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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 8, 2016

Songcat makes top-notch music production feasible for musicians to access from their home studio. The service matches artists with other talented musicians online, and then produces a radio-ready song for $500. Described as the "Uber for Music Production," Songcat has been experience 2x user and revenue growth each of the last three months.

The opportunistic founder team has made four moves across international borders since the inception of this idea in late 2014 living in Ireland. They walk us through their path to market and future plans for SongCat

Contact:
info@songcat.biz
https://www.facebook.com/songcatmusic/?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/SongCatMusic
https://soundcloud.com/songcat

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Aug 1, 2016

Mike Abb, Dr. BowtieTodd Jenkins, and Keaton Smith joined the show to discuss the upcoming Young Professional Summit in Northwest Arkansas - Ignite Your Passion.

Conversation started with the background of these young community leaders. It flowed into some details about the upcoming summit, and why it is important to have a strong group of young people engaged in the community, and we discussed how while generational differences can be useful at a macro level, it's unfair to apply them to any individual. Come to the YP Summit to continue the conversation with us:

Sign up for the YP Summit:
http://web.rogerslowell.com/events/eventdetail.aspx?EventID=9975

Find our guests:
Mike Abb:
http://www.abboriginal.com/
https://www.facebook.com/abboriginalproductions/?fref=ts

Keaton Smith:
https://www.facebook.com/keaton.smith.50?fref=ts

Dr. Todd Jenkins
https://www.facebook.com/BowtieTodd/?fref=ts
https://twitter.com/BowtieTodd
bowtietodd@bowtieleadership.com

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

 

Jul 25, 2016

52nd Episode! Released weekly, this means we've lasted an entire year on the air!

Pop the champagne? Nah. We went with hard cider from our friends at Black Apple Crossing.

This week we were joined by Spencer Jones with LineGard Med, and exciting company that was founded by Spencer under two years ago when he was working as a registered nurse. He saw problems with the status quo in the hospitals he worked in, and started down a road of creating medical devices. It's been over 400 days since he last scrubbed in, and he doesn't plan on turning back. Spencer is in the process of moving his company back to Fayetteville after participating in two accelerators, and working as the Entrepreneur in Residence at the HUBx LifeSciences Accelerator in Little Rock, AR.

Books recommended in this episode (with links to Amazon):

Running Lean

Venture Deals

Made in America

Straight from the Gut

Give and Take

The Hard Thing about Hard Things

Make Your Own Waves

The Obstacle is the Way

 

Get in touch with Spencer:

Linkedin

http://linegardmed.com/

https://www.facebook.com/linegardmed/?fref=ts&ref=br_tf

 

Hosts:

Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

 

 

Jul 18, 2016

Joe Ehrhardt began his banking career in high school, and it has been his area of focus ever since. He combined that passion with his interest and skill in computer science to begin 3E Software, Inc. which has grown into a national software solution company for banks, headquartered in Northwest, AR.

Joe Ehrhardt
info@3esoftware.com

http://www.3esoftware.com/

Hosts:

Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jul 12, 2016

Mathew Scott joined us to share his interesting background - everything from a military background in psychological warfare to building medical sales teams, and his current venture, FEED. The Agency which helps with brand building for physicians and dentistry.

accounts@feedtheagency.com
http://feedtheagency.com/

Jul 4, 2016

Jeff visited the Island Sandbox at Cape Breton University for the Investor Readiness Bootcamp and ran through a number of exciting companies and investors.

StuGig
www.stugig.com

www.phvpushing.com
info@phvpushing.com

Univfax
www.univfax.com

Collegio Technologies
www.collegio.ca

Mealworm Protien
http://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/nova-scotia/dalhousie-students-bugs-flour-1.3570880

Collin Deacon
Bob Elly
Gillian McCrae
Darren MacDonald

Hosts:
Jeff Amerine: Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Permjot Valia: Pvalia@mentorcamp.ca

Jun 27, 2016

Our guest this week is Margie Raimondo, taped live from her winery in Mountain Home, AR. Margie is a third generation wine maker with Sicilian roots, and plenty of passion for her products - All 387 of them! In addition to wine, Raimondo Winery offers a wide variety of oils, vinegars, mustards, and other cooking supplies.

