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This show is hosted by Kathy and Brian who are Disney and Universal Enthusiasts, as well as annual pass holders to both parks. They discuss all things Disney and Universal giving you tips and advice and talk about their adventures at the parks. We also vlog and visit other parts of Florida and beyond!
A defunct craft podcast. Who did 3 new episodes. All previous episodes live here in a zip file.-----------> http://www.dotcomandshit.org/Craftsconversation/ Edward Shenk & Brian Blomerth & Kate Levitt
Hosted by Candace Nelson and Jessica Volkenant, Office Hours looks at the continued importance of the workplace and the future of working, learning, and healing environments.
Every company has a story. Learn the playbooks that built the world’s greatest companies — and how you can apply them as a founder, operator, or investor.
The 605 Show is the official podcast of 605 Magazine, based out of Sioux Falls, SD. Interviews with South Dakota business people, artists, musicians, movers, and shakers of all kinds.
Interviews with entrepreneurs and executives who are shaking things up and building exciting new companies. In industries like new Hollywood, podcasting, ecommerce, and the metaverse. Entertaining you with stories you won't hear anywhere else, from the next generation of leaders that are going to change the world. Brought to you by Chris Erwin, the founder of RockWater and 15-year veteran operator, seller, and investor of media, commerce, and technology companies.
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Tim Tracker Raises $40k for Planned Parenthood
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The Tim Tracker and Jenn Tracker have YouTube Livestream funraiser for Planned Parenthood and Raise over $40k!
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The 605 Show: Episode 52 - Levitt Sioux Falls and Innoskate
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We're back again with another episode of, The 605 Show!Episode 52 is recorded live from the Thinker Network studio and today we're joined by the one and only Rose Ann Hofland from Levitt Sioux Falls! Rumor has it we also have a guest host, so more on that later.We hope you enjoy the show. Tune in wherever podcasts are streamed!…
Disney has a Major Flop with Lightyear!By Kathy
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The Playbook: Lessons from 200+ Company Stories
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When Patrick O'Shaughnessy and Brent Beshore asked us to give a talk at their incredible Capital Camp conference, we knew we had to bring something special. So we spent months combing through the Acquired back catalog and cataloged our 12 favorite lessons from the 200+ stories we’ve told over the past 7 years. From Sequoia through Sony, TSMC, Nvidi…
Walt Disney World is SHOCKED people do not want to Pay 3k for the Star Wars Galactic StarCruiserBy Kathy
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James Creech — Paladin CEO on Selling to Brandwatch, Influencer SAAS, and Recasting Success
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This interview features James Creech, SVP Influencer Strategy at Brandwatch and founder of Paladin. We discuss how former GE CEO Jack Welch inspired James to be a number one category leader, using his down payment on a house to start Paladin, his make or break pivot when the creator economy evolved in 2018, working till 3AM over Christmas to sell h…
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American Dynamism (with Katherine Boyle)
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We sit down with a16z General Partner Katherine Boyle to discuss investing in “American Dynamism”, why it’s so important and why now is the right time to pursue it. Katherine has a fascinating background, beginning her career as a reporter at The Washington Post before entering the VC world first at Founders Fund, then General Catalyst and now a16z…
Every year we celebrate all things South Dakota on 605 Day. Join us this year on both ends of the state! Rapid City, SD: 605 Day Party, Lost Cabin Beer Co. - 1:00 - 3:00 PM MST Sioux Falls, SD: 605 Day Party, Fernson Downtown - 3:00 - 5:00 PM CSTBy The 605 Show
Obi Wan Kenobi Series Is Just Okay In this episode we discuss the new Obi Wan Kenobi Series as well as vlogging in the parks and the cost of a Disney vacation for a family of four for a week.By Kathy
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Capital-Efficient Growth (with Zoom CEO Eric Yuan & Veeva CEO Peter Gassner)
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We sit down with the CEO founders of two of the most capital efficient success stories of all time — Zoom and Veeva Systems — to understand how they grew to billions of dollars in revenue (and tens of billions in market cap) on very, very little capital invested. With the fundraising environment changing rapidly, we couldn’t think of a better topic…
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Arena Show Part II: Brooks Running (with CEO Jim Weber)
