Live entertainment management rock star Michael Grozier joins the Invest Local Podcast to share his vision for Greenville's burgeoning music scene. Steeped in 3 decades of work with the country's top live entertainment brands such as Live Natio

Ep. 76 Greenville, SC: Crafting Community one Concept at a time

Jul 7th, 2023 19m 23s

Bryan Beal and Nate Tomforde join the Invest Local podcast giving a peak behind the curtain on their new development Trade Street Social. Hear how Bryan's real estate chops and Nate's food and bev expertise combine to create these unique develo

Ep. 75 Greenville, SC: Pooling dollars for a neighborhood project in Hollingsworth Park

Oct 7th, 2022 20m 50s

The campaign page for The Pool at Hollingsworth Park

Ep. 74 Greenville, SC: Matt McPheely on the reinvention of modern affordable housing

Apr 21st, 2022 28m 59s

https://unionhouse.city/

Ep. 73 Raleigh, NC: Johnny Hackett - Building a Business Building Business

Dec 27th, 2021 29m 2s

https://www.blackdollar.ninja/https://www.blackdollar.ninja/maphttps://blackfriday.market/

Ep. 72 Asheville, NC: Steph & Brandon Prime - the duo reinventing the greeting card experience

Nov 23rd, 2021 29m 38s

Steph and Brandon Prime are reinventing the greeting card experience. They're on a mission to murder the card aisle with their new invention: on-demand printing from customized kiosks. Their card kiosks are outfitted with high-quality paper, hi

Ep. 71 Raleigh, NC: Jason Johnson and the secrets of a ghost kitchen

Nov 10th, 2021 29m 31s

HUBB Kitchens is currently holding a Testing The Waters campaign on Vicinity's platform. The page and details on the potential raise can be found here: https://marketplace.vicinitycapital.com/offers/PreviewOffers/Njg3MDU=This is not currently a

Ep. 70 Dunn, NC: Wesley Johnson and the community brewery helping shape Dunn's future

Oct 5th, 2021 29m 4s

Grain dealers is currently running a "Testing the Waters" campaign on Vicinity's portal. You can find the campaign page here.The campaign not currently a live securities offering.No money or other consideration is being solicited, and if sent

Ep. 69 Vicinity HQ: Picking public vs private - will liquidity ruin the local private markets?

Sep 22nd, 2021 19m 25s

This week the team tackles a popular topic in investing: Liquidity. The private markets have long been largely illiquid, posing an increasingly stark contrast to now easy-to-trade public securities. As more and more investors gain access to pri

Ep. 68 Vicinity HQ: How the Maryland Neighborhood Exchange is succeeding with a local investing model

Sep 15th, 2021 12m 44s

Michael Shuman's Website (you can sign up for his newsletter here): Michael's Book Put your money where your life is

Ep. 67 Vicinity HQ: What Crowdinvesting does for developers and investors in a growing commercial real estate market

Sep 1st, 2021 17m 43s

This week the crew tackles a topic that’s gaining steam in our vicinity: needs and trends in the growing real estate developer market. As Crowdinvesting grows in popularity, new needs and opportunities have sprung up as well. From managing the

Ep. 66 Birmingham, AL: Doug and Laurie Duncan - Taking over and leveling up a family business

Aug 25th, 2021 28m 51s

Doug and Laurie Duncan join the podcast to give us a peek behind the curtain of a real-life family business takeover. They share what joys and challenges come with running a family business along with the lessons they've learned making the shif

Ep. 65 Vicinity HQ: Evaluating Evaluation - Analyzing business opportunity from the inside out

Aug 18th, 2021 16m 45s

The Vicinity team discusses how to evaluate an opportunity by going inside the mind of a business owner. Where do you start, what challenges do you tackle first, and how do you prioritize as you go? What does it really mean to "fail fast, fail

Ep. 64 Greenville, SC: Alek Kocevski - Turning passion into profit with Golden Butterfly

