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Career Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves151: Josh Katz on Finding Balance: An Olympian’s Quest for Purpose Beyond SportSend a textJosh Katz shares his journey as an Olympic judo athlete and the challenges of transitioning between career phases while balancing training, education, and business ventures. He discusses how early family influence and prioritizing education alongside sport created a foundation for success beyond the mat.In a nutshell, we talk about:• Growing up in a judo family with an Olympian mother and coach father who emphasized education alongside athletic development• Qualifying for Rio Olympics at just 18, achieving success earlier than expected• Financial struggles post-Olympics with having to fund 5...
2025-06-111h 04
The Unforgettable Learning PodcastWhat is unforgettable learning? - Season 1 finale.In the Unforgettable Learning Podcast season one finale, Kate and Josh look back on a remarkable year and a half of conversations with visionaries from L&D and beyond to distill what truly makes learning unforgettable. Drawing on insights from thought leaders like Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch, Kevin Yates, Julie Dirkson, and more, they explore how the learning industry has matured from simply creating courses to driving strategic business value through human-centered design and performance focus.
Josh and Kate unpack key themes that emerged throughout the season: the critical importance of psychological safety in learning environments, the evolving r...
2024-12-0445 minCareer Clarity with Athletes: A 2ndwind Podcast with Ryan Gonsalves125: Josh Perry - From BMX Pro to Embracing New ChallengesSend us a textWhat happens when a BMX champion swaps the adrenaline rush of biking for the tranquil greens of golf? Join us as Josh, a former professional BMX athlete, narrates this unlikely transformation. After a brain tumor diagnosis, Josh reevaluated his life priorities and took the bold step to transition into a sport where every swing is both a challenge and a chance for growth. Discover how BMX's demand for adaptability and mental focus parallels the world of golf, providing new avenues for fulfillment and self-expression.Tune in to learn more about:
2024-11-1950 min
The Unforgettable Learning PodcastRecentering the human in modern L&D – with Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch.In part two of our conversation with Serena Gonsalves-Fersch, Global Head of Talent at SoftwareOne, we explore how to keep the human at the heart of learning in an increasingly AI-focused world.
Serena, Josh, and Kate discuss the impact of AI on job roles, the importance of putting both individuals and businesses at the center of learning strategies, and the need for L&D to move beyond content creation. Serena explores how L&D professionals can stay relevant by focusing on developing essential human skills and reframing their role in organisations.
This episode offers a ref...
2024-09-1723 min
The Unforgettable Learning PodcastL&D as value creation centre – with Dr. Serena Gonsalves-Fersch.In this thought-provoking episode of The Unforgettable Learning Podcast, Josh and Kate sit down with Dr. Serena Gonsalves Fersch, the recent recipient of the Colin Steed Award for Outstanding Contribution to Learning. Serena shares her groundbreaking approach to L&D, drawing on her knowledge as the Global Head of Talent at Software One and a doctorate holder in the future of corporate L&D
Serena challenges traditional L&D practices, advocating for a business-first mindset that ties every learning intervention directly to ROI. She discusses how her team has successfully linked business impact to training, reduced time t...
2024-09-0429 min
#GetPaid Be Free (W/ Josh Forti)379: $5M By 25, What Sam Ovens Got Wrong, And Jesus? [W/ Mitch Gonsalves]What would it be like to make $5 million dollars by age 25? Well, that is exactly what you will discover in this interview. You'll also discover what Mitch thinks Sam Ovens got wrong, how he got his first steps, and the software he is building for high-ticket business owners. - Optimate AI Software- Connect With Mitch RELEVANT LINKS:- Subscribe To Newsletter.- Connect With Josh.
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2023-09-211h 14
Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#52: The Conscious Psychedelic Explorer — John RobertsonPsychedelic Explorer and Guide John Robertson shares his framework for how to prepare for, set up and integrate meaningful psychedelic experiences so you can harness its power for personal insights and accelerate your personal growth.
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About John Robertson
John Robertson is a the creator behind Maps of the Mind. He’s a psychedelic explorer and guide, with experience in the fields of mindfulness, meditation and personal growth.
He has been facilitating psychedelic sessions privately an...
2022-09-291h 38Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#51: Thomas Frank — $100k/month selling Notion Templates & Decade Worth of Advice for CreatorsThomas Frank shares an inside look at his side business making over $100K per month selling Notion templates, as well as advice from over a decades' worth of experience as a YouTuber with over 2.5 million subscribers.
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About Thomas Frank
Thomas is a video creator, writer, podcaster, and entrepreneur with over 2.5 million YouTube subscribers at the time of this podcast, with a focus on productivity, learning, and personal development. He's also a Notion power-user and currently making $100K per month selling Notion templates. In...
2022-09-191h 04Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#50: Addiction Recovery Expert Dr. Robb KellyRobb Kelly, PhD is an addiction recovery expert who successfully recovered from alcoholism. During his early twenties, he worked at the elite and influential Abbey Roads Studio as a session musician in London and has worked with thousands of people including celebrities of film, music, and sports.
Based on his own experiences working with addicts and alcoholics over the last 20 years, combined with a PhD in psychology, and as a recovered alcoholic himself – he is a triple threat against the disease of addiction.
He has lectured at many high profile universities and hospitals on the su...
2022-08-031h 04
Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#49: Supercharge Your Productivity with Khe HyAn in-depth conversation on creating an impactful career without sacrificing your lifestyle. We talk about transitioning careers from a well-paying job to starting your own lifestyle business on your own terms. We also dig into Khe's 10K Work concept, identity, productivity, as well as copywriting, marketing and branding secrets that Khe has learned over the years, and much more.
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About Khe:
He's been called Oprah for Millennials by CNN and the Wall Street Guru by B...
2022-05-021h 56Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#48: Intentional Life Design and How to Overcome the Four Horsemen of Fear with Dr. Corey WilksDr. Corey Wilks is a Licensed Clinical Psychologist and Executive Coach. He writes about the psychology of business, performance, creativity, and fulfillment. His mission is to help entrepreneurs build an Intentional Life by doing meaningful, purpose-driven work that fulfills them.
In this conversation with Josh they discuss Corey’s transition from being a Clinical Psychologist to becoming an Executive Coach and Entrepreneur, Corey’s coaching framework on how to build an Intentional Life, how to overcome the four horsemen of fear and beat procrastination, and much more.
