Ep 115 - Mistakes Made by Design Agencies, w/ CEO of Handsome, John Roescher Talking about the power of focus, today’s guest of the Knucklehead Podcast has it all. After getting out of Marine, John leaves himself with a mortgage of a house, no job, and no plan lined up. Landing himself face first, he had no choice but to have an exit plan and no other option but to succeed. John Roescher is the CEO of Handsome. It an agency that designs and develops custom digital experiences and web and mobile-...
Jun 09, 2020•29 min•Ep. 116
Ep 114 - Simple Machine For Entrepreneurs, Author Tyler Reiser Coming from a military background where he can’t afford the opportunity to screw up, you will be surprised by how our guest views failure as leverage to learn, improve, and predict his future success. Today’s episode shares a great conversation with Tyler Reiser. He talks about his perception of what a veteran advantage is, the processes he has been to shift his mindset, and how he successfully wrote a book while being in a managemen...
Jun 02, 2020•26 min•Ep. 115
Going through a lot of experiments in figuring out the things that work and the things that don’t, Chris spends most of his time finding a measurable solution in bringing results to the business. In today’s Knucklehead Podcast episode, Chris speaks about performance marketing, how he came up with a quantifiable outcome in generating leads, and why focusing on your audience and what helps them better can help in winning brand and awareness which leads people to actually buy from you. Chris Walker...
May 26, 2020•22 min•Ep. 114
Ep 112 - Entrepreneurial Mindset to Corporate Executive with Rusty Jensen Going through painful growth lessons, “failing” in business, losing over $100k in investment resources Rusty Jenson learned to make himself dynamic in the corporate world. Today’s episode of the Knucklehead Podcast shares the story behind Nice inContact Executive, Rusty Jensen. How his strong leadership and participation lead him from being a sales developer to Executive level, what knucklehead moment gave him the grit and...
May 19, 2020•33 min•Ep. 113
Ep 111- From Corporate to Hardcore Video Strategist with Rich Cardona In today’s episode of the Knucklehead Podcast, Stephen shares an interesting interview with Rich Cardona, CEO and founder of Rich Cardona Media on how he transitions from Amazon ambassador to a hardcore video strategist. Calling himself an average Marine, Rich tells the story of how working in the corporate world disables him from using his creative energy in the process and how his knucklehead moments lead the genesis of Rich...
May 12, 2020•54 min•Ep. 112
Ep 110- Transforming Knucklehead Moments to Opportunities with Ben Killoy While Facebook and Instagram say everything is perfect, Ben Killoy of Military Veteran Dad Podcast shares his story on how he turns his knucklehead moments to opportunities. In today’s Knucklehead Podcast episode, Ben expresses why he felt more alive after losing his job, what’s the genuine value of fatherhood, and how he uses unemployment to leverage and be the father he strived to be. Ben Killoy is a father, a husband, a...
May 05, 2020•35 min•Ep. 111
It’s not an everyday experience in which an individual is brought onboard a prominent business service company and asked to develop a project from scratch. This was case of Dan Swift, founder and CEO of Empire Selling, this was the exact scenario that he found himself in when he was brought onboard LinkedIn in 2012 to help build their Launched Sales Navigator. Check out more from Dan: Empire Selling: https://empireselling.com/ Dan Swift: https://www.linkedin.com/in/danjswift/ LinkedIn, Empire Se...
Apr 29, 2020•25 min•Ep. 110
Josh Prado is an extroverted Navy veteran who helps fellow veterans transition through providing a solution, or is the actual solution himself with all the individuals he surrounds himself with. Tune in on this Knucklehead Media podcast as Josh talks about how failure is a common aspect of ultimately succeeding in life as he found out the Knucklehead way in his own journey! Joshua Prado - https://www.linkedin.com/in/joshua-dominic-prado-maed-aet-3736a5a0 VETD Talent Network - https://www.faceboo...
Apr 22, 2020•30 min•Ep. 109
Imagine being told by your boss on your very first day at work that you are literally going to be doing cold calls to clients in an isolated office all day despite having no experience. What do you do? Go into the corner and start to cry? Or, roll with the punches telling yourself that with each call you will get better? Adam Ryan chose to do the latter when it came to his very first day at work. Adam Ryan is a former 9th-grade government teacher originally from Columbia, Missouri, who had the o...
Apr 14, 2020•39 min•Ep. 108
James Van Prooyen knows podcasting. Sure, you may know what an RSS feed is. You may even know how to place your feed in a way that garners attention. Yet, without ACCESS - even the basics ended up falling short. Getting someone's attention can happen by accident, but if you want consistency and ACCESS to those with an audience, then James is the man you want to know. Co-Founder of the Military Podcasting Network, City Leader for the Bay Area Bunker Labs Network, and former Air Force Comms guru -...
