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80. Building a Leadership Academy with Nolan Gore
May 31, 2023

80. Building a Leadership Academy with Nolan Gore

In this episode, Brock speaks with Nolan Gore. Nolan operates a landscaping company that's going to do over 5 million in revenue this year, which is more than 2x Since he bought the company back in 2017. In this conversation,...

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79. Retirement Planning with Content Differentiation with Ryan Kilkenny
May 24, 2023

79. Retirement Planning with Content Differentiation with Ryan Kilken…

In this episode, Brock speaks with Ryan Kilkenny. Ryan is the founder and CEO of Atomic Planning, a virtual retirement planning financial services company. Ryan is former Marine Corps and after a few years learning financial ...

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78. Building a Boutique Fitness Brand and Implementing EOS with Mike Jones
May 17, 2023

78. Building a Boutique Fitness Brand and Implementing EOS with Mike …

In this episode, Brock speaks with Mike Jones. In this conversation, Mike talks about how to do targeted networking with a particular focus on raising money for a business, as well as running effective meetings with people. W...

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77. Starting and Scaling a Home Repair Business with Rodney Adams
May 10, 2023

77. Starting and Scaling a Home Repair Business with Rodney Adams

In this episode, Brock speaks with Rodney Adams. Rodney is a former Marine Corps infantry, both enlisted and officer and is now the CEO and founder of Mr. Home Repair of Tulsa. We get into why the title of veteran …

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76. The Future of Electric Vehicles with Jeremy McCool
May 3, 2023

76. The Future of Electric Vehicles with Jeremy McCool

In this episode, Brock speaks with Jeremy McCool. Jeremy is a former Army infantry officer, and currently the founder and CEO of HEVO, a wireless electric vehicle charging company. We talked through Jeremy's inspiration for H...

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75. Translating in LATAM, Risk Through the GFC, and ESOPs with Doug Pugliese
April 26, 2023

75. Translating in LATAM, Risk Through the GFC, and ESOPs with Doug P…

In this episode, Brock speaks with Doug Pugliese. Doug is a former naval aviator and translator as well as the former managing director at Bear Stearns, where he rode through the dot com bubble and the GFC. Today he is …

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74. Systems Thinking and Quantitative Finance with Wes Gray
April 19, 2023

74. Systems Thinking and Quantitative Finance with Wes Gray

In this episode, Brock speaks with Wes Gray. Wes is a former Marine intel officer and currently the founder and CEO of alpha architect. This episode might double as an intro to financial markets. We talk about what quantitati...

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73. Retiring on Multifamily Real Estate with JD Modrak
April 12, 2023

73. Retiring on Multifamily Real Estate with JD Modrak

In this episode, Brock speaks with JD Modrak. JD is currently a director at Kasa and is as close to a VA loan expert as I've found. We talk about MBAs and how the value of an MBA could be …

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72. Starting a Direct Mail Marketing Business off Twitter with Christian Ruf
April 5, 2023

72. Starting a Direct Mail Marketing Business off Twitter with Christ…

In this episode, Brock speaks with Christian Ruf. Christian is a former Army helicopter pilot and now operating a home services business. We talk about what we can take from aviation and how to apply that in our lives. We …

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71. Leading through Wild Confidence and Low Self Esteem with Joe Parker
March 29, 2023

71. Leading through Wild Confidence and Low Self Esteem with Joe Park…

In this episode, Brock speaks with Joe Parker. Joe is a former Army officer worked as the head of capital markets at USAA, a product manager at Amazon and now is the COO at positive some of venture stage investment …

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70. Family, a Shoebox of Thoughts, and Seizing Opportunity with Neville Johnson
March 22, 2023

70. Family, a Shoebox of Thoughts, and Seizing Opportunity with Nevil…

In this episode, Brock speaks with Neville Johnson. Neville is the first EX US vet that I've had on serving in the British infantry, and the author of the newly published book Sangin, Then and Now published by Dead Reckoning …

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69. Let People Know What You're Passionate About with Levi West
March 15, 2023

69. Let People Know What You're Passionate About with Levi West

In this episode, Brock speaks with Levi West. Levi is an 0311 in the Marine Corps, but if you ask him, that's definitely not the first way describe himself. He's a writer, a photographer, and an all around creative. He …

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68. Unlocking the Power of the Creative Process with Justin Mikolay
March 8, 2023

68. Unlocking the Power of the Creative Process with Justin Mikolay

In this episode, Brock speaks with Justin Mikolay. Justin is a former submariner and was a speechwriter for several notable figures, including General Petraeus, General Mattis and Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta. You'll hea...

