Episodi

  • Dustin Ryen on coconut shucking, touring the country, and building a creator brand

    Dustin Ryen on coconut shucking, touring the country, and building a creator brand
    Oct 21 2026
    Dustin Ryen shares how a poke restaurant job led to a first coconut shuck, then to a business built around bartending, Malibu rum, and touring the country with coconut events. He talks about life on the road, creative flow, podcasting, community building, and the realities of keeping a creator business moving through sponsorships, events, and travel.
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    29 min
  • Dawn Farrow on experience marketing, live events, and selling the experience economy

    Dawn Farrow on experience marketing, live events, and selling the experience economy
    Oct 20 2026
    Dawn Farrow shares how experience marketing led to building agencies, consulting, and founding On Sale Group to support live performers and events. She talks about the gap in marketing for live experiences, the tension between art and filling seats, and the strategies that help sell tickets through social proof, video, influencers, and podcasting. The conversation also looks at the growth of the experience economy, the rise of live podcasting and creator events, and the need for stronger community and collaboration across the industry.
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    24 min
  • Tom Fox on podcasting, storytelling, and resilience in the Texas Hill Country

    Tom Fox on podcasting, storytelling, and resilience in the Texas Hill Country
    Oct 15 2026
    Bubba Startz talks with Tom Fox about podcasting, audience connection, video’s rise, growing networks, lessons from mistakes, and Tom’s book on the Kerrville flood, resilience, and healing in Texas Hill Country.
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    26 min
  • Todd Katcher: Making Digital Signage Useful

    Todd Katcher: Making Digital Signage Useful
    Oct 13 2026
    Digital signage succeeds when its message fits the audience, location and time available. Todd Katcher talks with Bubba Startz about building screens with the tools at hand, learning what customers actually need and making displays interactive. He also shares how Matching Paws applies that problem-solving mindset to help animal rescues operate without diverting money from the animals.
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    35 min
  • Carmine del sordi on the origin and growth of Pure and Easy Tea

    Carmine del sordi on the origin and growth of Pure and Easy Tea
    Oct 13 2026
    Carmine Del Sordi shares the personal story behind Pure and Easy Tea, from family roots and home blending to sourcing, manufacturing, growth, and the challenges of building a profitable tea brand.
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    31 min
  • Dustin Young on brain surgery, cancer, and building Raven CFO

    Dustin Young on brain surgery, cancer, and building Raven CFO
    Oct 9 2026
    Dustin Young shares leaving the family business, surviving migraines, brain surgery and cancer, then building Raven CFO to help construction founders align systems, reduce stress, and put family and life first.
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    29 min