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Ep. 069 – An Interview with Brenden Fitzgerald, Part 3

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SIB-Blog-3As an entrepreneur who has spent substantial time in the crowdfunding space, Brenden Fitzgerald has a few thoughts for listeners about growing a community, building collaborations and exploring partnerships as a means of creating a successful campaign.

In this final installment of this three-part interview, host Tom Ryan and co-host Jason Pyles also chat with Brenden about his favorite startup resources, balancing priorities, time management, and what it means to be a “slasher” entrepreneur. Continue reading →

Ep. 068 – An Interview with Brenden Fitzgerald, Part 2

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SIB-Blog-2In his role as a serial entrepreneur, Brenden Fitzgerald has spent a lot of time building community, connecting with influencers and mastering the fine art of raising money through crowdsoucing.

In part two of this interview, host Tom Ryan and Brenden discuss these challenges, as well as managing outsourced talent and courting technical co-founders, all while creating solid products for the market. As always, Tom is joined by co-host Jason Pyles. Continue reading →

Ep. 037 – Interview With an Experienced Startup Weekend Entrepreneur – Part 2

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Welcome to Episode 037 of Tom Ryan’s Success in Business Podcast, the weekday show that offers how-to advice for entrepreneurs. This show features the second half of our interview with Brenden Fitzgerald, a former startup weekend winner, who is here to give us some honest advice about how to navigate your way through the amazing opportunity that is the Asheville Startup Weekend. The Asheville Startup Weekend is slated for the weekend of August 28 through August 30, 2015.

During this show, Tom and Brenden talk about Equity Ownership so that going into a team scenario of a startup weekend, you know how to protect your idea and your contributions and identify your role on your team.

Check Brenden’s company: GoWorx which is a team of designers, entrepreneurs, photographers, filmmakers, and action-adventure enthusiasts. They’ve joined together to create performance and lifestyle products fused with innovation, simplicity, originality, and style. They currently design, manufacture, and market mounts and accessories for GoPro HERO® cameras, action cameras, and smartphones. Continue reading →

Ep. 036 – Interview With an Experienced Startup Weekend Entrepreneur – Part 1

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Welcome to Episode 036 of Tom Ryan’s Success in Business Podcast, the weekday show that offers how-to advice for entrepreneurs. This show features an interview with Brenden Fitzgerald, a former startup weekend winner, who is here to tell us what to great things to expect from the Asheville Startup Weekend. The Asheville Startup Weekend is slated for the weekend of August 28 through August 30, 2015.

Check Brenden’s company: GoWorx which is a team of designers, entrepreneurs, photographers, filmmakers, and action-adventure enthusiasts. They’ve joined together to create performance and lifestyle products fused with innovation, simplicity, originality, and style. They currently design, manufacture, and market mounts and accessories for GoPro HERO® cameras, action cameras, and smartphones.

During this show, Tom and Brenden give us a quick overview of how the startup weekend works and how this intense business development and networking experience produces so many great ideas and connections in such a short time! Continue reading →