A peak behind the scenes on the journey of amazing human beings that have blazed their own trails. You hear about the trials and tribulations in the journey. The interview explores the mental models and processes these trailblazers use daily. In other words, how do they think? How do they deal with fear + doubt? What are the things they do or think about on a daily basis that lead to positive results over time. You will have an insight into their mindset, habits, routines and books that have ...
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All humans succeed, struggle, win, lose, experience heartbreak and loss, and accomplish unimaginable feats. Most importantly, we often search for common experiences in order to help balance our places in life. People search to belong and to identify with each other. Join former stand up comic Zac Barclay as he talks with people from different backgrounds about the things we all share. This podcast is co-produced by Tony Forsmark. Tony Forsmark is an actor (Vice, Documentary Now!, American Ho ...
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Those Who Do: From Farm Boy to Holocaust Education w/Sean Kehoe
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Sean Kehoe was raised on a farm in Monticello, Iowa. As he traversed through growing up in a small town, family tragedy and adversary formed some of his earliest memories. An interest in science and ecology transitioned into a love for theatre leading to his travel across the county to obtain a master's degree from the University of Arizona. A shor…
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Those Who Do: Dungeon Master w/Mike Dennehy
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Mike Dennehy is a father originally from the Midwest living in Los Angeles and working in the entertainment industry. Mike talks about how his childhood led to an interest in the theatre and performance and how that naturally led to him moving to L.A. He shares how his struggles with alcohol changed the course of his life. Mike runs campaigns in Du…
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Those Who Do: The Art of Beverages w/ Tim Johnson
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Tim Johnson is a single father, artist, and head brewer. On this episode, Tim talks about his journey from art and theatre student to designer by way of corporate America and then craft brewing. Tim worked in the corporate offices of national brands such as Best Buy and Buffalo Wild Wings (where he oversaw the transition from Coke to Pepsi for the …
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Those Who Do: Gunslinger in L.A. w/ Kevin Liang
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Kevin Liang is a first generation Taiwanese American that eschewed cultural norms to go to film school and become a producer (General Education) and P.A. Kevin tells us about his moral struggles with the entertainment industry and the inner battle he fought and won. Later, he would discover an aptitude and appreciation for firearms and become a tac…
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Those Who Did: Wizard World Comic Con w/ Chad Lindberg & James C. Burns
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Before there was Those Who Do, there was Those Who Did. Prior to beginning Those Who Do: The Podcast, Zac and his buddy Eric traveled to comic book conventions in the hopes of talking to convention goers and industry professionals alike to find out why they did...what they did. In this episode from the archives, Zac and Eric talk to Chad Lindberg (…
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Those Who Do: Surgeon w/ Lily Erdahl M.D.
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Dr. Lily Erdahl is a loving single mother of two children originally from Iowa City, Iowa. She's also an accomplished surgeon, educator, and podcast host. In this episode, Lily discusses her voyage from Iowa State University as a wide eyed undergrad through her medical training in Pennsylvania and Minnesota to her current position at the acclaimed …
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Those Who Do: Renaissance Man w/James C. Burns
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James C. Burns is an actor (Michael Bay’s Transformers), musician, and voice artist (Sergeant Frank Woods – Call of Duty Black Ops). Most importantly, he’s a master raconteur. I’ve known James for over 10 years and he was the first entertainment industry interview back when I was just a podcasting baby. You don’t interview James. He’s a force of na…
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Those Who Do: Editing/Directing for Television w/David Greenspan
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David Greenspan is an editor and director known for Grey’s Anatomy and Station 19. He’s originally from Long Island, NY and followed a somewhat unconventional route from Long Island, through an education in finance and time studying abroad in Japan to finally land on a successful career in the entertainment industry. David shares his story through …
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Those Who Do: First Generation American w/Kedo Osmancevic
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Kedo Osmancevic is a husband and father. He's also a first generation Bosnian American. In this episode, Kedo tells how his family emigrated from Bosnia during the war and what led them to eventually settle in Waterloo, IA. He explains how his culture is important to him and how it shaped his past, present, and future. Kedo's stories of the clash o…
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Those Who Do: Starting a Boudoir Studio w/David Byrd
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David Byrd is an award winning photographer and Photoshop artist. He’s a husband and devoted father to two very young children. David has mastered many genres of photography and in this episode he shares how he is using those skills and experience to open a Boudoir photography studio in Denver, Colorado – Legend by David Byrd. From his roots as a y…
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Those Who Do: Psych Nurse Practitioner w/Cassy Lensing
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Cassy Lensing is a tattooed, dyed haired former wild child. She’s also a devoted mother and board certified Psych Nurse Practitioner. In this episode, Cassy talks about how getting pregnant at 19 completely changed the course of her life for the better. She shares her journey from life in small town Iowa working at her dad’s gas station to Nurse Pr…
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Those Who Do: Creating Reality w/ Ernesto De La O
