Jordan and Melinda Minyard sat down with the Wealth Preservation Podcast and discussed everything leading up to their decision to launch The Pour Choice. While being coffee shop entrepreneurs, with a beer and wine menu, may not seem groundbreaking or unique, what Jordan and Melinda created in Auburn, California quickly exploded with business! In this episode, we dive into the creative process of standing out in a saturated business. From marketing to branding, employee retention, customer car...
Jordan and Melinda Minyard sat down with the Wealth Preservation Podcast and discussed everything leading up to their decision to launch The Pour Choice. While being coffee shop entrepreneurs, with a beer and wine menu, may not seem groundbreaking or unique, what Jordan and Melinda created in Auburn, California quickly exploded with business! The secret ingredient? Their philosophy that, “You can either do things, or do things well,” and always striving for the latter. In this episode we’ll h...
SmartRIA founder Mac Bartine joined the Wealth Preservation Podcast once more and shared his insight on building and scaling a SaaS company with a virtual workforce. Mac’s extensive experience in the startup world gives him keen insight on the common mistakes new companies make -- and bad company culture can derail a company’s progress. We discuss the work that went into starting the company, scaling to bigger clients, decentralizing the decision making, which roles were the first to be...
SmartRIA founder Mac Bartine joined the Wealth Preservation Podcast and shared his experience as a serial entrepreneur who tried to do way too much, on his own, for way too long. His drive to solve problems and think creatively made him highly motivated as an entrepreneur, but it took a decade of side hustles before all of his experience came together to create a strong, healthy, and rapidly growing business. In this episode, we explore Mac’s past: growing up with a nuclear physicist and prof...
Savion Nehemiah built his marketing and branding company, 413 Media, after his dad joked with him that he partied so much that he needed to get paid to party. That joke turned into a revelation, an idea, and eventually, a thriving business. In this episode, Sav dives into his process of building creative and impactful branding for companies and individuals. Sav has the unique hurdle of needing to systematize his process so that he can scale, but not so much that it restricts his creativity. W...
Savion Nehemiah built his marketing and branding company, 413 Media, after his dad joked with him that he partied so much that he needed to get paid to party. That joke turned into a revelation, an idea, and eventually, a thriving business. In this episode, Sav gives us a glimpse of his childhood, early business exposure, his short stint in a touring rap group, and how he worked with his college to develop a degree specifically for his passion. All this plays a role in his eventual launching ...
Finoa’s co-founder, Henrik Gebbing, revisits the Wealth Preservation Podcast to discuss the specific niche in the crypto investing world they are servicing, the process of scaling a company, the mindset of a business owner using investors’ money, and how they’ve exploded in growth since their 2018 launch date. Henrik is very open about their struggle to get the attention of venture capital, the mental fatigue from consistent rejection, the self-doubt, and the responsibility to best serve clie...
Finoa’s co-founder, Henrik Gebbing, isn’t just innovating in any old space. He is innovating inside an already innovative arena. That is the equivalent to a caveman inventing the BIC lighter when fire was just being discovered! But in all seriousness, Henrik’s entrepreneurial journey, though it takes place in an industry many don’t understand, has many of the same elements of the usual start-up story. In this episode, we look into Henrik’s past and learn a little more about his early ch...
Xplicit Fitness is a boutique boxing gym with a tech-based sister company, Kount-!t, which, when combining the two businesses into one vision, makes for an exciting breakthrough in the boxing industry. Golden Glove Champion, Chad Yarvitz, walked away from what most would consider success to pursue what most would consider crazy. In this episode, Chad goes into the rise and fall of his original concept of a sports and boxing complex and how COVID forced him to rethink his business into somethi...
Xplicit Fitness is a boutique boxing gym with a tech-based sister company, Kount-!t, which, when combining the two businesses into one vision, makes for an exciting breakthrough in the boxing industry. Golden Glove Champion, Chad Yarvitz, walked away from what most would consider success to pursue what most would consider crazy. In this episode, Chad goes all the way back to his childhood, and we get to hear about his initial introduction to team sports, martial arts, and boxing. Through his ...
