David Befort Show
Most podcasts give you the highlight reel. This one goes deeper. The David Befort Show is a weekly conversation with entrepreneurs, leaders, and high-performers who have built something real — and are willing to tell the truth about what it actually took. The victories, the failures, the moments nobody talks about on stage. Every episode is built around three things: finance, leadership, and entrepreneurship. Not the textbook versions. The kind forged in combat zones and corporate collapses, in businesses that almost broke before they figured it out, and in the quiet decisions that most people never see. Guests include a man who co-founded a $20 billion investment firm and then spent a decade going undercover to rescue children from trafficking. A Swiss entrepreneur who turned down a banking career at 22, built a seven-figure fitness business with no backup plan, and now coaches CEOs to perform at the level their businesses demand. A Top Gun graduate and Naval Admiral whose 36-year career taught him that the most powerful leadership tool he ever had was learning people's names. A fighter squadron commander whose approach to leadership is so repeatable he wrote a book about it — and his former wingman is the one who made him come on and explain it. These are people who have done something. And David Befort has the credibility to ask them the questions nobody else thinks to ask. New episodes every Monday.
Episodes
Dr. Kristal Vance spent nearly 30 years in health and wellness, seeing 40 to 50 chiropractic patients a day — and found herself at around 300 pounds. What finally worked wasn't more willpower, and it wasn't the shortcut she tried in secret first.
Kristal shares why she stopped chasing the scale, how accountability did what willpower never could, and why she sold her practice to build an online community she says has grown to n...
Winning as an entrepreneur requires more than just grit; it demands a clear understanding of what success actually looks like.
Rob Fajardo, founder of Leave Normal Behind, joins us to discuss the reality of building a business from the ground up. We break down the internal shifts needed to move past early struggles, like eviction and instability, and how to align your daily actions with your ultimate destination. This conver...
The conversation explores the journey of Trey O'Brien, an Army veteran who transitioned to civilian life, focusing on themes of personal fulfillment, the role of ego, and the integration of AI in business. Trey shares insights on managing expectations in client relationships and the importance of autonomy and self-discovery after military service. The conversation explores the importance of self-awareness, effective communication, ...
Private lending isn't just about collecting interest. It is about understanding the mechanics of commercial real estate deals.
Most investors look at a property and see a price tag. David Befort looks at the same deal and sees the financial infrastructure underneath. We discuss the current landscape for investment-grade commercial real estate, specifically why office rental properties and strip malls are crossing his desk ri...
Online sales was something that had to be searched for accross the country on the entrepreneurial journey of Stephen Somers, a successful business owner from Ireland!
Discover how he transitioned from a struggling musician to running a thriving online sales business, overcoming challenges along the way.
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What if your 401k is not your money at all? Travis Fairbairn makes the case that your retirement funds are effectively "in jail," and that realization changed everything - from liquidating his account, to rethinking how wealth is built, controlled, and deployed.
In this conversation with David Befort, Travis shares the moment he tried to access his 401k and hit a wall, how that frustration led him down a path into private le...
Retired Air Force Colonel Langdon Root on military leadership and the hard choices that define a career.
Langdon Root spent twenty-six years in the Air Force, rising from the cockpit to leading organizations of nearly three thousand personnel. At the ten-year mark, he made a decision that surprised his peers: he stopped flying. It wasn't because of outside pressure, but a realization that his path needed to change. We discus...
Seventeen years, two business models, and a case against the advice everyone gives you: that you have to be just one thing.
Everyone in the personal brand space tells you to niche down and pick one thing. Willa
Kammerer thinks that's backwards — and she's built two businesses proving it.
She started
freelancing straight out of college, has never had a job, and seventeen years later runs
FIRESTARTERIX, wher...
What's leaking out of your financial life right now? Most people can't answer that — because no one's ever asked them the question.
My guest today spent 35 years teaching financial professionals the exact questions that change that. Trent Fortner was my first business coach in this industry, seven years ago, and what I learned from him helped lay the foundation for everything I've built since. He's a coach, speaker, and founde...
Former Swiss banker Mauro Stara left a lucrative finance career and applied a risk manager's lens to the human body, building a seven-figure health coaching business with 82% of clients coming from referrals and retention north of 90%.
In this episode of The David Befort Show, Mauro and host David Befort break down how to "protect the downside so you can focus on the upside," how Mauro reframed fear using the "what if vs. what is" m...
Should you do your own bookkeeping? Accountant "Coach Christina" Conover-Merrill explains the difference between a bookkeeper, an accountant, and a CPA, why cash in the bank isn't profit, how much to set aside for taxes, and when a business owner should stop doing their own books.
A bookkeeper records your transactions, an accountant analyzes what those numbers mean, and a CPA is licensed to protect the public — and, c...
A-10 squadron commander Derek "Woody" Oaks on the three things almost every leader gets wrong.
Retired A-10 fighter squadron commander Derek "Woody" Oaks joins host David Befort to break down the leadership system he used to lead combat pilots in the 75th Fighter Squadron — and why it works just as well in a boardroom as it does at 20,000 feet.
Timestamps
(0:01:24) - Why fighter squadron commander was the most rewarding...
What separates an average leader from a great one? After 36 years in the Navy, Mike Manazir says it comes down to two things — and both are simpler than most people expect.
Retired Rear Admiral Mike "Nasty" Manazir is a TOPGUN graduate and F-14 Tomcat pilot who commanded the USS Nimitz, served as executive officer of the USS Carl Vinson, and spent years as a Landing Signal Officer recovering aircraft onto carrier decks at nigh...
What happens when an entrepreneur finally makes the money he always dreamed of, and still feels like something is missing? Paul Hutchinson sold his first company at 29 for $20 million.
He went on to co-found a fund that grew into a multibillion-dollar firm, then walked away from it to run the Child Liberation Foundation and Liberating Humanity. He is also the executive producer and primary investor behind the film Sound of Freedom.
I...
What if everything you were taught about money isn't the whole story? Retired A-10 pilot David Befort launches a show on finance, leadership, and entrepreneurship.
David spent 26 years in uniform, five at the Air Force Academy, the rest as a commissioned officer and A-10C "Warthog" attack pilot, flying combat missions and leading Airmen from Korea to Germany to Afghanistan. He retired as a Lieutenant Colonel, walked into corporate A...
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