Whiskey Fridays is hosted by Kate Tyson and John Gerber.
We've been colleagues for at least a decade and, in the pre-pandemic "before times", were committed office neighbors. Many weeks, we'd grab whatever bottle was stashed in a desk drawer, a couple glasses and some ice cubes, and catch up over a drink (or two or three). We called these sessions Whiskey Fridays.
Whiskey Fridays podcast features conversations on creative entrepreneurship and small business leadership, as well as "Boss Talks": interviews and conversations with leaders on new possibilities in business and economics.
We are possibly the only business podcast out there to feature special musical guests.
About the Hosts
Kate Tyson
Wanderwell
Kate Tyson (neé Strathmann) is a multi-disciplinary business owner and rebellious spirit, and the owner and director of Wanderwell, a consulting and bookkeeping practice that grows thriving small businesses, while investigating new models for being in business.
Kate has worked with hundreds of businesses, integrating financial expertise with an empathic, vision-forward approach. She leads with the belief that businesses can help create a new paradigm that centers people, community, and the environment. Kate is known as a go-to on alternative business models, building equitable team structures, and being the person that comes to mind anytime someone says "I'm not sure this has ever existed before...”
An artist and insatiable reader & researcher with a punk heart, she's known for balancing empathy and openness with sharp analysis. An expert in translating big, creative, passionate ideas into sustainable reality, she honed fierce negotiation skills over years living in India; learned the true meaning of the buzzword “sustainable” while organic farming in Minnesota; and has developed an intuitive, flexible approach to her work with over twenty years of yoga study practice.
A Philadelphian by birth, Kate currently spends most of the year in the Northeast Kingdom of Vermont with her girlfriend and forest-loving dog Josie.
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John Gerber
Unlawyer
John is the Founder and Principal of Unlawyer Inc. His legal work is focused on supporting growing small businesses and startup companies, often in a role that includes serving as their on-demand advisor and general counsel.
After starting as a big firm corporate lawyer, John left during the first dot.com bubble and worked in key legal and management roles with a number of early stage and growth-oriented companies. As a result, John brings to Unlawyer’s clients his professional experience as a business lawyer, executive manager, and business builder through work that links with his other key passion - enhancing economic development through support of entrepreneurs and growing businesses.
John also supports new business development through his “Ready Set Legal” service. Ready Set Legal is an online resource for solos and small partnerships to get started as businesses. On the site, John offers a package of LLC formation services and contract forms targeted at entrepreneurs who are going out on their own.
John lives in Philadelphia and is a graduate of the University of Wisconsin School of Law, Cum Laude, and the University of Michigan.
Production
Whiskey Fridays is produced and edited by YellowHouse.Media
All illustrations and artwork by Kate Tyson.