Built For More with Jacob O'Connor

By Jacob O'Connor

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We are all built for more. This podcast helps you on that journey with tactical advice and lessons from some of the most successful entrepreneurs, professional athletes, and high performers in the world, such as: The Co Founder of Netflix, Co Founder of Under Armour, Andy Frisella, Chris Pronger, Dan Fleyshman, Olympic / Pro athletes, CEOs, etc. Hosted by 24 year old entrepreneur and ultra-marathon runner Jacob O'Connor.

Episode Date
#207 Rewind: Tom Gentile: Global CEO Running Companies with Thousands of Employees
Jun 01, 2026
#206 Nick Sansone: Building a Family Empire
May 25, 2026
#205 Q&A / Life Update: Contentment, Compounding, & Slow Feedback Loops (Ft. Jon Peterson)
May 18, 2026
#204 Mark Dowdle: Running 306 Miles & Winning the BPN G1M Ultra
May 11, 2026
#203 Dr. Clayton Dir: This is What Doctors Get Wrong
May 04, 2026
#202 Rewind: Kip Fulks: Co-Founder of Under Armour
Apr 27, 2026
#201 SB Mowing: Building a Media Empire with 3 Billion Annual Views
Apr 20, 2026
#200 Special Edition: 200 Episode Celebration (Ft. Jimmy Sansone, Father Drew, Jon Peterson, & More)
Apr 13, 2026
#199 The Rebuild: Dealing with Adversity
Apr 06, 2026
#198 Rewind: Nick Sansone: Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Family Empire
Mar 30, 2026
#197 Michael Chernow: The Power of Habits: From Addict to Successful Entrepreneur
Mar 23, 2026
#196 Greg LaVecchia: Building a Billion Dollar Business (Co-Founder of Bloom)
Mar 17, 2026
#195 Showing Up When You Don't Feel Like It
Mar 09, 2026
#194 Bryce Lob: Building & Scaling Una Vida Tequila & One Life Spirit Brands
Mar 02, 2026
#193 10 Rules for Life from Naval Ravikant & Life Update (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Feb 23, 2026
#192 Rewind: Andy Frisella: Founder of 1st Phorm, Supplement Superstores, & 75 Hard
Feb 17, 2026
#191 Braden McCurdy: Scaling the Family Business to 9 Figures
Feb 09, 2026
#190 Dr. Muma: President of Wichita State University
Feb 05, 2026
#189 10 Laws of Discipline & Life Update (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Jan 26, 2026
#188 Father Drew Hoffman: Biblical Principles for Success
Jan 19, 2026
#187 Closing the Year Out: 2025 Reflection & 2026 Goals
Jan 12, 2026
#186 Welcome to Built For More with Jacob O'Connor
Jan 05, 2026
Welcome to Built For More with Jacob O'Connor
Jan 05, 2026
#185 Make 2026 Different
Dec 29, 2025
#184 Scott Redler: Co-Founder of Freddy's ($700M Restaurant Brand)
Dec 22, 2025
#183 Hunter Mitchem: From Private Equity President to Health & Wellness Entrepreneur
Dec 15, 2025
#182 Grant Johnson: College Dropout, Inventor, & Founder of ChatterBox
Dec 08, 2025
#181 The Road to Redemption: 100 Mile Ultramarathon Recap
Dec 01, 2025
#180 Life Update / Q&A: Growth Requires Change (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Nov 24, 2025
#179 Logan Mize: Country Music Artist with over 1 Billion Streams
Nov 17, 2025
