ICTPODCAST

The measure of a strong community is in the ability to collaborate to increase capabilities and deliver a higher level of service for all.  The partnership between the Wichita Open and Kansas University School of Medicine Pediatrics exemplifies how private solutions impact the lives of a community.  The beneficiaries are the children and families in this Greater Wichita and that makes us all stron...

CULTURE WARS! This is most certainly an American conjured social construct and primarily a bunch of nonsense, but it sure is fun to talk about the affects culture has on us in this Awesome, wonderful, free country --that gives us all the opportunity to live and say the way we choose-- with Dr. Dix who is full of knowledge and interesting perspectives (yes I know this is a run on sentence).  Lets t...

I could tell from the first time I met Jacob that he would be a difference maker in the entrepreneurial community.  He has talked the talk and walked the walk— the most important of entrepreneurial traits.  And he has evolved and adapted to life as he presses to set higher goals and exceed expectations as he runs his own businesses and builds a family.  I enjoy this conversation with Jake Wayman. 

Prolific writer, Traditionally Published Sci-Fi Author and a man with a curious nature who studies people and their relationship with this earth and then talks about it-- Andy is one of my favorite conversations.  And it reminds of a a passage in a Kerouac novel, "the only people for me are the mad ones, the ones who are mad to live, mad to talk, desirous of everything at the same time..."

Don Cary, Ladies & Gentlemen, is a very interesting man and they say you must be interested to be interesting.  Don has an interest level in life, people and business of which I have rarely seen.  The businesses that he has created throughout his entrepreneurial career are not easy businesses with a low barrier to entry— they are hard businesses.  And Don does what the best entrepreneurs do, he ha...

Think it through, analyze, prepare, consider… or just do? Opportunities are great and there is a funny thing about them— if you don't take them there is a high probability that they won't come back.  Opportunity is in every one's life every day.  Take the ones that you know you should (and perhaps some you shouldn't). Clumsy or not, here I come.  Gonna find it and make it go. 

Brett Harris instantly grabs your attention.  It's possible that it is that charismatic garrulous voice that lures you in— courtesy of decades dominating FM radio.  I think its because he has done so many different things at the highest level and Brett delivers an authentic perspective.  His latest and greatest is the CBD business.  CBD has valuable properties and it has made lives better for mill...

Challenge yourself so that the real challenges in life don't derail your journey.  This is truth about people who do difficult things.  Author, Jennifer Strong McConachie invites this perspective in her new book Go Far: How Endurance Sports Help you win at Life.  Jennifer's calm confidence is inspiring.  Her experiences teach.   And it is remarkable how your life starts to open up when you learn....

PICKLEBALL.  This is the fastest growing sport in America.  You have heard of it and maybe you have even played it.  Today you get to listen to Pros who are at the pinnacle of this sport.  Matt Wright and Lucy Kovalova are National Champions in mixed doubles 4x over and not showing any signs of stopping.  This is a great sport because you can play almost anywhere and at any level of skill.  Today...

On October 2, 1970 the Wichita State Football team boarded 2 planes, the Black & the Gold, to go play Utah State.  The Black plane made it, the Gold plane crashed in the Rocky Mountains outside of Denver.  It is an American tragedy.  Ed Plopa was a Freshman on that team.  He was recruited from Pennsylvania to come play for the Shockers.  Ed was over-joyed to earn a scholarship to play football.  T...

I ask myself regularly, why do I love conversations with interesting people?  And it seems like a rhetorical question-- because they are interesting!  Interesting people think differently which leads to unique dialogue because largely its novel.  But there is more to it; interesting people share their perspective, they do not shy away from displaying an attitude inconconsistent with social norms,...

The fight game is tough.  Succeeding in the fight game is even tougher.  Tyler Stinson believed he could and he did.   Putting in the work and grinding out 40 professional fights over a 10 year period— your life evolves.  Tyler made his way back to Kansas when fighting was done and now he uses that wisdom to move people to a better life.  Whether it is your fitness or you want fight and compete— T...

