Podcasts about Lifestyle brand

Relebogile Mabotja talks to Ryan Pellatt, Managing Executive at News Cafe, Food Support Specialist, Nkuluma Ncube and Philani Ndaba, about the brand's journey to 30 years, its signature menu items, and what sets it apart as a South African lifestyle destination. 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja is broadcast live on Johannesburg based talk radio station 702 every weekday afternoon. Relebogile brings a lighter touch to some of the issues of the day as well as a mix of lifestyle topics and a peak into the worlds of entertainment and leisure. Thank you for listening to a 702 Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja podcast. Listen live on Primedia+ weekdays from 13:00 to 15:00 (SA Time) to Afternoons with Relebogile Mabotja broadcast on 702 https://buff.ly/gk3y0Kj For more from the show go to https://buff.ly/2qKsEfu or find all the catch-up podcasts here https://buff.ly/DTykncj Subscribe to the 702 Daily and Weekly Newsletters https://buff.ly/v5mfetc Follow us on social media: 702 on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/TalkRadio702 702 on TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@talkradio702 702 on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/talkradio702/ 702 on X: https://x.com/Radio702 702 on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@radio702 See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

In this episode of BRAVE COMMERCE, Rachel Tipograph and Sarah Hofstetter speak with Kathleen Braine, Chief Marketing Officer at 818 Tequila. Kathleen shares what it's like to work side by side with founder Kendall Jenner to shape 818 into one of the fastest-growing tequila brands in the U.S.She discusses the importance of honoring Jenner's creative vision while scaling a business that balances brand storytelling, retail relationships, and digital commerce. From NASCAR partnerships to platform-native content, Kathleen reveals how 818 is growing both brand love and business outcomes simultaneously.Key takeawaysBuilding a lifestyle brand requires close creative alignment between founder and CMOYounger consumers want versatility and intentionality in what they drink and how they shopDigitally native strategies are essential in regulated industries like alcohol, where compliance and shoppability must go hand in hand Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Whether you're looking for innovative ideas or practical tips, this episode offers valuable insights for a thriving front end. Gain expert insights from Megan Baccam, Director, Product Management at McKesson, and Russell Gong, Co-founder of Cabinet Health. Listeners will discover how independent pharmacies can leverage private-label products to boost patient care and business growth in this episode of Independent Insights. This episode dives into Foster & Thrive, McKesson's over-the-counter private brand. Learn actionable strategies for improving margins, attracting new customers, and enhancing your front-end growth. HostSuzanne Feeney, PharmDVP, Pharmacy Retail OperationsMcKesson, Health MartGuestsVanessa Thompson, PharmDSr. Manager, MarketingMcKesson, Health Mart Megan BaccamDirector, Product ManagementMcKessonRussell GongCo-Founder Cabinet HealthResources Health Mart Pharmacies can learn more about Foster and Thrive at https://www.fosterandthrive.com/ and Front End Insights at my.healthmart.com/purchasing/front-end-insightsEpisode 7: Marketing Mastery: Transform Your Pharmacy with Proven Strategieshttps://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/episode-7-marketing-mastery-transform-your-pharmacy/id1753117895?i=1000678415339The views and opinions expressed in this podcast are those of the guest and do not necessarily represent the views or positions of Health Mart, McKesson or its affiliates or subsidiaries ("McKesson”). The information provided herein is for informational purposes only and does not constitute the rendering of clinical, legal or other professional advice by McKesson.

Send us a textJoin us as we explore the transformative journey of Rachel Levine, a remarkable herbalist, human design guide, and yoga therapist. Her story is a testament to the power of authenticity and the courage it takes to overcome societal pressures. Rachel shares her deeply personal struggles with mental health and the facade of perfection, revealing how her experiences led her to create Intuitively Wild, a lifestyle brand dedicated to helping others connect with their true selves. You'll hear about her path to self-discovery and how aligning with one's core values can break the chains of perfectionism.The conversation shifts into the rhythms of nature and the benefits of seasonal living for mental well-being. Rachel recounts her shift from avoiding winter in Hawaii to embracing the seasons in New York, offering practical tips for finding joy in nature's cycles. She introduces Intuitively Wild's array of resources—podcasts, mentorship, and an online apothecary—geared towards fostering deeper connections with ourselves and the world around us. This episode serves as a guide to intentional living, encouraging listeners to integrate mindfulness into everyday life for personal growth and fulfillment.We also venture into the realm of spiritual hygiene and the importance of personal rituals. Rachel discusses her adaptable morning routine, emphasizing the accessibility of yoga for everyone and its power to release emotional blockages. Throughout her work as an intuitive mentor, she addresses common struggles such as perfectionism and the quest for purpose, guiding individuals to embrace their unique qualities. This conversation is an empowering call to break free from societal conditioning and shine authentically, leaving listeners inspired to embrace their individuality and form genuine connections. Support the showWe hope you found the episode to be enlightening and insightful. Our goal is to create content that not only entertains but also helps you grow spiritually and connect with your inner self. If you enjoyed listening to this episode, we would greatly appreciate it if you could take a moment to like, subscribe, and write a review. Your feedback is incredibly valuable to us and helps us to improve the quality of our content and reach a wider audience. We believe that by sharing knowledge and insights about spirituality, we can help to inspire positive change and personal growth. So, if you find our podcast to be meaningful and informative, we encourage you to share it with your friends and family. You TubeFacebookFacebook Group The Road To Spiritual AwakeningSpiritual Awakening 101 Guide

Grace Duong chats with the radiant Vanessa Somuayina—YouTuber, spiritual entrepreneur, and creator of multiple beloved tarot and oracle decks. We explore Vanessa's path to success, how she built her business from the ground up, the role of intuition in decision-making, and how to stay authentic in a constantly evolving world. This is an inspiring deep-dive into trusting yourself, embracing change, and becoming the CEO of your own life. If you liked this episode, check out the previous GRACED podcast episode with Robert Ryan: https://youtu.be/njEU5jUpUBo ✨__________ What We Talk About:00:00 Episode Preview00:29 Opening01:04 Introduction01:47 Interview Begins with Vanessa Somuayina02:09 Vanessa's Journey into Tarot & YouTube03:11 How Crystals and Coincidence Led to Tarot04:58 How I Found Confidence Through My Creator Persona06:41 Focus on the Present, Not the Past07:41 Starting a Second Channel to Teach What I've Learned09:42 Why Intuition Alone Isn't Enough in Business11:34 Easy Intuition Exercises for Beginners12:43 Why Every Tower Moment Leads to a Star Moment15:08 How to Become the CEO of Your Own Life16:56 Tools to Overcome Self-Doubt and Build Confidence19:31 How to Use Affirmations to Transform Your Mindset22:10 How to Overcome Doubt and Become Your Best Self23:38 Using Meditation & Yoga to Calm Your Mind25:31 AD - Join our Tarot for Alchemy Course https://learntarot.mysticmondays.com/27:37 Creating Tarot Decks with Meaning30:52 How Intuition Guides the Creation of Tarot Decks & Art Direction32:09 How to Pursue Multiple Passions Without Losing Focus33:46 How to Stay Positive on Social Media & Avoid Negative Energy36:03 How Consistency Drives Success in Building a Social Media Following38:20 Vanessa's Vision for Music and Community39:42 The Evolving Meaning of Authenticity with Vanessa42:49 Manifestation and Surrender45:45 Fast Five Questions: Breaking Free from Astrological Labels47:55 Collective Reading from The Pastel Journey Tarot Deck by Vanessa Somuayina50:19 Closing Statements51:39 End of Episode – Make Sure to Leave a Podcast Review!52:26 End Card ✨__________ Check out the Mystic Mondays App:https://www.mysticmondays.com/pages/app/  Check out the Create Your Deck Club:https://cydc.mysticmondays.com/create-your-deck-club  ✨__________ Read the full show notes and transcript on the Grace Duong Blog:http://www.graceduong.com/podcast ✨__________ Episode Resources: Vanessa Somuayina's Instagram:https://www.instagram.com/vanessa_somuayina Vanessa Somuayina's Website:http://www.beau-life.com Work with Grace:http://www.graceduong.com ✨__________ 

What's the secret to growing a thriving brand online in today's ever-changing digital world—and how can small businesses stand out? Peg Fitzpatrick, acclaimed author of The Art of Small Business Social Media: A Blueprint for Marketing Success, joins us today to break it all down. Drawing from her own experience moving from traditional marketing to social media mastery, Peg shares expert insights on growing a thriving brand online. Listen in as she explains how small business and boutique owners can identify their ideal customers, create content that truly resonates, and more. Resources: Peg Fitzpatrick: Website | Instagram | Threads | Facebook | LinkedIn The Art of Small Business Social Media: A Blueprint for Marketing Success by Peg Fitzpatrick Join The Boutique Hub   Ashley Alderson: Instagram   The Boutique Hub: Website | Facebook | Instagram | Pinterest | TikTok | YouTube 

Are you tired of hearing the word "sustainable" thrown around without real meaning?   Matt Creighton, founder of Irish Outdoor Lifestyle brand, Bleubird, is too!   In this new episode of Sports & Outdoor Mentors, Matt gets honest about why Bluebird stopped using the word "sustainable" and what they're doing instead to be truly eco-conscious.   Matt chats about the challenges and triumphs of building an integrity-based brand, sharing valuable lessons on the problem with "Sustainable," and much more.   If you're an entrepreneur, a brand builder, or someone who cares deeply about the outdoors and responsible business practices, this episode should not be missed!   Get ready for transformative insights and actionable strategies that will challenge your perception of "sustainability" and empower you to create a brand with a meaningful impact.   Follow Matt Creighton https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattcreighton/   Follow Dan Trapp https://www.linkedin.com/in/dantrapp   Follow Sports + Outdoor Mentors https://bit.ly/SOMentors_Linkedin   Watch Sports + Outdoor Mentors https://www.youtube.com/@S_OM1   #sportsandoutdoormentors

Quanna is an artist and founder of CareFree Black Girl (CFBG), a powerful platform and community centered around celebrating Black women through art, empowerment, and real-life experiences.   Quanna shares her journey from indie rapper to CEO, building something much bigger than a brand — a cultural movement.   She emphasizes the importance of authentic community engagement, hosting events in underrepresented areas.   Quanna highlights the brand's mission to highlight the non-monolithic nature of Black womanhood, embracing all styles, backgrounds, and stories.   Quanna advocates for entrepreneurs to embrace all parts of who they are, especially when those parts feel different from each other.   Website: CareFreeBlackGirl, Inc.  LinkedIn: QUANNA (Shaqunna) B  Instagram: carefreeblackgirlinc   Previous Episode: https://iamceo.co/2019/05/03/iam263-podcaster-builds-a-lifestyle-brand-to-empower-women-and-encourage-storytelling/   Check out our CEO Hack Buzz Newsletter–our premium newsletter with hacks and nuggets to level up your organization. Sign up HERE.  I AM CEO Handbook Volume 3 is HERE and it's FREE. Get your copy here: http://cbnation.co/iamceo3. Get the 100+ things that you can learn from 1600 business podcasts we recorded. Hear Gresh's story, learn the 16 business pillars from the podcast, find out about CBNation Architects and why you might be one and so much more. Did we mention it was FREE? Download it today!

Explora Journeys' Anna Nash, global president, and Chris Austin, president-North America, talk with James Shillinglaw of Insider Travel Report at Seatrade Global in Miami, about how their luxury lifestyle brand has evolved since it launched its first ship two years ago. With a second ship now sailing and a third on the way. Explora Journeys is poised to offer even more luxury in its spacious, stylish ships boasting creative cuisine and innovative entertainment. For more information, visit www.explorajourneys.com. All our Insider Travel Report video interviews are archived and available on our Youtube channel  (youtube.com/insidertravelreport), and as podcasts with the same title on: Spotify, Pandora, Stitcher, PlayerFM, Listen Notes, Podchaser, TuneIn + Alexa, Podbean,  iHeartRadio,  Google, Amazon Music/Audible, Deezer, Podcast Addict, and iTunes Apple Podcasts, which supports Overcast, Pocket Cast, Castro and Castbox.  

