The Real Business Podcast

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Business owners and entrepreneurs: This is YOUR podcast, focused on the challenges you face growing, sustaining, and ultimately exiting your business on YOUR terms. In each episode, host Brian Trzcinski welcomes experts who offer practical insights and guidance on how to coordinate your business goals with your personal financial needs.

  1. 28 JANV.

    Do You Own An Asset or The World's Most Stressful Job?

    In this episode, Brian Trzcinski welcomes Jason Early, Founder and CEO of RISR, to open our 2026 series with an important question for business owners: Do You Own An Asset or The World's Most Stressful Job? Too often, owners don't align their business goals with their financial objectives. They haven't spent time thinking about what's important to them post-exit and don't know how to best drive value to the business. Brian and Jason will discuss why its important to treat the business like an asset, and how that approach can help an owner gain clarity in what the business is worth, the role the business can play in current and future income needs, and the risks that can threaten it all.

    29 min

  2. 23/10/2025

    Growth with Purpose: Creating Measurable Business Value

    In this episode, MassMutual's Brian Trzcinski welcomes Jeff Armstrong, Director of Strategic Partnerships at Cultivate Advisors, to discuss ways business owners can begin building an effective value growth strategy. Research says value growth is the top success metric that owners track, and Jeff will share how to set realistic expectation about their growth potential with guidance on how to get there.

    31 min

  3. 09/07/2025

    Key Findings from MassMutual's Latest Research Study

    In this episode, MassMutual's Brian Trzcinski welcomes Micah Brandenburg, President, Legendary Exits to discuss key findings from MassMutual's latest Business Owner Perspectives Study. Brian and Micah discuss topics ranging from value growth to transition planning to coordinating business and personal planning. The results from the survey indicate there are lots of opportunities for owners to plan, grow and protect their most valuable asset. Guest: Micah Brandenburg of Legendary Exits https://legendaryexits.com/

    46 min

  4. 22/04/2025

    For A Successful Sale, Owners Need To Put in the Work

    John Bartlett, Founder of Brentwood Growth, joins MassMutual's Brian Trzcinski to discuss what every business owner should know about the process of selling a business. In this episode, John and Brian discuss not just best practices for the sale itself, but also the steps owners should take before and after the sale to ensure the business and the owner have an experience worthy of the sweat equity they've put in building a successful business.

    33 min

  5. 27/02/2025

    What Every Business Owner Needs to Know About Buy-Sell Agreements

    A buy-sell agreement is one of the most common business planning strategies. It's vital to business continuity in the event of an unforeseen circumstance. And yet, it's one strategy that's often not implemented properly. In this episode, MassMutual's Brian Trzcinkski, a Certified Exit Planning Advisor and Director of Business Owner Markets at MassMutual welcomes Michele Collins, an Estate and Business planning attorney with MassMutual, to discuss the ins, outs and pitfalls of buy-sell agreements.

    40 min

  6. 02/12/2024

    Demystifying Strategies to Attract and Retain Top Talent

    In this episode Brian welcomes David Curylo, Head of Workplace Retirement Solutions at MassMutual to discuss qualified plans and how they can be instrumental in attracting and retaining employees. Brian and David will discuss all the pros and cons, as well as the implications of the Secure Act that Congress recently passed into law and Pooled Employer Plans that make offering retirement plans even easier for business owners.

    35 min

  7. 13/11/2024

    Family Business Transitions From the Next Gen Perspective

    In this episode, we welcome Allen Esrock, Founder of NxtGen Nexus. Allen was raised in a successful family business, but rather than take it over, he made the decision to pursue other career goals. Allen shares what makes the next generation of business owners unique, how best to communicate with them, and why understanding their passions, motivations, and goals can make all the difference when ensuring a successful family business transition.

    37 min

  8. 26/08/2024

    What's Your "Endgame" as a Business Owner?

    In this episode, Value Builder Senior Vice President Laura Ferguson joins us to discuss the importance of business owners documenting and communicating their "endgame." This crucial conversation can help owners more effectively run their businesses today with their desired future goals in mind, as well as determine what they need financially from the business when they are ready to leave, how they wish to transition ownership, and what is a realistic timeline for exit. The sooner you start planning, the more likely you are to exit on your terms.

    32 min
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Business owners and entrepreneurs: This is YOUR podcast, focused on the challenges you face growing, sustaining, and ultimately exiting your business on YOUR terms. In each episode, host Brian Trzcinski welcomes experts who offer practical insights and guidance on how to coordinate your business goals with your personal financial needs.

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  • Création
    MassMutual
  • Années d’activité
    2023 - 2026
  • Épisodes
    24
  • Classification
    Tous publics
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