Mission Matters Business Podcast with Adam Torres

Updated: 08 Oct 2025 • 2070 episodes
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Hear from industry leaders on leadership, strategy, marketing, and sales. We're talking to top CEOs and business leaders. This is the go-to podcast for entrepreneurs, executives and experts that want to get real results that will last. About Mission Matters: At Mission Matters we amplify stories for Entrepreneurs, Executives and Experts. Our host and Co Founder, Adam Torres has interviewed 6,000+ guests and hosts 8 shows. At the heart of our media brand is a want to help professionals cut through the noise. To get their mission and message heard. You can apply to be a featured guest here: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ Through our long form interviews, we aim to capture the stories that make our guests interesting, relevant and also entertaining. By doing this, we are creating a catalogue for our audience that is educational, inspirational and will remain relevant and evergreen for years to come. Welcome to the Mission Matters Business Podcast with Adam Torres. Interviews are released daily featuring entrepreneurs, executives and experts. Follow Adam on Instagram at Ask Adam Torres for up to date information on book releases and tour schedule. APPLY to be interviewed by Adam on our podcast: https://missionmatters.lpages.co/podcastguest/ FOLLOW Adam on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/askadamtorres/

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In this episode, ⁠Adam Torres⁠ interviews ⁠Brett Swarts⁠, Founder and CEO of Capital Gains Tax Solutions, on the Deferred Sales Trust (DST)—a flexible strategy to defer capital gains beyond the constraints of the 1031 exchange. Brett explains DST use cases across real estate, businesses, stocks, and Bitcoin, addresses

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In this episode, Adam Torres and Phillip Cantrell, founder of Benchmark Realty and author of Failing My Way to Success, on how he built a thriving real estate business from the ground up. Phillip shares his 4–4–2 record of wins, losses, and ties, along with his proven Four Cornerstones of Success — Delegation, Observat

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In this episode, Adam Torres interviews Kathleen Tepley back for LACG’s monthly briefing, covering October’s stacked calendar: SF & LA Tech Week activations, a flight/aviation investor update, Nasdaq-partnered programming at Cal Poly Pomona, Opal Group’s Napa Wealth Conference with private LACG gatherings, and a Bay Ar

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On Mission Matters, Adam Torres interviews Damian Serrano, Phi Iota Alpha Chapter President at Michigan State University, on navigating college far from home, finding community through fraternity leadership, and channeling challenges into creativity with his Lion5arted initiative. This interview is part of our Young Le

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On Mission Matters, Adam Torres talks with Bejal Patel, Managing Partner at Arthur Lawrence, about the rise of contingent labor, practical use cases (from software rollouts to niche expertise), and why AI should augment—not replace—human work as part of Arthur Lawrence’s mission to improve lives. Follow Adam on Instagr

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On Mission Matters, Adam Torres interviews Alex Halkin, Founder & CEO of Competera. Alex explains how Competera’s AI pricing platform helps retailers move beyond static rules and elasticity tables to model-driven pricing that lifts margin and frees teams’ time. He also shares his founder journey—from early tech hustles

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