Month: July 2021

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#137: Healthcare Decoded with Rich Tarrant


This week we have Vermont entrepreneurial success story, Rich Tarrant. Tarrant founded what would become IDX Systems Corporation back in 1969, later acquired by GE Healthcare.

His latest company is Marathon Health, based right off the Winooski Circle. Tarrant sits down with Jon to discuss his basketball career at St. Mikes, and how it led to being a pioneer in healthcare technology. Tarrant also talks about the function of health insurance in modern healthcare and his educational philanthropy.

Learn more about Marathon Health by visiting https://www.marathon-health.com/

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#136: Adventures in Business with Sas Stewart


This week we have Vermont serial entrepreneur Sas Stewart. You may know Sas as the co-founder of Stonecutter Spirits and creator of the sought-after popup Adventure Dinner events.

Sas sits down with Jon to discuss making things special – from food and drink to experiences for customers and employees alike. Sas has been running Adventure Dinners since 2014, providing a bespoke experience of locally-sourced food and wine, and one-of-a-kind surprise adventures around the beautiful state of Vermont, including secret island getaways and a Shelburne Vineyards residency.

During the COVID Crisis, Sas helped co-found On The Fly, a grassroots collective of business, finance, and marketing experts assisting hospitality businesses through the pandemic. In 2020, On The Fly helped over 50 businesses, totaling about $40 million in economic activity and 640 full time employees.

Learn more about On The Fly by visiting https://www.ontheflyvermont.com/

Book your adventure dinner today at https://www.adventuredinner.com/

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Episode 135: Just Breathe with Dr. Rob Williams


“So the goal with peak flow is to figure out how to coach humans in multiple breathwork modalities and to become aware of how you can change your breathing and change your life moment. By moment, it’s the most fundamentalist, the most elemental thing we do is to breathe.”

In this live episode, we have Vermont serial entrepreneur, Professor, and friend of the show Dr. Rob Williams. Whether you know him from the Yak it to Me Burger stand, teaching at University of Vermont and Champlain College, or a major voice on Vermont Independent Radio, Dr. Rob will be there to show you something new and interesting.

This week, he sits down with Jon to discuss Peak Flow, a course to teach the Wim Hof Method, a breathing, cold exposure, and focus technique designed to help you live a better life.

Catch the first Peak Flow course in Vermont on July 30th at the Burlington Surf club, 50 Lakeside ave, at 1:30 PM or again at 5:30 PM. Book now at www.wimhofmethod.com/

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Episode 134: Business Brewed Right with Switchback’s Bill and Craig

Switchback Brewing Co Bill Cherry Craig Wilkinson
Bill Cherry and Craig Wilkinson
Switchback Brewing Co Bill Cherry Craig Wilkinson


I guess I’ve always had a sense of wanting to involve everybody into the brewery from the very beginning. I was kind of well-known in the early days, when I was out on the floor working right next to everybody and if anyone asked, “why are we doing this?” they learned to maybe not ask those kinds of questions because they’d get about a half hour a conversation with me explaining that particular ingredient or that particular temperature on the mash profile for the beer.”

What makes Switchback Brewing Co special? From the classic Ale to the Karsten Lager, Citra-Pils and the IPA, and now their first Double IPA and Smoked Beers, it’s not just the hops, it’s the process, and more importantly, the people.

This week Jon sits down with Bill Cherry and Craig Wilkinson, the president and production manager of Switchback, to talk about the Flynn Ave-based brewer’s 100% employee ownership setup, running for five years now, via an Employee Stock Ownership Plan.

Listen to learn how a passion for beer and a passion for people has guided this local business through it’s nearly 20-year history.

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