At a Glance
| Member | David Stodolak · Host of The LFG Show |
| Roles | President, Solar Direct Marketing · CEO, Connection Holdings · lead generation & pay-per-call authority |
| The Show | 100+ episodes · crowned Best Industry Podcast · networking with the top 1% — elite guests, real plays, no fluff |
| On Stage | Repeat speaker at Affiliate World (Asia · Europe · Dubai) · speaker at Affiliate Summit East, NYC · host of the Law Conference of Champions · host of the Affiliate High Rollers nights |
| Track Record | ~12 years on the call center floor → companies on the Inc. 5000 three years running · hundreds of millions generated for clients |
| Off Stage | A family man first — and rarely in the same city for more than two weeks |
| Battle Cries | LFG · No Money No Honey |
| Find him | @davidstodolak · @thelfgshow |
There is a certain kind of stress most families know by heart. The end of the month coming fast. The numbers that almost work. The rollercoaster of making it or breaking it, ridden with the people you love strapped in beside you.
David Stodolak knows that ride. It's why he does what he does — because he learned firsthand that a little extra money in the pocket goes a long way toward helping the people around you. Not yacht money. Not vanity money. Breathing-room money. The kind that turns a tense kitchen-table conversation into a calm one.
Most men who make it keep the map to themselves. David built a show and handed the map to everyone.
Are you making money or what? — David Stodolak, to every room he walks into
From the Call Center Floor
Nothing about David's story starts glamorous, and that's exactly the point of it.
He spent roughly twelve years in the call center industry — headset on, dial tone in his ear, learning the most honest education in business there is: real people, real objections, real money, one conversation at a time. The work ethic came from home; his mother immigrated from Venezuela, and the drive she instilled never switched off.
When he stepped out on his own, the call center floor turned out to be the perfect foundation. In 2016 he founded Solar Direct Marketing, which grew into a lead engine supplying seven of the top ten solar buyers in America. As CEO of Connection Holdings, he took the same discipline into big-data monetization. His companies have landed on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies three years in a row, and along the way his campaigns have generated hundreds of millions in revenue for clients.
His philosophy the whole way up has been one sentence long: if your clients don't grow, you don't grow. Win-wins or nothing. It's why the industry press has called him "the voice of the entire lead generation community."
The LFG Show
Then came the microphone.
The LFG Show launched in February 2024 with a premise that sounds simple and isn't: sit down with the movers and shakers — many of whom grew up with nothing and worked relentlessly for everything — and get them to show their actual cards. How the money is really made online. What's working right now, in lead gen, affiliate marketing, pay-per-call, e-commerce, data. Elite guests. Real plays. No fluff.
No guru theater. No course being teased in the last five minutes. Just operators talking to an operator — because David has done the thing, the top 1% take his call, and his audience can smell the difference.
The industry noticed. The show blew past 100 episodes in under two years and was crowned Best Industry Podcast — the name up on the big screen, the room on its feet.
Ask David why the show exists and the answer isn't downloads or sponsors. It's the family staring down the end of the month. The LFG Show exists to expose what's possible — to put people on screen who started with nothing, so that somebody watching in a tough season believes, maybe for the first time, that the dream has a door.
Anyone can make it. Help exists. The plays are learnable. That belief, multiplied across an audience that spans the world, is the whole mission.
The Man on the Move
Here's a running joke among people who know him: it is rare to see David Stodolak in one place for more than two weeks. A man on a mission is always on the move.
The passport proves it. He's been a repeat speaker at Affiliate World conferences from Asia to Europe to Dubai. He's taken the stage at Affiliate Summit East in New York — an event he credits with serious weight; by his own count, eight figures in revenue have come from the rooms at ASE. He hosts the Law Conference of Champions, emcees the Affiliate High Rollers after-hours nights where the real deals get done, and runs masterminds from New Jersey to Colombia.
Keynote stages, booth takeovers, giveaways, a bear mascot with a flag — wherever the industry gathers, the LFG energy arrives first and leaves last. Nobody pumps up a room like this man.
In Our Walls
Strip away the stages and the numbers, and what's left is the part the c1ub values most: a heartfelt man on a mission, and a family man first. A husband and father who builds the way he does because he knows exactly what a little margin does for a household — and who wants that margin for as many households as possible.
We are grateful to have David inside our walls. Not as a name on a members list, but as a presence — providing strength and encouragement as we build, the same way he provides it to every room he's ever picked up a microphone in. Some members bring skills. Some bring networks. David brings voltage.
The c1ub and the show share a conviction, arrived at from two different roads: nobody achieves great things alone. David's version is louder than ours. His version has a bear.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who is David Stodolak?
David Stodolak is a lead generation and pay-per-call entrepreneur and the host of The LFG Show. He spent roughly twelve years in the call center industry before founding Solar Direct Marketing in 2016 and leading Connection Holdings — companies that have made the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies three years running, generating hundreds of millions in revenue for clients.
What is The LFG Show?
The LFG Show is David Stodolak's podcast about networking with the top 1% and exposing how money really gets made online — elite guests, real plays, no fluff. Launched in February 2024, it passed 100 episodes in under two years and was crowned Best Industry Podcast. Guests are movers and shakers who often started with nothing and built their way up.
What does LFG mean?
LFG stands for "Let's F*cking Go" — the rallying cry of the show and of David himself. The show's other motto is "No Money No Honey," delivered by the LFG bear. Translation: nobody hands you the honey; you go get it.
Where can I watch or listen to The LFG Show?
The LFG Show is on YouTube, Spotify, and Apple Podcasts. Follow @thelfgshow on Instagram for clips, giveaways, and live appearances at industry events.
What are Solar Direct Marketing and Connection Holdings?
Solar Direct Marketing, founded by David in 2016, supplies leads to major U.S. solar companies — including seven of the top ten solar buyers in America. Connection Holdings is a big-data monetization company serving call centers. Both have appeared on the Inc. 5000 list of America's fastest-growing companies.
Where does David Stodolak speak?
David is a fixture on the industry's biggest stages — a repeat speaker at Affiliate World conferences from Asia to Europe to Dubai, a speaker at Affiliate Summit East in New York, host of the Law Conference of Champions, and host of the Affiliate High Rollers after-hours events. If there's a room where the lead generation world gathers, he's usually holding the microphone.
Watch the Show · Follow the Man
- Watch: The LFG Show on YouTube — full episodes, every week
- Listen: on Spotify and Apple Podcasts
- Follow: @thelfgshow and @davidstodolak on Instagram
- Connect: David Stodolak on LinkedIn
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