Episodes

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Teymour Farman-Farmaian, CEO & Founder of Slide. Slide’s goal is bringing web3 to the masses by making dApps usable by anyone, regardless of crypto or technical background. Throughout the episode Teymour is asked by Nick to dive deeper into not only the company Slide, but into the future of Web3 and its mainstream adoption. Teymour tells us a story about writing letters to Steve Jobs at an early age, and Nick looks closer into Teymo...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Barry Meisel, the President & COO of The MeiGray Group. To start the show Nick and our guest begin by talking about Barry’s start in the sports memorabilia industry, and how the equipment (game worn jerseys) used to have been acquired back in the day compared to now. They dive into all of the aspects of the industry including how Barry initially started to see game worn jerseys as a commodity that could really be capitalized on, and...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by the Head Coach of American Kickboxing Academy Headquarters in San Jose, California, “Crazy” Bob Cook. Even though the two have known each other for a long time, Nick has Bob talk about his childhood and how traveling around on a boat and going to school in many different places shaped him. Bob talks about meeting and starting to train at the infamous “Lions Den” with the “who's who” of early MMA at the time. Nick asks about what it ...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Michael Gallucci, the Co-Founder & Ex-COO of SportsMemorabilia.com. Nick dives into all things memorabilia in this episode with Michael, and the two discuss what led to the acquisition of the website by Fanatics.com in 2013. Nick asks why they focused on sports memorabilia instead of Hollywood memorabilia, especially since Michael had a website for that as well, and they also talk about what fraud issues plague the industry today. W...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Brian Dzingai, former Zimbabwean Olympic Athlete and Co-Founder and CFO of Athlete+. Nick and Brian start the show by diving into Brian growing up in Zimbabwe, and how his accomplishments with track originally brought him to the United States. They talk about what it was like when he first arrived in America, and how his track career fueled and assisted his education. Nick talks about the pressure and fortitude that it takes to comp...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Lisa Fridman, the Co-Founder and President of Quadrata. Quadrata is a Passport Network bringing the identity and compliance layer to DeFi across existing public blockchains. In this episode Nick dives into a series of questions to really understand what Quadrata is looking to accomplish in the Web3 space, and how they aim to set a new standard in digital identity. To start the show Nick has Lisa dive into her background where she gr...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by the Founder of AltLayer, Yaoqi Jia. AltLayer is a system of highly scalable application-dedicated execution layers that derive security from an underlying L1/L2. If that doesn’t fully make sense to you, do not worry, Nick and Yaoqi dive into the basics of what AltLayer is setting out to accomplish, and even the basics of Layer 1 and Layer 2. Nick asks about current problems that developers face in the Web3 space, and Yaoqi makes com...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn talks with Dave Broome, the Co-Founder and CEO of Orange Comet. Orange Comet is a premium NFT content creator and Web3 experience company working with some of the biggest brands and intellectual property in the world of sports, music, arts and entertainment. Nick and Dave start the show by diving into Dave’s path to where he is today, including some of the big name TV series he has produced. Dave talks about a lot of the lessons he learned while...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by his friend and serial entrepreneur, Rasheen Smith. Rasheen is the founder at Flexpower, the Co-Founder and Executive Chairman at Realcast, and is also currently a Venture Partner at Elefund. To start the show and better understand how Rasheen came to think like he does, Nick has Rasheen dive into his upbringing and his path to playing college basketball with big names. As they get into Rasheen’s start in entrepreneurship after his d...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Paraag Marathe. Paraag is the Executive Vice President of Football Operations and the President of 49ers Enterprises for the San Francisco 49ers, and he has also been the Leeds United Vice Chairman since 2018. Paraag starts the show talking about his long career in the sports world, and how he grew up close to where the 49ers play. Nick asks about the balance between working in the American Football and traditional Football worlds, ...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by NFT artist Iwwon, who is the Founder of the CryptoMories. The CryptoMories are the first collection to have offered real life, unlimited and free mental health teletherapy to all their owners. Nick starts the show by telling Iwwon how much he has appreciated our guest’s work over the years, and Iwwon dives into his background. He talks about his lifelong passion for art and painting, and how he started working with his father on mer...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by the incredible artist, writer, and activist; Halim Flowers. Nick has Halim start the show by sharing his background and the story of his incarceration at just 16 years old. Nick dives deeper into the time before Halim was arrested, and asks him to reflect on the path that led him there. They talk about some of the life lessons and experiences that he had, and how that contributed to his mindset upon his release. Halim shares how art...