
Builders of Authority
Builders of Authority is the go-to podcast for entrepreneurs looking to level up their game in all facets. With a focus on personal branding and growing your business, host Adam McChesney, brings on high level entrepreneurs who have experience growing companies through branding. You will learn tactics and strategies, not theories, from guests on the podcast while understanding what you need to do in order to reach new levels of success.
Episodes
174 episodes
Meet Our Operations Manager at Builders of Authority: Jessica Cochran
We are coming to you live from Adventure Unknown here in Fenton, MO.Today I’m joined by our new Operations Manager, Jessica Cochran.Jessica and I have known each other for a few years, belong to the same parish of...
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Episode 173
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Young, Driven, and Winning: Jack Hanneken’s Path to Entrepreneurial Success
I started my first official business when I was 27. It was a side hustle in the digital marketing space. I went full-time at 28 back in 2020.I always wonder what life and business would have been like if I st...
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Episode 172
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29:12

Building a Real Estate Brand with Creative & Funny Content (Interview with Zach Fagas)
Today I’m joined by fellow AU member, Zach Fagas. Zach and I actually went to grade school together. I was a year older. We have been connected online probably since Facebook was even a thing. <...
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Episode 171
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32:37

Inside the Tax Game Plan: Real Advice for Real Business Owners (Interview with Payton Gillis)
I’ll start by saying that I strongly dislike financials, accounting, taxes, etc. Today’s guest is truly an authority and subject matter expert in this space. He and I connected online over a year ago.&nb...
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Episode 170
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30:31

The One Call Close Formula: How Shai Ades Drove $300M+ in Sales
One of my favorite FB groups is Blue Collar Millionaire. If you’re a home services company or contractor and you’re not in the group, go join it right now. I’ve been in the group for almost 2 years now, ...
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Episode 169
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35:49

The Value-First Brand: How to Grow Your Business the Right Way (Interview with Matt Skarin)
Being a member up here at Adventure Unknown has given me the opportunity to meet some incredible people. If you’re here in St. Louis and haven’t come up to visit, let’s get you up here ASAP. Today’s guest is someone I met ...
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Episode 168
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30:15

The Power of One: Why One Thriving Location May Be Enough (Interview with Dr. Danny Roach)
Description: I’ve been investing in masterminds and self development since 2020. Along the way I’ve met some amazing people.It’s even better when you meet those people and they are local to...
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Episode 167
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Buying a Business vs. Starting One: Real-World Lessons (Interview w/ Joe Francke)
We are live here from Adventure Unknown in Fenton, MO thanks to the amazing folks at Punchline Productions. Today I’m joined by someone I met through being a member here at AU. We had been meaning to mee...
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Episode 166
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29:51

6 Lessons from Re-launching our Digital Marketing Agency
Welcome back, everyone! Due to a guest cancellation, I’ve decided to role with a solo episode. The timing is great, because we just ended an incredible Q1. I’m making a YouTube video a...
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Episode 165
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19:30

Family Business, Modern Brand: The Growth of Nicholson Heating & Air (Interview w/ Dylan Nicholson)
Today’s episode is with someone who is a client of our digital marketing agency, and has been since October. And the way that it all came about was the perfect storm of personal branding gone right. Near...
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Episode 164
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Why the Right Talent at the Right Time Changes Everything (Interview with Clint Overton)
Today I’m joined by someone that I met over 3 years ago. We connected on LinkedIn and ended up grabbing coffee a few different times. He & I talked a lot about life and business and realized we knew a lot of the same p...
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Episode 163
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The Mentor Who Changed My Life: A Deep Dive with Dr. Sean Siebert
Back in 2011, I took my first business class in college. I had heard about this professor who had a really innovative way of teaching inside of the business school at ColumbiaAfter taking that class, I ended ...
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Episode 162
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39:47

