Never Been Asked That

He built the life he wanted. The foundation was poured before he could walk. Jack has never known a single day on earth where he wasn't loved... but the confidence people see in him now was earned through redlined papers, rejection reps, and a $20,000 pay cut. Jack Yakowicz is Director of Operations at AdShark and a writer, musician, and speaker in the Fargo-Moorhead community. He's built marketin...

She built a company, raised kids, and cared for her dying mother, all at once. Then she won an award and felt nothing. She had proven everything she set out to prove... but the people she was trying to prove it to were never going to give her what she needed. Alexandra Lund is an entrepreneur, author, and founder who built a sign company from the ground up in Bismarck, ND. She scaled it, got featu...

He's spent eight years convincing nonprofits to believe in themselves. The harder sell has always been himself. Patrick is one of those people who walks into rooms radiating certainty. But the version of him that wakes up before a keynote, quietly running through every reason it could fall apart, is just as real... and he thinks that version is actually the better one. Patrick Kirby is a fundraisi...

He built one of the most recognizable brand universes in his city... but nobody asked him to. Nathaniel Navratil is a designer, creative director, and equity partner at Drekker and Brewhalla in Fargo, ND. He's the hand behind the identity, the merch, the labels, and the culture that turned a hotel and brewery into a destination. In this episode of Never Been Asked That, we get into: Why "follow yo...

He reaches a billion people a day from a small town in North Dakota… but most of them have no idea he exists. Marlo Anderson is the founder of National Day Calendar, the platform behind nearly every national day you've ever seen trending, shared, or celebrated. They've grown from 20–30 national days in 2013 to over 1,700 on the calendar today, with a reach that's been featured on CBS Sunday Mornin...