

Travis Makes Money
Travis Chappell
You can't save your way to your dream life anymore. The truth is, you’re gonna need to learn to make more money. The Travis Makes Money Podcast is not your typical personal finance show. Rather than shaming you for buying a Starbucks coffee or pressuring you to become a billionaire, we focus on empowering you to make more money so you can enjoy life today while preparing for your future. You don’t have to cut back so much that you miss out on the present, and you don’t need to become the next Jeff Bezos either. Hosted by veteran podcaster Travis Chappell, each daily episode features interviews with regular people just like you – yes, you – who have learned how to make more money in unique and unconventional ways. From turning side hustles into an extra six figures to building massive business empires, these conversations dive into the mindset shifts, hard-earned lessons, and simple strategies that helped these individuals succeed. With over 1,000 podcast episodes under his belt, Travis has developed a unique ability to pull out inspiring stories and practical advice you can apply to your own financial journey that you just won’t hear anywhere else. Whether you’re looking for strategies on side hustles, skill building, investing, building generational wealth, or just motivation to take your next steps, this podcast is your resource. Tune in daily for insights, actionable tips, and inspiration from some of the most successful and interesting money-makers on the planet.
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Jul 13, 2020 • 39min
436: Dave Cote | Former Honeywell CEO Talks Leadership
As Chairman and CEO of the industrial giant Honeywell over 16 years, David Cote grew the company's market capitalization from around $20 billion to nearly $120 billion, delivering returns of 800 percent and beating the S&P by nearly two and a half times.
Currently, David is Executive Chairman of Vertiv Holdings Co, a global data center products and services provider. He is a member of the Aspen Economic Strategy Group and on the Boards of the Council on Foreign Relations and the Conference of Montreal.
On This Episode:
Dave shares about his childhood in a French-Canadian enclave in New Hampshire.
Learn how David avoided committing to 6 years on a nuclear submarine in the Navy.
Hear about Dave’s career as a “troublemaker.”
Travis and Dave discuss the importance of aptitude.
Dave talks about the unique role that travel played in his development.
Follow Dave’s unorthodox journey from employee to CEO.
Key Takeaways:
Find a way to educate yourself without taking on debt.
Hard work doesn’t always pay off. If you’re working on the wrong thing, it’s never going to pay off.
Get to all the facts before you express your opinions.
Tweetable Quotes:
The higher up you go, the less you know.
You have to accomplish both short-term and long-term results.
Pick up a copy of Dave Cote's Book: https://amzn.to/2WenbdR (https://amzn.to/2WenbdR)
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jul 10, 2020 • 36min
435: Los Silva | How to Start and Scale an Online Business
With a life spent as an entrepreneur, Los finds himself at the helm of an 8-figure agency and multiple 7-figure sister companies, becoming a world-renowned speaker, thought leader, and the go-to marketer. He’s achieved extreme success in the online space working with influencers, entrepreneurs, and SMB’s - helping them scale pass multiple 7 and 8-figure marks.
Los has become the go-to for SMB’s to transform into what he calls “Powerhouse Brands”, through paid media, brand building, and improving every metric in between. He simplifies his very complex but proven system into this 3-part formula:
Los has worked with business owners and companies including Heidi Powell, Thomas DeLauer, Josh Elizetxe, Ryan Moran, Kent Clothier, Justin Colby, Know Foods, The Good Kitchen, Jawzrsize, Raphael Vargas, Steve Weatherford, Ed O'Keefe and many others.
On This Episode:
Los shares about his experience owning a construction company in 2008 – an industry that got hit very hard during the recession.
Learn how Los developed his knowledge of online marketing.
Find out how Los builds successful relationships with people like Neve Patel
Key Takeaways:
Don’t expect instant returns on your investments.
Don’t expect what works with warm traffic will work with cold traffic.
Invest in coaches.
Tweetable Quotes:
“Don’t go into relationships with expectations.” – Los Silva
“The definition of success is happiness.” – Travis Chappell
Los Silva:
https://www.lossilva.com/ (https://www.lossilva.com/)
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jul 8, 2020 • 37min
434: Chris Kawaja | How to Master the Skill of Learning
Chris Kawaja holds his BA from Stanford University and MBA with High Distinction from Harvard Business School.
Chris spent the early years of his career on Wall Street (Goldman Sachs and Bridgewater Associates, the world's largest hedge fund), where he developed his skeptical eye towards traditional financial advice. He developed his unique investing outlook for his own personal portfolio and he now owns a variety of assets ranging from e-commerce businesses to legal settlements, to real estate. He is the owner of the e-commerce business BigChill.com and the founder and author of Upwarding.com where he discusses topics ranging from mindfulness to crowdfunding.
On This Episode:
Chris talks about the benefits of his geeky childhood.
Travis and Chris discuss the importance of travel.
Hear some of Chris’ big takeaways from his time on Wall Street.
Learn how to properly network.
Key Takeaways:
Have a genuine curiosity about people.
Be willing to share your knowledge and the who you know will come.
If you’re going to reach out to someone, find a way to be helpful to them.
