Podcasts about Soze

In deze podcast praat ik met Alex Soze, 43 jaar, Youtube/Tiktoker en ondernemer. Alex is bekend geworden door zijn virale video's tijdens de corona periode. Maar er zit nog veel meer achter deze gast, dat en nog meer in deze nieuwe Knolcast! USH!

Mein Gast im Chefgespräch ist Unternehmer mit politischen Ambitionen. Seit seiner Jugend war er in der SPD aktiv, im Dezember 2019 trat er aus der Partei aus und wurde schließlich im Frühjahr 2020 Mitglied in der FDP. Er war im Schattenkabinett des SPD-Kanzlerkandidaten Frank Walter Steinmeier – und Bundesschatzmeister der FDP. Harald Christ ist Inhaber der Kommunikationsberatung Christ & Company in Berlin und hatte in den vergangenen zwei Jahrzehnten mehrere Positionen im Topmanagement von Banken und Versicherungen inne. Unter anderem beim Versicherer Ergo, der Postbank und der inzwischen untergegangen WestLB. Spätestens seit er vor 18 Jahren die Kapitalanlagegesellschaft HCI an die Börse gebracht hat, darf er sich als finanziell unabhängig betrachten. Wir sprechen darüber, ob Geld glücklich macht, ein Werdegang wie der seine heute eigentlich noch möglich ist, wie viel Soze und wie viel FPD in ihm steckt – und warum er mit Anfang 30 seine Homosexualität offengelegt hat. *** Das exklusive Abo-Angebot für Sie als WirtschaftsWoche Chefgespräch-Hörerinnen und Hörer: wiwo.de/chef-abo Helfen Sie uns, unsere Podcasts weiter zu verbessern. Ihre Meinung ist uns wichtig: www.wiwo.de/zufriedenheit

New Music from Mr. Soze, Kiiing Phresh, R-SCARS, Gry, Ragga Daht, SnaggaPuss and many more. Catch us live every Monday night on spreaker.

New Music from Mr. Soze, Kiiing Phresh, R-SCARS, Gry, Ragga Daht, SnaggaPuss and many more. Catch us live every Monday night on spreaker.

The Yanks go up 1 in the DS and now have a day game as they try and take control of the series...what we liked, didn't like and what we hope to see...plus quick looks at the other divisional series...Correa opts out...the ridiculous conspiracy about Helen Keller that also might mean Michael Jackson is alive and well...Dan Snyder is going to blow up the NFL out of spite...and the week 6 picks..

0:13.00 Adam Schefter's Bad Comments 0:18.37 NFL Free Agency 0:24.12 Terrific Tom Brady 0:47.02 Chicago Bears Draft Needs

Alex Soze bij Andy in de auto! Vlogger uit Groningen, letterlijk net opgehaald uit de gevangenis voor een ritje naar huis. Een gozer vol energie, hart op de tong en gewoon lekker zichzelf. Mooi om deze Topper in de auto te hebben!

The winner of the first Shat The Movies Fantasy Premier League season, listener Nick Cobs, chose as his prize one of the biggest "holy crap!" plot twists of the '90s: "The Usual Suspects." We all remember the iconic line-up scene and utterly addictive performances by Benicio del Toro, Kevin Spacey, Chazz Palminteri, and Stephen Baldwin (no, not you Gabriel Byrne). But will the Shat Crew hail Bryan Singer's breakthrough neo-noir flick as a smart, stylish ensemble mystery or dismiss it as the Fedora Guy of movies? Join us as we take another look at the crappy wig, silly heist, gratuitous vengeance, horrible police sketch, and questionable narrators that make "The Usual Suspects" worthy of the Shat treatment. SUBSCRIBE & FOLLOW Android: http://shatthemovies.com/android Apple/iTunes: http://shatthemovies.com/itunes Social Media: Twitch, Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube, Snapchat Website: http://shatthemovies.com/ HELP SUPPORT THE PODCAST Donate with Paypal: http://shatthemovies.com/paypal Donate With Venmo: https://venmo.com/shatpodcasts Get Podcast Merchandise: http://shatthemovies.com/shop Shop Amazon With Our Affiliate Link: https://www.amazon.com/?tag=shatmovies-20 Sponsor's Listener Survey: http://shatthemovies.com/survey Leave an iTunes Review: http://shatthemovies.com/review Vote for our Next Movies: http://shatthemovies.com/vote Feeds & Social Media: http://shatthemovies.com/subscribe-and-follow Leave a Voicemail: (914) 719-SHAT - (914) 719-7428 Email: hosts@shatthemovies.com Listen to our TV Podcasts: https://shatontv.com/shat-on-podcasts Theme Song - Die Hard by Guyz Nite: https://www.facebook.com/guyznite

“Well, We made it through another amazing weekend for Tucson hip hop” It's Monday Monday, June 14th, 2021 I'm your host MK, and welcome to another daily edition of the Mankind Podcast, a Takeover AZ Media program found on theMankindShow.com and WithUsOrAgainst.Us Hip hop is alive in Tucson! I had a blast with the Takeover team this weekend and it don't stop because I wanna wish a special Happy Birthday to one of my very favorite people on this planet, she's a Gemini who puts the “Can” in Canadian and she's one hell of a great person, she is the co-host for our Takeover Lounge happy birthday to the one the only, Daniella Almeida! We love you and we hope you have a fantastic day, week, month, year! Go wish her a good one on social media at @daniwrldtakeover But we had the whole crew at “El show” on Saturday, the sponsor for Takeover Lounge, LPKNC was doing community outreach. Spiral Productions was filming everything behind the scenes and as always from Soze and Ago to 850 and Evander Grimm the show was insane! (El Show clip) Shoutout to the entire 850 squadron and everyone who made that such a memorable event, Truly providing the sounds and Solar Culture at this point is an institution and has been a place for Tucson hip hop to thrive for decades. After that, we took a stroll down the street to the home base right now, where else but Thunder Canyon for Vibe Night with MasSyc and had a great time with even more of the incredible talent in this city and you know when Beezy, Trahma, Sycness, Mas Vas and Tommy Will is on the bill it's about to be a party. (Vibe Night clip) I know these episodes seem to go fast but thank you so much for tapping in and if you are throwing or going to a show that you want me to throw it in the mix let me know @mankindpodcast on Instagram and @mankindpod on Twitter. So that's all that's it for another episode of the MKP join me tomorrow for Takeover Tuesday and find out who's coming to the Lounge this week and thank you so much for listening I'm MK and I'll see ya tomorrow. ☮️ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mankindpodcast/message

HTGG's review of the song Feelin by the UK artists Rzo Munna and Soze.   Original Link: https://youtu.be/3iybn4VjzQY   Our Socials: Linktree -> https://linktr.ee/H.T.G.G  

