Barbara Morgan, Executive Director and Co-Founder of the Austin Film Festival, combined her love of helping people, event planning, and ability to foster writers into one of Austin’s largest annual events. She and co-founder Marsha provide a place for people to connect with each other, no matter whether they are a writer, producer, or not in the industry and just appreciate a great film. We start out the episode hearing how a chance encounter at a dinner party ended up being Barbara’s path to start the Film Festival, to where it is now and the future of expanding into other storytelling mediums such as podcasting. The festival provides a great platform for writers to find opportunities in the industry, and we love Barbara’s passion to help people grow their creative capital so they can make a living from their talent. Finally, we get to hear from a film expert herself on where some great places are to catch a flick around town, and of course her special “feature,” the taco!

KEY TAKEAWAYS

[2:00] Our guest today is Barbara Morgan of the Austin Film Festival! She is a transplant from Pennsylvania and attended the University of Texas in 1979.

[4:55] She worked as a band manager and helped put a tour on the road in the early 1990’s — Austin on the Road. Through this, she gained insight into the complexity of event planning.

[9:40] Barbara was always a film buff and found herself going to many movie screenings and opening nights. 

She thought about starting a film festival as a hobby to celebrate general films.

[11:09] Barbara shares about a chance encounter with the head of the Texas Film Commission at a dinner party that led to her sending a business proposal to the commissioner.

[13:18] She and her other movie-loving friend Marsha Milam started it together and they just jumped right in but received a lot of support right away from the community. One of the producers suggested to them that since Austin is a town of writers, they should do a festival around them.

[21:09] The first one was at Willie Nelson’s Opera House in 1994. There were about 500 attendees total, compared to this year’s festival which came in at 15,000 attendees total.

[22:25] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[27:24] Barbara thinks that The Paramount has a ghost!

[30:07] We hear her take on the power structure of a film today between the producer, director, actors, writers, etc.

[32:14] They are also breaking into the world of podcasting as a great way to tell a story.

The Taco:

Brisket Taco | Matt’s El Rancho

Mentioned in This Episode:

Austin Film Festival

Michael Fracasso

Jimmy LaFave

Texas Film Commission

Marsha Milam

Ann Richards

Excess Baggage

The Paramount

The Violet Crown

iPiC

Today we get to chat with Steve Lawton, author, IT executive, and mover and shaker around the Austin community. Steve relocated to Austin in 1994 and has never looked back since. He is one of the most positive and inspiring people we have had on the podcast, and we are happy he chooses to live in Austin! We talk some friendly sports rivalry, his time at NASA, Motorola, and Dell, and how the tech industry has grown since he moved here. Then, Steve opens up and shares his incredible story about how his attitude literally saved his life from a near-fatal skiing accident. Through speaking engagements and his book Head First: A Crash Course in Positivity, he helps others by sharing his story and offers practical advice on how to create a positive mindset. Finally, we hear how a rubber chicken helped to save the day and get his top picks on what to do and where to eat when in Austin.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

[1:48] Steve was born in California, moved to many locations throughout his early adult life, and moved to Austin in 1999.

[6:00] He got a BS and MS degree in mechanical engineering from Texas A&M, as well as an MBA from St. Edward’s University. His first role out of school was as a contractor to NASA, where he worked in the astronaut office as a support engineer. This was a dream job as he helped design experiments that flew onboard the spaceship.

[7:02] When he decided to make a career move, he knew he wanted it to be based in Austin. He spent every government holiday networking and eventually landed a job at Motorola. He was there for four years and then moved to Dell.

[8:03] Steve has been with Dell since 1999 and has held many positions over the years, which led to his current role in IT.

[11:33] In 2014, Steve took a spring break ski trip to Breckenridge, Colorado. During the second day on the first run he came out of his skis on a steep slope and slid headfirst into a tree going 45 MPH. He was flown to Denver and had severe injuries including bleeding between skull and brain, nerve damage, bleeding into his ear and eye, collapsed lungs, and 11 broken bones.

[13:41] There are a number of reasons why he survived; his brother in law was skiing in back of him and saw the accident.

[17:43] During a very tough recovery he heard a voice inside his head telling him to continue and this gave him the strength and intention that he needed to soldier on during this time. This also saved him from a complication in the form of a lung blood clot.

[19:25] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[23:26] On day four, he received a get well gift in the form of a rubber chicken named Henrietta, who became his Good Luck Chicken. This added a little bit of levity to the mood of the room.

