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“Do you hear my voice?” These are the words that Bruce Klein heard that changed his life forever. Bruce Klein was born and raised in the Pacific Northwest. He is married to an amazing woman and is the father of two incredible adult daughters. Bruce spent the bulk of his career in corporate International Trade Compliance, prior to which he has spent seven years of working and living in Asia. During his time in Asia, Bruce learned the value of diversity of beliefs and continues to travel back often. In 2017, Bruce began to have a spiritual reawakening which has led his life down unimaginable paths. This reawakening began when Bruce awoke from a dream and heard a spirit speaking to him about trusting his heart. Bruce soon learned that he is eternally connected to this spirit, Jessica, and has lived multiple lives with her. Bruce has written the book Do You Hear My Voice?: Discovering Jessica Again to tell the magical story of meeting Jessica in this lifetime and the many lessons he has learned throughout the process. In this episode, Bruce Klein and I talk about the moment that Jessica came to him after a dream and the series of events that continued to deepen his relationship with her and teach him about his own past lives. Bruce answers the questions that you are probably thinking like, what does his wife think about his relationship with Jessica? And how does Bruce know when Jessica is connecting with him? All of these questions and many more are discussed in this wonderful conversation with Bruce. Tune in to Episode 67 of Uncover Your Magic to learn how Bruce discovered Jessica and how he continues to connect with her today! Some Questions I Ask:Do you always remember your dreams? (13:34)When you're sleeping are you in a different dimension with her? (22:39)What do you ask Jessica? (32:48)What does your wife think about your relationship with Jessica? (43:13)In This Episode, You Will Learn:About spiritual journey (6:48)What Bruce discovered about Jessica (16:27)Bruce's experience doing a past life regression (25:50)How Bruce and Jessica connect (36:09)About Bruce's focus on spiritual work after working in corporations (48:36) Connect with Bruce KleinBook - Do You Hear My Voice?FacebookInstagram Let's Connect!WebsiteFacebookInstagramMagical Mindset Practices to Improve Your Life in Just 4 Weeks!The Raising Confidence Masterclass See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Change is unsettling, whether we’re prepared for it or not. It becomes even harder when it’s a major life change. But every disruption represents a new beginning—and the opportunity to transform exploration into growth. Today’s guest is Bruce Feiler, a New York Times bestselling author whose latest book is about navigating massive life transitions. Life Is in the Transitions is a masterpiece that lays out the challenges of huge disruptions that occur throughout our lifetimes. After facing a series of difficult life circumstances in his 40s, Bruce was faced with the reality of re-writing his life story. In this episode, he shares what he learned through studying other people’s experiences with change. We covered: How Bruce faced a chaotic pileup of unexpected crises after finding early career success Defining a "lifequake" that causes a massive amount of change The average number of years that we can expect a massive life transition to last How to give up old mindsets surrounding our identify—and support new ones The fundamental role of our personal stories in getting through a life transition One conversation starter prompt we can use to help people share their life stories

“The journey is not so much about how many people respond. You can just impact one person and they can impact you back.” - Bruce MucheluleWhen Bruce became a dad, he wasn’t quite sure how to know if he was doing things right. He reached out on Twitter to see if there were any support groups or places for dads to find peer mentorship. He couldn’t find one, but he did receive DMs from many fathers looking for a community like Bruce.DADing Different began as a space for young and first-time dads to exchange notes, share experiences, and support each other on their journeys. Bruce has found vulnerability to be key to meaningful sharing, and he designs the community to encourage that. Too many structures and processes can be off putting for a community. Bruce opts instead for serendipity and asynchronicity in a WhatsApp group.We talked with Bruce about creating a space that is “member-led” not “leader-led” and opting for a small group of engaged, eager members. Highlights, inspiration, & key learnings:You can’t fake the funk. How Bruce started DAD-ing Different.Peer-mentorship. A space to learn together.Watering hole. WhatsApp as a home for conversation and a place to connect 1:1 with other dads.Getting started. Building confidence at the outset of organizing.

Bruce Sackman (@bts1811) is a renowned investigator specializing in tracking down medical serial killers. He is the co-author of Behind the Murder Curtain: Special Agent Bruce Sackman Hunts Doctors and Nurses Who Kill Our Veterans. What We Discuss with Bruce Sackman: How Bruce first became aware of the MSKs (medical serial killers) who were operating for years, undetected, in our veterans hospitals. Why it's so difficult -- even for medical professionals -- to spot their colleagues who kill in a hospital environment (and why it's often covered up when they do). How the monstrously prolific body count of a quietly efficient MSK makes the serial killers who wind up famous as household names and true crime documentary subjects seem like amateurs in comparison. What motivates an MSK to murder the people who trust and rely on them for care? How Bruce's experience with tracking, exposing, and catching MSKs have helped investigators and forensic nurses throughout the world put a stop to these formerly unchecked murder sprees. And much more... Full show notes and resources can be found here: jordanharbinger.com/470 Sign up for Six-Minute Networking -- our free networking and relationship development mini course -- at jordanharbinger.com/course! Like this show? Please leave us a review here -- even one sentence helps! Consider including your Twitter handle so we can thank you personally!

Bruce M Firestone is best known as an entrepreneur and founder of NHL hockey team, the Ottawa Senators, their home arena, Canadian Tire Centre, and the Ottawa Senators Foundation, a children's charity, as well as a real estate investment coach, consultant and broker, urban guru, author, novelist, and professor. His website - https://brucemfirestone.com/ His Course - https://www.youtube.com/redirect?event=video_description&redir_token=QUFFLUhqbWRGLW9sMDRvOGQyNWNyeDVJRU5aSVc3ajdKUXxBQ3Jtc0trMGFhVnZ2TkJwWHFwRjl5RE5tOThpT0xaV25pV3M1al9qTk1CRXA0LWdVX0VmeDZqZHg3VVNjVDhmQ1F3SFRjWWlxb1RjS2FVdGhud1E3OEdHOTcwSTgtallyQ3Z1aUM3SGNzcDFNYjZJaS0wNVlPWQ&q=https%3A%2F%2Fbrucemfirestone.com%2Fpivot-gigpreneur-course%2F What we cover - Bruces background - Tik Tok and its effects - Advice for people in their 20s - Examples of great real estate investing strategies - How Bruce adapted with one of his real estate properties during Covid - Founding the Ottawa Senators - Why the market is always right

If you take care of your residents, they’ll take care of the property. Words of wisdom from today’s guest Bruce Wuollet, the Founder, Visionary, and Owner of Bakerson. Bruce has a proven track record of success throughout Bakerson’s nearly 18 years in business with thousands of individual units bought, repositioned, and sold. He has overseen all aspects of the business and his focus is on finding good deals while his passion is serving the residents by providing them with one of their basic human needs – shelter. I’m looking forward to hearing from Bruce about how he both creates legacy and maintains high-performing assets. [00:01 - 08:25] Opening SegmentLet’s get to know Bruce Wuollet Bruce gives us some background [08:26 - 16:03] Take Care of Your Residents Bruce talks about how he scaled both sfh and multifamily Knowing and taking care of your residents so they take care of the property Giving your residents something other owners won’t [16:04 - 20:46] Knowing You Strengths and Stretching FurtherBruce talks about his execution plan to hold in the future The value of working with a team and leveraging strengths [20:47 - 27:28]Boots On the Ground; Getting Investors Today Bruce’s advice around being the boots on the ground for people How Bruce gives tactics around getting investors in this time of Covid Bruce’s insights for passive investors and high earners [27:29 - 45:00] Closing SegmentHow to reach out to Bruce - links below The story behind Bakerson Bruce’s advice for people who lost on their first deals and where they can reach outDon’t be afraid to venture out Final words from Bruce and MeTweetable Quotes:“A lot of owners won’t go to the property they don’t ever want to talk to the residents, they treat them like second class citizens… every body’s the same; a humans a human, and that’s how I need to be.” - Bruce Wuollet“You never go to bed angry at your partner, just like you never go to bed angry at your spouse. Makes for a much more peaceful sleep and a better day tomorrow.” - Bruce WuolletResources:BiggerPockets------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------Connect with Bruce on LinkedIn or call (520)-808-9111. Visit https://bakerson.com/ to learn more. Guest Email: bruce@bakerson.comConnect with me:https://www.5tcre.com/FacebookLinkedInInstagramWatch 5T CRE on YouTubeLeave us a review and receive your free ebookEmail us --> abel@5tcre.comSupport the show (https://www.buymeacoffee.com/5Talents)

Bruce Wuollet Bio: Bruce is the founder, visionary and the current owner of Bakerson. He has a proven track record of success throughout Bakerson's nearly 18 years in business with thousands of individual units bought, repositioned and sold. Bruce has overseen all aspects of the business including operations, acquisition, project leadership, equity fund management, property specific syndications, legal, finance and more. His focus is finding good deals while his passion is serving the residents by providing them with one of their basic human needs – shelter. Prior to launching Bakerson in 2002, he served on the acquisition team at a Phoenix-based real estate investment company. Key Insights: • How Bruce got started in multifamily investing • Bruce's journey in wholesaling multifamily properties • Using multiple strategies to source strong acquisition opportunities • Some of the KPI's and criteria that Bruce looks for when underwriting deals • Some of the due diligence steps that are taken when inspecting an asset • How to budget and prepare for vacancies during a value add business plan • How Bruce decides if he should sub-contract the renovations or manage the reno internally • Some of the challenges faced by managing a renovation internally • Some of the key areas that Bruce is investing in within Arizona Book Recommendations: Relentless – Tim Grover Contact Information: Email: bruce@bakerson.com Phone Number: 520-808-9111 Website: bakerson.com

Say it. Penis. Now that you have a few giggles out, let’s talk about prostate cancer. It’s the third most common cancer and the fifth leading cause of cancer-related death in the US. Bruce and Mindy Mylrea join us on the pod today to discuss how diet affects everything … down there. Both are former fitness professionals, and after Bruce was diagnosed with prostate cancer nine years ago, they dedicated their lives to learning more about diet and disease and helping others prevent, manage, and reverse chronic conditions. As Mindy says, “Even if you don’t have a penis, you know someone with one.” From practical nutrition tips to unavoidable giggles, everyone has something to gain from this conversation.  What we discuss in this episode:   - What is the prostate?   - Erectile dysfunction   - How Bruce became a vegan during a flight and dropped his cholesterol 100 points   - The benefits of nitrate-rich produce    - How to love food on a whole-food, plant-based diet   - The China Study   - Bruce and Mindy’s website: One Day to Wellness   Connect with Switch4Good   - Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQ2toqAmlQpwR1HDF_KKfGg   - Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/Switch4Good/   - Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/switch4good/   - Twitter: https://twitter.com/SwitchForGood   - Website: switch4good.org   - Support Our Cause: https://switch4good.org/support-us/

In today’s episode of Back To The Lodge Podcast, our hosts will jam to the original song and music of Nick Conder together with a fun interview with the “Alligator man” from History Channel’s Swamp People Bruce Mitchell and Outdoorsman Benny Elliot.   They will talk about their phenomenal adventures, their passion, and experiences that changed the way they live.   Bruce and Benny are doing an amazing job on what they do. On top of that, they are giving tremendous amounts of passion for the foundations and the veteran community.   Benny Elliot runs a company called BT Outdoors. They offer guided fishing trips for families or groups of people to have one of the most fun-filled and memorable bow fishing trips.   Bruce Mitchel is the legendary gator hunter of the Swamp People. During alligator hunting season, Bruce hunts the full 30 days and processes his own skins. He loves gunsmithing, collecting knives, riding his motorcycle, and spending time with his grandkids.   Enjoy!   Favorite Quote:   “There were 25 people stranded on the rooftop, couldn't get a helicopter in there. The boat that I had was big enough to get in there. Trying to help people out, I should have died. But if you wouldn't do it again, you're doing it for the wrong reason.”                                                                                       -Benny Elliot   In this Episode 33:41 - Bruce's exciting stories about alligators and pythons   45.27 - The most influential person in Bruce's life that got him outdoors   46:57 - His go-to when he wants to unwind by himself   51:02 - Philanthropic acts that Bruce engages in to give back to the veteran community   54:40 - How Bruce got onboarded in History Channel's Swamp People   57:49 - His advice to somebody getting through some hard times in life   1:26:33 - The boat Benny has been using to take people out   1:29:20 - The significance of bow fishing in bringing out the balance in the water environment   1:43:00 - What made Benny turn his passion in bow fishing to a serious profession   1:46:22 - The period of time Benny has been in the guide business   1:47:50 - Benny's horrible experience that changed his life for the better   2:00:54 - His piece of advice to somebody who needs a brighter outlook in life     Engage with Bruce Mitchell Foundation: Wounded Warrior Outdoors Foundation: Quad Vets   Connect with Benny Elliot BT outdoors Instagram   Must-Try Veteran Products Veterans Q Barbeque Sauce       Our Sponsors Higdon Outdoors - The industry leader in the waterfowl industry for over 25 years Icey-Tek USA - The classic rotomolded ice chest that started the entire premium cooler industry Merica Bourbon - The sweet taste of freedom Mossy Oak - Make sure the camo that you use is up to the task     Visit our Website Back To The Lodge   Follow us on Facebook - Back to the Lodge   Tune in LIVE to WEIO 100.9 The Farm            

Episode 394, August 11, 2020. We are joined this week by the entire band Kuarantine. Kuarantine is Chris Jericho, Kent Slucher of Luke Bryan Band, Joe McGinness of Klassik 78, and PJ Farley of Trixter. They discuss their two KISS covers; No, No, No and Heart Of Chrome. How the band was formed. How Bruce […]

A natural gas bus drives past you, and it suddenly lights a bulb inside your head, it quickly triggers a click on your mind on how to save money, on how to help your country.This happened to Bruce Winchester around 2009 while working for the Ministry of Natural Resources in Canada, without knowing that several years after that he would be the Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance Executive Director.With all his public policy background experience, he represents the industry (producers, distributors, equipment, fleet users) in one of the countries with the most prolific technology developments around the NGV sector.At this moment Canada showcases around 140 refueling locations, where about 45 of are high capacity, in great locations specific for the long-haul transportation sector. The remaining of those are time filling stations for refuse or bus fleets. Not very impressive numbers considering that Canada is the 3rd largest natural gas producing country in the world.The success stories of Canada in the NGV sector are tightly related to the long history of automotive manufacturing of the country. An industry with a long tradition in automotive technology innovation.Cummins Westport, Agility, Luxfer, and Kraus are examples of innovative leadership and high-quality manufacturing.….More in the Part 2 interview with Bruce that will be published soon.Here’s what we discuss in this episode:How Bruce got into the NGV business (4:30)About the development of the NGV Industry in Canada (10:00)How the companies and truck fleets became interested in NGVs (14:02)Greenhouse Effect Emissions in Canada (18:00)What have been the Federal Government Initiatives regarding NGVs (19:01)How the CNG station market evolved from light-duty to heavy-duty (24:00)How many CNG stations does Canada have? (26:40)The Vedder Transportation success story (29:15)Why Canada is so related to the automotive innovation sector (31:55)About the Cummins Westport, Agility, Luxfer, Kraus and Xebec success stories (40:01)About Xebec Adsorption and other innovation companies (42:50)Resources:Check the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance WebsiteCheck Bruce Winchester Linkedin ProfileCheck the Cummins Westport DevelopmentsThe Vedder Transportation Success Story

Welcome back, Credit Heroes! Our guest has a ton of experience in the credit repair industry. So much so, his tips will blow you away no matter what stage your business is currently at.Please help me welcome this week's Credit Hero - Bruce Politano!Bruce started his first credit repair business back in 2012. He grew it from nothing and eventually sold it so he could move into student loan relief. But he had such a passion for credit repair, he simply couldn't stay away.So he did what any entrepreneurial soul does at that point - started yet again from scratch!One of the key topics Bruce will be sharing his thoughts on today is outsourcing. He's going to tell you all about how it's going to help you scale your business. But that's not all! Bruce will share lots of tips on affiliate marketing and company processes, which will help you overcome all sorts of challenges in the early stages of running a credit repair business.Key Takeaways for This Week:About Bruce Politano (0:58)How did Bruce end up doing credit repair? (2:25)How Bruce started his first credit repair business (3:28)Best way to build affiliate relationships (4:20)What to say to potential affiliates? (5:32)Why did Bruce sell his first business? (8:02)Helping people consolidate their student loan debt (Student Loan Companion) (9:13)What is outsourcing? (13:18)How can outsourcing help credit repair business owners? (14:06)When should a credit repair company start considering outsourcing? (14:43)How long did it take Bruce to grow his team? (17:39)Bruce Politano’s top tip for people just starting out with credit repair (19:10)Additional Resources:Get a free trial to Credit Repair CloudSign up for the Credit Hero ChallengeGet Bruce’s course Student Loan CompanionGet Bruce’s book Understanding Credit Repair and The World Around ItMake sure to subscribe so you stay up to date with our latest episodes!

