Built For More with Jacob O'Connor

#222 Reject Average: A Live Podcast with Bill Poston

Bill Poston is an entrepreneur, investor, and advisor who's spent over thirty years building and growing companies. Currently he runs his family's investment firm backing

#221 Harvey Lewis: He Ran 450 Miles in 4 Days

Harvey Lewis is an elite ultramarathon runner known for his world-record-setting performances, like running 450 miles in 4.5 days and winning the Badwater 135 ultramarath

#220 How To Get In The Right Rooms, Focus, & 75Hard

In this episode, my business partner, Jon, and I answer questions submitted by the listeners. If you have questions you'd like to submit, message me on Instagram @jacoboc

#219 Josh Payne: Selling His Company For $80 Million

Josh Payne is a successful entrepreneur who sold his last company for $80 Million. Now, he's an investor, entrepreneur (he started another company!), ironman and ultramar

#218 Nothing Changes if Nothing Changes

This quote was brought to the front of my mind by Jim Schuette (Building a $100M+ Hospitality Group). This incredibly fundamental adage is the unlock for achieving great

#217 Sal Frisella & Doug Sansone: Principles of Success

Sal Frisella is the CEO of 1st Phorm, the global sports nutrition and supplement company. Doug Sansone is an owner at Sansone Group, a nationally recognized real estate f

#216 Rewind: Doug Sansone: Building a Multi-Billion Dollar Family Empire

You will want to know who Doug Sansone is ahead of next week's episode. Please share the show with a friend: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-for-more-with-ja

#215 Jim Schuette: Building a $100M+ Hospitality Business

Jim Schuette is the Founder of Southside Hospitality where he runs a $100M+ hospitality group. He operate 13 restaurants and invests in real estate, hotels, and other pro

#214 Prerequisites for Success & 75 Hard (Ft. Jon Peterson)

In this episode, we discuss prerequisites for success, the mental toughness program 75 hard, and how the restaurant is doing. Please share the show with a friend: https:

#213 Natasha Van Der Merwe: Training The Top Ironman Athletes

Natasha Van Der Merwe is a former professional triathlete with an Ironman PR of 9:25. She is also the Founder and CEO of NVDM Coaching where she has coached over a thousa

#212 History's Greatest Entrepreneurs: Sam Walton, Jeff Bezos, & JP Morgan (Part II) - Quinn Robertson

Quinn Robertson has worked with 1,000+ founders in the past 7 years and is currently a Senior Manager of Finance at Walmart. In this episode we discuss why some startups

#211 History's Greatest Entrepreneurs - Rob Gerlach

Rob Gerlach is an intellectual property attorney and avid student of history's greatest entrepreneurs. If you enjoyed this episode please share it with a friend. It helps

#210 Nutrition Expert: Modern Food is Leading to Chronic Disease - Brian Sanders

In this episode, we dive into common lies and misconceptions about food, how to maximize your energy to drive performance, how to increase your cognitive function (and fo

#209 Life Update: Mental Strength, Leveling Up, & 75 Hard (Ft. Jon Peterson)

In this episode, we discuss in-depth an article by Chris Williamson: The Curse of Psychological Strength. We also dive into an update on our restaurant and discuss the po

#208 Hold The Standard

We don't rise to the level of the occasion, we fall to the level of our standards. Please share the show with a friend: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/built-for

#207 Rewind: Tom Gentile: Global CEO Running Companies with Thousands of Employees

Tom Gentile has been an Executive leading large multinational companies (15,000+ employees and $3B+ AUM) for the past 20 years. Including being the former CEO of Spirit A

#206 Nick Sansone: Building a Family Empire

Nick Sansone is a Principal at Sansone Group and a Co-Founder of the Ten 8 Project and Blue Rose Foundation. Sansone Group is a nationally recognized real estate firm sta

#205 Q&A / Life Update: Contentment, Compounding, & Slow Feedback Loops (Ft. Jon Peterson)

In this episode, we answer questions that listeners submitted on my Instagram. We discuss: contentment, compounding, and slow feedback loops. We also give an update on ou

#204 Mark Dowdle: Running 306 Miles & Winning the BPN G1M Ultra

Mark Dowdle is an ultramarathon runner who recently ran 306 miles to win the BPN Last Man Standing competition. He also has recently won the Arrowhead 135 ultra and Wausa

#203 Dr. Clayton Dir: This is What Doctors Get Wrong

In this episode, Dr. Dir PT, DPT, dives into: holistic approaches, functional movements, pain, and what doctors commonly get wrong. If you enjoyed this episode please sh