Entrepreneurship

Episode 18: A Musical Journey & Loving the Grind

In this long awaited episode, David discusses his journey through the Midwest and how loving the everyday grind is a mirror into ourselves.

Episode 13: Dealing With Adveristy

In this solo episode, David breaks down some thoughts from his previous interview with his brother, Thomas Garbarino and also discusses how to deal with adversity when it pops up in life.

 

 

Episode 12: Thomas Garbarino Part 2

David talks with his brother, Thomas Garbarino, a Chinese medicine practitioner, healing coach, and teacher. In part 2 of this interview, they discuss the importance of eating the bitter everyday, understanding the future is to look backwards, and the need to be tenacious to go for what you love.

SHOW NOTES:

Thomas Garbarino: thomasgarbarino.com

Healing Infusions Group: healinginfusionsgroup.com

Gary Vaynerchuk: garyvaynerchuk.com

The Barbery in Keene, New Hampshire: facebook.com/TheBarberyKeene

 

Episode 11: Thomas Garbarino Part 1

David talks with his brother, Thomas Garbarino, a Chinese medicine practitioner, healing coach, and teacher. In part 1 of this interview, they discuss their upbringing and growing up in a entrepreneurial household, how the illness and death of their father at young age transformed their outlook on life, and how important is health in this information age.

SHOW NOTES:

Thomas Garbarino: thomasgarbarino.com

Healing Infusions Group: healinginfusionsgroup.com

Prescott College: prescott.edu

 

 

Episode 7: Michael DiDonna

David talks to NYC based photographer and NOLS alum Michael DiDonna. They discuss his early beginnings on wanting to become an artist, his time on a semester long course through the Australian Outback and how the life lessons in the bush helped his career as an entrepreneur and professional photographer.  Plus, Mike divulges the amazing story of his “passion project” and David and Mike even share a few of their favorite NOLS stories.

SHOW NOTES:

Michael DiDonna: michaeldidonna.com

National Outdoor Leadership School: nols.edu/en/

Raphael Mazzucco: raphaelmazzucco.nyc

Yusef Lateef: yuseflateef.com

 

Episode 6: Josh Shalek

David talks to cartoonist Josh Shalek, author of Falling Rock National Park, about learning his craft through the works of Bill Watterson, Bill Amend, and Gary Larson, how growing up in the southwest became his setting for Falling Rock, and how transitioning from a daily strip helped free him up to the possibility of larger stories.  Plus, David checks in with Northampton filmmaker Ali Kasemkhani to talk about his upcoming premiere of his new film “Number Two.”

SHOW NOTES:

Ali Kasemkhani: facebook.com/profile.php?id=100013481108159

Number Two: youtube.com/watch?v=1uUexn17l6w

Josh Shalek: joshshalek.com

Bill Watterson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bill_Watterson

Calvin & Hobbes: calvinandhobbes.com

Bill Amend: foxtrot.com

Gary Larson: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gary_Larson

 

Episode 4: Mike Roberts

David talks with ANCIENT EI8HT Managing Partner, Mike Roberts about his early days of growing up around Detroit basketball royalty, how his Ivy League basketball career at Cornell University opened a door into the sports industry, and why an entrepreneur’s curiosity can provide significant value to large organizations like the NFL and the NBA.

SHOW NOTES:

Buckminster Fuller: bfi.org

ANCIENT EI8HT: ancientei8ht.com

Cornell University: cornell.edu

NBA: nba.com

NFL: nfl.com

NHL: nhl.com

Premier League: premierleague.com

Baloncesto Superior Nacional Puerto Rico: bsnpr.com

 

Episode 3: Bernadett Vajda

David talks to New York City based model, image, and stylist consultant Bernadett Vajda. They discuss how a Facebook post about mindset and achieving goals reconnected them, the personal tragedies they both had to overcome, starting a business during the financial crisis, and how helping others is the key to becoming our best selves. David even asks Bernadett for fashion advice.

SHOW NOTES:

Naropa University: naropa.edu

Allen Ginsberg: allenginsberg.org

A Supermarket in California: youtube.com/watch?v=VTnNQhmuQnU

Kaddish (For Naomi Ginsberg): youtube.com/watch?v=jlKilmEx6po

Bernadett Vajda: bernadett.net

John Travolta

Five Men Who Broke My Heart by Susan Shapiro: amazon.com/Five-Men-Who-Broke-Heart/dp/0385337795

Tony Robbins

Komera: komera.org

Bottomless Closet: bottomlessclosetnyc.org