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In this solo episode, I share a bit about why being weird should be a gift we embrace and want to share with the world.

If you'd like to read the blog article that inspired this episode you can find it here: https://brianondrako.com/blog/that-is-weird/

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Episode 230 features Simon Drew, an Australian poet, author, musician, photographer, and philosophical mentor

Find Simon Online:

Website: https://thewalledgarden.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-drew-6b83a5229/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCbOxqdt5rY4w3XOUfRoE0Nw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/simon.j.drew.3

About Simon:

Simon Drew is an Australian poet, author, musician, photographer, and philosophical mentor. He has a Bachelor of Music from the Queensland Conservatorium of Music and is currently studying for a Master of Divinity. He is most well known for his work with the Practical Stoic Podcast, which has since evolved into the Walled Garden — a podcast and online community where he, Kai Whiting (British philosopher), and Sharon Lebell (American writer) explore a wide range of topics regarding philosophy, beliefs, ideas, and creativity.

Simon's poetry, music, and writings often play in the realms of mysticism, prophecy, mythology, and wisdom, bringing the deepest insights of his consciousness to light in search of answers to life's most fundamental questions. His first book, The Poet & The Sage, is currently available in hardcover or online at https://www.thewalledgarden.com

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Episode 229 features Kate Gilman Williams who is an animal advocate, founder of advocacy organization Kids Can Save Animals, founder of Club 15, a conservation organization that combines advocacy and technology, and author of Let’s Go on Safari!

Check out the Kid's Can Save Animals Music Video here - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qoSlogWftX4

Find Kate Online:

Website: https://kidscansaveanimals.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-gilman-williams/

About Kate:

Kate Gilman Williams is an animal advocate, founder of advocacy organization Kids Can Save Animals, founder of Club 15, a conservation organization that combines advocacy and technology, and author of Let’s Go on Safari! Through her passion for wildlife conservation and penchant for education, Kate utilizes her platform to teach kids and teens about the benefits of helping the animals, proving that advocacy has no age limit.

Kate founded Kids Can Save Animals, an organization that aims to provide educational and advocacy resources to kids and their parents. Through her work with Kids Can Save Animals, Kate founded Club 15, which combines advocacy and technology to teach concepts of conservation and applied computer science, 15-minutes at a time, through interviews with leading scientists, advocates, and technologists. Club 15 was created in partnership with Sarah Maston and Daisuke Nakahara, the Founders of Project 15 from Microsoft.

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Episode 228 features Jessica Norwood, Global Sales Content Strategist & Children's Book Author.

Find Jessica Online:

Website: www.knottygirlpublishing.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessicafnorwood/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/knottygirlpublishing/

Facebook: hhttps://www.facebook.com/Knottygirlpublishing/

About Jessica:

Jessica Norwood works in Digital Sales Effectiveness at Cisco, as the Global Sales Content Strategist for Global Virtual Sales & Engineering. She is also the founder & owner of Knotty Girl Publishing, LLC, and author of the “Your Hair is Magic” line of children’s books.

In her “previous life,” she has served as a public-school teacher in South Carolina, teaching middle and high school students German, and developing state-wide foreign language curriculums. Since moving to North Carolina, she has held roles in the investment management space, assisting the world’s largest hedge funds, private equity firms, and consultancies in their due diligence processes.

She has led sales and recruiting teams and has helped lead an international office expansion project in Gdansk, Poland. She most recently served as Strategic Sales Manager for Business Development at BMC. Jessica earned her B.A. in German from the College of Charleston, her M.Ed. in Divergent Learning from Columbia College, and her M.Ed. in Educational Administration from the University of South Carolina, Columbia.

She serves on the board for Audacity Labs in Durham, NC, a non-profit focused on democratizing entrepreneurship for underrepresented 9-12th graders. She lives in Wake Forest, NC with her husband, two children, and a 14-year-old dappled dachshund.

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Episode 227 features Sean Lake, Co-Founder of BUBS Naturals

Find Sean Online:

Website: https://www.bubsnaturals.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/sean-lake-4578596/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bubsnaturals

Twitter: https://twitter.com/bubsnaturals

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCExvH37r6Xm9FOOWZIwZcnw

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/bubsnaturals

About Sean:

Sean Lake is a former professional snowboarder who went on to join Burton Snowboards, work as Shaun White’s Team Manager, and land a spot as the Director of Sports Marketing at DC Shoes. After decades in action sports marketing, Sean co-founded BUBS Naturals, a line of collagen peptides and other all-natural supplements named after Sean’s childhood best friend Glen “BUB” Doherty, a Navy SEAL who was killed in Benghazi, Libya on 9/11 in 2012. A devoted husband, father, and fitness fanatic, Sean is passionate about helping people feel great and do good.

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Episode 226 features Saverio Bianchi who is the Founder and CEO at Atelier & Avenue

Find Saverio Online:

Website: www.atelierandavenue.com

Personal Website: SaverioBianchi.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/saveriobianchi/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/saverio.bianchi/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/SaverioBianchi

About Saverio:

16 years and 50 iconic brands later, Saverio drives eCommerce acceleration faster than ever in Luxury, Fashion & Beauty.

With clients in London, Paris, New York, San Francisco & Melbourne, Saverio and his boutique strategy firm ATELIER & AVENUE, coach and advises VCs, Founders/CEOs & Executives in eCommerce, Marketing & CRM - strategy through execution.

