Podcasts about Leucadia

In Episode 3 of Season 5, Drew and Mick continue to unpack the idea of the Mission of God, this time by looking at the biblical story arc. How is the idea of the Missio Dei developed throughout the Bible? Listen in to find out! Connect with us: - Email: ideologypc@gmail.com - Youtube/Instagram: @ideologypc Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Resources referenced: - The Mission of God by Christopher Wright - Transforming Mission: Paradigm Shifts in the Theology of Mission by David Bosch Background track (licensed by Musicbed): - Sunshine (instrumental) by Leucadia

In Episode 089 of the #kilnroadtrip, created and produced by The Swell Pod, hosts Spencer McKeown and Josh Taylor interview Andrea Chan, a member of the Kiln Leucadia team   Check out today's episode and every other installment of the Kiln.Roadtrip by listening, watching, and subscribing to the podcast here - https://linktr.ee/theswellpod   Location: Kiln. Leucadia   The Kiln Road Trip: Uncovering Deep Truths with 100 Pleasantly Rebellious Humans. 10 days. 5 States. 3,580 Miles.100 Interviews! Daily episodes starting on March 5, Monday to Friday, for the next 100 days, followed by a short documentary and a book about the journey.   Thank you to the partners and sponsors who made the kiln.roadtrip possible: KILN, MOTERRA, TORUS   And thank you to the crew who helped us document and share the journey: DENISSE LEON, TY COTTLE, NATHAN CLARK, FINDLAY MCKEOWN   #SwellPod, #KilnRoadTrip, #Kiln, #MotorraCamperVans, #podcast, #interview, #innovation, #resilience, #communitybuilding, #passion, #purpose, #community, #diversity, #collaboration, #thoughtleadership, #100interviews, #entrepreneur, #CEO, #leadership

In Episode 22 of Season 4, Drew and Mick continue the exploration of Pentecostal theology and specifically a handful of suggestions for charismatic believers moving forward into a robust expression of the faith. How can we learn from our Catholic, Orthodox, Evangelical, and other Protestant brothers and sisters? What role does liturgy play in the experience of the charismatic church? Listen in for more! Connect with us: Email: ideologypc@gmail.com Youtube/Instagram: @ideologypc Feel free to share, subscribe, rate, and/or comment Background track (licensed via Musicbed): - Ready to Fly (Instrumental) by Leucadia

Born from the concept of brewing a homage to a Leucadia crossing guard.  The Crossing Wizard was made real thanks to the miracle of science!  Now delivering 500-times the tropicality of hops alone, this beer cast prestidigitation on your tongue and no other IPA will ever measure up again.

Today on the podcast, we welcome Tim Semple, drummer from Boilermaker. Boilermaker was a band from the San Diego area and was on a few labels, including our friends Better Looking Records, who had a CD compilation called Leucadia that has been taking on a life of its own over the years. As the constant feeding frenzy for what's not streaming, Boilermaker had a few things not up as they say, and Numero Group stepped in to help get them in the ears of those searching.  One person in Boilermaker hasn't been able to see this rebirth. Terrin Durfey, who played bass and sang in Boilermaker, passed away from cancer in 2008. Tim speaks about hearing Terrin live and the weird crew of people they connected with within their short time together as a band.  A must listen.  Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

We're catching up with a previous guest, Nick Sinutko! He is currently a self proclaimed "mocktologist" (said very tongue in cheek) as he is leading the charge of n/a cocktails at Leucadia's Atelier Manna, and will soon also be creating drinks for skater Tony Hawk's latest enterprise, Chick and Hawk. Formerly the beverage director of San Diego's legendary Campfire, Nick is now crafting in a farm to glass style while still playing keyboards and finishing up a new album with his band Drug Hunt. (pic by Laura Arango)  His Vol. 2 playlist is here: https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2Q0M1hrNFeqjNyEeeBvS0J?si=59f021601e5d4be0

Howdy North County San Diego! In this episode, we wrap up last week including The Super Mario Brothers Movie, Trips to Petco Park, and Burgers in Leucadia! We also get further into the debate about the new MLB pitch clock. Where are some spots to grab a brew downtown? And Run North County gets a mention as one of their weekly stops is Double Peak Brewing. Enjoy!

Doug Ethell is the founder and CEO of Leucadia Therapeutics, a pre-clinical stage company developing an early diagnostic for Alzheimer's disease and a therapeutic device to stop that disorder in its earliest stages. The post A Cure for Alzheimer's disease? – CEO of Leucadia Therapeutics Doug Ethell -Learning with Lowell 176 first appeared on Learning with Lowell.

North County SD! Cassidy is back from Costa Rica and fills us in on monkeys, crocodiles, sloths, and iguanas. SDSU made a run and my mom won the March Madness bracket. Burgeon make the BOW list again and Duck Foot is now in Leucadia. Enjoy! SloMo Article - https://www.sandiegoville.com/2023/04/san-diego-icon-to-be-honored-for-80th.html

In this episode of The Business of Non-Profits, we speak with Alexandra White, co-founder of ProduceGood about pivoting strategy and logistics during COVID and the post-COVID adjustments they've made.   Donate Today!   CropSwap is our program name for different types of backyard and small farm harvesting. With 75% of our bounty rescued through CropSwap activities, we have many different ways to get involved.   Market Share is our Farmers Market food recovery program, with operations at three Sunday Farmers Markets, each week. Market Share is an incredible community platform to see food-rescue in action at Hillcrest, Solana Beach and Leucadia markets. There are many ways to get involved.   Community Orchard is the engine that drives all we do to ProduceGood. It takes a lot to keep this engine growing and strong. Our ability to rescue food each week and to maintain our fresh-only food supply network is directly attributable to the 900+ individuals throughout the county who volunteer to rescue excess produce, from field or market to feeding agencies, and who inform and educate others about the necessity of this process. ProduceGood brings the community together to address the community related challenges of waste and hunger in one sweet step. Our volunteer service engine is at the heart of our practice. Come and join us!  

Oceanside! Leucadia! What say you about Manny Machado's $350M contract extension? I thought this distraction was going to drag into the season. I was concerned about Manny's me-me-me attitude in Baltimore. I was concerned about Manny's “I'm no Johnny Hustle” attitude in LA. But somehow, someway, Peter Seidler finds a way to lock him down and Padre fans are thrilled. Can someone please explain to me what is going in Oakland, Pittsburgh, Cleveland? Why are these owners not spending? Here's what Lee Hamilton thinks on Monday, February 27, 2023. These are Hacksaw's Headlines:   1..MR PADRES-PETER SEIDLER DOES IT AGAIN PETER SEIDLER        "FREE AGENT SPEDNING" ..AARON JUDGE (360M) ..MANNY MACHADO (350M) ..TREA TURNER (300M) ..XANDER BOGAERTS (280M) ..YU DARVISH (108M)   2..WHAT MAKES MANNY MACHADO GREAT? "FUTURE HALL OF FAMER"   3..WHAT CHANGED MANNY MACHADO? "NOT JOHNNY HUSTLE"   4..WHAT INFLUENCED MACHADO? "TATIS & MELVIN: PRESSURE POINTS-MANNY"   5..ROB MANFRED-MLB PROBLEMS MANFRED             "MLB BOTTOM DWELLERS" A'S (32.5M) PIT (38.5M) BAL (41.4M) CLE (57.7M) TB    (73.3M) AZ    (73.7M) **AVG (148.4M)   6..MLB UNION-TONY CLARK COMMENTS "NEVER SALARY CAP"   7..PADRES IN SAN DIEGO SPORTS HISTORY "SEIDLER BLUE PRINT"     ==========================   #MLB #PADRES #mannymachado #peterseidler #tonyclark #MLBPA #robmanfred #sandiego #bobmelvin #fernandotatisjr #oaklandas #orioles #diamondbacks #guardians #rays #pirates #johnnyhustle Be sure to share this episode with a friend!   ☆☆    STAY CONNECTED    ☆☆ For more of Hacksaw's Headlines, The Best 15 Minutes, One Man's Opinion, and Hacksaw's Pro Football Notebook: http://www.leehacksawhamilton.com/   SUBSCRIBE on YouTube for more reactions, upcoming shows and more! ► https://www.youtube.com/c/leehacksawhamiltonsports   FACEBOOK ➡ https://www.facebook.com/leehacksaw.hamilton.9   TWITTER ➡ https://twitter.com/hacksaw1090   TIKTOK ➡ https://www.tiktok.com/@leehacksawhamilton   INSTAGRAM ➡ https://www.instagram.com/leehacksawhamiltonsports/  

