Voices on the Wind Podcast

Welcome to episode 77 with Toby Lyles joined by Stephanie Prescott of Remax Capitol Properties. A powerful conversation about building a real estate brokerage from 15 to 55+ agents while navigating family, trust, and entrepreneurial growth. Stephanie shares honest lessons about employee theft, delegation, community engagement, and the true meaning of success— including a candid discussion about di...

Welcome to episode 76 with Toby Lyles joined by Juliana and Garret Todd, co-owners of Tia’s Colombian Cuisine. This inspiring episode follows Juliana and Garret Todd’s incredible journey from meeting on Tinder to building a thriving Colombian food truck business in Wyoming. Juliana, originally from Colombia, came to the U.S. in 2017 as an international student to improve her English while studying...

Welcome to episode 75 with Toby Lyles joined by Braxton Inniss, founder of The Factory. In this episode Braxton shares about building The Factory, an elite baseball and softball training facility in Cheyenne, Wyoming that has shifted the culture of youth sports in an under recruited area. He shares his journey from being a competitive baseball player with deep family roots in excellence to becomin...

Welcome to episode 74 with Toby Lyles joined by Zarah O’Holleran, founder of Front Range Fantasy Festival. In this deeply personal and inspiring episode, Zarah shares her remarkable journey from childhood trauma and self-abandonment to creating the Fantasy Festival—an accessible, immersive fantasy event that brings joy and creative expression to communities. This is a powerful story about breaking...

Welcome to Season 7, episode 73 with Toby Lyles joined by Alyse Pfankuch founder of Legacy Diary podcast and the Founders Psychology Community. Alyse shares her incredible story of resilience, starting from her journey as a therapist navigating multiple business pivots to building a thriving online community for fitness entrepreneurs. From surviving a brain tumor diagnosis while pursuing her maste...

Welcome to Season 6 finale, episode 72 with Maverick Lyles joined by Cecilia Villar (Alpacaglobo), Ian Caldon (husband to Cecilia and LCCC professor) and Draven Starr (founder of Optopolis and Cheyenne’s Retail Minute). We can’t summarize a season full of community without pulling in a few members of our Voices on the Wind community. A friendly game of hot potato and some on the spot summaries of...

Welcome to Episode 71 with Toby Lyles joined by Jamie Avent, owner of Summerset Concierge. Key Business Insights * The Boomerang Effect: Seeds planted through networking take time to grow; clients from a year ago are now referring her based on word-of-mouth * Solopreneur Struggles: Balancing client work, admin tasks, billing, social media content creation, and marketing all alone * The Real Proble...

Welcome to Episode 70 with Toby Lyles joined by Winct. This episode tells his story about overcoming addiction, finding purpose through creative expression, and building a music business from the ground up. Episode 070 Release Date: August 11, 2026 Host: Maverick Lyles/ Toby Lyles Guest: Winct Get in touch with Website: https://whoswinct.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/winct.weeze Instagram...

Welcome to Episode 69 with Toby Lyles joined by De Shann Schinkel, of Wyoming Senior Olympics. De Shann shares a transformative journey of personal crisis and organizational turnaround. After retiring in 2018, she struggled with military-related trauma (TPI and PTSD), family loss, and depression—reaching a suicidal crisis point in 2022. Through therapy, family support, and taking on the Wyoming Se...

Welcome to Episode 68 with Toby Lyles joined by Noam Mantaka, owner of Noam’s Table food truck. Noam shares his story of resilience, loss and building for a purpose bigger than himself. Like all entrepreneurs his journey was not straight forward, but every step ultimately led to the business he built. Episode: 068 Release Date: July 28, 2026 Host: Maverick Lyles/ Toby Lyles Guest: Noam Mantaka/ No...

Welcome to Episode 67 with Toby Lyles joined for a second time by Eloy Martinez, owner of Cheyenne Cup. In this inspiring conversation, we dive deep into the journey of building a successful coffee shop business from scratch—including surviving the pandemic with just $50 in daily sales, expanding to a second location, and maintaining a vision of going public one day. Episode 067 Release Date: July...

Welcome to Episode 66 with Toby Lyles joined by Jody Shields of Wyoming Nonprofit Network. This episode provides a powerful conversation about building the Wyoming Nonprofit Network from the ground up—a story of patience, strategic growth, and turning frustration into action. Jody shares the journey from a small idea to a thriving statewide nonprofit support organization that now manages WyoGives,...

