Rambling Business Podcast

By Rick Norris

What's Rambling Business Podcast about?

What do you get when you join a CPA and an #Improv #comedian on a #Business #Travel #Podcast ? Follow Rick and Brandon around the world and within the USA as they bring the unique stories of small business owners and travel tips. www.RamblingBusiness.com

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Rambling Business Podcast episodes:

03.17.2024
Ep# 43- (Route 66, Arizona) How to Run a Co-op Art Gallery on Route 66
Ep# 43- (Route 66, Arizona) How to Run a Co-op Art Gallery on Route 66 We start our Business on Route 66 series in Flagstaff Arizona. Rick and Judy were drawn to the Flagstaff Artists Gallery just a half block...
03.17.2024
Ep# 42-(Ojai, California) Tips to Creating Your Own Wave with A Green Business
Ep# 42-(Ojai, California) Tips to Creating Your Own Wave with A Green Business Last Memorial Day weekend, our family of 20 extended our Ojai adventure by kayaking with the Santa Barbara Adventure Company in the Channel Island caves. Rick talked to...
03.17.2024
Ep #41 --(Ojai, California)Tips on Preserving History when Starting a Business
Ep #41 --(Ojai, California)Tips on Preserving History when Starting a Business Last Memorial Day weekend, our extended family of 22 stayed at the Dent House to celebrate Rick and Judy’s birthdays. Hear the story of where they stayed,the 1908 Dent House....
03.17.2024
Ep #40- (Ojai, California) How to Work A Bee Business Without Getting Stung
Ep #40- (Ojai, California) How to Work A Bee Business Without Getting Stung Rick talked to owner, Barbara Haskins about how her family got into the honey business, and how they have changed to keep it profitable. This is part of...
03.17.2024
Ep #39- (Ojai, California) How to Live a Balanced Life While Working
Ep #39- (Ojai, California) How to Live a Balanced Life While Working We start our Ojai Business series with Rick and Judy visiting the Ojai Olive Oil Company Grove. Rick talked to owner, Phil Asquith about its beginning and how he...
03.17.2024
Ep #38-(Haight-Ashbury, California) How to Prosper in a Changing Industry
Ep #38-(Haight-Ashbury, California) How to Prosper in a Changing Industry Rick and Brandon visit Booksmith, which has creatively survived, not only the tumultuous year of Haight-Ashbury, but the changing climate of bookstores. www.RamblingBusiness.com #RamblingBusiness #Podcast #Haight-Ashbury #Bookstores #California
03.17.2024
EP #37-(Haight-Ashbury, California) Adjusting To The 1960’s Hippies Clientele Of Haight - Ashbury
EP #37-(Haight-Ashbury, California) Adjusting To The 1960’s Hippies Clientele Of Haight - Ashbury We continue Haight-Ashbury series by stepping back years BEFORE the hippie movement and how one business had to adjust to flower children. Rick stopped by Mendels, which has...
03.17.2024
Ep# 36- (Haight-Ashbury, California) Staying Hip in Haight-Ashbury with the Steampunk Culture
Ep# 36- (Haight-Ashbury, California) Staying Hip in Haight-Ashbury with the Steampunk Culture Join Rick and Brandon as they showcase "Distractions", the oldest existing business in Haight-Ashbury offering a mix of vintage clothes, accessories, steampunk and Victorian items. Learn how you can...
03.02.2024
Ep# 35-(Malibu, California) The Business of Being True to Yourself with Zuma Jay
Ep# 35-(Malibu, California) The Business of Being True to Yourself with Zuma Jay We finish up our series Cowabunga! Malibu Business with Rick’s conversation with a Malibu legend. Zuma Jay! Learn how Jay stayed true to himself in developing his surfing...
03.02.2024
Ep# 34-(Malibu, California) Changing Lives with Business Opportunities in Malibu
Ep# 34-(Malibu, California) Changing Lives with Business Opportunities in Malibu Rick and Brandon stop by Sherman’s Place which is across the street from the world-famous Zuma Beach. Sherman Baylin is a pillar in Malibu when it comes to the caring and...
03.02.2024
Ep #33-(Malibu, California) How To Change Your Business For The Greater Good
Ep #33-(Malibu, California) How To Change Your Business For The Greater Good Today we visit the Soul 2 Soul Equine Healing Center where Joy Lazarus teamed up with Psychotherapist, Mark Frankle, to offer people a different kind of therapy using horses....
03.02.2024
Ep #32- (Malibu, California) Attaching To A Legacy To Start Your Own
