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The Startup Junkies Podcast

The Startup Junkies podcast is hosted by Jeff Amerine and the team at Startup Junkie. We’ll cover topics ranging from getting started, planning, growing your business, proving your concept, leadership, marketing, exit strategies and so much more. We’ll interview business owners, entrepreneurs, experts and people we think will bring value to our audience. Subscribe, and together we'll take your business to the next level.
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This is the Startup Junkies Podcast. These are the stories of the people that are afflicted with creating the next great products and services that are going to change lives - not just in America, but worldwide. We're going to tell the stories of the next great beer producer, products and apparel makers, and the stories of people that don't accept the status quo and that want to make things better. 

Welcome to the Startup Junkies Podcast.

Aug 21, 2017

Yoon Kim is the founder of the media startup Blogs For Brands, a full service content marketing agency with an award-winning design team that manages blogs, social media, email, and ads for brands. With a team of over 10 people based in Siloam Springs, Yoon tells his story of how they are changing the game of digital marketing.

He also created the Outdoor Blogger Summit, a summit designed for journalists and outdoor bloggers to come together to share ideas and practices. Don’t miss hearing his great advice for small businesses looking to break down marketing barriers and expand their customer base!

Blogsforbrands: http://blogsforbrands.com/redesign/

Outdoor Blogger Summit: https://outdoorbloggersummit.com/

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast. Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Aug 14, 2017

Mayor Lioneld Jordan and Devin Howland join the Startup Junkies Podcast to discuss all things Fayetteville! Mayor Jordan has been the mayor of Fayetteville since 2009, and Devin Howland is the new Economic Vitality director for the city of Fayetteville. We chat about their perspectives on Fayetteville and what makes the city primed for incredible growth. Learn how the public sector can support entrepreneurship, and the ways you can be involved in some of the upcoming events!

Mayor Jordan’s Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/lioneld.jordan?ref=br_rs

Mayor Jordan’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/lioneldjordan/

City of Fayetteville Twitter: https://twitter.com/FYVgov

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast. Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Aug 7, 2017

Tim McFarland and Ed Nicholson from Elevate Performance join the podcast to discuss how they help bring out the best in leaders, and how good leaders can bring out the best of an organization. Elevate Performance is a consulting firm in Fayetteville, AR that assists leaders with personal coaching, peer advisory forums, and business advisory services. They help them with their greatest opportunities and biggest challenges.

A great quote from this episode: “Everything counts because everything communicates”

Find out more about Elevate Performance: https://www.elevateperformance.us/

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast. Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jul 31, 2017

Famous local artist Kenneth Siemens joins us to talk about his incredible story.  Learn how Kenneth went from working an 8-to-5 corporate job to starting his own design business, Kerplunk Creative.

Kerplunk Creative, LLC is a nimble agency specializing in bringing entertainment and excitement to product and retail. He now has art all over the state of Arkansas and works with some of the biggest companies helping to create the future!

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast. Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jul 24, 2017

Welcome to the Startup Junkie Social! This is a round table chat with a few of the Startup Junkies. We’ll discuss important events happening around the world and in our own community related to entrepreneurship, and any other interesting topics that may arise. 

We have some exciting upcoming Startup Junkie events! Find the link to them below.

Learn more about the Natural State Angel Association event here

Learn more about the NWA Venture Mashup here

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast. Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
chris@startupjunkieconsulting.com
haley@communityventurefoundation.org

Jul 17, 2017

If you like engineering, then you're going to love this one! This week we welcome Matt & Jim from Ozark IC. We discuss their work with semiconductors, and how the future is powered by engineering. Their company has received grants from NASA, so they know what they're talking about.

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast. Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jul 10, 2017

The future of everything! Listen as Jeff & Michael discuss a wide range of entrepreneurial topics, including accelerators, posers vs. players, and Jeff’s “revolutionary” idea for beer currency. 

Don’t miss a single episode of the Startup Junkies Podcast.  Be sure and “Subscribe” to us on the Podcasts app, as well as follow us on Twitter and Instagram: @startup_junkie

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jul 3, 2017

We were honored to welcome Cindi Marsiglio and Latriece Watkins to the show - representing the company that knows scale better than any other: Walmart. We visited during their Open Call event which Cindi emceed and was kicked off with speeches from Asa Hutchinson (Arkansas Gov.), Doug McMillion (CEO) and other Walmart leadership. The audience was 500 different US product manufacturers looking to get on-shelf of the world's largest retailer.