Dr. Doug Ethell, Ph.D. is Founder and CEO at Leucadia Therapeutics ( https://www.leucadiatx.com/ ), a pre-clinical-stage company focused on diagnosing, treating and curing Alzheimer's disease. Leucadia's proprietary Arethusta® medical device is designed to restore the flow of cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) through the cribriform plate to flush toxins away from the part of the brain where Alzheimer's disease first appears. The company also recently launched eight Apps that help exercise memory and cognition, including a personalized memory tracker called ProCogny ( www.procogny.com ). ProCogny allows users to play memory-intensive puzzles and games, daily Brain Boost collections of mini-puzzles, and a non-clinical version of the Leucadia Memory Test. Dr. Ethell received a Ph.D. in Neurobiology from The University of British Columbia in Vancouver, was a Human Frontiers of Science Long Term Fellow at The Max Planck Institute for Psychiatry in Munich, a Staff Scientist at The Scripps Research Institute and La Jolla Institute for Allergy & Immunology, and a faculty member at the University of California Riverside. In 2017, Dr. Ethell was Professor of Neuroscience, Chair of Graduate Faculty, and Head of Molecular Neurobiology at The Western Univ of Health Sciences before joining Leucadia Therapeutics full-time. He has published more than 85 peer-reviewed articles and presentation abstracts. In 2020 Dr. Ethell published a novel: "Remembering Apples: A race to cure Alzheimer's disease" ( https://www.amazon.com/Remembering-Apples-race-Alzheimers-disease/dp/1735106607 ). Support the show

In Episode 198 we get into our NFL picks and our over/under picks for the number of times we see facial hair in a new Superbowl ad. Duckfoot Brewing is headed to Leucadia. Little league is starting up, we are in the year of the rabbit, and Chris went to the circus. Enjoy!

Happy February North County San Diego! This week we get into how to properly make a fire in your fireplace. Cassidy tried some new grub at Disneyland. Chris hit up CoLab over in Vista. There is a new beer spot coming to San Elijo and a local favorite leaving Leucadia. And who is our favorite TV Realtor?

When reviewing the beauty landscape, there are increasingly fewer companies that are built as family businesses. Today, the market skews heavily toward building a company and selling it at a faster-than-ever clip. Though deal flow continues to be hot, NuFace's founders Carol Cole and her daughters, Tera Peterson and Kim Morales, are focused on building their brand while keeping themselves at the helm for as long as possible. "My mom, my sister and I started NuFace back in 2005. My mom's been an esthetician since the 1980s. After business school, I decided to go to esthetician school. We created our first device out of our family home in Leucadia, which is a little beach community of Encinitas [outside] San Diego," said Peterson on the latest episode of the Glossy Beauty Podcast. Since founding the brand 17 years ago, NuFace has sold over 4 million devices. Peterson added that NuFace is up 24% in sell-through for 2022. The device category is typically a difficult market to create ongoing value, but NuFace has also avoided the fate of competitors, which saw initial buzz and interaction with their brands but never saw the repeat purchase. "The innovation is key; that's where typical devices fail," she said. "They go, 'OK, I'm gonna do X and then I'm going to launch this completely non-related other device." Like, what are you? Are you cleansing? Are you microdermabrasion? It really confuses people, and that's where other devices have really struggled. They don't stay true to themselves."

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More eclectic grooves playing in the shop here on a Wednesday in Leucadia, California. Check out this nice mix. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app

Trevor Mertens is the Co-Founder of BUMP Coffee. BUMP has locations in both Cardiff, and Leucadia, California. - Athletic Greens: https://athleticgreens.com/abe PODCAST INFO: Podcast website: https://mailchi.mp/abemaynard.com/the-mayn-idea-podcast Apple Podcasts: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-mayn-idea-podcast/id1587799395 Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/1v6OzDxxMUYlNUXN1AAPw3?si=eda5aae609874c69 RSS: https://anchor.fm/s/6b4fbe04/podcast/rss YouTube Full episode playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMGFodxtKEioDkOtd65xyuXs5p1qNjQpC YouTube Clips playlist: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLMGFodxtKEipsCHgFqWSZoPX4L80UrNa2 SUPPORT AND CONNECT: Instagram: https://instagram.com/abemaynard LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/public-profile/settings?trk=d_flagship3_profile_self_view_public_profile --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/abraham484/support

This meat looks geological. Like lovely, delicious geodes. In the refrigerated case, huge racks of Brandt Beef just lay there at Ranch45—have been laying for a while (40 days, says one tag). When meat is dry-aged like this, it begins to look prehistoric and unlocks a whole new universe of flavors. Excess moisture is drawn out of the meat over time, breaking down the protein, tenderizing it and concentrating its steakness. It works the same way as when you “reduce” a stock or a soup to crank up the flavor. In the cooler next to it, Ranch45 chef Aaron Schwartz is aging bone marrow. That's right. Ranch45 is dry-aging bone marrow. At the performance kitchen in the middle of the butcher shop/deli/restaurant/gourmet general store in Solana Beach, Schwartz roasts one of them; serves it simply on a plate with salt, pepper, chives, microgreens; and a dash of oil. As a marrow adherent (it is meat butter), it's the first dry-aged marrow I've had. And it's that much better. “Any meat has to age at least a bit to be any good,” says Schwartz, who was born and raised in the area and lives with his family (including wife and business partner, Pamela) in nearby Carmel Valley. “That's why in the butcher shop you'll see it on hooks.” Next to the dry-aging marrow and meat is soap. Bone marrow soap. “We just hand-packaged them last night,” says Schwartz. “It's about using every part of the animal. Wasting as little as possible. We're getting back to the way things used to be in butcher shops. Where you knew your butcher and trusted them. That's why we use Brandt Beef. I've known Eric Brandt and his family for 20 years and I'm still using them for a reason.” Del Mar has something special in Ranch45. As a chef at Marriott Marquis, Schwartz made a name for himself by convincing a large multinational hotel group to invest in local food. Under his watch, Marquis was one of the city's largest purchasers of local farm goods. When the pandemic hit, he was furloughed. He spent time at home with his kids. Then Pamela convinced him to join Ranch45, which she'd managed for three years (she's an accomplished chef and wine person herself, having spent years overseeing nearby Pamplemousse Grille and the once-mighty Arterra). Now they're expanding, taking over the space next door and putting in a real butcher shop. The idea is to be the supplier for all of the local top restaurants, and for the locals who want to know where their meat comes from. For this podcast we sit and talk with Schwartz about the ideas of simple food sourced from a place you know. About bringing small purveyors and general stores back to a community. In “Hot Plates,” we break the news that The Joint in O.B. is working on a ramen joint on Newport Avenue down the street from their original location, as well as opening two restaurants in Hawaii; Indian standout Charminar is opening the upscale Dosa Studio next door; and Ballast Point has a new culinary director in Tommy Dimella (who also spent years at Pamplemousse). For “Two People, Fifty Bucks” Aaron points to Juanita's taco shop in Leucadia, where he takes his family after a surf; Troy raves about Starfish Filipino Eatery in O.B. (get the sisig); and David gives a shout out to the pop-up submarine tiki bar experience, Acey Deucey Club. See ya next week.

