Podcast appearances and mentions of wayne wu

Send us a textThe opportunity to have apprenticed with Dr. Wang Ju Yi is an enormous privilege that comes with the responsibility to continue sharing his work on classical acupuncture. In part 2 of this episode of Dialogues on Applied Channel Theory, Nyssa Tang and Jonathan Chang chat about their experiences as apprentices and teachers of this work. The conversation touches on the challenge of designing mentorship programs that maintain the integrity of Dr. Wang's work and help convey his clinical curiosity and passion for helping his patients. Music by The Strayun: Clancy of the Overflow. If you're interested in listening to the entire song, please visit:  thestrayun.bandcamp.com/track/clancy-of-the-overflowBoat Song（《船歌》） -- Sung by Wayne Wu 

In this episode, we talk with Wayne Wu about his work on automaticity, attention, and memory in the philosophy of action. Wayne's website: https://www.waynewu.net/Wayne's book, Movements of the Mind: https://global.oup.com/academic/product/movements-of-the-mind-9780192866899Wayne's new book, Attention: https://www.routledge.com/Attention/Wu/p/book/9781032121772Twitter: https://twitter.com/thefreewillshowInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thefreewillshow/?hl=enFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/The-Free-Will-Show-105535031200408/

Wayne Wu is a General Partner at VMG Partners. VMG Partners works intimately with founders and leaders of branded consumer product companies, providing the resources and guidance needed to propel them to their next level of growth and value. Beyond capital, Wayne provides a value-added investment philosophy that pulls from his decades of experience, strategic guidance, and passionate focus to help our brands accelerate growth, increase brand awareness, and achieve their own definition of success. VMG has worked closely and successfully with brands such as Ancient Nutrition, Drunk Elephant, Humm Kombucha, Justin's, KIND, Nature's Bakery, Perfect Snacks, Quest, and Spindrift, to name a few. Wayne is energized by the next generation of innovative, consumer product entrepreneurs, and looks forward to helping them fully realize their vision. Wayne is based in San Francisco, CA.

