HUSTLERS FOR A CAUSE

Welcome to this week's Hustlers For A Cause!! Today we sat down with an incredible individual who not only walks the walk, but allows others to talk. Zachary Smith is the Head of Growth at “SickBird Productions” a content creation company located in Toronto, New York, and LA. Additionally, Zach is the founder and CEO of “Wrong Generation”, a company who repurposes damaged vinyl records with the intention of creating a beautiful second life for the record, and saving it from the landfill. 
 
This episode covers a deep dive into the events and motivations that have positioned this promising entrepreneur on a path to success. Despite personal mental health challenges and a wayward period of time during college. Zach has found his creative callings with SickBird and Wrong Generations and has pursued several paths less traveled, including the Pacific Crest Trail. Listen in to the life lessons and glean some crucial knowledge in pursuing passions and finding yourself when the traditional paths don’t always lead. 
 
Jump in with us as we discuss the many facets of who Zach is, and why he is a Hustler for cause we can all support. 
To Connect and Support Zach: 
https://www.sickbirdproduction.com/
https://wrong-generation.com/
https://www.linkedin.com/in/zachary-m-smith/?originalSubdomain=ca
 
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Welcome back to part two of our exclusive interview with entrepreneur and climate change activist James McWalter. In our first episode two weeks ago we got an inside look into a fascinating field that has rapidly grown within the past few decades as our impact as humans becomes more apparent. One result of the negative human impact is carbon emissions. Tons, and tons, and tons of carbon emissions. Clouding the atmosphere, causing temperature, ecological and oceanic changes that will ultimately destroy life as we know it. 
 
That's where James comes in. Inspired by the impending problems facing down humanity, James created a goal to help reduce 1 gigaton of carbon in our atmosphere. That’s essentially 1/40th of all carbon that is in Earths’ atmosphere. The current plan to achieve this goal is through restructuring our agricultural practices through a technique called regenerative agriculture. 
 
Join us as we discuss how Facebook plays a large role in farmers communication, planning and communities. Why so many in this crucial circle become defensive about farming practices and their contributions to potential change. James’s advice on how to become a carbon reducing consumer with your foods in easy steps (spoiler alert- red meat is NOT off the menu); and how you as an entrepreneur, aspiring business person, and passion follower can structure your priorities. 
https://www.jamesmcwalter.com/about
https://carbotnic.com/ 
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What can you do to help cultivate a negative carbon future with your food choices? 
This join us for the highly anticipated Part 2 of our interview with James McWalter. Where we disscuss regenerative agriculture, technology, habits, and just how YOU can make a difference by being a thoughtful consumer!!

This episode on “Hustlers for a Cause” features James McWalter, serial entrepreneur, podcaster, and advocate for sustainability. Illuminating his new business, CleanTech,  James aims for his new company to reduce global carbon emissions by 1 gigaton. Achieving this through a more holistic, well rounded approach to farming that could end up seriously reducing the impact of food on our atmosphere. 
Listen to Part 1 of our in-depth interview on how a young farmer and butcher from Ireland became inspired to make a lasting impact for generations to come. This episode covers his humble beginnings, the academic and professional excellence he pursued, and a first hand look at what inspired him to tackle climate change and global emissions. Learn how community, education, and connection have drastically changed the view on how farming should be done instead of how it is done today. Join us in understanding just how impactful our choices, communication, and weeds could potentially change the face of farming.
Learn More About James Here at :
https://www.jamesmcwalter.com/about
https://carbotnic.com/ 
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Join us in this episode with Nelly Yusupova, CTO, start-up Tech Advisor, speaker and entrepreneur with over 18 years of experience in the technology field. Nelly is the Founder of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs, an online learning program that helps entrepreneurs manage development teams and projects like a CTO, without being technical or learning how to code.
 
Tune in to learn how Nelly’s immigrant mentality helped her to understand the power of creativity, technology, and teaching people empathetically. She also shares how she got initial experience in the computer science field, how online course completion has changed since covid-19, and the powerful effects of enabling non-technical leaders and entrepreneurs to gain problem-solving skills. Nelly emphasizes the importance of validation and prototyping in refining your idea and solution before developing code, and explains the meaning behind her motto: “Never fear what you don’t know.”
 
How can we get the technology industry to expand and diversify their demographics?
 
What’s keeping women from entering and staying in the technology field?
 
Listen in every Friday as we release new interviews with experts to help you maximize your impact and be a Hustler for a Cause!
 
 
Notable Quotes
“A lot of entrepreneurs who decide to dive into TechSpeak, it’s because they actually felt the pain of what it’s like to feel that uncertainty, what it’s like to have that fear of spending thousands of dollars and not knowing if what you’re investing in, in both time and money, is going to pan out.”                    - Nelly Yusupova
“Non-technical entrepreneurs, they see problems that technical people don’t and those problems, for the world, are really really important to be solved.”                                                                                                             - Nelly Yusupova
“If you have the fear, it’ll stop you. But if you say, I’m just going to take small steps to just make progress every day, then that’s no longer as scary.” - Nelly Yusupova
 
 
Reference Links
Learn more about TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs: www.techspeakforentrepreneurs.com
WebGrrls: www.webgrrls.com
Digital Woman: www.digitalwoman.com
 
 
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This episode is sponsored by BlabberJax! To learn about them, visit: www.blabberjax.com.