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2022-04-252h 21Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#47: Influencer Marketing Masterclass with Taylor LagaceThis is an influencer marketing masterclass with Taylor Lagace, the co-founder of Kynship, an influencer marketing company that has helped some of the world’s largest brands leverage influencer marketing to grow their revenues.
For full show notes and links discussed in the episode, go to https://mindmeld.fm/ep-47
About half way through this episode Taylor shares his computer screen to walk us through specific software they use to give us insight into how he actually executes this blueprint. You can absolutely still follow along with the audio only, but you can also watch th...
2022-03-241h 29Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#46: Compounding Your Knowledge and Credibility with Dickie BushDickie Bush joins Josh to talk about the intersection of creativity and productivity, compounding your knowledge and credibility, how writing online changed his life, and how he teaches people how to start writing online with his online course Ship 30 for 30.
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About Dickie Bush
Dickie Bush is the founder of Ship 30 for 30, a community and online course that teaches the fundamentals of writing on the internet. But unlike other writing courses, you put your learnings into...
2022-02-071h 18Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#45: Transform Your Body, Transform Your Life with Dan Go (@FitFounder)Dan Go reveals the method he uses to get high-achieving people into their ideal body and stay fit for the rest of their lives. Dan shares his simple four-step process that he takes all of his clients through to get amazing results.
We also go deep into how Dan has grown his business using Twitter in the past two years. He shares some of his biggest hacks and lessons on how he grew a massive Twitter following, how to stay a productive creator on social media and not get sucked into shiny object syndrome and being a...
2022-01-311h 21Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#44: Microdosing Psilocybin to Improve Your Life with MindfulMeds Founder Keegan DownerJosh is joined by MindfulMeds founder Keegan Downer to discuss microdosing psilocybin as both a means to help with mental health issues like anxiety and depression, as well as using it as a nootropic to improve your cognition, creativity and problem-solving abilities.
Keegan also shares his story of battling depression and alcoholism, and the journey he went through to discover the need for psilocybin in our mental health system.
NOTE: Keegan goes deep on his story, which ends at about the 30 minute mark. I highly recommend listening to his fascinating story to get more context...
2022-01-242h 00Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#43: Career Hyperdrive with David ElikwuThis is a masterclass in accelerated career development with David Elikwu on how to build a toolkit of mental models and bulletproof core skills that will drastically shorten the growth curve for your career, business or personal brand.
This podcast is an overview of David's new course 'Career Hyperdrive' where I asked David about his career journey and how we can build an anti-fragile career and generalist skills that will compound over the course of our lives.
I also asked David how he's able to balance a full-time job in the tech industry, while simultaneously run...
2021-11-153h 05Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#42: Get Paid to Surf the Web with Swish GoswamiSwish has built a multi-hyphenate career at just the age of 24. He's built multiple successful ventures including Trufan and Surf, advises and invests in startups, and is a professional speaker and podcaster.
Swish talks in-depth about his new product, Surf and how it will change the way we surf the web.
He's done so much in such a short amount of time, so Josh asked him to share his philosophies on entrepreneurship, personal branding, building a network, and and how to help people get noticed and engage in our fast-moving economy.
About Swish...
2021-11-081h 23Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#41: World Class Chef Doug McNish on Veganism, Creativity and Cancel CultureWorld famous vegan chef Doug McNish joins Josh to talk about his experience with veganism for the past 15 years and how he creates his award-winning vegan recipes. Doug also shares his wisdom and advice for entrepreneurs or any creative person who wants to get more out of life, and Doug opens up about his experience with burnout and cancel culture.
About Doug McNish
Doug is an internationally award-winning Executive Chef and Restaurant Consultant, best-selling Author, passionate educator, celebrated activist and pioneer of society’s plant-forward future with over two decades of expertise launching and developing su...
2021-11-011h 42
Articulating Insight[2] ARTICULATING INSIGHT: Joshua Gonsalves CONVERSATIONA discussion with Joshua Gonsalves (AKA The Prankster, framptonhollis), an independent writer, Youtuber, and film and music enthusiast, regarding embracing the collaborative nature of art, some of Josh's one-star ratings, a debate regarding the merits of 2001: A Space Odyssey, and the concept of "the perfect being the enemy of the good". Intro Song: Morton Feldman - "For Bunita Marcus"Outro Song: The Rolling Stones - "Paint It, Black"
2021-07-021h 23
I Don't Deserve a PodcastEpisode 7: Virtually AuthenticDisclaimer. This episode was recorded and edited in the beginning of 2020.
My guest on this episode is Josh Gonsalves; serial entrepreneur, designer and creator with a focus on VR based in Toronto, Canada. On this episode We talked about Josh's past with VR, how creating too many projects paid off, and where he sees VR going in 2020. We also touch on tiktok, reboots, and story coming before the technology in this episode.
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2021-04-1800 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#40: New Age Consulting & Building a Unified Field Theory with Mitch GonsalvesMitch shares his sales & marketing strategies that has grown his consulting company to over $2.5 million dollars per year, how to cultivate a winner's mindset, building a Unified Field Theory of interconnected ideas, and a lot more.
For full show notes and links discussed in the episode, go to https://mindmeld.fm
About Mitch Gonsalves
Mitch Gonsalves is the Founder & CEO of Executive Advantage a Consulting firm that helps Coaches, Consultants, Agencies & Service Businesses scale to $100k/month and beyond through LinkedIn, Systems and Commission-Only Sales Teams. He has helped over 400+ Companies and grown...
2021-04-052h 09Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#39: Mark Metry — Social Anxiety and Reprogramming Your Mind for SuccessMark Metry joins Josh to talk about his book Screw Being Shy, social anxiety, mental health and reprogramming your mind for success.
We also get into topics like podcasting, and how to use it for personal development, we talk about how virtual reality and psychedelics will have an impact on mental health, and we touch on mystical experiences during meditation.
For full show notes and links discussed in the episode, go to https://mindmeld.fm
About Mark Metry
Mark Metry is the author of Screw Being Shy...
