People of Growth

Nate and Taylor talk about common themes, lessons learned, and funny stories from Season 1 of the People of Growth Podcast. A great big thanks to all the great people we've interviewed this year.  That's a wrap on Season 1!

Cokie Hasiotis is the Chief of Staff at The Block, the Founder and CEO of Lasagna Consulting, and an advisor for Fintech Today. In this interview Cokie and Nate discuss how she got wrapped up in so many cool companies, and how she gained the skills necessary to make an impact everywhere she goes. Also, how did Cokie get into squash, and is it worth it to run from a mountain lion? Follow Cokie: Follow Cokie on Twitter Visit Lasagna Consulting Subscribe to Fintech Today Subscribe to the Block Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/CokieHasiotis Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Chris Davis is the Founder and Chief Automation Officer of Automation Bridge, a resource for Automating your Marketing. In this interview, Chris and Nate discuss his experience in automation at Lockheed Martin, his journey finding the right mentors, and how he started Automation Bridge. Follow Chris: Follow him on Twitter Follow him on Instagram Check out Automation Bridge's website Follow Automation Bridge on Twitter Follow Automation Bridge on Instagram Follow Automation Bridge on Facebook Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/ChrisDavis Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Gabe Gordon is the co-founder of Reach Agency. He's spent 15 years doing cool things with brands like General Motors, the NFL, Walmart, Pepsi Co., Nestle. In this interview, Gabe and Nate talk about how Gabe got into content marketing, his experience at William Morris, and how he started up Reach. Gabe also discusses how Reach came up with the idea to use influencers as content creators, not just for their audience. Follow Gabe: Reach.Agency LinkedIn Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/GabeGordon Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Reverend Doctor Tim Hein is a minister at Malvern Uniting Church, and the Director of Discipleship at Uniting College for Leadership & Theology, where he teaches on Christian spirituality and discipleship within the Adelaide College of Divinity and Flinders University. In this interview, Tim and Taylor discuss his ministry and how he helps those who want to follow the same path to join the ministry. Tim touches briefly on his book, Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors. Lastly, Tim discusses the Unmade Podcast, which he co-hosts with his friend, Brady Haran, and which is the only podcast of which Taylor has listened to every episode. Follow Tim: Twitter The Unmade Podcast Tim’s sermons at Malvern Uniting Church Uniting College for Leadership & Theology Flinders University Tim's Book on Amazon (Understanding Sexual Abuse: A Guide for Ministry Leaders and Survivors) Tim's Favourite Ever Book (Mere Christianity) A Book Tim Recommends for Those Intrigued in Seeking God (Making Sense of God: Finding God in the Modern World) Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/TimHein Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Leslie Hale is an astrologer for Keen.com. She has been studying and practicing metaphysics and other spiritual disciplines for decades and this interview dives into what that's like on a day to day and how she got to where she is today. Follow Leslie: Keen.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/LeslieHale Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Justin Warden is the co-founder of Ader Gaming. He went through 500 Startups, the Disney Accelerator, and was awarded a place in Forbes 30 under 30 for gaming. In this interview, Justin and Nate talk about the "sexy side of entrepreneurship," sleeping on the floor, persistence, and passion. Follow Justin: LinkedIn Twitter Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/JustinWarden Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Nicole Bowman is a psychic, medium, and intuitive artist. In this interview, Nicole and Nate talk about emotional intelligence and so much more! Follow Nicole: Instagram Facebook Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/NicoleBowman Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Dr. Elizabeth Fedrick is a Licensed Professional Counselor and the owner of Evolve Counseling & Behavioral Health Services in Gilbert, AZ. In this episode, Liz talks about what it's like to own her own practice and how she's able to destress and separate the emotional rollercoaster of therapy from home life. Taylor and Liz also discuss how to start and end relationships in a healthy way. Follow Dr. Fedrick: Evolve Counseling Website Instagram Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/LizFedrick Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Akash Magoon is the cofounder and CTO of Nayya, an artificially intelligent platform that is simplifying insurance decisions for business leaders and benefits managers, and trying to improve the healthcare experience for individual employees. Follow Akash: LinkedIn email:  Akash@nayya.com Nayya.