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- 49. TIGERSHARKS - “The Rankin-Bass Formula”
DPTC is celebrating a whole year of tooncasting with a 3-part series covering the holy trinity of Rankin-Bass 80s toons! First up: the debut episode of TIGERSHARKS, a water-logged Thundercats Xerox that follows nautical heroes fighting an embarrassing lineup of villains!
51 min - 229 Marjorie Scholtz Silicon Valley EntrepreneurHow do you find a passion in solving a problem that a lot of people face? On today’s episode, CEO of Verbhouse Marjorie Scholtz, shares the story of how she realized her passion. She also talks about how she built a diverse team founded on a single mission, designing a new category of company that makes it easier for people to be homeowners."Especially in cities like San Francisco, the home ownership rate is the lowest it's been in 50 years." - Marjorie ScholtzThree Things We LearnedKeep walking if you don’t know what to doPeople often get stuck when trying to search what they want to do in life. However, when they can tell what they don’t want to do, that means they have something to compare it to. They have yet to discover what it is that they clearly want to sink their teeth into.Some entrepreneurs begin with problems to solveMarjorie considers herself lucky to have found a problem that she is so passionate about that it’s all she can do. It is this sheer want to make a difference by solving the problem that steered her into this venture. Most entrepreneurs she resonates with are those who have accidentally fallen into their ventures because they want to solve a problem.Building a healthy ecosystem of peopleMarjorie's team refers to a diverse set of people who really bring in different experiences and different viewpoints in the company. This distributed experience and viewpoints is what she calls the ecosystem. Despite the differences, however, they all share one common passion and belief in the problem that they’re solving.One of the most difficult times of entrepreneurship is when you're alone in your head and you have no one else to start buying into your own theories and hypotheses. But with a mission-driven team, things get exciting. You are finally able to speak about your own ideas and get feedback, and this moves things along.Bio:Recognized as a national expert, Marjorie Scholtz is a tireless advocate of homeownership. Before launching Verbhouse, Marjorie spent a decade as founder and CEO of Stangl Advisors.With more than $100M in loan modifications, real estate dispositions and acquisitions during and after the financial crash, she helped many homeowners find a path toward a more secure financial future.Her passion to empower people, coupled with deep institutional knowledge, inspired her to create the Verbhouse Platform.Links:VerbhouseLinkedInWe hope you enjoyed Marjorie Scholtz on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!1 hr 21 min
- 228: Cannabis Category King Dennis O’Malley, CEO of CalivaHow does a button-down professional become a legendary pot entrepreneur? On today’s episode, Dennis O’Malley shares with us how he embraced his category. And he also talks about why taking on the pot industry is an exciting endeavor as any.“In cannabis, almost more than any other industry, there’s an ability to really create and own your category.” - Dennis O’MalleyThree Things We LearnedDropping the bomb to everyoneDennis started out like any other aspiring entrepreneur—a button-down, suited up professional who didn’t look the part of a pothead. He remembered the last time he ever smoked back in freshman year, and even then he thought it was mowed lawn grass. Naturally, people's reactions varied when he dropped the news of wanting to be part of the industry.Earnest involvement in the companyHe had no cannabis acumen or passion for the product, not even an understanding of the industry. But Dennis developed a great relationship with the owner of the company and began consulting for the business from there. Through all this, he realized how challenged the company believed it was and the impact cannabis could have to everybody’s well-being.Challenging himself as a leaderWhen Dennis took the lead, he gave himself six months to do two things for the company. He tried to find out if he could recruit the people that he needed to be able to be successful. Tied together with the passion around the industry that he discovered, he thought he could be the doing things right.He became the CEO of Caliva back in January 2017. And he finds himself continuously blown away by the number of people that he gets to meet as well as the passion that he learned about. Dennis can now confidently say that he has really endeared himself to the industry.Bio:Dennis O'Malley is the CEO and President of Caliva. It is the largest vertically integrated company based in the State of California.Links:CalivaLinkedInTwitterWe hope you enjoyed Dennis O'Malley on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!56 min
- 227: Questions and Cocktails Content Creator/Thought LeaderOn this episode of Questions and Cocktails, Christopher Lochhead answers another question from one of his listeners. How does one go about becoming a great content creator and thought leader?“A lot of the most interesting people have a unique and differentiated point of view and they kind of come from that point of view on a regular basis.” - Christopher LochheadThink About the HowBefore you start creating your content, you might want to think about how you would want to do it. Distribution and form matter a lot, whether you choose to do a blog, book, or podcast. You might also want to become a Twitter thought leader.Ever since he started his own podcast, Christopher has learned that he can also turn a great episode into a blog. Niche Down, in fact, made use of a lot of examples that originated from great podcast conversations. There are so many ways to express great content, primary or secondary.What is Different About You?The world doesn’t need anymore bull. No one needs a blog post from you about following your passion or any other topic that has been done so many times already.When starting out as a content creator and thought leader, the first thing that you must think about is what’s different about you. Once identified, you must lean on that different.Develop Your POVWhat problem do you solve and why does that problem matter? In solving this problem, you must also have a point of view that is interesting, provocative and differentiated. While he puts out a lot of things, Christopher’s content has recurring themes, and this is because he has a point of view centered around entrepreneurship, category design and life design.Make no mistake. As a content creator and thought leader, you can go from one topic to another. But having that perspective that you work with regularly will help you stay grounded and be truly different.To hear more advice from Christopher, download and listen to the episode!We hope you enjoyed Questions and Cocktails Content Creator/Thought Leader! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!14 min
- 48. SLIMER! - “Consonant Hell”
Halloween is here and DPTC is pondering the scariest thought of all: what if Slimer got his own cartoon? The answer of course is SLIMER! AND THE REAL GHOSTBUSTERS! This toon is all too real, sheeple -- six and a half minutes of sheer terror and a fitting finale for our October Ghostbusters-athon. Listen at your own peril.
