Guys Who Do Stuff

In this episode of the Guys Who Do Stuff podcast, hosts Joe and Josh welcome Neale Bayly , a motorcycle journalist and philanthropist, to discuss his adventurous life and work. Neale shares his experiences in Ukraine amidst the ongoing war, detailing his efforts to aid children and highlight the stories of conflict journalists. He reveals the emotional highs and lows of his journey, including mome...

In our very first on-camera episode, Joe and Joshua introduce Scott Brownlow, passionate fish enthusiast and creative director at the North Carolina Bankers Association. Scott shares his love for fish tanks and native fish collection, providing fascinating insights into the biology and ecology of various fish species. From his unique fishing techniques to the intricacies of maintaining freshwater...

Stuff In This Episode:  We talk with former Director of Creative Media for Football at North Carolina State University, Mike Jones, about what's next in his career and how he got to this point. Mike shares how it has been a life-long dream to work for the Charlotte Hornets, and the dream started as a player, then after he obtained a B.S. in Sport Management with a minor in Coaching from Liberty Un...

Stuff In This Episode:  Gopher is an on-demand marketplace for services, they are a dual platform. They have the Gopher Request App where you can make an offer for how much you think is fair for what you're asking for. Gopher will then broadcast that request out to a bunch of "gophers" on the Gopher Go App and they will see with full transparency how much they are going to make, what they need to...

Contender eSports Cary was opened in October 2020 by Caleb Smith and Vinny Smith. As a top-rated esports gaming center, Contender eSports Cary is The Triangle area’s go-to facility for online gaming training, workshops, tournaments, open play, and more. Caleb talks about his background and how he and his company decided that Cary was a good place for them to set up their business. Caleb played soc...

2020 was a year filled with ups and downs for RoadRUNNER magazine, but 2021 begins on a big note for our guest, and new editor and chief, Florian Neuhauser. Florian breaks down why RoadRUNNER is continuing to grow while many other competitors in their industry are closing their doors. They consider themselves a travel magazine, they don't just focus on the machines. Reviews have become an online r...

John is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ablr, he and his team are focused on helping organizations become more inclusive by making digital content accessible for people of all abilities.  John's passion comes from the fact that he is blind himself, and was often locked out of opportunities in my education, career, and daily life, because of digital accessibility barriers.  Hear some amazing stories of e...

Kevin Dunn has been in the motorcycle industry for over 35 years. He is currently general manager at Capital Powersports . His first bike was a Yamaha Riva 180 scooter. He grew up in Northern California, moved to southern California to be an actor/model, but after a while, he started working at a Suzuki Kawasaki dealership. It was three months before he was the sales manager and ended up working t...

We only briefly touch on the social media incident that happened to Johnny at the beginning of the Summer. To hear the whole story listen to the Girls Who Do Stuff episode from last week. The inspiring thing about this situation is that Johnny has turned this negative attention into positive attention using his platform to bring attention to Black Lives Matter, and spotlighting local black-owned b...

Less than two weeks before we sat down with local pizza entrepreneur, Johnny, from Johnny's Pizza, his company was engulfed in a suspicious and racist post that went viral. This post spread quickly. Although initially dismissed by Johnny as a joke, in reality, a fake account was created with his profile picture and screen captured with hate speech against black people.  Johnny talks about what hap...

Your Pie was the original fast-casual, pick your own topping pizza chains. Efrem shares the story of how the founder started the company.  Efrem Yates has always been interested in owning a franchise. He was inspired by some mentors early on and knew that was where he was heading. Now he has his first franchise in Cary and in progress on his second at the time of the episode. Your Pie, like many r...

Some people are born with green genes or a knack for nature in their blood. More than two decades ago, Keith Ramsey started a landscape and design firm in Cary, NC. From the ground up, the firm–then known as Environmental Design and Management–transformed from a small, three-man business to what it is today. In a grassroots effort to provide their community with garden supplies, plants of every ty...

