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The journey continues as we turn the page with a new season, expanded episode formats, and an updated look.

Brandon Grate is a Charlotte, NC based photographer. We have a great conversation covering his creative identity, how he blends elements of high fashion with natural landscapes, growing up in the Low Country, building a photography business in the Instagram age, and defining success creatively and …

In today's episode I talk with my friend Ilan Paltrow, the owner of Gear Goat XChange, based in Charlotte, NC. GGX is an outdoor adventuring consignment store designed to help used gear find a new home, making adventuring more environmentally friendly and cost accessible. We talk about Ilan&ap…

RJ Rockers is a brewery located in Spartanburg, SC. I talk with founder and brew-master Mark Johnson, and co-owner John Bauknight, about the history of their beer, navigating Covid, helping to be a catalyst for downtown development, and how to define success once you’ve achieved what you set out to…

As the year winds down, I wanted to share some of the best moments from the public episodes of the podcast of 2020, as well as recap the most read articles on the website. 

On today's episode I'm joined by my colleague Richard Heckard. Richard is a CPA and has a wealth of experience working with families, small business, and large corporations. Rather than having a technical conversation, we just shot the breeze about decision making, behavioral strategies for finance…

Today's episode is an exploration into the world of economic development and local government, with guests Steven Pelissier & Brooke Ferguson from the Appalachian Council of Governments. We talk about development & growth in the upstate region of South Carolina, the world of tax incentives,…

Every day Americans, millennials in particular, are bombarded with unhealthy and unhelpful attitudes, strategies, and stigmas about money. 2020 seems like as good a year as any to remind ourselves of the money myths that we perpetually hear and often wrongly internalize.  In this episode we di…

Dr. Shanté Williams is one of the co-founders of Black Pearl Global Investments and is the chairperson of the Charlotte-Mecklenburg Black Chamber of Commerce. We had a great discussion about the importance of African American entrepreneurship, the work of the chamber, and some details of her own st…