Riding Tandem

About Riding Tandem

Are you a business owner? Or are you on the verge of taking that side hustle to the next level? Or curious about the world of entrepreneurship? Join Vivian Kvam, Co-Owner of Tandem Works, each week for a behind-the-scenes at small businesses and what it takes to succeed. Each episode is full of inspiration, education, tips, and great conversation with people like you, people who are figuring it out. Take your business to the next level with insight from expert guests in business, leadership, and marketing.

Publisher

Tandem Works

Category

business · business

Language

en

Explicit

No

First episode

18 Oct 2022

Latest episode

4 Jun 2025

Latest episodes

3 of 77 episodes have a transcript.

1. 

   4 Jun 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #76 Planting Roots and Brewing Beer: Choosing the Right Place to Start - Dessie Redmond Full Fledge Brewing

   Dessie Redmond of Full Fledged Brewing Co. discusses transitioning from urban planning to brewery co-ownership in Council Bluffs, highlighting community support and pandemic pivots in an interview with Vivian Kvam.

2. 

   21 May 2025TRANSCRIPT

   #75 The Grind: Ideas, Discipline, and the Cost of Doing What You Love

   Vivian Kvam and Casey Putney explore the realities of entrepreneurship, discussing idea prioritization, discipline, pricing strategies, and the internal growth required to build a sustainable business in this interview.

3. 

   14 May 2025

   #74 The Leap, What no one tells you before you leave the 9–5 - Casey Putney Part 1

   Host Vivian Kvam interviews Casey Putney about the emotional and practical realities of leaving a 9-to-5 job for entrepreneurship, focusing on fears, doubts, and evolving definitions of success.

Inside a recent episode

#76 Planting Roots and Brewing Beer: Choosing the Right Place to Start - Dessie Redmond Full Fledge Brewing

Published 4 Jun 2025 · Transcript excerpt

[…] And so I was kind of like, but, but looking at the map and spotting places, I'm like, what's easy? How can there be a town of 60 ,000 people and not have one single brewery? And then started doing research on like laws, like self -disribution, uh, which at the time Nebraska didn't allow, um, but Iowa did. […]

Who has been a guest on Riding Tandem

Names identified in recent episode analyses. Showing up to five guests.

• Dessie Redmond
• Casey Putney
• Chloe Gollehon
• LaPora Lindsey
• Christi Kmecik

Reach and audience

Public platform figures. Ratings count people who left a rating, not total listeners.

Apple Podcasts (US)

5.0 / 5

15 ratings

Spotify

5.0 / 5

8 ratings

Podcast Authority Score: 56 / 100

A composite of feed quality, social presence, YouTube performance and engagement. Read the methodology.

Quality

64

Social presence

91

YouTube

0

Engagement

77