Travis Makes Friends

Travis Chappell

Relationships are the most important asset we have in life. If you'd like to improve your relationships, whether we're talking about your relationship with your partner, your friends, your kids, your professional network, or with yourself, then this is the show for you! After 800 episodes of my top-rated audio podcast, Build Your Network, I decided to start recording my interviews in person so I could share them with all of you on YouTube. In addition to listening on your favorite podcast app, now you can watch my in-depth conversations with exceptional athletes like Shaquille O’Neal, comedians like Dane Cook, entertainers like Rob Dyrdek or Chris Hansen, authors like Dr. Nicole LePera, former presidents like Vicente Fox, or even the occasional FBI hostage negotiator, billionaire real estate mogul, polarizing political figure, or controversial social media influencer. Hit that subscribe button – we're just getting started!

  1. 23 MAR

    From Fighting Addiction to Representing Some of the Biggest Celebrities in the World | Darren Prince

    Darren Prince, International Best Selling author of his memoir Aiming High, is a prominent sports and celebrity agent and global advocate for addiction/mental health and recovery. Through his agency, Prince Marketing Group, he represents icons Magic Johnson, Larry Bird, Jerry West, Dominique Wilkins, Hulk Hogan, Ric Flair, Chevy Chase, Charlie Sheen, Denise Richards, Carmen Electra, and many others as well as having worked with the late Smokin’ Joe Frazier, Muhammad Ali and Evel Knievel. Darren / PMG has also worked with Mike Tyson, Evander Holyfield, Shaquille O’Neal, Dennis Rodman, Oscar De La Hoya, Roy Jones Jr, Tom Brady, Pamela Anderson, Vince Neil, Dee Snider and Keith Urban. PMG is one of the most respected boutique sports and entertainment agencies in the world with over $500M in deals negotiated in its 25 plus years in the industry. Having paired a celebrity with everything from Super Bowl commercials, product endorsement campaigns, keynotes, licensing and branded social media campaigns companies such as Apple, Oracle, Best Buy, Gillette, Hard Rock Casino and hundreds of others have utilized their expertise to find the perfect celebrity to fit their initiative, product or service.  As a leading authority in this space, Prince’s insights have been featured in WSJ, NYT, USA Today, CNN, Fox and Friends, Chris Cuomo, Tucker Carlson, “On Purpose” podcast with Jay Shetty, Extra TV, Dr. OZ and many other top media outlets. Darren has experienced what life is like in the celebrity world but also seen the dark reality of addiction through his own personal struggle with opiates. With over 14 years of sobriety, it’s now Darren’s mission to help others avoid and break free from addiction and mental health struggles. He had a God awakening on July 2, 2008, and believes in a spiritual higher power and that anyone can turn their bottom into a new beginning. Prince started his 501(c)3 Aiming High Foundation where 100% of the proceeds provide treatment for those suffering. He has become a highly sought-after speaker on addiction recovery and mental health. He specializes in helping high functioning addicts and at-risk executives to identify and avoid the pitfalls of addiction and working with teens on self-esteem and self-worth. He also is a consultant to Banyan Treatment Center which has 15 locations spread across the United States. Prince is on the commercial advisory board of Bridge Therapeutics, a revolutionary opiate detox drug. With anticipation of FDA approval in making its way to the medical industry in 2024. A life saving detox drug treating addicts for pain management and transitioning them to an opiate free lifestyle. If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Follow Travis on: Instagram: @travischappell TikTok: @traviscchappell Facebook: /traviscchappell Twitter: @traviscchappell

    1hr 11min
  2. 23 FEB

    Why Only 2% of Fighter Pilots Are Women & How I Beat The Odds | Michelle "MACE" Curran