Welcome to Episode 65 with Toby Lyles joined by Rudi Womack of Wyoming International Film Festival (WIFF). Rudi shares his incredible journey from making DIY zombie films in his Wyoming backyard to working with Marvel, directing feature length films on Amazon, to becoming the Executive Director of the Wyoming International Film Festival, now ranked in the top 1% of film festivals globally. This ep...

Welcome to Episode 64 with Toby Lyles joined by Cassidy Nation, owner of Sippin’ Sassy. Cassidy shares her inspiring story of building Sippin’ Sassy, a mobile bartending business operated out of a custom-designed horse trailer. What started as a cute idea in late 2020 became a test of entrepreneurial resilience as she faced engineering challenges, regulatory uncertainty, insurance barriers, and th...

Welcome to Episode 63 with Toby Lyles joined by Sarah Morey, founder and owner of Earthside Birth and Wellness Center. Sarah shares her journey from having a positive birth experience to starting Earthside Birth and Wellness Center, one of the first birth centers in Wyoming. This episode explores how a single empowering moment—recovery from breastfeeding struggles—sparked a decade-long mission to...

Welcome to Episode 62 with Toby Lyles joined by Dionne Roccaforte, LaShaye and Nicolas Hernandez, owners of Beautifully Savage. Beautifully Savage is a boxing studio built by Dionne, LaShaye and Nicolas that exemplifies how community becomes the foundation of business resilience. A business without its building can fail. A community without walls cannot. When you build something people genuinely b...

Welcome to Episode 61 with Toby Lyles joined by Tammy Shourds, owner of Compass Rose. Tammy Shourds shares her journey from retired military life to building a successful embroidery and custom apparel business that operates with a nonprofit heart. Operating in just 197 square feet initially, Compass Rose has grown into a 1,500 square-foot operation that prioritizes serving veterans and creating me...

Welcome to Episode 60 with Toby Lyles joined by Tate Schrock and Genee Vidakovich of Edge Flyte. This episode is full of motivational storytelling — celebrating local entrepreneurs, pivots, community impact, persistence, and creativity. Season 5 guests Edge Flyte (Tate and Genee) — evolution from weather balloons to CubeSats, scaling to 20+ countries, education-focused STEM kits for schools, a big...

Welcome to Episode 59 with Toby Lyles joined by Denise Hawkins. In this inspiring episode, we hear from an entrepreneur and artist who turned a life-altering stroke into a journey of resilience, creativity, and reinvention. After building a successful business from the ground up, she faced an unexpected challenge when she suffered a brain hemorrhage in 2012. What followed was a story of courage, d...

Welcome to Episode 58 with Toby Lyles joined by John Chernogorec owner of Downtown Vinyl. In this episode, we dive into the inspiring story of John, a former Marine and Bureau of Land Management employee, who traded a structured government career for the unpredictable world of entrepreneurship. Through music, memories, and unwavering determination, John found the courage to chase his dream of owni...

Welcome to Episode 57 with Toby Lyles joined by Katerra Skinner and Uriah Gracia Salinas, owners of Atlas PT Performance. In this episode, Uriah and Katerra share their journey from humble beginnings to launching their own physical therapy business. Uriah opens up about growing up as the child of Mexican immigrants, the values of hard work and perseverance instilled by his parents, and the drive t...

Welcome to Episode 56 with Toby Lyles joined by Sabine McClintock. This episode is a reminder that entrepreneurship doesn’t start with brilliance—it starts with showing up when something needs to be done. Our guest shares how she stepped into organizing a homeschool craft market—not because she felt uniquely qualified, but because there was a gap and someone had to fill it. What followed was a pow...

Welcome to Episode 55 with Toby Lyles joined by Hannah Michaud, owner of PixelPay. What if your best idea isn’t the one you start with—but the one you almost gave up on? In this episode, we follow a scrappy startup journey that started with failed ideas, health struggles, and a literal “idea graveyard”… and turned into a real, revenue-generating tech company. This is a story about betting on yours...

Welcome to Episode 54 with Toby Lyles joined by Troy and Mikaela Strand owners of Ranch Eats. In this episode, we dive deep into the journey of leaving corporate life behind to chase a dream in the food industry. Our guest shares 24 years of experience—from mom-and-pop shops to corporate kitchens—and the moment they realized the politics and bureaucracy of corporate food service were holding them...

Welcome to Episode 53 with Toby Lyles and guest Cecilia Villar-Baldera, a professional balloon artist who turned her love for creativity into a full-time business, sharing her journey from being a traditional career-driven individual to embracing her true passion. In today’s episode, we dive deep into Cecilia’s inspiring story of discovering her passion for balloon twisting and turning it into a f...