In this Season finale episode, Peter and Nick give insight into Mission Meats HQ, how a global pandemic impacted our businesses and how different trends in eating change how we approach product development. Stay tuned in to hear all the new things we’ve added to our product line, plus some hints at future projects that we have in the works!     Time Stamps: (0:15) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission Show! (0:56) Where we see the industry going (for meat snacks and consumer-packaged goods) (4:54) Flexitarian products: Organic Fajita Beef & Veggie Strips (5:45) Mission Meats, and meatless-products (9:48) Nick’s secret project (12:02) Stay tuned for new meat-less products (in the works)! (12:39) Perks, Superfans, quad-pay, and product bundles (14:44) Let’s talk production (20:06) Closing thoughts (20:52) See you for season 2 coming soon!     --------------   For perks programs and delicious snacks, visit missionmeats.co   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co 

Live Your Mission Show: Audio Experience

An HQ update & what the future holds with Nick Mccann

This week Peter chats with Michael Crocker aka "Crocker", a long time friend of Mission Meats. Listen in as he shares where he currently is in his video freelancing career path and how he’s taking the steps to shift into a more sports driven environment to fully be living out his mission. Peter and Crocker discuss setting intentions in short goals to make big steps while getting real about the habits that might be holding you back plus how setting up accountability checks along the way to keep you on track.  Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission Show! (0:21) Intro to our conversation with Michael Crocker (1:49) Welcome Michael! (2:13) Michael’s current mission (3:33) Client projects vs. Passion projects (5:36) Strategic outreach (8:33) Small, consistent actions, in the midst of chaos (13:13) The importance of accountability (16:03) Having a plan, but being adaptable along the way (18:54) Building relationships as you reach out to potential clients (21:05) The benefit of an external perspective  -------------- Visit Michael's website: crockervideo.com Follow Michael on Instagram: @crockervideo --------------   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

#023: Finding the path to your Mission with Michael Crocker

This week Peter chats with Chrissie Lam, founder of Love is Project. An organization dedicated to spreading love by working with artisans in developing countries while providing fair wages, healthcare, and education. Chrissie discusses how she was inspired to start Love is Project with just a single bracelet plus how she’s had to adjust her plan with the current global pandemic. Stick around for the “Reaper Round” where Chrissie shares some of her favorite purchases and where she wants to be in the next 5 years. Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission show! (0:15) Intro to our conversation with Chrissie Lam (2:47) Welcome Chrissie! (3:15) Chrissie’s current mission (The “Love Is” Project) (4:30) How Chrissie left her corporate job to pursue her passion (with just 1 bracelet!) (7:30) Scaling a simple product with “Love” (8:32) Reflecting on what Chrissie wished she learned early on in her journey (10:03) A deeper dive into Chrissie’s team-building (11:41) Before jumping ship from your 9-to-5, here’s some advice (13:45) Problem-solving, and tapping in with your contacts (15:20) Finding positivity in the midst of COVID-19 (19:09) “Sustainability” (19:47) Book: “The Greatest Love Story Ever Told” (21:27) Practical tips for how you can live out your mission (22:27) The “Reaper Round” -------------- Visit the Love Is Project website: loveisproject.co Follow The Love Is Project on Instagram: @loveisproject Follow Chrissie on Instagram: @thesupplychange Check out the book here: "The Greatest Love Story Ever Told"   --------------   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

#022: What Love means with Chrissie Lam

This week we’ll cover what mechanically separated chicken is, what in it, how it's made, and why it’s never found in our snacks!   To stay up to date with announcements and exclusives from Mission Meats, text "MEAT" to 69551   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

What is mechanically separated chicken?!

This week, Peter talks with Brogan Graham, co-founder of November Project, a free exercise group founded in Boston that’s open to the public. What started out as two friends getting together for morning workouts eventually snowballed into hosting classes in 52 cities nation-wide while creating a fun and passionate group of people who are all about community.  Stick around for the reaper round where Brogan kills his bag and gets up close and personal about the heat he’s feeling!   Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission show! (0:35) Mission Meats announcement (1:37) Intro to our conversation with Brogan Graham (4:53) Welcome Brogan! // Brogan’s Mission (9:30)The fuel that keeps Brogan going (11:27) Reflecting on 2011, the impact of “content”, and screen-time (17:59) “What are you a part of?” (21:42) Meet new people, and try new things (27:58) THE REAPER ROUND -------------- Visit November Project's website: november-project.com Visit Brogan Graham's website: brogangraham.com Follow Brogan on Instagram: @brogangraham   --------------   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

