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148. Steve Harmon - How to Build Growth Through Industrial Infrastructure (opens the original)
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More revenue doesn’t automatically mean you’ve built a more valuable business. I want to know what you’re keeping, whether it runs without you and whether you’ve done anything more than make yourself a job. Steve Harmon returned to his family’s business and found hundreds of thousands in liabilities missing from the books, plus cheques they couldn’t afford to send. I get into why he bought the warehouses the business operated, why doubling headcount isn’t scaling, and why an accountant says you
147. Saul Cohen - How to Build a Business Buyers Trust (opens the original)
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One of the biggest mistakes founders make is believing their business will be valued for what it means to them. It won't. Buyers pay for predictable cash flow and reduced risk, not emotional attachment. That's why this conversation with Saul Cohen matters. We unpacked what really drives business value before an acquisition, why so many founders accidentally damage their exit, and the commercial disciplines that genuinely increase enterprise value. If you're building with an eventual exit in mind
146. Doug Levy - How to scale margins without scaling chaos (opens the original)
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Everyone talks about scaling. Far fewer people actually do it. In this conversation with Doug Levy, we unpack what real operational scale looks like. Not adding people because revenue is growing, but building a business where productivity outpaces payroll. We also get into why founders become the bottleneck, why poor hiring quietly destroys EBITDA long before anyone notices, and why disciplined systems create freedom instead of bureaucracy. In this episode Here's what I'd take away from this con
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