The Formula Podcast with Trevor Carlson

This week on the Formula Podcast, Helix Academy's Trevor Carlson sits down with Darrah Brustein to discuss her experience writing, building relationships, taking risks, believing in yourself, and how she got started on her first company. This week, we cover:-Overcoming rejection-Building relationships-Writing "The Shit No One Tells You About Starting a Business."-Starting a business...

How do you know if someone is being honest with you? Do you ever get a sixth sense feeling while having a conversation with someone? In this episode of the Formula Podcast, Trevor Carlson sits down with Level 5 Listening's John Bocker to discuss emotional intelligence and how it applies to business and personal interactions. In this episode they discuss:-What is emotional intelligence?-How so...

In this week's episode of the Formula, host Trevor Carlson sits down with Results Junkies, Paul Singh. Paul Singh and Dana Duncan spend their time driving around the country and sleeping in their Airstream camper while investing in companies around the US.Paul has a wide variety experience including selling several companies, cofounding 500 Startups, and running his investment firm, Results J...

On the Formula, host Trevor Carlson breaks down the elements of achievement with world class performers. This weeks guest is Flitebrite's Ben McDougal. Ben is a world class community builder and branding expert. He runs the Des Moines chapter of the Kaufman Foundation's 1 Million Cups, where entrepreneurs share their businesses every Wednesday. Apologies for the rough audio on this one,...

What do Schoolboy Q, Kendrick Lamar, Chris Brown, Mary J Blige, Gronk, and Lil' Dicky all have in common? They've all worked with Ben Hagarty. How did this dude from Iowa go to LA and start to work with some of the biggest names in the music industry? Trevor Carlson interviews Ben Hagarty who shares the process of moving, sleeping on a couch, how he visualized the process, and what its b...

This week on the Formula, our guest is Mission Meats founder, Peter Awad. Do you have dreams of travel? This podcast is for you. He took his wife and kids on the road for 10 months of travel. Join Trevor Carlson and Peter Awad in this podcast as we cover:-How and why he started Mission Meats-The book the One Thing by Jay Papasan and Gary Keller-Working with businesses in holistic ways-Traveling wi...

A few years ago, I had the opportunity to sit in on a seminar at the University of Northern Iowa on financial independence. I couldn't have written more than two sentences on my financial literacy before that seminar. Thankfully, it was taught by the Crazy Man in the Pink Wig, Michael Finley. It was interesting listening to how easily he could break down complex financial terminology and make...

This week on the Formula, Michael Caraway and Trevor Carlson sat down to discuss his experience running his company, Monday Creations. He started Monday Creations in college and moved to Denver, Colorado to continue the growth of the business. We discuss being a student entrepreneur, daily routines, the positives and negatives of being an entrepreneur, and much much more. Feel free to reach out to...

This week on the Formula, Matthew and Trevor Carlson sat down to discuss his experience pitching his startup, Swinetech. Matthew has over 300k in pitch competition winnings and 1.2 million is venture funding. We discuss how he learned to pitch his startup and what goes into a high quality pitch. Feel free to reach out to Matthew at https://www.facebook.com/swineguard/Thanks again for tuning into t...

Fark.com founder, Drew Curtis, discusses:-Starting Fark-The history of Fark up to today-Being an entrepreneur-Preparing for push back-Why you should take a shot-Using improv in your organization-Pivoting to other business models-Failing fast in business and relationships-Future of ad marketiTunes link: coming soon! To listen to more episodes head to theformulapodcast.com or check out the full vide...