#021: Brogan Graham discusses the November Project & the importance of showing up

This week Peter talks with Amy Armstrong from Clean The World. An incredible organization that collects left over soaps from hotels to recycle them and provides them to children all over the world in an effort to prevent deadly diseases. Stick around for the Reaper Round where Amy eats her SECOND bag like a boss!  Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission show! (0:44)missionmeats.co/bacon (Use Code: “free bacon”) (2:27) Intro to our conversation with Amy Armstrong (4:50) Welcome Amy (5:11) Amy’s current mission (11:18) The start of Clean The World (16:04) Our world’s soap shortage (17:21) The experience that fuels Amy’s mission (18:58) “You don’t have to have it ALL figured out” (21:40) The mission is the drive (22:31) Amy’s advice for how you can live your mission (24:14) Lessons that Amy learned from CEO, Shawn Siepler (26:39) THE REAPER ROUND -------------- - Visit Clean The World's website: cleantheworld.org - To donate, visit: cleantheworldfoundation.org - Follow Clean The World on Instagram: @clean_the_world - For the Hand Washing Song, check out CTW's youtube clip: The children of Uganda sing Clean the World's Tops and Bottom song learning the proper way to wash your hands and help stop the spread of diseases. "Tops and bottoms (2x) in between (2x) all around your hands (2x) makes them clean (2x)" - Amy's preferred lipstick brand (referred to in the Reaper Round), is "Urban Decay"   --------------   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

#020: Amy Armstrong shares Clean The Worlds mission & wants you to wash your hands, bro

This week Peter talks with musician and founder of CD Baby, Derek Sivers. Hear how he has approached life after the sale of CD baby and what being pop philosophy writer means for him. Peter and Derek discuss the implications behind “expiration dates” and how its okay to close one chapter to be able to start the next. Stick around for the “Reaper Round” where Derek lucked out and didn’t have to eat the reaper but still shares some great insight!  Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission show! (0:39) Mission Meats announcement (1:56) Intro to our conversation with Derek Sivers (4:52) Welcome to the show, Derek! (5:06) Derek’s current mission/impact (7:03) Derek’s life after “CD Baby” // Sees himself as a musician rather than an entrepreneur (9:26) Derek’s mindset on money (10:28) “We have to admit when our mission has changed” (11:42) Expired identity (12:36) Ask yourself, “Who are my heroes?” (13:27) The right mindset when approaching failures (16:35) Derek’s journey to becoming an author // A TED Talk story (18:37) Why this is important for YOU // Sharing and admitting your failures (21:37) A metaphor on past mistakes: Lifting weights at 44 (26:43) What Derek would’ve done differently, knowing what he knows now (27:51) Profit vs. Purpose (31:17) Derek’s article, “The Balance” (35:37) Money, and the “Starving Artist” (37:28) THE (Non)REAPER ROUND Check out Derek's website: sivers.org Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

#019: Derek Sivers, founder of CD baby, on closing chapters to start new ones

This week Peter talks with podcast host and financial advisor Andrew Van Buren who offers excellent tips on finding an advisor that has your interest aligned. Stick around for the Reaper Round where Andrew is a champ and answers every question and tells the story of surviving a gunshot wound! Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome back to the Live Your Mission show! (0:34) Mission Meats announcement (2:22) Intro to our conversation with Andrew Van Buren (3:38) Welcome to the show, Andrew! (3:47) Andrew’s current mission/impact (6:44) The Nitty Gritty Podcast (8:43) Andrew’s plans for his online academy (10:34) Helping the online community // Cutting out the nonsense (13:44) How to identify a genuine expert vs. a quick-seller (15:54) Interest: Alignment vs. Misalignment (17:29) How to look for the ideal arrangement (22:11) Andrew’s takeaway from past experiences: Learning how to say “no” (27:11) Advice for how you can Live Your Mission // Getting clarity on what you want (29:55) THE REAPER ROUND   Follow The Nitty Gritty Podcast on IG: @nittygrittyshow Check out the Aventus website: aventuswealth.com   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co 