We’re facing unprecedented times with the coronavirus (COVID-19) forcing many of us to adjust how and where we work. Working remotely has become the ‘new normal’ and many of us have swapped offices and busy workplaces for virtual meet-ups from home. This shift comes with a learning curve, which is why I invited Bruce Edlund, the Senior Director, Assistant Treasurer at Citrix, to join me on this special episode of The Treasury Career Corner podcast. Founded in Richardson, Texas in 1989, Citrix Systems, Inc. is an American multinational software company that provides server, application and desktop virtualisation, networking, software as a service, and cloud computing technologies. Citrix aims to power a world where people, organisations and things are securely connected and accessible to make the extraordinary possible. With a 2019 annual revenue of $3.01 billion, Citrix solutions are in use by more than 400,000 organisations worldwide, including 99% of the Fortune 100 and 98% of the Fortune 500. As the Assistant Treasurer at Citrix Systems, Inc. based in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, Bruce Edlund manages a global team of four who are responsible for cash and liquidity management, investments, capital structure, cash flow and balance sheet hedging, capital markets activity and bank relationships. Bruce has over 15 years of treasury experience starting as Assistant Treasurer at DIRECTV Latin America, Senior Corporate Treasury Manager at Citrix, Director of Global Cash Management at Walmart Stores, Inc. and returning to Citrix six years ago. His experience in very different-sized companies in different industries has given Bruce a wealth of experience in treasury systems and different ways of tackling treasury’s challenges. On the podcast we discussed… How Bruce went from working in banking to cash management and treasury The importance of finding a role that is right for you Why Bruce left Citrix and returned after working at Walmart How Citrix helps companies and teams work remotely How treasury teams can successfully work from home Bruce reveals his thoughts on the technological evolution of treasury Common issues treasurers face with their treasury workstations and how to overcome them The value of networking conferences and events within treasury (even if it’s virtually!) Qualities and skills Bruce looks for when recruiting a new team member Bruce shares his key tips for anyone aspiring to pursue a similar career path If you’d like to get in touch with Bruce, you can reach out to him on LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bruceedlund/) . Are you interested in pursuing a career within Treasury? Whether you’ve recently graduated, or you want to search for new job opportunities to help develop your treasury career, The Treasury Recruitment Company can help you in your search for the perfect job. Find out more here. Or, send us your CV and let us help you in your next career move! If you’re enjoying the show please rate and review us on whatever podcast app you listen to us on, for Apple Podcasts click here (https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-treasury-career-corner/id1436647162?mt=2) !

Apt-Guy℠, Bruce Petersen, is an award-winning real estate syndicator, TV personality, public speaker, and business coach. His syndications have spanned multiple years and have consisted of over 1100 units. Bruce was a stockbroker in the early 90s and after a long and successful career in retail management, he has been investing in real estate since 2012. Bruce began mentoring others in the syndication, acquisition, operation, and disposition of multiple apartment complexes in 2014. Bruce’s passion is providing passive streams of income to investors by improving apartment complexes and creating communities residents love to call home. What You Will Learn: Bruce Petersen’s journey into real estate syndication How Bruce built a portfolio that has included over 1100 units in the Austin/San Antonio area How Bruce structured and executed the deal for his forty-eight unit apartment complex Bruce’s strategy for selecting and breaking into a new real estate market How to determine the best time for you to invest in real estate Additional Resources from Bruce Petersen: Website: apt-guy.com Free Copy of Upcoming Book: Text “Book Release” to (415) 528-7403 Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theaptguy/ LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/apt-guy Twitter: @BrucePetersenBB Additional Resources from Gary Wilson: Real Estate with Gary Wilson Silver Membership: https://edu.myinvestmentservices.com/silver-level-membership

Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books--including: Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World and Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected World. This episode is a reairing of another we broadcast long ago which we thought was especially relevant and worth reiterating today. In addition to his books, Bruce has hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers, his influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram" and his blog "Schneier on Security" is read by over 250,000 people. Bruce has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, AccessNow, and the Tor Project; an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org; and a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer at IBM Resilient.In our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including:- The difference between the US, Europe, and Asia when it comes to privacy and data, and what it all means- Why IoT internet security is one of the biggest problems no one is talking about- Which tech giants will get broken up and which will reign- The problem with social media and ideas on how to solve it- How regulations affect business and monopolies and where we are headed- Why voting and elections are so susceptible to manipulation- How Bruce thinks about privacy in a surveillance capitalist economy- Why your car could kill you and your fridge won't feed you- The reason Bruce is optimistic and pessimistic about the future- Why things are going to get worse before they get better- The sad truth GDPR and data privacy- What you need to know about China, Huawei, and surveillance

Bruce Matson, stage 4 cancer survivor and author of the book From Goo to God, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Bruce talks about his stage 4 cancer diagnosis several years back and the incredible approach he had for beating this deadly disease. Bruce covers his self-belief, his unwavering mindset, and the fact that he didn’t think for a second that he was going to die, even when the cancer had him suffering tremendously. He also talks about his life’s purpose, his spirituality and how this helped him survive, and how he lives a purposeful life every day. If you’re wondering how to overcome any challenge using your mind and spirit, check this episode out now!      *Download this episode now and subscribe to our channel to get more of these amazing interviews! In our episode we go over: What it was like getting diagnosed with stage 4 cancer for Bruce Bruce’s first thought once getting the diagnosis We he never got down and thought he was going to die What Bruce was doing before being diagnosed with cancer and how this affected his work Bruce’s desire to live and why he was convinced deep down in his soul that he would survive His past experiences outworking others in physically and mentally challenging ways Reaching out to others for help and sharing your story with them Not using your struggles as a crutch The toughest parts of Bruce’s recovery and what he looked like at his very worst during treatment The power of having support from loved ones and why this was a critical part of Bruce’s recovery Why even at his very worst Bruce Matson still knew he would survive The fact that men don’t reach out for help as much as women and why this is a major problem across the board for men How Bruce’s spirituality played a major role in his recovery What Bruce’s purpose is in life and how this helped his recovery and his ability to stay healthy even today Why he wrote the book From Goo to God Bruce’s science-based approach to creationism The holes in the theory of evolution and why Bruce believes the facts don’t hold up scientifically when you put it under a microscope The fact that people believe in the religion of politics, government, doctors, medicine, schooling, and many other industries blindly, without looking into the true facts Bruce’s take on purposeful living and why he aims every day to be more purposeful and compassionate Check out Bruce on: Book: amazon.com/Goo-God-Science-Based-Creationism-Evolution Facebook: facebook.com/brucermatson1 Sponsors:  *Follow Justin on Instagram now for daily content not found anywhere else! *Check out Justin’s new book ELITE MIND at EliteMindBook.com. *You can achieve your master’s degree while balancing work and home life. Start earning your master’s degree today! Enroll now by going to Ashford.edu/ELITEMAN.

Welcome to the Design Thinking 101 podcast! I'm Dawan Stanford, your host. In today's episode I am joined by Bruce Hanington. He remembers being introduced to design as a small child with his father being a Commercial Designer. Initially headed for a career in architecture, his journey took a detour as an undergrad when he ended up graduating with a degree in Applied Psychology. But Bruce realized he wanted to get into design, and that he wanted to be on the creative side instead of just studying design. During his graduate work in industrial design, he continued his interest in dealing with the more human factors of design, primarily, how design affects everyday encounters and life.   After emerging with an Industrial Design education coupled with Applied Psychology, he landed in academia in the School of Design as a part of the Industrial Design core, able to teach in all the aspects of teaching he loves best, including form giving, human factors, and understanding the interpretation of objects with meaning and significance. His recent promotions included an appointment to the Head of Design at Carnegie Mellon six months ago.   Bruce believes technology, and the products which are a part of our life now as a direct result of technology, are the biggest game-changers for design thinking. The orientation of work toward social causes, and designing for social good, has become an established part of design thinking.   On disciplinary boundaries, “I think you see a broadening of boundaries so regardless of what form of design you may have a particular passion for and how you might study it, ultimately I think that designers have a more broad-based understanding of design and problem solving in general, and design methods, approaches and practices can be applied to almost any design.”   Bruce has seen a shift in design methods over time, especially in the surge of information via books and online courses. He recently authored his own book on design thinking, “Universal Methods of Design.” There’s been a shift in design thinking to design responsibly for everyday living to enhance people’s lives.   Listen in to find out the new hurdles of design thinking, what new companies are looking for concerning the design thinking process, and why design thinking is more of a philosophical approach. Find out Bruce’s opinion on which methods or approaches to design have changed the most in the past decade.   Bio Bruce Hanington is a professor and head of the School of Design at Carnegie Mellon University in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania. Prior to this, he was director of graduate studies, and program chair of industrial design. Bruce has dedicated his teaching and research to methods and practices for human-centered design, with an emphasis on design ethnography, participatory design, and the meaning of form in context.    In addition to working with industry partners through collaborative projects and executive education, his work has been published in Design Issues, The Design Journal, and Interactions, with chapters in Affective Sciences in Human Factors and Human-Computer Interaction, and The Routledge Handbook of Sustainable Design. Bruce is co-author of the book Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems, Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions.   In This Episode [01:06] How Bruce arrived to where he is today. [05:32] Bruce’s recent promotions in the design field. [06:35] Factors which Bruce believes are having a significant impact on design in the classroom. [08:45] Components which are a factor of design maturing in the United States.  [10:21] How Bruce has seen design research methods shift over time. [13:34] Wrestling with the “rush to artifact.” [16:48] Companies are looking for ways to design more creatively, flexibly, and collaboratively. [18:45] Challenges brought to the design thinking table, and responses that work well. [23:11] Changes and updates that Bruce has recognized in the newest edition of his book. [28:20] Where students are headed in the future, and what will they need to be equipped with to succeed in design thinking. [35:38] What needs to happen at the personal level for students and professors. [38:52] How you can contact Bruce and learn more about his work.    Links and Resources Bruce Hanington on LinkedIn Bruce Hanington on the Web Bruce Hanington at CMU Bruce Hanington's Research Bruce Hanington's articles on Academia.edu Design Research Methods: a Repository of Research Methods for Design An interview with Bruce Hanington on Medium Design for America Elon By Design at Elon University Center for Design Thinking at Elon University   Books Recommended Universal Methods of Design: 100 Ways to Research Complex Problems,  Develop Innovative Ideas, and Design Effective Solutions by Hanington, Bruce & Martin, Bella The Pocket Universal Methods of Design by Hanington, Bruce & Martin, Bella

    Bruce Friedrich is Co-Founder and Executive Director at The Good Food Institute (GFI), a company that promotes plant-based and cultivated meat food products by making them just as good, just as convenient, and just as affordable as real meat. Their company has several branches in over six countries, all working towards the goal of making the alternative meat industry more attractive to consumers. Bruce oversees the business’ global strategy and programs. He also works with its directors, staff, and international representatives to guarantee the effectiveness of their programs.   Bruce joins me today to discuss how GFI is making plant-based and cultivated meat products more consumer-friendly and just as competitive as traditional meat. He shares where he drew inspiration to innovate food, how the idea of starting GFI began and the company’s current progress. Bruce also explains why they’re not here to disrupt the meat industry and shares his thoughts on animal agriculture.       “Animal-based meat is made up of fats, proteins, minerals, and water. All of that exists in the plant kingdom.” - Bruce Friedrich       This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:   How Bruce became passionate about improving the world through food innovation. Replacing meat with foods that cost the same or less with their product. Appealing to palatability and cost over environmental impact. What if plant-based meats and traditional meat product consumption rose together? The time needed for consumers to adapt to cultivated meat. How far along they are with regards to scaling their cultivated and plant-based meat products. His thoughts on animal agriculture and their business focus as a company. The difference between disrupting and transforming the meat industry. The big milestones he is excited about in the near future.       Resources Mentioned   Quorn     Connect with Bruce Friedrich   The Good Food Institute Essential Reading and Research         This episode is sponsored by Indigo Ag   What if surviving a drought began with just a microbe? What could accessing 10,000 buyers do for your agriculture business? Indigo Ag helps farmers improve profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health by working with growers to reimagine every aspect of the agriculture industry - from soil to sale.   To learn more about Indigo Ag and their mission to improve the environment and agriculture industry, visit IndigoAg.com/Questions   Indigo. From questions… we grow.     We Are a Part of a Bigger Family!    The Future of Agriculture Podcast is now part of the Farm and Rural Ag Network. Listen to more ag-related podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or on the Farm and Rural Ag Network Website today.      Join the Conversation! To get your most pressing ag questions answered and share your perspective on various topics we’ve discussed on the Future of Agriculture podcast, head over to SpeakPipe.com/FutureofAg and leave a recorded message!   Share the Ag-Love!    Thanks for joining us on the Future of Agriculture Podcast – your spot for valuable information, content, and interviews with industry leaders throughout the agricultural space! If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest feedback. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on your favorite social media spots!    Learn more about AgGrad by visiting:  Future of Agriculture Website AgGrad Website AgGrad on Twitter AgGrad on Facebook AgGrad on LinkedIn AgGrad on Instagram

    Bruce Friedrich is Co-Founder and Executive Director at The Good Food Institute (GFI), a company that promotes plant-based and cultivated meat food products by making them just as good, just as convenient, and just as affordable as real meat. Their company has several branches in over six countries, all working towards the goal of making the alternative meat industry more attractive to consumers. Bruce oversees the business’ global strategy and programs. He also works with its directors, staff, and international representatives to guarantee the effectiveness of their programs.   Bruce joins me today to discuss how GFI is making plant-based and cultivated meat products more consumer-friendly and just as competitive as traditional meat. He shares where he drew inspiration to innovate food, how the idea of starting GFI began and the company’s current progress. Bruce also explains why they’re not here to disrupt the meat industry and shares his thoughts on animal agriculture.       “Animal-based meat is made up of fats, proteins, minerals, and water. All of that exists in the plant kingdom.” - Bruce Friedrich       This Week on The Future of Agriculture Podcast:   How Bruce became passionate about improving the world through food innovation. Replacing meat with foods that cost the same or less with their product. Appealing to palatability and cost over environmental impact. What if plant-based meats and traditional meat product consumption rose together? The time needed for consumers to adapt to cultivated meat. How far along they are with regards to scaling their cultivated and plant-based meat products. His thoughts on animal agriculture and their business focus as a company. The difference between disrupting and transforming the meat industry. The big milestones he is excited about in the near future.       Resources Mentioned   Quorn     Connect with Bruce Friedrich   The Good Food Institute Essential Reading and Research         This episode is sponsored by Indigo Ag   What if surviving a drought began with just a microbe? What could accessing 10,000 buyers do for your agriculture business? Indigo Ag helps farmers improve profitability, environmental sustainability, and consumer health by working with growers to reimagine every aspect of the agriculture industry - from soil to sale.   To learn more about Indigo Ag and their mission to improve the environment and agriculture industry, visit IndigoAg.com/Questions   Indigo. From questions… we grow.     We Are a Part of a Bigger Family!    The Future of Agriculture Podcast is now part of the Farm and Rural Ag Network. Listen to more ag-related podcasts by subscribing on iTunes or on the Farm and Rural Ag Network Website today.      Join the Conversation! To get your most pressing ag questions answered and share your perspective on various topics we’ve discussed on the Future of Agriculture podcast, head over to SpeakPipe.com/FutureofAg and leave a recorded message!   Share the Ag-Love!    Thanks for joining us on the Future of Agriculture Podcast – your spot for valuable information, content, and interviews with industry leaders throughout the agricultural space! If you enjoyed this week’s episode, please subscribe on iTunes and leave your honest feedback. Don’t forget to share it with your friends on your favorite social media spots!    Learn more about AgGrad by visiting:  Future of Agriculture Website AgGrad Website AgGrad on Twitter AgGrad on Facebook AgGrad on LinkedIn AgGrad on Instagram

