Grady Phelan's guest appearances

Grady Phelan

Pastured Poultry Talk

RareGem Productions

Entrepreneurially Thinking

Khalia Collier

Jean Scholtes

Grace Hill

Jessica Hitchcock

Marissa Q. Paine

Reine Bayoc

Emily Zwilling

Marissa Paine

Nicci Roach

Roach Lorie Jackson

Junior Lara

Justin Barr

Bill Smith

Melanie Return

Ronke Faleti

OwlTail

Joining us today is Grady Phelan, a St. Louis based serial creative and entrepreneur. Grady founded Pro-XR, LLC in 2013. The Pro-XR bat has a grip technology that helps athletes achieve their most powerful swing while preventing injury. Grady worked to achieve a patented design of an angled knob that works with the batters' hands to increase coverage, protection, precision and power. In this episode:Grady talks about how a near accident in his own back yard drove him to make a 'better', more safe wooden baseball bat.Grady fills us in on the 3 year process of prototyping, patenting, testing and approval from Major League Baseball. This approval is the first major design change allowed by MLB in 135 years. Grady talks about how a partnership with Old Hickory allowed him to take the Pro-XR bat to the next level of production and wide-range marketing efforts. Grady tells us about how he saw a need for a change in other sports equipment such as hockey sticks and golf clubs and how his new design is now helping the world of hockey. Grady talks about the challenges he faced in group-funding to grow his business after he self-funded for so many years. Learn more:Email:gphelan@proxr.comCompany website:https://www.oldhickorybats.comFacebook:https://www.facebook.com/proXRbatTwitter:https://twitter.com/ProXRbat

Joining us today is Grady Phelan, a St. Louis based serial creative and entrepreneur. Grady founded Pro-XR, LLC in 2013. The Pro-XR bat has a grip technology that helps athletes achieve their most powerful swing while preventing injury. Grady worked to achieve a patented design of an angled knob that works with the batters' hands to increase coverage, protection, precision and power.  In this episode: Grady talks about how a near accident in his own back yard drove him to make a 'better', more safe wooden baseball bat. Grady fills us in on the 3 year process of prototyping, patenting, testing and approval from Major League Baseball. This approval is the first major design change allowed by MLB in 135 years.  Grady talks about how a partnership with Old Hickory allowed him to take the Pro-XR bat to the next level of production and wide-range marketing efforts.  Grady tells us about how he saw a need for a change in other sports equipment such as hockey sticks and golf clubs and how his new design is now helping the world of hockey.  Grady talks about the challenges he faced in group-funding to grow his business after he self-funded for so many years.  Learn more: Email: gphelan@proxr.com Company website: <a href="https://www.oldhickorybats.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.oldhickorybats.com</a> Facebook: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/proXRbat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/proXRbat</a> Twitter: <a href="https://twitter.com/ProXRbat" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/ProXRbat</a>

ETHINKSTL--S10-E04-Grady Phelan | Powerful, Safe Pro-XR Baseball Bat

Joining us today is Grady Phelan, a St. Louis based serial creative and entrepreneur. Grady founded Pro-XR, LLC in 2013. The Pro-XR bat has a grip technology that helps athletes achieve their most powerful swing while preventing injury. Grady worked to achieve a patented design of an angled knob that works with the batters' hands to increase coverage, protection, precision and power.   In this episode:  Grady talks about how a near accident in his own back yard drove him to make a 'better', more safe wooden baseball bat.  Grady fills us in on the 3 year process of prototyping, patenting, testing and approval from Major League Baseball. This approval is the first major design change allowed by MLB in 135 years.   Grady talks about how a partnership with Old Hickory allowed him to take the Pro-XR bat to the next level of production and wide-range marketing efforts.   Grady tells us about how he saw a need for a change in other sports equipment such as hockey sticks and golf clubs and how his new design is now helping the world of hockey.   Grady talks about the challenges he faced in group-funding to grow his business after he self-funded for so many years.   Learn more:  Email:   Company website:    Facebook:    Twitter:

Grady Phelan, Farm Manager at Cobb Creek, joins the podcast as an interview. Cobb Creek raises broilers on pasture in 600 bird batches and process in their own-farm Texas state inspected slaughter plant. Grady shares the highs and lows of the last ten years of his pastured poultry farming career in this interview. Contact Grady:  cobbcreekfarm.com gradyphelan.com  Support this podcast:  Join the Facebook Group to discuss Shop for  processing equipment and  ready to lay pullets at Badger's Millside Farm 

Grady Phelan, Farm Manager at Cobb Creek, joins the podcast as an interview. Cobb Creek raises broilers on pasture in 600 bird batches and process in their own-farm Texas state inspected slaughter plant. Grady shares the highs and lows of the last ten years of his pastured poultry farming career in this interview. Contact Grady: <ul> <li><a href="http://www.cobbcreekfarm.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">cobbcreekfarm.com</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.gradyphelan.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">gradyphelan.com</a></li> </ul> Support this podcast: <ul> <li>Join the <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/PasturedPoultryTalk/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Facebook Group</a> to discuss</li> <li>Shop for <a href="http://millsidefarm.com/product-category/equipment/poultry-processing-equipment" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> processing equipment</a> and <a href="http://millsidefarm.com/product-category/poultry-and-livestock/ready-to-lay-pullets" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> ready to lay pullets</a> at Badger's Millside Farm</li> </ul>

PPT050: Grady Phelan on the Necissity of Friends, Making Deals, and One Thousand Reps