Ep #32- (Malibu, California) Attaching To A Legacy To Start Your Own Malibu is known for its vintage surfing movies, but we’ll travel into the canyons where other businesses flourish. Today we visit the Cornell Winery in Cornell where Rick...
03.02.2024
Ep #31- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) Leveraging Your Strengths To Win In A New Industry
Ep #31- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) Leveraging Your Strengths To Win In A New Industry We drive south from Templeton to San Luis Obispo and pick up our story of this new and exciting industry by visiting Steve Autry. We will explain...
03.02.2024
Ep #30- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) Barreling Your Passion For Success With Port Wine
Ep #30- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) Barreling Your Passion For Success With Port Wine We visit Steve and Lola Glossner of PasoPort Wine Company and how they used their unique backgrounds to bottle Port. www.ramblingbusiness.com #RamblingBusiness #Podcast #Distrilleries #Port #PasoPort #Travel #SmallBusiness #PasoRobles...
03.02.2024
Ep #29- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) How To Become An Industry Leader
Ep #29- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) How To Become An Industry Leader We shoot across the state to Paso Robles, the Central Coast Wine area. But we are not talking about wine, believe it or not. Instead a new industry that has...
03.02.2024
Ep #28- (Southern Sierra, California) How To Keep The Oldest Active Store In California "Active"
Ep #28- (Southern Sierra, California) How To Keep The Oldest Active Store In California "Active" We continue in the Kern Valley by looking at a business that has existed since 1851. We are talking about the Onyx Store in Onyx, California...
03.02.2024
Ep #27-(Southern Sierra, California) The Horse Sense Of Developing Your Passion For Business
Ep #27-(Southern Sierra, California) The Horse Sense Of Developing Your Passion For Business We look at a business that was developed after retirement from a passion with history. Mike Woodward of Lone Star Productions took deliberate steps to starting his Lone...
03.02.2024
Ep# 26- (Southern Sierra, California) Tips to Starting A New Business In A Vacation Destination
Ep# 26- (Southern Sierra, California) Tips to Starting A New Business In A Vacation Destination The high desert/mountain resort area of Lake Isabella, Kernville and surrounding areas has been a welcome escape for people in California. It offers great activities like...
03.01.2024
Ep #25- (Palm Desert, California) How To Plan Your Business And Not Just Fight Windmills
Ep #25- (Palm Desert, California) How To Plan Your Business And Not Just Fight Windmills We round up our Greater Palm Springs Desert Series with the Quixote view of the Palm Springs alternative energy windmills. If you have driven I-10 to...
03.01.2024
Ep #24-(Palm Desert, California)Building A Legacy With Nature Even On The San Andreas Fault
Ep #24-(Palm Desert, California)Building A Legacy With Nature Even On The San Andreas Fault We continue our Greater Palm Springs Desert series by taking you back into history a bit. We will be visiting the Thousand Palm Oasis Preserve just outside...
03.01.2024
Ep #23 - (Palm Desert)How To Find A Date In The Greater Palm Springs Desert
Ep #23 - (Palm Desert)How To Find A Date In The Greater Palm Springs Desert Our “Greater Palm Springs Desert Business” series starts with finding you a date. But before you dress up, we are talking about The Shields Date Garden...
02.28.2024
Ep #22--(Virginia City, Nevada) Grinding Up New Business Like The Virginia City Roasting House
Ep #22--(Virginia City, Nevada) Grinding Up New Business Like The Virginia City Roasting House We finish our “old western town” series Virginia City Business by leaving our antique candy store and crossing the street for a cup of coffee. The Roasting...
02.28.2024
Ep #21--(Virginia City, Nevada) Tips On Running A Family Business & Red’s Old Fashioned Candies
Ep #21--(Virginia City, Nevada) Tips On Running A Family Business & Red’s Old Fashioned Candies We continue our “old western town” series Virginia City Business, by climbing leaving our 19th Century Hat maker and strolling down the bumpy wooded boardwalk with...
02.27.2024
Ep# 20--(Virginia City, Nevada) Tips On Starting Your Career From a 19th Century Hat Maker