#178 Mark Dowdle: Running 264 Miles in 63 Hours
Nov 11, 2025
#177 RC Rewind: Dean Stott: Special Ops, 2x World Record Holder, Author, & Netflix Star
Nov 04, 2025
#176 Peter Nelson: Founder of SISU Sauna & 33x Ultramarathon Runner
Oct 27, 2025
#175 Chop Wood & Carry Water: Find Meaning in the Mundanity
Oct 21, 2025
#174 My Interview on Dr. Muma's Podcast (The President of Wichita State)
Oct 17, 2025
#173 Matt Magnuson: Ultramarathon Runner & Health + Wellness Entrepreneur
Oct 13, 2025
#172 Life Update / Q&A: 1 Year in Business, St. Louis, & Nashville (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Oct 06, 2025
#171 Doug Sansone: Building a $10 Billion Family Empire
Sep 29, 2025
#170 6 Things I've Learned From 6 Years of Podcasting
Sep 23, 2025
#169 Quinn Robertson: Debating 10 Principles to Live By
Sep 15, 2025
#168 Rob Gerlach: 10 Traits of History's Greatest Entrepreneurs
Aug 31, 2025
#167 Life Update / Q&A: Celebrating Small Wins, Anchor Thoughts, & The Future (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Aug 27, 2025
#166 Paradigm Shift: Challenge Yourself
Aug 20, 2025
#165 Devon Lévesque: Selling Promix, Summiting Mt. Everest, & Partnering with Jesse Itzler
Aug 11, 2025
#164 Jordan DeCicco: CEO of Super Coffee, The $500M+ Bottled Coffee Brand
Aug 04, 2025
#163 Life Update / Q&A: Habits, Building, & Betting on Yourself (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Jul 30, 2025
#162 Endure: Keep Going
Jul 24, 2025
#161 Dr. Clayton Dir: Wholistic Healing, Optimized Routines, & Recovery Protocols
Jul 14, 2025
#160 Life Update / Q&A: Mental Edge, Endurance, & Balancing Relationships (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Jul 07, 2025
#159 Landon Huslig: Founder of Wichita Life
Jun 30, 2025
#158 Pearce Cucchissi: Former Army Ranger & Human Performance Coach
Jun 23, 2025
#157 RC Rewind: Sal Frisella - CEO of 1st Phorm (Phorm Energy Partnership with Anheuser Busch)
Jun 16, 2025
#156 Life Update / Q&A: Recording In The Sauna (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Jun 10, 2025
#155 Building: A Compelling Vision for the Future
Jun 02, 2025
#154 Kip Fulks: Co-Founder of Under Armour
May 26, 2025
#153 Life Update / Q&A: Greatness, Mindset, & Our Biggest Sales Week Yet
May 19, 2025
#152 Harley Schmidt- Successful Entrepreneur: From High School Dropout to Selling His Company and Building a Luxury Ranch
May 12, 2025
#151 Four Take-Aways From 6 Months in Business & Graduating 2 Years Ago
May 05, 2025
#150 SB Mowing- 50M Followers & 3B+ Annual Views: Sacrifice, Consistency, & Mindset
Apr 21, 2025
#149 David Meltzer - Lessons from Losing $100M (RC Rewind Series)
Apr 14, 2025
#148 6 Months in Business (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Apr 07, 2025
#147 Jerry Grunewald- VP of R&D at Invista, a Koch Industries Company
Mar 31, 2025
#146 Quinn Robertson- Holistic Living & Longevity
Mar 23, 2025
#145 Going The Distance: Maximize Your Compounding
Mar 17, 2025
