JimJim's Reinvention Revolution Podcast
113 episodes - English - Latest episode: 3 months ago - ★★★★★ - 22 ratingsExplore the process of reinvention in the digital age as it relates to career, creativity and technology impact on daily life. Interviews with professionals, entrepreneurs, and creatives who have re-imagined success and are making a pivot. Hear insights about their inspiration, turning point and how the new digital world has helped or hurt them. Subscribe for weekly interviews about Reinvention, Creative Inspiration, Breaking Through, Digital Landscape, Entrepreneurship.
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JJRR 63 Sound management solutions - Product innovation - Embracing new markets - with Mitch Zlotnik
January 22, 2020 20:47 - 1 hour - 86.2 MBMitch Zlotnik is a serial entrepreneur who has a knack for smelling blood in the water and envisioning new business. Listen to Ep63 as he describes his early businesses related to health and batteries and how the winding down of his family's legacy drug store business led to the founding of Audimute. Inspired by Mitch's passion for drumming, Audimute.com is bringing eco-friendly solutions to sound management, innovating with visual impact, and embracing new markets in esports, podcasting an...
JJRR 62 Kicking the year off in Las Vegas - JimJim's top 10 reinventions for 2020
January 06, 2020 22:06 - 39 minutes - 37.1 MBJimJim is kicking off the year and the new decade in Las Vegas and releasing his first ever solo podcast. Recorded high above the Las Vegas strip on the 35th floor of the Cosmopolitan hotel, listen to Episode 62 as JimJim breaks down his top 10 ways he's reinventing himself in 2020. Listen to the end to find out how to inspire, share with and foster reinvention for all JJRRevolutionaries out there. https://www.amazon.com/Success-Through-Stillness-Meditation-Simple/dp/1592409083 https:...
JJRR 61 Decorating tips and tricks - Blogging your passion - Podcast co-hosting with Anita Joyce & Kelly Wilkniss
December 20, 2019 15:33 - 57 minutes - 49.6 MBDid you ever ask an engineer or lawyer for decorating advice? Anita Joyce and Kelly Wilkniss both started out in professional careers before creating their individual decorating blogs where they have been able to feed their passion, connect with fans and collaborate with leading brands. Listen to Ep61 to hear how these best selling authors found each other through the blogoshpere, discovered their "eerie"connection, and why they started Decorating Tips and Tricks, a podcast which they now c...
JJRR 60 Brisbane to Cebu - Driving company culture - Outsourcing for growth
December 04, 2019 19:57 - 56 minutes - 51.6 MBFiona Kesby is a CEO and single mom with a passion for fostering winning culture and leaning into technology. Listen to Ep60 as Fiona shares how, after a 6 month trial in Cebu, PH to manage her brother's company, she agreed to relocate from Brisbane permanently and is now CEO of Go-Va, a 400+ employee global outsourcing company. Setting the standard for company culture and spearheading custom apps such as dothis.to, Fiona has grown Go-VA organically and is innovating outsourcing tech and pr...
JJRR 59 Technical sales to success coaching - Body language training - Mobile security - with Jason Frazell
November 01, 2019 16:10 - 1 hour - 55.9 MBJason Frazell had been a technical sales professional and mobile security expert who despite having a successful career and beautiful family desired to be more aligned with his creative core. Listen to Ep59 as Jason describes how his love of improv comedy spawned a new entrepreneurial career in the coaching business. Pivoting into success coaching full time, Jason's client list is growing as he's now helping other professionals around the world uncover their own true cores and paths to succ...
JJRR 58 Leaving film school - Video game development - E sports - with Davionne Gooden
October 08, 2019 23:25 - 1 hour - 60.1 MBDavionne Gooden is a filmmaker and game developer who, after attending just one semester of film school, left to pursue development of his surreal adventure RPG about dreams and their mirrored reality. Listen to Ep59 as Davionne, founder of Studio Zevere, shares his reasons for leaving school and how the gaming world is already noticing his surreal, hip hop infused game though yet to be released, spawning recent invitations to speak at GameDevs of Color Expo and to showcase at Micosoft's XB...