[29:17] He studied a great deal on neuroplasticity and how he could rebuild his brain to relearn the things he lost due to the accident. The more you practice having a positive attitude, the more the brain rebuilds and retrains this as your main positivity offset.

[32:15] We reflect our environment, so it’s powerful to give others great recognition on how their actions positively benefited you and others around them.

[34:24] There are very specific things to do to boost your positivity. Steve gives eight detailed ways in his book, so readers could get started right away with things that don’t cost a dime.

The Taco:

Torchys — Crossroads Taco

Mentioned in This Episode:

Steve Lawton 

Head First: A Crash Course In Positivity, by Steve Lawton

Dell 

Texas Sports

Texas A&M

NASA

Motorola

Zig Ziglar

Today our guest is Mo Shafeek, the record label manager at Mondo. If you have ever been inside the Alamo Drafthouse Theater, chances are you’ve seen his gallery with all the cool T-shirts, posters and collectibles. We hear how Mo transitioned from an unemployed Brooklyn transplant to getting hired full-time at the Alamo Drafthouse, then managing the posters and then record label at Mondo’s and ultimately creating a moving memorabilia empire. We loved hearing Mo’s unique perspective on Austin, as he is a transplant from New York, and how his previous time touring with musicians and filming tour documentaries led to his current success. Mo takes us behind the scenes at Mondo’s eccentric enterprise and their new extension into posters, toys, Mondo Con, and soundtracks all housed within one of the best movie theaters on Earth.

KEY TAKEAWAYS

[2:23] Mo is from NYU and was a local amongst many transplants. He attended NYU Film School and this put him on the track for an interest and job touring with bands and creating documentaries about their time on the road.

[4:11] Some of the musicians Mo toured with announced they were moving from New York to Austin, and he followed them after feeling like he needed a change.

[8:31] After four weeks of living in Austin he applied to the Alamo Drafthouse and got hired two weeks later as the general manager. They needed to change the focus of the store to include online customer service and shipping posters, in which he had a solid background.

[13:28] Mondo Tees started as an iron-on T-shirt store where people could get quotes, logos, and pictures ironed on their shirts. As the company grew nationally they would do screen printed posters for roadshow events and movie screenings. It evolved and expanded globally and they were getting submissions from artists all over the world.

[16:31] Around 2009, they started securing licenses so they could make official merchandise. The thing that really put them on the map was in 2010 when they did a remake of Star Wars posters.

[16:42] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[18:24] One of his career highlights was emailing back and forth with Bob Gale, co-creator and writer of Back to the Future.

[19:08] He was with the company for six months when he heard they were putting out a vinyl record and knew this was right up his alley due to his music industry experience.

[20:23] They do about 25 releases a year.

[21:49] They always use their original art for every release and every reissue.

[24:10] After soundtracks opened the door at Mos department, they got into collectibles like statues and toys and tabletop games.

[25:35] They started MondoCon in 2014 as a way to connect with their fans and community in a small intimate way. It started as a sister event to Fantastic Fest but has become its own thing.

[29:09] Even though he works there, the Alamo Drafthouse is still his top pick for out of town visitors.

The Taco:

Taco Deli — Pollo Adobado

Mentioned in This Episode:

Alamo Drafthouse Theater

Mondo

Mo Shafeek

NYU Film School

Back to the Future

Poltergeist

Mondo Con

Fantastic Fest

Austin Statesman Building

Bruce and Ronda Prothro, founders of Prothro Family Wines, have a pretty amazing story of how they met in a cable car in San Francisco, moved to Austin, and took their hobby and passion of winemaking and turned it into a full-time thriving and well-respected family business that recently won two major awards. We talk with the couple about their unique love story, their career backgrounds before winemaking, and how a job relocation to Austin ended up as a great thing for their family’s future. When you blend together Bruce’s culinary curiosity and background in chemistry mixed with Ronda’s marketing background, you get a powerhouse couple who strive to make wine that’s out of this world. They greatly attribute the supportive and fostering nature of Austin for their success, so it’s only right that both give their wine pairing recommendations with their favorite local taco!

Key Takeaways:

[2:21] Ronda is a native Californian and Bruce is from Mississippi. They met after college and established their careers until Bruce’s job relocated them to Austin.

[7:23] They love the educational opportunities in Austin, especially compared to the advantages over California’s schooling system.