Aug 11th, 2021 24m 46s

https://www.goldenbutterflystudios.com/ Alek's email: alek.gbs at gmail dot com

Ep. 63 Greenville, SC: Zeb Parsons - Rethinking the broken recycling industry with circular supply chain models

Aug 4th, 2021 27m 28s

Website: www.bricdynamics.comZeb's number: 864-4two1-2three85Timestamp notes:3:34 - Original plan for Bricolage was plastic. “climb the smaller mountains first”4:47 - The various outputs and uses of the bricolage machines7:14 - Shrinking munici

Ep. 62 Vicinity HQ: Portal plateau & the local asset class

Jul 28th, 2021 20m 2s

Crowdfund article & stats referenced: https://www.crowdfundinsider.com/2021/07/177979-reg-cf-the-number-of-finra-regulated-funding-portals-plateaus/

Ep. 61 Greenville, SC: Chris & Brett Barest - Growing a pasta shop through fun, creativity & local ingredients

Jul 20th, 2021 24m 34s

1:45 How Naked Pasta got started3:57 Why people don't make their own pasta more often7:28 How they balance production with distribution as a small business8:48 It’s the specials every week the keep things fun9:54 How they use seasonality to kee

Ep. 60 Greenville, SC: Nicole & Brian Cendrowski - The 15 year forging of a world-class craft brew experience

Jul 14th, 2021 45m 8s

Link to RSVP for our event at Fireforge 7/22: https://www.facebook.com/events/1109941142862534

Ep. 59 Vicinity HQ: Water Testing & Wedding RSVPs - what the new "TTW" regulations mean for investors

Jul 7th, 2021 23m 35s

Investment crowdfunding regulations don't often change, but when they do, the impacts are usually significant for investors. Today the Vicinity team sits down to discuss the importance "Testing The Waters" - one of the latest additions to Regul

Ep. 58 Huntsville AL: Garrett Coyne - Hot takes on a hot real estate market

Jun 30th, 2021 16m 45s

Garrett Coyne, a local real estate developer in Huntsville AL shares his take on the booming real estate market. Even with a mix of commercial and residential deals, there is a common thread through Garrett's projects. His strategy always start

Ep. 57 Raleigh NC: Will McGuire (part 2) - How Investment Crowdfunding is changing the future of communities

Jun 23rd, 2021 20m 17s

:49 - Where Investment crowdfunding dollars typically come from1:07 - Are we near a tipping point for Investment Crowdfunding?1:52 - The reason Will invests in real estate & revenue shares with Reg CF2:54 - The money people put into the stock m

Ep. 56 Raleigh NC: Will McGuire - The forming of INCOLO, a startup traction studio for North Carolina founders

Jun 16th, 2021 19m 38s

1:34 - Why Will started INCOLO (formerly Crowdfund NC)2:27 - How the INCLO program works“It’s not just about investment… It’s about what the business is doing to grow it’s revenue, grow a really good team and grow partner channels"3:09 - Invest

Ep. 55 Charleston SC: Julie Kunkle - funding the future of innovation in South Carolina

Jun 9th, 2021 41m 37s

2:03 - Julie’s career progression from newspapers to AOL to SC Dept of commerce5:13 - An overview of the Relentless Challenge grant program and who it supports6:24 - The three goals of the grant7:37 - Julie releasing the next round of funding8:

Ep. 54 Charlotte NC: Storymaking and Investing Insights with Jennifer Moxley

Jun 2nd, 2021 40m 2s

Jennifer's website: https://www.sunshinemedianetwork.com/Timestamps1:58 - Jenn’s journey into entrepreneurship13:25 - The key steps for helping small businesses tell their stories. 1st step - understand your "Who"14:15 - Want to get good at tel

Ep. 53 Greenville SC: Josh and John's interview with Terrell Turner on the the Business Talk Library

May 26th, 2021 21m 33s

For this special episode, Josh and John join Terrell Turner on the Business Talk Library podcast. They dig into the founding ideas behind Vicinity and share their vision for local investing. They reveal that, surprisingly, the original idea for