Refreshingly Innovative Podcast

DJ Haley joins the podcast, filling us in on his latest initiative ETA: Give—an innovative platform making it super easy and painless for nonprofits to collect donations. Waxing eloquent on big data, social change, and lessons learned from coach Shaka Smart, you won’t want to miss this episode with DJ Haley. 01:00 Empowerment Through Action 03:00 Coming Up With ETA 04:30 On Big Data 06:00 Transparency and Problem solving 07:20 ETA Going Forward 09:20 Innovating Like a for-profit 11:10 Rebranding from Empower Card 14:12 Resources and Mindset 16:04 Overcoming Hurdles 17:20 Gaining and Applying Knowledge 20:00 Redefine the ETA on Social Change 24:02 First Principles Thinking More from DJ and ETA: Give ETA: Give website: etanow.org DJ on Twitter: @djhaley

This episode features an interview with Laura Smith, co-founder and designer at Worse for Wear, an awesome women’s motorcycle apparel company operating in Richmond, Virginia. I get schooled on design, fashion, selvedge denim and more. I had a lot of fun talking with Laura about her business and motorcycles, I hope you enjoy our conversation too. 03:45 Fit, Form, and Function 05:13 Women’s Measurement Project 07:06 User Experience Designer 09:08 On Not Making Assumptions 10:23 Naming Worse For Wear 15:51 Laura’s “Practice Business” 17:43 Learning Moments 20:50 Making Jeans 26:15 Was is Selvedge Denim? 31:25 Women Motorcycling 35:20 On Success 37:00 Favorite Books/Author- Charles Strauss 41:36 Advice for 20 year old self Check out Worse for Wear here: http://www.worsewear.com/ https://www.facebook.com/worsewear/ https://www.instagram.com/worsewear/

In this debut episode of Refreshingly Innovative, I sit down with Sam Anderson, aka Mr. Preneur. An expert on social media, Sam highlights the importance of personal branding, finding mentors, and becoming your own boss in spite of naysayers putting you down. 1:28 Sam’s Businesses CyCul Laundry Richmond Bubble Soccer Mr. Prenuer TV Anderson Consulting 7:49 Personal Branding 10:32 Importance of Mentors 13:08 On Competition 16:34 Gary Vaynerchuk 18:50 Don’t Listen to Others, Do What You Want Find more from Sam here: Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrpreneur/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/askmrpreneur website: http://www.mrpreneur.org/ Subscribe to us on iTunes https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/refreshingly-innovative-podcast/id1080830541?mt=2

In this episode with Dr. Kyle Adams we dive into some of his contrarian views and the changes he would like to see made to how personal trainers are educated in the United States. We also get into why and how he is breaking the traditional model as a PT, entrepreneur, Board-Certified Orthopedic Clinical Specialist and Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist. He shares his experience with starting a business and points to some great resources for staying on the cutting edge of fitness. Mentioned: West End Crossfit 3:50 The Importance of a Mentor 5:10 Andrew Rothschild Virtual Mentors/Resources 6:15 TheFitCast with Kevin Larrabee 7:09 Eric Cressey 7:49 Mike Reinold 8:50 Why Dr. Adams became started his business 11:56 The importance of developing relationships 11:19 The E-Myth 14:48 Adams Performance 18:52 Blog Post: Caring More as a physical therapist 23:35 Physical Therapist Education Reform 26:37 Crossfit and Fitness Trends 36:26 How to find a mentor Find more from Kyle here http://www.adamsperformancerva.com/ @KyleAdamsRVA For more Refreshingly Innovative, visit www.RefreshinglyInnovative.com