Jono Bacon is a leading community and collaboration speaker, author, and podcaster. He is the founder of Jono Bacon Consulting which provides community strategy/execution, workflow, and other services. He previously served as director of community at GitHub, Canonical, XPRIZE, and OpenAdvantage. His clients include Huawei, GitLab, Microsoft, Intel, Google, Sony Mobile, Deutsche Bank, Santander, HackerOne, Mattermost, SAP, FINOS Foundation, The Executive Center, data.world, Creative Commons, and ...
Apr 08, 2020•36 min•Ep. 398
A native of Lexington, KY, Chris graduated cum laude from the Duke University in 1995 with a degree in Public Policy Studies. A leader on the varsity baseball team at Duke, Chris was one of only a handful of Duke student-athletes to earn All-ACC Academic honors 4 straight years. Upon graduation Chris moved to Florida and took a position with the Montreal Expos as General Manager of Montreal’s Class A minor league team, the West Palm Beach Expos. At age 22, Chris was the youngest active GM in pro...
Apr 06, 2020•41 min•Ep. 397
Hunter's Story: From a young age I knew that opportunity was abundant & I was able to control my income if I had the work ethic. At 6 I was catching lizards & trying to sell them on a dead end road. When I was 8 I started digging through old dumps in the mountains of SC to take antiques to the Flea Market. Through Middle School I hustled candy from my book bag. Then life got a bit more tough, for me. Before diving in I want to be clear that life's all about perspective. My "tough" may be...
Apr 03, 2020•35 min•Ep. 396
Born and raised in Thompson, CT, Eric Kapitulik attended Pomfret Preparatory School, where he excelled as a three-sport varsity athlete. Upon graduation, Eric matriculated at the United States Naval Academy, where he was a four-year varsity letter player on the Division I Lacrosse team. After graduation in 1995, Eric went on to serve in the United States Marine Corps as both an Infantry Officer and Special Operations Officer with 1st Force Reconnaissance Company, 1st Marine Division. As a Platoo...
Apr 01, 2020•49 min•Ep. 395
Jason Hartman® has been involved in several thousand real estate transactions and has owned income properties in 11 states and 17 cities. His company, Platinum Properties Investor Network, Inc. helps people achieve The American Dream of financial freedom by purchasing income property in prudent markets nationwide. Jason’s Complete Solution for Real Estate Investors™ is a comprehensive system providing real estate investors with education, research, resources and technology to deal with all areas...
Mar 30, 2020•32 min•Ep. 394
Heather is an advocate for women's empowerment and domestic violence prevention. Her career in law enforcement led her down a path of learning how to help women go from surviving in life to thriving after the traumatic experience of domestic violence. This led Heather to begin the non-profit, Surviving to Thriving, Atl, which provides a long-term sustainability program for individuals that want to thrive in life after surviving domestic abuse. Episode Highlights: Heather shares about growing up ...
Mar 27, 2020•49 min•Ep. 393
Nathan Hirsch is an entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. Most recently, Nathan co-founded FreeeUp.com in 2015 with an initial $5,000 investment, scaled it to $12M per year in revenue, and was then acquired in 2019. Today, Nathan is a co-founder of OutsourceSchool, a company working to educate entrepreneurs on how to effectively hire and scale with virtual assistants through in-depth courses. Nathan has appeared on 300+ podcasts, is a social media personality, and loves sharing...
Mar 25, 2020•33 min•Ep. 392
Mike Young is the founder of The Makeover Master, host of the top-rated “Made Over Podcast”, author of "Made Over: How To Create A Powerful Brand That Will Transform Your Business & Save Your Life", and a seasoned entrepreneur. Mike is the creator of the “Starter Pack Makeover Business System”, as part of what he considers his life’s work and duty to help others avoid the hellish 8.5 years of debt, pain and growing pains (and $200,000+) he spent buying every book and course he could afford, ...
Mar 23, 2020•38 min•Ep. 391
Hans Struzyna had a 12 year rowing career that culminated in him being a member in the 2016 USA Olympic rowing team. After the olympics, he found himself a little bit lost. He found real estate, got his real estate license, and has been pursuing all avenues in the real estate business ever since. He is a real estate partner with a Wall Street Journal Top 100 nationally ranked team called the Gunderman Group. They focus on advocacy, risk management, and exceeding client's personal definitions of ...
Mar 20, 2020•1 hr 9 min•Ep. 390
Michael has advised organizations like Financial Times, Dow Jones, RBC, Omron, Sumitomo and helped Panasonic launch new products into global markets, but more importantly, he's helped over 300 consultants from around the world in over 50 industries add six and seven figures to their annual revenues. Episode Highlights: Michael shares how travel has impacted him personally and as a business owner. Discover how saying no to some things can help you advance. Travis and Michael discuss how to have f...
