Michelle Covey is here on my show today. She is the Vice President of Innovation at GS1US, where she overseas delivery of programs and services designed to support efficient and accurate GS1 standards implementation for companies of all sizes. When you are a manufacturer or a retailer, you need an authentic way to identify your products if you want to sell them in stores or major online marketplaces. I'm here today to talk to Michelle a little bit about that. Here are some GS1 Resources for you to learn more about the GS1 Standards: GEPIR (look up GTINs) - https://www.gs1us.org/tools/gs1-company-database-gepirHomepage: www.gs1us.orgSmall Business Hub: https://www.gs1us.org/small-businessAI Whitepaper: https://www.gs1us.org/articles/generative-ai-in-the-supply-chain Where can an entrepreneur find specific and easy step-by-step instructions on how to join GS 1? https://www.gs1us.org/upcs-barcodes-prefixes/how-to-get-a-upc-barcode From GS1 standpoint, what is the primary benefit to opening my own GS1 account (as a small business owner) versus just buying one as needed, from an e-commerce entity (Amazon, Shopify, etc.), as I go? GS1 identifiers (like GTINs) are globally-accepted identification numbers, and are different from the internal numbering systems that Shopify or Amazon use (Amazon’s is called an ASIN, for example, and can be confused with GTIN). Each are important to indexing a product and making sure it is able to be discovered on each platform. It benefits a small business owner to open a GS1 account because they can ensure they meet a variety of retailer requirements and sell globally.Why GS1 US? GS1 identifiers (like GTINs) are globally-accepted identification numbers, and are different from the internal numbering systems that Shopify or Amazon use (Amazon’s is called an ASIN, for example, and can be confused with GTIN). Each are important to indexing a product and making sure it is able to be discovered on each platform. It benefits a small business owner to open a GS1 account because they can ensure they meet a variety of retailer requirements and sell globally.Why can't I just bypass barcodes and just use these new AI tools that give me an artistic and generative QR code? Even though GS1 Standards are 100% voluntary to use, GS1 barcodes are recognized by the largest retailers in the world – so if you want to sell and be recognized in commerce in a legit fashion, you should use barcodes from GS1 US. Plus, those AI ones won’t be recognized when they’re scanned at POS/won’t be recognized in the global supply chain.Where can I reach the GS1 small business liaison to help me started? Start at our website gs1us.org, call us at 937.435.3870 or email us at info@gs1us.org.What are some fresh and innovative ways to use GS1 as a small business? If you want to sell and be looked at as a secure and safe operation, you should to leverage GS1 Standards. The standards are the backbone of commerce and responsible for tracking and tracing goods throughout the supply chain. --- Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

The city of Chicago right now is feeling really, really awkward to me.  I don't know what's happening here or, what we need to do. But I want to talk about this awkwardness, so I decided to incorporate these little local politics conversations on my show with my fellow outspoken entrepreneur Mary Nisi, owner of Toast and Jams DJs. Chicago: What the fuck is happening here? UGH. Everything right now seems so out of range from "normal" if that is even such a thing in Chicago, and seemingly so out of control. So, because we have all these amazing digital tools now for leaders and entrepreneurs, I'm going to create little mini conversations specifically with Mary Nisi because Mary is someone I trust. She is also someone like me who tells things how she sees it, and she's honest, hence my show The Honest Field Guide. Mary speaks her truth and asks smart and sometimes really dumb questions just like me and I love that about her! Mary and I are going to keep this conversation going. Plus, we're heading into a political season, local and nationally. We're not going to focus on geopolitics, we aren't qualified for that. We're going to really keep this conversation local, because politics IS local! Brand Chicago is under attack. It's not only under attack from outside people that don't know anything about Chicago, but it's we're under attack from people that DO know about Chicago and it's almost like, is there something intentional happening here with the messaging? When did this negative message about Chicago start? Who started it? What's going on? I'm going to find the f out. Right now. All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

How to be who you are. An inspirational and hopeful reading from "1000+ Little Things Happy Successful People Do Differently" by Marc & Angel Chernoff All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Doreen Lorenzo is a successful leader of global creative firms; as the former president of frog design and Quirky she has advised companies on design and innovation issues for decades. In 2016 she started the Center for Integrated Design at the University of Texas at Austin. The success of that program led her in 2017 to be appointed Assistant Dean of the new School of Design and Creative Technologies . It has since become the fastest growing school in the College of Fine Arts. She is a co-founder of mobile video insights firm Vidlet, as well as a board member and advisor to several other companies. Seven years ago she became a columnist for Fast Company Co.Design writing a monthly column called Designing Women. Doreen was honored that Texas Monthly profiled her as one of 15 Innovators Reshaping Texas. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

