Simon Brackley is the President and CEO of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce. In this conversation, we talk about:

Santa Fe
Business on the golf course
England
Cuba
Business ideas
Mistakes new businesses make
Finding an entrepreneurial niche
And much more

SHOW NOTES

Simon’s duties as President and CEO of the Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce [1:30]
An elevator pitch on Santa Fe [2:10]
About the Chamber [3:35]
Mixing business and pleasure, the role of golf [6:20]
Doing business (or not) on the golf course [8:48]
Why Simon left England [9:24]
Amnesty [11:30]
Simon’s travels and a list of favorites [12:15]
Cuba – perception versus experience [13:00]
Plans for future travel [17:00]
Host countries and the Olympics [17:45]
Public investment in stadiums [19:22]
Interesting businesses [20:14]
New business, mistakes, effective marketing [21:50]
Building a mailing list [23:50]
Possible business idea or entrepreneurial niche [24:45]
Soccer or football [27:00]
The future of the Santa Fe airport [27:15]
Santa Fe’s advantages [30:02]
Challenges of Santa Fe [31:40]
Why Santa Fe? [32:45]
santafechamber.com [34:15]

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

Santa Fe Chamber of Commerce
Business Matters
Simon’s LinkedIn profile
Laker Airways and Freddy Laker
Simpson-Mizzoli Act
Chiang Mai, Thailand
Ghost Milk: Calling Time on the Grand Project by Iain Sinclair
Tsukiji Market
Last Week Tonight with John Oliver Stadiums (HBO)
Cheesemongers of Santa Fe
Meow Wolf

Simon Brackley Episode 007.mp3

John Barker is a business owner, real estate whiz, artist, and father. In this conversation, we talk about:

Work Ethic
Advice to a New Father
Santa Fe Schools
New York
Real Estate and Property Management
Painting and the Creative Process
The Hotel Business
And much more

SHOW NOTES

Work ethic [2:15]
Advice to a new father [5:00]
The Gentle Nudge School [5:55]
New York [7:23]
The creative process [11:45]
Introduction to property management [12:15]
Working with family [12:45]
Public and private balance [14:00]
Investing in real estate [14:40]
Old Santa Fe Inn [15:22]
Creative process [17:00]
Turner Carroll Gallery and John’s upcoming show [22:25]

SELECTED LINKS FROM THE EPISODE

John Barker’s Paintings (at Turner Carroll)
Story of the Barker Family
Barker Property Managment
Iris McLister
The Gentle Nudge School
Turquoise Trail Charter School
St. Michael’s High School
Rudi Stern
Paul Jenkins
Larry Poons
Karel Appel
Basquiat
Georg Baselitz
CoBrA
Helen Frankenthaler
Old Santa Fe Inn

Artist John Barker on life in Santa Fe.mp3

Jono Manson is a prolific singer/songwriter and veteran performer with a long track record that includes major-label releases as a recording artist and producer. During a career spanning four decades, he has performed everywhere from the local dive to Madison Square Garden. He has released numerous albums and amassed a vast catalog of original material. In this conversation, we talk about:

The creative process
Playing the bar scene in New York
Kids playing instruments
Santa Fe
The differences between musician and producer
The differences and similarities in performing music and acting
His ties to Italy and Pakistan
What’s next for Jono
And much, much more

I like this quote from High Times’ Magazine: “If it wasn’t for Jono Manson, then Blues Traveler, Spin Doctors, and Joan Osborne and the New York jam-band scene may never have happened. It was Manson who showed these young whippersnappers how to turn a blasé bar crowd into true believers at now legendary hole in the wall, Nightingales.”

Fun fact: Jono’s cousins are the filmmakers Joel and Ethan Coen.

The Jono Manson Interview Part One.mp3

The Jono Manson Interview Part Two.mp3

This is not a typical episode for the Work & Family podcast, which are conversations. This short episode includes ten takeaways from my trip to the 2016 Masters Tournament at Augusta National Golf Club in Augusta, Georgia. Please enjoy, and I'd love to hear what you think about this in-between-isode.

The ten takeaways:

1. Jim Nantz and Mike Tirico as conversationalists

2. No cell phone policy and its benefits

3. The mental state of golfers and its practice

4. Keep it simple

5. The value of organized/planned trips

6. Diversity is necessary

7. Functioning on little to no sleep

8. On drinking well

9. The course is the star

10. A tradition unlike any other

Ten Takeaways from the 2016 Masters.mp3

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