Welcome back to another podcast with myself Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Peña, and Yadhira Dominguez. This discussion looks at the environment and sustainability from a Gen Z and entrepreneur perspective. During this discussion it became obvious to us that Gen Z are becoming much more environmentally aware the generations before it, even willing to spend more on podcast on average, that are kind to the environment. If you want to be part of the discussion then send us a DM on instagram @GenZJourney Che...
Oct 31, 2020•26 min•Season 3Ep. 1
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn- Grice, Aaron Peña, and two awesome Gen Z founders, Jonty Harrison and Archie Goodwin. On this episode, we learn about Jonty and Archie’s journeys that led them to create ARTST — a platform for music artists to build a community of their most passionate fans. Through their fiery passion for music as DJs and experience with world renounced record labels firms, they managed to bring on angel investors and turn their ideas into a real, developin...
Oct 02, 2020•1 hr 8 min•Season 2Ep. 14
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn- Grice, Yadhira Dominguez and this week’s special guest Maya Raichoora. On this episode we begin a chinwag, led by our newest team member Yadhira, on the topic of body positivity. We felt that this topic is one that is common among our generation and many struggle with, especially with the powerful influence of social media on our life outlook. As we approached the topic, it became clear that this is not a one time conversation, but that will...
Sep 19, 2020•47 min•Season 2Ep. 13
Welcome back to another IN PERSON podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Yadhira Dominguez, and this week’s special guests Razi and Deanna Hasni. Razi and Deanna are the owners of Joya Yoga, the company that Rio works for here in Livermore. Having worked for them over the past 4 months, he has really begun to appreciate the mindset in which this power couple approaches both life and work. They are incredibly inspirational individuals who have maintained a level of positivity throughout coronavirus...
Sep 17, 2020•40 min•Season 2Ep. 12
Welcome to a bonus podcast episode! We are super excited to introduce the newest member of the Gen Z team! Some of you may have seen her on our insta modeling for Cardiff Collective last week. Her name... *drum roll please* is Yadhira. She has brought a new perspective and vision on everything Gen Z Journey, and is the first women of our team (Let’s go!). We have already seen the phenomenal affects of her new voice on our team in the past 3 weeks of working with us. Today, she speaks where she i...
Sep 10, 2020•44 min
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice and this weeks special guest, Jason Carmon. Jason has a passion for visual production since the young age of 9. He has worked on numerous projects with other amazing people, from likes of Rico Nasty, Tia Corine and so on. Jason places the significance of his work on making a positive difference to the lives of the people he works with. His whole business model is centered around this fundamental, which is a widespread representation of ...
Sep 05, 2020•59 min•Season 2Ep. 11
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and this weeks guests on the chinwag, Ryan McGee and Joshua Garwood. It was an absolute pleasure doing a collaborative discussion on overthinking with The 2% Podcast. We shared our experiences on overthinking to give you a new perspective and would love to hear first hand experience from all of you as well. Send us a DM on Instagram or Facebook about your experiences of dealing with overthinking. The 2% Podcast Follow us on:...
Sep 03, 2020•39 min•Season 2Ep. 10
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena, and this weeks guest Matt Maximo. It has been a pleasure connecting with Matt, who is always open to conversations around the entrepreneurial and start up processes. Having been on the journey himself on multiple occasions, Matt is an "ideas" persons, ready to problem solve through innovative ideas that can create phenomenal businesses. He has organized the most infamous student event at Seattle University, began his is own...
Aug 29, 2020•1 hr 5 min•Season 2Ep. 9
Welcome back to another podcast with myself Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Peña, and Joseph Rodrigues. This chinwag marks the first of the next 3- part series on personal development. This weeks topic is beginning of what will become an ongoing discussion on personal and business development, and how they are inextricably linked. Written by Rio, the article this week goes into depth into our experience of how personal development has expressed itself in this podcasts development and beyond. We would love...
Aug 27, 2020•22 min•Season 2Ep. 7
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice and this weeks special guest Joe (Ex.in). Ex.in combines talented lyricism with hard work and dedication, which has won him Prospect 100's 2020 Global Music Competition. Ex.in approaches his music with authenticity, placing great significance on self-expression, using his music to portray who he is and what his morals are, rather than having his music become an identity that he has to follow. We love his music here at the Gen Z, and we ...
Aug 22, 2020•1 hr 16 min•Season 2Ep. 6
Welcome to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. This episode marks an end on this financial literacy series, where did the last three weeks go?! In our chinwag, we discuss the topic of Business Credit, developing an understanding of how it can be beneficial in the growth of the company if managed correctly. We also realize that business credit is very much like personal credit lines but on a significantly larger scale, meaning it comes with greater weight...
Aug 20, 2020•21 min•Season 2Ep. 5
Welcome back to another podcast with myself Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and this weeks special guest, Emilio Gay. We are completely awestruck and in amazement with the mentality of an up and coming star in cricket. Dedicated to his goals, disciplined in his training and devoted to the game, Emilio embodies the professional athlete lifestyle. We learn quite a bit from him about what it truly means to be passionate about something, give it your all, and go all-in on your goals. Emilio has us asking...
