Business Over Beer

On this episode of the Business Over Beer Podcast, we welcome the Founder of Athletic Brewing Co., Bill Shufelt, who is on the forefront of Non-Alcoholic Craft Brewing. And make no mistake about it, they are definitely brewing Craft Beer. With almost no innovation in non-alcoholic beer for 25 years, Athletic Brewing created their own process to brew high quality and great tasting beer. But brewing great beer is only part of the story because Athletic Brewing has committed themselves to...

This week on Business Over Beer, the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only The Sasquatch Hunters, it's part 2 of our interview with Freelance Travel Writer, Matt Wastradowski. In this episode, Matt tells us about a few more of his favorite hikes from his book, Moon Pacific Northwest Hiking. Also, we compare Matt the freelance writer to Matt the small business owner, and how the journey he went on, both metaphorical and literal, is the same journey that most small...

This week on The Business Over Beer Podcast, we welcome co-author of Moon Travel Guide's Pacific Northwest Hiking: Best Hikes, Plus Beer, Bites, and Campgrounds Nearby. In this episode, Matt takes us behind the scenes of his two and a half year journey writing this book for Moon Travel Guides, from the pitch and proposal, to the mapping and planning, and ultimately to completing, and writing about, the 75+ hikes, nearly 450 miles, throughout the state of Oregon. Guest Beer: Migration...

In this very special episode of the Business Over Beer podcast, originally broadcast LIVE on facebook on October 22, The Gangsta of Hazel Dell brings a couple members of his posse, Bart Hansen, Vancouver, WA City Councilman and James Oneill, Business Development & Outreach Representative with Columbia Credit Union, to discuss local politics and the state of local business. During one of the most crucial elections of our time, with record high voter turnouts driven largely by the...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only The Sasquatch Hunters, we have Part 2 of our interview with the founders of the NW Escape Experience, Rob and Tamara Bertrand. In this episode of Business Over Beer, we talk about the community of local escape rooms, the evolution of their escape experiences into the virtual realm, the competition that is likely coming from larger escape room companies, and the post COVID-19 vision for the...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only the Sasquatch Hunters, we visit with NW Escape Experience Founders Rob and Tamara Bertrand, who celebrated 4 years in business on October 18th. We had the opportunity to play their Jurassic Tours room, which is an homage to the films Back to the Future and Jurassic Park. Playing an escape room is almost like a live action video game and, at NW Escape Experience, they pride themselves on having the most immersive...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only The Sasquatch Hunters, we have Part 2 of our interview with Lindsey Charlet, Founder and CEO of HUB Collective, a visual design and content strategy studio in Portland, OR. In this episode of Business Over Beer, we talk about the process of branding, both the journey of her company's brand as well as the branding journey she takes her clients on. At the heart of branding is honesty, honesty with yourself and...

This week on Business Over Beer, we welcome Lindsey Charlet, Founder and CEO visual design and content strategy studio, HUB Collective. After 13 years in business, Lindsey and her team decided to walk away from their largest client, and more than three quarters of their existing business, in order to focus on the doing the work they wanted to do. Although that decision could have been catastrophic, it has instead propelled her and the agency to success doing what they love, doing what they...

This week on Business Over Beer, we welcome Katie Augsburger back to the program. Katie started her business around the same time that she got divorced, which can be a tricky thing, especially for women whose feelings of security are built up in their relationship, combined with the narrative we have about what a woman's role is. But Katie took the leap, she broke those feelings apart and realized that she could do big bold things. Now she is a successful employee experience strategist and...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only The Sasquatch Hunters, we welcome back esteemed Business Over Beer alumni, Bill Cohen of Cohen Caregiving Support Consultants, and Joey Yourchek of Elfin Services. Bill provides support to family caregivers of patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia and Elfin Services is a professional caregiving service offering, among other things, in home care to patients with Alzheimer's Disease and Dementia. Alzheimer's...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only the Sasquatch Hunters, we celebrate our 1 Year Anniversary, recorded at Hopworks Urban Brewery, the Birthplace of The BOB, with Founder and Head Brewmaster, Christian Ettinger. Christian has been brewing beer for over 25 years and first experienced the brewpub as the center of the community while living abroad in Cologne Germany. Upon returning to the U.S., as the craft beer scene was exploding here in the Pacific...

