadstick Emporium. Music by local Champaign-Urbana band The Dry Look!
Damian Duffy After Dark (DDAD) is a pop-culture comedy show where everything is better... after dark (and we're not talking about the 90's Mac screensaver). We entertain you always in raspy, sexy, hushed voices with topics that are germaine to everyone everywhere everyday forever and ever amen. ---- The amazing Brian Dunn joins Damain, Eric, and Sven to discuss the importance of eating right and staying healthy. The gang is also joined, later in the show, by Dr. Lesilie and together learns why fecal matters and navals are always sorta fuzzy. And of course, yet again, Damian rescues his co-hosts from perofrming a poopy show with his incredible strength of wit. Also Nectar debuts their new single "Blinds" from their album "Knocking at the Door."
Brian Dunn ‘18, managing editor and Colleen Irvine ‘18, executive editor of The New Hampshire, UNH's all-student run newspaper, join us on Podcats to talk about how they got involved and how an issue of TNH comes together.
Welcome to the 1st episode of the Life is Dunn Podcast with host Brian Dunn. In this first episode of the podcast host Brian Dunn introduces himself, and his philosophy of life. Co-host Nate Wellein and Brian Dunn jump right in and discuss their life experiences and outlooks. Your mentality of how you tackle life's issues dictates how well you can succeed when confronted with issues that come up. Mental health issues, physical issues and normal stress from life can lead you to a fork in the road. How do you respond? You can either let the negativity eat you or you can rise up and use the challenges as a positive to shape your character and outlook. Life is never easy but the Life is Dunn episodes can help you explore how to overcome negativity and have a meaningful journey through this complex world we know as humanity. Show Notes 1) The Happiness Advantage. http://www.shawnachor.com/the-books/the-happiness-advantage/ 2)Netflix-Happy
Host Lisa Kiefer interviews UC Berkeley freshmen Joe Gleason and John Siano about their startup company ActivityAssist, bringing the field trip into the 21st century by digitizing the permission slip, fees, and attendance process with a mobile app.TRANSCRIPTSpeaker 1:Method to the madness is next Speaker 2:stay in Speaker 3:nor the snoop two method to the madness of vibe weekly public affairs show on k a l ex Berkley celebrating bay area innovators [00:00:30] and your host Lisa Kiefer. And today I'll be talking to two UC Berkeley students, John Siano and Joe Gleason about a startup they're involved with called [inaudible]. Speaker 2:Oh, activity assist. Speaker 1:You two are probably the youngest innovators I've had on this show. Would [00:01:00] you just introduce yourselves and talk about what you're doing here at UC Berkeley? I'm Joe Gleason. I cofounded activity assist. I'm from South Philadelphia. I went to high school in North Philadelphia and I went to a school where teachers had to pay for their own paper for schools, whether that meant permission slips, whether that meant homework. All teachers have to go to staples, pay with their own credit card and buy their own paper. So when I was 15 years old, I got one of my friends from outside New York and we started a company that digitize the permission slips for field shifts, [00:01:30] proms, homecomings, and sporting events. How old were you at 15 you were in high school? Yeah, exactly. Yeah. And so I started with my own, with our own physics teachers. Uh, and my friend was in a town outside Newark, New Jersey called in south orange and I started at a high school called central high school in North Philly. Speaker 1:And you are? I'm John CNO. I'm, I'm from Cupertino, California. I'm also a freshman here at Berkeley. I actually met Joe here. Um, both freshmen. That's right. Yeah, that's incredible to me. Okay. That's how I met Joe [00:02:00] here. Um, you showed me activity assists and um, you know, I just recently got started with the team as the director of business development. So I'm, I'm pretty excited to, you know, join the team and help the uh, website grow. Let's back up a little bit. You started this in high school and you brought it here to UC Berkeley. Can you talk about that process just a little bit? That's right. So, uh, basically how that went is before I came to Berkeley, there was just me and my co founder and he's at the University of Illinois and I came over here to Berkeley all the way from the east coast. Speaker 1:[00:02:30] And it was, we, we've always worked remotely. So that's never been a problem. But I think it's been interesting in that Berkeley has such a culture of entrepreneurship and innovation and you can find people and just tell your story and people will listen to you offer great criticism, great questions, and you can move on. It's such a great place to innovate and such a great place to share your story that it's, it's perfect for me. It was perfect for activity assist and that's the reason we're happy to announce we just raised $20,000 from the dorm room fund. Okay. So we need to explain [00:03:00] what is this dorm room fund? So the dorm room fund is a, a venture backed firm that invests in college startups