Tell Your Story – The Mentors Radio

If you’ve ever wondered how entrepreneurs secure super-star investor funding, or how to secure any funding for your business or idea, today’s episode is for you. One thing everyone knows: It all begins with crafting a strong “pitch.” But you’ll learn more from the show. Host Tom Loarie digs deep with guest Dave Mosby, author of The Paradox of Excellence, a well-known, well-respected figure among Kieretsu and other Angel Investment groups, and the founder of E2i Academy, an entity dedicated to coaching and helping entrepreneurs perform at their highest level and, if desired, to secure investor funding through crafting and delivering winning pitches. It is truly fascinating, and you’ll learn a lot about pursuing your own business and dreams as well.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen below or Sign up for podcast – FREE!

Most family companies don’t last beyond three generations, instead they sell out or die off. So when a family-owned company endures through the Great Depression, other recessessions, ups and downs, through more than five generations, it’s a rare and beautiful thing!  Guest Bob Verdin of The Verdin Company—an East Coast company that has been and repairing bells and tower clocks for a very long time—talks with Host John Phillips about his passion for the business after all these years, and for what his role is. Bob reveals some of the secret sauce that will likely keep this five-generation (going on six-generation) business alive and thriving. You’ll also learn about some of his most interesting projects, including restoring a bell originally cast by Paul Revere!  Find Show Notes here, including fascinating short videos. Listen to episode below or sign up for podcast on any media.

Former SPRINT CEO Dan Hesse discusses a new value-based metrics that will improve your career and life, with The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie. This new way to value and rate companies aims to make work and life better for everyone—not just the educated, skilled and lucky, and not just the “C-suite.” This  new approach is already impacting companies, their customers, shareholders, employees and communities. Find Show Notes here.  Listen to the show podcast below. 

In this special episode, host Ric Brutocao talks with his son Andrew, whose long and varied career behind the scenes in film and broadcast media, working with media entertainment giants, has given him an exceptional vantage point to observe and learn the business of show business.  His insights are especially useful for anyone interested in some aspect of film-making or broadcast media, or what it’s like to work for some of the biggest media empires in Hollywood.  On a personal note, Andrew has even done stand-up comedy, which is not easy, so get ready for some good mentoring and some good fun as father and son question and discuss the business of show business. Listen below or subscribe to podcast – FREE!

Named one of the Top Ten most inspirational turnaround leaders of all time, former SPRINT CEO Dan Hesse shares his hard-earned insights gained by leading SPRINT from the edge of the abyss to being ranked #1 in shareholder return for the Standard & Poor’s 500 Index in a candid interview with The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen to show episode below or via podcast (podcast available on the right).

“Being challenged in life is inevitable, being defeated is optional,” says today’s guest mentor Roger Crawford, the NCAA Division I Hall of Fame and International Tennis Association award-winning tennis player whose first handicap is, literally, having no hands. Now one of the most sought-after motivational speakers in the world, inducted into the International Speakers Hall of Fame, Crawford pulls no punches when mentoring others to achieve their highest goals and dreams. In this interview led by The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie, you’ll learn the reasons behind Crawford’s life-long path for success in anything he chooses to do: Believe. Execute. Achieve.—even amid the failures we may experience along the way. Find Show Notes here.  Listen below (or via podcast).

The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie talks with award-winning Public Relations Pioneer Harold Burson on the winds of change over the last 70 years.  Facebook, Twitter, blogs, and other social media outlets have transformed how potential buyers are influenced to perceive and purchase goods and services. Named “the century’s most influential PR figure” by PRWeek, Harold Burson has spent more than 50 years as counselor to and confidante of corporate CEOs, government leaders and heads of public sector institutions. As winner of numerous industry honors; a generous supporter of organizations and charities; a mentor to many; and co-founder of the largest public relations agency in the world today, Burson-Marsteller, Harold is a truly singular figure in the world of public relations. In this episode he and Tom discuss Harold’s new book, Persuasion, and what’s changed over the years in public relations. Find Show Notes here.  Listen below (after the first Saturday morning show has aired)

Guest Chris Smith talks with The Mentors Radio host John Phillips about the critical importance of telling your story well — a behind-the-scenes, close-up look at the most fundamental of all principles in knock-it-out-of-the-ballpark, client-attracting branding. He calls the results The Campfire Effect… and it is POWERFUL!… but you’ll have to listen to find out why, and how it applies to you and your business.  Find Show Notes here.  Listen below..

Savvy business sense and making a positive cultural difference define Origin Entertainment CEO and executive film producer Dick Lyles. Host Ric Brutocao gives you a fun, provocative, riveting, inspiring — and sometimes challenging — engagement as Dick Lyles gives us a look behind the scenes (literally) of running a Hollywood film production studio, the beauty of sticking to ethical principles no matter what, and the practical application and benefits of wise business decisions and choices along the way. See Show Notes here

Are you building a business or want to increase its profitability by attracting people to you? LinkedIn, a social media platform with more than 560 million professional members in more than 200 countries, may be an answer for you. Loribeth Pierson ranks in the Top 1% of “most viewed” LinkedIn Profiles. She has taught more than 1,000 people in 76 countries how to use LinkedIn to generate leads, sell services and land jobs.  On this episode, The Mentors Radio host Tom Loarie interviews guest mentor Loribeth Pierson—Top LinkedIn expert, trainer, speaker and coach—on practical ways that LinkedIn can radically transform and grow your business! Find Show Notes Here … Listen below (or sign up for Podcast)