Ep# 20--(Virginia City, Nevada) Tips On Starting Your Career From a 19th Century Hat Maker We continue our “old western town” series Virginia City Business, by climbing out of the silver mine to get a hat. Just down the street from...
02.27.2024
Ep #19--(Virginia City, Nevada) Cashing In On A 19th Century Blue Silver Mine
Ep 19--(Virginia City, Nevada) Cashing In On A 19th Century Blue Silver Mine We leave our San Diego Microbrewery series and fly you northwest to the old west town of Virginia City, Nevada. Yes you heard right, we are leaving the...
02.27.2024
Ep #18 - (San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)The Super Hero Of Beer - -The Green Flash Brewery
Ep #18 - (San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)The Super Hero Of Beer - -The Green Flash Brewery Here we finish our San Diego Microbrewery Series. In case you missed the last episode, we started the San Diego destination podcasts by discussing Ballast...
02.27.2024
Ep # 17 - (San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)The Holiest Beer, The Lost Abbey Brewery
Ep # 17 - (San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)The Holiest Beer, The Lost Abbey Brewery Join our San Diego Micro-Brewery Series tour where American Micro-brewing began. In this episode, we walk into "The Confessional" and experience the miracle that catapulted The Lost...
02.19.2024
Ep #16—(San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)How To Start A New Micro - Brewing Business In San Diego
Ep #16—(San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)How To Start A New Micro-Brewing Business in San Diego We leave the East Coast and fly you to the other coast to San Diego where American Microbrewing began. Today we give some business take-aways on starting...
02.19.2024
Ep #15 - (Massachusetts)Getting The Brass Ring At Martha's Vineyard
Ep #15 - (Massachusetts)Getting The Brass Ring At Martha's Vineyard Before leaving Massachusetts, Rick and Judy jumped on the nation’s oldest platform carousel located in Oak Bluffs, Martha’s Vineyard. Learn about the carousel and some tips on running a non-profit like...
02.19.2024
Ep #14 - (Massachusetts) How To Carve Your Own History - The Martha's Vineyards Woodcarver
Ep #14 - (Massachusetts) How To Carve Your Own History - The Martha's Vineyards Woodcarver We leave the Boston area and drive a couple of hour’s south, and jump on a ferry to Martha’s Vineyards. Here Rick and Judy rode around...
02.19.2024
Ep #13--(Massachusetts) Boardgaming The System In Massachusetts
Ep #13--(Massachusetts) Boardgaming The System In Massachusetts We leave our Maui business series and fly you to the other side of the country to Massachusetts. We start in a Boston suburb, Brookline where Devon Trevelyan, a musician, brought back an old...
02.16.2024
Ep #12 - (Maui, Hawaii)The Best Wine Grown On The Side Of A Volcano - -The Maui Winery
Ep #12 - (Maui, Hawaii)The Best Wine Grown On The Side Of A Volcano - -The Maui Winery We leave our Maui plantation and drive up the side of the Haliakala volcano overlooking the Southeastern side of Maui. Today we tell...
02.16.2024
Ep #11 - (Maui, Hawaii)The Best Place To Stay In Maui
Ep #11 - (Maui, Hawaii)The Best Place To Stay In Maui Check out the 1870 Haikui Plantation Inn on Maui where Rick and Brandon talk about its long history and business practices that have made it a unique location for travelers....
02.10.2024
Ep #10 - (Maui, Hawaii)How Surfing With Maui Goats Can Help Your Business And Travel
Ep #10 - (Maui, Hawaii)How Surfing With Maui Goats Can Help Your Business And Travel Join the whole family, Rick, Judy, Brandon, Devin, Austin, Amber, Sarah, and Satya as they milk goats and eat cheese. This is just no ordinary goat...
02.10.2024
Ep # 9— (Santa Barbara, California)The Best Chocolate in Central California
Ep # 9— (Santa Barbara, California)The Best Chocolate in Central California Our journey this series, Sweet Santa Barbara Business, has taken you to wine, glass blowing and an old stage coach stop. We finish our series with dessert. “Chocolats du CaliBressan”....
02.10.2024
Ep #8 -- (Santa Barbara, California)Business and Travel Tips from an 1870 Stage Coach Tavern
Ep #8 -- (Santa Barbara, California)Business and Travel Tips from an 1870 Stage Coach Tavern We continue our series, Sweet Santa Barbara Business, where Brandon and Rick talk to small businesses in Santa Barbara to learn about their secrets for success....
02.10.2024
