Season 1 · Episode 29

David Shands In Cleveland

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0:00Yo, this episode,
0:07it's my reflection when David Shans came to Cleveland.
0:13Man, I remember it like it was yesterday.
0:18I know I had to work the previous night,
0:22but it was an early day
0:24because he wanted to speak at his school.
0:28And just a little backstory,
0:32my team was responsible for getting David Shans here
0:39in Cleveland.
0:41Like I wasn't a part of the deal necessarily,
0:45but I was there helping with the organization
0:52of the day, the flow of events,
0:55and also doing the capturing,
0:58the documentary capturing for the day.
1:03But originally, David Shans was doing
1:10a podcast summit promotion tour
1:14and he was going to different cities
1:18and he was offering deals
1:23for getting him in your city
1:27and my team here in Cleveland, Ohio.
1:32The pull-up experience was a big part of that deal.
1:36You know, there was other factors,
1:38but we were responsible for getting him in Cleveland
1:45and speaking to our audience,
1:48our collective audience of entrepreneurs and podcasters.
1:55Like the room was packed
2:01and going back to the beginning of the day,
2:06you know, meeting up my team
2:07and meeting David Shans in person for the first time.
2:12Cool man, cool guy, oh my man.
2:18I see why he is a successful in business
2:22and just how he carried himself
2:24and a God-fearing man, a faithful man,
2:28man of faith, a great entrepreneur,
2:33brilliant talent, amazing interviewer.
2:39And got to the school, took some pictures,
2:48and then we got the day started.
2:53You know, I'm speaking to a young man.
2:59It was an all-boys school.
3:04And just the, man, it's so much.
3:12Just the moments leading up to it is wow.
3:20But he gave the students the encouragement
3:26and even the game on entrepreneurship
3:30a practical and tactical, actionable step to take
3:37to make money right that day.
3:44He even gave out money to some of the students
3:49that took action, quick action, invested in the students.
3:57And also the knowledge and encouragement
4:02or entrepreneurship, which he is big
4:06and preaching entrepreneurship, especially to the youth
4:09and giving back excellent motivational speakers.
4:17And just all the things.
4:18And the things he's into and the things he do.
4:22Very successful.
4:26I'm pretty sure if he was wanted to pursue
4:30that rapping career again, you know,
4:32he'd be successful doing music.
4:36But yeah, man, just an amazing talent, excellent guy.
4:41And then after we left the school,
4:46that's kind of when we did the interview.
4:53Of course, I'm filming, I'm setting up,
4:55setting up lights, I'm setting up mics.
4:59You know, getting ready for my team,
5:01you know, to pull up experience,
5:03to interview David Shands of the Social Proof Podcast.
5:10It was amazing.
5:14It was like a dream come true for a lot of our team.
5:20Getting him to Cleveland was still a dream.
5:23Like, yeah, we got to do business,
5:24but we got to get you here in Cleveland
5:26some way somehow and get you on the podcast.
5:28And we did all of that.
5:35And just going back to episode, what was that?
5:39200, episode 200 of the pull-up experience
5:42of Mr. David Shands.
5:47Man, I listen to it often.
5:49One of the pull-up experience podcast episodes
5:53I listen to often.
5:58And just the wisdom and authenticity,
6:03the transparency.
6:06And shout out to Donnie Wiggins too,
6:09for Transparency Podcast,
6:11his co-partner on the Social Proof Podcast.
6:14It'd have been amazing to get them both out,
6:17but you know, start small.
6:21And it was a blessing to have David Shands
6:22here in Cleveland and show him around
6:25and have him speak to our network, our audience.
6:30And after the podcast was the live event
6:33where he did speak more to our audience.
6:37Now we had a live audience for the podcast as well.
6:42And you know, lunch.
6:44And then the main event.
6:47And he spoke more about podcasting himself.
6:52He spoke more about the podcast summit.
6:55I think it was what, year two?
7:00And even made an offer.
7:03I think it was like a Cleveland exclusive offer.
7:13And I knew I had to be there.
7:17I knew I had to be there.
7:18I didn't have a podcast at the time,
7:20but of course I was working with a couple podcasts
7:26a few years ago.