In this episode of The Excellence Project, Eric Worre sits down with Ken Schmidt, the former Director of Communications at Harley-Davidson who played a pivotal role in one of the most celebrated brand turnarounds in business history. Ken shares the inside story of how Harley-Davidson transformed from a struggling motorcycle manufacturer on the brink of bankruptcy to a lifestyle brand with unprecedented customer loyalty. Throughout the conversation, Ken reveals the powerful strategy of creating "visual words" that differentiated Harley from competitors, the importance of humanizing business interactions, and practical ways any business can shift from being product-focused to becoming truly memorable in customers' minds. TimeStamps [00:00:40] - Ken's Beginning at Harley-Davidson - How Ken joined Harley-Davidson in the mid-80s when the company was struggling and most expected it to fold after 80+ years in business. [00:05:02] - The Market Situation - Ken explains how Harley went from owning 95% market share to collapsing as Japanese competitors entered with lower-priced, well-made motorcycles. [00:09:40] - The Mission to Reposition - Ken describes his job to improve Harley's image and attract investment despite the company's Chapter 11 status. [00:15:40] - The Three Questions That Changed Everything - Ken shares the three simple questions he typed out that became the foundation for Harley's brand transformation. [00:22:15] - The Five Visual Words - The afternoon brainstorm that produced five powerful words—lifestyle, freedom, camaraderie, individuality, and rebellion—that still drive Harley's brand identity today. [00:35:05] - Humanizing the Business - Ken's insights on why people naturally humanize businesses and the importance of being known for who you are, not what you do. [00:41:31] - Direct Customer Engagement - How bringing bikes to events and asking customers direct questions provided invaluable insights that couldn't be captured in surveys. [00:48:07] - Getting Executive Buy-in - The story of how Harley executives personally experienced customer feedback, which catalyzed total organizational commitment to the new approach. [01:09:38] - Remember and Repeat (R&R) - Ken's personal philosophy about creating memorable experiences that customers will share with others. [01:17:44] - Leading with Humanity, Not Products - Why showing genuine interest in people creates preference in a world where every product is seen as a commodity. [01:32:17] - Simple Ways to Be Memorable - Practical examples of how businesses can create unexpected moments that get talked about and drive repeat business.   Your Next Steps: Join Eric's Daily Coaching and training at: https://goproinsider.com/   Purchase tickets to Go Pro Xperience 2025: https://gopro2025.com/gpx25   Get more likes and comments with engaging, unique posts written by AI in a click & access the AI version of the #1 Network Marketing expert, Eric Worre: https://nmpro.link/nmproai-pc   Hire Eric- Get best-in-class Network Marketing Advice with Eric Worre: https://nmpro.link/hireeric-pc   For the latest news and insights from the world of Network Marketing visit: https://nmpro.link/yt-subscribe Questions or Comments?  Do you have questions you would like me to answer in future podcasts or comments on the show you'd like to share?  Email me at podcast@networkmarketingpro.com

It's not Jim's fault! And Another Thing with Jim looks deeper into theology and culture––and takes you along.  In this episode: repeated scenes and biblical authority, systemic forces versus individual action, and the uniqueness of the Christian hope.  Email another things in to anotherwithjim@gmail.com.

In episode 478 of Total Retail Talks, Editor-in-Chief Joe Keenan interviews Megan Porteous, chief revenue officer of Carve Designs, a women's sustainable swimwear and clothing lifestyle brand. Listen in as Porteous discusses the genesis and mission of Carve Designs (1:45), its various sales channels (2:55), and her career background as well as newfound responsibilities at…

PopSockets is the leader of what its CEO, Jiayu Lin, likes to call the phone grip category. The company is known for small, retractable circles that come in a  wide variety of prints and colors and attach to the back of someone's phone, making it easier to grip. But, the company really wants to be known as a lifestyle brand. It's an inflection point that many accessories brands reach at one point or another, as they want consumers to know them for more than just a single widget. And, Lin is thinking day in and day out about how to position PopSockets as a lifestyle brand through events, collaborations, new product launches and more. “I want to take [PopSockets] to the next level by transitioning the company from a tech accessory to a mobile lifestyle brand,” she said.  Lin joined The Modern Retail Podcast to talk about her vision for PopSockets. She's been with the company since 2022, starting out as its gm of APAC and becoming the company's CEO in September.  PopSockets has been focused on product expansion for the past few years, and it now sells phone cases, wallets and more, in addition to its ubiquitous grips.   One concept Lin is particularly interested in is the idea of the mobile lifestyle — that is, as people carry their phones everywhere, phones are increasingly becoming an extension of people's identity. So, PopSockets is focused on launching a greater variety of products that speak to people's interests and hobbies — for example, a music festival survival kit.  “This idea of a mobile lifestyle – we want to be part of you, and an extension of you, to help you express yourself — whether it's at work, at home or at play,” Lin said.  Creating exclusives for different retailers like Walmart, Best Buy, Apple and more is also a big part of this. In addition, PopSockets is looking at more pop-up opportunities and events this year, Lin said.  “It's very important for us that we find the right channels for the different products we carry,” she said. 

Dustin Hinz is the Chief Marketing Officer at Firestone Walker Brewing CoDustin Hinz has spent his career at the intersection of storytelling, culture, and commerce. From his early days at Guitar Center to shaping music culture with many of the world's most influential artists, to stewarding iconic guitar and string maker Ernie Ball Music Man,  and now leading marketing at Firestone Walker Brewing Co., he's navigated the evolving landscape of music, culture, and beer. In this episode, he shares lessons learned along the way—how creativity, curiosity, and a few unexpected turns shaped his approach to marketing and brand building.Dustin discusses: Dustin's journey from musician to marketer.Evolution of content creation transforming marketing strategies.Building a lifestyle brand requires connecting to your target audience. Sponsorships focus on long-term partnerships rather than one-off deals.Effective storytelling is crucial for creating memorable brand experiences.Internal teams play a vital role in maintaining brand integrity and vision.Beer industry presents unique challenges compared to the music industry.Investing in brand legacy is essential for long-term success.Authenticity in marketing fosters stronger consumer connections.You can follow what Dustin Hinz is up to on LinkedIn.Like what you hear?  Please consider subscribing on Apple Podcasts or Spotify and leave a short review. It takes less than 60 seconds, and it really makes a difference.The Group Y Live Podcast come out across all podcast players with a new episode every two weeks on Thursday. Past guests on The Rad Season Show include Stacy Peralta, Wim Hof, Mike Cessario, Gerry Lopez and more.Contact Oli Russell-Cowan On Instagram olirussellcowan On LinkedIn at olirussellcowan Thanks for listening & keep it rad!

Legendary journalist Tina Brown claims Meghan Markle has “never figured out a convincing persona” and has an “unerring instinct for getting it wrong.” Britney Spears took to Instagram to show off her 18-year-old son, Jayden James Federline, proving that talent runs in the family. The battle over Wendy Williams’ guardianship has taken a shocking turn, with Adult Protective Services launching an investigation into alleged ‘elder abuse.’ Donny Meacham joins Rob! Don't forget to vote in today's poll on Twitter at @naughtynicerob or in our Facebook group. See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Special bonus feature dissecting Meghan Markle's new show...or sorry Meghan Sussex's new show. Clara and Sophie watched episode two featuring Mindy Kaling. The aim of the game here is a children's garden party. From homemade preserves, to rainbow fruit platters and treat-free party bags, it's one hell of a watch.Follow these gossip girls on insta: @soph_lyons & @clazzykabanaHosted by Ausha. See ausha.co/privacy-policy for more information.

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Your past is preparing you for your future. Today we're going to hear a story about how one woman pivoted, reinvented herself, her vision for her future - with confidence, class, vision, and audacity. There's so many lessons in this episode for anyone who is unsure about starting something new - and needs some encouragement on starting again. We're not talking about starting over, but starting again...because all that you've been through is preparing you for where you're going. You just have to trust the journey. About our guest: Makini Regal Martin is a published floral, event, and interior designer. Trinidadian-born and Brooklyn-bred, Makini alwayspossessed a natural gift for design. She inherited her love for flowers from her two grandmothers, both avid gardeners and lower enthusiasts. After graduating from Columbia University and honing a successful career in management consulting, Makini turned her keen eye for design and love of flowers into a blossoming business when she launched Makini Regal Designs in 2011. Her design work has been published by New York Magazine, Essence, Design Sponge, The Knot, Munaluchi Bride, Black Enterprise, and many others. After the birth of her daughter, Zuri Rose, Makini was inspired to launch a children's lifestyle brand and write a children's book series. The Wonderful World of Zuri Rose: Flowers A–Z is the first book of that series. FIND MAKINI ON: Instagram: @makiniregal @worldofzurirose Web: www.theworldofzurirose.com FIND RANA ON SOCIAL: Instagram:  @rainshineluv @dreamsindriveWeb: www.dreamsindrive.com FIND DREAMS IN DRIVE ON:Instagram: http://www.instagram.com/dreamsindrive Twitter: http://twitter.com/dreamsindrive Web: https://www.dreamsindrive.com