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/AkashMagoon Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Zach Bloxham is an attorney and a City Councilman. In this episode, Nate and Zach discuss his experience at Gonzaga (where Nate is currently studying law), and Zach delves into how he got involved in his local politics. Follow Zach: Twitter Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/ZachBloxham Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Pilaar Terry is an entertainment PR and marketing specialist. Pilaar got a degree in Broadcast Journalism but quickly found out that was NOT what she wanted to do. In this episode, Nate and Pilaar talk about finding what you DO want to do by figuring out what you don't. They also discuss how saying "no" to some opportunities opens room in your life for the opportunities you want to say "yes!" to. Follow Pilaar: LinkedIn Instagram (Pilaar) Instagram (Short Book Report) Twitter Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/PilaarTerry Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Melissa Cristina Márquez is a shark biologist, founder of The Fins United Initiative, and public speaker in the scientific community. In this interview, Nate and Melissa talk about the experiences she's had swimming with and studying sharks (and crocodiles on occasion!). You'll be amazed at the things Melissa has learned from shark behavior and what you can apply even to your own life! Follow Melissa: Twitter Instagram FinsUnited.co.nz Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/MelissaMarquez Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Anuj Abrol is the founder of Witty Wealth, a weekly comedic deep dive and analysis into stocks, the stock market, and the investors that have made their fortunes in it. In this interview, Nate and Anuj talk about working with Justin Kan, and the difference between midwest and coastal atmospheres for finance and tech industries. Anuj also touches on what it was like realizing that, despite growing up in Michigan, there are, in fact, more ways to grow wealth than finding his place in the automotive industry. Follow Anuj: Witty Wealth Twitter Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/AnujAbrol Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Grayson Allen is the co-founder of Halen, a company that makes GateSense, a WiFi enabled smart lock for any gate, and LaundrySense, a device that turns any old washer into a smart washer that can send you status notifications about your laundry. He’s also the creator of TopoCase, a highly customizable 3D phone case. In this interview Taylor and Grayson talk about what he's learned from building these businesses and how layering those skills has helped him to be more prepared for future businesses. Follow Grayson:  Facebook Twitter Instagram LinkedIn GateSense LaundrySense TopoCase Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/GraysonAllen Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Dr. Bradley Garrett is a social geographer and author of Bunker: Building for the End Times, along with four other great books. In this interview, Nate and Dr. Garrett discuss his adventures doing archeological dives, exploring the literal underground of London, and so many more incredible stories! Follow Dr. Garrett: Instagram Twitter Bunker on Amazon BradleyGarrett.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/BradleyGarrett Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Nick Abouzeid is the head of marketing at MainStreet, a company that helps startups get an average of $50k of IRS credits in as little as 20 minutes. In this interview, Nate and Nick talk about how he went from selling paintball guns in middle school through running a NY bakery in college and how he's now landed at MainStreet. Also, if you're a startup founder, you should really check out MainStreet! $50k in 20 minutes is no joke. Follow Nick: Twitter See what free money you qualify for at MainStreet.us Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/NickAbouzeid Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Dr. Denver Fowler is the curator of the Badlands Dinosaur Museum at the Dickinson Museum Center. In this interview, Taylor and Denver talk about his diverse paleontology experiences, from digging up dinosaur fossils to working as an associate producer on a TV series called Prehistoric Park. Follow Denver: Denver on Twitter Dickinson Museum Center on Twitter Fowler Paleontology & Geology on Facebook Dickinson Museum Center on Facebook Dickinson Museum Center Website Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/DenverFowler Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Jimmie Whisman is a comedian and the co-host of the podcasts Small Town Murder and Crime in Sports. In this episode, Nate and Jimmie talk about what it's actually like being in comedy (it's not all laughs) and how he got started with his podcasts. Follow Jimmie: Jimmie on Twitter Small Town Murder (Apple Podcasts) Crime in Sports (Apple Podcasts) Small Town Murder (Spotify) Crime in Sports (Spotify) Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/JimmieWhisman Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Chase Björnson is a visual arts and creative branding expert who worked in the music industry with artists like Bon Iver, Zeds Dead, and Mumford and Sons. In this interview, Nate and Chase talk about how Chase got into the music industry, what his plans are now that COVID has halted live concerts, and how to dig deep to create meaningful connections. Follow Chase: Instagram ChaseBjornsonCreative.