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We've all probably thought about it at one time or another: "If money wasn't an issue but I could only pick three guns to use for the rest of my life, what would they be?" This is often a common thought experiment I've seen in various forms during my time as a firearms owner and today we're bringing all of you some direct answers straight from the knowledgeable yet eclectic TFB staff. For this first discussion, we're bringing on seasoned TFB writer and AllOutdoor.com Managing Editor Adam Scepaniak, as well as AOD and OHUB writer Paul B to talk about their own picks for their minimalist three gun setup, in addition to some extra talk about forgotten cartridges we miss or wish were more popular. Of course, we'd like to hear from our audience too! What would be your three picks for guns if you could only own three for the rest of your life? Thanks again for tuning in to TFB's Behind the Gun Podcast, we're looking forward to hearing from you soon! 

Rodney Sampson is heralded as the leading inclusive innovation, entrepreneurship and investment ecosystem builder in the world, particularly given his mission to ensure that everyone, everywhere, particularly socially disadvantaged communities, have equitable access to the new multi-generational wealth creation opportunities afforded in the future of work and fourth industrial revolution as definitive paths to reducing poverty and the racial wealth gap everywhere. In 2013, Sampson cofounded Opportunity Hub (OHUB) as a follow up to the highly successful Kingonomics' book release and large-scale conferences in Atlanta, GA and Washington, D.C. OHUB scaled quickly to become the leading multi-campus coworking space, entrepreneurship center and tech hub featuring over 300 events a year, a startup pre-accelerator, coding boot-camp, and scholarship initiative and angel investing platform for founders from underestimated and under-tapped communities. Over 15,000 people walked through OHUB's doors each year. From 2015-17, Sampson was a Partner at TechSquare Labs, a tech hub, seed stage venture fund and creator of the $100,000 Atlanta Startup Battle. Today, TechSquare Labs' portfolio companies have raised follow on capital of nearly $300 million, are valued at over $1.5 billion, generate over $100 million in annual recurring revenue and employ over 1000 people and growing. He remains the largest minority limited partner in the fund. Today, as Executive Chairman & CEO of Opportunity Hub and OHUB Foundation, Sampson is focused on scaling OHUB as the definitive global future of work, opportunity and wealth creating platform by ensuring that everyone, everywhere has early exposure to tech, startup and venture; in demand technology education, training and talent placement; inclusive entrepreneurial ecosystem building; and capital formation. This is driven by the thousands of college and young professional members and growing from hundreds of colleges and universities across America and beyond. OHUB is a supplier, vendor and partner to over 50 tech companies, major corporations, high growth startups, venture funds, municipalities, foundations, associations, colleges and universities and growing. Current national initiatives include OHUB@Cities, OHUB@Campus, HBCU@SXSW, 100 Black Angels Fund I and DEIS, a new strategy, service and future software platform to operationalize diversity, equity and inclusion across the major divisions of growing enterprises. Sampson is also a Nonresident Senior Fellow in the Metropolitan Policy Program at the Brookings Institution in Washington, D.C. and a Professor of Entrepreneurship at Morehouse College in Atlanta, GA. Sampson previously served as the 1st Head of Diversity at Mark Burnett Productions, executive producers of the hit ABC show, ABC's Sharktank. A strong believer in philanthropy and its role in social impact and advocacy, Sampson supports and serves on the boards of Artificial Intelligence for All (AI4All), Multicultural Media, Telecom and Internet Council (MMTC), International Bishops Conference, and GA Technology for All Policy Summit.Sampson was educated at Tulane University, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine and Keller Graduate School of Management. Sampson resides in Atlanta, GA with his wife and six children.

This week on the podcast we have our very own Adam Scepaniak. Adam has been with TFB for several years now and has contributed much to both TFB and our sister sites. Adam is an avid hunter and outdoorsman with decades of experience with hunting in the great white north of Minnesota.  While not a prepper, Adam is a staunch supporter of "being prepared" for if (or more likely when) you find yourself without first world comforts and supplies and it shows through in how he presents his writing and his personality. Adam is the current Managing Editor for AllOutdoor.com which focuses more on traditional hunting and outdoorsman activities. You can find Adam on Instagram here.

Angehende Entrepreneur*innen und Intrapreneur*innen profitieren extrem vom Austausch mit Gründer*innen und deren Erfahrungen. Im Rahmen der Gründungssensibilisierung setzt die OTH Amberg-Weiden und der O/HUB daher auf die Erfahrungen von Tobias Walbert. Als Seriengründer der in den vergangenen Jahren zehn digitale und physische Produkte auf den Markt gebracht hat, teilt er seine Erfahrungen und hilft den […]

