Taking drugs to fix your health problems has become the norm instead of the exception or even better the last resort. 

Sara and Brandon talk about how America has become hooked on drugs of all kinds. From over the counter drugs, prescription drugs and even illegal drugs,  Instead of a program for getting healthy, you get a prescription for a pill.

Listen in hear how Sara's company is aiming to change this and how pharmaceutical sobriety may be the key to you living a longer life.

About Sara Auld
Sara Auld is a serial entrepreneur in the health, wellness, and technology industry as a 2x Founder and 3x company starter. 

A former college athlete, Sara , began as a Personal Trainer, which led to opening three growing wellness companies in four years.  Sara first founded a nonprofit organization that invented its own sliding scale algorithm and FinTech software, plus donation-based subsidies for wellness services. 

In 2019, she simultaneously launched and managed an IV infusion MedSpa for its medical and investment team, where the team set the national franchise sales record in the first month of business. 

By 2021, Sara received an unsolicited investment offer from a serial entrepreneur and Venture Capitalist to scale her innovations to the masses, creating her latest company, Upper. 

With a vision to create the natural healthcare landscape, Upper is a wellness and natural medicine provider network that virtually triages the public to effective natural healthcare services, products, and resources across the USA. 

An online marketplace on its face, Upper is developing infrastructure for the independently existing wellness industry including referral, product-ordering, and financial integrative software as its path to making natural healthcare the most convenient method of care on Earth.

Sara also writes theoretical healthcare essays for fun.

EPISODE LINKS

• Upper
  https://ontheupper.com
  
  
• Pharmaceutical Sobriety Essay
  https://sararauld.files.wordpress.com/2023/01/pharmaceutical-sobriety-1.pdf
  
  
• Precision Wellness
  https://sararauld.files.wordpress.com/2023/02/precision-wellness-as-self-vaccination.pdf

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John and Brandon talk about what it's like being a full time professional fishing guide, fisheries conservation and catch BIG tuna on light tackle and fly fishing gear.

About Capt. John McMurray of One More Cast Fishing Charters
For twenty years Capt. McMurray has been the owner and primary operator of “One More Cast” Charters. 

He runs trips on both the skiffs and the Contenders, pretty much every day the weather allows, from mid-April through December – with the notable exception of every other Sunday, which he sets aside to take his 10 year old son fishing (AKA “Bro-day”).

As is the case with any small business owner he is the chief maintenance officer, booking agent, mechanic, electrician, accountant etc.

After obtaining an undergraduate degree in Political Science from Loyola College in Maryland, Captain McMurray served in the US Coast Guard. After his career in the Coast Guard he was the Executive Director of the Coastal Conservation Association New York,  then Director of Grants Programs at the Norcross Wildlife Foundation in New York before becoming a full time fishing guide.

Capt. McMurray is a well known and well published outdoor writer, notable for his work on fisheries conservation issues. He's written for  Reel-Time.com, Saltwater Sportsman and Sport Fishing Magazine, and has had feature articles and/or photography published in On The Water, Saltwater Fly Fishing, Tide Magazine, Nor’east Saltwater, Newsday and the New York Times. 

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• One More Cast Fishing Charters
  --> http://NYCtuna.com 

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Marc shares his two decades of entrepreneurship founding, building and selling three companies, the lessons he's learned along the way and how he and his team are aiming to make you more productive with Bloks.

Lots of practical lessons you can immediately use that give you an edge to win in your business and in your life.

About Marc Gingras
Marc is a Canadian serial entrepreneur, angel investor, and business leader responsible for helming many successful startups that have transformed how busy professionals organize their time and manage their personal productivity.

His startup Tungle, an early meeting scheduling tool and precursor to Calendly, was adopted by over half a million users before Research In Motion (makers of BlackBerry) acquired the company in 2011.

Once there, Marc led the team behind BlackBerry’s communication and productivity suite (including email, calendar, contacts, tasks, and memos) that was used by over 100 million people worldwide.

After BlackBerry, Marc became the leader of the team task management and visual communication platform Foko. The self-described “Instagram for business” counted over 50 major retailers—like Whole Foods, Converse, CVS, and Five Below—as customers before being acquired in 2021 by the private equity-backed WorkForce Software.

Now, Marc has reunited with some of his former teammates and is looking to take on Apple Notes and the Evernotes of the world with Bloks: an intelligent note-taking app that helps people think more clearly by quickly capturing and putting their thoughts in context.

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• Bloks.
  https://Bloks.app

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Morgan and Brandon explore her journey from driving trucks in the Army to founding a non-profit with the idea of bringing people from all walks of life together over a good glass of bourbon to make the world a little better place.

Morgan drops some things that you just can't make up.

A fun, wild and inspiring conversation about a never give up attitude.

About Morgan Hancock
Morgan Hancock is a commercial real estate agent, entrepreneur, US ARMY veteran, mother-of-two, bourbonista, and passionate advocate of the arts.

She is also the founder of Bourbon with Heart, Kentucky’s first and only arts-focused bourbon charity.

She created Bourbon with Heart to leverage the influence and popularity of Bourbon to raise funds for local charities while providing a first-class arts experience for Kentuckians regardless of age, race, class, gender, or ability.

Morgan believes art, like a good glass of Bourbon, brings people together, bridges divides, and encourages self-expression.