John Swafford talks about Plant Based nutrition and its surge in popularity. John is the head chef of The Regal Seagull located in Leucadia. Subscribe to A Plant Based Production Youtube Follow A Plant Based Production on Instagram

This week we're talking beer! And it's another example of me having the good fortune of sitting down with an awesome friend and having a conversation about their burgeoning business. Often the feedback from these episodes involves some version of, “I love these podcasts because I feel like I'm right there with you, drinking a beer with you guys.” Well, good news: Matt DelVecchio and I did just that as we discuss the origin story and the ins and outs of his company, Duckfoot Brewery which is based right here in San Diego. Matt starts by schooling us on the different scales that define beer and where Hazy IPA's fall on those scales, and how a particular wedding gift changed his life. Matt is actually my former neighbor in the Leucadia area of Encinitas, California - I moved; he didn't - and I've had the pleasure of literally tasting his success as his beer business has grown over the last 6 years. We talk about his New York beginnings, his move to San Diego to start the brewery, the creativity behind the brand and Matt makes a solid case for leaving your surfboard at home and taking a hand plane instead. We wrap things up with some insight into Matt's participation in a Phish cover band and a heart-felt story about a family-owned Jeep Cherokee, which I was super excited to hear. Links: STANDARD H https://standard-h.com/ @standardh_ @standardh_podcast Duckfoot Brewing https://duckfootbeer.com/ @duckfootbeer Passion Fine Jewelry https://passionfinejewelry.com/ @passionfinejewelry Independent in Time https://www.independentintime.com/ @independentintime --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/standardhpodcast/support

Just in time for the warm summer months ahead, San Diego surf/skate punks Wanted Noise have dropped a music video for their new single "More Sunrises." Watch the video here: https://youtu.be/YxBKeodZgpM. Stream "More Sunrises" on Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/track/3ay3ggHV2gK4qC1tGNRIVh?si=b5a4ef5ce75641c1 Stream the track on Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/album/more-sunrises/1565103188?i=1565103192 "More Sunrises" is the 2nd single off Wanted Noise's upcoming album "Next Generation." Of the clip, Topshelf Music writes, "Waking up on the beach at sunrise from another night of partying, the band does what any other person in that predicament would do — try to get more beer. The tongue-in-cheek video takes you on a skateboard cruise of San Diego, seeing the curious characters that prowl the streets by day." Video Credits: Director and Editor - Jeff Dirdack Director of Photography - Patrick Ring Colorist - Myles Gilbert Song Credits: Full Production - Defiant Robot Records Production and Recording - Wade Morris Mixing - Rob Nagelhout Mastered - Jesse Cannon Released by Surf, Skate, Punk Records Wanted Noise's Caleb Adkins says, "The concept for this video came from a day in the life of the Wanted Noise crew. In the making of this video we camped out for the weekend at our drummer's pad in Leucadia, with the whole band plus director/producer Jeff and director of photography Pat. It was a blast, bombing hills with Taylor riding sitting on a cooler on a longboard, skating through north county SD neighborhoods, and rocking out on the beach. Everywhere we went people were stoked and asking us about Wanted Noise. We chose to make our drummer Taylor the starring character, since drummers need love too! Inspiration for the song “More Sunrises” came after Jin and I made a quick trip south from Santa Barbara back to San Diego, just before sun up. After playing an epic show we were stoked on life and looking to personify the idea of recognizing the great times in life, in a ripping posi punk tune." Social Media: https://www.facebook.com/wantednoiseca https://www.instagram.com/wantednoiseca Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/artist/0ky0RnLH6ovRHbeKp71uuY Apple Music: https://music.apple.com/us/artist/wanted-noise/id1246829920 This episode is proudly brought to you by: #Betterhelp : https://www.betterhelp.com/sipod for 10% off #Coldest Water Bottle: Use code "10DEREK" for 10% off https://thecoldestwater.com/ #LootCrate : http://loot.cr/3rWoAnw Code "Suckitpodcast" for 15% off BUY MERCH!!!!! #Merch Store: https://www.dckproductions.com/shop Follow me: https://www.instagram.com/suckitpodcast https://www.facebook.com/suckitpodcast https://www.twitter.com/suckit_podcast --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/thedarksideofmusic/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/thedarksideofmusic/support

What's up North County! Today we wish all the mothers a belated Happy Mother's Day. Who's leading the NL West? Last week we explored a lot of Carlsbad Village. Who's taking over the Leucadia food scene? And Pure Project for the W. Enjoy! Email : Hello@NorthCountyCA.com Check out our YouTube Channel : North County San Diego with Chris and Cassidy (that's the channel name) Cassidy - @cassidylewisre Chris - @i.am.chris.erickson Please subscribe and leave us a review. We love ya!

About Emitrr Emitrr is an Omni channel (Texting, Webchat, Missed Calls, Google My Business, and more) messaging platform for your business. Emitrr helps some of the largest brands reduce call volumes in the call center by converting calls to messages across different channels and helping grow revenue for businesses. Check us out at emitrr.com About Justin Justin Jory oversees all aspects of the operations of Light Wave Dental. After spending a decade investing in high-growth companies on behalf of investment firms (Mercato Partners, Leucadia, and Bank of America), Justin founded Light Wave to solve the problems surfacing in the dental industry. Justin obtained a JD/MBA and BA in Philosophy from Brigham Young University.

Featuring Josh Roush, CEO of MoveticJosh Roush is the CEO & lead brand strategist at Movetic, an Award-Winning Branding Agency located in Leucadia, CA.Since the age of 19, Josh worked with brands such as H-P, Lyft, Crocs, Reef, Verizon, the Dew Tour, Hilton, Celsius, YMCA, Sun Bum, FSC Paper, San Diego Aviators, and Harcourts.Fueled by the stay-moving lifestyle, he leverages the power of creativity & analytics to create experiences that are real, relevant, and above all else, memorable using photography, design, and technology.Episode quote:“Whenever you take a step back and really try to find who you are as a brand, it’s going to make a lot more of a meaningful impact when it comes to sales and revenue.”Visit the complete episode page to learn more. Or subscribe to the GRIN Gets Real podcast where you listen to podcasts.

Buckle up, buttercup, cuz this one's wild. Lizz talks about the absolute insanity that is the Vampire Diaries, while Mike gets tipsy. Topics include: why Lizz would do this to herself, bad boyfriends, prison dimensions, "no-homo" coding, doppelgangers, werewolf/vampire hybrids, and so much other shit. This episode is literally double the length of our previous ones!  We may make a bingo board out of this in the future. Music licensed through Musicbed. Intro: Sucker (For a Happy Ending) by Kaptan Outro: Easy to Love by Leucadia

Boots & The Daydreams (featuring Boots Electric of Eagles of Death Metal) returns to San Diego for another intimate private concert at Moonage Food Co. in Leucadia.  Post-show, Cantore talks to Boots (Jesse Hughes) about performing live, or "protesting," during a worldwide pandemic. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Boots & The Daydreams (featuring Boots Electric of Eagles of Death Metal) returns to San Diego for another intimate private concert at Moonage Food Co. in Leucadia.  Post-show, Cantore talks to Boots (Jesse Hughes) about performing live, or "protesting," during a worldwide pandemic. 

Welcome back to the Happy Half Hour! This week’s guest is Kris Buchanan, owner of Goodonya Organics and Goodonya Organic Eatery in Encinitas. Kris has been in the restaurant business for a long time, having founded the organic deli back in 2001 and expanded it to five locations before opening the full-service restaurant in 2015. She tells us how she got into the business, and we learned that she is an Olympian! She was on the USA National Field Hockey Team and went to the 1996 Olympics, and she’s in the field hockey Hall of Fame. We brought Kris on the show to hear what it’s been like for restaurant owners, managers, and workers having to enforce mask wearing among customers. Not only do staff have to deal with the customer who becomes irate when denied entry for not wearing a mask, they also have to mitigate concerns from people who get upset when they see another customer not wearing one. Kris shares the difficulty that her hosts and servers have experienced, and says they’re neither equipped nor trained to handle these types of confrontations—young women, especially, are scared for their own physical safety when they’re caught being the referee between two customers. The abuse that restaurant workers have experienced over this issue has been making headlines nationally, and even McDonald’s announced that they’re providing de-escalation training for their employees. Kris also gave us some information about the Restaurants Act, and we talk about a report from the Independent Restaurant Coalition predicting that 85 percent of small restaurants won’t make it without any aid. In Hot Plates, we discussed the news that Jayne’s Gastropub in Normal Heights won’t be reopening. Brian Malarkey’s Animae has rebooted and gone alfresco with a revamped menu. The Huntress, a high-end steakhouse in the same building as Lumi by Akira Back, recently opened in the Gaslamp with a menu of family meals available for curbside pickup. Chula Vista started a new program closing off a portion of Third Avenue every Sunday, and we recommended visiting Chula Vista Brewery, one of the few Black-owned craft breweries in San Diego. Last, Cutwater Spirits is providing lunch for laid-off restaurant and bar workers this Saturday: bring an old pay stub or business card to their tasting room in Miramar. We always end the show on a lighter note with the Two People for Takeout segment. Kris said her favorite is Birdseye Kitchen, a women-owned business in Leucadia, and she recommends the massaman curry. Troy is excited about the panang curry at Soi Thai Street Food, which just opened a new location in Ocean Beach. David recommends the Taylor ham roll and rosemary-and-salt bagels at Nomad Donuts, and my pick is the stingray tacos and micheladas to go at TJ Oyster Bar in Bonita. Thank you for listening! As always, we want to hear from our listeners. Do you have a question for Troy? Need a recommendation for takeout? Is there a guest you want us to book on the show? Or do you need help finding out whether a restaurant will be reopening? Let us know! You can call us at 619-744-0535 and leave a voicemail, or if you’re too shy, you can email us at happyhalfhour@sdmag.com.