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For the final act of the Arena Show, we’re joined by Brooks CEO Jim Weber to tell the amazing story of how he transformed the company from a 3rd tier, deeply cashflow negative “also-ran” into one of the world’s premiere fitness brands and a crown jewel of the Berkshire Hathaway empire — with compounding revenue and cashflow growth that rivals even …
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Arena Show Part I: Idea Dinner + YC Continuity
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We did an Arena Show!! This evening was so big and so special, we had to split it into two episodes for the podcast feed. First up is the Idea Dinner with our best internet buddies, Packy McCormick and Mario Gabriele (and special guest judge Shu Nyatta), followed by the story of YC Continuity with managing partner Anu Hariharan. Huge, huge thank yo…
Disney Has A Serious Problem Check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
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Nvidia: The Machine Learning Company (2006-2022)
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By 2012, NVIDIA was on a decade-long road to nowhere. Or so most rational observers of the company thought. CEO Jensen Huang was plowing all the cash from the company’s gaming business into building a highly speculative platform with few clear use cases and no obviously large market opportunity. And then... a miracle happened. A miracle that led no…
Join the 605 Show crew LIVE from the Thinker Networks Studio as we shoot Episode 50! We do one of these a month, and as you can see, we just keep getting better and better at this. (Well you may or may not be able to see it...but we try.) Again, don't forget to go check out the live video recording of all of these episodes on our 605 Magazine YouTu…
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Michael Cohen — CEO at Team Whistle on Wall Street to Digital, Scaling $0-100M, Leadership, and Exits
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This interview features Michael Cohen, CEO at Team Whistle. We discuss being denied by a Goldman Sachs recruiter, when wearing a suit can be bad for business, being on the launch team of Whistle Sports, why the movie The Martian inspires his leadership, executing an M&A roll-up strategy and going from $0-100M in revenue, exiting to ELEVEN Group, an…
The Data is In!: The podcasters Did Research for an episode. We got the Mia Khalifa/iLOVEFRiDAY beef (10:54; pt.ii 54:59), the Amberlynn Reid & Nikocado Avocado feud (21:50), and SpaceGhostPurrp vs Lil Shark (1:19:00). Experience the Kübler-Ross model all in one shebang in 1 preposterously long episode. Best heard on a pair of Sony MDR-G61 behind t…
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Platforms and Power (with Hamilton Helmer and Chenyi Shi)
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We sit down once again with one of the world’s very best strategy thinkers, 7 Powers author Hamilton Helmer — this time joined by his impressive Strategy Capital colleague Chenyi Shi — to discuss platform businesses, and how the Power framework applies to them. If you’re building, investing in, or just curious about the dynamics of platforms, this …
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WDW May LOSE Reedy Creek Status as Ron DeSantis Fights the Mouse!
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Disney World Takes on Florida Check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
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Nvidia: The GPU Company (1993-2006)
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He wears signature leather jackets. He can bench press more than you. He makes cars that drive themselves. He’s cheated death — both corporate and personal — too many times to count, and he runs the 8th most valuable company in the world. Nope, he's not Elon Musk, he’s Jensen Huang — the most badass CEO in semiconductor history. Today we tell the f…
Is Walt Disney World Racist Check out our YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
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The 605 Show Episode 49 - With Ryan McCarthy
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Ryan joins us to talk about this weekends Dakota Coffee Festival and all of the great events coming up at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center. You can go find out more about the event schedule at the Denny Sanford PREMIER Center and the Sioux Falls Convention Center at https://www.dennysanfordpremiercenter.com/events…
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Brendan Gahan — CSO at Mekanism on YouTube in 2005, Selling Epic Signal, and Your First 100 Drafts
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This interview features Brendan Gahan, Partner and Chief Social Officer at Mekanism. We discuss working with OG YouTubers like Smosh back in 2005, founding Epic Signal and selling it to his former employer, hanging out in El Salvador’s Bitcoin Beach, why it takes him 100 drafts to publish content, the future of the creator economy, and learning how…
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Ep.11: The Craft of the Secret Life of Rats [CRAFTS CLASSIC]
