Dana Hendrix isn't the conventional business leader. A troublemaker in school, he was initially forced to take accounting classes as a PUNISHMENT.

But when he realised he had a knack for finance and his planned journey to the NFL didn't materialise, he took his unique style, gut instinct, and healthy distaste of authority into the world of mortgages.

Still only 30, Dana is now SVP of finance at DSLD Mortgage which manages $575m of loans last year, with a target next year of $1 Billion.

He talks honestly about the tradeoffs he has made to earn his success, and what he's not so good at (clue: don't bother texting him).

If you've ever felt like an outsider in your industry, Dana is the proof you need that an outsider's perspective - with a good dose of confident delivery and trusting yourself - can give you an advantage in life.

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8 & 9 Figure Mentors is the podcast that gets inside of the minds of the people who have started, run and exited 8, 9 and 10- figure businesses. Learn about their stories, work ethic, struggles and failures, as well as their big wins, so you can apply their lessons to your own journey.

If you don't have a multi-billion dollar network, use this podcast instead! Simple :D

Tim Cameron-Kitchen is the founder of Digital Marketing agency Exposure Ninja, and is building a group of digital marketing agencies at Shinobi Capital Group.

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Jeremy Lessaris has an extraordinary talent for starting businesses...

In fact, he has started over 50 businesses, with 8 exits, in a wide range of industries from medical to design agencies, to manufacturing to beverages.

What's even more extraordinary is that he did all of this whilst holding down a job as VP of marketing for a multi-billion dollar public company and flying a million miles a year.

Jeremy is a self-confessed starter, and recognised that he could add the most value by handing his businesses off to operators to grow and maintain them.

But it wasn't plain sailing. Jeremy's honest reflection about some of the sacrifices he made along his journey and what he'd do differently are important for all founders and leaders to take on board.

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Scott Lowery co-founded Buffalo Wild Wings & Weck with his friend. They had no experience, no outside capital, no market research, and no clue how to run a restaurant business.

But they figured it out through common sense, sheer determination, and a work ethic that is scarcely believable.

BW3, as it became known, eventually scaled to 1,200 restaurants and sold to Arby's for $2.9 Billion.

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8 & 9 Figure Mentors is the podcast that gets inside of the minds of the people who have started, run and exited 8, 9 and 10- figure businesses. Learn about their stories, work ethic, struggles and failures, as well as their big wins, so you can apply their lessons to your own journey.

If you don't have a multi-billion dollar network, use this podcast instead! Simple :D

Tim Cameron-Kitchen is the founder of Digital Marketing agency Exposure Ninja, and is building a group of digital marketing agencies at Shinobi Capital Group.

Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Al Crane had $200m worth of exits by the time he was 35. He had started, grown and exited mobile app development company Grapple for £39 million, before doing it all again with eCommerce company Hero which he sold to Klarna for $160 million.

To many, this sounds like a dream. But Al felt totally lost and describes this period as one of the lowest of his life.

He credits his partner for helping him bounce back and rebuild. He now runs HR startup Bloom and is chair of THG Ingenuity, the tech platform of the £1.9 billion eCommerce powerhouse THG.

Through Al’s extraordinary story and lessons, you’ll learn about the importance of trade-offs, balance, what he thinks about work ethic, why he never feels like the smartest person in the room and what it’s like to be fired by your own Dad.

Like all the 8&9FM guests, Al’s story is not all plain sailing. But it shows that if you apply yourself, bring confidence and self-belief, and pick the right battles, you can build an extraordinary career in just a couple of decades.

So sit back and enjoy getting to know Al Crane.

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