2021-03-291h 35
Perspective Platoon with PrateekRandom Human 13: Danny Miranda - Randomness about Meditation, Difficulties and Self-love | PPwP 13Danny Miranda joins us as the guest on Perspective Platoon with Prateek this week. Hop on the bandwagon of this platoon of perspectives as we talk about self-love, meditation, being grateful, growth and much more._______________Follow Danny on his social media account(s): Twitter: https://twitter.com/heydannymiranda_______________The Danny Miranda Podcast (pages):Website: https://dannymiranda.com/YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTRIPyUEXywZg-21vP6mhDgSpotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/6zteH1pAiF07ArhYYNhSfb?si=zTW2ZEW7Tsedn2gn60vFpw_______________
2021-03-2652 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#38: Building in Public & Making Twitter Friends with Kevon CheungJosh and Kevon Cheung to talk in depth about the building in public movement happening in the indie creator community. They explore the opportunities that creators have to build in public and make friends on Twitter to accelerate growth and make a bigger impact.
Whether you're building a company or your personal brand, this episode is PACKED with actionable tools and strategies to help accelerate your brand awareness in an authentic way.
For full show notes and links discussed in the episode, go to https://bit.ly/mindmeld-pod
About Kevon Cheung
Kevon Cheung (@MeetKevon) is a venture-backed startup founder turned...
2021-03-221h 36Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#37: Multi-Hyphenate Creative Entrepreneurship with PB+J Co-founders Tom Collver & Kyle DutkaTom & Kyle, the co-founders of award-winning creative agency PB+J, bring their decades worth of experience as creative entrepreneurs to share their strategies and philosophies on multi-hyphenate creative entrepreneurship and building enduring ecommerce brands.
They discuss everything from exploring and finding your niche, fighting perfectionism, recipes for success in both ecommerce and creating a highly sought-after agency, as well as what it takes to build a long-lasting, enduring brand.
For full show notes and links discussed in the episode, go to https://bit.ly/mindmeld-pod
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2021-03-151h 24Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#36: Corey Haines — Mental Models for Effective MarketingCorey Haines joins Josh for a wide-ranging conversation on effective marketing strategies and mental models, personal knowledge management for marketers, and his philosophies on stair-stepping entrepreneurship.
About Corey Haines
Corey is the founder of Swipe Files, a membership community and resource hub for cutting-edge, comprehensive, and sometimes crazy marketing ideas. Corey hosts the Everything is Marketing podcast and teaches multiple courses on marketing including Refactoring Growth and Mental Models for Marketing.
Before Swipe Files, he was the head of Growth at Baremetrics, and has consulted dozens of startups on marketing and growth. Some...
2021-03-081h 56Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#35: Danny Miranda — Spirituality, Self Development & Content CreationDanny Miranda joins Josh to talk about their experiences with spirituality, personal development and content creation.
Danny goes in-depth about the art of consistent content creation, how he gets world-class people on his podcast, including Gary Vee and Kamal Ravikant, and his mission to put out 1000 clips on YouTube by the end of the year in 2021.
They talk in-depth about their views on spirituality, and share personal stories of their spiritual awakening, as well as their experiences with meditation, personal development including morning routines, workout routines and cultivating productive and healthy habits.
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2021-03-011h 33Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#34: Creative Entrepreneurship, Working with Beyoncé, and Creating VR/AR in Unreal Engine with Andre ElijahAndre Elijah joins Josh for a wide-ranging conversation on creative entrepreneurship, mixing technology and art, big opportunities in the virtual and augmented reality industry, and working in Unreal Engine to create multi-platform interactive products.
About Andre Elijah
Andre is an award-winning Immersive Director, Creative Technologist, and New Media Graduate that has built a reputation for delivering cutting edge technical projects.
Andre led the technical elements of both production and post-production on Beyoncé's certified platinum "Live at Roseland" concert film, which served as the first 10 camera multi-cam shoot of its kind on the R...
2021-02-221h 46Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#33: Arvid Kahl — How to Build and Sell an Audience-First BusinessArvid Kahl and Josh go deep on the process and strategies of bootstrapping a profitable software business, what it means to build an audience-first product, and building in public.
Arvid has years of experience with building and selling online businesses, and he gives us some really helpful strategies on how we can build and sell a sustainable business with a greater chance of success.
About Arvid Kahl:
Arvid Kahl co-founded, bootstrapped, and sold FeedbackPanda.com, an online teacher productivity SaaS company, with his partner Danielle Simpson. He's the author of Zero to Sold...
2021-02-151h 28Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#32: Marie Poulin — Master your Life and BusinessJosh is joined by Marie Poulin to talk about the online education business, digital systems, mindset training & self-development, and how Marie decided to go from a generalist designer to finding her niche and going all-in with Notion.
We also get into building up self-confidence and creating content online. One of Marie's biggest growth channels is her YouTube channel, but it took her YEARS to build up the courage to start posting consistently, and it clearly paid off. Marie offers lots of great advice here for anyone aspiring to putting themselves out there on YouTube, or social media...
2021-02-081h 51Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#31: Play to Win with Top 20 Pro Poker Player Chris SparksJosh is joined by Chris Sparks to talk about his latest Article 'Play to Win: Meta-Skills in High-Stakes Poker' where he breaks down his strategies and meta-skills that enabled him to become an elite poker player, and turns them into actionable strategies and productivity hacks that you can use to level-up your game in life and business.
About Chris Sparks
Chris Sparks is a professional poker player, recently ranked in the top 20 online cash game players in the world. Chris teaches the application of elite poker frameworks for world-class performance in business.
As...
2021-02-011h 46Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#30: Best of Season 1 (2020)BEST OF Mind Meld Season 1
This is a compilation of highlights from all 29 episodes of Mind Meld published in 2020.
Enjoy & have a Happy New Year!
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2020-12-282h 06Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#29: Mixing Love and Business with Marisa TassoneJosh is joined by his partner in life and business, Marisa Tassone, to talk about their businesses Contraverse and Longboi, and how they make their romantic-business partnership work.
Marisa Tassone is the Co-founder of virtual reality start-up Contraverse and Longboi, a dachshund-inspired apparel company. She is a graduate of Ryerson University's Masters of Digital Media and Media Production programs.
Connect with Marisa:
Twitter: https://twitter.com/misstassone
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/marisatassone/
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2020-12-211h 38Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#28: VR Architecture & Tools for Thought with Andreea Ion CojocaruAndreea and Josh talk about the creative and philosophical implications of designing spaces in virtual reality, as well as philosophies around tools for thought and software that can completely change the way we think creatively.
About Andreea Ion Cojocaru
Andreea is a software developer and a licensed architect. She’s the co-founder & CEO of NUMENA, an award-winning German company that designs and develops both virtual and physical spaces. NUMENA’s projects span from XR applications for training and marketing to mixed-use buildings. Aside from design and code, Andreea has a deep interest in the social and...