Any business is essential to its owner, employees, and people that depend on it for their lively-hood. While it was the stay at home order was necessary and hopefully saved many lives, those businesses who were forced to close find themselves in a difficult situation. Now that many are allowed to reopen with 50% capacity, many of those businesses are not able to be profitable at those restrictions...

Marbles Children's Museum has given its space to the Interfaith Food Shuttle to pack over 600,000 pounds of food since March! The national guard is helping pack them. They are also providing meals through backpack buddies which help get food to children who would only have a healthy meal through their school lunch program. They are looking for donations to continue their work at foodshuttle.org Jo...

Dennis shares about the importance of capitalizing on your uniqueness. By focusing on these characteristics you can be stand out from the competition. "In a sea of over 500,000,000, it’s important that you set yourself apart. Find that uniqueness and FOCUS on it!"  We also discussed the importance of being bold. Don't be shy, but be authentic. "The most successful Instagram influencers today are t...

We discussed an article about the future of the commercial real estate and how some feel that this pandemic forcing many companies to adapt to models that allow for working at home could do to the commercial real estate market what online shopping did to many retail stores. Wanted urgently: People who know a half-century-old computer language so states can process unemployment claims Georgia bar o...

Between the SARS outbreak of 2003 and the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 the federal government, FEMA, CDC put together an extensive pandemic influenza response plan on how to have every sector of society prepared for an event like the one we are experiencing now with COVID-19.  What kind of plans should you have in place for employees and how to deal with absenteeism during illness? All of that was put to...

In this episode, we highlight some good news from around the world and our neck of the woods in Cary, NC. We talk about the phenomena called Teddy Bear Hunting where houses all around are leaving a teddy bear hidden in one fo their windows so entire neighborhoods are becoming like the highlights magazine where you need to find hidden objects for a family on walks or kids driving around. We touched...

Josh shares some friends in New York who are impacted by the Coronavirus. We read some of the stays at home order from Wake County about essential businesses, what we can and cannot do during the stay at home order. We spent time talking about the positive impacts of the stay at home order. And things that we have found encouraging, inspiring, or entertaining during these times. Josh shared his ex...

An early interest in the stock market led Josh to an early interest in finances. He has spent the majority of his professional career in helping people plan for their financial futures and achieve their goals. Josh unpacks what fee-based financial advising and lays out how to make an informed decision as an investor and consumer for choosing the path that is right for you. He walked us through his...

Dick shares his experience of working at Sears as a family member. He wasn't going to work at Sears Roebuck, he was going to go in a different direction but applied for a job on the loading dock on a dare. He got the job! After going through a managerial training program where you work every position in the store. This type of training seems to be a lost art today. After his career at Sears, he cr...

He knew he wanted to do something around referral marketing and network marketing. He was sitting in an event one day and it hit him. This is what he wanted to do with his life. Now seven years later, he has learned a lot and shares with our audience.  Joe talked about building momentum as a new public speaker. He shared the things he did right along with the challenges he's faced so far. Joe lear...

Thomas Maldanado of Landscape Solutions tells his story about how losing everything led to a journey that had him end up in a monastery in Paris. He had put his life on "pause" to explore if there was anything to faith. He went by himself, fell asleep on the train, and ended up so far away that he was late and missed his job assignment at the monastery. After getting settled in he was waiting in l...

Brandon shares that he started out his career as a band director. He found the work rewarding, but like many of us, he found himself struggling with his health. He describes the week where he realized he had had enough, when he saw a picture of himself on social media, weighed 244 pounds, found out he was pre-diabetic and was struggling to fit into his clothes.  He decided to become a runner. Usin...

Chuck and his wife bought the Wild Birds Unlimited Franchise in Chapel Hill four years ago. They were both at a point where they were considering a career change, and while on vacation he received an email that the Wild Birds Unlimed Franchise in Cary was for sale and that's all he did for the rest of his vacation was research franchises. He was impressed by the companies values and resources and...