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The “Community Spotlight” edition of the “Ask the Expert” podcast series shares the stories of our community members. In this episode, titled, “Voices of SRNA Volunteers, Part 2,” Minaal Zahid and Doug Kirby joined Lydia Dubose of SRNA. Doug shared his journey with NMOSD, emphasizing the role of volunteers in providing support and education [00:01:49]. Minaal discussed her motivation to volunteer stemming from her brother's diagnosis of NMOSD [00:02:42]. Minaal and Doug delved into their volunteer activities, including organizing events and contributing to educational resources, highlighting the impact of volunteering on both personal growth and community support [00:07:13]. Minaal Zahid is an incoming neurodevelopmental disabilities resident physician whose journey in medicine was shaped by her family's history of autism and NMOSD. She witnessed firsthand the challenges her family faced in obtaining a diagnosis for her younger brother, who struggled with NMOSD symptoms for nearly a year before diagnosis, resulting in the unfortunate loss of vision in his left eye. Assuming the role of caretaker as the eldest daughter, Minaal was inspired to pursue a career in neurology to assist families facing similar struggles with neurological disorders. This pursuit led her to SRNA where she is excited to educate the general public and her colleagues about rare neuroimmune disorders and help enact policy changes to better serve patients with neurological disabilities. Doug Kirby has lived most of his life in Utah. After earning a degree in microbiology from BYU, he went to the University of Washington to gain his master's degree in environmental health science. Doug also spent two years in South Korea as a church missionary. He has been married to his wife Holly for 39 years, and they have 5 kids, all boys but the first four, and eight grandchildren. Doug spent the first ten years of his career in the environmental field working at two different hazardous waste disposal sites and then switched to information technology. During his career, Doug has been a developer and manager. He currently lives in Herriman, Utah where he and Holly are looking forward to retirement in a little over three years. Doug was diagnosed with NMOSD when he was 56 in 2017. His vision is fine, but he has some physical difficulties including numbness and trouble walking that he has learned to live with. Doug enjoys meeting with and learning from others who are going through similar challenges.

In this episode of Beyond the Inbox, we welcome Jimmy Hayes, co-founder of Minaal, a brand celebrated for its high-quality travel bags. Jimmy takes us through Minaal's journey, from its humble beginnings as a crowdfunding campaign to its evolution into a successful brand. Amidst stories of pandemic-triggered challenges and strategic product launches, Jimmy underscores the crucial role of their community - the very backbone of Minaal that ensured its survival during tough times. Alongside, he walks us through Minaal's marketing strategies, highlighting how the brand harnesses the power of email marketing for community communication and sales. He also delves into the concept of customer lifetime value and their approach to upselling. Join us to discover how Minaal continues to create excellent experiences, products, and memories for its customers, all while focusing on the process rather than the end state. For show notes, transcriptions, and past guests on Beyond the Inbox, please visit https://www.drip.com/podcast. And if you enjoyed this episode, please subscribe, rate, and review the show on Apple Podcasts.

Interested in building wealth and retiring early? Learn how from long-time traveler, Dean Kuchel, who achieved financial independence and retired at the age of 40. The self-proclaimed “King of Digital Nomads” has been working remotely from 100+ countries for the past 10 years, empowering others to pursue a location independent lifestyle. You'll learn Dean's beginner-friendly tips and tactics for achieving financial freedom before the typical retirement age. He reveals his mindful approach to saving money, investing, and building sustainable wealth. (It's simpler than you think!) Plus, Dean and Kristin discuss digital nomad gentrification, global citizenship, minimalism, and their visions for the future of remote work. This is a juicy one, so tune in and share it with a friend who might enjoy it!   Special Offers: Get a new laptop bag, travel backpack, or carry-on at Minaal. Pack light with Unbound Merino wool clothing, Kristin's favorite! Subscribe to Kristin's weekly e-mail list   Topics Discussed: Becoming who you want to be. Achieving financial independence as a full-time traveler. Money mindset. How to retire early. Investment strategies for growing your net worth and building long-term wealth. Changing your mindset around social status and consumption. Minimalism: The most important part of financial independence? Carry-on only travel. Being a responsible tourist, traveler, and global citizen. Digital Nomad Gentrification: Is it a problem or overblown? Digital Nomad Visas. Why Dean created the Digital Nomad Israel community. The future of remote work and digital nomadism. Quitting bad habits and addictions, like sugar. Top resources for learning about money and investing.   Questions Answered: How did you become “The King of Digital Nomads”? How do you become financially independent by age 40? How do you build your net worth and increase your ROI? Is traveling the world cheaper than staying in your home country? What does it mean to be a responsible traveler? How is remote work a solution for global, social, and economic issues? Is there any country you don't feel at home in? What challenges do you encounter as a full-time digital nomad? What resources do you recommend for learning about financial freedom? and more!   Episode Resources: Related Videos: 15 Remote Jobs That Pay $100K+ per Year How To Become a Digital Nomad: The Top 5 Ways Asking 10 Digital Nomads How They Make Money Online from an Island What I Spend In a Month as an American in the UK Pack Like a Pro: Uncover My Secrets From 20 Years of Travel Why I Left the USA for UK

