Cut The Tie

Thomas Helfrich

Booking Overview

This short-form interview podcast focuses on success, decision-making, and personal growth across finances, relationships, health, and faith, with external guests including founders, executives, military leaders, and technical experts. PR agencies could credibly pitch entrepreneurs, operators, leadership authors, cybersecurity specialists, fractional executives, athletes, and other accomplished professionals with a clear story about overcoming constraints or changing direction; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 380

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Unknown

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.0M subscribers

Instagram: 2.8k followers

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

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Host

Thomas Helfrich - Host and founder of Cut The Tie, focused on practical lessons about success, purpose, and making consequential life and career decisions.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Operators, founders, executives, technical leaders, authors, military or community leaders, and other accomplished professionals with substantial firsthand experience and a specific story of overcoming constraints, changing direction, or redefining success.

Required Achievements:

Founded or scaled a company, Held senior executive or technical leadership roles, Raised funding or built a notable venture, Authored books or developed recognized expertise, Led major military, national security, or organizational initiatives

Recent Guest Discussions

Eshan Patel - Building A Company Before Graduation, Startup Funding, Mentorship, Opportunity, And Balancing Wealth, Health, Family, And Faith.

John Teichert - Leadership After Military Service, Purpose, Faith, Resilience, Family, Wellness, And Success Beyond Money And Titles.

Balki Kodarapu - Fractional Technical Leadership, Engineering Team Growth, Technical Debt, Scalable Architecture, And Aligning Technology With Business Strategy.

Elizabeth Wu - Executive Cybersecurity Visibility, Data-breach Prevention, IT And Leadership Communication, Compliance, And Executive Liability.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Leadership, Cybersecurity, Personal Finance

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Cut The Tie

The Most Expensive Word In Your Life

September 05, 2026

Send us Fan MailThe most expensive word in your life is - yes.Every meeting, favor, and commitment costs something. What are you buying it with—and is it worth what you’re giving up?In this episode of Cut The Tie | Own Your Success, we explore how your yeses shape your Money, Health, Relationships, and Faith—and how to decide what deserves your time and energy before everyone else claims them.What are you saying yes to that’s stealing a yes from something that matters more?Every time you spe...

“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...

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