Lauer Power Podcast

This episode is sponsored by The Plumbing Outlet and Coal Region Winery. Chad Lauer and Chad Evans sit down with local entrepreneur Mike Gerrity. Mike discusses how his passion for caring for his own vehicles organically evolved into a thriving automotive detailing business in Shamokin, PA. He emphasizes small businesses as the backbone of our local area and our nation, and encourages folks in the Coal Region to contemplate how their unique interests and skill sets can benefit the local economy and community. He puts this into practice himself as a youth leader at LCBC, where he and his wife strive to uplift local adolescents. The leadership topic of the day is how to turn our good intentions into action. Thanks for continuing to grow with us here Lauer Power!

In this episode sponsored by The Plumbing Outlet and Coal Region Winery, Chad Lauer, Chad Evans, and Dave Tamkus sit down with local entrepreneur Edward Manning. Edward discusses his entrepreneurial journey which includes starting in corporate banking, owning Manning Ventures, Manning Investments, LLC, Real Estate Partnerships, Purchasing the Rosini/Thomas Photography and Olcese Pharmacy buildings in Shamokin, PA, Opening Oliver's Cigar & Cocktail Lounge, Managing a local AIRBNB, purchasing Heritage Restaurant, and starting Pinnacle Energy Solutions. Edward is a true entrepreneur that relocated from Wyomissing, PA and is heavily invested personally and financially in the coal region town of Shamokin. In addition to his entrepreneurship, he was appointed as Chair of the Shamokin Area Economic Development Authority as well in 2022. Tune in to continue learning alongside us on all things entrepreneurship and local positivity!

In this episode, Chad Lauer and Chad Evans sit down with Kristy Teisher from eatshare.org to discuss her passion for connecting folks that are in need of a meal with people capable of delivering a meal in their own neighborhood. Eat Share is a collection of volunteers throughout north central Pennsylvania who bring warm meals to neighbors when it's needed most. Their mission is to support our community and extend kindness through food sharing. They also seek to partner with other community services to strengthen our collective resources and decrease food waste. Kristy was an amazing guest with a passion for helping folks and an entrepreneurial spirit. Tune in to hear how you can help!

In this episode, Chad Lauer, Chad Evans, and Dave Tamkus sit down to discuss the pivots in their entrepreneurial journeys, their recent hot dog event in Shamokin, and the future of whynotshamokin.com. Lauer Media Company is launching a new sales company that performs sales as a service, Stone State Entertainment is pivoting to create a studio experience to generate content and a team day in studio, and Dave Tamkus rejected Chad Lauer's job offer to continue his journey and passion as an entrepreneur! Chad Lauer's leadership topic of the episode is "Nobody Cares - Don't let fear of what people think stop you" Check out our new studio in this episode and join the movement of using adversity as motivation.

In this episode, Chad Lauer, Chad Evans, and Dave Tamkus discuss sit down with Northumberland County Commissioner Meghan Beck. Megan brings a wealth of knowledge and fits right into our theme of using adversity as motivation. Meghan has been a major player in revitalization efforts in the town of Sunbury and at the county level. She discusses revitalization development efforts, the need for a community college in our area, supporting our Shamokin movement, STEAM Innovation Labs, and IKIGAI which is our leadership topic of the day! Tune in for another awesome episode!

In this episode, Chad Lauer, Chad Evans, and Dave Tamkus discuss their whynotshamokin.com movement. The simplistic gesture of a wave and taking care of your neighbors. Mental health awareness and how it's okay to not be okay. Lastly, they will be giving out free hotdogs on July 11th as a thank you for the support we have received from the podcast!

In this episode, Chad Lauer and Chad Evans welcome Scott Fabrizio and BJ Carpentier from Freedom Fighter Outdoors. The Goal of FFO is to raise awareness and seek public aid for needs, services and activities for injured veterans. Our events facilitate injured veterans in assisting each other through teamwork based outdoor recreational activities by providing unique, once in a lifetime outdoor activities. FFO honors and empowers our nation's injured service veterans. They discuss the importance of the organization especially here in the coal region where we have a large number of veterans that need reacclimating. Tune in to hear great stories of hunts with veterans and how you can help give back to those that fight for our freedom!

In this episode, Chad Lauer and Chad Evans follow up on the Kurt Masser episode with our vision for the future. A vision is simply a desired state. We share our desired state of our entrepreneurship and our town. We discuss the leadership topic of the day, how to cultivate better leaders and stand for something worth following. We previously discuss what needs to happen in our town and let our audience understand what we are doing and inspire them to join us in our movement by pursuing their own dreams. We hope you will join us on our podcast, subscribe, and share.

In this episode, Chad Lauer, Dave Tamkus, and Chad Evans follow up the why not shamokin episode by interviewing Kurt Masser. Kurt has had great entrepreneurial success and political success right here in our region. From growing up on a farm in Pitman PA to owning The Wayside Inn his family is well known on route 61. Kurt also used his business experience to become Northumberland County Commissioner and followed that up by becoming a member of the Pennsylvania House of Representatives for the 107th district. Kurt now owns KAM Strategies Consulting where he uses his lengthy experience in office to help with all state and local issues you may face, from lobbying, to business development and procurement. Kurt has had a major impact on our area and shares his insights on how we continue to have a positive impact on our region. He also shares great insights from his experience in Harrisburg and helps provide a roadmap on how to have the coal region thrive once again.

In this episode, Chad Lauer and Chad Evans change the pace of the Lauer Power Podcast with a fun episode highlighting the past, present, and future of Shamokin, PA. A coal town that was once thriving and is now considered the poorest town in the state of Pennsylvania. Our guest is Dave Tamkus, a Shamokin native and historian of sorts. He is a talented graphic designer with deep pride of the town of Shamokin. We highlight the major need for innovation and improvement in the region, as we brainstorm business opportunities that can shape the future of not only the coal town of Shamokin but other struggling coal towns across our country. Join us to take a seat in our meeting of three entrepreneurs hoping to fuel momentum and inspire our community!