Today's episode is a celebration. A celebration of 100 episodes of The Startup CPG Podcast! Can you believe it? If you've been listening since the beginning, that's amazing! If this is your first episode, that's also amazing - welcome! I want to give a heartfelt thank you to each of you as listeners and to our incredible sponsors - you all have allowed us to keep the show going!I thought to commemorate the occasion, I'd share my top 100 moments on the podcast - just kidding, I'll just share 10-ish things. From most used metaphors to most surprising stories to most actionable tips to fan favorite episodes, we're going to count backwards to the #1 moment on the podcast so far. I also made a playlist in the shownotes of all the episodes mentioned in this roundup in case you want to check out the full conversations.I hope you enjoy and would love to hear from you - what's your favorite episode or moment on the show? Send me a message on LinkedIn or in the Startup CPG slack (or post it to LinkedIn!). Also, just a quick note that it was incredibly difficult to narrow down this list of moments - there are so many incredible guests and episodes not in today's roundup - I used a mix of download data + your feedback + my own memory to curate this.Enter the July 2023 podcast review giveaway by completing this form: https://tinyurl.com/28zyjr3eThis episode was sponsored by Shopify. Go to shopify.com/startupcpgThis episode was sponsored by Kickfurther. Go to https://www.kickfurther.com/startupcpgThis episode was sponsored by Graphite Financial. Go to graphitefinancial.com/cpgEpisode Links: Playlist with all episodes mentioned #10 - The “Pure Gold Series” with Seth Goldman (4:10): From: #51 Pure Gold Series: Ask Seth Goldman Anything! Plus the Announcement of Just Ice Tea #9 - Unlikely Meetings (6:29):  #57 Shark Tank, Sea Moss, and an Ocean of Potential with Alexiou Gibson #71 Building Content Creation Muscles - Behind Dream Pops' Marketing with David Greenfeld (+ Nowhere Bakery) #8 - Shark Tank Moments (11:43):  #80 From turning down Shark Tank offers to raising $2.7 million for Nopalera with Sandra Velasquez #77 Making a deal on Shark Tank with wildwonder's Rosa Li #7 - Marriage and Dating Fundraising Metaphors (14:41):  #60 Venture Capital & Private Equity 101 with VMG Partners' Wayne Wu #68 How to Raise $10 Million: Fundraising Aura Bora Style with Paul Voge #6 - Early Episodes (17:33):  How to Mind your Packaging, Branding, (and the Font) with Designer and Agency Owner Kirk Visola Move over coconut water - Pricklee cactus water brings health, happiness, & hydration #5 - Best Advice (23:43):  #83 Trade Spend & Retail Promotions 101 with Jake Huber (+ Niramaya) #73 In-Store Demos 101: Building a Successful Demo Program (+ Funky Mello) #81 Meet the Press: Behind the scenes on media publishing with Monica Watrous at Food Business News #4 - Fan Favorites (28:03):  #70 Angel Investing 101 with Marcia Dawood (+ Uproot Teas) #62 Affiliate & Influencer Marketing 101 with Kim Biddle #3 - Cold Outreach (31:24):  #59 Welcome to the Oat Haus! Celebrity Collaboration, Sprouts Launch, and Mental Health with Ali Bonar #92 Behind the Dream [Pie] Collaboration of Ben & Jerry's and Partake Foods with Marlo Giudice #2 - Authenticity behind the scenes (36:15):  #47 Authenticity 101: Developing a clear & authentic brand identity at SOMOS with Miguel Leal #95 GT Dave - Founder & CEO of GT's Living Foods: 25+ years of building the kombucha industry one batch at a time #1 - Liquid Death (41:37): #76 How Liquid Death is Murdering Lame Marketing with Hamid Saify July 2023 Podcast Review Contest: Enter the giveaway by completing this form (it only takes 1-2 minutes!) By completing the form, you'll be entered to win one of six prize packages, each filled with goodies from past guests: Tsubi Soup, GoNanas, Forij, Amazi, Chia Smash, Eureka Tortilla, and Nowhere Bakery. Giveaway open to US residents only, age 18+. Giveaway ends on July 31st, 2023 at 11:59 pm PST. The winner will be notified via email. Thank you for listening to the show and helping new listeners find us! Shopify Links: Start a free trial and enjoy 2 months of Shopify for $1/monthKickfurther Links: Kickfurther website See how much inventory funding you qualify here Graphite Financial Links Graphite Financial website Download a free financial model template, chart of accounts template, and more here Listen to our episode with Graphite founder, Paul Bianco, episode #96 here. Show Links: Join the Startup CPG Slack community (13K+ members and growing!) Follow @startupcpg Visit host Jessi Freitag's Linkedin or website Questions or comments about the episode? Email Jessi at podcast@startupcpg.com Episode music by Super Fantastics

Anjie chats with Dr. Wayne Wu. Wanye is an associate professor at the Department of Philosophy and the Neuroscience Institute at Carnegie Mellon University. He works on attention, perception, action, and schizophrenia at the interface between philosophy and cognitive science. In this episode, Wayne shares his recent work “On Attention and Norms: An Opinionated Review of Recent Work”. He also talks about attention in real life – for example, how do we thrive in a world where social media algorithms constantly fight for our attention? Finally, Wayne also shares a preview of his upcoming book Movements of the Mind,  which explores topics related to mental actions. If you found this episode interesting at all, subscribe on our Substack and consider leaving us a good rating! It just takes a second but will allow us to reach more people and make them excited about psychology.Links:Wayne's paper: https://psyarxiv.com/83qva/Wayne's twitter: @attninactionWayne's website:https://www.waynewu.net/Anjie's: website: anjiecao.github.ioAnjie's Twitter @anjie_caoPodcast Twitter @StanfordPsyPodPodcast Substack https://stanfordpsypod.substack.com/Let us know what you thought of this episode, or of the podcast! :) stanfordpsychpodcast@gmail.com

Costa Rican baroque bassoonist and arts entrepreneur Catalina Klein leads a discussion about creating spaces for hopeful resistance in educational projects and supporting female empowerment while referring to essays from the book edited by Wayne Wu, Rethinking Multicultural Education: Teaching for Racial and Cultural Justice.

