Built For More with Jacob O'Connor

Sydney McKinney is a softball player at Wichita State University where she holds three records, including leading the nation in batting average last season (.522). Last summer Syd played for the Women's National Team (Team USA) in Japan for the All-Star Series. As of this season, she is leading the NCAA in batting average (.539) and just became #10 in NCAA history in hits. She is currently a Top 25 finalist for Player of the Year.

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In this episode, Jacob heads to Nashville to hang out with Todd Anderson. Todd shares his remarkable story of growing up in a small town, becoming a Walk-On for Michigan State University, and making it to the NFL. Now Todd is a human performance coach, recovery expert, angel investor, and entrepreneur. He works with professional athletes from various sports. In the past few months, Todd has gained a lot of traction on Instagram for sharing science backed, educational content pertaining to human performance and recovery.

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Logan Mize is a country music artist with over one billon streams of his music across all platforms with hits including "Better Off Gone", "Grew Apart", and "Somebody to Thank". He has opened for multiple headlining acts including: Lady Antebellum, The Band Perry, Eric Church, Dierks Bentley, Charlie Daniels Band, Blake Shelton, Hank Williams and Merle Haggard. In this episode, Logan shares some crazy stories and dives deep into what it's like being a country music artist. His new single, Bloodline, is out now and streaming on all platforms.

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In this episode, Jacob reconnects with Jimmy DeCicco-- the the Co-Founder of the #3 bottled coffee brand in the US, Super Coffee. Jimmy left his Wall Street job to launch Super Coffee. 7 years later and Jimmy has been on Shark Tank, the company has raised $150M+ from investors like: Alex Rodriguez, Aaron Rodgers, Jennifer Lopez and removed more than 10,000,000 pounds of sugar from the American diet. We also discuss Jimmy as an athlete, the 50 acre ranch in that he and Devon Lévesque bought and the awesome retreat they're creating, and doing business with the right people. 

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Paul Richardson is a British businessman and entrepreneur. He was instrumental in scaling Gymshark from $4.5M to $1B+ and served as a shareholder and Executive Chairman. He is the former co-owner of AllSaints and is the current owner of the streetwear brand, HERA. HERA has been worn by the likes of celebrities including Hailey Bieber, NBA players, and other household names. In this episode, Paul shares how he started in entrepreneurship with City Waste, exited, worked with Gymshark, bought HERA, and also the importance of lifting, perseverance, and more. 

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Rob Gerlach is one of the smartest people I know and is a good friend of mine. He's a registered Patent Attorney, Intellectual Property aficionado, and the Executive Director of Technology Transfer and Commercialization at Wichita State University. What fascinates me the most about Rob is the rate at which he consumes information-- he reads so many books and listens to so many podcasts-- with a level of efficiency that is mind-boggling. 

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In this episode, Jon Peterson shares his two year journey of working towards his max bench along with actionable steps for how he got there. Jacob and Jon also discuss some of their goals for 2023. 

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