#018: Defining impact with Nitty Gritty host Andrew Van Buren

 In the midst of the CV crisis, we’re taking a few weeks from the Live Your Mission podcast. On behalf of the Mission Meats team, we hope that this lockdown will give us a moment to pause, reflect, and inspire us to live, love, and laugh with our friends and families. To stay up to date with announcements and exclusives from Mission Meats, text "MEAT" to 69551 If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

Our Commitment To You

This week Peter chats with Nate Spees, CEO of Grizzly, a company that is a creative agency that combines strategy, design, technology, and storytelling to build adventurous brands. Listen as Nate discusses the importance of being nimble and being able to regularly adjust your approach no matter the size of your business. Nate also provides excellent actionable  advice for boosting creativity! Stick around for the reaper round where Nate gets slightly dazed from the heat…but still eats the whole bag! Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome to the Live Your Mission show! (0:15) Mission Meats announcement: Have you signed up for our Superfans Program yet? (2:21) Intro to our conversation with Nate Spees (4:25) Welcome to the show, Nate! (4:47) Nate’s current mission (5:36) The importance of creativity in the business world (7:28) Why brands should prioritize creativity more (10:37) Grizzly’s core components of an “Adventurous brand” (16:02) Foundation first: Establishing your brand’s roots before the creation (18:56) Practical tips for your execution (21:52) Why “Shiny object syndrome” is one of your biggest obstacles (23:00) The core of brand-customer disconnection (24:56) Creativity is for EVERYONE // Fine-tuning your environment! (30:00) Be mildly, perpetually, optimistic (34:10) THE REAPER ROUND (51:42) Thanks for tuning in! Follow Nate on IG: @natespees Follow Grizzly on IG: @madebygrizzly Check out Grizzly's website: madebygrizzly.com   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co 

#017: How to un-stifle your creativity with expert Nate Spees

This week we’ll cover what textured soy protein is, what types of food you can find it in and why it’s never found in our snacks!   To stay up to date with announcements and exclusives from Mission Meats, text "MEAT" to 69551   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

Snack Talk: What is textured soy protein?!

In this weeks episode, Peter chats with Michael Hsu, CEO & Founder of DeepSky. A company dedicated to helping entrepreneurs grow profitably by focusing on processes and key performance indicators (KPIs). His mission: happiness. Not only to be happy himself, but to help those around him strive for it as well. Listen as Peter and Michael discuss the importance of living the life you want and not putting off “life” until later, and why staying on a “path of purpose” is better than standing still. Stick around for the Reaper Round where Michael breaks a sweat in the first bite!  Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome to the Live Your Mission show! (0:16) Mission Meats presents: The Superfan club! (2:01) Intro to our conversation with Michael Hsu (4:56) Welcome to the show, Michael! (5:44) Michael’s current mission // The pursuit of happiness (7:50) “Today is the day” to do the things you’ve always wanted to do (12:01) Michael’s 5-step “Measure and Hack” system (15:50) The 90% of work that you don’t see… (18:40) How great systems will allow you to breathe better and avoid drowning in numbers (23:25) Why entrepreneurs and founders are bad at numbers // “Bad data” (27:25) The entrepreneur’s dilemma: Basking in growth (30:20) The element of time // “Micro-hustle, macro-patience” (33:18) Society’s misconceptions about wealth and happiness (35:06) The “Me-triangle”: Personal, Relationships, Business (39:55) If your excuse is because “life happens”, you’re lying to yourself. (40:57) Surprises along Michael’s journey (43:35) FREEDOM // “Today is the first day of the rest o your life” (47:41) Take action: Write down what’s most important to you? Find out where you spend the most of your time. (49:41) What Michael would’ve done differently, knowing what he knows now. // Being more bold (54:09) Focusing on what works >> (58:40) “Pay five guys the salary of eight people, and they will do the work of fifteen” (1:02:41) THE REAPER ROUND (1:14:27) Thanks for tuning in!   Follow Michael on IG: @wmichaelhsu Follow DeepSky on IG: @deepsky.co Check out Deep Sky's website: www.deepsky.co   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co 

#016: Michael Hsu, Founder of DeepSky wants to help you be happy and rich!