Born and raised in the Midwest to parents originally from Egypt, sisters Alia and Radwa Elkaffas created their Food Dolls platform to share exciting, fast, healthy meals. Born and raised in the Twin Cities to parents originally from Egypt, their recipes from “Pretty Delicious” are flavor-packed, Mediterranean-inspired, and plated with their signature style.Recently, we had a chance to catch up with the Food Dolls sisters on the eve of their cookbook launch for “Pretty Delicious” (pre-order the book here now) when we recorded a “Taste Buds With Stephanie” (episode drops on Fox 9 2/22/2025 at 8:30 am. ) at Radwa's gorgeous home. The sisters were as delightful and warm as ever, and we loved the recipes. “10 out of 10.” We made 3 recipes from the book, “Pretty Delicious”. I also riffed on their Marinated Tomatoes and Feta Dip and made it my own with all the same ingredients but as a baked pasta dish in homage to their talents.Cheesy Tomato and Feta Baked with Pasta and HerbsBy Stephanie Hansen Ingredients* 2 cups cherry tomatoes about 1 pint* 1/4 cup olive oil* 2 teaspoons salt* 1 teaspoon pepper* 8 oz. full-fat cream cheese at room temperature* 8 oz. feta cheese at room temperature* juice of half a lemon* 1 Tablespoon honey* 1/4 cup fresh parsley* 1/4 cup fresh basil* 1/4 cup fresh mint* 8 oz penne pastaInstructionsPreheat the oven to 400°F.Add the tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon and honey to a 9 x 13 baking dish.Nestle the cream cheese and feta cheese in the center of the baking dish amongst the tomatoesBake for 22-25 minutesMeanwhile, boil the pasta until el denteRemove from the oven and add the sour cream and stir the mixture, breaking it up combining the cheese and the tomatoes with the pasta making a saucetop with the fresh basil, parsley and mint, and serve hotEPISODE TRANSCRIPT:Stephanie:Hello, everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's dish, the podcast where we talk to people equally obsessed in the food spaces as we are. And today, I'm with the Food Dolls. I'm with Radwa and Alia Elkaffas, and we had an opportunity to record a taste buds episode with them that will air at the end of February. I think it's gonna be February 22nd right on the eve of your book being available at stores.Alia Elkaffas:It well, we go live on the 25th.Stephanie:Okay. So you can preorder, though, your book Pretty Delicious right now. And if we talk about cookbooks in particular, the preorder is like it's crazy because what people don't know is all those preorders that you say you want this book, they count towards day 1 sales. And for people like Food Dolls who have such a massive following, it could be the day that launches them potentially to the top of the New York Times, cookbook list. So preorders for cookbook authors are super important. So we want you to get your books when they come out live, but we also want you to preorder because all of that stacked up on that first day counts to get them we're trying to get them on the New York Times bestseller list with their book. Would you like that, girls?Radwa Elkaffas:That would be just a dream.Stephanie:I know. It would. When when we spent time together in your home and watching you guys make your magic, When I left, one of the things that I asked, I'm like, so, you know, what are your intentions? And you were like, we wanna get our book on the New York Times bestseller list. And I think I really think you can do it because you guys have such a huge following. The book is so great. It's pretty delicious. Can we just back up? Like, you guys said you've been doing this pretty much since pre pandemic, but I feel like, you know, you've amassed such a huge following. Like, how did it get started?Radwa Elkaffas:Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me on, and it was so fun cooking with you last week. I well, we definitely started around 9 years ago now, which is so crazy to think that it's been that long. I think when we first started, we didn't really have, like, the best direction of what exactly Sure.Stephanie:No one did.Radwa Elkaffas:And we were trying to figure out social media. Both of our backgrounds were not chefs. We have no we have no photography background, no videography background. We had nothing, but we just knew that we love to cook, and we wanted to share with the world how easy and delicious you can make recipes. And I think that's been it since day 1. Our shift kind of changed a few years later on really kind of honing in on, like, our culture and our background and what we grew up eating, and people loved it. People loved it, and they love our, like, sister vibe.Stephanie:Yeah. You 2 are real life sisters, and are you 4 years apart?Alia Elkaffas:Yes. That's right.Stephanie:And, your background is your parents are from Egypt. Right. So you're you're leaning into that sort of cultural vibe. And what maybe a lot of people don't know, and I know a tiny, tiny bit, but, that Egypt is a very modern place all told. Like, can you just give us a little bit of, why it's a touchstone for you to still be speaking about this food that you guys have lived here most of your lives, but you still feel like this is such an influence for you?Alia Elkaffas:So our parents were they immigrated here in the early eighties. And so we were both born and raised here, but they really tried very hard to keep our Egyptian background alive. So whether it was with food, with, cultures, traditions. So, basically, we're very we're very Egyptian and Midwestern at the same time. So you even see a lot of our recipes. We do fusions between Egyptian and Mediterranean, Middle Eastern food with our Minnesota side.Stephanie:It's funny that you mentioned that today because, prior to talking with you, the way that taste buds works usually is we go out and we have an adventure somewhere. And in this episode, that adventure was with you guys in your home. And then we take what we learned from that adventure, and we come back into my kitchen. And so one of the things that I made was your, what was it? It was the Egyptian orzo with ground beef, and it had cinnamon in it. It was super delicious. The recipe worked beautifully, and everybody loved it. But what was funny was when we were making it, my cameraman said, oh, it's just like a casserole or a hot dish. And so I laughed.Stephanie:I was like, yes. This is like the Egyptian hot dish. That's exactly the mashup.Alia Elkaffas:Exactly. Yep. And that's what we we always say. It's like an Egyptian, hamburger helper, you know, casserole. So it's it's yeah. It's really good.Stephanie:Even down to, like I don't know if you guys ever have had rice aaroni, but it was like a combination between rice and pasta, and you sauteed it just like you did with the orzo to get the color on the pasta. So it was just really it it was a delicious recipe. The other thing that we did that will surprise you maybe is I was trying to think about how to take what I learned from you and your book and the way you cook and make that kinda my own too because I think that's so much of what you inspire people to do. So I took the marinated tomato, and creamy whipped feta dip that we made on the show with you, and I took all those same ingredients literally to the letter, but we made a pasta bake with it.Radwa Elkaffas:Oh, that sounds delicious.Stephanie:Yeah. So you'll see that on the episode. We made it and we made it into, like, a pasta bake because when I was looking at the recipe that you guys made when we were in your kitchen, I was like, oh, this is kinda like that feta where the roasted tomatoes. And so that's the surprise for you that you'll see that we just took your dish and all the ingredients. It was very fun to and it was interesting too because, Michelle, my producer, she was like because she loved your dip so much. And then she was like, and it's so weird that this is the exact same ingredients, but the flavor profile is so different.Radwa Elkaffas:Changes everything.Stephanie:Yeah. And maybe just the roasting of the tomatoes too and the heat and the pasta because that was the one thing we did add. But it was really fun to think about how to take a recipe from your book, but kinda, like, just twist it with all the same stuff. It was fun.Alia Elkaffas:Yep. Awesome. Yeah. And that's what we love to do. We love taking these just these simple ingredients and just turning them into something amazing. You know? You don't need like, you don't need anything crazy and any crazy ingredients, and you could just make something that's really good and with simple ingredients.Stephanie:Yeah. I think that's why we really liked your recipes that also, we made a beautiful chicken dish. Do you wanna describe the chicken dish that we made?Radwa Elkaffas:Oh, that's sassy chicken and potatoes? Yes. And that's the thing. Like, we are busy moms who don't really have a lot of time, so we're always thinking, okay. What can we do that's just easy, delicious, and you could just throw it together. Literally throw everything into the baking dish, make your, marinade, and throw it together and pop it in the oven. So you could do it the night before, so it's a great make ahead, or you can make it the same day, but really just getting those flavors to infuse overnight is awesome. And who doesn't love having dinner the day before? So all you have to do is throw it in the oven when you're ready to eat it is exactly what we love to do.Stephanie:How many days a week do you okay. Let's just back up a second. You guys have I think we determined it was 8,000,000 followers over all the platforms. How many days a week do you actually spend together creating content versus the marketing and the managing of the content?Radwa Elkaffas:I think this that's the beauty of having 2 of us is we do a lot of divide and conquer, which really helps us a lot, and it alleviates a lot of pressure off of each other. There's things that we obviously have to do together, like our end shots. Or if we're filming, like, a recipe clip that we're actually in, then we have to be together. I think we just kinda take it week by week because maybe we have, like, a high sponsored week that we have to do our sponsors, or if we have a lighter week, or we, you know, are going on vacation and we need to film as many as we can so we can have a little bit extra, content. I think we just kind of take it week by week.Stephanie:When you look at your content calendar, how far in advance do you go, or do you just do it week by week?Radwa Elkaffas:I mean, I would love to say that we're the most organized, sisters ever, but we're not. We really just kind of sometimes we wing it. Sometimes even we don't recipe test the recipe. We're like, okay. Let's just try this, And sometimes it is a 100% fail and it does not work. And other times, we're like, we nailed that. Like, it is absolutely amazing, and then we get super excited. Sometimes those are our best recipes when it's just spur of the moment.Alia Elkaffas:I I was gonna say sometimes we have this, like, master plan. Oh, we're gonna make x y z today. It's gonna be great. And all of a sudden, we're in the middle of making it, and it turns into something a 100% different, and and we just we just goStephanie:with it.Alia Elkaffas:You know?Stephanie:Yeah. It's so fun. And the styling of the book, what I noticed when I was at your home is you both have a similar style, but your homes are very curated and full of beautiful art and beautiful flowers, and you have a a real, statement color palette. And that kinda translates to your work online and the book. Have you always been like that since you were little kids? Oh, you're both matching. You have all the perfect lips, the perfect hair, all the stuff.Radwa Elkaffas:You know, it's so funny. Like, our favorite color is really black and white. Like, it's not just something that we created for our brand. It is it's legit what we love. We love black and white. When we went through our brand and what we wanted it to look like, it was okay. How are we gonna incorporate this into our brand? Because what we like at home, this is what we do at home, and we also love it in our clothes. So it's not just we like black and white, and I I this might sound a little crazy that we love black and white and everything, but we do.Radwa Elkaffas:So it ended up being that we love it at home. We love it in the book. We love it in online. Like, it's just so it's it's just part of our, Food Dolls identity at this point.Stephanie:Can you remember the first thing you guys ever made, like, by yourselves just, like, as a kid? Or, like, did you have a first cookbook? Or do you remember just, like, that first thing you really made?Alia Elkaffas:I would I'm pretty sure the first thing we probably ever made together was probably baked cookies. You know? Like, just straight up cookies or a box of brownie mix or something.Stephanie:Totally. That is and, it was always like cookies or brownies because it was kind of a one bowl situation. Right? I didn't wanna make a mess with your mom. Is there a recipe that you feel like, a, gets a lot of attraction, but, b, like, really represents you? It's like, this is the one that we feel like is our statement.Radwa Elkaffas:Wow. That's a really good question. Okay. I will say this. Our most popular recipes are the most shocking that we would have never guessed that these are, like, the most popular recipes. We did, a a baked spaghetti that went absolutely crazy. Would we have thought that that was gonna be our number one recipe on the website? No. We love it, but people went crazy overAlia Elkaffas:it. Yeah.Radwa Elkaffas:So crazy. And it was it's just really shocking to us. But I think we kinda came to the conclusion is our top recipes are, like, the simplest, easiest. Like, you've got these recipe you've got these ingredients in your pantry. So all you have to do is throw it together, and I think that's what always wins.Stephanie:Yeah. And it's always surprising, like, the ones that get the most traction, and you just think like, wow. That's weird. Like, one of mine is this chao chao relish that they bake usually in the south, and I always have green tomatoes that I garden with. So I ended up just having to kind of make this thing, and it's, like, always in the top three. I don't know who's clicking on that recipe that much, but people are. It's weird.Alia Elkaffas:Yeah. It's funny how that works. It's just what what you think is gonna like, people are like, oh my god. This is so good. It's the opposite, and it's like something that, you know, is the most, like, and simple and basic. And you know?Stephanie:When we talk about your Egyptian heritage, and I asked you guys about this when we met, What is it specifically, like for instance, when we were doing the Orzo bake, they the the producer asked, she was like, what do you think about this makes it Egyptian? And I was, like, saying the flavor profiles and the types of ingredients that we use. But is there something that you feel like is uniquely Egyptian that you bring to the party?Alia Elkaffas:That's a really good question. So I'd say a lot of the dishes in the book are not necessarily, like, true Egyptian. It's got, like, some fusion to it with, like, Mediterranean flavors. And a lot of the, like, the real traditional Egyptian recipes might be a little bit more intricate, so we were trying to simplify it by using some of those those same flavor profiles, but not necessarily doing it step by step like our mom would do our aunts or grandma. You know?Stephanie:One of the ingredients in the casserole that we made was tomato paste, and you cooked down the tomato paste. But that like, when you think about tomatoes in warm climates, you know, the flavor is so intense and so concentrated, and you do kinda get that from a tomato paste. I hadn't really thought about that before.Alia Elkaffas:Yeah. That's very true. And we do have a lot of dishes that are very tomato based as well.Stephanie:Yeah. I love it. Okay. So when you guys are, like, absolutely exhausted and the kids are driving you crazy and it's 6 o'clock and you have to put something is there, like, a go to meal for each of you?Radwa Elkaffas:I'm, like, thinking about it because I'm like, okay. There's a lot. I feel like our like, the chicken and potatoes, I think, for sure, to just kind of throw together. But I really do love that to sit overnight. But if I'm, like, in a pinch, I will say the kids maybe sometimes eat something different than I do, because they're so picky. Like, I have a 4 year old, a 9 year old, and one wants, you know, quesadillas, and the other one's, like, fighting me on the chicken and potatoes and rice. Like so I would say that what it's always 2 different things. I'm not even gonna lie about it because they they drive me absolutely crazy about getting them to eat everything all at the same time and and the same thing.Radwa Elkaffas:So I would say for me, it would be the chicken potatoes. For them, it would definitely be some sort of pasta. And we love 1 pot pastas because you can have it ready in 15 minutes, and we have so many 1 pot pastas in our book.Stephanie:Yeah. You do have a lot. I tried to make the dish as a 1 pot with the pasta already in the baking dish and make the sauce right in the pan, but I couldn't get the right ratio of water to pasta. I made it twice, and the pasta kept coming out a little crunchy. So I'm done, and I just make I just made it I just boiled the pasta and did it that way and added it later. But I did try twice to get it, like because I kept thinking it would be so great if you could just do this all in the oven in the one pan. And maybe a different pan or a flatter pan, I could haveAlia Elkaffas:That could be. And it could be also the kind of pasta that sometimes makes a difference as well.Stephanie:Yeah. I should have tried an orzo, but I had a penne. So yep. Do you when your kids are, like, picky like that, do you feel like, okay. No, kids. This is what I made. This is what we're eating. I'm not a short order cook.Stephanie:Or are you more lax and you're like, just whatever we're eating, go ahead. Eat it as long as you eat.Radwa Elkaffas:I would have to say I kind of started, especially with my kids, learning how they are, and I don't care if I make the same thing every single week if I know they're gonna eat it. Why am I gonna sit here and fight every single week to try to get them to try new things? Because I I see I see Alia as, like, the perfect examples because my kids are younger. Hers are older. So now they're starting to eat anything. So I know hopefully, eventually, they'll get there, but we're in this, like, little phase right now where I'm trying to just get them to eat. I just want them to eat. I don't care what they eat. I just want them to eat the dinner.Radwa Elkaffas:So I will make the same things over and over and over again because I know they like it, and I know they'll eat it. SoAlia Elkaffas:I was gonna say a lot of times, like, even, like, for example, we do have, like, a southwest salad in the cookbook. So what I'll do instead of assembling it altogether as a salad, I kind of keep it some of the components separate so all the kids could kind of grab what they do like and what they don't like. So that way, it's like it feels custom to them versus, you know, making it putting everything together and forcing them to eat it as is.Stephanie:That's smart. It's like the Chipotle method. Right? Giving them choices. Yep. I I do think too, like, we spend a lot of time worrying about stuff that's probably not super consequential in the grand scheme of life. Kids are gonna eat, you know. Sooner or later, they're gonna eat. Sooner or later, they're gonna develop their palate whether, you know, they were part of the clean plate club or not.Stephanie:It feels like kind of a weird thing to worry about looking back on my childhood and how much time and struggle there was about, like, what you ate and you couldn't leave the table till you ate it and just kinda dumb. When you think about social media with your kids, I noticed that we don't really see your kids. Is that intentional, or how do you feel like you want your kids to show up as, teenagers and young adults in this profile of their moms being so famous?Alia Elkaffas:Yes. That is a great question. So we purposely, we do not put our kids on social media, and we have very, very little images of images of them anywhere just to protect their privacy as well. You know? And it's like once stuff is out in social media, once it's out in the world, it's out there forever. So, yeah, we choose to keep them up.Radwa Elkaffas:Sure that they have that decision later. You know? Like, it will not come back at us. Like, why did you put me on there? You know? Have that choice later. And so now we're gonna be mama bears and just protect them.Stephanie:I think too we're seeing, the social media I guess Facebook just turned 20 recently, which is hard to believe. But when it first came about, you know, like, we were just on it, and it was new, and it was exciting, and we didn't really think about the big picture. And I think now if I had my daughter's 25. So if I had it I made her wait till 13. And if I had to do it all over again and I was in this day and age, I definitely would I might get my kid, like, a flip phone or something terrible that they can only call me on, but I would have waited because I do think social media adds an element to young, kids' lives that maybe they don't need or aren't ready for it until later.Radwa Elkaffas:Absolutely. A 100% agree with you on that.Stephanie:How do your parents feel about your business?Radwa Elkaffas:I think it took them such a long time to fully understand it.Stephanie:It's probably soRadwa Elkaffas:weird. Grasp what we what it is exactly we are doing. But I we know that they're so proud of us and super excited to see us do this and, you know, especially mom, you know, she was a really big influence for us growing up and in in the cooking world. So we love making them proud.Stephanie:Do you have anxiety about, like, keeping up or, like, always being on the churn? And what do you do for, like, self care?Alia Elkaffas:Oh, that's a great one. Yes. I'd say we do have definitely have the anxiety, but we try to we always talk each other down, calm each other down, and just know that, you know, just talk things through together. But and I'd say probably self care. We like to work out just to kind of, you know, really get the release those endorphins. You know?Radwa Elkaffas:And we we actually do yell at each other, like, stop working. You need to stop working. Stop looking at your screen. Put your computer down. Stop doing this. We do that all all the time to each other.Alia Elkaffas:Yep.Stephanie:What are your favorite types of workouts?Radwa Elkaffas:I would say lifting and walking.Stephanie:What was lifting and walking?Alia Elkaffas:Yep. Same lifting, walking, and, you know, doing some sort of cardio.Stephanie:Yeah. And you have kids too. So you're probably trying to fit it in when you can. And it's hard to, like, go to a structured gym and do all that when you've got a lot of family at home and, a structured gym and do all that when you've got a lot of family at home. And how do you feel about working from home? And does that work for your schedules? Or do you ever visualize, like, someday having an office where you have all your production stuff? AndRadwa Elkaffas:I I love working from home because of the flexibility and having everything at home where you could quickly just, but it it's definitely a challenge to disconnect sometimes because work is home, home is work. So it's hard to, like, break the 2 apart. But it's nice that we have 2 houses. So if we need a break from 1 house, we go to the other one.Stephanie:Yeah. That is nice. Like, just it because it can just feel so much like, oh, you're just in your house all the time doing all this stuff.Alia Elkaffas:And it's it really is hard to disconnect. So it's not like we try to have work hours, but it's like it's almost impossible. So, like, we'll work, and then we'll take a break, even run kids' activities, come back, finish working. So it's like it feels like sometimes it's like a nonstop cycle. But, yeah, that's when we have to put each other in check, say, get off and go take a break.Stephanie:Yeah. Okay. Switching gears, what is your and each of you can have a separate answer, of course, but what is your, like, most used kitchen utensil or gadget or thing that, like, you could not live without?Radwa Elkaffas:Air fryer.Stephanie:That was so fast.Radwa Elkaffas:Absolutely. I have to suck at her on.Stephanie:Yeah. Yep. Really? I I use my air fryer so rarely. It's in the garage. Like, do you use it every day? What are you doing with it?Radwa Elkaffas:Every single day. Like, there is not a day that goes by that I don't use that.Alia Elkaffas:Really? For reheating things, for making things. We actually do have some instructions in the cookbook. Like, if if you wanna make this recipe in an air fryer, how to do that. But it just makes things so much easier even if, like, the kids wanna make chicken and fries or something. You know? It crisps it up perfectly, and it feels like you're eating it, you know, freshly, like, deep fried. You know?Stephanie:Alright. I'm gonna have to get my air fryer out of the garage and give it another try. I just I don't know. It's like, and I have a convection oven too. So I think the convection oven does the same thing, but I don't have kids, so maybe that's different, you know, just the speed and convenience of it being right on the counter like that.Radwa Elkaffas:And you mentioned what we do on there. And, honestly, like, even we do, like, French toast. Like, if you wanna make French toast, you can throw your French toast in there. Or if you make a marinated chicken, just throw it in there, shut it, and it's done in no time. And you don't have to worry about a mess.Stephanie:Yeah. And it goes faster too. You guys will be on a book tour, I'm imagining. Is that all coming together, and how is that feeling?Radwa Elkaffas:It's exciting. Super excited to do that. That's gonna be end of February, beginning of March. We have we're stopping at 5 different cities. So we're really excited about that.Alia Elkaffas:And our last office is gonna be here in Minneapolis.Stephanie:So we're gonna so great. Do you know where you're gonna be or what you're doing yet?Alia Elkaffas:We're gonna be at the Barnes and Noble in Edina. So that'll be where I don't think we have a confirmed time yet, but that'll be on March. It's a Sunday, March 2nd, I believe.Stephanie:Alright. Well, when you know, just let me know, and I'll make sure and share it. It's been super fun just chatting with you guys. I knew just from kinda following you that I like, oh, I'm gonna like these girls. But really, honestly, it was, like, one of my best days. And I just so proud of you, and I feel like you know, how you you meet people and you want them to be successful or you're so proud of their success? That's how I feel about you guys. You really work hard, and you've really earned, everything that's coming your way. And I think the book's gonna be amazing, and it was just it's been fun to just be a little tiny, tiny part of the journey for a second.Stephanie:It's been a blast.Radwa Elkaffas:Thank you so much. And, honestly, your energy that you brought to that table last week was everything. You made us feel so good, and we we we felt like a $1,000,000 after you left. So thankAlia Elkaffas:you for having me. So honored to have gotten to work with you, and now we get to be friends and Yes.Stephanie:I'm I'm actually I just I'm planning, I I I booked a do you know, a Khmeran feast at Vinay? And I've had one for a while, and so I was like, oh, I wonder. Maybe I'll do a gathering of, like, food ladies just to do something fun and different.Radwa Elkaffas:Yeah.Stephanie:Alright, you guys. Your book's gonna be great. Keep me in the loop. I'll keep you in the loop if anything fun's happening. And just thanks for being taste buds.Radwa Elkaffas:Awesome. Thank you so much.Stephanie:Alright. 