Episodes

Tom Ward, a Forbes contributor with his own YouTube channel; Gareb Shamus, the organizer of ACE Comic Con; and George Sheppard, the lead singer of the band Sheppard, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on how to connect with celebrities. Episode Highlights: Tom Ward He’s fascinated by influencer marketing, and though he doesn’t do it himself, it’s what he primarily writes about. He still has a regular job in sales, which often surprises people. If you want to change careers or...

Ryan Michler is a military veteran and the founder of Order of Man, one of the largest men-focused podcast brands. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out how Ryan started a hit podcast, the importance of cultivating your skills, and how to motivate your children to do the same. Episode Highlights: Ryan was in a pre-engineering program and joined the military when he was 17. He studied for financial advising exams while he was in Iraq and worked as a financial and investing adv...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares three tools he believes that every entrepreneur needs. Episode Highlights: These tools are obviously useful for people who aren’t entrepreneurs too, but are necessities for people as busy as entrepreneurs. A wall charger that doubles as a backup battery pack by Anker saves you from having to carry a phone charger and a battery and a charger for the battery. A meditation app called Calm with noise-cancelling headphones has bee...

Ben Hardy, one of Medium’s top bloggers; Josh Elledge, a PR expert and founder of Up My Influence; and Patrick Bet-David, a YouTuber with over 1 million subscribers, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on how to grow your audience and develop authentic connections with them. Episode Highlights: Ben Hardy The “sunk cost bias” says that once you invest money in something you stop seeing it as something you want to do and see it as something you are actively doing, which increase...

Shaan Patel is the founder of Prep Expert, an SAT prep company, which he began with Mark Cuban on Shark Tank. He attended USC on a full academic scholarship, continued on to get his MD, got an MBA from Yale, and is currently a dermatology resident, and did all this while founding and growing his business Prep Expert and publishing books. Episode Highlights: Shaan was raised in the motel his parents owned and ran in Las Vegas, surrounded by entrepreneurship. Shaan’s parents took education seriou...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell talks about what led him to his decision to spend $100,000 on one thing. Episode Highlights: Travis recently spent $100,000 on one thing, but it wasn’t on “stuff.” He spent the money on entrance into a Mastermind. He has spent about $170,000 on self-improvement for his business over the last couple of years. Travis asked himself what the alternative would have been had he not joined this Mastermind, and he couldn’t come up with...

Jeff Brown, a podcaster and broadcasting professional; Rob Sperry, a network marketing educator; and Francesca Moi, the “queen of meetups” share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on unique ways to expand your network. Episode Highlights: Jeff Brown Launching his podcast was the smartest decision he ever made because it was while he was laid off from his last radio broadcasting job. Podcasting gave him global reach in a way radio broadcasting did not. He entered the podcasting spa...

Aaron Hale is a chef and 14-year military veteran who became blind after surviving an explosion in Afghanistan and became deaf a few years later. He founded a chocolate business, E.O.D., with his wife McKayla Hale. In this episode of Build Your Network, you will find out how Aaron overcame the odds and created a successful business and expanded his network beyond just selling baked goods to family and friends. Episode Highlights: Aaron grew up in a fairly artistic family, and his form of artist...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell, he shares the idea of networking smarter, not harder. We've all heard this phrase used in reference to work, but today Travis helps us make our networking more effective, but not as difficult. Episode Highlights: The 1 guy that outsold me and why I didn't want to be him. How to be effective in networking without killing yourself. Positioning: the key to smart networking 3 Key steps to positioning. 3 Key Points: Working harder...

Mike McCarthy is the author of "Tribe of millionaires", Co-Founder of GoBundance, and the regional owner of Keller Williams. His brokerage has over 9,000 agents with over 50 locations and is projected to do over $15 billion in real estate transactions this year. He shares about the consequences of not networking and the recipe for true/lasting transformation. Episode Highlights: Mike's background as an s.o.b and journey into real estate. Entrepreneurship: Born or Bred? Instilling the entrepren...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, your host Travis Chappell shares tips for making the most of a first impression and how to carry that through to build a real relationship. Episode Highlights: Once you meet a high-level person, you need to make use of that connection and capitalize on the good impression you made. Travis shares how he learned from leaving a bad first impression with a high performer millionaire in his industry. Talk across to people, not up to them. Respect people’s time. D...

Rod Khleif is a multiple business owner and philanthropist who has owned over 2,000 apartment buildings. He has experienced his net worth dropping from $50 million to zero and then rebuilding. Rod shares Episode Highlights: Rod’s family immigrated from Holland when he was 6 years old and they didn’t have much money. Rod learned that most of your success comes back to mindset. Build relationships with people who think that what you do is easy when you think it’s hard so you can glean tips from t...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell, he commemorates his high school basketball coach who recently passed away by sharing three lessons he learned from Coach Brandon. Episode Highlights: Family is everything. Consistency is the thing that leads to success. There are no excuses or exceptions to putting in the work. No matter your connections and privileges, you should still face consequences. 3 Key Points: Family is the most important thing, and your actions shou...

