The Victory Podcast with Travis Cody

In this episode of The Victory Show , the host sits down with Conor McGowan Smyth to explore the leadership lessons and personal experiences behind his book. Conor shares insights on entrepreneurship, leadership development, and the journey of turning knowledge into a book that helps others grow. The conversation dives into the mindset required to build successful teams, develop strong leadership...

In this episode of The Victory Show , the host,  Travis Cody, sits down with Saraphina Grace to explore her journey of faith, purpose, and personal transformation. Saraphina shares the inspiration behind her book and how life’s challenges helped shape her mission to empower others through storytelling and personal growth. Through this conversation, she opens up about the lessons she learned along...

In this episode of The Victory Show , host Travis Cody sits down with commercial real estate expert Walter Clements to discuss the realities of building wealth through real estate investing and entrepreneurship. Walter shares insights from his experience in commercial real estate, investment strategy, and business growth , explaining how entrepreneurs and investors can think strategically about pr...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody sits down with Brian Cassady , CEO of Live Comfortably , the largest manufacturer of bed pillows in North America. Brian is a five-time transformational CEO with a career spanning consulting, private equity, and executive leadership. Over the years, he has helped drive more than $500 million in EBITDA improvements across the companies he has led, w...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody sits down with Long Doan , founder of Realty Group , LPT’s largest Minnesota team, to unpack the real playbook behind scaling a business, leading people, and building lasting success. Long’s story is extraordinary. He fled Vietnam on a fishing boat at age 13, survived a refugee camp, and went on to build one of the most respected real estate organi...

In this episode, we sit down with Tomas Milar to explore a powerful perspective on investing, wealth building, and financial security. Tomas breaks down why hard assets —like real estate, commodities, and tangible investments—can provide more stability and stronger long-term returns compared to traditional market-based investments. He explains how emotional decision-making often hurts investors in...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody sits down with real estate investor Michael Mazzeo to discuss the difference between being rich and being truly wealthy. Michael breaks down how private lending works, why lenders often get paid before equity investors, and how understanding risk versus reward is critical in any investment. He also shares insights on navigating real estate deals, p...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody sits down with serial entrepreneur Roy Dequina to explore the deeper side of entrepreneurship—where culture, technology, and design intersect. Roy shares how founders can move beyond chasing product-market fit and instead build a clear point of view that scales. He explains the importance of systems thinking, founder identity, and creating brands a...

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Alan Rudolph, a veteran C-suite operator with over 25 years of experience scaling enterprise SaaS companies and executing world-class exits. Alan breaks down what actually drove a 21x EBITDA exit—and it wasn’t hype or luck. It was disciplined execution across people, process, automation, and data. He shares why gross and net retention...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody sits down with Eido Walny, founder of Walny Legal Group, to unpack what it really means to build a values-driven law firm that lasts. Eido shares how he discovered his niche in estate planning and business succession—not by chasing trends, but by eliminating what didn’t align with his long-term vision. With over 25 years in the industry, he reflect...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody interviews John Montague, a mission-driven healthcare entrepreneur and serial founder focused on improving healthcare systems for patients and providers. John shares how his entrepreneurial journey began out of necessity after his mother’s illness created financial hardship for his family, pushing him to develop early side businesses and solve real...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody interviews My-Ngoc “Menop” Nguyen, CEO of Secured IT Solutions and a cybersecurity leader with over 25 years of experience. She shares her journey from starting in IT before cybersecurity was widely recognized to becoming a trusted expert helping government agencies, businesses, and nonprofits manage digital risk. Menop discusses how effective cybe...

In this episode of The Victory Show , Travis Cody sits down with Sanjog Patel, Director of Product Management for Casualty Solutions Group at Enlight, to explore his journey from the U.S. Army to leading product innovation in the insurance technology space. Sanjog shares insights on his leadership philosophy, emphasizing empathy, people-first thinking, and the importance of earning trust from your...

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Rachel League sits down with Ed Soo Hoo—Lenovo Field C-Suite business alliances lead, former teamster, startup operator (seed to IPO to buyout), and UC Berkeley CET industry fellow—to explore what it really means to lead transformation at the intersection of technology, business models, and human behavior. Ed unpacks why he calls himself a connector, catal...

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Rachel League sits down with Joti Balani, founder and managing director of Fresh River. AI, to unpack what it really takes to deliver mission-critical results with generative AI—long before “GenAI” became mainstream. With 25+ years across engineering, product, and systems thinking, Joti shares why AI isn’t like traditional software, why deterministic think...

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Rachel League sits down with Ed Lynes, managing partner at Woden, to explore how strategic storytelling becomes the real engine of growth—especially when markets get noisy and products start to feel commoditized. Ed shares his “fail forward” path from bouncing between college majors to building and selling multiple businesses, and the moment he realized so...

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Rachel League sits down with Laura Lee Elliot—journalist turned tech entrepreneur and founder of Dauntless XR—to explore how storytelling, grit, and smart execution can build real traction in frontier tech without raising venture capital. Laura shares how her journalism career led her into technical writing on multi-billion-dollar infrastructure projects,...

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Rachel Lee sits down with Rajesh Iyengar, Founder and CEO of Lincode Labs, to unpack how AI and machine learning can transform traditional manufacturing into truly intelligent factory floors. Rajesh shares his journey from data centers and cybersecurity into building multiple AI startups—and how a handful of conversations with manufacturers revealed a mass...

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Naz Quadri—CTO and Partner at Princeton Equity Group—to unpack what “pragmatic AI” actually means in the real world (and why most companies are using the wrong tools). Naz shares his journey from mathematician to early voice-recognition pioneer in 2000, to building enterprise AI/data infrastructure across Goldman Sachs, UBS, Morgan St...

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Rachel Lee sits down with Stuart Draper—serial entrepreneur, educator, angel investor, and founder of Stukent—to unpack what it really takes to build companies that last. With ventures that have landed on the Inc. 5000 list 10 times and an edtech platform used by 1M+ students across 80+ countries, Stuart shares the behind-the-scenes reality of growth: the...

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Vikas Sharma, Global COO of Genpact Applied Advisory business, to unpack what it really takes to lead transformation at scale—across industries, functions, and fast-moving technology shifts. V shares how his “entrepreneurial ownership mindset” became the real engine behind his rise, even inside a global enterprise. He breaks down the...

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Ryan Alvarez—CEO of Viva (Nuevatel PCS Bolivia)—to unpack a bold telecom disruption: giving customers free internet access and monetizing through advertising instead of traditional telco ARPU. Ryan shares why Latin America is a rare “crystal ball” market—where internet connectivity exists, but usage is still dramatically underdevelope...