Bruce Linton is an entrepreneur who has been at the head of 16 different companies and presently occupies the position of Executive Chairman at Vireo Health International, Inc, Co-Chairman of Martello Technologies Group, Inc., and co-founder of online rental marketplace Ruckify. During this candid interview, Bruce talks about his successes and his sales failures, helping us appreciate the Growth Mindset, Storytelling and the true meaning of Entrepreneurship. He also talks about how and where he has managed to find extraordinary opportunities and what to look for.  If you want your sales and business to grow, take 20 minutes to learn from this incredibly successful business leader.    WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE: Why Relationship Selling is oversold   How Bruce picks his ventures   Why salespeople should never mention their competition The Value of the public policy changes How to pitch investors using Storytelling techniques   SHOW NOTES [00:21] Intro [01:45] Welcome  [02:11] Business stories that inspire Bruce [03:10] Early years: Carlton University Student Association [03:18] Canopy Growth Corporation [03:34] How he became a serial entrepreneur [04:46] Get fired for your own ideas   [06:00] You are selling all the time [06:52] Common Mistakes salespeople make [07:00] Why Relationship selling is oversold [08:36] Do's and Dont's of sales pitching [09:10] Why you should never slam your competition [10:09] How Bruce picks industries to invest [11:14] The role of Public policy changes [12:45] Stories that excite Bruce's investors [13:09] Advice for using storytelling techniques [14:38] Challenges facing today’s sales leaders [15:50] The Art of Storytelling [17:28] Contact info  

A natural gas bus drives past you, and it suddenly lights a bulb inside your head, it quickly triggers a click on your mind on how to save money, on how to help your country.This happened to Bruce Winchester around 2009 while working for the Ministry of Natural Resources in Canada, without knowing that several years after that he would be the Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance Executive Director.With all his public policy background experience, he represents the industry (producers, distributors, equipment, fleet users) in one of the countries with the most prolific technology developments around the NGV sector.At this moment Canada showcases around 140 refueling locations, where about 45 of are high capacity, in great locations specific for the long-haul transportation sector. The remaining of those are time filling stations for refuse or bus fleets. Not very impressive numbers considering that Canada is the 3rd largest natural gas producing country in the world.The success stories of Canada in the NGV sector are tightly related to the long history of automotive manufacturing of the country. An industry with a long tradition in automotive technology innovation.Cummins Westport, Agility, Luxfer and Kraus are examples of innovative leadership and high-quality manufacturing.….More in the Part 2 interview with Bruce that will be published on November 20th.Here’s what we discuss in this episode:How Bruce got into the NGV business (4:30)About the development of the NGV Industry in Canada (10:00)How the companies and truck fleets became interested in NGVs (14:02)Greenhouse Effect Emissions in Canada (18:00)What have been the Federal Government Initiatives regarding NGVs (19:01)How the CNG station market evolved from light-duty to heavy-duty (24:00)How many CNG stations does Canada have? (26:40)The Vedder Transportation success story (29:15)Why Canada is so related to the automotive innovation sector (31:55)About the Cummins Westport, Agility, Luxfer, Kraus and Xebec success stories (40:01)About Xebec Adsorption and other innovation companies (42:50)Resources:Check the Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance WebsiteCheck Bruce Winchester Linkedin ProfileCheck the Cummins Westport DevelopmentsThe Vedder Transportation Success Story

The greatest enemies to HIV campaigns are the communities. Folks like to keep people with HIV stigmatized and at risk because they think it’s the safest thing to do. They think it’s safer to put the separation between HIV positive and HIV negative people because then you won’t have any transmissions. We know that the sense of community and the sense of connectedness is essential to address mental health issues, to help people get engaged in care, to find the services that they need, because so many people at a local level, don't have that kind of support.And that’s what Bruce is trying to change through Undetectable is Untransmittable (U=U) campaign - he is trying to help people living with HIV and people at risk of contracting HIV understand that there is zero risk of contracting HIV when someone has an undetectable viral load.On today’s episode, I have an amazing interaction with the person who has been the driving force behind getting the message of probably one of the most significant medical breakthroughs in recent history known to as many people as possible, around the world.Bruce Richman is the Founding Executive Director of PAC and the "Undetectable = Untransmittable (U=U)" campaign (#UequalsU). He has worked in global philanthropy for over two decades developing foundations, cause-marketing and grantmaking programs, social marketing campaigns, and interventions on a range of issues including HIV stigma and prevention, sustainable development, childhood obesity, violence prevention, and gang intervention.Diagnosed with HIV in 2003, Bruce learned in 2012 that his undetectable viral load meant he could not transmit HIV. He committed to sharing this life-changing information in the hope that people with HIV and their partners will live healthy sexual and reproductive lives free of fear and stigma. He received his Ed.M. in Administration, Planning & Social Policy from Harvard Graduate School of Education and his J.D. from Harvard Law School.So, listen to Episode 4 of Positively Alive to learn how the U=U campaign started, how it can help people and what are the next steps in eliminating stigma.Questions I ask:Could you walk us a little bit through the beginning days, when you got infected and how you eventually became the activist you are today? (03:54)Where do you think that reluctance of adopting the U=U message comes from, especially in the US? (10:15)You have high hopes for the US but U=U also means a turning point for countries for HIV prevalence is very high. What challenges do you see in this regard? (21:41)Considering the profound advances in the HIV treatment and medicine, many of us are wondering why so many members of our community still struggle with viral suppression. What is your take on this? (22:51)Do you think that is a looming danger, in the U=U message that is going to stigmatize the people that have not yet reached the viral suppression? (29:30)In this episode, you will learn:About the Swiss study. (06:18)Why the community is the biggest enemy of HIV positive people. (13:53)Examples of leaders that had the courage to step up. (20:45)The reasons why AIDS Incorporated has to be dismantled in the US. (28:17)How Bruce describes stigma in the US. (34:28)Connect with Bruce:LinkedInPrevention Access Campaign (PAC)InstagramTwitterFacebook See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Episode #1 is with Bruce Kim. He is an incoming BTA at Deloitte Consulting and aspiring entrepreneur. Topics discussed in this interview include: 1. How to approach a college education 2. Working at Amazon and mindset growth 3. The future of Amazon 4. How Bruce landed a job at Deloitte Consulting 5. Building a niche eCommerce business 6. The current and future state of esports

Bruce Adorian is an Jesus following warrior and my friend. He is a entrepreneur, family man, and warrior. On this podcast we discuss: How Bruce broke his hand in a fight recently Why Bruce jumped off boat blindfolded and swam for his life How he did not give up on his family or marriage when tempted to How Jesus trained him to be a warrior that does not quit

What is the difference between people who lose weight and keep it off versus those who regain the weight just a few months later? The difference in those who keep the weight off is they keep the promises they make to themselves. They live in integrity with what they want from life. Case in point, today’s returning guest Bruce Pitcher from Extreme Weight Loss Season 4, episode 4. Bruce transformed his physical and emotional life after being a guest on the show. He wrote his new book, Larger Than Life to share his blessings with others. He is a real-life example of what you believe you can do internally you can achieve externally.   Drew’s new book Complete Keto: A Guide for Transforming Your Body and Your Mind for Life is now available! Visit CompleteKeto.fit2fat2fit.com to get your copy now. Get the CK30 video series as a bonus when ordering with this link.   If you like the podcast subscribe & review it on iTunes | Stitcher.   Key Takeaways:   [8:22] Bruce continued an over-active lifestyle even after he suffered a concussion during exercise.   [12:59] The two sides of faith in Utah.   [16:19] Bruce shares his personal journey of triumphing in spite of the emotional pain inflicted by his father.   [21:23] It’s ok to live the life you want to live with integrity, now!   [32:46] How writing Larger Than Life was an opportunity to share his blessings with the world.   [40:04] How Bruce stays in integrity and motivated when workouts get boring or tough.   [49:47] Bruce shares his message so others know they are not alone.     Sponsors: Redmond Real Salt — An ancient seabed in Utah is the source for this natural, undiluted real salt with all the essential trace minerals left intact. Keto is better with Real Salt.   Let’s Get Checked — At home hormone tests, no doctor appointment needed. The test kit comes with easy to follow instructions and a prepaid return envelope for fast online results. Use the link to get 15% off any test.       Dry Farm Wines — You can have alcohol on the ketogenic diet. Use this link for a bottle of wine for $.01 with any order   Complete Wellness Supplements — Shop Drew’s hand-formulated, pre-workout greens, Keto Meal with grass-fed collagen and BHB’s for mental clarity and a brain boost.   Mentioned in This Episode: Larger Than Life by Bruce Pitcher and Rachel Sommer @brucepitcher on Twitter @brucepitcher on Instagram ChampWithinAZ@gmail.com Fit2Fat2Fit Take the Fit2Fat2Fit Podcast Listener Survey Fit2Fat2Fit on Facebook Fit2Fat2Fit Book Complete Keto Book Drew on Social Media: @fit2fat2fit Email Drew: Drew@fit2fat2fit.com  

Dr. Bruce Lipton, stem cell biologist, bestselling author of The Biology of Belief, and internationally renowned speaker, joins our show in this special episode of the Elite Man Podcast! In today’s episode Bruce talks about the power of the subconscious mind, epigenetics, the biology of belief, and creating the life you want by changing the way you think. He covers a multitude of fascinating topics and delves into the science of cells and how our thoughts and beliefs can directly affect them. Bruce covers the extraordinary things he’s seen over the years and the incredible discoveries he’s recently learned about just how powerful our minds really are and just how much we can directly transform our lives when we take control of our minds. If you’re wondering how to get the life you want by using your mind, check this episode out now! *Download this episode now and subscribe to our channel to get more of these amazing interviews! In our episode we go over: Why Bruce became fascinated with biology at such a young age Bruce’s work in stem cells many, many decades ago and what he learned by working with these incredible cells Why we’re not victims of our genes despite what scientists used to believe and despite what many still believe How Bruce discovered that it’s the environment that controls our genes and not the nucleus The science of epigenetics and their importance to our life and happiness Why changing your mind changes the chemistry that your brain produces for the rest of your body Spontaneous remissions and the fact that some people have spontaneously cured themselves from terminal disease or sickness The science behind spontaneous remissions and how they come about Controlling your mind despite having a poor environment Whether or not it’s possible for people with sick or unhealthy genes to literally change their genes or change the expression of the genes to healthier ones The true function of your mind (not what people think) Changing the programs that have been coded into you since birth, early childhood, and even adulthood Whether or not it’s possible to change your genes themselves using the power of your mind The fact that your genes can be expressed over 3,000 different ways Surrounding yourself with the right type of people and creating the right community for you to get the things you want The role of energy in regard to our health and getting the things we want in life Why our conscious controls our biology – according to Einstein himself What gives power to our subconscious minds The broadcasts that we receive as human beings The bizarre phenomenon of people getting transplants from other people and having memories from that other person Why Bruce believes we’re all here and why we have this life to experience How to reprogram your subconscious mind – the 3 ways to do it Check out Bruce on: Website: Brucelipton.com  Facebook: Facebook.com/BruceHLiptonPhD Book: Amazon.com/biology-of-belief  Sponsors: *Our brand new Turmeric Curcumin is now available! Go to EliteLifeNutrition.com/turmeric to order now. * Have you joined the Elite Man Newsletter yet? If not, get on it now! Go to EliteManMagazine.com/newsletter and sign up to get special Elite Man content not seen nor heard anywhere else. Get all of our bonus podcast information, sneak peaks into upcoming shows, behind-the-scenes content, special offers, and exclusive Elite Man updates you won’t find anywhere else. I’m telling you if you’re not on our newsletter yet you’re missing out. Go to EliteManMagazine.com/newsletter and become a true member of the Elite Man Community. I look forward to speaking soon. EliteManMagazine.com/newsletter. *Subscribe to our YouTube channel by going to EliteManMagazine.com/youtube right now!

[1:45] What is teal? [4:00] Frederic Laloux's Reinventing Organizations http://www.reinventingorganizations.com/ [6:45] Jerry Harvey's Abilene Paradox: "Organizations frequently take actions contrary to the desires of any of its members and defeat the purposes they’re designed to achieve." See Bruce's blog on the Abilene Paradox here: https://www.beyondteal.com/blog/abilene-paradox-and-anaclitic-blues [8:50] Changing the business name from CEOhq to "Beyond Teal" - When he asked Frederic if he was infringing on copyrights, Frederic's response was "I'm more interested in making a difference and making a movement than I am in trying to own anything." [13:00] The three principles of teal 1 - Evolutionary Purpose - beyond profits 2 - Wholeness - "How do we maximize individuals in the context of how we work and play together?" Integrating individual and organizational purpose 3 - Self-Management / Self-Leadership / Self-Organization [15:00] The challenges of helping leaders to EVOLve from traditional hierarchical organizations toward teal - "Even the people that agree with the change will resist it" [18:00] How Bruce started bringing Frederic LaLoux's research to life in his client companies. Learn more about holacracy here: https://www.holacracy.org/ [22:00] Identify what is going right and figure out how to get more of that - Experience at Optimax - Hiring great people and getting the hierarchy out of the way -"Where is the value being created?" -"What is in the way of you doing more of that -"Where are you making mistakes? How can we catch those mistakes earlier?" [25:45] Forbes feature article on Optimax: https://www.forbes.com/sites/petergeorgescu/2019/01/09/the-customer-is-still-king/ “We’re getting better and better through continuous improvement to minimize future risk. This system gets us there,” Optimax CEO Rick Plympton said. “Over the past 15 years, we’ve worked with a consultant, Bruce Peters, who uses a modified version of Teal management principles. Since we started, our revenue has risen from $3 million to $40 million.” [30:00] How self-management can help you scale your culture and maximize your people...and the difficulties for leaders in letting go of control [32:15] Assessing adult levels of development - The benefits and potential drawbacks [35:00] How Bruce works to EVOLve leaders toward a teal mindset - "In this day and age, with the speed of change...the organizations that are going to survive and flourish in the future are going to be the organizations that are functioning in this self-organized way." Charles Darwin "It's not the strongest or the smartest that survive, it's the most adaptable" [40:30] Buurtzorg - 100 nurses to 13,000 in 11 years - everything is done in "circles" of 12 - corporate headquarters is less than 30 people (and can't tell a "circle" what to do) [42:30] People in teal companies have lower stress levels because people feel like they have autonomy in their lives [43:30] How Bruce measures success in his clients - living wages and increasing the amount of time employees are spending aligned with their higher purpose [46:00] The difference between good stress and bad stress (The book "The Upside of Stress" that I mentioned is by Kelly McGonigal) [47:15] "We are leaving so much on the table as a society. We are leaving so much human potential on the table. We have to stop calling it 'anti-poverty' programs. It has to be 'unlocking potential' programs. What we're doing as a society is taking 15-20% of our society and their potential is not counting, we're not adding it to the sum....What a disservice to them and a disservice to our society and to the rest of us." [48:30] "The business that do teal are providing a model for the rest of us, and hopefully the people that are doing that can take back into their schools and other places in society." Read "The Future of Management is Teal" by Frederic Laloux for an introduction into the framework: https://www.strategy-business.com/article/00344 ...or pick up his book "Reinventing Organizations" for a more in-depth overview and several case studies Learn more about Bruce and take a teal readiness assesment at www.beyondteal.com

