
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
182 episodes
Beyond the Deal: Creating Personal Freedom Through Real Estate Investing
In this episode, I sat down with Greg Berney. Greg went from a full-time career in healthcare administration to building a multi-million dollar real estate investment business in just a few years.He didn’t just create income. H...
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Episode 181
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Redefining Success: Jamie Thurber on Energy, Execution, and Doing What Works
In this episode, I sat down with someone who’s built a wildly successful brand by doing things on her own terms, Jamie Thurber.Jamie is a business and lifestyle coach who’s known for cutting through the noise with her no-BS app...
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Episode 180
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37:52

Chiropractic, Reimagined: How Dr. Ian Combines Strength, Rehab & Performance
In this episode, I got to sit down with someone who’s changing the way people think about healthcare, performance, and long-term pain relief—Dr. Ian McIntosh.Ian is a chiropractor, rehab specialist, and founder of Health & ...
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Episode 179
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How the Top 1% of Contractors Think: Lessons from 25 Years in the Industry
In this episode of the Builders of Authority podcast, I got to sit down with someone I’ve looked forward to connecting with for a while, Bob Houchin. If you're in or around the home services space, there’s a good chance you’ve heard his name...
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Episode 178
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The Power of Taking Action on Personal Branding & Investing in Yourself (Interview with David Marks)
In over 175 episodes since launching this podcast, I’ve never had a repeat guest, until now.I’m excited to welcome back David Marks.David and I met in 2020, when I created a local STL Facebook group to support bus...
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Episode 177
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37:14

The Operations Playbook Every Home Services Owner Needs
A few weeks ago I got a comment on Facebook from someone saying that we should connect. I can’t even remember the context. Usually I’m skeptical with those types of things, but I went and looked at his p...
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Episode 176
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Where Business Meets Adventure: The Story Behind Adventure Unknown
We’re live here at Adventure Unknown in Fenton, MO.Today we are joined by the man himself, the person who is the genius responsible for making AU a reality. I’m joined by Scott Schuessler. ...
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Episode 175
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28:44

How Personal Branding Attracts Top Talent & The Importance of Mental Health in Entrepreneurship
Due to a last minute cancellation, I ended up doing a solo episode this week.I wasn’t prepared for this, so I decided to just talk about what first came to my mind. And that was how personal branding can help...
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Episode 174
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28:10

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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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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