George Mihaly

Jonathan Mead is an Entrepreneur & Fitness Coach. Jonathan’s work has been featured in Fast Company, Nerd Fitness, Gold Medal Bodies, and Art of Manliness.

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Ray Tsang is a 3-Time Emmy Award Wining filmmaker who runs a film production agency called Only Today. Only Today has created work for Facebook, Lyft, ABC, Showtime, ESPN, Chan Zuckerberg Initiative, Microsoft, Adobe, Apple, T-Mobile, and Ikea.

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This podcast is brought to you by Story Firm. Story Firm is a video production company specializing in commercial, documentary, education, and event video content. Story Firm’s work has generated millions of views for brands including USA Climbing, Facebook, Google, Under Armour, T-Mobile, and National Women’s Soccer League. To see examples of Story Firm’s work or inquire about an upcoming project, head on over to https://www.storyfirm.com/.

SELECTED LINKS FROM EPISODE

• Connect with Ray Tsang on Instagram
• Connect with Ray Tsang on Facebook

• Joyce Tsang Instagram
• Stillmotion Website
• Game of Honor Documentary
• Only Today Website
• Only Today Instagram

• Rock The Park TV Show
• Kevin May
• Tremendous Entertainment

• Emmy Award for Outstanding travel show with Rock The Park

• Canon C100
• Filming Scuba Diving in Roatan Islands, Honduras
• Filming Operation Surf

SHOW NOTES

• How Ray Tsang and George Mihaly met [0:30]
• Who is Ray Tsang, 3-Time Emmy Award Winning Filmmaker [1:00]
• Producing a film in Cairo, Egypt [2:00]
• Flying 600,000 miles [2:40]
• Why Ray Tsang decided on a career in filmmaking [3:20]
• Storytelling motivations [4:20]
• Working on filmmaking projects for Facebook [4:45]
• Producing films worldwide [5:12]
• Transitioning from working in finance to working as a filmmaker [7:30]
• Ray Tsang deciding to drop out of college [7:50]
• Getting married and deciding to change careers during a honey moon [8:30]
• Canon 5D Mark II [8:52]
• Joyce Tsang leaving engineering to become a filmmaker [10:42]
• Investing in filmmaking equipment [12:34]
• Starting a filmmaking business without filmmaking experience [13:33]
• Wedding filmmaking in Los Angeles, California [13:50]
• Teaching filmmaking at Stillmotion [15:07]
• Wedding film from Stillmotion [16:30]
• Working at Stillmotion [17:30]
• Moving from Los Angeles to San Francisco [18:05]
• Working for the NFL [18:35]
• Working on a documentary for CBS Sports [20:03]
• Game of Honor [21:04]
• Teaching filmmaking workshops [21:50]
• Developing work ethics as a teenager [23:00]
• Work culture at Only Today [25:50]
• Ray’s Immigrant parents leaving China [26:50]
• Dropping out of college between sophomore and junior year [30:00]
• Working in Finance without an MBA [31:00]
• Ray Tsang winning his first Emmy Award for Game of Honor Documentary for Showtime [33:00]
• Filming #standwithme Documentary on Child Slavery for Stillmotion [36:00]
• Filming the NCAA Championships [36:40]
• Filming Rock The Park TV Show about national parks for ABC [37:21]
• Kevin May [38:30]
• Tremendous Entertainment [38:40]
• Hiking and filming Alaska and Denali National Park [42:00]
• Telling stories and filming for Facebook Q&A, Mark Zuckerberg and Cheryl Sandberg [45:54]
• Winning an Emmy Award for Outstanding travel show with Rock The Park [47:58]
• Ray Tsang starting his own production company, Only Today [50:00]
• Producing a film with filmmakers in Egypt and Dubai [55:39]
• Software and communication tools for filmmaking (Slack, Dropbox, Frame.io, Quip, Whatsapp) [58:11]
• Dream Job [59:40]
• Producing Playing with Fire documentary [1:01:22]
• Producing short form documentaries for Facebook Stories now Facebook Community Voices [1:02:26]
• Canon C100 [1:08:10]
• Filming a Canon C100 promotional video in Croatia [1:09:37]
• Only Today narrative project, Nova [1:11:20]
• Filming Scuba Diving in Honduras [1:12:09]
• Filming Operation Surf with Military Heroes in to Santa Cruz, California [1:15:56]
• Filming Wings Flights of Hope story for Facebook Community Voices [1:16:11]
• Using fear as fuel [01:23:38]
• Being an advocate of working with super talented people [01:27:08]
• Ego in the creative industry [01:27:38]
• Ray Tsang and Only Today on Instagram and Facebook [01:33:37]