Scaling with Strategy: How Adam Chronister Leverages AI to WIN
Today’s episode is with a guest who I’ve known for about 4 years now. We met in a digital marketing mastermind that I was a part of previously. He’s someone that I highly respect because of his track record in the digital ...
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Season 161
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23:56

Reclaiming Your Power at Work: Confidence, Clarity, and Career Growth (Interview with Diana Alt)
Today we have a virtual episode coming to you via Zoom.This guest and I had the opportunity to meet back in June of last year at The Thing in Nashville. We shared the stage speaking at that event, and then also The Thing in Orlando back ...
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Episode 160
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24:19

Simple Spirituality for the Modern Hustler: Finding Growth in Everyday Life (Christy Waters-Forsyth)
Today’s episode is with a guest whom I met at The Thing in Orlando back in November. There’s been a lot of recent guests who I met at that event and they’ve all been amazing episodes, and I know today will be just the same.I will probab...
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Episode 159
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29:28

Niche Down, Scale Up: How Chris Treese Built a Brand Around Building Dream Backyards
I don’t know how it took us this long to schedule this episodes, but I’m grateful we are doing this today. About a year and a half ago, I got connected to this individual. Since then, he has joined our BOA Mastermind, ...
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Episode 158
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33:05

Engineering a New Life: The Transition from Corporate to Business Owner (Lewis Vandervalk)
Today is going to be a great episode. I have known this individual for over 5 years now. He and I met in a group where we were learning digital marketing way back in the day. Since then, we have been active in Apex tog...
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Episode 157
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Day in the Life of a 21-year old Content Creator & College Student (Interview with Anthony Gross)
It’s been a minute since we had an in person episode. And today’s episode has an interesting back story, that I’m really excited to dive into. On New Years Eve I was scrolling social media and saw this individual posting about his ...
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Episode 156
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32:01

How to Maximize Value & Unlock Potential (Interview with Chris Martinez of Bloom)
Today is going to be a great episode. I recently met today’s guest at the end of last year through a mutual connection. We had the opportunity to hop on a zoom call and get to know each other and learn more about what we were up to in business....
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Episode 155
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35:15

Speak WITH People (not AT them) - Interview with Jason Raitz
Today I’m excited about the opportunity to interview someone I had the chance to meet back in June of last year while speaking at event with him. Since then we have spoken at multiple events together, and I’ve just really enjoyed having this pe...
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Episode 154
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40:40

Achieve More. Stress, Less. Live with Purpose (Interview with Kristy Kuhl)
Today is going to be a great episode. I’m interviewing someone I’ve only briefly talked back and forth over messenger with, but I know that she’s going to be an incredible guest. She and I are alumni of the Coach to Coaches program...
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Episode 153
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26:14

How to Grow a 7-Figure Digital Marketing Agency (Interview with Josh Nelson)
Today is an episode that I’ve been looking forward to for quite some time now. I’ve been following this person since I went full-time with my agency back in 2020. We have been connected online for a few years and I’ve ...
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Episode 152
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26:22

Sick of Your Current Job? Learn How to Combat the Sunday Scaries (Interview with Angie Callen)
Today I’m joined by someone that I got the opportunity to share the stage with back in November at The Thing in Orlando. And let’s just say I’m really glad I went before her, because she is an absolutely phenomenal speaker who brin...
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Episode 151
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32:46

Transform your CRM with WAVV’s Embedded Multi-Line Dialer (Interview with Spencer Harman)
Today I’m joined remotely by someone I just met online a few months ago.Last month I had the chance to be on his podcast, and since then have continued to learn more about him and his company.He and his company are working on so...
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Episode 150
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Create 30 Days worth of Video Content in just Minutes w/Syallaby (Interview with Austin Armstrong)
Today’s guest is someone who I’ve been following for awhile online, and had the opportunity to meet in person last month and share a stage with at The Thing in Orlando. He has millions of followers across all the various social med...
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Episode 149
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33:39