7:28And now I have my own podcast.
7:30So it was like, maybe you're planting a seed
7:34somewhere down the line or even just the content
7:39and Social Proof Podcast itself,
7:42somewhere down the line,
7:43planting that seed to start a podcast, start a podcast.
7:46Really start another podcast.
7:48This is my second podcast as I had another podcast
7:52called Lyrical Logic when I was a musician.
7:58Interviewing different spoken word artists, poets, writers,
8:05and musicians, breaking down different lyrics
8:10of songs, poems, and also their body of work
8:16and have them perform.
8:19It was also an audio podcast.
8:21That's why I'm so big on audio.
8:23Cause it's like, I got to do it right there
8:25in a moment, we don't got to worry about the lights
8:26and is it filming, is it still recording?
8:29It cuts off at 30 minutes, really 29 and 59 seconds.
8:34So I was like, yeah, I don't even worry about that.
8:37Just set up a nice clean microphone and speak.
8:43It's a beauty, it's more authentic this way to me,
8:46at least like that old school radio
8:49and having those interviews.
8:52Video was good too and I do a lot of video.
8:54I have a production company, media company.
8:58So I mean, video is important.
9:01I just don't focus on it.
9:04But I do have clips here and there.
9:07But yeah, I knew when David Shams made that offer though
9:14it was something I had to get on.
9:15I'm glad I did.
9:19And not only a lot of our team,
9:22I think everybody from our team went
9:24except for one person that year, year or two.
9:32And not only that me and the team went,
9:42which is amazing to have a whole team in another city.
9:47I'm talking about it was like eight, nine of us.
9:52But like, man, we also had a lot of people
9:56from Cleveland come out and show out.
9:59And that's just the testimony of build your community
10:06and invite people in.
10:08If we didn't have a network or a good community
10:12or supporting community and people that believed in us,
10:17he wouldn't have a lot of Clevelanders in Atlanta
10:24for the podcast summit and giving him the opportunity
10:28to speak to our audience.
10:31And that just was a big trade-off for
10:36us coming to the podcast summit
10:38and he introducing us to his audience
10:41and people that follow him as well.
10:45So it's just amazing to invest in yourself.
10:50I think that's the biggest thing.
10:53I know he invested in himself.
10:56So again, invest in yourself.
11:00It's a critical thing for you, your life, your business,
11:04your family, it's important.
11:09But yeah, I just want to announce that
11:11this podcast summit 2026,
11:15man, you can find the whole team
11:17with a pull-up experience
11:18and also creative frequency at the podcast summit 2026.
11:25We're going to be vendors this year, so stay tuned to that.
11:30Don't know which booth, but that's just us
11:33being a testimony of investing in yourself.
11:37This is important.
11:38And even if we're attending the podcast summit itself
11:44and just attending and going to the workshops and sessions,
11:49we're still investing in ourselves.
11:51So either way, we're investing in ourselves,
11:53taking that bet on us and trusting the process
11:58and what David Shands has built and continue to build
12:02and everything he do.
12:04Man, he deserve all the flowers that I have.
12:10Looking up to him as an entrepreneur and leader
12:14and what he's done with the entrepreneur community
12:20and non-podcast community and beyond,
12:25it's amazing.
12:26And just seeing his journey in the fitness,
12:33not even had a chance to have a run with him
12:36before day two of the podcast summit 2025.
12:43It was supposed to be a walk,
12:45but it ended up being whoever wanted to walk,
12:48and whoever wanted to run, run.
12:51He started off running, but 20 seconds in,
12:54he was up there with us with the runners
12:57and had a good time, man.
12:59I think he was like top three or who all.
13:01It was like 150 of us between walking and running.
13:07So just to see all that in the community
13:09between other podcasters and entrepreneurs,
13:13it was amazing.
13:14It's just to have the opportunity and get that sweat in
13:17before the day has started.
13:19We started writing early,
13:22and I had a chance to take a shower, eat,
13:24talk to my lady before the summit.
13:27So it was just an amazing day,
13:29amazing experience and getting the bluffs on
13:32and the motivation rocking.