2020-12-142h 26Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#27: Building Generational Wealth Selling on Amazon and Owning Real Estate with Melisa VongMelisa Vong shares her philosophies on building generational wealth through building and selling e-commerce companies, then buying real estate with the proceeds. Melisa also shares her experience with branding, marketing and selling products on Amazon, and how to stand out on one of the biggest e-commerce platforms in the world.
About Melisa Vong:
Melisa is a serial entrepreneur and investor in multiple 7-figure E-Commerce brands in the Beauty and Health space. With features in Entrepreneur, Foundr Magazine, Yahoo Finance, The Globe And Mail, NASDAQ, and more, Melisa has made her mark as the go to...
2020-12-071h 35Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#26: Media & Psychedelics with Casey BlusteinJosh is joined by Casey Blustein to talk about the state of the media industry in a post-COVID world, as well as psychedelics and how its medicinal use will be one of the biggest revolutions in our lifetime.
About Casey Blustein:
Casey Blustein is a Toronto-based producer, strategist and company builder currently helping accelerate and democratize psychedelic research at Quantified Citizen. Casey was part of the founding team of Transforms.ai (https://transforms.ai/), a studio-lab focused on the intersection of AI & storytelling. He spent his early career working with virtual reality content and products at Se...
2020-11-301h 59Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#25: No-code, Fatherhood and Ultrarunning with Tom OsmanTom Osman from Makerpad joins Josh to talk about the growing no-code community, automation tools, and software innovation. Tom also shares his best parenting and work-from-home advice, as well as his strategies and mindset for running an ultramarathon.
About Tom:
Tom Osman is currently working at Makerpad where he teaches people how to build software and automate work without writing code.
Connect with Tom on Twitter (https://twitter.com/tomosman)
Learn more about Makerpad (https://www.makerpad.co/)
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2020-11-232h 06Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#24: Product Design, Biotech and Restaurant Franchising with Sarkis BuniatyanSarkis joins Josh to talk about his experience designing complex digital products without code, investing in start-ups, creating a biotechnology company, and scaling a successful restaurant franchise. Sarkis also showcases his complex Webflow prototypes including a full rebuild of the Playstation 4 interface, MacOS, and Civilization 6, all natively in Webflow.
About Sarkis Buniatyan
Sarkis is a product designer and serial entrepreneur that creates hyper-realistic prototypes, develops MVPs, turns them into successful products, and teaches makers how to launch their vision using no-code tools.
Connect with Sarkis on Twitter: https://twitter.com/SarkisBuniatyan
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2020-11-161h 42
The G Crew PodcastEpisode 9- G Crew- Steve GonsalvesThe guys have a nice chat with star of Ghost Hunters and Ghost Nation Steve Gonsalves! Enjoy!
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2020-11-161h 06Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#23: Nat Eliason on Starting a Life-Changing BlogNat Eliason joins Josh to share his experience building a successful 6-figure personal blog with multiple viral articles and passive income projects. Nat also shares his digital marketing and SEO insights, content creation strategies and productivity hacks.
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About Nat Eliason:
Nat is the CEO and Founder of Growth Machine, author and writer at nateliason.com, and co-host of the Made You Think podcast.
Connect with Nat Eliason:
https://www.nateliason.com
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2020-11-091h 27Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#22: Building Wealth with Software - Bart MacdonaldJosh is joined by Bart Macdonald, the managing partner of Bloom Venture Partners to talk about building wealth by building and selling software companies as well as through acquisition entrepreneurship.
Bart Macdonald buys, builds & invests in amazing SaaS companies. As managing partner of Bloom Venture Partners, Bart has been operating, investing in and acquiring software companies for more than a decade, and still believes we're in the earliest stage of SaaS (software as a service).
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2020-11-021h 27Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#21: The Dealflow Blueprint with Avi GrondinAvi Grondin, the CEO of Variance Marketing, shares his insights and philosophies on scaling and automating businesses and explains his marketing and sales tactics for entrepreneurs.
Avi Grondin is a Canadian entrepreneur, digital marketer, and speaker. He is the founder and CEO of Variance Marketing, a Toronto based full-service marketing agency. Avi has been featured in Entrepreneur Magazine, Yahoo Finance, Chicago Tribune, and other top-tier publications for his work in strategizing sales & marketing campaigns for large scale enterprise brands. He is a TEDx speaker and loves the idea of impact. He empowers his team, other entrepreneurs, and...
2020-10-261h 57Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#20: The Hero's Journey For Creative Entrepreneurs with Sam MarfleetJosh is joined by Sam Marfleet to discuss storytelling for creators and entrepreneurs based on Sam's research on writing a study guide for The Hero With A Thousand Faces by Joseph Campbell.
Sam Marfleet is a writer and marketing consultant helping businesses tell more profitable stories. He has worked with DTC brands and CPG manufacturers helping scale brands to 7-figures. Sam runs a content creation project called SamLearns where he explores what it takes to be a creative-entrepreneur in the digital age. He is currently writing a study guide to the classic storytelling guide, The Hero With...
2020-10-191h 47Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#19: Robert Scoble on Tesla, Autonomous Vehicles, Computer Vision & Spatial ComputingJosh is joined by Robert Scoble in his Tesla over Zoom to talk about the future of Tesla and autonomous vehicles, computer vision and augmented & virtual reality.
Robert Scoble is a silicon valley pioneer and tech blogger who grew up in Cupertino, California and studied with Apple's co-founder in college. He wrote for Fast Company Magazine, and was the first person to drive a Tesla with Elon Musk. Robert is a futurist and technologist who has written four books on technology. His latest book is The Infinite Retina, which is all about Spatial Computing.
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2020-10-141h 37Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#18: Fashion Entrepreneurship with Namastetics Co-founders Micha Saade and Shane PetersonJosh is joined by Micha Saade and Shane Peterson, the cofounders of Namastetics, to learn about their journey in fashion entrepreneurship and creating a successful direct-to-consumer apparel company.
Namastetics is a direct-to-consumer yoga wear brand that focused on sustainability and boho fashion. learn more at https://www.namastetics.com/
Connect with Shane on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/shaneapetersen/
Connect with Micha on Instagram at https://www.instagram.com/micha.saade/
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2020-10-062h 21Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#17: Building Something that Outlives Yourself with Zach MurrayThis is part 2 of 2 of this conversation with Zachary Murray.
