325: The Importance of BBQ and Community with Nate Walls

Summary: Welcome to another great episode of Startup Junkies On this episode, hosts Caleb Talley, Jeff Amerine, and Victoria Dickerson sit down with Nate Walls to chat about his endeavors, Secondhand Smoke and Second Helping NWA. Nate has been serving the community since 2020, when he started sharing meals with families impacted by the pandemic. Throughout the episode, Nate shares his entrepreneurial journey starting Secondhand Smoke and his mission to better the community with Second Helping NWA.   Show Notes: (0:59) Introduction to Nate (1:38) Nate’s Backstory (8:11) About Secondhand Smoke and Second Helping NWA (12:25) Current Business (16:24) Running a Nonprofit and Business (18:45) The Importance of Community (22:20) Taking the Winding Path (25:17) A Willingness to Learn (28:46) What’s Next for Nate (31:46) Advice to Younger Self (33:27) Closing Questions   Links: Caleb Talley Jeff Amerine Victoria Dickerson Nate Walls Secondhand Smoke Second Helping NWA   Quotes: “People say all the time that it’s the people, but it really is the people. If you don’t have a good rapport with the community, I don’t know that you can make it.” - Nate Walls, (18:45) “Just love people and whatever your trade is or business you’re trying to start, just make sure that love is apparent in what you do.” - Nate Walls, (23:13) “I think when we start, we have this I know it all attitude, but you have to say, ‘I don’t know everything.’ You have to be humble and say, ‘I don’t know everything, but I can learn.’ If you’re not able to do that, it’s going to be slow moving.” - Nate Walls, (25:17)