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Innovation, originally introduced, includes an equilibrium between social good and capital gain. Now, it has seemingly turned into information and human exploitation forming capital gain for the benefit of a few. How can this be addressed moving forward to create a truly sustainable entrepreneurial future for all parties involved?

Today, we discuss just that.
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Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association & MSU Women in Entrepreneurship.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Brandon Weaver & Gabe Hales

Today, Aaryn & Brandon sit down with Travis Stoliker. Travis is a life-long entrepreneur and a genuinely amazing human.

Starting his entrepreneurial journey at a young age running a paper route, he’s been building on the foundation of his entrepreneurial mindset since he was 12.

Travis’s professional life started at TechSmith Corporation, where he was a software product marketing manager, eventually making the jump to Liquid Web. Liquid Web was a startup in Lansing that was acquired in 2015. Travis spent almost 10 years there diligently working to grow their sales and marketing channels.

Today, Travis is an integral member of the Greater Lansing community. In 2015, Travis and his business partner, Matt Gillet, co-founded Saddleback BBQ, an authentic southern BBQ restaurant with two locations, in REO Town and Okemos.

Interested in the books talked about today? Learn more below:

• Don't Bullsh*t Yourself: Crush The Excuses That Are Holding You Back, by Jon Taffer
• Delivering Happiness, by Tony Hsieh
• Complexity: The Emerging Science at the Edge of Order and Chaos, by M. Mitchel Waldrop, Mikael Naramore, et al.

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Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read & respond to every message: [email protected]. Follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind the scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association & MSU Women in Entrepreneurship.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Brandon Weaver & Aaryn Richard

Aaryn & Brandon sit down with the 2021 Burgess New Venture Challenge People’s Choice Winners, Joshua May, founder of Intertwined Entertainment, and Raghunath Reddy, co-founder of The Frame Kart. Later, they get a chance to interview two student ventures focusing on social innovation & change-making: Kayla Green, founder and CEO of GrandStand Music Festival, and Tiauna West, founder and CEO of VEIL. These Spartan venturers go back to their roots, explaining the journey that fueled them to where they are today — and discuss where they're headed.

Check out the whole Burgess New Venture Challenge program at: eship.msu.edu/burgessnvc

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Better yet, subscribe, listen, & share this podcast. With your friends, or with random people. Either way, liking & rating Hatchcast really helps. Like, seriously, the subscribe button—the stars . . . they're calling out to you . . . it helps get the word out. Thank you!

Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind the scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & InnovationatMichigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina

Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech

Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger

Co-hosted by Brandon Weaver & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

Jasmene Bowdry is a creative, driven retail strategist. She's also a fashion entrepreneur with over a decade of experience in retail, design, and styling. In 2016 she launched SHIFT StyleHouse, a contemporary clothing boutique for the modern renaissance woman.

Tying together her love for business and passion for fashion, in 2018 Jasmene launched The Boutique Teacher, LLC to provide both existing and aspiring boutique owners with proven retail strategies to grow and scale their online businesses.

Bowdry & her brand, SHIFT StyleHouse, have been featured in The Market at Macy’s, Bravo TV, xoNECOLE.com, Sheen Magazine, and Sister Circle TV. She’s a proud Michigan State Alumna and member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority, Inc.

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Better yet, subscribe, listen, & share this podcast. With your friends, or with random people. Either way, liking & rating Hatchcast really helps. Like, seriously, the subscribe button — the rating stars . . . they're calling out to you . . . it helps get the word out. Thank you!

Your feedback makes us better: Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind the scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music is by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

Brandon & Aaryn sit down with the top three 2021 Burgess New Venture Challenge winners, Brendan Wang & Jake Roach of CAPNOS; James Hamer of PictureIt; and Jackie Smythe & Olivia Miller of INFKNIT. These Spartan venturers provide insights into how they started and where they’re going. You can see the whole Burgess New Venture Challenge program at: eship.msu.edu/burgessnvc
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Love what you hear? Let us know! Better yet, subscribe, listen, & share this podcast. With your friends, or with random people. Either way, liking & rating Hatchcast really helps. Like, seriously, the subscribe button—the stars . . . they're calling out to you . . . it helps get the word out. Thank you!

Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation atMichigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, and resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures.

An Evening with Jaime Schmidt is proudly  produced & brought to you by the Michigan State University's Entrepreneurship Association (MSUEA) and Michigan State University's Women in Entrepreneurship (MSUWE). This conversation was recorded live by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation.

Jaime Schmidt, Entrepreneur & Founder at Schmidt's Naturals

Jaime Schmidt is an entrepreneur and founder of Schmidt’s Naturals, a brand of natural personal care products that she started in her kitchen in Portland, Oregon in 2010. Jaime is known for modernizing natural personal care products, including the customer-favorite deodorant, and bringing them to the mainstream market. Under her leadership, Schmidt’s grew into a household name lining the shelves of retailers including Target, Costco, Whole Foods, Walmart, and CVS across 30 countries. In 2017, Schmidt’s partnered with CPG giant Unilever, with Jaime continuing as the brand’s founder. Jaime is the co-founder of Color, an investment portfolio that specializes in the consumer product industry, retail and e-commerce, brand positioning, and M&A. She is the author of Supermaker: Crafting Business on Your Own Terms, a personalized guide on how to put your business on the map, turning your passion into profit.

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share us with your friends. Liking and rating Hatchcast gets the word out. If you're super motivated: share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing programs, courses, and resources to foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, and create new ventures. We prime students to embrace failure mindfully, explore unknowns, and develop skills that matter.

Receiving his degree from Michigan State University’s School of Hospitality Business, Bob Fish has been Chairman of the Board of the Michigan Restaurant Association, Chair of the Small Business Association of Michigan, and was a Founding Board member of MiQuest, a Michigan entrepreneurial incubator. With all of this under his belt, on March 15, 1995, Bob Fish and Michael McFall founded BIGGBY® COFFEE with a single store in East Lansing, Michigan. One year later, and on the cusp of opening a second location, the two entrepreneurs, on a handshake and $4,000, decided to franchise the concept. BIGGBY® COFFEE’s cultural values of Make Friends, Have Fun, Be Yourself, and Share Great Coffee help coffee-lovers and the coffee-curious alike benefit from a less pretentious and fun approach to the standard gourmet cafe paradigm.

Today, there are 239 locations in nine states. Bob enjoys walking, mainly around Saugatuck, MI.

Incidentals, Takeaways, & Mentioned Books:

• Innovate State is a long-running speaker series. You can watch these conversations on Vimeo.
• One BIGG Island in Space
• The Moonshot Guidebook: A Launchpad to Your Higher Purpose, by Michael J. McFall, Laura Eich, & Jeremy DeRuiter
• A Journey to Conscious Capitalism - TedX Talk. How Conscious Capitalism led the founders of BIGGBY COFFEE to the companies vision and purpose.

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Love what you hear? Let us know! Subscribe, listen, & share us with your friends. Liking and rating Hatchcast gets the word out. If you're super motivated: share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: [email protected]. You can also follow us on Instagram & Facebook to get a look behind-the-scenes.

Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University,  in collaboration with MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Original Music by Kakia Gkoudina
Engineered & Edited by Gabe Hales & Justice Keech
Co-created by Aaryn Richard, Tyler Mehigh, & Kurt Creger
Co-hosted by Gabe Hales, Justice Keech, Brandon Weaver, Tiauna West, & Aaryn Richard

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide progra

Heads up: If you're just tuning into this miniseries, we'd love it if, before clicking play on this episode, you'd go back to our feed and take in Parts I & II. We'd also love it if you'd subscribe to Hatchcast, rate & share us with your friends, too.

Today we continue our series, checking in with 2020 Spartan grads. We've all had a topsy-turvy-volatile-deadly-anxious-weird-bombshell year—which in turn inspired our team to create this miniseries within our ongoing podcast production. With Part Three, we continue to turn to those who inspire & heal.

Our team is proud to get the opportunity to sit down with 2020 Spartan grads and ask them about their experiences and what they wish for those graduating this coming May.

From all of us at The Hatchcast, enjoy!

