TOOLS TALENTS AND TECHNIQUES with Dustin Sutton
You are building something. A business, a career, a life that actually means something. Tools, Talents, and Techniques is where founders, operators, and leaders share exactly how they did it. Host Dustin Sutton goes beyond the highlight reel to uncover the decisions, systems, and mindset shifts that separate people who talk about success from people who build it. New episodes drop regularly. Subscribe and start listening. © Sutton Enterprises LLC. All rights reserved.
Episodes
Junior golf has plenty of passion and almost no shortage of talent. What it has lacked is structure, access, and a clear path for young players to get seen. Chris Smeal spent decades fixing that.
Chris is the founder of Future Champions Golf, one of the most active junior golf organizations in the world, now hosting 150 events annually across 40+ countries. He is also the co-founder of Campus, a platform connecting young golfers wit...
Youth sports has plenty of apps and almost no real connection between them. John Osberg, VP of Partnerships at Brandlete, joins Dustin to talk about building one platform that brings communication, operations, and athlete development together in one place.
🏆 The Gap Brandlete Set Out to Fill
About five years ago, John saw a problem. Sports organizations were juggling disconnected tools, and no one had built a solution that could &ld...
After a career that spanned the U.S. Navy and the Secret Service, Shawn Honer knew a day would come when he didn’t want to clock in anymore. So he built a life where he wouldn’t have to.
In Episode 119, Dustin sits down with Shawn to talk about his journey from government service to entrepreneurship. Shawn shares how he learned the business by talking to people and finding mentors who took him under their wing. He also e...
Bob Campana started his entrepreneurial journey at 21 with $500 and a drive to succeed. Decades later, he is still building places people never forget.
In Episode 118, Dustin sits down with Bob, founder of Redwood Food and Wine and author of Don't Look Down, to talk about what it takes to build what lasts. Bob shares the story of relocating the Redwood Cafe, partnering with a billionaire on the River Islands project, and why environ...
Most business owners know AI exists. The harder question is where their business is losing time, money, and capacity, and what would actually fix it.
Toni Taylor Gozza spent 35 years in the mortgage industry before founding The Gozza Gap, a consultancy that helps owners find and close gaps across their people, processes, and technology. Sometimes the answer is AI. Sometimes it is automation, a better process, or removing a step that...
Golf courses are leaving revenue on the table every single day — and most operators don't even see it happening. In this episode, Kevin Kalner, founder of Golf District, breaks down how his booking platform is bringing dynamic pricing and revenue management to an industry that's been stuck in the past.
Kevin shares his journey from golf enthusiast to startup founder, walking through how COVID-19 accelerated growth across the g...
🏀 From Court to Courtroom: Tracy Schimelfenig on Sports Law, NIL, and the Future of Women's Sports
She went from college basketball player to courtroom. And she will tell you the skills that made her a great athlete are the same ones that make her a great attorney.
Tracy Schimelfenig is the founder and Managing Attorney of Schimelfenig Legal, a San Diego-based firm focused on sports, business, and nonprofit law. With 20 years of exp...
In this episode, I sit down with Mark Cafferty of the San Diego Regional Economic Development Corporation (EDC) to unpack what's really driving San Diego's economy — from cross-border trade with Mexico to the talent pipelines fueling regional growth. Mark shares how the EDC engages with industry, the leadership lessons he's picked up from mentors and other cities, and why data-driven decision-making sits at the center of good...
Bill Douglas has had more than one moment that changed the trajectory of his life. In this episode, he shares the wild story behind one of them, and how it shaped the way he thinks about resilience, risk, and building a business that lasts.
Bill is the CEO of OpticWise and co-author of Peak Property Performance, a Fast Company Press bestseller. His company helps commercial real estate owners take back control of their data and digit...
🏢 AI Is Disrupting Commercial Real Estate. Here's What That Actually Looks Like.
Dan Mosher has been early to almost every major tech wave of the last 25 years. Food delivery. Electric vehicles. Programmatic advertising. Now he's setting his sights on commercial real estate, and the timing could not be better.
Dan is the CEO and co-founder of DealGround, an AI-native data platform that combines fragmented property and market data in...
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Peter Quinn has seen commercial real estate from every angle. IBM sales training, land development, market crashes, and the digital transformation reshaping how deals get done today. Through all of it one thing has remained constant. The fundamentals work if you work them.
In Episode 111, Dustin sits down with Peter Quinn of Kidder Matthews to unpack a career built on resilience, relationsh...
Joshua Volen did not stumble into commercial real estate. He built toward it, one lesson at a time, starting from childhood ventures that taught him more about business than any classroom ever could.
In Episode 110, Dustin sits down with Joshua Volen, co-founder of CIRE Equity, to unpack how authenticity, vulnerability, and a fundamental shift from scarcity to abundance mindset transformed his approach to leadership, culture, and co...
Jonathan Hawkins built a legal practice most lawyers never considered. He represents law firms themselves, navigating breakups, partnership disputes, and business divorces that tear firms apart from the inside.
In Episode 109, Dustin sits down with Jonathan to unpack how he went from engineering to law, found one of the most underserved niches in the legal industry, and built a practice around serving firms no one else focused on. I...
What does the future of retail actually look like?
In this episode, Dustin sits down with Andy Weiner, President of Rockstep Capital, to break down the real story behind retail’s evolution. While many headlines focus on the rise of e-commerce, Andy explains why physical retail is not only surviving, but in many cases thriving.
From shifting market dynamics to smart investment strategies, this conversation unpacks how the strong...
Employee recognition and leadership are two of the most important drivers of employee engagement and workplace culture. In this episode of Tools, Talents & Techniques, Dustin Sutton sits down with management expert Dr. Bob Nelson and leadership advisor Mario Tamayo to discuss how meaningful recognition improves motivation, performance, and team loyalty.
Dr. Bob Nelson, named the #1 management guru in the world for three consecut...
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Bishop Kevin Foreman shares how faith, entrepreneurship, mindset, and execution unlock your full potential. In this episode of Tools, Talents & Techniques, we explore spiritual leadership, business growth, personal development, and the discipline of taking action.
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What does it take to successfully pivot your career and create meaningful impact?
In this episode of Tools, Talents & Techniques, Dustin sits down with Alex Waters, a leader in the San Diego startup community and a key force behind Program Labs, an organization that designs and operates entrepreneurship programs that expand opportunity and strengthen communities.
Alex shares the unconventional path that took him from aspiring doc...
In this episode of Tools, Talents & Techniques, I sit down with Eric Kapitulik, founder of The Program, to unpack what it truly takes to build elite teams and durable leaders.
Eric shares his journey from military service to working with professional sports teams and corporations across North America. At the core of the conversation is a simple but demanding idea. Success comes from consistent hard work, personal accountability,...
Overcoming adversity changes everything.
In this episode of Tools, Talents & Techniques, I sit down with marathon runner, author, and podcast host Bishoy Tadros to explore resilience, endurance sports, parenting, empathy, and personal growth.
Bishoy shares his powerful story of battling leukemia as a child and how that experience shaped his mindset, values, and lifelong commitment to pushing past limits. From hosting the Mile 40...
Building a company is hard. Building one with the right culture while scaling fast is even harder.
In this episode of Tools, Talents & Techniques, I sit down with David Walker, Co-founder and CEO of Spara, to talk entrepreneurship, AI, sales, and what it really takes to build a company that lasts.
David shares how his early influences shaped his entrepreneurial mindset, why his first startup experience was a turning point, and ho...
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