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On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we sit down with Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride, authors of the new book, The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business. We talk about the current and future state of entrepreneurship and hear some stories about new builders making an impact in their local communities. Let's get started.Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast to help you rethink, reset, and remix yourself and your organization. Each week, we'll bring the latest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses, as well as the tools, tactics, and trends you'll need to thrive as a new innovator.Interview Transcript with Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride, Authors of The New BuildersBrian Ardinger: Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger. And as always, we have some amazing guests. Today, we have Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride, authors of the new book, The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business. Welcome to the show. Elizabeth Macbride: Thank you very much.Brian Ardinger: I'm excited to have you on. Let me start out with a little background and bios for our audience. Among other things, Seth, you are the co-founder of the venture capital firm Foundry Group and Pledge 1%, which is a global network of companies that have pledged equity and time and product back to local communities.And Elizabeth, you are an award-winning business journalist, and founder of Times of Entrepreneurship, which is a new publication covering entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley, which is a topic near and dear to our heart. So welcome to the show. The first question I want to start with is what's the current state of entrepreneurship and what led you to write this book?Elizabeth Macbride: So, the current state of entrepreneurship in the United States is not nearly as good as people think it is. We concluded after our two years of working on the book, that entrepreneurship in the US is in this, in a state of profound decline. It's been declining over the past 40 years for a whole host of reasons. And I know we'll get into that some more. But I'll just answer the question as well about how we came to write the book, which is that I'm the original, like overlooked, not the original one, but an overlooked founder myself. Right. So I got a divorce seven years ago and had to reinvent my career pretty fast as a business journalist to feed my two kids. In doing that, I ended up founding this publication times of entrepreneurship. And along that journey met Seth, who has, a side specialty to being a venture capitalist, which is really supporting overlooked entrepreneurs. And so, we bonded over that and decided to write a book two years ago. That's how it came about.Seth Levine: Brian, I guess I'd add to that. We knew that there were really interesting stories, right? You tell many of them on your podcast of people building businesses that were for starters outside of Silicon Valley, and the big tech hubs. But also, really interesting businesses, but that weren't necessarily these sort of high growth tech focused businesses.And we wanted to tell their stories. Frankly, we thought it'd be kind of a lighthearted book. Interesting look at some founders that maybe were a little bit different than what people think of when they think of founders. But as we did all the research, we realized for starters, what Elizabeth just described, which is that entrepreneurship in the US is actually dying.And then we also learned that the types of people that are starting new businesses are very different than those people realize. Specifically, that the majority of new business owners are black, brown, female, and also quite a bit older than most people realize. And that, we realized as we came across these data, that these stories really need to be told. That it sort of went from a lighthearted, Hey, this will be fun. And we'll tell some interesting stories of people doing things out of the mainstream media eye. To, oh wow, there are some critical stories that we need to be telling here because we have a window here to change the trajectory of entrepreneurship in the us, and we'd act on it. Brian Ardinger: You know, and I think that's one of the things that we obviously talk about, you know, Tech Crunch and you hear the stories of the unicorns and things along those lines. And obviously that's important and that. But can you define, like, what is entrepreneurship to you? It's not just the tech giants that we're hearing about. How do you define a new builder? And what's the difference that you saw out there? Elizabeth Macbride: The way entrepreneurship traditionally has been defined is broader than the way it's currently defined. And so, when we looked at it and really, there's no reason why we should think of entrepreneurship as only the tech founders of Silicon Valley. They're part of the universe. They're not really the center of the universe. And definitely not the entire universe right. They're maybe 1% of all businesses in the US get venture capital funding.So, the fact that we're so consumed by that is sort of crazy. Because the other 99% are in fact, the drivers of a lot of jobs, they're actually drivers of innovation, we would argue as well. And they support and are part of our communities in just a host of important, different ways. And as the economy transitions, I think they're going to be even more important. So we define entrepreneurs as a very fundamental basic thing, right. They're  people starting businesses. Seth Levine: And that's always been the case in the US. And really, if you look back, I mean, certainly the US was founded by entrepreneurs. I mean, in some cases, quite literally, right? The Massachusetts Bay Companies, you know, all of these initial settlers that came over were essentially entrepreneurs, right? Who are in business ventures to go and settle new land and send raw goods and other materials back to Europe? And still, we have this long history of entrepreneurship and something changed in the last maybe 30 years or so, where the concept of entrepreneurship, use to be very broadly defined a shopkeeper is an entrepreneur, a local business owner was an entrepreneur.It got eaten up by the tech narrative, right? And this idea that the only entrepreneurs that were worth talking about were technology, business founders, and frankly, the only businesses that were worth talking about in the entrepreneurship context are businesses that are, have this aspiration for growth. Right? You referenced unicorns. And we think that that's incredibly dangerous to the overall dinosaur and frankly just the health of the US economy, because it really only describes such a small number of businesses. And frankly, and I say this from inside the world of venture capital, I'm not convinced that venture is a very good model for creating. Certainly, it's not a good model for creating broad-based economic development. Right. I mean, we know it can create some really big companies. And by the way, those companies are incredibly important. And other businesses end up being built on those companies. So Shopify or Google, like those are incredible innovations that help other small businesses, but it's just, it's not the only thing. And I think we've sort of lost sight of that. So it's, we don't argue in the book that, you know, that big is bad, for example, and small is good. We argue that there should be a balance just like we don't argue that venture capital should go away or anything crazy like that venture is great. But we talk about needing to create not just unicorns, but camels. So much more party actually real and not mythical, you know, animals that, you know, businesses that are sustainable and, and, you know, really are the drivers of our economy.Brian Ardinger: So you mentioned in the book, the research and that, around entrepreneurship and that it's going down and there's challenges around that. What is hindering the rise of new builders? Elizabeth Macbride: There's a lot, that's hindering a rise of new builders. You know, what we focused on in the book is really finance and that's the world that Seth and I both come from. So, we felt like we had a lot to say about it. And it's probably, I think it's deeply woven with the question of networks, but right, businesses need capital to grow. They just do. Like, we've also gotten consumed by this myth that what you need is grit, or perseverance in that, yes, that's all true. But we found so much grit and so much perseverance in the new builders that we interviewed. What they were missing was access to capital. And that is happening for a whole bunch of reasons.But maybe the clearest thing to say is that our system of community banking is really broken down. And I think that's the most direct tie. The other kind of pervasive issue is that the new builders reflect the increasing diversity of our country. So, they're women and people of color, immigrants, as they always have been, and older people. And they're really disconnected from the networks that also lead to that access to capital Brian Ardinger: in the book, you talk about something that really resonated this idea of a ghost startup or these companies that will never be created because of the lack of access to capital and things like that. Can you talk and explain a little bit more about that topic and the impact of that? Seth Levine: Hard for us to understand sometimes as Americans. Or really it's just humans, the thing that doesn't exist, right. We can look at the company that's true and see it was successful or it failed. Right. But what we struggle with is understanding businesses that just never got off the ground. And there's actually been some research that has studied this. And it sounds so simplistic.  But it's not right. I mean, Elizabeth describes capital is a key asset for starting businesses. And there have been some studies that looked at businesses that had more or less access to capital. And what they found is that there was no real difference in the innate qualities, right? The talent, the grit, those things that, that will make someone successful for people who had access to capital. And who didn't have access to capital in their businesses. But of course, there was a huge gap in terms of the success of those businesses. Companies that have access to capital, are more likely to be successful. And I think that's something that we really need to address.  And then Elizabeth talked about 1% of businesses receiving money from formalized institutional capital, like venture, which surprises most people.I think most people in our world think that it's a much larger, I mean, it's a big dollar amount, but it's a small number of companies. Which just goes to show you just how many more mainstream companies are actually being started out there. But only about 17% of businesses take money from banks. And so Elizabeth talked about a community banking system. We clearly need to bolster that system and increase the 17%. But we also need to recognize that a large number of businesses never take any formalized capital. They raise money from friends, family, you know, aunts, uncles, or they use a home equity line. And what's happening is that unfortunately people who don't have access to capital and don't have wealth built up over generations are struggling to start businesses. And this is diametrically opposed now to the people who are starting businesses, because the wealth gap in the United States, as many listeners may realize is 10 X between, the average white family, the average black family. That's true across every income level. That's true across every educational level as well.And the wealth gap as well for people from Hispanic origin is not quite as bad, but it's seven to one. So, at the same time that we're really relying on people's own capital sources to get them going, we're also the type of person who starting a business is shifting to the group of people that are less likely to have those personal capital resources.We need to address that. And we talk about in the book about a number of ways that we might, adapt, change, augment, help, better support our existing systems of finance to do a better job of supporting these new builders. Brian Ardinger: Are you seeing particular communities or particular areas of the US doing better when it comes to this fostering, this new builder?Elizabeth Macbride: That's a good and interesting question, actually. So, we did focus in the book on one particular community. We just ended up telling some woven stories about Stanton, Virginia. Which in a holistic way, I think did a ton to rejuvenate their community by entrepreneurship. So they started a community loan fund.  They have an angel network for that is like wealthy people in the community investing small sums in companies aren't necessarily tech businesses, but it could be like a pie company or whatever. They have both of those things going on. And then there's like, just a bunch of other community support. There's a maker-space there that I went down and visited. And it turned itself around that way. Right. On the foundation of some revitalization efforts that started in the eighties where some visionary business leaders downtown said, Whoa, we are not going to like destroy our historic downtown. Instead, we're going to, push really hard to preserve it. And on that foundation, the community was really able to rebuild itself economically.And its population is rising, which is kind of like the most basic measure, of community's health. Right. And actually, like super inspiring things during the pandemic. I mean, it ended up, of course it was suffering along with small, with communities everywhere, where small businesses were hurt so badly. And it also had a terrible flood in August that had like a storm cell just park over it and dump like eight inches.So enormous amount of rain washed out the downtown. You know, there were like cars floating around and as we reported it, we wrote about it for CNBC as well. And it's in the book as well. The community really came together. And there were people like digging out mud from storefronts to get their small businesses back up and running. It's inspiring what is happening in communities across the country that are pulling together. Seth Levine: So that's a story that sort of a physical, like a geographic community coming together. And it's a really good example of one. They took a long-term view. Lots of people got involved. There was a lot of buy-in.And, you know, a lot of what, like my partner, Brad Feld wrote the book, Startup Communities, a lot of what Brad and Ian his coauthor talk about in Startup Communities, I think was true in Stanton, but the other types of communities that we talk about a lot in the book are these sort of communities of like-minded people, right? And especially in this day and age, those don't need to be bounded by geography. Certainly the book is a hopeful book, Brian, and we talk about ways in which we believe that entrepreneurship can be revitalized. But we talk about some of these communities systibiz  in Denver or Ohub or digital and divided. EforAll we talk a ton about them. That, you know, these are all various communities of people that come together to help support new builder businesses. Some of them are place-based E for all works in certain locations. We talk about some of those, cause we, one of the entrepreneurs we highlight went through their program in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Others are a little bit more virtual, right? Where they might help people all over the place or bring people in together. But Silicon Valley has always been great at that. Right. And you know, there's so many stories of, I mean, how many accelerators are there in the world? Right? The Foundry, my venture firm, my day job, is the biggest investor in Techstars, which is one of the larger ones.And that's a great model, but how do we bring that. The network and the help that comes from being surrounded by a community of people that want to see you be successful? How do we bring that to new builders? And I think one of the things that we learned that scared us is that many people starting businesses feel like they're out on an Island and they're alone and they don't have resources to help them out. And that's why the community banking system that Elizabeth alluded to earlier is so important. We, it turned out, we were not seeking out community banking stories, but it turned out a number of the new builders that we talked to, their business trajectories were totally changed by, you know, what's in many cases, seemed like a chance meeting with a community banker who really spent some time to understand the business and then help them figure out how to finance it.Brian Ardinger: Well, and it comes back to capital is more than just the cash and the actual dollars that you put into it. It's capital of that network. Like you said, the ability to actually even find a, a banker in your backyard that you can form a relationship with and build that trust. And, you know, eventually leads to the, the capital capital you need to build a business. Seth Levine: Here's a statistic that should scare everyone. 