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In this episode, we are joined by Grant Estrade who, along with his wife, Kate Estrade, run Local Coolings Farm and Laughing Buddha Nursery. Grant shares his journey from urban life to livestock farming. He explains how he started with pigs and gradually diversified his farm to include layers, goats, and beef cattle. His strategic buying and selling in the commodity market allowed him to grow his herd from two to 24 cattle. He also emphasizes his commitment to environmental stewardship, using innovative composting methods and implementing wildlife conservation initiatives on his farm. The episode offers valuable insights intoregenerative farming practices and the challenges and rewards of livestock farming.

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Michael Hodgen is a visionary entrepreneur and the dynamic CEO of Freedom Rave Wear, a trailblazing company that designs and manufactures cutting-edge, sustainable festival clothing. 

Under Michael's leadership, Freedom Rave Wear has become a frontrunner in the festival fashion industry, known for its innovative designs, eco-friendly practices, and commitment to the community. 

Driven by a strong belief in sustainability and manufacturing, Michael has integrated environmentally friendly materials and processes into the company's operations. 

With his finger on the pulse of the latest Ecommerce trends, Michael has skillfully navigated the ever-evolving online marketplace, ensuring Freedom Rave Wear continues to thrive and expand. 

In This Conversation We Discuss: 

• [00:00] Intro
• [01:00] What is Freedom Rave Wear?
• [03:17] Validating the idea for FRW
• [04:46] Starting to grow the brand organically
• [05:53] How FRW became an online business
• [08:46] Evolving the manufacturing capacity
• [10:55] Why FRW choose to manufacture in-house
• [13:16] Production based on what the customer really wants
• [14:54] Minimums can be a limiting factor for your business
• [15:38] Apparel brands don’t have to manufacture in-house
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• [20:52] Cashflow advantages of not having deadstock
• [22:15] COVID was especially challenging for FRW
• [22:39] Pivoting to Fabric Punch
• [23:32] The advantages of having a micro factory
• [24:18] Having a close feedback loop with customers
• [25:40] Scaling up from “festival” customer acquisition
• [26:51] The innate synergy in FRW’s niche
• [27:57] When you should consider paid ads
• [28:42] How FRW does their paid ads
• [29:51] Where to support FRW

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The night before His crucifixion, the Savior washed His apostles' feet, taught them and administered the sacrament. He also prayed for them, saying, as recorded in John 17:  “I pray not that thou shouldest take them out of the world, but that thou shouldest keep them from the evil. They are not of the world, even as I am not of the world…As thou hast sent me into the world, even so, have I also sent them into the world.” This episode of the Church News podcast features leaders of the Sandy Utah Willow Creek Stake talking about efforts to serve “in the world, but not of the world.” Stake President Joseph A. Staples, Stake Relief Society President Terri DeJohn and former Stake Young Women President Lisa Nielsen share how connecting to their neighbors through friendship, love, service and events has strengthened their neighborhoods and community, as well as their commitment to emulate the life and teachings of Jesus Christ. 

The Church News Podcast is a weekly podcast that invites listeners to make a journey of connection with members of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints across the globe. Host Sarah Jane Weaver, reporter and editor for The Church News for a quarter-century, shares a unique view of the stories, events, and most important people who form this international faith. With each episode, listeners are asked to embark on a journey to learn from one another and ponder, “What do I know now?” because of the experience. Produced by KellieAnn Halvorsen.

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In this episode, Kelly Chia, Deputy Head of Research Asia at Julius Baer shares his thoughts on current market dynamics after a monster short covering rally on 11 November. This was on the back of cooler than expected inflation numbers in the USA. Topics covered: Upcoming data points to watch out for, The probability of Recession, Hedging against inflation with defensive sectors eg Healthcare and Staples, Yield Curve inversion, COP27

The Aussie share market is set to open lower, with the futures suggesting a fall of 0.2%. 

The market is down 1.8% this week so far. Miners are down the most, while utilities and staples are up the most. 

