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Guys Who Do Stuff
by Relevant Media Solutions
Get unstuck. Tell a better story, and have a good answer to the question "What are you doing today." GWDS is about two guys, Josh and Joe, who set out to do stuff and interview people that have started a business, quit their dead-end job, launched a non-profit and more. GWDS is for makers, dreamers, inspiration seekers, starters, and doers. Do the stuff.
Episodes
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Fear, Love, and Motorcycles with Neale Bayly
In this episode of the Guys Who Do Stuff podcast, hosts Joe and Josh welcome Neale Bayly , a motorcycle journalist and philanthropist, to discuss his adventurous life and work. Neale shares his experiences in Ukraine amidst the ongoing war, detailing his efforts to aid children and highlight the...
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Reeling in Creativity: Scott Brownlow's Double Life
In our very first on-camera episode, Joe and Joshua introduce Scott Brownlow, passionate fish enthusiast and creative director at the North Carolina Bankers Association. Scott shares his love for fish tanks and native fish collection, providing fascinating insights into the biology and ecology of...
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Mike Jones - Photographer for NC State Football, Clients, and now...
Stuff In This Episode: We talk with former Director of Creative Media for Football at North Carolina State University, Mike Jones, about what's next in his career and how he got to this point. Mike shares how it has been a life-long dream to work for the Charlotte Hornets, and the dream started…
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Need more beer? Let a gopher get it
Stuff In This Episode: Gopher is an on-demand marketplace for services, they are a dual platform. They have the Gopher Request App where you can make an offer for how much you think is fair for what you're asking for. Gopher will then broadcast that request out to a bunch of "gophers" on the…
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eSports in Cary, Maybe we should tell our kids to play more video games?
Contender eSports Cary was opened in October 2020 by Caleb Smith and Vinny Smith. As a top-rated esports gaming center, Contender eSports Cary is The Triangle area’s go-to facility for online gaming training, workshops, tournaments, open play, and more. Caleb talks about his background and how he...
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Florian Neuhauser of RoadRUNNER Motorcycle & Touring Travel Magazine
2020 was a year filled with ups and downs for RoadRUNNER magazine, but 2021 begins on a big note for our guest, and new editor and chief, Florian Neuhauser. Florian breaks down why RoadRUNNER is continuing to grow while many other competitors in their industry are closing their doors. They…
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John Samuel - a blind entrepreneur with vivid insight
John is the Co-Founder and CEO of Ablr, he and his team are focused on helping organizations become more inclusive by making digital content accessible for people of all abilities. John's passion comes from the fact that he is blind himself, and was often locked out of opportunities in my...
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Kevin Dunn with Capital Powersports
Kevin Dunn has been in the motorcycle industry for over 35 years. He is currently general manager at Capital Powersports. His first bike was a Yamaha Riva 180 scooter. He grew up in Northern California, moved to southern California to be an actor/model, but after a while, he started working at a...
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Johnny Pavlik from Johnny's Pizza
We only briefly touch on the social media incident that happened to Johnny at the beginning of the Summer. To hear the whole story listen to the Girls Who Do Stuff episode from last week. The inspiring thing about this situation is that Johnny has turned this negative attention into positive...
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Girl's Who Do Stuff - Johnny's Pizza
Less than two weeks before we sat down with local pizza entrepreneur, Johnny, from Johnny's Pizza, his company was engulfed in a suspicious and racist post that went viral. This post spread quickly. Although initially dismissed by Johnny as a joke, in reality, a fake account was created with his...
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Your Pie owner Efrem Yates on community and pizza
Your Pie was the original fast-casual, pick your own topping pizza chains. Efrem shares the story of how the founder started the company. Efrem Yates has always been interested in owning a franchise. He was inspired by some mentors early on and knew that was where he was heading. Now he has his...
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Keith Ramsey of Garden Supply Company in Cary
Some people are born with green genes or a knack for nature in their blood. More than two decades ago, Keith Ramsey started a landscape and design firm in Cary, NC. From the ground up, the firm–then known as Environmental Design and Management–transformed from a small, three-man business to what…
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All business is essential to business owners
Any business is essential to its owner, employees, and people that depend on it for their lively-hood. While it was the stay at home order was necessary and hopefully saved many lives, those businesses who were forced to close find themselves in a difficult situation. Now that many are allowed to...
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Entering phase one lifting the stay at home order
Marbles Children's Museum has given its space to the Interfaith Food Shuttle to pack over 600,000 pounds of food since March! The national guard is helping pack them. They are also providing meals through backpack buddies which help get food to children who would only have a healthy meal through...
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How to use social media to grow your business with Dennis Hering
Dennis shares about the importance of capitalizing on your uniqueness. By focusing on these characteristics you can be stand out from the competition. "In a sea of over 500,000,000, it’s important that you set yourself apart. Find that uniqueness and FOCUS on it!" We also discussed the importance...