Hey GTL fam! On this week's episode we have PT, DPT, Wayne Wu joining us. We talk about patient care in a broken system, immigrant hustle culture, pursuing your passion, and so much more. Stay tuned till the end to find out if Wayne becomes a father

Venture capital - a term we've all heard but maybe don't fully understand (this is a safe space to admit what we don't know and I'll be the first to say that fundraising and private equity are pretty confusing). What we do know is that many of the consumer brands we love that have had successful exits have received funding from VMG Partners - like Perfect Bar, KIND Bar, Pirates Booty, and Justin's to name a few. So we're lucky to have joining us today Wayne Wu, Managing Director at VMG Partners. If you aren't familiar with VMG, they are a private equity firm specializing in building iconic consumer brands. I'm a big fan of Wayne's podcast Unfinished Biz and reached out to ask him if he'd be willing to walk it way back for our Startup CPG community and take us through venture capital and private equity 101, and thankfully, he agreed. I learned a ton from this conversation and I hope you do as well. Listen in as Wayne shares: - Definitions for private equity and venture capital - How a venture capital fund works (you've all maybe figured out at this point that I'm a nerd but I LOVED this part! You may need to listen to it twice though; it's just packed with info and such an interesting peek behind the curtain that helps us understand investor behavior and motivations) - VMG's framework for evaluating brands, including total addressable market, gross margin, supply chain, founder fit, and velocities and key metrics and definitions for those areas - How VMG sources deals and why you should reach out to VMG or talk to their team at the next trade show no matter your brand's "stage" - What VMG's involvement with a brand looks like post-investment - And more!

VMG Partners ("VMG") is a private value firm work in building famous buyer brands. Since it was established in 2005, VMG has been at the cutting edge of purchaser items contributing, cooperating with pioneering organizations, originators and co-financial backers to convey a profundity of involvement to help develop, scale and plan organizations for exit. Past capital, our worth added speculation approach uses our profound experience, key direction, and enthusiastic concentration to assist our accomplices with speeding up development, scale brand mindfulness, and accomplish their own meaning of achievement. VMG Growth works personally with originators and heads of marked customer organizations, giving the assets and direction expected to move them to a higher level. VMG Catalyst, as of late sent off, is committed to beginning phase tech-empowered customer items, administrations, encounters and commercial centers, just as the foundation and innovation stack that empower these organizations. The VMG group is eager to band together with the up and coming age of imaginative, purchaser and tech-empowered business visionaries, assisting them with completely understanding their establishing vision and the maximum capacity of their brands --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/genius-juice/support

Who will the party lose to the sea? _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► https://bit.ly/PATREON_FablesD20 YouTube ► http://bit.ly/JOINYOUTUBE_FablesD20 Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitter ► https://bit.ly/FablesD20_Twitter _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Patric kreutzinger, EmberEnchantress, Richard Jones, John Price, pauric maxwell, Adam Bailey, Laurent Dupuis, Heavy Metal, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Gallet, Trey Just, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, Mihro, Snow White, TigerAce313, Filip Norelid, Colton Clemmer, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, dancoe4, Max, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Alexander Jo, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Purifire, --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

The battle for our ship, our crew, & our captain's soul begins. _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Patric kreutzinger, EmberEnchantress, Richard Jones, John Price, pauric maxwell, Adam Bailey, Laurent Dupuis, Heavy Metal, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Gallet, Trey Just, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, Mihro, Snow White, TigerAce313, Filip Norelid, Colton Clemmer, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, dancoe4, Max, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Alexander Jo, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Purifire, --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