#144 Johnathan Weigand- J.P. Weigand & Sons: Kansas' Oldest & Largest Real Estate Company
Mar 10, 2025
#143 RC Rewind: Rick Crandell- Hiking 58 Mountains at 64 Years Old
Mar 03, 2025
#142 Life Update / Q&A: Balancing Business & Fitness, Staying Locked In, & Fear (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Feb 24, 2025
#141 Do Hard Things
Feb 17, 2025
#140 Hunter LaMunyon- Building His Own Real Estate Portfolio at 25 Years Old
Feb 10, 2025
#139 Rob Gerlach- Analyzing History's Greatest Entrepreneurs
Feb 03, 2025
#138 Bryce Lob- Founder of Una Vida Tequila & One Life Spirits
Jan 27, 2025
#137 Ambitious 2025 Goals (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Jan 21, 2025
#136 Brady Palen- NCAA 1st Team All-American, USC Track & Field
Jan 13, 2025
#135 Tom Gentile- Former CEO of Spirit Aerosystems, President of GE Capital, & VP of CBS Corporation
Jan 06, 2025
#134 A Lot Can Change In a Year
Dec 30, 2024
#133 Evan O'Connor- Ultramarathon Runner, Wildland Firefighter, & Farmer
Dec 23, 2024
#132 Grant Johnson- College Dropout, Inventor, & Founder of ChatterBox
Dec 16, 2024
#131 Life Update / Q&A: Aggressive Growth vs. Patience, Pushing Through, & Dream Car (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Dec 09, 2024
#130 Dr. Derek Sorrells- Serial Entrepreneur: The Arcade, Just A Sip, Flight 1868, & More
Dec 02, 2024
#129 RC Rewind: Justin Su'a - Mental Performance Coach: Boston Red Sox, Tampa Bay Rays, & Cleaveland Browns
Nov 18, 2024
#128 100 Mile Ultramarathon Attempt (Ft. Evan O'Connor)
Nov 12, 2024
#127 Life Update / Q&A: Our First Month in Business (ft. Jon Peterson)
Nov 04, 2024
#126 Dane Laughlin- Risk, Mental Models, & Pivotal Decisions
Oct 28, 2024
#125 The Price of Ambition
Oct 21, 2024
#124 Logan Mize- Country Music Artist with over 1 Billion Streams
Oct 14, 2024
#123 Zach Bitter- Setting the 100 Mile World Record (6:48 min / mi)
Oct 07, 2024
#122 Quinn Robertson- Director of 412 Angel Group: Success & Building Meaningful Relationships
Sep 30, 2024
#121 Locked In: One Week from Grand Opening (Ft. Jon Peterson)
Sep 23, 2024
#120 Jake DeCicco- Co Founder of Super Coffee: The $500M+ Bottled Coffee Brand
Sep 16, 2024
#119 Reflection: Momentum & Compounding Consistencies
Sep 09, 2024
#118 Nick Sansone- Sansone Group: Multi-Generational Family Business with $1.5B Assets Under Management
Sep 02, 2024
#117 RC Rewind: Dan Fleyshman- Youngest Founder of a Publicly Traded Company
Aug 26, 2024
#116 Life Update / Q&A: Sacrifice, Personal Goals, & Opening a Restaurant (ft. Jon Peterson)
Aug 19, 2024
#115 Alana Stott- CEO, Author, Philanthropist, TV Producer, & Former Mrs. Scotland
Aug 12, 2024
#114 Cooper Clawson- Growing His Families' Multi-Generational Businesses
Aug 05, 2024
#113 Jacob O'Connor- Podcast Host, Restaurant Co-Owner, & Ultramarathon Runner (Ft. Grant Johnson)
Jul 29, 2024
#112 Dean Stott- Special Ops, 2x World Record Holder, Author, & Netflix Star
Jul 22, 2024
#111 Marquis Bradley- Entrepreneur & Personal Trainer: Training the Most Successful CEOs in the U.S.