Are you a non-technical entrepreneur or a tech savvy person looking to make a difference in the future of technology? Join us in this episode with Nelly Yusupova, CTO, speaker, entrepreneur, and Founder of TechSpeak for Entrepreneurs. You’ll gain expert insight into developing technical ideas efficiently, overcoming fear and adversity in the entrepreneurial tech space, and actively diversifying the demographics of the technology industry. Subscribe now to be notified on Friday when this episode is released!

Join us in this episode with Dr. Dawn Carpenter, Host of "What Does It Profit?". A podcast that investigates the social and moral value of business. Dr. Carpenter has an extensive background in finance and currently researches the nature of work and the responsibilities of wealth. Her true purpose is determining if capitalism can be a real force for good in the world.
 
Learn about the role of contributive justice theory in society, how community development banking works to benefit marginalized communities, and her candid thoughts on whether or not capitalism is to blame for political and economic challenges, as well as the Robinhood/Gamestop situation. Dr. Dawn Carpenter also speaks on the contents of her soon to be published book- "Contributive Justice", which you’ll definitely want to get your hands on.
 
Does justice fundamentally mean we need to have the same values?
 
Can we have justice without shared values?
 
Tune in to hear Dr. Carpenter’s thoughts on these questions, along with the patterns and lessons from history we’re seeing in action now and the importance of studying human types. 
 
Listen in every Friday as we release new interviews with experts to help you maximize your impact and be a Hustler for a Cause!
 
 
Notable Quotes
“We have the right to be able to contribute to the work in the world, but think about all the ways we are inhibited from doing that. We don’t live in a safe community, we don’t have adequate education or clean air, clean water, all the things that make it problematic to be the best versions of ourselves. Those are contributive injustices.”                                                                                     - Dawn Carpenter
“I just want everyone that ever meets me or listens to me on a podcast or hears me speak or reads something that I write… I want them to understand that no matter who they are or what they do, their life matters.”                                                                                                                                                 - Dawn Carpenter
 
 
Reference Links
Listen to the What Does It Profit? Podcast: www.whatdoesitprofitpodcast.com
Connect with What Does It Profit? on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/company/whatdoesitprofitpodcast
Follow them on Twitter: www.twitter.com/WDIPpodcast
Subscribe to them on YouTube: www.youtube.com/channel/UC3UIsufriW5oyAwaH19ZYXw
Send an audio file to What Does It Profit?: [email protected]
Seeking Virtue in Finance by JC De Swaan: www.goodreads.com/book/show/51470450-seeking-virtue-in-finance
 
 
 
This episode is sponsored by BlabberJax! To learn about them, visit: www.blabberjax.com.
 
 

What is your contribution to the world? Join us in this episode with Dr. Dawn Carpenter, Host of "What Does It Profit?", a podcast that investigates the social and moral value of business, as we discuss just that. You’ll learn the role of contributive justice theory in society and hear Dr. Carpenter’s candid thoughts on whether capitalism is to blame for political and economic challenges. Rate, Review, and Subscribe now to be notified on Friday when this episode is released!
 

Join us in this episode with Ryan Hildebrandt, Founder of Sales at Viral Message Lab and TEDx event organizer. Ryan helps professionals find and articulate their 1-in-a-billion message so they can position themselves as thought leaders and go-to experts, book TEDx talks, and have audiences take action. Ryan describes his experience building a professional network in England by planning a TEDx event from scratch, as well as the tactics and reasoning behind how he marketed the (sold out) TEDx event.
 
Learn what led Ryan to be interested in marketing and the psychology behind marketing from a career in engineering, how Ryan thinks about building and creating great ideas, and how he built credibility and found opportunities in his career.
 
Do you have great ideas but have difficulty in finding great opportunities? Tune in to learn an expert’s methods for acting on ideas and creating opportunities for growth!
 
Listen in every Friday as we release new interviews with experts to help you maximize your impact and be a Hustler for a Cause!
 
 
Notable Quotes
        “Just because something has good software or is technically correct, is doesn’t mean it’s the right solution for the problem.”                            - Ryan Hildebrandt
        “People aren’t buying the speakers, they can get the speakers and ideas for free online, at their convenience. Why would you try to market to them and get them to buy tickets for the speakers? … Basically, what people were paying for is the experience of being in the same room as all the smartest people in your town… like who knows what could happen!”                                         - Ryan Hildebrandt
        “Your opportunities in life are a function of the quality of your ideas as people are seeing them and the number of people that are exposed to those ideas.”         
         - Ryan Hildebrandt
 
 
Reference Links
Visit Viral Message Lab’s website: www.viralmessagelab.com/webinar-welcome-gate
Connect with Ryan on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/rmhildebrandt
Get FREE topic development strategies of TEDx speakers: www.viralmessagelab.com/book
 
 
This episode is sponsored by BlabberJax! To learn about them, visit: www.blabberjax.com.

Are you struggling with finding or saying yes to huge, scary opportunities? Join us in this episode with Ryan Hildebrandt, Founder of Sales at Viral Message Lab, as we discuss his methods for building credibility, creating and acting on great ideas, and how he organized and marketed a TEDx event from scratch. Subscribe now to be notified on Friday when this episode is released!