We’re here at Provisional Kitchen, one of the restaurants in the Pendry Hotel in downtown San Diego. Today, we have David Duran, the director of food and beverage at the Pendry, talking to us about their new superfood brunch cocktails. David got into the hospitality business at age 17 in Las Vegas and moved to San Diego in early 2017, where he took the job at the Pendry. Today’s guest is Jon Mangini, owner and founder of Basic Pizza and URBN Coal-Fired Pizza. Jon is a Connecticut native who is best known for bringing New Haven style thin-crust pizza to San Diego. He opened Basic Pizza in East Village in 2006, just a couple of years after Petco Park opened—and way before the neighborhood became a dining destination. It’s famous for the pizza topped with mashed potatoes and bacon. In 2008, Jon moved on to his next pizza project, URBN Coal Fired Pizza, which he launched in Vista. He has since expanded the company, and today URBN has five locations around the county, including a new location at One Paseo. For Two People, $50, Jon chose Fish 101 in Leucadia and Cardiff. David chose Tahona Bar along with their speakeasy, Oculto 477, where you have to disclose a sin before entering. Troy’s pick was another stop on his hunt for San Diego’s best birria, Cocina de Barrio in Hillcrest. Now that Troy’s birria journey is over, what should he try next? In Hot Plates, Jsix, the restaurant at the Hotel Solamar, is going to close and will be replaced by Jimmy Buffet's Margaritaville chain. This will be the second Margaritaville Hotel in San Diego; the first is coming to Paradise Point in Mission Bay. Other news from East Village: Melvin Brewing closed its brewpub on 14th and Market. The Grand Ole BBQ y Asado in North Park is still closed for renovation, and they’re hoping to reopen in May. Soi 30th North Park Thai Eatery is opening a new location in Ocean Beach, replacing the Subway on Cable Street. If you listened to our end-of-year episode in December 2019, you’ll remember that we had strong opinions about The New York Times’ prediction that mushrooms would be the next kale. Well, CNN backs this up claim, and declared “mushrooms are the new grocery aisle celebrities” of 2020. Thanks for listening, and we’d love to hear from you! Call us at 619-744-0535 and leave a message. Or if you’re too shy, you can email HappyHalfHour@sdmag.com. You can give us your recommendations for Two People, $50, tell us about any news happening in San Diego’s culinary world, or let us know who you’d like to hear featured as a guest on the podcast.

The day right before Valentine's Day, we talked with the lovely Candace, owner of Community Hot Yoga in Leucadia. Candace talks to us about the different types of yoga, how yoga has changed due to it being a trend, and how yoga can have health benefits. Also, Bri joins us on this podcast the day right before her birthday! This podcast is powered by Pinecast. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/the-kick-it-podcast/message

Ryan Cohen is a 19-year-old super Padres fan, student at UC Davis, Encinitas native, and listener to Ben & Woods. During his Thanksgiving break, he joined Shel and Ben at The Regal Seagull to share his unexpected path to becoming a Padres fan, his love of dancing on the Petco Park video board, and life […]

The Regal Seagull is getting a baby brother! Down at Our Rendezvous gets an inside look at the brand-new BottleRocket in San Diego’s East Village. Eli Delgado is joining the Regal team as one of the pub’s proprietors, and he talks about the drinks, food, and build-up to a November soft opening. Join Shel and […]

