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.
Builders of Authority
Adam McChesney’s Full Entrepreneurial Journey
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What does it really take to rebuild your business, reputation, and confidence after losing almost everything?
In this episode of the Builders of Authority Podcast, the tables are turned as Adam McChesney steps away from the host’s chair and is interviewed by Builders of Authority COO Alejandra during her visit to the St. Louis office.
Adam shares the complete story behind his entrepreneurial journey, from working in corporate medical device sales and learning digital marketing through an online course to building his first performance-based marketing website and eventually launching an agency.
He also opens up about one of the most difficult periods of his life: the collapse of a previous business partnership in early 2024. Adam discusses the legal and financial consequences, the mental burden of feeling like a failure, and the decision to start over when quitting would have been easier.
In this conversation, Adam and Alejandra discuss:
• Transitioning from corporate medical device sales into entrepreneurship
• Learning digital marketing and building his first website
• Navigating the legal and financial impact of a failed business partnership
• Overcoming the mental burden and identity crisis caused by professional failure
• Rebuilding Builders of Authority from a small team into an agency of approximately 50 employees
• Scaling a company rapidly without following a traditional agency growth model
• Prioritizing committed, high-quality people instead of replacing teams with AI tools
• Creating long-term client relationships by deeply serving the people who trust you
• The pressure entrepreneurship can place on marriage, family, and personal health
• Evolving individual skills and leadership abilities at the same rate the company grows
Adam also speaks candidly about the personal cost of rebuilding a business. He reflects on struggling to remain mentally present at home, the pressure placed on his wife, Delaney, and the responsibility he feels as a father to his son, Murphy.
He closes the conversation with a direct message for entrepreneurs experiencing failure and advice for his internal team on what it takes to grow alongside a rapidly scaling company.
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About me:
I’m Adam McChesney: an entrepreneur and marketer who’s spent the last decade building and scaling service-based businesses. I’ve been on both sides of the table: running companies myself and helping other business owners grow through smarter, more disciplined marketing.
I’m the founder of Builders of Authority, where I work with service businesses to improve visibility, strengthen their brand, and build marketing systems that actually perform over time. Everything I share comes from real experience, what I’ve tested, what’s worked, and what hasn’t.
Today, I create content, speak, and have honest conversations about marketing, growth, and leadership, with one goal in mind: helping business owners stop relying on last-minute tactics and start building something sustainable.
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