Learning From Others

International Entrepreneur, Jad Mawlawi, from Dooply.com. He's focused on human-human marketing interaction and endorsements and he talks about how his diverse background from living in Lebanon, Canada and UK, as well as working in tech and oil industry provided him a unique opportunity to see how understanding culture helps improve communication with the people he works with. He also provides 10 specific amazing pieces of advice for aspiring entrepreneurs. Please welcome, Jad Mawlawi

00:01:00 - Introduction and human-human interaction
00:03:39 - How he works with a client
00:06:48 - Quality of Connectivity and Social Media Impact
00:10:33 - Traveling with a purpose
00:14:50 - Background, experience and how he got into the industry
00:19:00 - Business Theories and Influences
00:21:05 - Growing as an entrepreneur
00:25:55 - Hobbies outside of business
00:30:07 - Managing your energy
00:32:24 - Random Question Generator: What is the first thing you do in the morning?

Karen Otis joins us today from Otis Architecture. Having been in architecture, she talks surviving two recessions, one of which, put an estimated 50% of architects out of business and she talks about how to master the art of business and inspired life in her book, Architect Your Epic Life. We talked Frank Lloyd Wright and bad George Costanza jokes. Please welcome, Karen Otis.

00:00:44 - Background and Otis Architecture
00:03:17 - She talks about her projects and other company
00:10:23 - Balancing both companies
00:16:05 - Traveling
00:20:25 - Dealing with stereotypes and having confidence
00:23:20 - Her podcast experience
00:26:13 - Tells about her education
00:29:20 - Architertural responsibilities and lawsuits
00:36:06 - Passion and success
00:42:18 - Favorite architects
00:44:27 - Making a difference
00:46:25 - Random Question Generator

Today from LearningFromOthers, Data Analytics Guru, Darren Squires, former president of Fans Sports Apparel went owned by LHM, Larry H. Miller Sports and Entertainment and now the chief analytics officer Tingey Injury Law Firm. We talk sports retail, scaling supply chain and crazy Vegas tourist.

00:01:20 Background of Darren
00:03:52 Process of logistics and Jazz Team Store
00:08:14 Strategizing logistics
00:15:40 Bird scooters
00:17:00 Talks about fan stores and revenues
00:21:53 Struggles on turn around
00:28:33 Finding buyers
00:35:23 Emphasizing on people and skills
00:38:37 Difference in the newer generation
00:41:27 Process of logistics and Jazz Team Store
00:43:05 Vegas-esque calamities
00:55:00 Career successes
00:58:50 Random Question Generator

Today's fascinating guest is a business leader that is a powerhouse in her field. She's innovative, yet humble. And we're going to talk about how earthquakes played a role career, robots taking over the world, and how she brought a ship building company into land-locked Utah. She also brought tens of thousands of jobs to the beehive state as well. Please welcome, Teri Klug, from strategicdevelop.com.

00:01:05 Background of Teri
00:04:07 How did she get to where she's at?
00:13:55 Largest Utility Grade Solar Project
00:25:08 Universal basic income
00:29:00 Her take on US progress
00:32:00 What's OOCL?
00:38:57 Vertical fins and horizontal stabilizers
00:43:45 Tips for her younger self and reading
00:51:48 Random Question Generator

Helps online businesses go through the next level by helping them scale. Influencer, Pro-Athlete, Mentor, and Speaker, Nate Thomas.

00:00:55 Background of Nathan
00:03:33 What Nathan saw and learned from different cultures/traveling
00:05:12 Sam Ovens'
00:05:58 Taking charge of your own life
00:06:58 Damon shares his first job experience
00:09:02 Nathan talks about his early basketball career
00:09:57 What was your biggest achievement so far?
00:11:13 Opportunities to give back
00:12:58 Common traits of successful people
00:14:44 Transition from basketball to entrepreneurship
00:16:30 Advice on taking on big contracts
00:17:28 Education as a gateway to success
00:19:03 Experience vs Degree
00:20:42 What has contributed most to Nathans success
00:21:01 Faith and having to show up
00:23:52 Life outside basketball and work
00:24:29 Closing remarks
00:25:32 Random question generator

Would you turn down a guaranteed 6 figure income in the real estate industry to go start a new toy company when your partners had no experience in toys and you had no background in the toy industry either. Well that’s of our next guest, Ryan Treft, did. President and partner at IFS360, as well as an investor in other ventures like KoalaTree, a clothing line geared towards outdoor adventures, and Peejamas, PEE-Jamas. Kickstarter’s most successful kids’ campaign to date, a startup of pajamas for kids, for potty training kids. And Ryan Treft turned down 6 figures in real estate which been a wise move because a year later, the housing bubble burst but Zoobies, his toy company was doing 7 figures. Welcome Ryan Treft to LearningFromOthers

00:01:50 – How the funny pictures started
00:03:03 – Ryan tells us how he started in Zoobies
00:09:23 – “I think knowledge from experience is the best way to go. You just throw yourself into things.”
00:12:18 – What prompted his exit in Zoobies
00:18:47 – His thoughts in kickstarter and experience
00:26:55 – Using Facebook for ads
00:28:08 – How Peejamas started
00:32:53 – His thoughts on IndieGogo
00:35:56 – Treft on IFS360
00:43:25 – Treft explains First Mile
00:47:15 – Treft on his educational background
00:51:06 – Learning from mistakes
01:07:29 – “What weird food combination do you like?”