across the country. They're based in the bay area in, uh, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and I think they're expanding. So they're growing from a backed by first round capital and they invest in college startups on their average investment is about 20 k and we're happy to announce that we're one of the more recent investments. Speaker 1:Okay. I did a little bit of reading about the dorm room fund and they started in, is it 2012 [00:03:30] yeah, that's right. And they started in Philadelphia. Had you known about them at all when you had this idea in high school? So in my high school, a lot of my friends went to Penn just because of the nature of being so close to Penn. And I actually knew a couple of people on the dorm room fund in Philadelphia from my high school who had gone on and studied at Penn. And so I had known of the Dorm Room Fund for Awhile, but I knew activities just wasn't at the stage where we could raise the money that the money would be necessary. You know what, for what we need now [00:04:00] to build a brand name. Plus you were in high school, they didn't fund high school. Exactly. They didn't, they didn't fund high schoolers, you know, and we're surprised they even funded freshmen that were one of the youngest people that are funded. Speaker 1:So that is very exciting. Okay. So you knew about this fund and this fund was started by a company called first round capital. First round capital I think was the first company to invest in Uber. So they have this tradition of investing in very innovative and new ideas. So, um, they have [00:04:30] this division, I guess you'd call it, that controls the dorm room fund. That's right. How many projects have they funded across the United States? Universities? As of today? It's hundreds, hundreds, hundreds. I know my contacts from the bay area, Davey Bloom, Greg Guy, I connected us in the first place. I think they invested in an average of 10 a year per location. And that may, that number may fluctuate from year to year, but I think on average it's about 10 Raby last major across the country per location. So the four locations, [00:05:00] I would say 20 to 40 startups they invest in annually overall, nationwide. Speaker 1:And so we're one of that group, which is really exciting and it is exciting. And so you know, all of the INS and outs of, so what did you need here at cal to continue? So one thing I knew I needed was as I'm studying, as we're all studying, I needed a team. You need great people to make a great company, uh, and you need great people to help sort of mellow the highs and lows of startups. And so I said, okay, I need to find these people. So I said, I need a marketing [00:05:30] guy, I need a business guy. Are you a business major? I am not a business major. How Nice your major know science and Engineering Major was, you can say, oh, what's that engineering. And I just loved material science. You know what material sciences, you can tell me it's the study of how everything is made. Speaker 1:You found John. That's right. And um, what does it mean when you say you're a business development guy? So I help in outreach to schools, you know, such as like contacting schools, marketing, uh, finding teacher conferences. We can speak. I basically just to get the m word out for activity assist. [00:06:00] And uh, that's something that I've had experience with in the past. You know, in high school I worked on my own startup called study trove. And so I, I've kind of had a, where was this high school where you get to start doing a startup? Oh, it's called, it was called Cupertino high school. Just about 40 minutes away from here. I have to just intersect here and say I'm amazed that number one startups are happening in high school. So and also, and they continue on. I mean that's very exciting. So, so when I met Joe here, I was really impressed with how, how well activity assist the website was made, you know, he had all his numbers down [00:06:30] in terms of like budget, finance, stuff like that. Speaker 1:The website, he thought of all like edge cases. Like we like to say we built a website with teachers for teachers. So the whole product came about because our teachers came to us and we were designing the website. We every step of the way we showed it to our own teachers. And so you were in this high school where you were living this application? Exactly. We were building it and living it. I like to say I live for you, the neat activity assessed and so did my partner, you know, at his high school out in New Jersey. So, okay, let's go, let's talk in detail about this product. [00:07:00] And before you go into detail about that, is it up and running here yet? So activity assist is fully operational. Is it operational here in California yet in California? No, we are not live in and the schools in California citing part. Speaker 1:And that's what you're getting going here. So let's talk about the details of activity assist now. Great. So how it works is a teacher can basically go on our website, activity assist.com create activities like field trips, prompts those events, invite their students in chaperones to attend through the site [00:07:30] and then they can send permission