Chris Kawaja:
BigChill.com
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jul 6, 2020 • 34min
433: Kelley Earnhardt Miller | How to Win in Business and Life
In Drive, Kelley Earnhardt Miller, daughter of Dale Earnhardt Sr. and sister to Dale Jr., opens up about growing up in the world of NASCAR, sharing the lessons she learned about being a successful business leader and what she discovered, often the hard way, about winning in life.
Kelley never felt she was winning at anything until she began to deal with the thoughts and feelings that were driving her decisions and taking her in the wrong direction. Her journey of transformation is what empowered her to run the family business in an entirely different way than she had previously and to lead people not only with her head but also with her heart.
On This Episode:
Kelley shares what it was like growing up with a celebrity athlete for a father.
Learn how Kelley decided what career to pursue.
Travis & Kelley discuss parenting advice.
Get a sneak peak at Kelley’s new book, Drive.
Key Takeaways:
Take responsibility for your own success.
Don’t throw around empty threats.
Educate yourself before you try to network with someone.
Tweetable Quotes:
“Lead from the heart.”
“If your decisions are coming from the heart, you’re probably making some really good decisions.”
Kelley Earnhardt:
twitter.com/earnhardtkelley
instagram.com/kelleyearnhardtmiller
https://www.facebook.com/KelleyEarnhardt (facebook.com/KelleyEarnhardt)
kelleyearnhardtdrive.com
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jul 3, 2020 • 32min
432: Feras Moussa | Why You Should Invest in Real Estate
Feras Moussa is an entrepreneur at heart with a tech background. Feras graduated from the University of Texas with a Computer Science degree, and worked at Microsoft straight from college. Feras later quit Microsoft to ‘bring tech to industries that lack it’, where he later found his passion for real estate. Feras quickly built a portfolio of rentals, completing 9 closings in his first 12 months. After having seen the results of rentals, Feras later decided to scale up into apartment complexes, where he met Ben Suttles and started Disrupt Equity, a company focused on multi-family acquisition and investments for investors, and in doing so, help leverage his strengths in tech to better identify quality investments for investors. Feras has helped raise millions of dollars for multifamily syndication.
On This Episode:
Feras talks about his takeaways from his time at Microsoft.
Hear how Feras transitioned from software to real estate.
Travis and Feras discuss when you should invest yourself vs hiring someone to invest for you.
Learn how networking helped Feras through his investing career.
Key Takeaways:
Have a plan when switching your careers.
You have to own your niché before you can scale.
Go to meetups, read, and educate yourself on the realities of investing.
Feras Mousa:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/feras-moussa-2072a1196/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/feras-moussa-2072a1196/)
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/feras.moussa (https://www.facebook.com/feras.moussa)
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/feras.moussa/ (https://www.instagram.com/feras.moussa/)
Disrupt Equity: https://www.disruptequity.com/ (https://www.disruptequity.com/)
Email: team@disruptequity.com
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jul 1, 2020 • 30min
431: Amira Alvarez | Do What You Love
Amira Alvarez is the founder and CEO of The Unstoppable Woman, a global coaching company helping entrepreneurs, empire builders, athletes, creatives, and rising stars in all fields achieve their dreams and goals in record time.
As someone who has made a quantum leap (going from barely making 6-figures to making $700k in one year, then onto 7-figures) and has lived to tell about it, she knows exactly what tactical strategies and mindset shifts are required to get out of your own way, live life on your own terms, and master the art of achieving any goal you set your mind to in record time.
On This Episode:
Amira talks about being self-conscious as a youth.
Learn the importance of having self-confidence.
Travis and Amira discuss when you should pivot.
Key Takeaways:
You can’t look to external things for security.
Do things because YOU like it.
What you know is useless if you don’t know anyone.
Amira Alvarez:
TheUnstoppableWoman.com/podcast
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jun 29, 2020 • 41min
430: Jessica Zimmerman | How to Conquer Struggle
When Jessica Zimmerman survived a childhood car crash that took the life of her only sister, she knew even then, she couldn't waste her life. After meeting her husband at the University of Arkansas, she returned to her hometown and built a successful wedding floral design business, Zimmerman Events, that grew alongside her three young children. When her husband fell tragically ill, Jessica realized that she had to begin earning more than just the "fun money," transforming her zero-profit events company into a seven-figure business, all while caring for her ailing husband.
Today, Jessica teaches her students and followers how to set healthy business boundaries, invest in themselves, and create businesses and lives they love. Her work has been featured in People, Business Insider, Entrepreneur and Forbes.
Jessica currently resides in Conway, Arkansas, with her husband Brian, their three children, and their dog Sophie.
On This Episode:
Learn the power of emotional influence.
Jessica explains the catalyst that turned around her business.
Hear the story of the illness that Jessica's husband developed in the middle of her building her company.
Travis talks about the stigma around spending money to be successful.
Key Takeaways:
Take extreme responsibility for your life.
Make money decisions with a long-term mindset.
When people feel a connection with you they’re willing to buy from you.
Tweetable Quotes:
Once you have a good foundation, you can grow this thing as big as you want it.
