The Victory Podcast with Travis Cody

In this episode of The Victory Show, the host sits down with Conor McGowan Smyth to explore the leadership lessons and personal experiences behind his book.

Conor shares insights on entrepreneurship, leadership development, and the journey of turning knowledge into a book that helps others grow. The conversation dives into the mindset required to build successful teams, develop strong leadership habits, and create meaningful impact through business and storytelling.

In this episode of The Victory Show, the host, Travis Cody, sits down with Saraphina Grace to explore her journey of faith, purpose, and personal transformation.

Saraphina shares the inspiration behind her book and how life’s challenges helped shape her mission to empower others through storytelling and personal growth.

Through this conversation, she opens up about the lessons she learned along the way, how faith influenced her journey, and how anyone can turn adversity into an opportunity for growth and impact.

In this episode of The Victory Show, host Travis Cody sits down with commercial real estate expert Walter Clements to discuss the realities of building wealth through real estate investing and entrepreneurship.

Walter shares insights from his experience in commercial real estate, investment strategy, and business growth, explaining how entrepreneurs and investors can think strategically about property, deals, and long-term value creation.

The conversation explores the mindset required to succeed in business and investing, the lessons learned from scaling companies, and the key decisions that shape financial success.

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Brian Cassady, CEO of Live Comfortably, the largest manufacturer of bed pillows in North America.

Brian is a five-time transformational CEO with a career spanning consulting, private equity, and executive leadership. Over the years, he has helped drive more than $500 million in EBITDA improvements across the companies he has led, with a clear focus on operational rigor, disciplined execution, and transformation at scale.

In this conversation, Brian breaks down what really causes companies to get into trouble, why fast growth can be just as dangerous as stagnation, and how strong leaders create cultures that can adapt, improve, and win over time.

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Long Doan, founder of Realty Group, LPT’s largest Minnesota team, to unpack the real playbook behind scaling a business, leading people, and building lasting success.

Long’s story is extraordinary. He fled Vietnam on a fishing boat at age 13, survived a refugee camp, and went on to build one of the most respected real estate organizations in Minnesota. After transitioning from the mortgage industry into real estate during the 2007–2009 market shift, he positioned himself ahead of the crash, built the right systems, and closed over 1,000 transactions in his first four years.

But this conversation goes far beyond real estate.

Long shares the mindset shifts, leadership lessons, and business frameworks that helped him grow—from learning how to automate, delegate, and eliminate, to identifying why most entrepreneurs stay stuck doing everything themselves.

In this episode, we sit down with Tomas Milar to explore a powerful perspective on investing, wealth building, and financial security.

Tomas breaks down why hard assets—like real estate, commodities, and tangible investments—can provide more stability and stronger long-term returns compared to traditional market-based investments.

He explains how emotional decision-making often hurts investors in volatile markets, and why hard assets offer a more grounded, resilient approach to building wealth.

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with real estate investor Michael Mazzeo to discuss the difference between being rich and being truly wealthy. Michael breaks down how private lending works, why lenders often get paid before equity investors, and how understanding risk versus reward is critical in any investment. He also shares insights on navigating real estate deals, protecting capital, and thinking like an advantage player in today’s market. If you're looking to grow wealth strategically rather than just trade time for money, this episode delivers valuable lessons.

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with serial entrepreneur Roy Dequina to explore the deeper side of entrepreneurship—where culture, technology, and design intersect. Roy shares how founders can move beyond chasing product-market fit and instead build a clear point of view that scales. He explains the importance of systems thinking, founder identity, and creating brands and backends that still work when the spotlight fades. If you're building a company and navigating the messy middle of growth, this conversation delivers practical insight and hard-earned wisdom.

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Alan Rudolph, a veteran C-suite operator with over 25 years of experience scaling enterprise SaaS companies and executing world-class exits. Alan breaks down what actually drove a 21x EBITDA exit—and it wasn’t hype or luck. It was disciplined execution across people, process, automation, and data. He shares why gross and net retention are the most important operating metrics in SaaS, how real-time dashboards outperform stale monthly reports, and why listening to customers is the most undervalued growth lever in modern companies. This conversation dives deep into operator-level thinking: putting the right leaders in the right seats, using one-page SWOT analyses to drive clarity, balancing AI with human judgment, and why the best executives aren’t afraid to change decisions fast when the data changes. If you’re building, operating, or scaling a SaaS business—and want exit-level outcomes—this episode is required listening.

In this episode of The Victory Show, Travis Cody sits down with Eido Walny, founder of Walny Legal Group, to unpack what it really means to build a values-driven law firm that lasts.

Eido shares how he discovered his niche in estate planning and business succession—not by chasing trends, but by eliminating what didn’t align with his long-term vision. With over 25 years in the industry, he reflects on the evolution of law from pre-internet days to AI-powered workflows, and how technology is reshaping client relationships and legacy planning.

Beyond his legal practice, Eido serves as President of the Village of Bayside and leads within his local fire department board—bringing a unique lens on leadership, civic responsibility, and decision-making under pressure. This conversation dives into trust, long-term thinking, generational wealth, and what it takes to lead both in business and in community.

If you’re building something meant to outlast you, this episode is your playbook.

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