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Austin From Scratch, Episode #18: Daniel Nicholson, CEO of NadaMoo Ice Cream

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 8) and Malia (age 6) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Daniel Nicholson, CEO of NadaMoo Ice Cream.  We choose NadaMoo because ice cream is one of the four major food groups and who wouldn’t want to learn more about running an ice cream company.  We hope you enjoy!

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Austin From Scratch, Episode #17: Greg McEvilly, Founder of Kammok

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 8) and Malia (age 6) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Greg McEvilly, Founder of Kammok.  We choose Kammok after seeing all their great postings on Instagram and learning they were based right here in Austin, TX.  Check ’em out at #theroolife.  We hope you enjoy! Read more

Austin From Scratch: An Interview with Brad Cason, Founder of KirkLee Bicycles

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 8) and Malia (age 6) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Brad Cason, Founder of KirkLee Bicycles.  Brad designs and builds all of his bikes from scratch at his facility in central Austin and ships them around the globe.  The kids selected KirkLee Bicycles because they love to ride their bikes, and we were very fortunate to be introduced to Brad by a good friend.  We hope you enjoy!

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Shafer…Power! Featured in Watching Seeds Grow

Several months ago we were contacted by Peter Greer and his son, Keith, after they discovered our blog while doing some research on young entrepreneurs.  Keith, a 9 year-old entrepreneur himself, wanted to interview the kids and I to learn more about our adventures in entrepreneurism for his upcoming book.  Since we had been doing our own series of interviews for the blog, we jumped at the opportunity to sit on the other side of the table. Read more

Austin From Scratch: An Interview with Matt Sieler, Founder of Maine Root Handcrafted Beverages

Austin From Scratch is our favorite series on the blog and involves Owen (age 8) and Malia (age 6) interviewing local entrepreneurs who have created a thriving business here in the heart of Texas.  For this session, we sat down with Matt Sieler, Founder of Maine Root Handcrafted Beverages.  The kids chose Maine Root because they love their Root Beer and, fortunately, their founder lives right here in Austin, TX.  We hope you enjoy! Read more