In 2006, Carlos's fiancée (now his wife) was approached by a client to do SEO (Search Engine Optimization) and PPC (Pay Per Click). Carlos got into the agency in 2008 when the economy “tanked” and the funding for the startup where he worked dried up. From 2008 forward, the agency has been “tapped” on a regular basis by traditional (radio, print, TV) agencies needing digital services for their clients. Bloom works with a variety of different industries – retail, B2B, government agencies, and some non-profits. Hospitality, which is big in British Columbia, is currently challenged because of the pandemic. Over the years, the focus of needs has become more complex – from a “We need to be on FaceBook” to “We need to be on Facebook, on LinkedIn, on Twitter, on Instagram.” When asked why these traditional agencies did not develop their own digital services in-house, Carlos explained that many digital marketers who started in the mid-2000s were self-taught. They learned the craft by “reading blogs, by attending conferences, by networking with other marketers.” He says, “It takes time to build expertise and a skillset where you're able to run big-enough campaigns.” Partnerships with Bloom meet larger agencies' needs for solid, experience-based digital expertise and have given Bloom the opportunity to work with larger clients than they might otherwise have had.  Carlos gave a nod to Converge's marketing performance reports by relating that the number one complaint that he hears from clients coming from other agencies is, “We get an invoice every month, we don't know what our agency is doing, we don't know what they've been working on, we don't know what the next steps are.” Carlos notes, “You can save so much time and deliver so much better quality and end results using the proper tools.” Communication with clients is critical. Carlos commented on the problem that good digital marketing people are hard to come by and even harder to retain. He says, “Once somebody becomes skilled at running campaigns with six-digit budgets every month, they get poached.”  In this interview, Carlos discusses how Covid has changed his business and how the marketing industry has “always been on the leading edge of change.” He is looking forward to a disrupter in the digital marketing industry because there are no barriers to becoming an expert, no licensing, and the service is becoming commoditized. What that new model will look like . . . and who will do it . . . who knows? Carlos can be reached on his agency's website at bloommarketing.ca – (.ca for Canada), or on LinkedIn, Facebook, or Twitter. Transcript Follows: ROB: Welcome to the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast. I'm your host, Rob Kischuk, and I'm joined today by Carlos Obregon, Co-founder at Bloom Marketing based in Vancouver, British Columbia. Welcome to the podcast, Carlos. CARLOS: Thank you very much, Rob. It's great to be here. ROB: I'm pleased to have you here. Why don't you start off by telling us about Bloom Marketing and what focus areas the firm excels in? CARLOS: We started Bloom Marketing back in 2006. Initially it started as a result of my then-fiancée, now wife. She was approached by a former client, and she was invited to become a contractor doing SEO, doing PPC. That was the first client. I joined the company two years later as a result of the 2008 financial problems. I was working for a startup, and at the time all their funding dried up as a result of it, so the staff was laid off. We were then expecting our first child. There is nothing to light up your entrepreneurial fire like having a mortgage and a baby arriving soon. [laughs] ROB: [laughs] Yeah. So, you started off in that SEO, pay-per-click; where has that path taken you in terms of the specialties of the firm now? What does a typical client engagement look like? CARLOS: We started our agency and organically, we started getting approached by traditional media agencies wanting to build up their digital marketing expertise because invariably – we're talking about 2008-2009. This is when they were doing radio, print, TV. They were asked by their clients, “We now need to be on Google, we need to be on Facebook, we need to rank better on organic searches.” That led to us developing several partnerships with traditional media agencies. That became our social growth. By having access to larger clients than what we would have had otherwise, we were able to nourish and develop these partnerships. That happens still today. We still maintain most of these partnerships. That has allowed us to tap clients that we probably wouldn't have access to because we don't have a radio department, we don't have a print advertising department. So more or less, that's been our path. We didn't really plan it that way, but that's how it's been working out. ROB: That's an excellent path. I've definitely seen a lot of these traditional media purveyors – they're used to selling TV ads, they're used to selling radio ads. Actually, some friends of mine were involved in a company that was acquired by Gannett, who was one of these big old school media companies. They tried to equip the sales folks to go out and sell digital, and it didn't go very well. What do you think it is in these organizations – by now they certainly could have built an in-house practice and an in-house capability. What do you think has made it hard for them to turn that corner? They really do need these partnerships. They need you. CARLOS: I think in part it's because those of us who started mid-2000s with digital marketing, we're all self-taught. There were no programs in universities or colleges for digital marketing. So, we just learned as we went by reading blogs, by attending conferences, by networking with other marketers. It takes time. It takes time to build expertise and a skillset where you're able to run big enough campaigns, where you're able to communicate with the client. That's a crucial part of the business, communication. I know you're involved in the reporting side of the tools. That's probably the number one complaint that we hear from people coming from other agencies, from past experiences. Communication. So many times we've heard, “We get an invoice every month, we don't know what our agency is doing, we don't know what they've been working on, we don't know what the next steps are.”  I think it takes time to build the marketing expertise. Once somebody becomes skilled at say running campaigns with six-digit budgets every month, they get poached. We're all trying to make a living, so understandably. ROB: Right. That training effect is challenging I think also, especially where you started out in some of that SEO and PPC world. I had some friends who ran an online marketplace for building products, essentially, and these two guys are running this $20-30 million a year business, and the founders are still doing a lot of the PPC because every time they get somebody up to speed, they get poached. CARLOS: Yeah. I've seen it over and over again. At one point I remember one of the biggest agencies here in Vancouver, a traditional agency, their entire digital marketing team was two people. They were both entry level, and here they were running gigantic companies. [laughs] ROB: Yeah. So, you had those beginnings in certain areas, and the marketing world has changed quite a bit since you started the firm. What are some of the more services you offer now? What different expertises are you working with clients on? You mentioned where the clients are coming from; what does a typical client look like?  CARLOS: We're actually involved in several different industries. Hospitality is pretty big here in British Columbia. At the moment it's going through challenges because of the pandemic. We're also involved in retail, B2B, and we have also done some nonprofits as well as government agencies. One key difference now is before, we would be approached and they'd say, “I need to do SEO because I need better rankings.” What I think now is the needs of the customers encompass more. Right now we get approached and they say, “I need to be on Facebook, I need to be on Instagram, I need to be on Google, Microsoft ads, on LinkedIn, on Twitter.” There's a lot more of a whole vision of what the needs are and all these different channels the business needs to be visible on. I think that would be the main change. More than one channel, now it's multichannel. ROB: When someone comes to you and they want to order everything on the menu, how do you help them in that decision process? They still have to choose where they're going to allocate more of their effort and budget, and also maybe some channels aren't quite appropriate for them. How do you think about that guidance?  CARLOS: Again, we go back to the communication. We have an onboarding process where we meet with the prospective client or client and first we try to understand, what are the goals? Usually you get an answer like, “I want more business.” Well, yeah, but what does that look like? Do you mean more subscribers initially? Do you want more people signing up for a trial?  Do you want more people ordering a sample? Do you want to get appointments? Do you want to get viewings for real estate? When we start narrowing down the goal, we say, “You're a business-to-business company, so perhaps Facebook is not the ideal channel if you're selling industrial equipment. Why don't we explore LinkedIn first, where you can target people based on which companies they work for and their job titles?” For the most part, it's a back and forth. We agree on what the goals are, we agree on how we're going to measure, what kind of timelines we have – because as you know, some products have a really long sell cycle, so it makes it tricky to measure sometimes. But again, it goes back to making sure you align and you understand what the client wants and they understand what you can deliver and how long it will be. That would be more or less how we approach it. ROB: That certainly makes sense. On this journey, you already gave us a little bit of a picture of the origin of the firm and how it sounded like your wife started the firm and then a couple years later she let you into the business. CARLOS: [laughs] Pretty much. ROB: How many people were on the team? Were you Employee #2, or were there some other people that had come in between the two events? CARLOS: We had contractors from the start. I was not Employee #2 per se. I was “Person on the Payroll #2.” Up until today, we continue to work mostly with freelancers and contractors who are part of our team, but they're not under contract. They're not just working for us. So I was #2 on the payroll but not necessarily #2 in the company. ROB: That's an interesting thing. I'm going to pull on that a little bit. When you talk about contractors, what percent of your team would you say is full time versus contract? CARLOS: I would say full time is about 40% and contract about 60%. ROB: That's a strategic choice, right? I know people who say that their target is 30% contract, but at the end of the day they can't help themselves and they end up being much more towards 100% of it being full time, or maybe 10% on contract. How have you reached that decision strategically? What led you there? CARLOS: We didn't really choose it; it just kind of happened. People we found that were really good at what they do usually wouldn't want to commit to working full time for any one firm. I think it comes down to quality and reliability. The contractors we work with, we know they're never going to come and work exclusively for us just because they've achieved a certain level of success and they want flexibility. They want to be able to turn down work occasionally. So it just happened that way. Now, looking back, I think it was a good thing that we learned how to work with contractors early on and how we maintained those relationships, given the changes that we're undergoing right now. A lot of people are working remotely. Those who already have practice in working remotely, it was an easier transition. Some other ones were more abrupt. But I feel like the days of huge agencies and huge offices are probably behind us. ROB: Is your team in any office right now or is everybody completely remote still? CARLOS: We're a hybrid. We do have an office, and I go about three times a week or so. But we have contractors who live 2,000 miles away from here, just as an example. We're never going to have them in the office, and that's fine. ROB: In that sort of environment, how are you thinking about people knowing each other, working together, team-building? What do you think that looks like right now, number one, and then number two – suppose we're in full regathering and getting together mode, but you're still distributed. How are you thinking about team? CARLOS: I'm a really social guy. I miss being able to hang out with groups of people. I really, really miss it. In some instances it's possible to have most of our team in any one place, especially at certain times of the year or if there is something happening in Vancouver like a big conference or some reason for everyone to be together. But I think moving forward, we're going to have to do a hybrid where those of us who are close by might be able to meet up and be physically in the same boardroom, but I think from now on we're always going to have people remote conferencing. ROB: It's definitely something I've been trying to sort my way through. Before, we had an office. I liked having an office. I wanted people who wanted to be in an office. And then I just kind of changed my mind. In February, we made a hire who's an American, but in Santiago, Chile. We just hired someone in Sacramento. We're looking at people in Chicago and Tucson, Arizona. I'm thinking a lot about how we get together, whether we have some sort of annual team event or what it looks like. I don't quite know yet. So I'm asking a little bit for myself as well. CARLOS: Yeah, we're definitely in – none of us were planning for this to happen, for these drastic changes. Who knows? Perhaps next year we'll be somewhat back to some normal, but I think especially in our industry, we're always at the leading edge of change. Things were changing rapidly in our industry to begin with, and now with the work from home revolution, perhaps we're going to have team members that we never meet in person. But I don't know if it happens to you – to me, I have people that I work with remotely and have for years, and even though I don't see them physically very often, I feel like I know them really well. It's like we're buddies. So, I don't think we're giving up that much by not meeting everyone in person frequently. ROB: Really interesting. It's good to have thoughts on that. It's good to talk to each other about that. Carlos, as you reflect on the path of the business so far, what are some lessons you have learned along the way that, if you were starting over today, you might do things a little bit differently? CARLOS: Definitely. You know what the number one is? ROB: What's that? CARLOS: I wouldn't accept every client that comes through the door. I learned that initially because I started working in the firm in 2008, and there was a lot of uncertainty. Huge banks were going under. Huge insurance companies were going under. Everybody was kind of in panic mode. So, I started getting customers and I would say yes to everything and everyone because I didn't know when the next one was going to be. I had bills to pay, I had a mortgage, I had a kid on the way. Looking back, I could've been pickier because with some of those projects, I had no alignment. I didn't really connect with the client. Perhaps I didn't understand their goals, they didn't understand me and how I wanted to deliver. Although we never really had any frictions or difficult breakups with clients, there were a lot of projects that I did not enjoy. We're in a free market and we obviously need to make a living and grow and prosper, but we also need to enjoy what we do as much as possible. So that would be my number one learning. Don't accept every gig. I put it down on paper here in front of me for our chat today. That would be my key takeaway. ROB: It's draining on your energy, those things that you take on that maybe don't align. There comes a point – and you probably have realized this at different times – there comes times when you're at capacity and you end up almost having to say no to something you'd rather do, or at least scramble to figure out how you're going to do it. It can be hard to keep the quality level high when you're scrambling for a solution. CARLOS: That, and obviously the contracts and the projects that you enjoy, we all do better. We're more creative. We come up with better ideas on projects we enjoy rather than something like, “I don't even know how to sell this product. What does the end customer want? Do I really want to be promoting this? I don't believe in this product or this service.” So yeah, definitely a learning. ROB: I think we all need reminders of this. It's so easy to get off track so quickly, and then you get into the mode where you're just handling the decision that you've made. Are there any tools you have found that have helped you think ahead and think about working on the business? Because you have a lot going on and a lot of people involved. CARLOS: Yeah. I love finding new tools and experimenting, whether it be marketing automation, reporting, or analytics. You're an expert in this industry. You can save so much time and deliver so much better quality and end results using the proper tools. Now, as you're fully aware, it's a highly competitive industry. There are so many new tools. It's hard to keep on top of it. You have to do a lot of reading, which I happen to enjoy. But we definitely love using and finding and testing new tools. I remember when I first started working in-house, running a huge technical company, I was doing the SEO for this company, for this startup here in Vancouver. It was comparison shopping. I was doing the SEO, and from one day to the next, the person who was running the Google Ads left. The CEO approached me and said, “Can you take care of this, at least on an intern basis, while we find somebody else?” I was like, “Okay, yeah, sure.” It was a six-digit budget in Google Ads. And this was in 2005. The days of Google Ads Editor were not around yet. [laughs] We had to download all the data to spreadsheets. The campaigns were so gigantic – we were bidding on over 100,000 keywords at the time – that Excel kept crashing. Whenever we tried to do any analysis of bids and conversions, it would always freeze up. Thinking back, if I had the tools we have now back in the day, oh my God, I would've done a full day of work in one hour. ROB: [laughs] Wow. If only you could travel back in time with tools, you could take over the world. One thing I think that's interesting that you have uncovered in your story – we've had guests before whose spouse is involved in the business, but they were very vague. They wouldn't really admit it on the audio. It's really interesting that you brought it to the forefront. What have you found makes it work well to work on a business, on an entrepreneurial venture, with your spouse? CARLOS: We can go back even further than that. I'll give you a little bit of background. I actually met my now wife at a marketing conference here in Vancouver. She was working for an agency at the time; I was working as in-house SEO at another company. So, we met, and that's how it started. We actually met because of digital marketing. Then we got engaged, and that's when she started working freelance. Then I joined in 2008. It's been 14 years and we're still happily married. I can't deny that there have been difficult times where we don't agree and I want to do things one way and she wants to do things different or vice versa, but for the most part I think we complement each other really well. There are areas of the business – a lot of guys will agree with this – I don't get involved in the finance. She's the treasurer. [laughs] I like to socialize and meet people. I do a lot of the business development. It's something that she doesn't enjoy. We've made it work that way. I keep my hands off the money and the checkbook, and then whenever she gets a new lead or someone that needs more information, I usually do the communication. We've made it work. Just for mental health, we work with different clients. She looks after some clients, I look after different clients. Occasionally we work on the same project, but we keep some things separate. ROB: That sounds like a good tip in general. That's good for division of work, I think, in any company. You want people who work on some clients and not others. You want some people to work in their area of strength in finance, and others in business development. We do that, but I think there can be maybe this pull as co-owners to have your hand in a little bit of everything. It sounds like being able to split that up a little bit has served you well just to not be all in each other's business literally every day. CARLOS: Yeah. When we're at home, we have a rule of no business discussion. We talk about the kids, we talk about dinner, and we talk about vacations. We try to stay away from work because otherwise you end up working 16 hours a day, one way or another. ROB: That makes sense. Carlos, when you look ahead at what's coming up in the marketing world, what's coming up for Bloom Marketing, what are you excited about? CARLOS: I think the digital marketing agency world is ripe for disruption. I don't know who's going to do it, but if you recall, real estate was revolutionized by Re/Max. They completely put the business model on its head by giving realtors a lot more control of their commissions and how they split costs. I think this industry is ripe for disruption somewhere along those lines where perhaps rather than having an owner, a founder, and account managers and strategists and business development, I wonder if it could be pooling a partnership of frontend developers, backend developers, usability experts, web designers, SEO experts, PPC experts, and put them all in one company, split the costs, and somehow share revenue. I don't know what that would look like, but I'm hoping there's disruption because we're becoming commoditized. Every week I run a search on Google for “digital marketing agency Vancouver,” and every week I see new names coming up. There is no barrier of entry in this industry. You just put up your website and you say, “Okay, I'm a digital marketing expert,” and you are. It's unregulated. It's not like you have a license. ROB: Huh. That's interesting. It's interesting to think about the different ways that we get clients and the different ways that realtors get clients. The real estate industry is set up to equip the realtor to focus on a few things and other people in the process – different people are – let's say most real estate firms, for instance, don't have handypeople on staff to fix up the house before listing it. They just don't. It's all parceled out. CARLOS: Yes. ROB: So, it's interesting. What's possible, what's not possible? I wonder, what are the next couple steps that would prove that to be more possible and more true? CARLOS: I'm sure there's going to be a better way of creating a digital marketing agency business model, different than what we have right now. But if you come up with it, remember me. Call me, okay? [laughs] ROB: [laughs] Yeah. One thing I have seen – I'll share this; it's been a little while since we talked about it on the podcast, but it's come up a couple of times here and there. There is one firm that we've spoken with that was a co-op. They were structured as a co-op, where they were owned by their employees, and when the employees left, they gave up their ownership in the company. Soze was the agency there, out of Brooklyn. It sounds like a very Brooklyn kind of thing. But I just swapped emails with Michael Skolnik, who's their – I don't know what you say – he's the founder, I guess, but I don't know what his official title is within that mix since everybody owns the business. But he's going to look at open sourcing the local documents once they've got all that ready. I've got him on commitment to check in with in the new year. That may not be exactly where things go, but it is an interesting model because it does feel strange. I guess as a founder, you take the risk. Some people would look at it and say, “Fine, you take the risk, you get the reward.” But there's other times, I think, where you have a business that's doing well, but its service is revenue, so there's only so much of it you're going to reinvest in the business. And when it's going well, maybe it feels like it flows a little bit too much to the owners. CARLOS: Yeah. You're saying the co-op models – yeah, that's one way. I'm sure some smart guy will come up with a really good business model for the 21st century. ROB: [laughs] Perfect. We'll keep our eyes out and we'll keep talking about that here. Carlos, when people want to find you and when they want to connect with Bloom Marketing, where should they look to connect? CARLOS: Our website is bloommarketing.ca – .ca because we're in Canada I'm also active on LinkedIn, Facebook, Twitter. That'll be the easiest way to find us. ROB: Excellent. Carlos, thank you for coming on the podcast. Best wishes to you and to Bloom Marketing going forward. CARLOS: Thank you. All the best, and thank you very much for the invite. ROB: Thank you. Be well. CARLOS: Thanks. Bye. ROB: Thank you for listening. The Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast is presented by Converge. Converge helps digital marketing agencies and brands automate their reporting so they can be more profitable, accurate, and responsive. To learn more about how Converge can automate your marketing reporting, email info@convergehq.com, or visit us on the web at convergehq.com.