slips to those parents, bypassing the kid. And then as a parent you can say your kid's been invited to attend the problem. You could sign and pay for that prom right from your email. No login required. So it's a, it's a completely online process. It's taking the old permission slip and modernizing. We're bringing the future into the 21st century. Okay. So how would a student, you know how in the old days you could, you could game some of these things and put a signature down for your parents. It wasn't your parents things, your, how are you getting around [00:08:00] any kind of fraudulent activity? Speaker 1:So fraud is a good, is a good question. Uh, we sort of covered that with uh, on the student side if any student tries to intercept the parent email, you know, in sign and pay for themselves digitally. What we do at the beginning of any school onboarding, we send a form home, one form that says who we are, what we're doing, and we ask the parent to legally give them, give us the most accurate email address, the one they check most often and then they have to sign therefore covering our liability. So if a student does happen to [00:08:30] access the parent's email signing pay online, we're not liable. So, okay. Yeah. So you get an electronic signature. That's right. We use docusign. Yup. We take care of that online. And it's really nice because one thing we did is we, we launched a bunch of focus groups with parents and parents are the one thing they hate most, I don't know about you is the logins. Speaker 1:They absolutely hated login. So what we did is we did something pretty unique. We, we built a link that only works with that particular. So if I send you an email saying your son or daughter has been invited to attend the senior prom, [00:09:00] only you can access that link from your computer. No one else can access that link. If someone accidentally gets access to your inbox from another, like another place, they can't get it. That's really great security. That's where it's important. So, um, you've been at this since, what year was that? Must've been 2014. The summer of 2014. Okay. Did it become profitable out in Pennsylvania? So we've been actually working on this site for about a year and then we built a mobile app. And what the mobile app does is it lets chaperones, let's say on the day of the Prom, take attendance. So as a kid comes into, say John's coming [00:09:30] into the problem, I can tap them in on my phone and send an attendance report directly to my school. Speaker 1:So there's no paper attendance list. It automatically updates to the system. And so we spent a whole bunch of time building that and then I sort of had to do the business and I did a lot of fundraising. So uh, in the beginning I started out, I self funded most of the business and I raised a lot of money from go fund me, uh, approximate about like 8,000 total among in that first round is now let's talk about what is go fund me. Go Fund me is an amazing website. Go check it out. Go Fund me.com. How it works is you go, [00:10:00] you, you make your campaign say ah, there's a lot of medical cases, a lot of educational cases. I know one, I know one friend who wanted to go to Pittsburgh and so he'd put on his, he launched the go fund me campaign advertising, how he loved robotics and how he wanted to go to Pittsburgh. Speaker 1:So this is a crowd funding sec donation crowdfunding and he raised the money that he could use to live and go to school in Pittsburgh. So it's really amazing. And it sounds like it's geared toward educational and it's geared towards educational things. It's geared towards things that the people you know want to pay for to [00:10:30] in a, in a high school startup. So you started this and then you got the attention. How did you get this $20,000 raise from dorm room fund? So I spent probably the last two months of going to events, pitches, competitions, talking to everyone. I could try to fundraise this one where we have a goal right now, 50 k over the next 12 months. That's our fundraising goal. And we've raised 20 from the doormen fund. So how do we do it? I was going from competition and competition. I'd probably, I'd probably pitched to 35 vcs with 30 vcs trying to raise this money. Speaker 1:[00:11:00] And you know, vcs were a small fish in a big pond. They don't want to invest in us. And so then we, we eventually found, I remembered, oh, the dorm room fund and then I tried to reach out. I knew a guy, I know a dorm room fund just to back up. It's run by students. That's right. It's run by Grad and undergraduate students at Berkeley and at Stanford, at least in the bay area. And so I knew a guy named [inaudible], his name's Brian Dunn. He manages the, this awesome consulting group at Berkeley called the two mead consulting group. It's an, it's an Israeli consulting group and he knew David Bloom who was sort of my [00:11:30] account rep at dorm room fund and he connected us last semester we chatted and got to know each other and then we reconnected this semester when I was fundraising and it just, it seemed like it worked and then we did a pitch, we made it and we're in, so you have 20,000 when did you get this money? Speaker 1:How long ago? We got the