Cindi is the VP of US Manufacturing, and is overseeing the deployment of Walmart's commitment to allocate $250B in U.S. Manufacturing, and Latriece is the SVP of Merchandising Consumables and OTC - which means her team is helping educate and on-board these 500 potential new Walmart vendors. The future is still bright for US manufacturers!

Find out more about the open call event here:
http://news.walmart.com/events/walmarts-2017-open-call-event

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jun 26, 2017

Gan Nunnally is an incredible businessman who runs George Nunnally Chevrolet in Bentonville, Arkansas. He won Dealer of the Year in Arkansas for 2017. Right now, he's up for TIME Dealer of the Year. He joins us to chat about running a successful family-owned business and treating customers right.  He is also a part of the "Fireball Run" series on Amazon!  You don't want to miss hearing out on how Gan "drives success" every day.

Check out his dealership's website:  http://www.bentonvillechevrolet.com/

Fireball Run:  http://www.fireballrun.com/

Hosts:
Jon Cadieux
m
ichael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

 

Jun 19, 2017

Nancy Gray, Ph.D., is the head of BioVentures, the technology licensing office and business incubator for the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (UAMS).  You don’t want to miss out hearing Nancy tell us about her incredible career.  She has worked all over the country in countless roles in the both the entrepreneurial and pharmaceutical fields.  She is currently helping oversee the Health Entrepreneurship Bootcamp in Conway!

Learn more about Bootcamp: http://www.arconductor.org/conductor-calendar/bootcamp

BioVentures: http://bioventures.uams.edu/

Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jun 12, 2017

The Startup Junkie podcast comes to you from Conway, AR this week!  Dr. Jeff Standridge drops by to tell us about the new Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Bootcamp.  This amazing new camp teaches students the fundamentals of entrepreneurship and gives them the opportunity to formulate new health science ventures.  Dr. Jeff Standridge is the team leader of The Conductor, a public-private partnership with UCA and Startup Junkie Consulting driving innovation, entrepreneurship and economic development in Central Arkansas.  A great quote from this episode is: “Seemingly small actions consistently applied over time yield massive results”

Check out the Conductor:  http://www.arconductor.org/  and follow them @AR_Conductor

For more information about the Health Sciences Entrepreneurship Bootcamp, visit www.arconductor.org/conductor-calendar/bootcamp/

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jun 5, 2017
We're joined by Steve McBee (CEO of Creative - creative.promo) and the leadership team from Tango Press, Steve Toth and John Ballentine (tango-press.com) to talk about a recent project that they collaborated on to surprise and delight a company on a large scale. They share the thought that goes into each element of packaging from the consumers experience, and insights on how to work with people and companies that you know, trust, and love.
 
Say hello:
https://www.facebook.com/creativepromomktg/
http://tango-press.com/
 
Hosts:
jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com
May 29, 2017

Casey Kinsey joins us from Lofty Labs, a value added tech consultancy that thrives at the intersection of Web Development and Data Analytics. Casey shares some of his entrepreneurial journey, including the tipping point was when he realized he'd never work for someone else again, accidentally growing Lofty Labs to something larger than himself, and advice for startups who need to hire outside tech help.

Find out more here: http://hirelofty.com/ and say hello @loftylabs

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

May 22, 2017

Kirsten Blowers and Anna Morrison join us to share their experiences about starting and growing a business in Northwest Arkansas.  Kirsten started Riffraff seven years ago, starting with only $100 and growing a business now worth over a million dollars.  Kirsten was recently named to Forbes 30 under 30 for retail entrepreneurship and Riffraff has nearly 200,000 followers on Instagram.  Anna Morrison started Campus Concierge four years ago and employs over 100 tutors in Fayetteville.  She was recognized by Arkansas Business as a 20 in their 20s for 2015. 

Both of these ladies are total rock stars and fun fact, Anna was one of Kirsten’s first employees at the original Riffraff store!

Get in touch!  Follow Kirsten Blowers (@kirstenblowers).  Help her get past the 30k mark!  Also, go buy some clothes at shopriffraff.com

Check out what Campus Concierge is doing at @docollegebetter on Instagram.  Find out more at docollegebetter.com

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

May 16, 2017

The NWA Venture MashUp is held around Northwest Arkansas to bring the entrepreneurial community together and celebrate a local success story. We had the opportunity to learn from Kenny Tomlin, who has been a technology leader, startup founder, investor and more over his career.

Most notably in our local startup scene, Kenny started Rockfish Digital which grew (without ever raising capital)  to be acquired by WPP in 2011.

Kenny is now leading WPP ventures, and working with YouEarnedIt, an employee engagement platform, as well as SubVRsive, a Virtual Reality company.

Learn more about Kenny here:

https://rockfishdigital.com/kenny-tomlin/

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