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Living Your Legacy

Rudy Mawer

300 episodes · Explicit

A podcast that brings you closer to the individuals who have built the brands, businesses, and movements that inspire us all. Each episode features an in-depth conversation with one of the dynamic entrepreneurs from all walks of life, offering listeners a front-row seat to their journeys, insights, and expertise.

More about the show

Through candid dialogue, discover how these innovators turned their ideas into thriving enterprises, the challenges they overcame, and the lessons they learned along the way. From behind-the-scenes stories of building their legacies to actionable advice on leadership, marketing, mindset, and more, this podcast is your guide to applying their wisdom to your own path.

Whether you're an aspiring entrepreneur, a seasoned professional, or simply someone hungry for inspiration, These Conversations will deliver the motivation and tools to fuel your ambitions.

Get ready to be inspired, informed, and empowered to leave your own legacy.

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  1. How a Venture Capitalist Turned $250K Into $105M

    · 28 min · Episode 532 · Explicit

    What does it take to turn a $250K investment into $105M while challenging the rules of Silicon Valley? Venture capitalist and Barbarella Ventures founder Ba Minuzzi reveals the unconventional mindset behind her journey…

  2. How Two Sisters Built a Business in 90 Days

    · 21 min · Episode 531 · Explicit

    What does it take to turn a bold idea into a thriving business in less than 90 days? Atlanta entrepreneurs and sisters Jai Tanner and Jhernee' Sawyer reveal the vision behind Blind Brunch & Shop Experience, a…

  3. How a Real Estate Investor Built a Senior Care Empire

    · 20 min · Episode 530 · Explicit

    What happens when a real estate investor discovers a better way to use her properties while solving a growing crisis in senior care? Rose Albino, founder of Amada Estates and Flipping Moms, challenges the traditional…

  4. How One Lawyer Helped Build a $100M Business

    · 24 min · Episode 529 · Explicit

    What if the person protecting a business from risk is also the secret to its growth? Maureen Abdelsayed, Chief Legal Officer and COO of Integrated Data Services, reveals how she transforms legal strategy into a…

  5. How a CPA Became a 3-Restaurant Sushi Empire Owner

    · 22 min · Episode 528 · Explicit

    What does it take to keep a restaurant thriving for 35 years when others are forced to close? Brent Hampton Reed, a former CPA turned sushi chef and owner of three Japanese restaurants, reveals the decisions behind his…

  6. How a Faith-Driven Entrepreneur Built 5 Companies With Purpose

    · 29 min · Episode 527 · Explicit

    What happens when a successful entrepreneur realizes that building businesses isn't enough? Raul Alejandro DeLa Vega, founder and CEO of five ventures, including Champions Choice Pain & Injury Clinics and National…

  7. How a Moving Company Founder Built a $2M Business After Rock Bottom

    · 21 min · Episode 526 · Explicit

    What happens when building a $2 million moving company leaves its founder feeling completely lost? Max Labarbera, founder of Labarbera Movers, joins Living Your Legacy to reveal the personal struggles behind his…

  8. From Immigrant to $1.5M Immigration Law Firm Owner

    · 19 min · Episode 525 · Explicit

    What does it take to arrive in America without speaking English and build a $1.5 million immigration law firm? Catalina Restrepo, founder of Restrepo Law Group, knows the journey is about more than professional…

  9. How Two Dog Trainers Built a Nearly $1M Business

    · 32 min · Episode 524 · Explicit

    What does it take to turn a garage-based dog training business into a nearly seven-figure company? Coastal Pines K9 co-owners Thomas Larity and Heather Israel reveal the risks, mistakes, and turning points behind their…

  10. How an Undocumented Immigrant Built a Multimillion-Dollar Construction Business

    · 29 min · Episode 523 · Explicit

    At seven years old, Jesus Ayvar arrives in America from Mexico with his family, unaware of the obstacles ahead. Years later, his undocumented status closes doors to college scholarships, leaving him working…

  11. How a Construction Expert Built a Family Empire

    · 23 min · Episode 522 · Explicit

    What happens when a construction expert who has spent decades uncovering building failures decides to start a company with his sons? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay Langan welcomes Benjamin Haynes, CEO and co-founder…

  12. How a Retired Army Colonel Redefined True Leadership

    · 24 min · Episode 521 · Explicit

    What drives someone to keep pursuing greatness after 36 years of military service, a distinguished surgical career, and decades of leadership? Dr. Peter M. Tan, retired U.S. Army Colonel, oral and maxillofacial…

  13. How a Roofing Salesman Built a $1.4M Business

    · 23 min · Episode 520 · Explicit

    What does it take to walk away from a successful sales career and bet everything on yourself? Cullen W. Pickett, founder of Black Diamond Roofing & Construction, takes viewers inside his journey from award-winning…

  14. Why This Aesthetic Medicine Innovator Is Betting on Light Therapy

    · 13 min · Episode 521 · Explicit

    What if the future of healing depends less on medication and more on the body's ability to repair itself? Aesthetic nurse practitioner and entrepreneur Melissa Gibbens is challenging conventional approaches to wellness…

