This episode is a personal reflection on 2025 and Q2--Q4 guest highlight recap. I talk about some personal and general challenges from the year and share 10 lessons I took away from the experience.

Chapters:
00:00 - My Reflection & 10 Lessons from 2025
15:29 - Jason Stewart - Full episode
17:41 - Brandon Turner - Full episode
19:36 - Built For Legacy Rebrand (solo) - Full episode
21:45 - Kendall Reusing - Full episode

24:06 - Sloan Clymer - Full episode
27:19 - Noah Oliver - Full episode
31:00 - Will Stull & Cole Mueller - Full episode

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In this episode, I sit down with Will Stull and Cole Mueller, two of the six runners from The California Traverse documentary — a 640-mile nonstop relay from San Diego to San Francisco that pushed a global team of ultra-athletes to their physical and mental limits (premiered November 2025). We get into everything you didn’t see in the film: the funniest behind-the-scenes moments, the breaking points that nearly took them out, the late-night delirium, and the moments of unity that kept them moving through four days and nights of coastlines, mountain roads, exhaustion, injuries, and barely any sleep. They share how the team dynamic shifted, what surprised them when they finally watched the documentary, and why this run changed all of them. If you’re drawn to stories about endurance, mindset, and the humor that gets people through the hardest challenges, this episode gives you a raw and entertaining look inside the California Traverse from the runners who lived it.

California Traverse documentary on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2OQ8ac19lrQ

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Noah Oliver is a former Navy EOD specialist turned entrepreneur and founder of Flowhold, a San Diego–based MMA and BJJ training apparel brand built around the idea of “flow state.” After six years in the military and earning his MBA, Noah explored multiple ventures—from Amazon FBA to surf ponchos—before launching Flowhold in 2018 while still in business school. What began as a socks company evolved into a full-time mission-driven brand focused on mindset, performance, and purpose. In this conversation, we discuss Noah’s transition out of the military, his early lessons in entrepreneurship, and the mindset shift that helped him build Flowhold into what it is today. We also talk about finding gratitude before success, the balance between discipline and creativity, and how to create products—and a life—that embody flow.

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Chapters:

00:00 – Intro

06:15 – The Birth of Flowhold: How Flow State, Jiu-Jitsu, & MMA Inspired a Brand

10:10 – Starting Small: From Socks to a Standout Training Brand

13:40 – Life After Service: Transitioning Out of the Navy & Into Entrepreneurship

21:25 – Early Ventures: Surf Ponchos, Amazon FBA, and the First Lessons in Business

26:15 – What Every Entrepreneur Learns Too Late: From Product Development to Purpose

31:00 – Building Flowhold: Turning a Passion Project Into a Movement

38:55 – Gratitude Over Grind: Finding Happiness Before Success

42:00 – Mindset Tactics for Internal Peace and Long-Term Fulfillment

53:00 – Apparel Branding Secrets: Marketing a Lifestyle, Not Just a Product

1:05:15 – Entrepreneur Life Hack: Prioritizing Vision Over Validation

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