[10:20] Ronda’s background is in marketing and public relations, and she shares some of her interesting past internships and PR work.

[12:28] When Ronda and Bruce met he was already starting his wine journey. He is a chemist by education and is also used to spending time with the women in his family in the kitchen. This mixture led to his fascination and passion for the chemical reactions that make up his appreciation of wine and how it goes with hand in hand with the culinary experience.

[15:54] They were both college athletes and are still competitive with each other to this day!

[17:54] They met on a cable car in San Francisco and it was love at first sight!

[19:38] Bruce shares how he started as a vintner and the supportiveness of other winemakers that helped them along their beginning path.

[22:23] They would have people over to drink their own wine, and Bruce would felt an obligation to buy other wine as well! However, their chardonnay wine would go first.

[25:15] Once they had children they took a hiatus for 16 years, but it was always in the back of their minds to go back and keep making wine. A multitude of life changes led to them making the decision to get back into winemaking, and they partnered with an existing facility to begin again.

[28:27] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[32:17] They launched with two wines which are both award winners and have far exceeded their sales expectations.

[33:29] We hear what’s next with Prothro Family Wines and where you can go to try and buy a bottle before it’s sold out again!

[35:41] They still want to keep the boutique and exclusive experience, and it’s important to create a relationship with their customers.

[37:17] They sell a lot of their wines through hosted personal tastings.

The Taco:

Maudies — Shredded Chicken Taco    

*pairs well with 2016 Prothro Family Wine Sauvignon Blanc

Taco Deli — The Freakin Vegan

* Prothro Family Wine Rosé out soon

Mentioned in This Episode:

Prothro Family Wines 

Prothro Family Wines Facebook 

Rosenblum Cellars

Austin Aquatic 

San Francisco International Wine Competition 

Texas French Bread 

Siena Restaurant 

The Grove 

Today we have the pleasure of speaking with Levi Benkert. We are honored to share his cool story with you and hope you feel just as inspired as we did after the episode. Levi shares how the recession affected his successful real estate business and a time where he was hit with an unfortunate amount of setbacks including losses in the family and business. Levi and his wife decided to take a trip to volunteer in Ethiopia, which ended up changing his entire view on businesses, family and the opportunities some people have over others. Levi shares a very special look at how he started over from scratch and now helps give opportunities to orphans, widows, and others that may never have had a chance. Levi and his partner Scott now share a goal to create over one million jobs, helping others move forward and get ahead. Finally, we hear the Austin he loves to share with visitors and the current update of how they are revolutionizing the beef business in Sub-Saharan Africa.

Key Takeaways:

[2:48] Levi is originally from California. After that, he and his wife moved to Ethiopia and then Austin.

[3:16] Levi built “eco-urban houses” in Sacramento. They were a construction and development company with 400 houses at one phase. When the real estate crash occurred he lost over $40 million in 18 months.

[7:30] Levi compares the Austin to the Sacramento real estate market.

[10:47] His wife suggested they go somewhere else and do something for one year to have a change of pace. They heard about an Orphanage project in Ethiopia through their church, and they checked it out for 2 weeks first. They loved it and packed up their kids and moved there for what they thought was a year, but ended up being an open-ended long-term move.

[13:42] It grew from 9 children to 35 very quickly, and they were literally building the organization and center from the ground up.

[14:02] Currently there are 115 kids in the organization.

[15:19] Widows were rarely remarried, and not given many options to get back to work. They put them through a training program to make them the head of a household of 5-6 children.

[22:15] The agricultural and industrial revolution in Ethiopia is underway. Levi and his wife find it very successful to get into businesses and make a real difference.

[24:02] He combined forces with his new partner Scott, and their combined experience and passion is creating a force he couldn’t do all on his own. Their first project was an investment in a local medical diagnostic clinic. They realized they were more of a start-up team. Their new beef project is the largest beef producer in Sub-Saharan Africa.

[24:37] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[27:01] They exported the first beef out of Ethiopia and created the system in partnership with the government.

[30:10] Their goal is to start two new businesses a year, create a million jobs and do a billion in revenue.

[34:30] He loves having the headquarters in Austin because he finds people get mission-based companies and intuitively want to support.

[38:29] Levi also wrote a book called No Greater Love, a story about the orphanages.

