Common Threads
17 episodes - English - Latest episode: almost 3 years ago - ★★★★★ - 15 ratingsWelcome to Common Threads!
The 1995 senior class of Highland Park High School was a special group of people. This podcast is a series of interviews that will reconnect you with your classmates and take you down memory lane.
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Brian Hegi
September 13, 2021 04:27 - 39 minutes - 89.6 MBBrian Hegi started Crossplane Capital in 2018 and recently closed his first 250 million hard cap fund. Crossplane Capital is a private equity firm based in Dallas investing control equity in industrial business services, niche manufacturing and value-added distribution businesses. The firm invests in companies with up to $200 million of revenue and significant value creation upside through prudent net working capital management, rigorous cost optimization and thoughtful revenue growth. Thi...
Leigh Watson (Acord)
August 23, 2021 02:33 - 42 minutes - 58.8 MBFiguring out your true passion takes time and my conversation with Leigh Acord (Watson) shows you how long that journey can take. After painting a mural of a tree for her sister's nursery in 2001, she slowly built a book of clients by doing what she loved on her free time while working in the corporate world. Leigh decided to follow her heart and launched Watson Murals (formerly Watson Design) in 2004. Since then, Leigh has thrived on taking a broad concept from a client and turning it int...
Leigh Harralson (Stein)
June 18, 2021 19:26 - 35 minutes - 82.2 MBA trip abroad to London during her junior year at the University of Texas helped Leigh make the move to New York City after graduation in 1999. In New York she picked up valuable sales experience at Getty Images, a company that was in the process of becoming a juggernaut of its industry. (Were talking about Facebook type of dominance in the Social Media space) In 1995 Mark Getty founded Getty Images by 2006 he sold it to Hellman & Friedman for $2.6 billion (today's value is 3 billion with an...
Leigh Harralson (Stein)
June 18, 2021 19:26 - 35 minutes - 82.2 MBA trip abroad to London during her junior year at the University of Texas helped Leigh make the move to New York City after graduation in 1999. In New York she picked up valuable sales experience at Getty Images, a company that was in the process of becoming a juggernaut of its industry. (Were talking about Facebook type of dominance in the Social Media space) In 1995 Mark Getty founded Getty Images by 2006 he sold it to Hellman & Friedman for $2.6 billion (today's value is 3 billion with an...
Jessica Roan
May 03, 2021 23:38 - 44 minutes - 103 MBHawdy tawdy gosh almighty who the hell is she! She is Jessica Roan and she is the co-founder of Interior Philosphy in Atlanta, Georgia. Jessica worked as buyer for Saks Fifth Avenue in New York before relocating to Atlanta to work in merchandising for Ballard Designs. She opened Interior Philosophy in September 2007 with Mandy Mayers. They now are working with customers daily and collaborating on projects for the clients who have enlisted their design services. Interior Philosophy has bee...
Storm Sands & Tasso Ziebarth
March 13, 2021 04:18 - 20 minutes - 47.3 MBNestled next to Fishing World on West Lovers Lane is one of the best spots in Dallas to grab a cold beer while contemplating your steak for the evening. It's not an ordinary steak. It's Wagyu Beef. Storm Sands and Tasso Ziebarth deliver an informative session on the Wagyu difference and the success of The Meat Shop. The Meat Shop’s entire beef selection is certified all-natural, hormone-free, antibiotic-free, grass-fed and grain-finished Wagyu Beef from Rosewood Ranch. Other offerings i...
Laura Wheelock (Saunders)
February 22, 2021 14:49 - 8 minutes - 18.8 MBTHIS INTERVIEW IS WHY I AM DOING THE SHOW! Who knew that Laura had a perfect score on her math section of the SAT and has been working for one of the premier real estate asset managers in the United States????? Did you? A humble but tough negotiator, this excel whiz talks to John about the future of the office and her role at KBS real estate. This conversation was/ lifted from the Paper Bash interview so apologies for the sound cuts. In 1991 KBS real estate was founded and operates prime...
