Speaker/Guest Intro

Our next speaker/guest is an authority strategist who’s helped founders, creatives, and experts turn their lived truth into visibility, traction, and demand — without hype, distortion, or performance.

He’s the founder of YES, BRAND Builders, host of the podcasts YES, BRAND and TRUTH TASTES FUNNY, and the author of Selling the Truth.

Before all that? He spent a decade as a standup comedian — so buckle up.

Please welcome Hersh Rephun.

Title (for show assets):

Hersh Rephun
Author · Host · Authority Strategist
Founder, YES, BRAND Builders

Show Notes Bio

Hersh Rephun is an authority strategist, international speaker, and author of SELLING THE TRUTH: A Semoir with Insights for Life & Business. He helps founders, creatives, and experts turn lived truth into visibility and demand without hype or distortion.

For more than two decades, Hersh has shaped the public presence of leaders and organizations, from early-stage ventures to billion-dollar brands and Oscar nominees. His work focuses on closing the gap between how leaders operate and how they are perceived, aligning authority before growth amplifies the wrong signal.

Hersh is Founder/CEO of YES BRAND BUILDERS. He also hosts the long running podcasts YES, BRAND and TRUTH TASTES FUNNY.

Free Resources & Book Info: https://www.hershrephun.com/selling-the-truth/#books

 

Full Bio:

Hersh Rephun
Author · Host · Authority Strategist
Founder, YES, BRAND Builders

Hersh Rephun works with people whose clarity and effort are not the problem — but whose authority isn’t translating into momentum.

He helps founders, experts, and creative professionals turn lived truth into authority, and authority into demand, without distortion, performance, or hype.

Over the past two decades, Hersh has advised and shaped the public presence of hundreds of individuals and organizations — from early-stage ventures to billion-dollar brands, independent creators to Oscar nominees. His work focuses on how people are perceived, not just how they present — and how subtle signals either open doors or quietly hold them closed.

Hersh approaches brand and authority from a whole-system perspective, taking into account voice, identity, context, and timing. His work is grounded in a simple principle: sell the truth — with humor and humanity — or don’t sell at all.

Before this work, Hersh spent a decade as a standup comedian, performing at The Comedy Store, Comedy Cellar, Funny Bone, and other major venues. He is now a sought-after speaker and the host of two podcasts: YES, BRAND, featuring independent thinkers and builders, and TRUTH TASTES FUNNY, a series on staying oriented in an increasingly chaotic world.

He is also a three-time produced screenwriter and the author of SELLING THE TRUTH: A “Semoir” with Insights for Life & Business.