44 min - 226: Dushka Zapata Do I Need A Soulmate?How does creativity bloom and do we really need a soulmate? Dushka Zapata is a talented writer and a communications executive at Silicon Valley. Today, she joins us to talk about writing, soulmates, the difference between blame and responsibility, and a whole lot more.“The greatest lie ever told is that there is someone out there that can make you peaceful, happy and full.” - Dushka ZapataThree Things We LearnedCreativity blooms from unpredictability and solitudeDushka thinks that her fast-paced workplace along with everything else that happens to her on the regular enable her writing. In truth, being in one’s comfort zone can be gray and may kill the stories that one has to write. Striking the perfect balance between unpredictability and solitude to allow oneself to breathe helps in maintaining creativity.Boredom and distraction are not a dichotomyThe inability to feel pleasure or anhedonia stems from both boredom and perpetual distraction. But distraction does not mean the complete opposite of boredom, and oftentimes unhealthy distractions take on the form of false entertainment fed to the brain. Perpetual distraction may also lead to burnout, especially if boredom still lingers even after giving in to one distraction after another.Finding one's soulmate will not fix youDushka actively answers questions on Quora and one of the many things that she has been asked is whether or not we need a soulmate. But this is just one of the many lies that we from every other person. We don't need to find someone to end our suffering from dissatisfaction and despair or being disheartened and lonely, as this belief oftentimes enhances a permanent sense of restlessness.Humans are already whole and our secret sense of dissatisfaction and loneliness is actually inherent to the human condition. In fact, no one out there has the ability to bail you out. Eventually, you can pick out someone to walk beside you through everything, but the antidote to your loneliness does not exist in anyone outside of yourself but you.Bio:Dushka Zapata is a best-selling author and her work has been viewed over 120 million times on Quora. She serves as the VP of Communications at public technology company Zendesk.Links:AmazonQuoraTwitterLinkedInWe hope you enjoyed Dushka Zapata on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!1 hr 2 min
- 225: Foreground vs. Background Conversations – Bix & Joe BicksonWhich is the winner in a comparison of foreground vs. background conversations? On today’s episode, Bix and Joe Bickson join us for another conversation tackling a tenet of future hacking. They talk about how the power dynamics in the company not only affect performance but also derail communication lines.“The first practice we're asking executive teams to have is to say the background conversations in the meeting.” - Joe BicksonThree Things We LearnedPower dynamics still prevail in organizationsPeople are often trained to think that the more senior members of organizations have more authority and power. This prevents the kind of uninhibited conversations to create new opportunities for growth from happening. These old constructs, relics of the system birthed from the industrial revolution still lingers even at present day.Why power dynamics deter growthBecause of this authoritarian system adopted from eons past, people in power oftentimes end up drinking their own bathwater. Their subordinates tell them how great and inspiring they are. Positive feedback is feedback that gets bent out of shape and it’s in no way of use to future hacking.Background conversations matterMost executive meetings feel suppressed. People are concerned about not only the subject matter to be discussed, but also the manner by which they discuss items in an attempt to maintain professionalism. But as soon as people leave these meetings, background conversations happen, and these are the type that should actually be encouraged in organizational circles.When people talk about wanting to hack the future, they want to achieve something meaningful to step up in their life and business. But the delta between where they are and where they want to be, as well as with who they are and who they want to be sometimes gets in the way. To traverse this delta, people in chairs must come to love the gap and address the difficulty of power dynamics in organizations.Bio:Bix and Joe Bickson are a team of a baby boomer and millennial working together to create new organizational DNA.Links:http://bickson2.com/We hope you enjoyed Foreground vs. Background Conversations - Bix and Joe Bickson on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!19 min