What to watch today: 

• Investors are favouring utilities, staples and healthcare, amid uncertainty in the market. The market may stay this way until the outcome from the US Central Bank’s meeting on Wednesday, until investors have further clarity on China’s property sector demise, and until the roadmap out of lockdown becomes clearer. 
• The iron ore price has fallen heavily, below US$100 for the first time in a year. However, overnight iron ore slightly rose 0.1% to US$93.03. BHP investors in New York took this as a sign to buy the dip. In the US, BHP shares rose almost 1%. 
• The oil rice is steady at US$70.70, holding its highest level since August, while the gold price is slightly lower. 
• In economic news, yesterday the RBA meeting minutes reaffirmed the RBA’s confidence that the Australian economic should see strong growth resume next year. Today, the RBA Governor and Deputy will appear at the House of Representatives at 10:15am AEST. And the RBA Assistant Governor of the Financial System will also give a speech on the housing market and financial stability at noon AEST. 
• In corporate news, AGL Energy (ASX:AGL) is set to hold its AGM. 
• Widgie Nickel (ASX:WIN) and X2M Connect (ASX:X2M) are new listings on the ASX. 
• Abri (ASX:ABC) goes ex-dividend today and Hawkstone Mining (ASX:HWK) goes ex-bonus entitlement. 

Trading Ideas: 

• Citi has upgraded Champion Iron (ASX:CIA) from a HOLD to a BUY, however has slashed its 12-month price target from $7.25 to $6.40. Citi acknowledges near-term risk to iron ore price, forecasting iron ore to sit at US$125 in CY22 and hit US$80 in CY23. However, China’s lead indicators are stabilising and have turned up off recent lows. Citi says steel prices are being driven more by state imposed production cuts, than weakness in underlying demand. 
• Bullish charting signals have been seen in Whitehaven Coal (ASX:WHC), Sydney Airport (ASX:SYD) and Alkane Resources (ASX:ALK), according to Trading Central

This episode features an interview with Brian Coupland, Senior Vice President of Merchandising at Staples US Retail. With 20+ years of experience leading enterprise innovation and transformation initiatives, Brian helps drive merchandising strategy and operations across the entire Staples U.S. retail network.

On today’s episode, Brian discusses the importance of getting close to the customer, change management, and working with small businesses and makers through the Staples Connect “Breakthrough Project.”

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“It’s not just about an idea or a trend or a hunch. It’s really about getting closer to the customer to understand what they’re saying, what they’re feeling, what they’re thinking. Today and also tomorrow.” -Brian Coupland

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Show Notes

• (1:34) Brian's background: an obsession with the customer and taking risks
• (6:14) Introducing Staples Connect
• (8:14) The Breakthrough Project: new innovations, small businesses, and a second season
• (12:41) Bringing in and merchandising new products
• (14:42) Brian's favorite products from the initiative
• (18:55) The challenges of change management
• (23:55) Zeroing in on the customer’s needs
• (27:06) Lightning round

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Despite rising COVID-19 cases and a falling iron ore price, the Aussie share market rose 1.6% (Mon-Thu), its best gain in 11 weeks. The electric vehicle (EV) mega trend continued to make headlines... Could EV stocks continue to gain momentum and overtake sentiment more recently reserved for the buy now pay later (BNPL) industry?
 
 In this week’s wrap, Jessica covers:  

• (0:37) The Tech sector's huge 11% boost this week
• (1:29) The iron ore price falling into bear market territory
• (2:22) Afterpay (ASX:APT) rising 29% on plans it will be taken over by US giant, Square
• (3:58) Why the lithium sector is worth taking a closer look at
• (4:54) Why upside is ahead for the Aussie share market
• (6:07) Next week's focus on share buy backs and dividends
• (7:29) Three key economic news items to watch next week 

In episode 62 of The Cavalry, Johnny recaps his triathlon experience. Then Andrew needs backup on his theory that models should be ugly. Johnny needs backup on not feeling sorry for the victims of prank shows and every discussion about directions being boring. Then Johnny tries to name as many Milwaukee Bucks as he can. 

You'll learn from an entrepreneur how they made their first million without even a website. Rocketbook sells notebooks that can be saved forever and erased with water (or in a microwave). 

For more on Rocketbook and show notes:  https://www.shopify.com/blog/rocketbook-app  

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• What contributed to the early success of their crowdfunding campaign
• The manufacturing challenges they had with over 30,000 crowdfunding presales
• How they collected over 3 million email addresses by building an app

Today I have my long-time friend on the show. With her launching a new podcast and her massive pivot in becoming the president of Strong Fitness Magazine, I was so excited to have her come on to share her story. 