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How to get started AND stick with it.‍Please don't forget to share with us on Instagram when you are listening to the podcast AND if you are really wanting to show us love, then please leave a 5 star review on iTunes! [Click here to leave a review on iTunes]‍p.s. Some links are affiliate links, which means that if you choose to make a purchase, I will earn a commission. This commission comes at no additional cost to you. Please understand that we have experience with these products/ company, and I recommend them because they are helpful and useful, not because of the small commissions we make if you decide to buy something. Please do not spend any money unless you feel you need them or that they will help you with your goals.‍Episode Transcript (Auto-Generated - Please Excuse Errors)Michael: All right. It's time to talk with our featured guests, Manal Sampat. What's up, Manal? Minal: I'm doing great. How are you? Michael: Not as good. You travel a ton. Where have you just, You came from SmileCon, right? Recently? Yeah. Minal: Yep. I spoke at SmileCon in Florida before Florida, I was in Aruba before Aruba, I was in Pennsylvania before Pennsylvania.I was in Virginia. I don't even know. It's, it's been, it's been, uh, it's been a lot of travel, which is amazing because I, I love to travel and I get, I love to speak. So it works out. Michael: Yeah, that's good. So then I know in SmileCon, you, you did quite a bit of, uh, workshops. If you don't mind me asking, like, what's your favorite topic to discuss?When it comes to marketing, Minal: can you, I mean, it's like asking you to choose between your children.I don't know what would be my favorite topic. I mean, I love everything. I love internal marketing. I love social media. I guess my best feeling is to provide the tools for people to implement. you know, for my thing, no matter what I'm teaching or how I'm doing the workshop, I want to implement, like, for example, like, I just spoke at SmileCon and some other meetings, and like, I have, you know, doctors messaging me saying, hey, I just implemented this, or I just did this, and oh my god, I can't wait, or I'm now obsessed with doing reels, I love it, right?And that's what I want, like, end of the day. No matter what topic I'm hearing about or how deep dive you go into marketing, any kind of marketing, it's getting somebody super excited and having them take action because that's what makes it work is the action. So if they can do that, it's amazing. Michael: Yeah. And I feel like a lot of the times the doctor, the practice owner may come excited or even the office manager, but the rest of the team really isn't all that excited or they're not ready for it.Or maybe they excited one day or two days and then they died down. Right. So. Talk to us if you can give us like a step by step process or system on how can we get our team excited and continue to be excited about marketing? Minal: Oh, it's, I think that a lot of it comes down to making sure that your team is one, they understand your goals.And to the house, they get incentivized. There's something in return coming up because you have to realize the team members are busy. They're already busy doing their actual job. So if you want them to now work on your marketing so that you could grow your practice, there should be some sort of give and take, right?Creating simple systems like, Hey, guys, our goal for this month is. So we are at 80 right now. If we get 100 new patients and everybody gets this, or you create incentive based on who's scheduling the patients, right? Or you can say, hey, our goal this month is to get 30 new reviews. So, let's go ahead and create a goal and create an incentivization.Now, for some team members, it works well, if they're individually incentivized for others, it works where it works. Well, if they are creating a, a, Big team kind of, you know, if you reach together with 30 reviews, we're all going to go and get many and patty. So I like we're all going to go for a happy hour or something like that.But you want to create a goal. I have a lot of practices and I get practices at my own events. Um, you know, from anywhere between 3 to 18 team members, they literally fly them to the destination events that I throw and they bring their team members and usually they make that happen as hey, let's let's reach this goal.And if we reach this goal, then we can all go to Aruba. We can all go to Turks and Caicos. We can all go here. and so now the whole team is excited and moving towards this goal because they want to do that. The first thing is you need to create some sort of excitement, incentive around it, just because not everybody's organically going to share your practice.And if any of the listeners here have my book, chapter five of my book, where I say teamwork. literally goes through the exact systems of creating and getting your team excited about marketing. So it's, it's, and it goes through the steps of how do you start with it. It goes through the steps of, you know, what you need to do as well.So it's super, once you start implementing it, it becomes easier. Michael: Gotcha. Okay. So then you mentioned incentives to provide of all the incentives you've seen your clients, practices, people you've spoken with what has been the best, like Oh, yes, this is really going to keep the fire lit under Minal: the team.It's very hard because I work with practices who are one providers to practices that are 60, 70 locations. So their incentive package and how they work their system is very different. If you are a smaller practice. Then, yeah, clearly you have you could do individually in civilization or a group one. If you are a multi location, then you have a lot more team members, right?So it's not easy for you to fly 50 team members to some kind of a location. Maybe you fly your management team or your. Marketing team or your clinical team. So it depends on it. You know, your practice culture, you know, your team members, you know, is it going to work well as a group celebration for reaching your goals or individual incentives or perhaps both or maybe taking them out for, you know, some sort of a destination kind of event or whatever it is retreat or however you want to call it.It really. comes down to your specific. I have practices who do as simple as 5 for every new patient that we scheduled or all the way to, hey, we are going to fly to whatever, and take everybody with us. So it just really, it just really depends. Michael: Gotcha. Okay. And then what if they are trying, like, I've seen this before where they're like, yeah, they're excited.They're, they're trying to reach the goals, but month one, they didn't month two, they didn't now they're getting demotivated month three month. And then they just kind of like, we just doctor, we can't reach it. We need. More money for ads, or I don't know, something, Minal: do you not? Yeah, so it's, it's different, right?So what I used to do was, Michael, I used to be the marketing ambassador for a dental practice. because of that, I did this every month. And the way that I kept the team super excited was every single month, I held a 90 minute meeting. Now, this wasn't like a meeting of like, here's a memo. This is what we are doing, right?Like, no, this will be a fun meeting. So I used to come up, I came up with this game, like a Jeopardy, like a Jeopardy game, but what I would do is, um, we'll, you know, shut down in the lunchtime. Get everybody gets lunch. You know, the lunches at the practice and they know this is a team meeting and I would create the jeopardy game and then in the jeopardy game, I would have all the questions, right?It will be clinical questions from desk questions, but also marketing questions and then all of the questions will have points. 5 point question. 10 point question. 20 point question bonus. And I would divide the team into different departments. So depending on how big your team is or how big your practices are, you could divide them into teams and you create a competition.And what people have to do is, because they know these questions are coming, this is where you add everything, something new you implemented. Perhaps you are doing a whitening promotion this month, or perhaps you change your FA, right, your financial agreement this month, or perhaps you change your script, for something with clinical, or something with the front desk.Whatever it is, you come up with all the questions, and you put your team members in smaller teams. And now you create a competition where you run this meeting as a fun team activity, and you would be shocked how much they all got excited every single month with everything we were doing, including marketing.And we will have a winning team and the winning team will get like some kind of a prize or a gift card or whatever it is, whoever it's in the winning team, and they would literally study. So they would go on like if they know the team meeting is scheduled for next week, like the week before I would start getting questions, they would be on the website.Checking out what promotions we are running, or they would be on like the social media checking it out, or they will, the clinical team will be asking the front desk team. Hey, what did you guys change this month? And you know, vice versa. And they all got super excited for this game because they knew it was happening.There was a winning team. There was all this fun questions. And it was a great way to learn because instead of creating. a memo, again, nothing against memo, but that could be boring. But now you would have some sort of a question. Hey, we just changed our appointment time for new patients this month.And then people were like, what is our new appointment time? And then, you know, the team, I would get buzzers from Amazon. They're like 20 bucks you get. So it's like buzzer. Everybody's trying to buzz and everybody's trying to, you know, get super excited about it. And it's amazing. It's super fun. And now everybody's talking about, oh, the new appointment time that we have for the new patient and the entire team is present there.So everybody knows about it. Everybody's making a note. And I did this every single month. And then during that same meeting, I would share the goals. I would share whatever, You know, where we are trying to be, whether it's marketing, because again, I was a marketing ambassador. So I did the whole marketing part.What do we, what results do we want? How are we working as a team? Where are we really lacking? What do we need to do to accomplish that? And it worked great. if you want to keep your team excited, you have to be excited. And you have to show that excitement to them, right? Like I would even go in and at the, at the lunch, at the lunch room, I would, I would have a graph or even in the dry erase board.I will tell them where we are every single day with our new patient numbers. So every single day they came down and be like, okay, we are at X. Well, this is our goal. So I'm like, are those people calling? Are we converting them? What do we need to do? And tell me what I need to do at my end. Sometimes they will come to me and say, Hey, next week schedule is falling apart.Can you go ahead and push out some social media ads? You got it. I'm going to push out some social media ads. Let's go ahead and do this. So there was this full on communication. Every day that I just kind of posted information, so they all knew where we were. But on a monthly basis to show them how excited we were, the doctors were, and I was, and the management, the team members were now excited too.Because if it's not in front of you, you're going to forget about it. It has to be in front of you. You have to get excited about it. Michael: Gotcha. So, one key thing that I feel like you're talking about too is, you kind of give the accountability to one person. In this scenario, it was you, right? So, who do you recommend, if it's a smaller practice?You know what I mean? Who can we give this accountability to and then almost kind of like train them to do this? Minal: It's easy. I mean finding the person who we want to be accountable one day how to be somebody that is organized So they could take on this task and they could stay organized with it. But the second is the personality They need to have like a fun energetic personality where they can actually help with marketing and with you know, capturing Content for social media or like working with the team and getting them excited because they are excited.Right? So you do need the personality. So organization personality. And then the third part is you want somebody who is also okay with tech. You don't want somebody who absolutely hates technology or is not even themselves on social media. You know, that doesn't help you because they don't understand how it all works.So those are the three things and you want to give them extra time. So you may be thinking of somebody already on your team that you have. and you can easily give them two hours extra a week is what you would need to get started with. And then you could add more and more and more, but you could get somebody on your team, or you could put out an ad and get a part time person who can come in.Or maybe you have a niece, a nephew, a daughter, a son, a friend, somebody, you know, uh, who's totally into this kind of stuff. And they can come in and kind of help out to for for few hours a week. So you can easily do that. The reason I said that you want somebody in charge of it is because, as you and I both know, when it's everyone's job is nobody's job.Yeah. So, somebody needs to take on the ownership of this and get excited and get the doctors and share with the doctors so the doctors are also excited. And this is true for the doctors. You need to be excited. You need to be excited because I sometimes get a lot of team members who are super excited and they will call me and be like, the doctor just won't take photos and videos.Doctor, this is your business. This is your practice. If you don't take photos and videos, why should your team care about your marketing? Right. Why should they even put anything in? Because you don't put anything in. So that's just some real side talk And if you are uncomfortable with photos and videos, perhaps select a brand ambassador, like a practice ambassador for your practice who can interview you or show it.But at the end of the day, it's your business and you're as a leader. How you act and what you do is what the team sees. You are the leader of the practice. You are the owner of the practice. So if they don't see you doing this or hustling or getting excited about it or sharing about it, then they are not going to do it either.Michael: Yeah, that makes a lot of sense. So then capturing the content for social media, that's super important to have in house, you would say? Oh Minal: yeah, 100 percent because everything happens inside your practice. Michael: Okay, so then they... According to you, like, or your advice, what's the best right now, like today, to be like this is the best type of content you need to capture for social media?Minal: Reels. less than 30 second videos. Videos of what? Oh, so much. This could be anything from a practice culture, to patient appointments, to testimonials, to a tour