Elizabeth Nelson (Wheeler) & Laura Wheelock (Saunders)
February 13, 2021 23:04 - 25 minutes - 58.9 MBPaper Bash! What is it? Well it is one of the more interesting startups in Dallas and a trending store on Etsy. It was inspired by Jessica Roan and her success with Interior Philosophy in Atlanta. We all know that when Elizabeth and Laura get together on a project, something great will happen and I have a feeling that Paper Bash will be around for a long time. Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hphs1995. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Fritz Barton
February 06, 2021 16:45 - 45 minutes - 61.9 MBFritz Barton is a successful real estate professional that specializes in multifamily housing. Veritas Multifamily Partners is a Dallas-based real estate firm focusing on acquiring multifamily properties in major metropolitan markets across the Sun Belt region of the United States. Veritas's investment strategy seeks to deliver attractive risk‐adjusted returns and focuses on value‐add, distressed, core, and covered land opportunities. Fritz taught me a lot in our chat, and I hope more cla...
Amy Langbein ( Heath )
January 22, 2021 01:05 - 51 minutes - 117 MBAmy Heath ( Langbein ) is a true gem of the class of 1995. She is an arborist that runs 2 successful companies in North Texas (Texas Tree Surgeons and Burn This Wood). I had the honor of chatting with her about her adventures after high school, hiking the Appalachian Trail, starting a business and running a business while being a mom. I absolutely loved this conversation and you will too! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hphs1995. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Amy Langbein ( Heath )
January 22, 2021 01:05 - 51 minutes - 117 MBAmy Heath ( Langbein ) is a true gem of the class of 1995. She is an arborist that runs 2 successful companies in North Texas (Texas Tree Surgeons and Burn This Wood). I had the honor of chatting with her about her adventures after high school, hiking the Appalachian Trail, starting a business and running a business while being a mom. I absolutely loved this conversation and you will too! Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hphs1995. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for ...
Second Half of Pat Sutton Chat
December 23, 2020 02:36 - 20 minutes - 46.9 MBThank you Christina at Rev customer support for retrieving this for John! She recovered the second half of the interview! Pat discusses: His career at Reynolds Outdoor advertising and implementing kiosks in downtown Dallas Lifestyle districts like the West Village Creation of the first downtown digital network (large ad dispalys) in the country Transformation of downtown Dallas and Farmers Market Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hphs1995. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com...
Ashley Tatum
December 22, 2020 05:21 - 45 minutes - 105 MBAshley Tatum formed Tatum Art Advisory, LLC. to provide exceptional advisory services and guidance to serious collectors of 20th Century and Contemporary art. Ashley has had an illustrious career and I am grateful that she agreed to come on one of the first episodes. This was great conversation about: Catching up with Ashley Trends in art world during the pandemic Dallas art scene and Dallas Arts Fair Performance Art and why someone would pay 150k for a banana duct taped to a wall (Art...
John Shelburne
December 21, 2020 12:42 - 45 minutes - 105 MBYou might be saying to yourself - "Shelburne, what are you doing?" Well, the first interview gives the listener John's backstory. * This was rerecorded after the first unscripted episode. The framework of the episode is the following - John walks the listener thru his experience at Kansas and his part with the Jayhawk Music Festival (Link to setlist). Mistake about the Urge. They were in the 1995 lineup. His time at TCU sheds light on all of the odd jobs he worked while studying and his...
What is Common Threads?
December 21, 2020 04:14 - 11 minutes - 27.1 MBWhy is John Shelburne putting together a podcast - He wants to learn how to record a podcast and distribute it to an audience. He wants an opportunity to catch up with classmates and learn about their businesses/careers and any news that they want to share. This has NO affiliation with Highland Park High School or Highland Park Alumni Association. The concept of the podcast - A phone call chat with me that will be recorded with a classmate of 1995 and will be distributed on apple, Spoti...
Pat Sutton (Bonus Cuts)
December 20, 2020 18:06 - 1 minute - 3.95 MBBonus cuts that feature the setup call between Pat and John. Intro is Pete Holmes - Album: Dirty Clean Track:Afterlife Clip Transitions Weight of the World Artist: The Samples Little Miss Can't Be Wrong Artist: Spin Doctors Exit is Dave Matthews Band Album: Under The Table And Dreaming Track:Ants Marching Support this show http://supporter.acast.com/hphs1995. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.
Pat Sutton
December 18, 2020 03:17 - 52 minutes - 121 MBWe wish this interview lasted longer and John will hunting down the final 20 minutes. An interview that goes thru Pat's life after college. The stories are hilarious. We touch on Zoom rooms, Woods cologne by Abercrombie and Fitch, and his adventures at Ralph Lauren in the Highland Park Village. Pat is currently working at Reynolds Outdoor Advertising. Reynolds designs, builds, and markets beautiful displays that incorporate function and inject vibrancy into the public space. Support this...