Cut The Tie | Own Your Success

Thomas Helfrich

Booking Overview

Cut The Tie is a short, guest-driven show where high performers share one “tie” they cut in life—across finances, relationships, health, and faith—with a practical step listeners can apply. For PR pros, it’s an accessible platform for thought leaders who can translate personal strategy and leadership experience into actionable guidance.

Metrics

Episodes: 380

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1k-10k

Gender skew: Male

Location: USA

YouTube: 1.0M subscribers

30s Ad: 25 - 28, 60s Ad: 29 - 32

Contact Information

t@instantlyrelevant.com

Host

Thomas Helfrich - Host & Founder of Cut The Tie. His work centers on helping high performers clarify how they think, decide, and overcome obstacles—so listeners can apply one actionable idea each week related to fin...

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Operators, executives, entrepreneurs, and recognized outliers (often founders/CTOs, athletes/creators/scientists/community leaders) who can describe a real “tie” they cut and provide a concrete, actionable step tied to one of the four areas: finances, relationships, health, or faith.

Required Achievements:

Built or scaled a company/initiative (founders, executives, operators), Demonstrated leadership through a major transition (military, career pivots, organizational change), Produced public-facing expertise (books, speaking, published commentary) or measurable traction (fundraising, growth outcomes), Recognized credibility in a specialized domain (e.g., technology leadership, science, athletics, community work)

Recent Guest Discussions

Eshan Patel - Building Before Graduation; Leadership And Mindset; Mentorship; Four Pillars Of Success (wealth, Health, Family, Faith); Student Access/opportunity

John Teichert - Success After Service; Faith/purpose; Leadership Identity; Resilience; Feedback Loops; Time/values Alignment

Balki Kodarapu - Fractional Technical Leadership; Scaling Engineering Teams; Timing/decision-making; Business-context Leadership For Engineering; Avoiding Overbuilding

Recent Topics

Leadership, Success, Personal Growth, Faith, Health, Finances, Relationships, Purpose, Entrepreneurship, Resilience

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Cut The Tie | Own Your Success

“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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