From There to Here

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

February 4, 2026 51 mins

Kevin Wilson is the Executive Director of the Small Business Empowerment Center.  In this episode, he talks about understanding unity through individual agendas, patterns of success for business leaders, raising expectations, impacting your community, and finding your purpose.

About the Guest

Kevin Wilson is the Executive Director of the Small Business Empowerment Center.  This is a Missouri 501c3 Nonprofit Organization spo...

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Brian Herriot is a time freedom expert and author. In this episode, he talks about what you are supposed to do, easy by design, playing the long game, knowing what is really important, leading a more interesting life, writing a must-read, and choosing how you work. 


About Brian Herriot

Brian Herriot is an author, speaker, financial advisor, and entrepreneurship coach. He has founded several businesses, including Herriot Financia...

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January 7, 2026 58 mins

E. Michael Houlihan is an author and life-focused coach.  In this episode, he shares how a childhood injury forever taught him resilience, acknowledging all that was right, loading the problems on the front-end, making life accessible,  the never-ending work of transformation, and the worth in writing a book.

About E. Michael Houlihan
E. Michael Houlihan is President of Houlihan Development Company, where he provides leadership ...

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December 17, 2025 63 mins

Rob Gallaher is an entrepreneur who is running multiple businesses simultaneously.  In this episode, Rob talks how his numerous siblings taught him about personality types and group mobilization, doing the best you can, the importance of caring, investing in your financial safety, keeping a stable of stallions, and remembering the humanity in the business.

About Rob Gallaher
Rob Gallaher is CEO of Gallaher Co.  In 2010, he start...

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Andy Wiggins is a multi-franchise business owner.  In this episode, he talks about nothing being beneath you, leveraging opportunities, understanding the whole business, growing confidence, doing all the other stuff, helping people achieve their goals, and the promise of changing lives.

After 20 years honing his Sales, Marketing, and Customer Service skills in the corporate world, Andy Wiggins decided it was time for a change. He be...

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December 3, 2025 45 mins

William Milliken is a home service serial entrepreneur.  In this episode, he talks about going with the flow, partnership selection, aligning incentives, being able to step back, taking action, and we talk about some specifics of dog waste management.

About William Milliken
William Milliken is the Founder of Swoop Scoop, a multi-million-dollar dog waste removal company that has transformed a simple chore into a booming business ...

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November 26, 2025 74 mins

Dan Curran is a serial entrepreneur and is reinventing publishing.  In this episode, he talks about youthful exposure to diversity and disparity, the acclimation in your 20’s, navigating chaos, the value of advisory support, a positive spin on acquisitions, being in the fetal position, and technology’s capacity in capturing stories. 

About Dan Curran
Dan Curran is the Co-Founder of Chapters.io and a serial entrepreneur with a de...

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Kari (Granger) Zeller is a battle-tested leadership consultant.  In this episode, she talks about raising strong women, finding the through-line, the paradox when you are in charge, the understanding of being, the reality on the field, and unlocking a system’s intelligence.

Kari Zeller (formerly Granger) is an authentic leader and combat veteran known for her ability to seamlessly transition her expertise from the battlefield to the...

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November 12, 2025 53 mins

Anthony Ebel is the General Manager at Skydive Chicago, the premier skydiving drop-zone.  In the episode, he talks about the focus from a skydive, navigating first encounters, having a calm mentor, seeing the sharp corners, pushing the limits, and following your passion while building a family.

Anthony Ebel is the General Manager and Safety & Training Advisor for Skydive Chicago (SDC).  SDC is a premier skydiving facility global...

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November 5, 2025 46 mins

Alan Franks is a financial planner, author, and speaker.  In this episode, he talks about childhood experiences that inspired change, the singular education from owning a business, the value of mentors, scaling forward and back, and building the guidebook for others.


About Alan Franks
Alan Franks is an author, speaker, and a fee-based CERTIFIED FINANCIAL PLANNER™ who provides holistic financial planning services nationwide....

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September 24, 2025 82 mins

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 ecosystem, and just doing what you want to.


About Bill Sawalich
Bill Sawalich is a St. Louis-based photographer specializing in editorial and corporate portraiture. A longtime magazine writ...

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September 10, 2025 84 mins

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 from a small business, the pitfalls of extraction capital, and we do a deep dive with lessons learned from acquisitions and integrations.


About Colman Swisher
Colman Swisher, CEPA, transform...

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September 3, 2025 71 mins

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, and the value of systems and support.

About Ryan Hogan
Ryan Hogan is a serial entrepreneur.  He is the founder of Talent Harbor, a Recruiting as a Service model, to reinvent the...

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August 13, 2025 66 mins

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 the opposition, serving others first, and examining your life.


About Peter Kelly-Detwiler
Peter Kelly-Detwiler has over 35 years of experience in the electric energy industry, with much of ...

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July 30, 2025 64 mins

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.


About Hal Schild
Hal Schild is an award-winning editor, producer, animator, and director with over three decades of experience in the video and post-production industry. Throughout his career, ...

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July 16, 2025 90 mins

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, mastering the present, and being an agent of choice.

About Anthony Cudjo
Anthony Cudjo is a transformational coach.  With over 37 years of experience in Human Optimization, he has helped th...

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June 25, 2025 66 mins

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.


About Barry Gleeson
Since 2004, Barry has worked with owners and leaders of privately held family businesses, helping them to focus strategically to outperform their competitors. He has a passion for engaging...

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June 11, 2025 61 mins

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.


About Joshua Aranda
As a passionate leader, lifelong learner, and social entrepreneur, Joshua Aranda is focused on making the world a better place and expanding his family with every person he meets.  With his many ventur...

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May 28, 2025 73 mins

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 the hard path.


About Brian Smith
Brian Smith has an eclectic entrepreneurial background, including investment banking, real estate investments, agency work, coaching and consulting, and fou...

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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 opportunities of AI.  We dive deep into building communities and how to be audience-centric, while leveraging AI responsibly to deepen connections.

About Brian Piper
Brian Piper is an author, a...

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