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In Season 4 of the Feedfeed podcast, host Julie Resnick (Feedfeed co-founder) is virtually sitting down for dinner with #feedfeed Community members who are a constant source of ideas and inspiration in helping Julie to get dinner on her table nearly 365 days a year! On this week's episode, Julie speaks with Jenny Park and Teri Lyn Fisher, business partners over at Spoon Fork Bacon, who have been food blogging and writing cookbooks together for the past 10 years! They share their favorite go-to dinner recipes including Chicken Lettuce Wraps, Garlic Noodles, as well as the ingredients that they always keep on hand to be able to whip up amazing dinners every night a week.

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Despite a strong global economy and near full employment, none of the four societal institutions that the study measures—government, business, NGOs and media—is trusted according to the 2021 Edelman Trust Barometer. 

Tonia Ries, the Global Executive Director of Intellectual Property at Edelman and steward of the Edelman Trust Barometer, joins The Business Communicators to discuss the cause of this paradox and how it is a wake-up call and challenge for these institutions to look at new ways to effectively rebuild trust with their stakeholders.

Then, NFL All-Pro Wide Receiver Emmanuel Sanders has always preferred to use pen and paper. Before winning the Super Bowl with the Broncos, as a teenager he used a journal to organize his thoughts and create his vision for the future. Emmanuel is also an entrepreneur, husband and father who continues to use journals to track his goals and build upon his dreams. 

He joins the show to talk about his partnership with TRU RED to launch their Expert Notetaking Collection of writing journals and pens for entrepreneurs to bring their most creative ideas to life. Our listeners can check them out at staples.com/spark2finish.

The show closes as Austin, Hattie and Thomas break down the recent Wall Street and Reddit saga and whether or not financial institutions can be trusted moving forward. And, a discussion on why Budweiser is winning the advertising battle ahead of this week’s Super Bowl.

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Scott Howe, the CEO of LiveRamp Holdings, is a marketing savant. Scott remembers great campaigns from his childhood, but one, in particular, has always stuck with him: the Staples’ easy button. The clever campaign made Scott long for an easy-button-like functionality when it came to aggregating data, which he believes is the key to success in the marketing industry. On Marketing Trends, Scott discusses exactly what he means by that, and he explains his passion for the industry and why the loss of cookies is a chance for marketers to reinvent the wheel.

3 Takeaways:

• Data is the fuel that is driving marketing departments
• Depreciation of cookies is changing how websites are built and how messages are delivered to consumers
• The best marketers tell a cohesive story across all channels

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The Aussie share market is set for its best monthly gain since January this year. This week, the focus has been on the Banking sector, with some of the banks releasing their half-year results. 

In this month's wrap, Jessica covers:

• IT leads growth sectors in this month's sector report (0:19)
• Stocks in the spotlight: Afterpay (ASX:APT) rises 51% & Metcash (ASX:MTS) slides 21% (1:11)
• HY results: Where will NAB (ASX:NAB) go from here & what to watch with Westpac (ASX:WBC) (2:19)
• The best of the banking sector (5:01)
• What to watch next week: RBA & trade data announcements 

The Australian share market looks like it will re-enter a bull market this morning following a stellar night on overseas and commodity markets, as the world is closer to a vaccine for COVID-19. The Aussie futures are eyeing a lift of 2% at the open, so if the ASX200 does see that rally, the local market would have collectively gained 21% from its March lows which means we’ll be back in bull territory, as a bull market is defined as a gain of 20%.

Global markets rallied for three important reasons:

1. US biotech tech company, Gilead revealed its trial cured over 50% of the patients with severe COVID-19, with a five-day dose of it's drug Remdesivir.
2. COVID-19 cases are slowing in the U.S
3. The US Federal Reserve pledge to keep rates as close to near zero to help the US economy.

Today, investors will be watching: ANZ (ASX:ANZ), Fortescue Metals Group (ASX:FMG), GPT Property Group (ASX:GPT), Mirvac (ASX:MGR), Qantas (ASX:QAN) and Woolworths (ASX:WOW).

This evening, all eyes will be on weekly jobless claims.

On this episode of Advertising is Dead, host Varun Duggirala is joined by an old friend and Head of Agency Partnerships and Creative Services at Google India, Aditya Swamy. They discuss his journey in the advertising industry, where they speak about the learnings he obtained from each different brand he has worked at, and where he is now.

Talk to Varun Duggirala on Twitter and Instagram @varunduggi Talk to Aditya Swamy on Twitter @aswamy and Instagram @adeeswamy

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