The dark and mysterious fog nears the Shadow's Laugh. The Salty Five now face they're greatest foe, an friend's past. We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Makynna Sharp, Richard Jones, John Price, pauric maxwell, Adam Bailey , Laurent Dupuis, Heavy Metal, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Gallet, Trey Just, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, Mihro, Snow White, TigerAce313, Filip Norelid, Colton Clemmer, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, dancoe4, Max, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Alexander Jo, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Purifire, Heavy Metal, alex g, Rick Cole, Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, Arne Magnus, Tranum --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

Finding a rare fish gives everyone bad trip. We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, greytheboxx, Flamefreinds, kngofsummer, TundraColt, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Galllet, Trey Just, Jeremiah Dvorak, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, Nicholas Hensel, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, Sascha, Schiffer, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Idleseven, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Aaron Charbonneau, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, Filip Norelid, Erik van, Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Klas Claywood, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Petros L. Ioannou, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, james johnson, Arne Magnus Tranum, Cj Smith, Heavy Metal, Laurent Dupuis, Adam Bailey, Katie Faircloth, Pauric Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

Consumers are demanding more from brands than ever before, but how are brands rising to the occasion? In this episode of Unseen Upside, Cambridge Associates' Global Head of Private Investments, Andrea Auerbach, looks at how technology, coupled with evolving consumer preferences, are impacting how both startups and incumbent brands market themselves. We also speak with Jenny Gyllander, Founder of Thingtesting and Robin Tsai and Wayne Wu, both General Partners at VMG Partners.

At the top of the Steadfast Windtague Atoll, the Salty Five meet new people and learn about a dark burning secret villain they have yet to deal with. We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, greytheboxx, Flamefreinds, kngofsummer, TundraColt, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Galllet, Trey Just, Jeremiah Dvorak, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, Nicholas Hensel, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, Sascha, Schiffer, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Idleseven, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Aaron Charbonneau, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, Filip Norelid, Erik van, Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Klas Claywood, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Petros L. Ioannou, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, james johnson, Arne Magnus Tranum, Cj Smith, Heavy Metal, Laurent Dupuis, Adam Bailey, Katie Faircloth, Pauric Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

At the arrival of The Steadfast Windtague Atoll, the last known place of Tazu's friend, the crew climbs the longest set of stairs possibly in the world We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, greytheboxx, Flamefreinds, kngofsummer, TundraColt, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Galllet, Trey Just, Jeremiah Dvorak, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, Nicholas Hensel, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, Sascha, Schiffer, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Idleseven, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Aaron Charbonneau, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, Filip Norelid, Erik van, Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Klas Claywood, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Petros L. Ioannou, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, james johnson, Arne Magnus Tranum, Cj Smith, Heavy Metal, Laurent Dupuis, Adam Bailey, Katie Faircloth, Pauric Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

Strange seaweed on the ship and hot sand at the arrival of The Steadfast Windtague Atoll, the last known place of Tazu's friend. We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Additional Editing by Mihro Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, greytheboxx, Flamefreinds, kngofsummer, TundraColt, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Galllet, Trey Just, Jeremiah Dvorak, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, Nicholas Hensel, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, Sascha, Schiffer, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Idleseven, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Aaron Charbonneau, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, Filip Norelid, Erik van, Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Klas Claywood, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Petros L. Ioannou, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, james johnson, Arne Magnus Tranum, Cj Smith, Heavy Metal, Laurent Dupuis, Adam Bailey, Katie Faircloth, Pauric Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

