Both Sides of Success

ER Doctor & Air Force Special Ops Surgeon: Haiti Earthquake, Trauma Care, and Lessons on Success | Rob JonesEmergency physician Rob Jones, a father of three and Prisma Health ER doctor with 20 years’ experience, shares his path from a mobile military childhood to studying biology at the University of South Carolina, learning disciplined study habits in medical school, and choosing emergency me...

Ren Flickinger: Scaling to $120M, Building Culture, and Making Better Leadership Decisions Ren Flickinger shares how a career change from phone sales and Apple to a fast-growing, faith-based construction company in Omaha helped shift his focus from raw sales talent to building repeatable processes and leadership systems that scaled revenue from about $18M to over $120M in seven years. He describes...

Lt. Gov. Pamela Evette on Running for Governor, Keeping SC Open, and Making South Carolina #1 for BusinessIn this episode, the hosts interview South Carolina Lieutenant Governor Pamela Evette alongside CEO Matt Kelly after she tours their manufacturing shop. Evette discusses her campaign for governor, her background as an accountant and former CEO who built a home-based payroll/HR business into a...

From Clemson Walk-Ons to PK Capital: Greg & Christian on Partnership, Pressure, and Building with Trust In this episode, the hosts sit down with Greg and Christian in their studio to discuss the origin of PK—named for their shared background as Clemson placekickers—and how lessons from competing daily in a high-level program translated into business. They share where they’re from, how early wo...

From Clemson Forward to Harlem Globetrotter to Sumo Founder: Bryan “B-Nice” Narcisse at Death Valley In this out-of-studio episode filmed at Clemson’s Death Valley, Bryan shares his journey from being a three-sport high school athlete to earning a late Clemson basketball scholarship after initially signing with Western Kentucky. He explains the time demands of college athletics and contrasts pre-N...

From Farm Fences to 163 Employees: Joel Davis on Growing J Davis Construction & Leading with Purpose Joel Davis joins the podcast to share the 29-year growth of J Davis and its four divisions, operating from offices in Westminster, Anderson, Spartanburg, and Charleston with about 163 employees, plus an equipment rental company and a cattle operation of 200 mama cows. He explains how he started...

Tyler Woodall on Scaling Insurance Agencies with VAs & AI, Selling an Agency, and Not Tiptoeing Through Life Tyler Woodall, founder of Scale Ops/Agency Aid and the SOW Project, shares how his company helps insurance agencies grow by hiring and training virtual assistants and adding AI automation, including tools like AI email-to-task follow-up and experimenting with AI receptionists. He reflec...

From Piranha to Rock Bottom and Back: Sales, Manufacturing’s Shift South, and Rebuilding After FailureThe episode follows Jeff’s path into metal fabrication after being recruited to work for Piranha, where he led business development by building dealer relationships and traveling heavily across North America. He describes how Piranha’s brand and engineering—early fiber laser advances, a high-end c...

In this episode, we sit down with Jeff Salyer, the Fabrication Sales Manager at Crotts and Saunders. Jeff takes us through his career in the fabrication world, his current role, and the various brands and technologies his company represents. He also shares his personal journey from a tumultuous upbringing in Kansas to serving in the Navy as a corpsman with the Marines, and eventually transitioning...

From Missionary Kid to Chick-fil-A Pioneer: John Holmes' 46-Year Journey In this episode, we sit down with John Holmes, a seasoned Chick-fil-A operator with 46 years of experience. John opened his first Chick-fil-A restaurant at the age of 21 in Anderson, South Carolina, back in 1979. At 68 years old, he's still passionate about the brand and isn't thinking about retirement. John share...

In this episode of Both Sides of Success , we sit down with Thom Shea , retired Navy SEAL, senior chief, sniper, instructor, New York Times bestselling author ( Unbreakable , Three Simple Things ), and founder of The Baseline Experience . Thom shares the raw, unfiltered truth about leadership, discipline, fear, failure, and why most people quit right before breakthrough. From failing out of West P...

The Three Mile Per Hour Fatherhood: Tyler Graham on Leadership, Parenting, and Being Present Welcome back to another episode of Both Sides of Success! In this episode, we're joined by Tyler Graham, known as the Three Mile Per Hour Dad. Tyler shares the story of how his fatherhood-focused content began, starting from leadership posts on LinkedIn to exclusively writing about fatherhood three years a...

Navigating Entrepreneurship & Digital Media with Kenny from Ridge Media | Both Sides of Success In this episode of Both Sides of Success, we sit down with Kenny, the founder of Ridge Media, to discuss his entrepreneurial journey and the evolution of his digital ad agency. Kenny shares his early experiences with a class project app that led to starting Ridge Media, the challenges and triumphs o...

From Setbacks to Success: Shane Langley's Journey in Life and Engineering In this episode, Shane shares his incredible journey, touching on early life challenges, career transitions, personal growth, and how he balanced fatherhood, coaching, and a significant health transformation. This candid talk is not just about professional success but about resilience, learning from failures, and the importa...

Overcoming Adversity: The Inspiring Journey of Daniel Cloy In this episode, we are joined by Daniel Cloy who shares his incredible life story. Born without legs and his left hand, Daniel delves into how his parents' unwavering support and positive outlook shaped his upbringing. He talks about the challenges and triumphs of his childhood, including overcoming medical setbacks and bullying, and find...

Britton's Journey from Aerospace Engineering to Advocacy: Overcoming Challenges in STEM and Foster Care In this episode, we welcome Britton as she shares her incredible journey from a small town in South Carolina to working at NASA and Lockheed Martin. Joined by Matt Kelley, her friend of 20 years, Britton discusses the challenges she faced as a female in male-dominated engineering fields, her pas...

The Journey of Kelley Engineering: An Interview with Matt Kelley In this episode, we sit down with Matt Kelley, the CEO of Kelley Engineering, to explore his journey from a small-town upbringing to becoming the head of a flourishing engineering company. Matt shares insights into his early life, his educational experiences at Clemson, and his time working in the automation industry. He also opens u...

We sit down with Benton Blount to discuss his Success in Music, business, politics, family and more. From his time on Americas got talent to his time as county councilman of district 19 and everything in between.

We sit down with Daniel Smith and talk about the importance of taking opportunities put in front of you and how you always need to be prepared.

In this episode we sit down with Ronald Graves to discuss his career path and extensive knowledge in manufacturing and leadership. His path definitely had some highs and lows but he seemed to love every minute of it.

In this episode Mr. Whitfield gives us some insight how to how a school runs, how he managed the workload with a wife and kids, and what some of the current and future challenges will be.

In this episode we dive into Co host Travis's journey. From aspiring mechanic, to welder, to VP of Kelley Engineering. Hear how he got to where he is and the people who taught him everything along the way.

This episode we discuss how it has been filming a podcast, who our first guest will be, and some of the topics we want to touch on.

This podcast started as an idea between two guys in manufacturing who wanted to pull the curtain back on what success really looks like not just the wins, but the losses, the lessons, and the balance between work and life. In this first episode, Travis and I share why we started the show, what it means to us, and where we hope to take it.