    Join us on the Travis Makes Friends podcast as we dive into an incredible conversation with Michelle 'Mace' Curran, a decorated U.S. Air Force veteran and former Thunderbird lead solo pilot. From her small-town roots in Wisconsin to flying F-16s in combat and inspiring audiences as a motivational speaker, Michelle shares her journey, the challenges of being a female fighter pilot, and insights from her new book, The Flip Side: How to Invert Your Perspective and Turn Fear into Your Superpower. Buckle up for an inspiring episode filled with high-flying stories and life-changing lessons! If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Follow Travis on: Instagram: @travischappell TikTok: @traviscchappell Facebook: /traviscchappell Twitter: @traviscchappell Chapters 00:00:00 - Introduction 00:01:39 - Interest in Air Force Career 00:05:49 - Switching to Fighter Pilot Goal 00:11:27 - Female Fighter Pilots Stats 00:15:08 - Unexpected Career Challenges 00:21:19 - Japan Assignment and Gear 00:24:05 - Book: The Flip Side 00:29:04 - Call Sign Story 00:35:54 - Lessons from Dog Fight 00:37:25 - Book Writing Process 00:43:51 - Where to Buy Book #TravisChappell #BuildYourNetwork #TravisMakesFriends #MichelleCurran #AirForcePilot #ThunderbirdSolo #F16Viper #CombatVeteran #FemalePilot #MaceCallsign #FlipSide #FearSuperpower #PilotTraining #DropNight #RuralWisconsin #StThomas #LukeAFB #MisawaJapan #AfghanistanDeployment #NVGCombat #DogFight #BestsellerList #MotivationalSpeaker #TopGun #BlueAngels #NicoleMalachowski #MilitaryTrends #AviationNews #WomenThunderbirds #F35Stealth If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Follow Travis on: Instagram: @travischappell TikTok: @traviscchappell Facebook: /traviscchappell Twitter: @traviscchappell

    45 min
  3. 16 FEB

    Finding a Job is Hard, Becoming a Millionaire Has Never Been Easier | Serial Investor Mike Lazerow

    Travis Makes Friends episode featuring serial entrepreneur and investor Mike Lazerow—co-founder of Buddy Media (sold to Salesforce for ~$1B), early Golf.com success story, and seed investor in Liquid Death. Mike shares the raw journey from shoveling snow in DC suburbs to making $1M by 22, surviving dot-com bankruptcies (including buying back Golf.com), investor lawsuits/death threats from friends & family, and the boardroom wisdom of "don't shine the turd." Travis and Mike break down AI's shift from 10x engineers to 10x entrepreneurs, why solo $300-400k a year businesses with 60%+ margins will dominate, and how it's never been easier to hit $1M but never harder to get a job. They cover Liquid Death's origin story, radical honesty in leadership, and why podcasting is the ultimate relationship/networking hack. CHAPTERS 1:01 First dollar: Snow shoveling + pricing psychology 1:58 $1M at 22 with University Wire (pre-crash) 2:23 "Things crash... close to zero" (dot-com lesson) 3:30 Golf.com: Bought for $279k from NBC, sold $25M after bankruptcy buyback 16:02 "Lost everything... friends sued us, one threatened to kill us" 17:36 Post-bankruptcy fundraising desperation 27:26 "DON'T SHINE THE TURD" (became book chapter) 10:48 "Never easier 0→$1M... never harder to get a job" 12:13 Future: $350k/year solo ops, 68% margins 31:44 Liquid Death seed story (from Gary Vee's conference room) 33:43 LD pitch: "Market wellness, not poison" 50:09 "Lacking relationships? Start a podcast" 53:54 Generosity If you like this, click subscribe, like and share with a friend. Follow Travis on: Instagram: @travischappell TikTok: @traviscchappell Facebook: /traviscchappell Twitter: @traviscchappell

    1hr 6min

About

Relationships are the most important asset we have in life. If you'd like to improve your relationships, whether we're talking about your relationship with your partner, your friends, your kids, your professional network, or with yourself, then this is the show for you! After 800 episodes of my top-rated audio podcast, Build Your Network, I decided to start recording my interviews in person so I could share them with all of you on YouTube. In addition to listening on your favorite podcast app, now you can watch my in-depth conversations with exceptional athletes like Shaquille O’Neal, comedians like Dane Cook, entertainers like Rob Dyrdek or Chris Hansen, authors like Dr. Nicole LePera, former presidents like Vicente Fox, or even the occasional FBI hostage negotiator, billionaire real estate mogul, polarizing political figure, or controversial social media influencer. Hit that subscribe button – we're just getting started!

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