of your practice, to the team having fun, the morning huddle, you know, the doctor sharing a tip. It's just, it has to be a, Less than 30 second video and the 1st frame of the video, like you could even do a video and photo, photo, photo, photo.You know, you could create 1 video with videos and photos, but the beginning has to be some kind of motion. So the beginning slide of that 30 second video has to be a video and all the listeners here, if you were to go onto my Instagram page, uh, you'll see that I have a couple of reels on there. You'll see that one of those reels is like me in a boat, and you'll see, if you click on it, you'll see that I start with a video of me sitting on the boat, like smiling kind of thing.But then there's like a photo, photo, photo, photo, video, photo, photo, right? But so what it does is, You have, in general, your audience spends three seconds. before deciding if they want to watch your content. Our attention span is three seconds. And because it's three seconds, you have to capture them right away.And if there's movement, they usually are like, what's happening here? Cause we are nosy people. So we're like, hold up, what's going on in this video, right? So you want to always start the first frame with a video, and then you could have fun with a reel where you could combine videos and photos together, things like that.But the first thing is always a video. Okay. Michael: So video first, And everything else later on, how often should we be doing this? Because some people are like, I'm going to do it three times a week or Minal: I mean, you want to share at least four times a week, but you don't have to share a video four times a week.That's, you know, you don't necessarily need to do that. You just need to share consistently four times a week, real photos and videos. And this is why it's so important that your content collection happens inside the practice because you and I both know that. If you see that photo of that stock family wearing their blue shirts and their blue dresses one more time on social media.You know, everybody knows which one I'm talking about. That's not, it just doesn't work. Stock doesn't work. Um, the whole point, like the first word in social media is social. You have to be social. The first word in Facebook is face. You have to show your face, right? The first word in Instagram is Insta. It has to be something that captures their, their attention right away.So these platforms are not even lying to you. They're telling you it's in their names, what they want. So it's not really that hard to figure out what kind of content the hard part is. A consistency staying consistent and actually sharing. and many times I would have practices reach out.They're like, our social media is not working. And I'm like, let's take a look. And they probably shared something three weeks ago and they haven't shared anything since then. So what happens is the algorithm is like, well, you're not showing me any love, so I'm not going to show you any love, right? It's all about how much time you're spending there.It's all about how much time people are engaging with your post, what's going on. So again, if you don't show the platform any love, why should the platform show you any love? So the things are just there. So the trick is to stay consistent. So you want real photos and videos and you want to post every other day.So that comes out to be three to four times a week. And that's totally fine. Photos just start simple photos and videos. If you look at your patient, uh, your appointments, and let's say that you're open for five days a week, and let's say I'm going to be super like conservative, right? And let's say that you only see five patients a day, and you're open for five days a week.That's 25 patients you're seeing a weekly basis. Can you capture four photos? From 25. Yeah, you can. You could capture a photo with a patient with a doctor, the doctor coming in the morning, the team doing the morning team huddle, You could share photos of you guys, you know, going out to lunch together.You could share a testimonial from a patient. So you could share it. Photos and videos and always, just a side note, always get a written consent from your patients, for anything that requires marketing. Yeah. Michael: I know when it comes to pediatrics, it's kind of easy to, you know what I mean? Like, share those photos and talk about it and it's like, it's a cute kid, right?Like, here you go. When it comes to adults, do you ever feel, Manal, like sometimes you're looking at a practices page and you see like, them with the patient, them with the patient, them with the patient, and you kind of grow numb to it. You're just like, oh, another one. Can there be something, a better idea of them with the Minal: patient?Yeah, that's, to be completely honest with you, Michael, my favorite patients for social media are boomers. I have so many clients, practices who are killing it, killing it on social media by showcasing boomers. You know why? Because boomers love you. They are the ones who come on time to their appointments.They bring you cookies. they bring your cards. They know everything that's happening in the practice. They are super supportive. They respect you. They listen to your treatment. So I love to showcase boomers, but you want to do different fun things. So you want, like I mentioned, you want to have a combination between your practice culture.And your patients. So you want to show off your team huddles. You want to show photos of the doctor to the patient. You want to do a high five a great day, or you want to go ahead and create a testimonial, quick testimonial video with your patient as well. So there is so much content that you could do.And again, if you go to Instagram. on Minaal's stamp at LLC. I share all of this. Like I share, give you like nine dental reel ideas. You have them. I actually tell you what to post. Uh, hook ideas. Hook is what goes on the reel. It's a subject line that captures somebody's attention. I share it with you.I have an entire post on how to get your team excited about marketing. So all of those specific tips. You can easily grab, information is always there. It's the overload. And this is why I don't want to give out too much on the, on the podcast. Cause this is what happens when I usually do that.They get overwhelmed and they're like, Oh my God, there's no way I can do this. You can do this. All I want you to do, if you're talking about social, is start with four posts a week. That's it. That's your job. Your job is to start with four posts a week. I don't even care if the same posts are all patient photos of the doctors.It's fine. Just first get consistent with it. Just make sure you're implementing it. Then go crazy with all the trends and what's happening. But the first thing is to get started. It's like working out. You can't just run a marathon right away, right? You have to go slow. You have to practice every day. You have to get your speed up.You have to get your stamina up. You have to work out every day. This is similar to that. So it's harder for you to jump directly into the big stuff. Uh, you know, if I'm here talking about like, go ahead and find this and go ahead and do this and, you know, push it this way where you're creating a different kind of reaction and you're changing how it looks, you're going to.Say, Oh, that's too much. And that's the thing. Just start. Now, if you are somebody who has already started, good for you. Amazing for you. You're doing awesome. This is when you start leveling up and this is when you do start utilizing all those trends and topics and start, creating cross marketing and start collaborating with other people on Instagram and Facebook.Collaboration means whatever you post also goes on their page. You start creating internal contests with your patients. So there's a lot more you could do, but just get started. Thanks. Michael: So just get started four days, out of the week. Yeah. And then how can we just get started with getting the team motivated?Cause they feel like you told us a lot of like amazing stuff, but like, let's just say for example, the doctor's listening, he's like, okay, I have the perfect person in my team. She's going to be able to do this. I call her marketing manager, marketing Minal: director, whatever, marketing manager and marketing ambassador, content, social media manager, the name is just a name.Michael: Yeah. And then I give her what specific duties that she needs to do. Minal: Capture four photos or videos a week and schedule them on social media and then go and engage with them. Okay, and then you only need two hours a week to do that, so you don't need to do more than that. Their job should just be, Hey, look at our schedule.Look at the patients coming in. Let's highlight the patients that are more likely to take photos and videos with us because they love us. They're amazing. They're awesome. Let's capture a review from this patient. Let's go ahead and take a photo with this patient. Right? Let's go ahead. We have a team meeting coming up.Let's make sure we take a photo of the team meeting. So on a Monday morning, they should just look at the whole schedule and be able to tell what photos they're capturing. And then what I do is you always want to take photos and videos and create into a library. So let's say you did a team meeting and you took 20 photos.Don't share 20 photos only share 5. Save the 15 for future, right? So, because you will have those times where you have a lull or it's not, it's crazy busy and you don't have time. But if you have a library of photos, you can always take those photos out and just share them. So, you know, take a lot of photos, keep the library open, but their job should literally be take four photos and videos.Start with our patient base and what our team's doing. And let's just share that. And once we do that. This is when we can start adding more and creating it But yes keep it if you are brand new starting at this and you're talking to a team member also don't overwhelm them Keep it very simple for Michael: them as well Gotcha.Okay. This has been fantastic. So besides that I know You got something coming up pretty big which is I mean, you got a lot of things pretty big coming up, but... Minal: Uh, no, you're kind. Uh, yeah, I have CEO on the Beach in Aruba coming up. So, I'm super excited. So, CEO on the Beach is a destination conference, pretty much.Um, you know, I've done it, uh, I called CEO on the Beach because I grew up in St. Thomas, and... Beach is my thing. Island life is my thing. So, done the event in St. Thomas, have done the event in Turks and Caicos in 2023. And in 2024, it's going to be in Aruba! And it's super fun. It's all different topics. There is marketing, there is practice management, scheduling systems, there is clinical topics.I have amazing speakers coming. There's panel discussion. And like I said, everybody, you know, depending on who they are, your team members are welcome to join us. So, it's a fun event. How many days is it? So it's one full day is three days, but it's different audiences, right? So one full day is for coaches, consultants, speakers and companies in the industry.And then there are two half days for dentists and teams. And I say half days because you're in Aruba. you know, so we start at 8 a. m. We end at 1 p. m. Because I know none of you are going to stay inside in a room in a conference room in Aruba. Yeah. So, uh, yeah. And then, um, I'm kind of the event see on the beach.My, it's known for like epic beach parties, like in Turks and Caicos, we run the number one beach in the world for like a dinner and sunset and dancing and all the fun stuff in Aruba, the beach party is on a private island with flamingos. Michael: That's pretty cool. Yeah. Minal: You know, I kind of want to provide experience.Like, if you're coming to Aruba, that's awesome. And you write it off as a workation because it's a work trip, so you're writing that off. You're also kind of, you know, doing that. But at the same time, I always want to do the beach parties are my way of doing something that you won't otherwise do, right? So this, going to this private island and Being there checking it out, seeing actual flamingos, uh, you know, on the islands, interacting with them and stuff.So the beach parties are epic. They are pretty fun and people come with family and friends. Like, they really make it into a workation because the hotel gives a group room rate for over a week. So most The people come with family and friends and it becomes into a big, uh, big like networking event, but lots of fun and learning at the same time.Michael: That's nice. What's the hotel that, or is it already kept Minal: out or now? Yeah. Yeah. Everything is, I mean, we are, we are 50 percent full. This is not till July 2024. It's already 50 percent full. so it is in Aruba Marriott and Stellaris. So that's the, that's the hotel and the dates are July 25th to 27th. Michael: Okay.So there's going to be a link to that in the show notes below. And at the same time, if you type in TDM 150, you get a pretty awesome discount. So type that in there, TDM 150, and then that's also going to be in the show notes below as well. But any final pieces of advice, Manal, that you want to give to our audience?Minal: Um, no, like I said, if you're just getting started, keep it simple. Your job should just be to stay consistent. Just, it's just like working out. If you want to get better, you know, if you want to get in a better shape, you just have to show up every day and you just have to work out, right? You can't work out once a week and then don't work out three weeks and then go back to it.So keep it super simple. If you are somebody who has already started it and you are like, yes, I'm ready to. Level up. This is when you start using the trending sound. This is when you start getting more creative. You can use platforms like Canva and CapCut for like your videos and stuff as well.So you could start getting a lot more stuff. And if you're already on it, you're probably much following some of those trends as well. And then, as I said. Be excited about it. Like share those numbers every day or on a monthly basis, create fun meetings for the team so that they're excited about it and they get to see you and they get to see how amazing this is going to be.And they are into it as well. So remember, you are the leader. How you show up for this is how your team's going to show up for this. that's a big part of this. And the practice that I was a marketing ambassador was 25, 000 patients and like 40 team members. So I had a lot of writing on, you know, I have to create all 40 team members to get excited.So it could be done. You can totally do this. Baby steps, just baby steps. Michael: Baby steps. Awesome. So guys, thank you so much for tuning in. It's been a pleasure, but at the same time, and I'll thank you so much for being a part of the podcast. It's been a pleasure too. And at the same time, if you guys want to go in the show notes below.Click on any of our links to reach out to her and then check out CE on the beach in Aruba and type in TDM 150 just to go check out that awesome discount. Okay, it's awesome. Thank you so much for tuning in and we'll talk to you in the next episode Thank you‍

