“The quality of your decisions impact the quality of your life and the velocity of your business.” - Jeff Dudan

Undercover Boss, former CEO of AdvantaClean, author of the book Discernment, and Chairmen/CEO of HomeFront Brands… now that’s a bio.

Today we dive deep into how Jeff went from taking a $5,000 loan against his pickup to building and exiting a multi-million dollar, nationally-recognized business. After finishing his college football career at Appalachian State University, Jeff started AdvantaClean. Over a short 25-year period, he built the business to over 200+ franchise locations, ending in a successful sale to Home Franchise Concepts in 2019.

What’s the secret to his success?… Having the correct discernment, the correct values, and conquering limiting beliefs at every new stage of his journey.

“We all are sitting today… based on the battle that we had with our self-limiting beliefs and how we were able to conquer them… If you continue to argue with your limitations, you get to keep them for the rest of your life.” - Jeff Dudan

Listen in today as we cover all sorts of topics from relationships, to getting uncomfortable, and even how to shed unneeded weight as you enter new chapters in your life.

Stop reading this right now and go listen to the episode. Maybe listen to it three times… maybe five… you need it.

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Follow and connect with Jeff Dudan!
Jeff’s IG: @jeffdudan - https://www.instagram.com/jeffdudan/
Jeff’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jeffdudan/
On The HomeFront’s IG: @thehomefrontpod - https://www.instagram.com/thehomefrontpod/
HomeFront Brands: https://homefrontbrands.com/
Dudan Group: https://www.dudangroup.com/

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Will AI replace humans? Is it impossible to make friends in a new city? How do you make huge career changes? How do you transfer your competitive nature to the work force?

On this episode we sat down with Hayley Brodeur to answer all those questions. Hayley ran track at Eastern Connecticut State University. After hanging up the spikes, she started her career in the Los Gatos school district in California. Being in the heart of the tech world and wanting to reignite her competitive spirit, Hayley left her teaching career to pursue a vocation in the tech industry. She joined Treasure Financial as an account executive focusing on go-to-market strategies and business development. When an opportunity opened up to join the AI RevOps company Drivetrain Revenue, she jumped on it. Now she is Head of AI GTM (go-to-market) where she advises multiple companies on using AI to empower teams and create better efficiencies.

We talk all things from how AI is changing workflows and the ways companies function, how to make new friends in a new city, how to stay fit after college athletics, and much more. If you want sound advice, informative education, and a couple of laughs, tune in to today’s episode.

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Hayley’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/hayley-brodeur/
Drivetrain Rev’s Website: https://www.drivetrainrev.com/

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“The analogy here in business is… as a startup, if you raise $10k, a $100k, even $1M, you're a fourth liner… you're competing against Red Bull… C4… Bang Energy… Ghost… and all these guys have their dancing partners.”

On this episode we sat down with Jack McNamara to discuss what it means to pivot in business and to find key factors that engage decision making processes. Jack played forward and started out his collegiate career at Colgate University. After 2 years of playing university hockey, Jack decided to purse his dream of playing professionally. He then transferred to Boston College for education and started his professional hockey career overseas. Jack played in 4 different countries all while building Kickstick, a company aimed at innovating the liquor industry with a double ended bottle design. Since retiring from hockey and finishing up his degree at Boston College, Jack has been focused on building Tru, the better-for-you energy drink.

After trying his hand at pro hockey overseas, Jack continued to search for the ultimate beverage concept and how his company would fill a gap in the market. Jack learned that you need to test product market fit and gauge end-user interest before diving head first into developing a product. After a few iterations, concepts, and taking feedback from the market and investors, Jack finally landed on a product he felt was attractive and unique to fill a gap in an already large market. There are seltzers and there are energy drinks in the market, but there aren’t better-for-you seltzer energy drinks. Thus, Tru was born.

If you want to hear more about Jack’s journey from college hockey to playing overseas all while starting a company, you’ll want to check this episode out. Jack brings real determination to his work and recognizes there is no shortcuts to success.

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Follow and connect with Jack McNamara!
Tru’s Instagram: @drinktru - https://www.instagram.com/drinktru/
Tru’s Website: https://drinktru.com/
Jack’s LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/jackmac/
Jack’s Instagram: @_jackmcnamara - https://www.instagram.com/_jackmcnamara/

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Have a guest that should be on the show? - Email us at lifeaftercollegeathletics.pod@gmail.com or dm us on instagram, @lifeaftercollegeathletics_pod.