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This week on Move the Needle: filmed on location at Bottle & Bean, featuring conversations on entrepreneurship, resilience, creative financing, & philanthropy-driven leadership!

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First, we sit down with Matt Kuiper, founder of Desert Plunge, an Arizona-based company providing handcrafted, high-quality cold plunge tubs. Matt shares his journey from a 20-year career in the electrical industry to building a wellness brand rooted in discipline, recovery, and long-term performance. His story highlights the power of reinvention, accountability, and building something meaningful after adversity.

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Next, we’re joined by Dean Bloxom, entrepreneur, financier, and film producer. Dean built and scaled imortgage.com into one of the strongest independent mortgage bankers in the U.S. before its acquisition by loanDepot, employing more than 2,500 people nationwide. He now applies that same disciplined approach to Hollywood through Deano Productions, producing feature films with global distribution. Projects discussed include Waltzing with Brando, starring Billy Zane