Saverio is also a speaker at international conferences and writes about eCommerce leadership on his blog SaverioBianchi.com

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Episode 225 features Jimmy Soni, an award-winning author, and his next book, THE FOUNDERS, launched on 2/22/22, which explores the lives and early careers of the founders of PayPal. For this project, he was able to interview over 200 former PayPal employees, including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others.

Find Jimmy Online:

Website: www.jimmysoni.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jimmysoni/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/jimmyasoni

Twitter: https://twitter.com/jimmyasoni

About Jimmy:

Jimmy Soni is an award-winning author. His next book, THE FOUNDERS, launched on 2/22/22, explores the lives and early careers of the founders of PayPal. For this project, he was able to interview over 200 former PayPal employees, including Peter Thiel, Elon Musk, Max Levchin, Reid Hoffman, and many others.

His last book, A Mind at Play: How Claude Shannon Invented the Information Age, won the 2017 Neumann Prize, awarded by the British Society for the History of Mathematics for the best book on the history of mathematics for a general audience, and the Middleton Prize by the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE).

His most recent work, Jane’s Carousel, completed with the late Jane Walentas, captured one woman’s remarkable twenty-five-year journey to restore a beloved carousel in Brooklyn Bridge Park.

He lives in Brooklyn, New York, with his daughter, Venice.

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Episode 224 features Clint Davis, Co-Founder, and CEO of Capsll App

Find Clint Online:

Website: https://www.capsll.app/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/clintldavis/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/capsll.app/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxHW3v_y_auxcjmui_dXK5g

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/capsllapp

About Clint:

People used to save their histories in books, memoirs, or photo albums; but we have failed to find comparable ways to preserve stories and share them with ease in our digital world. At best, memories are scattered across social media — if they’re recorded at all. Indeed, fewer people today are posting to the sites they once trusted with their memories. There just isn’t an effective platform for creating, storing and passing on first-person accounts in multiple media formats.

Enter Clint Davis: An entrepreneur with a passion for storytelling and preserving the past. As the CEO and Founder of Capsll App, Clint empowers others to save their histories and pass on their legacies.

Clint’s love for the stories that make each individual unique stems from his own remarkable life experiences and his 17-year career in radio and television broadcasting on four continents. Now, with Capsll App, Clint is encouraging others to preserve their special memories. With Capsll App, users can gather their once-scattered memories into digital time capsules that can be shared privately with full user control, or on an optional public feed to inspire others. Capsll App also provides users with coached storytelling, drawn from Clint’s broadcasting expertise. Unlike many platforms, Capsll captures no user data, has zero advertising, and allows users complete ownership of their content.

A cancer survivor who lost two siblings at a young age, Clint has always had a keen awareness of the importance of remembering the past, while also making the most of the present moment. He was born in South Africa, and witnessed the transition from the Apartheid system to democracy before moving to Dubai, and then, to Gold Coast Australia. Along the way, he embraced adventure — including skydiving and playing with lions — worked as a high-performance driving instructor, became a DJ at a top radio station, earned a theology degree, appeared on reality TV, and ran a podcast. A decades-long dream of living in the USA was realized when Clint won the green card lottery at a 0.73% chance. He and his wife moved to Los Angeles, and eventually settled in Austin, Texas.

In Clint's words, "Always remember, there is a plan and a purpose for your life. You are valuable, and your story matters!" For more information, please visit https://www.capsll.app/.

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Episode 223 features Mike Smerklo, an entrepreneur and professional investor in early-stage technology companies. He is the co-founder of a venture capital firm in Austin, Texas called Next Coast Ventures.

Find Mike Online:

Website: https://www.mikesmerklo.com

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mikesmerklo/

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mikesmerklo/

Twitter: https://twitter.com/mikesmerklo

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC61Mtr5kAat0Wu6RCFE_9iQ

Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/smerklo.mike/

About Mike:

Michael Smerklo is an entrepreneur and professional investor in early-stage technology companies. He is the co-founder of a venture capital firm in Austin, Texas called Next Coast Ventures. Prior to this, he bought a small technology services company, ServiceSource, and ran it for twelve years, taking it from a small startup to a public company with over 3,000 employees worldwide. Michael was also one of the first employees at a pioneer cloud services company called Opsware (then Loudcloud), which also went public. Before becoming an entrepreneur, he had (and thoroughly hated) jobs in investment banking and public accounting. Mike splits his time between Austin and the San Francisco Bay Area and is married with four children.

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Episode 222 features Lizabeth Wesely-Casella who is the Founder and CEO of L-12 Services; a Washington DC firm focused on internal communications and organizational development.

Take The Attrition Prevention Quiz here: https://l12services.com/quiz/

Find Lizabeth Online:

Website: https://l12services.com/

Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/lizabeth-wesely-casella/

YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCBjqJp1HnQA5DGyvnJzBFIw?view_as=subscriber

About Lizabeth:

Lizabeth Wesely-Casella is the Founder and CEO of L-12 Services; a Washington DC firm focused on internal communications and organizational development.

She is a skilled strategic advisor specializing in attrition mitigation, workflow management, process improvement, and culture.

Lizabeth has over 20 years of experience as an administrator and policy and programming consultant. Her work has contributed to successful project outcomes in federal health policy, international program development, and non-profit/association management

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