Business Episodes
May 6, 2021
Ranch to Table Meat Supply: Talking to Adam Parks of Victorian Farmstead Meat Company.
Food Safety and Security soared in importance in the wake of Covid 19 meat packing plant infection rates and collapse of the supply chain. Ranch to table meat supply is a shorter, safer, cleaner way to source better quality …
April 29, 2021
Wine Country Resiliency: A conversation with Bill Boerum, Wine Industry Entrepreneur.
Napa and Sonoma Counties are America's premier wine producing regions. 85% of American wine is produced in California with Napa and Sonoma accounting for more than half of that total. Bill recounts the early signs of economi…
April 14, 2021
Bitcoin and Coinbase: What you should know before investing. In conversation with Anders Kruus, Financial Advisor.
Coinbase went public today, making it easier for individual investors to transact in Cryptocurrencies like Bitcoin, Ethereum, Tether and Litecoin. Will Coinbase make Crypto more accessible like Apple and Microsoft made clunk…
March 4, 2021
From Side Hustle to Startup: Ed Rocha gives us a road map to build a business.
Serial Entrepreneur and business coach Ed Rocha sets out a clear step by step strategy to take your gig, side hustle or past time from a concept to a profitable business. He practices what he preaches, having successfully la…
Jan. 7, 2021
The Black Swan and Predictions for 2021
The Covid 19 Pandemic was a Black Swan event unleashed on the world in early 2020. A Black Swan event is an extreme outlier occurrence with a huge impact which is only explainable after the fact. Do any Black Swans lurk in …
Dec. 10, 2020
FaceBook launches a new cryptocurrency, the Diem: What could possibly go wrong ?
FaceBook will launch a new cryptocurrency the Diem and a financial wallet the Novi to complement it. Target date is early 2021. It will be backed by the US dollar so it will not be digital in the way that Bitcoin is digital…
Dec. 4, 2020
California Home Prices: Up, Up and Away !
Not even a once in a century global pandemic seems to be able to slow down the rise in California's robust residential real estate market. The median price for a home hit $712,000 and shows little sign of slowing down. Low …
May 7, 2020
Is the Gig Economy Dead ?
Silicon Valley is beginning to experience a wave of layoffs - a rarity as tech firms considered themselves immune from such cuts in the past. But the Gig Economy with its ride hailing apps and home stay apps will have the bi…
May 5, 2020
Work.com: a new software tool to re-open America.
Work.com, a creation of Salesforce based in San Francisco, will provide managers the tools to keep employees safe from the Coronavirus in the workplace, as America goes back to work. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor…
May 4, 2020
To open or not to re-open: that is the question.
As the US moves to the next phase of the pandemic with almost half the country re-opening for business, California is slower off the mark. Why ? And why has Ireland been able to craft such a winning Roadmap to Re-Opening wit…
April 8, 2020
Innovation Update: Covid 19 solutions
Innovation Update is a weekly feature of The San Francisco Experience. In today’s installment we recount 7 innovations created in the San Francisco Bay Area to confront Covid-19 and stop it dead in its tracks. --- This episo…
April 1, 2020
Living on Lockdown: the Art of Managing your 401k
The first in our series of podcasts to help you get through your home confinement during Lockdown. We focus on retirement savings in your 401k account and introduce online resources you can access. --- This episode is sponso…