JJRR 57 Process engineer to Entrepreneur - Proactive wine and spirits decanting - with Tom Belcher
September 10, 2019 14:21 - 59 minutes - 62.5 MBTom Belcher is a process engineer and physicist who's always loved data and drinking wine. Listen to Ep57 as Tom describes the lightbulb moment when his engineering and wine drinking careers collided to spawn a new proactive process for wine and spirits decanting. Now founder of WinePrO2, Tom is embracing entrepreneurship and exciting wine and spirits drinkers with a proactive decanting system that can saturate wine or spirits with oxygen in a matter of seconds, all inspired by a manufactur...
JJRR 56 Dropshipping as a lifestyle - Discovering ecommerce community in Chiang Mai - with Anton Kraly
August 13, 2019 14:12 - 1 hour - 56 MBAnton Kraly is the founder of Dropship Lifestyle and Ecommerce Lifestyle, companies offering online business training and transforming the lives of those interested in entrepreneurship, location independence and lifestyle design. Listen to Ep56 as Anton describes how reading a singular book back in 2007 inspired his ecommerce journey and how finding a community of entrepreneurs in Chiang Mai, Thailand led to a first DSL retreat in 2014, jumpstarting the company and fostering the robust DSL ...
JJRR 55 Artistry vs Entrepreneurship - Re:Invented - Creative music at Kent State University - Bobby Selvaggio
July 31, 2019 19:07 - 1 hour - 74.5 MBBobby Selvaggio is a recording artist and jazz saxophonist of the highest caliber and is on the verge of releasing his 11th album: Re:Invented - Live at the Bop Stop. Listen to Ep55 as Bobby shares how reinvention, paramount in his life right now, is shaping his original music and impacting the jazz and creative music programs he's directing at Kent State University. Hear his thoughts on the artist as entrepreneur in the digital world, dealing with jazz labels, and how success is individual...
JJRR 54 Starting a cryptocurrency hedge fund - Innovation Consulting - Starting up in CLE - with Ari Lewis
July 15, 2019 14:59 - 44 minutes - 45.9 MBAri Lewis is an entrepreneur who at age 12 began selling forks and knives on the streets of NYC's Chinatown. Listen to Ep54 as Ari describes how he soon discovered Bitcoin in 2009 and how he and a partner turned an initial $18K into $1.4 Million. Moving to Cleveland, OH for college, Ari was then able to start a crypto-currency hedge fund using his new CLE connections. Now starting a fund focused on blockchain ventures, Ari is using his experience to consult and tout the value of CLE's start...
JJRR Ep53 Cannabidiol (CBD), THC and chocolate edibles - Innovative wine and chocolate pairings - with Joel Fink
June 13, 2019 16:17 - 54 minutes - 55.3 MBJoel Fink, founder of Fantasy Candies, is a longtime chocolate, candy and wine purveyor who's recent quest to develop a chocolate bar to help children with autism led him to cannabidiol (CBD). Listen to Ep53 as he describes how recent changes in law and his high coco dark chocolate, approved by Cleveland Clinic's 360 program, inspired a new line of CBD infused chocolate. Spurred on by the positive health impact he's seeing on customers, Joel is now researching formulations with both CBD and...
JJRR Ep52 Life coaching with a PhD - Ashtanga yoga in Mysore, India - with Casey Onder
May 30, 2019 14:50 - 1 hour - 56.1 MBCasey Onder is achievement oriented by nature. But with a PhD in Industrial organizational psychology and Master's in Counseling psychology, working in the corporate world left her wanting. Listen to Ep52 as she shares how in 2018 she dropped everything to travel the world for 7 months, fan her love of yoga and start a coaching practice. Now a life and career coach, Casey is helping those committed to pivoting their own careers transform their lives and achieve professional and personal suc...
JJRR Ep51 Closing notes - Virtual workshops - Baseball and serendipity - with Scott Carson
May 13, 2019 12:30 - 55 minutes - 49.9 MBScott Carson is a huge baseball fan and real estate entrepreneur who started buying distressed debt in 2005. Listen to Ep51 as Scott describes how the 2008 mortgage crisis and personal circumstances prompted a road trip to visit all MLB parks, which serendipitously helped him become a nationally known speaker and educator in the notes niche. After 3 years on the road, Scott is back in Austin, TX where he is using virtual workshops and podcasting to develop a new generation of note closers. ...
