1 00:00:00,000 --> 00:00:01,840 Tell me about your vision. 2 00:00:01,840 --> 00:00:04,560 My vision is to have a network of podcasts. 3 00:00:04,560 --> 00:00:05,800 And it's interesting. 4 00:00:05,800 --> 00:00:08,520 I had this vision a long time ago, didn't act on it, 5 00:00:08,520 --> 00:00:11,000 and then it all kind of came together on its own. 6 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:13,680 So yeah, vision of network of podcasts 7 00:00:13,680 --> 00:00:15,280 where people are sharing their stories, 8 00:00:15,280 --> 00:00:17,920 whether it's about their brand or their business, 9 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:21,080 and really preserving those stories. 10 00:00:21,080 --> 00:00:23,320 I help everyone, but I have a special passion 11 00:00:23,320 --> 00:00:25,360 for helping BIPOC humans, which is 12 00:00:25,360 --> 00:00:28,400 Black, Indigenous, People of Color. 13 00:00:28,400 --> 00:00:29,280 Awesome. 14 00:00:29,280 --> 00:00:34,120 And when we met, you had, this was a couple of years ago, 15 00:00:34,120 --> 00:00:35,400 you brought me in your podcast. 16 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,760 I'm super honored and grateful for that. 17 00:00:37,760 --> 00:00:39,560 I very much remember our conversations. 18 00:00:39,560 --> 00:00:41,800 We're also, we're ready to meet up in Austin. 19 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:43,040 We're going to go karaoke. 20 00:00:43,040 --> 00:00:44,840 And then I had to cancel. 21 00:00:44,840 --> 00:00:46,280 Single father of four life. 22 00:00:46,280 --> 00:00:47,800 Thank you, sorry. 23 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:53,920 And you would work for Facebook. 24 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:59,080 And the leadership thing you answered, I was like, wow. 25 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:02,360 This just, what an amazing leader. 26 00:01:02,360 --> 00:01:04,480 I got to get you in my circle. 27 00:01:04,480 --> 00:01:06,360 Now you're mentoring podcasts. 28 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:08,320 And I've got my own podcast too now. 29 00:01:08,320 --> 00:01:10,000 We have so much to collaborate about. 30 00:01:10,000 --> 00:01:14,160 So how did you get started on this path of podcast mentorship? 31 00:01:14,160 --> 00:01:19,480 So I had my first podcast in 2000, or 2020. 32 00:01:19,480 --> 00:01:22,680 In 2020, I had my first podcast. 33 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:25,400 And it was a passion project. 34 00:01:25,400 --> 00:01:28,320 And I kind of kept pivoting and creating new podcasts. 35 00:01:28,320 --> 00:01:31,080 And reshifting my brand ever so often. 36 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:33,960 And it never really occurred to me that, hmm, 37 00:01:33,960 --> 00:01:36,680 maybe you need to be just a podcast mentor because you're 38 00:01:36,680 --> 00:01:38,840 so passionate about podcasting. 39 00:01:38,840 --> 00:01:43,200 And so I have a background in mass comm and communications 40 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:44,640 and social media from school. 41 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,120 But I just never went that route. 42 00:01:46,120 --> 00:01:48,560 I went HR, learning and development. 43 00:01:48,560 --> 00:01:51,160 And that's how I got into the tech space. 44 00:01:51,160 --> 00:01:54,240 And then once I met my podcast coach, mentor, 45 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:56,000 we just worked together over the years 46 00:01:56,000 --> 00:01:59,960 and finally decided, hey, why don't we do this for real? 47 00:01:59,960 --> 00:02:03,680 So he's been running his own podcasting company 48 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:04,640 and community. 49 00:02:04,640 --> 00:02:08,040 And so now I basically do the foundations of podcasting. 50 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:10,600 And then I go ahead and transition them over 51 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:13,120 to his company when they're ready to edit and distribute 52 00:02:13,120 --> 00:02:16,760 and continue ongoing education around podcasting. 53 00:02:16,760 --> 00:02:22,720 So it just kind of just finally clicked, if that makes sense. 54 00:02:22,720 --> 00:02:24,120 I was in New Orleans with some friends. 