The Scott Kaplan SOLO Podcast

Bob Babbitt was a 3rd grade gym teacher, turned Ironman competitor. He followed his passion and started Competitor Magazine, which he sold, earning him far more than a 3rd grade teacher makes!

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The CEO of Havas Edge Steve Netzley talks about starting his business in a garage, the feeling of failure from his divorce, working because he wants to and the $1 billion his agency will bill in 2018.

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Scott Duffy talks about the early days of working for Tony Robbins, then selling a private jet company to Richard Branson, hitting bottom through the recession 10 years ago, and rebuilding! Scott has published two books. Check them out on scottduffymedia.com

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Tyson McDowell is to business, what Doogie Howser was to medicine! A kid who started making money real early, building computers, then blowing it on girls! By the time he was 18, he was in business while his friends were going to college. Tyson is a brilliant businessman, who learned in the real world.

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This week Scott met up with his long time friend and cycling buddy, Dave Vigil.  Dave is a former Qualcomm executive, now President of Pinarello US, a high end Italian bike manufacturor. Check it out to learn how Dave started at Qualcomm for $65k/year, rose the ranks, and made the change to running the US division of an Itialian bike company.

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Seth Wolkov, CEO of the Del Mar music festival, KAABOO, talks with Scott about how KAABOO came to be, the booming music festival business, and the importance of the customer experience.

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Dr. Tommy John, famous name, not the surgery guy, his son, who has written a book entitled 'A Sports Parents Survival Guide'.

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Why would anyone run 102 miles? Because he can! Former Army Ranger, Iraq War Veteran Ben Brown joined the pod.

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For Volume 32 of the Scott Kaplan SOLO Podcast, I got together for lunch at The Brigantine with Hall of Fame and Triple Crown winning jockey, Mike Smith.  Mike tells us the story of how 11 year old Mikey in New Mexico learned to ride, race, and become the best in the world!

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Trevor Hoffman was recently inducted into the Baseball Hall of Fame. He and his son Quinn sat down with me talk about how Trevor is able to remain so normal through all his success, his moms upbringin in war torn London, his dads musical career, the families move to Southern California, his Hall of Fame speech and how he developed into a pitcher after coming up playing shortstop.

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