The ship comes to a stop, but why... We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Additional Editing by Mihro Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, greytheboxx, Flamefreinds, kngofsummer, TundraColt, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Galllet, Trey Just, Jeremiah Dvorak, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, Nicholas Hensel, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, Sascha, Schiffer, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Idleseven, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Aaron Charbonneau, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, Filip Norelid, Erik van, Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Klas Claywood, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Petros L. Ioannou, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, james johnson, Arne Magnus Tranum, Cj Smith, Heavy Metal, Laurent Dupuis, Adam Bailey, Katie Faircloth, Pauric Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

The Salty Five rest after an insane battle saving the Prince of Oak, but now, they have to go see the Under Prince. We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Additional Editing by Mihro Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, greytheboxx, Flamefreinds, kngofsummer, TundraColt, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Galllet, Trey Just, Jeremiah Dvorak, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, Nicholas Hensel, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, Sascha, Schiffer, theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Idleseven, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Aaron Charbonneau, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, Filip Norelid, Erik van, Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Klas Claywood, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Petros L. Ioannou, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, james johnson, Arne Magnus Tranum, Cj Smith, Heavy Metal, Laurent Dupuis, Adam Bailey, Katie Faircloth, Pauric Maxwell --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

At the massive party in Oak, the Salty Five are sucked into combat, but it gets worse... We play our favorite RPG, Dungeons and Dragons live on Twitch and release them on YouTube as an Actual Play Campaign and as a podcast on Spotify, iTunes, and other platforms. The D&D adventuring party is made of a Dragonborn Monk played by Jess Ayers, Red Tiefling Wild Magic Sorcerer played by Aly Fitzgerald, a Purple Tiefling Beast Master Ranger played by Carter H Michael, Half Elf Eldritch Knight Fighter played by Lora Dailey, and a Homebrew Treant Grave Domain Cleric played by Cmike (David Carmichael). Together they're on a one of a kind adventure lead by Dungeon Master Jarrett Sullivan, who has created his very own D&D Campaign Setting & world, Refuge. Our goal is tell an awesome story, have fun, and entrain those crazy enough to follow along! _________________________________ // Channel Links// Patreon ► http://bit.ly/PATREON_Fables_of_Refuge YouTube ► http://bit.ly/2Fables_YouTube Discord ► http://bit.ly/4Fables_Discord Merch Store ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Store Twitch ► http://bit.ly/Fables_Live _________________________________ // Credits // Jarrett: http://bit.ly/Jarrett_insta Aly: http://bit.ly/Aly_insta Carter: http://bit.ly/Carter_insta Lora: http://bit.ly/Lora_insta Jess: http://bit.ly/Jess_insta Carmichael: http://bit.ly/Cmike_tw Additional Editing by Mihro Music by Brian Metolius _________________________________ // Backers // Heavy Metal, Rick Cole, Brian Carmichael, Brandin Johnson, XeroRez, Arne Magnus Tranum, Laurent Dupuis, Heavy Metal, NDK, CraigBerry, Foehn Gallet, Trey Just, August Gunter, Nick Priddy, Dung3on_gurl, SomethingWyqued, Matthew Andriaccio, Devon Happe, ,theCrumbledCookie, Nunthius, Sean O'B, james johnson, Mason Watts, Paul P, jonathon Wehling, Ghitea Andrei Paul, Thoreau, Wayne Wu, Chris Sims, Tim, PeteFitz, Mihro, Thomas Hunter, Snow White, TigerAce313, Filip Norelid, Erik van Rhee, Colton Clemmer, Luke Schroer, Adam Fofana, Zack Schinkel, Dylan Cole, Nathan Payton, Allen Howlett, Alistair (Bear), DoomsDayLord, Benthic, dancoe4, Max, Max Cook, João Sousa (MeekMegalomaniac), Hardisk, Jean, Alexander Jo, Stuart, Tue Duong, Thomas Male, Y S, Kris Sharp, Tyler Dears, Pete Ludlow, Purifire, Draemian, Nicholas Genova --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/cmikeprorefuge/support

We talk about VMG's mission, looking at a P&L, getting margins right from the start, direct to consumer, importance of knowing what you're good at, and spreading positivity

Cassie Nielsen and Wayne Wu of VMG Partners talk about the role of diversity at their firm and in middle-market deal-making for their consumer-oriented portfolio companies. While women make most of the purchasing decisions in the sector, they still occupy less than 50% of the boards of consumer companies.