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[Original airdate: 2/20/18] To celebrate the "Year of the Rat," the Crafts Conversation team zeros in its focus on, "The Secret Life of Rats"….or something. I dunno this aired like 4 years ago. Rat facts abound for everyone! Josh Levitt (Kate's Brother) calls in to answer some questions about how the pain scale for humans applies to rodents. So put…
We hear a lot these days about hedge funds becoming venture firms, and venture firms becoming hedge funds. But a decade before either of those approaches became mainstream, a tiny $3m fund in Boston named Altimeter Capital set out simply to invest in a concentrated portfolio of America’s very best technology companies, regardless if they were publi…
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Michael Kay is Back and Loves Disney Again
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Disney YouTuber Michael Kay is Back and Love Disney Again Checkout our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
Tune in and listen on most reputable podcast streaming platforms AND go check out the video on our Facebook and YT pages. Apple Podcasts - "The 605 Show" Audible - "The 605 Show" YouTube - 605 Magazine Facebook - 605 MagazineBy The 605 Show
Born in the unlikeliest of places — the terrible, wasteland-like aftermath of post WWII Japan — Sony rose to capture the imaginations (and wallets) of consumers and engineers around the world. The company produced hit after hit after hit: portable transistor radios, CDs, the Walkman, the PlayStation, DVDs, life insurance(!!)... and yet ultimately f…
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Aid for Ukraine (with Anatoly from Solana and Sergey from Everstake)
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Like so many, we’ve been both heartbroken and inspired by what’s happening Ukraine. Our friends at Solana and FTX are announcing today that they’ve helped Everstake — a Ukrainian company and the largest Solana validator in the world — set up a DAO called Aid for Ukraine that can 1) accept crypto donations, and 2) directly offramp them into the Ukra…
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Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Vlogger Reaction
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Star Wars Galactic Starcruiser Vlogger Reaction Checkout our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
Edward and Brian went to school for colors and are mocked by Kate. Kate defends fucking a jellyfish for 3 hours but thankfully Elijah cut that out. Brian discovers he’s color-blind. Edward stuffed himself with Blue brand dog food (to see if it tasted like the color) but Elijah cut that out too. Elijah went cutting board crazy. Edward discovers he’s…
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Super Pumped (with Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt)
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We sit down with two of the most talented and respected people in Hollywood — Brian Koppelman and Joseph Gordon-Levitt — to talk about the process of adapting Mike Issac’s story of Uber, “Super Pumped”, into their new Showtime series. To say this was a thrill for us is a MASSIVE understatement. Huge thank yous to Brian, Joe and Showtime for making …
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The Browser (with Brendan Eich, Chief Architect of Netscape + Mozilla and CEO of Brave)
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We sit down with perhaps the only person besides Marc Andreessen who’s had a major influence on each of the Web 1, 2 and 3 eras: Brave Browser CEO (and former Netscape + Mozilla Chief Architect) Brendan Eich. In true Acquired fashion we cover both a huge amount of both internet history AND internet future in one awesome conversation. Big thank you …
The Peloton journey has been one seriously wild ride. From can’t raise money to one of Tiger Global’s first venture investments, to pandemic darling to the stock being down 85% in 6 months... there’s never a dull moment in this company’s history. And guess who’s leading the pack for its next chapter: that’s right, THREE-TIME ACQUIRED SUPERHERO, the…
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Ep. 24: The Craft of Cookies & Candy for Death with Dignity
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Just in time for the holidays, it’s the Craft of Cookies & Candy! All about the yummy-wummy ooey gooey sweets you love to choke down and dissolve with your gullet. TIRED of eating fruits and vegetables?? Try some Runts shaped like onions. FED UP with eating ass-fed beef??? Then eat a yummy gummy chewy hamburger like the cutie patootie slob U are. *…
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Sarah Penna — Creator Launch Exec at Patreon on Her $15 Million Exit, Marrying a YouTuber, and Betting on Creators
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This interview features Sarah Penna, Senior Manager of Creator Launch at Patreon. We discuss how a trip to India inspired her media career, being one of the youngest YouTube MCN founders, her $15 million exit to DreamWorks Animation, how she picks co-founders, marrying a YouTuber-turned Hollywood filmmaker, founding a female-forward entertainment b…
Disney Plus Airs Adult Content Checkout our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
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The 605 Show Ep. 47 - I Really Get Into It...
