Guys Who Do Stuff

Matthew Schwab Speaks. Matthew delivered a Ted Talk this past year, and if you're NOT driving your car, I suggest you watch it right now. It's fantastic. Matthew recaps for our audience some of the key points to why he is an advocate for people with down syndrome finding meaningful employment. 85% of individuals with an intellectual developmental disability are unemployed, but the majority of the...

Find out more about Jenny and Sarah at GirlsWhoDoStuff.com . These women are soul sisters with a passion for creating a space for authentic storytelling. Their guests will make you laugh, cry, and leave you with all-the-feels while you learn from thought leaders like sex educators, coaches, real estate moguls, speakers, reality stars, and creative geniuses. We are so excited to be a part of launch...

We talk to the owners of Our Moments in Time, about how they took a dream of opening up a place where they could serve the community with an elevated shopping experience, all the trials they experienced during the process and how they learned to depend on the help of family and community to bring their idea to fruition.  We all know as entrepreneurs that the road to start something is challenging...

Kevin grew up in a very rural area of North Carolina and so he seems like an unlikely candidate to have started a mission organization that focuses on the country of India. He has flown over 1 million miles to over 27 countries and traveled to India over 50 times and taken over 1,000 people from the US on short-term mission trips to India. Before starting his nonprofit he had worked at various chu...

There has been a recurring theme of advice and insight from our guests who are business owners, entrepreneurs and doers of stuff in the past year. One nugget has been repeated frequently but articulated perfectly by Chad Price of Mako Medical. That is you have to be intrinsically motivated by your "why." Charlie Engle shares his mindset shift when he chose to "change his relationship with pain." I...

There is only one place to fight a battle: on the front line. Kenny brings that mentality to his business and his approach to fitness. Kenny went from the lowest rank in the army to the highest level. He got his start as a personal trainer in the military. He served as a trainer to help people meet the fitness standards of "fit to fight" in order to remain in the army.  Not only did he become a pr...

When considering a big career change Paul wrote a list of things he valued: He wanted to be present He wanted to be closer to home and family He wanted to be more involved in the community He wanted more face to face interaction He didn't want to commute as far "When you're married, if you and your wife are on the same page with something, that's probably something you should really think about do...

In this episode, the guys get retrospective into the past year of podcasting. Talking about lessons learned, mistakes made, successes and their plans for the future. What is your definition of success? What is your plan to get there? After interviewing and talking with hundreds of business owners and entrepreneurs there is one constant. No one has the same answer. We have different goals and metri...

In this hilarious and informative episode, we learn about the human behavioral science behind our body language and how to use it to establish trust and create genuine connections. Terry teaches a class that ranges from  D.I.R.T. Dangerous Individual Recognition Training. How do you identify a threat as early as possible so that you can avoid it through to "how to be better in front of a camera",...

Katie shares that though she left her job at IBM with her body her mind stayed another three years. She was describing a phenomenon common to many people of the transition from an employee to a business owner. She graciously shares some wisdom she learned on the way and what helped her break free from employee thinking. Katie talks about some of the advantages of being a small business You learn m...

From the Triple T Suspension Website : Triple T was found in 2015 by Kendall Williams, III. Kendall became enamored with anything requiring fuel at a very young age, with a particular fondness for motorcycles. His love for 2 wheeled machines eventually grew into a deep passion, leading him to seek out opportunities to educate himself on the mechanical skills necessary to maintain and improve vehic...

More on Divyah from her website: I bring over 20 years of rich and varied experiences to my roles as a business positioning coach, influence mastery advisor and speaker. My professional career includes positions as a university associate professor, scientist, biotechnology professional, and as a global business relationship and leadership coach. I merge my biopharmaceutical career with my extensiv...

 In this episode, we talk about what Jon Rufty has learned from 20+ years as a business owner and builder. How he got started and how he weathered the storms of the last couple of decades in the housing and construction market. He has built some of the most expensive and beautiful homes in the Triangle and built a team of dedicated people that have made his company a staple in the Triangle. Some o...

Dr. Cindy shares about some lessons she's learned in her journey from Veterinary school to running her own Veterinary Hospital. "They teach you how to be a vet, but not how to run a business." - Dr. Cindy She said some of the important lessons for her were to have patience, have faith and the importance of celebrating the wins along the way. Some ways to celebrate the wins are to plan awards tied...

The town of Cary is a 33% larger landmass than Paris France, Cary is 40 square miles with a population of 167,000+ people. The town has been growing steadily at around 2.5% per year and is seeing a lot of redevelopment and new development. The mayor mentioned a branding campaign coming up and the question they asked the branding company was whether or not we should remain a town or a city. In Nort...

NO food coloring. NO artificial flavors. NO day-old cupcakes. And, plenty of laughs as we talk about the meteoric rise of HappyCakes Cupcakery with Angela and Amanda Diaz and how they leverage their success to empower some pretty impressive organizations that help rescue women from the sex trade industry. This episode was a ton of fun as we learned successful business practices from people who hav...

Mentioned in today's episode: Prince's Gold Album . Hired Gun - a documentary recommended by Steve made by Netflix about the touring musicians hired by major bands. Pharrell's, “Happy” made $2,700 in publisher and songwriter royalties from 43 million Pandora streams in the first quarter of 2014, according to an email from music publisher Sony/ATV CEO Marty Bandier obtained by Digital Music News. s...

Blackman Detective Services of Garner, North Carolina, is one of the most respected private investigation firms in the state. Founded in 1993, the highly specialized team of professionals at Blackman Detective Services are ready to meet with you and concentrate on your individual needs. They offer a full line of investigative services, including a well-established practice in workers' compensation...

Kris Schultz , Cary Magazine publisher, joined S&A Cherokee in 2008 as a media sales manager for CM ’s sister publication, Triangle East . Since then he has continued to build strong relationships in the Western Wake business community. He manages advertising for Cary Magazine and also handles sales for other regional publications such as Southern Living and Coastal Living . What you will lear...

The Guys Who Do Stuff took the show on the road. We bellied up to the bar with some business owners in Fayetteville at the World of Beer. On the episode Donovan Barnes of ReelProPhoto talks about content creation and building a platform on social media, his time in the service, and how to grow your businesses reach online. Cheenou Yang is Regional Vice President of Freedom Equity Group and shares...

John shares about some of the history of liquor in North Carolina from baptists and bootleggers to today and shines a light on some of our archaic liquor laws that may be too prohibitive for local distilleries and business owners.  Also mentioned in this episode: The pop the cap campaign Belgium beer line with the underground delivery system In 1908 prohibition ended but in North Carolina in order...

About Steven: Steven David Elliot created the Rockstar Connect program through years of experimentation and implementation. His networking events are legendary and he is nationally known for his innovation in the field of Business Networking. His Meetup North Hills Networking has been recognized as one of the “most successful and active in the world”, boasting 20,000 members. Rockstar Connect is b...

CBD oil is a relatively new. People have a lot of skepticism of big pharmaceutical companies and CBD oil's current lack of FDA approval as more testing is done. So how do you ethically create and market this product. Matt Weschler of Peak City CBD talks with us about these topics stories of people who experience benefits from CBD oil products. From their site: Peak City CBD was founded in 2019 by...

Check out the Staying with Strangers... In Arizona episode on his website brodyradio.com Be happy.

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