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Most people from these parts know Kevin Kolb.  

He played 7 years as an NFL Quarterback – for the Eagles, Cardinals, and Bills.  Someone once told him -- “You are not going to make it in the NFL”. 

Kevin grew up as a coach’s kid living in the gym.  He came to Stephenville as a freshman; played under Art Briles; and received some playing time on the varsity team in their route to win State that year.

From Stephenville – he went to University of Houston then onto the NFL.

At age 29, Kevin had retired from the NFL and had everything a person could want – money, a large ranch, and a great family --- but, at the most successful point in his life he broke down and met Jesus.  “At the top” was all empty and pointless to him.  

This is where God met him and changed his heart and life, including being involved in First Priority of America.

Kevin is now a true entrepreneur and has a few things to say about looking for the right people + right industry + right timing.

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Meet Jeremy.  

Jeremy is a former church planter and pastor.  Now, he is an Edward Jones advisor in Lakeway, Texas.   

The amazing thing is that his transition from ministry to business was on purpose and he is still an active and healthy member of the church he planted and left. 

Listen today to Jeremy’s amazing life story.  His adventure includes -

·      Growing up in a broken home and meeting Jesus in a real way at age 17 after the death of one of his high school friends.

·      God’s call on Jeremy’s life into ministry and the experiences which led to him to planting a church in Austin.

·      Spending time in Florida on staff with a church as a young married couple before heading back to Texas for seminary.

·      Raising 5 incredible children.

·      Transition out of ministry into the business world.

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How many countries have you traveled to in your life?

Well- meet Nathan.  He is 21 years old and has traveled to 40 countries already and he is heading to Romania to open up a coffee shop and rock-climbing gym.

Nathan was a professional climber in high school and first left the country at age 15.  (We can’t accuse his parents of being helicopter parents!) 

On top of that, he has – 

·      spent 6 days climbing El Capitan; 

·      lived in 14 different locations in America; 

·      spent a large amount of time in world missions; 

·      just dropped out of college to pursue God’s plans for his life; and

·      hears and is used by God in very cool and unique ways.

We had an incredible conversation with Nathan (and a surprise guest toward the end of the show).  

Listen in to this young man’s fascinating journey and how you can help him (and his soon-to-be wife, Chase) get to Romania.   You do not want to miss this. 

For more information about today’s guest, check out: https://www.thehutsonsblog.com/

Nathan and Chase are raising money for the 9-month G42 Leadership Academy.  Want to support these future leaders? – https://tinyurl.com/SupportHutsons.  (every penny helps).  

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Les McKeown is a best-selling author and a true expert in organizational growth and leadership.  Here is why this can be confidently stated:

• He started 42 companies by the time he was 35 years old.
• He co-created an incubation consulting company which launched hundreds of businesses with thousands of employees peaking at 13 offices in 7 different countries. 
• He has over 25 years of global business experience.

Les has given talks at Google and many other Fortune 500 companies and has appeared on ABC, CNN, BBC, and in Inc., NY Times, USA Today and more.

Some of his clients include T-Mobile, American Express, Harvard University, the US Army, and Chevron.

Les has a podcast where he has interviewed the Former Starbucks president; Daniel Pink – author and former presidential advisor; the Dean of the London School of Business – you get the point!

Here is the biggest deal though-  Les has developed the Predictable Success model for businesses. This is where we crossed paths.

• If you feel like the wheels are falling off your business and not sure why or what to do – you need to listen to this episode!
• If you are starting a business and need to know the type of people which will make it successful so you can beat the large rate of early business failures – you need to listen to this episode! 
• If you want a diagnostic as to where your business is in this life cycle below – tune in today!  Its very important and there are specific steps for each stage.

Les gave us an incredible gift of time and knowledge you will not want to miss.

Les's List of Things:

Learn your style

Life Cycle of your business

Predictable Success

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What if we told you this was the location of a very successful country store bringing unbelievably great coffee, tea, craft beer, and food to a town of approximately 200 people.  

Would you believe us?

What if we said the owner first came to Texas from Louisiana in a covered wagon!  

Would you believe us?

We couldn’t make this stuff up if we tried.  It is all true. 

In this episode of The StoryField, we sat down for our first face-to-face interview with Lance Battenfield -  the owner of the well-known Lingleville Country Store (in Lingleville, Texas – population 200) and Black Jacks (in Dublin, Texas- population 3000).

Listen today for an incredible true story of how Lance’s passion for great coffee and products coupled with his faith in God has led to a booming business in the middle of town with only a church, school, post office, and the store – no stoplights.  This just scratches the surface of where the interview went!

You do not want to miss this show!

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Who says you have to go to college to start an incredible business? 

Scott Randolph – creator and owner of Skinny’s Repair Shop didn’t believe that – thankfully.

From an early age Scott’s father taught him some timeless principles about running a great business. He lost his father early, but it is obvious his legacy lives on once you hear our conversation with this businessman without a degree.

Listen today for a honest and vulnerable conversation with Scott about losing your parent to an illness; starting a business from nothing; and what it feels like to at times to be a business owner .. ie “I had a night where I just broke down and was crying”.

This episode is a field guide for “bootstrapping.” If you are about to start a business this will be an extremely helpful interview.

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So what happens when a high school senior goes fishing with his buddy on a beautiful Texas afternoon?

Well, he-

• decides to go to college in a different state
• learns how to make disciples
• works for Jon Randals - the “most known/unknown evangelist ever”
• creates a Colorado/Arkansas based life-changing adventure ministry
• spearheads the creation of many college ministries
• starts a church
• leads the faith-based division at Parkhill (Architects/Engineers) – a national Top 500 Design Firm

In this Storyfield episode, we have a fascinating conversation with our friend Nick Cooper. Listen in to find out all the ways his college decision literally changed his life and led to many incredible things.

Nick has discovered the life changing impacts of getting men and women outdoors and connecting them to God through the outdoors. It could be a missing ingredient.

Nick's List of things:
IDM
Parkhill

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Listen to today’s interview if you feel a little bored or not happy with the condition of Christian life right now. Duke Revard was a linebacker in the Big 12 conference; went on to receiving his Masters in Theology; and now is a high level leader for the Soma Family of Churches – an organization with many church plants who have some incredible ways of engaging with the everyday world around them and encouraging Christians to be who God has made them to be. 

You are going to love and be encouraged by this discussion.

“Every believer is sent into the everyday stuff of life to make disciples.”  - Duke Revard.

Duke's List of Things:
Connect on LinkedIn
Follow on Twitter
We Are Soma
Saturate Podcast

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So you want to be an entrepreneur?  Quit your job and enter the wild unknown...  Before you do it tune in to this interview.  An interview with a hopeless entrepreneur who understands the grit and fortitude it takes to pull it off.  

Our first guest on the Storyfield Podcast is Craig Kautsch. He’s made some 7 figure mistakes and has some gray hair to prove it.  At 22 he bought an Orvis store; grew it to 3 stores and ended up burned out in retail and 2,000,000 in debt. After the crash, Craig and his partner Lee started a real estate business which has bought, restored, and sold over 1,000 houses in the last 19 years. 

We have a broad ranging discussion and we were able to extract some useful tools for your tool belt. You’re gonna love it!

Craig's List of Things:
Craig Kautsch
Sober Sis
Rich Dad, Poor Dad

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