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The 605 Show Podcast records live from the Thinker Networks studio! We're pumped to have the one, and perhaps the only (we haven't checked), Brian Bieber joining us in studio. Some of you may recognize that name and that's because Brian was the OG Producer of the 605 Show for the first 30 episodes and has been instrumental in helping our crew creat…
Disney Puts Minnie Mouse in Pants and Cancels Snow White Check out our YouTube Channel https://www.youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
Not only is Taylor Swift the biggest music artist of our generation by nearly every metric (it’s not even close!), with the re-recording of her original albums she’s in the process of reshaping the entire music industry in a way no band or artist ever has before. And oh yeah — she’s still only thirty-two. We dive into the incredible business story …
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Ep. 23: The Craft of Old Yeller Submarine
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Beatlemania is described thusly within the DSM-5 (A Sacred Text) as "A peculiar uneasiness, with a slouching gait and wildness of eye, are the truest signs of hydrophobic intent. When these are observed, the worms should be confined by his master, or avoided when met. Your Meyer's branded candle should remain hidden. Just the tip visible." Brian co…
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ARE THE TIM TRACKERS STILL RELATABLE AND WOULD YOU PAY $200 FOR A FIGMENT POPCORN BUCKET
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Are The Tim Trackers Still Relatable and would you Pay $200 for a Figment Popcorn Bucket?By Kathy
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Is Michael Kay BORED with Walt Disney World
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Is Michael Kay BORED with Walt Disney World? Checkout out Our Disney YouTube Channel Is Michael Kay BORED with Walt Disney WorldBy Kathy
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Ep.22: The Craft of Manic Pixie Dream Girl
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In this episode, (a true labyrinth) Elijah comes in to the fore and the fray and Does Editing. Meanwhile the goober patrol talks manic pixie chicks bent on world whimsification AKA have the dsm-V app on the 1st page of their phone. I dunno i didn’t really listen but damn that Scott Pilgrim chick is hot (Elijah's Note: Who is that?) and i’m inside a…
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Ep.21: The Craft of Getting ready to go to the Cranberry Bog
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Live, Laugh, Love...and they’re back! 5 Years later...by popular demand, Audible+ in partnership with W.B. Mason has rebooted the classic series Crafts Conversation for your mind, body, and craw. Listen closely as our 3 heroes gestate carefully on just what is a cranberry bog, and to a lesser extent get hyphy flippant about the Incan flag. Won’t yo…
Season 9 ends at the beginning — with the man who changed Hollywood forever and wrote the blueprint for A16Z’s upending of Silicon Valley a generation later, Michael Ovitz and his “Dream Factory”, Creative Artists Agency. From Jurassic Park to Ghostbusters, Back to the Future, Goodfellas, Rain Man, ER, and even the Coca-Cola polar bears... almost n…
Bob Iger Back as Disney CEO in 2022. Please Subscribe to our Disney YouTube Channel http://youtube.com/mainstreetmomentsBy Kathy
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Dev Sethi — Head of Sports at Instagram on Launching a Sports MCN, Athlete Creators and NIL, and Metaverse Fandoms
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This interview features Dev Sethi, Head of Sports at Instagram. We discuss being separated from his twin in highschool, his side door into sports at YouTube, launching the first sports MCN at Whistle, why NIL is this century’s most important breakthrough for athletes, why he left the incredible team at Complex for Instagram, and the metaverse’s imp…
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FTX (with Sam Bankman-Fried & Mario Gabriele)
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We tell the definitive (audio!) story behind FTX's "speed run" — how this upstart crypto exchange became the fastest company in history to reach a $25B valuation, just two years after founding. And to do so we're joined by not one but TWO of the very best people in the world to help: FTX's wunderkind CEO Sam Bankman-Fried, and special guest host Ma…
You've heard us talk about him every episode for the past two years... but until now most of you have never actually heard us talk to him! To celebrate the LP Show going public, we've remastered our first, canonical interview with Hamilton Helmer, originally released as an LP episode in March 2020. Hamilton’s 7 Powers framework gives a deep, academ…
