Both Sides of Success

Hosted by Shane Langley and Travis Middleton, Both Sides of Success dives into the real stories behind what it takes to build a career, a family, and a life worth living. From shop floors and boardrooms to classrooms and communities, we sit down with leaders, builders, and everyday people to explore the wins that put them on the map — and the struggles that almost took them out. This isn’t about highlight reels. It’s about balance, sacrifice, resilience, and the lessons that come from chasing success on both a personal and professional level. If you’ve ever wondered how people define success, how they handle setbacks, or how they balance the demands of work and life, you’ll find the answers here. New episodes every week. Subscribe now and join the conversation.

Both Sides of Success is a business podcast hosted by shane langley, with 14 episodes on record and a Required Pod Score of 80.

shane langley hosts Both Sides of Success, a business show with 14 episodes published.

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  Christopher Guerrera: The King of Manufacturing and Marketing Magic

  Sep 28, 20261h 44m

  King of Manufacturing Christopher Guerrera on Shark Tank, Lean Six Sigma, BMW/Ford, and Building Inventor SuccessChristopher Guerrera (“King of Manufacturing”) joins the podcast to discuss his manufacturing career and media work, including a Shark Tank deal with Daymond John and the Shark World box that ships products to about 1,200 influencers monthly and is expanding into airport vending machines. He recounts scaling a potty-training product for a Walmart launch (15,000 units in seven days) using lean Six Sigma and creative sourcing during COVID while caring for his dying mother, then details the intensive Shark Tank selection process, COVID filming “bubble,” and the on-set experience that led to an Amazon sellout and roughly $500,000 in sales after airing. Guerrera also shares leadership lessons from Ford and BMW (including his 1993 quarter-turn gas cap patent work and managing 880 people at 31), his shift into helping inventors through TV shows, and personal stories about proposing on Good Morning America, his early paper route, and his goal-setting philosophy.

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  Creating a Legacy: Kristen Jones on Business and Family Values

  Aug 22, 202649 min

  From Single Mom to Entrepreneur: Kristen Jones on Building Salons, an Extension Brand & a Family LegacyIn this episode, Kristen Jones shares how becoming a single mom at 16 and missing key moments with her son pushed her to embrace entrepreneurship so she could reclaim time with her kids and control her worth. She recounts growing up in Fountain Inn in a close Southern Baptist family, starting a cleaning business to fund cosmetology school, and building a loyal hair clientele. Kristen describes a cutthroat salon experience that led to unfair treatment, threats, a false arrest, and years-long legal battles, which ultimately inspired her to open a salon focused on safety, mentorship, and “graduating” stylists. She also details helping scale her father’s molasses-based barbecue sauce business after his cancer diagnosis, and launching an international hair extension line while balancing family, marketing work, and community-focused values.

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  Unscripted Success: Amanda Meyer on Growth and Resilience

  Aug 7, 20261h 5m

  Amanda Meyer: From Teacher to Travel Entrepreneur, Author & Suicide Prevention Advocate In this episode, Amanda Meyer shares her journey from growing up in Florida after moving from New York to building a multifaceted life as a former educator, model, travel entrepreneur, co-author, keynote speaker, and suicide prevention advocate. She describes starting in modeling and the bar/restaurant industry, returning to school as a non-traditional student, earning her degree from Clemson with two kids, and teaching in Greenville County Schools before leaving due to bureaucracy and burnout. Amanda explains how joining a travel-based network marketing business expanded her mindset through personal development, eventually outpaying her teaching salary and enabling her to go full time. She discusses how co-authoring a book opened doors to speaking, then recounts losing her son Logan to suicide in 2019 while she was abroad, which shaped her mission to normalize mental health conversations, recognize warning signs, and encourage people to ask, “Are you okay?”

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  From Engineer to CEO: Ben's Journey of Transformation and Triumph

  Jul 21, 20261h 25m

  From Textile Engineer to Boutique Recruiter: Ben’s Better Than Found Story, Melanoma Wake-Up Call & How AI Is Changing Hiring Ben, president and CEO of Better Than Found, explains how he moved from textile and industrial engineering into starting a recruiting business after being fired in May 2014, then learning he had stage 3A melanoma, undergoing two surgeries, and becoming cancer-free by July 2014. He describes how emergency savings enabled the leap, how a recruiter mentor introduced a relationship-based “pull” approach to targeted headhunting, and why his firm prioritizes consultative due diligence with companies and candidates over transactional, high-volume recruiting. The conversation covers market uncertainty from elections, tariffs, consolidations, and current talent supply, plus AI’s impact on recruiting—especially commoditizing administrative and transactional work—while emphasizing the enduring value of human judgment, leadership quality, and authenticity in hiring. Ben also discusses working with his wife on finances, family priorities, and his guiding quote from his father.

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  Beyond the ER: Rob Jones on Medicine, Military, and Family

  Jun 19, 20261h 20m

  ER Doctor & Air Force Special Ops Surgeon: Haiti Earthquake, Trauma Care, and Lessons on Success | Rob JonesEmergency physician Rob Jones, a father of three and Prisma Health ER doctor with 20 years’ experience, shares his path from a mobile military childhood to studying biology at the University of South Carolina, learning disciplined study habits in medical school, and choosing emergency medicine. He explains how residency matching works, how an Air Force scholarship after 9/11 shaped his career, and how he trained and served on an Air Force Special Operations Surgical Team, including trauma-center rotations in St. Louis and later living in Germany with extensive travel. Rob recounts rapidly deploying to Haiti after the 2010 earthquake, providing improvised surgical care at the U.S. embassy and delivering a baby in the embassy’s “no man’s land.” The conversation covers stress inoculation, teamwork and communication in trauma, common ER realities, preventative care, parenting lessons on effort and attitude, and his guiding Churchill quote about continuous effort.

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