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Life on Brand

A weekly Business and Entrepreneur podcast
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Life on Brand

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Some brands care about people, policies, and planning, including Patagonia, Allbirds, and Oshki.Today’s guest is Jackson Riegler, founder of Oshki—a social impact clothing brand based in Michigan. It protects the Great Lakes by making clothes
How do entrepreneurs come up with a great business idea and find their first customers?Today’s guest is Phil O’Brien, founder and publisher of W42ST—a hyper-local lifestyle print magazine and media brand that connects readers to the New York C
Foodfillment: Positive relationship with food to serve a larger purpose—one centered around you, your family, your broader community, and the world.Today’s guests are Jenny Bouchier-Hayes and Lisa Kjellström, co-founders of the Reflection Inst
Can you imagine being bred to be an engineer, but decide to be an entrepreneur by opening a pop-up shop because baking cakes brings you joy?Today’s guest is Rachel Martindale, founder of Milk and Honey. It’s a custom bakery based out of Ann Ar
Believe it or not, it is possible to practice being purposeful by prioritizing people over profit. It just takes a community of positive people and business leaders to impact the bottom line.Today’s guest is Hamsa Daher, Executive Director of
Every business should follow the mantra: Do Good Work, and people will notice. How? By supporting community projects and partnerships through simultaneous understanding.Today’s guest is Lisa Sauve, principal at Synecdoche Design Studio in Ann
What may cause the next financial crisis? Student debt. Most of us have some and get stuck paying it off for a long, long time.Today’s guest is Joseph Gracia, CEO of Nickels, an Ann Arbor-based business focused on reducing borrowers’ student l
Hungry? Thirsty? As an Ann Arbor business owner, why not provide nourishment for the community with traditionally fermented foods?Today’s guest is David Klingenberger, founder and chief fermentation officer (CFO) of The Brinery—which processes
When you were in college, what did you spend most of your time doing? Socializing? Stop waiting for someone else to change the world.Today’s guests are Jeff Sorensen and Jeff Pituch from optiMize, a student-led organization at the University o
Fake it until you make it when pursuing professions and exploring intrapreneurism. Do the hustle—from watering plants to managing millions of dollars.Today’s guest is Joe Malcoun, CEO of Nutshell, a sales automation customer relationship manag
Sick of Silicon Valley? Shift from being an engineer to a dirtbag for less responsibility. Choose a lifestyle of mangos and mushrooms. But the no-brainer idea of growing mushrooms being easy became idiotic.Today’s guests are Chris Carrier and
Design is inherently a communication art. If you’re not trying to say something or make a point, it’s art open to interpretation. However, designers are often not given the credit that they deserve for making a business impact.Today’s guest is
While friends worked at Little Caesars, there was no free pizza for academic kids in the chemical engineering lab!Today’s guest is Rishi Narayan, founder and managing owner of Ann Arbor-based Underground Printing, a national, custom apparel an
They say that money isn't everything. And Melissa Joy joins us on the show to talk about the things that really matter.Melissa shares how the lessons she's learned throughout her two-decade career as a financial advisor has helped her build a
Dawn Verbrigghe started her company, Jottful, with a simple yet powerful mission - to make it possible for every small business to be found and tell their story online. And while we get into the story behind Jottful in this episode, the powerf
It's a simple truth - without money, you have no business. And it's Jonathan Goldstein's job to help startups get the money and capital needed to bring their idea to market and keep them going. Jonathan's firm, Narrow Gauge Ventures, primarily
If you're like most people, your Sundays suck something terrible because it means Monday is just around the corner. But what if we said it's possible to be excited about Monday? Josh Levine is on a mission to do just that - to make Mondays...g
While most creatives think of business as a necessary evil, Eli Altman, the creative director of A Hundred Monkey, sees it as a means to help creativity flourish.Eli joins us today to chat about why he decided to put pen to pencil and write hi
"This won't work for us because there are 'no throats to choke'." Rich Sheridan, the Chief Joy Officer, of Menlo Innovations is working to show the world that the "throats to choke" mentality doesn't work. In this episode, Rich shares how lead
When you look up the word authentic in the dictionary, the definition you'll get is "Jason Zook." He's what we call aggressively authentic. Jason plays by his rules to wild and unbelievable success. Jason shares how he ideates on ideas and how
How many of you like to get a shot or have your blood drawn? It’s pretty awful. Now imagine how terrible those experiences must be for a kid. Things don’t have to be that way and today’s guest is doing something about it. Christina York is the
When was the last time you were stressed out? For most of us, stress dominates our lives and it is important to learn to manage it. Our minds and our lives are constantly moving at 100 miles per hour and the evolution of our digital society isn
Life doesn’t always work out the way you planned. Just because you didn’t become a doctor or a lawyer doesn’t mean you can’t do great things with your career. Today’s guest, Dave Stuart, is a perfect example of this philosophy. Dave decided bac
Episode 6 is a little different, It's our first live episode recorded in the lovely garden at Cultivate. We talk with the founders of Cultivate Coffee and Taphouse, Bekah and Ryan Wallace. The idea came to Ryan, who had been brewing beer as a h
Today’s guest started his business in a barber shop. The unconventional start sets the tone for what Abraham Gusman and his co-founders wanted to achieve with their business, Wise Men’s Care, which produces all-natural eco-friendly men’s groomi
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