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Are you a property manager or owner who wants to recoup financial losses when stuck with a bad tenant who stops paying rent or needs to be evicted? Lower your risk? Trust somebody else to manage your properties? Protect all parties involved?  Today, I am talking to John Higgins, co-founder and CEO of Steady Marketplace, a leading technology platform for property owners and managers. Steady’s subsidiaries offer financial products, including rent default insurance.  You’ll Learn... [02:00] Background of Big Financial Numbers: Starting with event-driven, distressed, and activist hedge fund managers with billions in assets.  [06:37] Steady’s products protect property owners/managers from bad tenant outcomes.  [07:40] Rent Default Insurance: Protection against rental income loss due to tenant’s failure to pay.  [10:15] Rent Default Insurance is widely available and adopted around the world. About 70% are renters and 30% are owners. [12:38] Collaboration Over Competition: Don’t simply copy-and-paste products and policies; leads to lack of innovation. [13:55] Automate It All: Learn from online lending space using technology to streamline processes, operations, and pricing. [15:05] Perfect Businesses are Out of Business: Entrepreneurs think they've got something perfect, only to realize they need to make it better.  [16:15] By the Book: Take regulatory issues seriously, and make sure to do it right. [17:00] Adoption is #1 challenge with any solution, software, or service.  [17:55] Competitive Advantage: Education, awareness, and understanding of product.  [20:53] FAQs: How does it work? Why does this exist? What’s the catch?  [21:55] Renter’s Insurance vs. Rent Default Insurance: What’s the difference? Tweetables Every entrepreneur should make a difference. Otherwise, they're just causing problems. When there’s a loss of rental income due to tenant default, there is no protection. Automate everything: Go slow to go fast. That's how the process works. It's constant iteration to get better, and better, and better. Resources John Higgins’ Email Steady Marketplace Steady Marketplace FAQ John Higgins on LinkedIn SureVestor Rent Rescue National Association of Residential Property Managers (NARPM) DoorGrowClub Facebook Group DoorGrowLive DoorGrow on YouTube DoorGrow Website Score Quiz Transcript Jason: Welcome DoorGrow Hackers to the DoorGrow Show. If you are a property management entrepreneur that wants to add doors, make a difference, increase revenue, help others, impact lives, and you are interested in growing your business and life, and you're open to doing things a bit differently, then you are a DoorGrow hacker. DoorGrow hackers love the opportunities, daily variety, unique challenges, and freedom that property management brings. Many in real estate think you're crazy for doing it, you think they're crazy for not, because you realize that property management is the ultimate high trust gateway to real estate deals, relationships, and residual income. At DoorGrow, we are on a mission to transform property management businesses and their owners, we want to transform the industry, eliminate the BS, build awareness, change perception, expand the market, and help the best property management entrepreneurs win. I'm your host, property management growth expert, Jason Hull, the founder and CEO of DoorGrow. Now, let's get into the show. Today, I am hanging out with John Higgins of Steady Marketplace. John, welcome to the DoorGrow Show. John: It's great to be here, Jason. Thanks for having me. Jason: John, you've got a really big bio and you're really impressive. Do you want me to read all of it? John: You can read whatever you want to read. I'm not that impressive. I'll say you're more impressive hosting this show and with your following in the space. I'm just a guy trying to make a difference. Jason: I appreciate it. That's what every good entrepreneur is trying to do is make a difference, at least I hope. Otherwise, they're just causing problems.  I'll read a little bit here. It says you are the co-founder and CEO of Steady Technologies Inc., a leading technology platform for property owners and property managers. Steady, through subsidiaries, offers financial products that benefit property owners and managers. Their first product is rent default insurance, offered in partnership with the top US insurance carrier that is a Fortune 100 company, rated A+ by AM Best, and S&P.  Prior to co-founding Steady, Mr. Higgins founded Nobadeer Advisors which provided business development and capital market expertise to technology-enabled lending platforms across the variety of consumers and business, lending verticals, and backed by top venture capital firms globally.  Prior to Nobadeer, Mr. Higgins spent 2.5 years at Prosper Marketplace, Inc. where he helped build the institutional loan program growing it from $0 to over $5 billion over his tenure and help scale Prosper's monthly origination volumes over 4000% during his time at the firm.  Mr. Higgins also previously served as a director at Topwater Capital, now owned by Leucadia, where he made investments between $5-$100 million to hedge fund managers across a variety of strategies via structured managed accounts.  Prior to Topwater, Mr. Higgins spent five years working for event-driven, distressed, and activist hedge fund managers with assets as large as $1.85 billion. There's a lot of big financial numbers here, John. A lot of big financial numbers. John: Want me to dive a bit deeper on it and summarize for you? Jason: Yeah. Let's dive into that and then tell us how you got into all of these. John: Sure. I can start from how I got into the hedge funds space which led me through here. I started and talk my way into an internship my junior college, totally unqualified, at the University of New Hampshire versus people that are top of their class from top business schools. Got a shot to join big hedge fund on my way up. I worked my tail off that summer and got a full time offer. I joined that firm full time after I graduated college. I was really lucky. I worked for the really brilliant entrepreneur there who would start this business with $500,000. Four years later, he grew it to almost $2 billion.  Then, left that company and went to Topwater where I was invested in hedge fund strategies via structured managed accounts, kind of cross the bench of the long, short, and distressed credit. That company was acquired by Leucadia which is now Jefferies Investment Bank; the two merged. Leucadia was at a big stake and Jefferies a long story anyway. As that transaction was transpiring, I was approached by the former management team across the marketplace who've I known from the hedge fund industry. They had great entrepreneurs that built and sold the company that served hedge funds called Merlin Securities. They're backed by Sequoia. Sold that business to Wells Fargo and decided they were going to take over Prosper.  They reached out and said, "We're looking for someone to help us build out this business as we take it over and turn it around." Really fortunate to work with tremendous entrepreneurs and the tremendous team there. During my time there, we went from about 50 employees up to about 600+ when I left. That was my first foray into more pure play technology.  We're a financial technology platform. We're offering unsecured personal loans online to end consumers. If you're thinking about going online, applying for a personal loan, no human interaction, [...] pricing, I can get you a loan in a matter of days as opposed to having to leave your house, go to a bank, et cetera, and fill up paper forms. After leaving Prosper, I was consulting for various lending platforms as you touched on in the intro. I got to work again with tremendous entrepreneurs across a bunch of different verticals. One of the people I've got to work with was doing some lending into the small landlord space. It's fix and flip lending and also rental lending. I started looking at the opportunities. I said, "This is really interesting. I know all of these products that helped multifamily owners protect them against bad tenant outcomes."  There's a lot of companies that pop up doing that, but no one's really going after single family. I started looking at the space and opportunity. As you and everyone else in the space realizes, it's actually bigger than the multifamily space. When you live in New York, everyone thinks rental properties are the big highrise. In fact, there's roughly more than 16 million single family rental units in the US, then another 8 million duplexes, triplex quads. All in all, you have about 20 million rental units in the US owned by individual investors that owned less than 10 units. These owners actually can't solve for this risk which is if the tenant goes bad. The smart owners are getting professional property managers or actually better at picking tenants at the established processes and procedures. They're getting bad tenants out. It can help manage those properties and have better outcomes. But still, when there’s a loss of rental income due to tenant default, there is no protection. In fact, my business partner and co-founder, Viken, had a property in New York City that he was renting. Person just skips town in the middle of the night. He was left with close to $20,000. It actually might have been north of $20,000 loss because the tenant just left the unit and didn't say anything. It took awhile to get it rerented. He had no coverage. If he had, it had no protection against that. If you had Steady or some of these other providers that are popping up, they could've indemnify themselves from that loss, and could've been made whole for a modest premium.  Long story short, there's a big need in the market to this type of product. What we're really excited about is working with all the property managers across the country to help ensure this is product underlying landlords and finding ways for everyone to win. Jason: Cool. Let's talk about the product specifically. Explain this to somebody that's never heard of this. They might even be an unseasoned property manager. Describe the problem that exists, that this solves for. John: Sure. When you look at it, if the tenant goes bad whether it's professionally managed or not—let’s suppose it’s some professionally managed properties; that's really who we're serving here in this podcast, and who we speak to—if their tenants goes bad, the owner's mad at them. They might've lose that door because guess what? They probably picked the tenant. They were entrusted by the landlord or the owner to find the tenant, to select the right tenant, and now the tenant's bad. So, the owner's mad, they might lose every relationship. The owner's also rental income. As a result, property managers also lost their property management fee income. Generally, they're charging based on the property management fee.  If you look globally, across Australia, New Zealand, and Europe, this type of insurance product, rent default insurance, is widely available and widely adopted. The reason is that, if you look in other jurisdictions, primarily Europe, it's flipped from the US. It's about 70% renter 30% owner. As we know, post financial crisis, more and more US consumers are now choosing to rent instead of own. So, the property management space is going to be larger and the rental property market is getting larger.  As this is occuring, we think that more and more people will be in need of this insurance because we have a growing market. The insurance itself indemnifies and there's different flavors. We'll speak generally about rent default insurance and what's out there as opposed to Steady, specifically. What we want to do is educate the market on the availability of these types of products.  Rent default insurance, generally speaking, indemnifies the owner against losses as a result of the bad tenant outcome. It could be eviction, tenant skips, et cetera; different programs to different coverages. What this does is it allows the owner who can't self-insure due to the diversification to recoup losses if they are unfortunately stuck with the bad tenant that stops paying rent or needs to get evicted.  Different people had different approaches to it. Us at Steady, we've taken a lot of the learnings from the online lending space using technology to streamline processes, operations, and try to deliver a great product that are at a reasonable price to the end market.  A lot of property managers are saying, "Hey, this is great. This is a huge concern that my underlying owners have. What happens if the tenant doesn't pay rent?" They see property management companies out there that have eviction protection plans or other plans. You've got the SureVestors, the Rent Rescues, and a bunch of other great companies out here, all serving for these types of risks and helping solve these pain points. The reason for that is this huge market is a huge concern. If you've got one property, say you own a home and you move for work across the country. You can't sell your home or whatever reason you have. You put it with the professional property manager. They're managing that, but you're relying on that cash flow for maintenance, upkeep, taxes, et cetera. In many cases, to pay the mortgage. If that tenant goes bad, all of a sudden, you're break even or your cash flowing property gone upside down and now you're coming out of pocket. You now have a liability that you have to come out of the pocket for every month. That's a big pain point, a big concern, and what these types of products do is solve for those types of risk, help landlords have peace of mind, and protect against bad tenant outcomes. Jason: You name dropped some of your own competitors, which is very generous of you. How does Steady standout or differ? How do you compare, standout, or differ in the space? John: We've taken a bit of a different approach on how we can structure our products and policy. A lot of other competitors, not just in space but in insurance generally, what they do is copy and paste what other products work on their markets or other products that other people have launched, and there's not a lot of innovation. As a result, we haven't seen a huge take rate for these types of product in the US.  What we found—you might feel differently—my business partner, Viken, grew up in Paris. What works in Europe doesn't necessarily work in the US. What works in Australia doesn't necessarily work for the US. What Viken and I did when we came together is we deconstructed how these programs work globally. We took a lot of the learning from online lending to build what we believe is a better program here in the US.  One differentiation is automation. Our entire process is fully automated. We just set an email prior to this event saying, "We are now in 20 states." We've got the ability to be in all 50 states. The reason we're not in all 50 states right now is because we want to automate everything. It is going slow to go fast. As we start to take it off here and ramp because the updates have been very strong, it's continuing to go stronger daily, everything will be automated. What that will result in is more efficient processes, procedures, and better pricing.  