This week on The Business Over Beer Podcast, we welcome Life & Business Strategist, Lindsey T. H. Jackson. She shares how she started a dance and theatre troupe in Galway Ireland, which became a catapult for everything she's doing now as CEO of LTHJ Global, an organization committed to creating tools, resources and programs around the limitations that hold us back from reaching our highest potential as individuals and in our school systems, workplaces and community groups. Prost! In this...

This week on the Business Over Beer Podcast, we welcome The Vibesmith, Ryan Reed, founder of HAFLife Entertainment, an independent record label and entertainment company focused on music, film, live events and lifestyle. Ryan shares with us that writing poetry at a young age combined with his love of hip hop turned into a love of putting words to rhythm and music and ultimately into an entrepreneur with a business focused on Hope, Ambition, & Fortitude. Prost! In this episode: Guest...

This week on The Business Over Beer Podcast, Bradley Richardson, Executive Director of the Clark County Historical Museum, stops by to share his story. We learn that despite having a closed building for many months as a result of the COVID-19 Pandemic, the Museum has been able to successfully run digitally and still provide their core offerings of events, programs, exhibits and preservation. A portion of all September proceeds from our Patreon subscriptions will be donated directly to the...

This week on an all new Business Over Beer, we welcome Douglas Levin of Morning Marketing Machine to the program. Douglas went from professional musician to entrepreneur, jumping into the ecommerce game, doing everything from arbitrage selling to wholesale to private label. Now he wants to pass on what he's learned through a new course helping make ecommerce reselling accessible to anyone. Prost! In this episode: Guest Beer: Bell's Brewery - Kalamazoo, MI Two Hearted Ale, American...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only the Sasquatch Hunters, we welcome business partners, and sisters, Michelle and Mariah Martinez of The M Agency. Their 15 year age difference led them down very different paths, both personally and professionally, and when their paths brought them back together, they began building a business partnership that packs an incredible 1-2 punch, drawing on their unique experiences to serve their clients and the...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific NW behind only the Sasquatch Hunters, we welcome former Portland Timbers defender, Futty Danso, to the program - RCTID! Futty shares with us his story of how he got started playing soccer in his native country of Gambia West Africa, how he made his way to the States for college and ultimately playing professional Soccer in the MLS, making a home in Portland, where he is now starting a new Soccer Camp. We talk about some of the challenges...

This week on an all new Business Over Beer, Emily Chenery of Naeco Creative stops by to talk about what it takes for businesses to effectively produce content and manage social media. As Owner and Executive Producer for her own freelance production company, Emily has done work for ESPN, CBS Sports, the SEC Network,The University of Florida and The Granite Games. And no, she doesn't have Covid-19. Prost! In this episode: Guest Beer: Swamp Head Brewery - Gainesville,...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only the Sasquatch Hunters, we welcome Jamie Young of Jamie Young Swag & Strategy. Jamie built a huge book of business as Sales Director for the Portland Womens Expo and struck out on her own as a promotional products broker. But Jamie is more than just a reseller of pens and notepads, she serves her community by offering full fledged marketing strategy and developing campaigns with her clients, ensuring they are getting...

This week on the second biggest podcast in the Pacific Northwest behind only the Sasquatch Hunters, Emily Austin of Three Sixty Interiors stops by the program. Emily shares with us how she went from working in healthcare, to being a stay at home mom, and ultimately starting her own interior design business. And how she survived being abused and oppressed for 12 years to being free and empowered as a successful single mom and small business owner. In this episode: Guest Beer: Belching...