After a 3.5 year hiatus, I Live In Dallas Radio is back! In this sixteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Chef Jacob Weaver the new Corporate Director of Food & Beverage for Hotel Zaza's collecti...

In this fifteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview principal and CEO of 2pointb Josh Komenda and crew. 2pointb is a innovative app that offers riders quick access to nearby luxury SUVs, luxury sedans, and taxis, without the gaps in insurance, spotty background checks, and privacy protection problems common with other players in the space.

In this fourteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, Neil Lemons and I sit down with Jim Winblood, one of the co-founders of The Foundry Club, a shared office and coworking space, located at Mockingbird Station.

We also talk with JJ, Dan, and Chelsea from Favor, the personal delivery assistant service/app that's making waves as part of the service app "revolution" that's currently underway. They will deliver food, groceries, you name it. Just dont ask them to deliver people. That's apparently a no-no. Anything else legal and ethical, is fair game.

The Foundry Club

The Foundry Club is a Dallas coworking and shared office space, that strives to differentiate itself via community, unique office space and startup incubator help. They sponsor several meetups, and resources that help  startups along their journey. As recently featured in the Dallas Business Journal, the Foundry signed a lease for an additional 6,000 square feet of office space at Mockingbird Station. They plan to expand to a few new locations around the DFW Metroplex area.

Favor: Your Personal Delivery Assistant

Favor is currently in Boston, Austin, Houston, and of course Dallas, and is self-described as personalized deliver assistant. They wont deliver booze or people, and mainly deal with food orders. They've been in Dallas for nearly 5 months now, and are soon expanding to San Antonio. They try to deliver in 30 minutes if possible.

I talk about my personal experiences using Favor to have lunch delivered, and my feedback on the service, including my love for extra rolls with my fried chicken.

Listen as we talk about:

Some of the most strange and surprising things Favor has been asked to deliver.

How The Foundry Club came to be, and what makes it's office space and coworking community & space unique.

Who are some hot new startups, that are based at The Foundry, including RedFin.

Keep listening to learn about:

Giving the Favor folks a hard time about their operation hours, because I wanted pancakes.

We harrass noted bbq biz owner Justin Fourton about the Pecan Lodge line. "Ain't nobody got no time to wait for no brisket"

JJ, Dan , and Chelsea from Favor discuss future plans, and how to get your lunch delivered at school.

P.S. Thanks to the guys from Synclab Media for letting us record in your studio at Foundry Club!

Dallas Startup Week marks a sort of tipping point in the explosion in Dallas' startup scene, events, and success stories within the last five - seven years. In this podcast, we dive into some theories for this explosion, and name names on some of the current and past "movers and shakers" are of the Dallas startup community. Listen to see if your startup gets a mention.

Common Desk Offers Startups and Freelancers an Uncommon Alternative to Working Remote

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In this eleventh episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell (http://www.jasonchannell.com/), we interview Alexandra Liss, who took a 21 country, six continent, tour for seven months using the website CouchSurfing.org (http://www.couchsurfing.org/). Liss directed and stared in the documentary One Couch at a Time (http://www.onecouchatatime.com/). Her documenary has been showing across the United States at indie movie theaters and cities with large communities of couchsurfers that have been hosting screenings (http://www.onecouchatatime.com/index.php/see-film/host-a-screening).  We also spoke with the film's producer Jean-Michel Werk and local Dallas-Fort Worth community couchsurfing tribe leader Brad Wilson. Wilson met his wife while hosting events for local couchsurfers in the DFW area.(http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Alexandra-on-the-Couch.jpg)

What is Couchsurfing?

According to their website, "Couchsurfing is a global community of 6 million people in more than 100,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. Couchsurfing connects travelers with a global network of people willing to share in profound and meaningful ways, making travel a truly social experience." The website began in 2004 as a small passion project by founder Casey Fenton.

Couchsurfing Lingo

For those unfamiliar with what couchsufing is, according to Wikipedia, "The company, its website, and the culture of hospitality exchange it is meant to support are all commonly referred to as 'Couchsurfing' by the website's userbase. People who use the Couchsurfing.org website frequently refer to themselves as 'couchsurfers,' 'surfers,' or 'CSers' for short, demonstrating a mix of loyalty to both the website and the ideals it is thought to support."

An Interview with Alexandra Liss

This I Live In Dallas Radio show was recorded at the historic Texas Theater in Oak Cliff after the red carpet premiere of the film (http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-admin/www.iliveindallas.com/one-couch-at-a-time) back in March.  The film is narrated by director and veteran Couchsurfer Alexandra Liss of San Francisco and details her journey through a myriad of countries, and also explores relevant and progressive topics such as crowd-funding, micro-loaning, co-working, ridesharing, and gift-economies.

Featured interviews in the film include author and lifestyle architect Tim Ferriss, founder of Burningman Larry Harvey, sharing economy expert Rachel Botsman, philosopher and author Charles Eisenstein, and the founder of Couchsurfing, Casey Fenton.

(http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/brad-wilson-300x193.jpg)Brad Wilson - Local Couchsurfing Enthusiast.

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Listen as:

* We learn how a film crew and director convinced 100s of strangers via the Internet to let them stay in their guest rooms and on their couches.

* Discover what to look for when scoping out a potential couchsurfing hosts.

* Discuss the big benefits, practicable and intangible, to couchsurfing.

* Alexandra profiles the typical couchsurfer, age and demographics, and gives us tips on how to get involved.

