Jill Blashack Strahan used to put together gift baskets and sell them in her Minnesota town as an active rural entrepreneur. She started small and it got bigger and bigger, but it wasn't working as she'd hoped and she decided to close the busi

Jordan Phillips Young entrepreneur who's family cancer story inspired Cozys for a Cure & a deal with Walmart

Oct 28th, 2021 44m 41s

Jordan Phillips is more than a cross-country runner. She's also more than a sister, daughter of a cancer survivor and high school senior. And she's more than a heck of an eloquent speaker. Jordan is an entrepreneur who at 12 years old had a

Cheesecake Ninja - Why Greg Franklin getting fired is the best thing to happen

Oct 21st, 2021 37m 52s

In today's episode of the rural entrepreneurs, gold, you're going to meet Greg Franklin, also known by some as the cheesecake ninja in his rural town of Perryville, Missouri, a town of about 8500. Greg is going to share how this guy, who didn't

Mitch Reed - Cardboard Confessional from HS class project to book

Oct 15th, 2021 52m 25s

Meet Mitch Reed. He's a high school superintendent that saw a cool public project in Brookings, South Dakota. It was an interactive art display on Main Street where people walking by could read a deep thought-provoking question, "What's one thi

Dot's Pretzels - An accidental entrepreneur with Dot & Randy Henke

Oct 7th, 2021 57m 5s

In today's episode of the rural entrepreneurs, gold, we're going to hear a story of how some businesses aren't planned. This is a journey of an accidental entrepreneur. Sometimes ideas just happen when you least expect them, at any age, and a

Holly Hoffman - Life After CBS Survivor

Sep 30th, 2021 1h 16m

Holly Hoffman was a cast member on CBS Survivor 21 in Nicaragua. She was the last one standing in her tribe and the last woman standing. While she didn't win the million dollars, she certainly won a Million dollars worth of intangible gifts,

Carly Pochop - Award winning Rural Entrepreneur & Artist helps with grief

Sep 23rd, 2021 48m 36s

In this episode of the Rural Entrepreneur's Gold, you'll hear from Carly Pochop who seems to be a serial entrepreneur who started multiple businesses over the last five years in Aberdeen, SD a town in SD that has a population a little over 28,0

Blain Mikkonen - Architect grad, farmer, or furniture builder: Building business to success

Sep 16th, 2021 56m 13s

Blain Mikkonen really liked design work, but he didn't want a desk job at an architecture firm. He loved to farm at his family's organic farm in South Dakota, but allergies made it frustrating. Unsure what to do after getting his Master's Degre

Maria Bosak - Chip & Joanna Gaines Risk Taker & a Foster Mom’s Journey

Sep 9th, 2021 41m 23s

Both of the stories Maria Bosak shares with us here are inspiring and motivational. She shares the great gift of being foster parents and the difficult journey that road took for them as she and her husband Tate worked through adoption. It's

Duchessa Gelato - A Young Rural Entrepreneur's Journey to Forbes 30 Under 30

Jul 29th, 2021 42m 37s

In this episode, I'm really excited to introduce to you Wilhelmina van Bedaf, also known as Maartje Murphy or Duchessa Gelato. She started a business making gelato in 2018 using milk from her family's dairy farm in Carrington, North Dakota, a

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Trailer: What is The Rural Entrepreneur's Gold

Jun 25th, 2021 5m 4s

In this short introduction or trailer if you will, you'll learn what The Rural Entrepreneur's Gold is about, what to look for in future episodes and why you should listen. You'll hear that if you live in or have a love for rural or you know sm

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