🎙️ From Waiting for Phone Calls to Digital Brokerage Innovation: Mike Ehrle's Journey Through Benefits and Investment Tech

In this inspiring episode, Mike Ehrle,  Managing Partner at Lumity and CEO/Founder of Finparency, shares his remarkable journey from nearly being fired six months into United Health Group sales role for waiting for phone to ring instead of pounding pavement, learning market discipline from mentor Lou Formantini who demanded knowing every building floor and phone number by heart, getting fired from Clickboarding and spending three to four dark months blaming everyone before owning the failure, and now leading dual ventures bringing transparency to benefits marketplace through Lumity's carrier-interfacing digital platform and helping mid-60s business owners avoid shutdowns through Finparency's investment matchmaking serving small businesses nationwide.

✨ Key Insights You'll Learn:

• Managing Partner at Lumity digital benefits brokerage owned by Alera serving 50-200 employees

• CEO and Founder at Finparency investment technology company helping small businesses match investors

• CNA Health Partners TPA financial analyst role learning medical claims and operations fundamentals

• United Health Group vision company acquisition nearly fired six months in

• Waiting for phone to ring mistake before Tom Davis and Lou Formantini mentorship intervention

• Lou Formantini sales discipline demanding know-your-market floor numbers and phone numbers by heart

• Lumity year-round concierge service for all employees becoming HR extension

• Small business employers typically having compensation or talent background not benefits expertise

• Transparency gold standard pushing button showing clients all carrier quotes not just recommendation

• Commission-driven steering potential eliminated through full market visibility

• 30 to 50 percent medical renewal increases making 2024-2025 critical year

• Partnership requirements: Ben Admin outsourcing needing bat line hot phone instant specialty access

• Finparency mission preventing mid-60s business owner shutdowns from succession planning failures

• Self-funding Finparency carefully walking through home avoiding wife shooting over spending

• December or January MVP launch timeline with March V1 robust solution

• Eagle Scout achievement 15 quit attempts prevented by father's involvement and persistence

• Boy Scouts teaching goal pursuit and first real leadership experience leading teams

🌟 Mike's Key Mentors:

Tom Davis (United Health Group Boss)

Lou Formantini (Sales Manager)

 Father

Drake University Des Moines

CNA Health Partners

Clickboarding Firing Experience

Alera Ownership

Boy Scouts of America

👉 Don't miss this powerful conversation about bouncing back from firing through ownership, building transparency gold standard showing all carrier quotes, and self-funding investment tech launch while carefully walking through home avoiding wife's entrepreneurial spending wrath.

🔗 Connect with Mike Ehrle:

LinkedIn: Mike Ehrle

Company: lumity.com 

Company: finparency.com

📄 Transcript Available: How Mike Ehrle Is Using Lumity to Fix What’s Broken in Employee Benefits 

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📄 Special Thanks to Anthony Codispoti & AddBack Benefits Agency: AddBack Benefits Agency - Providing innovative employee benefits solutions that improve employee well-being while optimizing your bottom line Website: addbackbenefits.com

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