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Matt Miller spent the first 9 years of his career as an Air Force pilot, before entering the private sector to work in both the medical device and advertising industries. While a top performer in the corporate world, his long term desire was to be his own boss. A good friend one day mentioned the gum ball machines he and his young daughters owned, and that conversation began a 10 year business quest that has brought Matt’s company, School Spirit Vending, to the cutting edge of both the vending and school fundraising industries. Today, School Spirit Vending’s franchising program provides a proven and profitable business system for busy professionals and their families looking to develop secondary income streams with a limited time commitment. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/matt-miller-entrepreneurship/ What You Will Learn in This Episode Why flashy and glamorous isn't always profitable. Why you shouldn't tie your career or your business to the training or jobs you had years ago. How Matt built a profitable business one vending machine at a time while deliver pizzas. Why you should start thinking about "bricks of income" and how to start stacking them. The franchise business that helps schools raise money without sending kids door to door or bringing in volunteers.   Resources Mentioned HTP-27: From Bubblegum Machines to Mobile Apps — Leon Fowler on Entrepreneurship Live Your Dreams: Top 10 Reasons to Get into the Vending Machine Business Start Your First Business - free email and audio course

James Hopkins is a Co-founder of the Atlas App Store, an early stage Google Play alternative. He studied economics at CU Boulder, and worked at two startups - a health tablet company, and energy retrofit company - before deciding to start his own venture. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/james-hopkins/ What You Will Learn From This Episode App Search engines can't find products via their underlying functions. Only apps with the largest budget get top results, but what you can do about that. Why it's easy to develop apps, but not to get exposure. Why you should be focusing on developing localized apps. The basics of app store submission forms. Non-SEO tactics for app adoption.   Resources Mentioned HTP-216: How to Overcome to Cycle of Meh — Patrick Vlaskovits Black Swan: The Impact of the Highly Improbable by Nassim Nicholas Taleb

James Studdart is a full stack .NET developer, solutions architect and team leader based in the UK. He has experience in a wide range of markets from tropical fish and domestic services to international freight to the holiday industry, to name a few. James does a lot of commuting and fills that time with podcasts as much as possible. When he’s not working he keeps and breeds tropical fish. James is on the committee for the British Cichlid Association and is the chairman of North Wales Aquarists Society. When he’s not doing anything fishy he is also an active member of the Shock Team 6 airsoft team at Shock and Awe Airsoft in North Wales. James also has a young family, twin boys who recently turned one. James Studdart doesn’t know the meaning of downtime and being unplugged. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/james-studdart-unplugged/ What You Will Learn in This Episode The difference between airsoft and paintball. How to get started playing airsoft milsim. The weapons and gear airsoft players use. "War" stories from the field.   Resources Mentioned HTP-107: Why Tigger is More Productive Than Eeyore - James Studdart on Productivity Cynical Developer podcast

Jason Burt owns Evolve Holdings LLC and has over 20 years of leadership and cultural change experience based on learnings from working with Toyota (TPS/Lean).  Jason has worked in many industries and has been able to use his learning to help guide many companies to increased profitability through implementation of the Toyota philosophies.  Jason has worked in hundreds of companies and industries ranging from Aerospace (Metal Fabricators) to Commercial Farming (Farm & Distribution). Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/jason-burt-motivation/ Key Takeaways Breaking up with a business partner is a lot like breaking up with a spouse. The emotions are high, the assets get split and you need to talk to a lawyer. You need to make a decision on what to do next. Do you carry on with the business, start it over or get a job somewhere else? If you decide to move forward with the current business, you need to re-evaluate the priorities. Reach out to existing clients and let them know what is going on. Take care of their needs. Start hustling for new clients and ensure the revenue can quickly grow back to a sustainable level. Even if selling is not comfortable for you, you can accomplish anything when you are backed into a corner. Once you are taking action and being productive then you'll be more able to calm down and adjust to the new conditions. The greatest demotivator to employees inside a struggling company is not knowing what is happening and how it will affect their jobs. Be true to yourself.     Resources Mentioned HTP-94 Why Toyota Doesn't Manage From the Conference Room — Jason Burt on Leadership Sponsors Minio Cloud Storage - Developed for programmers and devops. Transource Media - Podcast audio editing. Be a guest on Hello Tech Pros. HelloTechBook.com - Get a free audio book from Audible.