Jason: Explain what that means so everyone understands. You're saying that automation is a differentiator and that it's fully automated. What's automated? John: A property manager or a property owner can go online to the website, inquire about rent default insurance on their own, and complete the entire process in less than two minutes. There's no human interaction necessary and they could do everything themselves. Now, newer company, newer brand, we’re lucky to be aligned with the very strong brand in the insurance space, but nothing's perfect. As you know, as an entrepreneur, you think you've got something perfect and they realize you need to make it better. That's how the process works. It's constant iteration to get better, and better, and better. Jason: The perfect businesses are out of business. John: Right. We continue to constantly push new development releases and streamlining things. What we believe is that, if you can make the process as easy as buying, say for instance, travel insurance when you're buying a flight and make it that easy, that will be a great outcome for us and for this market. The way which you can do that is through API integrations, the right product structures, the right creativity, the right business development strategies, et cetera.  If you look at our product, where our technology is our technology, our product is our product, the two weren't built separately. They're built together. They work very closely together and in tandem. Because of that, it allows us to deliver a great customer experience, a frictionless process, high scalability, and keep headcount well. Right now, our biggest expenses have been legal and engineering, as you can imagine. It's a technology company, but legal because we invest heavily in making sure that we do everything right and by the book. Also, that our partners do things right by the book. As you know, the property management space has some instances where people have more of a cavalier or cowboy type approach that works until it doesn't. For us, we have ambitions to be a very large company and we operate in a highly regulated space. It's non negotiable for us to run into issues on the regulatory front or have our partners run into those issues. We take that very seriously and focus on in making sure everything is done the right way. Jason: That makes sense. The number one challenge when it comes to any solution or software or third party service is adoption. It's how easy is it for them to adopt this and use. If adoption is a challenge, then it's not going to work. It's not going to grow. People are not going to use it or it's going to be confusing or frustrating.  I'm a big Apple fan. Apple made adoption very easy. My AirPods, I just hold them out, open them up, my phone just show them on the screen, and they connect. It was magic, it's easy, I didn’t have to fill around weird Bluetooth settings or hold down buttons. What you're saying makes a lot of sense.  You've mentioned that it's easy for the consumer or for the property manager. One challenge that I see a lot of firms run into is when you're servicing an audience that's servicing that same audience. You almost can become competitors with them. How do you negotiate that? How does the property manager still have a competitive advantage against them just working with you directly? John: I guess, education, awareness, and understanding. People [...] this in massive market. People don't even know about this product. One parallel I draw frequently is pet insurance. I’ve got a pet, I’ve got a dog who's five now. I have pet insurance that I pay $70 or $80 a month. They haven’t got a good plan because the vet at the time said, "Hey, you should consider pet insurance if there's ever an issue." To me, the asset there is the pet. A little bit different than a rental property, maybe not as emotional as a rental property would be. They said, "Maybe you should look at this." It's a similar thing as what you're seeing happening in the property management space. Property managers are the fiduciary, the trusted advisor to the asset and the asset owner, which is the landlord or the small rental property owner who's contracted the property manager for their services. If they can be introduced to this product, it's for their benefit.  We don't have a big direct push. We're not looking to go after single family rental landlords directly. Our entire business model is predicated on partnerships. Based on our analysis, there's roughly eight million rental units in the US managed professionally. We've love to see that grow larger. Those are also, for us, we believe the best risk. As I touched on earlier, we believe strongly that property managers are better at picking tenants, have an established processes and procedures in getting bad tenants out, and they can get units rented more quickly. Jason: Which lowers your risk as an insurance provider. John: Correct, which results in better outcomes from the underwriting perspective.  Jason: Okay, makes sense. Your interests are aligned directly with property managers. They're your focus.  John: Yes. They are our focus. We just did a giveaway today to property management conference for people that could enter. We view property managers as our partners. Again, the reason I mentioned some of our competitors earlier because the rising tide lifts all boats. We want to see everyone do well, we want to see landlords have access to the solution so they get better outcomes, and we want to see property managers to be able to benefit from this as well.  Jason: Yeah, I love it. I believe that too. I have said before, rising tide raises all ships, but sometimes the bar is so low in property management in some areas and in some markets, that I don't think every ship's going to rise. Some have too many holes and are going to sink, but that's okay. John: That's right. That's Darwinism. Jason: Right, survival of the fittest. What are some of the most frequently asked questions or concerns that property managers are asking you or have been asking in sales conversations? So that we can make sure we address them here on this show. John: A lot of things that a lot of property managers ask is simply how it work. We have an FAQ section on our website and we can share the link on it. "How does it work?" "Why does this exist?" "How can no one else is doing is?" As I catch on, this is the third time I'll mention SureVestor, Rent Rescue, and others. The awareness is growing and that's what the biggest challenge is for all of us in this space is awareness that these types of solutions are available. This isn't like rental insurance or pet insurance. Pet insurance, I guess, is now becoming widely adopted, but people don't know about it and don't understand it. Most of the reactions we got is, "Wow, this exists? This is great. How does it work?" "Wow, that's inexpensive. This makes a lot of sense." It all depends on the property address, the rent amount, and the pricing. Jason: For anyone that's confused, let's just explain the difference between renter's insurance and rent default insurance. John: Renter's insurance covers the renter's possessions and liability to the landlord, generally speaking. It's paid for by the renter and they're doing it, so if there's a fire in the unit, they're not covered from the landlord's policy. Their possessions are gone. The landlord gets the unit rebuild, the house rebuilt, but they don’t receive anything. Now with renter's insurance, then we get some coverage for that.  From the landlord's perspective, if the renter has renter's insurance, they have a guest over, they slip and fall, and break their leg, it protects the liability to the landlord for them getting sued from that slip and fall. That's renter's insurance. Rent default insurance, it depends on the program. Different people, different features. Generally speaking, it covers loss of rent due to tenant skips, eviction, and tenant nonpayment for whatever reason. Jason: Sometimes, we have to make sure things are at an 8 year old level so that everybody gets it.  John: I generally need things at an 8 year old level to understand.  Jason: Right. Most entrepreneurs do because we're just so damn impatient at paying attention to things sometimes.  All right. We talked about how it works, why is anyone doing this. Any other frequently asked questions that people are concerned about? John: "What's the catch?" generally. Insurance companies, for better or for worse, generally don't always have the best reputation for making it easy to make claims, et cetera. That's another thing. Some people want to see the policies and see things in that nature.  Again, the big thing is people just don't understand these types of products exists. That's why we're out there educating the market and letting people know that there are these types of coverages available and you can get the coverage to these types of risks.  Jason: Let's touch on the benefits for a property management business in having this in their repertoire of services and how this can help them sell and close more deals, give them the competitive advantage, maybe. John: What do you see is property managers are now looking at this and some are saying, "I'm just going to include it in all my plans," and say, "This makes a lot of sense.” Now, we've got a differentiator. All of my property management packages include three months of rent default insurance if the tenant goes bad. They're out there marketing and saying that it includes it. Others are saying, "This is interesting. How can we offer this and earn some B revenue?" The only way it works, as I touched on earlier with compliance, is you can't get paid for the sales, solicitation, negotiation of insurance, unless you're an insurance producer. You can do other things such as marketing fees, et cetera, but you can't make conditions on the sale, solicitation, negotiation, and insurance. That's why we spend so much to make sure that anything we do, anything our partners do in partnership with us, is fully vetted and above board. We make sure everyone stays on the right side of the rules. Jason: Do they become somewhat of an insurance agent? Or you're just laying that all together? John: No. They do not become insurance agents in any way, shape, or form unless they've got an insurance agent license. Then, they could be an insurance agent, obviously.  Jason: Okay. John, it's great to see an entrepreneur doing something that's impacting the industry. I believe these products are going to have massive ripple effect in the industry. They're going to create a lot more safety and certainty in the property management space. It's going to lower the risk. It's going to lower the pain threshold for landlords to trust somebody else to manage their properties. It's going to protect all the parties involved and that means it's going to help the industry grow. If Australians, somebody said their markets are any indicator, it seems like these types of products help these markets grow significantly in a relatively short period of time, over a decade. They've grown phenomenally. I heard stats like Australia's grown through 25% in a decade. Largely, they claimed that it was connected to that. I don't know if that's accurately or true, but if that were true and the industry—single family residential—were maybe about 30% are professionally managed, that almost be our industry doubling here in the US. I don't know that there's enough companies here in the US right now to handle that level of growth. That would mean we need to double the amount of companies or we need to double the size of every company that exists. Something in between that. John: Or let's double the size of every company that exists. That'll be a good outcome for everyone. Jason: Yeah. Regardless, I want to make sure that we've got the best. Let's raise the tide. I appreciate that you're seeking to raise the tide. I think collaboration over competition is what builds market, it's what builds the category. It's always important to build the category before you try to build the individual brand. That's Marketing 101, everybody.  Property management is in the same boat. Property management has very low awareness, in general, here in the US and right now, we've got a lot of people going around something in their chest, trying to fill their individual brand. We need to build the category first. There's a lesson for the industry to take away from what you've mentioned and what's going on in what you're doing, so I appreciate that. John: NARPM’s done a good job trying to get the industry moving in the right direction. People like you and a lot of others that are trying to educate and build awareness are very helpful as well. It's great to see everyone working together in some way, shape, or form. Jason: There's no scarcity in property management. There just really isn't. There's 70% in single family residential that are self-managing right now. That does not indicate scarcity. In certain channels of marketing, there is a lot of scarcity because everybody's doing the same stuff, there is scarcity. John, I appreciate you coming in the show. How can people get in touch with Steady and learn more about this? John: They can go to the website www.steadymarketplace.com or shoot me an email john@steadymarketplace.com. Jason: Perfect. John, I appreciate you coming on the show, I appreciate what you're doing, and I wish Steady success. John: Thank you, Jason. Thanks for having me. Jason: Check them out at steadymarketplace.com. If you are, for some reason, not getting the growth that you want, you're growth is good, but you want to pour a little gasoline on that fire, if you find that you're getting a lot of your business lately from word of mouth, and from the trust that you built in the marketplace, I would love to pour gasoline on that fire. That's what DoorGrow specializes in, optimizing your warmly funnel and optimizing your business for more organic growth, which is a lot less expensive than showing up tens of thousands of dollars a year towards pay per click, SEO, and everything that everybody is competing and already doing.  Like I said, I don't believe there's scarcity in the industry, but I believe there's false scarcity that's been created by marketers, and you can avoid that. For those who can't see, I'm wearing my "SEO won't save you" shirt. A lot of people are relying on SEO to save you. Don't get me wrong, SEO is great. If you have the top spot in Google, that's great to have search engine optimization. But there are things that are better than having the top spot in Google like being the most trusted company in your market. Our whole system is focused on building trust for your brand, for your business, and helping you to go after that blue ocean where there's all that business available; that 70%. I appreciate John being on the show. Until next time, to our mutual growth. Bye, everyone.  

