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Bryan Connor

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The Mike Andes Podcast

Robert Kiyosaki

Jessica Hullman

Robert Kosara

Michael Gonchar

Sharon Hessney

Scott Murray

Hans Rosling

Scott McCloud

Ben Wellington

Manuel Lima

Michal Migurski

Marian Dörk

Ben Shneiderman

Matt Daniels

Tim Dwyer

OwlTail

In this episode of RoundUp Mike Andes interviews Bryan Connor, an owner at Augusta Lawn Care. Bryan has gone from $199K in revenue in 2017 to doing $150K in revenue last month! Door Hangers, PostCards, Flyers, Yard Signs 💰PRINT MARKETING COURSE:  https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/print-marketing-for-lawn-and-landscape-business Learn How to Build a $100K/Month Landscape Business: ⚠️ ONLINE LANDSCAPING COURSE: https://www.landscapebusinesscourse.com Join Augusta Lawn Care: ⛔️ LAWN CARE FRANCHISE: https://www.AugustaLawnCareServices.com/franchise Get Your Landscape Business Website Built: ❌ LAWN CARE WEB DESIGN: https://www.LawnCareWebDesign.com Get Business Consulting From Mike: 📲 45 MINUTE COACHING CALL: https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/coaching 👨‍🏫MBA for Entrepreneurs Online Course: https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/mba (use the coupon code "presale" for 40% discount💰) 📱 Join the Texting Platform for Q&amp;A 📱 Text the word "landscaping" to 360.227.6362 ❎ FACEBOOK: https://www.facebook.com/themikeandes ❎ EMAIL: landscapebusinesscourse@gmail.com 

In this episode of RoundUp Mike Andes interviews Bryan Connor, an owner at Augusta Lawn Care. Bryan has gone from $199K in revenue in 2017 to doing $150K in revenue last month! Door Hangers, PostCards, Flyers, Yard Signs 💰PRINT MARKETING COURSE: <a href="https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/print-marketing-for-lawn-and-landscape-business" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"> https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/print-marketing-for-lawn-and-landscape-business</a> Learn How to Build a $100K/Month Landscape Business: ⚠️ ONLINE LANDSCAPING COURSE: <a href="https://www.landscapebusinesscourse.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.landscapebusinesscourse.com</a> Join Augusta Lawn Care: ⛔️ LAWN CARE FRANCHISE: <a href="https://www.AugustaLawnCareServices.com/franchise" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.AugustaLawnCareServices.com/franchise</a> Get Your Landscape Business Website Built: ❌ LAWN CARE WEB DESIGN: <a href="https://www.LawnCareWebDesign.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.LawnCareWebDesign.com</a> Get Business Consulting From Mike: 📲 45 MINUTE COACHING CALL: <a href="https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/coaching" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/coaching</a> 👨‍🏫MBA for Entrepreneurs Online Course: <a href="https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/mba" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://mikeandes.teachable.com/p/mba</a> (use the coupon code "presale" for 40% discount💰) 📱 Join the Texting Platform for Q&amp;A 📱 Text the word "landscaping" to 360.227.6362 ❎ FACEBOOK: <a href="https://www.facebook.com/themikeandes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">https://www.facebook.com/themikeandes</a> ❎ EMAIL: landscapebusinesscourse@gmail.com

How to Build a $1,000,000 Lawn Care Business w/ Bryan Connor (RoundUp Ep 7)

