The Street Smart Podcast

After attending West Point and serving the United States in the first Gulf War, Scott Milliren found himself looking for a new challenge. He found himself that challenge working rigs in the oilfield. From there, Scott began working and founding many companies. From Academy Drilling to Ranger Energy Services to Commander Oilfield Services to Bullseye Testing and now Rally Point Energy Services a co...

Bill Austin is a multi-disciplined senior finance and strategic business adviser with an exceptional depth of experience in the energy and manufacturing industries but Bill did not see himself as an entrepreneur for the majority of his life. Instead, he worked for several industry leaders in treasury, risk management, M & A, and credit functions. When Bill found himself on the wrong end of a c...

Born in Louisiana and raised in Canada, Nicole Gauthier, Founder of Wicked Holdings, has quite the story. As a young lady in Canada her first experience with entrepreneurship was babysitting which turned into nannying over the years. When she met her husband his profession took them back to the United States and eventually to Houston.  During this time Nicole was working in Finance in the Oil and...

Bill Ellison was raised in poverty with the desire to do better and for his family to not go through the same hardships and troubles. In his teens BIll spent some time in foster care due to physical abuse by his mother’s husband ultimately running away from the foster facility and finding himself spending the night in jail when he was 13 years old. He would not let this define the trajectory of hi...

Sidney Minassian is the CEO of Saasyan, a leader in AI-Powered Online Student Safety, enabling K-12 schools with flexible cybersecurity controls for the classroom, advanced alerting of cyberbullying & self-harm, and easy reporting of student online activities. A serial entrepreneur, Sidney has founded and led numerous ventures in Silicon Valley and Australia and has served customers across USA...

Bob Kresson and I met under some very unusual circumstances. No...I was not under investigation. He sponsored a Hole-In-One at a charity golf tournament and I won the $25,000. Since that time Bob and I have remained friends and I could not wait to bring his story of how he founded his Private Investigation Company - Empire Investigations - OVER 40 YEARS AGO!!! Here's Bob's story of how h...

WOW.....WHAT A YEAR!!! Here is a mashup of some of the best moments from 2022 on the Street Smart Podcast. Here's to an even bigger 2023.

Chad Robichaux has had an amazing life of service. Chad is a #USMC Force Recon Veteran, best-selling author, Pro MMA Champion and #Founder and #President of the Mighty Oaks Foundation , a leading non-profit playing an instrumental and pivotal role in helping our nation’s Veterans, active duty military and first responders combat trauma and build resiliency. In addition to the Mighty Oaks Foundatio...

Richard Rodriguez was born in El Paso, TX but he didn't stay there for long. When he graduated high school he attended the University of Texas (Austin) where he studied Business. Richard then worked for NOV and was a key part in the integration of multiple mergers and acquisitions around the globe during his time there. Richard then went on to found Rubicon Oilfield International where he was...

From High School dropout to CEO of an Exploration & Production company to the founder of several business, Eric Waller is truly one of a kind. Raised in Odessa, TX, Eric is 4th Generation Oil & Gas. His work ethic and competitive drive kept him restless in his professional career and led him to always challenge himself and those around him. Eric's entrepreneurial portfolio includes a...

"Our team members have gone to war to secure energy independence...we don't think you should have to." Tony Frisone was raised in Ohio, went to Xavier University and joined the Army serving the United States around the world. While he was deployed, Tony recognized problems with using fossil fuel for power and transportation and its impact on our environment and security.  When he re...

Chad Harman is a 25-year health insurance and cannabis executive possessing unique leadership and diverse experience across operations, manufacturing, finance, product development, IT, sales, and marketing while placing emphasis on hitting corporate KPI’s.   Chad has enjoyed an extremely successful career over 5 years in the Cannabis industry, developing critical industry relationships and gaining...

Ralph and Olivia Arnauts have a passion for service which is what inspired them both to enlist in the Army. Olivia's joined the Army when she was 17 and was stationed in Hawaii where she worked in intelligence. Ralph joined at 20 and also found himself stationed in Hawaii after joining the Army which is where they met and this power duo began. They are continuing their service of others with...

Josh Lowrey is the co-founder of multiple companies including Galtway Enterprises, Upright Digital, Essential Safety and Daniel Energy Partners. You may also recognize him from his role as a co-host on the Oilfield 360 Podcast and the Energy in Transition Podcast but he has never agreed to be a guest to tell his own entrepreneurial story until he sat down with the Street Smart Podcast. We are humb...

Have you ever met an English-born Indian who played football at LSU? You're about to! Alchemy Industrial Founder and CEO Mush Khan is a leader in the manufacturing industry and is passionate about reshoring efforts and solving the challenges associated with it.  I know you will enjoy hearing his story and the lessons he has learned along the way. 

Stealth Oilwell Services Founder and CEO Cody Gill has been an entrepreneur since he was a 12 year old selling chickens because he wanted "the finer things". He now has one of the largest companies of its kind in North America. A native of West Texas, Cody is oilfield through and through and treats his employees as family. Some of them actually are. Enjoy hearing Cody's story of how...