One of the best days of our lives... The perfect five year celebration!

Last Thursday was a real moment for Between Two Beers!

We’ve found the best part of this five year experience is bringing together great humans.

They were at our B2B Speakers workshop during the day, they were on stage with us at the live event, and they were in the audience.

There’s such a positive connection within this community we’re building - it’s quite overwhelming, but in the best possible way.

A huge thank you to everyone who came along to the show, and who brought the livestream – if you missed out (or you want to watch again) you can check it out here.

A massive shout out to Jason Gunn as well as Matt Heath, Morgan Penn, and Staffy for bringing the perfect mix of depth, intelligence and spice to the show.

A big thanks to Asuwere for dressing us and Jason, and Liquorland for supporting the event!

We’re just getting started in this space, and we can’t wait to continue building our live shows and experiences.

On the same day Apple Podcasts released their list of the best performing episodes in New Zealand in 2024 - and our episode with Zion Armstrong was on it.

This week’s episode: Zion Armstrong’s story is incredible - and his episode is one of our favourites ever!

His story starts in West Auckland and involves running away from the police so fast that he started an athletics career that took him to the Commonwealth Games.

At the same time, he was selling sports shoes – and at the age of 24 was head of footwear at adidas New Zealand.

From that foothold he climbed the corporate ladder before becoming President of adidas North America where he oversaw 12,500 staff, inked deals with some of the world's biggest sports and music stars and took annual profit to a record $US6 billion after a couple of years.

And then in 2022, Zion walked away from this rock-and-roll lifestyle and returned to New Zealand in pursuit of being a better dad in the wake of his divorce, not wanting his children to experience the same disconnect he had often endured as a kid. 

We cover all the detail in the episode – and it’s one heck of a ride.

Best Laugh: New to adidas North America, Zion’s pronunciation of Arkansas didn’t exactly start him off on the right foot with his new colleagues.

Best Insight: Zion’s inspirational story shows what’s possible with the right mindset and work ethic – and his decision to walk away shows what's really important in life.

Biggest Surprise: The intricate insights into how sport in the USA works and some of the massive deals Zion has been part of!

We're also super stoked to have Zion exclusively on the books of B2B Speakers, so if you’d like him to share his story  at your function or event, flick us a message by clicking here:

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