Mahir Yavuz

Hi Folks! In this episode we touch upon a tricky question: where is the fine line between taking inspiration from other projects and merely copying them? We discuss with Bryan Connor from The Why Axis and Mahir Yavuz from Seed Scientific. Note: We suggest you give a look to the links below (under the heading “Cases We Discuss in the Podcast”) before listening to the podcast, most of the episode is centered around these examples we selected for discussion. — Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:56 Flattr 00:03:46 Main topic today: inspiration or plagiarism with our guests Mahir M. Yavuz and Bryan Connor 00:07:53 Is data visualization turning into a copycat scene? 00:08:32 Remake of subway map by New Yorker 00:13:19 Patterns 00:14:03 Idea – technology – aesthetics 00:16:06 Patterns ctd. 00:18:19 Gun murders – drone strikes – meteorites 00:23:19 What constitutes an “outrageous rip-off”? 00:27:31 On originality 00:33:07 Guardian Gay Rights / Gun Laws graphic 00:37:53 On the value of reproduction and chains of inspiration 00:44:01 Stream graphs 00:49:01 Value of transparent documentation of process 00:50:44 Non-patterns 00:53:13 Remix culture, github culture 00:54:48 Snow fall 00:58:04 Patents 01:01:47 A new language for citation in design? 01:09:36 Closing remarks — Cases We Discuss in the Podcast New Yorker’s Inequality Subway Map  Inequality  and New York’s Subway (the original) Inequality &amp; Mass Transit in the Bay Area No Fare Hikes  Periscopic’s Dramatic Animation of Gun Murders  U.S. Gun Deaths (the original) Out of Sight, Out of Mind (drones) Bolides (meteorites)  Guardian’s Gay Rights Radial Visualization  Gay rights in the US, state by state (the original)  States Take Action on Gun Control Gun control in America: A state-by-state breakdown  Streamgraphs  The Original ThemeRiver (developed at PNNL) (the original) Lee Byron’s Streamgraph The Histomap (Four Thousand Years Of World History)  More Examples (not discussed)  Empires: History’s Largest Empires / Empires Strike Again Spotlight Metaphor: Spotlight of Profitability / Health Care Spending in Selected Countries Pay Gap Scatter Plot: Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller? / Pay Gap Between Women and Men  Good Related Reads  The Remixing Dilemma: The Trade-off Between Generativity and Originality Andy Kirk’s The fine line between plagiarism and inspiration  Links  Andrew Gelman’s criticism of gun control radial plot Snow Fail: The New York Times And Its Misunderstanding Of Copyright Ben Shneiderman et al.’s Innovation Trajectories for Information Visualizations: Comparing Treemaps, Cone Trees, and Hyperbolic Trees (on the commercial success/failure of some visualization techniques) Stephen Few’s Bullet Graph Edward Tufte’s Sparklines  — Thanks a lot to Bryan and Mahir for this intense, controversial and funny chat! Take care, Enrico and Moritz.  			Related episodes The Hustle with Mahir Yavuz and Jan Willem Tulp