Josh and Zach discuss passion projects, having many obscure / niche interests, accumulating wealth, scaling businesses, the endless pursuit of learning new skills, building things that outlive your own life, productivity hacks, building a "horizontal to-do app", and much more.
Zachary Murray is the Founder & Creative Director at Foreplay, a Toronto based performance marketing and creative agency helping e-commerce and D2C brands scale alongside their own internal ventures including Nomadic Fabrics which scaled to over 7 Figures in the first year.
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2020-09-2841 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#16: Running 11 Marathons and Multiple Businesses with Zachary MurrayThis is part 1 of 2 with Zachary Murray.
Josh and Zach discuss a wide range of topics including running and scaling multiple businesses at once, business in the time of COVID-19, design tools, creative processes, tools and systems for capturing ideas, and things good and bad about Apple products and the App Store ecosystem.
Zachary Murray is the Founder & Creative Director at Foreplay, a Toronto based performance marketing and creative agency helping e-commerce and D2C brands scale alongside their own internal ventures including Nomadic Fabrics which scaled to over 7 Figures in the first year.
2020-09-2157 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#15: Social Media Marketing with Shopify Performance Marketer Brent StirlingBrent Stirling runs social media performance marketing at Shopify. He's experienced in all forms of paid and organic social, as well as multi-channel strategy building for a number of verticals and industries that include SaaS (Software as a Service), tech startups, direct to consumer brands, hospitality and politics.
Connect with Brent on Twitter: https://twitter.com/Brentertainer
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2020-09-141h 36Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#14: Tools for Better Thinking with Google Engineer Juvoni BeckfordJosh and Juvoni talk about the bleeding edge of productivity and knowledge management tools and how to use these tools more effectively, ideas around combining multiple skills, better thinking & tools for thought, personal development ideas and habits, entrepreneurship and nocode tools, and discovering how systems in the world affect us during COVID-19.
About Juvoni:
Juvoni Beckford is Software Engineer at Google currently working on Google Maps, previously on Google Docs. He's a Community Builder & Writer in areas around Productivity, Personal Knowledge Management & Personal Development. He helps people explore ideas around combining multiple skills, better thinking...
2020-08-241h 43Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#13: How to Hack Your Business Finances and Investing in the Creator Economy with Jay VasantharajahJay Vasantharajah shares his philosophies around starting and growing a "phase 1" business, then evolving it from a service-based or consulting business into a thriving e-commerce or scalable software company. Jay is a trained accountant, so he shares some tools and hacks on how to better manage and hack your business finances to save money and be more profitable. We also talk about how Jay is investing in the Creator Economy and how that, along with the NoCode movement, will change how businesses are being created and scaled.
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Jay started his career off...
2020-08-1759 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#12: Losing it all in a Crypto Scam, Billionaires and Monopolies, and Selling on Amazon with John Marzo (Part 2/2)Part 2 of 2 with John Marzo.
In this episode, we discuss John's experience being an Amazon FBA seller and John gives us tools and hacks on how to successfully rank on Amazon's search engine. We talk a bout Billionaires and monopolies, and how they ultimately drive society forward, and we talk about how John lost a lot of money in a cryptocurrency scam. If you haven't yet heard of the Quadriga cryptocurrency exchange scam, you're going to want to listen to this! We also go deeper into John's BOLD 40-year vision of creating an asteroid mining company and...
2020-08-131h 02Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#11: Asteroid Mining, Design Patents and How to Reach Your Goals Faster with John Marzo (Part 1/2)Part 1 of 2 with John Marzo.
John describes his bold 40-year vision of creating an asteroid mining company, his lessons learned from past failed ventures and how one of them was killed by Bumble. We also talk about his experience of getting a patent for his revolutionary dust pan design and John explains his mental model for how he views life and how to get to where you want to get in life by avoiding problems and distractions to keep moving forward to your ultimate destination in life.
About John Marzo:
John is a fa...
2020-08-101h 03Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#10: Going Viral on YouTube and Exposing Fake Business Gurus with James JaniJames Jani creates documentary-style YouTube videos on topics surrounding entrepreneurship, money, and business. Within 4 short months of launching his YouTube channel, he went from a few hundred subscribers, to now over 317K subscribers (at the time of this podcast).
Some of his videos got picked up by the YouTube algorithm and within a few weeks, his videos have already gained over 7.5 Million views within four months of launching his YouTube channel.
Some of the videos he posted recently include: "The Untold Truth About Money: How to Build Wealth From Nothing", "The Toxic World of Self...
2020-07-271h 36
The Tech HausIs VR Taking Over Traditional Cinema?Has virtual reality grown to the point where traditional cinema should be looking over its shoulder? In our first episode of season two, Swish sits down with Dave Kim, Account Director at THRILLWORKS (previously Director, Strategic Partnerships at Cineplex) and Josh Gonsalves, Co-Founder and CEO of Contraverse. Throughout the conversation, Swish finds the answers to how VR is changing the traditional viewing experience, how organizations like cineplex can shape strategic partnerships for success. and the way VR can impact advertising experiences for customers.Contraverse: https://www.contraverse.co/Josh LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in...
2020-07-2329 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#09: How to Validate Your Startup Idea with Bram KansteinDive into Bram's philosophies on validating your startup idea and learn about the methodology of how to validate a business idea before sinking too much time, money or effort into it and having it fail later on. As an added bonus, we talk about how you can do this for a software idea without evening knowing how to code.
Bram Kanstein is an early-stage startup expert and non-technical product builder who had 3 of his products acquired. He currently runs an online course called No-Code MVP where he teaches his 250+ students the mindset, process and tools they can...
2020-07-2057 minMind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#08: How to Start and Grow a Successful Podcast with Stephanie AndrewsStephanie Andrews is the CEO of Origins Media Haus a full-service podcast production agency that helps brands bring their shows to life. OMH has worked closely with a number of brands including RBC, Diva Cup, SaaS North, and Axway
For full show notes and links discussed in the episode, go to https://bit.ly/mindmeld-pod
In this episode, Stephanie shares her wisdom on how to successfully start and grow a podcast. She shares tips and strategies on creating a podcast that actually matters, as well as how to grow your show and get lots of...