Bri Makaric (Advertising Management, 20') is a legend. She's also the founder & CEO of BRITE bites — a growing, healthy snackfoods company. Around the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation, Bri's known for her tenacity, grit, & indefatigable hustle. Her fellow Spartan venturers often encountered Bri during late-night work sessions at the MSU Hatch, where she could be found practicing for pitch competition or fulfilling customer orders. Bri is an inspiration for many, a role model for all, and an example of how, with focused effort and honed skill, you can do anything.
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Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Spartan Successors Miniseries is created & executive-produced by Justice Keech & Aaryn Richard. Original music was written & performed by Justice Keech. This miniseries is engineered, mixed, & edited by Justice Keech. It is co-hosted by Brandon Weaver, Justice Keech, & Aaryn Richard.

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Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: hatchcast[ at ]msu.edu. Oh, yeah, we're on Instagram & Facebook, too.

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, & resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, & create new ventures

Last week marked one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It’s been one year since students, faculty, & staff were sent to work and learn from home. We here at the Hatchcast were no exception. A topsy-turvy-volatile-deadly-anxious-weird-bombshell year inspired this miniseries we're calling Spartan Successors. Today, we offer Part Two, continuing to turn to those who inspire & heal. Our team is proud to sit down with 2020 Spartan Graduates and ask them about their experiences and what they wish for those graduating this coming May.

From all of us at The Hatchcast, enjoy!

Kelly Phalen (Graphic Design, 20') is an extremely talented graphic designer and former co-worker of the Hatchcast team. Ms Phalen worked with the Burgess Institute, where she worked as a graphic design consultant at the MSU Hatch and poured her heart into the institute's visual identity. She was kind enough to spare some time to sit down with us and chat about getting over the graduation hump and what comes next. Thank you, Kelly!

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Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Spartan Successors Miniseries is created & executive-produced by Justice Keech & Aaryn Richard. Original music was written & performed by Justice Keech. This miniseries is engineered, mixed, & edited by Justice Keech.

Love what you hear? Let us know! Better yet, subscribe, listen, & share us. With your friends, or with random people. Either way, liking & rating the Hatchcast really helps. Like, seriously, the subscribe button—the stars . . . they're calling out to you . . . it helps get the word out. Thank you!

Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: hatchcast[ at ]msu.edu. Oh, yeah, we're on Instagram & Facebook, too.

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, & resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, & create new ventures.

This week marks one year since the World Health Organization declared COVID-19 a pandemic. It’s been one year since students, faculty, & staff were sent to work and learn from home. We here at the Hatchcast were no exception. Today, the Hatchcast team marks a topsy-turvy-volatile-deadly-anxious-weird-bombshell year by offering Part One of a miniseries we're calling Spartan Successors.

Turning to those who inspire & heal, we sit down with 2020 Spartan Graduates and ask them about their experiences and what they wish for those graduating in May. From all of us at The Hatchcast, enjoy!

Mi'Ele Booker (Communications, '20) is a creator and vibrant storyteller. She is a venturer. Ms. Booker is a leader and creative visionary. In her own words: Whether it’s through photography, writing, or speaking, I want to create a sense of connection with my audience while creatively expressing myself. Being confident is one thing, but using that confidence to be vulnerable with my story is very important to me.

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Hatchcast is brought to you by the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University, in collaboration with the MSU Entrepreneurship Association, MSU Women in Entrepreneurship, and the MSU Innovation Center.

Spartan Successors Miniseries is created & executive-produced by Justice Keech & Aaryn Richard. Original music was written & performed by Justice Keech. This miniseries is engineered, mixed, & edited by Justice Keech.

Love what you hear? Let us know! Better yet, subscribe, listen, & share us. With your friends, or with random people. Either way, liking & rating the Hatchcast really helps. Like, seriously, the subscribe button—the stars . . . they're calling out to you . . . it helps get the word out. Thank you!

Share your thoughts with the Hatchcast team. Ideas about future episode topics? Guests? We read and respond to every message: hatchcast[ at ]msu.edu. Oh, yeah, we're on Instagram & Facebook, too.

About the Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation at Michigan State University
The Burgess Institute for Entrepreneurship & Innovation empowers students to learn through action by providing campus-wide programs, courses, & resources to test ideas, foster an entrepreneurial mindset, develop empathy, & create new ventures.