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Some Good News from around the Triangle
We discussed an article about the future of the commercial real estate and how some feel that this pandemic forcing many companies to adapt to models that allow for working at home could do to the commercial real estate market what online shopping did to many retail stores. Wanted urgently…
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Royden Saah on Health Preparedness and Crisis Management
Between the SARS outbreak of 2003 and the H1N1 pandemic of 2009 the federal government, FEMA, CDC put together an extensive pandemic influenza response plan on how to have every sector of society prepared for an event like the one we are experiencing now with COVID-19. What kind of plans should…
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Hunting for Silver Lining during COVID-19
In this episode, we highlight some good news from around the world and our neck of the woods in Cary, NC. We talk about the phenomena called Teddy Bear Hunting where houses all around are leaving a teddy bear hidden in one fo their windows so entire neighborhoods are becoming like the highlights...
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Guys Who Do Stuff: at home edition
Josh shares some friends in New York who are impacted by the Coronavirus. We read some of the stays at home order from Wake County about essential businesses, what we can and cannot do during the stay at home order. We spent time talking about the positive impacts of the stay at home order. And...
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Josh Tirado on adding value as a financial advisor and a discussion on Coronavirus
An early interest in the stock market led Josh to an early interest in finances. He has spent the majority of his professional career in helping people plan for their financial futures and achieve their goals. Josh unpacks what fee-based financial advising and lays out how to make an informed...
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Dick Sears from marketing to Mayor of Holly Springs
Dick shares his experience of working at Sears as a family member. He wasn't going to work at Sears Roebuck, he was going to go in a different direction but applied for a job on the loading dock on a dare. He got the job! After going through a managerial training program where you work every...
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Joe Novara from introvert to public speaker
He knew he wanted to do something around referral marketing and network marketing. He was sitting in an event one day and it hit him. This is what he wanted to do with his life. Now seven years later, he has learned a lot and shares with our audience. Joe talked about building momentum as a new...
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How a Landscape company makes a real difference
Thomas Maldanado of Landscape Solutions tells his story about how losing everything led to a journey that had him end up in a monastery in Paris. He had put his life on "pause" to explore if there was anything to faith. He went by himself, fell asleep on the train, and ended up so far away that…
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Burn your old habits with Brandon Woolley
Brandon shares that he started out his career as a band director. He found the work rewarding, but like many of us, he found himself struggling with his health. He describes the week where he realized he had had enough, when he saw a picture of himself on social media, weighed 244 pounds, found…
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Chuck's franchise takes flight
Chuck and his wife bought the Wild Birds Unlimited Franchise in Chapel Hill four years ago. They were both at a point where they were considering a career change, and while on vacation he received an email that the Wild Birds Unlimed Franchise in Cary was for sale and that's all he did for the…
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Matthew Schwab Speaks about Down Syndrome
Matthew Schwab Speaks. Matthew delivered a Ted Talk this past year, and if you're NOT driving your car, I suggest you watch it right now. It's fantastic. Matthew recaps for our audience some of the key points to why he is an advocate for people with down syndrome finding meaningful employment.…
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Girls Who Do Stuff
Find out more about Jenny and Sarah at GirlsWhoDoStuff.com. These women are soul sisters with a passion for creating a space for authentic storytelling. Their guests will make you laugh, cry, and leave you with all-the-feels while you learn from thought leaders like sex educators, coaches, real...
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We're Local, supporting Local
We talk to the owners of Our Moments in Time, about how they took a dream of opening up a place where they could serve the community with an elevated shopping experience, all the trials they experienced during the process and how they learned to depend on the help of family and community to bring...
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Kevin White on leading a nonprofit
Kevin grew up in a very rural area of North Carolina and so he seems like an unlikely candidate to have started a mission organization that focuses on the country of India. He has flown over 1 million miles to over 27 countries and traveled to India over 50 times and taken over 1,000 people from...
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Biggest lessons from 2019
There has been a recurring theme of advice and insight from our guests who are business owners, entrepreneurs and doers of stuff in the past year. One nugget has been repeated frequently but articulated perfectly by Chad Price of Mako Medical. That is you have to be intrinsically motivated by…
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Kenny Ragsdale of Frontline Fitness
There is only one place to fight a battle: on the front line. Kenny brings that mentality to his business and his approach to fitness. Kenny went from the lowest rank in the army to the highest level. He got his start as a personal trainer in the military. He served as a trainer to help people…
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A Value-Driven Business with Paul Peterson
When considering a big career change Paul wrote a list of things he valued: He wanted to be present He wanted to be closer to home and family He wanted to be more involved in the community He wanted more face to face interaction He didn't want to commute as far "When you're married, if you and…
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Neale Bayly's Laverda Project and quest to return home
In this episode, the guys get retrospective into the past year of podcasting. Talking about lessons learned, mistakes made, successes and their plans for the future. What is your definition of success? What is your plan to get there? After interviewing and talking with hundreds of business owners...
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Terry Vaughan on Body Language & Behavioral Science
In this hilarious and informative episode, we learn about the human behavioral science behind our body language and how to use it to establish trust and create genuine connections. Terry teaches a class that ranges from D.I.R.T. Dangerous Individual Recognition Training. How do you identify a...
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Katie Gailes - You always have the monkey
Katie shares that though she left her job at IBM with her body her mind stayed another three years. She was describing a phenomenon common to many people of the transition from an employee to a business owner. She graciously shares some wisdom she learned on the way and what helped her break free...
