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  • From Mud Hut in Liberia to Coaching Nonprofits Across 3 Countries | Chris Lambert
    Mar 20 2026
    Most people who want to change the world start with a cause, not with Chris Lambert, ‘coz he started with a crisis…

    Chris Lambert, Founder & CEO of Next Level Nonprofit, grew up in a small town in northern Indiana, gave his faith the finger at 16, then spent six years chasing whatever he thought would make him happy, but no, it didn't, then there became a chance encounter at a church service in Australia, and when he came home, he wasn't the same person who'd left.

    We covered:
    → How Chris's faith journey, from a small-town kid to a mud hut in Liberia, shaped everything he built after
    → What Life Remodeled actually did in Detroit and why the Gallup results shocked even him
    → The $300,000 check that completely rewired how he thinks about fundraising and donor relationships
    → How Indiana University's 16-0 season explains the one principle that separates great organizations from struggling ones

    There's a line Chris said that I keep thinking about, that is "Sometimes you just have to take the step forward even if you don't really know where it's going." He's done that more times than most people would be comfortable with, and it's produced something remarkable every single time!

    Chris, thank you for being so open about the whole journey, not just the wins. The stories you brought into this room were the kind that stay with you.

    Chapters
    0:00 - Introduction & How Chris and Dillon Connected
    2:16 - Who Is Chris Lambert? Defining Himself
    3:01 - Faith Journey: Growing Up in Small-Town Indiana
    4:06 - Walking Away from Faith at 16
    4:34 - The Encounter in Australia That Changed Everything
    9:21 - Returning to Indiana, Seminary, and the Call to Detroit
    11:39 - Living in a Mud Hut in Liberia
    13:25 - Moving to Detroit and Starting a Church
    14:02 - The Birth of Life Remodeled (2010)
    18:43 - What Life Remodeled Actually Does
    21:35 - $56 Million, 87,000 Volunteers, and the Gallup Study
    26:59 - Writing Next Level Nonprofit and Leaving Life Remodeled
    33:07 - Why He Finally Wrote the Book (And Did It in 45 Days)
    36:43 - Right People, Right Seats: The IU Football Story
    44:00 - The $300,000 Check That Changed His Fundraising Mindset
    47:50 - How to Actually Raise Money: Donations vs. Investment
    55:06 - Building Capital for a For-Profit Studio: Dillon's Story
    57:34 - Final Thoughts and Where to Find Chris

    Connect with Chris
    Web: https://www.nextlevelnonprofit.org/
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/nextlevellambert

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  • 83% of Realtors Don't Make It Five Years. Here's Why. | Donny Samson
    Mar 13 2026
    Most people think real estate is easy money.

    Donny Samson knows better.

    He got his license at 22, just because a friend did it first and his wife said, "If he can do it, you can." His first two commissions paid for her engagement ring. He was hooked.

    But building a career is one thing. Building a company is another. When his dad handed him the keys to Samson Properties and made him CEO in 2019, Donny had to learn fast what separates a great realtor from a great leader. Spoiler: it's not the same skillset. He hired the wrong managers. He watched a title company he co-owned spend years digging out from bad hires and broken trust. He navigated a housing crash, a national lawsuit, and a real estate market that has posted record low sales three years in a row.

    And he kept going.

    Today Samson Properties is the number one brokerage in the DMV, with 6,500 agents across 49 offices. They built their own title company. They run on a 100% commission model. And Donny still shows up to teach in a different office every Wednesday.

    We covered:
    → Why 83% of realtors don't make it past five years and what brokerages owe them
    → How the private listings controversy is quietly hurting buyers and sellers
    → What the NAR lawsuit actually changed (and what it didn't)
    → Why he'd rather leave a manager seat empty for six months than hire the wrong person
    → How he thinks about growth without losing what made the company worth growing

    The thing that stuck with me most from this conversation: Donny never stopped thinking like a realtor. Even as CEO, he's still thinking about the person sitting across the table trying to buy or sell their biggest asset. That perspective is rare. It's also, I think, exactly why Samson keeps growing.

    Donny, thank you for being so open and for sharing your passion for this industry. I also appreciate you speaking directly about topics that many people in your position might avoid. This one was a blast.

    *Chapters*
    0:00 - Introduction & Teaser
    1:00 - Meet Donny Samson
    1:42 - Getting Licensed Right Before the 2008 Crash
    2:45 - What Samson Properties Is Today
    6:21 - How the 100% Commission Model Works
    8:26 - Why 83% of Realtors Don't Make It Five Years
    10:11 - How to Recruit Your Way Out of a Down Market
    10:53 - Growing Up in the Family Business
    14:16 - What His Dad Taught Him About Leadership
    18:17 - Why Leaders Need Trench Experience First
    20:58 - The Private Listings Controversy
    28:22 - The NAR Lawsuit and What It Really Changed
    37:01 - Will AI Ever Replace Real Estate Agents?
    42:56 - The Biggest Mistakes He's Made as CEO
    45:31 - Why He'd Rather Leave a Seat Empty Than Hire Wrong
    52:16 - Why He's Not Trying to Go National
    55:37 - Where to Find Donny and Samson Properties

    *Connect with Donny*
    Web: https://samsonproperties.net/ | samson.com
    LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/donny-samson-a9abb715a

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    *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW*
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    57 m
  • No One Wants Their Legacy Buried: Herman Moore on Football and Business
    Mar 9 2026
    Most people know Herman Moore as the Detroit Lions' greatest wide receiver. The records. The Pro Bowls.