Apr 06, 2020•27 min•Ep. 107
Justin is a U.S. Marine Corps infantry veteran with a range of expertise in radio, film and TV. He’s an on-air personality, producer, editor, filmmaker, motion graphic designer, CG & VFX producer and creative content strategist. His passion, innovation, inspiration and creativity has seen him helm amazingly creative projects with clients such as ESPN Radio, State of Illinois Dept. of Labor, Social Security Administration, BizTalk Radio, KnuckleHead Media Group, Business Doctor TV Show, Strat...
Mar 25, 2020•37 min•Ep. 106
True entrepreneurs do not see fear. They see only as opportunity. Seeing what Heath Hill and the team around him has accomplished, how his life has changed by having a disciplined and principled approach to growing his organization has inspired talent to join him on his mission. Hustle and grind can only get you so far and for many years, 12-14 hours a day were many years was the op-tempo, until he decided to work smarter. Lime Media works in partnership with agencies and brands to CREATE experi...
Mar 17, 2020•22 min•Ep. 105
Mark Metry's life work has been featured in Forbes, Influencive, Inc, Huffington Post, Fearless Motivation, etc and been a guest on over 100 radio and podcast shows. Mark continuers to be a media strategist consulting funded start-ups, founders, and organizations to sustainably start, grow & brand build their way through the competition in the age of vanity metrics with marketing experience for over 13 years and accumulation of over 100M+ overall network views. Listen to 500+ Episodes of Hum...
Mar 11, 2020•32 min•Ep. 104
Ryan Dodge knows how to fight. More importantly, he knows how to win. Learning to fight in the Army, he earned promotions, respect, as well as learned to lead. He found through real estate investing that those intangibles would help him to stand out in amongst a crowded room of people otherwise just interested. Persevering through challenges, not limited to brain injury, Ryan discovered that people aren't always what they seem and that his ability to fight would be the difference for his family ...
Mar 04, 2020•27 min•Ep. 103
Some quick stats on Stapho - despite the mistakes and screwups that he ran into along the way. - 3+ Million Organic LinkedIn views - 5 Million Organic Sticker views - First ever LinkedIn course entirely on a Messenger bot - An incredibly engaged Facebook Group with 2k+ members - The TMF Picnic, a weekly Live show that's has reached thousands of viewers. Check out more from Stapho - Follow and engage directly with Stapho below: LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/stapho Book a call: http://tmfa...
Feb 26, 2020•38 min•Ep. 102
Without a burning desire to perform for his corporate job, Colin decided to go all in on himself. That runs counter to the traditional example of following a well worth path. But it worked well for Colin as he had a goal of being financially independent, rather than being just a worker for a company. He has a passionate approach to educating younger folks about how to use, leverage, and responsibly manage credit. Rapidly growing from 1k, to 38k, and now over 100k followers on Instagram he's lear...
Feb 19, 2020•18 min•Ep. 101
Pauly moved from the East Coast to Arizona with the goal of growing a following. Being a mindset coach, an enthusiast for taking care of your health and wellness, he spent several years working a day job but not being fulfilled. Learning to be flood his senses with positive literature and taking consistent action, he changed the audience size he was marketing to from 2k to 30k in 60 days. He shares with us how a positive mindset helped him to accomplish this, as well as some pitfalls he encounte...
Feb 18, 2020•18 min•Ep. 100
It's humbling when you realize you're wrong. Companies and people that make it are able to be wrong, remain humble, and responsive to what the market is asking for. Coming from a family business and watching it grow inspired Luke to take a risk in a new venture. Check out more from Company Cam and their CEO Luke Hansen: IG: https://www.instagram.com/companycamapp LI: https://www.linkedin.com/company/companycam/ Web: https://www.companycam.com/ Call (402) 204-8292 for more information, support, a...
Feb 04, 2020•22 min•Ep. 99
It's just a ball. You roll it. Can't be that complicated. Why would someone even part with their hard-earned dollars to buy a ball rolling game? Well, Matt and his team at Rollors have over 600 wholesale accounts after designing the game out of his garage. Obviously, there's more to the game than simply rolling a piece of wood. He's had to learn how to manage vendors, contracting language and inventory management, as well keeping up with demand. Matt Butler talks to us about his first wholesale ...
Jan 28, 2020•27 min•Ep. 98
Dear Mr/Mrs Business Owner, You Owe $$$$ in Back-Taxes... (Gulp) Imagine you get that call or that letter from the IRS and in addition to working 80-100 weeks getting your business up off the ground, now you have unpaid taxes. Jami Johnson, CPA - joins Knucklehead and shares how her firm has seen a thing or two in their time. She focuses on increasing growth and profitability for service-based businesses and specializes in insurance, IT, real estate and health care industries. Her passion for en...
