This episode, we are joined by Scott Knauer, web and graphic designer based in Clovis, New Mexico, to discuss the excitement, challenges, and collaborative efforts required in launching a brand new website. SageAndJune.com is online and bringing you hand-picked, stylish home furnishings and decor that we hope inspires your home and family. Check it out and let us know what you think!

Megan Sage and Cassidy June discuss the brand new SageAndJune.com, with a new focus on boutique shopping for furnishings and accessories to inspire you, your home, and your family.

Cristy Cross is a branding and lifestyle photographer based in Clovis, New Mexico, who joins us to discuss starting a business and having the patience to get on track with your career goals. She shares some tips on sharing yourself and personality when engaging with people on social media through encouragement and positivity.

We’re joined by Colonel Robert Masaitis, Commander of the United States Air Force 27 SOW. We discuss Colonel Masaitis’ incredible military career, plus the challenges posed by COVID-19 in the modern-day military “workplace.” We especially enjoyed talking with him about the challenges of leading teams, the importance of downtime to deal with stress, and the recognition of the stress on families in the Cannon Air Force Base community when coping with deployments, quarantines, and travel restrictions. We think everyone can learn a handful of lessons from this great interview, and we want to thank Colonel Masaitis for taking some of his valuable free time to record with us last Saturday.Links: Biography: Colonel Robert Masaitis (Cannon Air Force Base)The Sage and June Podcast is recorded bimonthly from Portales, New Mexico.

Sage & June, two sisters in business, discuss the bizarre whirlwind of business increases at Ace Hardware, unpredictable store traffic at Ashley HomeStore, and uncertain revenue and customer behavior. Guilt from remaining open while other businesses had to be closed is real. The sisters also discuss turning a situation like a global pandemic into an opportunity to assess a business’s weaknesses and shortcomings to come out on the other side as a more resilient and resourceful business.

The COVID-19 pandemic has had some interesting impacts on our businesses, so we sat down for a conversation on some of the challenges we’ve faced in operating both essential retail and non-essential retail businesses. We’re joined by our producer, Scott, who sings the praises of the internet during difficult times. Supporting local businesses is now more important than ever, and it’s time for us to rise to the occasion and spend locally to uplift our communities.

Audra Brown, aka the most interesting woman in the world, shares with us how she came to be involved in state politics and how she then decided to run for the U.S. House of Representatives, representing District 3 in New Mexico. Growing up a farm kid taught Audra how to follow through and develop a sense of grit and followthrough. Audra’s interests range from competitive shooting to Taekwondo, authoring books to fixing farm equipment. Moving forward on all endeavors is at the core of her own internal mantra. We dig into societal expectations around age and gender in business, politics, and beyond.

Our hometown of Portales, New Mexico has applied to be chosen for the brand new HGTV show ‘Home Town Rescue’ with Ben and Erin Napier! In this episode, we discuss more what we love about living in a small, tight-knit community like Portales before getting into what we would do specifically in Portales to help makeover the community.

In this episode, we recap and further explore some of the ideas that came up in our last episode where we took questions from college students on business and entrepreneurship. We explore some ideas on setting goals and learning not to be overly ambitious, pivoting and prioritizing, delegating tasks, and more. We also go into the scary territory of getting started as a by-the-bootstraps investor before finishing college. Finally, we discuss the roles our mentors have had in our lives.