25 years ago, there were 14,000 banks in the United States. Today there are 4,800. Most of that consolidation has happened in the smaller end of the scale, as we've created, essentially these utilities out of banks, by the regulations that we put on top of the banking system.And so obviously some of those regulations were warranted. There were banks that were, you know, engaging in predatory lending behavior or behaviors and you know, needed to be curbed. But, it perhaps went a little bit too far. And the result of that is what we're seeing in terms of the consolidation of banking, which is not good for anyone.Brian Ardinger: So, you mentioned the pandemic and obviously that's had an effect, but some of those trends were happening before the pandemic. How do you see the pandemic affecting entrepreneurship, both good and bad?Elizabeth Macbride: Well, traditionally, there's a surge in entrepreneurship after a big economic downturn, right. Because people lose their jobs. And so, they like to start businesses because they're trying to pay the bills. And we've seen evidence that that's happening right. There was a huge surge in new business applications in the fall. So September, October. I think, you know, that's on one hand, a hopeful sign. On the other hand, we think those people will have a harder time starting businesses than say they would have 20 or 30 years ago, because of all the changes that we described in the book. There's a huge number of people that are entrepreneurial in the United States and want to be entrepreneurial as evidenced by the participation in the gig economy, which is 60 million people in 2019. But making the leap from that to becoming a business owner and a small business owner, and there are so many benefits to making that leap.That's what's become much more difficult, right? Is formalizing yourself into a business. And I just want to add here, because I think your listeners might be really interested to think about exactly how that word entrepreneurship was co-opted because when we looked into the research and of course I'm a wordsmith and Seth is a word lover, too. We discovered that it was Ronald Reagan. Right. Who figured out that he could sort of marry the ideas that were coming out of Silicon Valley, this vision of the aggressive sort of free thinking, innovative entrepreneur from the tech world. And he used the word entrepreneur to describe only those people and use that as sort of like a push for global democracy and capitalism.You know, he just synthesized all these ideas into that word. Silicon Valley, the marketing genius's  took it and ran with it. And an important thread in that was this libertarian idea. That I think is really holding back some of the things that we could do to support the broader world of entrepreneurship.Because if you buy into that myth, that entrepreneurs grew up, that they're libertarians. That it is a concept. It's the free market. Then you don't invest in some of the social safety net programs or the government support. You don't pay that much attention to government regulation. I mean, so many CEOs in Silicon Valley have said to me, government's always behind, right? We don't need to worry about it. Like we'll just succeed despite them. And that is really not reflecting the true history of Silicon Valley at all. Brian Ardinger: Yeah, it's quite ironic because a lot of obviously Silicon Valley came from the rise of government dollars going into defense and other things that were, that provided that R and D and original push to start some of this amazing stuff. Elizabeth Macbride: Yeah, exactly. Right. And it's just disturbing the extent to which that piece of the story is left out. Right. And it looks like a very convenient retelling of the history. Seth Levine: And I think it's also important to note that, you know, the government, we've talked about this a little bit, not a lot in the book. But government spending is not bad right on research and development. And in fact, there's some quite a bit of evidence that companies are not always great at spending on R and D, especially as they get larger, right. A lot of innovation comes smaller companies, but then when companies get larger than they don't necessarily invest in R and D.And a great example of just that inaction was the, the tax cuts that were enacted a couple of years ago, where, you know, the deal was that we were going to give companies a trillion-dollar tax cut, and they would then invest in their businesses. Right in R and D. And the exact opposite happened. They didn't. And they instead really bought their stock back. Which for any individual business that was looking to increase its share value, that might've been the right thing to do.But it suggests that the people running those businesses certainly felt like investing in buying their stock back was a better bet than invest in R & D because they just simply didn't know where to put it. Brian Ardinger: So, let's talk a bit about some of your favorite stories in the book. Who are some of the entrepreneurs you met and what are some of the positive, hopeful things that you found through the journey?Seth Levine: There are amazing stories in the book, and I certainly hope that your, that the listeners will go and pick up a copy and really read it. Because I think we really tried to write a book that was balanced in terms of storytelling, but also facts. And hopefully that's coming through on this podcast as well.You know, punctuating the facts with real stories. So, you can get a sense for those facts and action. You know, we think is a really good way for people to understand what's really going on the ground. So one thing that I would probably point out is Isaac Collin, who owns series of Yogurtini businesses in Kansas City.And he's just an incredibly compelling guy. And it's a story of someone who really, you know, with both, persevered and had a lot of grit, but also was helped by others. So he got into business because he won a business plan competition. And by winning that business plan competition, he actually won both the monetary help as well as business helped by this very successful relatively well-known in that area, businessman. And he got to start a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory with this guy. And, and ultimately that was a successful business because he's just a good business person. And he was able to sell that business, use the money, the proceeds from that sale, then to buy his first Yogurtini  business.What I really love about Isaac and this is true of really all the new builders we talked to is his connection to community. And just how important it was for him. He now has three, I think the fourth was not quite open, he's about to open a fourth location of his Yogurtini   businesses around the KC area.And, you know, community for him, isn't even just KC, it's like the individual neighborhoods where those businesses are located. And he has that deep sense of community. And, and it comes through in his business in the way that, you know, people who work at the businesses, open the door for their customers. So, they welcome them in and kids are welcomed to come in and do their book club and, and earn free yogurt. And he's just a great example of a quintessential new builder who is hardworking and has reached out and figured out how to build a network around himself. And has other things going on. He and, and two other women started a yoga series that goes into inner city schools and helps teach kids how to calm and center themselves through yoga. Just as one example, I mean, he's just someone who's constantly giving back. So he really stands out for me as just the quintessential rebuilder. Elizabeth Macbride: I'm so glad you talked about Isaac, because we haven't, we haven't actually talked about him in our interviews so far. I would highlight the entrepreneur who is sort of the center of the book. Her story is woven throughout and that's Danaris Mazara who started her bakery in Lawrence, Massachusetts, literally with $37 in food stamps. You know, she just has this amazing story of lying on her couch. Her husband had lost a job. This was in the great recession. She had a newborn baby. She was like, I don't have enough money to feed my family here. With that $37 in food stamps, she bought the ingredients to make blond sold it at the break table at the Samsung factory where she was working. And it went from there and she was lucky enough in the process of developing her company. So she did those early couple of years with, by herself and with the help of her friends in the community, and then happened on  EforAll which Seth referenced earlier.And I love the EforAll story. And we tell Danaris's story in the context of the founder of EforAll which is Desh Deshpande who was a telecom entrepreneur in the 1990s and made loads and loads of money and gives it back to the world in many different ways. But one of the things he did was found EforAll and he really has some interesting insights that we report in the book about the differences between encouraging entrepreneurs in the main street world and encouraging them in like an MIT or Stanford. Because at MIT or Stanford, there's all these smart people in search of a problem to solve. On the main streets of America and elsewhere, there are million problems in search of a solver. And he really talks in a compelling way about how you encourage both of those communities. And we end the book with Dinaris's as well, and her optimism looking toward the recovery post pandemic. And so, she's incredibly inspiring. For More InformationBrian Ardinger: Well, it's definitely exciting to hear those stories and it'll be exciting to see how this plays out as the world changes in front of us. Elizabeth and Seth, if people want to find out more about the book and more about yourselves, what's the best way to do that? Seth Levine: We set up a book website. We'll put it in the show notes, but it's www.thenewbuilders.com. And that's a great place to find out a little bit more about the book. You can read a little bit about us, and most importantly, you can buy the book there. We have links to a number of local booksellers. We're certainly encourage people to consider buying from local independent bookstores, whether it's the handful that we have listed on the site or their own independent bookstore. We do have links to Amazon, to Barnes & Noble of course they're bigger platforms. And those are also great ways to buy the book. There's a Kindle version that will be released. It'll be out by the time this show airs and there will also be an audio book that should be out right around the same time that the show airs as well.Brian Ardinger: Well, Elizabeth and Seth, thank you again for being on Inside Outside Innovation, sharing these stories very much like to continue the conversation and have you back on in the years to come as, as the world evolves. So, appreciate your time. Seth Levine: Thank you, Brian.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. Until next time, go out and innovate.FREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER & TOOLSGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. 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On this week's episode of Inside Outside Innovation, we sit down with Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride, authors of the new book, The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business. We talk about the current and future state of entrepreneurship and hear some stories about new builders making an impact in their local communities. Let's get started.Inside Outside Innovation is the podcast to help you rethink, reset, and remix yourself and your organization. Each week, we'll bring the latest innovators, entrepreneurs, and pioneering businesses, as well as the tools, tactics, and trends you'll need to thrive as a new innovator.Interview Transcript with Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride, Authors of The New BuildersBrian Ardinger: Welcome to another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. I'm your host, Brian Ardinger. And as always, we have some amazing guests. Today, we have Seth Levine and Elizabeth Macbride, authors of the new book, The New Builders: Face to Face with the True Future of Business. Welcome to the show. Elizabeth Macbride: Thank you very much.Brian Ardinger: I'm excited to have you on. Let me start out with a little background and bios for our audience. Among other things, Seth, you are the co-founder of the venture capital firm Foundry Group and Pledge 1%, which is a global network of companies that have pledged equity and time and product back to local communities.And Elizabeth, you are an award-winning business journalist, and founder of Times of Entrepreneurship, which is a new publication covering entrepreneurs beyond Silicon Valley, which is a topic near and dear to our heart. So welcome to the show. The first question I want to start with is what's the current state of entrepreneurship and what led you to write this book?Elizabeth Macbride: So, the current state of entrepreneurship in the United States is not nearly as good as people think it is. We concluded after our two years of working on the book, that entrepreneurship in the US is in this, in a state of profound decline. It's been declining over the past 40 years for a whole host of reasons. And I know we'll get into that some more. But I'll just answer the question as well about how we came to write the book, which is that I'm the original, like overlooked, not the original one, but an overlooked founder myself. Right. So I got a divorce seven years ago and had to reinvent my career pretty fast as a business journalist to feed my two kids. In doing that, I ended up founding this publication times of entrepreneurship. And along that journey met Seth, who has, a side specialty to being a venture capitalist, which is really supporting overlooked entrepreneurs. And so, we bonded over that and decided to write a book two years ago. That's how it came about.Seth Levine: Brian, I guess I'd add to that. We knew that there were really interesting stories, right? You tell many of them on your podcast of people building businesses that were for starters outside of Silicon Valley, and the big tech hubs. But also, really interesting businesses, but that weren't necessarily these sort of high growth tech focused businesses.And we wanted to tell their stories. Frankly, we thought it'd be kind of a lighthearted book. Interesting look at some founders that maybe were a little bit different than what people think of when they think of founders. But as we did all the research, we realized for starters, what Elizabeth just described, which is that entrepreneurship in the US is actually dying.And then we also learned that the types of people that are starting new businesses are very different than those people realize. Specifically, that the majority of new business owners are black, brown, female, and also quite a bit older than most people realize. And that, we realized as we came across these data, that these stories really need to be told. That it sort of went from a lighthearted, Hey, this will be fun. And we'll tell some interesting stories of people doing things out of the mainstream media eye. To, oh wow, there are some critical stories that we need to be telling here because we have a window here to change the trajectory of entrepreneurship in the us, and we'd act on it. Brian Ardinger: You know, and I think that's one of the things that we obviously talk about, you know, Tech Crunch and you hear the stories of the unicorns and things along those lines. And obviously that's important and that. But can you define, like, what is entrepreneurship to you? It's not just the tech giants that we're hearing about. How do you define a new builder? And what's the difference that you saw out there? Elizabeth Macbride: The way entrepreneurship traditionally has been defined is broader than the way it's currently defined. And so, when we looked at it and really, there's no reason why we should think of entrepreneurship as only the tech founders of Silicon Valley. They're part of the universe. They're not really the center of the universe. And definitely not the entire universe right. They're maybe 1% of all businesses in the US get venture capital funding.So, the fact that we're so consumed by that is sort of crazy. Because the other 99% are in fact, the drivers of a lot of jobs, they're actually drivers of innovation, we would argue as well. And they support and are part of our communities in just a host of important, different ways. And as the economy transitions, I think they're going to be even more important. So we define entrepreneurs as a very fundamental basic thing, right. They're  people starting businesses. Seth Levine: And that's always been the case in the US. And really, if you look back, I mean, certainly the US was founded by entrepreneurs. I mean, in some cases, quite literally, right? The Massachusetts Bay Companies, you know, all of these initial settlers that came over were essentially entrepreneurs, right? Who are in business ventures to go and settle new land and send raw goods and other materials back to Europe? And still, we have this long history of entrepreneurship and something changed in the last maybe 30 years or so, where the concept of entrepreneurship, use to be very broadly defined a shopkeeper is an entrepreneur, a local business owner was an entrepreneur.It got eaten up by the tech narrative, right? And this idea that the only entrepreneurs that were worth talking about were technology, business founders, and frankly, the only businesses that were worth talking about in the entrepreneurship context are businesses that are, have this aspiration for growth. Right? You referenced unicorns. And we think that that's incredibly dangerous to the overall dinosaur and frankly just the health of the US economy, because it really only describes such a small number of businesses. And frankly, and I say this from inside the world of venture capital, I'm not convinced that venture is a very good model for creating. Certainly, it's not a good model for creating broad-based economic development. Right. I mean, we know it can create some really big companies. And by the way, those companies are incredibly important. And other businesses end up being built on those companies. So Shopify or Google, like those are incredible innovations that help other small businesses, but it's just, it's not the only thing. And I think we've sort of lost sight of that. So it's, we don't argue in the book that, you know, that big is bad, for example, and small is good. We argue that there should be a balance just like we don't argue that venture capital should go away or anything crazy like that venture is great. But we talk about needing to create not just unicorns, but camels. So much more party actually real and not mythical, you know, animals that, you know, businesses that are sustainable and, and, you know, really are the drivers of our economy.Brian Ardinger: So you mentioned in the book, the research and that, around entrepreneurship and that it's going down and there's challenges around that. What is hindering the rise of new builders? Elizabeth Macbride: There's a lot, that's hindering a rise of new builders. You know, what we focused on in the book is really finance and that's the world that Seth and I both come from. So, we felt like we had a lot to say about it. And it's probably, I think it's deeply woven with the question of networks, but right, businesses need capital to grow. They just do. Like, we've also gotten consumed by this myth that what you need is grit, or perseverance in that, yes, that's all true. But we found so much grit and so much perseverance in the new builders that we interviewed. What they were missing was access to capital. And that is happening for a whole bunch of reasons.But maybe the clearest thing to say is that our system of community banking is really broken down. And I think that's the most direct tie. The other kind of pervasive issue is that the new builders reflect the increasing diversity of our country. So, they're women and people of color, immigrants, as they always have been, and older people. And they're really disconnected from the networks that also lead to that access to capital Brian Ardinger: in the book, you talk about something that really resonated this idea of a ghost startup or these companies that will never be created because of the lack of access to capital and things like that. Can you talk and explain a little bit more about that topic and the impact of that? Seth Levine: Hard for us to understand sometimes as Americans. Or really it's just humans, the thing that doesn't exist, right. We can look at the company that's true and see it was successful or it failed. Right. But what we struggle with is understanding businesses that just never got off the ground. And there's actually been some research that has studied this. And it sounds so simplistic.  