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"Homegrown Hustle" is your window into the journeys of local business leaders, hosted by Matthew Eickman. This podcast goes beyond the surface, exploring the motivations and commitments of entrepreneurs.
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Beyond Airbnb: The Business of Turning Property Into Opportunity (opens the original)
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What happens when real estate becomes more than buying and selling property? In this episode of Homegrown Hustle , host Matt Eickman sits down with Candice Amundson, Realtor® at JPW Realty Pomerleau Team , for a strategic conversation about real estate investing, short-term rentals, hospitality, and entrepreneurship. Candice shares how her journey from a 20-year career as a veterinary technician evolved into real estate and hospitality entrepreneurship. The conversation explores why rental prope
Proving Them Wrong: From Struggle to Scale (opens the original)
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What does it take to build a business when you start with uncertainty, limited resources, and plenty of reasons to quit? In this episode of Homegrown Hustle , Matt Eickman sits down with Jeff Essig to explore the mindset and decisions behind building Clean ’N Seal from a small paver-sealing operation into a diversified company spanning abrasive blasting, specialized coatings, commercial projects, and new industrial opportunities. Jeff shares how starting during the 2008 recession, becoming a you
From AI Assistant to AI-Native Business: How Agent-to-Agent Technology Is Reshaping Small Businesses (opens the original)
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What happens when AI agents—not customers—start searching, comparing, booking, and buying from businesses? In this episode of Homegrown Hustle, host Matt Eickman sits down with Janahan (Jan) Rajaratnam, Founder of Agent Agnes, to explore how AI is reshaping small and midsize businesses. Jan shares his journey from Sri Lanka to entrepreneurship and explains Agent Agnes’ vision for an agent-to-agent business platform that can discover businesses, manage services, connect with business systems, and
Is Your Work Worth It? Rethinking Purpose, Profit & the Work We Choose to Do (opens the original)
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What makes work truly meaningful—and how can businesses and nonprofits build organizations around purpose rather than profit alone? In this episode of Homegrown Hustle, host Matt Eickman sits down with Christopher Wong Michaelson, academic, business advisor, and co-author of Is Your Work Worth It?, and Emily Hunt Turner, founder of All Square, for a deep conversation about purpose, principled leadership, social entrepreneurship, ethical hiring, and the responsibility businesses have to their com
The Commercial Real Estate Playbook: Navigating Minnesota's Evolving Market (opens the original)
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Finding the right commercial space is about far more than signing a lease. In this episode of Homegrown Hustle , Matt Eickman sits down with Justin Trittin , Associate Broker at NAI Gateway Commercial , to unpack the realities of today's commercial real estate market and explain why expert representation can save business owners tens—or even hundreds—of thousands of dollars over the life of a lease. The conversation explores Minnesota's office, industrial, and retail markets, the complexities su
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