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Ep# 70 - Exclusive MInds - We are back pt. 2, Yeezy and Clothes talk, topic ramblings and more

On this episode :

• (0:00) Pod Intro

• (0:31) We are back part 2

• (0:50) NVIDIA Stock

• (2:10) Yeezy. Back to one of our favorite topics
- "1" shirt and Pods after a 6 month wait
- Banking Interest?

• (6:28) What makes a good product?
- Leads to a call out to Stanley and Kyocera Travel Mugs

• (9:05) Back on Yeezy
- What's going on with Adidas?

• (13:32) Exclusive MInds Clothing Update and Plan
- Fall Drop

• (19:24) Live Casino vs Online Casino

• (22:12) Malls
- Atlantic City
- Are all stores money laundering??? lol
- Melting Pot

• (27:12) Fight Talk
- Fury, Paul, Tyson, Garcia

• (32:20) Drake vs Lamar

• (32:20) Various Topic Rambling
- Crypto
- Crabs
- Video Games and New PC

• (44:19) Backpacks - Exploring Joe's "shoe" fetish
- Yeti Crossroads, Tumi and oh so many backpacks

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Ep #69 - Exclusive Minds - We are back with an explanation. Buying a Ducati. Apple WWDC leads to a rant. Tesla, Stocks and more...

On this episode :

• (0:00) Pod Intro

• (0:29) We are back and explain our long pause...
- Rooks Brothers medical issue
- A teacher that wants to teach.... Go figure
- Going from serious tense situation to a more calming time. Thank god!

• (8:06) Time to reflect
- Very happy to be back at it
- Time spent waking back up to the shear insane volume of content and options for pods. If you are here THANK YOU!!! Seriously

• (9:25) Motorcycle buying and the time sink it is/was
- Today's insane level of content actually has a negative effect

• (11:03) Backstory on Joe's road to a Ducati
- From Harley to an EV Bike to a KTM/BMW to a Ducati Monster SP
- Livewire FAILS and looses a customer all while trying to fake being like Tesla. They are not and the buying experience reflected it!
- Why buy a Ducati and an SP version at that? Good question. Let us tell you for 25 minutes :)

• (38:02) Stock talk - NVIDIA goes to the moon and beyond
- EV stocks are bad buy and this turns in to an EV Rant of sorts

• (42:30) Apple WWDC Thoughts
- The yawn that turns in to rant about the iPad and iPad OS. It still sucks and will continue to suck

• (46:55) Tesla and Musk getting paid

• (50:45) GoPro fails us again. Second time in this pod alone. Insta360 if you are listening please send us a camera and we will talk you up. Heard great things. Let us show you and everyone else who has seen our GoPro pain.

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Apologies. This episode is audio only. Apple Pod exclusive in part due to the cameras failing shortly in to recording. Also you may find some audio distortion with this episode that was picked up by mics creating some cross talk, reverb.


Ep #68 - Exclusive Minds - Back to ramblings, Atlantic City dearth, Demise of malls, Coffee, Amazon Love/Hate, closing RANTS!

On this episode :

• (0:00) Pod Intro

• (0:25) Happy Easter! (Recorded on Easter Day)

• (1:01) Atlantic City - What happened!
- Casino malaise
- Pier One a once thriving high end mall is DEAD

• (8:17) The demise of malls today
- Perhaps the exceptions, King of Prussia and Mall of America

• (11:30) Arc'Teryx Store
- GoreTex

• (13:00) Cowboy Jacks and Caribou Coffee, rook doesn't get out much, lol

• (14:30) Dave's 1st Business Travel Trip
- Delayed
- Carry on bag size issues
- Rental Challenges
- Pointes Chaser
- Turbulence
- Remember this is his first trip

• (27:30) Coffee Crazy Joe & Amazon
- Bean Grinder and Cold Brew
- Amazon delivers... SAME DAY!

• (33:20) Hey, have you seen the value of your EV lately???
- Rivian and Amazon not teaming further??
- EV resell values TANK!!!
- Tesla styling leaves Joe questioning
- Lucid and Fisker about to go broke

• (42:50) Recession coming
- Commerical Building vs DataCenter vs Warehouse

• (46:40) Notebook sessions - Rook and friends creative "trip"
- Creation, Video and editing
- HUGE file transfers over the internet vs SSD. SanDisk Pro Blade gets discussed

• (53:10) We try and go topic Rapid Fire to close it out but it goes off the rail in spots. RANTS incoming
- Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson (Predictions and thoughts)
- Sam Bankman heads to prison for 25yrs
- Topic that shall remain nameless
- Ye and Adidas "not selling well??, Jewish support and logo change - RANT #1
- Baltimore bridge collapse
- Diddy
- Boeing CEO and Gulfstream gets FAA approval on G700 and Joe's order is in... LOL
- Chipotle VENT! - RANT #2

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Our thanks again to our friend Marcus LeVar Carter II for the fabulous theme song that serves as our intro (partial). Full song available at the end of episodes up to and including 32