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Kendall Williams from Triple T Suspension
From the Triple T Suspension Website: Triple T was found in 2015 by Kendall Williams, III. Kendall became enamored with anything requiring fuel at a very young age, with a particular fondness for motorcycles. His love for 2 wheeled machines eventually grew into a deep passion, leading him to seek...
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Divya Parekh on becoming an influencer
More on Divyah from her website: I bring over 20 years of rich and varied experiences to my roles as a business positioning coach, influence mastery advisor and speaker. My professional career includes positions as a university associate professor, scientist, biotechnology professional, and as a...
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Jon Rufty on Building the Triangle
In this episode, we talk about what Jon Rufty has learned from 20+ years as a business owner and builder. How he got started and how he weathered the storms of the last couple of decades in the housing and construction market. He has built some of the most expensive and beautiful homes in the...
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Dr. Cindy Johnson with Peak City Veterinary Hospital
Dr. Cindy shares about some lessons she's learned in her journey from Veterinary school to running her own Veterinary Hospital. "They teach you how to be a vet, but not how to run a business." - Dr. Cindy She said some of the important lessons for her were to have patience, have faith and the...
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The Mayor of Cary Harold Weinbrecht
The town of Cary is a 33% larger landmass than Paris France, Cary is 40 square miles with a population of 167,000+ people. The town has been growing steadily at around 2.5% per year and is seeing a lot of redevelopment and new development. The mayor mentioned a branding campaign coming up and the...
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HappyCakes Cupcakery - From Cupcake Wars to Cary
NO food coloring. NO artificial flavors. NO day-old cupcakes. And, plenty of laughs as we talk about the meteoric rise of HappyCakes Cupcakery with Angela and Amanda Diaz and how they leverage their success to empower some pretty impressive organizations that help rescue women from the sex trade...
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Steve Earnhart - Making a Life as a Creative Entrepreneur
Mentioned in today's episode: Prince's Gold Album. Hired Gun - a documentary recommended by Steve made by Netflix about the touring musicians hired by major bands. Pharrell's, “Happy” made $2,700 in publisher and songwriter royalties from 43 million Pandora streams in the first quarter of 2014,...
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When you want to know the truth - with private investigators, Jamie and Lindsey
Blackman Detective Services of Garner, North Carolina, is one of the most respected private investigation firms in the state. Founded in 1993, the highly specialized team of professionals at Blackman Detective Services are ready to meet with you and concentrate on your individual needs. They…
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Kris Schultz from Cary Magazine - Local Love for Cary Businesses
Kris Schultz, Cary Magazine publisher, joined S&A Cherokee in 2008 as a media sales manager for CM’s sister publication, Triangle East. Since then he has continued to build strong relationships in the Western Wake business community. He manages advertising for Cary Magazine and also handles sales...
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Live from Fayetteville Rockstar Connect Event
The Guys Who Do Stuff took the show on the road. We bellied up to the bar with some business owners in Fayetteville at the World of Beer. On the episode Donovan Barnes of ReelProPhoto talks about content creation and building a platform on social media, his time in the service, and how to grow…
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John Trump on the business of booze in NC
John shares about some of the history of liquor in North Carolina from baptists and bootleggers to today and shines a light on some of our archaic liquor laws that may be too prohibitive for local distilleries and business owners. Also mentioned in this episode: The pop the cap campaign Belgium...
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Steven David Elliot from Rockstar Connect shares how to increase your network
About Steven: Steven David Elliot created the Rockstar Connect program through years of experimentation and implementation. His networking events are legendary and he is nationally known for his innovation in the field of Business Networking. His Meetup North Hills Networking has been recognized…
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Matt Weschler - Carolina Grown. Carolina Made. The science behind CBD.
CBD oil is a relatively new. People have a lot of skepticism of big pharmaceutical companies and CBD oil's current lack of FDA approval as more testing is done. So how do you ethically create and market this product. Matt Weschler of Peak City CBD talks with us about these topics stories of…
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Brody Smith - Unstuck. Change your job. Change your life.
Check out the Staying with Strangers... In Arizona episode on his website brodyradio.com Be happy.
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Roger Russell - Training the problem solvers of the future (SMILE Camp)
Working with hands on experiences is different than text book learning. SMILE camp is a nonprofit in Raleigh that is encouraging creativity to solve problems through STEM and STEAM. They offer summer camps, track out camps, day camps, accelerated learning, and much more.
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ABOUT THIS SHOW
Get unstuck. Tell a better story, and have a good answer to the question "What are you doing today." GWDS is about two guys, Josh and Joe, who set out to do stuff and interview people that have started a business, quit their dead-end job, launched a non-profit and more. GWDS is for makers, dreamers, inspiration seekers, starters, and doers. Do the stuff.
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Relevant Media Solutions
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Get unstuck. Tell a better story, and have a good answer to the question "What are you doing today." GWDS is about two guys, Josh and Joe, who set out to do stuff and interview people that have started a business, quit their dead-end job, launched a non-profit and more. GWDS is for makers,...
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