Reach out to Margie:
mywine64@gmail.com

Visit the winery:
1406 Highway 62 West, Mountain Home, AR 72653

Raimondowinery.com

Blog:
Raimondorecipies.com

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
M
ichael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

 

Jun 20, 2016

Tariq Abdullah is an entrepreneurial attorney who recently moved from Kansas City to Northwest Arkansas, and is now the Director of Legal Data & Analytics in the Legal Operations department with Walmart.

Listen in for more information on an upcoming Hackathon that he is planning, some new legal technology that he has experienced, including the introduction of AI attorneys.

Contact Tariq:

Tariq.Abdullah@walmartlegal.com

 

Hosts:

Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

 

Jun 13, 2016

Tameka Montgomery leads the Office of Entrepreneurial Development at the U.S. Small Business Administration. She spent 2 days touring Northwest Arkansas to learn more about our entrepreneurial community, and capped off her visit with a podcast recording at Bike Rack Brewing. Tameka shares more about the scope of her position with the SBA, her career that led to this presidentially appointed position, and shares her insight on the NWA entrepreneurial community.

Learn more about the SBA:
https://www.sba.gov/

Contact the hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Haley@startupjunkieconsulting.com

Jun 6, 2016

Corey Boelkens recently launched the app for his company, RaftUp, which is maximizing both fun and safety on the water. They increase location based communication in boater communities and have had a strong launch as the boating season is kicking off.

Contact Corey:
http://www.raftup.com/
contact@raftup.com
https://www.instagram.com/theraftup/
https://www.facebook.com/theraftup

May 30, 2016

Kanat Bektemirov, currently an Engineer with CaseStack joins the show. He shares experiences with his incredible internships at Google and Amazon, gives advice to young developers seeking a successful career, and makes comparisons between the technology environment in Silicon Valley vs. Northwest Arkansas.

Contact Kanat:
LinkedIn: https://goo.gl/5tIyGN
Email: bekt17@gmail.com

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

May 23, 2016

Part 2/2:

Our typical host, Jeff Amerine has a long history of working with startup companies and holding leadership roles in the military and with fortune 500 companies. We thought our audience on the podcast would be interested in getting to know more about the host, and Jeff was willing to share.

Part 1: Childhood, militarty experience & Family

Part 2: Startups, Forune 500's, successes and failures, moving back to AR & the road ahead.

Contact:
Startupjunkieconsulting.com
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

May 16, 2016

Part 1/2:

Our typical host, Jeff Amerine has a long history of working with startup companies and holding leadership roles in the military and with fortune 500 companies. We thought our audience on the podcast would be interested in getting to know more about the host, and Jeff was willing to share.

Part 1: Childhood, militarty experience & Family

Part 2: Startups, Forune 500's, successes and failures, moving back to AR & the road ahead.

Contact:
Startupjunkieconsulting.com
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

May 9, 2016

Our guest this week is Brent Hale of Big Sexy Food! He talks about how he got his start in the NWA food scene, and describes his model of utilizing popup restaurants with a creative twist on classic foods.

His next event will be in Fayetteville on 5/20 and 5/21. Reservations are filling up quickly here:
http://www.bigsexyfood.com/popup.html

Contact:
brentrhale@gmail.com
www.bigsexyfood.com

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

May 2, 2016

Amy and Chris from Collective Bias shed light on the early days at collective bias, and how far they've come in their 7-year journey as an influencer marketing company.

They also share how important it is to give back, and discuss GiveCamp NWA, an event they were hosting that weekend to develop a web presence for non-profit companies.

Guest contact info:
Amy Callahan
amycallahan@collectivebias.com

Chris Whittle
chriswhittle@collectivebias.com

Hosts:
Jeff@startupjunkieconsulting.com
Michael@startupjunkieconsulting.com

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