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In this episode, Erin Austin, Owner of Think Beyond IP, shares how she left the corporate world helping big businesses get bigger to help expert-focused founders to move from hourly to exit.
You will discover:
- Why AI is not the biggest threat to knowledge businesses and what is
- What IP you already have but may not know it
- The biggest mistake founders make when trying to protect their IP
In stage 5 of your evolution as a founder, you finally take on a title you've been using incorrectly for a long time: Chief Executive. This stage is tremendously rewarding as you lead through others and build an organization whose success will outlast you. However, some soul-searching and a few essential strategies are needed to get there.
Stage 4 of the Founder's Evolution is the single greatest shift in the entire journey. Your entire history as a founder and a leader up to this point has taught you the skill of winning the game on the field. Unfortunately, very little of that matters in Stage 4. In fact, the better you are at the earlier stages, the harder it will be for you to embrace this next phase in your journey.
In this colorful episode, Peter H Christian, Owner of PeteChristianBooks.com, shares how he applies his 40 years of experience to bring practical knowledge to solve problems and to help his clients grow and succeed.
You will discover:
- Why does additional production not always equal additional profit?
- Why you should be weary of "investing in the future" if it doesn't directly produce profitable growth
- How to reduce costs without killing jobs
We hit the ground running. It was September 2008 when we relaunched our business, and although much of the world was in the tumult of the financial crisis, we were on fire. The relaunch had gone stunningly well, even though we had inherited some severe problems from the previous owners. We had debt-ridden relationships with …
In this high-octane episode, Paul Teasdale, Founder of Paul Teasdale, shares how he helps teams get the right amount of data to drive stunning success again and again and again.
In this episode you will discover
- How to clearly identify all the results that you really want
- What Infobesity is and how to avoid it
- Why you may not want to copy someone else's great process
If you were to go out and ask any random startup entrepreneur how the new business is going, you would get a huge smile followed by a whole list of superlatives. “It’s wonderful.” “It’s amazing.” “I’m loving it.” Simultaneously you feel like all your life has prepared you for this moment, AND like you are way in over your head because you are. And despite the smile, you show everyone around you, inside, you are plagued by the question: What was I thinking? Did you make a mistake, or are you on your way to the success you’ve dreamt of?
In part 2 of our 2-part special celebrating the 100th episode of The Secrets of the High Demand Coach Podcast AND Scott Ritzheimer's new book The Founder's Evolution, he and Les McKeown go deeper into the practical next steps you can start implementing today to further your journey as a truly successful founder.
You will discover:
- Why being highly competent becomes highly problematic
- Why you should stop calling yourself founder today
- Why you are probably thinking about succession completely wrong
In our 100th episode, we turn the mics around and Les McKeown, Founder and CEO of Predictable Success, host this special 2-part series, and interviews Scott Ritzheimer about his exciting new book, The Founders Evolution: Conquering the Journey Every Founder Must Face.
You will discover:
- Why your relatively nimble organization's growth has slowed, even though your giving it all you've got!
- What the biggest limiting factor is for your organization's ability to scale.
- How you can setup your organization to thrive when you are gone, even if right not it is way too dependent on you.
The only thing harder than achieving greatness is sustaining it. You have to simultaneously maintain what you've built while also moving on to something greater. It's easier said than done. Despite the challenge, in this article, you'll learn two key strategies to improve upon the success you've worked so hard to achieve.
In this specialized episode, Michael Ficara, Founder of The MAGS Group, LLC, shares how he applies his vast experience to provide insight about how to simplify your work as a founder to create more success with a fraction of the stress
You will discover:
- How to break free from the entrepreneurial cliches that are holding you back
- The cost of those blindspots that you don't or won't see
- How to leverage strategy and system to scale your success
After enjoying the organic growth stage in your organization, you will come face to face with the reality that Ownership and Self-Accountability don't just happen at scale (that is, if you haven't already). Structuring an environment for Ownership and Self-Accountability to thrive may sound foreign and complicated. But it's not. Here's how to do it.