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Born and raised in the Midwest to parents originally from Egypt, sisters Alia and Radwa Elkaffas created their Food Dolls platform to share exciting, fast, healthy meals. Born and raised in the Twin Cities to parents originally from Egypt, their recipes from “Pretty Delicious” are flavor-packed, Mediterranean-inspired, and plated with their signature style.Recently, we had a chance to catch up with the Food Dolls sisters on the eve of their cookbook launch for “Pretty Delicious” (pre-order the book here now) when we recorded a “Taste Buds With Stephanie” (episode drops on Fox 9 2/22/2025 at 8:30 am. ) at Radwa's gorgeous home. The sisters were as delightful and warm as ever, and we loved the recipes. “10 out of 10.” We made 3 recipes from the book, “Pretty Delicious”. I also riffed on their Marinated Tomatoes and Feta Dip and made it my own with all the same ingredients but as a baked pasta dish in homage to their talents.Cheesy Tomato and Feta Baked with Pasta and HerbsBy Stephanie Hansen Ingredients* 2 cups cherry tomatoes about 1 pint* 1/4 cup olive oil* 2 teaspoons salt* 1 teaspoon pepper* 8 oz. full-fat cream cheese at room temperature* 8 oz. feta cheese at room temperature* juice of half a lemon* 1 Tablespoon honey* 1/4 cup fresh parsley* 1/4 cup fresh basil* 1/4 cup fresh mint* 8 oz penne pastaInstructionsPreheat the oven to 400°F.Add the tomatoes, olive oil, salt, pepper, lemon and honey to a 9 x 13 baking dish.Nestle the cream cheese and feta cheese in the center of the baking dish amongst the tomatoesBake for 22-25 minutesMeanwhile, boil the pasta until el denteRemove from the oven and add the sour cream and stir the mixture, breaking it up combining the cheese and the tomatoes with the pasta making a saucetop with the fresh basil, parsley and mint, and serve hotEPISODE TRANSCRIPT:Stephanie:Hello, everybody, and welcome to Dishing with Stephanie's dish, the podcast where we talk to people equally obsessed in the food spaces as we are. And today, I'm with the Food Dolls. I'm with Radwa and Alia Elkaffas, and we had an opportunity to record a taste buds episode with them that will air at the end of February. I think it's gonna be February 22nd right on the eve of your book being available at stores.Alia Elkaffas:It well, we go live on the 25th.Stephanie:Okay. So you can preorder, though, your book Pretty Delicious right now. And if we talk about cookbooks in particular, the preorder is like it's crazy because what people don't know is all those preorders that you say you want this book, they count towards day 1 sales. And for people like Food Dolls who have such a massive following, it could be the day that launches them potentially to the top of the New York Times, cookbook list. So preorders for cookbook authors are super important. So we want you to get your books when they come out live, but we also want you to preorder because all of that stacked up on that first day counts to get them we're trying to get them on the New York Times bestseller list with their book. Would you like that, girls?Radwa Elkaffas:That would be just a dream.Stephanie:I know. It would. When when we spent time together in your home and watching you guys make your magic, When I left, one of the things that I asked, I'm like, so, you know, what are your intentions? And you were like, we wanna get our book on the New York Times bestseller list. And I think I really think you can do it because you guys have such a huge following. The book is so great. It's pretty delicious. Can we just back up? Like, you guys said you've been doing this pretty much since pre pandemic, but I feel like, you know, you've amassed such a huge following. Like, how did it get started?Radwa Elkaffas:Well, first of all, thank you so much for having me on, and it was so fun cooking with you last week. I well, we definitely started around 9 years ago now, which is so crazy to think that it's been that long. I think when we first started, we didn't really have, like, the best direction of what exactly Sure.Stephanie:No one did.Radwa Elkaffas:And we were trying to figure out social media. Both of our backgrounds were not chefs. We have no we have no photography background, no videography background. We had nothing, but we just knew that we love to cook, and we wanted to share with the world how easy and delicious you can make recipes. And I think that's been it since day 1. Our shift kind of changed a few years later on really kind of honing in on, like, our culture and our background and what we grew up eating, and people loved it. People loved it, and they love our, like, sister vibe.Stephanie:Yeah. You 2 are real life sisters, and are you 4 years apart?Alia Elkaffas:Yes. That's right.Stephanie:And, your background is your parents are from Egypt. Right. So you're you're leaning into that sort of cultural vibe. And what maybe a lot of people don't know, and I know a tiny, tiny bit, but, that Egypt is a very modern place all told. Like, can you just give us a little bit of, why it's a touchstone for you to still be speaking about this food that you guys have lived here most of your lives, but you still feel like this is such an influence for you?Alia Elkaffas:So our parents were they immigrated here in the early eighties. And so we were both born and raised here, but they really tried very hard to keep our Egyptian background alive. So whether it was with food, with, cultures, traditions. So, basically, we're very we're very Egyptian and Midwestern at the same time. So you even see a lot of our recipes. We do fusions between Egyptian and Mediterranean, Middle Eastern food with our Minnesota side.Stephanie:It's funny that you mentioned that today because, prior to talking with you, the way that taste buds works usually is we go out and we have an adventure somewhere. And in this episode, that adventure was with you guys in your home. And then we take what we learned from that adventure, and we come back into my kitchen. And so one of the things that I made was your, what was it? It was the Egyptian orzo with ground beef, and it had cinnamon in it. It was super delicious. The recipe worked beautifully, and everybody loved it. But what was funny was when we were making it, my cameraman said, oh, it's just like a casserole or a hot dish. And so I laughed.Stephanie:I was like, yes. This is like the Egyptian hot dish. That's exactly the mashup.Alia Elkaffas:Exactly. Yep. And that's what we we always say. It's like an Egyptian, hamburger helper, you know, casserole. So it's it's yeah. It's really good.Stephanie:Even down to, like I don't know if you guys ever have had rice aaroni, but it was like a combination between rice and pasta, and you sauteed it just like you did with the orzo to get the color on the pasta. So it was just really it it was a delicious recipe. The other thing that we did that will surprise you maybe is I was trying to think about how to take what I learned from you and your book and the way you cook and make that kinda my own too because I think that's so much of what you inspire people to do. So I took the marinated tomato, and creamy whipped feta dip that we made on the show with you, and I took all those same ingredients literally to the letter, but we made a pasta bake with it.Radwa Elkaffas:Oh, that sounds delicious.Stephanie:Yeah. So you'll see that on the episode. We made it and we made it into, like, a pasta bake because when I was looking at the recipe that you guys made when we were in your kitchen, I was like, oh, this is kinda like that feta where the roasted tomatoes. And so that's the surprise for you that you'll see that we just took your dish and all the ingredients. It was very fun to and it was interesting too because, Michelle, my producer, she was like because she loved your dip so much. And then she was like, and it's so weird that this is the exact same ingredients, but the flavor profile is so different.Radwa Elkaffas:Changes everything.Stephanie:Yeah. And maybe just the roasting of the tomatoes too and the heat and the pasta because that was the one thing we did add. But it was really fun to think about how to take a recipe from your book, but kinda, like, just twist it with all the same stuff. It was fun.Alia Elkaffas:Yep. Awesome. Yeah. And that's what we love to do. We love taking these just these simple ingredients and just turning them into something amazing. You know? You don't need like, you don't need anything crazy and any crazy ingredients, and you could just make something that's really good and with simple ingredients.Stephanie:Yeah. I think that's why we really liked your recipes that also, we made a beautiful chicken dish. Do you wanna describe the chicken dish that we made?Radwa Elkaffas:Oh, that's sassy chicken and potatoes? Yes. And that's the thing. Like, we are busy moms who don't really have a lot of time, so we're always thinking, okay. What can we do that's just easy, delicious, and you could just throw it together. Literally throw everything into the baking dish, make your, marinade, and throw it together and pop it in the oven. So you could do it the night before, so it's a great make ahead, or you can make it the same day, but really just getting those flavors to infuse overnight is awesome. And who doesn't love having dinner the day before? So all you have to do is throw it in the oven when you're ready to eat it is exactly what we love to do.Stephanie:How many days a week do you okay. Let's just back up a second. You guys have I think we determined it was 8,000,000 followers over all the platforms. How many days a week do you actually spend together creating content versus the marketing and the managing of the content?Radwa Elkaffas:I think this that's the beauty of having 2 of us is we do a lot of divide and conquer, which really helps us a lot, and it alleviates a lot of pressure off of each other. There's things that we obviously have to do together, like our end shots. Or if we're filming, like, a recipe clip that we're actually in, then we have to be together. I think we just kinda take it week by week because maybe we have, like, a high sponsored week that we have to do our sponsors, or if we have a lighter week, or we, you know, are going on vacation and we need to film as many as we can so we can have a little bit extra, content. I think we just kind of take it week by week.Stephanie:When you look at your content calendar, how far in advance do you go, or do you just do it week by week?Radwa Elkaffas:I mean, I would love to say that we're the most organized, sisters ever, but we're not. We really just kind of sometimes we wing it. Sometimes even we don't recipe test the recipe. We're like, okay. Let's just try this, And sometimes it is a 100% fail and it does not work. And other times, we're like, we nailed that. Like, it is absolutely amazing, and then we get super excited. Sometimes those are our best recipes when it's just spur of the moment.Alia Elkaffas:I I was gonna say sometimes we have this, like, master plan. Oh, we're gonna make x y z today. It's gonna be great. And all of a sudden, we're in the middle of making it, and it turns into something a 100% different, and and we just we just goStephanie:with it.Alia Elkaffas:You know?Stephanie:Yeah. It's so fun. And the styling of the book, what I noticed when I was at your home is you both have a similar style, but your homes are very curated and full of beautiful art and beautiful flowers, and you have a a real, statement color palette. And that kinda translates to your work online and the book. Have you always been like that since you were little kids? Oh, you're both matching. You have all the perfect lips, the perfect hair, all the stuff.Radwa Elkaffas:You know, it's so funny. Like, our favorite color is really black and white. Like, it's not just something that we created for our brand. It is it's legit what we love. We love black and white. When we went through our brand and what we wanted it to look like, it was okay. How are we gonna incorporate this into our brand? Because what we like at home, this is what we do at home, and we also love it in our clothes. So it's not just we like black and white, and I I this might sound a little crazy that we love black and white and everything, but we do.Radwa Elkaffas:So it ended up being that we love it at home. We love it in the book. We love it in online. Like, it's just so it's it's just part of our, Food Dolls identity at this point.Stephanie:Can you remember the first thing you guys ever made, like, by yourselves just, like, as a kid? Or, like, did you have a first cookbook? Or do you remember just, like, that first thing you really made?Alia Elkaffas:I would I'm pretty sure the first thing we probably ever made together was probably baked cookies. You know? Like, just straight up cookies or a box of brownie mix or something.Stephanie:Totally. That is and, it was always like cookies or brownies because it was kind of a one bowl situation. Right? I didn't wanna make a mess with your mom. Is there a recipe that you feel like, a, gets a lot of attraction, but, b, like, really represents you? It's like, this is the one that we feel like is our statement.Radwa Elkaffas:Wow. That's a really good question. Okay. I will say this. Our most popular recipes are the most shocking that we would have never guessed that these are, like, the most popular recipes. We did, a a baked spaghetti that went absolutely crazy. Would we have thought that that was gonna be our number one recipe on the website? No. We love it, but people went crazy overAlia Elkaffas:it. Yeah.Radwa Elkaffas:So crazy. And it was it's just really shocking to us. But I think we kinda came to the conclusion is our top recipes are, like, the simplest, easiest. Like, you've got these recipe you've got these ingredients in your pantry. So all you have to do is throw it together, and I think that's what always wins.Stephanie:Yeah. And it's always surprising, like, the ones that get the most traction, and you just think like, wow. That's weird. Like, one of mine is this chao chao relish that they bake usually in the south, and I always have green tomatoes that I garden with. So I ended up just having to kind of make this thing, and it's, like, always in the top three. I don't know who's clicking on that recipe that much, but people are. It's weird.Alia Elkaffas:Yeah. It's funny how that works. It's just what what you think is gonna like, people are like, oh my god. This is so good. It's the opposite, and it's like something that, you know, is the most, like, and simple and basic. And you know?Stephanie:When we talk about your Egyptian heritage, and I asked you guys about this when we met, What is it specifically, like for instance, when we were doing the Orzo bake, they the the producer asked, she was like, what do you think about this makes it Egyptian? And I was, like, saying the flavor profiles and the types of ingredients that we use. But is there something that you feel like is uniquely Egyptian that you bring to the party?Alia Elkaffas:That's a really good question. So I'd say a lot of the dishes in the book are not necessarily, like, true Egyptian. It's got, like, some fusion to it with, like, Mediterranean flavors. And a lot of the, like, the real traditional Egyptian recipes might be a little bit more intricate, so we were trying to simplify it by using some of those those same flavor profiles, but not necessarily doing it step by step like our mom would do our aunts or grandma. You know?Stephanie:One of the ingredients in the casserole that we made was tomato paste, and you cooked down the tomato paste. But that like, when you think about tomatoes in warm climates, you know, the flavor is so intense and so concentrated, and you do kinda get that from a tomato paste. I hadn't really thought about that before.Alia Elkaffas:Yeah. That's very true. And we do have a lot of dishes that are very tomato based as well.Stephanie:Yeah. I love it. Okay. So when you guys are, like, absolutely exhausted and the kids are driving you crazy and it's 6 o'clock and you have to put something is there, like, a go to meal for each of you?Radwa Elkaffas:I'm, like, thinking about it because I'm like, okay. There's a lot. I feel like our like, the chicken and potatoes, I think, for sure, to just kind of throw together. But I really do love that to sit overnight. But if I'm, like, in a pinch, I will say the kids maybe sometimes eat something different than I do, because they're so picky. Like, I have a 4 year old, a 9 year old, and one wants, you know, quesadillas, and the other one's, like, fighting me on the chicken and potatoes and rice. Like so I would say that what it's always 2 different things. I'm not even gonna lie about it because they they drive me absolutely crazy about getting them to eat everything all at the same time and and the same thing.Radwa Elkaffas:So I would say for me, it would be the chicken potatoes. For them, it would definitely be some sort of pasta. And we love 1 pot pastas because you can have it ready in 15 minutes, and we have so many 1 pot pastas in our book.Stephanie:Yeah. You do have a lot. I tried to make the dish as a 1 pot with the pasta already in the baking dish and make the sauce right in the pan, but I couldn't get the right ratio of water to pasta. I made it twice, and the pasta kept coming out a little crunchy. So I'm done, and I just make I just made it I just boiled the pasta and did it that way and added it later. But I did try twice to get it, like because I kept thinking it would be so great if you could just do this all in the oven in the one pan. And maybe a different pan or a flatter pan, I could haveAlia Elkaffas:That could be. And it could be also the kind of pasta that sometimes makes a difference as well.Stephanie:Yeah. I should have tried an orzo, but I had a penne. So yep. Do you when your kids are, like, picky like that, do you feel like, okay. No, kids. This is what I made. This is what we're eating. I'm not a short order cook.Stephanie:Or are you more lax and you're like, just whatever we're eating, go ahead. Eat it as long as you eat.Radwa Elkaffas:I would have to say I kind of started, especially with my kids, learning how they are, and I don't care if I make the same thing every single week if I know they're gonna eat it. Why am I gonna sit here and fight every single week to try to get them to try new things? Because I I see I see Alia as, like, the perfect examples because my kids are younger. Hers are older. So now they're starting to eat anything. So I know hopefully, eventually, they'll get there, but we're in this, like, little phase right now where I'm trying to just get them to eat. I just want them to eat. I don't care what they eat. I just want them to eat the dinner.Radwa Elkaffas:So I will make the same things over and over and over again because I know they like it, and I know they'll eat it. SoAlia Elkaffas:I was gonna say a lot of times, like, even, like, for example, we do have, like, a southwest salad in the cookbook. So what I'll do instead of assembling it altogether as a salad, I kind of keep it some of the components separate so all the kids could kind of grab what they do like and what they don't like. So that way, it's like it feels custom to them versus, you know, making it putting everything together and forcing them to eat it as is.Stephanie:That's smart. It's like the Chipotle method. Right? Giving them choices. Yep. I I do think too, like, we spend a lot of time worrying about stuff that's probably not super consequential in the grand scheme of life. Kids are gonna eat, you know. Sooner or later, they're gonna eat. Sooner or later, they're gonna develop their palate whether, you know, they were part of the clean plate club or not.Stephanie:It feels like kind of a weird thing to worry about looking back on my childhood and how much time and struggle there was about, like, what you ate and you couldn't leave the table till you ate it and just kinda dumb. When you think about social media with your kids, I noticed that we don't really see your kids. Is that intentional, or how do you feel like you want your kids to show up as, teenagers and young adults in this profile of their moms being so famous?Alia Elkaffas:Yes. That is a great question. So we purposely, we do not put our kids on social media, and we have very, very little images of images of them anywhere just to protect their privacy as well. You know? And it's like once stuff is out in social media, once it's out in the world, it's out there forever. So, yeah, we choose to keep them up.Radwa Elkaffas:Sure that they have that decision later. You know? Like, it will not come back at us. Like, why did you put me on there? You know? Have that choice later. And so now we're gonna be mama bears and just protect them.Stephanie:I think too we're seeing, the social media I guess Facebook just turned 20 recently, which is hard to believe. But when it first came about, you know, like, we were just on it, and it was new, and it was exciting, and we didn't really think about the big picture. And I think now if I had my daughter's 25. So if I had it I made her wait till 13. And if I had to do it all over again and I was in this day and age, I definitely would I might get my kid, like, a flip phone or something terrible that they can only call me on, but I would have waited because I do think social media adds an element to young, kids' lives that maybe they don't need or aren't ready for it until later.Radwa Elkaffas:Absolutely. A 100% agree with you on that.Stephanie:How do your parents feel about your business?Radwa Elkaffas:I think it took them such a long time to fully understand it.Stephanie:It's probably soRadwa Elkaffas:weird. Grasp what we what it is exactly we are doing. But I we know that they're so proud of us and super excited to see us do this and, you know, especially mom, you know, she was a really big influence for us growing up and in in the cooking world. So we love making them proud.Stephanie:Do you have anxiety about, like, keeping up or, like, always being on the churn? And what do you do for, like, self care?Alia Elkaffas:Oh, that's a great one. Yes. I'd say we do have definitely have the anxiety, but we try to we always talk each other down, calm each other down, and just know that, you know, just talk things through together. But and I'd say probably self care. We like to work out just to kind of, you know, really get the release those endorphins. You know?Radwa Elkaffas:And we we actually do yell at each other, like, stop working. You need to stop working. Stop looking at your screen. Put your computer down. Stop doing this. We do that all all the time to each other.Alia Elkaffas:Yep.Stephanie:What are your favorite types of workouts?Radwa Elkaffas:I would say lifting and walking.Stephanie:What was lifting and walking?Alia Elkaffas:Yep. Same lifting, walking, and, you know, doing some sort of cardio.Stephanie:Yeah. And you have kids too. So you're probably trying to fit it in when you can. And it's hard to, like, go to a structured gym and do all that when you've got a lot of family at home and, a structured gym and do all that when you've got a lot of family at home. And how do you feel about working from home? And does that work for your schedules? Or do you ever visualize, like, someday having an office where you have all your production stuff? AndRadwa Elkaffas:I I love working from home because of the flexibility and having everything at home where you could quickly just, but it it's definitely a challenge to disconnect sometimes because work is home, home is work. So it's hard to, like, break the 2 apart. But it's nice that we have 2 houses. So if we need a break from 1 house, we go to the other one.Stephanie:Yeah. That is nice. Like, just it because it can just feel so much like, oh, you're just in your house all the time doing all this stuff.Alia Elkaffas:And it's it really is hard to disconnect. So it's not like we try to have work hours, but it's like it's almost impossible. So, like, we'll work, and then we'll take a break, even run kids' activities, come back, finish working. So it's like it feels like sometimes it's like a nonstop cycle. But, yeah, that's when we have to put each other in check, say, get off and go take a break.Stephanie:Yeah. Okay. Switching gears, what is your and each of you can have a separate answer, of course, but what is your, like, most used kitchen utensil or gadget or thing that, like, you could not live without?Radwa Elkaffas:Air fryer.Stephanie:That was so fast.Radwa Elkaffas:Absolutely. I have to suck at her on.Stephanie:Yeah. Yep. Really? I I use my air fryer so rarely. It's in the garage. Like, do you use it every day? What are you doing with it?Radwa Elkaffas:Every single day. Like, there is not a day that goes by that I don't use that.Alia Elkaffas:Really? For reheating things, for making things. We actually do have some instructions in the cookbook. Like, if if you wanna make this recipe in an air fryer, how to do that. But it just makes things so much easier even if, like, the kids wanna make chicken and fries or something. You know? It crisps it up perfectly, and it feels like you're eating it, you know, freshly, like, deep fried. You know?Stephanie:Alright. I'm gonna have to get my air fryer out of the garage and give it another try. I just I don't know. It's like, and I have a convection oven too. So I think the convection oven does the same thing, but I don't have kids, so maybe that's different, you know, just the speed and convenience of it being right on the counter like that.Radwa Elkaffas:And you mentioned what we do on there. And, honestly, like, even we do, like, French toast. Like, if you wanna make French toast, you can throw your French toast in there. Or if you make a marinated chicken, just throw it in there, shut it, and it's done in no time. And you don't have to worry about a mess.Stephanie:Yeah. And it goes faster too. You guys will be on a book tour, I'm imagining. Is that all coming together, and how is that feeling?Radwa Elkaffas:It's exciting. Super excited to do that. That's gonna be end of February, beginning of March. We have we're stopping at 5 different cities. So we're really excited about that.Alia Elkaffas:And our last office is gonna be here in Minneapolis.Stephanie:So we're gonna so great. Do you know where you're gonna be or what you're doing yet?Alia Elkaffas:We're gonna be at the Barnes and Noble in Edina. So that'll be where I don't think we have a confirmed time yet, but that'll be on March. It's a Sunday, March 2nd, I believe.Stephanie:Alright. Well, when you know, just let me know, and I'll make sure and share it. It's been super fun just chatting with you guys. I knew just from kinda following you that I like, oh, I'm gonna like these girls. But really, honestly, it was, like, one of my best days. And I just so proud of you, and I feel like you know, how you you meet people and you want them to be successful or you're so proud of their success? That's how I feel about you guys. You really work hard, and you've really earned, everything that's coming your way. And I think the book's gonna be amazing, and it was just it's been fun to just be a little tiny, tiny part of the journey for a second.Stephanie:It's been a blast.Radwa Elkaffas:Thank you so much. And, honestly, your energy that you brought to that table last week was everything. You made us feel so good, and we we we felt like a $1,000,000 after you left. So thankAlia Elkaffas:you for having me. So honored to have gotten to work with you, and now we get to be friends and Yes.Stephanie:I'm I'm actually I just I'm planning, I I I booked a do you know, a Khmeran feast at Vinay? And I've had one for a while, and so I was like, oh, I wonder. Maybe I'll do a gathering of, like, food ladies just to do something fun and different.Radwa Elkaffas:Yeah.Stephanie:Alright, you guys. Your book's gonna be great. Keep me in the loop. I'll keep you in the loop if anything fun's happening. And just thanks for being taste buds.Radwa Elkaffas:Awesome. Thank you so much.Stephanie:Alright. We'll see you soon. Bye. Bye bye. This is a public episode. If you'd like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit stephaniehansen.substack.com/subscribe

