The Sidekick Life
The Sidekick Life podcast explores how successful entrepreneurs are building fulfilling lives by creating solutions that serve others.
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Chick-fil-A and Starbucks hired THIS guy (opens the original)
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What makes brands like Starbucks, Chick-fil-A, Apple, and the Savannah Bananas stand out from everyone else?In this episode of The Sidekick Life, Ryan Zink and Tyler Altenhofen sit down with customer experience expert John DiJulius, founder of The DiJulius Group, to break down how world-class companies create experiences customers remember — and why competing on experience can be far more powerful than competing on price.John shares how his own businesses learned to systemize exceptional custome
From Revenge Body with Khloe Kardashian to fitness franchise empire (opens the original)
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What happens when a professional rugby player trades the field for entrepreneurship — and builds a fitness brand around community, positivity, and mateship? In this episode of The Sidekick Life, Ryan Zink and Tyler Altenhofen sit down with Luke Milton, founder of Training Mate, to unpack his journey from professional rugby in Australia to celebrity trainer, fitness entrepreneur, and franchisor. Luke shares what it really took to build Training Mate from the ground up — including working overnigh
Mother and son bet it all on men’s health (opens the original)
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What happens when a mother and son bet on themselves, go into business together, and take on the world of men’s health?In this episode of The Sidekick Life, Ryan Zink and Tyler Altenhofen sit down with Connor and Vicki Castleman, a mother-son entrepreneurship duo building multiple GameDay Men’s Health locations in Northwest Phoenix.Connor’s journey started years earlier when he chose an opportunity at Fastlane over a higher-paying corporate path — a decision that ultimately put him in the middle
How to get 60,000 LinkedIn followers fast (opens the original)
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Why do fewer than 1% of LinkedIn users actually post? In Episode 51 of The Sidekick Life , Ryan sits down with Holly Joyner—a New York Times bestselling ghostwriter, founder of The Story Spark, and one of LinkedIn’s most-followed coaches—to break down how small business owners can turn LinkedIn into a powerful marketing engine. Holly didn’t start with a huge audience, a marketing team, or a social media strategy. She came to LinkedIn in 2021 as a single mom of three, with no marketing background
50 episodes down! Here's what surprised us (opens the original)
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50 episodes down and The Sidekick Life is just getting started.In this milestone episode, Ryan and Tyler look back at the guests, stories and unexpected moments that have shaped the podcast so far. They revisit memorable conversations with founders, franchisees and entrepreneurs, including Donald Miller, Dr. Jason Wersland, Paul Reiser, Michelle Poler and more.They also get honest about what did not work, what surprised them about podcasting and why the best episodes came from focusing less on v
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