Ep#7--(Santa Barbara, California)Blowing Glass Without Blowing Your Business
Ep#7--(Santa Barbara, California)Blowing Glass Without Blowing Your Business In this episode we take you to Santa Barbara Art Glass in Santa Barbara, California where Rick and Judy went to blow their own glass tumblers. Check out what they learned about this...
02.10.2024
Ep #6--(Santa Barbara) Drink To The Success Of The Sideways Movie Winery
Ep #6--(Santa Barbara) Drink To The Success Of The Sideways Movie Winery Remember the movie, "Sideways?" Join Rick and Brandon as they talk about Rick's visit to the Kalyra Winery in San Ynez, California where they filmed scenes from that...
02.10.2024
Ep #5--(Louisiana)Repackaging Old Technology For Modern Times
Ep #5--(Louisiana)Repackaging Old Technology For Modern Times We continue this month’s series “Business in the Bayou” by gas-ing it up a bit. Walking through the French Quarter, Rick and Judy noticed the lines running between gas lamps. They happened to stumble...
02.10.2024
Ep #4--(Louisiana)Good Golly Gumbo! New Technology For An Old Recipe
Ep #4--(Louisiana)Good Golly Gumbo! New Technology For An Old Recipe We continue this month’s series “Business in the Bayou” by talking Gumbo. On the way to the Nottoway Plantation Wedding, Rick and Judy were lured to Chef Ron’s Gumbo Stop in...
01.11.2024
Ep #3--(Louisiana) A Wedding Venu On The Mississippi
Ep #3--(Louisiana) A Wedding Venu On The Mississippi We continue this month’s series “Business in the Bayou” by moving up the Mississippi River to the Nottoway Plantation in White Castle. There Rick and Judy attended a wedding that started in...
01.11.2024
Ep #2-- (Louisiana) Ghosts In The French Quarter
Ghosts In The French Quarter We continue this month’s series “Business in the Bayou” with ghosts! One thing that New Orleans is not short of is ghosts and history. Today we talk Rick’s visit to Dickie Brennan’s Tableau Restaurant and its...
01.11.2024
Ep #1--(Louisiana) The Bayou Gator Business Death Roll
The Bayou Gator Business Death Roll This month we look at Business in the Bayou and take you down to New Orleans where we checked out a few businesses. When Rick took a swamp cruise, he learned how the area survived...
09.01.2023
# 133--(NewMexico, USA)—The Wildlife West Nature Park
Rambling Business continues its Harvest Hosts Southern USA series in the great state of New Mexico. As we said, Rick and Judy bought an RV and joined an RV club called Harvest Hosts where they can park, visit, and patronize...
08.22.2023
Episode #132—(NewMexico, USA)—The Ghosts of Shakespeare
Rambling Business starts its Harvest Hosts Southern USA series in the great state of New Mexico. As we said, Rick and Judy bought an RV and joined an RV club called Harvest Hosts where they can park, visit, and patronize...
11.29.2022
Ep# 131--(Washington, USA)Seattle Underground Tour
Rambling Business finishes its Harvest Hosts Pacific Northwest series in the great state of Washington. As we said in our last episode, Rick and Judy bought an RV and joined an RV club called Harvest Hosts where they can park,...
10.15.2022
Ep #130—(Washington, USA)—Klickitat Canyon & Columbia Gorge Winery where grapes speak for themselves
Ep #130— (Washington State, USA)—Klickitat Canyon & Columbia Gorge Winery where grapes speak for themselves. Rambling Business continues its Harvest Hosts Pacific Northwest series by moving up into the great state of Washington. As we said in our last...
09.23.2022
Ep# 129 (Oregon)--Resurrecting the Past using Hops and Barley
Rambling Business continues its Harvest Hosts Pacific Northwest series in the great state of Oregon. As we said in our last episode, Rick and Judy bought an RV and joined an RV club called Harvest Hosts where they can park,...
09.15.2022
Ep #128— (Oregon, USA)—Tying the knot at the Lavender Owl Farm
With international travel curtailed by the pandemic, Rambling Business is starting a new series in the continental United States. Rick and Judy bought an RV and joined an RV club called Harvest Hosts where RVs can park, visit and patronize...
09.09.2022
EP#127-(Sydney, Australia)—The Great Shell Game in Building Sydney’s famous Opera House
Rambling Business concludes our Australian series near the end of the U.S. pandemic by taking you to Sydney, Australia. Rick and Judy visited the famous Opera House where they were surprised by its construction and history.

