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Scaling Up - More brains, more cash, more momentum... more problems?! - Acquisitions Anonymous Episode 95

Podcast |: Acquisitions Anonymous - #1 for business buying, selling and operating
Publisher |: Bill D'Alessandro, Mills Snell, & Michael Girdley
Media Type |: audio
Podknife tags |: Business,; Entrepreneurship,; Interview,; Investing,; Mergers & Acquisitions,; Personal Journals
Categories Via RSS |: Business,; Entrepreneurship,; Investing
Publication Date |: May 17, 2022
Episode Duration |: 00:48:28

Bill D’Alessandro (@BillDA) and Mills Snell (@thegeneralmills) are joined by Kevin Lawrence and Brad Giles to talk about the Scaling Up methodology. We talk about:What is Scaling up? What business is it useful for? Scaling Up vs. EOS, What is the role of a CEO? How to hire a CEO?-----Thanks to our sponsors!

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Show Notes:

2:25 - Brad Giles & Kevin Lawrence Introduction3:48 - What is Scaling Up?6:18 - What business would benefit from the Scaling Up Framework?10:00 - What kind of home-baked systems have you seen?12:07 - The four decisions in Scaling-Up 14:25 - What are the pain points for an entrepreneur that makes a Business Owner search for an applicable system?19:25 - What is the secret weapon of Scaling Up?27:53 - What are predictable issues of Scaling?33:24 - How do I know if I’m not scaling?38:00 - The problem with autocratic leadership42:22 - How do you hire a CEO?

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Links:

* Brad & Kevin’s Podcast ‘The Growth Whisperers’

* Kevin's book Your oxygen mask first - The importance of CEOs

* Made to Thrive - The five roles of a CEO* https://lawrenceandco.com/

* https://evolutionpartners.com.au/

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Past guests on Acquanon include Nick Huber, Brent Beshore, Aaron Rubin, Mike Botkin, Ari Ozick, Mitchell Baldridge, Xavier Helgelsen, Mike Loftus, Steve Divitkos, Dzmitry Miranovich, Morgan Tate and more.

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