But it's not right. I mean, Elizabeth describes capital is a key asset for starting businesses. And there have been some studies that looked at businesses that had more or less access to capital. And what they found is that there was no real difference in the innate qualities, right? The talent, the grit, those things that, that will make someone successful for people who had access to capital. And who didn't have access to capital in their businesses. But of course, there was a huge gap in terms of the success of those businesses. Companies that have access to capital, are more likely to be successful. And I think that's something that we really need to address.  And then Elizabeth talked about 1% of businesses receiving money from formalized institutional capital, like venture, which surprises most people.I think most people in our world think that it's a much larger, I mean, it's a big dollar amount, but it's a small number of companies. Which just goes to show you just how many more mainstream companies are actually being started out there. But only about 17% of businesses take money from banks. And so Elizabeth talked about a community banking system. We clearly need to bolster that system and increase the 17%. But we also need to recognize that a large number of businesses never take any formalized capital. They raise money from friends, family, you know, aunts, uncles, or they use a home equity line. And what's happening is that unfortunately people who don't have access to capital and don't have wealth built up over generations are struggling to start businesses. And this is diametrically opposed now to the people who are starting businesses, because the wealth gap in the United States, as many listeners may realize is 10 X between, the average white family, the average black family. That's true across every income level. That's true across every educational level as well.And the wealth gap as well for people from Hispanic origin is not quite as bad, but it's seven to one. So, at the same time that we're really relying on people's own capital sources to get them going, we're also the type of person who starting a business is shifting to the group of people that are less likely to have those personal capital resources.We need to address that. And we talk about in the book about a number of ways that we might, adapt, change, augment, help, better support our existing systems of finance to do a better job of supporting these new builders. Brian Ardinger: Are you seeing particular communities or particular areas of the US doing better when it comes to this fostering, this new builder?Elizabeth Macbride: That's a good and interesting question, actually. So, we did focus in the book on one particular community. We just ended up telling some woven stories about Stanton, Virginia. Which in a holistic way, I think did a ton to rejuvenate their community by entrepreneurship. So they started a community loan fund.  They have an angel network for that is like wealthy people in the community investing small sums in companies aren't necessarily tech businesses, but it could be like a pie company or whatever. They have both of those things going on. And then there's like, just a bunch of other community support. There's a maker-space there that I went down and visited. And it turned itself around that way. Right. On the foundation of some revitalization efforts that started in the eighties where some visionary business leaders downtown said, Whoa, we are not going to like destroy our historic downtown. Instead, we're going to, push really hard to preserve it. And on that foundation, the community was really able to rebuild itself economically.And its population is rising, which is kind of like the most basic measure, of community's health. Right. And actually, like super inspiring things during the pandemic. I mean, it ended up, of course it was suffering along with small, with communities everywhere, where small businesses were hurt so badly. And it also had a terrible flood in August that had like a storm cell just park over it and dump like eight inches.So enormous amount of rain washed out the downtown. You know, there were like cars floating around and as we reported it, we wrote about it for CNBC as well. And it's in the book as well. The community really came together. And there were people like digging out mud from storefronts to get their small businesses back up and running. It's inspiring what is happening in communities across the country that are pulling together. Seth Levine: So that's a story that sort of a physical, like a geographic community coming together. And it's a really good example of one. They took a long-term view. Lots of people got involved. There was a lot of buy-in.And, you know, a lot of what, like my partner, Brad Feld wrote the book, Startup Communities, a lot of what Brad and Ian his coauthor talk about in Startup Communities, I think was true in Stanton, but the other types of communities that we talk about a lot in the book are these sort of communities of like-minded people, right? And especially in this day and age, those don't need to be bounded by geography. Certainly the book is a hopeful book, Brian, and we talk about ways in which we believe that entrepreneurship can be revitalized. But we talk about some of these communities systibiz  in Denver or Ohub or digital and divided. EforAll we talk a ton about them. That, you know, these are all various communities of people that come together to help support new builder businesses. Some of them are place-based E for all works in certain locations. We talk about some of those, cause we, one of the entrepreneurs we highlight went through their program in Lawrence, Massachusetts. Others are a little bit more virtual, right? Where they might help people all over the place or bring people in together. But Silicon Valley has always been great at that. Right. And you know, there's so many stories of, I mean, how many accelerators are there in the world? Right? The Foundry, my venture firm, my day job, is the biggest investor in Techstars, which is one of the larger ones.And that's a great model, but how do we bring that. The network and the help that comes from being surrounded by a community of people that want to see you be successful? How do we bring that to new builders? And I think one of the things that we learned that scared us is that many people starting businesses feel like they're out on an Island and they're alone and they don't have resources to help them out. And that's why the community banking system that Elizabeth alluded to earlier is so important. We, it turned out, we were not seeking out community banking stories, but it turned out a number of the new builders that we talked to, their business trajectories were totally changed by, you know, what's in many cases, seemed like a chance meeting with a community banker who really spent some time to understand the business and then help them figure out how to finance it.Brian Ardinger: Well, and it comes back to capital is more than just the cash and the actual dollars that you put into it. It's capital of that network. Like you said, the ability to actually even find a, a banker in your backyard that you can form a relationship with and build that trust. And, you know, eventually leads to the, the capital capital you need to build a business. Seth Levine: Here's a statistic that should scare everyone. 25 years ago, there were 14,000 banks in the United States. Today there are 4,800. Most of that consolidation has happened in the smaller end of the scale, as we've created, essentially these utilities out of banks, by the regulations that we put on top of the banking system.And so obviously some of those regulations were warranted. There were banks that were, you know, engaging in predatory lending behavior or behaviors and you know, needed to be curbed. But, it perhaps went a little bit too far. And the result of that is what we're seeing in terms of the consolidation of banking, which is not good for anyone.Brian Ardinger: So, you mentioned the pandemic and obviously that's had an effect, but some of those trends were happening before the pandemic. How do you see the pandemic affecting entrepreneurship, both good and bad?Elizabeth Macbride: Well, traditionally, there's a surge in entrepreneurship after a big economic downturn, right. Because people lose their jobs. And so, they like to start businesses because they're trying to pay the bills. And we've seen evidence that that's happening right. There was a huge surge in new business applications in the fall. So September, October. I think, you know, that's on one hand, a hopeful sign. On the other hand, we think those people will have a harder time starting businesses than say they would have 20 or 30 years ago, because of all the changes that we described in the book. There's a huge number of people that are entrepreneurial in the United States and want to be entrepreneurial as evidenced by the participation in the gig economy, which is 60 million people in 2019. But making the leap from that to becoming a business owner and a small business owner, and there are so many benefits to making that leap.That's what's become much more difficult, right? Is formalizing yourself into a business. And I just want to add here, because I think your listeners might be really interested to think about exactly how that word entrepreneurship was co-opted because when we looked into the research and of course I'm a wordsmith and Seth is a word lover, too. We discovered that it was Ronald Reagan. Right. Who figured out that he could sort of marry the ideas that were coming out of Silicon Valley, this vision of the aggressive sort of free thinking, innovative entrepreneur from the tech world. And he used the word entrepreneur to describe only those people and use that as sort of like a push for global democracy and capitalism.You know, he just synthesized all these ideas into that word. Silicon Valley, the marketing genius's  took it and ran with it. And an important thread in that was this libertarian idea. That I think is really holding back some of the things that we could do to support the broader world of entrepreneurship.Because if you buy into that myth, that entrepreneurs grew up, that they're libertarians. That it is a concept. It's the free market. Then you don't invest in some of the social safety net programs or the government support. You don't pay that much attention to government regulation. I mean, so many CEOs in Silicon Valley have said to me, government's always behind, right? We don't need to worry about it. Like we'll just succeed despite them. And that is really not reflecting the true history of Silicon Valley at all. Brian Ardinger: Yeah, it's quite ironic because a lot of obviously Silicon Valley came from the rise of government dollars going into defense and other things that were, that provided that R and D and original push to start some of this amazing stuff. Elizabeth Macbride: Yeah, exactly. Right. And it's just disturbing the extent to which that piece of the story is left out. Right. And it looks like a very convenient retelling of the history. Seth Levine: And I think it's also important to note that, you know, the government, we've talked about this a little bit, not a lot in the book. But government spending is not bad right on research and development. And in fact, there's some quite a bit of evidence that companies are not always great at spending on R and D, especially as they get larger, right. A lot of innovation comes smaller companies, but then when companies get larger than they don't necessarily invest in R and D.And a great example of just that inaction was the, the tax cuts that were enacted a couple of years ago, where, you know, the deal was that we were going to give companies a trillion-dollar tax cut, and they would then invest in their businesses. Right in R and D. And the exact opposite happened. They didn't. And they instead really bought their stock back. Which for any individual business that was looking to increase its share value, that might've been the right thing to do.But it suggests that the people running those businesses certainly felt like investing in buying their stock back was a better bet than invest in R & D because they just simply didn't know where to put it. Brian Ardinger: So, let's talk a bit about some of your favorite stories in the book. Who are some of the entrepreneurs you met and what are some of the positive, hopeful things that you found through the journey?Seth Levine: There are amazing stories in the book, and I certainly hope that your, that the listeners will go and pick up a copy and really read it. Because I think we really tried to write a book that was balanced in terms of storytelling, but also facts. And hopefully that's coming through on this podcast as well.You know, punctuating the facts with real stories. So, you can get a sense for those facts and action. You know, we think is a really good way for people to understand what's really going on the ground. So one thing that I would probably point out is Isaac Collin, who owns series of Yogurtini businesses in Kansas City.And he's just an incredibly compelling guy. And it's a story of someone who really, you know, with both, persevered and had a lot of grit, but also was helped by others. So he got into business because he won a business plan competition. And by winning that business plan competition, he actually won both the monetary help as well as business helped by this very successful relatively well-known in that area, businessman. And he got to start a Rocky Mountain Chocolate Factory with this guy. And, and ultimately that was a successful business because he's just a good business person. And he was able to sell that business, use the money, the proceeds from that sale, then to buy his first Yogurtini  business.What I really love about Isaac and this is true of really all the new builders we talked to is his connection to community. And just how important it was for him. He now has three, I think the fourth was not quite open, he's about to open a fourth location of his Yogurtini   businesses around the KC area.And, you know, community for him, isn't even just KC, it's like the individual neighborhoods where those businesses are located. And he has that deep sense of community. And, and it comes through in his business in the way that, you know, people who work at the businesses, open the door for their customers. So, they welcome them in and kids are welcomed to come in and do their book club and, and earn free yogurt. And he's just a great example of a quintessential new builder who is hardworking and has reached out and figured out how to build a network around himself. And has other things going on. He and, and two other women started a yoga series that goes into inner city schools and helps teach kids how to calm and center themselves through yoga. Just as one example, I mean, he's just someone who's constantly giving back. So he really stands out for me as just the quintessential rebuilder. Elizabeth Macbride: I'm so glad you talked about Isaac, because we haven't, we haven't actually talked about him in our interviews so far. I would highlight the entrepreneur who is sort of the center of the book. Her story is woven throughout and that's Danaris Mazara who started her bakery in Lawrence, Massachusetts, literally with $37 in food stamps. You know, she just has this amazing story of lying on her couch. Her husband had lost a job. This was in the great recession. She had a newborn baby. She was like, I don't have enough money to feed my family here. With that $37 in food stamps, she bought the ingredients to make blond sold it at the break table at the Samsung factory where she was working. And it went from there and she was lucky enough in the process of developing her company. So she did those early couple of years with, by herself and with the help of her friends in the community, and then happened on  EforAll which Seth referenced earlier.And I love the EforAll story. And we tell Danaris's story in the context of the founder of EforAll which is Desh Deshpande who was a telecom entrepreneur in the 1990s and made loads and loads of money and gives it back to the world in many different ways. But one of the things he did was found EforAll and he really has some interesting insights that we report in the book about the differences between encouraging entrepreneurs in the main street world and encouraging them in like an MIT or Stanford. Because at MIT or Stanford, there's all these smart people in search of a problem to solve. On the main streets of America and elsewhere, there are million problems in search of a solver. And he really talks in a compelling way about how you encourage both of those communities. And we end the book with Dinaris's as well, and her optimism looking toward the recovery post pandemic. And so, she's incredibly inspiring. For More InformationBrian Ardinger: Well, it's definitely exciting to hear those stories and it'll be exciting to see how this plays out as the world changes in front of us. Elizabeth and Seth, if people want to find out more about the book and more about yourselves, what's the best way to do that? Seth Levine: We set up a book website. We'll put it in the show notes, but it's www.thenewbuilders.com. And that's a great place to find out a little bit more about the book. You can read a little bit about us, and most importantly, you can buy the book there. We have links to a number of local booksellers. We're certainly encourage people to consider buying from local independent bookstores, whether it's the handful that we have listed on the site or their own independent bookstore. We do have links to Amazon, to Barnes & Noble of course they're bigger platforms. And those are also great ways to buy the book. There's a Kindle version that will be released. It'll be out by the time this show airs and there will also be an audio book that should be out right around the same time that the show airs as well.Brian Ardinger: Well, Elizabeth and Seth, thank you again for being on Inside Outside Innovation, sharing these stories very much like to continue the conversation and have you back on in the years to come as, as the world evolves. So, appreciate your time. Seth Levine: Thank you, Brian.Brian Ardinger: That's it for another episode of Inside Outside Innovation. If you want to learn more about our team, our content, our services, check out InsideOutside.io or follow us on Twitter @theIOpodcast or @Ardinger. Until next time, go out and innovate.FREE INNOVATION NEWSLETTER & TOOLSGet the latest episodes of the Inside Outside Innovation podcast, in addition to thought leadership in the form of blogs, innovation resources, videos, and invitations to exclusive events. 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Opportunity Hub (OHUB) is the leading future of work, startup entrepreneurship, early stage investment and multi-generational wealth creation for everyone, everywhere. OHUB is an official diversity, equity & inclusion partner of South by Southwest (SXSW). This March, we joined OHUB in Austin for their signature program, HBCU@SXSW, where African American, Pan Asian, and Latinx students are sponsored to gain immersive exposure, interactive learning opportunities and direct access to paid summer internships and early career roles.