55 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:27,240 And just different things kept coming up, different signals. 56 00:02:27,240 --> 00:02:30,320 And I was like, OK, it's time to do this. 57 00:02:30,320 --> 00:02:31,920 Yes, absolutely. 58 00:02:31,920 --> 00:02:36,440 And now you mentioned your background in mass media comms 59 00:02:36,440 --> 00:02:38,120 and having gone to school for this, 60 00:02:38,120 --> 00:02:42,720 but never really looking at this idea fully. 61 00:02:42,720 --> 00:02:44,360 Podcasting has changed a lot. 62 00:02:44,360 --> 00:02:48,640 And I don't want to call it a buzzword 63 00:02:48,640 --> 00:02:51,120 because I think that every time somebody 64 00:02:51,120 --> 00:02:58,200 is a devalues the value of whatever that entity 65 00:02:58,200 --> 00:02:59,400 or that thing is. 66 00:02:59,400 --> 00:03:03,960 But I definitely see podcasting as more of a media production 67 00:03:03,960 --> 00:03:06,680 company these days, meaning we now 68 00:03:06,680 --> 00:03:12,000 have the ability to compete with CNN, Fox News, ESPN, 69 00:03:12,000 --> 00:03:14,320 and beyond with these tools the same way 70 00:03:14,320 --> 00:03:18,280 that the online directory fad was able to compete 71 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:20,520 with Yellow Book. 72 00:03:20,520 --> 00:03:22,520 The same way that Netflix was able to complete 73 00:03:22,520 --> 00:03:25,000 compete with the blockbusters and beyond. 74 00:03:25,000 --> 00:03:27,480 What are you seeing on your side of helping people 75 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:28,720 develop more of the podcast? 76 00:03:28,720 --> 00:03:30,200 Exactly right. 77 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:30,880 You get it. 78 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,880 And that's why I think it's so powerful. 79 00:03:32,880 --> 00:03:35,200 Because I mentioned, or you kind of 80 00:03:35,200 --> 00:03:39,200 were reading through some of my information at the beginning, 81 00:03:39,200 --> 00:03:43,600 people's stories have been taken and manipulated or morphed 82 00:03:43,600 --> 00:03:45,840 or changed or erased altogether. 83 00:03:45,840 --> 00:03:49,000 So imagine if there was a time in the past 84 00:03:49,000 --> 00:03:53,360 where our ancestors could really literally tell you 85 00:03:53,360 --> 00:03:56,560 everything you needed to know in a video or in a story 86 00:03:56,560 --> 00:04:01,360 or some way other than written or oral passing on information. 87 00:04:01,360 --> 00:04:03,440 It was recorded and documented. 88 00:04:03,440 --> 00:04:06,000 So one, it gives a bigger platform 89 00:04:06,000 --> 00:04:09,040 to all types of people, all types of stories 90 00:04:09,040 --> 00:04:13,200 that are missing from the traditional media outlets. 91 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:18,040 So yeah, this is absolutely what you're saying is 1,000% correct. 92 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:21,360 It gives us the room to compete and to share our stories 93 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:23,360 and a lower barrier to entry. 94 00:04:23,360 --> 00:04:26,640 Because podcasting is not nearly as expensive 95 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:30,360 as trying to go and pitch your story to a media outlet 96 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:31,760 or as time consuming. 97 00:04:31,760 --> 00:04:36,600 So it's a, my excitement is there, it's a big deal. 98 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,080 Go, go. 99 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:40,600 I'm with you 100%. 100 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,480 I didn't get it when I first launched it. 101 00:04:42,480 --> 00:04:45,600 I mean, I liked StreamYard before I liked podcasts. 102 00:04:45,600 --> 00:04:49,520 And I would go live one day, I got on there 103 00:04:49,520 --> 00:04:51,240 and I called it a podcast. 104 00:04:51,240 --> 00:04:53,240 I just said, you know what, this is the podcast. 105 00:04:53,240 --> 00:04:54,080 I'm gonna call it that. 106 00:04:54,080 --> 00:04:55,520 So I called it a podcast. 107 00:04:55,520 --> 00:04:57,280 And my team, some of my team was actually 108 00:04:57,280 --> 00:04:59,080 a little bit embarrassed for me. 109 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,000 And he's like, you know, he's like, 110 00:05:01,000 --> 00:05:02,240 I'm gonna build this stuff. 