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On this podcast, we help our listeners explore and unlock the Business Philosopher within them so that they can build a human organization that is high-performing, self-sustaining and scalable for generations to come.
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Too Close To See. What Do You Do When the Company You Built Becomes You? (opens the original)
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What do you do when the company you built becomes you? And what happens to your identity when you sell the company you built? In this conversation, John Hutchinson shares practical strategies he implemented for "zooming in and zooming out" of his business which led to successful business and a subsequent exit. John co-founded CARE Counseling with his wife Andrea after a third of her doctoral cohort left the profession within two years of qualifying. The company grew roughly 70 percent a year for
Why Your Business Can't Grow Beyond You: Founder Co-Dependency (opens the original)
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We've talked quite a bit on this podcast about founder dependency: what happens when a business becomes dependent on its founder for decisions, problem-solving, direction and leadership. But there's another side to that relationship. What happens when the founder becomes dependent on the business? For identity. For accomplishment. For status. For security. For a sense of being needed. When the business depends on the founder and the founder depends on the business, I've been calling this Founder
It Was Never Yours. Can You Lead a Culture You Didn't Create? | Eric Giesecke (opens the original)
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Can you lead a culture you didn't create? Most leaders are told to put their stamp on the culture. Eric Giesecke inherited one and did the opposite. He never tried to make it his. In 2015, Eric acquired Planet DDS through a search fund, with no background in dentistry and none in software. The company had 25 employees, a go-to-market team of three and one customer that accounted for 15 to 20 percent of revenue. Ten years later it serves over 13,000 dental practices across North America, employs
Learning Is Painful. Can Emotion Make You a Better Founder? | Mike LeBlanc (opens the original)
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Can emotion make you a better founder? Most leaders spend years sharpening their intellect. Mike LeBlanc believes the learning that changes a founder runs deeper. It's emotional. After serving 13 years as a Marine Corps officer, Mike co-founded Cobalt Robotics, which grew to a $360 million valuation. Today, he is co-founder of Foundation Future Industries, building humanoid robots with a long-term vision of creating a $50 billion company. In this conversation, we explore why founder growth is de
Founder Glass Ceiling: The Invisible Barrier to Scaling Your Business | Matt Lescault (opens the original)
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Most founders assume the next barrier to growth is external. A tougher market. Stronger competitors. Hiring challenges. Economic uncertainty. Matt Lescault believes the biggest barrier is usually much closer. He calls it the Founder Glass Ceiling . In this episode of The Business Philosopher Within You , Matt shares how he grew TydeCo from a $1,500 startup launched from a college attic into a multinational consulting and cloud technology firm with more than 120 employees across the United States
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