JJRR Ep50 Reinventing language education online - Nomad Summit Chiang Mai Review - with polyglot Ly ́dia Machova ́
April 15, 2019 21:01 - 56 minutes - 46.9 MBLy ́dia Machová is an interpreter, a polyglot and language mentor that is reinventing language education. Listen to Ep50 as she describes her journey from interpreting and teaching English in her native Slovakia to developing her own language mentoring system and bringing it online. Recently a featured speaker at Nomad Summit 2019 Chiang Mai, Lydia, who speaks 8 languages, shares her thoughts on becoming an entrepreneur and embracing her new digital nomad lifestyle. https://www.languagem...
JJRR Ep49 Live music club management in Bangkok - Producing tracks - Leaving Ireland for Oz and SE Asia - with Keith Nolan
April 02, 2019 16:42 - 1 hour - 65.1 MBKeith Nolan is a musician, singer and music producer who's recently pivoted into live music club management. Listen to Ep49 as Keith shares insights on reinventing the historic Checkinn99 as GM and gives his take on the Bangkok scene. Hear why he left Ireland for Australia where he became a full time musician and how he got a taste of club management in Vietnam while developing his production skills in the advertising industry. Continuing to perform and produce, Keith is relishing his new r...
JJRR Ep48 Offshoreing homecare - Leaving Hollywood for the Philippines - with Laurice Chiongbian
March 18, 2019 16:21 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBLaurice Chiongbian is a new entrepreneur whose 3 year old homecare BPO (outsourcing) business is bringing efficient home health business processes to the States. Listen to Ep48 as Laurice describes how quitting her job in fashion and leaving Hollywood for the Philippines was the spark she needed to create her new reality. Deciding to stay in Cebu and now married with children, the founder of Qavalo has already created 60 jobs and is creating new career paths for local Filipinos. http://qa...
JJRR Ep47 Podcasting at Harvard - Community building - Founding PodFest - with Chris Krimitsos
January 15, 2019 18:21 - 59 minutes - 46.8 MBChris Krimitsos is an event producer, speaker and expert communicator who's developed a passion for building community. Listen to Ep47 as Chris, founder of international podcast / mulit-media conference PodFest, describe how he starting building community with Tampa Bay Business Owners; which led to founding many groups such as the Florida youtube and podcasters association. Now finding the national spotlight, Chris was Invited recently to speak on podcasting at Harvard University. https:...
JJRR Ep46 Supply chain on blockchain - Engagement solutions with Labelchain.io - with Cory Finding
January 03, 2019 15:58 - 44 minutes - 38.2 MBCory Finding is a serial entrepreneur, tech developer and ultramarathon runner who enjoys developing customer focused engagement solutions. Listen to Ep45 as Cory describes how by chance he recently entered the supply chain space founding Labelchain.io, a blockchain based Software as a Service (Saas) offering that is providing transparency and traceability to all aspects of supply chain. His tech team has described Labelchain.io as "the first time there's a real reason to deploy blockchai...
JJRR Ep45 Utilities on blockchain - Customer engagement through gamification - with Laura Steinbrink and Fran DiDonato
December 13, 2018 22:19 - 51 minutes - 46.3 MBSerial entrepreneur Laura Steinbrink and lawyer turned operations director Fran DiDonato, have a new vision for engaging with utilities. Listen to Ep45 as Laura shares how the Northeast blackout of 2003 was the spark she needed to found Brilliency, a web portal and mobile platform that is aggregating gas, electric and water data for customers and service providers. And now partnering with Swytch.io, Brilliency is bringing utilities management to the blockchain providing visibility and rew...
JJRR Ep44 Female entrepreneurship - Contempo Communications - FES investment fund - with Renee DeLuca Dolan
November 28, 2018 18:45 - 44 minutes - 42.6 MBRenee DeLuca Dolan is the founder of Contempo Communications and the visionary behind the Female Entrepreneurship Summit (FES) held annually in Northeast Ohio. Listen to Ep44 as Renee describes why she started FES and how it's fostering the local female business community. Digging into her own entrepreneurial journey, Renee shares why she quit her corporate job to start her own design and communications firm and why now she's created the new FES Investment fund. http://contempoclevelan...
JJRR Ep43 Merch by Amazon - Baller on a budget - Spontaneously Speaking - with RJ Macalanda
November 14, 2018 20:56 - 1 hour - 62.2 MBRJ Macalanda is a Merch by Amazon expert who's been able to ditch corporate life and live out his travel dreams while building a self sustaining t-shirt business online. Listen to Ep43 as RJ describes how he went from 0 to $7000 a month in 3 months leveraging Amazon's eco-system and how spontaneously he found himself presenting with CJ Johnson at this year's Nomad Summit - Las Vegas. A self described "baller on a budget", RJ is now building a MbyA lifestyle community while nomading around...
