Rhiz Above It - Stories on Pursuing Dreams

Joining us for this episode is Ruchir Shah of the "level-up" platform for the trades, SkillCat. https://www.skillcatapp.com/ If you're worried about AI taking jobs, look into the trades and what Ruchir and others are up to!

Laura Silverman joins us to discuss all things non-alc in this episode. It's a name-dropper so get ready to take notes of some awesome brands! Learn more on her site here at - https://www.zeroproofnation.com/

Julian Hayes round 2 is here! We talk mindset, top-down decision making, and general excellence for your mind and body. See what he's up to now and how it might help you and your business - https://www.executivehealth.io/ Check his columns on Forbes - https://www.forbes.com/sites/julianhayesii/

We're grateful to have had Ken Middleton on in this episode. We chat about his recent book Bamboozled: How Alcohol Makes Fools of Us All along with the program Dry90 he founded. This episode is for anyone, not just those who drink or are considering stopping. Ken brings amazing research and experience to this discussion and to learn more, check out his book and try out the Dry90 challenge. You...

In this episode, we chat with Loghan Call, co-founder of Audacia Handcrafted Elixirs - https://www.audaciaelixirs.com/our-team We chat about everything from dog biscuits to high school sports to the non-alc beverage space and retail in general. Check it out! *I got the (now Olympian) Quincy Wilson's name wrong - https://www.espn.com/olympics/story/_/id/40474265/quincy-wilson-16-becomes-younges...

In our first episode back for version 2.0, we talk to Sarah Rusbatch, author of Beyond Booze: How To Create A Life You Love Alcohol-Free. We discuss how she came to be an author and consultant, the growing trend of "grey area drinking" and what that is, and even HBO's Sex and the City? Sarah's book on Amazon - Here Find more info on Sarah and her work - Here

Our next guest is our first return guest and Fatima Dicko perfectly exemplifies resilience in this episode as she describes the transition from Jetpack to Sugar amidst the stresses of lockdowns and business uncertainties. As our 3rd guest back in April, Fatima talked about early Jetpack transitions but here we get to listen to what happened 6 months later and how YOU too might manifest some goodne...

In our latest episode, we sat down with Joel Friedman, the CTO and co-founder of the growing startup Aclaimant . We chatted about how they're bringing technology to workplace reporting in hopes of creating safer and more engaged work communities, but also dove into his background and where this all came from. It turns out, as is the case with many of us, that Joel comes about IT and risk managemen...

In this episode, we had the privilege of chatting with business consultant, author, and founder Neil Soni. A chemical and biomedical engineer by training, Neil founded the Unlimited Brewing Company and even authored The Startup Gold Mine. Neil finds himself doing a lot of business consulting lately, the founder in him loving to help others, and in a roundabout way, we ended up discussing "how" to...

In this episode, we dive into the drive behind the language learning startup Toucan 's CEO and co-founder, Taylor Nieman. In this shorter but info-packed episode, we learned that Taylor once aspired to be on the Olympic volleyball team until a knee injury caused her to rethink priorities. We also discuss the importance of internships and experimenting with one's interests and how varied experience...

In our first intermission between guests, tentatively titled Lil Shorties, Stu talks about the idea of "Essential Businesses" and how it has and may affect small businesses going forward.  We may come from small business backgrounds, but we'd like to think our Rhiz difference is transparency and empathy. Let us know what you think! More at Rhiz HQ

Our latest guest is Brian Bassard, photographer turned startup founder who's recently found himself pursuing software development. We discussed how one can go from being a photographer for 10 years to becoming a startup founder, and how a seemingly simple job at Starbucks helped put (nay, keep) Brian on his creative path. One of the most important takeaways here is the idea of perspective and resi...

We're excited in this episode to present photographer and entrepreneur Raquel Langworthy of Raquel Langworthy Photography . Listen here - Episode 12 With her work featured even by Queer Eye's own Bobby Berk, Raquel tells us about her non-linear journey as a creative, and how others can seek out and find inspiration and happiness. While some career paths may be "linear" as she says (Follow this hig...

In our latest episode, we talk about the potential ripple effect of universal basic income with (former small business owner) Scott Santens, a prominent advocate on the subject. Scott was an early advocate and was even cited by Andrew Yang in the book The War on Normal People as influencing his thoughts on the matter. We discuss how an extra, reliable financial cushion might help inspire current a...

In episode 10, we take you on a "What If?" journey with Nicole DuPuis, the Director of Technology and Innovation at the American Public Transportation Association. Nicole has a multitude of degrees and extensive research into public policy and how to weave sustainable use into actionable ideas and tools. We discuss how a post-Covid world may or may not take into account sensible equity policies, e...

For our 9th episode, we're excited to discuss a multitude of themes on success and determination with Omar Elattar, the host of The Passionate Few podcast. You may know him as Omar "The Rockstar" from his popular interviews with business leaders such as John Paul Dejoria of Patron or Ed Mylett whom you may know from YouTube as well. We went off on many tangents about belief and determination and,...

Our guest for this episode is the founder of Heard and education technology expert Deena Minwalla , joining us from San Francisco. Here we talk about the important topics of home learning and education technology, making sure to touch on the aspect of equity and community and how that will play a role in a post-Covid (and hopefully more empathetic) world.

Our 7th guest is Jibril Sulaiman of the burgeoning Atlanta startup Incluzion , the next-generation of on-demand workforce marketplaces. In this interview, we dive into Jibril's story, how curiosity, persistence, and even a childhood tinkering on phones helped lead him to wear he is now.

In our 6th episode, we talk to Julian Hayes, author of Body Architect and the founder of The Art of Fitness and Life . Here we discuss his origin story and how having an open mind and curiosity can lead to amazing things.

In this episode we hear the origin story of the wildly popular Food Is Free Project as told by its founder John VanDeusen Edwards. John tells us how a creative idea to grow food in hot Austin, Texas, and the support of one broccoli-loving neighbor spurred him on to giving away food and how that turned into a global movement.

Our 4th episode is a quickie on Bitcoin with the crypto creative himself, Code E of Notterbee . Here we talk about deviating from one's early path, and "how to become an influencer" as Code E has done. Thanks for listening!

In this episode, we take a deep dive into entrepreneurship theory with immigrant-turned-award-winning founder Fatima Dicko, CEO of Jetpack. Find her at tryjetpack.com

In our second episode, we interviewed Baltimore hip-hop legend, Greenspan (aka Brian Dawkins). Here we discuss what being an entrepreneur is, and the importance of authenticity to Greenspan's creative process...and self.

In our first episode, we interviewed Derek Griffin, the founder of Hardwood Evolution and ProShotX . Derek hails from the small town of Whitehall, Michigan (same as us), but has gone from the captain of Calvin College's basketball team, to the leader of the Denver 3x3 FIBA championship team of 2015, to founding the Denver Nuggets' youth program. Listen as we discuss how modeling other's behavior c...