Bruce Mack, owner and founder of Platinum Financing Group, knows that his funding options and asset protection programs are the perfect solution for all business owners to achieve complete financial freedom. With his impressive credentials and decades of experience helping thousands of clients, Bruce has honed unique skill sets and the ideal perspective to help entrepreneurs achieve their goals by implementing customized funding solutions tailored to each needs. Platinum Financing Group has the most comprehensive funding programs available in the industry. Their 0% APR program for up to 21 months is just one unique example of a program that typifies Bruce's quest to bring the best options to startups and existing business owners. As a licensed financial advisor and past owner of a licensed and bonded credit repair company, Bruce empowers small business growth through lines of credit, corporate credit building programs, term loans, bridge, and gap loan financing. He also promotes a highly-specialized self-directed retirement account as a funding option that can be used for any business purpose. Bruce is especially passionate on educating clients about asset protection and the tax mitigation benefits through the utilization and implementation of his unique, specialized Business Trust. With a client-first philosophy, Bruce and his team at Platinum Financing Group are working to build whatever their clients need to achieve their dreams. What you’ll learn about in this episode: How Bruce transitioned a career as a corporate headhunter and banker into his current role with Platinum Trust Group Why Bruce got involved in real estate transactions, and why it set him on his current path helping others maintain their finances How Bruce helps his clients with funding, asset protection, and repairing their credit reports and scores Why people often end up hurting their own credit situations out of necessity, and why 30% utilization hurts your credit Why you should be using business cards for your purchases as they don’t report to your FICO Why inconsistencies between your reports with the three credit bureaus can harm your credit standing How inquiries can damage your credit, and why inquiry removal as a form of credit repair can help Why asset protection is vital for any business owner, and why a “corporate veil” isn’t sufficient protection How to find out more information about asset protection and Platinum Trust Group’s services Why it is important to go to a professional for assistance rather than trying to do it yourself Additional resources: Website: www.platinumtrustgroup.com/onward/ Telephone: (702) 371-2345

To say the fall of October 1993 was a tough time for the WWF is an understatement. Vince McMahon and Titan Sports are going to be facing serious charges from the the Federal Government where they would face millions in fines and perhaps lose Titan Towers (and everything in it!). Hulk Hogan is gone so they get Randy Savage back in the ring but before they do, Savage goes on JR's radio show and calls out Hulk Hogan for lying on the Arsenio Hall Show. Vince has decided to shift gears to a different type of main event attraction to feature Bret Hart and his feud with Jerry Lawler is the hottest in the company... and then Lawler got arrested. Despite business being down, they sold out the Boston Gardens in record time. How? Bruce explains a new strategy that worked to move tickets and how they had to pivot away from Lawler in the main event. Why was Shawn chosen? Who were the Knights supposed to be? How were the other Hart brothers to work with? What was the original plan before it was Bret-Owen? Plus we discuss sidebars about Ludvig Borga, Ray Combs, and of course the creation of Reo Rodgers. Don't miss the show Bruce has wanted to cover since we started the podcast, Survivor Series 1993!

 Bruce Schneier (@schneierblog) is an internationally renowned security technologist, called a "security guru" by The Economist. He is the author of 13 books--including: * Data and Goliath: The Hidden Battles to Collect Your Data and Control Your World * Click Here to Kill Everybody: Security and Survival in a Hyper-connected WorldIn addition to his books, Bruce has hundreds of articles, essays, and academic papers, his influential newsletter "Crypto-Gram" and his blog "Schneier on Security" is read by over 250,000 people.Bruce has testified before Congress, is a frequent guest on television and radio, has served on several government committees, and is regularly quoted in the press. Schneier is a fellow at the Berkman Klein Center for Internet & Society at Harvard University; a Lecturer in Public Policy at the Harvard Kennedy School; a board member of the Electronic Frontier Foundation, AccessNow, and the Tor Project; an Advisory Board Member of the Electronic Privacy Information Center and VerifiedVoting.org; and a special advisor to IBM Security and the Chief Technology Officer at IBM Resilient.You can listen right here on iTunesIn our wide-ranging conversation, we cover many things, including: * The difference between the US, Europe and Asia when it comes to privacy and data, and what it all means * Why IoT internet security is one of the biggest problems no one is talking about * Which tech giants will get broken up and which will reign * The problem with social media and ideas on how to solve it * How regulations affect business and monopolies and where we are headed * Why voting and elections are so succeptible to manipulation * How Bruce thinks about privacy in a surveillance capitalism economy * Why your car could kill you and your fridge won't feed you * The reason Bruce is optimistic and pessimistic about the future * Why things are going to get worse before they get better * The sad truth GDPR and data privacy * What you need to know about China, Huawei and surveillanceMake a Tax-Deductible Donation to Support FringeFMFringeFM is supported by the generosity of its readers and listeners. If you find our work valuable, please consider supporting us on Patreon, via Paypal or with DonorBox powered by Stripe.Donate  

We’re thrilled to welcome Dr. Bruce Baird onto the show to talk about dental patient financing and how to close more high value implant cases by offering better financing options for implant patients. Dr. Bruce Baird, DDS, has been a dentist for 38 years and is the founder of Compassionate Finance, which offers customized payment plans for all patients seeking quality dental care. Compassionate Finance is one of the best patient financing companies for patients searching for affordable payment terms for high value implant cases. In the podcast we discuss: [00:22] An introduction to our special guest, Dr. Bruce Baird [01:44] How Bruce started his company, Compassionate Finance, and turned it into a multi-million-dollar business [07:00] Why patient financing is so important if you want to increase productivity and revenue [12:20] Advantages of having better financing options for implant patients and helping them to fit high value treatment plans into their budget [17:43] Changing the financial trajectory of your practice with in-house financing for dental practices [23:50] Why the decision to present alternatives to care credit for high-value cases shouldn’t depend on your pre-judgement of a potential patients [35:28] How Compassionate Finance compares to other third-party finance companies [43:48] Breaking down common misconceptions of implementing alternative patient financing options [48:17] Dr. Bruce Baird’s upfront approach to the question, “How much does it cost?” [52:27] How do you work an associate into compassionate finance? [56:38] Solutions and advice for attaining financial contracts/plans for practices with oral surgeons and other alternative models [58:58] Training your front office team to implement third-party dental patient financing successfully [1:02:28] Payment plans Vs. cash up-front: Is there an alternative for care credit? [1:04:54] Dr. Bruce Baird talks about Productive Dentist Academy and how you can close more high value implant cases If you’d like to find out more about Compassionate Finance, email cwebb@compassionatefinance.com or visit www.compasionatefinance.com for more information on in house financing for dental practices. Alternatively, you can call 866-960-6323 to talk to a member of the team. For more information on this episode click here. Learn how to convert more high-value cases by visiting www.drivendentalmarketing.com and sign-up for your FREE 15-minute strategy session for getting all of the systems in place needed to close more high-value implant cases for your practice. We’ve also got a fantastic dental implant training cruise coming up called “Implants Unlimited” with Dr. Arun Garg which runs from November 15th to 19th from Fort Lauderdale to Cuba. So, make sure to book your seat on the cruise today for 12 hours of CE with some of the world’s leading professionals in the industry. Don’t forget to like our Facebook page to keep up with our podcast and video interview series!

A mentor once told us this… “If things aren’t going your way in life and you’re trying to find happiness, go out and give to others, make them happy, and in turn, that will bring you more happiness.” We had an amazing in person conversation with Quest Nutrition’s Chief Communication Officer, Bruce Cardenas about being a giver, not a taker in life. Bruce is no stranger to being a giver his entire life. He worked for free for Quest Nutrition for 9 months and didn’t ask to get paid. That form of giving led him to creating his job position with Quest Nutrition. Bruce also has an incredible story as he started out in the Marines, from there he had a career at the Los Angeles Police Department, then started his own A-list bodyguard business, and from there went on to being with Quest Nutrition. Here’s what you will learn in our NEW Podcast Episode: The importance of being a giver not a taker in life and how giving will come back 10-fold even if it’s not monetary   Why you should always have humility, put in the time, hard work, and pay your dues, instead of being entitled or wanting instant gratification   How Bruce created his position (events department) by being a giver, not taker, and leveraged his network to bring products from quest to celebrity events   The power behind face to face conversations, shaking hands, attending events, and meeting people in person Make sure to listen to our NEW Podcast Episode to see why you should start “Being a Giver, NOT a Taker in Life” See Full Show Notes Here https://dynamicduotraining.com/podcast/episode-109-how-to-be-a-giver-not-a-taker-in-life-with-bruce-cardenas/ 

On today's episode of The His & Her Money Show, Bruce and Brenda McGrew are joining us today for an incredible debt-free story of faith, marriage, and making progress where you need it the most. this inspirational couple never stopped. They're both teachers in the public education system, and now they're schooling others around the country on finances, smart money management, and paying off all your debts - just like they did! Bruce and Brenda once had over $58,000 of debt, and now they're enjoying the wonderful world of debt freedom. When Bruce and Brenda attended their first Financial Peace University class, they were going as moral support for another couple, not for themselves. They considered themselves pretty money smart already so they had no idea how great they'd benefit from the course, and the world it would open for them. But it did! Six years ago at the beginning of their debt freedom journey, Bruce and Brenda had roughly $58,000 in consumer debt, from credit cards to car loans (and their "eight-thousand dollar blanket"), and they knew they had to get out from under it, and as soon as possible. In the first year of work, they'd already paid off $30,000, and after that, it was time to get even more creative and have some fun with it. Today, debt-free and living well, Bruce is a certified Ramsey Solutions master financial coach, and this smart money couple loves to share any nugget of wisdom they can with YOU on their website, BruceMcgrew.com! WHAT YOU WILL LEARN IN THIS EPISODE The "hybrid method" Bruce and Brenda followed to debt freedom How Bruce and Brenda accidentally got started on their debt-free journey Handling finances as a couple, and the importance of trust Tips for the brand new budgeter Bruce and Brenda's "envelope" method RESOURCES TEAMM | https://brucemcgrew.com/ Thank You for Listening! Thanks for tuning into the His & Her Money Show. If you have any comments or questions about today’s episode, please let us know your thoughts in the comment section below. If you’ve enjoyed this episode, please share it using the social media buttons you see at the bottom of the post. Also, please leave an honest review of the His & Her Money Show on iTunes! Ratings and reviews are extremely helpful and greatly appreciated! They do matter in the rankings of the show and we do read each and every one of them. Today’s show was sponsored by Teach Me How To Budget. If you are ready to gain freedom in your finances once and for all then enroll in our brand new personal finance course Teach Me How To Budget.