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/ChaseBjornson Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Cullin McGrath is the founder of Writer's Bloc, a community for writers to seek and share feedback on their works. In this interview, Nate and Cullin talk about overcoming the fear of sharing your own creations for the first time. Cullin also shares insight in how to build an online community. Follow Cullin: Cullin McGrath on Twitter Writer's Bloc on Twitter WritersBlocHQ.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/CullinMcGrath Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Brock Booher is a commercial pilot for Southwest Airlines and published author. In this interview, he talks about flying into enemy territory for the USAF, what it's like to fly through hail and thunderstorms, and the process of writing and getting published. Follow Brock: BrockBooher.com Instagram Facebook Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/BrockBooher Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Chyanne Dover is a virtual fitness coach who helps her clients find the right workout regimen and dietary plan for their specific needs. She's also Nate's sister, and in this interview, Nate discusses his own experience developing a healthy lifestyle with Chy.  Follow Chy: Instagram Facebook Email List Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/ChyanneDover Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Adam is a retired professional basketball player and now professional artist and owner of Adam Ballinger Art. In this conversation, Nate and Adam discuss the transition from athletics to a more creative career as an illustrator. They also talk about the extra motivation having kids brings to the drive to relentlessly grind to succeed. Follow Adam: Twitter Instagram AdamBallingerArt.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/AdamBallinger  Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Nick Klein is the founder of Hostile Hare, a company driven to support people from all walks of life to become more self-reliant by learning to, as Nick says, “control what you eat, from seed to meat.” In this interview, Taylor and Nick discuss how anyone can make small steps to be more self-reliant and prepare for small crises to large scale disasters. Nick talks about raising rabbits and quail for food, as well as other homesteading activities that can be done both on multiple acres of land and in downtown apartments. Follow Nick: Facebook Instagram HostileHare.com Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/NickKlein Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Dayton Mills is the CEO & Co-Founder of Branch, a start-up striving to provide a virtual HQ for your remote team. Nate & Dayton discussed Dayton's entrepreneurial journey, the story behind Branch, and lots more. Follow Dayton & Branch's Journey: Dayton on Twitter: @DaytonMills Branch on Twitter: @Branch_gg Check out Branch at Branch.gg Check out the show notes at Voxtur.Life/DaytonMills/ Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Wes Kao is a marketer and was previously the co-creator of altMBA. In this interview, Nate and Wes discuss insecure vibes, mentoring yourself, and spiky points of view. This is our LONGEST interview to date, but well worth the time to listen all the way through! Follow Wes: Twitter WesKao.com Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Nick Zentner is a Geology professor at Central Washington University. He's also teaches the world about geology from home and in the field through his self-titled YouTube channel. In this conversation, Nate and Nick talk about how much more there is to geology than just identifying rocks and how someone decides to pursue geology. Nick also shares some wisdom on being fluid and open to new opportunities when there's no master plan. Follow Nick: NickZentner.com YouTube Instagram Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Tyler Denk is the creator of Big Desk Energy, a Spotify playlist that's "chill enough to be background music while you're working but upbeat enough not to put your to sleep." It's also a website that brings nostalgic atmosphere to that same playlist with some surprise add-ons. In this interview, Nate and Tyler discuss what it was like becoming a part of Morning Brew as only the second person, and what his mindset around creating Big Desk Energy was. *NOTE Nate is a dummy and misstated Tyler's twitter handle 2x. Sorry, Tyler! It's @denk_tweets! Follow Tyler: Twitter Big Desk Energy (Spotify) BigDeskEnergy.com Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

