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SEASON 1 FINALE
Ben McDougal and Jim Morgan compose a symphony of sound and share BIG news to tie a beautiful bow on a sensational season of You Don't Need This Podcast!
Recorded at the largest sound stage in Minnesota, together we jam on producing new music every day, sleeping in a kick drum, and being a part of other artist's creative process. Before the break, we hear the story of Conduit Sound, then celebrate pure wonder and serendipity by talking about inspired leadership within creative, inclusive, and open environments.
In a special break without commercials (17:30), you'll be first to hear news of the brand new Collector Hardback Edition of You Don't Need This Book: Entrepreneurship in the Connected Era! This relic is now available in limited supply, so click here to experience the feel of finished.
After the break, we put hands on the 1/1 author's proof for the Collector Hardback Edition of YDNTB! We then click into AI within music and transitioning from behind the camera to in front of an audience. We close by appreciating the support of family, invite you to ship your own art, and fight to a fun finish for Season 1. Thanks to listeners who have been a part of this experience and to all who have helped evolve this idea into a reality.
Wait...there's more! You'll want to stick around for the last drop, as BEN BOT articulates a transmission from the future. Revisit timeless insight from all 55 episodes at YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com as we get ready for next.
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Welcome back to Wisconsin! Ben McDougal was visiting UW Stevens Point to deliver You Don’t Need This Keynote at the 2024 Think Like an Entrepreneur event. As part of a wonderful whirlwind, he visited a local coworking and makerspace to record this special "In The Wild" episode.
Kevin Neuman leads the way as Assistant Dean within the Sentry School of Business and Economics at UW Stevens Point, while Christopher Klesmith is the Neighborhood Planner at the City of Stevens Point. Special thanks to Dr. Elizabeth Martin for coordinating such a unique collision between ecosystem allies!
Together, we discuss how placemaking connects with higher education and how entrepreneurial ecosystems can integrate students. We also celebrate agility within the future of work, ask what is school for, discuss collaboration between educational institutions, and close by solving the power paradox. EP54 is a timeless reminder for those who are blurring the lines between the classroom and community, which paints a reality that activates innovative ways for leaders to interface with the world.
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Welcome to Wisconsin! Ben McDougal was visiting UW Stevens Point to deliver You Don't Need This Keynote at the 2024 Think Like an Entrepreneur event. As part of this wonderful whirlwind, he jumped into a local recording studio with two local leaders at different stages in life.
Evan Stanislawski is a recent graduate of UWSP, while Matt Vollmer did the same 10 years ago. After a traditional start to his career, Matt is now an adjunct professor and the CEO of Arbré Technologies, which enables data to help horticulture industry track the lifecycle of plants. Evan is making a ruckus in vintage clothing, while also turning a wrench in the family plumbing business, which may lead to business succession opportunities.
Together, we chat about building on the timeline of now, while staying patient to make better business decisions. We also jam on real skills, diversified career portfolios, activating digital depth, and how the non-linear path toward success often includes creative combinations of achievement and lasting fulfillment.
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Tim Zarley protects ideas. If you're building a product, actively enjoy the details of this episode brewed through valuable IP strategies. Zarley Law, now Zarley Conley, has been collaborating with idea machines for over 60 years, so as Tim Zarley follows in his father's footsteps, it's neat to have this recorded relic brewed to keep you building.
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We hear the Internet is a big deal. Drew Harden is a web development wayfinder, author, and culture-building leader at Blue Compass. After some rich thoughts on creating significance within a company's culture, we dive into the world of web development. Ben was in web development for 8 years back in the day, so this was a fun chance to hear how web design and development continues to evolve. Ben and Drew chat about key things for different types of websites. After BEN BOT suggested an average cost to have a web development company create a website, we talk about budgeting for web design projects, but also remember that it's never one size fits all. Before the break, we run through content creation and the marathon of search engine optimization.
After the break, we double click on SEO (here's a link to the Blue Compass SEO Guide), but stay plugged in! Drew and Ben shift into a great chat on writing and publishing your first book. Hear Drew share stories from his book writing quest that led to RETAIN: How to Create an Incredible Company Culture that No One Wants to Leave. Ben and Drew then have fun reflecting on narrating your own audiobook. In fact, let's extend the fun! Use an Audible credit to enjoy Drew's audiobook here and Ben's audiobook here. If writing a book keeps you up at night, this is a fun listen. Drew then closes with a neat moment, which inspired the poetic title.
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Antonio Roddy, aka Tone the Movemaker, was born original and is making moves to stay that way. This is an entertaining episode that celebrates lasting initiative. Along with fresh fashion from Designed by the Streets, Tone, Dao, and the team keep turning knobs to stay ahead of the innovation curve. Together, we scratch through origin stories, his creative approach to leveling up, and how mentoring keeps us all moving forward.
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Curt Nelson and Beth Meyer help entrepreneurs spin the Rubik's cube that is starting (and scaling) a business. The Entrepreneurial Development Center is celebrating 20 years of really getting involved to make an impact. Curt also leads the Iowa Venture Capital Association.
Together, we chat through the origin story of the EDC, then shift gears to chat about tracking milestones with mentors, giving advice, raising financial capital, managing startup boards, and the investor landscape throughout Iowa.
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Michael Libbie has been in broadcasting since 1967! He has interviewed over 1,500 remarkable people, which made it an honor to interview him.
Ben and Michael talk about lone wolves, articulating our thoughts, understanding your audience, and the long-term effects of persistence. We also commemorate his voice and hear his why behind Insight Cubed and Insight on Business the News Hour. If content creation is a part of your practice or if you're thinking about shipping your art to those you seek to serve, this special episode is for you!
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Julie McDougal shares a final interview before she retired from IBM. Can you imagine being at IBM for over 35 years?!