JJRR Ep42 Radar for driverless vehicles - Technology scene in Tel Aviv, Israel - with Bill Latino
November 01, 2018 19:30 - 43 minutes - 37.5 MBBill Latino is a business development guru who's latest reinvention has placed him in the rapidly evolving driverless vehicle industry and has connected him to Israel's tech startup community in Tel Aviv. Listen to Ep42 as Bill shares his insights on the market and how new radar technology will enable fully autonomous level 5 driving. Hear Bill's thoughts on the startup scene in Tel Aviv and how Arbe Robotics (an iAngels.co portfolio company) is providing 4D, high resolution, real-time m...
JJRR Ep41 Traditional Thai massage - Same same but different - with Kevin Lynch
October 22, 2018 18:37 - 1 hour - 64.7 MBKevin Lynch is a masterful masseur and student of body work whose love of Thai style massage has benefitted clients worldwide. Listen to Ep 41 as Kevin describes how after a time in construction a friend encouraged him to follow his early inclinations and pursue massage therapy. Founding Traditional Thai Massage Cleveland, Kevin splits his time between Thailand, the States and wherever his clients take him. And now, opportunities are leading to his latest reinvention as teacher and trai...
JJRR Ep40 Health and wellness on Blockchain - Being opportunistic - with Anthony Hancovsky
October 11, 2018 16:28 - 1 hour - 77.2 MBAnthony Hancovsky is a champion martial artist who's sold loans and rehabbed houses but his latest project has unleashed a passion for blockchain technology. Listen to episode 40 as Anthony describes how he first discovered Bitcoin and how he developed part of his opportunistic life philosophy while getting a tattoo. Now the CEO of EMP.FITNESS, a blockchain based company, Anthony and his team are focused on reinventing the health and wellness experience so people can take better care of ...
JJRR Ep39 Finding FIRE as a physician - Discovering new talents through blogging - with Leif
September 28, 2018 13:32 - 37 minutes - 35 MBLeif is an anesthesiologist on FIRE (financially independent / retired early) who's found a passion for personal finance and blogging. Listen to Ep39 as Leif describes how he first discovered the FIRE concept and at age 39 realized he had attained financial independence. Now at 42, discovering his new writing skills, Leif is transitioning from his medical career to spend time traveling with his family and sharing his passion for FIRE with other medical professionals through his blog Physi...
JJRR Ep38 Software product management - Building an INDUSTRY conference and community - with Mike Belsito
September 17, 2018 20:03 - 59 minutes - 60.9 MBMike Belsito is a product guy who's passionate about building the Product Collective community, and is co-founder of INDUSTRY the product conference where product managers from around the world can learn to build, launch and scale world-class software products. Now a top influencer, listen to Ep38 as Mike describes how his early career in sports management and entrepreneurship unknowingly prepared him with the multi-faceted skills required for product and now conference management. http:...
JJRR Ep37 Re-inventing medical school education - Augmented reality applications for HoloLens - with Jeff Mlakar
September 06, 2018 15:30 - 1 hour - 66.5 MBJeff Mlakar is a technologist who's found his dream job developing cutting edge applications in augmented reality. Listen to Ep37 as Jeff describes how he first discovered Microsoft's HoloLens and how now he's helping Case Western Reserve University and the Cleveland Clinic reinvent medical school education. Through the Interactive Commons at CWRU, Jeff and his team are eliminating the need for a physical cadaver lab for the new med school and replacing it with a shared augmented reality ...
JJRR Ep36 Facts on Facebook groups - Keep on jumping - with business coach and speaker Bella Vasta
August 15, 2018 18:11 - 49 minutes - 40.8 MBBella Vasta is a business coach, consultant and speaker who's always jumping in her pursuit to help her clients build business and community. A National Pet Sitting Business of the Year award winner (at age 25!), Listen to Ep36 as Bella describes how online dating led to a skydiving experience where her motto of "always keep jumping" was born. Now jumping fully into today's digital marketing, she's speaking out about the power of Facebook Groups to build business, authority and community. ...