In this episode, Nate lets producer Taylor Bailey out of the editing dungeon to let his voice be heard! Taylor is the other half of Vöxtur, and together, Nate and Taylor discuss how they met, how Vöxtur got started, and the journey from selling clothes to interviewing People of Growth in a written format to now settling in on the podcast. They also talk about where they see Vöxtur going in the next few years and how you can help! Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Dario Pizzano is a Minor League baseball player you may recognize from an early written interview! In this episode, Nate and Dario discuss the good times and the hard realities of playing Minor League ball. *NOTE* In the few days since this podcast was recorded, Dario was traded to the Winnipeg Goldeyes!  Follow Dario: Twitter Instagram Facebook Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Rishi Tripathy is a Duke graduate working at On Deck, a company that's attempting to combine education and entrepreneurship tools. He's also the founder of start.city, an "online city" for people who are new to tech to talk about shared experiences in a place that is comfortable. Follow Rishi: Twitter Start.City Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Joe Wallin is a Seattle-based startup and corporate attorney, and the author of Angel Investing: Start to Finish. In this interview, Nate and Joe discuss making career shifts within law, knowing when to ask questions and when to figure it out yourself, and learning to build authentic relationships. Follow Joe: Twitter LinkedIn Angel Investing: Start to Finish Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Kinsey Grant is the host of Morning Brew's Business Casual podcast. In this conversation, Nate and Kinsey discuss her experience joining Morning Brew as the startup's fifth member, what it's like to interview people like Mark Cuban, Andrew Yang, and Barbara Corcoran, and the importance of making your ambitions known to maximize opportunities for growth. Follow Kinsey: Business Casual (Apple Podcasts) Business Casual (Spotify) Morning Brew Twitter Instagram kinsey@morningbrew.com Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Taylor Ealand and his family are the creators of an app called Verahealth that is designed to help businesses handle screening of employees and customers from the comfort of their homes. Follow Taylor: Verahealth (Apple) Verahealth (Google Play) Verahealth.app contact@verahealth.app Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Ryan Delk is the CEO and co-founder of Primer, a startup that is going to change the world of homeschooling. In this conversation, Nate and Ryan discuss his career in technology, Primer, and how to get hired at a startup. Follow Ryan: Twitter Primer ryan@withprimer.com Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Ingri Pauline is a weight lifting and nutrition coach who specializes in helping women and tailors their training specifically to their hormonal and cyclical needs. She was a Navy explosives ordinance disposal operator, has a degree in Kinesiology, is a NSCA Certified Strength and Conditioning Specialist and a certified nutrition coach.  Follow Ingri:  Twitter Instagram  Ingri Pauline Athletics  Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Prado is the founder of GOAT Book Club, a periodic "Zoom call with authors and great minds." Follow Prado: GOAT Book Club Twitter Instagram Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Sid Jha is the author of Sunday Snapshots, a weekly email newsletter. In this episode, Sid and Nate discuss reading, writing online, and building relationships with awesome people. Follow Sid: Twitter Sunday Snapshots Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Byrne Hobart is the writer of The Diff, an email newsletter about inflections in finance and technology. In this conversation, Nate and Byrne chat about having kids, homeschooling, writing online, and tons more. Follow Byrne: The Diff Twitter Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Zach Lamothe is a Canadian entrepreneur and the co-founder of Mile1 and Oso Simply. He’s also this week’s Builder of the Week! Follow Zach: Twitter Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Sheel Mohnot is a seed stage FinTech investor. In this conversation, Sheel talks about how he chose a career expertise, Googling as a skill, and how he approached big changes in his career. Follow Sheel: Twitter Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Donegal Fergus is the Minor League hitting coordinator for the Minnesota Twins and before that, he was a college baseball coach for about 20 years. In this conversation, we talk about the importance of surrounding yourself with the right people, the necessity of obstacles, and why you should focus at being the best at your job, instead of looking for the next thing.  Follow Donegal: Twitter Instagram Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Robert Berry is a gallerist, collector, and curator. He’s also the founder of the Robert Berry Gallery, a virtual art gallery. Before founding his own gallery, Robert obtained a master’s degree in art history from Brooklyn College, and a bachelor’s degree in art, art history, and criticism from Stony Brook University. Robert shared his mindset around mentorship, approach to obstacles, and more. Follow Robert: Robert Berry Robert Berry Gallery Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

Sam Lachow is a producer, songwriter, rapper, videographer, director, and editor of video and music. Based in Seattle, WA, Sam began making music in middle school and has built a career for himself as a musician. In this interview, he shares the book that helped him learn how to write music without substances, how he has found his place within the music industry, and lots more. Here’s his story! Follow Sam:  Twitter Instagram  Spotify  Apple Music  Background music:  Drifting Korners - Joseph McDade

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