Better Faster Further

This is a very special conversation with our friend, Jeff Jones . Some of you may remember Jeff from episode 11. Jeff is a Chicago native, VP of Sales at Orange Business, father, husband, and ultra endurance athlete. We recorded this conversation shortly after Jeff finished his first 200 + mile ultra endurance run, Moab 240 . Jeff and Adam recount their experience running together in Moab and Jeff...

Lu-Fong is currently the chief marketing officer at a clean energy company, TAE Power Solutions -- promoting electrification in vehicles and energy storage, using technology derived from nuclear fusion R&D. Leading up to his current role, Lu-Fong has spent half his professional life in Singapore, half in the US on both coasts, and also in both the public and private sectors. Lu-Fong has had va...

Please join us for the next edition of the  Better Faster Further  podcast with  Lindywell  Founder and CEO,  Robin Long . Robin took time out of her annual team meeting in Santa Barbara to spend time with us on the pod. Robin went to school for communications and started in commercial real estate after school. This was her first exposure to entrepreneurship and what it’s like to build something f...

This conversation is with  Meghan Phillips , serial entrepreneur based in Sacramento, CA. Meghan started her female-led creative studio,  Honey , in 2008 while she was 5 months pregnant with her daughter and her husband was in law school. Fast forward 15 years and Meghan is now thinking about the next evolution for Honey, she’s actively growing her other venture,  Simple Summers , and heavily invo...

Chris is a former Chief People Officer helping early to late stage startups create human-centered organizations that scale and drive business outcomes. Chris has led the People, Talent and Workplace functions at amazing companies like Intercom, Affirm, Flipboard and Say Media. He was the first global head of people at all 4 startups, so in addition to helping scale the company, he helped build the...

Hey Everyone, Adam here. Grateful to have the opportunity to talk all things Bigfoot 200 with my colleague and friend, Regan Bach . Debriefing the 200 mile endurance runs I've been fortunate to participate in over the last year has become a ritual. They each have taken on a different meaning and yielded different lessons. This one was fueled by gratitude which I found to be much more sustainab...

Nick Waters is the writer, director & producer, of WORST ENEMY and founder of “The Movie House” which is his production company. Originally from South Florida, Nick was a nationally ranked swimmer growing up, breaking over a dozen state and national records, and was a member of the USA NCSA Junior National Team. Nick went on to earn his B.S. and M.A. degrees from Stanford University where he s...

Today, we did something a little different. Instead of hosting a guest, we used an article that Regan Bach wrote titled "Line of Sight" - Why Thinking About Your Organization as Panes of Glass is Critical to Success" to have a thought provoking conversation focused on some of the simple but not easy critical success factors for every organization. Regan has been a coach and a consul...

Joe McConaughy is a very accomplished ultra-endurance athlete having completed FKT's (Fastest Known Time) on the John Muir Trail, Arizona Trail, Appalachian Trail, and the Pacific Crest Trail. Joe is also an Ultra-Endurance Coach and has been Adam's coach for a couple seasons guiding Adam to a finish at the Moab 240 in 2022 and the Cocodona 250 in 2023.  Regan Bach ,  Joe McConaughy , and...

We had the unique opportunity of speaking with one of  Patagonia's District Managers  Christa Nenaber. Christa has worked at Patagonia for almost 12 years and has had a myriad of leadership positions during that time. She currently oversees the Central Region which includes 9 stores throughout Colorado and surrounding states. Her connection with people and leaning into vulnerability is what dr...

Please join Regan and Adam for a conversation as Adam prepares to run the Cocodona 250 Ultra Race beginning at 5am May 1st. This race starts in Black Canyon, Arizona and finishes in Flagstaff Arizona. The race is 250 miles across the varied and beautiful landscapes of Arizona. It has almost 40,000 feet of elevation gain and will use a combination of single track trail, fire roads, and just a littl...

This time we had the pleasure of speaking with  Michael Perman . Regan coached Michael almost a decade ago while he was the Sr. Director "Dean" of Innovation at GAP Inc. Since then, he's become the CEO and Chief Futurist of his own company C'EST WHAT? LLC , where he's helped develop global innovation strategies for Levi’s, Adidas, Banana Republic, Hyatt, Hershey’s, Nike, and...