Aug 14, 2020•42 min•Season 2Ep. 4
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena, and this weeks special chinwag guest, Jackson St. Amant. As a financial coach, our guest wrote the article. During our discussion, we chew on the uses of credit cards in our lives and the specific benefits they have that other forms of payments do not. Jackson has a phenomenal understanding of the message he is looking to convey in the article. We hope this gives you an opportunity to build your knowledge and confidence to ...
Aug 12, 2020•24 min•Season 2Ep. 3
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice and this weeks special guest Connor Picken. It was an absolute pleasure having Connor on the podcast as we got to understand the inner workings of such a creative mind. His creativity accompanied by his maturity is going to take Connor to new hight as he progresses in the fashion, film and photography industries. Even TEDx recognizes his up and coming talent. Connors most recent project is the Cardiff Collective, a network of creative i...
Aug 10, 2020•56 min•Season 2Ep. 2
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Aaron Pena and our mentor, Joseph Rodrigues. Unfortunately Rio will not be joining us on our chinwag today due to finals. Today, we start our new 3 part-series of financial literacy on the basics of how lines of credit work in our everyday lives, as well as what benefits to understanding how to reap their benefits. Joe gives awesome insight on his experience with credit lines through his personal and business life and how it can lead to better financi...
Aug 06, 2020•16 min•Season 2Ep. 1
Welcome back to our FIRST IN PERSON PODCAST with myself Rio Penn-Grice and this weeks special guest, Matt Santos. Matt Santos in the man behind Chaotic Media which produces some of the best automotive and event photography I have personally ever seen but don't take my word for it, check it out for yourself @chaotic_media . Matt is an inspiration to many in the creative world, dedicating his time, money and thoughts to his passion, he really embodies the entrepreneurial lifestyle that we so regul...
Aug 04, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Season 1Ep. 18
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. Join us has we have a chinwag about the opportunity costs that many of us face in our daily lives particularly those on their entrepreneurial journey. Aaron did a great job of writing the article which is the context to this podcast. You can also hear Joe give some great insight into this topic as he reflects on his entrepreneurial experiences of the past. Let us know your opinion down bellow. Watch the...
Jul 29, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 17
Welcome back to another Gen Z Journey podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena, and this week’s guest, Anna Hong. In this episode we have a huge appreciation for what Anna has achieved over only 5 years. She has established a powerful business and founded two non-profits to support her community, all while also having her first child. She is a true embodiment of a relentless work ethic required to be successful in this entrepreneurial space. She is now in a position to aid other entrepren...
Jul 28, 2020•54 min•Season 1Ep. 16
Welcome back to another Gen Z Journey episode with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena, and Joseph Rodrigues. On this weeks podcast, we have a chinwag on the barriers that entrepreneurs face on their journey to success. This episode was based on this weeks article written by Aaron Pena in touches on some of the barriers that we have faced here at the Gen Z Journey in this early stage of building our brand. Despite discussing the "barriers" that are faced we realize that changing our mindset towar...
Jul 23, 2020•25 min•Season 1Ep. 15
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and this weeks guest, Nathan Waldron. In this episode we learned about Nathan's great entrepreneurial mindset that sets him up to lead an entrepreneurial lifestyle. He approaches...
Jul 18, 2020•59 min•Season 1Ep. 14
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. This episode marks the start of this next 3 week series on the topic of the Entrepreneurial Lifestyle. In this episode we discuss the three different...
Jul 15, 2020•24 min•Season 1Ep. 13
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and this weeks guest Christian Buhl. We had a great time getting to know Christian and his journey through the game production industry. He has been behind some of the biggest games...
Jul 10, 2020•39 min•Season 1Ep. 12
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. This is the final discussion episode in the personal development 3 week series on mindset. In this discussion we looked at the article written by Aaron Pena on...
Jul 09, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 11
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice and Aaron Pena as we are joined with this weeks guest Brad Warren. Brad Warren draws on his wealth of knowledge and experience of entrepreneurship that he consistently established from a young...
Jul 06, 2020•1 hr•Season 1Ep. 10
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. When recording this episode the podcast reached 1000 downloads! We really genuinely appreciate all the support you all have given us so why don't you join us...
Jul 01, 2020•23 min•Season 1Ep. 9
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. This episode concludes the first week on the personal development topic of mindset. In this episode we spoke with Ron Pickarski, who embodies living in the...
Jun 27, 2020•47 min•Season 1Ep. 8
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, Aaron Pena and Joseph Rodrigues. This episode introduces our next three part series of personal development on the topic of mindset. We discuss the what the growth and fixed mindsets are and...
Jun 26, 2020•21 min•Season 1Ep. 7
Welcome back to another podcast with myself, Rio Penn-Grice, my partner, Aaron Pena, and the newest member of the Gen Z Journey team, Petar Juric. We recently met Petar through our Mentor, Joe Rodrigues, and he has decided to hop on board our journey to...
Jun 20, 2020•45 min
Welcome back to another Gen Z Journey podcast. This episode marks the end of our three part series on finance. The topic that we have been discussing this week is preparedness for financial crisis which is a topic we feel many of us will relate the...
Jun 17, 2020•18 min•Season 1Ep. 6
Welcome back to another Gen Z Journey podcast with the Gen Z team. In this Interview podcast we spoke to Charles Crohare, a fourth generation Oliviana Olive orchard owner and farmer. Charles has also been a banker for over 30 years so we drew upon both...
Jun 12, 2020•37 min•Season 1Ep. 5
