Bill Strand

The SHAP: The New Pet Store Experience

Summer Winston introduces us to a new vision of the experience that finding a reptile pet companion can be. The SHAP is a reptile pet store in Vallejo, CA and provides education and experiences to go along with picking out your new reptile. Join me and Summer as we explore this vision!  Watch the video…

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Intro to Artificial Intelligence

Artificial Intelligence is a reality and represents the latest wave of technology that will either empower you to do more or leave you behind. The first step is to understand what it is. Jonathan Hill of iPardalis works with AI and gives us an introduction to what it is and how it works. Embedded Video…

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E3 Ep14 A Reptile Breeder’s Digital Footprint

Carolyn Laframboise from FramsChams joins me to discuss the use of websites and social media for reptile breeders. She shares the experience of growing a business through Facebook, Instagram, website, and email. She also shares what happens when your social media account is removed with no warning. To see what Framschams is up to check…

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S3 E13 3D Printing for Reptile Keepers

3D printers have given each of us the ability to manufacture close to any plastic product we can think of. And this gives us powerful capabilities to further our personal reptile husbandry as well as create side businesses. Today I give an introduction to this exciting technology! Embedded Podcast Player Class: 3D Printing For Reptile…

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S1 E6 Focus on Your Followers

It is too easy to get lost in trying to grow our social media accounts that we neglect the true followers of what we do. That serves our social media platform, but doesn’t necessarily serve ourselves. Today I talk about how to focus on your purpose and the looming threat of AI which makes this…

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S3 E12 The Thrive Ecosystems LED Light Bar!

Colby Gingles wanted a better light spectrum for his frogs. He ended up designing and manufacturing his own LED light bar and is now selling them through Thrive Ecosystems  The special thing about entrepreneurs is they make what they want and the rest of us benefit from it! Today Colby comes on and shares with…

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S3 E11 Rare Lizard Breeding as a Business with Frank Payne

Frank Payne joins me to discuss his rare lizard breeding business called Living Art by Frank Payne. Through this business he looks to bring new lizard species to the market. In this episode we talk about the challenges surrounding wrapping a business around species that require customer education as to what they are. Embedded Video…

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S1 E5 Threads: Should I Get On It?

Should you get on Threads?We had a social media shake up this week as Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, launched Threads, a conversation based social media app that sits squarely in the same space as Twitter. This is a detailed overview into how to decide if Threads is a platform that will serve…

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S1 E5 Threads: Should I Get On It?

We had a social media shake up this week as Meta, the company behind Facebook and Instagram, launched Threads, a conversation based social media app that sits squarely in the same space as Twitter. My name is Bill Strand. I am Threads account number 53221 and I am here to give you the low down….

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S3 Ep10 Threads: A Preliminary Review

The Threads app from Meta has just been released and it holds promise. In this preliminary review I give you a basic overview of what has happened in the last 48 hours. Podcast Player Transcript Hello Reptile Entrepreneurs, This is a special announcement episode because we have a disturbance in the force. Meta, the company…

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