Jessica Zimmerman:
JessicaZimmerman.com
Resources Mentioned:
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jun 26, 2020 • 35min
429: Adrienne Bankert | From a Small Town to Good Morning America
Adrienne Bankert is an Emmy and Edward R. Murrow Award-winning correspondent for ABC News, Good Morning America, World News Tonight, and Nightline. She reported live from Chaing Rai, Thailand, during the rescue of thirteen boys and their soccer coach as the world watched the historic rescue. She traveled to London to cover the Royal wedding of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle, and was the first network journalist to report live from the scene when several police officers were massacred in Dallas, Texas in 2016. Her compelling interviews from guests that range from wounded warriors to celebrities including Lady Gaga, Bradley Cooper, Dwayne Johnson, Ryan Reynolds, and more have gained widespread attention. She has worked in local news in Sacramento, Dallas-Fort Worth, and in Los Angeles as a host, anchor, health and wellness, and general assignment reporter. She remains committed to the goal she declared early on in her journey to “change the face of television,” and is a regular speaker at events providing practical and inspirational wisdom that launches people into the highest and best versions of their lives.
Key Takeaways:
We have to be careful not to dismiss the messenger because their picture looks different than what we expect.
Relationship is the key for every endeavor.
Life is a lot better when you know the language.
My main job as an interviewer is to make my guest feel safe.
Be kind to all people, universally without prejudice.
It’s who you know but you also have to know who you are.
Resources Mentioned:
yourhiddensuperpower.com
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jun 24, 2020 • 29min
428: Greg Milano | How to Decide What You Want To Do
Greg Milano is is the founder and chief executive officer of Fortuna Advisors LLC. A leading expert in capital allocation, behavioral finance, and incentive compensation design, he has nearly 30 years experience in management consulting. He is the author of the new book, Curing Corporate Short-Termism: Future Growth vs. Current Earnings.
Episode Highlights:
Greg shares about how his brothers helped influence him to be interested in business.
Travis and Greg discuss whether you should improve your weaknesses or capitalize on your strengths.
Learn how to stand out in a crowded marktetplace.
3 Key Points:
Identify your value.
Build on those strengths.
Find what differentiates you.
Tweetable Quotes:
“A network without a product isn’t much use.”
Resources Mentioned:
https://fortuna-advisors.com/ (https://fortuna-advisors.com/)
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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Jun 22, 2020 • 38min
427: Jimmy Rex | How to Stand Out as a Real Estate Professional
Jimmy is most known for his career in real estate during the past 15 years. In that time frame, he's sold over 2000 properties and has solidified himself as one of the top real estate agents in the country. This past year Jimmy sold the most expensive home in Wasatch Front MLS History at $35 million for a ranch near Oakley, Utah.
Because of his success in real estate, Jimmy went on to build his real estate coaching company which currently coaches hundreds of real estate agents from all across the country. His courses "The Social Realtor" and "100K Agent Blueprint" have helped thousands of agents grow their business. He is also a popular speaker and regularly does trainings from Calgary to Texas and all over the country.
Outside of Real Estate, Jimmy created one of the top business podcasts "The Jimmy Rex Show" that to date has been running weekly for just under two years and has been listened to over 10 million times throughout 165 episodes.
In 2019 Jimmy released his first book, "The Next Wave of Influence in Real Estate," and it immediately hit the bestseller list on Amazon in multiple categories. Outside of being an author, Jimmy loves to travel and has visited over 60 countries as of 2019. His favorite types of trips are when he gets to go undercover as part of a select group working with The Child Liberation Foundation, helping to find and rescue children all over the world that are being sex trafficked. Jimmy has been on 11 operations and played a role in the rescue of over 100 children.
Jimmy is also an active investor, with a portfolio that includes 15 personal investment properties and investments in over a dozen private companies, including Nikola Motors, Stance Socks, and Parachut.co.
To best describe Jimmy as a person, turn to his Mission Statement; "The purpose of my life is to share my tremendous love with all of God's children. Bringing happiness to others through my playful soul and by being an example of living an extraordinary life."
Episode Highlights:
Learn how Jimmy became a scrappy entrepreneur at a very young age.
Travis and Jimmy discuss their respective strict religious upbringings.
Hear how Jimmy went from struggling for six months to becoming a massively successful real estate agent.
3 Key Points:
Put effort into serving and creating memories for others.
Give so much value that people will feel guilty not to say "yes" to your asks."
Podcasting will give you access to people you've never had access to before.
Resources Mentioned:
https://www.mrjimmyrex.com/ (https://www.mrjimmyrex.com/)
https://open.acast.com/shows/5d8001706cae0cd6477aa726/episodes/jimmyrexmastermind.com (jimmyrexmastermind.com)
https://www.instagram.com/mrjimmyrex/ (https://www.instagram.com/mrjimmyrex/)
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN4DhXR7MGoOOM70znidNiA (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCN4DhXR7MGoOOM70znidNiA)
Visit Travis’ website at https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com (travischappell.com)
Join the Build Your Network Facebook group https://create.acast.com/episodes/3b48e6da-a672-4e83-9897-ddefc4e88bc7/travischappell.com/group (travischappell.com/group)
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