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Trailblazer Show

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A peak behind the scenes on the journey of amazing human beings that have blazed their own trails.You hear about the trials and tribulations in the journey. The interview explores the mental models and processes these trailblazers use daily. In other words, how do they think? How do they deal with fear + doubt? What are the things they do or think about on a daily basis that lead to positive results over time.You will have an insight into their mindset, habits, routines and books that have contributed their accomplishments thus far.Subscribe to hear more in depth interviews.

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Episodes

  1. #28 From 10 Years in Pharma to Micro Resorts: Zach Metcalf on Wealth & Optionality

    Zach Metcalf spent 10 years building a successful career making over $400,000 in pharma while building real estate on the side 7 of those years. The 7 properties allowed him to say Congratulations to himself after being laid off. Today, he owns multiple properties, and is developing micro…

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  2. #27 From Full-Time PA to Financial Freedom: Wilson Liang on Building $15K/Month in Passive Income

    Wilson Liang is a physician assistant, investor, and founder of Finance Hospital, where he helps healthcare professionals build wealth beyond their W-2 income. In this episode, I sit down with Wilson to talk about why so many high-income earners still feel financially trapped despite making great...

  3. #26 Beyond Airbnb: Adam & Micah on Buying a $3.3M Hotel & Building Comeback Hospitality

    Adam and Micah started exactly where many real estate investors do: buying short-term rentals and chasing financial freedom one property at a time. Today, they're building Comeback Hospitality after acquiring their first boutique hotel in Page, Arizona, transforming an underperforming property…

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  4. #25 Building Onera into a $50M Hospitality Brand: Ben Wolff on Boutique Hotels, Branding & Scale

    Ben Wolff is the co-founder of Onera, one of the most recognizable brands in experiential hospitality. After helping scale Onera into a portfolio of unique landscape hotels with $500+ ADRs and industry-leading occupancy, he sold Onera Fredericksburg to a publicly traded REIT and is now developing...

  5. #24 From Pilates Studio to $500K+ in Airbnb Revenue: Courtney Petrovich on Hospitality & Design

    Courtney didn't start in real estate. She owned a Pilates studio, invested in long-term rentals, and eventually made the leap into short-term rentals and hospitality design. Today, her two Myrtle Beach properties generate over $500,000 in annual revenue, and her company, Denori Designs, helps...

  6. #23 8-Figure Exit, Burnout & Starting Over: Shaun Rahimi on the Cost of Success

    Shaun Rahimi spent nearly a decade building a pain management company from scratch… eventually selling it for eight figures to Hinge Health. In this episode, I sit down with Sean to break down what it actually takes to build over 8+ years, raising capital, rebuilding after setbacks, and the level...

  7. #22 Building Palm Springs’ Most Viral Wellness Hotel: Soli Cayetano on Boutique Hospitality

    Soli Cayetano spent years flipping homes and scaling short-term rentals before finding her edge in boutique wellness hotels. Today, she’s the developer behind Terra Palm Springs — a 13-key wellness hotel that outperformed revenue projections by 30-40% in its first year and landed features in...

  8. #21 From Airbnb to Boutique Hotels: Blake Dailey on Scaling to $20M in Real Estate

    Blake Dailey has acquired over $20M in boutique hotels and short-term rentals across high-demand travel markets. In this episode, we break down how he finds overlooked deals, why “saturated” markets aren’t what they seem, and how design, amenities, and positioning can completely shift returns. We...

  9. #20 Nurse to $15M in Revenue: Vince Baiera on Selling his Business, Short Term Rentals and Freedom

    A few years ago, Vince was working as a nurse. Today, he’s built and sold a company that generated over $15M in lifetime sales… all while working full time. In this episode, I sit down with Vince to talk about money, habits, and what it really takes to build freedom while still working a…

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  10. #19 Retired at 33: Daisy Chung on Real Estate, Freedom & Escaping the Corporate Loop

    Daisy Chung spent 10 years in sales, most recently as Head of Revenue at a SaaS company, Orum. At 33, she stepped away from the 9-5 job she loved after building enough cash flow from six real estate properties to cover her lifestyle. In this episode, I sit down with Daisy to talk about what...

  11. #18 Scarcity to CEO: Ashley Du on Healing, Leadership & Building Meaningful Beginnings

    Ashley Du is the founder and CEO of Meaningful Beginnings, a growing network of childcare centers in the Bay Area. In this episode, I sit down with Ashley to talk about growing up in scarcity, getting divorced at 24, building a million-dollar business, losing 40% of revenue in two months, and...

  12. #17 From $100K Loss to 1,400 Units: Calvin Chin on Wealth, Identity & Bigger Bets

    Calvin Chin lost $100,000 on his first real estate deal at 24. Today he oversees 1,400 units across seven states and runs multiple seven-figure businesses working just 25 hours a week. In this episode, I sit down with Calvin and talk about the mindset, identity shifts, and discipline required to...

  13. #16 Software Engineer to Real Estate Investor with Bryan Pham

    Bryan is the founder of Asian Hustle Network and a burgeoning Real Estate investor with 3 multifamily apartment buildings in Ohio, LA and Sacramento. Asian Hustle Network is one of the largest communities of Asian entrepreneurs from all over the world. In this podcast, Bryan shares with us how he...

  14. #15 Quarantine Cakes - How Amanda Nguyen Saved Her Business and 100's of other businesses

    Amanda Nguyen is the Founder and CEO of the booming San Francisco bake shop, Butter&. Amanda is the first guest to come back onto the Trailblazer Show for the 2nd time. We discuss how Butter& is not only surviving COVID-19, but actually thriving in this new environment. Since COVID-19 and the...

