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REEL BIZ

by Bubba Startz

REEL BIZ with Bubba Startz is a founder story feed with branches in travel, food and drink, and gift guide. We go behind the brand, on location when we can, and share how businesses start, survive, and keep building.

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Episodes

  1. Sandy Grewal on turning pain into purpose and empowering women-owned businesses

    Sandy Grewal shares how pain, rejection, and family influence shaped her path from beauty and media into consulting for minority- and women-owned businesses. She talks about making PR more accessible, learning authenticity through HSN and QVC, working with celebrities, and pushing back against...

  2. Dustin Ryen on coconut shucking, touring the country, and building a creator brand

    Dustin Ryen shares how a poke restaurant job led to a first coconut shuck, then to a business built around bartending, Malibu rum, and touring the country with coconut events. He talks about life on the road, creative flow, podcasting, community building, and the realities of keeping a creator...

  3. Dawn Farrow on experience marketing, live events, and selling the experience economy

    Dawn Farrow shares how experience marketing led to building agencies, consulting, and founding On Sale Group to support live performers and events. She talks about the gap in marketing for live experiences, the tension between art and filling seats, and the strategies that help sell tickets…

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  4. Tom Fox on podcasting, storytelling, and resilience in the Texas Hill Country

    Bubba Startz talks with Tom Fox about podcasting, audience connection, video’s rise, growing networks, lessons from mistakes, and Tom’s book on the Kerrville flood, resilience, and healing in Texas Hill Country.

  5. Todd Katcher: Making Digital Signage Useful

    Digital signage succeeds when its message fits the audience, location and time available. Todd Katcher talks with Bubba Startz about building screens with the tools at hand, learning what customers actually need and making displays interactive. He also shares how Matching Paws applies that...

  6. Carmine Del Sordi on the origin and growth of Pure and Easy Tea

    Carmine Del Sordi shares the personal story behind Pure and Easy Tea, from family roots and home blending to sourcing, manufacturing, growth, and the challenges of building a profitable tea brand.

  7. Dustin Young on brain surgery, cancer, and building Raven CFO

    Dustin Young shares leaving the family business, surviving migraines, brain surgery and cancer, then building Raven CFO to help construction founders align systems, reduce stress, and put family and life first.

  8. Lou D'Angeli on Cirque, live events, and building Limelight

    Lou D’Angeli traces a career from Cirque du Soleil and brand partnerships to consulting and launching Limelight, with a focus on live events, creator support, grassroots marketing, and building fan communities.

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

REEL BIZ with Bubba Startz is a founder story feed with branches in travel, food and drink, and gift guide. We go behind the brand, on location when we can, and share how businesses start, survive, and keep building.

HOSTED BY

Bubba Startz

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REEL BIZ with Bubba Startz is a founder story feed with branches in travel, food and drink, and gift guide. We go behind the brand, on location when we can, and share how businesses start, survive, and keep building.

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REEL BIZ is created and hosted by Bubba Startz.
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