JJRR Ep35 Pioneering a neighborhood cafe - Sparking community - Riding the lion of entrepreneurship - with Nicole Gillota-Brichacek
July 27, 2018 15:59 - 1 hour - 66.2 MBNicole Gillota-Brichacek is a barista and baker who's been "riding the lion" of entrepreneurship since opening Gypsy Beans, a full service euro style bakery café 12 years ago. Listen to Ep35 as she describes how, as an inexperienced entrepreneur, she opened in a developing neighborhood on the westside of Cleveland, OH. Working with local development partners, Nicole has taken Gypsy Beans from a spark to a catalyst for community, where it's arguably ground zero for the growing neighborhoo...
JJRR Ep34 Going All The Way Up with ecommerce - Building a lifestyle brand - with J Keitsu
July 13, 2018 16:21 - 57 minutes - 53.6 MBSo did you ever read that one book cover to cover in one sitting at your local bookstore that changed your life? J Keitsu is an entrepreneur / digital marketer who loves music and fashion, and is a real deal b-boy that can break and dance hip hop. Listen to Ep 34 to hear J Keitsu describe how reading one key book started his journey into 8 figure success in ecommerce and how he's now going All the Way Up building a lifestyle brand; opening a dance / fitness studio and releasing a new li...
JJRR Ep33 Cryptocurrency mining in Iceland - Developing a top 10 crypto index fund - with Corey Cottrell
July 05, 2018 15:28 - 1 hour - 57.9 MBCorey Cottrell is a musician and former Forex trader who's recently pivoted into the world of cryptocurrency where he and his partners provide full service cryptocurrency consulting and have developed a top 10 crypto index fund. Listen to episode 33 as Corey describes his recent trip to Iceland to visit the second largest cryptocurrency mining operation outside of China and how his move to Tucson, AZ paused his music career and got him on the investing path. https://www.facebook.com/g...
JJRR Ep32 Visual communication design - User experience development for online education - with Rachel Clingman
June 22, 2018 13:24 - 41 minutes - 36.2 MBRachel Clingman is a visual communication designer developing user experiences for online education but just a few years ago was living in a different city working in a career that was "killing her soul." Listen to Episode 32 to hear Rachel describe why a Florida hurricane was the impetus for finally quitting her job in financial services and diving into her new tech based design career. Listen to the end of the episode to find out what she's going back to school for now how she continues t...
JJRR Ep31 From business consulting to exploring mindset - Developing Mindset Performance Training - with Reza Rezz
June 07, 2018 20:07 - 58 minutes - 47.9 MBHave you ever wanted to move to a pine forest in Arizona to work on your mindset? Reza Rezz is a long time entrepreneur and consultant that realized it was mindset that was limiting his clients from taking action and benefitting from his recommendations. Listen to Ep31 where Reza describes how after finding his own "brain wizard," licensed therapist Victoria Larson, the two co-founded Mindset Performance Training and now train folks worldwide all from their home office in the Northern Ar...
JJRR Ep30 Taking business online - Pioneering business coaching for personal trainers - with Chris and Eric Martinez
May 29, 2018 18:28 - 44 minutes - 39 MBChris and Eric Martinez are certified personal trainers, authors, podcasters and business men that are now pioneering business coaching for personal trainers. Listen to Ep30 to hear these identical twins describe how they overcame personal tragedy of losing a parent when they were just 17 years old and how a mentor relationship helped them form their future. Embracing training clients worldwide online early on, Chris and Eric are now helping trainers like themselves develop their own onli...
JJRR Ep29 Financial Engineering - Derivatives - Creating the future of content creation on blockchain - with AC3 co-founder John Fields
May 17, 2018 18:21 - 53 minutes - 45 MBJohn Fields, co-founder of AC3.io, is a builder and creative financial thinker who's latest passion is creating the future of content creation on the blockchain with a new digital wallet / coin application that's driving a curated platform. Listen to Ep29 as John describes his early days on the pacific options floor trading derivatives and how now, with AC3, is helping today's content creators get paid fairly, consistently and adequately, without exposing content to unauthorized replic...
JJRR Ep28 Running your business from a boat - Ditching autopilot and building your dream life - with Dream Business Coach Jim Palmer
May 04, 2018 16:54 - 56 minutes - 54.1 MBJim Palmer is a business coach and marketing guru who's been enjoying his new lifestyle this past year living and running his businesses from his new 50 ft boat. No surpise as Jim is known as the Dream Business Coach and routinely helps his clients navigate their waters on the way to 6 and 7 figure businesses. Now a master digital marketer, Jim has grown from his early days as the Newsletter Guru to a Dream Business Coach helping others create their dream life; all while enjoying his life ...
