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Episode 31: Alicia Heber with the One-Stop-Shop for Vacation Rental Management

November 28, 2018 sebfrey 00:56:59 Comments Off

Alicia Heber works with Vacasa.com, and their mission statement is succinct: “Vacation Rentals Made Easy.” If you know anything about vacation rental management, you understand that there’s not much that’s truly easy about it. Which is what makes Vacasa such an interesting business. Their mission is to make it easy to own and operate a…

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Episode 30: Rex Northen is Saving the World with Cleantech

November 17, 2018 sebfrey 01:09:42 Comments Off

Rex Northen is saving the world with cleantech. If you were to ask him if that’s true or not, I’m sure he’d demur and say no, or that it’s an exaggeration. If you ask me, it certainly isn’t an exaggeration, although of course, he isn’t doing it single-handedly. Rex is only one of, I’m sure,…

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Episode 29: Rick Jackson is Fixated on Credit Repair

November 2, 2018 sebfrey 00:59:15 Comments Off

Rick Jackson is fixated on credit repair. He’s been an entrepreneur almost his entire life, starting out at 19 years old by opening a small gift shop in Merced, California – which grew into a huge gift shop with over 5,000sf of retail space. He began by renting the property, but an un-repaired roof leak…

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Episode 28: Steve Bennett is the Man About Town

October 1, 2018 sebfrey 00:56:04 Comments Off

I open this episode of the Bay to Bay Podcast by mentioning that it seems as though every time I turn around, Steve Bennett is there. It could be a meeting for a chamber of commerce, business council, a charity fundraiser, school harvest festival, and of course everywhere on Facebook – there’s Steve Bennett. So…

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Episode 27: Jake Knight with Confessions of a Bay Area House Flipper

September 24, 2018 sebfrey 01:08:40 Comments Off

Jake Knight confesses to living the dream – he’s a Bay Area house flipper. It seems that house flipping is all the rage these days, and the idea of flipping homes here for big bucks is a fever dream of many. In fact, ATTOM data estimates that nearly 6% of homes sold in the US…

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Episode 26: Brad Kava, Journalism with the Write Stuff

September 17, 2018 sebfrey 1:13:36 Comments Off

It’s such a singular pleasure to sit down for a talk with a really good storyteller. And that’s just what Brad Kava is, and it has been his calling for over four decades. Starting his professional career as a stringer for the New York Times, Brad has worked for a number of newspapers including the…

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Episode 25: Lynn Renshaw and Santa Cruz Together Fight Rent Control

September 10, 2018 sebfrey 00:57:37 Comments Off

In this episode of the Bay to Bay Podcast, I had the distinct pleasure of speaking with Lynn Renshaw of Santa Cruz Together. You may not live in Santa Cruz, but the topic of our discussion is of interest to all Californians: rent control. Santa Cruz Together is a grassroots organization of Santa Cruz voters…

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Episode 24: Gerry Bulfin on Building a Successful e-Commerce Business

June 22, 2018 sebfrey 01:06:06 Comments Off

In this day and age, it seems that everyone wants to get into some kind of online business. There is truly no end to what kind of sales can be transacted online, and with a global marketplace, the sky is literally the limit. Seemingly, all one needs is access to the internet and a product…

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Episode 23: Jacob Martinez dishes on building the Digital NEST

June 18, 2018 sebfrey 01:04:54 Comments Off

There’s no question we’re living in a brave new world – our society (and every society!) is changing rapidly. In today’s world, we need a whole new set of skills to excel, even just to get by! The use of technology has crept into virtually every aspect of our lives. Those who master these new…

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Episode 22: Danette Lawrence has a Taste for Style

June 4, 2018 sebfrey 01:02:13 Comments Off

In this episode of the Bay to Bay Podcast I have a conversation with interior designer Danette Lawrence. Danette has been in the design business for well over 20 years, and in those decades of toil she’s honed a keen sense of style. She got her start as a designer working as a set decorator…

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