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Today we honor the men and women who served. To the veterans in our community and our changemaker network: thank you. Then and now. Happy Veterans Day from Beyond Giving.

Happy Veterans Day from The Social Ledger Report. Thank you to every veteran listening.

To every veteran who has served, and every veteran-owned business keeping the lights on across San Antonio and the country, thank you for your service. Happy Veterans Day from The Marketing Boost.

A conversation we come back to often. Most youth entrepreneurship programs teach kids how to build a business. Y.E.S! teaches them to build one AND how to take care of themselves while they do it. Mental health woven in. theboost.fm/beyond-giving/ep…

Throwback to Episode 44. Treasury doubled bond buybacks. SEC proposed Regulation Crypto Assets. Trump hosted crypto CEOs at the White House. BTC ran from $60s to near $80K. theboost.fm/social-ledger-re…

NonprofitsHQ’s (now GiveKit) first 33 cents got a party. Episode 20 was our live SASW show with Lawrence Coffee and Zac Brown on community, the Valley of Death, and why small honest wins beat performing for the hockey stick. theboost.fm/episode-20-build…

Still thinking about Jesse Hernandez's story. He left a sales job to teach himself to code at nearly 40. Three years later he's running DEVSA and uniting San Antonio's whole tech scene. theboost.fm/beyond-giving/ep…

Throwback to Episode 43. ColdCard got hit for $110M. ETF flows told a different story than Twitter claimed. X Money quietly fixed its UX. Zombie protocols are still a thing. theboost.fm/social-ledger-re…

From foster care to a $20K Geekdom win with GrantAppli. Episode 19 was Llyas Salahud-Din telling his story in his own words. One of the most moving episodes we have done. theboost.fm/episode-19-resil…

Still thinking about this one from earlier this year. Cremation: ~400 lbs of carbon. Ground burial: ~250 lbs. Sea burial: ~25 lbs. Dax Patton founded Spirit Oceano to make the most eco-friendly option the most accessible one too. theboost.fm/beyond-giving/ep…

Throwback to Episode 42. Leopold ran $45B at 4x leverage. Citadel bought his book at a 10% discount. The Fed held. Stocks bounced 20 to 30% the next day. Citadel netted $1.6B. theboost.fm/social-ledger-re…

San Antonio Startup Week 2024 deployed nearly $200K to local founders. Episode 18 with Nick Honegger from Geekdom was the recap. Pitch It to Win It, the $20K GrantApply win, and a city’s funding story quietly shifting. theboost.fm/episode-18-pitch…

Some people put on costumes tonight. Others wear the work every day. Happy Halloween from Beyond Giving.

Happy Halloween from The Social Ledger Report. Green candles. Low gas. No rug pulls in the candy bowl.

Every small business turning tonight into foot traffic, we see you. Costume contests. Themed menus. Candy at the counter. The best guerrilla marketing happens on Halloween. Happy Halloween from The Marketing Boost.

Chef. Traveler. Food storyteller. Asantewaa founded Food Horizons to open bigger conversations about food culture, policy, and sustainability. Panels. Newsletter. Annual festival. theboost.fm/beyond-giving/ep…

Throwback to Episode 41 with Ben Stef. Borrow up to 70% of your crypto portfolio. No sale. No capital gains. Asset based income loans for the W2 free. The catches inside: theboost.fm/social-ledger-re…

CPI printed 3.7%. PPI hit 6.3%. Oil is testing $100/bbl. 10Y Treasury yields surged past 5.3%. Yet Bitcoin refuses to budge from $81,000. Why? The latest Social Ledger Report uncovers the real mechanics: • Why the Fed dropped "forward guidance hints" • The truth behind agentic payments (and why Amazon is blocking them) • The $2.8B MSCI threat hanging over MicroStrategy • The sudden stall of the Clarity Act in the Senate Join @jrburgoa host for this episode.

Jay Rebaldo came back for round two in Episode 17. NAR rule changes, falling interest rates, and the mental side of leaving 20 years of corporate for real estate. theboost.fm/episode-17-how-i…