Rahul Raj is founder and CMO of 5&Vine, a fractional CMO and marketing agency that identifies industry incumbents' vulnerabilities, market changes, and technological opportunities to enable startup brands to challenge and overtake established brands.  The agency focuses on challenger brands that have both economic and social goals, e.g., increasing financial literacy, addressing discrimination, or making organic food more accessible to the masses.  Before starting 5&Vine, Raj worked at a Canadian thermostat startup, Ecobee. The big-name competitors, Honeywell and Nest, owned the market. Their vulnerability: single location thermostats did not address the comfort of people in “different” parts of their homes. Ecobee developed a system of individual room sensors that identified temperature and occupancy so that people could be comfortable where they were, instead of only being comfortable in the “single thermostat” hallway. The technological opportunity, Bluetooth, enabled sensors located in different rooms to communicate to the main thermostat without the need for “dropping wires.” The company had no money, no “presence,” and no awareness. It invested heavily in customer support, won converts, and curated reviews. Ecobee had 10% of the five-star reviews of big-name competitor Nest . . . with only 0.1% of the market share – which made Ecobee larger than they actually were.  Faced with a profound family tragedy, Rahul left Ecobee, interviewed over 200 companies, received 10 offers, and decided he wanted to “date.” With each company, he agreed to work for anywhere from a week to a month which de-risked the hiring process for both sides. He so loved working as a “fractional CMO” that he professionalized his “dating” and launched a fractional CMO agency. Rahul's “sweet spot” is working with referred clients are those who are “pre Series A to just post Series B” – those who have the financial resources to invest in marketing and are highly motivated to grow. In keeping with his “dating” philosophy, Rahul typically works for a company for up to three days to ensure there is a personal and intellectual fit. If both Rahul and the customer are satisfied, they write a formal contract. Of the thirty or so companies 5&Vine has worked with, the agency has taken a significantly reduced financial compensation from five or six – in exchange for equity or options in the client organization. Rahul has developed a formalized process to discern vulnerabilities that open opportunities for his startup clients to beat more-established companies. Use the web to research the big company's product Compare customer reviews to the company's product claims Buy and use the product and compare your experience to the company claims and to customer's reviews. Answer the questions: What are people yearning for? What is being under-delivered, and  What opportunity exists for your startup to come up with a powerful product that will prove a market winner? In this interview, he also notes that it is helpful to determine what has changed over time. . . and what technologies could be applied to solve problems. Rahul spoke at HubSpot's 2020 Inbound Conference on Go-To-Market Strategies for Startups: A Framework + Insights from One Challenger Brand to Another. He can be found on his agency's website at 5andVine.   Transcript Follows: Rob: Welcome to the Marketing Agency Leadership Podcast. I'm your host Rob Kischuk and I am excited to be joined today by Rahul Raj, founder and CMO of 5&Vine based in Toronto, Canada. Welcome to the podcast, Rahul. Rahul: Thanks so much I'm delighted to be here. Rob: It's excellent to have you here. Would've loved to meet up with you in person at the Inbound conference, which you spoke on and we'll talk about that, but glad to be on the line too, in virtual land. Why don't you start off by telling us about 5&Vine and what your agency superpower is? Rahul: Fantastic. We are a fractional CMO and marketing agency that helps startups and scale-ups take on industry incumbents and win. We focus on challenger brands that have some type of social pursuit alongside an economic aim. Whether that be financial literacy or addressing discrimination head on or making organic food more accessible to the masses. What we're particularly great at is identifying the vulnerabilities of the industry incumbents and using that to help propel the challenger brands that we work with to positions where they either take on or take down those industry incumbents. Rob: And you have some experience with that yourself having worked in a startup and a challenger brand before starting the firm, right? Rahul: I do indeed. Yeah. Prior to starting 5&Vine, I was the CMO at a technology company called Ecobee. Now, when I joined that firm, they were single digit million in sales, they were focused on the B2B market with a smart thermostat. That organization had a tremendous opportunity to go head-to-head with both Nest and Honeywell in the consumer space, but they were very reluctant to do so. Obviously, both of those organizations like Honeywell, as an example, created the thermostat and are a massive multi-billion-dollar organization with a variety of product lines that essentially translates to deep pockets. On the side of Nest, they were the darlings of Silicon Valley, started by Tony Fidel, who was the principal designer behind the Apple iPhone. And so they had tremendous street credit on the design side. And so here was this little engine that could call Ecobee in the Canadian marketplace that kind of wanted to rattle the cages of those big dogs. And, in essence, what we did was we identified the single biggest vulnerability of both of those organizations. And that vulnerability being that consumers are uncomfortable in their homes despite hiring a thermostat to make them comfortable. And the reason is that both of them measured the temperature in one spot only and it was typically in something like a hallway. Now, if you spend the entirety of your life in the hallway, outside of your thermostat, you are going to have one cushy life when it comes to temperature. But if you're like the vast majority of humans that sleep in their bedroom that eat in their dining room or hang out in their rec room, you're probably going to experience hot and cold spots. With that insight in mind, we created what was deemed to be a room sensor. Now a room sensor measured temperature and occupancy. So, we knew which room you were in, and we could help curate the comfort for the room that you were in instead of by the hallway. The way that we framed it from a language point of view is that Ecobee delivered comfort in the rooms that matter. So, there was a sub text, which was Ecobee: for homes with more than one room. And that, that strategy of going and addressing a fundamental design flaw that existed with thermostats was the cornerstone that enabled us to take on those industry incumbents. Rob: That's interesting. I didn't know that Ecobee story so much and, I'm just curious, how did those room sensors connect through to the main thermostat? Rahul: Yes, it was done through Bluetooth. Rob: That makes sense. And that really highlights it. You know, one of the things that can make a startup a success is by taking advantage of something that has changed in the market. And something that has changed in the market is Bluetooth, right? Very few people would string wires around their house to connect different rooms, to connect the sensor back to the thermostat, but with Bluetooth or even if it had been Wi-Fi or something like that, that's something that changed in the market that it seems like hadn't fully been exploited by the incumbents or even the splashy new entrants. Rahul: A 100%. Yeah. I think that they kind of fail to acknowledge the customer pain point, failed to sort of conceive of a solution. And then it was the like solving for “how do you make that solution technically feasible.” Now that the sort of first chapter of that story. The second chapter, just in brief, was that we had no money and we had no presence and no awareness. And so what we ended up doing to get this product out into the market was that we invested disproportionately in customer support, over marketing. And so the intent was to go out and find people that had this pain point, sell them on the resolution of the pain point, which is be comfortable in the rooms that matter, but then go out of our way to deliver on support. So if they needed help with the installation, we would stay on the phone with them the entire time. We would go out of our way to do whatever it took to make sure they had an extraordinary experience.  Now, at the end of that experience, we say, if you're happy with our product and our service, could you do us a solid and write us a review. There wasn't any sort of bias towards it, where it was like writing a review that consisted of X nor was that like write a review and we'll give you X dollars. It was just based on reciprocity – doing the right thing. If we go out of our way to do right by you, could you please help us with a review? And in the end, we had about 10% of the five-star reviews that Nest had with like 0.1% of the market share. So, we presented an image to the world that we were bigger than we actually were. And then we worked like heck to close the gap between the perception and our reality and grew our sales. Rob: That's a great point. And in your talk at the Inbound conference was go to market strategies for startups, a framework and insights from one challenger brand to the other. And I think that kind of tees into the question of how you build a business and agency around finding these insights. Because a lot of times what you have is this sort of survivorship bias where a company survives, and then you go back and you write the story of why they succeeded. But you're really putting yourself in the position where you need to have a process to uncover these insights about what the vulnerability is in the market. How do you get to that? Rahul: Yeah, it's a great question. I think the starting point is just like web research about the product. So obviously there's a bunch of commentary that's put out by the organization about what they're great at and perhaps what they're not as great at. So that becomes your starting point and it's the hypothesis that you're trying to validate working validate. So, the next step is to go to customer reviews and seeing whether the customers substantiate the strength of that product or service or whether the company is misleading people by stating that they are better than they actually are and so that becomes the second phase. The third phase is to buy the products yourself and experience them in some way and determine whether your experience is in fact reflective of the reviews and what the company has stated or not. I think in total, that that gives you a sense of what are people yearning for that is being under-delivered and what opportunity exists for your startup to really come out with a powerful product or service and clean up. Rob: Wow. And so you've talked a little bit about the origin story of the business, and I think we can kind of see the overall through-line, but it's still nonetheless a significant jump to go from CMO of a sort of scaled physical product startup into starting 5&Vine as a services organization. What led you into taking that jump? Rahul: Yeah, I mean, truthfully, I did not architect this. I accidentally stumbled upon it. So, when I left Ecobee, it was on the back of a profound amount of family tragedy, five deaths in three months, murder, a suicide. My father was given three months to live, it was overwhelming. Through the negotiation of that grief, I read an adage that said you are the average of the five people you spend the most time with. And it resonated so deeply with me that my quest was actually to find my five. So, I went through the process of evaluating a number of jobs, and I had 287 job-related conversations, which translated into 10 offers. And with each of those 10 offers, I wanted the experience of working with them before I drew a conclusion about whether I wanted to engage full time. So, in other words, I wanted to date. I didn't want to get married because I was aware that dating behavior in marriage behavior are materially different. So for each of them, I said, let me work with you for anywhere between a week to a month, pay me and we will essentially de-risk the hiring for both sides. So, I did this 10 times, and with each of them, I was able to make a significant impact to their business, to help them see opportunities that perhaps they were otherwise they were otherwise unaware of. And, and that was all done in a very short period of time. Now, the reframe of that experience is that I was engaged as a fractional CMO instead of a full-time CMO. And I loved the civility with which I was able to engage because I was treated almost more like a guest than a family member. Can I decided that this was such a delightful experience and the variety was so appealing that instead of taking any one of those jobs, I would just professionalize my dating and launch a fractional CMO agency. Rob: And at what point did it become clear that you were going to have to get some more people on board? You know, obviously it's one thing you can kind of picture making your own way kind of as a consultant, but there's another inflection point from there where you say, gosh, I need some help and even get to the point where you may have other people who are running that primary fractional CMO seat. What was that transition like? Rahul: Again, it was relatively like a logical transition and it kind of comes back to de-risking the move. So, when I needed extra help whether it would be in PR and growth in social, in content, in design. I would initially go to trusted people in my network that I could engage on a contract. And so, I would start paying them to do the work. We would evaluate or solidify our chemistry, both personality wise, intellect wise. And it was only when the expense for that discipline became significant enough that I could make the calculus to say, I think it would be more economical to hire someone full-time than it would be to continue on contract. And that's when I started building up my team. Rob: You make it sound so logical, but I, you can also see it, it really is kind of a steady sort of