#286 CUPRA | Ein Roadtrip durch die Markenwelt | Giuseppe Fiordispina | Marketing Director CUPRA / SEAT DeutschlandWie ein italienischer Marketingvirtuose die deutsche Automobilbranche aufmischtIn dieser fesselnden Episode des Startcast Podcasts taucht Host Max Ostermeier in die facettenreiche Welt von Giuseppe Fiordispina ein, dem Marketing Director von CUPRA und SEAT Deutschland. Von seinen Anfängen bei der italienischen Werbeagentur Armando Testa bis hin zur Revolutionierung des Automobilmarketings - Giuseppe teilt seine außergewöhnliche Reise mit einer Leidenschaft, die so mitreißend ist wie ein CUPRA auf der Autobahn.Höre, wie Giuseppe den Spagat zwischen traditionellem Automarketing und innovativem Cultural Marketing meistert. Als ehemaliger Marketingchef bei Fiat, Samsung und Opel bringt er einen Erfahrungsschatz mit, der so vielfältig ist wie die Modellpalette von CUPRA. Erfahre, wie er die Marke von einem Nischenplayer zu einem ernstzunehmenden Konkurrenten in der Premiumklasse entwickelt hat.Tauche ein in Giuseppes Gedankenwelt, wenn er über die Bedeutung von authentischem Markenaufbau spricht. Wie schafft er es, CUPRA als Lifestyle-Marke zu positionieren, die weit über das reine Autofahren hinausgeht? Giuseppe gibt exklusive Einblicke in die Strategie hinter den CUPRA City Garages - von München über Berlin bis Sydney. Diese urbanen Hotspots sind weit mehr als Showrooms; sie sind Kreativlabore, in denen Musik, Kunst und Automobildesign verschmelzen.Diese Episode ist ein Muss für jeden Marketingprofi und Automobilenthusiasten. Giuseppe teilt wertvolle Erkenntnisse über die Transformation des Automobilmarketings im digitalen Zeitalter. Erfahre, warum für ihn eine gut gemachte Händlerwebsite genauso wichtig ist wie ein spektakulärer TV-Spot und wie er es schafft, den gesamten Customer Journey zu orchestrieren.Lass dich inspirieren von Giuseppes Vision, Marken nicht in Silos, sondern in Ökosystemen zu denken. Höre, wie er mit seinem Team täglich die Performance-Daten analysiert, um blitzschnell auf Marktveränderungen reagieren zu können. Giuseppe erklärt, warum Cultural Marketing für ihn der Schlüssel ist, um eine junge, markenloyale Zielgruppe anzusprechen.Von der Zusammenarbeit mit lokalen Künstlern in den CUPRA City Garages bis hin zur Integration von Gastro-Labs und Fusion-Bars - diese Episode bietet dir einen ungeschminkten Blick hinter die Kulissen einer Marke, die Konventionen bricht.Schnall dich an für eine Achterbahnfahrt durch die Höhen und Tiefen einer der faszinierendsten Karrieren der deutschen Automobilbranche. Giuseppe nimmt kein Blatt vor den Mund, wenn er über seine Visionen, Herausforderungen und die Zukunft des Automobilmarketings spricht.Diese Episode ist deine Chance, einen der vielseitigsten und innovativsten Köpfe der Branche hautnah zu erleben. Tauche ein in Giuseppe Fiordispinas Welt, wo italienisches Flair auf deutsche Ingenieurskunst trifft und jede Marketingkampagne eine Fahrt auf der Überholspur ist. Lass dich von seiner Energie und seinem Innovationsgeist mitreißen und entdecke, was es wirklich bedeutet, eine Automarke als Lifestyle-Brand zu etablieren.Citations:[1] https://www.linkedin.com/in/gi[2] https://www.deutscherdigitalaward.de/giuseppe-fiordispina/[3] https://www.cupraofficial.de/cupra-city-garagen[4] https://www.turi2.de/index-2/koepfe/fiordispina-giuseppe/[5] https://www.volkswagen-automobile-berlin.de/cupra-city-garage-berlin[6] https://www.absatzwirtschaft.de/gemischtes-doppel-niels-verlemann-und-giuseppe-fiordispina-247178/[7] https://www.seat-mediacenter.com/CUPRA-Brand/cupra-news/2023/CUPRA-opens-a-new-CUPRA-City-Garage-in-Berlin[8] https://www.owm.de/die-owm/vorstand/giuseppe-fiordispina Get bonus content on Patreon Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Unboxing Thank You's From Weaverville Fire, North Carolina: Scott Mulvaney recounts his experience helping Hurricane Helene victims in North Carolina, highlighting his background as a wildland firefighter. He assisted Carrie, whose boyfriend Dustin, a firefighter, later sent him a thank-you package. The package included a Weaverville Fire Department hat, a hoodie, a book documenting the hurricane's impact, and a challenge coin. Mulvaney shares details of the severe flooding, including 30-foot flood stages and the rescue of trapped individuals. He reflects on his successful year, including financial growth, travel, and health improvements, and plans to host a men's event and continue his podcast and charity work.Quote: "Do Not Forget Us." ~ People of Western North Carolina #WNCSTRONG Your Host & Founder: Founder of the Lifestyle Brand and podcast LIVETHEFUEL, Scott W. Mulvaney escaped corporate life to serve as a USFS Hotshot Wildland Firefighter. Now a marketing entrepreneur, podcaster, sales pro, and author; he channels his health nut, adrenaline junkie energy into everything he influences.Quote: Live The Fired Up Epic Life #LIVETHEFUEL ~ Scott W. MulvaneyHe is FUELED by the values he learned from firefighting: Duty, Respect, Integrity and incorporates them into his fire-inspired brands LIVETHEFUEL and FUEL UP Marketing as well as his non-profit FUEL Foundations. Today's Top 3 Takeaways: Unboxing some amazing thank you gifts from Dustin of Weaverville Fire Department in North Carolina. Reflecting on helping Carrie, the first citizen upon my arrival to help the people in North Carolina back in October. Personal Reflections on the successes here in 2024 that helped to create the time freedom to do a mission trip like this. Today's Guest Co-Host Links: HotshotBook.comScottMulvaney.comFUELFoundations.orgScott's Personal YouTube - https://www.youtube.com/@ScottMulvaneyWatch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/yBE37YuOzZo?si=v6wOWsds9q08sxPz Watch on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/share/v/MkwMLmhzV11rtBCV/ Our Final Words of the Show: Dustin, if you ever see this video, thank you sir! I will honor all of these gifts and share them, as I did in this video. This is what I love most, likely more sharing in a new podcast to come. But yeah, guys, thankful for a great year here in 2024. So I'm doing this now for episode 450. That's 450 episodes because I got a lot more in the tank, but I've been so busy, we haven't aired anymore because I wanted number 450, to be from me. I'll do a solo again on episode 500, so thank you again for listening and tuning in. Remember you too can LIVE THE FUEL! Your Positive Action Forward: · Don't forget to Submit a 5-Star Review· Get my book "So You Want To Be A Hotshot" - HotshotBook.com...

