On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Dr. Spencer Cohen - Principal and Founder of High Peak Strategy LLC Here a few of the subjects we talked about Economic impact modeling High Peak Strategy LLC Supply disruptions China-U.S. relationship China in Africa China-Taiwan Spencer’s Bio Dr. Spencer Cohen is principal and founder of High Peak Strategy LLC, an economics and research consulting firm based in Seattle, Washington specializing in regional economic analysis, international trade research, and U.S.-China relations. High Peak Strategy LLC works with a diverse range of clients, including ports, economic development organizations, engineering firms, industry and trade associations, and local governments. Spencer brings 14 years’ experience in consulting, policy, and economic research. He is a 2021-2023 Public Intellectuals Program fellow with the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and affiliate professor in the Department of Geography at the University of Washington. Spencer is a recognized expert on regional economic analysis, port economic impacts, U.S.-China trade and economic relations, China’s economy, industry clusters, and international trade. Dr. Cohen is a frequent public speaker on issues relating to U.S.-China relations, China’s Belt and Road Initiative, international trade, industry impact analysis, and regional economic trends. He has written opinion pieces in the South China Morning Post, The Daily Guardian (India), Puget Sound Business Journal, and Seattle Business Magazine. He has been a presenter on U.S.-China relations, trade policy, and the Belt and Road Initiative to various audiences, including the U.S. Heartland China Association and Washington State China Relations Council. Dr. Cohen has a PhD in economic geography from the University of Washington, where his research examined land markets and local government finance in China. His research entailed intensive use of Chinese language government documents and reports, academic research, and news outlets. He has advanced fluency in Mandarin Chinese (spoken and reading). He is a member of the National Committee on U.S.-China Relations and actively involved with the Washington State China Relations Council. Spencer’s Social Media Spencer’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/spencer-cohen-phd-%E6%9F%AF%E8%A5%BF%E6%9C%AC-%E5%8D%9A%E5%A3%AB-4651469/ Company Website: https://highpeakstrategy.com/

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On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Renee Radcliff Sinclair - President/CEO of TVW, Washington’s national award-winning public affairs media network We talk about the following among a few other subjects TVW Her time in the Washington State of Representatives How to become a journalist Career politicians Sunshine week Renee’s Bio Renee Radcliff Sinclair is president and CEO of TVW, Washington’s national award-winning public affairs media network. TVW provides unfiltered, unedited gavel-to-gavel cable television and web-streaming coverage of the Washington State Legislature, Supreme Court, executive branch, state boards and commissions, elections, and public policy events of statewide significance as well as a variety of award-winning produced programs and documentaries. Prior to joining TVW, Renee spent 14 years as a journalist, followed by four successful elections to the Washington State House of Representatives. While serving in the Legislature she garnered a number of prestigious awards and honors, including being named to the American Council of Young Political Leaders and as a fellow to the George Washington University Elliott School of International Affairs. Since retiring from public office, Renee has served in policy leadership roles with the American Electronics Association, the US Chamber of Commerce, and Apple. She is a regularly featured speaker at national and international events and has published numerous policy opinions in local, regional and national publications. Renee has served as a volunteer with a number of local government, humanitarian and workforce efforts over the years and continues to serve her community through a variety of policy-related, community-based activities. Renee’s Social Media Renee’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reneer2/ Renee’s Email: [email protected] Renee’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/Sinclair_R TVW Website: https://tvw.org/ TVW YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCJfdBErVr7q8xoeYanwdniA TVW Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/tvwnews/ Renee’s Advice It's hard to run for public office. But I encourage people if you really have an interest in policy and moving your communities forward and positive ways to look at it. I'm always happy to talk with anybody about what it takes to run. I've given you all my social media connections, feel free to reach out. I'm happy to talk about that. If you really want to make a difference in your community. Step up and do it.

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We talk about the following

Bourbon

SEO

Social Media

What determines a successful YouTube channel

Josh’s Bio

Passionate about the numbers people don't understand, Josh Kotoff leads in explaining simply and clearly what in the world Search Engine Optimization (SEO) is and what modern platforms like YouTube are doing with their current algorithms. 

A born leader, Josh Kotoff has come from self made businesses to growing marketing departments and campaigns with national brands like Live Nation, Ticketmaster, 85C Bakery, and most recently; NBC Universal. 

His specialty is SEO (Search Engine Optimization) that helps businesses get the right audience and rank on Google. Combining his decade long SEO knowledge with his Film background, he also runs many YouTube channels as one of the top YouTube Strategists, managing over 22 million views per month. 

If you don't hear him talking online, you can find him speaking at colleges all across the United States visiting Marketing Classes and teaching about the ever-changing algorithms for Google, YouTube, and social media platforms. 

Josh’s Social Media

Josh’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/josh-kotoff-0a452736/

Josh’s Twitter: https://twitter.com/MrSciFiGuy

Josh’s Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mrscifiguy/

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Josh’s Advice

There's a lot to learn, but a lot of it is free on Google. It's really hard to spread misinformation about SEO stuff. The best way is to learn it on your own by Googling, reading, not paying for it, or talk to me. 

On this episode of the Jason Cavness Experience I talk to Levi Reed - Co-Founder Eunimart, Ex-Amazon We talk about the following and other subjects How he became interested in tech and startups Founder Institute Startup investing Eunimart Levi’s Bio I graduated from Wells College in upstate NY, near the dairy farm where I grew up. Both of my parents were small business owners and I had a strong interest in the vein. After working in the wine industry in NY for a couple years and then in government, I studied for my MS in Communications at Ithaca College and started a marketing practice. That got me interested in startups and tech, and ultimately I decided to do an MBA at ESADE in Barcelona. I was fortunate enough to land an internship with Amazon in Luxembourg and then a full time offer after graduation, and in 2016 I moved to Seattle to start at Amazon. I was there for another 4.5 years, mostly leading product marketing teams across several businesses including Amazon Lending, Amazon Advertising, and Devices (Echo). I also held roles with the Retail business and Amazon Launchpad. I left to join one of the largest hearing care companies globally, to build and launch a customer-facing brand. Unfortunately that didn't work out (happy to go into why, it's not sensitive) and I left to join Eunimart as a late cofounder leading marketing, sales, and GTM in the US. Levi’s Social Media Levi’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/levireed/ Levi’s Email: [email protected] Company Website: https://www.eunimart.com/us Company Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/eunimartltd/ Company YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCmGtodAnLo8OeKHjgq6dBGQ Company Twitter: https://twitter.com/eunimartltd Levi’s Gift "As Eunimart is growing our US presence, we're looking for customers who would be willing to share their experience using the platform to inform a case study. We're offering discounted implementation and service fees to the first five customers who choose to participate. Please contact [email protected] for more information." Levi’s Advice I want to reiterate what I said before. I think it's really important to recognize your priorities and recognize your limits. I think it's important to think about limits. Limits are real, and they exist. But they're also typically malleable. As you're growing as a professional, if you're thinking about going into startups. I think it's always an exciting experience to find your limits and test them and then figure out a plan to expand your capacity in certain areas if you want to. I think it's a question of balancing reality with pragmatism with optimism. I'd say that's something that's pretty top of mind for me lately. As I'm finding, I'm testing my own limits and capacities in this new experience.