JJRR Ep27 On FIRE (financially independent / retired early) in South America - Monetizing a blog for charity - with Bonnie Truax
April 21, 2018 14:17 - 55 minutes - 47.5 MBBonnie Truax is now a world traveler and blogger but at age 30 was broke, ending a bad marriage and going back to school to finish her college degree. Listen to Episode 27 as she describes how she was able to create financial independence and retire early (FIRE) at age 43 with her new husband Trinity and begin exploring Central and South America full time for the last 18 months. Starting a blog (43bluedoors) to stay in touch with friends and family, she's been sharing her recent "life ou...
JJRR Ep26 From law to international university Professor - Expat life - Thai healthcare - Co-hosting the Bangkok Podcast - with Ed Knuth
April 11, 2018 01:58 - 1 hour - 68.6 MBEd Knuth is a lawyer turned professor and digital photography enthusiast who took a 6 month teaching gig in Southeast Asia as the jolt he needed to reinvent himself. Fast forward 17 years and Ed, originally from the US, has become a fixture in the expat community of Bangkok, Thailand. Listen to Ep26 as Ed describes professor life, culture shock, and the Thai healthcare system. Now the co-host of the Bangkok Podcast, Ed also describes his pioneering efforts in digital cinema and shooting...
JJRR Ep25 Dropping into Thailand - Self Discovery- Landmark Leadership - with Ryan Roth Emry
March 30, 2018 16:35 - 1 hour - 65.7 MBRyan Roth Emry is a teacher, musician and for the past 3 years has been on a journey of self discovery. Listen to Episode 25 as Ryan describes why he quit his corporate job in the states and decided to drop into Thailand on a whim, staying almost 2 and half years before returning to his home of Boise, ID for a visit. Now living and teaching in Bangkok, Ryan has recently completed a 6 month Landmark Worldwide leadership training and shares how it's opened up his view of himself and the wor...
JJRR Ep24 Moving to Kathmandu - Outsourcing artificial intelligence - with Mark Sears
March 01, 2018 13:18 - 52 minutes - 44.2 MBDid you ever go on vacation and never want to come back? Mark Sears is the founder and CEO of Cloudfactory, a tech savvy outsourcing company he started after he extended a planned two week vacation to Nepal with his wife. Really. Listen to episode 24 to hear Mark describe why he stayed to teach Ruby-on-Rails and how now his company provides a "cloud labor" force that is supporting many new artificial intelligence applications and the arms race of self driving cars. #Kathmandu #Nepal #d...
JJRR Ep23 Leaving Spain - Dropshipping - Influencer Marketing - with Jose Luis Marin
February 23, 2018 01:37 - 1 hour - 50.4 MBHave you ever had an out of body experience? Jose Luis Marin is a digital marketer who's cracked the code on using influencer marketing to drive traffic for his drop-shipping business. And not so long ago, Jose was having that out of body experience; wondering whom among him and his friends might be successful or live a special life. Listen to Episode 23 where Jose describes why he left Spain to come to the US for opportunity. Discovering dropshipping, Jose has recently left his consu...
JJRR Ep22 Creating a crypto community - Cryptocurrency consulting - with Trading Wizard Dan Borovik and Digital Prophet Justin Cohen
February 13, 2018 15:44 - 55 minutes - 50.7 MBDan Borovik is a Trading Wizard and Justin Cohn is a Digital Prophet and both are part of the new Crypto Cleveland Collective that is creating a cryptocurrency community. Listen to episode 22 to hear about how discovering cryptocurrency and investing has, in less than a year, yielded 6 and 7 figure portfolios and spawned a new cryptocurrency / blockchain consulting agency and community. Also, listen to end of episode where Dan and Justin describe their idea for a augmented reality based ...
JJRR Ep21 Decentralized blockchain applications - Token based short term rentals - A founder's view - with Ali Ayyash
February 02, 2018 16:30 - 59 minutes - 52.6 MBAli Ayyash is a co-founder of Bee Token, a San Francisco based startup that is reinventing the home sharing economy. Ali has spent time working for Amazon and Google in the centralized software world but is now developing decentralized applications on the blockchain. Listen to Episode 21 as we dig deep and discuss blockchain technology, Etherium, tokens and key aspects of decentralized apps such as payments, arbitration and trust. "It's everybody's cloud" - Ali on Blockchain technology ...
