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Writer & Director Paul Shoulberg

Scratch Entrepreneur - April 24, 2018 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
There are jobs you simply do, that’s what most of us have, and there are creative passions that turn out to make you a few bucks, which very few are lucky enough to succeed at.  One way to gauge the difference is the perception of children.  If, as a child you heard of an occupation and immedi...

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The Uptown Cafe – Michael Cassady’s 40 year Painting

Scratch Entrepreneur - April 10, 2018 00:58 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
There are some businesses that are integral in the fabric and story of a community. Think about the town you live in.  If someone asks, "What are some things I HAVE to do when I visit?" you immediately think of them.  Maybe the dive bar in that back alley, an ice cream shop that has handmade o...

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Secretly Canadian

Scratch Entrepreneur - March 25, 2018 21:44 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Many of our favorite businesses were built out of someone loving something and then figuring out how to make it better. Yvon Chouinard created Patagonia because he loved rock climbing, hiking, and being outdoors.  Everything else stemmed from that. Ben & Jerry loved ice cream, Jake Carpenter o...

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Rock Paper Scissors: Telling Your Brand Story to The World

Scratch Entrepreneur - March 12, 2018 12:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Us humans, we have all these labels for people, right. Us humans, we have all these labels for people, right. Some are mean like calling someone a nerd or a moron.  Some are self-applied like goth or grunge.  Some clearly state a specific spiritual philosophy like Christian or Pagan. Some are...

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Loren Wood Builders

Scratch Entrepreneur - February 27, 2018 12:20 - 45 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Our guest today builds houses. Really beautiful houses Hardwood floors with deep velvety purple finishes, huge windows full of afternoon sun.  Each home is unique and, like any good builder, his finished pieces have a stunning signature to them.  Loren Wood and his team of builders drop their ...

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BeeCorp: Saving Honey One Queen Bee at a TIme

Scratch Entrepreneur - February 11, 2018 19:47 - 32 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Our guest today has perhaps one of the smartest solutions to a specific problem that's plagued beekeepers for centuries. Her and the Beecorp team are taking on some of the key issues around a dying community of animals that we actually really need. Ellie Symes shares her story, how BeeCorp is so...

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The Story of Lil Bub’s Dad Mike

Scratch Entrepreneur - January 29, 2018 03:27 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Have you ever dreamed of going viral, schmoozing with the stars, swimming in piles of virtual likes and shares, retweets and smiley faces? I mean who doesn’t want fan mail, right?  Our guest today is fortunate enough to have experienced all of that but here’s the thing, he wasn’t really dreami...

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The Inkwell

Scratch Entrepreneur - January 23, 2018 01:37 - 22 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Do you love the town you live in or do you long to move somewhere else?  Have you ever thought about why you feel whatever way you do?  I’ve been thinking about that a lot lately.   I’ve lived in Bloomington Indiana for most of the last 25 years and the more people I meet, the more stories b...

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DeveloperTown with Michael Kelly

Scratch Entrepreneur - January 07, 2018 21:40 - 46 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Have you ever had a good idea?  One that was so obvious, so helpful, so ingenious that you couldn’t believe it didn’t already exist?  You searched the web and couldn’t find anytime about it, you researched the patent list and it just wasn’t there. You sat in a darkroom late at night thinking “wh...

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Cheddar & Sproutbox with Mike Trotzke

Scratch Entrepreneur - December 17, 2017 14:41 - 50 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
So you’ve got a million dollars that your looking to invest right?  It’s just sitting around in your side table or stuffed into the cushions on your couch but you know it should be invested somewhere so it can grow into two or three million.  You could invest in the stock market or real estate b...

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Hugs, Quarters & Baked Goods (MCHA)

Scratch Entrepreneur - December 05, 2017 13:00 - 43 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
We’ve all seen those sad animal commercials, right?  Underserved, scrawny, abused pups that need your help.  On this episode, we sit down with someone who decided to address the problem head on.  Not by donating a few bucks but by dedicating her life’s work to serving these animals.  Who is this...

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One World Enterprises (Lennies, Pizza X, BBC, & More)

Scratch Entrepreneur - November 19, 2017 17:27 - 47 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
On today’s show we chat with small business icon Jeff Mease who took the work ethic he learned from an early age and built a pizza shop that sprouted a restaurant which naturally needed a brewery.  Once all of that was humming, he created a community commissary where other small food businesse...

