Dropping Bombs

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & BC Custom Ground Mobility
 
LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Brandon Johnson, the body shop owner who got a call from the Air Force asking for a custom rescue vehicle in 60 days. He said yes before he knew how.
 
Brandon breaks down how his ten-man shop won the first vehicle program the Air Force ever ran, the IRS loophole that saved his first deal, and why that program was canceled two years later. His vehicles now serve Special Forces units across Europe and hot zones, and he's building a military-grade truck for civilians.
 
The Pentagon's heavy hitters never saw him coming. Now he's up against Ford and GM, and he's naming names.
 
🔗 Connect with Brandon
BC Customs Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/BCCustomsgroundmobility
SXOR Racing Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/SXORracing_u4
Website: https://BCCDOD.com
 
Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.
 
Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
 
LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:
https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
 
Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way
 
This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.
Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff 
 
LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers a hard truth for car dealers with David Lowe, a 41-year auto industry veteran who led his Volkswagen dealership to the Diamond Pin, the brand's highest honor, awarded to just five U.S. stores a year. He has since trained more than 170 dealerships.
 
David says a dealership selling 100 cars a month is losing $1 million in profit because of untrained salespeople, double discounting, and managers who grade their own teams 27 out of 70. He also explains why "controlling" the customer is dead and what actually works.
 
Dealers blame the market, the economy, and the customers. David says the problem is sitting behind the desk.
 
🔗 Connect with David Lowe
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/davidlowepreparetowin/
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/asc-david-lowe
 
✅ Additional Resources
The Other Half of Success (David's Book): https://a.co/d/0bRhHPEW
Automotive Sales Coach: https://www.automotivesalescoach.com
The Dealership Playbook: https://www.automotivesalescoach.com/dealership-playbook
 
Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.
 
Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
 
LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:
https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
 
Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way
 
This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.
Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Atlas Wealth
 
LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

The rich don't pay taxes the way you do, and this Dropping Bombs episode with Stone Dorough and Andrew Gilbaugh explains why. Their firm gives business owners the same tax attorneys and trust structures billionaire families use, without the $5–7 million overhead.
They expose why your CPA isn't allowed to get paid for saving you money, the trust that lets you control everything while owning nothing, and why the "mail the IRS a letter and opt out" crowd ends up shredded in a back room. Plus the exit mistake that quietly burns millions in capital gains.
Every dollar you've handed the IRS could have been building generational wealth. The gap between you and the billionaires isn't the money, it's the access. Stop funding someone else's oversized bank account.
 
🔗 Connect with Stone Dorough
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/stonedorough
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@StoneDorough
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@stone.dorough 
🔗 Connect with Andrew Gilbaugh
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/wealth_wrangler
YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/@WealthWrangler
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@wealthwrangler 
✅ Company
Atlas Family Offices: https://www.atlasfamilyoffices.com
Atlas Wealth Protection System (Training): https://training.atlaswealthus.com/special/ 
Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.
 
Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
 
LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:
https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
 
Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way
 
This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.
Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Five Oaks Farm
 
LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode delivers an unlikely entrepreneurial story with Jenni McCarty, the homesteader who turned a hand-sewn beeswax bread bag into a multimillion-dollar brand and now pays other women (or men!) to sew from home.
Jenni breaks down how an autoimmune diagnosis led her to sourdough, why her first ten bags sold out in two hours, and how one viral reel turned a kitchen table into a company. She also exposes the overseas knockoffs posing as family brands, and why she'll never outsource.
Jenni solved her own problem and ended up funding other families. The frustration you keep working around might just be your next business venture.
 
🔗 Connect with Jenni
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/fiveoaksfarmal
Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/fiveoaksfarmal
TikTok: https://www.tiktok.com/@five.oaks.farm
 
✅ Additional Resources
Five Oaks Farm Website: https://fiveoaksfarmal.com
Five Oaks Farm Store: https://shop.fiveoaksfarmal.com
Use code DB10 for 10% off your order
 
Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.
 
Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
 
LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:
https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
 
Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way
 
This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.
Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/

This episode was sponsored by Cardiff & Next in Leadership
 
LightSpeed VT: https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
Dropping Bombs Podcast: https://www.droppingbombs.com/

Today's Dropping Bombs episode features Reed Nyffeler, founder of Signal, a security franchise in 48 states and nine countries with 10,000 employees, and a man on a mission to put the next generation in business for themselves with little or no money down.
 
Reed traces the line from the tractor to AI, explains why he's betting on 20-year-olds, and breaks down the financed-van, sweat-equity franchise deals that turn employees into owners, plus the immigrant story behind it all.
 
AI is about to do to jobs what the tractor did to farming, and this conversation shows who's positioned to own what comes next. Five years from now, whose business will you be building?
 
🔗 Connect with Reed
Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/_nextinleadership
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/reednyffeler
YouTube (Next In Leadership): https://www.youtube.com/@NextInLeadership
YouTube (Personal): https://www.youtube.com/@Reedflections
Website: https://nextinleadership.com
 
✅ Companies & Additional Resources
Signal (Security Franchise): https://teamsignal.com
Filtergo (Commercial Air Filter Franchise): https://filter-go.com
 
Watch the full-length video version of any Dropping Bombs episode here on YouTube.
 
Brad Lea is a self-made entrepreneur who turned small-town grit into a multi-million-dollar empire. With over 25 years dominating sales and leadership, he's mentored thousands to outsmart, outwork, and out win their competition. His top-rated podcast, Dropping Bombs, brings raw, game-changing insights from the biggest names in business.
 
LightSpeed VT is Brad's brainchild—the world's leading interactive training platform. It's built to make your team sharper, faster, and more effective, without wasting time or money. Whether you're a startup or a Fortune 500, LightSpeed VT is how you scale success and dominate your industry. Curious? Check it out:
https://www.lightspeedvt.com/
 
Brad's also behind Closer School, the go-to program for mastering sales and closing deals like a pro. Want to 10x your income? This is where you start. His book, The Hard Way, lays out the brutal, honest lessons he learned building his empire—your blueprint to winning the game. Get it here: https://ourreward.store/collections/brad-lea/the-hard-way
 
This isn't just a video. It's a wake-up call. Watch it. Share it. Act on it.
Closer School: https://www.closerschool.com/