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Austin From Scratch: An Interview with Matt Shook, Founder of JuiceLand

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 7) and Malia (age 5) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Matt Shook, the Founder of JuiceLand.  We selected JuiceLand simply because they make the best smoothies and juices in the galaxy and they’re also a cool part of Austin’s health conscious culture. Read more

Austin From Scratch: An Interview with Kathy Steele, Founder of Berry Austin

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 7) and Malia (age 5) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Kathy Steele, the Founder of Berry Austin.  We selected Berry Austin, our favorite froyo (frozen yogurt) in Central Texas because we love sharing a treat together…and also because Berry Austin is the premier spot in town for playing a family-friendly game of I SPY. Read more

Austin From Scratch: An Interview with Taylor “Thunder”, Co-Founder of Thunderbird Energetica

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 6) and Malia (age 4) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Taylor and Katie Thunder, Co-Founders of Thunderbird Energetica.  We selected Thunderbird, a creator of “epic tasting whole food energy bars,” after sampling their products at a local Whole Founds and learning they were produced in our own backyard here in Austin, TX.  (If you haven’t tried them yet, stop what you’re doing and head to Whole Foods or pick up a sample pack here.  Trust me.) Read more

How should I raise a 12-year-old girl to be a successful entrepreneur?

Welcome to Shafspiration!   In this series, we’ll be re-posting the most inspiring and informative articles (and videos) on the web supplementing our family’s journey of entrepreneurism – not only because learning is one of our goals for the journey – but it also adds to the fun and AdVenture. Read more

7 Short Miles, 7 New Ideas

As part of my training for a 25k trail race I’ll be doing later next month, I ran 7 miles this evening around Lady Bird Lake (Austin, TX).  And while I typically listen to inspiring music to keep myself motivated, this time I elected to change things up a bit to see where my creative juices would take me;  specifically, I decided to see if I could come up with 7 ideas for new businesses – or 1 new idea per mile.  Keep in mind, this gave me between 8-9 minutes to come up with a new concept…all while become more and more fatigued.  And if you’re asking yourself what this has to do with “A Family’s Journey of Entrepreneurism,” I would tell you that you always need to be thinking of fresh, new ideas.  (Photo courtesy of The Trail Foundation) Read more

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