Once Upon a Business

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “The Magic Mirror” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “This facade of perfection is quite common in business and with entrepreneurs. And yet it can be so toxic.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.   Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Melissa Deal & Geoff GovertsenAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Through Space and TimeArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION  Episode transcript: A Perfect Reflection Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to. In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “The Rabbi and the Bird” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “In business, there is a real danger that we see the world only through the perspective of the people in the room.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.  Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Melissa Deal & Geoff GovertsenAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Through Space and TimeArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION  Episode transcript: A New Perspective Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “Land of Light” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “We just have to dare to reach out to try new things, to do the extraordinary, and sometimes not to listen to the rules or the advice of others.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.  Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Melissa Deal & Geoff GovertsenAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: The Time We HadArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: The Way of People Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “The Sesame Seed” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “There will always be powerful elements that could determine our fate…and yet, there are so many stories of business owners that rise above these challenges and thrive.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories. Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: SilhouetteArtist Name(s): Fleece MobWriter Name: Bryan DawleyPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: Hidden Wisdom Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “Maria Guadalupe” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “Don’t ever forget to describe the amazing feeling, the wonderful transformation, the new world they’ll perceive as a result of their work with you. ”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories. Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael SnavelyMaking our hosts sound great: Home Brew Audio  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: ReverenciaArtist Name(s): Alice in WinterWriter Name: Chelsea McGoughPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: A Whole New World Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “Lucia Zenteno” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “We're surrounded in business by the opportunity to exclude people from our awareness and our consideration, and yet we have a choice to treat everyone with kindness, even those who seem different from us.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories. Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Keeper of My DreamsArtist Name(s): FantomsWriter Name: Stephen KeechPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: Fearless Acceptance Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “The Secret Heart of the Tree” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “Boundaries create the structures we need to be able to move forward and make progress.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.  Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Through Space and TimeArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: Stolen Trust Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “The Selfish Giant” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “I think that often for entrepreneurs who are caught in this winter, it becomes self perpetuating. They're only seeing what's in front of them, and their vision has become clouded.”“I think we must keep pushing the edges so that we can expand to more inclusion, more redemption for the wrongs that have been done in the past, to give people opportunities who are different from us to make representation available to all, to have tolerance be the norm.” – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.  Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: The Time We HadArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: A Long, Long Winter Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “Tale Teller” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes.“In the context of business, I imagine the entrepreneur as the storyteller, with the ability to create something wonderful and magical from the simplest of things.”“As a service provider, we need to trust that our story and how we show up is going to attract the right people.” – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.   Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Meadow SanctuaryArtist Name(s): Outside the SkyWriter Name: Dustin RansomPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION  Episode transcript: Your Story is Pure Gold Coming soon.~~~~~

Story Coach Lisa Bloom is the go-to expert on business storytelling. For decades she’s helped entrepreneurs master this important but overlooked skill. In Once Upon a Business, she’s turning her attention from the craft of storytelling to the stories themselves — the densely evocative folk and fairy tales that we’re all exposed to.In this episode of Once Upon a Business, Lisa reads “Picture of Peace” and extracts rich business and life lessons that are applicable for entrepreneurs of all stripes. “It's in the great challenges that we face in life and in business, that we can also find great learning and growth.”“It was an incredible learning experience for me that was enhanced by the creation of a safe, peaceful place within the storm.”  – Lisa BloomFollowing a successful corporate career, Lisa Bloom became an entrepreneur, author, speaker and coach. She built a global business, Story Coach, supporting corporates, entrepreneurs, and coaches with speaking mastery, leadership capability, and marketing impact. Lisa is the author of The Story Advantage and Cinderella and the Coach.Lisa is also the Director of Mirasee’s ACES Business Acceleration Program, helping entrepreneurs to achieve outstanding results in the growth of their business. There’s nothing Lisa loves more than to spend time with her partner and their four sons, walk her dog, travel, read, and share stories.  Resources or websites mentioned in this episode:Mirasee The Story-coach  Lisa Bloom’s book - The Story Advantage Credits:Host – Lisa BloomProducer – Cynthia LambExecutive producer – Danny InyAssembled by – Geoff Govertsen and Melissa DealAudio Post Supervisor: Evan Miles, Christopher MartinAudio Post Production by Post Office SoundMusic soundscape: Chad Michael Snavely  If you don't want to miss future episodes of Once Upon a Business, please subscribe to Apple podcasts or Spotify or wherever you're listening right now. And if you liked the show, please leave us a starred review. It's the best way to help us get these ideas to more people.  Music credits:• Track Title: EmeraldsArtist Name(s): HaleWriter Name: Cory Hale WilliamsPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Places in DreamsArtist Name(s): Alsever LakeWriter Name: Adrian Dominic WaltherPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION • Track Title: Meadow SanctuaryArtist Name(s): Outside the SkyWriter Name: Dustin RansomPublisher Name: A SOUNDSTRIPE PRODUCTION Episode transcript: Pick Your Poison or Pick Your Peace Coming soon.~~~~~