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RCV Roofing

Scratch Entrepreneur - October 22, 2017 17:26 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Today we chat with RCV Roofing owner Jay Nelson about all things roofing. Learn how he grew from zero to one of the largest midwestern roofing contractors in less than 5 years. We’ll talk bad roofs, the tension between roofers and insurance companies, how to pick a good roofer, and more. We’re g...

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7 Steps to Marketing Nirvana

Scratch Entrepreneur - October 08, 2017 19:11 - 33 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
On today's show, Jeremy sits down with the owner of Felt Creative Agency and Marketing Guru AJ O’Reilly. We’ll lay out the 7 specific steps to the perfect marketing approach. Get these steps right and the biggest issue your business will have is how to keep up.

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Bloom Magazine

Scratch Entrepreneur - September 16, 2017 01:39 - 26 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
On today’s episode of Scratch Entrepreneur we explore a real life example of someone who left his perfect apartment in lower Manhattan, a swanky job as a magazine fixer, a high rise office overlooking Times Square and moved to a small midwestern town with no real plan. What came next was the bir...

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Wehrloom Honey

Scratch Entrepreneur - July 19, 2017 23:01 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
On today’s episode of Scratch entrepreneur, how Jessica & Aaron Wehr, owners of Wehrloom Honey, took a Christmas present and turned it into a booming agricultural business. We’re glad you joined us.

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Upland Brewing Co

Scratch Entrepreneur - June 16, 2017 02:27 - 38 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
On today’s show how Doug Dayhoff and the Upland team grew a small town brewery and pub into a multimillion dollar business known internationally for their lineup of traditional craft beers and their innovation around brewing wood aged sour beers. We’re glad you joined us.

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Tribeswell

Scratch Entrepreneur - May 13, 2017 17:22 - 37 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
What does it mean to create content to build your brand? On today’s episode Colin Clark, owner of Tribeswell, and Jeremy dig deep into our of their favorite topics: Authentic Content Marketing Creating great content (videos, blog posts, podcasts, etc) is far from new, people have been doing it f...

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Ugo Bar

Scratch Entrepreneur - February 16, 2017 03:49 - 28 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
“Where will Ugo Today?” On today’s episode an incredible look into one of Bloomington Indiana’s rising food star’s Rebecca Walters. Rebecca is an entrepreneur who truly took an idea and built it into a healthy profitable business. Her idea solved a problem she had. She was hungry. She needed hea...

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Transformation Coach Adam Schaeuble

Scratch Entrepreneur - December 04, 2016 23:26 - 36 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Have you ever just felt stuck, like your life or your business isn’t where you want it to be? Meet transformation coach Adam Schaeuble.

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The Green Nursery

Scratch Entrepreneur - October 30, 2016 19:36 - 31 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
On this episode we chat with Scott & Abby Noroozi, owners of the Green Nursery. The Green Nursery is a baby boutique with a brick and mortar shop in downtown Bloomington, Indiana and a national renowned online store. What began as a natural herb remedy shop in 2007 has morphed into a baby store ...

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CoWork Bloomington

Scratch Entrepreneur - August 15, 2016 01:52 - 14 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Want a Google-like work environment without working for a huge corporation? Coworking is your answer. In this episode Tyler Henke, founder of Cowork Bloomington, gives us a peek into this membership-based community. We’ll explore why collaborative workspaces exist, how Cowork Bloomington got sta...

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Cardinal Spirits

Scratch Entrepreneur - July 02, 2016 03:04 - 23 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Have you ever dreamed of starting a business based on something you just love to do? Sure you have. The owners of Cardinal Spirits did to. They loved mixing drinks and their crazy dream was to build a distillery, make hard alcohol, and invent great drinks to mix with their vodkas, rums, and more...

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Jason Wilber

Scratch Entrepreneur - April 24, 2016 23:28 - 40 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Lifelong musician Jason Wilber joins us to share his story, offer a few secrets to his success, and open up about the vision and timeline around his new solo album.

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King Dough Pizza

Scratch Entrepreneur - April 16, 2016 13:42 - 25 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
Adam and Alicia Sweet are proprietors of King Dough Pizza. Like many partnerships, especially when the team includes spouses, they each have specific roles in the operation of their artisanal wood-fired pizza palace. They’ve created a special pizza experience. King Dough is not your mama’s pizza...

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Welcome to Scratch Entrepreneur

Scratch Entrepreneur - April 16, 2016 13:27 - 2 minutes ★★★★★ - 16 ratings
True stories of remarkable people who dropped everything to create a healthy profitable business

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