Multi-millionaire entrepreneur Eric Spofford reveals how hiring people smarter than him helped grow his company from $25 million to $55 million in revenue while working fewer hours
“At 25 million, I'm working 12, 14 hour days. At 55 million gross annual making $1 million a month, I'm on my boat doing nothing.”
“The team is running the business.”
Multimillionaire Dan Henry explains why selling a $100 product to someone broke is harder than selling $10,000 to someone rich.
The broke buyer shows up with endless questions, while the rich buyer just sends the money. If you can solve their problem and they know it, they pay you and let you do your job.
Billion-dollar jewelry brand founder Kendra Scott reveals how hiring the wrong leader set her business back nearly two years
“I hired on a resume, and I brought a leader within our organization that was a poison. And it probably took me two years off of where I could have been.”
“The best people on paper are not always the best people for your business.”
Bloom co-founder Greg LaVecchia reveals the moment he questioned everything about success after seeing a Domino's delivery driver happier than him while he was driving his dream McLaren.
“I'm in my dream car. I'm in a McLaren.”
“And he's having the time of his life fucking delivering pizzas.”
“What am I doing wrong here?”
9-figure entrepreneur Tony Cuccio reveals why he never flew first class, choosing instead to give the money to his mother.
“I promised my mother 50 years ago that the difference between coach ticket and first class. As soon as I landed, I would send you the money.”
“Every time she got a 5 or $6000 check, even though my neck was hurting, it gave me more gratification to help my mother.”
Delivering pizza in Chicago, he got sent back to the store for something he forgot and then got stiffed anyway. He’s thankful for that customer today, because that night is why he got rich.
Multimillionaire Dan Henry says it was the moment he realized nobody is coming to save you. You can’t rely on anyone, so you have to take control of your life.
Former Blockbuster CEO Jim Keyes reveals the real reason Blockbuster lost to Netflix wasn't simply that it failed to embrace streaming.
“We bought a company called Movie Link. We changed the name to Blockbuster On Demand. And Netflix is still doing DVDs by mail at this point.”
“2008 Lehman Brothers collapses… All of a sudden I got a call from Google. Deal's off.”
He delivered pizzas for seven years, got stiffed on a tip in negative ten-degree weather, and went on to make $45 million in internet marketing.
Dan Henry was playing video games, smoking, and going nowhere. His girlfriend packed her bags and told him he was never going to amount to anything. He looked in the mirror and agreed with her. That was the moment everything changed.
He taught himself sales, mastered marketing, moved to Dubai, and built one of the most respected personal brands in the online education space. His webinar alone did $1 million in a single month.
In this conversation, Dan breaks down:
-Why saying “I know my worth” is the greatest lie broke people tell themselves
-The bridge framework behind his $1 million webinar and exactly how it works
-Why it is harder to sell a $100 product to a broke person than a $10K product to a rich one
-Why you should never follow your passion and what to do instead
-Why he only takes marketing advice from dead people and why that is his greatest edge
Find what you can win at. Everything else is noise.
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