The Taco:

Cielito Lindo Mexican

Mentioned in This Episode:

Austin Java

Bring Love In

Trammell Crow

Verde Beef

Texas Rowing Center

Elizabeth Street Cafe

No Greater Love

Today we get to talk with one of our techies in town! Journalist, writer, provocateur, and much more, Lani Rosales. Lani and her husband, Ben, founded the super popular and edgy news site, The American Genius. They also host a monthly networking festival known as “The Big Ass Social Happy Hour,” and founded the Facebook group Austin Digital Jobs. They have scaled them to huge successes and Lani shares the two secret key ingredients for how they turned so big in a relatively short amount of time. The mix of Lani and Ben staying on the forefront of digital trends, mixed with Austin’s culture of acceptance and opportunity, help provide our city grow and help retain the awesome people and high-paying jobs already here!

Key Takeaways:

[2:15] Lani grew up in Lake Travis, Texas. We are going to count that as Austin, and Lani as a true Austinite. She went to the University of Texas and studied abroad in Spain. She met her husband Ben in her senior year there, and he helped her get a job in marketing for a real estate brokerage where he worked. This is where she got her feet wet in the digital world.

[6:53] Around 2006, Ben started a website/blog on real estate and it blew up across the nation quicker than they expected.

[7:18] Ben used to work at Apple.

[7:20] They expanded his website, The American Genius, from Realtors® and brokers to any entrepreneur. They still do have a section for real estate called The Real Daily.

[9:14] They are at about 10 million visitors a year.

[10:05] They started Austin Digital Jobs to keep more people here and to attract newer companies to keep Austin competitive.

[13:53] Lani gives us the two secret ingredients for scaling your digital vision or product.

[15:37] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[19:08] Lani will be diving into interactive media such as podcasting.

[21:42] People can expect thought provoking ideas, edgy humor, and a fresh perspective when they consume media by Lani and Ben.

[22:24] Lani gives her top picks for what to hit in Austin.

[26:03] Her favorite taco is Dos Batos.

The Taco:

Dos Batos

Mentioned in This Episode:

Lani’s Twitter

Lani Rosales — The Real Daily

Big Ass Social Happy Hour

The American Genius

Austin Digital Jobs

University of Texas

Apple

SXSW Interactive

The Real Daily

The1Thing Podcast

Austin 360 Bridge

El Arroyo

Today we are talking to a rare find, a true born-and-raised Austinite, Laura Kay Saucedo! Laura and her husband Ben run a thriving wedding photography company in town, Ben and Laura Photography. She has a relaxed, open, and realistic take on the wedding scene, and gives some tips on how to have a great event without breaking the bank. She also shares her experience of starting Inspire Boudoir Austin, an outdoor boudoir studio that helps women get into nature and “push further to accomplish more.” Her Wildly Inspired Three Day retreat serves to refresh and re-center women while providing them confidence in body, mind, and spirit. Laura also devotes time and love into fostering dogs for the Austin Animal Center. Plus, with her love for pancakes and breakfast foods in general, she truly is one heck of a “cereal entrepreneur.” Join us for an episode to see Austin through the fun and outdoors loving eyes of Laura Kay Saucedo!

Key Takeaways:

[1:30] In a city of transplants, Laura is from Austin. As a child she was very artistic and dreamed of either being a vet or an artist. This continued through college, where she attended Texas State and graduated with a major in photography. She combined both dreams in her adult life with her photography career and her love of fostering dogs.

[3:47] Laura grew up in Northeast Austin. Her grandfather was a Realtor® and bought the house they lived in. 

[5:36] After college she got a photography job traveling to different schools for their yearbook photos. This led to people asking her to shoot their personal events, and eventually she started her own business. Her husband, Ben, is also a photographer, and they started their business together.

[7:03] Laura gives the run-down on the wedding photography scene in Austin! It can be very pricey, but Laura deliberately keeps her prices competitive.

[10:21] Unsolicited and unqualified wedding advice: have a fun engagement party instead of an overly expensive wedding!

[11:48] Boudoir photography can range from very conservative to very risque. It captures the rise of women feeling comfortable in their own skin and empowered.

[15:49] For the adventurous client not afraid to get a bug bite or two, Laura offers the choice of doing a photoshoot outside. She creates a fun and relaxing environment to get the women in a positive and confident mindset.

[16:31] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[21:27] Her favorite pancake in Austin is from Kerbey Lane.