Annie is a Bay Area Native and a product of divorced immigrant parents from Vietnam. She's a mom to a 1 year old whom she loves dearly and a wife to a San Francisco FireFighter. She loves to run but these days most of her running is chasing after her 1 year old. She's a classically trained pastry chef that will one day make her debut in the culinary arts. Annie is an ops person through and...

I (Adam) met Jeff for the first time during the Moab 240 Endurance Event in October of 2022. Jeff led myself and the athlete and friend he was there to pace, Aaron Prevo, on an 80 mile journey up and over the La Sal Mountains. As one can imagine, we got to know each other really well over the couple days we spent together. Since that event in October, Jeff has transitioned from VP Strategic Sales...

As a former CTO/CPO turned Certified Coach and Digital Nomad for 8+ years, Lisa combines decases of experience to partner in the creation of more meaningful impact in her client's personal and professional lives. Lisa has been quoted & featured in Fast Company, FOX News, ZDNet & VentureBeat, and most recently Marty Cagan's book Empowered . She has spoken at conferences, podcasts and events...

Jeromy Zajonc was raised in Marin County by a single dad with an older brother. He grew up in demanding household starting with 5am bike rides at age 5 while his dad trained for the Kona Ironman. He completed his first triathlon in Clovis CA at age 5 learning about grit, stamina, and mental toughness from his dad and swim coach Warren Lager. Jeromy is now a professional coach living in t...

Join us for a conversation with Ben Edwards.  Ben is a storyteller by training, he gave up his career as a reporter, editor and foreign correspondent to pursue an executive life – as publisher of The Economist online, as head of corporate and digital marketing at IBM, as IBM's chief communications officer, and as a vice president of product management at PayPal. Along the way, Ben discovered...

Lance is an experienced Founder with a demonstrated history of successfully scaling ideas into reality for start-ups in the synthetic biology, industrial biochemical and food & beverages industries. Tune in to hear Lance talk about his career path in learning how to build successful, diverse teams that can take on big challenges in hard tech.

For those of you who enjoyed podcast episode #2 when Adam debriefed his life changing experience finishing Moab 240 you're sure to love this episode with our guest, Aaron Prevo. Aaron is married and a father of 4 girls, accomplished business leader with a career that's spanned some of the greats like BearingPoint, British Telecom, and Cisco. Aaron has also been running for 40+ years including fini...

Welcome back or welcome to the Better Faster Further Podcast. Today, we are joined by our first ever podcast guest: Chad Crabtree.  Chad is a Colorado native living in Crested Butte, CO, and leading the renewable markets for Ulteig , an employee owned engineering company that focuses on power, renewables, transportation, and water. Chad walks us through his background growing up in Durango, C...

In this episode BFF Managing Partner, Regan Bach, and Senior Leadership Advisor, Adam Odoski, discuss the Performance Mindset, WHY it's important, and HOW to use the Performance Mindset to lead through challenge and adversity. Leadership is so much more than a title. Everyone has the opportunity to be a leader in their personal and professional life. Leadership can be leading a team or leading you...

Welcome back or welcome to the Better Faster Further Podcast. Today, we're joined by Louis Selincourt , BFF Co-Founder and Managing Partner. Louis has quite the background growing up in London facing challenge and adversity dating back to his primary school days. Louis shares some of his most important lessons in life and business and how he turned challenge into opportunity. Louis is also an acco...

During this episode Regan and Adam debrief Adam's experience during the Moab 240 Endurance Run . Let's just say things didn't go as planned for Adam. They talk about facing adversity, understanding limitations in order to break limitations, and the value of having multiple mental and behavioral tools in the toolbox so options exist when needed. This is an honest conversation about what happens whe...

Welcome to the first Better Faster Further Podcast. In this initial episode Managing Partner and cofounder Regan Bach and Senior Leadership Advisor Adam Odoski discuss the company origin story, talk about adversity, embracing challenge, and facing the unknown in business and life. They also talk about the upcoming Moab 240 Ultra Endurance event that Adam is participating in October 7th-11th. Yes.....