- 224: Steve Olsher Reinvention of an EntrepreneurHow does one walk out of an endeavor and successfully pick it up again somewhere along the way? Steve Olsher is an entrepreneur, CEO, author and podcaster. Today he talks about failures and successes, how to come back from losses, and how Chicago almost killed him.“I look like I do a lot but I implement what I call strategic abandon, which is just getting a lot of things done in a very efficient and cost-effective manner.” - Steve OlsherThree Things We LearnedWalking away from something you builtAt some point in his entrepreneurial journey, Steve and his team got blinded by the dot-com light and Wall Street’s take on domains. They signed away management rights, but in March 2000, it became clear that the people working behind the project failed. Steve walked away from the domain after spending nine years building the company, a scary piece of his life.A restart on an abandoned endeavorWhen the company ended up tanking and getting buried, he walked away and got into real estate development instead to build up a portfolio of millions of dollars in product. But one day, the Wall Street Journal headline read that domain prices were approaching pre-bubble valuations. And so Steve began his search for the buyer of the domain.Reinventing a dreamIt wasn’t until Christmas Eve of 2006 when the buyer sent Steve an e-mail with detailed instructions on how to reclaim his domain. While it was bound to raise suspicions, Steve went along with the offer, sending login credentials that weren’t attached to anything. By some miracle, he got exactly what was promised in under a grand total of five minutes.Steve received several offers to buy his domain and one in particular bailed after a couple of installments. From there, he took the site and his capital, actively seeking out people he could work with. Everything is going well, despite the inevitable moments when they don’t see eye-to-eye and the company’s happy ending that has yet to be written.Bio:Steve Olsher is America's Reinvention Expert and has taught thousands how to NICHETIZE! (nitch a tize) by identifying and monetizing their WHAT. Steve is the author of Internet Prophets: The World's Leading Experts Reveal How to Profit Online and also of USA Book News' Self-Help Book of the Year, Journey To You: A Step-by-Step Guide to Becoming Who You Were Born to Be.He is the creator and host of Internet Prophets LIVE!; co-star of the groundbreaking film The Keeper of the Keys with Jack Canfield, John Gray, and Marci Shimoff; and has appeared on ABC TV, FOX TV, CNBC.com, and more than 200 radio shows including national programs hosted by Lou Dobbs, Jim Bohannon, and Mancow Muller.Steve is a successful entrepreneur who's applied his business acumen and communication skills to a wide range of endeavors. He has also earned the rank of brown belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, training under the late Carlson Gracie, Sr. All of his varied, real-world experiences have contributed to the concepts found in his award-winning books.Steve lives in Chicago with his wife Lena and their three sons Bobby, Isaiah and Xavier who remind him every day why his motto is "Let Love Rule." Meet him and receive free NICHETIZE! training at SteveOlsher.com.Links:Steve Olsher - WebsiteWhat’s Your WHAT - BookWe hope you enjoyed Steve Olsher on this episode of Legends and Losers! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter,1 hr 15 min
- 47. EXTREME GHOSTBUSTERS - “Rat-Tails into Ponytails”
That’s right! DPTC is so dedicated to covering Ghostbusters all month for Halloween that we’re following them into the 90s! That's right! It’s time for the debut 2-parter of EXTREME GHOSTBUSTERS, dudes and dudettes! That's right! Egon’s teaching a whole new generation to g-bust with maximum ‘tude! THAT'S RIGHT.
1 hr 2 min - 223 Questions and Cocktails 1st Time Startup CEOOn this episode of Questions and Cocktails, Christopher Lochhead responds to another question emailed by one his listeners. A 1st time startup CEO for a new venture-backed company seeks advice on how to become a legendary leader.“Legendary people build legendary companies. It's that simple.” - Christopher Lochhead 1st Startup Time CEOLove the Problem, Not Just the SolutionChristopher breaks down his advice into seven points and the first of which is to love the problem. The most legendary of entrepreneurs make it a point to focus on either a problem that people don't know they have or re-imagining a problem the market knows it has, viewing the problem in a completely different way.Prosecute the “Magic Triangle” as a 1st Time Startup CEOChristopher and his co-authors addressed the concept in both Play Bigger and Niche Down. The “magic triangle” is the three things legendary executive teams and entrepreneurs get right. These three are product, company and category, and all are equally important.As a CEO, you must be focused on all three while at the same time being an evangelist for the problem. The bigger the problem, the more urgent and more strategic you have to be since people will apply more money and time to solve that problem. And in turn, these problems create categories, the product and company intertwined.Surround Yourself with Legendary PeopleFor years, Christopher parroted the prevalent notion in Silicon Valley that you must always hire A players. But the truth is you will never have a company full of them. This means a CEO must figure out where to put the A players and B players to bring out their best.A good B player is what you need for a lot of roles that must be fulfilled. But in key executive roles, whether in engineering, sales, or marketing and especially in the beginning, you need legendary people to fill in these roles. In this regard, think about who your board is and who your advisers.To hear the other four points Christopher offers, download and listen to the episode!We hope you enjoyed Questions and Cocktails 1st Time Startup CEO! Christopher loves hearing from his listeners. Feel free to email him, connect on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram and subscribe on iTunes!10 min
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