"Welcoming all startups to our doors!" She willingly permitted the audience to indulge in all things entrepreneurial.  And with that Mary Beth Jarvis got the attention of a community that has been blessed with the culture of entrepreneurs but lacked the cohesive messaging required to deliver, or scale.  NXTUS has done it right and they are poised to make this region the entrepreneurial hub.  It ta...

It is so much fun talking with entrepreneurs who became entrepreneurs when coding and writing software was in its infancy.  Dave Cunningham has a wonderful perspective on technology startup, innovation and entrepreneurship.  He has created a software company that procures local talent but also utilizes the opportunity to hire great talent for the right role from anywhere in the United States, with...

Are you challenged in Business?  You better be.  And you better respond to the challenge— that is the fun part.  Chad Stafford comes on the ictpodcast and talks about meeting the challenge.  As a regional real estate developer, they did not let the size and scope of competitors push them away from a huge opportunity.  Developers provide some of the best lessons as entrepreneurs because every deal...

Being responsible, doing the right thing for you so you can do the right thing in society, contributing individually— all great things and they all work better when a set of checks and balances are in place to handle the massive amounts of gray that exist in society. 

Living a life of discipline and principle is the way to achieve success.  Its not easy, but it is something we can all strive to do.  Entrepreneurs display this and it is why we can all learn from them.  A Chef is entrepreneurial and so much more— an artist, a leader, a principled task-master.  Jada Shiya and her husband Jacob Cook lead lives as Chefs.  We are lucky that their journey brought them...

Technology is emersed in all of our lives and if you are a business-person, you are either using/growing technology or you are dying.  Ashley Sheideman of Flagship Kansas comes to the ictpodcast.com to talk about the current state of technology companies in Kansas and the opportunities they are creating for additional Tech companies to thrive in Kansas.  We all know that Kansas is a great place fr...

Dr. Mijares is a good man.  Randy is the reason why so many people have better lives.  He has made the powerful statement by which he lives his own life— "with opportunity come obligation."  And he lives his life that way every day— giving much of his time and heart to healing, improving, motivating and  strengthening people.  Randy's story immigrating from Cuba as a child shapes how he lives and...

Are entrepreneurs born or made?  Dominic Gonzalez was on a path to be an Engineer but had this strong voice inside him yelling "take action!"  And he listened, took action and his story grows.  Dominic created MARS Records after his experiences doing things he knew little about but he found tremendous excitement in doing.  I am grateful that Dominic and one of his Artists, the incomparable Toni To...

Ashley Moore, a self described "creative", is someone I hope you get a chance to meet— personally and professionally.  Ashley is a fantastic example of taking action on the dream that is inside you. Fear is a poor excuse.  Ashley's courage to follow her entrepreneurial calling is what gives us TheCollectiveICT.com Ashley created a point of view and then assembled an incredible Team so they get the...

Knowledge is power, actually it is the application of knowledge that gives one power.  And it is really the power of the Self to consider difficult (or controversial) aspects of life that create opportunity for understanding.  James Franko is considerate and that is what makes him a phenomenal intellect with whom to discuss difficult subjects.  The Kansas Policy Institute digs deep into subjects t...

Dr. G returns to the podcast and we are tremendously grateful that he did so.  You can see him weekly on the Dr. G show on his Facebook page but I suggest you make the opportunity happen to meet him.  Patrick has the greatest strength and that is his total vulnerability.  I appreciate his willingness to share his personal experience in life to help explain how and why we all need to work on daily...

Entrepreneurship has a best friend and that is the Restaurant Business. As the Founder of CHICKNMAX, Max Sheets has stated, "the restaurant business gives opportunity to everyone." And Max knows what he is talking about because he has worked for Legends in Business and in the restaurant business. Max is a passionate leader— you want to be in his presence. We love celebrating the stories of entrepr...

I have always said that women are the best leaders.  There is no question that we are all better off considering a woman's point of view and ideas for unique solutions.  Audra Dinell has created The Thread to give professional women a place to improve their opportunities and share what works for them in life and in a career.  Connecting women ready for advancement, promoting a continuous opportuni...