Jul 15, 2024
#110 Eric Hinman- Successful Entrepreneur, 5x Ironman, & Angel Investor
Jul 08, 2024
#109 Paul Johnson- Running Across America (3,000 miles in 52 Days)
Jul 01, 2024
#108 RC Rewind: Bobby Castro- Selling his Company for $1B and $300M in Real Estate
Jun 24, 2024
#107 Karolina Zavisiute- Ultramarathon Runner & Researcher: The Importance of Discipline
Jun 17, 2024
#106 Dan Churchill- Celebrity Chef & Hybrid Athlete: Fueling Your Body for Peak Performance
Jun 10, 2024
#105 100th Episode Celebration (ft. Grant Johnson & Jon Peterson)
Jun 03, 2024
#104 Reflection: The Time is Now / Life Update
May 27, 2024
#103 Brady Palen- NCAA 1st Team All-American, Shocker Male Athlete of the Year, & High Jumping 7'3
May 20, 2024
#102 Brian Mazza- Serial Entrepreneur, Athlete, & Founder of High Performance Lifestyle Training
May 13, 2024
#101 Joe Holthusen- D1 Athlete & All American Hurdler (Ft. Sadie)
May 06, 2024
#100 SB Mowing- 2M YouTube Subscribers, 30M Followers, & 3B+ Annual Views
Apr 29, 2024
#99 Life Update / Q&A: Back in Wichita, Scaling, & Fears (ft. Jon Peterson)
Apr 22, 2024
#98 Grant Johnson (Pt. 4)- College Dropout, Inventor, & Koch's Youngest Employee Ever
Apr 15, 2024
#97 Evan O'Connor- Ultramarathon Runner, Wildland Firefighter, & Farmer
Apr 08, 2024
#96 [A Tribute To] Curt Gridley- Getting Acquired in 24 Months & Groover Labs
Apr 02, 2024
#95 Mark Dowdle- Running 5,684 Miles since May 1st 2023
Mar 25, 2024
#94 Jordan DeCicco- Founder of Super Coffee: The $500M+ Bottled Coffee Brand
Mar 18, 2024
#93 What I'm Most Worried About Right Now
Mar 11, 2024
#92 RC Rewind: Trevor Moawad- Sports Illustrated's "Best Brain Trainer" & Russel Wilson's Sports Psychologist
Mar 04, 2024
#91 Life Update / Q&A: Relationships, Restaurant, & Religion (ft. Jon Peterson)
Feb 26, 2024
#90 Sean Whalen- Lions Not Sheep, Living Your Truth, & Dr. Jordan Peterson
Feb 19, 2024
#89 Ryan Smith- Founder and CEO of $700M+ Elevation Capital Group
Feb 12, 2024
#88 Kieran O'Brien- Selling his Company at 22 & Finishing an Ironman 70.3
Feb 05, 2024
#87 RC Rewind: Chris Pronger- Hall of Fame Hockey Player & 2x Olympic Gold Medalist
Jan 29, 2024
#86 Ambitious 2024 Goals ft. Jon Peterson
Jan 22, 2024
#85 I'm Opening *This* Business in 2024
Jan 22, 2024
#84 Sam Parr- The Hustle, My First Million, & Retiring with over $20M by age 31
Jan 07, 2024
#83 Sal Frisella- CEO of 1st Phorm
Jan 01, 2024
#82 Evan O'Connor- Wildland Firefighting and Ironman 70.3
Dec 26, 2023
#81 Brian Estes- Entrepreneur, Angel Investor, Crypto Expert, & NCAA Wheelchair Basketball National Champion
Dec 19, 2023
#80 Life Update: I Quit my Job & Moved to Florida
Dec 11, 2023
#79 Jason Illian- Selling Multiple Companies & Investing Billions
Dec 04, 2023
#78 Evan O'Connor- Ultramarathon Runner, Wildland Firefighter, & Farmer
Nov 27, 2023
#77 Lan Sansone- The Normal Brand: The STL Brand that Morgan Wallen & Luke Combs Rep
Nov 20, 2023
#76 Peter Nelson- Founder of SISU Sauna, 25x Ultrarunner, & Sauna Protocol
Nov 13, 2023
#75 Emily Frisella- 3x Author & Entrepreneur: The Paper Plan Co, 1st Phorm, 44Seven Media, & More
Nov 06, 2023
#74 RC Rewind: Marc Randolph- The Founder of Netflix
Oct 30, 2023
#73 Matt Magnuson- 100 Mile Ultramarathon & 11 Marathons in 11 Weeks
Oct 23, 2023
#72 Karolina Zavisiute- Ultramarathon Runner, Researching Ultra Runners, & Common Myths
Oct 16, 2023
#71 Dr. Brian Laughlin- Human Factors Psychology, Efficiency, & Working with Others
Oct 09, 2023
#70 Eric Hinman- 5x Ironman, Entrepreneur, & Angel Investor
Oct 02, 2023
#69 RC Rewind: Andy Frisella- 1st Phorm, Supplement Superstores, Real AF Podcast, & 75 Hard
Sep 25, 2023
#68 Jon Peterson- Why are some people more motivated than others?