ShopTalk is an annual trade show held in Las Vegas focused on retail and e-commerce innovation.  In it's third year, it has become the fastest growing can't miss event in our industry.  This year 8,400 industry professionals attended the event (up from 5,400 last year).  The 2018 version took place March 18-21, 2018 at the Venetian in Las Vegas. There is so much content at the show, that we've divided our recap into two parts.  You can get part 1 here, in Part 2 we cover: Grocery Track - Catering to new consumer - Narayan Iyengar, Senior VP of Digital at Albertsons Glossier Keynote - Emily Weiss, CEO+Founder Amazon Keynote - Eric Broussard - VP of International Marketplaces and Retail Coach Keynote - Joshua Schulman Walmart Keynote - Mark Lore and Andy Dunn Houzz Keynote - Alon Cohen president and co-founder Google Keynote - Daniel Alegere, President, Retail and Shopping Code Commerce - Erik Nordstrom  (President of Nordstrom) and  Don Kingsborough (CEO One market) Code Commerce - Doordash - Tony Xu, CEO Code Commerce - Jennifer Hyman, CEO, Rent the Runway eBay Keynote - AI eBay Keynote Jan Pedersen, Chief Scientist and Scott Cutler, SVP, Americas Ascena Keynote - Ascena Keynote - David Jaffe, Chairman & CEO Boxed Keynote - Chieh Huang, CEO We've been honored to be included on a few lists of top e-commerce podcasts this week. DisruptorDaily Top 10 Retail Industry Podcasts BoldCommerce 16 Best E-commerce Podcasts of 2018 Don't forget to like our facebook page, and if you enjoyed this episode please write us a review on itunes. Episode 122 of the Jason & Scot show was recorded on Thursday, March 22, 2018. http://jasonandscot.com Join your hosts Jason "Retailgeek" Goldberg, SVP Commerce & Content at SapientRazorfish, and Scot Wingo, Founder and Executive Chairman of Channel Advisor as they discuss the latest news and trends in the world of e-commerce and digital shopper marketing. Transcript Jason: [0:25] Welcome to the Jason and Scott show this episode is being recorded on Thursday March 22nd 2018 I'm your host Jason retailgeek Goldberg and as usual I'm here with your co-host Scot Wingo. Scot: [0:38] Hey Jason and welcome back Jason Scott show listeners episode wanted to take a rare pause on the show and Pat ourselves on the back. Jason: [0:52] Let's do it my arm is breaking as I'm doing it. Scot: [0:54] Awesome, T-Rex help Pizza patting himself on the back of fun fun dinosaur fact so we have received a couple accolades on the show much to our surprise so first of all there is a site called disruptor daily and they rank podcast and different, Industries and they put the Jason Scott show on their top 10 retail industry podcast so that was exciting. And then another company called bold Commerce they put out 16 of the top e-commerce podcast books are pretty intense cuz you can tell they actually listen to all the different podcast out there, we can even put forth on that one so our goal next year is to move up the list or real happy to be placed in the top quartile there and they took three of their favorite episodes. And one of them was episode 74 with our good friend Melissa Burdick so thanks to Melissa for helping us make the list next up was. Episode 89 which was our hot take on the Whole Foods Amazon acquisition and last but not least Andrea. Like episode 83 so it's good that we before we even saw this we had have them both back on the show for a second appearance so it's good that we since those were quite popular that we've had those books back on. Jason: [2:13] Yeah you know there's a little inside baseball on the Jason Scott show there's a lot of. Jogging for the first guest to get a third appearance on the show I know it's very competitive and I'm a little worried that some violence could come into play. Scot: [2:30] The knives are out for sure really kind of trying to figure out what's going to happen there so this this is a good. Jason: [2:38] Sorry one of the important side note about the Bold Commerce list number 10 on that list was our friend Eric you didn't at ecommercefuel who's been doing a great podcast for a very long time and what was cool about that is their favorite episode of of of Andrews was an interview with me, so basically I'm the most powerful person on the list. Scot: [2:59] Absolutely I don't think anyone would disagree that. We'd like to thank our listeners for a we could not be receiving these accolades if it weren't for you guys. We always talk about it in the show so I'll put in a plug here, it definitely helps us to continue to get listeners and receive factly it's like this if you subscribe to the show so whatever your favorite podcast listening technology is be at the iTunes iOS podcast app or whatever, please make sure you subscribe that helps us with our podcast SEO rankings and definitely tell your friends. [3:37] Poop so jumping right in here and episode 122 this is so we we continued. We concluded Shock Talk yesterday and while it's still fresh in our minds we wanted update everyone on the highlights from the show so the second part of a two-part series, back and we back in episode 121 we covered the first half is kind of halftime report of what happened at shoptalk so that covered the Sunday and Monday of the four days and then here in episode 122 we're going to cover the back half for the second half of shop talk and really dive into what happened Tuesday and Wednesday. Jason why don't you kick it off with some of the first things that you attended Tuesday morning. Jason: [4:18] So I have to start with some hearsay news we were recording a podcast so I didn't get a chance to attend this, but there was a the grocery track was going on Tuesday morning and at least to me a piece of news broke in the grocery track of the VP of digital at Albertson's announced that, Albertsons would be launching a third-party Marketplace in the grocery space on their site later this year so they were they were soliciting, applications from sellers interested in being on the marketplace. Scot: [4:53] Sprinkle and dumb, I read the news report and it said something like is almost a dig at Amazon Whole Foods at there's something about those guys are some brands are leaving and Albertsons was building this Marketplace almost as a home for this works is that is that kind of. Jason: [5:11] At least partially in again I wasn't at the session so I'm kind of putting some pieces together you know as we've covered on the show little bit like there. There has been some blowback in the Whole Foods acquisition. And it's not clear whether this was driven by Amazon or this was a change that, Whole Foods was in the process of making sort of in parallel with the Amazon acquisition Whole Foods used to have a very sort of local orientation with their suppliers and so individual. [5:42] Stores could buy from suppliers suppliers could have autonomy to do their own merchandise in the store and they're welcome to come into the store and set up their own displays and do sampling and things like that. And coincidental with the Amazon acquisition. Whole Foods has moved to a much more National management of vendors are some of the small vendors have gotten kicked out some of the vendors have less control over their own stuff in the stores and as you can imagine some of the vendor community. Is a little disgruntled with that so I think weather. Weather that's you know actual discontent or whether you know that's just a mild annoyance it it certainly makes sense that a competitor like Albertsons would try to make some hey there and I think they. They mention that's one of the reasons that they that they wanted to offer a a. Marketplace alternative to Amazon in the groceries based I would also say in some ways Albertsons has been one of the more digitally aggressive. Traditional Grocers so that you know that they brought out a lot of the. Expected program GNC like expect to see like curbside pickup but you know they also made the. The hugest acquisition in the traditional grocery space they they even spent over a billion dollars on plated to have their own did you admit native meal kit service since I know you know this is. You. There's a lot of questions in my mind about how a market place for fresh would work but the. [7:15] You know I I will certainly be watching it and will cover it on the show. Scot: [7:19] Grateful I'm just excited to have more marketplaces out there this is going to be a theme of today show Ms is Mo marketplaces so, that's exciting and it'll be interesting to see you know they're what their vision of a grocery market place looks like sometimes we find retailers use the language Marketplace but really what they mean is just kind of Dropship so you know they, they use EDI and curated kind of a thing and kind of old-school mechanisms to expand their selection versus when I think of marketplace it's usually much more you know of an Amazon Marketplace, model or even an eBay where you know any brand could go to Albertsons and say Hey I want to join this Marketplace I've got this cool hip new that are no energy drink or something and want to make it available to your audience so, well I'll be eagerly watching to see what you learn about what it looks like. Jason: [8:08] Yeah yeah and I assume your strength is much deeper than mine in this bed. I suspect you agree it's not uncommon for a retailer to underestimate the complexities of running a Marketplace. Scot: [8:22] Yes absolutely. Jason: [8:23] Yep so then we wrapped up the podcast we were recording and we made it to the first keynote in the morning which was Emily Weiss who's the CEO and founder of glass CA. Garcia is a cool digitally native brand in the beauty space that has been experiencing rapid growth and gets a lot of Buzz and Emily you know strictly talked about is one of the sword. Next Generation female leaders of successful company so it was interesting to hear from her. And she talked a lot about sort of what she called the new definition of a brand. And you know this is a theme that continued with some of the other speakers and that. I've been continuing to have with some folks on Twitter you know right up to Showtime today. But there's that you know this notion of of another company no longer being in charge in the consumer being in charge and so you know Emily describe glassy a as a brand that was really designed. Around listening to the customer instead of talking to the customer until she talked a lot about how traditional. Brands when they when they you know want to be more customer-centric there their real goal is to make the customer feel like they're heard and you know she was making the point that. Making customers feel like their hood is heard is a far cry from actually hearing customers. [9:55] Answer sheet you know she thinks a lot of their you know what their goals are disingenuous and then it's much harder to build a company that's really responsive to things are hearing from customers. And that the way this manifest itself is she's like you know the days when a customer turns to an expert be that a spokesperson or brand. For product Discovery are sort of over in her mind and she thinks that you know today, with the Advent of digital in 1 to 100 and all this transparency that consumers are much more likely to turn to the their peers for product Discovery than they are to, decentralized experts and and her proofpoint for that is the 80% of all of her customers came to Glass EA based on a peer recommendation and so, that was interesting to me because it's a it's a thing that that comes up in a couple of the other presentations on on Wednesday about the role of, a brand and how important brand is in the role of of sort of spokespersons and celebrity endorsers in those sorts of things so so more to come on that. Scot: [11:01] Close confused for most of this one because where I come from we call it glossier and I was like where is the glossier person and never could find them. Jason: [11:12] Yep when you work for a French company you learn to make everything sound a little more pompous. Scot: [11:21] Then I after the glossier keynote we had Amazon and this exciting as they had to Amazon Keynotes at the show which is pretty unusual usually pretty. Turtle wish they didn't like to come to these events and really say much but at if your member in the first half we talked about the Amazon go execs they're talking about that and then here we had Eric Broussard. He is a VP of international, International marketplaces and Retail at Amazon. [11:49] And it's really interesting because you know what what Amazon has done is built over a hundred 75 Global fulfillment centers but they were very country-specific so you could load balance. [12:04] Products made in the USA Fountain Centers let's say you. You were a third party and you're using a PA and you were selling widgets and you would send those widgets in the Amazon list they saw a thousand Amazon what kind of load balance those across is fulfillment centers based on where anticipates the the local points of demand. That's really cool. [12:25] But Amazon historically hasn't had a way for you to really leverage that week we've had several customers really but their heads up against this where they wanted to expand to the UK for example and leverage app, Amazon Local UK people were like well you have to have an entity and you have to have a bank account and you have to have a tax document and you have to have insurance document and you know you have to, do you all these different things so. So really this is a program it was on spin working on for a while and you know I don't know if formally announce it here but they are, they're kind of getting a lot of details so so so see what they can do now is your product can be seamlessly sold globally across the all the hundred seventy-five phone is Interstate that's a great use cases so. [13:13] You could be a u.s. seller and then sound of Europe you can you know as you know they're really big in Indiana they have like 40 performance centers in India that's a huge Battleground for them Japan China are there now in Australia. There's rumor still be in Brazil at some point so you could really use Amazon for your Global infrastructure and. Interesting about this that gives Amazon a huge Edge is Amazon's also invested a ton of money into their catalog and you know so Dave. Unlike a Marketplace like eBay which is more freeform not and where everyone that sells an Xbox or something kind of. Describes it in their own unique way on Amazon they have this kind of golden description of. Every Xbox and whatnot and what's nice about that is it allows them to then as they going to other countries translate that that skew or that a sand once. And then now you as a seller if you match up against that and it's the same products as in like less you say France in the US you get kind of translation for free. I just kind of the punchline they're so so that's a really nice benefit of the Amazon Marketplace solution say really talked about. Kind of a six-step process where they made it, insanely easy to sell globally system as you send your inventory so whatever your country you're in and also this is all cross-country so you could be an idiot seller as well as a UK cell or whatever so whatever you said your inventory into FBA they receive it in storage. [14:44] And then it becomes Prime enabled and then Amazon you can tell Amazon what countries you want to listen to and then they will put the product into this country's and they will load balance across country so number three. The customer orders the product number for Amazon pick packs and ships they handled the front end customer service so if someone has a question about the product, eye of your delivery or anything like that they have their entire force of local folks even handle the reverse Logistics through back to the system so, pretty amazing and a lot of people questioned Amazon's got money. Don't doubt for this performance centers of the powerful things you can do when you do have that ass that you know they have to look at all the other. Companies out there no one has as many assets like this as Amazon so so you can eBay when they're doing cross-border trade. They're using and I think someone like a Pitney Bowes or something to kind of do the freight forwarding which is great and I'm sure that's a very capable thing. But it's not hundred 75 fulfillment centers it's kind of a reshipping, model versus a get it native and sell the ones he too, A2Z efficiently out on stage two examples of this one was exploding kittens if you don't know exploding kittens it's a fun card game that and. [16:06] Kittens do not get hurt in this game is Callicoon oh except the draw for is an exploding kitten that's kind of the short version of it and then. [16:14] They talked about how Amazon enabled them to essentially Go Global with you cut a five-person company that was really focused on creating a card game with witches. Pretty amazing and then they booking did that we just got very untrue real story with Phillips and Phillips talked about how they launch the product and India using the Amazon Global selling offering so what's the one thing that's interesting is. All the big guys were very much in by big eisenmann Google Facebook Amazon eBay all their talks were really geared towards. How do you say wanted Brands to kind of get on their platforms which is pretty interesting cuz you know 3 years ago it was all about Sellers and that kind of thing now. Everyone really excited about more emerging Brands and old-school Brands and how to get them on to these platforms so those are my takeaways from them. Jason: [17:05] Yeah and once I don't own that one there's a show in Las Vegas earlier in March called Prosper which is, show really targeted at Amazon sellers I did not attend but one of the news items out of that was they formally did announce this program in North America and so they like apparently it's at least formally been, announced that anyone can opt-in if you have FBA inventory in the US that they'll now will fill it in Mexico or Canada if you choose. Scot: [17:39] Sprinkle. Jason: [17:40] So it seems like it it's a real thing and I I really like I was super interested in that because it just seems. Where you like we are to be successful. This is all one in 2D versus you know the sort of complicated orchestration and multiple partners like handing off the Box between. Freight forwarders & Custom agents and all those sorts of things. Scot: [18:05] When you do that you lose things like trackability in a little details like that. Jason: [18:10] Exactly and the way the package arrives at the customer may not be the customer experience you want. [18:17] So then the next keynote was the president of coaches Joshua Schulman. And very different than the Amazon presentation is a brand presentation and coached of her listeners is going through a little bit of a change you know the parent company used to be coach when they were a single brand. In the last I think year or two years they've acquired a couple companies so they acquired. Alegria shoe manufacturer Stuart Weitzman and then last year they acquired Kate Spade and so they become sort of a house of luxury Brands and they renamed. The parent company tapestry so Josh was the president of Coach which is you know the biggest of three brands owned by tapestry. And Joshua talked a little bit about this this Big Brand Evolution that coaches just kind of completing. They over a number of years had really kind of moved from, luxury to mid-market so they they had gotten very promotional they were selling throw out of department stores that were very Promotional and a lot of people felt like the equity in the brand have greatly eroded. And so for the last you know I guess I would say 2 years coaches been making this over to effort to. Take themselves out of the discount supply chain as Joshua says is it that you know we are focused on reducing our promotional impressions. And that's it. He's probably a smart thing to do it it's both been reflected in coaches results which which have been much much more favorable this last year. [19:55] But also as we've talked a lot about this show that you know Casey well and Bob would say the retail bifurcation, but there's a lot of Market customers and you can do real well catering in them and there's a lot of Deep Discount customers and you can do really well catering to them but where you really don't want to be is the uncomfortable middle in between those two extremes, and that's kind of where coach at Swift and so they've kind of done a successful job of moving themselves back up market so so Joshua was talking a little bit about that. He did such a dress department stores which I found interesting I'm not I'm not sure that they mentioned it but Joshua is new to Kochi he became the president of coach last year and he was formerly the president of. Bergdorf Goodman which is one of the you know the the. [20:44] Kind of historic famous luxury department store so obviously you know he has a strong affinity for department stores and he shared his POV that you know department stores aren't going away there an important part of the ecosystem. And then he kind of talked about the future of the coach brand. And you know a big part of coaches future he believes is personalization so coaches rolled out a lot of capability to customize handbags on an individual basis so now from their website you can. Personalize a lot of your products and their coach owns a bunch of different stores they're starting to deploy that. Personalization capability in the stores as well so you know instead of getting the same bag as everyone else you can get a bag that's completely unique just for you. Which I do agree that I think is an important part of the evolution of all these Brands and then his last point in. North America which is coach's Home Market that you know where Promontory thought of is a handbag manufacturer and so they're they're investing a lot in. Redefining themselves as a Lifestyle brand and in that sort of a jargon for, where we're going to sell apparel and other items in addition to Handbags and he talked about markets like China where, they've been a Lifestyle brand from the beginning because they had this much broader assortment when they first went into that market and how differently the Chinese customer thinks about Coach then the the North American customer and so that that was sort of his pitch for the evolution of the brand. Scot: [22:16] Recap my favorite part of that one was Courtney Reagan I'm a big CNBC junkie and she didn't really do it here but on TV I've seen her, when you I think what happens is Sony's Executives meet these reporters and they just kind of assumed they're just general business reporters and don't know the industry Courtney has like an MBA in economics and Retail and she's been at this for for a long time and I've seen her just eviscerate Executives before I guess are good she had, Lundgren tied up in knots one time. When you just talk about the Amazon competition so I was kind of really waiting there for her to catch him in the Trap in and I think she went pretty easy on him because the cameras weren't rolling I do think you know why. What are these guys seem like they're in denial about stories it's like they won't admit that. Yeah it's a challenge or something like I got a really weird vibe from him that everything's hunky-dory Pollyanna you know stores are great brands are great and you know. I can talk doses PR or if he was like really believed it also if that was kind of you know a little concerning. Jason: [23:20] Yeah and I think there is a theme you know all of these guys came on and they're they're defending their legacy ass that's right so he's talking a lot about how important the store experience is and in addition to, you know the Wholesale stores that coach yells through coach owns a bunch of their own store so they certainly have a expensive asset there that they want the world to believe is valuable and I would argue, is valuable and it's going to come into play on some of the other teammates were going to talk about later when you know when, the CEOs have to spend a lot of their time justifying why their legacy assets are so valuable like you know it's it's it's fair to question you know if they really were that valuable they probably wouldn't have to spend a lot of their time saying they were valuable. Scot: [24:02] Yap exactly. Jason: [24:03] And by the way I randomly I happen to be sitting for that keynote next to Warren Thomas who's the other retail reporter at CNBC so that was so we were we were watching Courtney together was kind of fun. [24:17] So then the next keynote was a very good get for shoptalk it was Mark Lori that the digital president at Walmart and Andy done the, the founder of bonobos which is now a brand owned by Walmart. Scot: [24:35] Yeah this was a last-minute addition which I thought was interesting it almost kind of felt like maybe they came because they had something to say so I think we were all you really waiting on this one. Jason: [24:46] Yeah. That that probably is true and I would argue that in a way that made it so it be less interest in keynote than it might have otherwise been for me because as we've covered on this show Walmart had a very visible Miss on there, their Ecommerce growth last quarter in their their stock took a pretty significant hit as a result of that and so you know that was the 1st? Was was to, kind of talked about in justify, the the in a fact that they had something like 20 or 25% growth versus the 40% growth that folks were expecting and you know I'm really interested in and hearing him talk about that like it it did take up the bulk of, this particular a keynote and you know I would have been interested to hear a little bit more about about some other aspects but I will say, Mark's answer which seems like it's now that the corporate line there is essentially that Walmart planned, to have slower growth and Q4 and that it was sort of a retooling quarter for them you know after that had had several quarters of, a very fast growth and he kind of pointed out that look we don't give quarterly guidance we gave annual guidance and we hit our annual guidance so we don't understand why everyone was so surprised. [26:12] And I like I I think it's fair to say we're all a little cynical of that that story. Scot: [26:17] Yeah I don't know if it's because of the podcast or what not but I think. Between the two of us if I had 40 people come up and offer that they thought that was totally BS that you know the drill line was that you know nobody in retail plans for the 4th quarter to be a reach 1/4. Jason: [26:33] I think I think the the summary they're like well I think for an update they hit their annual guidance and that's all great if your plan is to have a soft fourth-quarter it's a bad plan. [26:46] So other than that there were some interesting tidbits from that presentation you know Marc reported that they're up to seventy-five million skews for sale which is you know from a couple years ago that they were in the you know couple million skews so that's. Astronomic growth I would assume the bulk of that is Marketplace and there's you know a slight bit of controversy, here in the there is a former Walmart exact it's actually suing Walmart and one of his main claims is that Walmart store to artificially inflates this number bye. By saying how many skus are in the database and not necessarily actively for sale but I think I think directionally. Walmart has added an awful lot of skews and is within an order of magnitude of of Amazon which is pretty impressive. [27:36] Is what I think Amazon's about 400 million skew something in that range. [27:42] So then he did talk about you saying we talked about a lot on the podcast which is Walmart's grocery Grocery progress then I'll have 1200 stores that do grocery pick-up and so what that means is 1200 cities where customers can order groceries. Online and I drive by the store and pick it up and you know except for those 1,200 stores you can't order fresh groceries from Walmart so. That this is this weird thing and I think the analyst had until he picked up on you. When you're talking about store sales you talk a lot about same-store sales cuz you compare apples to apples when you talk online you talk you know General growth. But now you really have this third category which is sort of. Online grocery growth which is a hybrid you can only deliver if you have a store and able to do so so there are 1,200 stores and they they expect open another thousand storms this year. You know you're my mind that has been the primary driver of their they're huge e-commerce growth and so I think they need to open a thousand or 1200 more stores this year to comp well against. Against the last year or they're going to they're going to laugh all those those grocery stores they opened last year and then and that would dramatically swell their comps. He also mentioned that they are now in 100 metros with same day delivery this is this Blended solution where I think they're using to live they're using Uber and they're letting their own employees do deliveries. So that that is interesting we we will hear about that from Target as well and then Andy talked a lot about the did you need a vertical brand which is a term he coined and and how that fits into the Walmart strategy. [29:23] I think it's Mark Lori that always uses this metaphor a bit but they talk about the the. The analogy of Walmart to Netflix and they say you know I got you. Netflix is a super successful model you can go watch a bunch of other people's movies on Netflix but increasingly, the big draw to Netflix are these first-party content that Netflix created exclusively like house of cards or Orange is the New Black and so to Andy and Mark these, did you need a vertical Brands like bonobos ModCloth are. The sort of unique videos in the in the Netflix model I don't know what they meant to but they did make an announcement that I had not. She heard before which is that all of those did you need a Brands will eventually find their way onto the jet sales platform which many of them are not right now so that would be ModCloth for example would be sold through Jets and, Martinez said the high level strategy is look where we're redefining the jet brand we're going to use jet as, the brand to win affluent Urban Millennials and you know which sort of perfectly complements the markets that the Walmart brand is really good at winning. Scot: [30:44] Couple funny things in their answer to the question of the bonobos being on chat was, your Delray Jason had gone out and search and I found like this pictures of monkeys since he couldn't find my notes they kind of lost Jason he was like so going to be a media company I don't think he understood the, metaphor of unique, original content that they were trying to make their butt but it is it's early as you know it's definitely I think it's a very valid strategy it's kind of like Prime exclusives that Amazon is doing the challenge with Walmart is, you know they've got like 8 things going on that that are pretty intense and each of their own and their e-commerce. Peace is not at a scale that Amazon is so sweet hard for them to execute well in all of this. [31:39] The warmers. Jason: [31:44] I think that was the main main adjust of the Andy and Mark show other than. Scot: [31:49] Are you crushing on Andy Dalton. Jason: [31:50] Andy Andy had some really cool slippers on that apparently where the celebrity got married in. Scot: [31:56] Took a picture, I guess my picture that was circling this fine then up next was house in the house Houzz, and houses really cool story so I actually know one of the founders his name is Alana and he was from 2001 to 2010 he ran a bunch of engineering groups at eBay and his wife's name is I'll probably put you this but, Adi tatarko. [32:26] And they are from Israel and they moved to Silicon Valley and by house probably for a bazillion dollars and they were they were working on refurbishing the house I think about. 