Kristin welcomes semi-retired nomadic entrepreneur, globetrotter, and radio host, Palle Bo, back to the show for the first time in 5 years. Also known as The Radio Vagabond, Palle has traveled to at least 115 countries since leaving his career, home, and old life behind in Denmark. In this open and candid conversation, he shares his travel tips, insights, and challenges with you, as well as how he has so much energy for perpetual travel!   SPECIAL OFFERS:  Save money on car rentals with DiscoverCars.com. Get a new travel or laptop bag or carry-on at Minaal. Subscribe to Kristin's weekly e-mail list. Join Patreon for $5 to be a part of our next Live Call & Hangout, happening on Sunday, Sept 24, 2023.   Listen to Palle's previous interview about Becoming a Digital Nomad in your 50s.   Connect with Palle:  Listen to his amazing podcast Follow him on Instagram   Connect with Kristin and Support the Show: *   Become a Patron *   Buy a Coffee *   Follow on Instagram *   Join the Facebook Group *   Leave a 5-Star Review *   Subscribe on YouTube   See the show notes pages on BadassDigitalNomads.com or TravelingwithKristin.com/podcast  for time stamps, transcripts, and more resources from this episode.

A couple of weeks ago I had the pleasure of sitting down for a chat with the wonderful Minaal Maan, all the way from Pakistan. I love doing these interviews as I get to talk to authors that I would not have been able to meet without the help of the internet. Minaal Maan is a young freelance writer and author who has just published her debut novel, “Our Tainted Souls”, available in paperback and e-book form. The book currently has a 4.8 rating on Goodreads. Her work has appeared in publications such as The Daily Times, The Fiction Project, and The Desi Collective. She has also recently launched “The Pakistan Chronicle” an online magazine that aims to highlight emerging voices focusing on inclusivity, and it can be found on Instagram as @thepakistanchronicle. Minaal enjoys writing about strong female leads as well as the transgender community and is drawn to the contemporary fiction genre. Her Instagram handle is @minaalmaan Read more about her and her book at https://jenyheckman.com/minaal-maan --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/jeny-heckman/support