building block path to progress. Now, one thing that strikes me, particularly when you're talking about startups, a challenge that some agencies have when they work with startups is client selection. Because you have to essentially find clients that you can help, but also are financially solvent enough to not leave you hanging with open invoices. How do you think about process of choosing the right risks when it comes to clients? Rahul: Yeah, it's a fascinating question. There's a few dimensions to the answer. So, I'd say as a general rule, what I've learned is my sweet spot is just pre-Series A to just post-Series B. And the reason for that is that the organizations have the financial resources to invest in marketing and to pay me, but it beautifully aligns with their motivation to grow. They've they need to show aggressive growth as they, in order to land financing, or if they've just landed financing, they need to show their investors that it was worth it, that they can grow at the pace that they originally promised. So that's my sweet spot when it comes to . . . Rob: Okay. Have they typically raised seed money or have bootstrapped their way to some measure of viability at that point? Rahul: Yes. Yes. So, it's either that, or the founders themselves have means either due to a previous success, the discipline of saving, or family means. Rob: I see. And so, it definitely makes sense that somebody who's pre-Series A, you know, they're looking for that edge. They're looking to come into that fundraise with all of their advantages and with articulation of their differentiation and that's always an investor conversation, is what makes you different. And so, I can certainly see, you probably are plumbing some words into some investor decks along your way, Rahul: 100%. Yeah. I've pitched X so far for the startups that I engage with, and it's been amazing to even join them alongside those pitches to help close financing. Rob: And how do you think about customer acquisition in this way? Because it seems to me that startups are, they kind of show up, they get some degree of success. Sometimes they disappear there. It's not like targeting a Fortune 500 firm, everybody knows where Coca-Cola is and how to find them. You may have to navigate the organization to get there, but it seems to me that startups right around as they're getting to your sweet spot can be a little bit hard to find even. How are you finding these businesses? Rahul: So, fortunately it's all referral based. There's no active prospecting, it is just word-of-mouth, because I think when you start to see a startup do well, many people ask, well, how the heck did that happen? Right. Where did these guys come from and what drove their growth? And when I'm associated with that story and whether it's helping in a minor way or in a major way – that helps generate more client work. Rob: Got it. Rahul, you've been at this for a little bit now, what are some lessons you've learned in building 5&Vine that you might do a little bit differently if you were starting over from scratch today? Rahul: Yeah. Great question. So I think the first is, it's something that I'm now practicing I just didn't realize that at the beginning But I employ the same first date premise that I did with the job prospects that I referenced earlier to the startup clients. So, because fit matters and it's really, it's hard to assess fit during an interview process. I'd like to start by engaging in one to three days' worth of paid work with the client, but I don't need a contract. I just work on the honor system and I want to see whether our personality-based chemistry in our intellectual-based chemistry works. And if they're happy with the value that I've delivered and they like me, and I feel the same way about them, then we'll formalize a contract. And to me, it's not how I necessarily started, but it's what I've embraced now, it's very different than trying to hunt for as many clients as you can and treating them all as just dollar signs to build your business. I'm not trying to optimize for money alone, I'm trying to optimize for joy, social impact and fair economic compensation so that's one of the big lessons. Rob: Got it. It's funny how sometimes there are things we instinctively do early in our business that we don't realize we value. It sounds like you were doing this dating and then you kind of got away from it and you've realized that it wasn't just something that you did. It's actually something you did that was valuable along the way, it's an interesting journey there. Does anything else come to mind that you might adjust? Rahul: Definitely. The second one is, thinking about the composition of your compensation. I have out of the, certainly, 30 companies that we've worked with, there were about five or six where I have taken a meaningfully reduced financial compensation in exchange for equity or options in that organization. And that is just a powerful decision to make, but it obviously comes along with a proportionate level of risk. But it's powerful because when that organization does well, its game changing, it's just game changing. So, give you one example and knowing that you're in Atlanta, this will land pretty well, but one of my early clients was a company called Greenlight Financial, based in Atlanta. Greenlight is a smart debit card for kids that helps parents teach kids about financial literacy in an era where we're no longer as dependent on paper bills. Right? So, because our transactions occur virtually Greenlight helps facilitate that conversation and that education between parents and kids using a debit card and a mobile app, and they do an extraordinary job. When I was engaged, we grew the business significantly enough to close a Series A, led by Amazon. Recently within the past month, Greenlight has closed a $215 million round of financing that values the company at $1.2 billion. Trust me that I am delighted that I took a reduced financial compensation and have a piece of that business. Rob: Yeah, that's a great one to be in, they are certainly on their way, but early on, I think there were probably along the lines of what you were saying with the thermostat. Some unspoken kind of concerns and skepticism from the market. I know those folks, Johnson Cook, I think I know over there, I've known for a while. I think, Tim that's in charge of it.  Rahul: That's correct, yeah. Rob: Anyhow. They used to be right down the hall from us So, I know Greenlight well. Rahul: Do you know TBC as well? Rob: Yes. Absolutely. But talking about the insights, what was the insight in that payment market that really, it seems to me that the challenge would be trust. I think I had a little bit of skepticism and trust around the product when they first rolled it out the way I knew the people involved were excellent. Most people don't have that privilege. So how did you think about the differentiation and opportunity in the market with Greenlight? Rahul: Yes, there was, I guess to your exact point, because it's trust-based, you de-risk a situation when you know someone that has used it and derives value from it. So, you need to take something that is a private experience – and most financial things are private – and you need to help make the private public, and you can do that through storytelling. And so what we did fairly early on was we had great relationships with the parents and kids that were using our product and with their permission either encourage them to share their story on social and or enable us to share their stories on social. But we did so in such a way that the storytelling was, you were exposed to the storytelling, likely from someone in your community, in your city or someone that was relatable because their kids play in a particular sports league that your kids played in. So we made the private engagement with the product or public but did so in a way that you could relate to, and that was familiar to you. Rob: Wow. That's really intriguing and for the sake of Rahul, but as well as for the sake of your children, go check out Greenlight is a really, really cool product. I would encourage anybody listening to go have a look. I think the market is certainly validated that there is something there, there is value there, and I will vouch that there are good people working on it, so that's really exciting. Rahul, when you look ahead, when you look at what's coming up for 5&Vine, or maybe more broadly in the market of either marketing or innovation, what's exciting to you that's coming up? Rahul: So, we're evolving our business into a venture studio model where we are taking a bigger position in companies but taking on a higher level of risk in developing their brand, their websites, and their acquisition strategies. So, in essence, whereas a venture capital firm might put in dollars and then the use of proceeds is to do those things, we are doing the same thing, except we're giving all of our intellectual capital to these organizations to help them develop and accelerate them in exchange for more material equity positions. And that to me is unbelievably exciting because there's so much skin in the game. Where our future essentially depends on the success of those organizations and I'm just so excited to unleash more of the team's talents in bringing more socially responsible brands to market. Rob: That's interesting. And it's really interesting from a team compensation perspective, because oftentimes a lot of agencies will get into a model of some sort of profit sharing or distribution or something like that. How do you think about, is there any way you've been able to align the equity upside to the incentives of your team to kind of be staked into the long-term success of the clients? Rahul: Yeah, truthfully, not yet. But the model that I'm exploring – but I have not yet solved for – is the venture capital model. And my understanding of the venture capital model takes into consideration is: who's working on the business, how long are they working on that business, and then what is the outcome? And then how do you proportionately share proceeds based on agency and risk and by agency, I think involvement. And that's the trickiest part of this model is that we all know there's turnover. People leave agencies for a variety of reasons and so you want to ensure if they contributed to the success of an organization, that they can benefit from it for the time that they were involved. But the related thing is to what extent does it impact their base compensation? Because it's a risk model and the risks or the return isn't necessarily generated in the first two years, five years, or even 10 years. Right? And so, I'm trying to figure out how to structure it in such a way that it's equitable, doesn't disadvantage people, also they're still able to live fairly, get compensated fairly, but benefit from that level of upside, knowing that it's the agency that's taking on the most risk. Rob: Right. I've been having some conversations lately with attorneys. I've been facing down a similar thing because coming from an investor-funded product business, as I have, but also a services business, which we are spinning up. What you run into, if you just follow a typical startup pattern of granting equity, not that you run out of equity, but you keep diluting people with people who are not there anymore. And on the one hand you want them to benefit from the upside maybe . . . probably . . . not at the expense of everyone, they're not at the expense of maybe even an investor. So I've been tweaking with an idea, and I'm not sure if we're going to get anywhere with it, but if I can find an attorney who will make this format public the same way that some attorneys have made like safe notes and certain sorts of, investment instruments, they've made them public and sort of open source. What I've been thinking is to have people vest into a profit sharing and equity pool that they vest out of, they relinquish when they leave and that doesn't fully solve things. We had an episode where we talked to Soze, which is an agency out of Brooklyn. And they, it wasn't like Monte Python where they were an autonomous collective, but they said something kind of like that. It was a very like Brooklyn kind of hippy sounding, but really compelling and empathetic way where they, nobody owns that agency, they're a co-op I think they said. So, everybody owns the share that they own for the time they've been there while they're there and then it goes back in the pool when they leave. And so, I think somewhat inspired by that I've been tweaking with ideas and I, I don't know where I will get with it. I hope if anyone else has some thoughts on it, I'd love to hear drop me an email. Rahul: Oh, that's fascinating. We should make sure to stay in touch on that one then. Rob: Yeah. I think it's something that needs to be solved for, I mean, a service business with an interest in the product, which is what we are, which is what you are. I don't know how many of those there are, but I'm a big believer in letting the team share in the upside. And it's a lot easier to reckon that I think on the services side, it's here's profit sharing. but it's, it's harder when it's longer term it's harder when it's, it's something that's not, it's not divisible in the same way.  Rahul: Yeah, fascinating. Rob: Well, Rahul, when people want to find you and when they want to find 5&Vine, where should they look for you? Rahul: Yeah, the best way is online. Our website is 5andvine.com. It's the number 5, A-, N-, D-, V-, like Victor, I-, N-, E.com. And as you referenced earlier, it's based on the David and Goliath story where David took five stones from a river and use that in a slingshot to take down Goliath. So, he made a Slingshot out of vine. So it's 5 and Vine Rob: That's a good, concise backstory as well. Well, Rahul, thank you for your time. Thank you for sharing your story and I'm sure the audience will benefit well from it Rahul: Much appreciated. Thanks so much for having me on. Rob: Be well. Bye-bye.  Thank you for listening. The marketing agency podcast is presented by Converge. Converge helps digital marketing agencies and brands automate their reporting so they can be more profitable, accurate, and responsive to learn more about how Converge can automate your marketing reporting, email info@convergehq.com or visit us on the web at convergehq.com.