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Ernesto De La O is a husband and father born and raised in California. He’s just like you and me. He takes his kids to football games, has slip and slide parties in the back yard, and hosts sleep overs for his children’s friends. It also just so happens he’s an editor for reality television shows. Which ones you ask? The answer is yes. Ernesto’s re…
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Those Who Do: Army Ranger Part II w/ Tom Flaherty
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This is the conclusion of our conversation with Tom Flaherty about his time as an Army Ranger, military instructor and special operations helicopter pilot. We pick up as Tom recounts his part in the famous military operation that rescued young solider Jessica Lynch from an Iraqi hospital after she was taken prisoner of war as well as the subsequent…
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Those Who Do: Army Ranger w/ Tom Flaherty
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Tom Flaherty is a husband and father from Cedar Falls, IA. He is also retired from a full career (22 years) in the United States Army where he was part of the Army’s premier direct-action raid force, the 75th Ranger Regiment. He was also a mountaineering instructor and helicopter pilot who flew special operations missions in multiple theatres. Tom …
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Those Who Do: The Producers w/ David Feld & Shawn O’Brien
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David Feld and Shawn Obrien are Hollywood producers. The good kind. Not the greedy, preventing actors from making a living wage and stealing their likeness to be later used by AI to lower their bottom line kind. Their work includes doing things like making sure money is accounted for, marketing is handled, crew are secured and productions have what…
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Those Who Do: Writing - Kids Books to Hot Dogs w/ Suzanne Francis
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Suzanne Francis is originally from Long Island. She’s a writer of books (Disney Princess Beginnings, Onward: The Junior Novelization, Moana’s Big Leap, Frozen II: Family Game Night) television (Unhappily Ever After) and film (Wieners). She joins us to talk about her life before Los Angeles and how she ended up across the country working toward her …
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Those Who Do: Law Enforcement Culture Change w/ Jesse Trevino & Joe Smarro
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Jesse Trevino and Joe Smarro are decorated Marine Corps combat veterans and former San Antonio Police Officers. While they were cops, Joe and Jesse worked on a groundbreaking special unit tasked with responding to mental health calls in their community. Joe was the subject of the Emmy winning HBO Documentary Ernie and Joe: Crisis Cops and a Ted Tal…
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Those Who Do: Collaboration & Creativity w/Tony Saltzman
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Tony Saltzman is a television writer and producer known for Dexter: New Blood, Goliath, Feed the Beast, and Nurse Jackie. Most importantly, Tony champions the idea of collaboration in the creative process and thrives in a writer’s room and team environment. He takes true joy in the success of others and was immediately open to sharing his successes…
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Those Who Do: Yoga w/DawnMarie Ferrara
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DawnMarie Ferrara is an actress known for Smothered, 9-1-1: Lonestar, NCIS, and A Life, Taken. She is also a dancer (both a classically trained dancer and a busting out a move in a restaurant for fun kind of dancer dancer). Not only can she emote like crazy and get her boogie on, DawnMarie is also a certified yoga instructor. She joins us today for…
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Those Who Do: Fatherhood w/Jorge Garcia & David Greenspan
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Jorge Garcia is known as an actor (LOST, Alcatraz, Hawaii 5-0, the Munsters, and the Ridiculous 6), but most importantly, Jorge is a husband and a father to a 22 month old little girl. David Greenspan is known as an editor and director (Grey’s Anatomy, Station 19, How to Get Away with Murder, Bean Cake), but most importantly, David is a husband and…
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Those Who Do: Writing & Creativity w/Joe Stillman
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Joe Stillman is an Academy Award and Emmy nominated, BAFTA winning writer known for Dreamworks's Shrek 1 and 2, MTV's Beavis and Butthead, and Nickelodean's The Adventures of Pete and Pete. In this episode, Joe invites us into his home on a rainy Los Angeles day for an incredibly insightful conversation about writing, the creative process and life.…
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#16 Software Engineer to Real Estate Investor with Bryan Pham
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Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network and a burgeoning Real Estate investor with 3 multifamily apartment buildings in Ohio, LA and Sacramento. Asian Hustle Network is one of the largest communities of Asian entrepreneurs from all over the world. In this podcast, Bryan shares with us how he failed miserably in his first venture and his shift …
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#15 Quarantine Cakes - How Amanda Nguyen Saved Her Business and 100’s of other businesses
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Amanda Nguyen is the Founder and CEO of the booming San Francisco bake shop, Butter&. Amanda is the first guest to come back onto the Trailblazer Show for the 2nd time. We discuss how Butter& is not only surviving COVID-19, but actually thriving in this new environment. Since COVID-19 and the invention of “Quarantine Cakes” which in the past severa…
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#14 Journey to building Epic Gardening with Kevin Espiritu
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Kevin is a author, model for Timberland and the founder and CEO of epic gardening, a mega successful digital media property showing people how to grow their own food through the blog Instagram and now TikTok. We discuss how his professional career in poker has helped him become a better decision maker and how the failures and successes that led to …
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13. First Steps To Becoming A Real Estate Investor With Mark Huang