sort of like the acceptance about two weeks ago and then we're getting the money. Right. So you're up and running now and you're reaching out. How are you using that money right now? So we have an itemized budget. A couple of things for launching an online advertising campaign, launching a direct mail campaign. [00:12:00] Direct mail is like sending pamphlets to, to schools, you know, seeing something that you can hold in your hand. Oh we're looking at, as John mentioned, Ed Tech Conferences and teacher conferences. We think this is a word of mouth game, sort of getting this in teacher's hands because of that. At the end of the day, the teacher is our best consumer. They're the ones who are benefiting from this. They're the ones who love it. And I've not met a teacher who hasn't loved this product. It's so simple. So we need to get into those conferences. Speaker 1:And then also I'm looking to hire a couple people. So that's our fundraising outside of school mentor [00:12:30] or Advice, I mean cause you know, you come into this bay area, there's a lot of teachers and what help are you getting? So what help am I getting? I think it all started back home. Uh, when I was in middle school. Eighth Grade, eighth grade, my mom started a company I called Jelly Arts LLC. It's an art product. It's for printmaking. And so when we were first starting out in eighth grade, she was, she was shipping out product four to five pieces a day. And I would come home everyday school ended at three 30. I would run home packing ship boxes, run to the post office [00:13:00] by four 30 cause I had to get the rent four 30 otherwise I couldn't sit about product for that thing. And I have that product for my mom's saw business from my basement every day for a year, you know, and I got to see her business grow and now it's a million dollar company. Speaker 1:You know, it's, it's exciting, you know, after a lot of years. And I got to grow with that business, I got to see the mistakes she's made and she's totally been my advisor on this. Uh, my dad started a company too when he was younger. They've been my advisors. And so you grew up in a household like I did. We're a household of entrepreneurs. That's the only way around it, John. Yeah. So, um, you know, my household [00:13:30] also has been, you know, very proactive and know creating things. And um, so for example, when I was in high school, I mentioned I created my own educational startup called study trove. My parents were very active study trove. It's basically an essay edited being a website for schools and still operational. But through running that, I realized some of the mistakes that I made. And when talking to Joe, when he introduced me to activity assist, I realized a lot of those mistakes that I had made in the past, those were corrected in an activity assistant. Speaker 1:That's what really attracted me to joining the activity assist team. I [00:14:00] was just really impressed with the product. Well, there's nothing like failure to help you understand what you need to do. You can always learn from your mistakes. And I like to say, what does it like to run a small company? Uh, this is what it's like. One day you get the dorm room fund and you leave the meeting and you're saying, oh my God, we're going to make it. We're going to be a $10 billion firm. We're going to have an IPO, it's going to be amazing. The next day you're gonna have a call with the customer. It's not going to go so well. You're going to leave that meeting and you're going to say we're going to dissolve and three months it's not going to work. All this stuff. So working [00:14:30] a startup is kind of like running a wave. You've got to sort of balance the, the ups and the downs and mellow it out. So on your good days you have to say, look, we're not, we're not there yet. And on your bad days you get, you got to say, oh well we got this going for us. And I like to say my blood pressure is going through the roof all the time. Speaker 3:If you're just tuning in, you're listening to the method to the madness. [00:15:00] A biweekly public affairs show on k a l x Berkeley Celebrating Bay area innovators. I'm your host, Lisa Keifer, and today I'm interviewing two innovative UC Berkeley students, John Siano and Joe Gleason. They have a startup called activity assist that empowers teachers to create digital permission slips and send them off to parents instantly who can then grant permission and pay electronically while [00:15:30] letting chaperones take attendance on the day of the trip through their mobile app. Speaker 1:Tell me what your immediate goals are and then later goals. Cause you know, you just, you're just getting started here in the bay. That's right. That's right. So our immediate goals are traction and that's just getting the word out schools and getting our name out and that's getting us in teachers hands. I'm willing to give this product away to, to schools for free in the intermediate time, uh, for this year, for [00:16:00] the remainder of this year so that we can get them for next year. You know, a lot of public schools finalize their budgets by July 1st so we're really pushing for that July 1st deadline. What do they have to pay to get