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This Week’s Episode (5.12.14): Krista Welch

This week’s guest is Krista Welch, owner of Love Song Photo. We talk all things photography on this week’s show, with special focus on weddings. Krista is a former interior designer who fled the corporate world and made the bold decision to strike out on her own, even while many of her friends were getting…

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This Week’s Episode (5.5.14): Ben Brown – Launch of Confidential Series

This week we launch our CONFIDENTIAL series of the Jon of All Trades Podcast with Ben Brown, a man who’s worked on and around Wall Street in the U.S. financial sector for nearly 15 years (and is also my brother-in-law). What is the CONFIDENTIAL Series? So far on the Jon of All Trades Podcast, we’ve…

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This Week’s Episode (4.28.14): Zach Knaus

This week’s guest is Zach Knaus, founder and president of 4Degre.es, a full service online communications firm. Zach has extensive experience working on campaigns, at the Colorado State Capitol, and now as the creator of his own business. He and Jon discuss some funny stories from Zach’s time in politics, and Zach provides insight into…

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This Week’s Episode (4.21.14): Candace LeClaire

This week’s guest is Candace LeClaire, hairdresser and stylist extraordinaire at The Parlour Denver. Candace has been a professional hairdresser and stylist for 10 years, working not only on her regular slate of clients (including Jon Eks, whose fresh haircut you can see in the photo above), but on fashion shows, special events and tons…

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This Week’s Episode (4.14.14): Will Matthews

This week’s guest is Will Matthews, President and Founder of Matthews Performance Group. Will is an expert in personal transformation and professional fulfillment. He and Jon sat down and discussed what makes a good coach, how to spur positive change in your own life, and how to achieve professional satisfaction the likes of which you…

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This Week’s Episode (4.7.14): Brandi Shigley

This week’s guest is Brandi Shigley, a creative instigator who does what she loves, loves what she does, and turns dreamers into doers. She is an entrepreneur and woman about town that you can find doing speaking engagements, leading workshops for emerging fashion designers, and helping people realize you can Do What You Love. She…

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This Week’s Episode (3.31.14): Mike Fisbeck

This week’s guest is Mike “Fizz” Fisbeck, night DJ at 98.5 KYGO fm. Mike has been a DJ in Denver and Fort Collins for 20 years, and his passion for music shines throughout this week’s episode. Jon and Mike cover a lot of ground in this week’s chat ranging from radio ratings to the corporatization…

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This week’s episode (3.24.14): Rogue Edwards

This week’s guest is Rogue Edwards, founder of Rogue’s Bolder Beans, a pickled vegetable company founded right here in Colorado. In this podcast, Rogue and I discuss the origin of Rogue’s Bolder Beans, how to scale up your product that started as a simple Christmas gift into a highly successful entrepreneurial venture available in more…

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Premiere: Jon of All Trades Podcast

Shamless plugging ahoy! Today I roll out the Jon of All Trades Podcast! Please head over and check out the first three episodes, all of which are posted now. Like us on Facebook! Follow us on Twitter! Download us on iTunes! (I don’t actually have this set up on iTunes yet – that’s just a…

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Origin: Jon of All Trades

I’m Jon, and I love nothing more than listening to someone with an interesting or unusual job talk about the ins and outs of that job. So I created a weekly podcast that features interviews with people from all across the employment spectrum. You’ve likely heard the figure of speech “Jack of all trades” referring…

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