In this episode of the Ganjapreneur podcast, host TG Branfalt is joined by Witt Rabon, co-founder and COO, and Jamar Brown, co-founder and President of Brand Development for DRO, a Colorado-based cannabis lifestyle brand that has been redefining cannabis culture since its launch in 2014. DRO stands out by weaving authentic storytelling, cultural identity, and bold design into its clothing and cannabis products. In this episode, Witt and Jamar share the origins of DRO, reflecting on how their personal journeys—from professional sports and corporate branding to a shared love for cannabis—helped shape the company's unique voice and vision. They delve into how DRO transitioned from an idea sparked during their time as coworkers to a thriving lifestyle brand blending cannabis and fashion. Other topics discussed in this interview include: The importance of connecting with consumers through authentic, relatable stories The role of design in bridging cannabis culture with mainstream audiences The importance of advocacy, social equity, expungement, and using their platform for cannabis education DRO's approach to licensing deals, and the challenges and opportunities of entering big-box retailers And more! This episode offers a compelling look at the intersection of cannabis, culture, and business, highlighting DRO's journey as a brand that honors legacy culture while helping shape the current landscape of the legal cannabis industry. Learn more about DRO: https://drolife.com https://droflower.com

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When it comes to golf gear and brands, it is an incredibly saturated market. Whether you're selling apparel, gear, or equipment, there is fierce competition at every turn. What can differentiate one from another? Try being fiercely unique. That's exactly what the Salty Golfer is doing with his line of apparel, beer and even experiences in the Myrtle Beach, SC area. I brought Salty on the Two-Man Scramble podcast for the second time to talk all about his brand, where it is is, and where he sees it going in the future. Join host Jeff Hartman on this Two-Man Scramble, which is a part of the Fairways & Dreams podcast, a part of the Golfer Gang Network of podcasts. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Mark Janasik is the Co-Founder of Southern Grounds & Co, an award-winning coffeehouse that reimagines vibrant, healthy communities. He discusses Southern Grounds' journey into franchising, starting with their 3 corporate locations and plans to add 4 more within a year. The franchising idea took off when HMS Host, a global powerhouse, discovered Southern Grounds and wanted them in Jacksonville International Airport, impressed by their unique coffee experience.Each Southern Grounds location personalizes 20% of its menu, allowing franchisees to choose from proven 'Chef Selections' based on local demand. With analytics and a flexible selection of 20-30 additional menu items, the brand ensures profitability by optimizing menu mix and food costs. Mark talks about how Southern Grounds collaborates with preservation architects and designers to honor the history and character of buildings and communities, often using renovations to spark revitalization across neighborhoods. Their approach makes each coffeehouse a cornerstone of local redevelopment.Mark is seeking franchisees with passion for community, coffee & culinary excellence. He looks for entrepreneurial candidates who appreciate hospitality, sustainable cooking, and seasonal flavors. Ideal franchisees are financially qualified, community-focused, and driven to make a positive impact.Don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe to stay updated with our latest episodes. Hit the bell icon to get notifications every time we upload a new podcast!*This video is sponsored by SEOSambaCheck out the video podcast on my Youtube channel and don't forget to like and subscribe!Link to Free Assessment: https://www.zorakle.net/assessment/welcome/ionfranchisingLink to Website: eyeonfranchising.comLink to Youtube: https://youtu.be/dKCZSRm6gZc?si=D48EANvqhSpyqsE