started? Right. So we charge $500 per school per year. A but when you're first starting out, we're going to give it to you for 30 days. Try it with a couple of trips and make sure you like it and make sure it works with your data and then go for it. Speaker 1:Uh, it's $500 per year per school. We don't charge per pupil. Well, you know, budgeting is really tough here in California public schools. [00:16:30] Are you also approaching private schools? We are. We are looking at private cause I was, you know, I mean they may not have that mudget budget after the field trip expenses to pay $500 sounds crazy, but it's a lot. So when I was first starting out, I did a lot of research, I did a lot of research and one thing that I found was that even these public school districts that are strapped for budget space, one place they are not strapped for, or they at least have a little bit more about room is their ed tech. They usually have 10 to 30 k available to [00:17:00] invest in things like this every year. So there's totally budget space and a lot of schools now for talking city schools that Ed tech budget space is not there. Speaker 1:But if we're talking suburban middle class, you know, family schools. What about Oakland Public Schools? Oakland public school, inner cities, inner city school districts, different story. I'm from Philadelphia, which is, I think it's the second worst public education system in the country behind Detroit. And I actually worked at a company in high school where we worked with teachers and principals to w [00:17:30] w we raised money for them or we gave money, we gave them grants. And one thing I got to do is I got to meet principals. I remember one story I heard was someone was, had a meeting with the principal. They were walking down this hallway in their high school in South Philly high and they would walk in a classroom and they would see the teacher at the desk with their feet on the desk with the magazine in their hands. The kids running aimlessly. Speaker 1:They'd walk in another classroom pitch black textbooks piled from the floor to the ceiling, some three years old, never used. And so there's totally a misallocation of resources in city school districts. [00:18:00] And we recognize that. I definitely do coming from Philadelphia, and I want to sort of tackle that. I don't want teachers to have to pay for their own paper. It's ridiculous. If you're going to go on a field trip, it requires buses. There's a lot of other expenses besides the paper. So, so the buses bus drivers are actually paid. They have tenure. Usually they usually, they have an hourly schedule, so they're already running around with a sporting events in cities. I know, I know Philadelphia at least. Uh, there's bus drivers going around all the time because of the inner study supporting us spreading clubs. [00:18:30] Yeah. But do you get my drift here? Speaker 1:I mean, when you're talking about inner city school, so number one, you have to assume, do they have buses? Do they have the budget? Do they have, can they send out a bunch of kids to, there's one thing we charge $500 per school per year for schools that can afford it. So for inner city schools, we're going to actually give activity system for free because we know that those school districts on average have 300, 400 schools. They can't afford a product like this, let alone something even cheaper so we can stand only stand to benefit [00:19:00] by giving it to them. So we're going to give it to them. It's a mutual benefit. They can save money on paper. Their teachers can save a bunch of time. What if you start to make money? I mean just theoretically this thing takes off like crazy. Who gets the money? Speaker 1:Does do University of California Berkeley get any money or is it strictly go back into your pocket or does Dorm Room Fund get money? Activity assist is an LLC of New Jersey and so we're, we're a for profit private company us the money will go to the owners, just a funding round. They Invest 20 K in permits [00:19:30] or a note, which is a sort of a debt vehicle. So technically we owe them the money back. So you've paid us back and everything else is yours. So the Dome Room Fund is full of students as well? Yes it is. So if they're taking equity that students who are becoming vcs and making money on other student projects. So true. So I work, I work part time for a company called personal capital in San Francisco. And Mike, why are you studying? That's a different guy than say a better question is when do I sleep? Speaker 1:And so on. My boss there were at the Dorm Room Fund at Berkeley, [00:20:00] he's a Hoss Grad and uh, and he always likes to say working with the dorm room fund is like working with for VC firm and you're managing the VC and firm as a kit, you know, which is like crazy, you know, cause your budget is kind of limitless and you can invest in all these cool companies, but you have to, you have to be careful, you have to be cautious and it's, you learn what it takes to invest and work in the investing world. So working for the government fund is a great opportunity. Anyone out there and then you get picked for that. Oh well it's kind of like you've got to network your way and you know, you