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In today's episode we are very excited to say that we have Kevin Vincent in the building alongside with him the SOZE group. Kevin Vincent who goes by "KevSoze" is an underground rap artist from Hillside, New Jersey. He's more famously known as an comedian doing skits on Instagram (50.7k Followers) where he blew up doing the RUNNING MAN CHALLENGE back in 2016. From being on The Ellen Show to working with Ellen and working on Red Carpet events he transitioned in the latest years. Since then he's been pursuing a career in music and has formed his own rap group called "SOZE" which includes three of Jerseys finest Timothy Young, Michaiah, & Chris Clark.

"Big Mama Trahma" Thank you guys for helping TMP thrive and we will continue to serve our audience with interesting, honest and entertaining interviews from emerging and established artists around the music scene. What we really need right now is for you to go subscribe to our YouTube channel. Go to themankindshow.com or google “The Mankind Podcast” click the subscribe button and check out our videos featuring artists like Bone, Trahma, Soze and Producer Boofmobile with new episodes updated weekly and treasures from “The Vault” popping up periodically. Leave us a comment and tell us what you think, we're always striving for greatness and your feedback is much appreciated. The podcast scene is blowing up these days and, everyone is listening or even better, starting a podcast. There seems to be no wrong way to podcast and people are getting really creative and there are plenty of Tucson based shows on a variety of interesting topics. Runtski from TSoT is an owner at TCB and we're talking about starting a live podcast night once a month and every month feature a different show. Maybe do a meetup as well? I'm talking about shows like... ...live on stage. It will be EPIC! Follow our socials @mankindpodcast on IG @mankindpod on twitter themankindshow.com is just a linktree with all the important links. You can also leave a voice message directly on our anchor page or by calling 520-276-9121 you can email the show at themankindpodcast@gmail.com So this interview with Trahma is full of her vibrant energy, she is passionate and hilarious with effortless swag and an adorable honesty. Her vibes are immediately attractive and that's why she's the undisputed queen and you are in for a treat, so with no further ado, it's my pleasure to present to you Big Mama Trahma. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mankindpodcast/message

