Million Dollar Relationships
Have you ever been introduced to a person that completely changed the course of your business or your life… so much so, that much of what you have today wouldn't be possible, if not for this person? Each week on The Million Dollar Relationships Podcast, your host Kevin Thompson interviews successful entrepreneurs, founders, and CEOs as they share their personal stories and experience around this very question. Your invitation is to have a seat at the head of the table as they honor and introduce you to the most valuable people in their lives and remind us that relationship capital is the most valuable asset we possess. Each week you'll be inspired and motivated to intentionally create more meaningful, rewarding and profitable relationships in your life so that together we can make a far bigger impact in this world.
Episodes
What if the wrong turn that changed your life wasn't even yours to take?
In this episode, Justin Gray, serial entrepreneur and Managing Partner at In Revenue Capital, shares how five exits worth more than $500 million in enterprise value all trace back to one unexpected introduction at a Phoenix bar. His girlfriend at the time ran into a ...
What if the most powerful leadership skill in the world could be taught in a maximum security prison?
In this episode, Doug Noll, lawyer turned peacemaker, mediator, and author of the upcoming Empathy Leadership, shares how walking away from a $10 million law career led him to one of the most profound discoveries in human communication. F...
What if the most important business introduction of your life happened in a middle seat at 30,000 feet?
In this episode, Carrie Waible, founder of CW and Co., shares a career that reads like a map of New York City's most iconic moments. Star-studded galas, Nobu's 20th anniversary, Donna Summer and John Legend at the Beacon Theater, Robert...
What if you never made a cold call, never sent a cold email, and still built a global agency with 140 clients across four continents?
In this episode, Joel Strauss, founder of Strauss Communications, shares how being fired at the start of Covid with zero clients led to building a boutique PR agency that has now worked with over 140 compan...
What if the most valuable business lessons you ever learned came not from a classroom, but from a farm?
In this episode, Robbie Shoults, third-generation owner of Bear Creek Smokehouse, shares the story of an 83-year family legacy built on smoked meats, hard work, and two simple rules passed down from his grandfather and father: show peop...
What if the person who saw your gift before you did was the same one who dared you to use it?
In this episode, Jamie Dykstra, nonfiction book ghostwriter and former corporate finance professional, shares how a career 180 brought her from spreadsheets to storytelling. She didn't plan to become a ghostwriter. She planned to take a few month...
What if one celebrity client could permanently change the trajectory of your entire career?
In this episode, Dr. Catrise Austin, celebrity dentist turned brand authority strategist, shares how a bold move at a New York restaurant in the 1990s launched a career that would land her in hip hop history. She introduced herself to Isaac Hayes o...
What if one person noticing something in you changed the entire trajectory of your life?
In this episode, Samyr Laine, Haitian-American Olympian, attorney, and managing partner of Freedom Trail Capital, shares how a high school track coach who noticed a kid with leaping ability in gym class set off a chain of events that led to the Olympi...
What if the most important shift you could make as a leader isn't learning more, but learning to hear what's already being said?
In this episode, Guy Legare, clinical psychologist, executive leadership coach at Inperium, and lifelong student of listening, shares one of the most quietly powerful stories you will ever hear on this podcast. ...
What if one person putting their neck out for you was all it took to change the entire trajectory of your life?
In this episode, Nas Vou, founder of Do It Digital and host of CEO Insights, shares how a journey that started at McDonald's at age 14 led him from chronic illness and corporate sales in Australia to running a growth-focused dig...
What if the most powerful word you could say in your business and your life is the one you've been afraid to use?
In this episode, Dana Skaggs, psychotherapist, podcaster, and keynote speaker, shares how nearly two decades in private practice and a very personal journey with her mother's mental illness led her to become one of the most pa...
What if the boldest thing a nonprofit could do isn't fight to survive alone, but choose to grow together?
In this episode, Jay Deppeler, Senior Executive Vice President and Chief Development Officer at Inperium, shares how a 25-year journey through the health and human services sector led him to one of the most revolutionary models in non...
What if the connection that changes everything isn't the one you're chasing, but the one you almost overlooked?
In this episode, Ron Nussbaum, Marine Corps veteran, founder of BuilderComs and Buildable Labs, and host of Construction Champions Podcast, shares how a knee injury in a swamp ended his military career and accidentally launched ...
What if the business idea that found you was better than any you could have planned?
In this episode, Brad Robins, serial entrepreneur, sports marketing veteran, and co-founder of Kitchen Blockers, shares the story of how a pickleball to the face on a drive back from Cincinnati sparked one of the most unexpected entrepreneurial adventures...
What if the best business mentor you never had wasn't a person at all?
In this episode, Chris Gilmour, educator, wilderness guide, course creator, and resilience consultant, shares how a fascination with wildlife tracking in his early twenties led him to one of the most unique and meaningful careers imaginable. Over two decades, Chris has...
What if everything you were meant to build was already waiting on the other side of a door you almost never opened?
In this episode, Jeremy Barker, founder and CEO of Murphy Door, shares the origin story behind one of the most inventive brands in home design. Murphy Door now controls roughly 92% of global search for hidden doors, ships a ...
What if the people nobody believed in turned out to be the ones worth believing in most?
In this episode, Michael Thomas, CEO of ConnectIDD and former 14-year CEO of My Possibilities, shares how nearly 20 years in the disability space has brought him to one clear conviction: we are at a tipping point. Adults with disabilities are running ...
What if the worst thing that ever happened to you turned out to be the very thing that made you unstoppable?
In this episode, Aaron Hale, retired Army Staff Sergeant, EOD Team Leader, speaker, podcaster, real estate investor, and small business owner, shares one of the most extraordinary stories of resilience you will ever hear. In 2011, ...
What if the business relationship that challenged you the most was also the one that taught you the most?
In this episode, Latif Hamilton, CEO of SpiritHoods and founder of The Growth Operative, shares the story behind one of the most creative and resilient brands in fashion e-commerce. Over 16 years, SpiritHoods has generated more than $...
What if uncertainty isn't the problem — it's that you haven't learned to tell the difference between what can change and what can't change?
In this episode, Daniel Burrus, one of the world's leading futurists and a New York Times bestselling author of seven books, shares the framework he has used for four decades to predict technolo...
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