What's Rambling Business Podcast about?

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Rambling Business Podcast episodes:

Ep# 43- (Route 66, Arizona) How to Run a Co-op Art Gallery on Route 66

Ep# 42-(Ojai, California) Tips to Creating Your Own Wave with A Green Business

Ep #41 --(Ojai, California)Tips on Preserving History when Starting a Business

Ep #40- (Ojai, California) How to Work A Bee Business Without Getting Stung

Ep #39- (Ojai, California) How to Live a Balanced Life While Working

Ep #38-(Haight-Ashbury, California) How to Prosper in a Changing Industry

EP #37-(Haight-Ashbury, California) Adjusting To The 1960’s Hippies Clientele Of Haight - Ashbury

Ep# 36- (Haight-Ashbury, California) Staying Hip in Haight-Ashbury with the Steampunk Culture

Ep# 35-(Malibu, California) The Business of Being True to Yourself with Zuma Jay

Ep# 34-(Malibu, California) Changing Lives with Business Opportunities in Malibu

Ep #33-(Malibu, California) How To Change Your Business For The Greater Good

Ep #32- (Malibu, California) Attaching To A Legacy To Start Your Own

Ep #31- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) Leveraging Your Strengths To Win In A New Industry

Ep #30- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) Barreling Your Passion For Success With Port Wine

Ep #29- (CA Micro-distilleries, California) How To Become An Industry Leader

Ep #28- (Southern Sierra, California) How To Keep The Oldest Active Store In California "Active"

Ep #27-(Southern Sierra, California) The Horse Sense Of Developing Your Passion For Business

Ep# 26- (Southern Sierra, California) Tips to Starting A New Business In A Vacation Destination

Ep #25- (Palm Desert, California) How To Plan Your Business And Not Just Fight Windmills

Ep #24-(Palm Desert, California)Building A Legacy With Nature Even On The San Andreas Fault

Ep #23 - (Palm Desert)How To Find A Date In The Greater Palm Springs Desert

Ep #22--(Virginia City, Nevada) Grinding Up New Business Like The Virginia City Roasting House

Ep #21--(Virginia City, Nevada) Tips On Running A Family Business & Red’s Old Fashioned Candies

Ep# 20--(Virginia City, Nevada) Tips On Starting Your Career From a 19th Century Hat Maker

Ep #19--(Virginia City, Nevada) Cashing In On A 19th Century Blue Silver Mine

Ep #18 - (San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)The Super Hero Of Beer - -The Green Flash Brewery

Ep # 17 - (San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)The Holiest Beer, The Lost Abbey Brewery

Ep #16—(San Diego Micro-Breweries, California)How To Start A New Micro - Brewing Business In San Diego

Ep #15 - (Massachusetts)Getting The Brass Ring At Martha's Vineyard

Ep #14 - (Massachusetts) How To Carve Your Own History - The Martha's Vineyards Woodcarver

Ep #13--(Massachusetts) Boardgaming The System In Massachusetts

Ep #12 - (Maui, Hawaii)The Best Wine Grown On The Side Of A Volcano - -The Maui Winery

Ep #11 - (Maui, Hawaii)The Best Place To Stay In Maui

Ep #10 - (Maui, Hawaii)How Surfing With Maui Goats Can Help Your Business And Travel

Ep # 9— (Santa Barbara, California)The Best Chocolate in Central California

Ep #8 -- (Santa Barbara, California)Business and Travel Tips from an 1870 Stage Coach Tavern

Ep#7--(Santa Barbara, California)Blowing Glass Without Blowing Your Business

Ep #6--(Santa Barbara) Drink To The Success Of The Sideways Movie Winery

Ep #5--(Louisiana)Repackaging Old Technology For Modern Times

Ep #4--(Louisiana)Good Golly Gumbo! New Technology For An Old Recipe

Ep #3--(Louisiana) A Wedding Venu On The Mississippi

Ep #2-- (Louisiana) Ghosts In The French Quarter

Ep #1--(Louisiana) The Bayou Gator Business Death Roll

# 133--(NewMexico, USA)—The Wildlife West Nature Park

Episode #132—(NewMexico, USA)—The Ghosts of Shakespeare

Ep# 131--(Washington, USA)Seattle Underground Tour

Ep #130—(Washington, USA)—Klickitat Canyon & Columbia Gorge Winery where grapes speak for themselves

Ep# 129 (Oregon)--Resurrecting the Past using Hops and Barley

Ep #128— (Oregon, USA)—Tying the knot at the Lavender Owl Farm

EP#127-(Sydney, Australia)—The Great Shell Game in Building Sydney’s famous Opera House