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The Educated Climber Podcast

The show for arborists, tree climbers, and entrepreneurs, who make their living… in the canopy…

 

Available on the podcast player of your choice or listen right here on the website.

 


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Season 2 – Small Business Stories


Episode 29 – Safety Third

Nobody cares more about your own personal safety than you do. 

 

Episode 28 – Being Unemployable and the E-myth 

Different paths to making a living in tree work

 

Episode 27 – Jeff Jepson

Arborist and Author of 4 amazing books (so far…)

 

Episode 26 – The World Has Always Been Crazy

Turn off the news. Put your head down. Get to work.

 

Episode 25 – Jacob Rogers

The man behind the phenomenon that is Guilty of Treeson…

 

Episode 24 – Rob Hogg

His name is not Troy!

 

Episode 23 – Alex Morrison and ConservaTree, part II 

We work in full autonomy mode 🙂

 

Episode 22 – Tom Dunlap 

Co-founder of Treebuzz.com

 

Episode 21 – Erik Keenan and Keenan Tree Care

Work-life balance… is there such a thing?….

 

Episode 20 – Alex Morrison and ConservaTree

– What happens when the owner is no longer the boss?

 


Season 1


 

Episode 19 – Tips for a First-Time Competition Climber

– Framework and perspectives from 3 different climbers

 

Episode 18 – Chris Sallows

– Production climber and up-and-coming competition climber

 

Episode 17 – One-Handing (is the Devil…?)

– Some much-needed perspective in divisive times…

 

Episode 16 – Lawrence Schultz

– Legendary climber, rigger, filmmaker

 

Episode 15 – Blair Glenn

– Entrepreneur, Youtuber, family man

 

Episode 14 – Brick Reilly

– Competition tree climber, entrepreneur, fitness advocate, and all-around badass

 

Episode 13 – Treesus Bartelby

– Travelling arborist, standup comedian, filmmaker

 

Episode 12 – David Driver

– Rigging pioneer and innovator

 

Episode 11 – Peter de Vries

– Tree-climbing entrepreneur and splicing guru

 

Episode 10 – Travor Ahern

– Climber with a Camera

 

Episode 9 – Dan Holliday

– Visionary tree climber behind ClimbingArborist.com

 

Episode 8 – Krista Strating

– 2018 North American and International Tree Climbing Champion

 

Episode 7 – This Too Shall Pass 

– How do you keep it together when you hit the wall?

 

Episode 6 – The Perception of Value

– Learn the ins and outs of pricing, in the tree service game 

 

Episode 5 – August Hunicke

– The real story from the original Monkey Beaver himself 

 

Episode 4 – Origin Stories: The Rope Wrench with Kevin Bingham

– The inside story of the development of the Rope Wrench, from the godfather of SRT himself – Kevin Bingham.

 

Episode 3 – Subcontracting 101

– Exploring some of the basic aspects of subcontracting/freelancing, one of the easiest and best ways for an up and coming arborist to transition from being an employee to being self-employed.

 

Episode 2 – Telling Your Story

– Here we explore the 5 pillars of what I believe to be the essential elements of establishing an online presence for your business in 2018, and how I personally can take everything that I have learned from promoting EducatedClimber, and apply it directly to promoting my own small business, ConservaTree.

 

Episode 1 – Introduction and Manifesto

– In this first episode we explore a little bit about my background in both audio recording and tree work, and we set out the framework for what you can expect from the podcast.

 


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