David Meltzer, author of Connected to Goodness; Trent Shelton, author of The Greatest You; and life coach Tim Storey share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on "who you know" and "what you know." Episode Highlights: David Meltzer If you’re doing something you don’t enjoy, you can still derive purpose out of it in order to cultivate passion for it. If you don’t understand what’s going on, try to understand it and put faith into what you want out of the situation. Trent Shelton Once...

Sam Bakhtiar is the founder of Fitness Concepts, now a multi-million dollar business. He is also a competitive bodybuilder and car enthusiast. Sam shares how he has rebounded from failure, how he commits to his fitness and success, and the importance of persuasion. Episode Highlights: You don’t get any off hours when you’re an entrepreneur, but you’re the one in charge and calling the shots. You need to hire someone to hold you accountable and push you when you’re an entrepreneur because you do...

On this Freestyle Friday, Travis talks about the upcoming Build Your Network Live event and ways you can maximize your experience at the event. Episode Highlights: Build Your Network Live will prioritize connection over content. Topgolf games during lunch are included. The venue has sunlight, so you won’t be holed up in a windowless conference room for seven hours. There is a low speaker to attendee ratio, allowing you to make connections. VIP tickets are sold out, but general admission is stil...

Matt Manero, author of “You Need More Money”, Evan Stewart, a 25-year-old luxury real estate developer, and Jeff Hoffman, founder of Priceline.com, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on "who you know" and "what you know." Episode Highlights: Matt Manero It starts with “what” and moves into “who,” because you won’t be on a big “Who’s” radar unless you have excellence in a “what.” Ultimately though, it comes down to who you know. If you want to get out of a conversation with s...

Jasmine Star is an internationally recognized photographer and entrepreneur. She dropped out of law school to pursue photography and became a business strategist alongside her photography business. Jasmine shares with us how she grew her business, living in the “good old days,” and how to break into the big leagues of whatever industry you’re in. Episode Highlights: Jasmine’s background growing up poor and being homeschooled as the daughter of immigrants. Jasmine went to college planning on bei...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell, he shares the fact that everyone is a producer. You are either producing results or producing excuses. We are responsible for how we react to successes and failures. Episode Highlights: One of the first lessons I learned from a business mentor. The importance of taking responsibility. Why we must learn from mistakes to produce results. 3 Key Points: You must be able to take responsibility for failures and not make excuses. Re...

Evan Carmichael, a business Youtube master with over 2 million subscribers, and Ed Mylett, a personal mentor with incredible insight, and David Meltzer, the CEO of Sports One Marketing and producer of "Elevator Pitch" share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on "who you know" and "what you know." Episode Highlights: Evan Carmichael What you know gets you to who you know. Networking for Introverts: A story of a connection Evan had that led to a great opportunity. Ed Mylett Both cri...

Jason Harris is the CEO of the award-winning creative agency, "Mekanism" and the author of the new book "The Soulful Art of Persuasion." Jason has more than 20 years of expertise in creating provocative campaigns through a blend of Soul & Science. Jason shares with us how to be an effective persuader, if there is value in going to college, and how a connection with Tim Ferris helped Jason get his book out. Episode Highlights: Jason's background and journey into marketing. Jason's interest in ar...

In this episode of Freestyle Friday, with your host Travis Chappell, he shares the high level "blimp view" of how to network at events. Simple things that can help differentiate you from others when networking. Episode Highlights: The re-emergence of email as the primary platform for marketing. Why Live Events are the future for networking. 3 keys to networking at live events: preparation, other events, and let others talk. How to cultivate your social media for positivity 3 Key Points: You ca...

Trent Shelton, former NFL player and author of "The Greatest You", Yahya Bakkar, family man, speaking coach, and online business coach, and Dan Fleyshman, youngest founder of a publicly-traded company in history, share with your host, Travis Chappell, their thoughts on "who you know" and "what you know." Episode Highlights: Trent Shelton Who you know: "Me meeting someone brought me here." A key moment where a connection led to a big success. Trent's advice on investing in connections: focusing ...

Diane Mulcahy is the best-selling author of "The Gig Economy." It's been featured in a number of top publications as well as on Oprah.com. She created and teaches the first class in the country on the "Gig Economy" at Batson College in Boston. We talk about the decisions that led to her career path, how she got the idea for writing her book, and her career choices vs. traditional career choices. Episode Highlights: Diane's background and "middle-school" self: Athletics, Extracurriculars, and Ho...