I Live In Dallas Neil Lemons & Jason Channell

After a 3.5 year hiatus, I Live In Dallas Radio is back! In this sixteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview Chef Jacob Weaver the new Corporate Director of Food & Beverage for Hotel Zaza's collecti...

In this fifteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell, we interview principal and CEO of 2pointb Josh Komenda and crew. 2pointb is a innovative app that offers riders quick access to nearby luxury SUVs, luxury sedans, and taxis, without the gaps in insurance, spotty background checks, and privacy protection problems common with other players in the space.

In this fourteenth episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, Neil Lemons and I sit down with Jim Winblood, one of the co-founders of The Foundry Club, a shared office and coworking space, located at Mockingbird Station.

We also talk with JJ, Dan, and Chelsea from Favor, the personal delivery assistant service/app that's making waves as part of the service app "revolution" that's currently underway. They will deliver food, groceries, you name it. Just dont ask them to deliver people. That's apparently a no-no. Anything else legal and ethical, is fair game.

The Foundry Club

The Foundry Club is a Dallas coworking and shared office space, that strives to differentiate itself via community, unique office space and startup incubator help. They sponsor several meetups, and resources that help  startups along their journey. As recently featured in the Dallas Business Journal, the Foundry signed a lease for an additional 6,000 square feet of office space at Mockingbird Station. They plan to expand to a few new locations around the DFW Metroplex area.

Favor: Your Personal Delivery Assistant

Favor is currently in Boston, Austin, Houston, and of course Dallas, and is self-described as personalized deliver assistant. They wont deliver booze or people, and mainly deal with food orders. They've been in Dallas for nearly 5 months now, and are soon expanding to San Antonio. They try to deliver in 30 minutes if possible.

I talk about my personal experiences using Favor to have lunch delivered, and my feedback on the service, including my love for extra rolls with my fried chicken.

Listen as we talk about:

Some of the most strange and surprising things Favor has been asked to deliver.
How The Foundry Club came to be, and what makes it's office space and coworking community & space unique.
Who are some hot new startups, that are based at The Foundry, including RedFin.



Keep listening to learn about:

Giving the Favor folks a hard time about their operation hours, because I wanted pancakes.
We harrass noted bbq biz owner Justin Fourton about the Pecan Lodge line. "Ain't nobody got no time to wait for no brisket"
JJ, Dan , and Chelsea from Favor discuss future plans, and how to get your lunch delivered at school.

P.S. Thanks to the guys from Synclab Media for letting us record in your studio at Foundry Club!

Dallas Startup Week marks a sort of tipping point in the explosion in Dallas' startup scene, events, and success stories within the last five - seven years. In this podcast, we dive into some theories for this explosion, and name names on some of the current and past "movers and shakers" are of the Dallas startup community. Listen to see if your startup gets a mention.

Common Desk Offers Startups and Freelancers an Uncommon Alternative to Working Remote

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In this eleventh episode of I Live In Dallas Radio, co-hosted by myself and Jason Channell (http://www.jasonchannell.com/), we interview Alexandra Liss, who took a 21 country, six continent, tour for seven months using the website CouchSurfing.org (http://www.couchsurfing.org/). Liss directed and stared in the documentary One Couch at a Time (http://www.onecouchatatime.com/). Her documenary has been showing across the United States at indie movie theaters and cities with large communities of couchsurfers that have been hosting screenings (http://www.onecouchatatime.com/index.php/see-film/host-a-screening).  We also spoke with the film's producer Jean-Michel Werk and local Dallas-Fort Worth community couchsurfing tribe leader Brad Wilson. Wilson met his wife while hosting events for local couchsurfers in the DFW area.(http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/Alexandra-on-the-Couch.jpg)
What is Couchsurfing?
According to their website, "Couchsurfing is a global community of 6 million people in more than 100,000 cities who share their life, their world, their journey. Couchsurfing connects travelers with a global network of people willing to share in profound and meaningful ways, making travel a truly social experience." The website began in 2004 as a small passion project by founder Casey Fenton.
Couchsurfing Lingo
For those unfamiliar with what couchsufing is, according to Wikipedia, "The company, its website, and the culture of hospitality exchange it is meant to support are all commonly referred to as 'Couchsurfing' by the website's userbase. People who use the Couchsurfing.org website frequently refer to themselves as 'couchsurfers,' 'surfers,' or 'CSers' for short, demonstrating a mix of loyalty to both the website and the ideals it is thought to support."
An Interview with Alexandra Liss
This I Live In Dallas Radio show was recorded at the historic Texas Theater in Oak Cliff after the red carpet premiere of the film (http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-admin/www.iliveindallas.com/one-couch-at-a-time) back in March.  The film is narrated by director and veteran Couchsurfer Alexandra Liss of San Francisco and details her journey through a myriad of countries, and also explores relevant and progressive topics such as crowd-funding, micro-loaning, co-working, ridesharing, and gift-economies.
Featured interviews in the film include author and lifestyle architect Tim Ferriss, founder of Burningman Larry Harvey, sharing economy expert Rachel Botsman, philosopher and author Charles Eisenstein, and the founder of Couchsurfing, Casey Fenton.
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Listen as:

* We learn how a film crew and director convinced 100s of strangers via the Internet to let them stay in their guest rooms and on their couches.
* Discover what to look for when scoping out a potential couchsurfing hosts.
* Discuss the big benefits, practicable and intangible, to couchsurfing.
* Alexandra profiles the typical couchsurfer, age and demographics, and gives us tips on how to get involved.
* I share my own local couchsurfing experience from 2008 on and how it changed my perspective.
* In the second part of the show, we talk with local couchsurfing ambassador Brad Wilson and he tells us how to get involved locally.

Links:

* OneCouchAtATime.com (http://www.iliveindallas.com/wp-admin/www.onecouchatatime.com)
* One Couch at a Time on IMDB (http://www.imdb.com/title/tt2440910/)
* Couchsurfing.org (http://couchsurfing.org/)

Other Couchsurfing Links

* Brad's CS Profile (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/bradwilsonem/)
* Neil's CS Profile (https://www.couchsurfing.org/people/philmoregenius)
* Jason's CS Profile (http://www.couchsurfing.org/people/jasonchannell)