About Bourbon with Heart
Bourbon with Heart's mission is to leverage the influence and popularity of Bourbon to raise funds for local charities while also providing a first-class arts experience for Kentuckians regardless of age, race, class, gender, or ability.

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• Bourbon with Heart
  https://bourbonwithheart.org

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Jinks and Brandon talk about his career flying the A-10 Warthog and Jinks shares lessons learned from flying missions in combat that you can apply to your life and business to reach your peak performance.

About Jinks
Jinks is a fighter pilot and Officer in the US Air Force Air National Guard where he has served for over nineteen years.  

During that time he's been deployed in support of Operations Enduring Freedom (2x), Inherent Resolve, and Freedom’s Sentinel in A-10C Attack Aircraft. During his deployments he has commanded large force engagements as Airborne Mission Commander for up to sixty aircraft and hundreds of personnel. 

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• The A-10 Warthog

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Marike and Brandon talk about the escort business and how she built a world renowned escort service.

About  Marike van der Velden
Marike  is an entrepreneur from The Netherlands in a line of business that is not very common; at 21 she founded the fully legal high end escort service  called Society Service.

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• Society Service
  https://www.societyservice.com/

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Sean shares his story of how he founded Sylvan Beach Foundation and discovered that the key to it's real success and survivability was transitioning it into a for profit ice cream company.

If you have not tried Taharka Brothers Ice Cream, you need it. Honey Graham is one of the most amazing flavors you're ever taste 🍨 

About Sean Smeeton
Sean is a social entrepreneur, co-founder of the Sylvan Beach Foundation and Taharka Brothers Ice Cream based in Baltimore, MD.

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• Taharka Brothers Ice Cream Company
  https://taharkabrothers.com

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Ali shares her founder's story of how she went from an idea, to a stapled together  template for the first Modern Picnic lunch bag, to a fast growing brand that is sold in luxury stores like Saks Fifth Avenue.

This episode educates, inspires and gives you an edge to win in your business and in your life.

About Ali Kaminetsky
Forbes Next 1000 List-Maker, Ali Kaminetsky of Modern Picnic, disrupted the cooler industry in 2018 when she created a lunch box created for the cosmopolitan working woman. The chic, functional, sustainable, vegan leather lunch box has been celebrated by over 200 media outlets, including Forbes, Vogue, Harper’s Bazaar, Oprah, The Today Show and more. 

Since its launch, Modern Picnic has grown into a multi-million dollar business with roots in charity, women’s empowerment, and their commitment to creating innovative, multifunctional products.

Ali began the entrepreneurship journey right after graduating from college, working in the retail industry. She would bring her lunch to work everyday because of how much faster, cheaper and healthier it was. However, she quickly realized she did not have a chic or functional way to do so. When she googled “lunchbox” she saw options for little kids and men, but nothing for women who wanted to look good or do good. It was clear the outdated lunchbox needed a makeover, and from there, Modern Picnic was born.

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-> https://modernpicnic.com

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Steve and Brandon talk about venture capital, the early days at AOL, entrepreneurship, and the exciting entrepreneurs he met in his Rise of the Rest tour across the United States.

About Steve Case
Steve Case is one of America’s best-known and most accomplished entrepreneurs and philanthropists, and a pioneer in making the Internet part of everyday life. 

Case co-founded AOL in 1985 and under his leadership and vision, AOL became the largest and most valuable Internet company, driving the worldwide adoption of a medium that has transformed business and society.

Case is Chairman and CEO of Revolution LLC, a Washington, D.C.- based investment firm that backs entrepreneurs at every stage of their development. Revolution Growth has invested nearly $1 billion in growth-stage companies including Sweetgreen, Tempus, DraftKings, and Clear. Revolution Ventures has backed more than two dozen venture-stage companies, including Framebridge and PolicyGenius. The Rise of the Rest Seed Fund has invested in more than 200 startups in over 100 U.S. cities, in partnership with many of America’s most successful entrepreneurs and investors. 

Steve’s passion for helping entrepreneurs remains his driving force. Recently named co-chair of the National Advisory Council for Innovation and Entrepreneurship, the Council will advise on the development of a National Entrepreneurship Strategy and continue to support policies that will ensure America’s competitiveness globally.

In 2011, he was the founding chair of the Startup America Partnership—an effort launched at the White House to accelerate high-growth entrepreneurship throughout the nation—and member of President Obama’s Council on Jobs and Competitiveness where he chaired the subcommittee on entrepreneurship.

He is also the author of the forthcoming book Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream, and the New York Times bestselling book The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future.

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Rise of the Rest: How Entrepreneurs in Surprising Places are Building the New American Dream
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The Third Wave: An Entrepreneur’s Vision of the Future
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Jackie explains why you shouldn't waste your time doing a detox cleanse for the the new year or ever. She explains the science.

This is Kung Fu Friday episode where Brandon brings you topics that give you an edge to reach your peak performance.

About Jaclyn London
Jackie is a Registered Dietitian (RD), New York State Certified Dietitian-Nutritionist (CDN), author, brand consultant and media spokesperson in relentless pursuit of making better health and wellbeing accessible to all.

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Dressing on the Side (and Other Diet Myths Debunked): 11 Science-Based Ways to Eat More, Stress Less, and Feel Great about Your Body

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Jaclyn London's Website
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