* I share my own local couchsurfing experience from 2008 on and how it changed my perspective.

* In the second part of the show, we talk with local couchsurfing ambassador Brad Wilson and he tells us how to get involved locally.

Links:

* OneCouchAtATime.com (http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-admin/www.onecouchatatime.com)

* One Couch at a Time on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2440910/)

* Couchsurfing.org (http://couchsurfing.org/)

Other Couchsurfing Links

* Brad's CS Profile (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/bradwilsonem/)

* Neil's CS Profile (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/philmoregenius)

* Jason's CS Profile (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/jasonchannell)

In this tenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, I sit down with Will Fleischman (http://www.southernliving.com/travel/barbecue-pitmasters-00417000078557/page7.html) and Tim McLaughlin, the Pitmasters for Lockhart Smokehouse. Specializing in central Texas style barbecue, Lockhart Smokehouse has been racking up enthusiastic reviews and accolades over the past two years since their opening.

(http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/03/Lockhart-Smokehouse-Pitmasters.jpg)Owned by Jeff Bergus and Jill Grobowsky Bergus, The name "Lockhart Smokehouse" was chosen as more them mere homage to the Texas Barbecue capital. Jill is the granddaughter of Edgar "Papa" Schmidt, who ran Kreuz Market in Lockhart Texas, from the time he purchased it from the Kreuz family in 1948, until he passed it onto his sons in the 1980's. Having a dream of bringing a good Central Texas style BBQ place to the DFW area, Jill and Jeff joined forces with Pitmasters Tim McLaughlin, and Will Fleischman.

An Interview with Tim and Will

Tim has over 15 years experience as a fine dining chef, and trained with the legendary Pitmaster Roy Perez at Kreuz's Market. Will, hailing from rural Wisconsin, has worked as a chef in China, and was named by Southern Living in 2012 as one of the Ten Best Pitmasters in the South, a list that also includes Aaron Franklin, founder of the acclaimed Franklin Barbecue in Austin.

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This Internet Radio show was recorded live in the main dining room at Lockhart Smokehouse, situated in the heart of the Bishop Arts district at the corner of Davis and Bishop streets.  The three of us gathered around a table to talk about wood, fire, smoke, meat, and an abiding love of all things barbecue. We also discuss the culinary backgrounds of  Will and Tim, what "No Forks, No Sauce Needed" means, and the central Texas style of BBQ.

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Listen as:

* Tim talks about the most challenging BBQ meat to cook

* Will talks about some of the most unique items ever offered on the menu

* I talk about the BBQ item I find to be "meat candy"

* Will and Tim talk about their favorite BBQ places

* The story behind Will's very unique cow tattoo

* Their reaction to a 1 star restaurant review by a local reporter

 

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Links:

Lockhart Smokehouse- Main Site (http://www.lockhartsmokehouse.com/)Lockhart Smokehouse's Facbook (http://www.facebook.com/lockhartsmokehouse)Lockhart Smokehouse Twitter (http://twitter.com/DallasLockhart)

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In this ninth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell (http://www.jasonchannell.com/), we interview Mike D. Merrill, who is the Director of Marketing for the locally-based global online marketing company ReachLocal (http://www.reachlocal.com/). Merrill is also the chairman and past-president of the Social Media Club of Dallas (http://www.smcdallas.org/).

An Interview with Mike Merrill

Mike has consistently brought value to the Dallas community as far as leadership in marketing, social media education, and volunteerism. He is on several boards including the Volunteer Center of North Texas (http://www.iliveindallas.com/volunteer-opportunities-in-dallas), which represents over 2,500 volunteer organizations.

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This Internet radio show was recorded in a private room at (http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/mike-d-merrill-dallas-social-media.jpeg)The Gent's Place (http://www.iliveindallas.com/www.thegentsplace.com), located in Preston Center, a shopping area in Preston Hollow, and a stone's throw away from President George W. Bush's neighborhood estate.

In this radio show, we ask Mike to recount his story of how social media improved his career after finding himself laid off from a technology sales job back in 2009. He started his own consultancy, Bacon Marketing (http://mikemerrill.com/why-bacon/), and eventually was asked to head up the social media department for ReachLocal, a worldwide online marketing company with over 22,000 clients. We also ask him to tell us how he rebuilt the Social Media Club of Dallas to become the 2nd most attended social media club in the world.

Mike also gives some expert tips on how companies use social media and how you as an individual can use it find or get a better job.

An Interview with Ben Davis of The Gent's Place

In the second part of I Live in Dallas Radio Episode #9, we speak with The Gent's Place Owner and CEO Ben Davis. The Gent's Place is a men's grooming and lifestyle club with several locations including two in the Dallas area. Davis gives us his background, how The Gent's Place came about and garnered business through the use of savvy social media marketing. He also informs us of the unique services they offer for men such as haircuts, hand and foot "repair", shoe shining, massages, and straight razor shaves. Davis was named as a 40 Under Forty (http://www.bizjournals.com/dallas/print-edition/2012/08/24/benjamin-davis-forty-under-forty.html) Award Honoree by the Dallas Business Journal for 2012, and is quite an impressive guy.

Listen as:

* Mike reveals his three best social media job-hunting and personal branding tips

* Mike shares how he grew a fledgling organization to the 2nd largest social media club in the world .

* Ben explains everything a men's lifestyle club entails

* Ben reveals how social media grew his business to three stores.

Lakewood Brewing Company

I Live In Dallas Radio Episode #7- Interview with JP from the Porch