gotta you gotta talk. So if you know someone, [00:20:30] you go talk to them, see what you can do. Speaker 1:I definitely recommend it to anyone out there who's saying, oh, the Doberman fund sounds awesome. I should go do it. It's totally worth, yeah. Especially like business majors in this major house. Oh, MBAs. Yeah, yeah, yeah. Well even you guys, after you're done with this project, you could be on the Dome Dorm Room. Who knows? John, what do you think? I think it's a good idea possibly, but I'd rather focus on this for now. Okay. Let's get, John, let's talk to you a little bit. Um, what is your major here at cal? Um, I'm a business major and a computer science major. Are you bringing computer skills to activity [00:21:00] assist? I'm currently, I'm learning more and more so I'm hoping that, you know, like for example this summer I'm going to be scaling up a bit. So I hope to, you know, continually bring stuff to the company. Speaker 1:Are you using big data on this or is it too early? Too early. Too early. But we have plans we have planned. Okay. So let's assume you s you start doing well and, and people get wind of your company. I know that some of the dorm room fund projects have gone on to y Combinator and other places like that and you know, taken off like a real company. Are you ready for something like that? What, [00:21:30] I mean, could this happen I think possibly a year from now that could be the best place for us to go? Quite honestly, you y Combinator is an excellent program. I like that they pick you or would you approach them? How does that work? You apply and they pick you, you interview, you go for it. That's how that works. It's a huge, it's a very small acceptance rate, uh, probably on the, on the level of Stanford's [inaudible] and uh, so yeah, you apply and I think next year wouldn't be great for us. Speaker 1:We're not where we are. We're not where we need to be. Do you have numbers that show that what you're actually [00:22:00] saving schools yet? Yes. So, so why we even started this was because a physics teacher came to us and was managing his own trip. He spent two weeks trying to manage a physics trip and he tried to manage over $10,000 for one field trip and he had to waste two weeks of class time, prep time trying to deal with this. And so in terms of teacher time, we saved schools with the most money in terms of teacher time. So what that means is if the average teacher's salary is 60 k which it is in New Jersey, we can save you somewhere in the neighborhood of five to 6,000 in terms of teacher trial [00:22:30] opportunity costs, no, that's money. Not like liquid money, but that's money that teachers could otherwise spend in the classroom. Speaker 1:You know? So there's a benefit there that you don't have to waste time passing on a trip for to every kid in my class and saying, Johnny, where's your trip form waiting two weeks for this, you know, trying to track it down. Instead you could set version subs out in the morning. Every parent can see it while they're at work in their email, send it back and you can be done in a day or two rather than weeks. Also in terms of managing it, it's really simple. All the payments run through the site so you can track all of that and it's all covered. [00:23:00] It's really something that's good. And what do you think the greatest challenges are here? You're a California and so what do you think your greatest challenges are going to be? Probably the greatest challenge that I see is just getting the word out to schools because everyone who's seen the product, they've loved it. Speaker 1:You know, not only teachers but also conferences we've been at. They've also, this is a fantastic idea and we just need to get the word out so people know that this is a service that's offered. And I feel that once people, once we have like market saturation, everyone will want to jump on this product. It seems like in the public [00:23:30] school system you would go to, you know, the county offices or you know, the head person. Have you thought about going to Sacramento and the Department of Education and presenting to those people? So Sacramento and cities of that magnitude, we're not, we don't want to go into deep yet. You know the big cities because we want to sell, we want to sort of start out smaller and make sure that everything's working, you know, doing the kinks. Our targets are small public school districts right now and private schools on the individual basis. Speaker 1:We want to start out with, you know, 20 schools fine [00:24:00] to the kinks and then see, okay, how can we get into central that you have that list right already, right? We have targets of your targets and you're beginning to, yes we are. You know, you obviously have this background in entrepreneurship and everything. When did it all become a reality for you? I like to say that it started out with Evan and I and our basements, Skype calls every day after school. We would mock up the website, we would design it. In the beginning we were designing this product as a tool for our teachers. It was not a business and so when did it become a business [00:24:30] and it's kind of like, I think it's kind of a gradual thing. I think that's