Cut The Tie | Own Your Success

Thomas Helfrich

t@instantlyrelevant.com

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Booking Overview

Cut The Tie is a leadership-and-success show where short episodes feature a guest “tie cut” (Finances, Relationships, Health, or Faith) and a concrete action listeners can use right away. For PR, it’s a strong platform for founders, operators, executives, and mission-driven leaders who can credibly explain a decision or pivot and offer a practical takeaway.

Metrics

Episodes: 380

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.0M subscribers

Instagram: 2.8k followers

Contact Information

t@instantlyrelevant.com

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Host

Thomas Helfrich - Listed as “Host & Founder.” The show’s description says Thomas Helfrich sits down with guests to explore how high performers think, decide, and overcome obstacles, focusing on Finances, Relationshi...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:  
Operators and outliers (e.g., founders, CEOs, executives, athletes, creators, scientists, community leaders) who have “cut real ties” and can share a credible, personal, actionable decision across Finances, Relationships, Health, or Faith.
Required Achievements:  
Founded or scaled an organization, Raised funding (for founders), Held senior leadership roles (e.g., military or executive), Built or led engineering/technical organizations (e.g., CTO/fractional CTO work), Published or spoken publicly (common for thought leaders, per examples)

Recent Guest Discussions

Eshan Patel - Building Before Graduation; The India Volunteering Experience; A Four-pillar Definition Of Success (wealth, Health, Family, Faith); Mentorship; Foundora’s Evolution From Consulting To A Data Company

John Teichert - Success After Service; Faith, Family, Focus, Purpose; Leadership And Resilience; Preparing For What May Come Next

Balki Kodarapu - Fractional CTO Leadership; Scaling Engineering Teams Without Over-hiring; Technical Leadership Timing And Technical Debt; AI And Modern Engineering Expectations

Recent Topics

Leadership, Entrepreneurship, Career, Health, Finances

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on
Cut The Tie | Own Your Success
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“He’s 17 and Already Raised $100K” - Eshan Patel on Building Before Graduation

May 13, 2026

Send us Fan MailCut The Tie Podcast with Eshan PatelWhat does success look like when you are 17, still in high school, and already building like a seasoned founder?In this episode of Cut The Tie, Thomas Helfrich sits down with Eshan Patel, a high school junior, 1600 SAT scorer, and founder of Foundora who has already raised over $100K in seed funding. Eshan shares how a year volunteering in India changed his perspective on opportunity, ambition, and what it really takes to build something mea...

“He Ran 2 Years Ago” – John Teichert on What Success Looks Like After Service

May 11, 2026

Send us Fan MailCut the Tie Podcast with John Teichert, Brigadier General (ret)What happens when a lifetime of structure, service, and leadership gives way to the question, “What comes next?”In this episode of Cut The Tie, Thomas Helfrich welcomes back John “The Dragon” Teichert, a retired Air Force leader, former fighter pilot, test pilot, speaker, author, and national security expert. Together, they explore what success looks like after military service, and why true success is not only mea...

“A full time CTO is an overkill.” – Balki Kodarapu on fractional leadership that actually scales

January 23, 2026

Send us Fan MailCut The Tie Podcast with Balki KodarapuWhat happens when a company knows it needs technical leadership but does not need a four hundred thousand dollar CTO sitting in a chair full time?In this episode of Cut The Tie, Thomas Helfrich sits down with Balki Kodarapu, a fractional CTO who helps founders and CEOs scale engineering teams without overhiring or overbuilding. Balki breaks down why most companies do not fail because of bad code, but because of poor technical leadership d...

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