[22:34] Laura created an experience of three of the most important natural healing activities she loved and combined in a three day retreat: yoga, hiking and boudoir. Doing yoga in the morning helps give women the confidence and zen feel for the boudoir shoot later in the afternoon.

[25:33] Laura fosters dogs from the Austin Animal Center, the largest no-kill animal shelter in the United States. Three pets is her lucky number when it comes to pets in their home!

[29:38] Some of Laura’s favorite Austin digs are: Kerbey Lane, Biscuits + Groovy, and Krause Springs.

The Taco:

Valentina’s | The Ultimate Bean and Cheese

Mentioned in This Episode:

Keller Williams

Texas State 

University of Memphis 

Ben and Laura photography

Sonic

Wildly Inspired Boudoir Yoga Retreat 

Inspire Boudoir Austin

Austin Animal Center

Biscuits + Groovy

Krause Springs

Today we chat with Holly Priestner, Vice President of Keller Williams Realty. In full disclosure, Holly is a good friend of the show, and we already know a lot about her, but definitely uncovered some interesting stories about her time in Texas. From starting as a small town girl, to helping many different organizations raise large amounts of money, Holly has been passionate from the beginning, to a life of service and helping others. She shares her interesting family background and positions her father and grandfather held as leader, along her her time at the Capitol, State Bar Association, and Junior League. As a leader and a networker, she is interacting with the people who are also helping to shape our state and our city. She shares some great tips about the benefits of volunteering, and just some of the benefits volunteers receive in turn, for a deed well done. We love Holly’s super active and get up and go personality. She is amazingly admirable and humble with all that she does, and we thank her for being such an important part of Austin!

Key Takeaways:

[2:13] Holly is from Portland, Texas, a small town near Corpus Christi. Her first job was at a snow cone stand, where she was promoted after the third day! She went straight from Portland to Lubbock, and then attended Texas Tech.

[5:06] She accepted a six-month session only team position at the State Capital.

[7:09] Her father was a harbor pilot, and Vice President of the American Pilots. Her grandfather was President of all the pilots in America and Vice President of all the Pilots in the world.

[9:21] Community service is very important in her family, and they set activities and goals based around helping others.

[12:28] Laura shares her experience of working at the Capitol building and her introduction to working with legislation and policy.

[16:10] Laura gives tips on the skill of purposefully remembering people’s names and fun facts about them.

[17:42] We hear what going through “sunset” meant for the State Bar of Texas, and what it meant for Laura’s career for the next 10 years.

[20:51] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[24:51] Holly’s family has been dedicated to community service and helping others. This inspired her to continue the legacy and devote much of her time and energy to her passion of service.

[26:52] Laura’s involvement and training in her Junior League had a great impact on shaping her professional and service career as a leader.

[32:00] Laura shares advice on how to get into volunteering. Austin is a great city for getting involved.

[36:06] Be realistic and realize the impact you are making within your own limitations and time availability. Communicate if you can’t take on something, and even something such as recommending another volunteer can help immensely.

The Taco:

Taco Deli | The Freakin Vegan

Mentioned in This Episode:

Keller Williams 

Texas Tech

StoryTime

State Bar of Texas

Junior League of Austin

Alamo Drafthouse

Today we get to chat with Alan Graham, CEO, President & Co-Founder of Mobile Loaves & Fishes! Alan is also the visionary behind the MLF’s Community First Village and is certainly a man on a mission. Since founding the nonprofit in 1998, they have served over 5 million meals to the homeless. The Community First Village provides permanent and affordable housing for the chronically homeless. Alan shares his advice and wisdom on founding a non profit and working with some of the struggles. We were honored to sit down with such a motivated and determined nonprofit leader striving to change our community for the better. From just an image and vision to now a 24-acre RV park and nonprofit raising extremely high donations to help others and empower communities, Alan and his family are sure making Austin a better place for everyone.

Key Takeaways:

[1:37] Alan grew up in Alvin, Texas, and moved to Austin in 1976, to attend the University of Texas.

[3:03] Mobile Loaves and Fishes started when Alan attended a men’s retreat and came out of the retreat with a calling to help others, and say yes to God. Shortly after, the image of a catering truck as a distribution vehicle for those who need help came to him, and he knew that was his next entrepreneurial purpose.

[5:49] Before Mobile Loaves, Alan was a real estate developer, and was working on air cargo facilities around airports in the United States. By 2003, he was solely working on Mobile Loaves full time.