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Alexis Miller, Donor Engagement and Strategic Partnerships Lead at Endaoment. Nick and Alexis dive into the backstory of how Alexis ended up at her current role at Endaoment, and how being at a variety of organizations before arriving at Endaoment helped prepare her. They talk about the interests of donors today, and some of the different types of foundations and funds that exist today. Nick asks about how blockchains are going to c...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Robert Powers, The Head of Growth Strategy at Vivid Labs. Robert talks about his early career working for both the creative and the business sides of media entertainment, and how he ended up teaching English at a university in China. Nick asks about Robert’s key takeaways from his time in China, and how he was able to channel what he learned there into his mindset for business and life. Robert dives into the details and features of ...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Robert Powers, The Head of Growth Strategy at Vivid Labs. Robert talks about his early career working for both the creative and the business sides of media entertainment, and how he ended up teaching English at a university in China. Nick asks about Robert’s key takeaways from his time in China, and how he was able to channel what he learned there into his mindset for business and life. Robert dives into the details and features of ...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Robert Powers, The Head of Growth Strategy at Vivid Labs. Robert talks about his early career working for both the creative and the business sides of media entertainment, and how he ended up teaching English at a university in China. Nick asks about Robert’s key takeaways from his time in China, and how he was able to channel what he learned there into his mindset for business and life. Robert dives into the details and features of ...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Brandon Schneider, President and COO of the Golden State Warriors. Nick and Brandon start the show talking about how they met years ago at the games while Brandon was still in Ticket Sales for GSW, and what it has been like to work for the company for 20 years this year. They talk about how Brandon worked his way up from Season Ticket Sales to where he currently is as the President, and what it means for him to have this life long d...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Brandon Schneider, President and COO of the Golden State Warriors. Nick and Brandon start the show talking about how they met years ago at the games while Brandon was still in Ticket Sales for GSW, and what it has been like to work for the company for 20 years this year. They talk about how Brandon worked his way up from Season Ticket Sales to where he currently is as the President, and what it means for him to have this life long d...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Brandon Schneider, President and COO of the Golden State Warriors. Nick and Brandon start the show talking about how they met years ago at the games while Brandon was still in Ticket Sales for GSW, and what it has been like to work for the company for 20 years this year. They talk about how Brandon worked his way up from Season Ticket Sales to where he currently is as the President, and what it means for him to have this life long d...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Phillip Shoemaker, CEO and Executive Director of Identity.com. They start the show talking about Phillip growing up in Cupertino while having a father who worked for IBM, and his journey that took him to working at Apple to help build and run their App Store. Phillip took the security and identity issues he saw while doing so, and decided to start Identity.com in order to tackle decentralized identity and security. They talk about h...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Phillip Shoemaker, CEO and Executive Director of Identity.com. They start the show talking about Phillip growing up in Cupertino while having a father who worked for IBM, and his journey that took him to working at Apple to help build and run their App Store. Phillip took the security and identity issues he saw while doing so, and decided to start Identity.com in order to tackle decentralized identity and security. They talk about h...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Phillip Shoemaker, CEO and Executive Director of Identity.com. They start the show talking about Phillip growing up in Cupertino while having a father who worked for IBM, and his journey that took him to working at Apple to help build and run their App Store. Phillip took the security and identity issues he saw while doing so, and decided to start Identity.com in order to tackle decentralized identity and security. They talk about h...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Santiago Portela, the CEO of Fitchin. To start the show Nick has Santiago go through his journey into his career now, and how the people he met and became close with in business school made a huge impact on him. Santiago talks about the mindset that he had while developing and creating Fitchin, and about the process of diving into the Esports arena with this project. Nick dives into the inception and creation of Fitchin deeper as he...

This week on Coasthawk Talk our host Nick Swinmurn is joined by Santiago Portela, the CEO of Fitchin. To start the show Nick has Santiago go through his journey into his career now, and how the people he met and became close with in business school made a huge impact on him. Santiago talks about the mindset that he had while developing and creating Fitchin, and about the process of diving into the Esports arena with this project. Nick dives into the inception and creation of Fitchin deeper as he...