Uncharted Your Sidekick for Life

<p>Part 2 of 3 — Mentorship. Neal unpacks the mentors who shaped his path—from harsh early bosses to the advisors who helped him bet on himself and move across the world. Co-hosts: Natalie Peyton Neumann & Dan...

<p>Part 1 of 3 — The Map. From dyslexic kid in Northeast England to engineer, comedian, and Cisco’s higher-ed “translator,” Neal Tilley shares the early twists that shaped everything that came next. Co-hosts: Natalie...

<p>Part 3 — The Takeaways with Amber Gunst</p><p>Failing forward under scrutiny, the right kind of vulnerability in leadership, guiding teams through layoffs/furloughs with care, mental-health habits (walking...

<p>Part 2 — Mentorship</p><p>Advice is cheap; mentorship is earned. Amber breaks down how she built a “board of brains,” asks busy leaders for targeted help, and structures warm introductions so people actually respond...

<p>Part 1 — The Map</p><p>From small-town Michigan and first-gen college to sales with an English degree, Amber Gunst moves to Austin during a recession, builds networks at the Chamber, and—within 11 months—steps into...

<p>From Cold War Poland to Detroit factory floors, from teenage radio news to helping launch cable-TV greats and then building hit video games (Civilization, Origin/EA), Fred Schmidt’s path is anything but linear. Now...

<p>From stage-loving six-year-old to event producer at 22, to new mom navigating metastatic thyroid cancer, to founder of Alchemy Juice and mentor to a 600-member business community—Carly Brown (@carlyloveskale) is a...

<p>Natalie Peyton Neumann sits down with Dwayne Goetzel—attorney, father, creative thinker, and someone who’s navigated career choices without a roadmap. They talk about growing up in Kerrville, the unexpected moment in...

<p>Join Natalie Peyton Neumann as she dives deep with Shawn Livingston, former Airman turned I Am Redemption podcast host. From childhood dreams of WWE wrestling to a heartbreaking car accident, disillusioned military...

<p>What if your whole life changed in a single night? For Johnny Goudie, it happened at a Cheap Trick concert at age 13 — and he never looked back.</p><p>In this episode, Johnny shares how he turned heartbreak, hustle...

<p>What do you do when you’ve made it… but still feel the pull to do something that matters more?</p><p>Ashish Gupta spent 20 years in finance — investment banking, hedge funds, venture — before pivoting into social...

<p>What do you do when you don’t know what you want to be? If you’re Matt McDonnell, you grab a duffel bag, live on sailboats, study law, launch startups, and raise capital — all while chasing curiosity instead of...

<p>In this episode, we sit down with Holly Tachovsky, a serial entrepreneur who built and sold multiple tech companies, including BuildFax.</p><p>Holly shares how early rejections, survival-mode decisions, and...

<p>In this episode, we talk with Samantha Jansky—co-founder and Head of School at Ascent Academy —about building a new kind of education. Samantha shares how her own mentorship journey shaped her work today, from...

<p>Season 4 of Uncharted Your Sidekick for Life launches with Jeff Davidson—entrepreneur, mentor, and Co-Founder of Camp Gladiator, one of the fastest-growing fitness companies in the U.S., built after Jeff’s wife Ally...