Chris Burkell has been a scout in the Marine Corps LAR community for 17 years. He has deployed to Iraq and Afghanistan, fought for training opportunities that never came through, and watched the Marines he most respected walk out the door one by one.

In this episode of Better Questions, Kevin sits down with Chris for an honest ground level conversation about what is actually breaking the Corps. Retention, toxic leadership, training culture, the I and I staff problem, and the uncomfortable truth that the institution has a habit of losing its best people while keeping the ones who should have been shown the door years ago.

Chris is not a policy guy or a think tank analyst. He is someone who has lived this for nearly two decades and still believes enough in the organization to go back to school, commission, and try to be part of the change from the inside.

If you have served, are currently serving, or just want an honest conversation about leadership and institutional culture, this one is worth your time.

Kevin Hohe has taken 60 calls from private equity firms wanting to buy Complete Fence. He's turned every one of them down.

In this episode of Better Questions, Kevin sits down with an advisor from FMI to get a real education on ESOPs — employee stock ownership plans — and whether selling equity to his own people makes more sense than selling to outside investors.

They cover the full mechanics of how an ESOP works, the tax advantages that can make it more lucrative than a private equity sale, governance and board structure post transaction, and what it actually means for the people on the ground when their company becomes employee owned.

Kevin is 36, doesn't need the money, and is asking the one question that actually matters to him: what do I owe the people who helped build this thing?

If you run a trades business or any small to mid size company and you've ever wondered what your exit options actually look like, or whether you even want one, this is the episode to listen to.

Zach Nol runs a Paintless Dent Repair business in Minnesota. Two months ago he was a solo technician doing every job himself and losing momentum fast. Today he has an integrator, an executive admin, 30 body shop relationships in progress, and a ten year target of $50 million.

This episode of Better Questions is a real working session between Kevin and one of his coaching clients. They cover the structure of the PDR industry, whether Zach needs his own body shop to hit his growth goals, how private equity consolidation is reshaping the automotive trades, and what relationship selling actually looks like when you're building from scratch.

If you've ever felt stuck between staying small and going big, this conversation will hit different.

Connect with Zach ⤵️

IG: https://www.instagram.com/dent_details_mn/
FB: https://www.facebook.com/zachary.knoll.3/
Web: https://www.dentdetails.com/paint-protection-film-on-your-chevy

Watch the full interview on YouTube

https://youtu.be/1uZAgoPAkJ8

Kevin sits down with his wife Lauren Screeden for a Better Questions episode unlike any other. No formal agenda. No expert guest. Just a husband and wife who actually know each other trying to figure out brand deals, truck loyalty, hiking boots, and what it means to sell out.

What starts as a conversation about getting the gear sponsors you actually want turns into something more honest than either of them planned. Kevin pulls data on Chevy vs Ford recalls. Lauren doesn't care. Kevin asks if statistics matter in marriage. Lauren has thoughts. A Luminox Navy SEAL watch enters the picture. Danner boots get ranked. And somewhere in the middle of all of it they figure out what brand loyalty actually means and where the line is between endorsing something you believe in and just taking the check.

It's unscripted, a little chaotic, and one of the more honest conversations about how real people actually make decisions that we've put out.

Topics covered in this episode:

Chevy vs Ford vs RAM — does data matter when loyalty runs this deep

How Lauren actually researches a purchase and why ChatGPT failed her

Danner vs Salomon vs Merrell vs LEMS — hiking boot breakdown and rankings

The Luminox Navy SEAL watch vs Garmin — what is a smartwatch actually worth

Brand deals, sponsorships, and where the line is between authenticity and taking the check

What companies Lauren would never cross no matter the money.

Find Lauren ⤵️

IG: @lscreeden
FB: @lscreeden
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/laurenscreeden/

Dr. Angela Rahm has built four franchises, raised two kids, watched her son battle Lyme disease, and somewhere in the middle of all of it became a naturopathic doctor. Not because it was a career move. Because the system wasn't giving her answers and she went and found them herself.

In this episode of Better Questions, Kevin sits down with Dr. Angela to pull apart the things most of us have never thought to question about our own health. Why your doctor runs the wrong labs. Why your cholesterol might actually be too low. Why the hot mess you feel like at 40 is not inevitable and not in your head. And why the most dangerous thing you can say is "if you can't beat them, join them."

This is not a wellness episode. It is a conversation about a broken system, the people navigating it anyway, and what it actually looks like to take your health back into your own hands.

What we get into:

How a Subway franchise owner became a naturopathic doctor after her son's Lyme disease diagnosis.

Why most doctors are good people trapped in a bad system.

The difference between crisis care and actual health care.

What the hot mess woman actually needs and why supplements alone will not fix it.

Why your cholesterol lab results might be lying to you.

Fasting, carnivore, keto and what Dr. Angela actually recommends.

Why vitamin D after 4 PM changes everything. Peptides, peptides, peptides.

Website: https://idealselftoday.com/
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/idealselftoday/#
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/nuovo_te/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/drangelarahm/
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@drangelarahm

Kevin talks to Clayton A. Cuteri about Clayton's spiritual awakening, his interpretation of Christianity, and the founding and goals of the American Congress Party.

Find out more about Clayton Cuteri - https://linktr.ee/claytoncuteri

Better Questions website - https://www.ivoryimpact.com/better-questions

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Kevin talks to his friend Brandon Matthews about truck customization, focusing on interior design, performance modifications, and cost analysis for building a custom truck.

Better Questions website - https://www.ivoryimpact.com/better-questions

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Kevin talks to Alexander Webster, a Lego enthusiast and aspiring photographer. They discuss Alexander's journey from a casual Lego trader to a successful Lego photographer with a significant social media following.

Connect with Alex - https://www.instagram.com/alx.projekt_v/

Better Questions website - https://www.ivoryimpact.com/better-questions

Find the Better Questions Podcast on your favorite streaming site - https://linktr.ee/betterquestionspod