"Renegades" Soze brought his producer Boofmobile and we chopped it up at the Tohono Transit Center in north Tucson. We talked about his music, how he stays connected and his process on "Renegade" and "Powder" his premier and upcoming projects. -------------------------------------------------------------- Watch the full video episode available on our IGTV and YouTube channels. -------------------------------------------------------------- Boofmobileee spoke on his beginnings in software with equipment and navigating the hip hop scene. We got their perspective on the progress that the local rap community is having and where they're headed next. Stay Tuned after the interview for a brand new slapper from James Ciphurphace. Thank you for supporting local art and media. #MKpod --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mankindpodcast/message

“We The Future” with guest Mariel Aquino We're gonna get to know Mariel Aquino the THHF volunteer ambassador and a dancer, beat enthusiast and warrior for change. ———————————————————————————————————— My name is MK and you're listening to the official podcast of Tucson hip hop, the Mankind Podcast is it, we cover the 5 elements of hip hop and so much more! Please like, follow, subscribe and give us a review on Apple podcasts or comment on our socials, we love to hear from our listeners so you can also leave us a voice message on the MK hotline at 520-276-9121 ———————————————————————————————————— - [ ] The Tucson Hip Hop Festival 2020 is March 27-29 and dance battles applications are open for 2v2 and Bonnie and Clyde freestyle sign up at tucsonhiphopfestival.com/battle. Vendor applications are also open on the website - [ ] Hashtag mkpod for anything hip hop related and during the month of December use it for presents! We're gonna give away swag! - [ ] Mynameisjabee the king of OKC came thru with a tour to thunder canyon and did the podcast run, he has interviews up on TSoT, The Hood Diner and Cholostereo. - [ ] December 20 at The Dive bar the “Who's Hotta” open mic competition is back with the finest talent from the Tucson underground brought to you by Arkana Ent, Sounds by Enzym3 and in cooperation with the THHF. Last month was crazy shoutout to all the acts, the supporters and definitely to the winner Soze, who we're gonna have on the show very soon. My guest today is one of the judges representing the THHF at Who's Hotta she's absolutely incredible, Mariel Aquino, the official THHF volunteer ambassador, freestyle dancer, and hip hop super fan also one of the finest humans I've ever had the chance to meet. We recently sat down in my studio in north Tucson. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/mankindpodcast/message

Massa olika ämnen i det här avsnittet, och de flesta kommer från Er, våra lyssnare. Bland annat försöker vi svara på frågan "Finns det en svensk undergroundscen idag?" vilket leder oss till både Gatuslangs och Adis Don Deminas youtube-kanaler. Häng med! Sånger från avsnittet:Schadiflex feat. Malika Dervishi - TidenModo Banja - När Glasen ToppasA Boogie With Da Hoodie - Mood SwingsLil Gotit feat. Lil Baby - Da Real HoodBabies RemixLil Gotit feat. Lil Keed - Brotherly LoveRuben East, Ivory, Finess & MIVAS - DaBaby på svenskaMahalia feat. Ella Mai - What You DidRzo Munna x Soze - PhonecallsRankz & Guleed - Missiler Sponsra oss på Patreon om ni vill. Ni betalar 1$ eller mer när vi släpper ett avsnitt. Patreon.com/vbdfr Här är alla sånger från alla avsnitt på samma Spotify-spellista.  

Justin is going to Comic Con to watch a penis movie.

Two Paisani + A Pizza Podcast – Episode 55: Kawhi-ser Soze Resets the NBAIn this episode, Eric & Mike discuss Kawhi Leonard's dealings to get Paul George to join him on the LA Clippers, as well as the new NBA landscape as free agency winds down. They also talk about the new Aziz Ansari comedy special before Bryan joins to talk movies and baseball.https://necessaryroughnesspodcast.s3.amazonaws.com/2+Paisani+and+a+Pizza+-+Episode+55+-+Kawhi-ser+Soze+Resets+the+NBA+-+7_10_19%2C+10.43+PM+1.m4a

Bomani makes his triumphant return from vacation to unpack everything that happened in free agency, including Kawhi Leonard having the vision to choose the Clippers and bring Paul George with him (0:41) as well as just how balanced the league is now with stars pairing up (16:40). Plus, the sentiments around the USWNT's World Cup victory (29:41), a fresh IYHH including Bo's thoughts on the "Blue Bell Licker" (45:22) and your best 4th of July weekend cookout stories (58:42).

Bomani makes his triumphant return from vacation to unpack everything that happened in free agency, including Kawhi Leonard having the vision to choose the Clippers and bring Paul George with him (0:41) as well as just how balanced the league is now with stars pairing up (16:40). Plus, the sentiments around the USWNT's World Cup victory (29:41), a fresh IYHH including Bo's thoughts on the "Blue Bell Licker" (45:22) and your best 4th of July weekend cookout stories (58:42).