I interviewed Matt Burzec at the start of the pandemic. He was a senior in high school, and had so many plans that withered away. The one plan that didn't was his nascent dream of entrepreneurship. Little did he know, that my initial interview of him in mid 2020, would spark his long view entrepreneurship journey, one that would send him to University of Wisconsin for his undergraduate degree, while balancing out the launch of even move ventures, combined with hiring staff and formalizing his corporation. Gen Z needs to listen up and take some lessons, but then all entrepreneurs should learn from Matt! ---- Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba.v --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

A bonus track to share before I release my next episode. Also, my first video/audio track. Here I am discussing the release of my first story, that is published by Fast Company Magazine. It's a story about my professional brand crisis brought on by my decision to allow my hair to go natural. All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Show notes coming shortly! ---- Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

I cleansed my spirit by reading from a brand new bright orange book that just arrived in my mailbox 'No Idea Is Final" published by Phaidon Books. It's packed with thoughtful and grounding quotes by some of the most famous creators of all time. This book is a creative cleanse for anyone that thinks and creates, anything. ---- Thank you for joining me today. You could be listening to any podcast in the world right now, but you are choosing to listen to mine. If you are a new listener to my show, please subscribe to my show on Apple or Spotify podcasts or search on Google “The Honest Field Guide Podcast” and look for Google Podcasts where you can listen to my show right from your browser on any device, no subscription required. Share my podcast with your friends too. The more people that hear my show the better for my guests! Can you leave a review of my show on Apple Podcasts so they pay more attention to the show? Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. ---- Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

