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Podcast · By Kat Shelby · American English · Official site

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Sep 8, 2026
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  1. Episode · Sep 8, 2026

    They Put a Mexican Candy Shot in a Bottle | The Story Behind De Volada (opens the original)

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    Hola, Hola! What happens when you take one of Texas nightlife’s most nostalgic shots—the sweet, spicy Mexican candy shot—and put that experience into a bottle? In this episode of Tech + Tequila, Kat Lopez Shelby, aka Your Techie Chica, sits down with Ben Rosen, founder of Volada Vodka and De Volada Mexican Candy Shot, and Jessica Yuen-Hernandez, Texas Market Manager, to talk entrepreneurship, culture, spirits, technology, and what it really takes to bring a new brand to market. De Volada was bor

  2. Episode · Sep 1, 2026

    Simplifying Business Connectivity: Resilience, Redundancy & Cutting Through the Tech Chaos with Dan Solomon of BCN (opens the original)

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    If your business has multiple locations, multiple carriers, multiple contracts, and enough invoices to make you want to pour a drink, this episode is for you. On this special Tech + Tastings episode of Tech + Tequila , I sit down with Dan Solomon from BCN to talk about something I see businesses struggle with all the time: technology gets complicated really fast. We get into connectivity, network resilience, backup internet, SD-WAN, 4G/5G, POTS replacement, and what businesses actually need to k

  3. Episode · Aug 19, 2026

    Beyond the Phone: How AI and Omnichannel Communication Are Changing Customer Experience (opens the original)

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    What happens when your customers expect to reach you by phone, text, chat, video, and every channel in between — and they expect you to remember the conversation no matter where it started? In this episode of Tech + Tequila, Kat Lopez Shelby (Techie Chica) sits down with Jamie DeWitt, VP of Sales for the Central Region at Vonage, and Tabitha Sims, Senior Regional Channel Manager for the Central Region at Vonage, for a real-world conversation about the future of business communications. Vonage ha

  4. Episode · Aug 11, 2026

    AI Without the Hype: Strategy Before Software (opens the original)

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    In this episode of Tech + Tequila , Kat Lopez Shelby welcomes back Emilio Tirado of Netrix, for a practical, plain-English conversation about implementing AI without getting caught up in the hype. Emilio explains why a successful AI strategy does not begin with buying new software. It begins with understanding the business problem, assessing your data, securing sensitive information, setting the right permissions, and determining whether automation will produce measurable value. Kat and Emilio a

  5. Episode · Aug 4, 2026

    Your Business Network Is Costing You More Than You Think (opens the original)

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    What happens when your Wi-Fi crashes, your phones stop working, or your employees can’t access the systems they need to do their jobs? In this episode of Tech + Tequila, Kat Lopez Shelby (“Your Techie Chica”) breaks down why business networking, Wi-Fi, firewalls, internet connectivity, and network infrastructure are some of the most important and misunderstood parts of modern business. Inspired by a recent event with Meter, Kat explains how fully managed networking works, what “vertically integr

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