Rodney Sampson is the CEO of OHUB while Young Guru is widely known as Jay-Z's DJ. On today’s episode, Ruben joins Rodney & Young Guru to discuss how and why they came together and why they're passionate about creating opportunities for people outside of tech. OHUB has also partnered with Flatiron School, to give $1M in scholarships to people with color who wish to pursue a career in tech through coding bootcamps.

Today's guest is Rodney Sampson, a Brookings Fellow & the Founder of Opportunity Hub. From Atlanta to Washington DC, Rodney has been forging his own path for as long as he can remember. A lifelong problem solver, entrepreneur, and thought leader, Rodney has dedicated his life's work to giving back to the citizens of Atlanta, elevating the black community in America, and shifting the landscape when it comes to tech, entrepreneurship, and investing. He's not just the CEO of OHUB, he's also the founder of Techsquare labs, a Fellow at the Brookings Institute in Washington DC, and a proud husband and father. In this episode, we'll hear what inspired Rodney along the way, and what he believes is the key to closing the gap and increasing inclusivity across the venture capital industry. --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/startup-catalyst-podcast/support

Art Is King podcast episode 71 Please take the time to Download the Art Is King podcast in your favorite platform and listen anytime. We would like to hear your opinions and suggestions so please direct your comments to DTM@ArtIsKing.orgJames Eugene is a 20 year art biz veteran and instructor, check out more of his work at www.neoartstyle.com and find him on instagram and twitter under @ArtistJim114This week we bring James Eugene back to share some insight into why proper presentation and a portfolio are important We want to take a moment to thank our sponsors. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Sharpie Slam 2015 the biggest baddest art event of 2015 is coming to The Biltmore Hotel Wednesday October 7, 6-9pm Six teams go toe to toe and only one will be crowned ATL’s Supreme Champ, tickets now available at SuperNovaSouth.org DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your Art Is King podcast host telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 71 Please take the time to Download the Art Is King podcast in your favorite platform and listen anytime. We would like to hear your opinions and suggestions so please direct your comments to DTM@ArtIsKing.orgJames Eugene is a 20 year art biz veteran and instructor, check out more of his work at www.neoartstyle.com and find him on instagram and twitter under @ArtistJim114This week we bring James Eugene back to share some insight into why proper presentation and a portfolio are important We want to take a moment to thank our sponsors. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Sharpie Slam 2015 the biggest baddest art event of 2015 is coming to The Biltmore Hotel Wednesday October 7, 6-9pm Six teams go toe to toe and only one will be crowned ATL’s Supreme Champ, tickets now available at SuperNovaSouth.org DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your Art Is King podcast host telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 69James Eugene is a 20 year art biz veteran and instructor, check out more of his work at www.neoartstyle.com and find him on instagram and twitter under @ArtistJim114This week we bring James Eugene back to share some insight into what separates commercial vs personal art and how he keeps it together in his career. Remember, that every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and AlsoDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host. @DeltaTangoMike Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 70 I have known Samax for a long time, so long I dont remember not knowing him and his art! Samax Amen is a professional cartoonist, illustrator, painter and indie publisher. Samax is the founder of GhettoManga, a quarterly fan magazine devoted to spreading the gospel of good art, music and vibes. Samax has been busy creating his artists owned comic properties with a bunch of other great artists under the GhostWerks brand and Samax has recently started the Starving Artists Anonymous and he seeks to make the world a better place by breaking the grip of a poverty-affirming mentality from the minds of artists everywhere, by any means necessary.http://www.samaxamen.com/ https://www.facebook.com/samax http://www.ghettomanga.com/ http://ziontific.blogspot.com/p/portfolio.html http://starvingartistmindsetisdead.blogspot.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/samax-randolph/1/b90/5a9 Remember, that every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and AlsoDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host. @DeltaTangoMike Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 69James Eugene is a 20 year art biz veteran and instructor, check out more of his work at www.neoartstyle.com and find him on instagram and twitter under @ArtistJim114This week we bring James Eugene back to share some insight into what separates commercial vs personal art and how he keeps it together in his career. Remember, that every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and AlsoDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host. @DeltaTangoMike Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 70 I have known Samax for a long time, so long I dont remember not knowing him and his art! Samax Amen is a professional cartoonist, illustrator, painter and indie publisher. Samax is the founder of GhettoManga, a quarterly fan magazine devoted to spreading the gospel of good art, music and vibes. Samax has been busy creating his artists owned comic properties with a bunch of other great artists under the GhostWerks brand and Samax has recently started the Starving Artists Anonymous and he seeks to make the world a better place by breaking the grip of a poverty-affirming mentality from the minds of artists everywhere, by any means necessary.http://www.samaxamen.com/ https://www.facebook.com/samax http://www.ghettomanga.com/ http://ziontific.blogspot.com/p/portfolio.html http://starvingartistmindsetisdead.blogspot.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/pub/samax-randolph/1/b90/5a9 Remember, that every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and AlsoDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host. @DeltaTangoMike Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 68 V Kottavei Williams is an artist by trade, an artist by profession and an artist by choice. She’s a teacher of art and an art experimentalist all in one. We had the pleasure of catching up with her in between her world travels and you will enjoy her insight into what makes her experiment with mediums and themes. Find her work on online at http://www.sagebelly.com/https://twitter.com/Sagebellyhttp://sagebelly.tumblr.com/https://instagram.com/kottavei/ @kottavei The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com andDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! Art Is King podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 67Please take the time to Download the Art Is King podcast in your favorite platform and listen anytime. We would like to hear your opinions and suggestions so please direct your comments to DTM@ArtIsKing.orgthe Art Is King podcast is available on: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com This week we bring James Eugene back to share some insight into what it takes to create a niche in the commercial art business. James Eugene is a 20 year art biz veteran and instructor, check out more of his work at www.neoartstyle.com and find him on instagram and twitter under @ArtistJim114 Remember, that every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. June’s winner is on his way to identifying ways to reach art business goals. What about you? To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and AlsoDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! Art Is King podcast is hosted by DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 68 V Kottavei Williams is an artist by trade, an artist by profession and an artist by choice. She’s a teacher of art and an art experimentalist all in one. We had the pleasure of catching up with her in between her world travels and you will enjoy her insight into what makes her experiment with mediums and themes. Find her work on online at http://www.sagebelly.com/https://twitter.com/Sagebellyhttp://sagebelly.tumblr.com/https://instagram.com/kottavei/ @kottavei The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com andDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! Art Is King podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 67Please take the time to Download the Art Is King podcast in your favorite platform and listen anytime. We would like to hear your opinions and suggestions so please direct your comments to DTM@ArtIsKing.orgthe Art Is King podcast is available on: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com This week we bring James Eugene back to share some insight into what it takes to create a niche in the commercial art business. James Eugene is a 20 year art biz veteran and instructor, check out more of his work at www.neoartstyle.com and find him on instagram and twitter under @ArtistJim114 Remember, that every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. June’s winner is on his way to identifying ways to reach art business goals. What about you? To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and AlsoDenominatorGraphics.com in partnership with Luccom.com focuses on websites for artists at a reduced rate, check ArtIsKing.org for details! Art Is King podcast is hosted by DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 66 This week’s interview is with Allen Johnston, The Music Specialist, whom shared some advice on financial planning for artists in last weeks art biz podcast. Whether a visual or musical artist, artists need to educate themselves in the art of finances.This time we get to hear about Mr Johnston's 4 decades of experience in the Music Industry as a Record Promoter and Artist Representative. He has traveled extensively over the world making deals with artists, musicians, record labels, promoters and venues. I first met Mr Johnston in 2002 while we were both working for an ATL record label. Out of the dozens of people who worked together in those projects, Mr Johnston and I still work together in new projects every year. Check out more about The Music Specialist at www.Asha.com https://www.facebook.com/MusicSpecialist https://twitter.com/bigeoppa Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! Art Is King podcast is hosted by DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike @ArtIsKing_ATL Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life

Art Is King podcast episode 66 This week’s interview is with Allen Johnston, The Music Specialist, whom shared some advice on financial planning for artists in last weeks art biz podcast. Whether a visual or musical artist, artists need to educate themselves in the art of finances.This time we get to hear about Mr Johnston's 4 decades of experience in the Music Industry as a Record Promoter and Artist Representative. He has traveled extensively over the world making deals with artists, musicians, record labels, promoters and venues. I first met Mr Johnston in 2002 while we were both working for an ATL record label. Out of the dozens of people who worked together in those projects, Mr Johnston and I still work together in new projects every year. Check out more about The Music Specialist at www.Asha.com https://www.facebook.com/MusicSpecialist https://twitter.com/bigeoppa Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! Art Is King podcast is hosted by DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike @ArtIsKing_ATL Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life

This week we have Allen Johnston, The Music Specialist. Mr Johnston has over 4 decades of experience in the Music Industry as a Record Promoter and Artist Representative. Today’s subject is Financial Planning and Mr Johnston shares some of his experience learned thru the years. Check out more about The Music Specialist at www.Asha.com The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! Your Host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

This week we have Allen Johnston, The Music Specialist. Mr Johnston has over 4 decades of experience in the Music Industry as a Record Promoter and Artist Representative. Today’s subject is Financial Planning and Mr Johnston shares some of his experience learned thru the years. Check out more about The Music Specialist at www.Asha.com The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! Your Host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 64 This weeks interview is with a talented artist, animator and graphic designer Carrie Hawks. Having worked for Oxygen Media, Wired Magazine and now with Al Jazeera America, Carrie has put in the hours to refine the natural talent that she recognized at an early age. Check out more of Carrie’s work online and check out her upcoming documentary: Black Enuf. https://www.facebook.com/carrie.hawks1http://www.maroonhorizon.com/https://vimeo.com/maroonhorizon http://carriehawks.blogspot.com/https://twitter.com/maroonhorizonhttp://blackenuf.com/https://www.facebook.com/blackenufThe Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 64 This weeks interview is with a talented artist, animator and graphic designer Carrie Hawks. Having worked for Oxygen Media, Wired Magazine and now with Al Jazeera America, Carrie has put in the hours to refine the natural talent that she recognized at an early age. Check out more of Carrie’s work online and check out her upcoming documentary: Black Enuf. https://www.facebook.com/carrie.hawks1http://www.maroonhorizon.com/https://vimeo.com/maroonhorizon http://carriehawks.blogspot.com/https://twitter.com/maroonhorizonhttp://blackenuf.com/https://www.facebook.com/blackenufThe Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South OnyxCon.com and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 62 Yun Bai is a hardcore artist with a big hardcore message. Her art has been published all over the world, she has filled galleries in both coasts and every where in between. Yun Bai is focused on helping the art community thru education and resources. She also participated in last years Art Is King Women in the Arts discussion panel at Emory University. Find out more about Yun Bai, her art and her mission on the interwebz. https://www.facebook.com/YUNBAIart.design https://twitter.com/yunbaiart http://yunbai.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8ZEYyrCXSdi9dxu_uE1Ig/feed www.ArtIsKing.org @ArtIsKing_ATL #ArtLife #podcast #artbiz @YunBaiArt Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details!