Entrepreneur Ryan Treft shares success advice on Learning From Others podcast.

Awesome podcast today, world traveling chef and the author of First-timers' Cookbook, Shawn Bucher, joins us. He fell in the culinary arts after taking class by accident. His first job in the food world led to him cutting his finger, blood everywhere, and dropping a knife on his foot. Fast forward 20 years, and he's a world recognized chef. Please welcome, Shawn Bucher.

00:04:00 Shawn's Background
00:05:13 Funny story what got him into the culinary world
00:08:33 Technical College experiences & Work on the Delta center
00:10:08 Chefs today being highly looked upon by people
00:11:59 On Mentorship and taking advice/ Role of education
00:15:29 Degree vs Unique Opportunites
00:18:30 Damon asks about the legitmacy of the phrase "90 of all restaurants fail"
00:22:12 The issue on Entry level Restaurants/ Chefs
00:26:47 The association of Convenience stores with fast food
00:28:43 Shawn's book "First Glimmers Cookbook"
00:33:35 What would Shawn tell his younger self or any advices that he could share
00:39:45 Closing remarks
00:41:02 Random Question Generator

Joseph Hansen joins us on LearningFromOthers.com. He built and sold five businesses in 10 years. We talk about taking a leap of faith to start your own business. And successfully balancing family and work life. Please welcome, Joseph Hansen.

• 00:00:59 - Joseph's background
• 00:04:25 - Talks about learning curve
• 00:10:35 - Damon's takeaway
• 00:16:41 - After Flirty Aprons
• 00:19:43 - Damon on working with Joe
• 00:31:40 - Complication on selling on Amazon
• 00:37:10 - Damon's notes on Amazon
• 00:39:20 - Overlap on SEO
• 00:45:16 - Joseph on Amazon's success
• 00:53:57 - Joseph on Amazon and Seattle
• 00:58:04 - Learning from mistakes
• 01:04:00 - Closing Remarks

Dale started buying and selling on eBay when he was in high school. He got his dad involved, and they eventually grew that business to 10M in annual revenue before selling it in 2016. That business was Bike Wagon.

Dale’s been doing consulting and executive coaching since then and has found a new sweet spot in training entrepreneurs. He started a company called Venture Anyway where he runs mastermind groups with entrepreneurs. He also co-founded an outsourced CMO agency focused on bringing some transparency in to the world of marketing.

Dale and his wife have 5 kids and love traveling and going on adventures, mostly by bike.

• 00:01:09 Dale's background
• 00:04:53 Took a break for 2 months
• 00:08:15 Bike trip lessons
• 00:11:43 Transition story
• 00:16:16 Favorite audio books
• 00:18:27 Reason he sold BikeWagon
• 00:21:58 Half pipe story
• 00:25:15 Dale's advice for entrepreneurs
• 00:29:01 Dale on delegation and trusting
• 00:32:05 Monkey on your back article
• 00:34:51 Dale's long term interests
• 00:37:35 Recurring problem
• 00:40:15 Closing remarks

Joining us today is Chad Shellabarger, a videographer, from Dojo Built and Green Light Shooting. Excited to have him on the show because we actually had the pleasure for being his first paid client when he quit his 9-5 job, let's say it was about 4-5 years ago.
He did some shooting for a commercial for SEONational.com. And we're going to talk about where he'd come from there. He's done a lot of evolution over the years, and grown as a business and had a lot of success. He's going to talk about that, some of the successes and the trials of running your own company, building up with a partnership to go sour and how to overcome that and be successful afterwards. And he's going to talk about how to balance multiple DBA's. Right now, he has Green Light Shooting, Dojo Built and apparel line, all sort of other stuff. And he's an upcoming father, so he's going to talk about balancing entrepreneur life with family time. Thank you for joining us today. And welcome, Chad Shellabarger.

• 00:01:08 Chad's different businesses
• 00:02:53 Thoughts on how to juggle multiple businesses
• 00:03:56 Green Light started as a hobby project Evolved into a business (Youtube)
• 00:05:49 Advice on taking YouTube seriously
• 00:08:10 Damon shares influencing using LinkedIn
• 00:10:32 Daily Vlogs and boosting subscribers
• 00:13:31 Partnerships and how to handle rough patches
• 00:17:38 Does education give you an edge when it comes to doing business?
• 00:19:59 Work experience on independent/low budget film productions
• 00:20:58 Chad's Clients
• 00:22:51 Youtube's Demonitization when it comes to Green Light (Gun Content)
• 00:24:12 Getting Clients through bidding
• 00:25:06 Equipments on doing video productions
• 00:26:19 Outside of work (Chad's new baby, Family)
• 00:28:53 Does health and fitness contribute to success
• 00:30:04 What's a Chad Shellabarger day look like?
• 00:32:21 Advice on younger self on scaling personal growth faster
• 00:34:07 Making decisions
• 00:36:07 Humble Brags & How do you define success
• 00:38:46 Closing remarks and Surprise question