Brett Trainor

The Time Rich Project (formerly the Corporate Escapee)

Education EN ↓ 341 episodes

The mission: help 1 million GenXers escape corporate control and build life-first futures. Corporate trained us to build our lives around a job description. Most of us didn't notice until something cracked. A layoff. A burnout. A quiet morning where we realized we'd traded a life for a paycheck. This show is for GenXers who are done letting corporate run the whole show. Some of you are still in, stirring. Some just got walked out. Some are a year past the WTF moment and figuring out what comes next. The work is the same. Take back control of the six things that actually matter. Financial. Frie...

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41. Lessons in Growth: The Top 5 Reasons Startups Scale 06.03.2020 11:48

This is the second installment of our new weekly series: Lessons in Growth. Each week, Brett will share thoughts and perspective on a single topic. This could be something top of mind, in the news or questions I receive from my customers or audience. F...

40. Competitive Analysis: The Foundation to Accelerate Revenue Growth 04.03.2020 50:00

On this episode, we welcome Brandon Mateika, the Founder and CEO of Sales and Marketing Inc. a growth agency dedicated to taking the confusion out of sales and marketing. This is Brandon’s second visit to the show. In episode 2, Brandon and I discussed...

39. Lessons in Growth: Why Data is a Potential Superpower for Startups 26.02.2020 9:43

If you are a regular listener to the show, you know that I usually have discussions with guests. This is the first in a new weekly series where I do a deeper dive into a single topic. This could be something top of mind, in the news or questions I get ...

38. How a Failed Merger Was the Key to Accelerating Growth 18.02.2020 44:25

On this episode, we welcome Sue Tyrrell and Kala Liebe to the program. Sue is the founder and CEO and Kala is the Chief Experience Officer for a company called Hands Up Communications. Hands Up is a single point of contact for language access needs. Th...

37. Become an Expert on Your Customers Problems to Unlock High Growth 11.02.2020 46:10

On this episode, we welcome Tim Caito. Tim is a Senior Partner at ForceManagement. He combines more than 30 years of sales, management, professional development and business consulting experience to help selling and buying organizations, challenged by ...

36. Today’s Buyers Are In Control, Here's How to Be Prepared 04.02.2020 38:27

On this episode, we welcome Pam Didner. She is an author, speaker, podcaster, adjunct professor, marketing strategist and a Fortune 100 Marketer. She leads a boutique-consulting firm that trains, coaches and provides strategic guidance on audience deve...

35. How Persistence, Intuition and Relentlessness Propelled a $10 Million Business 28.01.2020 57:27

On this episode, we welcome Ricardo Regalado, the Founder and CEO of Rozalado Commercial Cleaning Services, plus 3 other companies including his latest venture Route, an end to end software platform for service providers. Ricardo shares his personal jo...

34. How Podcast Guesting Can Drive Substantial ROI to Your Business 21.01.2020 56:16

On this episode, we welcome Kelly Glover, founder of The Talent Squad. The Talent Squad is a boutique podcast agency that book podcast tours for entrepreneurs. Kelly started podcasting in 2007 and has an 18-year track record working in media and talent...

33. How the “Barefoot Spirit” Propelled the Founders of Barefoot Wines from a Laundry Room to the Board Room of E&J Gallo 14.01.2020 1:06:53

On this episode, we welcome Michael Houlihan and Bonnie Harvey to the program. Michael and Michael & Bonnie are the founders of Barefoot Wine, America’s #1 Wine Brand. Their New York Times Business Bestseller, The Barefoot Spirit, is now required readi...

32. How Co-Founders Turned an Idea into a $100 Million Business 07.01.2020 41:42

On this episode, we welcome Phil Hollyer to the program. Phil is the Co-Founder, former CEO and now Executive Chairman for Bounteous. Bounteous creates big-picture digital solutions provider that helps drive growth for their clients. In this episode Ph...

31. The Storm Warrior: Applying Lessons from Surviving a Category 5 Hurricane 31.12.2019 38:26

On this episode, we welcome Christine Perakis to the program. Christine, AKA the Storm Warrior, is a serial entrepreneur, business coach and author. Christine’s first entrepreneurial venture was a fragrance company. Since then, she has started, grown a...

30. Why VA’s Could be the Missing Link to Your Productivity 24.12.2019 45:25

On this episode, we welcome Victoria Tretis to the program. Victoria is a former executive assistant that became a virtual assistance before starting her current company- VA Matchmaker. VA Matchmaker helps take the confusion and complexity of using vir...