Art Is King podcast episode 61In this special edition of the Art Is King podcast we feature hands on advice on the business of art by world renowned artist and Art Beats + Lyrics curator Dubelyoo. Dubelyoo’s art business experience stretches across 20 years of art projects for Nike, Apple, Sprite, Converse, Pepsi and Jack Daniels. This is Part 3 of the Artist Sponsorships talk Dubelyoo shared at General Assembly. Needles to say, get ready for some knowledge nuggets to add to your professional art business. For notes on todays podcast, visit thaxton.co and check out dubelyoo.net and just dubelyoo in all social medias. http://thaxton.co/2015/05/dubelyoo-notes-on-art-sponsorships/ http://thaxton.co/http://dubelyoo.info/Every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn.Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 62 Yun Bai is a hardcore artist with a big hardcore message. Her art has been published all over the world, she has filled galleries in both coasts and every where in between. Yun Bai is focused on helping the art community thru education and resources. She also participated in last years Art Is King Women in the Arts discussion panel at Emory University. Find out more about Yun Bai, her art and her mission on the interwebz. https://www.facebook.com/YUNBAIart.design https://twitter.com/yunbaiart http://yunbai.com/ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCo8ZEYyrCXSdi9dxu_uE1Ig/feed www.ArtIsKing.org @ArtIsKing_ATL #ArtLife #podcast #artbiz @YunBaiArt Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details!

Art Is King podcast episode 61In this special edition of the Art Is King podcast we feature hands on advice on the business of art by world renowned artist and Art Beats + Lyrics curator Dubelyoo. Dubelyoo’s art business experience stretches across 20 years of art projects for Nike, Apple, Sprite, Converse, Pepsi and Jack Daniels. This is Part 3 of the Artist Sponsorships talk Dubelyoo shared at General Assembly. Needles to say, get ready for some knowledge nuggets to add to your professional art business. For notes on todays podcast, visit thaxton.co and check out dubelyoo.net and just dubelyoo in all social medias. http://thaxton.co/2015/05/dubelyoo-notes-on-art-sponsorships/ http://thaxton.co/http://dubelyoo.info/Every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn.Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 60 This week we interview an artist I have only known thru social media, never in person. I first met Mike Lagocki on MySpace, if you are old enough to remember the gif-riddled inter web, then you know that at one time MySpace was on! I don't remember if Mike found me or I found him but what I do remember is that we both liked to draw gorillas and we eventually collaborated on a gorilla drawing. Mike has a long history in the arts, comics, the art community and looking out for others in his art life. Check out Mike’s art, non profit and art history online at: https://www.facebook.com/ArtLoveMagicDallas https://www.facebook.com/mlagocki https://www.facebook.com/GhostWerks http://undergrounddallas.com/ https://twitter.com/artlovemagic http://www.artlovemagic.com/ The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn.Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 60 This week we interview an artist I have only known thru social media, never in person. I first met Mike Lagocki on MySpace, if you are old enough to remember the gif-riddled inter web, then you know that at one time MySpace was on! I don't remember if Mike found me or I found him but what I do remember is that we both liked to draw gorillas and we eventually collaborated on a gorilla drawing. Mike has a long history in the arts, comics, the art community and looking out for others in his art life. Check out Mike’s art, non profit and art history online at: https://www.facebook.com/ArtLoveMagicDallas https://www.facebook.com/mlagocki https://www.facebook.com/GhostWerks http://undergrounddallas.com/ https://twitter.com/artlovemagic http://www.artlovemagic.com/ The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn.Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 59 My Animation Life part 2 This week we have the animation business advice of Allyssa RocketPower Lewis.Allyssa Lewis is an animator with Floyd County productions, producers of Archer on FX Channel. She has years of mentoring experience and producing animation events with ASIFA in Atlanta. Allyssa has launched MyAnimationLife.com and its a real live and online resource for animators looking for jobs and a resource for animation houses to find artists. Check out the Facebook Page: My Animation Life https://www.facebook.com/MyAnimationLife Every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host.

Art Is King podcast episode 59 My Animation Life part 2 This week we have the animation business advice of Allyssa RocketPower Lewis.Allyssa Lewis is an animator with Floyd County productions, producers of Archer on FX Channel. She has years of mentoring experience and producing animation events with ASIFA in Atlanta. Allyssa has launched MyAnimationLife.com and its a real live and online resource for animators looking for jobs and a resource for animation houses to find artists. Check out the Facebook Page: My Animation Life https://www.facebook.com/MyAnimationLife Every month Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Visit www.ArtIsKing.org and subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus receive updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. Please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats The Biz Garage SuperNova South and Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host.

Art Is King podcast episode 57This is a special edition of the Art Is King podcast. Once a week we will feature hands on art business advice from an art professional. A few weeks ago we heard from the Artist, Curator, Dubelyoo as he shared tips on Artist Sponsorships. That was part one. Welcome to part 2. Dubelyoo is a renowned painter and designer known for his depictions of urban life and hip-hop culture. Dubelyoo is also a co-founder of the nationally acclaimed Art, Beats + Lyrics. Dubelyoo has created art projects for Nike, Apple, Sprite, Converse, Pepsi and Jack Daniels. Get ready for some knowledge nuggets to add to your professional art business. For notes on todays podcast, visit thaxton.co and check out dubelyoo.net and just dubelyoo in all social medias. http://thaxton.co/2015/05/dubelyoo-notes-on-art-sponsorships/ http://thaxton.co/http://dubelyoo.info/The Art is King mission is to inspire and empower other artists to take their talent to the next level. Whether in galleries, private collections or commissions, the opportunities for artists to earn a living with their talent are infinite. Starting in June 2015, Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Join now by visiting www.artisking.org and enter your name on the right hand side of the page. These one on one art business consultations will focus on the steps necessary for the artist to earn with their art. From Portfolio management, Artist Statement to exploring earning opportunities in the direction of the artists’ goal. Each month there will be a winner announced thru the Art Is King weekly email, subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT The Biz Garage SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! Send us feedback to dtm@artisking.org and subscribe to the Art Is King podcast on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker.com or ArtIsKingArchive.com This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn.Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 57This is a special edition of the Art Is King podcast. Once a week we will feature hands on art business advice from an art professional. A few weeks ago we heard from the Artist, Curator, Dubelyoo as he shared tips on Artist Sponsorships. That was part one. Welcome to part 2. Dubelyoo is a renowned painter and designer known for his depictions of urban life and hip-hop culture. Dubelyoo is also a co-founder of the nationally acclaimed Art, Beats + Lyrics. Dubelyoo has created art projects for Nike, Apple, Sprite, Converse, Pepsi and Jack Daniels. Get ready for some knowledge nuggets to add to your professional art business. For notes on todays podcast, visit thaxton.co and check out dubelyoo.net and just dubelyoo in all social medias. http://thaxton.co/2015/05/dubelyoo-notes-on-art-sponsorships/ http://thaxton.co/http://dubelyoo.info/The Art is King mission is to inspire and empower other artists to take their talent to the next level. Whether in galleries, private collections or commissions, the opportunities for artists to earn a living with their talent are infinite. Starting in June 2015, Art Is King will be giving away a 1 hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Join now by visiting www.artisking.org and enter your name on the right hand side of the page. These one on one art business consultations will focus on the steps necessary for the artist to earn with their art. From Portfolio management, Artist Statement to exploring earning opportunities in the direction of the artists’ goal. Each month there will be a winner announced thru the Art Is King weekly email, subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. please take a moment to find the Art Is King podcast and rate our program on your favorite platform: iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com OHub at GIANT The Biz Garage SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats Also be on the lookout for reduced rates on websites for artists by DenominatorGraphics.com and luccom.com check ArtIsKing.org for details! Send us feedback to dtm@artisking.org and subscribe to the Art Is King podcast on iTunes, Stitcher Radio, Spreaker.com or ArtIsKingArchive.com This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn.Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King podcast episode 53Sponsorships for Art Projects pt 1This podcast marks the beginning of our second year. Up to date, we have published 52 podcasts, once a week for one whole year. Week in and week out we have spoken with 52 artists, entrepreneurs, artrepreneurs and professional artists as they have shared their art path story with us. The Art is King mission is to inspire and empower other artists to take their talent to the next level. Whether in galleries, private collections or commissions, the opportunities for artists to earn a living with their talent are infinite. Locally we have C4Atlanta, Wonderroot, Burnaway, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and countless other organizations dedicated to art business education and art career advancement. The mission of Art Is King is to promote these resources and connect the artists and the organizations. Starting in June 2015, Art Is King will be giving away a 1-hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Join now by visiting www.artisking.org and enter your name on the right-hand side of the page. These one on one art business consultations will focus on the steps necessary for the artist to earn with their art. From Portfolio management, Artist Statement and to exploring earning opportunities in the direction of the artists’ goal. Each month there will be a winner announced thru the Art Is King weekly email, subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. Dubelyoo is a renowned painter and designer known for his depictions of urban life and hip-hop culture. Dubelyoo is also a co-founder of the nationally acclaimed Art, Beats + Lyrics. Dubelyoo has created art projects for Nike, Apple, Sprite, Converse, Pepsi and Jack Daniels. This Art Is King podcast we sit down with the artist, curator Dubelyoo on the first episode of the Sponsorships for Art Projects series. Get ready for some knowledge nuggets to add to your professional art business. For notes on today's podcast:http://thaxton.co/2015/05/dubelyoo-notes-on-art-sponsorships/ http://thaxton.co/More info on @Dubelyoo: http://dubelyoo.info/please take a moment to find Art Is King and rate our program on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com It's important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats and AzaleaCreativeGroup.com