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Do you live in North County San Diego? Hear what's going on here. We start off with a little tribute to our fearless leader, Mike Evans. What happened this weekend in Chris and Cassidy's world? Buy a beer, plant a tree. Beacon's stairway update and a new train crossing in Leucadia. Where is Idyllwild? The Rock 'n' Roll marathon is coming up. The San Diego County Fair (or the Del Mar Fair) is already back. And an easy productivity tip for ya. Tune in!

What's RAD around North County? Go enjoy the new rail trail in Cardiff. Sports update.....MLB & NBA, say what! The Netherlands used to call strawberries "Vistas". Find out why. Any surf coming up? Keep your eyes peeled for a new bike share program in Coastal North County, but not Cbad. A Leucadia hot-spot is expanding. And why service is king in the real estate business. Chris and Cassidy each share a story! Enjoy!

Ian Barry, better known as Poods to his friends, was an extremely gifted athlete that found meditation in movement, an unconditionally kind and creative soul that lived by his words “keep doing your thing and keep being who you are”. On September 27 2012, Ian passed away at 22 years old when he accidentally fell from a bluff. Although it is important to know that his death was an accident and that he was in his element being one with nature (adhering to another one of his mantras – less technology and more nature), Ian’s death is not the focus of this conversation and podcast episode. This is a discussion about living….about how Ian lived so fully and how his parents John and Ali and younger sister Kiva continue to live while they process the grief of losing their only son and brother. Ian was VERY special and made people that he came to know feel like their “best friend”. He had a quiet, humble, disarming charm combined with an attitude of accepting everyone for exactly who they were without judgment. He truly made you feel better when you were around him. According to his family and friends, his personal struggles simply made him more compassionate and accepting. Ian always tried to see the good in people but never understood acts of unkindness. This is a story about how Ian’s family channeled his spirit into healing energy for the LARGE community of people he touched also grieving the loss of a friend and special soul. This is a story that is infinite and very much ALIVE. This light from Ian’s heart center, that has been stoked and kept alive by his family and community, has lit and fueled the Rollin’ From The Heart Foundation. It is all summed up in their mission statement: Providing disadvantaged and at-risk youth the opportunity to participate in skateboarding, surfing and camping in an effort to promote a more active lifestyle and encourage positive choices. By teaming with peer/mentors that share our values of kindness, compassion and acceptance we strive to instill confidence in those we serve so that they can overcome personal barriers regardless of their economic, social or mental health status. It's pretty simple really – be kind, be yourself and have fun. This organization provides toolboxes and beams light on the futures of infinite young lives. THIS is a vital, living and moving memorial. This is the story of channeling challenges into positivity that provides us all with hope rollin’ into the future! Learn more: www.rollinfromtheheart.org and follow @rollinfromtheheart on Instagram for daily doses of smiles and feel goods Woody Gutherie song “So Long It’s Been Good To Know You” ( one of Ian’s all time favorites) performed and recorded for this podcast by singer/songwriter John Finkbiner. John is an acclaimed and talented musician and visual artist is a native of Southern California, also with roots in Nashville, TN, and currently lives in Leucadia, CA. Check all his projects out at @johnfinkbinerart on Instagram If you or someone you know is in need of grief support or resources call your local Hospice! For Hospice resources visit The National Hospice and Palliative Care Organization: https://www.nhpco.org/ Rollin’ From The Heart supporters are mentioned in the podcast.  To see all their partners visit rollinfromtheheart.org. Brixton: www.brixton.com Vans: www.vans.com  

Leucadia Barber Shop is a successful shop located in Leucadia (Encinitas) Calif. We celebrated Cinco De Mayo with C&G alum Emiliano Zermeno & Jensen Crouch half of the squad from the shop. Enjoy!  Instagram  @leucadiabarbershop Website  www.leucadiabarbershop.net Get a Cut @ Leucadia Barber Shop  103 Diana St, Encinitas, CA 92024   Get 3 Bags of Coffee for $30  USE CODE: "CANDG" Charity coffee's excluded from offer  sevenseasroasting.com/pages/coffee

Emiliano is a local barber here in Encinitas, CA. Most days you can find him at Leucadia barbershop his family's barbershop. We sat down to discuss not only being a barber, but his ties to Chicano Park, skateboarding, and what's next for Leucadia's most sought after barber. @emilianozermeno @leucadiabarbershop

This week's episode is brought to you by Ronald McDonald House Charities of San Diego and their Dream House Raffle. Visit www.sdraffle.com to buy tickets and learn more about the hundreds of prizes! Early Bird deadline is February 22, 2019! On this week’s show we meet a new restauranteur with an interesting background that includes a stint at Google. In Hot Plates, we learn about Fish 101’s plans to expand from Leucadia to a second location with an ocean view in Cardiff. Pro skateboarder Tony Hawk is opening a craft coffee spot with son Riley, serving beans roasted by James Coffee Co. alongside a vinyl record shop. In other food news, Phil’s BBQ is expanding again and Adams Ave is getting another sushi restaurant. Soichi Kadoya opens in March. For more SD Food News, visit Troy’s blog. In the guest seat is Alia Jaziri of Medina, a new restaurant in North Park opening March. The menu is rooted in traditional North African dishes Alia grew up cooking with her father, plus classic ingredients from Baja California. Medina began as a food truck concept in San Francisco (thanks to a little help from a Google accelerator) and later evolved and expanded to farmers markets and pop-ups in San Diego. This is the first brick-and-mortar location.

Meet Doug Winter, founder and CEO of Seismic, an enterprise SaaS tool for sales enablement that’s been around for 8 years. It helps sales and marketing teams work together more effectively and efficiently as it relates to sales cycles.   Thanks to our friends at Cox Business for their support of this episode.   While Doug grew up in Ohio, he went to Virginia Tech and studied electrical and mechanical engineering. After college, he took a job with Westinghouse in their Navy Nuclear program training sailors on running the nuclear machinery on boats at sea. It was a great leadership experience as he was given a lot of responsibility quickly but decided to go back to school - for a degree in Leaders for Manufacturing at MIT, a combo of business and engineering with an eye towards operations.     His last winter there was ‘the worst winter in Boston’ and he asked ‘how far away from this can I get? Enter San Diego.   Doug landed a job at Qualcomm in 1996. Qualcomm had just won the battle of CDMA and just started a division building their own phones and infrastructure. He took new products from engineering and was the bridge to put them into production. He had great bosses and mentors at Qualcomm but kept hearing about the Dot Com buzz and knew that he’d eventually leave Qualcomm and become an entrepreneur. His dad was an entrepreneur and Doug saw how happy his dad was doing this kind of work and it stuck with him.   Doug rode through the Dot Com boom and bust and tells some sentimental stories that paint a graphic picture of the times. It was exciting for him to sit front row and ride the rollercoaster of starting a company and was a valuable learning experience.   Over the next decade, Doug started another company, Objectiva. Objectiva was hired to rebuild Document Science’s product line. Great relationships were formed from this partnership and Document Sciences ended up buying Objectiva and Doug became COO of Document Sciences, which was then bought by EMC. EMC had also bought Carlsbad-based Captiva. Very quickly he realized that the big company culture wasn’t for him so worked through a transition to leave, but observed that the existing tools for content management were clunky and nobody was doing a real SaaS business around content development. The problems they saw at Document Sciences were real and thought they could do what Salesforce and Workday - taking CRM/HRM and consumerized it and put in on the cloud. Nobody was doing this for content management and they set out to fill this void.   Enter Seismic in 2010 to solve this problem. The first office was a basement in an apartment building in downtown Encinitas. By the time they left they had about 12-14 people working there so it was quite cozy. Through all the growth they’ve remained in North County, to Solana Beach and now residing in Del Mar Heights. One of SD’s challenges is how wide-spread out everything is so they’ve tried to stay central for their employees.   One of the founders, Ed Callan, is born and raised in Boston. Started an office in Boston in an addict and really grew as a two-office company from the very beginning and both offices are about the same size. They recently acquired a business in Chicago - their competitor Savo - and now have a foothold in that major hub.   Curious where the term sales enablement came from? Listen in!   Two years ago they acquired local Email Co-pilot which brought in expertise on data and AI.   Listen how Doug explains the capital environment and where Seismic is headed in the next few years. A great later stage San Diego story that has plenty more to write. Doug would love to continue to grow here and put SD on the map as would we all.   Some of Doug’s local food favorites - Tacos - Sara’s in Mission Beach. Coffee - Coffee Coffee and Pannikin in Leucadia. Beer - A fan of Green Flash   Follow Doug on social: Twitter LinkedIn

