Travis Chappell

Travis Chappell is a dedicated and enterprising podcast host and social media influencer best known for his podcast, Build Your Own Network. Since its launch in 2017, the show has been downloaded over 2 million times and become one of the Top 25 Business Podcasts — no mean feat in an open market that has seen almost every other person try their hand at podcasting. He has welcomed the likes of Tom Bilyeu, Darryl Strawberry, Adrienne Bankert, and many more onto the show. He is also the founder of the talent booking app marketplace app, Guestio, which allows users to book otherwise inaccessible names for their events.

Chappell’s background couldn’t be further from podcasting. After gaining a degree in Church Administration from West Coast Baptist College in California, he began his professional career recruiting and training door-to-door salespeople selling solar energy. He then worked in sales for a security company and water softener manufacturers. It was while working for the latter that he started Build Your Own Network, transferring the skills and knowledge he’d learned from his years in sales to the fast-emerging world of podcasts.

A year later and Chappell’s venture had become so successful that he was able to quit selling things for other people and dedicate himself to Build Your Own Network, which by then had become of the go-to podcasts for people looking for practical, relatable advice on how to build their network, their business, their brand, and of course, their income. The launch of Guestio in late 2020 saw Chappell add another branch to his tree of knowledge.