Chloe Mandell is an Event Planner Event Director who has worked at the Summer Olympic Games, X-Games, and organizes the Portland Boulder Rally, ranked as one of the top beginner friendly Climbing Competitions in the Nation by Climbing Magazine.Show Notes

Traveling at 5 years old to Japan, 2:30
Studying Abroad 2:55
World Climbing Championships 3:24
Rock Climbing in the Olympics 5:00
IOC 5:34
Tokyo 2020 Olympics, 5:54
Living in Japan, 6:16
Language Skills, 6:39
IFSC 7:12
Starting With Why 8:59
Meeting Mikhail Gorbachev, Condoleezza Rice, Bono, 13:30
The Value in Hospitality, Being Service Oriented, 16:25
When Chloe Mandell Called The Whitehouse and accidentally hung up, 16:52
Origins of The Portland Boulder Rally, 17:46
Next Adventure Sports Store, 18:20
Becoming Event Organizer of The Portland Boulder Rally in 2013, 19:54
Ashima Shiraishi, Alex Puccio, Sean Bailey, Carlo Traverse at The Portland Boulder Rally, 21:49
Climbing competitions as a way to change lifestyle, 22:40
Portland Boulder Rally as a USAC sanctioned event, 23:20
What type of climbers compete at The Portland Boulder Rally, 24:50
Outside Magazine, Portland Boulder Rally as a top 20 beginner friendly comp, 25:13
The Portland Boulder Rally, 25:48
Route Setting for The Portland Boulder Rally, 26:10
Fundraising and non-profits at The Portland Boulder Rally, 27:14
Motivation for hosting an event, 28:06
Non-Profit Partnerships for The Portland Boulder Rally, 29:56
First conversations before planning an event, questionnaire, 33:05
Having a clear vision before planning an event, 34:05
Turning an idea into experiences, 34:50
Hosting multi year events, growth strategy for an event, 35:28
Timelines for planning events, 36:17
TEDxMtHood, TEDxConcordiaUPortland, 36:53
Sleep and event planning, event endurance, 37:13
Importance of being detail oriented, 38:40
Chloe Mandell’s experience working at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 39:45
Living on a luxury cruise ship in Rio de Janeiro while working at the 2016 Summer Olympics, 40:38
Developing a process for planning events, 43:38
Working with teams during event planning, 44:01
Working behind the scenes as an event planner and event director, 44:40
Teamwork and event planning, 45:11
Ways to adapt to challenges as an event planner, 45:40
Creativity, persistence, and Google Docs for event planners, 45:57
Sponsorship and event planning, 47:30
Negotiating as an event planner, 47:48
Templates in event planning, 48:11
How to communicate effectively as an event organizer, 48:45
Importance of being a fun person as an event planner, 50:10
Event planners are like swans, 50:51
GMR Marketing, 51:00
Event planners are like swans part II, 51:10
Accountability, 52:34
Finding someones preferred means of communication, 53:12
What makes someone good at e-mail?, 53:20
George’s story about getting an internship in college, 55:30
Benefit of meeting in person and handwriting thank you notes, 1:00:35
Chloe’s advice on asking for what you need, 1:01:19
How Chloe got a kayak for a fundraising event, 1:02:00
Chloe Mandell’s strategy of having leads for departments in events, 1:02:40
Persistence, communication, and humility as important factors for success in event planning, 1:03:26
Importance of mentorship for entrepreneurs, 1:04:00
Entrepreneurs Organization, Michael Knapp, 1:05:03
How Chloe found a mentor, 1:06:23
Challenges of being an entrepreneur, 1:09:24
Books Traction, Start With Why, 1:10:04
Chloe Mandell’s advice for finding a mentor, 1:11:06
Gestalt Method, 1:11:52
Shaun Alcott, 1:12:32
Mercy Corps Northwest, 1:13:14
Oregon Entrepreneurs Network, 1:13:28
How often to meet with your mentor, 1:13:50
Defining success as an entrepreneur, 1:14:53
Chloe’s relationship with fear as an event organizer, 1:15:30
Free Solo Alex Honnold and fear, 1:17:08
Using fear as a propellor as a motivator, 1:17:30
Ragnar Running Event, Trail Running, 1:19:59
Closing Thoughts, 1:20:21

Greg Bander is Champion Muay Thai Fighter & Trainer. Greg has trained Muay Thai, also known as Thai boxing, extensively across Thailand, Oregon, and Washington.

