CEO To Rainmaker
CEO to Rainmaker: Monthly small business educational show featuring the subject of finance & loans. Content designed to elevate a small business CEO's financial executive skills. "A rainmaker is an exceptionally talented CEO who can "make it rain" i.e. bring in customer money, on a consistent basis.
- Update frequency
- every 8 days
- Average duration
- 21 minutes
- Episodes
- 89
- Years Active
- 2021 - 2025
Episode #48 Changing Careers, How To Successfully Pivot ! w/ Shelly Harrison
Gene sits down with Shelly, CEO of Luminary leaders who started her own business five years ago after a distinguished 25 year banking career. Shelly shares her entrepreneurial journe…
Episode # 47 Cyber Attacks, Are Losses Insurable? w/Chris Hodson
With cyber attacks on the rise and losses mounting, Gene sits down with Chris Hodson a professional commercial insurance broker who gives a general overview of this subject matter and …
Episode 46-Rainmaker Lingo ! w/Gene Valdez
One part of being a certified rainmaker is that you have to speak rainmaker language or lingo. Gene outlines twenty five key words and terms and also provides the definitions in the f…
Episode # 45 Employee Retention Credits, An Unexpected Source of Cash For You? w/Brad Trangsrud
Gene sits down with Brad Trangsrud, Associate Director of the Alliant Group. The Alliant Group is a Houston based national tax consultancy firm with over 20 offices in the US.
Brad is an…
Episode # 44. If Thomas Edison Can Deal With It, Why Can't You? w/Gene Valdez
Gene, quotes Thomas Edison who said " I have not failed I have just found 10,000 ways that do not work!' Gene interprets the quote that todays CEO will be bombarded with failure but …
Episode 43 -Growth Strategies 360% w/Gene Valdez
Gene briefly discusses six internal ways you can grow " organically" or " from within . "
1) create a new product/services
2) add new features & benefits to existing product/services
3…
Continuing Education Can Make All Your Dreams Come True w/Dr. Mike Stull
Gene sits down with Dr. Mike Stull who heads up The Inland Empire Entrepreneuership Program at California State University - San Bernardino. Mike and his staff have created a new 5…
Episode # 42 How To Value Your Business To Sell! w/Ed Fixen
Gene sits down with Ed Fixen a Certified Business Appraiser and Broker who is the CEO of Business Quest Brokers. Ed is an expert in the field of Business Valuation. He has sold and …
Episode # 41 State Government Loans Could Be Yours! w/ Michael Ocasio
Gene sits down with Michael Ocasio, CEO of the Small Business Development Corporation of Orange County. SBDC-OC operates under the state's public municipal bank called " IBank" ( the C…
Episode # 40. Business Ideas Are A Dime A Dozen, Businesses Are Not! w/Gene Valdez episode 40
Gene introduces a new entree to his podcast menu.
The name of these episodes is entitled "Brief Insights From The Rainmaker Coach".
These episodes are very short , no greater than 4 min…
Episode #39- How To Improve Your Negotiating Skills- w/ Aaron Silva
Gene sits down with negotiations expert Aaron Silva . Aaron is the founder and owner of Paladin-fs, LLC a firm that provides negotiation services for executives of large companies al…
Episode # 38- How To Win The War of Business w/Gene Valdez
Gene quotes wisdom from Sun Tzu a famous Chinese general and military strategist around 500BC. Using an analogy of being at war with being at "War" in business., Gene discusses the…
Episode # 37 Young Entreprenuer On Fire W/ Mike Cachat
Gene sits down with young entrepreneur, Mike Cachat who stated his current company
Jenson USA when he was 16 years old out of his garage with out a formal business education. Some twen…
Episode # 36 How To Achieve Work Life Balance as Husband & Wife w/Robert & Kay Lee Fukui
Gene sits down with Robert & Kay Lee Fukui who consult married couples to help them achieve better balance between work and home.
The Fukui's reveal during the episode that setting bound…
Episode #35- Passion- Why You Need It ! w/Gene valdez
Passion is a key ingredient in the Rainmaker CEO 's emotional tool box.
In this episode Gene itemizes five reasons why, which includes but not is not limited to,
the ability to …
Episode #34- The Ultimate Women Business Owner w/Betsy Vavrin
Gene sits down with Betsy Vavrin, CEO and 100% owner of SMC Marketing . Ms. Vavrin is a devoted advocate of women business owners and as such provides a multitude of services to this…
Episode # 33- Business Succession Planning & The Buy Sell Agreement w/Janise Graham
Gene sits down with Janise Graham, CEO of Small Business Style & Entrepeneur's Insurance Services. She recently authored a new book entitled , " Leaving In Style: Business Succession …
Episode # 31- Business Partnerships , "The Good, The Bad, The Ugly" w/Peter Coye
Gene sits down with Peter Coye , a business owner with over 45 years experience who has been involved with several businesses involving partners. Peter outlines the good and bad p…
Episode #30- " How to Reduce Your Worker's Comp. Expenses w/Chris Hodson
Gene has a candid conversation with Christopher Hodson who has more than 30 years' experience in the Worker's Compensation space. Christiopher is the owner of The Brokerage a full-servi…