The city of Beirut was rocked by an extremely large explosion that made global news. Many locals caught the entire thing on video. I called my friend John Sagherian, of Youth For Christ, who lives 4 miles from the explosion site in Beirut, Lebanon. Go to the show notes page to donate: https://justinkbrady.com/john-sagherian

Brad Feld author of The Startup Community Way, co-founder of Tech Stars and early FitBit investor coined the term "startup community" and shares what makes a great startup community, why certain partnerships kill these communities, and how to grow them! Full Show Topic List: 01:05 - Twenty-first century Taylorism is no way to manage people 14:45 - Brad Feld on startup communities, myths and how to grow one 47:29 - WHY!? Drive-through edition 50:16 - New report shares 5 things to focus on to win post-Covid consumers Full Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/podcast

Brady Harris, CEO of Dwolla has access to millions of money and financial transfer data points in many different applications, so I asked what trends he's seeing and how these tie to economic conditions. Also, he explains an amazing leadership lesson he applied to Dwolla's staff. 1:41 - The constant struggle marketing and comms teams have with content strategy. 12:23 - Brady Harris, CEO of Dwolla explains money global moving trends and we discuss how this ties to the economy. 48:25 - WHY? Grocery store check-out line edition. 51:19 - Covid parties... aren't real. But why did they gain so much attention? Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/notes/7-22-2020/

Facebook is facing pressure from advertisers for reasons advertisers aren't talking about. The Covid blame game continues, and you need to pay attention to your top performers during this COVID thing. In fact, it will bring them to the surface. 1:01 - Covid blame game and Target VS Amazon 13:02 - Facebook VS Advertisers 23:50 - Top performers during Covid and how to utilize them 31:21 - You can buy LinkedIn followers? WUT? 37:37 - I'm taking 2 weeks off! SUMMMMMER!! Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/notes/7-1-2020/

Brian Hamilton, VP of Smart Dollar joins me to discuss some truly troubling data. America was broke before the economic shutdown, now things are worse. He explains the solution. Other Show Topis: 01:07 - Data Shows The Lockdowns NEED TO END NOW 14:00 - Brian Hamilton, VP of Smart Dollar 43:27 - If you make profit, are you an evil person? (Some think so!) 54:36 - Art Laffer was right. The economy is coming back FAST 1:00:34 - Tesla and my boy, Elon hits a MAJOR milestone. Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/notes/6-17-20/

1:05 - Too much Covid-19 has led to uncertainty. Here's how to introduce certainty and clarity. 18:22 - Social media has enabled mass hysteria over information that isn't even true. Here's what we need to do. 31:00 - As you go back to work, wearing a mask can actually hurt communication. 40:22 - Work at home hurts work culture. I quote Adecco's CEO 44:51 - Covid is speeding up technology adoption like drone delivery! 53:19 - IBM is pulling out of the facial recognition business. Just another sign people don't like tracking tech in the USA. Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/notes/6-10-2020/

Harvard Business School Professor, Francesca Gino is the author of "Rebel Talent." She expands on why Rebels aren't a negative force, how to manage them, and how to utilize them to boost your company's inventive spirit.

MIT Professor and Stanford Grad, Rizwan Virk was CEO of a startup that created Tap Fish, now downloaded over 50 million times. He gives us some amazing startup advice and busts all the lame-sauce myths you've heard over and over. Full Show Topic List: 1:24 - Covid-19 has halted many gross sharing practices that shouldn't have been in existence anyway. 6:10 - Rizwan Virk, author of Startup Myths and Models. 36:48 - The Covid-19 blame-game continues. And it really.... Hertz. 42:38 - Should we bail out retail? Absolutely not. 51:54 - Experts are predicting the economic recovery will be extremely fast. 57:54 - Do you miss the workplace? You're not alone. Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/notes/5-27-2020/

Sam Parr created the Hustle and grew his email list which is rapidly approaching 2 million subscribers if it's not there already. I ask him to cut through the crap and tell me what advantages he had. Also in this show: 1:11 - Only half the country views the internet as essential. What? 5:25 - Sam Parr, Creator of The Hustle 42:07 - Square and Twitter go permanent WFH. Does that change anything? 49:20 - The Coronvirus will be blamed even for leadership's own incompetence. Show Notes Page: https://justinkbrady.com/notes/5-20-2020/