The featured guest in EP47 has lived on the edge of technology her entire career! Julie worked within the culture and this fun episode is a glance at how she united others. As you'll hear, Julie is also our host's aunt. Cheers to everyone at IBM and cheers to a long, interesting, and impactful career. Happy retirement, Aunt Julie!
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Navarr Grevious and Aaron Carter were visiting Des Moines from Miami, for the Black & Brown Business Summit. After QuikLiq won the $50K pitch competition, we had to find a spot to chat in the wild!
In EP45, we pour innovations into beer, wine, and spirits. We talk about how these co-founders met at Clark Atlanta University, then reunited to build together. We also talk about transitioning a small business to a scalable startup, technology that connects local communities, building a team, how to win pitch competitions, and signals to help you raise financial capital. After the break, you'll learn about the three-tiered system in the spirits industry and trends you'll be sipping on soon. I'll cheers to that!
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Alex Myers is a certified futurist who will put you ahead of the curve. Along with his leadership at Aragon and throughout the world of web3, Alex authored Organizational Shift within the Roasted Reflections library. This writing pairs perfectly with this epic episode, as we explore Decentralized Autonomous Organizations (DAOs).
After the break, we decode life extension, nurturing AI, and close with a peek into transhumanism and reminder for what it means to be united as one.
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Scotty Russell is a web3 artist, podcaster, and business coach for creators. His cosmic illustrations are minted on Solana and other blockchains. He's also recorded 250+ episodes of the Side Hustler's Perspective and has coached 1,500+ artists to extend their own creative seasons.
Scotty was in Des Moines for a web3 gathering, so he and Ben popped in the studio to record this relic. We talk about building into side hustles, fine artists leveraging digital art, and gamifying different buckets of value.
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Jessica Pfohl Paisley is a creative community builder who is fascinated by the diversity of life. Whether it's enjoying time with family, building on the frontiers of fashion, or making others feel their best through AMIDST Magizine, Jessica connects community through photography, print, music, and events. Together, we talk about curating resources, event management, and balancing a diversified career portfolio.
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Cody Retlich is an alumni of the Techstars Iowa Accelerator (see Cody on-stage at #TSDemoDay in 2022) and this is the first of a new In The Wild category. Recorded after the launch of 1MC in Madison and Milwaukee, Cody and his Wisconsin-based team at DroneAdair, help drone pilots manage their business.
This leader knows what's up when it comes to drone technology. Strap on your seat belt, as Ben and Cody elevate a conversation around content creation, exploring new industries, and activating beta testers as an entrepreneur. After the break, we fly by emerging drone technologies that will captivate your imagination and talk tactics as we all tell stories with photos and video.
BONUS CONTENT: Cody has also launched Legacy Liftoff, which is another cool podcast dedicated to drone technology and the pilots who create art from the air. Enjoy! -
Brandon Hart is a builder who helps others do the same. EP41 is all about 3D printing and how additive manufacturing helps evolve ideas into reality, while boosting sustainability in manufacturing and providing a path to our own neon future.
Along with talking about the futuristic things we can "print", such as nanotechnology, boitech, and food; Brandon shares his winding entrepreneurial path and makes news by introducing the HSP1-I, an all-new industrial 3D printer! Hartsmart Products delivers 3D printers, eco-friendly filament, 3D printer resins, and endless parts to upgrade the nerdery, so it was neat to share this milestone moment within a hartfelt episode you're sure to enjoy.
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Joe Murphy is the director of the Iowa Business Council, which unites 20+ chief executives from Iowa’s largest organizations. Since 1985, the IBC has used economic research to determine key initiatives that help drive lasting progress in Iowa and beyond.
Together, Ben and Joe talk about collaboration amongst leaders, sequencing public policy, intrapreneurship, leveraging different types of capital, building teams that sing the song of significance, and together, activating diversity of thought to stay ahead of the innovation curve.
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Will Schneller explores the intersection of design, technology, and entrepreneurship. After an epic opening moment on the mic, Ben and Will talk about building within education, signals to consider if/when/what to quit, wallets in web3, zero knowledge proofs, and provenance.
After the break, Will expands on what he wrote in Non-Fungible Fabric, by talking through the endless depth that NFTs deliver. We take a pit stop to discuss the unmatched energy of accelerating others, the connections we've unlocked through the Roasted Reflections NFT Collection, and finish by adding a zero to whatever you're building.
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Joshua Larson is a video game developer, AI fashion designer, and web3 founder. We load in with Joshua's experience building inside the Bitcoin Startup Lab, which has us talking about startup accelerators, pivoting, and tokenomics. We then rewind to hear how he hacked his way into video game development, and here are a few games he helped to ship.
After the break, we blast through digital artifacts that are ordinals on-chain, generative AI, prompt engineering, #ChatUX, decentralized computing, and the 5 main layers within blockchain technologies. We close things down with a humbling 1-2-3 exercise, before Joshua drops the mic with perseverance.
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Dwana Bradley builds relationships. Her team at Iowa Urban Media tells stories through the Urban Experience Magazine and her leadership with Iowa Juneteenth is felt year-round.
Together, we celebrate love and Black History Month, by dancing with purpose-driven initiatives, the uninterrupted power of print, prompt engineering through societal biases, and the peace that awaits all who build toward their own state of career nirvana.
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Kristy Volesky is an author and educational advocate. Kristy recently published her first book, Transformational Work-Based Learning, and together, we chat about how the innovative spirit is activated through internships and creative activities within a startup community.
With this leader's experience inside the Iowa Department of Education and now a fresh connection with Jeff Reed at Momentum Studios, you know this caffeinated conversation is loaded with value for linchpins and design thinkers who understand the future of work is all about play.
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