13:36Man, just an amazing entrepreneur,
13:41amazing builder, community-driven faith,
13:49man, so many things, like I say,
13:53just motivator to this resilience and curiosity,
13:58which is kind of funny because everybody asking them.
14:05To me, it was like deep questions,
14:07but I had a chance to ask them a question.
14:10I'm like, man, I've never seen a bad interview from you.
14:14What are some of the things that you've done
14:15or some of the things that you do
14:17to prepare for these interviews
14:19or how you always ask good questions?
14:22Like, what's the secret?
14:24It was like, just stay curious.
14:28It was like, just stay curious.
14:33So that was definitely well-received.
14:37Just the curiosity of the things to help you build.
14:43Like a lot of the greats were curious and asked questions.
14:49And maybe that is a testimony of why
14:52I started another podcast.
14:55Like I had a podcast, Lyrical Logic,
14:57back in the day when I was a musician,
15:00interviewing poets, spoken word artists and musicians.
15:04And it's often from time to time.
15:07And we break down different lyrics and songs and poems
15:11and have them share their body of work and perform.
15:16And then we break down one of their songs or poems.
15:20So yeah, that was a great moment in time for me,
15:24but I didn't publicly publish it.
15:27I just had a lot of recorded episodes,
15:29which I may even drop very soon,
15:34just as extra content.
15:37It could be like my little science experiment.
15:42But just like the little seeds and nuggets,
15:46he planned it to help me be where I'm at now
15:51and even start my own podcast.
15:54As the director or film in the behind the scenes
15:58of a couple podcasts.
16:01So it is just a testimony of the little things
16:06that David Shands do and help motivate others
16:11and encourage others.
16:14And like I said,
16:17you deserve the flowers and there's the flowers.
16:19And keep doing what you got to do
16:22to be who you got to be because you are doing that.
16:28Keep being amazing.
16:30Keep being phenomenal.
16:32Keep being inspiring.
16:34Keep being powerful.
16:35Keep leading.
16:38Keep doing big things.
16:40So I see everyone at Podcast Summit 2026.
16:47Check out one of the later episodes
16:50about where we're going to be located for Vending.
16:55Cause yeah, we're besting ourselves this year even more.
16:59We're like, yeah, let's talk to the community.
17:01Let's talk to the people.
17:03Let's engage and let's help them as well.
17:07Share our knowledge.
17:09So yeah, we'll be at the Podcast Summit 2026.
17:13Looking forward to it and follow Podcast Summit on IG
17:17and Facebook and wherever they're posted up at.
17:22Get your ticket.
17:24Get your ticket.
17:25I may have a code for you.
17:28So stay tuned to that.
17:29But go get your ticket, Podcast Summit.
17:33You don't want to miss it.
17:34They sell out quick.
17:37And then follow Mr. David Shands on David Shands
17:41on IG and Facebook.
17:47Most, most platforms.
17:50But IG is where I follow the G.
17:54My guy and then also Social Proof Podcast.
17:59You've got to check out the Social Proof Podcast,
18:02especially if you're a business owner or entrepreneur,
18:04it is a must.
18:06Follow them on IG as well.
18:09And then follow my team, the Pull Up Experience.
18:14The Pull Up EXP on IG and also our YouTube channel,
18:20which we have over a million views
18:22and counting 20 plus, 20,000 plus subscribers.
18:28So the community is building.
18:31So check out the Pull Up Experience Podcast
18:34and they'll be with us as I'm part of this team as well,
18:38creative director and a lot of behind the scenes,
18:41especially on interview days with the Pull Up Experience
18:45and then creative frequency on a creative frequency
18:49that's me and Brie and I, Casanova
18:54and of Overflow Studios, by the way,
18:56which is our own production company.
18:59But we come together and we started this journey
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20:40So stay tuned to a lot and where Booth
20:44we're gonna be at while we're at podcast summit
20:47and we'll see you at the future podcast summit.
20:52We haven't missed a beat yet since we've been
20:54to the first podcast summit that we've been to,
20:58which was year two.
21:00Year three was amazing and now we're looking forward
21:03to year four and now we're vendors.
21:06So it's gonna be an amazing journey,
21:09amazing experience and we'll see y'all soon.
21:14All right, peace.