We are excited to bring you our first compilation episode! Consider this episode a cliff notes version of 5+ hours of interview content from episodes 1-5, highlighting topics like: how they defined their mission, breakthroughs and lessons along the way, and highlights from the Reaper Round!   (0:00) Welcome to our first compilation episode! (0:38) Announcement: Mission Meats Perks!  (1:28) A preview of today’s episode (2:30) Defining your current mission/purpose (14:40) Reflecting on past breakthroughs and lessons (23:30) The Reaper Round: Favorite book (28:18) The Reaper Round: Quotes to live by (32:42) The Reaper Round: Best under $100 purchase (35:16) The Reaper Round: Changed beliefs (40:04) The Reaper Round: Biggest business blunder (45:20) The Reaper Round: Favorite Mission Meats flavor (48:02) Thanks for tuning in!   A big thank you to our guests: Nick McCann, David Hauser, Craig Emmerich, Laura Lea Bryant and Noah Kagan   Check out the new Mission Meats Perks Program!   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co 

Live Your Mission Recap #1

This week Peter talks with Tyler Merrick, founder of a chewing gum company, "Project7" which gives back to 7 areas of need: Healing the sick, saving the Earth, housing the homeless, feeding the hungry, quenching the thirsty, teaching the misfortunate, and hoping for peace. Listen to why you should approach growing your business through "chapters", learn to throw ego out of the window, and focus on adapting to the rapidly-changing markets. Tyler agrees that success means winning everywhere... even if a bag of Carolina Reaper tries to defeat you! Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome to the Live Your Mission show! (0:44) Mission Meats presents: The Beef + Veggie strip (2:15) Intro to our conversation with Tyler Merrick (4:43) Welcome to the show, Tyler! (4:58) Tyler’s mission (8:26) Reflecting on the “Seven” (14:12) Spreading yourself too thin + the shiny-object syndrome (17:55) Looking at your brand as “Chapters” (23:03) You need to win, everywhere… (24:40) Unexpected surprises… Love/hate relationship with your product (30:46) Boredom: The origin of chewing gum, followed by other inventions (37:00) The rise of birthday-cake flavored gum (38:13) “Ego is the Enemy” // Being okay with being wrong (39:40) Successful team collaboration = transparency, with a shared mindset (41:58) “It was good while it lasted…” // Being able to adapt (49:22) Is it possible to “persevere too long?” (52:47) The “lazy” factor (54:43) Team size doesn’t matter! // Pluses and minuses (59:54) Solid advice for fellow retail entrepreneurs: “Build, build, build!” (1:03:58) THE REAPER ROUND Stay in touch with Tyler and Project7 on Instagram (instagram.com/project7)   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co

#015: Sugar-free gum that gives back? Tyler Merrick made it happen!

This week Peter talks with Matthew Manos, founder of verynice which  helps businesses, non-profits, and governments expand their capacity for impact through design strategy and creative facilitation. Hear how his side project turned into his dream job before he was even out of grad school, plus stick around for the reaper round where he breaks a bit of a sweat! Time Stamps: (0:00) Welcome to the Live Your Mission show! (0:43) Mission Meats presents: Prosperity Pets! // prosperitypets.co + Amazon + email peter@prosperitypets.co for a LYM listener code! (2:38) Intro to our conversation with Matthew Manos (5:33) Welcome to the show, Matthew! (5:43) Matthew’s current mission (6:54) Why he’s the right person for the job (8:23) Win-win: Helping others make the real impact (10:18) Creative problem-solving: Matthew’s services (13:18) Unintended impact: 826la (15:18) Looking back at initial expectations // How Matthew figured out how to make his passion a full-time mission (18:03) There’s a way to keep art separate from passion (18:57) Working for the passion, first! (20:53) Looking back at what Matthew would’ve done differently (25:16) Avoiding the irrelevant question of, “How big is your team? - instead ask, “What is the mission?” (29:16) Very Nice was always about the mission (32:31) Advice for those who dread those “Mondays” // Taking a step back to analyze your situation (37:44) THE REAPER ROUND   How to connect with Matthew and verynice: Instagram: @verynice website: verynice.co reginald: reginald.co   Think you’re ready to try our Carolina Reaper Jerky? Hashtag #MissionReaper for a chance to be featured + win $100 in snacks!   Treat your pets with the good stuff! Check out our sister company, at prosperitypets.co (also available on Amazon) **Email peter@prosperitypets.co for a special discount code!**   If you have a topic or person of interest you would like to know more about, email me at peter@missionmeats.co 

#014: Creative Problem Solving with Matthew Manos, founder of verynice

Welcome to the Live Your Mission Show, brought to you by Mission Meats, where our guests share their most actionable advice so that you can live a more mission centered life.

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Live Your Mission Show: Audio Experience

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