29. How to Go from Apprenticeship to a $7 Million Business w/Matt Morse 17.12.2019 46:37

On this episode, we welcome Matt Morse to the program. Matt is the Founder and CEO of Precision Today. They are a Chicago based plumbing services company that started over 25 years ago. In this episode Matt lays out a blueprint for scalable growth. He ...

28. How to Leverage Storytelling as a Competitive Differentiator w/ Jo Johnson 10.12.2019 43:58

On this episode, we welcome Jo Johnson to the program. Jo is known in Australia and Worldwide as the Content Coach. She turns Experts into Thought Leaders - one story at a time. She raises the visibility of entrepreneurs and small business owners throu...

27. Helping Entrepreneurs Become the Best Version of Themselves w/ Gregory Skeete 03.12.2019 53:24

On this episode, we welcome Gregory Skeete to the program. Gregory helps entrepreneurs and business owners to 'engineer' their best selves and systematically achieve results that are both successful and significant while maintaining their ideal work-li...

26. The 3 Stages of Startup Growth and How to Breakthrough (w/ Brett Trainor) 27.11.2019 19:55

If you are a regular listener to the podcast, you know I usually have discussions with guests. In this episode, we're going to be doing something a little bit different. Today, I'm not interviewing anyone, and I'm actually going to host and guest on my...

25. How to Jumpstart Your Marketing from A Shark's Perspective (w/ Kenneth Kinney) 19.11.2019 47:53

On this episode, we welcome Kenneth Kinney to the program. Kenneth is the host of “ A Shark’s Perspective,” a nationally recognized podcast featuring the "who’s who" of experts and thought leaders in marketing, and he's the VP of Marketing and Digital ...

24. How a Serial Entrepreneur Cracked the Code on Word of Mouth Marketing w/ Bill Bice 12.11.2019 40:44

On this episode, we welcome Bill Bice to the program. Bill is the CEO and Founder of Boomtime. Boomtime built the world's first marketing-as-a-service platform: fuse. Bill is a serial entrepreneur, he is passionate about helping small businesses grow. ...

23. Customer Experience as a Differentiator w/ "The Godfather of Customer Service," Bob Furniss 05.11.2019 48:40

On this episode, we welcome Bob Furniss to the program. Bob is the Godfather of Customer Experience. He spent his entire 30+ year career helping companies of all sizes better connect with their customers. Bob was awarded the ICMI Lifetime Achievement A...

22. How to Grow and Scale a Startup, Even If You Don't Enjoy Running One (w/ Shark Tank Winner, Martin Hill) 29.10.2019 47:53

On this episode, we welcome Martin Hill to the program. Martin is the CEO, Founder and inventor of The Beebo: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0CK4izXDxLA The voice you heard a moment ago is that of Martin Hill. Martin is the CEO, Founder and the invent...

21. Modernizing the Coaching & Leadership Industry w/ Nicole Wood 22.10.2019 38:00

On this episode, we welcome Nicole Wood to the program. Nicole is the CEO and Co-Founder of Ama La Vida. Ama La Vida is an innovative leadership and career coaching company. They believe that there doesn't need to be a tradeoff between success and happ...

20. How iZooto.com Scaled to Over 15,000 customers in Less Than 3 Years w/ Vivek Khandewal 15.10.2019 48:12

On this episode, we welcome Vivek Khandelwal to the program. Vivek is a co-founder and COO of iZooto. iZooto is the World's First Owned Audience Marketing Platform that helps media publishers and retailers to own, build and engage their audience using ...

19. How Podcasting Drives an 80% Response Rate w/ James Carbary 08.10.2019 43:50

On this episode, we welcome James Carbary to the program. James is the Founder and CEO of Sweet Fish Media. Sweet Fish Media produces podcasts for B2B companies. Their service allows you to partner with your ideal clients to create industry specific co...

18. How Conversational Marketing Increased a Company’s Sales Pipeline by over 300% w/ Lindsay Kelley 01.10.2019 48:22

On this episode, we welcome Lindsay Kelley to the program. Lindsay is the Vice President of Content and Digital at Telit. Lindsay is an inbound and marketing expert that has is using conversational marketing to help drive large increases in qualified, ...

17. How SocialBee.io Grew From 0 to 30 Employees in Less Than 2 Years w/ Ovi Negrean 24.09.2019 39:57

On this episode, we welcome Ovi Negrean to the program. Ovi is the Co-Founder of Chief Executive Bee of SocialBee.io SocialBee.io offers which offers social media management tools, training and teams. LinkedIn Company: https://www.linkedin.com/company/...