The Mack Talks

This week we sit down with Robert Burck, better known as the “Naked Cowboy" at his office; Times Square, NYC. The Naked Cowboy is a world famous street performer who wears cowboy boots, a hat, and briefs in New York City’s Times Square, but has also built a brand around his street persona. Since beginning his street performing career in 1994, he has created his own wine label called Naked Wines, LLC, written a book, and become an ordained minister.

Stelios Stavrianos is the founder and CEO of the Core Beverage Group, a group dedicated to bringing high quality and unique spirits to the market. Stelios created the idea for Cylinder vodka with one goal in mind: make affordable vodka more drinkable, so he went to work in his parent’s basement. Today, Cylinder vodka is distributing to 150 locations in NY and CT and looking to expand nationally and internationally by 2020. Stelios joins us for Mack Move or Wack Move.

On this week’s episode of the Mack Talks, Scott gives you this weeks rundown, and mack move or wack move. Topics include the Golden Toilet Heist, SpaceX’s new launch site, Seinfeld coming to Netflix and much more.

Nick Coriano is the CEO of Homescape LLC, a consultant for Cervitude investor relations, and author of “Rules for Entrepreneurship.” He has a long history of working in the venture capital, private equity industry, and assisting fellow entrepreneurs in the development of successful business plans. His goal is to help his clients go “from the napkin to NASDAQ.” On this weeks podcast, Nick discusses how he fostered an entrepreneurial spirit at a young age, learned to pivot in the professional world in the wake of the market crash, and developed his “run to the bag” mindset.

Ruan Marinho is the founder of DeveloMark, a search engine optimization specialty agency that works with small businesses to improve traffic, rankings, and generate more leads. On today’s podcast Ruan shares how he got his start in the digital media industry, grew his youtube channel, and fostered an autonomous work environment.

Today on the podcast, we hang out with Julien, Brandon, and Justin, the creative minds behind the Bierstick beer bong syringe and the Fingaz Bowl drinking game. They share how they turned their unique ideas into physical products, market to their audience, and partake in a little Mack Move or Wack Move.

David is the current CEO of Sports 1 Marketing & S1 Media House, an award-winning humanitarian, the host of the Playbook podcast, a best-selling author, and an award-winning inspirational speaker. With 25 years of experience as an entrepreneur and executive in the legal, technology, sports, & entertainment fields under his belt, he continues his mission to “make a lot of money, help a lot of people, and have a lot of fun.” To further that mission, his newest book release, Game-Time Decision Making: High-Scoring Business Strategies from the Biggest Names in Sports, offers a playbook to making business decisions with the same confidence and clarity as the world’s best sports coaches.

About the Mack Talks:

The Mack Talks is a sit-down discussion with business owners, entrepreneurs, and impactful leaders hosted by Scott Johnson.

Jeannette Maré is the founder and Chief Kindness Officer of the Ben’s Bells Project. Ben’s Bells Project is a movement that sparked a ripple effect when her family and friends decided to make hundreds of ceramic Bell chimes to distribute randomly in their community after the tragic loss of her son. Individuals that had discovered the bells began sharing their own personal stories of healing and grief and soon, people all over Tucson were making their own Bells and spreading kindness and its power to heal. Today, Ben’s Bells has recruited more than 25,000 annual volunteers and Ben’s Bells can be found all over the country as it continues to reach many schools, businesses, and communities. Jeannette shares with us her passion for teaching and community building.

Evan Hafer is the CEO and Founder of Black Rifle Coffee Company. Before founding BRCC in 2015, Evan spent 20 years of his professional career in service to the US Army as an infantryman, a Special Forces soldier, and a CIA contractor. He began roasting his own coffee in 2006 to take along with him on deployments to Iraq and Afghanistan. As a former green beret, Evan prides himself on creating a business based on his love for his community, country, family, and coffee and aiding in the employment of 10,000 veterans. His mission is to provide premium, small-batch, roast-to-order coffee to the working man. As BRCC continues its rapid growth, they expect to expand into 100 locations internationally by 2020, releases new products, like cold brew, and are adding a new podcast underneath their media umbrella.

On this week’s episode of the Mack Talks, Scott covers Amazon’s growing shipping services and the negative impact it has on the environment, Goldman Sachs expanding their services due to their new CEO David Solomon, millennials and their pessimism when it comes to the economy, and Apple trying yet again to reclaim the podcast crown. Also, we have The Mack Talks first-ever PRODUCT REVIEW!! Stay tuned to the end of the episode to find out.