Grit Rising

Trent Bryson

Booking Overview

Grit Rising is a business-and-career mindset show where CEO/HR lecturer Trent Bryson interviews guests who demonstrate persistence, discipline, and “rising above” challenges. It’s especially useful for PR teams looking to place entrepreneurial, sports, and executive voices around leadership, customer focus, and performance culture.

Metrics

Episodes: 32

Frequency: Irregular

Rating: 4.9/5.0

Estimated listeners: 100 - 1,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

Contact Information

Publicly listed emails

info@brysonfinancial.com

trent@brysonfinancial.com

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Host

Trent Bryson - Trent Bryson is the CEO of Bryson and a leader in the insurance brokerage and corporate retirement firms space. He also lectures in Human Resources at LB State and is passionate about creating oppo...

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Booking Requirements

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Typical Credentials:

Executives, founders, high-performance leaders, and public figures with credible “grit” narratives (e.g., company builders, industry innovators, champions/elite athletes). Guests should have demonstrated resilience through meaningful obstacles and have actionable leadership lessons.

Required Achievements:

Founder/CEO or senior leadership experience in a major company, Notable industry innovation (e.g., subscription/disruption models), Championship or elite-performance recognition, Public speaking/lecturing or widely known leadership role

Recent Guest Discussions

Jake Babian - Grit And Mindset For Elite Performance; Discipline And Sacrifice Translating From Sports To Business

Thomas Flohr - Customer Focus; Building And Scaling With Innovation In Global Business Aviation

Recent Topics

Leadership, Resilience, Entrepreneurship, Performance, Customer

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Grit Rising

Episode 32 - What Successful CEOs Have in Common

August 24, 2026

Ryan Peddycord is the CEO and Founder of Tide Rock, an evergreen holding company built on an unlevered approach to private equity: permanent capital, no bank debt, and a focus on economically resilient B2B businesses. Before Tide Rock, he built his reputation as an operator, leading Business.com as CEO and Chairman and growing a string of B2B companies to double-digit growth year over year. He holds a degree from UC Santa Barbara and furthered his business education through Harvard Business S...

All In: Avoid Failure at All Costs ft. Jake Babian - Ep. 31

May 01, 2026

He's the Lights Out XF Welterweight Champion. And on May 16th, he'll be fighting in front of the world as part of a Netflix MMA fighting main event. Jake Babian is the real deal and he's one of our own. Grit Rising host Trent Bryson sits down with the Bryson sponsored fighter to dig into the mindset, sacrifice, and relentless grit it takes to rise to the top of MMA. Because the same discipline that builds a champion in the cage is often the same discipline that builds winners in the business ...

Run Your Race: Thoughts on Grit ft. Alexa Bryson - Ep. 30

March 30, 2026

This special episode of the Grit Rising podcast features host Trent Bryson in conversation with his daughter, Alexa Bryson. A current student at UC Santa Barbara and a standout runner on the cross country and track teams, Alexa brings curiosity and a fresh perspective as she interviews her father about the path that shaped his career. Trent reflects on starting his career at Merrill Lynch before returning to Bryson to help grow the family business in new directions, expanding beyond its insur...

Publicly listed emails

info@brysonfinancial.com

trent@brysonfinancial.com

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