Entrepreneur success stories come in many different shapes and sizes. In this second installment with Caylan Larson, we go into how his side project of making a label printer with the best hardware and software combination went from a small hustle to eclipsing his successful consulting practice. Caylan had mentors and close friends advising he not quit his day job (which he didn’t) and he has now left them speechless in how his project has come together and disrupted the label printing market...
Entrepreneur success stories come in many different shapes and sizes. Our part one episode with the computer coding, co-op farming, concession stand running, custom label making Caylan Larson, is no exception. In this episode, we go into detail about how Caylan’s love for problem solving and computers, as a kid, gave him direction and purpose as he navigated his troubled teen years, family tragedy, and finding his place in community. He admits that creating labels was not a lifelong passion a...
John Rubino joins the Wealth Preservation Podcast to share the unconventional story of how his business was formed. Many entrepreneurs see a need in the market. John saw the success he was already having, using real estate investments for accredited investors, and figured starting a real estate investment business would open the door for others to join in the fun! It’s hard to not get amped up, as John repeatedly could not help himself from getting excitable. John walks through the proc...
John Rubino joins the Wealth Preservation Podcast to share the unconventional story of how his business was formed. Many entrepreneurs see a need in the market. John saw the success he was already having, using real estate investments for accredited investors, and figured starting a real estate investment business would open the door for others to join in the fun! In this episode, we dive into John’s origin story: his big family, his entrepreneurial inspirations, the books he recommends, why ...
Olde Virden’s TN Pepper Co. has an incredibly tasty line up of farm fresh spices and boasts an inspiring story of how, husband and wife, Chris and Allyson Virden took a simple idea and revolutionized a product found nationwide. These Knoxville entrepreneurs share with us their story of bringing their product to market, getting into grocery stores, and the hilarious twists and turns their entrepreneurial journey has taken them on. In this follow up episode, we dive into the “how” of scaling a ...
Olde Virden’s TN Pepper Co. has an incredibly tasty line up of farm fresh spices and boasts an inspiring story of how, husband and wife, Chris and Allyson Virden took a simple idea and revolutionized a product found nationwide. These Knoxville entrepreneurs share with us their story of bringing their product to market, getting into grocery stores, and the hilarious twists and turns their entrepreneurial journey has taken them on. In our first episode with Chris and Allyson, we dive into how t...
The SaaS entrepreneur and self-proclaimed psycho, Brett Owens, joined us for a 2-part episode about his origins as an entrepreneur, the lessons learned in his numerous SaaS startups, and why he prefers self-funding over seeking out investors. This episode was all about Brett’s journey of self-funding each of his startups and why he prefers to not get outside investors, unless it’s needed. We get into the nitty gritty of what the first year is like, how much of a nest egg Brett thinks is adequ...
The SaaS entrepreneur and self-proclaimed psycho, Brett Owens, joined us for a 2-part episode about his origins as an entrepreneur, the lessons learned in his numerous SaaS startups, and why he prefers self-funding over seeking out investors. In our first episode, we lean more into his history and the rise and exit from his various companies. Brett was on the pathway to corporate success with an engineering degree from Cornell, a desirable job, and plenty of upward potential. Only one problem...
Delusional Altruism author and philanthropy consultant, Kris Putnam-Walkerly, joins us again on the Wealth Preservation Podcast and dives deeper into the topics of her book and the errors and education she gives to other philanthropists. Whether it is a family foundation, charitable organization, or just a stand-alone philanthropist, Kris has amazing insight on how to make a bigger impact and minimize waste. But, there is a HUGE market that is likely unknowing of their need for someone like K...
Here on the Wealth Preservation Podcast, we LOVE when people share their stories about giving back to the community and having a heart for serving a need. So naturally, we were OVERJOYED to have a combination of two awesome topics: philanthropy and entrepreneurship. Our guest, Kris Putnam-Walkerly, is the combination of those 2 things in human form! She admits, early on, that the thought of being a charitable giving consultant scared the daylights out of her, but the more time she spent worki...