Ryan loses the car keys. Lane is a grumpy pants. Ryan delves into the importance of Historically Black Colleges/Universities. Michael Skolnik is an entrepreneur, civil rights activist, co-founder & co-owner of The Soze Agency.  Follow him on Twitter:   https://twitter.com/MichaelSkolnik 

Michael Skolnik, co-founder of Soze Agency, a social impact agency selling compassion, equity, and authenticity, believes that, if his company is going to build creative campaigns about these values, then the company itself has to operate internally according to these values. How is that implemented? Soze Agency is a worker-owned cooperative. Vacation time is unlimited. What? How does that work? Soze employees are deeply vested in the success of the company . . . because, to varying degrees, they own it. Michael gave 62% of the company to his workers in the first 3 years and divests himself of 8% more of his ownership every year. In 7 years, he will be out. It is, he says, “an experiment in compassionate capitalism,” a model he would like to see in many more companies. He wants to see everyone win . . . and believes this is one way to make it possible. Employees at Soze don't take unlimited vacations because they know the company they own and the bonuses they receive depend on their being there and doing the work. Michael started his career and attended his first South by Southwest conference as a filmmaker, which is a medium for storytelling. Today, his company is rooted in storytelling. At South by Southwest's March 2019 conference, he participated in a panel, “Moments, Momentum, Movement,” which addressed how cultural “moments become movements, what's happening now in America and where we are, the work that we do and how that correlates to this temperature rise in the heat of this country, and how we hold onto that for the long term.” Michael feels this country is in a “tough spot,” uncertain about where it is going and what it wants to become. In the marketing world, this is reflected in brands' insecurity about how to interact with their customers in critical “moments.” Younger people, in particular, are demanding that companies respond. Michael emphasizes the importance of authentic and relevant communication. Michael can be reached on his company's website at: https://www.wearesoze.com/, on Twitter at: @WeAreSoze, on LinkedIn at: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michael-skolnik-4998365/, or on FaceBook at: https://www.facebook.com/wearesoze/

The DCOMedy crew is many things, but one thing we definitely aren’t is smart or athletic. Well sure enough, here comes Genius to judge our abilities of being both. Join us for a film that has kind of aged poorly, as we discover why they don’t really show it anymore as well as a theoretical particle that will change the future of humanity forever! But that’s really more of a side thing to cringey school scenes and hockey.Luke has trouble pronouncing names and teaches science. Emma finds a new crush and wants to talk about Flubber. Dyllan opens a new corner.Talking Points: The Cringe, The Black Sheep of 1999, Rufus Revealed, Dad Boyle, Off-Screen Mothers, English Please, Blades vs. Skates, New Chicagoronto, Soufflé Machines, Computers + Pipes = Science, Broken Homes, A Man Named Bear, PIFFWHIFFER, The Bluntest Man, Confusing Living Situations, Adults Bullying Children, Chazzing It Up, Easy Enrollment, Johnny Bahama Vomit, Krickstein Don’t Care, Goin Psycho, The Dad Knows Nothing, Tutoring Trope, Smelling Hair, Chaz Bourne, A Horrible Accident, Paying the Water Bill, Everyone Laughs at a Wounded Child, Charlie Is Actually Nice, Invalid Nuns, Claire-zer Soze, Charlie Doesn’t Explain Anything, Everybody Hates Charlie, Claire Does Nothing Wrong, Krickstein Saves the Day?, The Game Continues, Junior High Genius

New Leaked Track from the #MDMALifestyle Brand located in Baltimore Maryland. www.mdmalifestyle.com Follow The Brand on Instagram @mdmalifestyle For Booking and Contact Info Email mdmalifestyle@gmail.com

New Leaked Track from the #MDMALifestyle Brand located in Baltimore Maryland. www.mdmalifestyle.com Follow The Brand on Instagram @mdmalifestyle For Booking and Contact Info Email mdmalifestyle@gmail.com

Scared Earth, Soze, Müerte, Roxor, Fear of Extinction, Disease

If you’re looking for a solid reason as to why you have to stick to your guns, this story of depressed plumber turned internationally recognised photographer teaching that rejection is only a hurdle on the way to success.For the first time on the show, and first time ever to be interviewed, internationally recognised freelance photographer with tier one clients like sportswear tycoon Nike, Mitch Fong speaks with us about the process on how he created a life on his terms and shows you how you can “Just Do It”, too.We covered exactly how taking action is the cure to all fears that might be holding you back, we cover how positioning yourself as the “go-to” guy has a positive long lasting effect and how learning from a mentor can fast track your progress in any area of your life.You’ll discover how to:Deal with the naysayersHow to profit from your passionGet critical feedback that can catapult your resultsHow to build solid relationships with your clientsHow to deal with rejection and failureHow to use your past successes to create a STRONG mindsetKnow when you’re ready to take the leap of faithHow to directly connect with and learn off people you admireIn today’s podcast, Mitch and I teach you that taking the leap of faith is exactly how you’re going to bring all your dreams to life and understand that the only thing between you and your dreams is yourself.Find Mitch at:https://www.mitchellfong.com/https://www.instagram.com/mitchfongphoto/Intro & Outro by Bentley B & R. Soze:https://www.instagram.com/bentleyb__/https://www.instagram.com/r.soze/Check out their new release “LIGHT”:https://open.spotify.com/artist/11bIEOgE8CZEIv0LjLSMzJ

Living a life of simplicity has helped Joe, the WBFF competitive professional athlete, keep his life in order while compounding his efforts in every area from his fitness, family and business. If the thought of getting into the mind of someone who’s had the chance to personally coach 1,500 people successfully throughout his career while competing at a professional level on the bodybuilding stage and juggling full pledged family time in along with this, this episode may just blow your mind.It’s beautiful to see someone come from such humble beginnings, make it to the top in any organisation and see them stay humble along the way, and this is something that Joe has shown in every way, shape and form. Joe speaks about his upbringing in a forever moving family in the army, his stint playing Rugby and the injuries contracted over time, what got him in to the gym, how he gained traction in the competing and fitness circuit and how he’s stayed the best branded while never actually winning a competition.We covered everything about Joe, but kept it fairly business driven from an influencer standpoint, his online coaching business and his newly launched fitness camps dubbed Legacy Training Tours!You’ll discover how to:Find new ways to make your clients take actionUnderstand that by keeping your life simple, everything else will fall into placeFind yourself on tour with professional athletes in iconic places worldwideBecome the best branded in any industryGenerate new leads through social media as a coachRecover and recharge like a professional athlete would“You can only be the person you are, and always be the most you can be”In this episode, Joe and I (accompanied by Freshian Rucker) make sure that people leave with smart, simple strategies on how they can develop themselves like a professional inside and outside of the gym!Find Joe at:www.joepittfitness.comwww.instagram.com/joepitt_www.legacytrainingtours.comIntro & Outro by Bentley B & R. Soze:https://www.instagram.com/bentleyb__/https://www.instagram.com/r.soze/Check out their new release “LIGHT”:https://open.spotify.com/artist/11bIEOgE8CZEIv0LjLSMzJ

Having the ability to turn any situation that walks into your life, positive or negative and take a strong lesson out of every part of it is a skill that only strong minded high performing individuals like the people reading and listening to this podcast and it’s one that can be the “make or break” in a significant amount of situations that you’re faced with. If this is something you haven’t learned to master yet.. Boy, you’re in for a treat today, I can assure you.Being about 4-6 months in the making, I’m excited to share this very special podcast with a close and dear friend of mine - Professional athlete, heart throb and all around inspiration Freshian Rucker speaks all about his story growing up on the block in Memphis, Tennessee and how that’s impacted his growth rate in every area of his life since moving to Australia a couple of years ago to pursue his own personal destiny.We covered a bunch of amazing messages with the overarching lesson being one of perspective and appreciation for what it is that you’ve been provided every single day on God’s green Earth through the eyes of a well known professional athlete from treating every person that you meet like they’re a long time friend to the strength of planning and seeing yourself as a business every single day.You’ll discover how to:How to deal with the potential downside of growth in your lifeHow to actively appreciate every single minute of every single dayHow your can see yourself as a business and capitalise on thatHow to plan effectively, but make the most of the “off the plan” gems the world sends youHow to become confident and not cockyHow to pursue the power of mentally buying into any situation“You’re only ever a sell out if you never try to be you.”In this podcast, Fresh and I really take it upon ourselves to make sure that everyone listening leaves with a new strategy on how to bring more high performance to your day and appreciate every step along the way.Find Freshian at:www.freshianrucker.comwww.instagram.com/freshianruckerIntro & Outro by Bentley B & R. Soze:https://www.instagram.com/bentleyb__/https://www.instagram.com/r.soze/Check out their new release “LIGHT”:https://open.spotify.com/artist/11bIEOgE8CZEIv0LjLSMzJ

Tonight on Dump Stats... the Bad Humanoids are in the home stretch of the Basilica, and are learning more about their counterparts Wraith, Soze, Mycroft and the good Doctors Beardstrom and Dunne. The gang witnesses a tide turning, a tide turner and tries to find meaning among the prophecies and parallels found in this basilica. The end is nigh, on another episode of Dump Stats!

We round up the usual Mazan Movie Club members to discuss the biggest twist in film history. Plus comedian Mike Brody joins in to share his thoughts on Kevin Spacey's breakout role that won him an Oscar.  Who had the biggest breakout, Spacey, Singer or Del Toro? Did anyone figure this out on the first viewing? When did Keyser Soze play for the Clubs? How many Baldwins are there really? All these questions and more get answered on this week's podcast. "The Usual Suspects" on IMDb Mike Brody on Facebook Home of the Mazan Movie Club Host Steve Mazan on Facebook Steve Mazan on Twitter Steve's Comedy Website  

In this episode I talk about how There Never Was a Keyzer Soze. Let me explain. 99% of people who watch The Usual Suspects have the idea that Verbal Kint is Keyzer Soze. Wrong. There Never Was a Keyzer Soze. __ Here You Can Find All My Gear/Equipment: ► http://Kit.com/vingin Support or INVEST in Vin Ginfield ► https://www.patreon.com/vingin Here Is Where You Can Contact Me: ► http://vinginblog.blogspot.se/p/contact-me.html The Official Vin Ginfield Website ► https://vinginfield.wordpress.com Here You Can Subscribe To My YouTube Channel: ► https://www.youtube.com/user/VinginGopro?sub_confirmation=1 __ NEW EPISODE IS UPLOADED EVERY DAY / SAME TIME: New York(USA 12.00 Los Angeles(USA) 09.00 Tokyo(japan) 02.00 Sydney(Australia) 04.00 London(UK) 17.00 Stockholm(SE) 18.00 __ ps. Don’t forget to subscribe and turn on notifications.