  15. #14 Journey to building Epic Gardening with Kevin Espiritu

    Kevin is a author, model for Timberland and the founder and CEO of epic gardening, a mega successful digital media property showing people how to grow their own food through the blog Instagram and now TikTok. We discuss how his professional career in poker has helped him become a better decision...

  16. 13. First Steps To Becoming A Real Estate Investor With Mark Huang

    On this podcast, we have Mark Huang. Mark recently closed on his very first real estate investment deal for a 3 unit property in San Diego that generates $1,200 in profits per month. During the day, Mark is a mechanical engineer that builds and prototypes parts and products for the Navy. By…

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  17. How to become financially free with Eric Suen and Carlos Saavedra

    On this podcast, we have Eric Suen and Carlos discussing their plans and drivers to become financially free. They both help debunk some myths and misconceptions in the status quo and in the current social narrative society tells us today Eric is 25 and has already built 3 streams of income. He…

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  18. What Is Burning Man

    8 years after learning about Burning Man, I attended for the first time! In this podcast, I share the incredible workshops I attended that has given me a whole new perspective on myself, 50% of the population and how to have an open heart.

  19. Behind the scenes on building the most effective crowdfunding software in the world with Rosanna Yau

    Rosanna Yau is a designer, Y Combinator alumni, and the co-founder of BackerKit, the #1 platform enabling project creators to manage their crowdfunding campaigns effectively. In addition to helping crowdfunding campaign creators quickly fulfill to all their backers, BackerKit has also helped...

  20. From Clinician To Leader And Department Chair At Uc San Francisco With Dr Lisa Kroon

    Dr. Lisa Kroon is the Chair of the Department of Clinical Pharmacy in the School of Pharmacy at UC San Francisco. Lisa is responsible for setting the strategy, priorities, and goals for the clinical pharmacy program.

  21. Journey From Medical School To Becoming A Venture Capitalist With Dr. Chris Duff

    Dr. Chris Duff is the Director of Platform & Community at FundRx, an early-stage healthcare venture capital firm. He is a doctor-by-training with marketing expertise across a wide range of industries. Fun fact here - One of the industries include selling chicken coops online. In this podcast…

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  22. Maximizing Enjoyment And Building The #1 Affiliate Software For Crowdfunding With Scott Adamson

    Scott is the founder of kickbooster.me, the #1 affiliate platform for crowdfunded campaigns on Indiegogo and Kickstarter Scott shares his journey in building his first business, a construction company and how his drive for money led him slowly to a less fulfilling life. We discuss the trigger and...

  23. The Art Of Staying Hungry + How To Build A Team Around A $10,000,000+ Product With Chris Yin

    Chris Yin is currently the VP of Product at Rainforest QA and an angel investor. He's built products, teams, and businesses from very early stage to public companies. Chris specializes in finding opportunities, bringing products to market (strategy, development, distribution), leading multiple...

  24. 10-Year Journey: Selling To A $6.7B PE Firm And Why He Is Doing It Again With Moe Arnaiz

    Moe Arnaiz is an entrepreneur with a passion for building enduring companies. Moe was the CEO and Co-Founder of eMOBUS (now Tangoe), he bootstrapped the software company in the mobility management space to over 500 enterprise customers and a successful exit to a $6.7B private equity firm. After…

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  25. From The Federal Reserve To 1,000+ Cakes Sold With Amanda Nguyen

    Risk adversity helps keep you fiscally responsible, but at what point does it hold you back from achieving your goals? Amanda Nguyen, founder of Butter&, tells her story of how she left jobs at the Federal Reserve, Eventbrite, and Facebook to turn her passion project into a full-fledged business...

  26. From Prototyping Wallets Using A Sock To Selling 500,000 Wallets Worldwide With Steven Ng

    Steven is a 26-year old industrial product designer/entrepreneur from San Francisco. He has launched over 20 products, building a multimillion-dollar business and selling half a million wallets worldwide and is recognized by major publications like Forbes, GQ, and Business Insider. His products...

  27. How This Forbes 30 Under 30 List Maker Is Creating The Future Doctors Of America with Shad Chowdhury

    In high school, Shad successfully went through the BS/MD admissions process with a high school GPA that barely met the minimum requirements for most BS/MD programs. Shad developed unorthodox strategies to stand out in the highly competitive BS/MD candidate pool. His unique experience has taught…

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  28. How a HS-Level Reader Built a Leading Asian-American Media Publication with Benny Luo

    Benny Luo is founder of NextShark.com, the largest online publication targeting Asian Americans. It reaches over 10 million per week on social media and has been cited by The New York Times, Washington Post, BBC, Forbes, Business Insider, and more. Previously, he founded NewMediaRockstars.com, a...

  29. Trailblazer Show Introduction

    In good to great, Jim collins and his research team reviewed in depth 6,000 articles, generated more than 2,000 pages of interview transcripts and created 384 megabytes of computer data in a five-year project to dissect what specific characteristics made good companies great. In his 2,000 pages…

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ABOUT THIS SHOW

A peak behind the scenes on the journey of amazing human beings that have blazed their own trails.You hear about the trials and tribulations in the journey. The interview explores the mental models and processes these trailblazers use daily. In other words, how do they think? How do they deal with fear + doubt? What are the things they do or think about on a daily basis that lead to positive results over time.You will have an insight into their mindset, habits, routines and books that have contributed their accomplishments thus far.Subscribe to hear more in depth interviews.

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Produced by Kevin Liang

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A peak behind the scenes on the journey of amazing human beings that have blazed their own trails.You hear about the trials and tribulations in the journey. The interview explores the mental models and processes these trailblazers use daily. In other words, how do they think? How do they deal with...

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