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67. Defining Life's Protocol with Martha Macphee
March 1, 2023

67. Defining Life's Protocol with Martha Macphee

In this episode, Brock speaks with Martha MacPhee. Martha is a former Marine and in this discussion, we talk about her time running protocol for high visibility events, including President Trump's inauguration and how her job...

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66. Pursuing Self Mastery with Tony Nash
Feb. 22, 2023

66. Pursuing Self Mastery with Tony Nash

In this episode, Brock speaks with Tony Nash. Tony is an army officer and the host of the Got Your Six Podcast. Tony talks about how to use physical triggers to slow down time, how to free yourself from the …

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65. Brave and Afraid at the Same Time with Kim Campbell
Feb. 15, 2023

65. Brave and Afraid at the Same Time with Kim Campbell

In this episode, Brock speaks with Kim Campbell. Kim is a former Air Force A10 pilot and is well known for returning her aircraft back to base safely after being struck by a missile flying over Baghdad during the early …

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64. Imposing Your Will on the World with Heath Smith
Feb. 8, 2023

64. Imposing Your Will on the World with Heath Smith

In this episode, Brock speaks with Heath Smith. Heath is a former Army Command Sergeant Major and this episode is a download on 27 years of struggle, leadership and conquering. We discuss how average people have above average...

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63. Writing to Grow, Lead, and Elevate the Veteran Community with William
Feb. 1, 2023

63. Writing to Grow, Lead, and Elevate the Veteran Community with Wil…

In this episode, Brock speaks with William Bolyard. Will is the author of Sober Man's Thoughts and co founder of Dirtbag magazine. We start the conversation off with what he's most proud of in life and go on to explore …

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62. Never
Jan. 25, 2023

62. Never "Leaving" Service and the Power to Create with Paul Szoldra

In this episode Brock speaks with Paul Szoldra. After Paul's exit from the Marine Corps in 2010, he fell into journalism where he went on to write for publications like Business Insider, We are the Mighty, and later became th...

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61. Transparency in Journalism with James LaPorta
Jan. 18, 2023

61. Transparency in Journalism with James LaPorta

In this episode, Brock speaks with James LaPorta. James is former Marine Corps infantry turned investigative reporter having gone on to be a contributor and work at many prestigious news organizations such as The Daily Beast,...

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60. 30 Years of Auto Industry Disruption with Scott Painter
Jan. 11, 2023

60. 30 Years of Auto Industry Disruption with Scott Painter

In this episode, Brock speaks with Scott painter. Scott served in the Army as a Spanish interrogator in the late 80s. And since then went on to found or CO found many companies you've likely heard of, including Fair.com, Cars...

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59. Defining the Lateral Limits of Transition and Life Possibilities with Victor De La Flor
Jan. 4, 2023

59. Defining the Lateral Limits of Transition and Life Possibilities …

In this episode, Brock speaks with Victor De La Flor. Vic is in his last year of 20 years of service in the Marine Corps and we have an open brainstorming discussion around his transition. We talked about some of …

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58. From Compromised Identity to Cybersecurity with Vishal Amin
Dec. 28, 2022

58. From Compromised Identity to Cybersecurity with Vishal Amin

In this episode, Brock speaks with Vishal Amin. Vishal is currently a GM at Microsoft overseeing their security compliance identity management and privacy for all US federal work and a former Marine Corps F18 pilot. In this e...

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57. Mastering the Military Transition with Mark Delaney
Dec. 21, 2022

57. Mastering the Military Transition with Mark Delaney

In this episode, Brock speaks with Mark Delaney. Mark is a former Army officer and his hyper focus on veteran transition. He hosts the Veteran Semi Professional podcast, which recently crossed over 100,000 downloads. He's als...

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