    What they don't know is what happened after.

    Herman left the NFL and walked straight into one of the hardest seasons of his life. Business. He lost nearly everything. Got told no by banks, investors, and people who couldn't see past the helmet. He had to rebuild from scratch, in a world that kept boxing him in as just an athlete. He didn't leave. He didn't quit. He stayed in Michigan, bet on himself when no one else would, and eventually built one of the largest Cinnabon franchise operations in the country, owning the entire Michigan market and expanding into Florida.

    But this conversation goes deeper than franchise wins. Herman talks about the version of himself that almost walked away from football after his rookie year. About the coaching change that broke his trust in the game. About watching his legacy sit in Barry Sanders' shadow for decades and not being sure who gets to tell your story.

    We covered:
    → How Herman lost nearly everything in business and what it took to rebuild
    → What it's really like sharing a legacy with one of the greatest players in NFL history
    → Why athletes are uniquely vulnerable when they leave sports and how Herman navigated it
    → The real fear he carries as an entrepreneur that most people would never admit

    Thank you, Herman, for giving this conversation everything. For being honest about the lows that most people keep private and for showing up with the same energy you brought on every Sunday in the Silver Dome.

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    1 h y 14 m
  • How a 5-Minute Elevator Conversation Led to a Career at Mercedes-Benz | Amy Wang
    Feb 27 2026
    Amy Wang spent over 20 years building a career she never planned.

    She started premed at Michigan State University simply because she liked school — until she realized she couldn’t handle blood. Needing to graduate on time without extra loans, she switched to industrial-organizational psychology, not fully knowing what it was, just that it fit.

    That uncertainty became a pattern. Not in a reckless way. In a way where the right things kept showing up when she stopped forcing them.

    Eventually a friend told her Mercedes-Benz was hiring. She didn't have an HR title at the time. But she had the background, the instinct for building teams, and years of standing up shared services in IT and healthcare. She got the role. Then her boss left. And Amy became Head of HR for Mercedes-Benz North America, overseeing shared services across five countries.

    We talked about:
    → How Amy went from premed to Head of HR at Mercedes-Benz through a series of unplanned turns
    → Why her best career moves were the ones that found her, not the ones she chased
    → What business owners get wrong about employee culture and why people need to feel like they're on the team

    Sitting with Amy reminded me that the most interesting careers rarely follow a straight line. Sometimes the best thing you can do is stop gripping the wheel so hard and let the next thing come to you.

    Amy, thank you for being so open about a career that didn't follow the script. The way you talked about helping people find their strengths and grow into what they're capable of, that energy came through the whole conversation. I'm excited to see what finds you next.

    Chapters
    0:00 Intro
    1:03 Blood Draws, Plasma, and Why Amy Left Premed
    4:08 Switching to Industrial Organizational Psychology
    5:32 The Full Career Journey: From Insurance to Oldsmobile
    7:01 Getting Stuck in an Elevator That Changed Everything
    8:07 The Wrong Email That Led to Project Management
    10:48 Building a Hospital as Employee Number Nine
    12:30 How Mercedes-Benz Found Her
    16:17 From Shared Services to Head of HR
    18:25 Lessons for Entrepreneurs Building Their First Team
    24:00 How to Find Someone's Superpower
    28:21 Knowing When to Stop and Cut Your Losses
    35:36 The One Thing Business Owners Need to Get Right About Culture
    39:33 What's Next for Amy and Where to Find Her

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    *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW*
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    42 m
  • He Sold His Company for Millions and It Nearly Broke Him | Wesley Mathews
    Feb 20 2026
    Wes Mathews got his first job washing dishes at 12 years old. He built High Level Marketing from nothing into a company doing over $22 million in revenue. And then he sold it.

    Three years later, Wes started Stealth Consulting with his original partner again—same trust, just a lot more wisdom. This time, he knew exactly who he wanted to work with and wasn't chasing revenue just to chase it. And he says he’s honestly happier than he’s ever been.

    We talked about:
    → Why selling a company can be one of the loneliest things an entrepreneur goes through
    → How to actually plan for life after an exit (not just the financial side)
    → The pricing mistakes young business owners make and how to fix them
    → The one question every entrepreneur needs to answer before they start

    Most people only talk about the win—he talked about the emptiness after. That’s the part more founders need to hear. Thankful for Wes, for driving out in one-degree weather to share the parts of his story most people keep to themselves. The way he opened up about those post-sale years took real courage — and I know it’s going to help more people than he realize.