This week, we’re joined by Greg Vetter, the co-founder of Tessemae’s, which produces organic dressings and condiments made with simple and clean ingredients. Vetter and his two brothers launched the brand in 2009 and got off to a hot start; in its first week at Whole Foods, Tessemae’s broke the retailer’s record for sales in a single week. In the years that followed, Tessemae’s continued its rapid rise and was pegged as one of the next great natural food companies. Things cooled off, however, and while it’s still a well-respected brand with tens of millions in annual sales, Tessemae’s has faced a number of challenges to its growth, including a reduced retail footprint and supplier lawsuits. In an interview included in this episode, Vetter spoke about Tessemae’s impressive start and how a decade in development has come with huge wins and unexpected losses. He also explained why his “positively intense” approach to business is not for everyone, the undesirable association with “bro culture,” why he has some regrets about revealing sales projections, and why he believes that “the key to this game is surrounding yourself with people that you really trust and have your best interests at heart.” Show notes:  3:04: Interview: Greg Vetter, Co-Founder/CEO, Tessemae’s -- Vetter met with Taste Radio editor Ray  Latif in Baltimore, where he spoke about about his background, the brand’s origins and the unorthodox way in which he won placement at Whole Foods. He also explained why a local rib restaurant will forever be supplied with free Tessemae’s products, why the company launched a production facility, and why he blames VMG general partner Wayne Wu for labeling him as a “bro.” Later, he discussed why “no one kind of likes the Vetter Brothers,” the investment from Under Armor founder Kevin Plank’s venture capital firm, the dangers of bad employees and advisors, and explained why “the universe turned down” two potential acquisitions of the company. Brands in this episode: Tessemae’s, Kind Snacks, Starbucks

Join me for a discussion with Wayne Wu, an associate professor in, and associate director of, The Center for the Neural Basis of Cognition, Carnegie Mellon University, as we discuss attention, action, consciousness, phenomenal overflow, and introspection. Wayne’s webpage: https://philpeople.org/profiles/wayne-wu Boxtel, Tsuchiya, Koch Opposing effects of consciousness and attention: http://www.pnas.org/content/107/19/8883

In this episode Hall is joined by Wayne Wu of VMG Partners. We kick off this episode learning about Waynes background before VMG Partners. Wayne offers his advice on entering the CPG space as an angel or VC who has not been previously. He speaks about investors being able to separate their personal viewpoints and being more of an objective investor. Hall and Wayne speak about VMG Partners and how the company invests and what they tend to focus on. VMG works intimately with founders and leaders of branded consumer product companies, providing the resources and guidance needed to propel them to their next level of growth and value. In this episode, you'll learn more about the changing CPG space from direct to consumer purchase versus online. Wayne gives his own unique viewpoint on his investment thesis, challenges and risks as well as opportunities to pursue.   About VMG Partners- VMG works intimately with founders and leaders of branded consumer product companies, providing the resources and guidance needed to propel them to their next level of growth and value. Beyond capital, our value-added investment philosophy commits our deep experience, strategic guidance and passionate focus to help our partners accelerate growth, brand awareness and achieve their own definition of success.   VMG has worked closely and successfully with brands such as Ancient Nutrition, Babyganics, Bare Snacks, Daily Harvest, Drunk Elephant, Health Warrior, Humm, Justin's, KIND Healthy Snacks, Lantana Foods, Mighty Leaf Tea, Natural Balance Pet Foods, Nature's Bakery, Perfect Bar, Pirate's Booty, Pretzel Crisps, Quest, Smashmallow, Spindrift, Vega, Vermont Smoke & Cure, and Waggin' Train Pet Treats.  