This week's podcast guest is a Kiwi making a big impact on the global travel scene. You might remember a few years ago, a couple of NZ lads blew up on kickstarter with their clever carry-on bag. With a short fun video and a cool traveller friendly bit of kit, full of compartments and tech device friendliness, they landed more than ten times their target and then managed to deliver -on time -that much larger than expected order.Then, they did it again with their second bag, outperforming even the success of the first time. The brand is Minaal, a much loved essential for many travellers, and with its premium features, community of supporters and minimalist design, it has become a global hit. The two founders landed on the idea as a way to continue a life lived abroad, and it’s still working - with this week’s podcast guest, co-founder Jimmy Hayes in Auckland on a trip back from Japan, one of their biggest markets and one of his home bases.To talk making a dream into a life, global success, taking on an industry with massive incumbents, and the power of the crowd, Jimmy Hayes joined us for a half hour chat. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

This week, Melissa talks with Luke about blunt feedback, conflict resolution, asynchronous work, and having a company Vision. Mentioned in this week’s episode: Minaal   Slack Quip Asana  Simon Sinek Luke's Tips for Giving (Constructive) Blunt Feedback: Do it privately. Do it soon (don't wait!). Say it at the beginning. Use "I" statements and not "you" statements. Listen in for more!

“The AAID is an amazing platform that gives you the opportunity to learn both aspects (implant dentistry and prosthodontics) and helps you grow and learn from such great mentors that are always more than willing to clear your doubts, help you with cases, and are always ready to lend a hand when you need it,” Dr. Minaal Verma. For the first time in AAID history, Dr. Domingue is podcasting with someone internationally…and for good reason. This week’s guest, Dr. Minaal Verma, is one-of-a-kind. Her dental journey began by attending dental school in India, which led to her meeting implant dentistry superstar, Dr. Shankar Iyer at the AAID India MaxiCourse. Dr. Verma realized that prosthodontics and implant dentistry go hand-in-hand so she continued her dental journey by completing dental school a second time at the University of Detroit and then finished prosthodontics school at Rutgers University. But that isn’t all. Dr. Verma was then introduced to another implant dentistry superstar, Dr. Jaime Lozada, through the rigorous “Advanced Dental Education Program in Implant Dentistry” at Loma Linda University where, together, they conducted and were recognized for their research on Dynamic Navigation. Listen to this episode to find out where Dr. Verma is headed next, learn about Dynamic Navigation and a breakdown of other technologies, and the best practices to take to become involved in the exciting field of implant dentistry. The views expressed in this episode are those of the individual participants and not necessarily that of the AAID. Links from this Episode: Interested in contacting Dr. Verma? Connect with her by emailing minaalverma@gmail.com   Interested in becoming an Associate Fellow with the AAID, visit: aaid.com/credentials Interested in implant-specific education and networking? Join us at the 68th AAID Annual Conference in Las Vegas! https://www.eventscribe.com/2019/AAID-Annual/

