Voices on the Wind Podcast

Title: Starting a Business on a Bet Episode 015 Release Date: July 22, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Tom Taylor Welcome to Episode 15 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles, sponsored by Denise Patton from Art at the Hynds. Toby is joined today by Tom Taylor owner of Service First. Tom went from a military career to flipping a business to building his own carpet cleaning company. Willingness to...

VOTW Episode 014 Release Date: July 15 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Eric McDonald Episode brought to you by Denise Patton Art at Art at the Hynds. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092027590519 Welcome to Episode 14 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Eric McDonald owner of Custom Home Painters of Cheyenne. Eric talks about the strengths and weaknesses every...

Desiree Brothe on How to Build a Business While Hiding Your Skill. Episode 013: Release Date: July 8, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Desiree Brothe Episode brought to you by Denise Patton Art at Art at the Hynds. https://www.facebook.com/profile.php?id=100092027590519 Welcome to Episode 11 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Desiree Brothe. Desiree tells us how she conn...

Title: Episode 012: Release Date: July 1, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Professor Minden Fox Welcome to Episode 12 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Professor Minden Fox. Minden jumps in this finale episode to do a season in review. As a professor to inventors and entrepreneurs she has a lot of wisdom to share and insights on each guest that really puts their can do...

Episode 011: Release Date: June 25, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Mona Gamboa Welcome to Episode 11 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Mona Gamboa. Mona tells us why she started a business working for herself and how although she knew the technical side of what she started, she had to learn the business side. A lesson many entrepreneurs learn. You can be good at writi...

Episode 010: Release Date: June 18, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Brian Gross Welcome to Episode 10 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Brian Gross. What is true wealth? In this episode Brian talks about what true wealth is and how to leverage that in your life. So many good quotes and ideas in this episode. Enjoy! "So I started out very young trying to build my skills...

Episode 009: Release Date: June 11, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Denise Patton Welcome to Episode 9 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Denise Patton. Denise is a local Cheyenne artist who has successfully proven the old adage "starving artist" false. She runs a successful art gallery featuring many local artists. Listen in as she talks about how to be a thriving arti...

Episode 008: Release Date: June 4, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Cody and Samantha Davis Welcome to Episode 8 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Cody and Samantha Davis. Sometimes you catch that really good idea and you begin running with it only to find there's all these rules and regulations around what you want to do. Well, that is what Cody and Samantha had to wre...

Episode 007: Release Date: May 27, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Steve Austin Welcome to Episode 7 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Steve Austin. Steve is an intrapreneur as his endeavor is entrepreneurial in a nonprofit setting. As an advocate for mental health, specifically as it pertains to those who have served our country, Steve works with Hunting with Heroes t...

Episode 006: Release Date: May 20, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Niel Smosna Welcome to Episode 6 of Voices on the Wind with host Toby Lyles. He is joined today by Niel Smosna. Niel started out as a teacher from a family of teachers. Until she began her family and chose to stay home to raise her kids. In the midst of raising kids the desire to teach continued to pull and that led to an unplanned bu...

Episode 005: Release Date: May 13, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Kishore Kodru Welcome to Episode 5 of Voices on the Wind. Join our host Toby Lyles as he sits down for a chat with business owner Kishore Kodru. Kishore went from curiosity about owning his own business to owning multiple successful businesses around Cheyenne. As Kishore jumped into multiple businesses, he and his family quickly grew...

Release Date: May 6, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Tate Schrock What do tractors and space have in common? In this episode guest Tate Schrock went from growing up on a farm fixing tractors to reverse engineering a weather balloon. Where it has lead him is nothing but inspiring. Listen to how Tate found his path and works to inspire young people. What You'll Learn in This Episode 1. Curiosity is a g...

Episode 003: Release Date: April 29, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Jon and Renee Jelinek Welcome back to Episode 3 of the Voices on the Wind podcast. This week we dive into part 2 with Jon and Renee Jelinek. We get a look into the variety of business they have owned and improved as well as some of their non-profit ventures. They faced many challenges and changes, but persevered through each one. Fi...

Episode 002: Can You Make Money off of Getting in Trouble? Part One of the Jon and Renee Jelinek Story Release Date: April 22, 2025 Host: Toby Lyles Guest: Jon and Renee Jelinek Today's episode of Voices on the Wind features Jon and Renee Jelinek, founders of multiple local businesses, most notably the Lincoln music venue. Jon and Renee were working overtime to make ends meet when their son was bo...

Super excited to share season one with you. We put together a little showreel, you know, like walking through Costco and getting delicious samples. Buen provecho and happy sailing my friends! -Toby This is a public episode. If you would like to discuss this with other subscribers or get access to bonus episodes, visit votw.substack.com

Voices on the Wind is a podcast about catching those ideas that whisk by our head and turning them into what they are, something significant. I’m Toby Lyles, and my son Maverick joins us in hosting this podcast. I remember growing up, I was so thankful for what I was given, but knew there had to be a bigger world out there. It wasn’t until I began reading the stories of other entrepreneurs that I...