111 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:03,080 And I didn't even listen to it. 112 00:05:03,080 --> 00:05:04,440 I was like, cool, man, you're good. 113 00:05:04,440 --> 00:05:05,560 Like I trusted him. 114 00:05:05,560 --> 00:05:06,840 I know what he does. 115 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:10,680 And he turned this whole thing into a true podcast. 116 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:11,880 You know, he got the RSS. 117 00:05:11,880 --> 00:05:12,880 I didn't know what that was. 118 00:05:12,880 --> 00:05:15,040 I knew what it was, but I didn't, you know, whatever. 119 00:05:15,040 --> 00:05:18,520 Like you wanna get all the technical stuff, you do it. 120 00:05:18,520 --> 00:05:19,960 But like we had no intention. 121 00:05:19,960 --> 00:05:21,760 And that's how easy this was. 122 00:05:21,760 --> 00:05:25,400 Somebody on my team who second language is English 123 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:27,920 and got no support from me as far as like 124 00:05:27,920 --> 00:05:30,000 the infrastructure was able to build out 125 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:33,400 the whole podcast idea, the website, everything 126 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:35,200 without me getting involved. 127 00:05:35,200 --> 00:05:36,440 That is insane. 128 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,640 That could not have happened back in 2010 129 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:44,520 when I got started with tech stuff and SEO and websites. 130 00:05:44,520 --> 00:05:47,960 So it is like, it's never been easier. 131 00:05:47,960 --> 00:05:48,800 Exactly. 132 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:49,640 To watch me like this. 133 00:05:49,640 --> 00:05:50,480 Exactly. 134 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,640 I like that though, you see, I always tell people 135 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:55,920 that focus on what you do best, which is you do the hosting. 136 00:05:55,920 --> 00:05:58,280 And if you have somebody that can do the technical stuff, 137 00:05:58,280 --> 00:05:59,120 that's amazing. 138 00:05:59,120 --> 00:06:01,720 Like let them run with it, you know? 139 00:06:01,720 --> 00:06:04,440 So that's good on you for that, by the way. 140 00:06:04,440 --> 00:06:06,840 I mean, solopreneurs, you know, 141 00:06:06,840 --> 00:06:11,040 I don't like the term that bigger businesses use 142 00:06:11,040 --> 00:06:12,680 of wantrepreneurs. 143 00:06:12,680 --> 00:06:15,600 And at the same time, like there's some truth on it. 144 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:18,040 Like when you stay stuck in it, you know, 145 00:06:18,040 --> 00:06:21,000 it's very hard to win in business alone 146 00:06:21,000 --> 00:06:21,840 and create some sustain. 147 00:06:21,840 --> 00:06:23,160 It's very hard in business period, 148 00:06:23,160 --> 00:06:24,560 whether you have a team or not. 149 00:06:24,560 --> 00:06:27,880 It's so hard, but yeah, those, the ability to use 150 00:06:27,880 --> 00:06:32,320 right brain and left brain at the same time, you know, 151 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:35,560 and do all the things like, man, you, there are people, 152 00:06:35,560 --> 00:06:38,520 right, who can play the harmonica, sing, 153 00:06:38,520 --> 00:06:40,400 play the drums, play the guitar, 154 00:06:40,400 --> 00:06:41,480 like everything at the same time. 155 00:06:41,480 --> 00:06:43,720 But those people are rare. 156 00:06:43,720 --> 00:06:45,080 Thank you for being here today. 157 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,560 I'm really happy that you tuned in to Vision Pros Live. 158 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,200 I'm looking forward to seeing your reactions 159 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:52,480 as these episodes continue to move forward. 160 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:54,200 This is gonna get more and more fun. 161 00:06:54,200 --> 00:06:56,000 We'll have more and more engagement as well. 162 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:58,120 We'll invite people to participate in the show. 163 00:06:58,120 --> 00:07:00,480 And thank you for giving us your time and attention. 164 00:07:00,480 --> 00:07:03,200 Have an excellent time building out your vision 165 00:07:03,200 --> 00:07:12,200 and becoming a Vision Pro yourself.