Nanobrew - Small Business Shenanigans

"You Want Crazy? I Got Your Crazy." ~Britney Spears, Toxic. What can the gang learn from Britney's immortal, best-selling words? Knowing this group, probably nothing. Here's is the point that is attempted to make: sometimes when people try to pin you into a corner with who they think you are, the easiest thing to do is to own it an dial it up to 11. If they thin you're being mean, show them what being mean really looks like. Problem solved. Winky face.

The greatest marketing campaign of all-time was accomplished accidentally by a video game called Contra by the original Nintendo Entertainment System. What did they do? How did they do it? How can you apply these tactics to your business or workplace? I guess you have to listen and find out. Plus there's a lot of fart jokes.

"First come the innovators then come the imitators then come the idiots." ~something Mark Cuban said once on Shark Tank to the best of my memory. Here's a point that Mark didn't cover - today's innovators can quickly become tomorrow's idiots if they don't continue to innovate. Just because you were at the top of the game for years doesn't mean you can stop pushing the boundaries of your industry. 

The gang reacts as Jason comes in with the hot take that the kids these days saying, "Adulting is hard," is really ridiculous. How dare he? Amiright? Seriously, though, Step Brothers: The Movie is not funny in real life. It's not out of line to expect your employees to grow up - but it's your job to help them.

The gang is back after a bit of a delay to let you know that if you want to own a business you need to know the owner's job description - you're going to have to deal with the worst bits of owning a business at all time. Brandon informs the crew on the current status of The Undertaker, Jason's Guilty Pleasure of the Week is Robot Wars, Bryan is just seeing Watchers for the first time, and Komal's mind is blown to find out Rorschach is the same actor as Kelly from the original Bad News Bears. 

The gang comes back with their usual business shenanigans and the conversation quickly divulges into the future cyborg olympics. Jason talks about how Books & Brews uses community building and the empowerment of "champions" to develop niches within niches, Bryan loses Stump the Brewer under league protest, Brandon arts in our face about horror movies, and Komal tells the story of being run over by a car and being mugged at the same time. 

The gang is back with their usual shenanigans, explaining why all being in business means is fighting with people about everything all the time always. Bryan gives his tips for making telemarketers mad, Komal returns from Canada and talks about her glacier water purchase (and Bryan gets jealous), Justin shares his affinity for Caramel Appeletinis, and we talk about Dick Butkus for way too long.

Sorry for the patchy audio at parts in this episode everyone, we got some background noise that we can remove. Womp Womp.

In this episode...the gang is back with no special guest but lots of fun as they discuss reverse engineering being a people person, the principle of "it's not what you say but how you say it," and if you want to be in charge you should be careful what you wish for. Jason describes the best on-field baseball diss of all-time, Brandon discusses the new cartoon Disenchanted, Komal is just now discovering Hamilton, and Bryan loses miserably in Stump the Brewer.

Kevin from Out Here Having a Pint Podcast joins the gang (link below) and immediately mesmerizes us with the details of his rap career. Jason interviews Kevin about his relationship as an investor in helping start Rusted Silo Southern BBQ & Brewhouse, Brandon beefs on Facebook listening in our conversations, Bryan confesses his love for Captain Planet, and Justin - AKA the Human Dump Bucket - makes his podcast debut.

Out Here Having a Pint Podcast - https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/out-here-having-a-pint-podcast/id1332382088?mt=2

Rusted Silo Southern BBQ & Brewhouse - https://rustedsilobrewhouse.com/

The gang talks about the Jim Collin's theory from his book, "Good to Great," that when building a company the "who" is more important than the "what." Jason talks about Mark Roberts, the world's most famous streaker, Bryan beefs on the fast food industry, Brandon beefs on the internet listening in on his conversations, and Komal leaves early cause she has better thing to do. And we totally stump the brewer cause Bryan dumb.

Plus we're all pretty sure that Kevin McCalister from Home Alone went on to be Jigsaw from the Saw movies.

Plus swear words. Sorry, mom.