JJRR Ep20 Freelancing full time - Podcast Editing - Audio editing software - with Jim Metzendorf
January 26, 2018 15:48 - 1 hour - 55.4 MBJim Metzendorf is a sound engineer and audio software specialist that has recently turned what was once a side hustle into a full time freelance business as a podcast editor. In episode 20 Jim describes how he went from being a software product specialist in the corporate world to a full time freelance career that has him editing up to a dozen podcasts at any one time, all by word of mouth. He's worked on many shows on the 5by5 podcast network and his latest pickup is editing the new A...
JJRR Ep19 Leaving the corporate world - Creating a million man, woman and child army of outdoor enthusiasts - with Tom Mulliez
January 05, 2018 15:00 - 52 minutes - 45.3 MBTom Mulliez is the founder of itrekkers.com where he's leveraging today's technologies to get us all disconnected from technology and connected back to nature. His mission is to create easily accessible outdoor experiences and has a vision to create a million man, woman and child army of outdoor enthusiasts. Listen to episode 19 to hear Tom's thoughts about indoor vs outdoor life, community, and his emotional journey of quitting his corporate job. @itrekkers #adventure #florida #outdoorli...
JJRR Ep18 Skipping college - Retiring at 35 - Building a personal finance community - with Sean Merron
December 27, 2017 16:09 - 1 hour - 56.5 MBSo what are you majoring in? This question is such a great conversation starter in college but Sean Merron may never know. Sean skipped college by landing a $40k/yr job at 17 and is on schedule to retire at age 35. In Episode 18 listen to Sean describe his early challenges with personal finance and how he recently reinvented / downsized his family's lifestyle on their path to early retirement. And now that he's mastered personal finance for himself, he's sharing his knowledge by building a...
JJRR Ep17 Challenges of the independent artist / entrepreneur - Artistic honesty - Moving to NYC - with Sam Blakeslee
December 21, 2017 16:00 - 56 minutes - 56.2 MBSo remember all those International jazz festivals you played while you were in high school? Yea I don't either. But Sam Blakeslee does as he was already soaking in sunny Italy on tour with the Columbus (Ohio) Youth Jazz Orchestra. Sam is a jazz trombonist who's recently relocated to New York City and in episode 17 we dig into the entrepreneurial challenges of being an independent artist and releasing your first CD as a leader. We also discuss what artistic honesty means to Sam and how h...
JJRR Ep16 Music festival producing - Growing the arts cutlure in Akron, OH - with touring musician / actor Theron Brown
December 12, 2017 15:00 - 1 hour - 53.6 MBIn addition to being a touring musician and music professor, Theron Brown is the visionary and founder of Akron, OH's Rubber City Jazz and Blues Festival. Theron is a driving force on the arts scene in Northeast Ohio and in episode 16 we talk about how he's been able to go from gigging musician to actor, playing Herbie Hancock in "Miles Ahead" directed by Don Cheadle, to music festival producer, and more recently to becoming one of Akron's 30 for the Future. Listen to the end to find out a...
JJRR Ep15 Cryptocurrency / blockchain - True Portfolio diversification - Innovative Investing with Kirk Chisholm
November 30, 2017 18:11 - 1 hour - 59.1 MBKirk Chisholm was recently acknowledged as the #7 most influential financial advisor in Investopedia's top 100 and is known for his innovative approach to creating and managing wealth. In this episode we dig into cryptocurrency, alternative asset types and true portfolio diversification. Kirk is a creative thinker and I love his answer on how he is able to continually reinvent himself. Listen to the end of Episode 15 where Kirk offers a free gift for JJRR listeners. Episode 15 Kirk Chis...
JJRR Ep14 The history of podcasting and orange juice marketing with podcast pioneer Rob Greenlee
November 21, 2017 17:57 - 1 hour - 52.6 MBSo what were you listening to back in 2004? Was it "Yeah" by Usher featuring Lil John and Ludacris? I loved that track. Was anybody listening to podcasts back then? The podcast idea was just getting going with the WebTalk World Radio Show; the first nationally syndicated radio program in the world to start podcasting on Sept 15th, 2004. Rob Greenlee is the former lead host and recent Podcasting Hall Of Fame inductee. Listen to Rob in episode 14 tell why he started podcasting, what he's ...