Scoop and Cookie catch up on the hectic few weeks they missed out on. Kanye, Drake, Pusha-T, Summer Jam, Free Ice Cream, Pancakes, and everything else that happened.

Convo's With Substance x Texture - Ep 10 - Kayo x Euro Veezy Featuring Jaja Soze by SxT Show/Convos with SxT

Guest : Matt Dunstan from Kyzer SozeRABID NOISE on Rabbit Radio : Metal, Rock and Everything noisy from Australia and around the world!Listen to Rabid Noise at www.rabbitradio.com.au live every wednesday night 9-11:30PMHosted by Nev Pearce and Shane SmithRabid Noise is proudly supported by :RW Promotion : www.rwpromotion.com.auBlacklight Art & Design : www.blacklightad.com.au

Guest : Matt Dunstan from Kyzer SozeRABID NOISE on Rabbit Radio : Metal, Rock and Everything noisy from Australia and around the world!Listen to Rabid Noise at www.rabbitradio.com.au live every wednesday night 9-11:30PMHosted by Nev Pearce and Shane SmithRabid Noise is proudly supported by :RW Promotion : www.rwpromotion.com.auBlacklight Art & Design : www.blacklightad.com.au

Howdy folks and welcome back to Mancave Movie Review Episode 144. Today we will be talking about .This great and fantastic film stars Gabriel Byrne, Kevin Spacey, Stephen Baldwin, Kevin Pollack and Chazz Palminteri.   So sit back with a fine adult beverage while Steve, Mark, Ken and Jeff try to figure out which one of us is the Prince of Darkness. Hope you enjoyed the show and will be back for more. Please visit us on  and give us a like and share us with your friends. You can listen to us on  and  and follow us on . Until next week, ciao!

In the latest installment, The Bogus Byrd Man interviews Glasglow's most infamous serial killer-turned-professional comics writer Keyser Soze, a.k.a. The Off-Panel Podcast's very own John Lees, about his time in the RPG Forums playing every psychopathic supervillain under the sun. From his most darkly humorous hour as The Clown Prince of Crime, to a failed viral marketing attempt that was nearly mistaken for the next 9/11, listen to Soze relive the many moments in the RPGs that helped pave the way for his current career in independent comics.Download Here! - Recorded January 26th, 2012Official Site of John Lees' Independent Comic Book, The StandardOfficial Site of ComixTribe, Publishers of The StandardJohn Lees' Personal Blog

First mix published by Va Soze. If you want you can follow me on iTunes. ENJOY!

  Shownotes :: (show 308) :: (website) :: (podcast feed) :: (direct download) :: (direct iTunes link) With fanboy soze, recorded live May 1st, 2011. This week Scott Melzer and Rich Jarrett stopped by to talk about their new fanparody "fanboy soze". Plus feedback, Bernhard, TV's Kyle and more. Join us, for another week, another show, with more otaku-tainment! Community Google (the buzz) Facebook (the page) Facebook (the group) Live Journal Live Feeds OG (justin.tv) OG (livestream) Call Us! ::: Skype Voicemail ::: You can leave us voicemail using Skype, at: otakugeneration or call: (610) 628.3154 -or- (206) 965.8154 ::: Google Voice ::: You can also leave us voicemail with Google Voice, at: 484.235.5033; remember to hit # after the tone. Mentioned Stuff and Link(s) (during the show) OG Link Shortner OG twitter This Otaku's Life Audio Nuggets of Joy (1.0) by TV's Kyle :: (toons@otakugeneration.net)Kyle shares a taste of his amazing talents with us... Ray Fillet Lake Kyle TV's Kyle "Sings the Cartoons" Frog Raccoon Strawberry (on dummcomics.com) Kyle's Blog Moobeard the Cow Pirate! Send us or Kyle questions you were always dying to know about the animation process, but were fraid to ask! ...and he'll answer your questions only the way TV's Kyle can! Promos / Break What's On Your Radio? :: by The Living End Death Disco :: by Figment Jefferson's Weird News/Stuff (1.0) by JeffersonThis week Jefferson shares things interests him... (link) :: Tonoharu, Part Two by Lars Martinson Monthly DVD Releases (2.0) by Albert :: (releases@otakugeneration.net) 2011-05-03 Junjo Romantica Season 2 Complete Collection Shingu: Secret of the Stellar Wars 2011-05-10 Hoshizora Kisek (Coffee Samurai) Kiddy Grade Complete Collection (Classic Line) Shigurui: Death Frenzy Complete Series (Classic Line)(DVD, Blu-Ray) 2011-05-17 Allison & Lilllia Generation 1 Baccano! Complete Blu-ray Collection 2011-05-24 Air Gear Complete Series (S.A.V.E. Edition) Queen's Blade 2 Part 1 Samurai Champloo Complete Series (Classic Line)(DVD, Blu-Ray) Shin Koihime Musou - Otome Tairan Complete Collection Soul Eater Part 1-2 Collection (DVD, Blu-Ray) 2011-05-31 Durarara!! Part 3 Guin Saga Collection 2 Mazinkaiser SKL Urotsukidoji 3: Return of the Overfiend Invisible Stud Returns Nickname ME! by Alan :: (nickname@otakugeneration.net)None this week. But don't let that stop you! =D You know you want one. Don't be shy! Email us and tell us something about you! Then you'll be uniquely identifiable among the other OG listeners! Check out the most recent nickname logo-mashup(s)! togorashi-dono And some other nickname logo-mashups we did! Email us for your nickname and you'll get one as well! ...and now you get your own logo-mashup for your nickname... If you send us feedback, and you want us to nickname you, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With somewhere in the subject: NICKNAME ME NOTE:If we've already nicknamed you, you can't be re-nicked... unless you plead... lots! ...and we mean LOTS!!! =D For Podcast promos or MP3 Feedback, email us, at: otaku.generation@gmail.com With the exact subject: MP3 PROMOTION :: (for podcast promos) MP3 FEEDBACK :: (for audio feedback) In the body of the message, put: Your Name Your Podcast Your website Brief copy about your podcast for us to read NOTE: No copyrighted music, or clips! We won't play promos with this kind of content! Unless you own the copyright, and have given us written authorization! Join us next week... for something, something, something... podcast. (can you guess the reference?) A new show every Wednesday, so "podcast-in" with us! Download us, snear at us, but give us a listen... and maybe we won't respect you in the morning... *census/meh* It's May! So please bribe us delicious pie or cake or cookies (like Traeonna does)! ...and if you can't do that will take your pitty or votes and [insert OG-bribes here]. We appreciate the votes, donations, and comments even if we don't read them on the show... and iTunes reviews... even here: www.PodcastAlley.com. Word-of-mouth advertising is also appreaciated. Thanks for the support, and the people who have been voting for us! Z4H VOOOT3Z...they melt in your podcast, not in your vote!!

From the forthcoming ep "the genesis"

Kayser9soze previews G.A.F.A.N.O. from the forthcoming mixtape "This is me" Folks this is a full track..this is not a true preview more of a thank you for your continued support. www.kayser9soze.com

From the forth coming "The reinvention" due out January 15th 2010 via smg/ddp

From the Anthology (Ten years of Kayser9soze) mixtape. www.kayser9soze.com

Ripped right from pro tools unedited raw freestyle www.kayser9soze.com

This is the first single from the Velvet summer album...only available via my podcast to all of those who have supported my efforts over the years. My love for music has come at a create price, and thank you for making the sacrifices worth while. I currently have several ventures online under my company Soze Media Group. Please visit the links below for video games, free movies, industry news and more. WWW.CINEMAHAVEN.COM WWW.INDUSTRYFOKERY.INFO WWW.ANARCHYARCADIUM.COM WWW.E-STYLING.INFO

Live in the studio with Kayser and L.A. Confidential (The engineer) get your first listen into the "Alpha & Omega" at first glance. Straight and unpolished until the albums final cut is pressed in February prior to its release. Promising to be edgy in every sense of the word, Kayser has delivered countless music available live on podomatic and itunes. Underground classics to crossover hits the kid has an ear for beats. www.myspace.com/kayser9soze

This one is dedicated to those who know who they are..I have had to work hard to reach my success and now after the work is done some want to search for coattails.

Kayser spitting forty something seconds of rawness over a sean divine beat...preview from the forth coming mixtape "Kings of battles"

Freestyle session circa 2008...toronto with kris.

Exclusive track from the forth coming album "The final chapter".

Remix of musiq's hit "Buddy" I've remixed previous material from the artist named Musiq Soulchild. Great artist make sure to go out and purchase his latest work, currently number one on the billboard charts

Remix of neyo's hit "Sexy love" now featuring soze.

I love this song and what it stands for so it was remade featuring me on it.. I took a stab at it, only had 30 minutes to write and record so pardon the one or two slip ups in the song. Enjoy. Kayser9soze

This was jilts song he decided to feature me on it. This song has political undertones and some of you might not agree with how we send out our subliminal message but the song is still enjoyable as a song.You can find more from jilt @ murderousmusic.com or Chriscookley.com. Find me @ www.Myspace.com/kayser9soze