More Than Commas

Summer Anderson is an Executive Search and Executive Development professional at MiROR Partners. She has spent 20 years attracting and retaining executives for large Fortune 500 companies. Businesses engage her firm not only to find executives, but to also coach existing teams and new team members coming into new companies so the team operates at its best. MiROR also helps corporations really thin...

Michael Fennessy is the Regional Sales Director for Ameritas and an expert when it comes to 401(k) plans and inspiring business owners and their employees to save for retirement. For the past 14 years Michael has helped a variety of companies from small business owners to Fortune 500 companies with implementing employee benefits. For the past four years he's concentrated his work on how to create...

Edmund Moy is the son of a Chinese immigrant who grew up working in his father's restaurant doing everything from washing dishes to the bookkeeping. As a young boy working the cash register at the restaurant, he would go through the change drawer looking for unique coins. This soon turned into a hobby and 40 years later he would be appointed the 38th and last Director of the United States Mint. (A...

Jean Thompson is the owner and CEO of Seattle Chocolates and JCoco, a high-end chocolate brand that gives back to the community with every purchase by donating a fresh serving of food to someone in need. Before she took the reigns at Seattle Chocolates she was an early investor of the company and worked at Microsoft in Corporate Communications. In this conversation, you will learn how Jean got inv...

In this episode of SFB, Cory Shepherd joins Paul to speak with Developmental Molecular Biologist, Dr. John Medina. Dr. Medina is an affiliate professor of Bioengineering at the University of Washington School of Medicine and author of Brain Rules for Aging Well and several other books such as, The Clock of Ages. Tune in to find out what happens to our bodies after the age of 30, the different ways...

In the final episode of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required to give a recap of this immersive series on life insurance. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.sfgwa.com/blog This Material is Intended for General Pub...

In part 6 of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required, to discuss how you can use the death benefit of your life insurance policy while you're still alive. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.sfgwa.com/blog This Mater...

In part 5 of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required, to discuss Whole Life Insurance, how it worked before 1982, and how legislation called TEFRA/TAMRA changed the rules around life insurance. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visi...

In part 4 of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required, and discusses the different kinds of insurance companies out there and what you should look out for before choosing one of them. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://w...

In part 3 of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required, to discuss how to buy life insurance, what amount you should apply for and tips on what you should do before applying for coverage. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http:...

In part 2 of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required, to discuss Universal Life insurance. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.sfgwa.com/blog This Material is Intended for General Public Use. By providing this materi...

In part 1 of this seven part series on the Basics of Life Insurance, Paul sits down with Cory Shepherd, President of Sound Financial Group and author of Cape Not Required, to discuss two different types of life insurance - term and whole life. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.sfgwa.com/blog This Material is Intended for General P...

In part 2 of my conversation with John Patterson, CEO and co-founder of Influence Ecology, we talk about the Four Conditions of Life, accurate thinking, and building transactions to satisfy aims. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.sfgwa.com/blog Paul Adams is a Registered Representative and Financial Advisor of Park Avenue Securiti...

John Patterson is the co- founder and CEO of Influence Ecology which is a specialized study that helps ambitious professionals satisfy their aims for work and money. John is known for his leadership offering practical, compelling, and relevant educational programs, lectures, and interviews focused on personal, business, and management effectiveness and performance. For full show notes and to downl...

Chris Flugstad built his company, Cascade Link, on a bootstrap budget 15 years ago because he had no other choice. With not a lot of seed money to get it started, Chris needed to make do with what he had and in the process learned valuable skills on how to grow his business into a successful one which eventually put him into a position to sell it. Chris took what he learned from building Cascade L...

Bella Vasta is the owner of Jump Consulting, where she helps entrepreneurs in the pet sitting business grow their companies and achieve freedom and flexibility in their lives. She is also the creator and host of the podcast, Bella In Your Business, where she further explores and talks about what it takes to be a successful business owner. Bella is the authority when it comes to building a pet sitt...

On this episode of Sound Financial Bites, I speak with Dr. Paul Conti. Dr. Conti is a General Psychiatrist, treating all aspects of mental illness and the impact of life stressors. He is a graduate of Stanford University School of Medicine and he served as Chief Resident at Harvard. Named one of Oregon's top psychiatrists in 2008, he also has practices in Los Angeles, New York, and Portland. Dr. C...

Marek Omilian is the Managing Director at Value Prism Consulting, a professional services company based out of Seattle, Washington that values companies assets and does business case consulting. Marek has been in this field of work for over 25 years and in part two of this two part interview, we talk about the assets he invests in, life insurance policies, how often companies should get valuations...

Marek Omilian is the Managing Director at Value Prism Consulting, a professional services company based out of Seattle, Washington that values companies assets and does business case consulting. Marek has been in this field of work for over 25 years and in part one of this two part interview, we talk about valuations and he gives us some insight on the building of his own personal balance sheet. F...

Kari Granger teaches leadership around the globe and consults with executives and organizations on performance. She has a Masters Degree in Leadership and taught leadership at the Airforce Academy. In 2005 she took on a leadership role in Iraq where she helped turn around an ineffective culture in record time and set mission ready records that left her superiors questioning its accuracy. For more...

In this episode I sit down with Cory Shepherd, author of, Cape Not Required, and President of Sound Financial Group to talk about the importance of the different ways to protect yourself and your assets in the event of an unforeseen life changing event. For more information visit: cape.sfgwa.com For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.s...

The first loan at Boeing Employees Credit Union (BECU) was a $2.50 tool loan funded by its 18 members in order to help new employees of the Boeing organization acquire the tools they needed to do their job. That was 85 years ago. Today, BECU is the fourth largest credit union in the country, has over one million members, and 1,900 employees mostly based in Washington state. What's helped them beco...

David is the co-founder and CEO of Guidant Financial, a fellow Washington based company that helps small business secure financing. In this conversation with Paul, they discuss the important topics new entrepreneurs need to be thinking about so they set themselves up in the best way to succeed. Paul and David work some commonly held beliefs and review a few of the best investment vehicles. For ful...

The doctors who helped deliver Sean Stephenson into this world 38 years ago told his parents that he would be dead within 24 hours because of a rare bone disorder he was born with. Well, were they wrong! Despite this disorder and the challenges he has had to face in life by being confined to a wheelchair and being three feet tall, Sean has gone on to become a professional speaker where he has spok...

In part two of my conversation with Aviv Shahar we talk about the importance of having intentional conversations both in your personal and business life and the practice and implementation of The Debrief. For full show notes and to download a FREE copy of the transcript for this episode, visit: http://www.sfgwa.com/blog This Material is Intended for General Public Use. By providing this material,...