Charlotte’s got a lot, as the marketing campaign says, and it’s enough to keep drawing people to town. In fact, more than 100 people are moving to town each and every day – that’s great for business and our national reputation, but there’s a yin and yang to everything, of course. 

More traffic, less affordable housing, fewer seats at your favorite restaurant, longer lines at the grocery store… all that. 

And it takes smart people to help forecast, design, and engineer solutions that can help fast-growing places like Charlotte roll with the punches. And the changes. And we’ve got one of those smart people with us here on the BrandBuilders podcast… welcome, Tobe Holmes.

George Carlin said it best: “All you need in life, is a little place for your stuff…  This is my stuff, that’s your stuff, that’ll be his stuff over there.

That’s all your house is– a place to keep your stuff. If you didn’t have so much stuff, you wouldn’t need a house. You could just walk around all the time. Think about it.. A house is just a pile of your stuff with a cover on it!”

Well said, Mr. Carlin. Well said. 

And when your house isn’t enough, there’s always storage! This is DCL sitting in for the vacationing Brian Young. I’m here with Scott Dunstan, the president of the Dunstan Group. We’re talking about a place for YOUR stuff with Brent Wright on this episode of the BrandBuilders podcast! 

“Music With Friends” a unique membership that bills itself as a, ”one-of-a-kind experience, centered on legendary musical acts performing in intimate, acoustically superb venues.”

The artists they book are based the acts their membership wants to see, in settings that promise no bad seats in the house. Plus, pre-show cocktail parties and afterparties for every show – AND, members can attend meet & greets with the performers themselves! 

If that sounds like your kind of jam, then you’ll be excited about today’s guest on the BrandBuilders podcast… we’ve got Larry Farber from Music With Friends with us today. 

If your back hurts, everything hurts. And if you’re one of 65 million Americans who suffer from back pain, you know how important it is to get relief. A chiropractor can help! Whether you’re a serious athlete, a weekend warrior, or somewhere in between, your back is the the foundation of your health and fitness.

Dr. Doug Bradberry is a chiropractic physician at Greenapple Sports and Wellness. He’s an athlete himself, who has worked with Olympic-bound athletes from the U.S. and Canada, local sports teams, as well as “regular” folks like you and me. 

He’s our guest today on the award-winning BrandBuilders podcast.

Choate Construction Company was founded in 1989, as the economy headed into recession. Talk about great timing, right? Construction projects were few and far between, the team was small, and their “fleet” was just one old truck.

But they went ahead with it anyway. Now, they’ve got 6 regional offices, nearly 500 employee-owners, and experience in all kinds of construction. That’s one heck of a foundation for a successful future. (See what we did there?) 

Adam Hawthorne is in business development with Choate Construction and he’s our guest today on the BrandBuilders Podcast. 

Let’s talk about hair. Everybody’s got it. Some have a ton of it, others not so much. Over a lifetime, we wash it, dry it, style it, cut it, let it grow – or not. And, every one of us loses some of it every day. And for some of us, we lose it faster than it grows back.

Hair loss can be scary, traumatic, or depressing for lots of people. The good news is, there are LOTS of solutions for thinning hair and hair loss. You’ve probably seen a few ads in your social media feed just this morning…

Our guest today on the BrandBuilders Podcast is in the solutions business for folks with hair loss concerns. Byan Margolin is here from Pro Hair Labs.

Whether you’ve read it or not, you probably know the book, “7 Habits of Highly Effective People.” Steven Covey authored that one along with LOADS of other best-sellers about people, work, and productivity.

Covey’s books are as quotable as the movie “Caddyshack,” and packed full of “bottom line” insights like this quote: “So often, the problem is the system, not the people. If you put good people in bad systems, you get bad results.”

CTK at Work is a solution from local law firm Conrad, Trosch and Kemmy that FOR businesses looking to keep and get the best talent – and help them work at their very best. Dr. Elizabeth Teagarden is our guest today on the BrandBuilders podcast to tell us
how THAT process works.

For a lot of people, one of the best things to come out on the other side of the pandemic… was the return to in-person events. The virtual thing was unique for a while, but we’re social beings. We WANT to be around each other and collaborate,
congregate, and celebrate.

But, getting back to whatever normal looks like has presented plenty of challenges for people who work in the events space. Those who came out on the other side of quarantine times found themselves working with a whole new set of rules and
expectations.

Jennifer Bishop is one of those event professionals who can tell those war stories. She’s our guest today on the BrandBuilders Podcast.

There was a commercial a few years back about a company that said they, “quote,” they make a lot of the things you know “better.” Truth is just about ANY product you use is PACKED with pieces and parts. And there are companies that may have never heard of that make those pieces and parts.

One of those companies is Sur-Seal. They engineer, design, and manufacture ALL kinds of parts for all kinds of industries. From aerospace, to medical, to automotive, heating and air, lighting… the list goes on!

Billy Lipari is Marketing Director for Sur-Seal. He’s our guest today on the BrandBuilders podcast.