2020-07-131h 16Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#07: How Ubiquitous Computing will Change the World with Mike DopsaIn this episode, Josh and Mike talk about immersive technologies and ubiquitous computing. We explore how how they can be used to better our lives, teach us new things, and ultimately drive humanity forward.
Mike Dopsa (@mcdopsa on Twitter) explores cutting edge technologies, how they can be used to better our lives, teach us new things or bring us a smile. He is a University of Toronto Alumnus, an MIT Hackathon winner, and evangelist of all things immersive. From depth cameras to interactive displays and augmenting reality, Mike looks towards a world of ubiquitous computing, collecting a...
2020-07-061h 36Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#06: VR, Investing Philosophies, and Advice from a Media Legend with Josh MaldonadoJosh Maldonado is a virtual reality Producer at Secret Location, a Toronto-based VR studio owned by Entertainment One and Hasbro. He previously founded a venture-backed VR education startup called Discovr.
In this episode we discuss how we got into the VR industry, current and next-gen VR headsets, location-based VR, Josh's two greatest pieces of advice from a Canadian media legend, remote work, investing philosophies, and his ideas on the future of politics.
Follow Josh Maldonado on Twitter: https://twitter.com/josh_maldonado
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2020-06-291h 42Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#05: Finding Your Path as an Entrepreneur with Michael AubryMichael Aubry is the creator and founder of Story Creator (https://storycreatorapp.com/), an app that lets you turn your content into short form videos for social media. He also uses Story Creator himself to create a weekly newsletter called Podbytes (https://podbytes.co/) where he turns his favorite parts from each podcast into short videos. In this episode Michael talks about his journey of becoming a startup founder in Silicon Valley and the story of how he came to start story creator as a solo entrepreneur. We also talk a lot about mindset in this podcast and we...
2020-06-181h 24Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#04: The Scientific Method for Gaining Wisdom with Anthony MorganJosh sat down with Anthony Morgan to discuss his research on how to gain wisdom from a scientific perspective. In this episode Anthony gives us some actionable tools and a scientific method for gaining and building wisdom in our lives.
Anthony Morgan is the founder of Science Everywhere, where he develops, creates and hosts engaging live experiences & media to foster critical thinking. He was a segment host on Daily Planet, which aired on the Discovery Network, the host and writer for Vice Canada's FLUX, as well as host of CBC's award-winning radio science program, Quirks & Quarks.
2020-06-091h 14Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#03: Creating Authentic Content on Social Media with Matt LionettiMatt Lionetti is a content creator and realtor with Century 21. Previous to getting in to real estate, Matt was a touring musician playing stages from Dundas Square in Toronto to The Viper Room in Hollywood. His outgoing personality and passion for entertaining led him to his unique style of marketing and sharing comedic videos on social media to promote his real estate business. Seeing the oversaturated, typical marketing strategies on social media, Matt knew he wanted to break the mold and not be seen as just another realtor. Matt’s honest approach to content creation is saying what nobody el...
2020-06-021h 16Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#02: The Future of Esports & Bringing VR to Hollywood with Chris OlimpoChris Olimpo is an award winning creative director, and unique entrepreneur. He is known for bringing together unparalleled talent and building cutting edge products, notably: Tom Cruise’s first VR film, The Mummy VR: Zero-Gravity Stunt for Universal Studios. Chris is the Co-founder and CEO of The Arcadia Games, which uses VR technology to combine the best of video games with competitive, movement-based sports, revolutionizing the way we play.
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2020-05-251h 33Mind Meld With Josh Gonsalves#01: Virtual Reality Filmmaking & Sparking Creativity During a Global Pandemic with Alex RuhlAlex Rühl (@alexmakesvr) is an award-winning virtual reality creator, international speaker and founder of immersive storytelling studio CATS are not PEAS. She received The Drum's 50 under 30 women in digital, Women of the Future Awards, Pioneers of Immersive Realities Award.
Her VR films Keyed Alike and Playing God have exhibited at film festivals like Cannes, Raindance and Aesthetica, and she is a VR curator for the British Film Institute and Phoenix Leicester Cinema.
Alex gave a TEDx talk on 'Existing Beyond Your Reality'. Watch it here: http://bit.ly/AlexRuhlTEDx.
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2020-05-151h 25
Learning Is The New WorkingDigital Humanitarianism Is Our Best Hope For The Future NowOn last week’s ‘Learning 4 Good' episode, we broadcast a late 2019 interview we’d conducted with one of the Directors of the Humanitarian Leadership Academy (HLA), Nicolas Kroeger. If you haven’t had a chance to listen quite yet, the HLA is an exemplar, really, of many of the things we set up the Season to explore: to find out what corporate L&D can learn from the way NGOs, private social enterprises, and community organizations are using Learning/ed tech to build trust and capacity. The mission of teams like HLA - now becoming part of global charity Save the Chil...
2020-04-2948 min
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonJocko Willink 2 | This Past Weekend #236Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Retired Navy Seal, podcaster, author, and entrepreneur Jocko Willink returns to the podcast. Jocko Willink https://instagram.com/JockoWillink ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode brought to you by MyBookie Visit https://MyBookie.ag and use code THEO to double your first deposit Skillshare Visit https://Skillshare.com/TheoVon for 2 months free ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiE...
2019-10-091h 40
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonCleveland | This Past Weekend #235Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo records from his hotel room in Cleveland while on the last leg of the Dark Arts Tour. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Music "Drunk Outdoors" - North Mississippi Allstars http://bit.ly/DrunkOutdoors_NorthMississippiAllstars ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Merch https://theovonstore.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by ZipRecruiter https://ZipRecruiter.com/TPW Blue Chew Visit https://BlueChew.com and use promo code THEO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com...
2019-10-071h 05
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonImpractical Joker Joe Gatto | This Past Weekend #234Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with one fourth of the Impractical Jokers Joe Gatto to talk about Joe’s life before the show, when Theo and Joe met, and Joe’s love for dogs. Joe Gatto https://www.instagram.com/joe_gatto/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode brought to you by MyBookie Visit https://MyBookie.ag and use code THEO to double your first deposit Capterra Visit https://Capterra.com/Theo to try for free ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://f...
2019-10-011h 29
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonDavid Spade | This Past Weekend #233Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with David Spade to talk about his new Comedy Central late night show “Lights Out”, spelling bee failures, and why he loves the Bachelor. See David Spade 10/4 - The Mirage - Las Vegas, NV https://davidspade.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode brought to you by Candid https://CandidCo.com/theo or use code THEO for $75 off BetterHelp https://betterhelp.com/theo for 10% off your 1st month Skillshare Visit https://Skillshare.com/TheoVon for 2 months free ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https...