The mental phenomenon of attention is often thought of metaphorically as a kind of spotlight: we focus our attention on a particular item or task, our attention is divided or diffused when we try to text and drive at the same time, and our attention is captured when we suddenly hear our name pop out from the conversational hubbub of a noisy party. But what is attention? How seriously should we take this or other metaphors as giving us insight into the nature of attention? In Attention (Routledge, 2014) Wayne Wu argues for the view that attention is selection for action and is distinct from consciousness. This controversial position pits him against more common views that attention is in some sense essentially connected to consciousness – for example, that it is a kind of gatekeeper for consciousness. Wu, an Associate Professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, draws on empirical literature from psychology and neuroscience to develop his view while acknowledging how difficult it is to interpret results so as to support one theory or another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices Support our show by becoming a premium member! https://newbooksnetwork.supportingcast.fm/psychology

The mental phenomenon of attention is often thought of metaphorically as a kind of spotlight: we focus our attention on a particular item or task, our attention is divided or diffused when we try to text and drive at the same time, and our attention is captured when we suddenly hear our name pop out from the conversational hubbub of a noisy party. But what is attention? How seriously should we take this or other metaphors as giving us insight into the nature of attention? In Attention (Routledge, 2014) Wayne Wu argues for the view that attention is selection for action and is distinct from consciousness. This controversial position pits him against more common views that attention is in some sense essentially connected to consciousness – for example, that it is a kind of gatekeeper for consciousness. Wu, an Associate Professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, draws on empirical literature from psychology and neuroscience to develop his view while acknowledging how difficult it is to interpret results so as to support one theory or another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

The mental phenomenon of attention is often thought of metaphorically as a kind of spotlight: we focus our attention on a particular item or task, our attention is divided or diffused when we try to text and drive at the same time, and our attention is captured when we suddenly hear our name pop out from the conversational hubbub of a noisy party. But what is attention? How seriously should we take this or other metaphors as giving us insight into the nature of attention? In Attention (Routledge, 2014) Wayne Wu argues for the view that attention is selection for action and is distinct from consciousness. This controversial position pits him against more common views that attention is in some sense essentially connected to consciousness – for example, that it is a kind of gatekeeper for consciousness. Wu, an Associate Professor of philosophy at Carnegie Mellon University, draws on empirical literature from psychology and neuroscience to develop his view while acknowledging how difficult it is to interpret results so as to support one theory or another. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

Our guest today is Wayne Wu ( https://www.vmgpartners.com/who-we-are/wayne-wu/ ) , General Partner at VMG ( https://www.vmgpartners.com/ ). VMG focuses on investing and building iconic consumer brands. They've invested in some incredible companies like Kind Healthy Foods, Justin's, Drunk Elephant, Health Warrior, Quest Nutrition. Disclaimer: This is the opinion of Wayne Wu, and does not necessarily reflect the opinions and thoughts of VMG Partners. Any opinions, projections, forecasts and estimates contained in this production are based on certain assumptions and may change without notice. This is not an offer to buy or sell any investments. Here's what you'll learn - * His initial attraction to consumer and finance. How he ended up at VMG? How he thinks about organic vs. paid growth? His process when analyzing brands and founders? How he evaluates if the brand of a company is strong and authentic? How he thinks about portfolio construction? How does he think about thematic investing? How he thinks about investing in new categories? * Advice for founders that are in secondary or tertiary markets. What has been some of the changes when it comes COVID? Has it been hard establishing conviction within founders when meeting with them remotely? How he thinks about the cold email? What's one thing that he would change when it comes to venture capital? What's one piece of advice that you have for founders? You can also follow your host, Mike, on Twitter @mikegelb ( https://twitter.com/MikeGelb ). You can also follow for episode announcements @consumervc ( https://twitter.com/ConsumerVc ).