Today's guest is another hand-selected male guest, who is one of my oldest male friends that I connected with over 7 years ago online - Jake Snow! We met in-person for the first time in Bali around 6 years ago and I was so impressed by how he and his now wife Marie were building their personal brand and business at that time all the way until today, and overall designing their dream life. In this episode, we're diving into Marie's and Jake's love story, how it all began, the importance of romanticizing each moment as well as radical action taking in order to make your dreams a reality, how to thrive as lovers and business partners, and so much more! So babe, grab your cacao or matcha and a journal because you're going to want to implement these nuggets into your life! ------ → CHECK OUT THE *ABUNDANT CEO BUNDLE* HERE – ideal for female entrepreneurs (to be) who want to avoid burnout & overcome overwhelm, and spice up their love life by becoming their most feminine Self! → JOIN MY BRAND NEW GROUP CONTAINER, MAGNETIC AF AT THE EARLY BIRD PRICE OF $555 – teaching you how to create your dream life by shifting your inner world first, and your external reality second → APPLY FOR MY 1-1 COACHING CONTAINERS HERE TO CHANGE YOUR LIFE IN 2025 ------ In this episode, we discuss:  - Jake's journey that brought him to where he is today both personally and in business - The planning and action taking involved in creating Jake's dream life with his now wife - Jake's first business venture and the domino effect that followed after that changed everything  - The different roles Jake and Marie play as business partners and how it helps their relationship thrive - Some key values Jake carries that enrich his life and allowed him to build his current reality - Jake's top tip to Unfuck your Life that you can implement today ------ Connect with Jake:  Jake's Instagram: www.instagram.com/mariefeandjakesnow  Stay at their hotel: https://www.instagram.com/majacanggu/ Get involved with Villa Ventures: www.villaventures.co Connect with Laura: Laura's Website: https://www.lauraherde.com/ Laura's IG: https://www.instagram.com/laura.herde/ Laura's 1-1 Coaching: https://www.lauraherde.com/application-1-1 Laura's Coaching Certification Course: https://www.instagram.com/embodiedcoachacademy/ More free resources for you: *FREE* THE ⁠FEMININE LEADERSHIP PLAYBOOK *FREE* HEAL YOUR FEMININE ENERGY – THE GUIDE⁠ *FREE* TRIAL OF MY CERTIFICATION - THE EMBODIED COACH ACADEMY *FREE* ⁠TRAINING FOR FEMALE BIZ OWNERS: SHE SUCCEEDS MASTERCLASS⁠ *FREE* TRAINING ON FEMININE ENERGY: RECLAIM YOUR FEMININE MASTERCLASS⁠ >> EMAIL ME TO CONNECT/ ASK QUESTIONS: hello@lauraherde.com >> FOLLOW ME ON INSTAGRAM: @laura.herde  Feel free to share this episode with your bestie, and tag me on IG when you listen so I can repost you! Thank you so much for tuning in, love xx

In this episode, we sat down with with Miles Bloxson, the Founder, Host, and Executive Producer of “Miles To Mogul”. A graduate of UT with a degree in Corporate Communications, Miles co-hosted “Campus Life” on Austin's Public Access Channel before moving to Los Angeles, where she started her career with high-profile shows like Fox News LA and In-Touch Magazine, and contributed to KUT News and KBLA 1580. As a trailblazer in the media world, she continues to inspire women in the Austin area and beyond!

Assouline, the publishing house turned luxury lifestyle brand, is celebrating its 30th anniversary this year — but, it seems, it's just getting started.  Largely driven by Alexandre Assouline — the company's chief of operations, brand and strategy and the son of its founders — Assouline is in growth mode: In addition to rolling out new product categories and services, it's expanding its physical footprint and introducing new digital products, including a digital magazine and podcast.  “The library is at the forefront of everything we do; we aim to own the library space as a luxury brand,” Assouline said on the latest Glossy Podcast. “Your library is around you and your life every day, and it says a lot about you. When someone sees your library, they can identify your areas of interest, how you put books together, and the thematics of the books that you purchase and are being gifted to you. It's a place of creativity and inspiration. And we've been in the business of developing things around the library for 30 years.” Also in the episode, Assouline discusses the company's plans to “redefine publishing as a luxury experience.” And he shares the brand's physical expansion plans. 

This week Andrew talks with retired U.S. Navy SEAL Officer and entrepreneur Bear Handlon. Bear is the Co-founder & CEO of Born Primitive, a fast-growing global lifestyle brand in the fitness, athleisure, & outdoors market. He launched Born Primitive in 2014 — just months before joining the U.S. Navy. He went on to serve 8 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL officer while concurrently building Born Primitive from the ground up. In this conversation, Bear shares powerful ideas & lessons he learned as a Navy SEAL and how he still applies those frameworks today as an entrepreneur & CEO. This episode is filled with actionable ideas on how to improve your focus, compartmentalize tasks, attract people with similar values, & so much more. Show Highlights:0:00 - Intro2:37 - Lessons from Red Bull marketing department3:35 - Product vs. Brand5:57 - Starting with yes6:59 - Owned vs sponsored property8:53 - Monetizing owned events9:15 - Starting Born Primitive with 1 of 1 prototype11:46 - Learning from free resources13:05 - Starting company while beginning Naval officer training15:42 - 8 years as a U.S. Navy SEAL officer17:44 - “Perfect amount of dumbness”18:13 - Focus19:04 - Benefits of repetition20:27 - Balancing structure of bureaucracy with scrappy startup life21:30 - Calibrating expectations24:58 - Projecting authentic values26:31 - Maintaining culture as company grows36:58 - Sticking to core values** Follow Andrew On Social **Twitter/X: @andrewhmosesInstagram: @AndrewMoses123Sign up for e-mails to keep up with Andrew's podcast at everybodypullsthetarp.com/newsletter

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Brooke Haney is the Hollywood intimacy coordinator. She literally wrote the book about it! A job that none of us had ever heard of before the #metoo movement because it surprisingly didn't exist. So, what is the job description of an intimacy coordinator? What makes someone qualified to choreograph a Hollywood sex scene? We had a blast speaking with Brooke this week and we hope you enjoy our conversation.  Check out her book https://www.amazon.com/Intimacy-Coordinators-Guidebook-Brooke-Haney/dp/1032531460 Visit her website: Brooke M. Haney | NYC intimacy coordinator (brookemhaney.com) Thanks for listening to the podcast. Please, please, please, tell a friend and a stranger about the show. Is there a guest you'd like to hear on a future episode? Contact our world class producer spencer.wolff@audacy.com and let him know. Have a great day and we'll see you next time! -Everybody Wang Chung!!!  Join us on twitch every weekday afternoon!  www.twitch.tv/churchoflazlo  Complain about the show on our subreddit  www.reddit.com/r/churchoflazlo  Now, please read all the way to the bottom or else you'll miss out on something you'd probably like to know. Mitra 9! We want to thank our friends at Mitra 9! Visit www.mitra-9.com right now and buy yourself some GoPacks (our personal faves) or choose from any of their other awesome products. Use the promo code PROBLEMATIC at checkout. It helps us out and you'll get a healthy discount. Lazlo never does the show without first having his GoPack. Slim enjoys all their stuff and seems to have a Mitra product for every situation and every time of the day. Again, we recommend the GoPacks and we've received more positive feedback from listeners about GoPacks than virtually anything else we've recommended over the years. Again, www.mitra-9.com and use the promo code PROBLEMATIC at checkout. Pop Fly Apparel! Lazlo finally realized his dream of having his own clothing line! The website just went live and you can place your orders now! Click here PopFly Apparel   and stock your closet with the coolest tees you can buy!  Prairie Sailor! Thanks to Prairie Sailor | Midwest Outdoor Clothing & Lifestyle Brand for helping Lazlo realize his dream. You'll catch at least one of us wearing something from Prairie Sailor every day. A great small business worth your suuport.  Heartland Roof and Tree! Thank you to Heartland Roof and Tree! Slimfast had almost a dozen different tree-removal companies come out to give him quotes for taking down a dead tree and they were all too expensive. Then, a friend of the show recommended Heartland Roof and Tree. They got it done fast and Slim didn't have to empty out his "sweet used motorcycle" savings account to pay for it. As their name suggest, they do trees and roofs, Got a leaky roof or damage from a storm? Got a tree that's about to fall on your neighbor's roof? Call Marcus right now (816) 522-8660 or shoot him an email at HeartlandRoofer@gmail.com. Or if something comes up later and you can't remember their contact info, just get in touch with Slimfast and he'll send them your way.  Dick Ray Master Plumbers and HVAC! Thanks to our friends at Dick Ray Master Plumbers for fixing Slim's AC for a sane price that didn't break the bank and probably saved his relationship. They do plumbing and HVAC and Slim 100% vouches for them. You couldn't deal with a group of nicer and more professional guys. Go to their website and give them a call today. Now's the time to have your furnace serviced before you're stuck in the cold and HVAC companies get busy. Dick Ray Master Plumber Heating & Cooling in Overland Park, KS      

You walk into a restaurant and it just makes sense. It all feels right…the decor, the menus, the music and you know that they're selling more than a meal, it's a lifestyle. Today we sit down with Scott Lawton, the co-founder of bartaco, to discuss the foundational elements of the bartaco brand and how those elements come together to make the guest feel like they're a part of something special. For more information on Scott and bartaco, visit ⁠https://bartaco.com/⁠. ____________________________________________________ Full Comp is brought to you by Yelp for Restaurants: In July 2020, a few hundred employees formed Yelp for Restaurants. Our goal is to build tools that help restaurateurs do more with limited time. We have a lot more content coming your way! Be sure to check out our other content: ⁠Yelp for Restaurants Podcasts⁠ ⁠Restaurant expert videos & webinars⁠

Kirstan Blanchard is a social media influencer from Symsonia, Kentucky. During the 2020 pandemic, Blanchard took advantage of her time in quarantine to launch a successful lifestyle blog. She has since grown her following on TikTok to over 21,000 and over 26,000 on Instagram. Kirstan uses her platform as an online lifestyle brand centered around affordable fashion, mental health awareness and cultivating confidence. Blanchard recently stopped by Discovery Park as a guest for an AAF West Tennessee event. In this episode, she shares some tips and tricks of creating an online community, lessons learned while creating content and more. This episode is sponsored by the Hatchie River Conservancy.

Doug Wood is the CEO of Tommy Bahama, the world-renowned American fashion and lifestyle brand. Tommy Bahama sells tropical island-inspired casual clothing, accessories, footwear, and home furnishings for men and women. Toward the end of 2023, the brand opened Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa, a luxury resort in Indian Wells, California. Learn More: https://www.tommybahama.com/ https://www.tommybahamamiramonte.com/ In this episode of the Zee Learning Podcast, I sat down with Doug Wood, the visionary CEO of Tommy Bahama, and delved into his remarkable journey and leadership that has driven over 20 years of impressive growth and expansion for the iconic brand. Throughout the interview, Doug shared insights into his leadership style and management philosophy that have unified Tommy Bahama's diverse businesses—wholesale, retail, restaurant, e-commerce, and licensing — under a consistent and compelling brand message. Watch: YouTube Doug Wood joined Tommy Bahama in 2001 as Chief Operating Officer, rising to President in 2008 and CEO in 2015. Under his leadership, Tommy Bahama has transformed from a wholesale-centric company to a flourishing direct-to-consumer business with a robust wholesale division. Doug's strategic direction has been pivotal in developing a successful e-commerce platform, expanding retail and restaurant ventures, and spearheading the brand's international growth. With over 25 years of executive experience in business management, finance, and operations, Doug's expertise has been a cornerstone of Tommy Bahama's sustained success. Before his tenure at Tommy Bahama, Doug held key positions at AT&T/McCaw Communications and Boeing Defense and Space Group. A native of Washington State, Doug earned his MBA from Pacific Lutheran University and a BS in Business Administration for Finance and Economics from Central Washington University, where he was honored as the commencement speaker for the class of 2015. Join us as we explore Doug Wood's incredible journey, his approach to leadership, and the strategies that have positioned Tommy Bahama as a leader in its industry, along with an exciting look at the new Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa. Located in Indian Wells in the Greater Palm Springs area, Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa debuted on November 1st, 2023 following an extensive, $20 million renovation and redesign that pairs island living with desert luxury. This is the first resort concept for the elevated lifestyle brand, Tommy Bahama. Situated against the Santa Rosa Mountains, the transformed resort boasts 215 guestrooms and reimagined villa suites infused with a custom tropical design aesthetic woven into 11 acres of olive trees, fragrant citrus groves, and flower gardens. With 35,000 square feet of flexible meeting and event space; three saltwater swimming pools with cabanas; Grapefruit Basil, a new signature restaurant and bar created specifically for the resort; exclusive retail products at the new Rosa Boutique; and the 12,000-square-foot Spa Rosa, Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa will serve as a chic desert escape for travelers looking to soak up life's simple pleasures and celebrate their most significant moments. Learn more about Tommy Bahama Miramonte Resort & Spa:  https://www.tommybahamamiramonte.com/ Watch this episode: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r0or4jqtqwY&list=PLlTwnBWzuS7yU31j9qrZEY8T8QsSH-SjA&ab_channel=ZevGotkin

Tecovas wants to be more than just about cowboy boots. The ten-year-old company has big plans to become a high-end Western wear lifestyle brand. "Initially, it sort of was known as the Warby Parker of cowboy boots, if you will," said CEO David Lafitte on the Modern Retail Podcast. "We've tried to sort of migrate the positioning of the brand into more of a premium lifestyle brand." Lafitte -- who previously held C-suite positions at Deckers -- has been leading Tecovas for the last two years, and his mandate has been to expand beyond its cowboy boots roots. That includes expanding the brand's apparel line as well as growing its retail footprint. The company, which has locations in 20 states, adds between 10 and 12 store every year. By 2023, it had 33 locations and is on track to open 11 stores this year. The stores, according to Lafitte, are integral to Tecovas's success. For one, the locations are experiential playgrounds -- most have liquor licenses and they all focus on one-to-one connections with customers. What's more, the stores present a way for new customers to learn about Tecovas and its products. Right now, apparel represents around 20% of Tecovas's revenue. The brand is focused on growing that -- as well as growing its overall women's business. Along those lines, as Tecovas continues to expand, it is going into new areas that aren't necessarily associated with Western culture. It is opening a location in Boston, for example, and is keeping an eye out for another East Coast spot. "We've been looking in New York. We want to find the right spot," said Lafitte. "I'd like to be in Soho."

