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From There to Here
From There to Here is a podcast for the bold and the brave—those who carve their own path in work and life. Hosted by Jason Shupp, this show dives into the unconventional origin stories of entrepreneurs and industry experts who defined their own success. These are stories of risk, resilience, and the relentless pursuit of opportunity. Each episode uncovers the pivotal moments and insights that shaped their careers, revealing how personal and professional lives intersect in powerful ways. Whether you're navigating your own business journey or seeking inspiration to take the next big leap, this podcast is your guide to turning reflection into action. Discover the stories that spark change. Learn more at https://missionmatters.com/author/jason-shupp/
Episodes
94 episodes
Bill Sawalich: An Evolving Lens
Bill Sawalich is a commercial photographer. In this episode, he talks about capturing the moment, the challenge of creating, hobby jobs, empathy from the lens, being present, technology evolution, the rising culture of ads, a dissolving e...
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Episode 94
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1:22:56
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Colman Swisher: Research and Developments
Coleman Swisher is a co-founder of Boldr Futures and is a Valuation Advisor. In this episode, Colman talks about lifestyle differences, questioning norms and constructs, impacts from elite coaching, just-in-time learning, the education fr...
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Episode 93
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1:24:52
Ryan Hogan: Solving the Next Problem
Ryan Hogan is the founder of Talent Harbor and is a chronic problem solver. In this episode, he talks about understanding value creation, his path to financial acumen, risk thresholds, resilience and failure, being where you are supposed to be,...
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Episode 92
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1:11:09
Peter Kelly-Detwiler: The Mad Scientist
Peter Kelly-Detwiler is a definitive leader in the electric energy industry (who literally wrote the book on it). In this episode, Peter talks about getting off the conveyor belt, devaluing the future, letting the trip take you, funding t...
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Episode 91
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1:06:35
Hal Schild: OG Producer
In this episode, Hal Schild shares a childhood lesson in perseverance, tales when working for THE Agency, fixing it “in post”, easier vs. better, having nothing to do, keeping the business simple, and looking at the bigger picture....
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Episode 90
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1:04:27
Anthony Cudjo: The Common Denominator
In this episode, Anthony Cudjo openly shares how childhood abuse, bullying, and fighting shaped his personality and taught him about people’s energy; he also talks about receiving messages, positive self-talk, alignment with the natural laws, m...
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Episode 89
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1:30:21
Barry Gleeson: Gaining Perspective
Barry Gleeson is a certified growth coach and business owner. In this episode, he talks about being on-purpose, how your energy is moving, re-investing in yourself, perspective from coaching, and taking time to think.Since 2004, Ba...
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Episode 88
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1:06:11
Joshua Aranda: The Next Three Seconds
Joshua Aranda is a social entrepreneur. In this episode, he talks about managing tension, choosing how you show up, later date returns, comfort with uncertainty, thresholds, and redistributing the weight.As a passionate leader, lif...
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Episode 87
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1:01:28
Brian Smith: Chewing on Glass
Brian Smith is a business transformation consultant. In this episode, he talks about self-reliance, figuring it out, differing ethics, navigating legal matters, the four motivations, partnership selection, the drama triangle, and taking t...
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Episode 86
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1:13:16
Onward with Brian Piper: Building Community and AI
Brian Piper is an author, speaker, and consultant. In this episode, returning guest Brian talks about his recent shift into full time consulting, blending his background of content optimization, marketing, and strategy with the opportunit...
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Episode 85
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46:04
Mahaveer Jain: CEO and Spirituality
Mahaveer Jain is an entrepreneur and author. In this episode, he talks about good from every place, cultural influences, showing your presence, doing your job to the fullest, and finding your spiritual anchor.Mahaveer Jain has been...
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Episode 84
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1:16:48
Eva Rose Daniel: The World Needs to Hear It
Eva Rose Daniel is a professional speaking coach. In this episode, she shares about the roller-coaster of entrepreneurialism, being part of the magic, who you know, being audience-centric, having clarity in your content, knowing your uniq...
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Episode 83
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1:09:48
Helmi Smeulders: Your Passion First
Helmi is a Caribbean chef, culinary revolutionary, and author. In this episode, she talks about defying the prescribed plan, meeting different people, avoiding boredom, when you are not having fun anymore, recognizing signals, and doing w...
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Episode 82
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49:12
Adam Wallace: Minding the Gap
Adam Wallace is a serial business owner, executive, and Board member. In this episode, Adam talks about the value of obstacles and opportunities, translating disconnects, balancing economic value, what the consumer is actually paying for,...
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Episode 81
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1:15:02
Scott Couchenour: Impacting the Fourth Quarter
Scott Couchenour is a life and business strategist. In this episode, Scott talks about messing with the plan, dividing the work, the lesson in hubris, building a life by design, acknowledging your moonshine, and living a life true to your...
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Episode 80
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1:06:17
Lisette Keus: The Lionfish Huntress
Lisette Keus is a lionfish huntress and entrepreneur. In this episode, she talks about widening horizons, the awareness of differences, non-profit contradictions, adapting to the opportunities, being in charge of the whole chain, fixing t...
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Episode 79
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59:50
Chris LeBeau: Taking the Detour
Chris LeBeau is the owner of Decoding Cocktails, a cocktail education business. In this episode, he talks about being a dreamer, doing it for yourself, big thoughts, the understanding of motivation, and knowing your pain thresholds.
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Episode 78
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1:10:20
Ron Story Jr.: The Used Business Buyer
Ron Story Jr. is an entrepreneur and speaker coach. In this episode, Ron talks about having an athletic mind, selling the intangible, learning from the inside, the problem-pain spectrum, buying the next solution, and the value of persiste...
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Episode 77
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58:47
Julian Scadden: Hard Knock University
Julian Scadden is the President and CEO of Nexstar, a member owned organization fostering growth for businesses in select trades. In this episode, Julian openly shares about the challenges and lessons of a tougher childhood environment, ...
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Episode 76
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1:23:44
Eric Pratum: Go Your Own Way
In this episode, Eric Pratum talks about a lack of attachments, using the time paid by others, the ease of pain with exposure, a complicated relationship with social media, learning empathy on the job, encouraging the feeling of insight, becomi...
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Episode 75
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1:22:13
Off-script with John Knicely: Origin of Storytelling
In this episode, John and I talk about storytelling and why you tell the story differently, using stories in your own story, the importance of humility, the future state of your story, the pitfall of telling people who you are, the story behind...
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Episode 74
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42:17
Dr. Kate - The Human Experience of Resilience
Dr. Kate Lund is a clinical psychologist. She shares how a medical condition in her youth taught her empathy, her clinical focus on adaptation, the human side of injury, the importance of hope, maximizing potential in one’s unique context...
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Episode 73
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42:21
Glenn Akramoff: A Lesson in Everything
Glenn Akramoff is an organizational rehabilitation consultant. Glenn generously shares his stories and his lessons learned; including to care about what is important to you and those you care about, preparing for the worse, not applying y...
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Episode 72
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1:12:35
Terri Spencer: Creating What Matters
Terri Spencer is an agency VP of Creative. Terri talks about working hard for what you want, finding the right people, experiences with early “influencers”, the pressures of identity, chasing titles, learning to figure it out, knowing you...
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Episode 71
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1:01:13
Jose Tejada: The Passion, Purpose, and Power of Equity
Jose Tejada is a mortgage banker and Hispanic community leader. On this episode, he shares about growing up in a revolution, being in a constant state of survival, the contribution of every family member, the power of equity, the empathy of doi...
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Episode 70
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53:38