After a long week, sometimes, it feels good to touch grass, or read a real book or think and then repeat it outloud. Today I do this by reading excerpts from "Taxi Driver Wisdom" written by Risa Mickenberg. This book has inspired me for years and years. Not only because it's about New York City, the greatest city in the world. But rather, by the mere fact that the author spoke with my favorite people, taxicab drivers. Many veteran drivers are so interesting and have so much wisdom to share. I am so grateful for this author to have tapped into something so amazing like this. A must read. It's published by Chronicle books. Thank you for joining me today. You could be listening to any podcast in the world right now, but you are choosing to listen to mine. If you are a new listener to my show, please subscribe to my show on Apple or Spotify podcasts or search on Google “The Honest Field Guide Podcast” and look for Google Podcasts where you can listen to my show right from your browser on any device, no subscription required. Share my podcast with your friends too. The more people that hear my show the better for my guests! Can you leave a review of my show on Apple Podcasts so they pay more attention to the show? Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. ---- Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Thank you for joining me today. You could be listening to any podcast in the world right now, but you are choosing to listen to mine. If you are a new listener to my show, please subscribe to my show on Apple or Spotify podcasts or search on Google “The Honest Field Guide Podcast” and look for Google Podcasts where you can listen to my show right from your browser on any device, no subscription required. Share my podcast with your friends too. The more people that hear my show the better for my guests! Can you leave a review of my show on Apple Podcasts so they pay more attention to the show? Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. So, doesn’t everyone have a cupcake story? I was working on site at my client Google, in Chicago. I was taking a snack break, and walked to one of their micro kitchens (filled with snacks like nuts, hard boiled eggs, drinks, chips, etc.). There was a box, open, with two dozen cupcakes. But what caught my eye was the dot on the top. A perfect circle sitting on top of another perfect circle, the smoothly swirled iced cap of the cupcake. Each colorful candy pin had a different design on top. I was astonished at these cupcakes, I had never seen a cupcake like this before. They were lined up, in rows, and it really appealed to my design aesthetic. I was offered one, and I obliged, of course. It was THE MOST heavenly cupcake I had ever had in my life, it was soft, moist and super sweet. and I am not just saying that because today on my show, I have Candace Nelson, the founder of Sprinkles Cupcakes. And she takes us on a journey from her layered life as a child that started in Indonesia which led her to her most incredible college experience and then her job as an investment banker turned the Ray Croc of Cupcakes. ---- Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Kris Zarnoch. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Hello everyone! I've received messages and emails asking "Where ya been JinJa?" So, I wanted to share this quick message to let you know, I'm still here and have a line up with some amazing entrepreneurs coming up this month and next. :) --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Happy new year! 2023 is going to be the Year of the Creator, Creativity and Entrepreneurship. You've been waiting for this opportunity your entire work life. I thought it would be helpful to share what entrepreneurship looks like from the lens of a Pulitzer prize winning author, who was raised by entrepreneurs that overcame extreme adversity. And instead of Viet deciding to become one himself, he became an entrepreneurial-minded author, who is raising a third generation of Nguyens to become creative entrepreneurs. His young son is also an author and a professional speaker. His son's book is "Chicken of the Sea." This is our number one most downloaded and listened to podcast, "An American Narrative: A Conversation with Author Viet Thanh Nguyen Winner of The Pulitzer for Fiction" and is currently in production as a film series starring Robert Downey Jr., https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/hbo-the-sympathizer-cast-1235258808 Let me know what you think of this incredible conversation by sharing your thoughts with me on Instagram @honestfieldguide or leave a four star review on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the-honest-field-guide/id1406059045. The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-hguide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by Birk Creative: Designing visual identities and multichannel strategies to help brands establish, grow, scale, exit and keep up with the pace of change. Visit birkcreative.com. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. #BlackLivesMatter #TheSympathizer #Pulitzer #Refugee #Vietnam Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by Birk Creative: Designing visual identities and multichannel strategies to help brands establish, grow, scale, exit and keep up with the pace of change. Visit birkcreative.com. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Kris Zarnoch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield.  Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬.  Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com.  Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba.  Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Kris Zarnoch. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Loving the conversation because I ask Lisa how her home at the kitchen table experience with her family may have mirrored Jim Carrrey’s who frequently talks about his life at the dinner table with his father growing up as a young boy. This episode is sponsored by CPASS Foundation. CPASS (CREATING PATHWAYS AND ACCESS FOR STUDENT SUCCESS™) Foundation was created to attract, encourage, educate, guide and increase the number of promising, yet underrepresented Illinois students in STEM and STEAM-related professions. Hire Lisa Beasley at https://www.lisabexperience.com Laugh with Lisa at https://www.tiktok.com/@lisabevolving Learn with Lisa at https://www.instagram.com/lisabevolving Original Artwork by https://www.instagram.com/drawingzila Portrait photo by Aspen Cierra Evans. Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Chris Enns, Lemon Productions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Ep. 57 - NFT Maven Michelle Reeves: The Hunter and Gatherer of the NFT Fashion Business Michelle Reeves is an ecosystem of knowledge. As Cofounder & CEO of MAVION.world a fashion and NFT marketplace, her journey from growing up in Australia, the younger sister of a superstar athlete brother, born to military parents, she was already groomed for a path to greatness. After landing in NYC to create a new life, 9/11 changed her future. Undeterred, she crossed the country and went up against the big guys in the wine business to launch her own independent wine company David Family Wines.  As successful as the company was, it closed this year, and her friend and mentor Gary Vaynerchuk agreed, she stayed hungry, still wanting to break down more barriers, for herself and by extension, other women in business. In comes her hard pivot to Web 3.0 where she combines her love of fashion with digital experiences to create an explosive and active community of hunters and gatherers of knowledge and beauty. Listen in and get in on the ground floor with Michelle Reeves, to find inspiration, courage, and tactics on how you can go slow and steady and still activate your own dreams. MAVION.world is one of the first NFTs that connects physical and digital fashion assets. Michelle has spent the past 15 years as an investor, serial entrepreneur, and most recently became a founding member of BFF and founder of @wagmi.nft. Michelle is deeply passionate about educating and onboarding an all-inclusive community into Web3 with a particular focus on helping women learn about NFTs and highlighting vetted female-led missions. Discover Mavion World at https://mavion.world Get Michelle's Knowledge Base at https://mavion.world/pages/nft-crypto-knowledgebase Join the discord https://discord.gg/tbpuwCpB Follow Michelle at https://www.instagram.com/michellejreeves Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield. Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by Kris Zarnoch. Production and mastering by Chris Enns, Lemon Productions. --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