Sep 18, 2023
#67 Dr. Rick Muma- President of Wichita State University
Sep 11, 2023
#66 Quinn Robertson- Live Hot Wing Challenge: How Shark Tank Actually Works, High Net-Worth Individuals, etc.
Sep 04, 2023
#65 Dane Laughlin (Part 2)- Leadership, Risk, & Living a Meaninful Life with an XR Expert
Aug 28, 2023
#64 Reflecting on College: Key Take-Aways & Advice to set yourself up for the Future
Aug 21, 2023
#63 Jimmy Sansone- The Normal Brand: The STL brand that Morgan Wallen reps
Aug 14, 2023
#62 Katie Hoff Anderson- 2x Olympic Swimmer, 3x Medalist, 8x World Champ, & Author
Aug 07, 2023
#61 Landon Huslig- Founder of Wichita Life & Building Independent Media
Jul 31, 2023
#60 Grant Johnson (Part 3)- College Dropout, Inventor, & Koch's Youngest Employee Ever
Jul 24, 2023
#59 100 Mile Ultra Marathon Attempt
Jul 17, 2023
#58 Todd Anderson (Part 2) - NFL, MSU Spartans, Entrepreneur, & Human Performance Expert
Jul 10, 2023
#57 Logan Mize (Part 2)- Country Music Artist, 1B+ Streams
Jul 04, 2023
#56 Four Years of Podcasting Reflection: 4 Lessons I've Learned from 200+ Guests
Jun 26, 2023
#55 Derek Sorrells- Serial Entrepreneur: The Arcade, Sweet 'n Saucy, Papa's General & More
Jun 19, 2023
#54 Joe Holthusen (Part 2)- D1 Athlete & All-American Hurdler
Jun 12, 2023
#53 How I'm Training for a 100 Mile Ultra Marathon
Jun 05, 2023
#52 Peter Nelson II- 24x Ultrarunner, Sauna Protocol, & Founder of SISU Sauna
May 30, 2023
#51 Matt Magnuson- Running 11 Marathons in 11 Weeks for Charity
May 22, 2023
#50 Ridge Estes (Part 2)- D1 Athlete & All-American
May 16, 2023
#49 Grant Johnson & Dane Laughlin- College Dropout, Building a Humanoid, XR Expert, & Consciousness
May 08, 2023
#48 Brady Palen- 1st Team All American, High Jumping 7'3, & Reverse Windmill Dunks
May 01, 2023
#47 Syd McKinney (Part 2)- Team USA, Leading the Nation in Batting Average, & More
Apr 19, 2023
#46 STL Marathon Recap + How to Run a Marathon
Apr 10, 2023
#45 Todd Anderson- NFL, MSU Spartans, Entrepreneur, & Human Performance Expert
Apr 03, 2023
#44 Logan Mize- Country Music Artist, 1B+ Streams
Mar 27, 2023
#43 Lucy Kovalova- #2 Women's Pickleball Player in the World
Mar 20, 2023
#42 Dane Laughlin- Preserving Life with AI, ChatGPT, XR Expert
Mar 13, 2023
#41 Jimmy DeCicco- Super Coffee and Cedar Trunk Ranch
Mar 10, 2023
#40 Paul Richardson- Scaling Gymshark from $4.5M to $1B+, HERA, AllSaints, and more
Mar 06, 2023
#39 Rob Gerlach- Gamifying Law School & The Importance of Focus
Feb 27, 2023
#38 Jon Peterson- 2023 Goals & Max Bench
Feb 20, 2023
#37 Josh Belinksy- Founder of Slate Milk, Shark Tank, & Raising $10.5M
Feb 13, 2023
#36 Evan O'Connor- 1st Place Ultramarathon Finish, Optimizing Recovery