Building a D&D campaign is a lot like writing a series of books. First you have to start with the overall series goals before you dive into the details. In this episode we come up with a new campaign story that will play out like a 5 act play or 5 book series. This is Part 4 of a multi-part podcast series. Part 1: 10 Business Lessons Learned in Roleplaying Games Part 2: Interview Players for Your D&D Campaign by Playing Board Games Part 3: Picking a Genre and System for your RPG This episode show notes: http://hellotechpros.com/dnd-campaign-design-unplugged/ Key Takeaways Feel free to steal ideas Snowflake method Campaign Hook, one sentence elevator pitch to sell players location, goal, obstacles "Several primitive and diverse tribes have assembled their leaders and heros to determine how to pacify the primordial spirits which have been devastating the area." Campaign Hook, one paragraph "Across the all lands where the springs and tributaries feed into the mighty Nelgenzes River, the primordial spirits are angry. Earthquakes, blizzards, tornadoes, floods and wildfires which were once rare are now more common and deadlier than ever. Crops have been destroyed, herds of animals scattered and killed and entire communities have been wiped out. The primitive and diverse tribes that populate the region have assembled their tribal elders, warchiefs, shamans and scouts to determine how to pacify the spirits of earth, fire, air and water from their frequent episodes of wanton destruction." Big Picture Summary (secret) Here + There + Resolve Us + Them + Resolve Secret 1 + Secret 2 + Secret 3 4 disasters/dilemas + ending 5 Parts of the overall story. Part 1: The tribes nominate their champions who must figure out how to work together to discover leads, track down information, survive the brutality of elementals and protect their people from nature and each other. Cooperation. Part 2: Resolution to learn about areas beyond Nelgenzes. Is everywhere affected? Can we relocate? Exploration. Part 3: The heroes discover an advanced civilization in a far away land which is very different than Nelgenzes. Rich in magic, manufacturing and longevity, their metropolises are a wonder to behold and feel extremely alien. The people are very homogenous. Reflection and Adaptation. Part 4: We learn that the overuse of magic and natural resources to try to control the environment and life expectancy of this civilization has created an imbalance in nature which is resulting in the devastation in the Nelgenzes Valley. Part 5: The heroes must decide on a course of action. Should they destroy or limit magic which will adversly affect the metropolis? Should they migrate and integrate their tribes into this society and learn to master the magical arts? Is there another way to restore the natural order? Resolution. Resources Mentioned HTP-147 10 Business Lessons Learned in Roleplaying Games HTP-154 Interview Players for Your D&D Campaign by Playing Board Games HTP-161 Picking a Genre and System for your RPG Snowflake Method by Randy Ingermanson   Sponsors Minio Cloud Storage

AB Periasamy builds software like an artist builds a masterpiece. By inspiring others to believe in the idea and the design and contribute to it's success. Anand Babu (AB) Periasamy is a free software contributor, angel investor and an entrepreneur.  AB is one of the founders of Minio, an open source cloud storage server. Prior to Minio, AB co-founded Gluster, an open source distributed filesystem. AB is also on the board of Free Software Foundation - India and has authored GNU FreeIPMI and GNU FreeTalk. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/ab-periasamy-people/ Key Takeaways Don't have people managers. Instead, build a culture that encourages self-managing individuals. Software development is more like creating art than mass-producing products in a factory. Build the culture and they will come. Industry experts may be brilliant and also be the wrong people to have on your team. They come with pre-conceptions on what will work and what won't. They might be motivated by money instead of by your goals. Minimize the requirements, don't throw in extra features just to compete. Experiment on ideas to gaher more data before deciding on a solution. Elect one benevolent dictator to represent the team after soliciting ideas and discussion options. That person will take all the input and make the decision. The first 10 people are the hardest to find. After 10 the recruiting becomes much easier. The only asset you have from the beginning is belief. You must inspire others to share in that belief or connect with others that already believe.   Sponsors Burdene - SMS-based notes and reminder service. HelloTechBook.com - Get a free audio book from Audible.   Resources Mentioned HTP-54 You're Tech Interviews are Scaring Away Brilliant People — People Friday with Bill Kennedy Minio Cloud Storage Minio on Github

If the Command and Control management style is like the British Armada then do dev managers need to be a lot more like pirate ship captains? Jeff Maxwell is an application architect with experience in Fortune 100 corporations, a longtime software developer and lifelong Oklahoma State Cowboy alumnus. Jeff was a prior guest of Hello Tech Pros on episode 2 where we discussed Productivity and how Jeff took a $1 million project and reduced the team size from 25 to 4 people by restructuring the requirements document into bite-sized tasks. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/jeff-maxwell-leadership/ Key Takeaways You're not a leader if you're not listening to your team. Leaders who are very non-technical in a very technical field can be challenging to work with if they are command and control driven and don't solicit feedback from the team. Developers are really good problem solvers. Leadership needs to identify those who are great problem solvers and empower them to make creative solutions. Managing developers is like herding cats being a captain on a pirate ship. Developers crave adventure. They don't want to follow rules that have no purpose or add value to the current situation. They respect leaders who have hands-on experience and lead from the front lines. Each ship and each captain had their own set of rules or Pirate Code. Can't light a candle after 9pm at night. If you're going to smoke or drink you must do it above deck after 8pm. Each man gets a vote. You must keep your pistols and cutlass (skills) ready for war. The person who forsees the first sail gets the best weapons. The captain is elected by the majority of the crew. The musicians get to rest on Sunday but have to take requests on all other days by the crew. The captain has to understand every aspect of the ship and what each role entails. Each dev team should create their own Pirate Code and swear an oath. Coding standards. SDLC process. Culture standards.   Resources Mentioned HTP-2 Scaling Down a Team to Get Results — Productivity Tuesday with Jeff Maxwell It's Your Ship: Management Techniques From the Best Damn Ship in the Navy by Captain D. Michael Abrashoff (Listen on Audible)   Sponsors Burdene.com - SMS text-based bot for taking notes and getting reminders. HelloTechBook.com - Get a free audio book from Audible.  

