Wild Business Growth

Jay Acunzo, the Author, Keynote Speaker, and Founder of Marketing Showrunners, joins the show to share his journey from being unhappy at a highly-desired job to creating original narratives for brands and teaching creative people to find their voice. Hear how to make your show different, bring about tension, Jay's creative process, why control and certainty are inversely proportional, and storytelling lessons from Anthony Bourdain. Connect with Jay at MarketingShowrunners.com

Philip VanDusen, the Founder and Chief Creative Officer of Verhaal Brand Design, joins the show to share his journey from selling t-shirts on foot to leading branding and design for the world's biggest brands. Hear how to stand out with design, the science behind marketing and design, the best-selling shirt of all time, how to grow your pillar content channel, and why designers are like cows. Connect with Philip at PhilipVanDusen.com, BrandDesignMasters.com, his podcast, and on YouTube

Jessica Hitchcock, the Full-Time Artist, joins the show to share her journey from working in finance and accounting to going all-in on her passion for painting. Hear how to turn your side hustle into your business, how to develop several revenue streams, the power of Instagram for creatives, how to get out of a creative rut, and her Lois Griffin impression. Connect with Jessica at JessicaHitchcock.org, on Instagram at @Jessica_Hitchcock, and The Creative Business Convo Facebook group

Marcus Whitney, the Creative Entrepreneur, joins the show to share his journey from waiting tables as a college dropout to becoming the Serial Entrepreneur and Bestselling Author of Create and Orchestrate. Hear the biggest lessons from his entrepreneurship journey, how he brought an MLS team to Nashville, the hardest thing he's ever done, how to balance major life events with career aspirations, and key tips for meditating. Connect with Marcus at MarcusWhitney.com

Melanie Deziel, the Founder and Chief Content Officer of StoryFuel, joins the show to share her journey from aspiring journalist to Author and Creator of The Content Fuel Framework. Hear how to brainstorm content ideas, turn ideas into actual content, beat writer's block, ignore the algorithm, and the surprise musical instrument Melanie plays. Connect with Melanie at StoryFuel.co and on social media

Jonathan Katz, the Inventor of BLENDi, joins the show to share his journey from frustrated bodybuilder to creating the portable blender while in college. Hear how to design a product, create prototypes, what you sacrifice by starting a business in college, how to make sure you always capture the moment, and Jonathan's entrepreneurship lessons from bodybuilding. Connect with Jonathan on Instagram at @JonKatz96 and @BLENDiBlender and at BLENDiBlender.com

Isabel Garvey, the Managing Director of Abbey Road Studios, joins the show to share her journey celebrating the world's most famous recording studio while leading the charge into the next chapter. Hear how Abbey Road Studios is welcoming emerging artists, supporting music tech startups with the Abbey Road Red incubator, teaching music production with Abbey Road Institute, how Isabel champions a culture of creativity, and the strangest thing she's seen at the Zebra Crossing. Connect with Isabel on LinkedIn and at AbbeyRoad.com

Dalip Jaggi, the Serial Entrepreneur, Investor, and Advisor, joins the show to share his journey from creating websites for video games to founding and investing in several tech startups. Hear his biggest growth lessons from the startup world, how to raise crowdfunding on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, how to sell your company, his ridiculous amount of hobbies, and his vacation with Bigfoot. Connect with Dalip at DalipJaggi.com

Sue Frech, the Co-Founder and CEO of Vesta, joins the show to share her journey from enjoying the sense of community growing up to starting the leading online community building technology company. Hear how to build a passionate community for your brand, how to incentivize engagement within your community, how to present data in a way that's easy to understand, what she's learned from tap dancing, and the burrito makeup bag. Connect with Sue at Susan.Frech@Vesta-Go.com, on LinkedIn at @SueFrech, and her podcast Happy Marketer Connection

It's the Wildest episode yet! Hear brand new interviews from returning guests, favorite highlights from the first 99 episodes, and unreleased bloopers in this Episode 100 Special. Hear the best of the best tips on business growth, creativity, entrepreneurship, marketing, startups, quirks, weird talents, and more. Prepare to laugh, learn, cringe, smile, roll your eyes, and get your Wild ideas flowing. Thank you so much for listening to the Wild Business Growth Podcast