[7:16] Alan has gone through many struggles of starting his nonprofit, and gives advice to those just starting out, on sustaining donations and growing financial support.

[8:52] The Pareto Principle holds true for Alan’s business: 90% of their money comes from 10% of the people. Recognizing that is very important to know where to focus, when raising the type of money that ML&F does.

[10:58] The “H/P ratio” stands for heart over pocket, which is their philosophy of showing potential donors into the emotional part of what MLF does before asking for any amount of money.

[12:29] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[15:10] Housing will never solve homelessness, but community will. The First Community Village is 24 acres and boasts a wide and impressive array of amenities. Alan and his wife, along with some other visionaries, live on the land, as well, to provide a community vibe and support system.

[18:57] Most of us benefit from a support net. Many homeless have just endured profound and catastrophic loss of family and people to support them in life. Unfortunately our society shuns them away instead of helping them feel loved and known.

[20:28] The three legged stool of MLF: the truck operation, the community first model, and community works, which empowers people to cultivate their lifestyle. Alan urges people to come by and check it out, through booking a scheduled tour, which they have every Saturday morning.

[25:59] Next week our guest is Holly Priestner.

The Taco:

Texas Honey Ham

Mentioned in This Episode:

Mobile Loaves & Fishes 

The One Thing, by Gary Keller

[email protected] — to schedule a tour of Community First Village

Welcome Homeless: One Man's Journey of Discovering the Meaning of Home, by Alan Graham
with Lauren Hall

The Continental Club

The Saxon Pub

The Hilltop Cafe

Today we catch up with Kim Overton, Founder of the “small personal item belt,” aka SPIbelt. Kim is an inventor and entrepreneur, and most certainly not the first Overton to make a deep and lasting mark in Austin. Kim got started at the young age of six, with her first business of selling mistletoe, and has been full steam ahead ever since. She moved to New York for a successful dancing career and even landed on MTV as a lead dancer. She returned back to Austin as a personal trainer, where she came up with the idea for SPIbelt, small personal item belt, on a run on the Hike and Bike trail. We talk about her courage to be a “solo starter,” how she created her family on her own, and her own family roots. Kim’s actions help others in many different ways and we thank her for being such a great inspiration and community innovator and leader!

Key Takeaways:

[2:02] Her parents brought her to Austin when she was 11 months old. She’s lived all around the world, but always thinks of Austin as a homebase.

[3:46] Her first job was when she was six, and her dad would pick mistletoe for her to sell to the neighbors.

[4:34] She was heavily into gymnastics and dance, especially hip hop, and moved to New York to pursue that passion.

[6:33] While in New York she danced for MTV’s show, The Grind, for over a year.

[7:52] She came back to Austin in 2005, and worked as a personal trainer, while living at her grandparents house.

[9:12] Kim tells us about her amazing family Overton background. Her granddad was a civil rights leader. His first cousin is Richard Overton, who is 110 years old and the oldest living veteran.

[12:24] She founded SPIbelt in 2007. It’s a running belt, NOT a fanny pack! It expands to hold keys, phone, cards, etc. She came up with the idea as a runner needing something sleek, low profile, stylish, and that wasn’t bouncing around.

[16:16] The company has expanded into messenger bags, and even dog leashes with pockets for treats and bags.

[16:29] Thank you to our Sponsor, the Papasan Properties Group.

[18:29] SPIBelt is the #1 belt in the industry, and a very unique product for its type. Kim is not worried about the knock offs, and it helps push her further.

[19:37] SPIBelt stands for “small personal item belt.”

[19:52] Kim began her “solo starter” journey with starting a family on her own, at age 38. At age 39 she had a child, and five years later she met her husband.

[25:00] The concept of women having babies with or without a partner is not a new concept, but Kim is open to talking about it, and sharing her success story of starting her family before she found her right partner.

[28:10] Kim recommends the Hike and Belt trail for out of towners.

[31:52] Next week our guest is Alan Graham of Mobile Loaves & Fishes.

The Taco:

Naus Tacos | breakfast taco

Mentioned in This Episode:

SPIBelt

Kim Overton Twitter

The Grind

Palladium

Richard Overton 

Morcheeba 

Paul Carosa Run Tex 

Knock Yourself Up: No Man? No Problem: A Tell-All Guide to Becoming a Single Mom, by Louise Sloan

Hike and Bike Trail 

Choice Moms

Solo Starter Journey