Edward Fry advises enterprises on ways to streamline their software development to drive business results.  He has been working with IT for over 20 years and has been passionate about technology all his life.  Edward lives in Oklahoma City with his wife, Linda, and 3 children. Edward was a past guest on Hello Tech Pros episode 16 - Applying Kanban to Your Inbox and Calendar — Productivity Tuesday Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/edward-fry-people/ Key Takeaways Gartner found that in most business challenges 60% involved people, 20% process and 20% technology. Communication recipients are always thinking WIIFM - "What's In It For Me?" "How can I improve my performance review this month or enhance my credibility?" "Is this going to require a lot of extra effort from me?" When trying to get buy-in, look at the motivations of the individuals. Part of a change management or buy-in process is getting excitement. Organizations need to work to convey that they care about the employees opinions. Most people are good at heart and wat to help you succeed and will help when they can. People pick up very quickly if you're not genuine. Body language speaks more than the content of your message. Hands, arms, feet, posture, vocal intonation. If your message and body language are out of synch, it's like if musicians play out of tune. Try not to control your emotions and body language, let a little emotion come out. Empathic listening is key to good communication, not just listening to words, but being an active participant. Give your complete attention. Give feedback when the other person pauses. Also called "verbal reflection." 93% of what we understand is non-verbal, only 7% of total message payload is the words. People can seem very terse in email. A reader may appreciate the shortness of an email or may think writer was a jerk. You just don't know until they give feedback. Think about including emotional cues in message - smiley faces, animated gifs and "thanks so much!" Read your own messages before you send them with the mindset of your audience. When in doubt, pull it out. Have face-to-face conversations as much as possible. Get out of email and go to lunch or visit a coworker at their desk. Resources Mentioned HTP-16: Applying Kanban to Your Inbox and Calendar — Productivity Tuesday with Edward Fry

Chris Britton used to be the kind of guy who would rarely take a long vacation. When he did, he could not completely get unplugged and resist taking calls and answering emails. Now when he books a vacation, he specifically looks for areas with horrible cell phone coverage and leaves for two weeks at a time. Chris Britton leads the vendor management team for a top insurance carrier where he’s worked in the industry for the past 17 years. He currently lives in Austin TX. Chris was also featured on Hello Tech Pros episode 19 where he discussed the why's and how's of developing relationships with vendors and business partners. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/chris-britton-unplugged/ Key Takeaways Vacations are a great way to find inspiration, but on the next Monday back reality sets in If you don't take time off and really get unplugged, it will create a monster inside you The accumulation of longterm stress can lead to self-destructive behaviors, including Retail therapy Over-eating Defensive attitudes Addiction Being on call is not being unplugged The company will not burn to the ground in your absence Delegate responsibilities before you leave so that you won't be worried Cover for your colleagues when they are out and they will come back fired up Treat long vacations like a project Put it on the calendar months or years out Identify dependencies and potential impacts to other projects and plan accordingly Get out of the house and get active Resources Mentioned HTP-19: Invest in Business Relationships Before the Business Crisis with Chris Britton Grand Canyon Appalachian Trail A Walk in the Woods: Rediscovering America on the Appalachian Trail by Bill Bryson (Listen on Audible) Sponsors BookMoreNights.com - Professional photography, videography and online marketing for your vacation rental property

Robert Okun is a former hedge fund manager who has turned to a career in technology. Mr. Okun has a BS in Management and Finance from New York University Stern School of Business and an MBA in Finance from Fordham Graduate School of Business. He has over 25 years of experience in trading, sales, Management, Banking and Investment Management at JP Morgan, UBS as well as his own private firm, RORS Management & Research. Mr. Okun studied technology and coding python under the tutelage of Mr Hartmann and is now the Chief Business Development Officer / Partner at The Silver Logic in south Florida where he's helping to build a culture of continuing education and using his financial background to solve his customers' toughest challenges. Show notes at http://hellotechpros.com/robert-okun-people/ Key Takeaways Learn from your mistakes and don't be afraid of having mistakes Bringing in new, diverse thoughts to an organization can foster innovation Sometimes you don't recognize the impact someone is making on your life until years have passed The 6 traits that The Silver Logic looks for when hiring (besides technical skills) are: Ambition (want to grow) Desire to Learn Desire to Teach Desire to Listen Desire to be Considerate Desire to be Patient If you don't have the technical skills to become a paid dev at The Silver Logic, you can apply to be an intern Everything you do in life is your choice Resources Mentioned HTP-33 Understand Your Team's Sense of Humor to Motivate Them - People Friday with David Okun The Silver Logic Project Euler