Listen to Episode #001 with Greg Bander on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, or Overcast

This podcast is brought to you by Story Firm. Story Firm is a video production company specializing in commercial, documentary, education, and event video content. Story Firm’s work has generated millions of views for brands including USA Climbing, Facebook, Google, Under Armour, T-Mobile, and National Women’s Soccer League. To see examples of Story Firm’s work or inquire about an upcoming project, head on over to https://www.storyfirm.com/.

Greg Bander on Instagram
@gbander_ptb https://www.instagram.com/gbander_ptb/

Muay Thai School that Greg Teaches at in Portland, Oregon
http://www.pdxmuaythai.com/

SHOW NOTES:

Who is Greg Bander?, 1:53
What is Muay Thai?, 2:10
Tony Jaa, Ong-Bak, 2:30
Science of eight limbs, art of eight limbs, 4:00
Difference between Muay Thai and kickboxing, 4:20
Use of elbows in Muay Thai, 5:20
Grappling in Muay Thai, 5:30
Wrestling in Muay Thai, 6:10
Greg Bander’s background in Muay Thai, 6:48
Chinese Kung Fu, Wushu, Wing Chun, Hapkido, Aikido, Filipino Martial Arts, 7:20
Tai Chi, 8:40
Moving to Portland, Oregon, 9:01
Muay Thai in UFC, Muay Thai in MMA, 9:30
Discovering Muay Thai, 12:14
Game of Death, Dan Inosanto, 13:18
Capoeira, 14:01
Moonlighting at restaurants while training, 14:15
Teaching for the first time, 14:37
Sparring vs fighting in competition, 15:11
Competing in Muay Thai for the first time, 15:16
Tips for being a better student, 16:07
Repetition is the mother of skill, 16:50
Portland Thai Boxing, 17:30
Tips for joining a new gym, 17:58
WBC belt, 18:40
Muay Thai in Thailand, 19:40
Facing Fears, 21:44
Fear in Muay Thai, 22:37
Competing vs Sparring Muay Thai, 23:25
Adjusting training leading up to a match, 24:03
Music in Muay Thai, 24:45
Music influences pace of the fight, 26:01
Training Muay Thai in Thailand, 26:33
Why Train in Thailand, 26:43
Traincation, 27:10
How to find a good school in Thailand?, 27:48
Going to Thailand the first time for training, 28:25
http://www.muaythaischolar.com/, 28:51
Aaron Jahn, http://www.muaythaischolar.com, 29:08
Muay Thai Fighters from the Golden Era, 29:20
SitChaPo Muay Thai, 29:56
Psit Kambamb, Kru F, 30:15
FeMa Style, 30:44
Sitmonchai Gym Thailand, 30:51
Two Top Gyms in Thailand for training Muay Thai, 31:13
Ido Portal, 31:43
Swedish Muay Thai Fighters, 32:58
The most popular countries for Muay Thai, UK, Australia, France, Italy, Sweden, 33:12
Training Muay Thai for Fitness and Self Defense vs Training for Competition, 35:02
What does a Muay Thai class look like?, 36:00
Krav Maga, 36:55
Muay Thai Schools in New York City, 37:43
Choosing a Martial Art or Choosing a martial arts school, 37:55
Coban’s Gym in New York City, https://www.teamcoban.com/, 38:37
What a Muay Thai Class looks like, 38:59
Age range of Muay Thai students, 40:24
Online Coaching, Distance Coaching in Muay Thai, 41:38
Training with others vs training alone, 42:45
Training at home vs training at the gym, 43:05
Music during training, music in class, 44:40
Weight cutting before competition, weight cutting before a match, 46:50
Diet before competition, dieting before a match, 47:56
Eating clean, 48:31
Weighing in before a competition, weighing in before a match, 49:14
Muay Thai in the Olympics in 2020 Tokyo, 49:56
IMFA International Federation Muay Thai Association, 50:25
Split between men and women participating in Muay Thai, 50:40
Mental Toughness, Women in Muay Thai, 51:15
Tony Deva, Muay Thai Iyrayn, 52:30
What makes a good student? How to become a good student, 54:05
Characteristics of a good teacher, traits of a good teacher, 55:19
Communicating effectively as a teacher, 56:20