Posts by Gustavo Dantas

Nelson Puentes is a black belt in jiu-jitsu and the founder of Inverted Gear. He started the company from his parents’ basement in 2012 and has grown the company to an international brand in 2019. Great conversation and at one point I asked him about a piece of advice to the listeners, and his answer…

Ed May is an artist from California’s Bay Area and a blue belt in jiu-jitsu. He owns and operates edmaycanvas.com where high-quality reproductions of his art are sold as well as high-end commissions of original fine art. He shared about working full time on his living and part-time on his dream, as the late motivational…

Danny Alvarez is a third-degree black belt under Bruno Bastos, and currently, in 2019, he is the number one master 3 black belt pound for pound in the IBJJF Rankings and he is the owner of Alvarez BJJ in Arlington, TX. Danny left the corporate world in 2008 to pursue his dream and never looked…

Jose Macedo is a Portuguese entrepreneur, a jiu-jitsu purple belt, and a former professional poker player who as able to turn an initial deposit of 30 dollars into over 1.5 million dollars. Currently, besides owning multiple businesses, Jose is involved with Cryptocurrency. He is a partner and head of the advisory team at AmaZix He…

Claudio Franca is a six-degree black belt, the creator of BJJ Tour, which has events all over the United States and he also runs three jiu-jitsu academies. He talked about the jiu-jitsu early days’ in California, the importance of resilience and finding harmony in your work and life. At the end of the episode, during…