    Connect with Wes
    Web: https://stealthconsulting.com/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/wesleymathews/

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    *Connect with Dillon*
    https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/
    https://twitter.com/imdillonengland
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    https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5

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    *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW*
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    58 m
  • Zero to $500K in Five Weeks With Just Phone Calls | Patrick Gomez
    Feb 9 2026
    Patrick Gomez quit his job as a CMO, filed an LLC for a hundred bucks, and sat at his desk thinking clients would just show up.

    They didn't.

    He panicked and DM'd 3,000 people on LinkedIn over two days straight. Got five clients. Lost all five almost immediately. That was the beginning.

    Patrick is a serial entrepreneur who built SiteLyft, a subscription website business, from those early failures. Then he co-founded AntiAgency, a podcast-based lead generation company. And most recently he launched TurboClaim, an AI-powered claims management platform that raised half a million dollars from its own beta users in the first week.

    He shares:
    ➤ Why your first clients should never pay you a dollar
    ➤ How he went from zero to $500K in recurring revenue in five weeks with just cold calls
    ➤ The case for building a side business before quitting your job

    Share in the comments below: what's one business idea you've been sitting on that you keep talking yourself out of?

    0:00 - Introduction
    0:56 - Meeting Patrick and the Miami Event
    2:03 - The Reality of Being "Broke" as an Entrepreneur
    3:57 - From Professor Dreams to Marketing Career
    5:43 - Quitting His Job and Starting an LLC With No Plan
    6:39 - DM'ing 3,000 People and Landing First Clients
    7:37 - Losing All Five Clients and Starting Over
    8:53 - Building SiteLyft as a Subscription Website Business
    10:02 - Scaling With Ads and Running Into Growth Problems
    10:38 - Starting AntiAgency: Podcasts as Sales Conversations
    13:45 - Discovering the Insurance Industry's Paperwork Problem
    15:15 - Building TurboClaim With AI and Raising $500K From Beta Users
    18:01 - Working With Family: How Avery Became His Sales Lead
    19:04 - Zero to One Thinking and Knowing When to Hand Off
    20:13 - Shower Epiphany: Insurance for Creators
    24:39 - Where AI Is Headed: From Chatbots to Robots in the Home
    30:11 - Advice for Young Entrepreneurs
    33:16 - Finding Your Niche, Sub-Niche, and the One Problem You Solve
    36:32 - Where to Find Patrick and Final Thoughts

    *Connect with Patrick*
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-gomez-7a4305220/

    *Connect with Dillon*
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    38 m
  • Stop Treating Networking Events Like Sales Calls | Greg Peters
    Jan 30 2026
    Greg Peters spent 15 years as a computer programmer before realizing something was missing...

    He started his own web development business in '94 but hit a wall; he lacked social skills and couldn't bring himself to cold call.

    Greg saw the problem and began taking networking classes. And it changed everything.

    Now Greg teaches professionals, entrepreneurs, and credit unions how to build networks that actually produce referrals; the kind where people text you opportunities without being asked.

    Here's what we cover:
    → Why most people waste their time at networking events (and the simple goal that makes them worth it)
    → The "Top 50" strategy for staying connected without being needy
    → Why "just checking in" makes people screen your calls

    Let me know below:
    What's the biggest networking mistake you've ever made?

    *Connect with Greg*
    Web: https://thereluctantnetworker.com/
    LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/thereluctantnetworker/

    *Connect with Dillon*
    https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/
    https://twitter.com/imdillonengland
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    https://www.facebook.com/dillon.england.5

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    *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW*
    Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit.

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    58 m
  • Nick Freitas: Leaving Politics, Charlie Kirk, Real Parenting, & Why Men Feel Betrayed
    Jan 23 2026
    Nick Freitas spent 10 years in the Virginia State Legislature representing James Madison's district. He was a Green Beret. He's built a following of millions.

    And he's personally been a long time dream guest of mine.

    In our conversation, Nick talks about what his wife once told him... she didn't need him to be weak; she needed him to be tender. What follows is one of the most honest discussions about masculinity, marriage, and fatherhood I've heard.

    He lays out:
    → Why your relationship with your teenage daughter begins to be built when she's two.
    → How specifically you father and teach your sons differently than your daughters.
    → Why flirting with your spouse in front of your kids actually matters.
    → And why chasing that political legacy might cost you the family pictures that hang in your home.

    We get into why there's so much in-fighting within the right and the moment Charlie Kirk's death changed how he saw the country.

    I'm so thankful for Nick joining me this episode and allowing me to record in his studio.

    Connect with Nick
    https://www.youtube.com/@UCPFzA28Hw9tYDxXAeidDk6w
    https://www.linkedin.com/in/nick-freitas-51666a26/

    Connect with Dillon
    https://www.instagram.com/thedillonenglandshow/
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    ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW
    Authentic conversations with interesting people across personal growth, entrepreneurship, and lifestyle — direct, faith-forward, Detroit grit.

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    *Connect with Dillon*
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    *ABOUT THE DILLON ENGLAND SHOW*
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    1 h y 28 m