2019-09-261h 14
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonBill Burr | This Past Weekend #231Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with his favorite living comedian Bill Burr to talk about cancel culture, Antonio Brown, and Once Upon a Time in Hollywood, but definitely not the Mary Tyler Moore Show. Check out Bill Burr’s latest stand up special Paper Tiger available now on Netflix https://www.netflix.com/title/81060174 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode brought to you by Manscaped Get 20% Off + Free Shipping, with the code THEO at https://Manscaped.com My Bookie Visit MyBookie Online today and use promo code PAST for up to a $1000 First Deposit Bonus Sk...
2019-09-191h 27
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonBonus Nugget | This Past Weekend #229Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo opens the show by calling his brother and wishing him a happy birthday. He then reflects on the Dustin Poirier fight over the weekend, and listens to a voicemail that has some advice from the caller last week who just couldn’t seem to do anything right. Dustin Poirier’s The Good Fight Foundation https://www.thegoodfightgroup.com/ ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Merch https://theovonstore.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by Skillshare Visit https://Skillshare.com/TheoVon for 2 months free Express VPN Visit https://ExpressVPN.com/Theo to get 3 months...
2019-09-091h 26
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonTim Dillon and Logan Paul | This Past Weekend #228Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with Logan Paul fresh off the heels of his superfight rematch announcement and rising comedic star Tim Dillon to talk about Tim Dillon Podcast: The Tim Dillon Show https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4woSp8ITBoYDmjkukhEhxg Logan Paul Podcast: Impaulsive https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCGeBogGDZ9W3dsGx-mWQGJA ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by… My Bookie Use promo code PAST for up to $1000 first deposit bonus at https://mybookie.ag Honey Visit https://JoinHoney.com/Theo to try for free Uncommon Apothecary Use promo code THEO15...
2019-09-051h 33
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonDouble Left Field | This Past Weekend #227Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo is back from Atlanta and calls up Billy Conforto’s brother, listens to some responses to the caller with drippy mitts from last week, and gives some words of encouragement for a fella who feels like he can’t do anything right. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- New Merch https://theovonstore.com ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode is brought to you by BetterHelp https://betterhelp.com/theo for 10% off your first month ZipRecruiter Try for free at https://ZipRecruiter.com/TPW ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://in...
2019-09-031h 18
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonAmanda Knox | This Past Weekend #225Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with Amanda Knox to talk about Ren Fairs, justice, and faith. Check out Amanda’s podcast The Truth About True Crime https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-truth-about-true-crime-with-amanda-knox/id1439490091 ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode brought to you by Express VPN 3 months free with a 1 year package at https://ExpressVPN.com/THEO Betterhelp Get 10% off your first month with promo code THEO at https://Betterhelp.com/THEO ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispa...
2019-08-232h 03
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonSebastian Maniscalco 2 | This Past Weekend #223Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Sebastian joins to talk about being in a movie with Pacino & De Niro, hosting the VMAs, and hair transplant surgery. Watch Sebastian host the MTV Video Music Awards on August 26th. ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This episode brought to you by Skillshare Visit https://Skillshare.com/TheoVon for 2 months free Honey Get Honey for free at https://JoinHoney.com/Theo Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/t...
2019-08-151h 30
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonDifferent Kinds of Corn | This Past Weekend #222Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo thinks about popcorn and potential, and brings Nick in to play the voicemails because he forgot his computer. This episode is brought to you by Express VP Visit https://expressvpn.com/theo for 3 months free with a 1 year package ZipRecruiter Try for free by visiting https://ZipRecruiter.com/TPW Manscaped Get 20% Off + Free Shipping, with the code THEO at https://Manscaped.com Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com...
2019-08-121h 13
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonArctic Biologist Seth Beaudreault | This Past Weekend #221Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Six months a year on the Alaskan frontier. Theo sits down with a guy that he’s only met through email to talk about nature and if the earth is going to be OK. Follow Seth http://www.instagram.com/sethbeaudreault/ Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEKV_MOhwZ7OEcgFyLKilw Producer Nick https://instagram.com/re...
2019-08-081h 22
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonGreat Expectations | This Past Weekend #220Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo talks reminisces about going back to school, talks about his family visiting, and listens to some voicemails about last weeks' single mom debacle, surprise babies, and student loans. This episode is brought to you by Shipstation Try ShipStation FREE for 60 days by visiting https://ShipStation.com, click on the microphone and type in THEO. Blue Chew First order free with $5 shipping at https://bluechew.com when using promo code THEO Skillshare Try 2 months free at https://skilshare.com/theovon Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 Music Intro “Celebrate” - Spen...
2019-08-051h 17
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonLast Chance U's Coach Jason BrownSubscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with Coach Jason Brown from Netflix’s hit docuseries Last Chance U. Check out his book ‘Hate Me Now, Love Me Later’ https://www.amazon.com/Hate-Me-Now-Love-Later/dp/195086006X This episode brought to you by… Bombas Buy your Bombas at https://BOMBAS.com/THEO get twenty percent off your first purchase Dollar Shave Club Get your Ultimate Starter Set for just $5 at https://DollarShaveClub.com/THEO Ziprecruiter Try for free at https://ziprecruiter.com/TPW Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook...
2019-08-021h 26
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonThe Good, the Bad, and the Ugly | This Past Weekend #218Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo opens the show calling his friend and drummer for Bishop Gunn, Burne Sharp, and asks him about the experience opening up for the Rolling Stones. Then Theo recaps a disastrous Single Mom’s Night Out, and calls the guy who nominated the single mom for San Francisco. They then takes some responses for Will, the 22 year old that was feeling down about knocking up his 19 year old girlfriend, including one from friend of the podcast Jocko Willink. Theo then tells a traumatic story from his childhood, and closes th...
2019-07-301h 25
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonErik Griffin | This Past Weekend #217Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with the talented and hilarious Erik Griffin. Check out Riffin’ with Griffin’ https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCI9fEg4ZCx6NsOgDpyzmX1Q This episode brought to you by… Skillshare Try 2 months free at https://Skillshare.com/TheoVon Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEKV_MOhwZ7OEcgFyLKilw Producer Nick https://instagram.com/realnickdavis Music...