8 years ago now and you know what they found was there was no. Great Ecommerce experience for Furnishing your house so house is borns they built house is a way it's kind of a it started out as really a place where. Counting is a super vertical Pinterest so. If you did a project where you refurbish your kitchen for example and you wanted and a designer wanted to maybe kind of get involved it was coming designer Marketplace so you could get ideas from other people could have done it and then also designers and an end designers like, because it was a way for them to acquire customers and that's how they were kind of monetizing it. Then what happened is there so many do-it-yourselfers that would say hey I really like how Jason and his wife did their kitchen. I want to and I can see this faucet in there that I really like and this countertop but I want to know exactly what it is and how to go buy it. So there's this disconnect between the, products you would see in these kitchens in other rooms are being refurbished and ability to buy them so they created a product Marketplace on there in full disclosure we've been a partner of there is that channel visor for a very long time, I used to be more of a paid less than kind of moved to a pure market place we can buy them all and house and they've been a great partner verse so it was cool to hear the story I've never heard the story from kind of that. [34:00] That start to where they are now and here they are today they fit 10 million items on the marketplace they've got over 20,000 Sellers and 40 million monthly active users so you know it's pretty pretty neat that they kind of just. Really solve the problem and we're able to build a couple different ways of monetizing that on there he was interviewed by Alfred Lynn who was one of the. Jason: [34:28] Yeah that's a good question yeah I think he was there at the beginning I do not know if he's officially a founder or not. Scot: [34:34] Yep but he left free shortly after the Amazon acquisition and Joint Sequoia which is one of the. List of blue chips are in the Bay Area so a lot of his questions I wasn't sure the retailers were rocking on cuz he's talking about MARC station strategies, yeah he's like going kind of deep into the VC language they're so it's kind of interesting and then, the last thing I thought was interesting was they did talk about you know, they are so this is really big right now in the home category, where you know you can not eat you can use augmented reality to look at a room and being a piece of furniture or a faucet or something like that or maybe in the cabinet you can kind of get a feel for how that's been looking so they have a million skus that are when I call a are enabled and, this was one that will make sure that we caught that, it improves your conversion 11 x when when people are using they are to look at an item, so in my calculus I kind of said well that was conversion rate something like two to three percent so what is that like 33%. [35:39] What your kiss makes sense cuz people going to be pretty far down the funnel if you're going to be like okay I'm going to go home, I'm going to fire up the say our thing and I'm going to drop that widget that piece of furniture whatever it is into my room to see if it's it's so it's so I guess it does kind of like a really big bump to me. [35:57] Does that jive with you. Jason: [35:58] It does and I think YG for the reason you mentioned like I don't think if you just took any random Shopper on that site and force them to to use an AR experience that they would suddenly convert. 11 x better so I don't think they expect you know why these friends probably is better is, I don't think it it's this the magic Silver Bullet to cause everyone to buy. I think you have to already have a much higher buying intense. To be interested in trying they are Peter so you have to already be more attached to the item and you're investing more time and in kind of setting it up on your phone and walking to the environment where you want to use it and so it's it's, it's one step below are on the funnel and in so I think it is a great tactic, they are also that your web urging a something we talked about in the show Google and and, Apple have both rolled out AR kits for their operating system that make it way easier to do this kind of stuff well and so. Pals wizard of the pilot user of those two stacks the what people is usually underestimate when they implement this feature, is you need a source of really good data to have the 3D models of all these items into the fact that they have a million items out of there, their inventory of, you know that they have good 3D models for is is to me pretty impressive and that that now is officially the big barrier for any other retailer that wants to add this feature is just how do you get the good 3D data and I I think in the long run. [37:32] The brands are all you know in the same way that they have to provide a long and short description for a retailer when they want to sell something you know what the brands are going to have to start providing 3D files for for these things as well. Scot: [37:45] Yeah that seems like a very large number to me because you and I know most manufactures is a struggle to get a you know a human readable short description you know so they'll be like. Wooden chair so I kind of was locking the logic I was like wow that's a million is like 10% that's why I would have guessed. Jason: [38:07] Generally these first-generation experiences it's more the retailer created the data themselves. Scot: [38:14] Yeah so they must be like you, getting the products in and scan I know people will shoot videos and practice way there's these houses that get quantity one of these things to do that so I was thinking maybe they picked they have the benefit of knowing the top 10% items get them into a studio and then you can run a scan on them that was did you wrote did you walk to the same process. Jason: [38:34] Yeah and they didn't talk about how they do it that's and I would have love for them to Deep dive into that but that's exactly what I would assume and it does create this interesting thing so, and house where is really weird category cuz a lot of furniture is. It's not really branded Furniture it's like private label furniture that a bunch of different retailers all sell the same thing and call it something wildly different so there is some office case in their butt. [39:03] If you think about it house now has that in owns that 3D data the manufacturer doesn't so when. [39:13] Amazon or Crate & Barrel or some other seller wants to sell that same item you know they they, they're going to eat at to spend the same money has spent or the manufacturers are going to have to go spend the money to do a 3D scan the file or, go back to the designer and get the 3D CAD files from the designer in so it does it does create this new work stream this is how, a lot of new attributes in e-commerce this is how they start the first time someone a retailer wants to use in the retailer has to invent them and once it becomes a best practice it gets put back on the manufacturer and eventually the manufacturer gets couldn't provide that mean the same as it is true a digital images. Scot: [39:52] It also made me wonder you know the wafer ones talked about a lot that made me wonder how many models they have and if they're doing something somewhere. Jason: [39:59] Yeah and if you think about it in this category is even more ugly like a, the hardware the 3D scan these big items is more convoluted than then you know like simple tabletop items and so much of the stuff is drop shipped like if these were shoes that sat in a filming Center you can imagine sitting up shop and seeing a bunch of shoes in the Fulfillment center but a lot of these things. You know you like it in the case of Wayfair they never pass through a Wayfair facility where Wayfair could scan them. Scot: [40:27] F R Anderson cool so after house we had a Google up and the Google one was probably if I was going to pick one that was my highlight of this would have been it and even then I think it was, how what Google announced the show was largely misunderstood so I wanna spend some time on that because I think it's, pretty important so what are the interesting things that's going on is the the guy that used to run retailer Google his name was John a furnace and he was he left to join Pinterest and saw him several times the show he was there with pry like 50 Pinterest people which I thought was interesting because, you know I'm easily sink shoptalk in Pinterest so I just got this vibe that there's something going on there. And I don't know what it is but but he's also like his official title there is SVP of ads okay so that makes sense and commerce it Pinterest so pictures has had when I would call some. Pretty you know man e-commerce things that got rich pins they did a little Marketplace I kind of went about it in a weird way that was not very. Customer friendly was easy to implement but not a great customer experience so I almost kind of like was wondering you know. Why is Pinterest have so many people here why they hire Al Fitness e-commerce have answers but I just thought was interesting to see that so anyway, Daniel is a great addition to the retail team so it's official title is president of retail and shopping at Google I talk to a lot of googlers and they were all really excited because this kind of the folks that are in the Google shopping side and they've been working on retail for a long time. [41:59] I feel like retail is really elevating at Google and. The person they talk about Daniel has been a senior leader Google for quite a while I think his prior title. [42:13] I was stressing yeah he was like Global and strategic Partnerships so you know he he was quite a senior person and, he's also well known a Google you know these companies like a Google or an Amazon aren't really known for their ability to partner with other people wear as you know I think he has led the charge in certain categories were partnering is going to be essential for the wedding so I was really eager to hear what he had to talk about he went through you know. [42:40] I don't think whatever Google people get up there they have to kind of go through the rigmarole of, we have seven properties that were billing users were Google where mazing here's the big trends we see the meat and potatoes of his talk to me was the announcement of I called this Universal shopping cart and I'm not a fan of that I've had these two spirit things at Google, send it. Google Assistant which we know and love on the show they've had Google Express. What started out as a kind of delivery service in a couple of areas and just think of it as kind of one hour type. Product and then they've had product listing ads and so through a the pieles are a. A shopping enabled kind of a not enabled e-commerce ad unit if you will so far. 20 products that has a price and that kind of stuff so they put them all under this umbrella now and they've actually. The cool thing for me is I sent you they built on Marketplace on the park posting ads and that they taking a couple shots at this last time I was called by on Google and. It was just so micro so it was like 5 merchants on Android only Angie had to have Google pay and it had to be enabled it had to have this that in you but time you slice all that stuff you're looking at like you know. 500000 users which which is nothing but in the world of Google with all these billion dollar properties it's like why are you so where she going after these like you know, like slice of a size of a slice of a slice but unfortunately are not doing a great job of describing it I think about it is you can now take any SKU and have it available in a lot of different flavors so so first of all. [44:26] If it's like what I would call an e-commerce Q me you're going to ship it either from a fulfillment center or a store so kind of like a two-day plus kind of a thing you can make that viable in a Google search result. Is that product is near the user and available for delivery same day that's another option Source, these rings of availability. And then also you can make that SKU available to Google assistant so example that they have used a lot is as you know target has a private label cpg brand called up and up. [44:55] So they show this this detergent that has been enabled with this new ad unit that's called shopping action, abled then there's three use cases so you can say OK Google, buy up and up laundry detergent and it will it will know then. Based on where you are if you can get it kind of same day or in an e-commerce kind of a Note 2 day type experience so you it will ask you and if it's available in both It'll ask you which one you want. The baby shopping shipping fees and stuff there and then if you're in the Google Express experience you'll see that product because it is available at a local store and then if you're in a sponsored. Pla you will see it there as well so there. You know we are at Channel advisor we are in early partner on this and it I can say they said on stage, Target and Ultra Ultra are seeing 20% left from that, police unit and I can say there's there's several other people in there and and this is causing really good lift for folks in this is something I think it's been a long time coming, there's certainly some attribution things in there but but I think happens if the desktop metaphor doesn't work on mobile the whole go search for detergent go in to target.com forget your credentials. Get a password reset login put it in your Target card. Then order Denver enter your credit card that's such a drag because up further in the stack the phone already knows who you are and you already have your credit card in the Play Store so why not just use those credentials so so this is another attempt I think at kind of. [46:38] Elevating that transaction higher in this. So I'm excited about it and they went to Great pains not to call the Marketplace but my mind it's Marketplace. [46:48] So so I took this to mean Google is getting a lot more serious about Marketplace and how do they surface this product and make it. Yo and partner with retailers to two. I think the big win here is going to be closing the mobile Gap and what did Al furnace did is he came from the Travel Group. At Google where they did this to an Indus was controversial because some people thought they were kind of going around to Travel Systems and stuff but you can actually buy a hotel room right on, Google mobile and dramatically increase conversion rates versus kind of like that again that desktop metaphor of OK Google says there's a hotel over here, now let me go to that hotel site and then iterate through you can actually go by that room on Google Now I'm so so I think they seen some really interesting things on travel and they want to bring it here they did a 100 of it over the last 2 years that didn't get a lot of success and then this time it's feels like they're taking a much bigger at that swing. Jason: [47:46] For sure like I do think they're taking a bigger swing it's going to be interesting to see how it plays out. Huge difference between travel and most of the sort of product Commerce you know, in travel you're mainly trying to sell a room or a flight and if you can bundle other travel Services into that sell it's great but like the overwhelming majority of the time it's a win the book a room, a lot of individual items that you sell an e-commerce are only profitable if you get the customer to buy more than one thing and so you know that the level of difficulty for Google is is much higher in the Commerce base than the travel space in my mind because, it can't just be. Click to buy button in search results because that that frankly is going to drive everyone a single item purchase is a oviso go down and you know the artiste rest. Profitability in the in the whole ekosistem would get even more stress so it's going to it's going to be interesting to see how all that plays out to. I I get so one funny thing the economic model is different than most other Google ads units in in you know most cases your you're paying for that. That exposure in the ad world and you know Google is charging much more like a Marketplace hear your your you know paying at a crate on the on the stuff that Google help you sell or you know in the. The ad business they call this a rev-share model and when the word got out that they were watching this format. All the traditional SEO guys piano. [49:17] Because they misinterpreted this as Google will now share the profits with you and elevate your listings in organic search so they. They said it was a you know several days of panic on Twitter where it where that was sort of going around I guess one other interesting outcome of this is. It also creates the scenario where you may not have paid to have a pla show up. But Google me decide to place your POA extra times that you didn't pay for and take the rev-share from it and so that that's it in aspect of this program as well as the Google can Canal run Google funded pla. Scot: [49:57] Yeah it's going to be really interesting to see and I know we're going to type for time but let's talk about some of the implications in a future show. Jason: [50:06] For sure we had to run from that Keynote. To another event that that they is sort of an event within an event Jason Del Rey from recode they they host a. A dinner or in the evening at shoptalk they call code Commerce and so you know he he typically gets like about three interesting speakers, you know at at this sort of show within a show and so we. We hooked it from the keynote to join Jason's event and there's some interesting speakers there as well so the 1st guys up there. Was Eric Nordstrom who's one of the three. Nordstrom Brothers running Nordstrom's right now and who does not do a lot of public event so that that is kind of a cool get and he was on stage with. This gentleman Don Kingsborough who's from a company called one market and I'll get into that in just a second so having Eric there. [51:14] Would be cool under any circumstances but news and come out bad day that the board of directors of Nordstrom had sort of turned down the Nordstrom families offer to buy. The company back and take it private and so the the you know according to the reports the deal is dead now. And so you know that was obviously a piece of news that Jason went right at Eric about. And which Eric had very little interest in discussing and probably let you know wasn't at Liberty to discuss it created some sort of. A humorous for us awkward for Eric moments at the beginning of that interview. Scot: [51:54] God knowing you Delray didn't what up it kept coming up he kept on them. Jason: [51:59] Exactly and I kind of a funny line he's like you know I'd like to say I appreciate the question but I really don't. That's what I heard of humorist in so he's he was on stage with this guy Don Kingsborough and Don is the CEO of a company called One Market. And there are there a spin-off out of a incubation lab that's owned by Westfield malls in so I don't think. [52:26] Westfield may still hold an interest in one market but they're separate entity now I think they probably figured out that nobody would want to. Participate with one market if they were exclusively owned by this one mall and one market is kind of an interesting venture. You know personally I'm a little skeptical on it but the the gist of it is that hey, Amazon has walked up a big chunk of the market and then this huge unfair Advantage Amazon has all this data about the consumer, they see way more of the consumers purchase behavior and more the browsing Behavior than anyone else and they're really putting all the traditional retailers at a disadvantage because no one retailer. With the you know possible exception of of Walmart really has the the. Date of his ability to know the customer as well as Amazon does and so what Market is an effort to say let's create a data Coop where all the retailers share everything they know about a consumer, and then we'll make. That data available to any of the retailers in the coop to improve their experience and they have to make that data available in a, a very limited way like they can't share. Personally identifiable information from one retailer to another and they they can't you know give one retailer another retailers customers but essentially if. If you're a customer and you've done a bunch of shopping at coach and so coach knows you really well and then you walk into Michael Kors. [54:02] And you know Michael Kors says Hey I just met this guy Scot wingo and he's in the coop database the the, One Market would be able to share some of the the enhanced data they know about Scott Wingo that they learned from Scott shopping with coach, and so so at at it. I don't know if I explained that very well but at the highest level this is sort of a customer data Co-op to compete with, Amazon. Scot: [54:30] Yeah I have to say I've never met non-don before but he seemed like a really story guy it did like it has a really great since it like PayPal and places so so no doubt he can build with it he says Google but I honestly didn't understand if it about it. I did I guess I didn't get to use case it's like I don't really care if I go to Southpoint mall and then I go to Crabtree mall and didn't know about me like, I just don't understand, but I couldn't really get my head around you space and maybe that's cuz I'm a very transactional Mall person am I going to the Apple store to get my airpods that's it I'm not I'm not like a browser baby but I don't know I kind of missed the use case. Jason: [55:06] So you you are so you are hitting on one of the potential liabilities of this model is none of these retailers are pretty good at using the data they do already have about all of us when we shop and so it's it's hard to say that their biggest problem is they don't know enough about us, but it is fair to say you know the date that they are worried that they know less about us than Amazon does so I can I get that a big problem with this model is is, anytime you explain anything like this model to a consumer they're going to immediately panic and get creeped out and it it just sounds like big brother, and so it's. We'll have to see if it's focused on the Legacy mall guys in a Dina retailers and of course they have a bunch of other headwinds that are unrelated to any of this so, I don't know I'll be honest though I did get the impression, the Don has a personal relationship with Eric and that the deal struck and by the way Nordstrom is one of the retards participating in one market so I suspect the deal struck was, Eric will come onto code Commerce and talk with Jason Delray if he gets to bring down with him and gone gets to make a pitch for one market. Scot: [56:14] Yeah and they didn't talk about it but I kind of got the vibe Nordstrom Ava invested in that that entity. Jason: [56:21] Yeah that well so it's a it's a co-op I think all the retailers that participate are basically investors why do you own a piece of it so it's so absolutely. [56:30] Until Eric had a vested interest in Dawn doing well and you know let me just say like I don't think Jason had a lot of super interesting questions for Don I think he was a lot more focused on what did you get out of there. Scot: [56:43] Absolutely. Jason: [56:45] So I am not sure it was a lot of interesting Nordstrom revelations in in this interview other than. You know the plan at Nordstrom's to do what they've always been doing you know it's the fact that we didn't buy the company back doesn't change anything was kind of Eric's message. I thought it was kind of a just a funny random story Eric telling the story about his dad Bruce Nordstrom that was in a former president of Nordstrom's and how whenever someone would call Nordstrom department store. How Bruce would be really upset and say we're not a department store where specialty store and you know for the. [57:23] You know if I was listening Nordstrom started out as a shoe retailer and they they still like have a lot of that DNA and. Eric said if not you know I would be like whatever Dad where we're big store with a escalator so call it what you want and it just was a funny moment for me thinking of this I store a retail family like having these arguments around the Thanksgiving table about whether there a department store or not. Scot: [57:47] Yeah I'd never met at Nordstrom's that was kind of cool. Jason: [57:51] The other thing that came up a little bit which is interesting I don't think Eric Shirley new information but Nordstrom has the store in Los Angeles called Nordstrom local, and this is a small a small store by Nordstrom's standards I think it still pretty big I think it's like that twenty thousand square foot store which a full Nordstrom might be why. 50000 square feet. [58:14] And there is no inventory for sale in the store so it's kind of like a bona bus guide shop like it's either you know there's personalized customer experiences and shopping concierge and lots of mannequins that you can look at, but then you you order the product in Nordstrom ships at your house and the talking point that Jason was focused on was. I've heard a lot about the store in the fact that it's. It's not profitable and isn't likely to be profitable in the in the near future and so this feels like. Kind of a project or an investment for Nordstrom and you know aren't you worried about not being able to make those kind of Investments going forward since you you know you were unsuccessful in in going private. And I think Eric's point was no we we paid for this without going private then we we do lots of things like this all the time so this is sort of business as usual for us is, and we do some things we expect to be profitable right away and we do some things that we expect to learn from and hope to make a profit in the longer Horizon. Scot: [59:18] Call the sex would really quick so I was excited at shoptalk surely but also could Commerce there was a little bit more, kind of of the different models out there this one I would put kind of squarely in the on-demand economy bucket which is I'm obviously pretty fascinated with, funny company in this is in the food delivery category where there is a battle royale going on so they had the CEO doordash in his name is Tony shoe, oh that's spelled XU and then he was on stage with one of the leaders at the Cheesecake Factory which is a very popular restaurant and they had just announced that they are doing a delivery food delivery for cheesecake through doordash. And I didn't realize it until I saw eBay partnership, from 2009 to 2011 so that was cool to see someone from the world of e-commerce kind of spread his wings and becoming an option or. The one of the. Big news items us and Kara Swisher did the interview here and she couldn't seem to get her head around the fact they just raised over $509 so they're there well beyond the Unicorn. Status which is Sue sought-after in the Bay Area which means you have a valuation over billion I would Hazard a guess or pry a deck of corn which is a 10 billion dollar valuation so there's so there's aislers GrubHub which is actually, public there's the big one that's really gaining popularity is ubereats and then there's many many more of these there. [1:00:48] Pretend food did this is like prepared food delivery companies and if you widen the radius little bit to include ingredient make yourself kinds of things than the category it's even even. Even got more crowded and so she's kind of hammering on like you know why would you waste so much money and that kind of thing. This is I commiserate with the size opportunity and he's right you know this is a multibillion-dollar opportunity if they can get 5% of all restaurants business to be, true you're just in the industry and they capture 30% of that that ends up being a, a really really big number so any talked about I think you said there in 30 markets and they're going to get into 80 so there there's a geographic component of this, yeah when funny question was she asking what are you scared most of these at the telephone and she was like. [1:01:41] What you mean and you know it's just like that's the customer experience they're up against is they kind of have to be better than just calling the restaurant on the phone to do take out with witch and and then you obviously have to go get it but I thought that was kind of interesting. [1:01:55] And then you and I is kind of funny you and I had kind of had this discussion around you know with these with this business isn't good for the restaurants in bad and, there's an argument that the sex it hurts marching, because you're already paying for that kitchen staff and everything and then if they're making meals for this pickup you don't get a lot of that up sell that you get in the restaurant is your same argument that they made with the Google marketplace, when you went to people go to restaurant have a meal there's alcohol involved there's maybe a dessert that you didn't plan to have appetizers and that kind of thing, Raz I think, I would guess the ticket when you're doing takeout or delivery is much less and you obviously don't get alcohol sales which is where there's a lot of margin but they got to ask a question about that and the cheesecake guy I explained that you don't know it's really. Incremental business so they already have the fixed cost of the kitchen and they viewed it as incremental and they therefore you know yes the margin is lower. Then an end in a dine in guest. But it's incremental margin so you going to help the prophet leave the restaurant so I thought that was an interesting argument you a lot of people that I talk to after. Forecast skeptical about that so and then he did talk about at the Cheesecake Factory. Like 2 years ago they had 8% take out and now it's kind of risen to 12%. [1:03:18] Didn't ever say if this was exclusive because one of these guys do is they will actually kind of order as if their customer and then said their drivers so they don't have to have a you know a relationship with the restaurant so I know GrubHub does that for example so. Part of that 12% is not only doordash but probably all the other delivery guys too and then lasalette said that they said that. 25% of doordash volume is from chains and then. I thought they said the rest was for Independence but I think you took a note and tweeted 5% so. Jason: [1:03:51] No no no. That's a typo in your notes you are exactly right 75%. Scot: [1:03:54] He has a deep restaurant background I think. I think he said his parents are restaurant for sure. Jason: [1:04:06] Is Mom still run the restaurant. Scot: [1:04:07] Yeah but then somewhere in there someone said I think he said his grandparents also had a restaurant I I couldn't tell it maybe his mom is taking over the enrichment videos. You can't came back to his roots and, I'm really understood the restaurant business deeply and then final comment when asked you know there's always competitors out there when asked how they're going to win I thought his answer was pretty clever he said you know we're really just focused on this we're not doing self-driving cars were not doing. [1:04:33] You know building a whole delivery Network that separate were really focus on how do we deliver an amazing dining experience and you know how do we in the he said it was very Amazon way of thinking it out we measure every second. Between when the order comes in and it gets delivered and how do we get the food there hot fresh so I left that you know thinking, here's a guy that's really kind of gets it he understands the customer and he's going to Worcester 500 million so so I felt like he had a pretty good shot at winning and I was excited to see where they take it. Jason: [1:05:04] That I would also argue that he already has a considerably better customer experience than a lot of his competitor so I'd like some of that that focus and Care like is already very evident in in their customer experience. Scot: [1:05:20] Yeah one one example of that was even worrying about you when they deliver the cheesecake from the Cheesecake Factory making sure the slice looks perfect and it hasn't like flipped on its side or getting off stuck around in the container, that's those kind of details that I spent a lot of my day on this site I really appreciated that level of detail that they think about. Jason: [1:05:38] Yeah for sure and I think that I would just you know mention that listeners this is an area to pay attention to the whole food consumption industry is going through major disruption right now and it's really unclear. What the future looks like but you know when the friction to get food restaurant food delivered home is way lower suddenly those restaurants are competing with. What used to be grocery trips when you buy ingredients and make your own dinner and th