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Ep #67 - Exclusive Minds - Impressions Expo Atlantic City Recap, Behind the scenes EXM full effect, Stahl Heat Press, how things get done

On this episode :

• (0:00) Pod Intro

• (0:28) Ep67, Happy we continue to make it happen

• (1:26) Impressions Atlantic City - Clothing Print Industry Trade Show
- Thoughts from our first attended Trade Show (in the clothing space)

• (3:45) Bringing Production in house - Better Control and flexibility

• (5:54) Ways you can apply graphics to clothes
- Embroidery
- Screen print
- DTF / Heat Transfer/Press
- Heat transfer skeptics starting to rethink this

• (9:24) Inventory Control benefits. Real time inventory

• (11:30) Creative options - Hats and Patches

• (12:22) Cost of the Hardware
- No single machine does it all. One for shirts, one for hats
- Embroidery

• (17:11) Screen Printing

• (17:55) Heat Transfer
- Less Expensive
- Quality Debate

• (19:03) Stahl's products recommend by the vendors
- Shirt and Hat press machines
- We get to test out and make a Hat and T real time

• (21:48) Still on the fence

• (22:50) DFT Large print less "attractive" than small graphics which are excellent

• (25:27) Business Benefits

• (27:25) Mark up on clothes

• (28:50) Kayne makes $20 work

• (31:31) look at clothing blanks - Impression 2024 Atlantic City
- Opens up creative options
- Blanks vs true Clothing Design and the HUGE gap between
- Expanded options including bags, totes, socks, and more

• (36:37) GoreTex - No blanks and why

• (39:26) Cobranding a no go zone short of collaborations

• (43:29) Costs

• (45:49) Where does Exclusive Minds want to put our focus moving forward

• (47:38) Camera dies and closing thoughts

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Ep #66 - Exclusive Minds - Still here, AppleVision, Crypto, Super Bowl, our favorite Yeezy and more

On this episode :

• (0:00) Intro

• (0:28) We are not dead! The Pod is back.

• (1:06) Apple Vision Pro - No-Go!
- $4,400 of NOWAY... Is Apple crazy?
- 15 day return was a win for social media but lame move
- Is it just a consumption toy? Can you actually create on it?
- What is the ultimate use case? and if Joe cant justify the latest Apple technology there is a problem.

• (16:30)) Crypto rebounds in the market and on the Pod. Why?
- Mutual Funds and ETF brings stability?

• (22:49)) AI Talk

• (25:30) Super Bowl
- 1st half sucked, 2nd half was epic. Tale of two halves

• (29:24) Super Bowl Ads, what a waste
- Do any of these have ROI
- Dunkin the winner??

• (32:02) Shop Local is hard
- Starbucks vs local
- High costs regardless. Crazy world

• (38:45) Yeezy is back!
- Everything is $20 or is it F U
- Cut the middle man out and can still make bank are very reasonable prices
- New Album and still seems to have industry friends

• (45:02) COD Legal Woes - Gaming Talk
- Lack of Anti-Cheat. Is AI the solution?
- Joe is back playing WoW and it seems 20yrs is hard to let go of
- Elden RIng DLC in June

• (59:56) Podcasting is hard!

• (1:00:23)) Arc'teryx vs GoreWear
- Toss REI in and showcase the perceived value of brand

• (1:04:27) Joe Rogan is back on Apple Podcast and Joe's Rant/Love

• (45:20) White Label Coffee and knowing your lane

• (1:09:45) Closing shots!

• (49:45) Kick vs Twitch

• (55:00) Closing and an EXM Giveaway is coming. email team@exmnds.com with Subject giveaway for entry.

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If you like what you hear and want to help support our effort check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/exclusiveminds
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Ep #65 - Exclusive Minds - Interview with Raafi Rivero, filmmaker, photographer, creative and founder of unarmed.co

On this episode :

• (0:00) Intro

• (0:27) Welcome. (Video available but far from perfect. Disclosures: Small edit to remove a brief pause. No content was affected. Cameras had several shutdowns so the second half of the video pod has some challenges with audio/video sync. It's close but not perfect. Bear with us. One day we may have the gear and/or the skill to do it right...)

• (1:20) Guest Introduction: Raafi Rivero, filmmaker, photographer, creative and founder of unarmed.co

We are going to intentionally skip chapter times for this interview and let it flow and build in full. We encourage you to listen to the entirety.

Raafi shares his story from his youth in DC to the successful and accomplished creative he is today. The conversation ends with a true emotional discussion on his passion art project, unarmed.co, and the hopes for a better world.

Raafi can be found at:
https://raafirivero.com
https://unarmed.co

As always if you like what you hear please follow, review and share with your friends. We can only grow with your help and support. Also follow us on Instagram and Facebook or sign up to the mail list @ exmnds.com or exclusivemindspodcast.com

Our thanks again to our friend Marcus LeVar Carter II for the fabulous theme song that serves as our intro (partial). Full song available at the end of episodes up to and including #32

If you like what you hear and want to help support our effort check out https://www.buymeacoffee.com/exclusiveminds
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