2019-07-251h 48
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonNever-ending Walmart | This Past Weekend #216Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo talks about feeling restless at night, starting a non-profit, and listens to some voicemails. This episode is brought to you by Manscaped Get 20% Off and Free Shipping with the code THEO at https://Manscaped.com Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 Music Intro Sweet Child O’ Mine Cover Tiny Sandhu Outro “Makin’ It” - Bishop Gunn http://bit.ly/MakinIt_BishopGunn Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube...
2019-07-221h 12
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonBlind Person Tanja Milojevic | This Past Weekend #215Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo sits down with Tanja Milojevic, and asks her about her experience living without sight. Check out Tanja’s podcasts The White Vault https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-white-vault/id1267043823 VAST Horizon https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/vast-horizon/id1461884747 This episode brought to you by… Skillshare Try 2 months free at https://Skillshare.com/TheoVon Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clip...
2019-07-181h 36
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonCheek to Seat | This Past Weekend #214Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo talks about his shows at the Hollywood Improv and hanging with Damn Long Neck, reminisces about musical chairs, and takes some voicemails. This episode is brought to you by ShipStation https://shipstation.com Use code THEO for 60 days free Check out my buddy Matt’s game “Streets of Rogue” https://streetsofrogue.com/ Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 Music Intro “Shine” - Bishop Gunn http://bit.ly/Shine_BishopGunn Outro “Makin’ It” - Bishop Gunn http://bit.ly/MakinIt_BishopGunn Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Face...
2019-07-151h 25
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonFirst Sip from the Hose | This Past Weekend #212Subscribe to the show on Apple Podcasts http://bit.ly/ThisPastWeekend_ Theo reminisces about hot summers as a kid, takes some response calls to a guy trying to get back together with his wife, and talks more about relish. This episode is brought to you by Skillshare https://skillshare.com/theovon for 2 months free Blue Chew Visit https://bluechew.com and use promo code THEO to receive your first order free with just $5 shipping Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 Music “Celebrate” - Spencer Jacob http://bit.ly/Shine_BishopGunn Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Face...
2019-07-081h 11
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonThe Real Wolf of Wall Street Jordan Belfort | This Past Weekend #210Betterhelp https://betterhelp.com/theovon Theo Von sits down with the real wolf of wall street, Jordan Belfort. This episode brought to you by… Uncommon Apothecary Visit https://ua-cbd.com Ridge https://ridgewallet.com/TPW Use code “TPW” for 10% off Find Theo Website: https://theovon.com Instagram: https://instagram.com/theovon Facebook: https://facebook.com/theovon Facebook Group: https://facebook.com/groups/thispastweekend Twitter: https://twitter.com/theovon YouTube: https://youtube.com/theovon Clips Channel: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCiEKV_MOhwZ7OEcgFyLKilw Producer Nick https://instagram.com/realnickdavis Music “Shine” - Bishop Gunn http://bit.ly/MakinIt_BishopGunn Gunt Squad www...
2019-06-271h 38
This Past Weekend w/ Theo VonFamily Matters | This Past Weekend #209Betterhelp Sign up at https://betterhelp.com/theovon today Theo opens the show by calling his mother. Then takes calls on lasts weeks topics of co-parenting and what to do when a friend stops responding. And other stuff, too. This episode brought to you by… Betterhelp Sign up at https://betterhelp.com today Manscaped Visit https://manscaped.com and use promo code THEO for 20% + free shipping & travel bag Skillshare https://skillshare.com/theovon for 2 months free Hit the Hotline 985-664-9503 Music “Alabama” by Bishop Gunn https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sATpdHgxhP8& “Makin’ It” by Bishop Gunn https://www.youtube.com...
2019-06-241h 24
Think Tank#12: VR Porn - HolodexxxJosh and Braeden chat with the co-founders of adult virtual reality company Holodexxx. Rather than 360-degree adult VR content, we discuss the process of photogrammetry and what it takes to create realistic 3D models of the actors working with them. We also discuss some ideas around the future of the adult industry and changing up the business model to have a positive impact on the industry and actors in the future.
2019-01-1243 minThink Tank#11: Social Media PsychologyJosh and Braeden host a think tank with Brent Sterling, a social media strategist, and Dr. Paul Brunet, a psychology professor at Ryerson University. This episode takes a look at social media as a tool to curate our personas, social development for children, what makes a post go "viral", and the future of social media as a way to engage with virtual brands and organizations.
2019-01-1242 minThink Tank#10: Distaster & Emergency ManagementJosh and Braeden host a roundtable discussion with Jen Duke Holmes (CEO of DEMHUB) and Mark Therien to discuss topics around Disaster and Emergency Management. We talk about different global disasters and how sharing knowledge across multiple disciplines can help us understand how to deal with global disasters better.
2019-01-1145 minThink Tank#9: Bone Conduction HeadphonesImagine you could listen to music without sound being directed into your ears, but instead through the vibrations of your skull. Josh and Braeden talk with Simba Wakatama about bone conduction technology, traditional headphones, music and society, and the future of wearable tech. Simba also provides his experience as an entrepreneur and shares some ideas related to business ethics.
2019-01-1147 minThink Tank#8: Machine Learning / A.I. - Google Engineer Nick FrosstJosh and Braeden talk with Google machine learning engineer Nick Frosst to learn about general ideas around machine learning, artificial intelligence, and neural networks.
2019-01-1141 minThink Tank#7: Virtual Reality Filmmaking - Elli Raynai, Renan Ozen, Kwame Newman-BremangJosh and Braeden sat down with three virtual reality filmmakers in Toronto to discuss ideas and techniques around 360 audio / video production and storytelling in VR. This episode includes general VR industry discussions and ideas around VR storytelling.
2019-01-1150 minThink Tank#6: Virtual Reality Design - Christian & Alex, Rothenberg VenturesJosh and Braeden talked to VR designer/developer duo Christian and Alex who have created virtual reality content for artists such as Coldplay and The Black Eyed Peas. We talk about the virtual reality industry and some design best practices when it comes to creating amazing VR user experiences.
2019-01-1138 minThink Tank#5: Augmented Reality In Warehouses - COO of GetVuAugmented reality's potential in warehouses for companies like Amazon and Wal-Mart is enormous. The COO of GetVu sheds some light on how his company is creating AR devices to make this dream a reality. Philosophies, processes, and ideas are exchanged on the idea of using augmented reality glasses in the warehouse and in life.
2019-01-1139 min