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Episode 001. Why “Off-the-Grid Biz?” What’s it all mean? In this mini-episode, host Brian J. Pombo introduces himself explains the story behind this new and strange podcast show.
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Brian: Alright, welcome to the very first Off The Grid Biz Podcast, a place for conversations about out of the box businesses with heavy ecommerce elements. I’m Brian Pombo.
So why Off The Grid Biz?
What’s it all mean?
Well, it all goes back to growing up working on the family cattle ranch in the San Joaquin Valley of California. There was always a mystery and romance surrounding the concepts of living off the land.
My grandma used to talk about our pioneer ancestors.
Well, part of me always look to escape the country life for adventure and fortune in the real cruel, unknown world. Allah Luke Skywalker, the other half of me looked hunker down and live off the land.
As a young adult and 1999 I had the chance to attend a survival and emergency preparedness show that was dedicated to those concerned about the Millennium bug of 2000.
Which if you don’t know about go and look it up, I was amazed at the variety of wares and information for sale, everything from nuclear bunkers to, to gardening instructions to outright extremists, political tomes. There was tons on alternative energy and food storage.
While I wasn’t scared about the Millennium bug I, I was a little smitten with all of it, to tell you the truth. But as January 1st came and went, it became one of those last memories that I would someday look back upon.
Fast forward somewhere around 17 years and I’ve actually built up a nice little consulting firm where I work as a business strategist, helping successful but overworked business owners transform their companies into perfect dream asset scenarios.
I’ve worked in a lot of different capacities for a number of larger groups, Microsoft, Shell, Craftsman, Ink Magazine as well as a number of radio networks and smaller podcasters.
In discussing people I can help with my friend and business associate, Sean E. Douglas we brainstormed those industries that we could be passionate about.
And the one we tend to to come back on again and again, was those all connected with self reliance.
So where does one go from there?
I just began emailing and calling up owners and executives of companies that I found interesting, and those ones that I really thought had a unique self reliance flair to them.
Spoke to so many different types of people. Spoke to people selling beekeeping supplies, goat milk, soap, people selling livestock, homesteading supplies, gardening needs, like fertilizer and heirloom seeds.
These were the type of people we were talking to people who had started companies from scratch, anything that had to do with do it yourself.
Really, as these conversations continued. I met some of the most interesting people with some of the most intriguing stories.
So Sean and I kind of sat back and ponder, what if I could take these stories and condense them, maybe edit them down, add a little emphasis were needed, and then spread them out there as podcasts?
After all, we’ve done it a million times for our clients, why not do it for ourselves?
So here it is the Off The Grid Biz Podcast.
With Sean running duty as a producer and lead researcher and myself as host, we’re given the chance to tell some of the stories while at the same time letting a select few listeners know how I can help fix their nasty headaches, introduce them to a friction free zero point lifestyle through my personal strategy sessions and products.
So here we are, we’ve got a lot of great conversations coming up that we’ve already recorded.
We’re just getting them edited and sending them out to you.
Along with this first episode, there should be at least one or two other episodes available for you to listen to.
I hope you enjoy it, love to hear some feedback.
You can find us over at OffTheGridBiz.com.
And you can also find me at BrianJPombo.com. If you want to learn more about me or the services I offer.