Boyce and Melissa have returned from their respective Memorial Day vacations. Boyce talks about his adventures through Spain and Portugal, while Melissa discusses her experience in Fiji. Boyce then gives his rebuttal to the Disney Pod before they talk about their strategies for packing. They then welcome Jimmy Hayes, co-founder of Minaal. Minaal makes high-end […]

Selling manufactured goods directly to consumers, with no retail middlemen, has exploded on the internet. An entrepreneur with an idea for an original product can design it, find a manufacturer for it, and sell it online. I'm the founder of Beardbrand, an ecommerce business in Austin, Texas that focuses on beard care and men's grooming. This is episode 16 in my series on building an ecommerce business from the ground up. For this installment, I spoke with Jimmy Hayes, the co-founder of Minaal, a manufacturer of "bags and gear for life on the move."

Shownotes: https://fizzle.co/285 Would you like to get more people to visit your website? How can search engine optimization help you do this? Most of us are aware of the capabilities of SEO to some extent. But it is a challenging and daunting field to enter, so we thought we would supply you with some basics and tips to get your website popping! In this episode we look at the rise and development in SEO as a methodology and skillset and talk about how to go about optimizing your website from the very first steps to the more advanced ones. Today on the show we are joined by Matt Giovansci, an old friend and collaborator who we have hosted before on the podcast. Matt runs a number of websites and businesses and has spent the better part of the last two decades perfecting the game of SEO. We also talk about research, content creation, the evolution of Google and when SEO is necessary and when it is not. Matt gives us great insights from personal experience and his learning to help you on your way So for all this and much more be sure to tune in! Key Points From This Episode: • Matt's history of online work and search engine optimization. [0:04:20.8] • A quick introduction to the basics of SEO. [0:05:29.9] • The big change that occurred when Google got wise to link farms. [0:08:41.7] • When and why to even bother with SEO. [0:12:38.2] • The research and tools that can help you decide how to optimize your site. [0:16:11.2] • Using this research as a indicator and influence on your content creation. [0:23:52.1] • Comparing free SEO tools with the paid versions. [0:26:59.2] • The first steps that Matt took with his first site. [0:29:25.1] • Understanding SEO as larger, more advanced, customer research. [0:31:40.8] • The importance of patience and quality content in the SEO game. [0:37:38.9] • Where we are currently at with Google's algorithms. [0:42:32.8] • Combining and developing content as you learn. [0:46:02.3] • Understanding your role in Google's business. [0:49:55.2] • Some info on Matt's behind the curtain course. [0:51:27.9] • A round of quick rife questions with Matt! [0:55:02.1] • And much more! Links Mentioned in Today's Episode: • Fizzle — https://fizzle.co/ • MoneyLab — https://www.moneylab.co/ • Swim University — https://www.swimuniversity.com/ • Black Hat SEO — https://www.wordstream.com/black-hat-seo • Google Panda — https://moz.com/learn/seo/google-panda • Google Penguin — https://moz.com/learn/seo/google-penguin • Pat Flynn — https://www.smartpassiveincome.com/ • Gazelle Glider — https://gazelleglider.com/ • Pool Care Rap Video — https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n06MCOcdvo • Wait But Why — https://waitbutwhy.com/ • Elon Musk — https://www.forbes.com/profile/elon-musk/#119fc4f57999 • BagWorks — http://bagworks.co/ • Ahrefs — https://ahrefs.com/ • Moz — https://moz.com/ • SEMrush — https://www.semrush.com/ • Minaal — https://www.minaal.com/ • Brew Cabin — https://www.brewcabin.com/ • Pinterest — https://pinterest.com/ • Backlinko — https://backlinko.com/ • Roasty — https://www.roastycoffee.com/ • SEO fro Bloggers — https://fizzle.co/seo • Flywheel Hosting — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/fizzle-plus-flywheel • Squarespace — https://www.squarespace.com/ • Aer Tech Sling — https://www.aersf.com/tech-sling-black/ • Courage and Clarity — https://www.courageandclarity.com/ • Corbett Barr on Twitter — https://twitter.com/CorbettBarr • Chase Reeves on Twitter — https://twitter.com/chasereeves • Start A Blog That Matters Course — https://fizzle.co/start-a-blog-that-matters • Fizzle 80/20 Copywriting Guide — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/writing-copy-for-web • Fizzle Toolkit — https://fizzle.co/toolkit • Fizzle Goals Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/goals • Fizzle Journaling Course — https://fizzle.co/courses/journal • Fizzle Roadmap — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/small-business-roadmap-1-clarity • Fizzle Craft + Commerce — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/craft-commerce • Fizzle Project Management for Entrepreneurs — https://fizzle.co/sparkline/project-management-for-entrepreneurs • Fizzle Try 5 — http://fizzle.co/try5 • Fizzle Hosting — https://fizzle.co/hosting

