Rogue Creators: Recent Episodes
Alex Black
I'm on a mission to meet as many of the most interesting and influential people in the Rogue Valley as possible. This is a passion project for myself as well as to hopefully inspire and excite others about all of the interesting people and things that are happening in this beautiful area.
Welcome to a special episode of Rogue Creators! Today, I'm interviewing Steven Crovotta, marking our first video episode and our first guest from outside southern Oregon. If you're listening, be sure to watch the video on our YouTube channel, Rogue Creators (link in the show notes).
Steven has developed several successful mobile apps without writing any code, contracting out the design and development instead. His YouTube channel offers practical advice on app creation and marketing. Inspired by his content, I reached out to him, and he graciously agreed to join the show.
In this episode, Steven shares his journey from being inspired by his dad and "The Social Network" to becoming an app developer. He talks about learning marketing through social media, the importance of a supportive community, and the value of sharing real knowledge.
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Sarah Daley works for Kim Wallan, her mother, who is the Oregon district 6 state representative. Sarah is on several commissions including the Jackson County planning commission and she has deep insight into the state of the Oregon government. In this episode I wanted to get a deeper understanding of how our state, county and city governments function at a lower level as well as get a deeper understanding of some pertinent issues such as the annual wildfire problem that we’ve been facing the last several years.
We discuss the history of the Britt, Abbys role day to day, struggles and triumphs of the organization as well as future plans and aspirations for the organization.
In this episode I talk with Jared Rennie the founder and CEO of Noble Coffee Roasting in ashland. This episode has a special place in my heart, because Noble is where I fell in love with coffee for the first time about a decade or so ago. Jared was such a fun guest to have on the podcast. So many interesting insights. Noble is such a gem in Ashland. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it.
In this episode I talk with a long time friend of mine who's an excellent Youtube animator. He would prefer to be known by his youtube Persona Luck. He's an incredible animator, writer, musician and conversationalist. This episode was recorded in December 2022, but I finally got around to releasing it. be sure to check out his Youtbue channel: https://www.youtube.com/@LuckisMe
Joey Recipe is the founder and CEO of Joey’s hot sauce, which if you’ve not tried it yet you owe it to yourself to check it out. I’m a huge fan of his hot sauce. He’s also someone that stands out whenever I have been to the farmers market as a friendly person, but also a real go-getter. I’m inspired by his brand and work ethic. He also was in the Netflix documentary called Bad Vegan. We’ll touch on in this episode as well. I had a lot of fun recording this episode. I hope you enjoy it too.
Today I’m talking with Galen Wright. He’s a business owner, a screenwriter and a long time friend. He has immense experience and wisdom in the world of advertising. He also is in the process of writing several different screen plays, and has a lot of interesting insights in the world of writing. . It was a pleasure talking with him. I hope you enjoy our conversation as much as I did.
Zach Sprunger is the founder of Rogue Music Lessons. Rogue Music Lessons is a company the makes the process of finding a music instructor easy. They have have several excellent pre vetted instructors on staff and they make the process of getting setup with music lessons easy and stress free.
Zach is a really smart, and interesting individual with a huge passion for business as well as music. He's very enthusiastic and fun to talk to. He has a pretty wild journey story of how he got to where he is now. I hope you enjoy this episode as much as I did recording it.
Jake Terando is the Co-Founder of Forage Coffee in Medford. Forge coffee is a beloved institution that revitalized an area of Medford that has been blighted since I was a kid. They are also the only (to my knowledge) third way coffee shop in Medford. He is an extremely enthusiastic, smart and fun guest with a great story.
Craig Black is the founder of Blackstone Publishing in Ashland Oregon. He also happens to be my father, so I thought it was apt to have him as my first guest. Blackstone is an awesome book / audiobook publishing company here in the rogue valley.