{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"The Peering Podcast","title":"Why a REF CEO Peer Forum with Scott Thornton","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":2766,"description":"Running a company can be lonely, especially for mid-market leaders who feel too big to be small and too small to be big. That isolation is the problem peer forums solve. In Temecula Valley, a second CEO peer group is launching, facilitated by a current member who has lived the struggle. The group offers confidential, no-competitor support where leaders can process real-time cases and get perspective without judgment.\nThe new facilitator built Temecula Nelson, a plumbing wholesale company, from $3 million to $13 million in sales over a decade. He also wrote two poetry books, You're okay. and Love, A Many Splintered, and created The Men's Den, a confidential circle of trust for men, plus A Stepping Stone, which helps people find the right coach or therapist. His journey shows why peer support matters.\nPeer forums work through monthly half-day meetings and Tiger Team Scrums that spin out for urgent situations. The broader CXO Exchange Temecula Valley serves mid-market CEOs and C-suite leaders with an invitation-only, free annual summit on November 17 at Wilson Creek Winery, featuring Olympian Michelle Cameron-Coulter. Members stay for years because the relationships become irreplaceable. The goal is collective intelligence and fewer lonely decisions.\nHighlights\nSecond CEO peer group launching in Temecula Valley, facilitated by a current member.\nTemecula Nelson grew from $3 million to $13 million in sales over a decade.\nThe Men's Den gives men a confidential space to share without fixing or labeling.\nA Stepping Stone connects stuck people to the right coach or therapist.\nTiger Team Scrums rally the group between monthly meetings for urgent cases.\nCXO Summit is invitation-only, free, and targets mid-market CEOs and C-suite.\n\nImportant Concepts and Frameworks\nCEO Peer Group — A confidential, non-competing group of CEOs who process high-stakes decisions together.\nCase Processing — A structured hour where peers focus on one member's real-time business challenge.\nTiger...","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/foc7swnCanyfgk2B5iXdoSTotZ1FIBBmyeA7q2VN7EY/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9lOWE4/ZWZkMWM0YjI0Yjc2/YzQ4YmY3NTk4YzQ5/OGQ3MS5wbmc.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}