Guest: Pierre Lambert YouTube Channel:  Channel Link: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UChuxvFyBYM3VtnLDz8l6vNA Instagram: @pierretlambert   Welcome to episode 4!  This podcast is all about nerding out with fellow creators on camera gear, travelling, and all that stuff we creators are obsessed with.    In this podcast Pierre Lambert takes over the mic.  Pierre is a YouTuber of French origins.  He started with daily vlogging and has grown that channel into a travel foodie channel with his wife Trina.  Pierre also has a photography channel now where he shows off some techniques in street photography.  To see what I consider to be some of Pierre's best work check out his videos on his instagram after the show!   - Pierre's history 03:05 - How Pierre told his wife he wanted to be a YouTuber 8:55 - How close Pierre came to quitting Youtube 12:21 - Pierre's future plan's for his channel 18:00 - The gear we carry with us 22:50 - Pierre's photography booking business 29:10 - Pierre's particularly memorable moments as a Youtuber 33:44 - Pierre's underrated favorite videos 39:55 - Why Pierre doesn't make content in his native language 46:27 - On responding to YouTube Comments 48:28 -Who Pierre would like to collaborate with 52:34 - More gear discussions 58:05     Videos We Mention:   Song from the Show: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tTdNiDESArY Pierre's 1st Videos: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yzKQ4udsDPE Pierre's Street Photography Guide: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gGX_hb8NfVY Tim Ferriss's Egg Video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PN2gYHJNT3Y Casey Mic Protector vid: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nMaMjLT_DdQ   Links:   My Thai Food Challenge:  Pierre's Travel Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCCOkgcOV2EZAvmwT_maw-pg Pierre's business: https://gokyma.com/ Joby Gorilla Pod: https://joby.com/gorillapod-tripods/gorillapod-3k-kit Pierre's 70-200 F2.8 Lens: https://amzn.to/2A7cjpC Pierre's first camera: https://amzn.to/2LrCfRp Pierre's main camera: https://amzn.to/2LItvmK DJI Spark: https://amzn.to/2ObiqvW DJI Mavic AIR: https://amzn.to/2Lkadb5 Peak Design Camera Strap: https://amzn.to/2LMUygQ My daily bag Minaal: https://www.minaal.com/products/daily-bag My travel bag Pacsafe: https://amzn.to/2JOkF4U Pierre's Fstop bag: https://amzn.to/2NEGSVk       People We Talked About:   SV Delos:  https://www.youtube.com/user/briantrautman Peter McKinnon: https://www.youtube.com/user/petermckinnon24 Mark Weins: https://www.youtube.com/user/migrationology Primitive Life: https://www.youtube.com/user/laws507 Caset Neistat: https://www.youtube.com/user/caseyneistat Christian LeBlanc: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCt_NLJ4McJlCyYM-dSPRo7Q Tim Ferriss: https://www.youtube.com/user/masterlock77 Gary V: https://www.youtube.com/user/GaryVaynerchuk Sonny: https://www.youtube.com/user/sonnysidevideos Sorelle Amore: https://www.youtube.com/user/SorelleIAm Yes Theory: https://www.youtube.com/user/PracProcrastination Will Smith: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCKuHFYu3smtrl2AwwMOXOlg Making it happen: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCuS5fmeEDpnW5JPMdRhGm7A Matti Haapoja: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbvIIQc5Jo9-jIXnkPe03oA     Questions:   The Host: James Finn   To Learn More About What The Host Is Up To:   Blog: http://Jamesfinn.me Youtube: http://youtube.com/c/jamesfinn Instagram: @heyjamesfinn    

Jason Zook is one of the must creative and innovative entrepreneurs I know. He lives his life (both on and offline) by one rule: he must Do Things Differently, however possible. This is evident in everything from his website copy, to his wacky businesses where he even sold his last name to a company for a whopping $50,000.  I love the authentic boldness he brings to his ventures, and to his life, and in today's episode we go behind the scenes of how he makes it all possible.  SUBSCRIBE: iTunes | Stitcher Radio | YouTube FOLLOW JASON: Website | Twitter FOLLOW WANDERING AIMFULLY: Website | Youtube | Instagram SOME QUESTIONS I ASK: Which of your [crazy] projects stands out the most?  Why did you let people watch you write your first book? What advice would you have for someone who is mostly done with a first draft, but hasn't finished it? What last name does your wife have? How did you and Caroline gamify paying down $100,000 in debt? How do you and Caroline prioritize all their businesses?  IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: How he got the idea for selling his last name as a business and how much he made for it. Once his contract ended with the company that bought his name, how did he choose which last name to land on?  How he got a publisher to pick up his book after writing it. How long it takes to publish a book with a traditional publisher. Why you need an editor even if you're not done with the first draft. What you can say to your credit card companies if you can't pay them, and want to get rid of your debt.  Why you shouldn't buy Wandering Aimfully if you just started your business.  Why he and his wife are showing ALL the behind the scenes steps of merging their businesses into Wandering Aimfully.  How he and his wife begin every business meeting to keep rapport high.  And much more... MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: www.watchmewrite.co jasondoeststuff.com/working - article about 'Working to Live' www.dearbookpublisher.com Essentialism - By Greg McKeown Asana - https://asana.com/ Airtable - https://airtable.com/ Minaal.com  Jimmy Hayes on The Bold Life Movement Podcast

Doug Barber is the co-founder of [Minaal](https://www.minaal.com/), one of, if not, the best traveling bag in the world. Doug is a full-time traveler and wanted a bag that catered to his needs. Tune in as he and Ari go through the genesis of Minaal, Doug's astounding [Kickstarter](https://www.kickstarter.com/) campaign, and the meaning behind the name "Minaal!" _"I woke up at about four in the morning after a few weeks of mulling it over and not really coming up with anything good. And 'Minaal' popped in to my head, and I registered the dot com and went back to sleep after that...we discovered it is a word already...it was the made up word that wasn't."_ Get to know Doug as Ari dives into the process Doug went through to prototype, manufacture, and market the bag. Learn Doug's "Why?" and what being a traveler means to him. And hear Doug's tips on how to be a more effective traveler. **Quickie:** - Doug and Jimmy, the founders of Minaal, met and bonded while living in a van with 3 other people, eventually circumnavigating North America on a 17,000 mile, 52-day road trip. - They wanted Minaal to go against standard forms of production and put emphasis on the user instead of producing dozens of models to satisfy sales targets and quotas. - Doug and Jimmy ran a Kickstarter campaign that raised over $560,000 -- 56 times more than they hoped to raise. - What are the best ways to travel? - How to minimize jet lag. - What does a full-time traveler HAVE to have in his bag? Find out more about what we are doing at [www.lessdoing.com](http://www.lessdoing.com) Join the Less Doing Labs Community and follow Ari on [Facebook.](https://www.facebook.com/lessdoing/) Find the show on Twitter @lessdoing -- what's your biggest productivity challenge? Make it an effective day! ------- [Get the FREE Optimize, Automate, Outsource Blueprint here.](https://go.lessdoing.com/blueprint?utm_campaign=blueprint-ari&utm_medium=link&utm_source=podcast) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/lessdoing/message

In episode 163, we look at the travel brand Minaal, their incredibly successful kickstarter, and their path to turn this into a successful, long-term business.

In this episode, I talk to an entrepreneur that started a completely digital nomad business. In this episode you'll learn: How they invested $100,000 creating their product. How to overcome the challenges of starting a business while traveling. What kind of prep you need to do before launching your first Kickstarter campaign.

