{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Startup Junkies Podcast","title":"You're Not Thinking Big Enough with Congressman Steve Womack","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":3469,"description":"He slept on the floor of a radio station he couldn't afford to staff, got told by the local coffee shop crowd he'd be out of business in six months, and ran that station for 45 years.\n\nBefore he was a U.S. Congressman, Steve Womack was a Startup Junkie: a broadcaster's son who talked his way into a shoestring AM station in Rogers, Arkansas, and built it into an institution. In this episode, he sits down with Daniel Koontz, Jeff Amerine, and Caleb Talley to trace the throughline from that station to the Rogers mayor's office to Congress, and the entrepreneurial instincts that never really left him along the way.\n\n\n⏱️CHAPTERS\n0:27 – Welcome, Congressman Steve Womack\n1:06 – His \"Marvel Origin Story\"\n4:13 – Building a Radio Station From Scratch\n8:37 – Proving the Skeptics Wrong\n11:07 – Lessons From Football, the Army & \"Make Your Bed\"\n17:18 – Underwriting \"Errors of Enthusiasm\" as a Leader\n23:09 – The Vision Behind Rogers' West Side\n25:04 – \"You're Not Thinking Big Enough\": The Pinnacle Promenade Story\n27:16 – Northwest Arkansas' Growth Challenges\n32:06 – The Walmart Origin Story (and What Comes After It)\n38:21 – The Case for a Skilled Trades Campus\n41:27 – Government, Debt & a Coming Social Security Reckoning\n47:40 – Advice for Entrepreneurs and His Younger Self\n54:17 – A Tribute to Lt. Jason Hunt\n---\n🎧 Follow the Startup Junkies Podcast on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. 👍 If you enjoyed this episode, like, subscribe, and share it with a friend.\n\nLearn more about Congressman Womack: womack.house.gov\n\nThe Startup Junkies Podcast is brought to you in part by ARISE, helping Arkansas tech and tech-enabled startups grow with no-cost coaching, capital navigation, and expert connections. Learn more at ARiseArkansas.org","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/VIqyFnVoemaY16I1CQ_9OtsZkjBwg6MwfUeTfBb7LPw/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9hMTg0/ODVhOTk1ZmFiOTQ2/MWM3YTk4MTcxOTg3/NmY5Mi5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}