Mar 18, 2020•32 min•Ep. 388
Melanie Parish is a public speaker, consultant, workshop leader, author, and Master Certified Coach through the International Coach Federation, from whom she received the Prism Award.An expert in problem solving, constraints management, operations, strategic hiring and brand development, Melanie has consulted and coached organizations ranging from a Fortune 50 company to IT start-ups receiving their first round of funding. Her individual clients include those in FAANG and other top global IT com...
Mar 16, 2020•31 min•Ep. 388
Zack is currently an Infantry Lieutenant and platoon leader in the United States Army Georgia National Guard. His time spent in the Army has involved extensive training in risk assessment and mitigation techniques that have been proven in the most intense environments. Prior to joining the Army, Zack spent seven years serving as a police officer in the Smyrna community where he grew up. These years were spent receiving the best crime detection and prevention training law enforcement has to offer...
Mar 13, 2020•52 min•Ep. 387
Brant Pinvidic is an award-winning film director, veteran television producer, C-level sales and presentations coach, keynote speaker, top-rated podcast host, and a columnist for Forbes. He has been named to the Hollywood Reporter’s 30 Most Powerful Reality TV Sellers and is widely recognized as one of the great creative sales leaders in Hollywood. Brant has taken the life, business, and storytelling lessons he’s developed during his Hollywood career and used them to uniquely bridge the entertai...
Mar 11, 2020•36 min•Ep. 386
At 26-years-old, Tomi Lahren is the youngest political talk show host in history. She is now a Fox News contributor and will play a key role in the new Fox News digital platform. She is best known for her signature “Final Thoughts” on everything from Beyoncé to President Obama and of course, San Francisco 49ers quarterback, Colin Kaepernick. Her segments have been viewed on Facebook over 580 million times in the last year alone. Controversy is her specialty but for Tomi, it’s all about faith, fr...
Mar 09, 2020•33 min•Ep. 385
Sam’s passion lies in income producing real estate. While attending Brigham Young University studying Construction Management Sam successfully started his own real estate flipping and long term holding company. As an investor and licensed realtor Sam has bought and sold and participated in over 100MM+ in real estate transactions over the past 9 years. From flipping small homes to developing $35mm fourplex complexes, to buying large apartment communities, Sam has a vast experience and expertise t...
Mar 06, 2020•1 hr 1 min•Ep. 384
Dr. Fox is a Hollywood veteran who has appeared on a variety of programs, including ABC's "One Life to Live," Talk Soup, The Nashville Network, Resorts Networks, and The Golf Channel. Dr. Fox was the creative engine behind "Beat the Bogey Man", the first golf show in public broadcasting history, and has also been featured on "The DewSweepers" and "Speaking of Golf" radio programs on the Sirius/XM's PGA Tour Network. Dr. Fox holds doctorates in both psychology and clinical hypnotherapy and is a h...
Mar 02, 2020•40 min•Ep. 383
Daniel is president of Quest Education, a company that helps entrepreneurs obtain capital for their companies, pay off high-interest debt and use self-directed retirement accounts to invest in alternative assets With over 10 years of educating small business owners, Daniel has a knack for helping individuals get creative with their finances that leads to life changing results. Episode Highlights: Travis and Daniel get extremely practical about the importance of a strong infrastructure. Daniel sh...
Feb 28, 2020•42 min•Ep. 382
Talk to people that Chris Krimitsos has spent any amount of time with and you’ll hear descriptions like “changemaker,” “motivator,” “catalyst for change,” and “inspiration.” Whether it’s a major corporation’s CEO or a solopreneur, Chris is passionate about being a difference maker. Unlike the featured guest who comes in and delivers a keynote and leaves, slipping out the back door like a national celebrity, Chris Krimitsos is the passionate professional who hangs around talking to anyone who wan...
Feb 26, 2020•28 min•Ep. 381
Dean Graziosi knows how to create success. From extremely humble beginnings Dean started with a firewood business in high school, to a collision repair shop and his first real estate deal before the age of 20. From there he went on to create a multimillion dollar real estate business, became a Multiple NY Times best selling Author, 16 years everyday on TV and is one of the most watched real estate and success trainers of our generation. Dean maximized the success and profits in each of these end...
Feb 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 380
The Build Your Network podcast is getting a makeover! We will be relaunching on February 24, 2020 stronger than ever! In the meantime, the conversation will continue in the Build Your Network Facebook Group! Join Us: https://www.facebook.com/groups/byncommunity/ (https://www.facebook.com/groups/byncommunity/) For information regarding your data privacy, visit https://www.acast.com/privacy (acast.com/privacy) Check out FranBridge Consulting for premier non-food franchise opportunities: travischap...
