American Audacity

#12: Landon Couch - On Real Estate, Homebuilding, and Rental Properties from the perspective of a Builder and Rental Property Owner; Secrets to Picking a Good Contractor for Your Home;  Managing the Business Partner Relationship; How He Built a Custom Building Business and a Rental Properties Business. Landon Couch is the owner, along with his business partner Josh, of Crosswise Custom Homes and J...

#11: Phil Crowley - Assistant District Attorney Running for Taylor County Judge, On the Mental Health System Issues, On the Meth Problem and Solutions, on the Mask Mandate and Reopening, on Fire and EMS in the County Phil Crowley is an Assistant District Attorney handling felony cases and is running for Taylor County Judge.

#10: Karson Tutt - On Opening a Business at Age 23, How She Builds Her Business Through Social Media, Her Hiring Questions and How She Trains her Staff, If A Formal Education is Necessary to Run a Business, Her Weakness as a Business Owner. Karson Tutt owns Karson's and The Commons, both downtown Abilene. Karson's is a women's boutique store she started a year and half ago and The C...

#9: Jack Hurd - Discussion on Crypto Currency and how Small Business Owners Should View It, What are NFTs and their Future Applications and the Future of Art, Crypto as a Currency , as a Blockchain Technology, and as an Investment, Where to Start and What to Follow to Learn Crypto, How your Insurance Policy Protects you as a Small Business Owner in an Accident, How a Business can Better Protect It...

#8: Blaise Regan - 30 Minute Episode  - Recapping Tips Learned from Previous Guests: Read your Operating Agreement, How Key Membership Insurance Works, How to get Feedback, What is your Ideal Customer, Eliminate Misunderstanding, Volunteer at Charities to Learn Leadership by Persuasion. Blaise Regan is the host of the show and in the episode reviews the tips the previous six guests on the show hav...

#7: Katie Howe-Trevino - Starting a Shared Work Space Business, How to Find Advisors and Honest Feedback, Encouraging Negative Feedback and Steeling Yourself, What Abilene and The Chamber Can Do to Encourage New Startups. Katie Howe-Trevino is the Owner of the Domain, a shared office workspace in Abilene, where new business owners and entrepreneurs can work in daily or monthly office spaces with n...

#6: Col. Michael Bob Starr - Insights as a Bomber and Base Commander into Our Afghanistan Withdrawal, Dealing with the Taliban, The Polarity of Politics, How to Transition from Military to Business/Non-Profit Leadership, How to Make the Fundraising Ask.  Col. Michael Bob Starr (ret.) was the  Commander of Dyess Air Force Base, Commander of the 7th Bomb Wing, Ran for Congress 2016 for Abilene'...

#5: Alex Russell - Part 2 of 2 - How to Start and Run a Restaurant, Gun Rights, China Tariffs and Supply Chain Issues, and of course Tacos. Alex Russell is the owner of The Local, a Taco restaurant in downtown Abilene, Co-owner of JAR Land & Investments, co-owner of JAR Construction, President of the Board for the Center for Contemporary Arts, and serves on the Board for Work Again West Texas.

#5: Alex Russell - How to Start and Run a Restaurant, Gun Rights, China Tariffs and Supply Chain Issues, and of course Tacos. Alex Russell is the owner of The Local, a Taco restaurant in downtown Abilene, Co-owner of JAR Land & Investments, co-owner of JAR Construction, President of the Board for the Center for Contemporary Arts, and serves on the Board for Work Again West Texas.

#2: Tim Smith - How to Run a Venue as a Business, The Importance of a Business Plan and Persistent Pitching, Best Tips on Dealing with the City and Permits Process,  The Future of South of Downtown Abilene. Tim Smith is the owner of SoDA District Courtyard, KAO Lounge, Matera Gardens, Oak Street Arbor and is the driving force behind the Revitalization of South of Downtown Abilene (SoDA). He's...

#3: Kelli Watts - Practical Tips on your Elevator Pitch in Email Form, Growing a Business out of Your Kitchen into Multiple Stores, Supply Chain Issues in the Pandemic, How to Approach Marketing and Manufacturing Locally. Kelli Watts is the Founder and CEO of Savor Patisserie, a macaron company with stores in Dallas, McKinney, and Fort Worth.

Jeff Bell - Advice to new brewers, Building a business without prior business experience, How to build systems to step back, And the value of being involved in Local Politics. Jeff Bell is the brewmaster and one of the owners of Pappy Slokum Brewery, the oldest brewery in Abilene, Texas.

With his background as an attorney focusing on Business law and Estate Planning, Blaise Regan talks about the common mistakes LLC business owners make and why business owners are so involved in local politics-because their bottom line depends on it.