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Have More Money Now with John Layfield

Episode 20: The Entrepreneur Learning Tree

Have More Money Now with John Layfield

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4.6743 Ratings

🗓️ 18 June 2026

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Summary

Success leaves clues, and on this episode of Have More Money Now, John Layfield and Conrad Thompson revisit some of the most insightful conversations they've had with entrepreneurs who bet on themselves and built thriving businesses around their passions. Pull up a chair and sit under the learning tree as JBL and Conrad highlight the best lessons, strategies, and real-world advice shared by an incredible lineup of self-made success stories. Hear valuable nuggets of wisdom from wrestling entrepreneur Matt Cardona, Insane Clown Posse's Violent J, fitness and wellness pioneer Diamond Dallas Page, AEW's acclaimed music composer Mikey Rukus, and GCW owner Brett Lauderdale. From branding and marketing to taking risks, overcoming setbacks, and creating opportunities where none exist, these entrepreneurs reveal what it takes to become your own boss and build something lasting. Whether you're launching a side hustle, growing a business, or simply looking for inspiration, this episode is packed with practical advice and motivational stories from people who turned their visions into reality. BLUECHEW - Right now, when you buy two months of BlueChew Gold, you get the third for FREE with promo code JBL. Visit http://BlueChew.com for more details and important safety information, and we thank BlueChew for sponsoring the podcast. SAVE WITH CONRAD - Stop throwing money away by paying those high interest rates on your credit card. Roll them into one low monthly payment and on top of that, skip your next two house payments. Go to https://www.savewithconrad.com to learn more. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

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0:28.9

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0:40.3

The All right, John, now it's time for one of my favorite segments on the show.

1:03.8

We get to highlight an entrepreneur, someone who turned their passion into a business,

1:08.3

and has anybody done that better than our guest this week, John?

1:11.5

No. Look, he has done an incredible job. I'm a huge fan of what he's done professionally.

1:16.8

Huge fan of his personally. He's just a good dude, but he's done a really good job. And he's kind

1:21.2

of set the template for people that go out on the independent wrestling scene. He's done it better

1:26.0

than everybody else, but at least he set the template of what guys can, and he's been very open about helping guys try to do exactly what he's done. But yes, he's done it better than anybody else. We're excited to welcome him on, ladies and gentlemen, the one and only, the former indie god, he not finished mr matt car don't know how are you man

1:45.6

oh i'm doing great john i don't know if you could see i got that internet title that you held

1:49.7

for a week or two i did it was the greatest week in my life it really was we just uh we just did

1:57.3

a show with tommy wildfire rich who was you know was n w a champion for about, you know, for literally a week. And, you know, one of the greatest baby faces ever, but kind of reminds me of me. I was in her internet champion for just about the same. And both of us great baby faces. That's right. Lots of rumors about how both of you got your belts too. But we'll move on. I do want to ask, you know, Matt, a lot of our listeners, you know, they're listening

2:21.5

for a financial pod and so they may be familiar with your wrestling work or maybe they're not,

2:25.9

but what I really wanted to talk about today was the action figure business and specifically

2:30.0

how you turned this hobby and this passion into a very profitable business that you've grown

2:35.8

year after year after year. It's been really inspiring to watch from the outside looking in.

2:41.4

A lot of people assume if they're going to go into the business where they're going to

2:44.2

manufacture toys or collectibles that they've got to get a plant, they've got to get a warehouse,

2:48.8

they've got to have a full staff. You've been able to sort of bootstrap this thing and still grow it year over year.

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