The Company Man

Joe Heikkinen is a sales legend.  He's the guy you probably walked by in a dozen airports over the last 30 years.  He's taken more customers to Ruth's Chris steakhouse than anyone. He's been in the corporate trenches building sales groups, training the craft, and delivering results.  The career stats on a guy like Joe are impressive, hall of fame level stuff.  Now he's off on a new endeavor where he's taking the craft of sales leadership to the world.  

Pete Peterson has been to the mountain top of the tennis world.  He's coached Wimbledon champs and won major tournaments on multiple continents.  This guy is a visionary with an idea.  Its all about pickleball, a sport that everyone can play well.  It is the sport that is growing faster than the unread email in your inbox.  Pete is Native American by heritage and a member of the Eastern Cherokee band.  He wants everyone to know he's coming home and he's bringing his rackets.  

Andrew Crapuchettes is a bit like Steve Jobs.  He grew up in the Bay Area, started working at sixteen, and ended up tinkering his way through the tech world right up to the big time.  He was worth millions when the rest of his buddies were slogging through college and piling up debt.   The multi-million dollar company he eventually built, was sold, and then he was fired.  Andrew Crapuchettes was fired as CEO for what he believed.  That moment was his wake up call.  He now rubs elbows with the biggest names in business and politics, and every move he makes is precisely focused on the mission of the big Red Balloon.

If you lock yourself in the bank vault call John Patterson.  For over 100 years Robblee's Total Security has been cracking safes, unlocking doors, and building security systems throughout the city of Tacoma, WA.  John started sweeping the floors in the place while his grandfather taught him the tricks of the trade.  If something needed to be locked or unlocked, John could pull it off.  But, the real magic in this four generation story of master locksmiths and safecrackers is not in the making of keys... rather, its in finding that one 'key' that eludes most family businesses. 

Trinity Baines is just a kid.  At 21 years old she's building the podcasting division for a radio station in Idaho.  She's clued into interviewing, hustling guests, faith, and music.  The kid's going places and now officially holds the current world record for youngest guest ever to join 'The Company Man' podcast.  Just don't ask her about Taylor Swift. 

Jordan Monnin wants to put Tiger woods on notice.  He loaded up his Jeep, grabbed his bag, and is hitting the links all over the country.  He pulls up next to the guy in the dredlocks and the 1970s Winnebago, winds up, and let's it rip.  The pros are turning their heads as the kid is showing up at the biggest turnaments in the world.  He's a little bit Tiger, but maybe even more John Daly.  The disc-golf world is a brand new thing and Monnin is out to conquer it. 

Eric and Tami Johnson took the leap.  Everyone dreams about walking out of the job and hitting the open road.  These two pulled it off.  The HR guy who got sick of setting up the bowling league and the teacher on the doorstep of retirement just up and cash it all in.  It's one for the RV hall of fame.  

Charles Bell knows a thing or two about rock bottom.  He knows about cage fighting, broken noses, and massive hangovers.  He even operated an underground Subway shop by smuggling roast beef into Cellblock 7.  But, the power of this story is simply that Charles also knows all about that moment when enough is enough.