Spark To Fire Podcast

In today's episode, Landon sits down with the co-founders of Five Nines: Nick Bock and James Bowen. As you listen, you'll be guided through the story of how they started their business and grew it into what it is today. There are several insightful moments throughout this episode so be sure to take notes! Keep striking!

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In today's episode, Mike Murman joins host, Landon Rhodes, to discuss his journey from creating Pen-Link, an industry preferred wiretapping software provider, to then turning his wine-making hobby into the successful family business, Glacial Till.

Pen-Link is a wiretapping software company that develops communications surveillance data collection and analysis solutions for domestic law enforcement. This software helped crack the 2002 Laci Peterson domestic homicide case and assisted in the security of the 2002 Salt Lake City, Utah Winter Olympics.

Mike now spends his time running Glacial Till Vineyards with his family. Their cider was named the grand champion and was awarded three gold medals at the 2019 U.S. Cider Championship. Glacial Till is the youngest cidery ever to be named the national champion.

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Landon is joined by Alex Bratt, a former Marine who served in the most decorated infantry battalion in the Marine Corps. The Second Battalion, Fifth Marines where he became an assault man. He specialized in rockets and demolitions. Though he was never in combat, he had to watch those he was close to go to war when he returned home. This stress drove Alex to a breaking point where he felt there was nothing else for him to do. Listen in and learn how Alex conquered his darkness and has become one of the faces of Irreverent Warriors and the Marine Corps League.

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Aaron McKeever joins the podcast this week. Aaron is an entrepreneur with big visions. He got his start selling cars and then soon ventured into the restaurant industry. Aaron has been a part of some of the most successful restaurants in Omaha. His successes in these gave him a vision; and now he’s executing that to change the restaurant experience in Omaha as you know it. Listen in to find out how.

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In today’s episode, Daniel Alarik joins Landon Rhodes on the podcast. Daniel is the Founder of Grunt Style, a popular patriotism-themed clothing line. He discusses how his business grew from sleeping on his product in his car to doing 250 million in sales and selling in Macy’s.

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In today’s episode, Charlie Yin is a former Wall Street man turned Restaurateur after the 2008 financial crisis. When he returned to Nebraska he had to work his way up from a waiter to the owner of Local Beer, Patio, and Kitchen. Listen in to find out the dedication it takes to run a successful restaurant.

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In today’s episode, Dave Lakin joins the podcast this week for a very fun episode. Dave is the CEO of VirtuActive, a 3D drafting, and design company, but doesn't have the normal background of someone in his position. From his time with Complete Nutrition he gained the knowledge and grit needed to help bring VirtuActive to the spotlight.

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In today’s episode, Ben Williamson joins the podcast on this episode of Spark to Fire. Ben brings insights into some of the lesser-known venture capital scenes here in Nebraska. Listen in to find out if you and your business should start raising funds or if you should bootstrap it and build it without help.

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Listen to the conclusion of this two-part interview with David Sievers. After he left Disney in what some could say the longest notice ever given, David started as the Founder and CEO of Akura Coffee Co.

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In part one of this two-part interview you get to meet David Sievers. David has had an interesting career path, from sorting mail in Lincoln to helping run over 70,000 YouTube channels at Maker Studios and even becoming the youngest VP in Disney history. Listen in as David tell all about each experience and how they have helped him make his new ventures more impactful than ever.

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This show is produced by Grindstone.

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