Not all Kickstarter campaigns are created equal. Even the mostly-good ones that eventually satisfy their backers are often plagued with delays and poor communication. But once in a while, there's a campaign that runs smoothly, communicates openly, and delivers a great product on time as promised — and Minaal is one company that pulled off such a campaign to launch its line of travel bags. This week, we're joined by co-founder Jimmy Hayes to discuss how they pulled it off and what their experience can teach us about other campaigns and the broader crowdfunding ecosystem.

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Need to fit your entire life (including computer) into a carry-on, use the same bag to summit a mountain, and then show up to a meeting looking the part? Well look no further, the Minaal backpack is here. Doug Barber, Co-founder of Minaal, shares how he and his friend Jimmy Hayes came to develop their … Continue reading "Doug Barber: The Minaal Story" The post Doug Barber: The Minaal Story appeared first on The Blog of Ian Robinson.

Joining me on today is one of the hardest hustlers I know, Jimmy Hayes, who co-founded his business with his best friend and travel companion, Doug Barber. These are two hardworking guys who left New Zealand to develop an incredible high-end travel gear company called Minaal. They turned their incessant love of travel and their disdain for the drudgery of “normal” jobs into a sustainable business where travel is automatically built in. Coming up with your own products to sell can be quite difficult, but Jimmy has to give credit to Doug for his passionate dislike for the travel gear he was using at the time, and having the vision and the gall to believe he could create something better. That coupled the great feedback they received from potential customers during the prototype phase (myself included) gave them momentum and pushed them to continue past the inevitable hurdles that come with any startup. Crowdfunding has been a game changer for the product development industry, and Jimmy threw everything he had at their Kickstarter campaign. They blew past their $30K goal in 6.5 hours, and ended their funding with $343,000 in funding. Unbelievable! Jimmy credits this successful campaign to the work they did through the testing and sample phase of development. He says that for a successful campaign, you've got to be in there with your customer base, soliciting feedback and using that feedback to make your product better. If your target market is included in the process of building your product through their feedback, they'll have a much greater personal investment in the final product because their direct input went into producing it. You will have created a customer for life by including them in the process. The seeds for your success come before the Kickstarter. People who help in the development phase write the story of the product, and have incredible buy-in to your success. Creating products that they would want to use and to be seen using just naturally led to their aesthetic and branding. Jimmy's big on being authentic in life and business, and this desire unsurprisingly led them to a branding that the average traveler can relate to. Jimmy considers his job with Minaal done when two customers meet and get married all due to their Minaal bags: “I want a user marriage!”   All joking aside, the future for Minaal is something Jimmy's thinking about. They're constantly taking a look at what's working and what isn't, and what they enjoy doing as they plan the future. He sees much more customer interactions and being facilitators for a community of people with shared values. Some of the issues they've experienced is not being able to fulfill so many orders. A great problem to have for sure, but it's something they'll be working on in the near future. On a personal (and business) note, Jimmy's really working on managing the business and his time better while he's on the road. It's difficult to get work done while traveling full time, and he's looking to scale back and strategize his travel more in the coming year, removing the concept that “every ticket is a one way.” Jimmy's enthusiasm for building a business around what he loves comes out in everything he says. You're gonna love this interview with one of my favorite Kiwis! SOME QUESTIONS I ASK: How did they become so passionate about their products that they pursued them for so long before actually seeing an ROI? What went into preparing for their Kickstarter campaign? What does the future hold for Minaal? What does Minaal's marketing look like between Kickstarter campaigns? How do you manage your business and your time when you're on the road traveling so much? How has being nomad impacted your personal life?   IN THIS EPISODE, YOU WILL LEARN: How belief in your ideas can push you through the obstacles you'll encounter as entrepreneurs. How crowdfunding can give more than just monetary benefits to a potential or growing business. What it takes to have a mega successful crowdfunding campaign. How Jimmy approached the branding of Minaal and how he made it so very personal and authentic to him and his style. Why they hold retreats for their people to build their company culture and brand. Plus much more… DON'T STOP HERE… com Instagram Pinterest Facebook Twitter ADDITIONAL RESOURCES Minaal Kickstarter Video  

Google Chrome und Safari sind heute im die Zwischenstopps bei Sven, Patrick und Andreas. Wer hat was in der Toolbar, wie werden Favoriten gehandhabt und was für Extensions sind unglaublich unverzichtbar? Lieber Fluggast, wenn dir das Gehörte gefällt oder dir Sorgenfalten auf die edle Stirn fabriziert, dann haben wir etwas für dich: iTunes Bewertungen. Überbleibsel Why It’s OK to Block Ads Minaal mit neuer Kickstarter Kampagne: Ein großes Bild auf Minaal.com deutet an, was Sven’s aktuell liebster Reisegepäckhersteller als nächstes vorhaben. Eine neue Kampagne mit verbessertem Rucksack/Tasche, dann auch in zwei Größen, ist auf dem Wege. Bio Zitronen von Amazon Überschallneuigkeiten Transforming Bar Desk Wer vom blitzschnell vom Workaholic zum Barkeeper switchen will, der darf hier mal klicken und dann ab in den Hobbykeller flitzen, um mit Hammer und Säge den In-Treffpunkt des Hauses zu bauen. 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Jimmy is the Co Founder of the high-end travel gear company Minaal, and they are preparing to release a revolutionary new carry-on luggage design. Starting out from his remote home country of New Zealand, then relocating to Vietnam, and then the US, Jimmy is living proof tht, just doing it, really works.

Packed into this episode, you'll hear how Jimmy and Doug designed, manufactured, and launched a campaign with the goal of raising $30,000, but ended up with $340,000 in support of their vision. 

http://www.tropicalmba.com/crowdsourcing/ http://www.tropicalmba.com/crowdsourcing/ So many people struggle to get a great idea off the ground because they didn’t validate and ask the market to vote with their wallets. Jimmy and Doug from Minaal have completely turned this on its back. Not only were they meticulously calculated about the launch of their killer travel bag designed for location...

Jimmy is the Co-Founder of the high-end travel gear company Minaal, and they are preparing to release a revolutionary new carry-on luggage design. Starting out from his remote home country of New Zealand, then relocating to Vietnam, and then the US, Jimmy is living proof that ‘just doing it’ really works.

Minaal was founded on the core principle of reducing travel drag, by offering durable gear that saves you time without sacrificing style. Co-founder Jimmy Hayes joins us this week to talk about product design, soliciting initial feedback, prototyping new models, and business lessons he’s learned along the way. Topics Discussed: 03:00 – Background of Minaal, inspiration, and product lines 04:30 ... The post #54: Behind The Scenes of Product Development with Jimmy Hayes from Minaal appeared first on Build My Online Store.