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On this podcast, we have Mark Huang. Mark recently closed on his very first real estate investment deal for a 3 unit property in San Diego that generates $1,200 in profits per month. During the day, Mark is a mechanical engineer that builds and prototypes parts and products for the Navy. By night, Mark is the engineer behind many of the EcoQube lin…
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How to become financially free with Eric Suen and Carlos Saavedra
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On this podcast, we have Eric Suen and Carlos discussing their plans and drivers to become financially free. They both help debunk some myths and misconceptions in the status quo and in the current social narrative society tells us today Eric is 25 and has already built 3 streams of income. He has a day job in sales, income from his first real esta…
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8 years after learning about Burning Man, I attended for the first time! In this podcast, I share the incredible workshops I attended that has given me a whole new perspective on myself, 50% of the population and how to have an open heart.Door Trailblazer Show
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Behind the scenes on building the most effective crowdfunding software in the world with Rosanna Yau
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Rosanna Yau is a designer, Y Combinator alumni, and the co-founder of BackerKit, the #1 platform enabling project creators to manage their crowdfunding campaigns effectively. In addition to helping crowdfunding campaign creators quickly fulfill to all their backers, BackerKit has also helped creators raise $150,000,000 on their platform In this con…
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From Clinician To Leader And Department Chair At Uc San Francisco With Dr Lisa Kroon
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Dr. Lisa Kroon is the Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at UC San Francisco. Lisa is responsible for setting the strategy, priorities, and goals for the clinical pharmacy program.Door Kevin Liang
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Journey From Medical School To Becoming A Venture Capitalist With Dr. Chris Duff
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Dr. Chris Duff is the Director of Platform & Community at FundRx, an early-stage healthcare venture capital firm. He is a doctor-by-training with marketing expertise across a wide range of industries. Fun fact here - One of the industries include selling chicken coops online. In this podcast, Chris and I discuss his journey from completing medical …
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Maximizing Enjoyment And Building The #1 Affiliate Software For Crowdfunding With Scott Adamson
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Scott is the founder of kickbooster.me, the #1 affiliate platform for crowdfunded campaigns on Indiegogo and Kickstarter Scott shares his journey in building his first business, a construction company and how his drive for money led him slowly to a less fulfilling life. We discuss the trigger and health issues he encountered that led to him leaving…
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The Art Of Staying Hungry + How To Build A Team Around A $10,000,000+ Product With Chris Yin
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Chris Yin is currently the VP of Product at Rainforest QA and an angel investor. He's built products, teams, and businesses from very early stage to public companies. Chris specializes in finding opportunities, bringing products to market (strategy, development, distribution), leading multiple cross-functional teams, and scaling organizations. Form…
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10 Year Journey Starting And Selling His Business To A $6.7B Private Equity Firm And Why He Is Going To Do It Again With Moe Arnaiz’s
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Moe Arnaiz is an entrepreneur with a passion for building enduring companies. Moe was the CEO and Co-Founder of eMOBUS (now Tangoe), he bootstrapped the software company in the mobility management space to over 500 enterprise customers and a successful exit to a $6.7B private equity firm. After the exit, Moe took 2 years to spend time with family, …
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From The Federal Reserve To 1,000+ Cakes Sold With Amanda Nguyen
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Risk adversity helps keep you fiscally responsible, but at what point does it hold you back from achieving your goals? Amanda Nguyen, founder of Butter&, tells her story of how she left jobs at the Federal Reserve, Eventbrite, and Facebook to turn her passion project into a full-fledged business selling 1,000+ cakes since 2017.…
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From Prototyping Wallets Using A Sock To Selling 500,000 Wallets Worldwide With Steven Ng
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Steven is a 26-year old industrial product designer/entrepreneur from San Francisco. He has launched over 20 products, building a multimillion-dollar business and selling half a million wallets worldwide and is recognized by major publications like Forbes, GQ, and Business Insider. His products focus on minimal, functional designs in fashion and ac…
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How This Forbes 30 Under 30 List Maker Is Creating The Future Doctors Of America with Shad Chowdhury
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In high school, Shad successfully went through the BS/MD admissions process with a high school GPA that barely met the minimum requirements for most BS/MD programs. Shad developed unorthodox strategies to stand out in the highly competitive BS/MD candidate pool. His unique experience has taught him the vital importance of crafting an exceptional ap…
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How Someone With High School Reading and Writing Level Built The Leading Asian-American Media Publication with Benny Luo
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Benny Luo is founder of NextShark.com, the largest online publication targeting Asian Americans. It reaches over 10 million per week on social media and has been cited by The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, and more. Previously, he founded NewMediaRockstars.com, a media destination for internet culture, acquired by Z…
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In good to great, Jim collins and his research team reviewed in depth 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project to dissect what specific characteristics made good companies great. In his 2,000 pages of interview transcripts, these were some questions th…
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