TAKEAWAYSAndrew Pudalov's background in finance and transition to founding Rush BowlsUnique aspects of Rush Bowls, focusing on texture, flavors, and nutritious ingredientsDifferentiation of Rush Bowls from other bowl and smoothie offeringsChallenges and experiences of running a franchise businessMarketing philosophy and approach to business expansionNational distribution strategy and category creationPersonal and lean operation approach within the companyRole of social media in brand promotion and growthFuture plans for Rush Bowls, including lifestyle brand expansion and new product developmentInformation on Rush Bowls and franchise opportunitiesTIMESTAMPSBreaking into the Food Industry (00:00:00) Challenges and costs of entering the food industry, including shelf space and slotting fees.Andrew's Background in Finance (00:03:11) Andrew Pudalov's career in finance, working for banks and trading derivatives.Life Changes and Starting Rush Bowls (00:04:20) The impact of 9/11 on Andrew Pudalov's life and career, and his decision to start Rush Bowls in Boulder.Unique Aspects of Rush Bowls (00:09:42) The early concept of Rush Bowls, its diverse flavors, and the difference in ingredients and processing from other similar products.Wholesale and Franchising Challenges (00:16:26) Challenges of entering the wholesale market, including the dominance of major food companies, and the complexities of managing franchisees.Franchisee Relations and Business Model (00:18:38) The dynamics of managing franchisees, the balance between following the business model and individual preferences, and the benefits of buying a franchise.Marketing Philosophy and Franchising Approach (00:22:56) Andrew discusses his unique marketing philosophy and the strategic decision to expand Rush Bowls nationally.Category Creation and Evangelizing (00:25:14) The importance of category creation and evangelizing the Rush Bowls brand, and the personal approach to operations.Role of Social Media and Marketing Strategy (00:27:31) The impact of social media on brand visibility and the combination of marketing strategies for driving store traffic.Rush Bowls Brand and Customer Demographics (00:30:52) Defining Rush Bowls as a lifestyle brand and describing the changing demographics of their customer base.Future Plans and Expansion (00:33:58) Andrew's vision for the future of Rush Bowls, including new flavors, textures, and the focus on being a sustainable and accessible business. If you enjoyed this episode and want to learn more, join Ryan's newsletter https://ryanalford.com/newsletter/ to get Ferrari level advice daily for FREE. Learn how to build a 7 figure business from your personal brand by signing up for a FREE introduction to personal branding https://ryanalford.com/personalbranding. Learn more by visiting our website at www.ryanisright.comSubscribe to our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/@RightAboutNowwithRyanAlford.

Tanner Sutton, founder of Free Fly Apparel, has always been drawn to the outdoors. With a background in his family's clothing business and a passion for fly fishing, Tanner's journey as an entrepreneur began when he least expected it - while working as a fishing guide in Montana. Today, Free Fly Apparel is known for its comfortable, versatile bamboo-based clothing designed for those who love to embrace the outdoors. In this episode of The Marketing Factor, I sat down with Tanner to dive into his entrepreneurial journey and the lessons he's learned along the way. From the initial lightbulb moment that sparked the idea for Free Fly Apparel to the challenges of scaling a business while staying true to its core values, Tanner shares his insights on building an authentic outdoor lifestyle brand that resonates with customers.

The TV Star was selected because of her love of outdoor life and the entertainment that Southerner's enjoy only to be ruined by those mongrel Mosquitoes. "OFF" are changing, check the episode out with JoAnna Garcia Swisher.

Designed by Claudia Garrard and handmade by the 38 trusted seamstresses who comprise our sewing room, Lenora's offerings bear an unmistakable, unparalleled mark of quality. The story of Lenora is a special one. It all started with Dina Yang, a pioneering Vietnamese designer whose expertise and superior craftsmanship set the industry standard. Eventually, Claudia took the reins, excited to build and grow the brand to reach an even wider swath of women. Today, she continues to elevate Lenora through new offerings, expanded collections, and ever-strengthening relationships with the legions of women searching for a certain level of care and attention to detail that has become increasingly rare in the nightwear market. For first-time and longtime clients alike, the spark of recognition when they find what they've been longing for in Lenora is instant, and an enduring connection is born.After all, we outfit the moments when women are most essentially themselves—the times when they unwind, recharge, sleep, become mothers, nurture family, find refuge, cultivate calm, seek solace, dream dreams… Lenora is a tribute to personal well-being through quality, comfort, and a bit of permissive indulgence. Stitch by stitch, yard by precious yard, Lenora shapes the wardrobe for life's most unguarded and intimate moments. That requires trust. And care. And a commitment to service and excellence in an industry that often prizes profit above people. We never confuse the two. From Lenora's sewing room to our clients' closets, our mission is to lift up and support all of the women in our orbit. --- Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/howdshedothat/support

Josh returns this week, and of course there are financials to discuss (NVIDIA is making insane money right now), plus Josh's latest burger, Josh's renovated home office, and other Josh-related content.  Where are Josh's boxes, what's in Josh's closet, what are Josh's floors made of, and who handled his 49" monitor while he was away.Oh, and we also did a show about this week in tech ... those topics are below.00:00 Intro01:35 Food with Josh03:25 Josh's office update05:06 NVIDIA is making an insane amount of money12:55 Dan Cases and Lian Li make a micro-ATX case14:44 Is Noctua becoming a lifestyle brand?18:00 Big brother is watching - with the new built-in Windows screen logger25:21 Cooler Master offers "ai" thermal paste for streamers27:28 The demand for HBM could cause DRAMa29:29 RescueZilla 2.5 released31:03 (in)Security Corner38:13 Gaming Quick Hits45:59 Corsair 6500X case review49:29 Picks of the Week56:43 Outro ★ Support this podcast on Patreon ★

“We want to get people to recognize that there are better-for-you options in the alcohol world.” —Jennifer Roman-Matito   While a night of fun and frivolity is part of the social experience, the unpleasant physical effects of a hangover can leave us longing for a better way— a way to continue the party without the painful playoff.  In this episode, Justine sits down with Jennifer Roman-Matito, the co-founder of Mother's Milk, a coconut water cocktail company that offers a healthier alternative to alcoholic drinks. She created Mother's Milk to provide hangover-free beverage options made with natural ingredients for conscious drinkers. Jennifer shares how her interest in healthier alternatives was sparked by unwanted physical reactions to alcohol and how this led her to create a line of coconut water-based RTD cocktails designed for hydration without hangovers. Tune in to hear the challenges of launching and growing a female-founded business from the ground up, what conscious drinking means, plus, advice on choosing the right ingredients, building strategic partnerships, and fundraising as a small business.    Meet Jennifer:  Jennifer Roman-Matito is a dynamic entrepreneur and co-founder of Mother's Milk, a pioneering coconut water-based cocktail brand aimed at health-conscious individuals with a penchant for revelry. Armed with a degree in Communications and Media Studies from CUNY-Hunter College, Jennifer combines her passion for innovative products with her rich island heritage to craft beverages that resonate with a diverse and adventurous audience.   As a self-funded and female-founded initiative, Mother's Milk stands as a testament to Jennifer's entrepreneurial spirit and dedication to creating distinctive offerings in the beverage industry. Leveraging her expertise in hospitality, marketing communications, and event management, Jennifer spearheads the brand's distribution efforts, forges strategic partnerships, and orchestrates impactful marketing campaigns to propel Mother's Milk into the spotlight.   Through Mother's Milk, she not only offers refreshing libations but also cultivates a community of like-minded individuals who embrace wellness without compromising on enjoyment. With Jennifer at the helm, Mother's Milk continues to captivate taste buds, spark conversations, and carve its niche as a trailblazer in the beverage industry.   Website  LinkedIn Instagram     Connect with NextGen Purpose: Website Facebook Instagram  LinkedIn YouTube Episode Highlights: 00:29 Alt Drinks for Hangovers 05:05 Building a Lifestyle Brand 09:17 Challenges and Solutions for Female-FOunded  13:38 Finding Strategic Partners 18:09 Conscious Drinking  

If starting a lifestyle brand has always been a dream of yours, this episode with Eric Bandholz, founder of Beardbrand, is a real treat. He shares how maintaining full control through bootstrapping allowed him to prioritize ethical sourcing and customer relationships over rapid growth. His story is a real inspiration for anyone who wants to create a business that not only succeeds financially but also supports their quality of life while staying true to their personal values.About Eric BandholzEric Bandholz started Beardbrand in 2012 with a simple goal: to make men feel awesome. From its beginnings as an online community, Beardbrand has grown into a major brand in the $3.2 billion beard care market, now offering a broad range of grooming products and even a brick-and-mortar barbershop in Austin. Eric attributes his success to staying true to his core values, especially freedom, which is grounded in stoic principles of focusing on what you can control. A graduate of the University of South Carolina, Eric left the corporate world behind to create a community-centric brand. Operating as a bootstrap venture, Eric has steered Beardbrand, focusing on sustainable growth and independence, avoiding external investments. He advocates for the lifestyle business model, encouraging a balance between personal well-being and professional success. Key Insights:Incorporate your core values into your business strategy. Core values are much more than psychology mumbo-jumbo; they shape every decision you make in your business. They help to reflect what your company stands for and attract customers who share these beliefs.Enjoy your entrepreneurial journey. Even though everyday tasks might often feel like a drag, finding meaning in them can help to maintain motivation and prevent burnout. And remember that there's always something to celebrate, no matter how small.  Leverage bootstrapping for greater control. Using your own money to fund your business can keep you in control and help you make quick decisions that are right for your business without external pressure. Focus on sustainable business growth. Choose growth strategies that fit your goals and business vision. Opting for steady, predictable growth is better than chasing overnight success, as it helps to maintain product quality, protects your reputation, and ensures your business grows in a manageable way.Build and engage your community. Hosting events, starting discussions on social media, creating loyalty programs, featuring spotlight customers, offering behind-the-scenes content… These are just a few ways you can turn your buyers into brand advocates and build a community that supports your growth. Eric's best advice for entrepreneurs:"What matters is that you're enjoying the journey [...] When you can focus on building today and what I'm doing at this moment, then it doesn't really matter where you end up."Get Eric's “Book of Reminders”Connect with Eric Bandholz:LinkedinInstagramXBeardbrandFollow Beyond 8 Figures:LinkedinXWebsite

Trump is fined $363 million and responds by releasing gold sneakers. Comedian Brooke Van Poppelen joins Francesca to discuss the Trump Lifestyle Brand, Nancy Pelosi's callous Gaza comments, and Ron DeSantis making some edits to his book ban. Then political reporter Dave Weigel on Nikki Haley staying in the race and the call for Biden to step aside. Democratic voters in Michigan are using the "uncommitted" box in their primary race to voice their opposition to Biden's unwavering support of genocide. Will he get the message and change course? Featuring: Brooke Van Poppelen, http://www.brookevanpoppelen.com/ Dave Weigel, https://twitter.com/daveweigel ** Francesca and Matt Lieb will be in SACRAMENTO, SUNDAY MARCH 17TH at 7pm. Don't miss it. Tickets here: https://www.punchlinesac.com/EventDetail?tmeventid=G5vYZ9ziXyJ0k&offerid=150041 ** The Bitchuation Room Streams LIVE every TUESDAY and FRIDAY at 1/4pmEST on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/franifio and Twitch: https://www.twitch.tv/franifio Support The Bitchuation Room by becoming a Patron: www.patreon.com/bitchuationroom to get special perks and listen/watchback privileges of the Friday *BONUS BISH* Tip the show via Venmo:@TBR-LIVE Cash-App:@TBRLIVE Music by Nick Stargu Follow The Bitchuation Room on Twitter @BitchuationPod, Instagram: @BitchuationRoom , TikTok: @BitchuationRoom Get your TBR merch: www.bitchuationroom.com

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In this episode, Karol welcomes Abby Roth aka Classically Abby to the show to discuss the concept of happiness and traditional values. They explore the idea that what makes us happy can change over time and the importance of choosing a life partner wisely. They also discuss societal pressures, the role of feminism, and the importance of family. The Karol Markowicz Show is part of the Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Podcast Network - new episodes debut every Monday & Thursday. Follow Clay & Buck on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/clayandbuckSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.