Corporations that implement mindfulness training have experienced increased ROI by as much as 27% due to higher productivity, decreased sick leave and reduced employee turnover. It only makes sense that when we’re calm and grounded, our performance improves. Mindfulness affords us the clarity to choose the right path and allows us to course-correct when challenges arise. During his 14-year career in bullying prevention, Bruce Langford discovered that we often bully ourselves, engaging in self-sabotaging behaviors that erode our confidence and happiness. Bruce began to incorporate mindfulness techniques to help students in a variety of bullying situations identify their blocks and overcome the fears that were holding them back. In August of 2015, Bruce launched a podcast with the intention of sharing the value of mindfulness with a wider audience. Two years later, Mindfulness Mode is on the list of Top 35 Podcasts to Watch in 2018 as well as the iTunes Top 50 in the self-help category. Beyond the podcast, Bruce is a Mindfulness Life Coach, helping professionals, corporate employees, entrepreneurs, team leaders and CEOs decrease their anxiety and stress through mindfulness. Today he joins Emerald to explain how he leverages the practices of meditation and journaling to achieve clarity. Bruce shares the story behind the Mindfulness Mode Podcast, discussing how reconnecting with his initial inspiration gave him courage in moments of fear and how mindfulness informed the process. He offers advice around discerning between overwhelm and fear, employing breathing and focus exercises, and using accountability partners to stay on track. Listen in for Bruce’s insight on how mindfulness relates to money and the value of mindfulness in the corporate setting. What You Will Learn How Bruce uses meditation and journaling to achieve clarity The success of the Mindfulness Mode Podcast How having a plan gave Bruce the courage to plow through moments of fear The value in reconnecting with your original inspiration How mindfulness allowed Bruce to adjust his timeline for the podcast launch How Bruce discerns between overwhelm and fear Why you should ‘listen to the fear’ and move forward anyway How we bully ourselves when it comes to money How Bruce’s podcast led to mindfulness coaching The value of mindfulness in the corporate setting Increase in the bottom line Improved happiness of employees How Bruce employs breathing and focus exercises in his coaching practice Bruce’s challenges around ‘letting go’ as an entrepreneur How Bruce leverages accountability partners to stay on track How Bruce celebrates achievements by connecting with nature Bruce’s advice around the art of listening to yourself and others Connect with Bruce Langford Mindfulness Mode Bruce’s Free Gift Resources Podcast Movement Love-Based Goals: Your Guide to Living Your Purpose & Passion  by Michele Pariza Wacek Connect with Emerald GreenForest Emerald’s Website Emerald on LinkedIn Emerald on Twitter This episode is sponsored by the Creative Age Consulting Group. Men - Is it time NOW for you to make your mark? Visit timetomakeyourmark.com to apply for an invitation-only consultation.

