The Wandering Worker Podcast

Matt sits down with Gary Aldridge, a CFO Rockstar who has made his mark on the business world by understanding that the people involved are a massive value to a company. 

From Gary:

For over 30 years I have served as CFO/Senior Financial Executive in privately held companies ranging from $500,000 to $100 million in revenue.

Businesses are much more than numbers on paper. They represent the aspirations and dreams of entrepreneurs and team members working to achieve something useful together. It’s the human factor that makes or breaks a business.

6:20 - Work your way out of a job

8:50 - The element of a corporate culture fit

14:20 - Looking at your business through the eyes of a buyer

15:18 - Selling a business and its emotional impact on the owner

20:00 - Why do you get up in the morning?

22:25 - The ball is in the employee's court these days

24:50 - Using Meta Workplace

26:38 - Remote work and its importance in the modern job market

30:02 - Adapting to change in the workplace. 

https://garyaldridge.com/

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

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This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

TITLE: A 20 Year Old's Journey from Office to Remote

GUEST: Grey Lloyd

Matt talks with Grey Lloyd (yes, Matt's daughter) to discuss the family dynamic when it comes to working remotely. She also talks about having the experience of having a cubicle job and then being able to make the jump to working remotely in the family business. 

10:00 - Learning what she wants to do with her life

12:00 - Paying for college

19:03 - Difficulties for young people in today’s economy

20:29 - The weight of a college degree in the current job market

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

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TITLE: How AI is Enabling Remote Work

GUEST: Justin Ploof, Mull IT

In this episode, Matt talks to Justin Ploof, owner of Mull IT. Justin says he comes from a very boring IT background and wanted to do something different. So in 2018, he created Mull IT with the positioner of "Your business in the front, Our IT solutions in the back."

14:00 - The first 5 years of a business

18:45 - The correct pronunciation of .gif

24:00 - The permeation of business SMS

***25:30 - The regulatory side of texting- texting regulations for businesses

31:00 - The evolution of AI for business

www.mull-it.com

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

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On this episode, Matt talks with Jim McCarthy, founder of It’s Your Show.Co Podcast Productions. Jim discusses his podcast production business, including his goals for scaling and improving production quality. He highlights the importance of remote work and finding a platform that understands the podcasting industry.

1:39- Creativity, entrepreneurship, and personal growth. 

9:45- Podcasting trends and challenges in the audio industry. 

16:07- Podcasting as a business opportunity. 

19:44- Video content creation and legacy. 

24:47- Podcasting business goals and production quality. 

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share, and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com

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On this episode, Matt talks with Rene Cooke, co-Founder of Every Girl Counts. They focus on educating High School girls in Kenya.  They have worked their way up to 125 girls being educated this year.

5:10 - Kenyan girls typically don't make it past the 8th grade

Find out more about Every Girl Counts:

http://www.everygirlcounts.com/ 

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com 

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Matt has multi-generational business owner and longtime friend John Cooke Junior on the show. They discuss how John took the reins of his family business from his father and how their relationship improved since up until when he passed. His business Dole Fabrication which has been around since 1937!  They started as Dole Valve, which became Dole Refrigeration and then became Dole Fabrication. 

10:00 - 89% of all businesses have less than 20 people in them

17:25 - What value can I bring to the business and other people? It's not about me!

18:20 - Being the best you to make the best "we".

23:45 - COVID....don't get me sick! No matter what you have!!!

27:40 - American manufacturing is going automated

28:00 - We need welders....everyone is a welder until you put a helmet on

30:45 - Once we get through this recession, the US economy is going to explode

32:50 - What's with your hair?

33:45 - the KABOOM story

38:45 - Being an Executive Producer in a movie...

Find out more about Dole:

www.doleref.com

www.dolefab.com

www.kencoplastics.com

www.kencopowder.com

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com 

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Matt talks with legendary Nashville Entrepreneur, Dan Stephenson of Dan's Gourmet, think Dan's Mac and Cheese!  Dan is currently developing Daily Crunch Snacks, a healthy superfood snack company.

3:50 - When Dan started the Mac and Cheese venture...it grew into 3000 retailers

5:50 - Launching another business when COVID started

*****8:30 - Go to where your tribe is...find your market 

13:00 - Attaining consumer data from a retailer like Kroger

21:00 - Although Amazon is bringing people back, they're still working with a hybrid model

*****22:20 - Work should correspond with productivity, not just showing your face at an office....

24:40 - Healthy snack will grow from 24 to 70 Billion

27:15 - Younger people buy from people (personal brands), not companies....

www.dailycrunchsnacks.com

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com 

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com

Matt talks to his son Gage, about working in the family business and understanding the notion of living his youth to find his "thing". So far it's been a good run with Magic Apple with his side hustles/hobbies being in the realm of working on cars and motorcycles!

4:40 - Treating a hobby like a hobby....otherwise you'll hate it

5:40 - Working remote saves Gage 2-3 hours a day in drive time alone

Follow Gage’s Youtube channel:

www.youtube.com/gagefz

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com 

Matt Sits down with Danier Brimer owner of Nova Constructors, to talk about his adventurous approach to building his business and how he embraces the Remote Work Lifestyle for his team.  

4:00 - Getting kicked out of Pre-K

5:20 - His brother "selling" his birthright to him!

18:15 - Taking on another business and the time it took to get stabilized

20:50 - General Contracting is a tough business, for every 1 nightmare story about a contractor, there are two nightmare client stories

23:40 - Going to Catalyst for business training, then having to go clean a building/take out trash because someone didn't show up

30:00 - greasing the wheels to getting paid faster

31:30 - If I could tell myself something when I got into the janitorial business...

******33:15 - Leaving 20 garage cans unemptied in a building with 4000 garbage cans still leads to 20 potential complaints!

www.novaconstructors.com

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com 

TITLE: Being Married to Two Things at Once

GUEST: Holly Lloyd

Matt chats with the other Magic Apple business partner and bride, Holly Lloyd about the origins of Magic Apple and its evolution since its inception in 2008. 

4:30 - Holly worked out of a closet for the first 3 years of the business

6:40 - If you're getting into business, find a really good banker

13:25 - Working with family was a challenge

This podcast is about businesses who have fully embraced the notion of the Remote Work Lifestyle. As the next generation is getting into the workforce, the ability to work from anywhere is a growing hot button! 

Follow along, share and subscribe at www.thewanderingworkerpodcast.com

This show is powered by Magic Apple Technology, where we have been saving good businesses from bad phone systems since 2008!  See more at www.magicapple.com

Subscribe/Follow/Share/Rate/Review at www.TheWanderingWorkerPodcast.com