New Age Nomad Podcast

Between podcasts with other successful guests we run our own apparel and creative services businesses. While we've enjoyed taking the advice of others who are in similar fields we wanted to start talking more about our own relationship, work, play, creativity, and everything that happens in between as we attempt to forge our own path.

After having transitioned from a graphic to a product designer Tony McWilliams found himself running Faction Skis, the fastest-growing winter sports brand in the world, before moving on to his latest venture in Ghosts Apparel.

An entrepreneur, impact investor and philanthropist with more than 30 years of experience working with startups, non-profits and serving on corporate boards, Vipe Desai works within businesses to make others successful and help better protect our oceans.

Having first taken the dive into the health food movement Alden Wicker set out to better understand the intersection of sustainability and fashion via her freelance journalistic efforts.

Now two years into the the co-founding of The Renewal Workshop Nicole Bassett returns for a second episode to talk further about industry-wide solutions for optimizing the value of resources invested in apparel.

Having grown up in Miami Joshua Perez found himself jobless after college in Denver, CO until a happenstance meeting changed his career trajectory.

After co-founding a creative studio Scott McDonald dove into his first foray with "the world's first cinematic smartcase."

Having worked as a horseback tour guide, ski instructor, route setter, and sales director Tom Adams has spent the better part of his life climbing and skiing in Utah's Wasatch Range.

The hardest-working creative you’ll ever meet, Paul Jarvis is a designer, author, teacher, software creator and podcaster. He’s written four books (translated into Korean, Russian, Arabic and several other languages he unfortunately doesn’t speak), and builds beautiful-yet-practical digital courses to show people how to kick ass at the intersection of creativity and commerce. Paul also co-founded ofCourseBooks and hosts two podcasts about business, freelancing, creativity – and nerdy stuff like time travel and vampires.

 

Topics of this chat include:

• Creating cohesiveness

• The iterative process

• From services to product

• Finding work that’s worth it

• Learning from others to pivot

• Working as an introvert

• Defining success

• The real version of market research

• Sticking to deadlines

• Organic, and sustainable, growth

• Transitioning

• Abundance vs. scarcity

• Giving more than you get

• Considering your “why”

Beginning with his study of ecology and evolutionary biology Stephan Ango shifted his focus onto his love for product design.