when you start to talk about, oh, when you start to run focus groups with teachers and you say, Oh, and you're talking to them. Speaker 1:I think the moment for me was when we sat down in a room of 30 30 teachers, showed it all to them anonymously. Each one of them said they loved it and that they needed it for their own, for themselves. You know, it was so simple. They could do it in five minutes and be done. Been pretty exciting. Oh, I was so excited to meet you. This was a high school basement runs Skype project. I like to say that [00:25:00] those teachers, every single one of them said they loved it and that to me was a moment we can tell entrepreneurs are, can be made or are, are you born an entrepreneur? I think it's totally a, a like a malting process. You have to go through the cauldron of becoming an entrepreneur because it's not as, yeah, you know, it's not as a, it's not as simple as like going and just like coming up with an idea. Speaker 1:There are a million ideas out there. A true entrepreneur doesn't need a hundred ideas and entrepreneur can [00:25:30] have zero ideas, but if they find someone with an idea, a true entrepreneur executes, they devote themselves, they grind, they talk to people, they know their consumer, and then they move forward. And that's what an entrepreneur does. They're an executioner. They're not an ideate an idea, you know they're an executioner. Okay. John, do you agree with that? I mean, what do you feel like, what is the definition to you of what you grew up in an entrepreneurial family? Do you think that you, it's natural or is it learned or can it be acquired? I've been, I'm going to go with [00:26:00] kind of a boring answer. I think it's kind of half and half. Just referring back to what Joe said, it's kind of like a call driven that there's going to be a lot of moments in which you feel, oh, this isn't working, or maybe my idea isn't as great as I thought it was. Speaker 1:But if you keep pushing forward, you know, you keep developing your product, your keep learning from what the customers want and you just keep going. Then I think that's what can help you succeed in entrepreneurship. And just as Joe said, it's not just about the idea because anyone can can come up with a fantastic idea. You've got to go out there and execute and actually get it done, get sales, that type of stuff. [00:26:30] And besides execution, it's also a determination. Being an entrepreneur is taking those 4:00 AM nights. You know, if you have to meet a deadline, then you have to meet a deadline and no one's gonna come and cover you. You have to take care of it yourself, you know, so it's knowing that you, that you're fully responsible for it and you take ownership of it, but you love it. All the same. Speaker 1:You love every moment. You'd have to love it. You have. So if you guys get incredibly rich, are you going to drop out of school? Don, you answered that first. Will you need school anymore? I think school would be a nice, a nice backup to [00:27:00] have. Um, right now we're doing a pretty good job of balancing it though. So, um, I guess we'll just wait and see to where this takes off. Um, but for now we're, we're doing pretty well in both school and activity assist. Yeah. So how would any interested listeners get ahold of you? So to anyone out there who's interested in working on the business side or on the back end or as a full stack developer, definitely go to our website, www.activityassist.com. Reach out to us on our contact us page. Check out how the product works. [00:27:30] If you're a parent, go to our website, see how we can save your school time. Speaker 1:Talk to your teachers, talk to your friends, do see what you can do. See if you liked the product, go check out our video, I n to anyone out there who's just a young entrepreneur, definitely go and see what you can do. I would say if you have an idea and you have a, if you have a team, if you have some friends that you know, let's tackle this, do it. Don't hesitate. Take, take control. It's the greatest experience you'll ever have. And you and we should. They go look at dorm room fund. If they have traction, if they have a business model, if they have the team, [00:28:00] then later you can fundraise. I think in the beginning it's about how do we talk to our consumer, how do we make sure the market needs this product? And then it's how do we build a great team? Because like I said, you need great people for a great business. Yeah, I would say you don't just go out there and be proactive. I think it's better to fail and learn from that experience than just sit back, be complacent and not do anything and also go out there and be proactive. That's it. Well, Joe and John, thank you for being on this program today. You are absolutely the youngest entrepreneurs that had been on my program. I mean, I'm impressed. [00:28:30] So activity assist. Congratulations. Yeah, Speaker 3:and good luck on your project. Very nice. And that was UC Berkeley students, John Siano and Joe Gleason. They're only freshmen, but they've started a company called activity assist and recently received $20,000 in funding from the dorm room fund. 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