Feb 06, 2023
#35 Jordan DeCicco- Dropping Out to start Super Coffee: The $500M #3 Bottled Coffee Brand in the US
Jan 30, 2023
#34 Grant Johnson (Part 2)- College Dropout, Inventor, & Koch's Youngest Employee Ever
Jan 23, 2023
#33 I Failed a 100 Mile Ultra Marathon
Jan 19, 2023
#32 Ridge Estes- D1 Athlete, Absolute Beast with an Inspiring Story
Dec 19, 2022
#31 Sydney McKinney- Team USA, Leading the Nation in Batting Average, & More
Dec 12, 2022
#30 Evan O'Connor- 50 Mile Ultramarathon Recap, Visiting Wichita, Wildland Firefighter
Dec 05, 2022
#29 Jacob's 50 Mile Ultramarathon Recap
Nov 21, 2022
#28 Bryce Lob- Founder of Una Vida Tequila & El Trago
Nov 14, 2022
#27 Kieran O'Brien- Selling his Tech Startup at 23 Years Old
Nov 07, 2022
#26 Training for 50 miles, Elon Buys Twitter, No Shave November, & David Goggin's New Book
Oct 31, 2022
#25 Jennifer Strong McConachie- Ultrarunner, Endurance Athlete, & Author
Oct 17, 2022
#24 Grant Johnson- College Dropout, Inventor, & Koch's Youngest Employee Ever
Oct 03, 2022
#23 Joe Holthusen- Wichita State Athlete, All-American Hurdler
Sep 19, 2022
#22 Dave Cunningham- 33 Marathons, Ultras, & Triathlons
Sep 12, 2022
#21 Rob Gerlach, Jon Peterson, and Jacob O'Connor- The Dallas Trip, UFC 277, Meeting the Champ, & being in a Commercial
Aug 22, 2022
#20 Quinn Robertson- Entrepreneurship & Hidden Gems in Wichita
Aug 15, 2022
#19 Evan O'Connor- Pie Challenge, POTUS visits the Family Farm, Chicago, 2,000 Push Ups, & Fighting Fires
Aug 01, 2022
#18 Jimmy Rex- Real Estate Expert Sinks his House Boat
Jul 04, 2022
#17- 2,000 Pull Ups & Push Ups with Jon Peterson
Jun 27, 2022
#16 Curt Gridley- Getting Acquired in 24 months & Groover Labs
Jun 19, 2022
#15 Carter Nelson- He finally got his Olympic Trial Time
Jun 06, 2022
#14 Bryce Lob- Hidden Perks of Entrepreneurship, Celebrity Tequila Brands,& the Tarahumara
May 02, 2022
#13 Alex Quinn- Founder of St. Louis AI Startup Disruptel
Mar 21, 2022
#12 Jake DeCicco- Founding Super Coffee, Hiking 29,029 ft, & Sitting Courtside
Feb 28, 2022
#11 Eric Hinman- 5x Ironman & Entrepreneur
Feb 21, 2022
#10 Jon Peterson- 1,452 Push Ups in 6 Hours
Feb 07, 2022
#9 Sae Alcorn- The Vintage Hawks
Jan 31, 2022
#8 Luke Moberly- Stanford Student Raises $600k for Mobile App
Jan 25, 2022
#7 Bryce Lob- Founder of Una Vida Tequila
Jan 20, 2022
#6 Eli DeFosset- Volerri: Social Fitness App
Jan 10, 2022
#5 Jon Peterson
Jan 03, 2022
#4 Evan O'Connor
Dec 13, 2021
#3 Jon Peterson- Jacob's Business Partner
Nov 29, 2021
#2 Mason Barnett- Future Real Estate Investor
Nov 08, 2021
#1 Jacob O'Connor- Welcome to Real Conversations
Nov 04, 2021