Jan 23, 2020•28 min•Ep. 97
Office Politics literally can shut the doors to your business. Pete Havel's experiences with "arsonists" will make you feel like you're watching an episode of "The Office". If only we all had a Michael Scott to run things, or a film crew to capture the laughs and awkward moments that make up our days. Pete joins Knucklehead for a quick peek into the times that have led to a valuable framework and process. That system and experience led to the book, The Arsonist in the Office, we discuss today. T...
Jan 14, 2020•33 min•Ep. 96
Podcasts are free, right? Does that mean you should have one? Should your company? Let me tell you what is also free - YouTube. Working Out. Listening. But, do you know how to leverage any of those for your benefit? Oddly enough, folks that are wanting to learn how to monetize a channel they haven't mastered yet is the first question I hear from people wading into these waters as they're evaluated ways to grow their business. Tom should be one of the first calls you make or people to connect wit...
Jan 13, 2020•47 min•Ep. 95
Digital Marketing. Brand Awareness. Content Strategy. These topics and more usually precede someone about ready to fleece your pocketbook, with very little reporting against their efficacy. Don't get me wrong, those phrases do carry meaning and there are some very experienced tacticians out there that are worth their weight in gold, just not as many that are in your Facebook Sponsored Ad Feed. Tom Antion is one of those that you'd want to ensure you're paying attention to when you're looking at ...
Jan 13, 2020•36 min•Ep. 94
When you strike a deal on Shark Tank, most would call that a career milestone and believe they've reached the summit. Yuen Yung had already gone through the business ownership process three separate times by the time him and his brother's fast-casual sushi restaurant concept had reached a deal with a shark. That unique experience in business, as well as in life, Yuen had been able to address one of the biggest challenges entrepreneurs face, and that is "Don't ever fall in love with the businesse...
Dec 26, 2019•30 min•Ep. 93
So, you're looking for jewelry. And, naturally you walk into a jewelry store to find what you're looking for. You leave with a ring, diamond and the hope that she says "Yes!". Only to find out that you've overpaid by 300%, bought a faulty piece of jewelry and to add insult to injury the relationship went south. Sure, there's better ways to learn an industry. But, when you look at the bumps that Spokes Jewelry and The Jewelry Republic Founder Greg Boudah had to experience, it laid the groundwork ...
Dec 18, 2019•30 min•Ep. 92
We talk a lot about failure here on Knucklehead and the role it plays in success. Why? When pressure or stress get to be too much, it forces a breakdown in performance. When there's a breakdown in performance, you aren't able to consistently reach the results businesses and people strive to achieve. The pendulum will always swing back to success in proportion to the degree you failed (if you analyze what happened and know what to fix going forward). Today, we talk with a performance coach on wha...
Dec 10, 2019•43 min•Ep. 91
What does freedom mean to you? What about "being vulnerable or authentic"? Describing to someone the characteristics of freedom can be challenging without you using simple stories. Helping people mentally connect with something they've never physically experienced is a challenging task. Like when you take your seat belt off, you're free to move out of your seat. Or, even something as simple as deciding what shirt to wear to work on a given day. Lane Belone traveled to various places throughout t...
Dec 06, 2019•24 min•Ep. 90
Imagine your normal work day. You have folks that get on your nerves, folks that make it hard to come back the next day. Now throw in the dynamic of those at your work are recovering from both mental and physical battle wounds. As a combat medic, Mike Barker saw the affect battle had on the psyche and morale of soldiers. He himself had mental demons flexing daily on him as he made his rounds with his brothers and sisters going through their own daily recovery. Then one day, the banter shared on ...
Nov 26, 2019•36 min•Ep. 89
When you learn about Heather, it's important to focus on how isolated she was when she took the leap of faith on herself. Having a stable career and opportunities to move forward based on ambition are some of what folks look for when deciding what they're doing with their life, and she went the unconventional route. Isn't that interesting that now, the description of her work is "we connect with unconventional leaders from all over the world who have built great things from the ground up. The sh...
Nov 20, 2019•19 min•Ep. 88
Gregg read Tony Robbins' book at Age 13. It became clear to him at that age that he could be in control of his life. Till his boss caught him watching YouTube videos at work. Hence, one of the first tiny leaps. He switched to audio. Or in today's terms, Podcasts. Inspired by this new form of media, he pursued information from industry leaders and subsequently purchased coursework on developing the technical skill. Fast forward a few years, he's approaching 8,000,000 downloads and has helped laun...
Nov 12, 2019•28 min•Ep. 87