Art Is King podcast episode 53Sponsorships for Art Projects pt 1This podcast marks the beginning of our second year. Up to date, we have published 52 podcasts, once a week for one whole year. Week in and week out we have spoken with 52 artists, entrepreneurs, artrepreneurs and professional artists as they have shared their art path story with us. The Art is King mission is to inspire and empower other artists to take their talent to the next level. Whether in galleries, private collections or commissions, the opportunities for artists to earn a living with their talent are infinite. Locally we have C4Atlanta, Wonderroot, Burnaway, City of Atlanta Office of Cultural Affairs and countless other organizations dedicated to art business education and art career advancement. The mission of Art Is King is to promote these resources and connect the artists and the organizations. Starting in June 2015, Art Is King will be giving away a 1-hour consultation with an art business mentor and a business coach at Azalea Creative in Inman Park. To be eligible, Artists must be an Art Is King email subscriber. Join now by visiting www.artisking.org and enter your name on the right-hand side of the page. These one on one art business consultations will focus on the steps necessary for the artist to earn with their art. From Portfolio management, Artist Statement and to exploring earning opportunities in the direction of the artists’ goal. Each month there will be a winner announced thru the Art Is King weekly email, subscribe now to get a chance to be one of those artists plus updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources available to artists of all levels. Dubelyoo is a renowned painter and designer known for his depictions of urban life and hip-hop culture. Dubelyoo is also a co-founder of the nationally acclaimed Art, Beats + Lyrics. Dubelyoo has created art projects for Nike, Apple, Sprite, Converse, Pepsi and Jack Daniels. This Art Is King podcast we sit down with the artist, curator Dubelyoo on the first episode of the Sponsorships for Art Projects series. Get ready for some knowledge nuggets to add to your professional art business. For notes on today's podcast:http://thaxton.co/2015/05/dubelyoo-notes-on-art-sponsorships/ http://thaxton.co/More info on @Dubelyoo: http://dubelyoo.info/please take a moment to find Art Is King and rate our program on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com It's important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats and AzaleaCreativeGroup.com

Samara Barks is a 3D artist and illustrator working in Houston. We had the pleasure of visiting in April and got a chance to sit down with Samara as she shared some of her experiences as an artist. From Detroit to Pittsburgh and now Houston. Check out Samara's portfolio at her website and visit her Society6.com/MixedHues and connect with this amazing artist. http://www.samarabarks.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/samarabarks/3dartist@samarabarks.comPlease take a moment to find Art Is King and rate our program on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com It's important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. sign up for weekly email updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats and AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Your Art Is King podcast host: DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com

Samara Barks is a 3D artist and illustrator working in Houston. We had the pleasure of visiting in April and got a chance to sit down with Samara as she shared some of her experiences as an artist. From Detroit to Pittsburgh and now Houston. Check out Samara's portfolio at her website and visit her Society6.com/MixedHues and connect with this amazing artist. http://www.samarabarks.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/samarabarks/3dartist@samarabarks.comPlease take a moment to find Art Is King and rate our program on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/art-is-king/id626627458?mt=2 Spreaker.com http://www.spreaker.com/show/art_is_king Stitcher Radio http://www.stitcher.com/podcast/daniel-flores/art-is-king-podcast and artiskingarchive.com It's important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. sign up for weekly email updates on upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org The Art Is King podcast is made possible by our generous sponsors: The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT SouthSide SickestMex Manny Beats and AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Your Art Is King podcast host: DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com

Welcome to another episode of the Art Is King PodcastI am your host DTM of Delta Tango Mike.com and this is the Art Is King podcast episode 47Joseph R Wheeler IIIArtist, Fan, Producer, Promoter and Keeper of the Flame that fuels the passion for Art, Comics and the fusion of the African Diaspora. Joseph R Wheeler the third, or as I like to call him, El Tercero Born and raised in ATL, I first met El Tercero early 2002 when he was selling The Nao’s ashcan comic book: Brutha Yamz. That comic book attracted men because Brutha Yamz character is a wrestler in the Mexican Style of Lucha Libre. Ever since then, El Tercero has created the OnyxCon convention and brought in the New Art Order to us mere mortals. jrw3art@gmail.comhttp://www.thenewartorder.com/ OnyxCon is the largest convention in the Southeast celebrating the impact, contributions, and presence of the African Diaspora in *REALMS OF IMAGINATION through the popular arts.ONXCON is a convention, festival, and celebration. Tickets for OnyxCon 2015 go on sale soon, follow on Facebook and check the site often for updates! OnyxCon https://www.facebook.com/ONYXCON http://www.onyxcon.com/To request a special invite to submit Art for the the Art Exhibit onyxcon@gmail.com #ONYXCON_BOSShttp://www.onyxcon.com/onyxconboss/ Art Is King Podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Please take a moment to find Art Is King on iTunes or Spreaker.com or Stitcher Radio or artiskingarchive.com and rate our program Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatssoundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business

Welcome to another episode of the Art Is King PodcastI am your host DTM of Delta Tango Mike.com and this is the Art Is King podcast episode 47Joseph R Wheeler IIIArtist, Fan, Producer, Promoter and Keeper of the Flame that fuels the passion for Art, Comics and the fusion of the African Diaspora. Joseph R Wheeler the third, or as I like to call him, El Tercero Born and raised in ATL, I first met El Tercero early 2002 when he was selling The Nao’s ashcan comic book: Brutha Yamz. That comic book attracted men because Brutha Yamz character is a wrestler in the Mexican Style of Lucha Libre. Ever since then, El Tercero has created the OnyxCon convention and brought in the New Art Order to us mere mortals. jrw3art@gmail.comhttp://www.thenewartorder.com/ OnyxCon is the largest convention in the Southeast celebrating the impact, contributions, and presence of the African Diaspora in *REALMS OF IMAGINATION through the popular arts.ONXCON is a convention, festival, and celebration. Tickets for OnyxCon 2015 go on sale soon, follow on Facebook and check the site often for updates! OnyxCon https://www.facebook.com/ONYXCON http://www.onyxcon.com/To request a special invite to submit Art for the the Art Exhibit onyxcon@gmail.com #ONYXCON_BOSShttp://www.onyxcon.com/onyxconboss/ Art Is King Podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Please take a moment to find Art Is King on iTunes or Spreaker.com or Stitcher Radio or artiskingarchive.com and rate our program Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatssoundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business

Art Is King Podcast 46 - Lord Yatta I have officially known Lord Yatta for 20 years. I first met him in the basement of a house in Oakhurst in Decatur where he was doing tattoos with SuperMan. If you know anything about the history of Tattoos in Atlanta, then you will know about SuperMan, his start at West End Tattoo with Julia Alfonso and his eventual spinoff in Decatur GA. It was at that time that I came across SuperMan and Lord Yatta. The year was 1995. Two years later Lord Yatta and I along with my brother Yesca, Mecca and Paydreus opened Vantage Pointe Studios in SouthWest Atlanta off Ralph David Abernathy and Cascade Road. Our paths as artists continues to this day and I recently had the chance to interview Lord Yatta at West End Tattoo where Red Locks is now the owner and 1995 feels like a long time ago. Check out the Art of Lord Yatta, his tattoos, his fine art and his legacy in the ATL Art Community by visiting his website and social media.http://lordyatta.com/http://lordyatta.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/LordYatta https://instagram.com/lordyatta/ https://www.facebook.com/lord.yatta @LordYatta Art Is King Podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Please take a moment to find Art Is King on iTunes or Spreaker.com or Stitcher Radio or artiskingarchive.com and rate our program Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatssoundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business

Art Is King Podcast 46 - Lord Yatta I have officially known Lord Yatta for 20 years. I first met him in the basement of a house in Oakhurst in Decatur where he was doing tattoos with SuperMan. If you know anything about the history of Tattoos in Atlanta, then you will know about SuperMan, his start at West End Tattoo with Julia Alfonso and his eventual spinoff in Decatur GA. It was at that time that I came across SuperMan and Lord Yatta. The year was 1995. Two years later Lord Yatta and I along with my brother Yesca, Mecca and Paydreus opened Vantage Pointe Studios in SouthWest Atlanta off Ralph David Abernathy and Cascade Road. Our paths as artists continues to this day and I recently had the chance to interview Lord Yatta at West End Tattoo where Red Locks is now the owner and 1995 feels like a long time ago. Check out the Art of Lord Yatta, his tattoos, his fine art and his legacy in the ATL Art Community by visiting his website and social media.http://lordyatta.com/http://lordyatta.tumblr.com/ https://twitter.com/LordYatta https://instagram.com/lordyatta/ https://www.facebook.com/lord.yatta @LordYatta Art Is King Podcast host is DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com @DeltaTangoMike Please take a moment to find Art Is King on iTunes or Spreaker.com or Stitcher Radio or artiskingarchive.com and rate our program Its important we hear from you and get your feedback and ideas, Art Is King is yours and we want You to benefit from the information shared here every week. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatssoundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business

This is the Art Is King podcast episode 45I have seen the art of Jamaal Barber for years in the ATL Art scene, including our own Mano A Mano Art Shows by Art Is King. We had a chance to interview Jamaal and discuss some of his themes running thru his art, his motivation and his story. Catch up with Jamaal Barber and support his art by visiting http://jbarberstudio.com/ https://instagram.com/jbarberstudio/ https://www.facebook.com/jbarberstudio https://twitter.com/JBarberStudioand contact Jamaal for prints and originals atjbarberstudio@gmail.com@DeltaTangoMike is your HostSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business You are listening to Art Is King podcast, curated by DTM. OUR GOAL is to EDUCATE each other and commit to succeed in the art business. for more on the Art Is King mission and programs, please visit www.artisking.org

This is the Art Is King podcast episode 45I have seen the art of Jamaal Barber for years in the ATL Art scene, including our own Mano A Mano Art Shows by Art Is King. We had a chance to interview Jamaal and discuss some of his themes running thru his art, his motivation and his story. Catch up with Jamaal Barber and support his art by visiting http://jbarberstudio.com/ https://instagram.com/jbarberstudio/ https://www.facebook.com/jbarberstudio https://twitter.com/JBarberStudioand contact Jamaal for prints and originals atjbarberstudio@gmail.com@DeltaTangoMike is your HostSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business You are listening to Art Is King podcast, curated by DTM. OUR GOAL is to EDUCATE each other and commit to succeed in the art business. for more on the Art Is King mission and programs, please visit www.artisking.org

Art Is King Podcast Interview 43I came across Phoe-nix Nebula thru the Mano A Mano Art Shows we produce and his artwork always stands out. We had a chance to catch up with Phoe-Nix Nebula and hear about art, his beginnings and his future plans. Please check him out online at https://twitter.com/PharaohAhmosehttps://instagram.com/phoenix.nebula.9/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unique-Individuals-ink/171797362850000 http://pharaoh999-4.wix.com/uniqueindividuals-ink http://uniqueindividualsink.blogspot.com/http://uniqueindividualsinkcom.tumblr.com/ Don’t Forget to attend The Black Book Conversations and discuss the business of art with other artists Monday March 16th, 6pm at the OHub. This month’s subject is Setting Career Goals in Your Creative Path. Without Goals, a Life has no direction. visit www.artisking.org for more info. This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of Delta Tango Mike.com telling you to Get out and learn so you can earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

Art Is King Podcast Interview 43I came across Phoe-nix Nebula thru the Mano A Mano Art Shows we produce and his artwork always stands out. We had a chance to catch up with Phoe-Nix Nebula and hear about art, his beginnings and his future plans. Please check him out online at https://twitter.com/PharaohAhmosehttps://instagram.com/phoenix.nebula.9/https://www.facebook.com/pages/Unique-Individuals-ink/171797362850000 http://pharaoh999-4.wix.com/uniqueindividuals-ink http://uniqueindividualsink.blogspot.com/http://uniqueindividualsinkcom.tumblr.com/ Don’t Forget to attend The Black Book Conversations and discuss the business of art with other artists Monday March 16th, 6pm at the OHub. This month’s subject is Setting Career Goals in Your Creative Path. Without Goals, a Life has no direction. visit www.artisking.org for more info. This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of Delta Tango Mike.com telling you to Get out and learn so you can earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life!

