Red Jalapeño

Taufeek Shah brings the heat! We pour on the sauce and dip into salsa as we hear how Lola’s Fine Sauces delivers spicy goodness in 22,000+ locations worldwide. Taufeek and Ben discuss the science of edible product development, freshness in a distributed supply chain, and physical experiences with digital depth.

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BONUS MATERIALS

Capsaicin 🌶️ TRPV1

https://LolasFineHotSauce.com

http://Red-Jalapeno.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections Break: Isochronal

EP28 – Let’s Get Phygital 🎙️ Sachin Sehgal

http://YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

https://DMACC.edu/foundation

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Corporate Battleships

Jacob Kruse invests corporate innovation funds. Corporate venture capital is a growing trend, so let’s chat through how founders can interact with corporate partners and how internal innovation teams can leverage their position within an entrepreneurial ecosystem.

As an intrapreneur within the insurance industry, listen how to co-create with founders and stay in-tune with a startup community. Large companies must stay thirsty to stay ahead of the innovation curve and EP85 is brewed to help indispensable employees execute by staying curious as we lead from within.

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https://DeltaDentalIA.com

https://GlobalInsuranceAccelerator.com

http://Corporate-Battleships.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections Break: Mentor Madness

https://BenMcDougal.com/champions-of-change

https://BenMcDougal.com/significance

EP30 – Exit Ramps 🎙️ Brian Crotty

EP40 – Big Business 🎙️ Joe Murphy

EP72 – Win Win Win 🎙️ Nicole Crain

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Roasted Reflections on Discord

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Base Camp

Join us at base camp as Jon Kallen builds a mountain for us to climb. We lean into the pain and carry our own gear with stories from AconcaguaDenali, Kilimanjaro, and more high altitudes worldwide. When he’s not craving gummy worms on snow capped peaks above the clouds, this impactful leader mentors founders commercializing business strategies. We reflect on this leadership alongside our closing message to the mountains.

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https://JenningsKallen.com

https://AlgaeBiomass.org

http://Base-Camp.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections Break: Landing

EP18 – Fourteeners 🎙️ Jeff Reed

EP58 – Always Growing 🎙️ Clayton Mooney

http://YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

https://BenMcDougal.com/anticipation

44 Harsh Truths About Human Nature

https://films.NationalGeographic.com/free-solo

https://Alpinist.com/podcast

Snowboarding Utah

Prognostication

Ehrich Pakala is a mathematician, software engineer, and founder who uses machine learning to unlock data-driven understandings. His team at Emigrait leverages insight to find future home buyers and sellers for real estate professionals.

While they play chess in-studio, hear Ben and Ehrich chat about avoiding the measurement trap, Ehrich’s favorite math equation, machine learning, and predictive modeling in real estate. The nerdery continues with mathematics in the real world, then Ben narrates an exponential writing.

After the break, Ehrich writes a haiku in real-time and climbs through thoughts from atop the mountain. EP83 continues with stories from inside the Iowa Techstars Accelerator, communicating complicated products, and what people look for when it comes to their new home. We finish with thoughts on polyhedrons, infinity, and beyond.

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BONUS MATERIALS

https://Emigrait.com

https://linkedin.com/in/ehrichpakala

Techstars Iowa Accelerator Demo Day

http://Prognostication.YouDontNeedThisPodcast.com

Roasted Reflections Break: Linear

EP6 – Computer Vision(ary) 🎙️ Brad Dwyer

EP22 – BioMathemAttorney 🎙️ Cassie Edgar

EP29 – Borderless 🎙️ Kerty Levy

EP34 – Measured Twice 🎙️ Ryan Glick

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A Trip to Inifinity (Netflix)

How to Win at Chess

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Storytelling

Humans are innate storytellers. We use (sequenced) stories to enjoy life, relay ideas, and network experiences. Passed over generations, the willingness to tell stories has helped our species survive. When collided, shared understandings then summon diverse environments connected to thrive.

As we narrow the narrative into an entrepreneurial lifestyle, the values of storytelling are felt as we learn, create interest, unite, and take action beyond the shared moment. Over a brew, in the office, at events, out with friends, or on-stage, leaders must be able to translate the story of a business.

The environment, industry, audience, and format effects how a story is told. The sentiment can remain consistent, but your story won’t sound the same each time. Agility, preparation, and awareness will keep a story genuine, truthful, and engaging. Preparedness also boosts our confidence to share our stories in any situation.

Internal storytelling between owners, co-workers, mentors, advisors, and customers is guided by listening, curiosity, data, understanding, transparency, and all that’s found in the Team chapter of You Don’t Need This Book.

Let’s expand the repertoire with a focus on storytelling with strangers. This is done by playing with styles and formats for the story. What’s your style? How casual can you make it? How nerdy can you go? What feelings do you evoke?

Alongside different styles, timing helps to format the story. One sentence is a sharp conversation starter. 42 seconds is ideal in a small group. 6 minutes delivers enough details to support a valuable Q&A. 10+ minutes creates space for more depth, but don’t numb the audience. 45+ minutes is leading event sessions and keynote speaking.

Along with talk, relatable assets bring a story to life. Such creation uncovers the flow for a story, so embrace branding, social media, website development, slide decks, one pagers, and endless types of physical and digital materials that connects storytelling with an audience that cares.

No matter the situation, honest understanding, energizing enthusiasm, practice, transparent vulnerability, intellectual humility, and concise simplicity will serve you well. Nothing pushy, but pops of persuasion curate attention along the way. As a remarkable story comes together, feedback will sharpen the business and continue to tweak transmissions.