  15. How a Plastic Surgeon Turned His Son’s Diagnosis Into a Lifelong Mission

    · 28 min · Episode 519 · Explicit

    What happens when a surgeon encounters a medical condition he knows nothing about in his own child? Dr. Marcelo Hochman, founder of The Facial Surgery Center, reveals how his son's hemangioma opens an unexpected…

  16. Why This Speech Therapist Left Traditional Healthcare

    · 24 min · Episode 518 · Explicit

    When her son's unexplained health struggles are dismissed as normal, speech-language pathologist Margaret Stoch begins questioning everything she knows about healthcare. Her search for answers exposes overlooked…

  17. How a Contractor Built a Business Without Doing Construction

    · 26 min · Episode 517 · Explicit

    What if building a successful construction company doesn't require doing the construction yourself? Vladimir Svirsky, founder of Right Image Builders, challenges the traditional contractor business model by focusing…

  18. How a Widowed Entrepreneur Rebuilt Her Life After Tragedy

    · 25 min · Episode 516 · Explicit

    What happens when the life you've built disappears overnight? After losing her husband to suicide in 2020, entrepreneur and actress Paula Kim faces an unimaginable reality: raising two young children while navigating…

  19. Why This Award-Winning Psychologist Says We're Living a Lie

    · 22 min · Episode 515 · Explicit

    What if everything people believe about reality is wrong? Dr. M. Teri Daunter, clinical psychologist and three-time international award-winning author of The Quantum Life, challenges conventional thinking about…

  20. How a Tax Entrepreneur Scaled From 50 to 4,500 Clients

    · 20 min · Episode 516 · Explicit

    What does it take to grow a home-based tax service into a thriving accounting business without becoming trapped by its success? On Living Your Legacy, entrepreneur Liliana Hernandez shares the journey from serving 50…

  21. How a Single Mom Built a Sales Empire

    · 20 min · Episode 514 · Explicit

    What happens when losing your job becomes the opportunity to build your own future? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Jenn Hildebrandt, founder of TfL Collective, to explore her journey from 14 years in…

  22. How a Mom Built a National Sportswear Brand

    · 24 min · Episode 513 · Explicit

    What does it take to build a national fashion brand while raising three children? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Kate Davis, founder and CEO of Love All, to explore her journey from launching a luxury…

  23. How a Female Tattoo Artist Redefined the Industry

    · 32 min · Episode 512 · Explicit

    What happens when a female tattoo artist refuses to follow the industry's rules? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Daila McGee, known professionally as Love Her Inc., to explore her journey from working…

  24. Why Most Construction Business Owners Never Scale

    · 22 min · Episode 511 · Explicit

    What does it take to turn one construction job into a business built for growth? On Living Your Legacy, host Jay sits down with Adam Kiger, founder of Good Old Boys Construction, to explore his leap from heavy…

  25. From Incarceration to Building a Thriving Urban Farm

    · 21 min · Episode 510 · Explicit

    What does it take to rebuild your life when your past seems to define your future? Urban farmer and community advocate Autumn Lowry knows the weight of that question. After experiencing incarceration and substance use…

  26. How a Grieving Mother Built Her Daughter’s Dream Business

    · 21 min · Episode 509 · Explicit

    What does it take to build a business when its purpose is deeply personal? Tiffany Williams, founder of Kween Bella's Closet Boutique, shares the emotional journey behind transforming her daughter's dream into a…

  27. How a Two-Time Cancer Survivor Became an Advocate

    · 24 min · Episode 508 · Explicit

    After surviving cancer twice and battling Crohn's disease, Kimberly Williams knows what it means to fight a system that is supposed to help. With 25 years in special education, she witnesses families struggling to…

  28. How Event Venue Owners Built Six Figures in Six Months

    · 22 min · Episode 507 · Explicit

    Jerel and Kimberly Norcome turn a shared dream of entrepreneurship into a fast-growing event venue business, but their path starts with six months of searching for the right location and building from the ground up.…

  29. How a Gas Landscaper Turned Sunlight Into Profit

    · 23 min · Episode 506 · Explicit

    Michael Bellows never planned to reinvent lawn care. During COVID, while navigating a divorce, he starts questioning why strong sales in his landscaping business are not translating into stronger profits. The answer…

  30. How a Bookkeeper Went From Survival Mode to Tech Owner

    · 20 min · Episode 505 · Explicit

    Heidi Ryder never planned to own a tech company. After teaching in public school, she builds a bookkeeping business with her back against the wall, learning to keep moving when failure is not an option. Then a simple…

  31. How an Inventor Turned Setbacks Into Generational Opportunity

    · 26 min · Episode 504 · Explicit

    Philip Fairweather knows entrepreneurship can change more than a career. After an NFL opportunity disappears, an invention born from his own athletic setback launches him into business and teaches him lessons he later…

  32. How a 10-Time World Champion Found a Bigger Purpose

    · 28 min · Episode 503 · Explicit

    Barbara Edelston Peterson knows what it takes to perform at the highest level. A 10-time world champion and veteran of 166 XTERRA races around the globe, she built her life around competition, discipline, and the…

