166: Overcoming Cancer to Build a $250M+ Insurance Business - Heath Ritenour of Insurance Office of America

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Millionaire Interviews Podcast & Sir Austin Peek

Careers, Business:careers, Business

4.7 • 2K Ratings

🗓️ 1 January 2021

⏱️ 68 minutes

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Heath Ritenour joined Insurance Office of America in 1996. He was named Chief Executive Officer in 2008 and became Chairman in 2019. Since taking the helm, Heath has helped IOA grow to the 13th largest privately held insurance agency in the country. He firmly believes in serving IOA’s clients passionately, meticulously, and resourcefully. Heath strives for IOA to be a leader in innovation and to be different in an industry of sameness. This Episode is Sponsored By: Raine Mahdi and Austin talk about how to start a business at $500 or less, the types of businesses that work best, how to do it, what resources you need to use, all of it is there. If you want to check out that episode, you should become a Patreon member by visiting: millionaire-interviews.com/patreon Capterra is the leading, free online resource to help you find the best software solution for your business. With over 850,000 reviews of products from real users, discover everything you need to make an informed decision! To help support the show, go visit them at: millionaire-interviews.com/capterra Freshbooks invoicing and accounting software is designed specifically for small business owners. Freshbooks grows alongside your business, so you’ll always have the tools you need when you need them without ever having to learn the ins and outs of accounting. Try it FREE for thirty days, no catch and no credit card required, just go to: millionaire-interviews.com/freshbooks Want to Support the Show? Well we'd love for you to join our Patreon Group! What's in it for you? Well you'll instantly get a scheduled call from Austin, where he'll help you with your current or future business... Sign-Up Now at millionaire-interviews.com/patreon. 😀😎😍 *** For Show Notes, Key Points, Contact Info, Resources Mentioned, & the Fabulous 4 Questions on this episode visit our website: Heath Ritenour Interview. *** Support this Podcast via Patreon Feedback? Questions? Comments? We would love to hear from you! Hollar at us via: Twitter (@acpeek or @millionairepod), Instagram (@millionaire_interviews), LinkedIn (@austincpeek), Facebook (@millionaireinterviews), or Email: [email protected]. 😎😍😀

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0:00.0	By the way, I sold copiers for five years out of college, worst job ever.
0:07.0	Jay and the Bay Area.
0:09.0	I'll tell you this Jay, you were very tough and very thick skinned if you sold copiers
0:15.2	for five years.
0:16.2	That's a man's game right there.
0:18.2	That's a hard, hard gig.
0:20.6	That's an almost impossible product to sell successfully.
0:24.4	How often do people need copiers?
0:27.0	If you're coming out of college, you're going to call call and they're going to put you in
0:30.1	the worst territory imaginable.
0:33.5	So that clip is from the Jim Roomshow, which is a popular sports radio show in the US.
0:38.0	You got on a rant about sales calls and I thought it'd be especially pertinent to this episode
0:42.7	as you'll hear.
0:44.2	So I'm going to let the wrist of this clip play out and then we'll move on to the interview.
0:49.0	But before I do, I want to give a holler to all our new VIP listeners, aka our Patreon
0:54.4	supporters.
0:55.5	So thanks to Jason Heard, Erica Sinner, Aaron Rick Turing, Andy Barr, Jim Buggy, and David
1:03.8	Dixon.
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1:10.4	It's only for our Patreon supporters, so if you're listening to this episode right now,
1:14.6	which you obviously are, then I'm talking to you.
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