Toilet Paper Fortune Cookie - A Podcast: Recent Episodes
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Unorthodox Wisdom From Unexpected Reality -- Matt Stocke and David Stringer each have 20 plus years making a living through entrepreneurial endeavors. Whether through the arts or the automotive industry both have made it through peaks and valleys of success and learned a lot along the way. Beyond the goofy podcast name, Matt and David want to share their experiences with an audience and find humor in the hard-knock-lessons of making a buck. Maybe there’s some wisdom in what they’ve done and only one way to find out.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - This week we talk restaurant biz with expert Alice Geiger. So much like a Broadway show, the restaurant gig is a whole production with tons of challenges moving forward. We end Season One! Matt Stocke starts The World Still Spins!
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - We are joined by Dawn Johnson who is an extraordinary example of an entrepreneur and community leader. She shares how hard it was to transition from corporate life to business ownership and then another transition to community builder and purpose-driven entrepreneurship.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Special guest, Valeria Lau-Kee Lai joins us to discuss the effects of the pandemic on Broadway from the perspective of the staff behind the scenes. As a stage manager for many years, Valeria understands the dynamics of the entire production and now is a Producing Director for Broadway Cares/Equity Fights AIDS.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Special guest, Anton Laplume, originally from South Florida, is a singer/songwriter/guitarist, who got his big start in the blues scene as the lead guitar for the international blues band, The Rockin’ Jake Band. Laplume toured with the band for several years across the U.S. and Canada before starting his own band that is today Side Hustle. Laplume like all in the music industry has been largely affected by the fallout of COVID pandemic and has had to pivot to continue to fund a new album and stay connected to fans.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Richard Blanch is in the top 1% of successful entrepreneurs. His latest work is with Quiet Engineering, developing iOT application for food supply. During the pandemic he spun up PandaCare LLC to rework the medical supply chain to support hospitals, local, state and Federal government with foreign factories all while building US based manufacturing for medical supplies.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Special guest, Cara English founder and owner of Blue Jay Listening Room in Jacksonville, FL joins our show to revisit the music business and how the recovery is going. Also Stocke Stories and a new Stringer Strategy Session! How to avoid BURN OUT!
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Melanie Simpson and Julie Frost are singer-performers and entrepreneurs who have traveled the world and are self-admittedly addicted to anything involving physical exercising. Yet even a global pandemic can’t stop these two power females from getting in a good sweat. We will talk to Mel and Julie about how they pivoted to start a successful “virtual run” group that at last check has over 2200 members worldwide and their many other entrepreneurial endeavors.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Happy Friday! So six weeks later, here we are...when we started this podcast the world had turned upside down. Now it's feeling like two worlds in one and are you ready to help us make the next leap? Oh and Jessica pops in to say HI!
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Happy Friday! Imagine quitting your six figure job to start a company from scratch. Would you do it? Ryan Sanderson did and set in motion the immediate success of Knowledge Perk - Specialty Coffee Roasters and Full Coffee Immersion. We talk about the “grind” of starting something new and as many pitfalls as he can think of. Plus #stringerstrategysession discusses the #captainpicard decision process.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom from Unexpected Reality - Buckle up! We are joined by Jessica Michaels of The Wingman Program; from Dylan's Wings of Change, a foundation dedicated to the memory of Dylan Hockley, a first grade victim of the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary. Also, Queen Mother see's Stocke's #fullmonty! And the most #unexpectedentrepreneur.
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom for Unexpected Reality - Happy Friday! Let's raise a glass and talk shop - Theater shop that is with @Richard H. Blake - a Broadway veteran, entrepreneur, and all-around swell guy. Tune in for #StokeStores and #StringerStrategySession. We even have an "Unexpected Entrepreneur". And Matt's doing just fine recovering from "The COVID".
TPFC - Unorthodox Wisdom for Unexpected Reality -- We are joined for today's episode by Micah Davidson, founder of Midwood Entertainment. This is a podcast for entrepreneurs of all kinds looking to grow, make a move, start something new or just get better at the hustle. Today, we also talk about Intuition vs Impulse and how entrepreneurs must master the difference.
David Stringer and Matt Stocke introduce their new podcast, outlining the ideas and topics they will be addressing...what can WE do moving forward in this new normal to build business, to find the new ideas and pivot to new and improved versions of old ideas? We will figure it out together...let the creativity flow, people!!