Ben and Sheli Higgins - Broadcaster/Media Personality and Wife/Podcast Host - Our Rendezvous Podcast - Leucadia, CA Podcast recorded above the butcher shop at Valley Farm Market in Spring Valley, California. Subscribe to Behind The Smoke on YouTube Summary Ben and Sheli Higgins will be celebrity judges for the new tri-tip category at the Turf and Surf BBQ State Championship on August 19th at the Del Mar Races. Mighty 1090 morning host Ben and his wife Sheli host Our Rendezvous podcast inside their neighborhood hangout, The Regal Seagull in Leucadia. Our Rendezvous podcast is the behind-the-scenes life of San Diego’s busiest TV and radio sportscaster and the amazing woman who manages to keep that busy life together while still making sure everybody has a little bit of fun. Ben started his career in broadcasting as a intern in college. Unlike most broadcasters Ben worked in the San Diego market for entire his career. With the frequent changes in media formats Ben describes how there will always be a need for storytellers and content creators. Ben and Sheli’s decision to purchase a Big Green Egg and the impact it’s had on the way they cook. Links Mentioned in this Episode: Our Rendezvous Podcast Website iTunes Google Play RSS Feed YouTube Ben and Sheli Higgins Website Facebook Ben on Twitter Sheli on Twitter Mentions Shawn on Our Rendezvous Podcast Scott Kaplan on Behind The Smoke Jim Trotter on Behind The Smoke Ben and Woods Show Brody’s Burgers & Beer Craig Elsten US Foods Weekly Social Shout Out: @SeanConnaghan Winner of a sexy new #BehindTheSmoke Mug. Be sure to tag @bbqwarstories in all your #BehindTheSmoke photos and interact with the podcast on social for your chance to win. Remember...if we can’t tag you then we can’t pimp you. Shareable Quotes: “Everyone asks us ‘what’s the best grill?’ There is no such thing as the best. Get what works best for you.” {6:37} - Derek Marso “The world doesn’t owe you anything! No matter what job you’re doing if you focus on, and embrace those little details to become so good whatever that craft is. Then other opportunities open up for you.” {14:04} - Shawn Walchef “Ben loves his jobs and he never complains about work. That is dreamy for a wife, and a mother, to have someone come home from work and like it!” {20:06} - Sheli Higgins “There’s always going to be a need for people who provide content… there’s never gonna be a computer or a robot who’ll replace a person who will make a personal connection.” {37:06} - Ben Higgins “If all you’re worried about is how you’re gonna make money on your podcast, it’s not gonna be a very good podcast. You have to pick something you’re passionate about and that you can share with community.” {40:25} - Ben Higgins Get in Touch: Email the Show: BehindTheSmoke@CaliComfortBBQ.com Shawn P. Walchef - @shawnpwalchef  on Twitter Derek Marso - @marsoderek on Twitter Cory Wagner - @iamcorywagner on Twitter Bryan Abou Chacra - @kinglordbryan on Twitter Write Us a Review on iTunes Behind The Smoke Media www.BehindTheSmokeMedia.com Instagram Twitter YouTube Facebook Valley Farm Market - 9040 Campo Road, Spring Valley, CA 91977 www.valleyfarmmarkets.com derek@valleyfarmmarkets.com Instagram Twitter Facebook Cali Comfort BBQ - 8910 Troy Street, Spring Valley, CA 91977 www.calicomfortbbq.com shawn@calicomfortbbq.com Instagram   Twitter   Facebook YouTube Shawn P. Walchef on LinkedIn Honorable Mentions & BBQ Business Resources: 3rd Annual Turf & Surf BBQ Championship #BETonBBQ Sunday, August 19, 2018 Turf & Surf BBQ Championship Event Page Request our Sponsorship Deck: BETonBBQ@calicomfortbbq.com 9th Annual Spring Valley Tailgate & BBQ Festival #SVBBQFest California’s Largest Annual Amatuer Tailgate & BBQ Competition Sunday, October 28, 2018

Marc & JT reminisce about childhood next door neighborisms. Oly talks teachery stuff & Darius laughs aplenty. Lots of local name drops. JT has new capers & antics, Marc has a green thumb, Oly is going to a concert & Darius knows a bit about Leucadia. Enjoy the trivia!

This week Troy Johnson and producer Archana Ram are chatting about an OB winemaker who earned heavy duty medals at a national wine competition, the new Nectarine Grove in Leucadia, and the Little Italy Food Hall project slated to open this summer with tacos from Sam the Cooking Guy and pizza from Ambrogio15. We’re excited to bring back previous Happy Half Hour guest Matteo Cattaneo, owner of Buona Forchetta in South Park and Officine Buona Forchetta in Liberty Station. He’s on the show to announce his latest concept—a non-profit Italian-style bakery benefitting local elementary schools. Located in the former Rebecca’s café space, the still-unnamed spot will serve breakfast, pastries, and more and is set to open in the next few months. That’s on top of the Neapolitan pizzeria’s already busy expansion, which includes the Enoteca Buona Forchetta bottega in South Park, a newly minted vendor spot in Petco Park, and upcoming Buona locations in Encinitas and Coronado. We end with Two People/$50, including Born & Raised, Campfire, Et Voila’s happy hour, and Tacos La Mezcla at South Park Brewing Co.

Today’s Happy Half Hour is our special year-end wrap-up, with hosts Erin Chambers Smith and Troy Johnson, along with producer Archana Ram and digital wizard (our “guy with the wires”) David Martin We’re starting as we always do with Hot Plates, including a new sushi spot in Leucadia and two openings in Bankers Hill—a coffee shop from a popular local roaster and an Italian restaurant courtesy of a father-son duo from Rome. This week’s Hot Topics include a New York Times story about how recent Southern California wildfires have devastated avocado and lemon groves, and the biggest food trends of 2017, according to USA Today. Finally, we’re bringing you our favorite food moments from the past year, along with some of our most memorable Happy Half Hour episodes: New Restaurants Minou Born & Raised Officine Buona Forchetta Meal of the Year Grand Ole BBQ Market Restaurant + Bar Biga The Hake Trust New-to-Us Finds The Puffle Barleymash Giardino Masala Street Herb & Eatery Civico 1845 Favorite Happy Half Hour Guests Jason McLeod of CH Projects Restaurateur Terryl Gavre Matteo Catteno of Buona Forchetta Matthew Lyons of Tribute Pizza Lucila De Alejandro of Suzie’s Farms (a tearjerker!) We’re off next week—see you in 2018!

Chef and owner John Park talks about how his Pastry chef wife Jessica and Partner Ray Lowe brought their culinary training and restaurant experience to funky Leucadia to open Fish 101.

Mark Travis, president and CEO of Intrepid Capital, tells Pimm Fox and Lisa Abramowicz his current stock picks and why he likes Leucadia National. Erik Hirsch, the vice chairman and head of strategic initiatives at Hamilton Lane, talks about the pendulum shifting for investors to accept illiquidity. Shira Ovide, a Bloomberg Gadfly columnist covering technology, discusses Netflix earnings and why the company is burning more cash than Tesla. Finally, Bloomberg's Laura Litvan talks about McConnell's failure to replace Obamacare.

Todd Derr talks about Leucadia Beach Inn located on historic Coast Highway 101 in North San Diego, California. Close to beaches, attractions, shops and restaurants, this historic hacienda-style Inn is a popular destination for beach lovers, surfers, and family travelers. Visit www.LeucadiaBeachInn.org