Jan 31, 2020•7 min•Ep. 379
In this episode of Freestyle Friday, Travis breaks down his list of favorite podcasts. Podcasts: http://podcasts.joerogan.net/ (The Joe Rogan Experience) https://impacttheory.com/ (Impact Theory) https://insideofyoupodcast.com/ (Inside of You with Michael Rosenbaum) https://www.jordanharbinger.com/ (The Jordan Harbinger Show) https://armchairexpertpod.com/ (Armchair Expert with Dax Sheppard) https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/born-to-impact/id1437958494 (Born to Impact) https://www.biggerpock...
Jan 24, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 378
Trent Shelton, author of The Greatest You, Bryan Casella, real estate expert, and Yahya Bakkar, motivational speaker, share their tips for conquering more stages. Episode Highlights: Trent Shelton How speaking helped Trent get really clear on what he was meant to do. How Trent used networking to kickstart his speaking career. Consistency means you’re reliable, and when you’re reliable you become trustworthy. When you’re consistent you become shareable. Consistent, quality content in front of the...
Jan 22, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 377
Cody Sperber, a US Navy Veteran turned self-made millionaire, is an avid Real Estate Investor and influencer. He is the founder of Clever Investor, a Top Rated Educational Company awarded by Inc. 5000. Clever Investor provides education and support to all levels of investors in conjunction with one-on-one mentoring to provide even more traction and guidance to fast track success as an investor. Episode Highlights: Discover how Cody Sperber entered the world of real estate and made enough money o...
Jan 20, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Patrick Bet-David, founder/host of Valuetainment, Joel Marion, the co-founder and CMO of BioTrust Nutrition, and Evan Carmichael, YouTuber with over 11.5 million subscribers, give advice to help you make a mark on YouTube. Episode Highlights: Patrick Bet-David He got onto social media last, in the financial industry social media wasn’t really a thing. Once you understand marketing and storytelling things change. You have to do something different to keep your relevancy. Joel Marion How do you cr...
Jan 15, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 375
Darren Michael Prince (born February 6, 1970) is a sports and celebrity agent who grew up in Livingston, New Jersey. Prince started a mail order company selling baseball cards at the age of 14 called Baseball Card City and also traveled around the country doing trade shows. At the age of 20 he sold his company for $1.0M and formed Prince of Cards which became an industry leader in private autograph signings for sports and celebrity memorabilia with athletes and celebrities. In 1995 Prince starte...
Jan 13, 2020•1 hr 7 min
In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell, he shares a glimpse into the building the network of your dreams. As the title suggests, Travis dives into his three best-kept networking secrets and how the background on how he developed them. Tune in to get the secrets to building your network today. Episode Highlights: The background on developing a show on networking The genuine way to go about learning about something you don’t know. The secrets to how the most well-conne...
Jan 10, 2020•1 hr 7 min•Ep. 373
Jefferson Bethke is a bestselling author, and spoken word artist whose YouTube video, "Why I Hate Religion, But Love Jesus," has received over 33 million views since it was published in 2012. He has 700,000+ subscribers to his YouTube channel as well as a successful podcast. Episode Highlights: Jeff recounts his experience being a poor student in school and the way the education system was not built for everyone. Learn about the nature of virality and how Jeff created a viral video with 33 milli...
Jan 06, 2020•1 hr 7 min
Let's face it – we've all set New Year's goals that we have NOT kept. On this episode, Travis shares some ways you can DOUBLE the odds of actually accomplishing your goals. Episode Highlights: Learn how to stop repeating the same goals annually with poor results. Discover the importance of being realistic with goals. Find out about an amazing resource to help you develop helpful habits. Tweetable Quote: "If you create the right habits you’ll be the type of person who achieves the goals you set f...
Jan 03, 2020•1 hr 11 min
Brad Lea, founder and CEO of LightSpeed VT, Dan Fleyshman, youngest founder of a publicly traded company in history, and Bedros Keulian, owner of one of the fastest gym franchises in the world, give advice to help you build a foundation for success. Episode Highlights: Dan Fleyshman People who are mad at the 1% are insane. It’s never been easier to make money – dropshipping, rental properties, etc. The more money you have to work with, it can then replicate and grow. If you upgrade your lifestyl...
Jan 01, 2020•41 min•Ep. 370
2019 is almost over and it feels like it disappeared in a blink of an eye, In this episode, Travis shares three of the biggest highlights of his "best year." Key Points: You have the ability nowadays to dream something up in your head and actually see it come true in a relatively short period of time. Money is not the issue. Its time. Tweetable Quotes: "Take account of where you're at in life." "I would rather go broke trying my best trying to achieve my goals and my dreams then keep my money sn...
Dec 27, 2019•23 min•Ep. 369