The NFT art space reminds me of THE WORST parts of high school. It’s *traumatizing* to be here! You have to be have the ability to SILENCE ALL CRITICS, including yourself. Otherwise, you will be destroyed (or self-destruct). In comes Matt Schapiro, owner of imnotart, an NFT gallery located in Chicago, to save us from the eve of destruction. In our conversation, we share a laugh and learn how to think about the future, by rejected cookie-cutter learning environments. Matt also shares how his world of internet gaming with strangers, taught him how to be more human while also preparing him to leap fearlessly into digital art. Find more about Matt’s metaverse here: website http://imnotart.com/ tw https://twitter.com/im_not_art discord - https://discord.gg/jGNr7Mj8xB Learn WTF Are NFTs https://twitter.com/im_not_art/status/1451926344246386697 Video recap from imnotart first exhibition https://twitter.com/im_not_art/status/1428491039380328458 --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Giovanna Sun, aka dubwoman, is a futurist, writer, a blockchain advisor, artist, curator and owner of several platforms that you can find on linktr.ee/dubwoman. Giovanna is also a specialist in creating original art and selling them as NFTs (non-fungible tokens). NFTs are controversial and complex and are now trending, for better or for worse, in the global art ecosystem. Our conversation revolves around her early beginnings and how she has transformed herself from student of finance to film major graduate, ad executive to the Queen of NFTs. Find all the things related to Giovanalinktr.ee/dubwoman Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield.  Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬. Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by C.Peter Clough. Production and mastering by Chris Enns, Lemon Productions. Thanks fellas! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Jacob Adlington is a visual sound artist and photographer from New Zealand, based in Brisbane, Australia who has a deep belief in the power of music and sound to shape our physical and mental realities and beyond. I met Jacob after stumbling down the Instagram rabbit hole of wonder, and discovered his vibrant and gorgeous channel representing the circular sound of vibration through color and water and sand. I reached out to Jacob in 2018, to ask how was he expanding his reach with his meditative expression of sounds beyond Instagram. Post pandemic, Journey of Curiosity has exploded on multiple platforms as we humans seek comfort, connection and understanding of purpose. Our quiet discussion explores his transformation from a simple idea of how to bring order to visual sound and create unique meditative experiences with color and movement otherwise known as cymatics. Featuring visuals: Tashka Urban - Sacral Chakra - Ancient Future. Join us and then visit his platforms and learn more. Meet Journey of Curiosity Shop for prints https://journeyofcuriosity.net/collections/prints Instagram https://www.instagram.com/journey.of.curiosity YouTube https://www.youtube.com/c/JourneyofCuriosity Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield.  Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going! We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by C.Peter Clough. Production and mastering by Chris Enns, Lemon Productions. Thanks fellas! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support

Dr. Akilah Cadet, is founder and CEO Change Cadet, a global agency that prepares individuals and companies to be soldiers of change in the workforce so there can be more women and people of color at the top. Our vibrant and at times uncomfortable conversation will have you questioning your own internal narratives about race and will challenge you on language, thought and perceptions about white supremacy and your roles in keeping it alive, fresh and kicking. Akilah also provides creative strategies on how to keep a Black-owned business growing and thriving in the USA during one of the most seemingly endless, horrific, deadly, dangerous and selfish times in recent memory. Visit Dr. Akilah Cadet at https://www.changecadet.com/shop and on IG at https://www.instagram.com/changecadet. Follow our show on http://www.instagram.com/honestfieldguide or at http://www.twitter.com/thehonestfield.  Please subscribe and the donate to our show. We would love your dollars to keep going!  We can take a donation to support our podcast here and we will shout you our when you do it on an upcoming podcast: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/support. Text The Honest Field Guide at ‪(312) 445-0903‬ Send us a voice message and we will record it on an upcoming episode: https://anchor.fm/the-honest-field-guide/message. The podcast is recorded and produced by benefit corporation Birk Creative: A benefit corporation designing strategies and visual identities to help brands adapt with intelligence to the market. Visit http://www.birkcreative.com. Subscribe to our occasional newsletter https://view.flodesk.com/pages/60662f4dc9533f4419aaa4ba. Music found on this episode is available on Apple here https://music.apple.com/us/artist/utah-carol/137984081 and provided courtesy Utah Carol (ASCAP). All content ©Birkdesign Inc. This podcast represents the personal views of JinJa Birkenbeuel, CEO of Birk Creative and its employees. Story editing of this episode by C.Peter Clough. Production and mastering by Chris Enns, Lemon Productions. Thanks fellas! --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/the-honest-field-guide/support