This is Changing Lives Selling Knives — a podcast that shares transformational life and business lessons from highly successful entrepreneurs and business leaders. All the guests on this podcast have two things in common. First, they’re all changing lives today through their work and their influence. Second, they all got their start in business by selling Cutco knives with Vector Marketing.
This podcast was created to share inspiring stories from Cutco’s most prominent alumni and current leaders. On this show, you’ll meet successful entrepreneurs, best-selling authors, superstar business executives, and transformational leaders from many walks of life. The lessons of the Cutco/Vector experience are numerous, are compelling, and are REAL-WORLD concepts for business and life. Through hearing real-life stories and hands-on experiences, you’ll gain insights that can help you in whatever it is that you do in life. Press play to learn how you apply these life-changing lessons.
Shannon Smadella won the crown of Miss Canada in 2009. After a successful stint as a manager with Cutco/Vector Canada, she left the company to pursue other interests. The outer transformation she und…
Kyle Lopes had already achieved unprecedented success in the Cutco/Vector sales organization by becoming the first college student to reach $1 million in personal sales and get inducted into the comp…
Andrew Smallwood is the Director of Sales for Second Nature, a young company that is already at the top of its industry. Over recent years, Andrew has been able to develop a reputation as a tremendou…
As Cutco/Vector’s Training & Leadership Development Manager, Trent Booth is the tip of the spear in bringing a culture of personal growth to Vector’s leadership team. He shares some critical concepts…
Pete Borum is the Founder and Managing Partner of Squint Labs LLC, a venture fund and start-up accelerator investing in companies, teams and products that help combat “fake news” and media manipulati…
Amar Dave has been one of the most impactful leaders in the 70+ year history of Cutco. Early in his career, he was the company’s #1 District Manager while still in college at the University of Michig…
Mark Bai came to the U.S. from China at age 6, settling in Omaha, Nebraska. As a child, he was nudged down a traditional path to success … get good grades, attend a first-rate college, and then on to…
Chris Hammond is the Empire Division Manager for the Cutco/Vector Marketing sales organization, headquartered in Rochester, NY. A 27-year veteran with the company, Chris has produced over $86 million…
Matt Jarvis is the CEO and co-Founder of CashLive, a free-to-play live-streamed poker game for your mobile device. His company was born out of his passion for poker combined with his dream of entrepr…
Rob Robincheck is an elite Cutco Sales Professional who started with the company back in 1997. He achieved All-American status in 12 consecutive campaigns during college, and was one of the original …
Chris George is the Founder, President & CEO of CMG Financial, a privately-held mortgage bank headquartered in California, and conducting business in all 50 states. CMG has over 2000 employees, and w…
Phil Bohlender is the Intermountain Division Manager for the Cutco/Vector sales organization, headquartered in Salt Lake City, Utah. A 26-year veteran with the company, Phil has produced over $33 mil…
Dedric Polite grew up in the Roxbury neighborhood of inner-city Boston. From an early age, education was his way up in life. After being identified as a promising student, Dedric advanced to attend A…
Paige Weber is the Somerset County (NJ) District Manager with the Cutco/Vector Marketing sales organization. In just her first full year as a DM with the company, Paige is shattering records and sett…
Dr. Benjamin Hardy is an organizational psychologist and the bestselling author of Willpower Doesn’t Work. From 2015 to 2018, Dr. Hardy was the #1 writer IN THE WORLD on Medium, where his blogs have …
Dave Powders is the Bay Area Division Manager for Cutco/Vector Marketing. A veteran of over 2 decades with the company, Dave is responsible for over $50 million in sales and is a long-time member of …
Katrina Sawa is known as the Jumpstart Your Biz Coach because she literally kicks her clients and their businesses into high gear. She is an award-winning public speaker and international best-sellin…
Brian Stephenson is Division Manager for both the Southern Tide and Southeast Coast Divisions for Cutco/Vector Marketing, headquartered in Birmingham, AL. After a period of uncertainty in his career,…
Michael Ambrosino is a well-known student of life. As a Cutco rep, he rose to the top of the charts among the company’s college-student sales force as the #1 All-American, and also experienced succes…
Did you know that the Cutco/Vector sales organization reaches and impacts more college students than any other company in the US and Canada? At least 1 of every 200 students will be recruited and tra…