In this episode of the Art Is King podcast, we sit down with Marco Noise, aka Marco DeMarco, aka Visual Noise. No matter what you call him, his skills behind the lens are undeniable to the point he has since opened a photography and design studio in ATL since the Art Is King artist interview. Marco Noise also designs branding for business and he answered the call for logo designs for Art Is King. We received many submissions, and even I had a logo in mind but Marco’s logo was elegant, clean and had that clear impact we were looking for. 4 years later, Art Is King is rocking that logo to this day.Follow https://instagram.com/visualworkshop/ https://instagram.com/marconoise https://www.facebook.com/createvisualnoise and check out his websitehttp://www.visualnoise.org/ Special thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and DenominatorGraphics.com Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of http://www.DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life! http://www.artisking.org @artisking_atl

In this episode of the Art Is King podcast, we sit down with Marco Noise, aka Marco DeMarco, aka Visual Noise. No matter what you call him, his skills behind the lens are undeniable to the point he has since opened a photography and design studio in ATL since the Art Is King artist interview. Marco Noise also designs branding for business and he answered the call for logo designs for Art Is King. We received many submissions, and even I had a logo in mind but Marco’s logo was elegant, clean and had that clear impact we were looking for. 4 years later, Art Is King is rocking that logo to this day.Follow https://instagram.com/visualworkshop/ https://instagram.com/marconoise https://www.facebook.com/createvisualnoise and check out his websitehttp://www.visualnoise.org/ Special thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and DenominatorGraphics.com Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business This has been your Art Is King podcast and I am DTM of http://www.DeltaTangoMike.com telling you to Get out and Learn so you can Earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life! http://www.artisking.org @artisking_atl

This week Art Is King interviews Audra Wallace, CEO of YFusion. I first met Audra a few years ago at the beginning of The Black Book Conversations and Art Is King as my wife and I researched non profit requirements for our work in the ATL Art Community. Audra holds classes and workshops for non profits and socially responsible companies to raise capital and donations for them to continue their work. This week Audra and I will lead a couple of workshops on How to Build a Stunning Website and an Introduction to Podcasting and Video Marketing as part of the YFusion curriculum. Check out YFusionMG.com for more info on these FREE workshops and the services that can help your business increase profits. Check out the upcoming events http://yfusionmg.com/events/calendar/Follow twitter.com/yfusionmg for updates! Special thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and DenominatorGraphics.com Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host.follow on instagram and twitter @DeltaTangoMike

This week Art Is King interviews Audra Wallace, CEO of YFusion. I first met Audra a few years ago at the beginning of The Black Book Conversations and Art Is King as my wife and I researched non profit requirements for our work in the ATL Art Community. Audra holds classes and workshops for non profits and socially responsible companies to raise capital and donations for them to continue their work. This week Audra and I will lead a couple of workshops on How to Build a Stunning Website and an Introduction to Podcasting and Video Marketing as part of the YFusion curriculum. Check out YFusionMG.com for more info on these FREE workshops and the services that can help your business increase profits. Check out the upcoming events http://yfusionmg.com/events/calendar/Follow twitter.com/yfusionmg for updates! Special thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and DenominatorGraphics.com Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host.follow on instagram and twitter @DeltaTangoMike

On this week’s podcast, we have an interview with Veezie Forbes. Veezie is the mastermind behind the Players Preferred brand that offers clothing, art & accessories of all sorts. The aim of this brand is to reflect the people that make up the Hip-Hop culture, globally...in all it's different facets...Check out his Hip Hop inspired designs at http://playerspfrd.com/ and connect with Veezie on social media.http://instagram.com/playerspfrd/https://twitter.com/playerspfrd https://www.facebook.com/playerspreferred@playerspfrd Every week we will shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatshttps://soundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and DenominatorGraphics.com Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business Level up your Art Life in 2015.check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org Art is King is committed to empowering artists entrepreneurs through education, community and connections. Get out and learn so you can earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host. @DeltaTangoMike @ArtIsKing_ATL

On this week’s podcast, we have an interview with Veezie Forbes. Veezie is the mastermind behind the Players Preferred brand that offers clothing, art & accessories of all sorts. The aim of this brand is to reflect the people that make up the Hip-Hop culture, globally...in all it's different facets...Check out his Hip Hop inspired designs at http://playerspfrd.com/ and connect with Veezie on social media.http://instagram.com/playerspfrd/https://twitter.com/playerspfrd https://www.facebook.com/playerspreferred@playerspfrd Every week we will shout out to MexMannyBeats and SouthSideSickest for the official Art Is King podcast theme music check them out on twitter.com/mexmannybeatshttps://soundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com OHub at GIANT and DenominatorGraphics.com Keep your eyes open for the 2015 launch of AzaleaCreativeGroup.com Professional Branding and Marketing Promotion Strategies for your Business Level up your Art Life in 2015.check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org Art is King is committed to empowering artists entrepreneurs through education, community and connections. Get out and learn so you can earn. Let go of the Starving Artist Title and move into the Thriving Artist Art Life! DTM of DeltaTangoMike.com is your host. @DeltaTangoMike @ArtIsKing_ATL

This episode we feature a conversation with Mr Rick Clear a long time Video Media Teacher now semi retired and living the art life in Atlanta GA. Mr Rick visited Atlanta and decided to retire and enjoy the city but instead has taken the lead in producing video projects for the City of Atlanta, BuyAVette TV, Chic Fil A and more. Needless to say Mr Rick never fully retired. He loves what he does and that fuels the desire to create. Check out more of Mr Rick’s Atlanta and Indiana adventures by connecting with him on Facebook and Youtube at https://www.facebook.com/rick.clearSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com and DenominatorGraphics.com We want to send out a special shout out to OHub at GIANT for sponsoring the upcoming Black Book Conversations that start up again February 16. Its a free meetup so i hope to see you there!http://opportunityhub.co DTM is your hosthttp://www.deltatangomike.com http://www.artisking.org @deltatangomike @artisking_atl

This episode we feature a conversation with Mr Rick Clear a long time Video Media Teacher now semi retired and living the art life in Atlanta GA. Mr Rick visited Atlanta and decided to retire and enjoy the city but instead has taken the lead in producing video projects for the City of Atlanta, BuyAVette TV, Chic Fil A and more. Needless to say Mr Rick never fully retired. He loves what he does and that fuels the desire to create. Check out more of Mr Rick’s Atlanta and Indiana adventures by connecting with him on Facebook and Youtube at https://www.facebook.com/rick.clearSpecial thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com and DenominatorGraphics.com We want to send out a special shout out to OHub at GIANT for sponsoring the upcoming Black Book Conversations that start up again February 16. Its a free meetup so i hope to see you there!http://opportunityhub.co DTM is your hosthttp://www.deltatangomike.com http://www.artisking.org @deltatangomike @artisking_atl

This week Art Is King Podcasts features an artist interview with Expressionist Artist Mr Wade A Harrison Born and Raised in Toledo Ohio, Mr Wade has been deep into the art scene, from bed sheets to walls onto paper, Mr Wade has used his art as a way of expression and release of his emotions. Mr Wade is heavily influenced by the Black Power Movement and Hip Hop. Ask him about the golden age of hip hop and he knows his stuff! Now living and working in ATL, Mr Wade is a regular at various art functions around town as well as leaving his mark in the historic Krog tunnel. Mr Wade still finds time to travel back to Toledo and participate in Street Art and Exhibits. Check out more of the art of Expressionist Artist Mr Wade A Harrison at http://www.wadeaharrison.com and on social media athttp://instagram.com/wade_a_harrison_artpagehttps://www.facebook.com/expressionistArtwork Art Is King Podcasts Theme Music by MexManny and SouthSideSickest www.southsidesickest.comsoundcloud.com/southsidesickest twitter.com/mexmannybeatshttps://soundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsIn 2015 Art is King has teamed up with Luccom.com to sponsor a select number of artists and award them a website from Denominator Graphics at a significantly reduced price. The list of available websites is short so first come first serve. Payment plans available. This award is open to artists who do not have a website. Check out the Specials tab at DenominatorGraphics.com Special thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com and DenominatorGraphics.com We want to send out a special shout out to OHub at GIANT for sponsoring the upcoming Black Book Conversations that start up again February 16. Its a free meetup so i hope to see you there!http://opportunityhub.co Level up your Art Life in 2015. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org Art is King is committed to empowering artists entrepreneurs through education, community and connections.

This week Art Is King Podcasts features an artist interview with Expressionist Artist Mr Wade A Harrison Born and Raised in Toledo Ohio, Mr Wade has been deep into the art scene, from bed sheets to walls onto paper, Mr Wade has used his art as a way of expression and release of his emotions. Mr Wade is heavily influenced by the Black Power Movement and Hip Hop. Ask him about the golden age of hip hop and he knows his stuff! Now living and working in ATL, Mr Wade is a regular at various art functions around town as well as leaving his mark in the historic Krog tunnel. Mr Wade still finds time to travel back to Toledo and participate in Street Art and Exhibits. Check out more of the art of Expressionist Artist Mr Wade A Harrison at http://www.wadeaharrison.com and on social media athttp://instagram.com/wade_a_harrison_artpagehttps://www.facebook.com/expressionistArtwork Art Is King Podcasts Theme Music by MexManny and SouthSideSickest www.southsidesickest.comsoundcloud.com/southsidesickest twitter.com/mexmannybeatshttps://soundcloud.com/mexmannybeatsIn 2015 Art is King has teamed up with Luccom.com to sponsor a select number of artists and award them a website from Denominator Graphics at a significantly reduced price. The list of available websites is short so first come first serve. Payment plans available. This award is open to artists who do not have a website. Check out the Specials tab at DenominatorGraphics.com Special thanks to our sponsors:The Law offices of Deborah Gonzalez Esquire (www.dgonzalezesq.com)VelocityScreenPrint.netRevolvSkate.com Luccom.com and DenominatorGraphics.com We want to send out a special shout out to OHub at GIANT for sponsoring the upcoming Black Book Conversations that start up again February 16. Its a free meetup so i hope to see you there!http://opportunityhub.co Level up your Art Life in 2015. check out the upcoming events, classes, meetups, workshops and resources at www.artisking.org Art is King is committed to empowering artists entrepreneurs through education, community and connections.