Want to have double or triple returns in your investments? Real estate investor and entrepreneur Bruce Petersen joins us today to share how he started from doing small to syndicating large multi-family deals in and around Central Texas. Tune in and learn how you too can get high investment returns and build a successful business in another episode of Grab Life Big! In this episode, you will learn: Bruce’s brief bio. What Bruce did driving around places in over a month. The number of units that Bruce owns. What Bruce thinks of the real estate market today. Bruce’s current vertical and horizontal income. What is Bruce’s left to invest. Bruce’s life happiness index and giving back ratio. What brings Bruce joy. How Bruce’s diet looks like. Bruce’s top bucket list items. Bruce’s greatest hits. Plus so much more! Bruce Petersen is a real estate investor and entrepreneur. He is a syndicator of large multi-family deals in the central Texas market. Bruce self-manages through his own property management company, Bluebonnet Commercial Management. He has been investing in real estate since roughly 2000 and began syndicating multi-family in 2012. Bruce has started a multi-family investing podcast with another GoBro, Devin Elder that they should have up on itunes and the like within the next couple weeks. Bruce has won the National Apartment Association Independent Owner of the Year for 2017 and coaches others on how to successfully invest in multi-family.

With the Villa vs Blues derby receiving an extra double dose of intrigue - namely Jonathan Kodjia's suspension and the return to football of Harry Redknapp as the Blues' interim boss - there's plenty to talk about going into what is the most keenly anticipated game at Villa Park this season.David and Dan reflect the performance issue highlighted by the Easter defeats. How Bruce can get this team going? What's up with McCormack? Hogan and Grealish's potential roles in the derby and beyond. Plus, three BIG questions are asked about Villa and Bruce's plight...and from the answers, it doesn't look like next season will be the easy ride that some supporters are seemingly expecting!This show was recorded shortly before the sad passing of former Villa player Ugo Ehiogu. Are thoughts are with his family and friends. Rest well Holte Ender in the Sky. We have included a short Paul Merson tribute to his teammate before the show's intro... See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This episode with Bruce Mendelsohn sincerely has changed my life. Bruce tells his story of the day’s events back in 2013 of the Boston Marathon Bombings. He was a bystander, just there to meet his brother who ran in the marathon at the finish line and hang out with him afterward. The day’s events, of course, changed from what everyone expected and Bruce acted before he really reacted. Bruce was very heavily involved in one of those stories of that day. One of the stories that involved people that were injured and others who helped them, in one way or another. There are many heart-wrenching and emotionally charged stories from that day. Most of them, at their core, champion the side of human nature that shows how – as Bruce put it – ordinary people can do extraordinary things. How Bruce and eventually others coordinated to save the life of then 20 year-old Victoria McGrath that day is quite compelling.We talked in this episode about how there are some positives that aren’t all that difficult to discover out of something so hateful and tragic and negative that took place that fateful spring day in Boston. That was a theme that came out of that day and those that followed; that these events that are geared at creating fear and tearing people or communities or our nation apart so many times, serve to do the opposite. The words Boston Strong resonate and continue to live on as proof of that.I probably changed the title of this episode, altered the episode’s intro and re-wrote that last blog post more than 5 times each. I didn’t want to mess this one up. I didn’t want to have this look like I was click-baiting off of the Boston Marathon Bombings, that is why I didn’t use Bruce’s taken from the window on that day on anything I posted on social media. I worked hard to not use the word hero anywhere, either, per Bruce’s request. That was difficult for me. Because, frankly, I do see what Bruce did that day as heroic. I don’t at all disagree with what he said about the branding of heroes in this episode, but all the same…his fight rather than flight reaction says hero to me.I hope you all get something out of this episode with Bruce. Please, take another few minutes to read my previous post about this as well. It is an important companion piece to this. And if you have any heroes to send me, please let me know. I love having their stories get told to inspire myself and all of you!Daddy Unscripted can also be found at:iTunes | Stitcher Radio | Google PlayTwitter: @DaddyUnscriptedFacebook: Daddy Unscriptedwww.daddyunscripted.comAll music proudly provided with a partnership by Umphrey’s McGee.You can send questions and suggestions for future guests to our podcast/blog website at www.daddyunscripted.com Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/daddyunscripted. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today we have LinkedIn Coach Bruce Johnston. Bruce teaches people and companies how to solve their problems and get more opportunities, connections and leads out of LinkedIn. In this episode we talk about how to best use LinkedIn as a sales professional or a sales-minded entrepreneur.   Show notes [02:07] How Bruce got started on LinkedIn [06:31] Optimizing your LinkedIn profile [08:15] Connecting with others on LinkedIn [11:30] My own strategy of connecting with people [12:50] The strategy of publishing content [17:07] How to get traction if you’re new to LinkedIn publishing [19:20] LinkedIn pods [25:00] Sales Navigator [28:51] LinkedIn as a database [31:47] Creating authentic connections [36:06] Connecting with Bruce   Mentions Connect with Bruce on Twitter and LinkedIn Contact Bruce through email: brucejohnston115@gmail.com  

Bruce Poon Tip is the founder of G Adventures, the largest adventure company in the world. The company is now 25 years old and today people from 160 countries book trips with G Adventures. He is also the author of Looptail: How One Company Changed the World by Reinventing Business and Do Big Small Things.   G Adventures has a very different business model than any other travel company. Most travel companies offer customers a luxurious experience with the modern amenities of home. Today at least 75% of holidays are all inclusive and take place on a cruise ship or at a compound. Poon Tip believes that the travel experience should be different.   Poon Tip believes that if people want the comforts and amenities of home while they travel, then they should probably just stay home. He believes that traveling the world is about the experience of immersing yourself in another culture and truly seeing how other people live. His company not only gives customers an honest experience, but it also benefits locals in countries around the world.   According to Poon Tip traveling is the “greatest form of wealth distribution”. People are always traveling to poor countries, but instead of putting their money into the local government and people they are giving their money to hotel chains and cruise lines. G Adventures remedies this issue. When people travel with G Adventures they are going to have the chance to shop at local vendors, stay in local hotels and eat at local taverns and restaurants in order to build up the local economy.   G Adventures has a lot of different types of trips (over 700 to be exact). One type is local living. It allows people to travel to Africa and stay with a nomadic tribe, travel to Iceland and stay with a local family on their farm, travel and stay with locals in a small village in Italy. They also have projects in various countries that are helping locals achieve a better quality of life. One example of this is a cooking class G Adventures is setting up where travelers can go out and shop at local markets with children from a homeless shelter to get ingredients for the dish they will learn how to make. They can interact with the children and help them learn English. The travelers then go back and learn how to cook a dish with local teachers. Another project is one they are doing in India where they help women who are living out in the street by assisting them in getting a chauffeur’s license so they can make a living by driving travelers around the country. G Adventures wants to change the world and they believe that tourism can be the vehicle for that.   In today’s world people want to feel they have a purpose in their work and companies are starting to evolve to give more meaning to the work their employees do. Companies really can change the world. But who is responsible for creating this purpose at work? Is it the responsibility of the company to create this purpose? Or is it the employee’s responsibility to find this purpose in whatever position they have? The answer is it is a mutual responsibility. Employees should make sure they apply for a company that has values that line up with their own with opportunities to make a difference and employers should be sure to provide these opportunities for their employees.   Poon Tip plans to continue creating opportunities to improve the world through G Adventures. He sees his work more as a movement then just a job and he wants to continue using “tourism as a vehicle to change the world”.   What you will learn in this episode: What trials and tribulations Bruce went through to get his company where it is now  Learn about G Adventures and what makes it different  Where purpose at work comes from   How Bruce reinvented and redesigned his entire organization after he realized things weren’t working  Why he still has a check for $5,000 that he is willing to give any of his employees that can hurt his feelings  Four conditions for happiness  The five values of Bruce’s organization   Interesting stories from Bruce’s experiences  Link From The Episode: G Adventures.com  Do Big Small Things on Runningpress.com   (music by Ronald Jenkees)  

Bruce Langford has always loved helping others, and have worked in the field of bullying prevention starting in 2003. As he helped hundreds of students and adults through bullying situations, he began to use mindfulness techniques more and more to help them regain their confidence and happiness.   For the past 5 years he's been helping people become more calm, focused and happy … through mindfulness.   If you’re looking for more peace in your life, a sense of contentment, Bruce can help you with that.   Highlights from the episode: Definition of mindfulness and why 2 year olds are great at it ... How the present and judgment are related Mindfulness vs meditation How Bruce would teach mindfulness in a school How Bruce used mindfulness to help address bullying Mindfulness can help you through challenges (even in a chaotic music class!) Increasing your reach via a podcast   Resources:   The Power of Habit by Charles Duhigg   Connect   Email Bruce   Follow Bruce on Twitter   Listen to his podcast     Do you need accountability? Text BETTERMASTERMIND to 33444 Daniel wants to work with you and help you accelerate your leadership development and increase your impact.   Follow Me and Get Behind the Scenes Access on SNAPCHAT!!!   BECOME A PATRON OF THE SHOW FOR AS LITTLE AS $1/MONTH DID YOU LIKE THE SHOW?  iTunes SUBSCRIBE HERE! SHOW SOME LOVE: PLEASE LEAVE A 5-STAR RATING AND REVIEW Grab your FREE 15 Phrases of Effective School Leaders  Text PHRASES to 33444 or click the link above.   Website :: Facebook :: Insta :: Twitter :: LinkedIn  

What is branding? Branding is the relationship between you and your customer that does two vital things. Do you know what they are and why they are so important in the digital age? Today’s guest is Bruce Turkel, a branding and design expert who has written a great new book, “It’s All About Them.” Bruce takes us deep into the way consumers today think, what really makes a difference to them when it comes to purchasing decisions, and how salespeople and business owners need to think differently about what they offer as goods and services. You’ll come away from this conversation thinking differently about what it means to deliver value and build a brand in the modern world. No question. Bruce Turkel: What Is Branding and What Makes For a Great Brand Today? - Episode 72Click To Tweet What difference does it make to brands that the world is hyper-connected? When you live in a world where most people are able to connect to the internet you’ve got to realize that there is more competition for the attention of your consumers than ever before. And that’s the world we live in today. Brands especially need to be aware that whatever they do, someone else does it. And the interconnected world we live in makes it possible that they can do it with the same level of quality you do. So what is left to make you stand out from that massive crowd? Bruce Turkel is a branding expert who is on today’s episode of In The Arena, and he’s got the answers to that question. Branding is the relationship between you and the customer that does these 2 things: What is branding? It’s NOT the color shirt you wear. It’s also not the style sheet you use to ensure that everything you create looks the same. Branding is the relationship between you and your customer and it does 2 vital things: #1 - It reinforces the purchase they make. But more importantly, #2 - It pre-inforces the purchase. What does that mean? It’s an amazing and powerful concept that Bruce Turkel unpacks for us on this episode, so be sure you take the time to listen, learn, and transform your sales numbers by applying what you learn. Branding is the relationship between you and the customer that does these 2 things:Click To Tweet Why today’s consumer tells people who they are by what they consume. It used to be that people represented who they were by the style or look of clothing they wore. And while that’s still true to a degree, it’s less about the style these days and more about the brand. Today’s consumer tells who they are by what they consume, what they purchase. Just look around next time you’re in Starbucks and see how many glowing white apples you see looking back at you. What does that say about the person sitting at the computer? On this episode of In The Arena, you’re going to learn how to leverage this fact to your advantage in the way you approach and do sales. You won’t want to miss it. Why content is no longer king and what you must do about it. For a very long time, we’ve heard that content is king. And for most of the time, we’ve heard it the statement has been true. But something has changed in the world since that phrase was coined. The internet has connected everyone and given the ability to create content to everyone. Yes, everyone. That means that content is no longer king, it’s just the price of admission. On this episode, you’re going to hear Bruce Turkel expand on that idea and tell how you’ve got to raise the level of what you bring to the party in a variety of ways if you are going to be one of the brands that succeeds in the new world we live in. Why content is no longer king and what you must do about itClick To Tweet Outline of this great episode [3:20] Anthony’s introduction to Bruce Turkel [4:56] How Bruce got started in design and branding. [9:24] Why is nobody happy and what does it have to do with sales? [12:20] What are the outcomes for business in a hyper connected world? [15:31] What does the word “branding” really mea...

It was great talking with Bruce Langford. He's a guy who is all about mindfulness and even has his own awesome podcast dedicated to this subject called 'Mindfulness Mode'. Personally, I love the whole idea of 'mindfulness' and think we can all benefit from having more of it in our lives. But I'm not someone who has dug deep into the subject myself, what it exactly is and how to use it. So it was awesome to get real deep on mindfulness with Bruce. And to talk about how he first got into it and used the principles with himself and in the 'bullying prevention' work he does in schools. In The Episode, We Talk About... Bruce's story of overcoming anxiety and inner turmoil when he was younger. How Bruce first encountered mindfulness and incorporated it into his life. The importance of awareness for bringing inner calm. The different ways we can use mindfulness in our lives. Simple tactics for bringing more mindfulness and inner peace into a busy life. Why ending our own self-judgement can be incredibly powerful. Links "The Miracle Morning" by Hal Elrod John Lee Dumas' Freedom Journal Muse Headband Bruce's Free Book: 21 Ways to Practice Mindfulness with Your Kids Everyday MindfulnessMode.com Bruce's Email Bruce's Twitter You can give the episode a listen via the player above. Or head over to iTunes and subscribe there for Apple lovers, and over on Stitcher for non-Apple peeps. Love, Laughter & Light, Mike P.S. If you haven’t done so already, click here to join my Facebook group and engage with all the other dudes and dudettes in the Enlightened Entrepreneurial Badasses tribe!

"Travel can transform communities and lives around the world... Imagine if we got to a place where people can go on holidays as their way of giving back." - Bruce Poon Tip I’m excited to bring on the show a figurehead in the world of travel whose passion — which is not unlike mine, or many of the prevailing motifs of this show has actually influenced the global perspective of what’s possible through the act of travel. Bruce Poon Tip is the CEO of G Adventures, the world's largest independent tour operator — doing over 1,000 small group experiences for over 100,000 travelers a year across all seven continents.  They’ve been named by National Geographic Adventures as the best ‘Do It All Outfitter’ on Earth, and are among the Top 100 Employers and 50 Best Managed Companies. They’re also champions of sustainable and responsible tourism which I’m sure we’ll get into. More importantly, perhaps — is what they believe about the importance of travel. On their website, it says — “If you share a lust of life and have an insatiable curiosity about truly experiencing the world we live in, then join us and embark on a quest for the extraordinary.” What we cover: How an independent trans-Asia trip inspired the idea for a travel business that eventually became GAdventures. How Bruce realized the opportunity for a new form of travel, over “tourism”, back in 1990. What Bruce thinks will be the future of travel, and his dream for the travel industry to aid global poverty Bruce’s perspective on purpose-driven travel. What Bruce’s book on business, Looptail is about. Why GAdventures waited 22 years to launch tours in Australia. Explore further: GAdventures Bruce Poon Tip on Twitter Credits Music credit: Intrepid Journey, by Aaron Static Become a Friend of the Show: Please subscribe and review! It just takes a second and you can help the show increase its rankings on iTunes just by this simple and quick gesture. We’d be grateful for a review. Leave one here. If you do, click here to let me know so I can personally thank you! Your Feedback If you have an idea for a podcast you would like to see or a question about an upcoming episode, email me! I’d love to hear from you. Thank you so much for your support! The post 132: “You’re Born a Traveler But Society Makes You a Tourist” with Bruce Poon Tip appeared first on The Daily Travel Podcast.