by Thomas Helfrich | Jun 25, 2025 | Uncategorized
There’s a moment many professionals fear—and few talk about—where the success they’ve spent years chasing suddenly starts to feel like a cage. For Ling-Ling Nie, that moment came in a hospital bed, on the eve of surgery, watching her life slow to a halt while the rest...
by Thomas Helfrich | Jun 24, 2025 | Uncategorized
Chris Wolstenholme was good at what he did. Hospitality was his world for over 20 years—working across continents, running restaurants, managing people, hitting bonuses. The kind of job where you know your role, know your worth, and know that paycheck is going to land...
by Thomas Helfrich | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
If you’ve ever started something from scratch, you’ll get where Jeffro Fulkerson is coming from. You build it, you make the mistakes, you figure it out. And if you’re lucky? You learn enough to keep going. When I sat down with Jeffro, the guy behind FroBro, his...
by Thomas Helfrich | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
When you think about jumping into franchising, it can look like a straightforward way to own a business without the guesswork. But as I talked to Greg Mohr, an author and franchise consultant, I realized it’s anything but a “plug-and-play” experience. Greg’s got this...
by Thomas Helfrich | May 13, 2025 | Uncategorized
I don’t know about you, but I’ve had my fill of reality TV that feels like it’s all smoke and mirrors. We’re overloaded with content that’s all flash, no substance. So, when I sat down with Bob Cefail, the president of American Stories, what really hooked me was his...