  33. From Disability Benefits to Building a National Business

    · 19 min · Episode 502 · Explicit

    Michele A. Leahy knows firsthand how complicated life with a disability can be. Born with spina bifida, navigating benefits herself, and later losing her leg, she turns lived experience into a mission to help others…

  34. How a Fired Veteran Built a Multi-Million-Dollar Business

    · 23 min · Episode 501 · Explicit

    After 15 years in the military and a string of corporate jobs that never fit, Curtis Kinsey finds himself moving toward a future he never planned. The veteran entrepreneur starts with a mower and a willingness to work,…

  35. How a Single Mom Built an $844M Real Estate Career

    · 24 min · Episode 500 · Explicit

    Lindsay Mingee enters commercial real estate as a single mother with no guaranteed paycheck, powerful network, or safety net. Fifteen years later, she has facilitated more than $844 million in transactions, but the…

  36. How a Relationship Coach Unlocks the Conversation Couples Avoid

    · 34 min · Episode 499 · Explicit

    Relationship coach and author Vesta Gauntlett believes couples can spend years avoiding the one conversation that could redefine their future. After working with couples who struggled with communication, intimacy, and…

  37. How a High School Dropout Built a $50M Staffing Company

    · 24 min · Episode 498 · Explicit

    Dan Mastropolo drops out of high school, learns business through sales, and eventually turns an unexpected firing into the start of his entrepreneurial journey. But building companies is only part of the story. After…

  38. How a Blind Author Turned Trauma Into Resilience

    · 21 min · Episode 497 · Explicit

    At eighteen, Marcus Engel loses his sight in a catastrophic crash caused by a drunk driver, beginning years of hospitalization, recovery, and a search for meaning. Decades later, the bestselling author and resilience…

  39. From House Hunting to Running a 315-Acre Winery

    · 22 min · Episode 496 · Explicit

    Melanie and Jeff Siesser never planned to become winery owners. They were searching for land to build a home when they discovered Rancho Victoria Vineyard & Winery, a 315-acre estate that would completely redirect…

  40. From the Streets to an 11-Restaurant Empire

    · 22 min · Episode 495 · Explicit

    Andre Williams goes from Chicago’s South Side and the nightlife business to building a growing restaurant empire rooted in community. After realizing the club owner was making hundreds of thousands while he earned tens…

  41. Why Smarter AI Still Fails Without Human Trust

    · 36 min · Episode 494 · Explicit

    Dr. Allen Badeau spent decades solving problems across computational fluid dynamics, defense, AI, and quantum computing, but one of his biggest breakthroughs begins with failure. After building an AI system that…

  42. How a Contractor Grew From 5 Trucks to 175

    · 28 min · Episode 493 · Explicit

    William David reveals what it really takes to scale a construction business without letting growth destroy it. Starting with employees driving their own vehicles, the company reaches a defining milestone with its first…

  43. How Money Mentors Make One Dollar Work Multiple Times

    · 22 min · Episode 492 · Explicit

    Most people are taught to save money, borrow from banks, and invest what is left. Real Money Masters co-founders Joseph Kovacevic and Brianna Shaw challenge that playbook. Coming from dramatically different financial…

  44. How a Nurse Turned Family Tragedy Into a Franchise

    · 26 min · Episode 491 · Explicit

    After her mother is diagnosed with brain cancer, a registered nurse experiences firsthand how inconsistent home care can leave families stressed and powerless. Instead of accepting a broken system, she decides to build…

  45. How AI Could Transform Personalized Medicine

    · 19 min · Episode 490 · Explicit

    Board-certified gastroenterologist Dr. Rajiv Singh is exploring what happens when artificial intelligence meets the human side of medicine. From everyday digestive health and preventative medicine to genome sequencing…

  46. How a Bestselling Author Built a Business Around Purpose

    · 19 min · Episode 489 · Explicit

    Paul Peters has spent 35 years in his field, built Covenant Case Management Services, written 10 books, and earned four bestseller distinctions. Now, the author, speaker, and TV personality is stepping into a new…

  47. How a Curl Expert Doubled Her Income After 40

    · 25 min · Episode 488 · Explicit

    After 20 years in the salon industry, luxury hairstylist and curl expert Lizzie Ramsay reaches a point where skill, sacrifice, and ambition collide. Working 50-hour weeks means giving up precious time with her…

  48. How a Real Estate Leader Turned Adversity Into Purpose

    · 18 min · Episode 487 · Explicit

    Real estate may look glamorous from the outside, but behind every closing are pressure, uncertainty, and problems no one sees. In this episode of Living Your Legacy, an award-winning real estate leader and mentor…

  49. How a Grieving Father Turned Pain Into Purpose

    · 20 min · Episode 486 · Explicit

    After losing his son, father-in-law, wife, and mother within three years, a grieving father faces a question few people could answer: how does he keep moving forward? James Nolan, founder of Pain Through Fire, reveals…

  50. From $134 to Building a $100M Lemon Law Firm

    · 25 min · Episode 485 · Explicit

    Natan Davoodi is down to $134 when a broken car unexpectedly points him toward the niche that changes his career. The lifelong car enthusiast and consumer protection attorney traces his path from pre-med to law,…

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