Million Dollar Flip Flops

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Arlene Cohen Miller — former attorney, certified coach, meditation facilitator, and mentor for professional women who are carrying too much for too long. After spending more than three decades practicing law, building a business, raising a family, and navigating the demands of leadership, Arlene made a major shift...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Colin Herdman — lifelong entrepreneur, co-founder of Monkey Island Ventures , and founder of Rainmaker , a company helping business owners grow their network, leads, and sales using LinkedIn. Colin shares how he went from launching his first business a week after college to building multiple companies across digit...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Mike Wood — construction executive, husband, father, and founder of Learn to Love Being You , a program designed to help people free themselves from anxiety and depression. Mike shares his deeply personal story of growing up with negative core beliefs, struggling silently for decades, and eventually realizing that...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Eric Dingler — digital marketing agency owner, leadership coach, nonprofit founder, husband, father of four teenagers, and full-time digital nomad traveling the world with his family. Eric shares how a simple idea to try life on the road turned into four years of full-time travel across more than 50 homes and mult...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Matt Morizio — former professional baseball player, husband, father of seven (with number eight on the way), entrepreneur, and founder of Reconstructing Wealth . Matt shares the winding road from five seasons in the Kansas City Royals organization to becoming a wealth manager who helps entrepreneurial families ret...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Tim Beattie — founder of Stellafai , former consultant, transformation expert, and a thoughtful voice on the intersection of AI, coaching, consulting, and measurable outcomes. After spending more than two decades inside major consulting firms and boutique advisory businesses, Tim saw the same problem again and aga...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Victoria Pelletier for a sharp, timely conversation about leadership, transformation, AI, and what the future of work really looks like. Victoria shares her path from banking operations to becoming a corporate executive, board member, speaker, and transformation leader. Together, she and Rodric unpack what’s reall...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and thought leadership expert Nicky Billou for a powerful conversation about freedom, faith, entrepreneurship, and what it really means to serve people through business. Nicky shares the incredible story of escaping Iran as a boy during the Islamic Revolution, how his family fled tyranny for...

In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Bill Shander — information designer, data storyteller, LinkedIn Learning instructor, and author of Stakeholder Whispering . If you’ve ever: Crushed your team with bullet-heavy PowerPoints Watched people’s eyes glaze over when you show a data table Thought “Yeah… I kind of know what this spreadsheet means” Or worried how AI is abo...

In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric is joined by Jimi Gibson — magician-turned-strategist and Head of Strategy at Thrive Agency — who now “pulls clarity out of chaos” for brands drowning in noise. Jimi blends his background in stage magic, theater, and ad agencies to help business owners stop sounding generic and start saying something that actually matters. If you’ve ever wonder...

Episode: Businesses Don’t Fail, They Commit Suicide with Larry Mandelberg In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Larry Mandelberg — 5th-generation entrepreneur, author of Businesses Don’t Fail, They Commit Suicide , and advisor to leadership teams who are “struggling with success.” Larry has spent decades studying why organizations actually fail , doing 23 years of pr...

In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops, Rodric sits down with Shannon Russell — former TV producer turned franchise owner, coach, and author — to talk about leaving a “successful” career, starting a second act, and navigating the fears that come with walking away from the safe path. Shannon spent 16 years as a television producer, living her childhood dream… until motherhood made her realize...

In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with Dr. Christiane Schroeter — professor, entrepreneur, author, and keynote speaker — to talk about goal setting, health, entrepreneurship, and why NOT sharing your story is a disservice to the people who need it. Dr. Christiane teaches marketing, innovation, and entrepreneurship at California Polytechnic State University (Cal Poly)...

📝 Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops , Rodric sits down with David Sidoni , founder of How to Buy a Home , to blow the lid off how the real estate industry treats first-time home buyers—and what to do instead. David has been in real estate for over 25 years and realized something brutal: First-time buyers make up about 1/3 of all transactions every year … and they’re usu...

📝 Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops, Rodric sits down with Eugene Gershman, CEO of GIS Companies, to demystify real estate development for landowners, builders, and investors who know they’re sitting on potential—but don’t know what to do next. Eugene started in the family construction business over 20 years ago, transitioned into full-time development, and now runs a d...

📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Rodric sits down with Fuquan Bilal — real estate developer, fund manager, and self-described “superhero” to his kids — to talk about identity, resilience, and building wealth with intention. Fuquan has been in real estate since 1999, has survived multiple market cycles (including the ’08 crash), and now runs a fund focused on luxury spec homes in New Jersey and...

📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Rodric sits down with Chris Majer, founder of the Human Potential Project, to talk about AI, leadership, and what it actually takes to transform individuals and organizations. Chris has spent 35+ years working with elite athletes, special forces, and corporate leaders, blending eastern practices (like Aikido and meditation) with western psychology and performanc...

📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Rodric sits down with Venchele Saint Dic , founder of Pathway Coach Writing , to talk about how to turn jargon-heavy ideas into clear, human writing— without burning out in the process. Venchele combines her background in public health with her work as a writing coach, ghostwriter, and editor to help entrepreneurs, experts, and organizations use writing as a bra...

📝 Episode Summary In this episode, Rodric sits down with Brandon Liebowitz, founder of SEO Optimizers, to unpack what actually works in SEO now that AI, ChatGPT, and LLMs are changing how people search. Brandon has been doing SEO since 2007, back when you could rank by stuffing a few keywords on a page and blasting low-quality backlinks. Those days are gone. He breaks down why SEO is not instant,...

Episode Summary In this episode of Million Dollar Flip Flops, Rodric sits down with David Webb, better known as “The No Money Millionaire.” David grew up in inner-city Detroit with a single mom on welfare, surrounded by people who believed you trade hours for dollars, hope for overtime, and pray it’s enough. No one talked about cash flow. No one modeled passive income. Today, David buys real estat...

Episode Summary What if you stopped living in fear, stopped buying the story you’ve been fed, and actually designed the life you want — on purpose? In this episode, Rodric sits down with Dennis Meador (DM), a lifelong entrepreneur who now lives on an island in San Pedro, Belize , running a seven-figure business largely from his laptop. Dennis has been in marketing for 30+ years , with over 22 year...

Episode Summary If LinkedIn still feels like “that place bankers go to hire people,” this episode will change how you see it. Rodric sits down with Al Kushner , author of The AI LinkedIn Advantage , to break down how to use AI + LinkedIn together to save time, show up strategically, and position yourself as a thought leader — without living on the platform 24/7. Al has been on LinkedIn for over 20...

Episode Summary In this episode, Rodric sits down with entrepreneur and former teacher Billy Sammons , founder of Live Local Warm Marketing , to talk about ditching cold leads and building a business on relationships instead. Billy shares how a simple decision to film a free commercial for a local brewery turned into a repeatable strategy for meeting business owners, becoming the “mini mayor” of h...

Episode Summary In this powerful conversation, Holly Porter shares the near-death experience that completely rewired her life, business, and beliefs.  After 70 days in the hospital with COVID, multiple intubations, sepsis, and a trach, she left her body, visited what she calls “the stadium,” met an entity in the in-between, and came back with a simple but life-altering message: “Love them whe...

Episode Summary In this episode, Rodric sits down with entrepreneur, speaker, and financial literacy coach Angela Goodman to unpack the truth behind “money problems.”  Angela shares the hard-won lessons from leaving corporate HVAC, surviving (and choosing to exit) the restaurant world, and coaching business owners who are great at their craft but broke on paper. They dig into discernment, bou...