Hi Folks! In this episode we touch upon a tricky question: where is the fine line between taking inspiration from other projects and merely copying them? We discuss with <a href="http://bryanconnor.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bryan Connor</a> from <a href="http://thewhyaxis.info/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Why Axis</a> and <a href="http://mahirmyavuz.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Mahir Yavuz</a> from <a href="http://seedscientific.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Seed Scientific</a>. Note: We suggest you give a look to the links below (under the heading “Cases We Discuss in the Podcast”) before listening to the podcast, most of the episode is centered around these examples we selected for discussion. — Episode Chapters 00:00:00 Intro 00:01:56 Flattr 00:03:46 Main topic today: inspiration or plagiarism with our guests Mahir M. Yavuz and Bryan Connor 00:07:53 Is data visualization turning into a copycat scene? 00:08:32 Remake of subway map by New Yorker 00:13:19 Patterns 00:14:03 Idea – technology – aesthetics 00:16:06 Patterns ctd. 00:18:19 Gun murders – drone strikes – meteorites 00:23:19 What constitutes an “outrageous rip-off”? 00:27:31 On originality 00:33:07 Guardian Gay Rights / Gun Laws graphic 00:37:53 On the value of reproduction and chains of inspiration 00:44:01 Stream graphs 00:49:01 Value of transparent documentation of process 00:50:44 Non-patterns 00:53:13 Remix culture, github culture 00:54:48 Snow fall 00:58:04 Patents 01:01:47 A new language for citation in design? 01:09:36 Closing remarks — Cases We Discuss in the Podcast New Yorker’s Inequality Subway Map <ul> <li><a href="http://www.newyorker.com/sandbox/business/subway.html" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inequality  and New York’s Subway</a> (the original)</li> <li><a href="http://dangrover.github.io/sf-transit-inequality/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Inequality &amp; Mass Transit in the Bay Area</a></li> <li><a href="http://nofarehikes.net/map/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">No Fare Hikes</a></li> </ul> Periscopic’s Dramatic Animation of Gun Murders <ul> <li><a href="http://guns.periscopic.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">U.S. Gun Deaths</a> (the original)</li> <li><a href="http://drones.pitchinteractive.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Out of Sight, Out of Mind</a> (drones)</li> <li><a href="http://bolid.es" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bolides</a> (meteorites)</li> </ul> Guardian’s Gay Rights Radial Visualization <ul> <li><a href="http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/interactive/2012/may/08/gay-rights-united-states" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gay rights in the US, state by state</a> (the original) </li> <li><a href="http://swampland.time.com/2013/01/17/states-take-action/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">States Take Action on Gun Control</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.theglobeandmail.com/news/world/gun-control-in-america-a-state-by-state-breakdown/article6465107/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gun control in America: A state-by-state breakdown</a></li> </ul> Streamgraphs <ul> <li><a href="http://vis.pnnl.gov/research_themeriver.stm" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Original ThemeRiver</a> (developed at PNNL) (the original)</li> <li><a href="http://www.leebyron.com/else/streamgraph/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lee Byron’s Streamgraph</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.davidrumsey.com/luna/servlet/detail/RUMSEY~8~1~200375~3001080:The-Histomap--Four-Thousand-Years-O" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Histomap</a> (Four Thousand Years Of World History)</li> </ul> More Examples (not discussed) <ul> <li>Empires: <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/visualizations/historys-largest-empires" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">History’s Largest Empires</a> / <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/visualizations/empires-strike-again" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Empires Strike Again</a></li> <li>Spotlight Metaphor: <a href="http://infobawards.s3.amazonaws.com/SPOTLIGHT-ON-PROFITABILITY_Krisztina-Szucs.png" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Spotlight of Profitability</a> / <a href="http://www.visualizing.org/visualizations/health-care-spending-selected-countries" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Health Care Spending in Selected Countries</a></li> <li>Pay Gap Scatter Plot: <a href="http://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2009/03/01/business/20090301_WageGap.html?_r=0" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why Is Her Paycheck Smaller?</a> / <a href="http://projects.flowingdata.com/salary/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Pay Gap Between Women and Men</a></li> </ul> Good Related Reads <ul> <li><a href="http://mako.cc/copyrighteous/the-remixing-dilemma" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Remixing Dilemma: The Trade-off Between Generativity and Originality</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.visualisingdata.com/index.php/2012/05/the-fine-line-between-plagiarism-and-inspiration/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andy Kirk’s The fine line between plagiarism and inspiration</a></li> </ul> Links <ul> <li><a href="http://andrewgelman.com/2013/01/20/ugly-ugly-ugly/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Andrew Gelman’s criticism of gun control radial plot</a></li> <li><a href="http://techcrunch.com/2013/05/21/snow-fail-the-new-york-times-and-its-misunderstanding-of-copyright/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Snow Fail: The New York Times And Its Misunderstanding Of Copyright</a></li> <li>Ben Shneiderman et al.’s <a href="http://hcil2.cs.umd.edu/trs/2010-16/2010-16.pdf" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Innovation Trajectories for Information Visualizations: Comparing Treemaps, Cone Trees, and Hyperbolic Trees</a> (on the commercial success/failure of some visualization techniques)</li> <li>Stephen Few’s <a href="http://www.perceptualedge.com/blog/?p=217" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bullet Graph</a></li> <li><a href="http://www.edwardtufte.com/bboard/q-and-a-fetch-msg?msg_id=0001OR" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edward Tufte’s Sparklines</a></li> </ul> — Thanks a lot to Bryan and Mahir for this intense, controversial and funny chat! Take care, Enrico and Moritz. 			<h3>Related episodes</h3> <ul><li><a href="https://datastori.es/81-the-hustle-with-mahir-yavuz-and-jan-willem-tulp/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Hustle with Mahir Yavuz and Jan Willem Tulp</a></li></ul>

023  |  Inspiration or Plagiarism? w/ Bryan Connor and Mahir Yavuz