Gentle Art of Leadership With Matt Shoup

Tylar Fry is a Northern Colorado Entrepreneur, husband, father, and great friend of mine.  Tylar joins us this week to share his story of leaving a secure job to start a curbing business.  Today he is the owner of Lit Lighting Solutions and Advanced Curb Design.  Tylar talks about his journey of the early days of business, including some of the mistakes he made and how he got his business off the...

Meet Mike Howard—Jesus follower, husband, father, former law enforcement officer, and entrepreneur in Northern Colorado. Recently transitioning from a secure career in law enforcement, he fearlessly founded Hulk Addicts Hauling and never looked back! Hulk Addicts rapidly soared, propelled by Mike's expansive vision, unwavering work ethic, and deep faith in God. In this week's episode, Mi...

Meet our extraordinary guest this week—Steve Earll. Not only is he a devoted Jesus follower, husband, father, and grandfather, but he's also a licensed professional counselor and, coincidentally, my father-in-law. With an incredible 50-year journey in the addictions and trauma recovery arena, Steve has trained under some of the world's most renowned practitioners. In this heartfelt episo...

Cameron Loughlin is a husband, father, and entrepreneur living in Colorado.  He launched and grew a residential paint contracting company in Denver that was acquired in January 2022.  18 months later he was fired by the same company that acquired him. Cameron shares with us his entrepreneurial journey, including how his personality style and wiring has contributed to his business passion and succe...

Alex Sanfilippo is a Jesus follower, entrepreneur and one of the leading authorities and guiding lights in podcasting.  His passion for podcasting led him to exit corporate America and launch Podmatch, which is basically a dating app for podcast guests and hosts looking to connect and bring value to the audiences they serve. Alex boldly shares his faith in God and how it interweaves into everyday...

Gunnar Greenlee is a Jesus follower and up and coming real estate professional in Colorado, and he and I work together on a real estate team with C3 Real Estate Solutions! Gunnar joins us this week to share his journey from growing up in an entrepreneurial family to graduating college and beginning his career in the real estate industry.  He shares some of the key things a new real estate agent mu...

Alex Wells is a Jesus follower, husband, father, and founder and CEO of Imprint Digital. He sat down with me this week to share his story of launching and building his business while growing his family and keeping them a top priority.  Alex pulls back the curtain of the digital marketing world, giving business owners a firsthand look into what to look for and why when hiring a digital marketing co...

Rustin Hughes joins us this week to share his incredible story of pain and loss and how he turned it into triumph and purpose. Rustin is a Jesus follower, United States Army Veteran, above the knee amputee, Brazilian Jiu Jitsu brown belt and Para Jiu-Jitsu champion. Rustin is a multiple time MMA competitor with a record of 4-0, and is the owner of B-Bold Adaptive Living.  Rustin founded Nub Jitsu,...

This week’s episode features Kris Hocum who is a Jesus follower, husband and father, ex professional MMA fighter, and mortgage officer with 1st City Mortgage in Northern Colorado. Kris shared his journey through business, life, family and professional fighting including the lessons within them. He shared the importance of git, mindset, persistence and pushing through failure, all while managing th...

Hunter Wylie is a Jesus follower, husband, father, entrepreneur, and founder of The Foundry Advisory. He recently joined us on the podcast to talk about his faith and business journeys and how the two intersect. Hunter shares his passion to bring faith to the marketplace, and his greater purpose beyond the profits of business. We also discussed the balancing of business, family and other important...

Kevin Voorhees is a Jesus follower, husband, father, Northern Colorado business leader, M&E Painting team member, Realtor with Keller Williams, and an overall amazing man who is extremely dialed in on his purpose and values.  Kevin and I met in 2008 when he began his career with M&E Painting.  As we have journeyed together through the years, Kevin and I have both learned so many things abo...

This week we sit down with Brazilian Jiu Jitsu living legend and pioneer Rigan Machado!  Rigan and I discussed his upbringing and jiu jitsu training in Brazil with the legendary Gracie family. He shares stories of how his intense BJJ training in his teenage and young adult years led him to become a champion with a record of 365-0! Rigan discusses his deep appreciation for the legends of the sport...

Harlee Newman is a successful local Northern Colorado business owner. Harlee shares his story of becoming addicted to drugs and alcohol from the early age of 5, and a childhood filled with abuse, violence, gangs and fatherlessness. Harlee ended up in prison with the odds stacked against him. After a drug overdose and near death experience, he finally decided to take control of his story and change...

In this episode Emily Shoup joins us to discuss her life with her husband and host, Matt Shoup. Matt and Emily share their love journey, their business journey and the biggest lessons they have learned over (almost) 19 years of marriage. Matt and Emily discuss the importance of learning and understanding each other’s love language, leadership language and story, as well as a few keys to grow a thr...

Adam Carriker is a husband, father, former NFL football player, host of the Carriker Chronicles and an all around amazing human. Adam joins the show to share his journey from his love of sports to his pursuit of an NFL career, his wonderful family and those who have supported him along the way. Adam shares how he knew his career in the NFL was over and where he went from there. Presented with a co...

Rick Scadden is a full time pastor with Citipointe Church in Loveland, Colorado, but his journey began with Rick being a four-time felon.  Rick grew up in poverty, in a home filled with drugs, alcohol, abuse and crime.  Rick shares his gritty, raw story of taking the path to become like the many that were in his life.  This path led to the streets, addiction and a decision that would alter his lif...