John discusses increasing value, selling a business, and it's all centered around the importance of the business' people.

Why founders need to rely on others, the best use of great employees, why relationships rule, and more.

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Ken Rusk is the founder and president of Rusk Industries, which owns and runs multiple construction companies with over 200 employees.

Ken shares his thoughts on business and leadership including how a true owner needs to be a visionary, working in clouds not the trenches.

To build value, and you've surely heard this before, he says to get as unnecessary to the business as possible. In other words, delegate and let others do more work.

Ken is the author of Blue Collar Cash and it's accompanied course, The Path to a Successful Life.

He is also the founder of the Comfort Peace Freedom Foundation. They offer scholarships to people seeking to learn a skill or trade not requiring a four year degree. Their most recent honoree did a course in cybersecurity and immediately got a job.

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A fascinating discussion with Matt Tait, who:

• Is a recovering lawyer
• Comes from a family of entrepreneurs
• Is a multiple time entrepreneur
• Is currently the CEO of Decimal
• Hosts a podcast titled, "After the First Million," which is for startups, those in the "messy middle" of growth, and people in a large company

At Decimal he leads a team of over 100 people who provide clients services in accounting (from bookkeeping up to the controller level), HR, and IT.

Even though Decimal is 100% virtual he has been intentional about culture. We discuss getting his people working together by creating team situations. Our discussion takes us to using AI to streamline his services.

You can reach Matt at https://www.decimal.com.

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Todd Greenbaum is the founder of Input 1, goto Premium Finance, and Aja Winery. Todd's advice includes:

Never give up; run through the wall
Don't keep too much (responsibility) to yourself, i.e., delegate
You have to always work on staying ahead of the competition
You will face challenges, it's what you do to overcome them
Always hire smart(er) people
Constantly work on aligning your people

Todd also shares a little on the family winery and how it came to be.

You can reach Todd at www.gotopremiumfinance.com, www.input1.com, or wwwajavineyards.com/.

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Michael McLean has owner numerous businesses and now works with men to help them achieve fulfillment in life. He's a former professional hockey coach turned into an 8 figure entrepreneur.

He's also a marketing expert, helping many clients scale their business.

Key takeaways include:

Many successful people worry more about legacy than money.
They don't want to be forgotten.
He helps them find fulfillment my explaining, no service = no significance.

He encourages to help others to benefit themselves.

You can check out Michael and learn more at www.brassballssecrets.com.

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Lior Arussy left the corporate world to start his own business focusing on better serving clients. His firm had well over 100 employees and helped many major corporations.

We discussed:

• Only taking on the right clients (my saying is, the only thing worse than no client is a bad client)
• Don't be jealous of the big guys - have a better product and agility
• Be passionate
• Be an execution based business

Lior went through the selling process and shares stories and gives tips on dealing with large strategic and private equity buyers (this is very informative).

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From the headlines: Cuba's electrical grid went down and the whole country went dark.

There are lessons in this for lower middle market companies, including:

• You must make capital expenditures before they're needed
• If you have FFE&V you need to spend money to grow
• EBITDA is misleading where there are fixed assists

The episode ends with some great quotes from Warren Buffett

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Mike Horne leads the "People Dividend" movement and is the host of The People Dividend Podcast.

His new book is aptly titled, "The People Dividend." He joins John to discuss:

1. Work in the new era
2. What exactly is The People Dividend
3. Why dignity, kindness, and respect are keys to success
4. His work helping fix people, teams, and organizations

Mike works with founders, C-suite leaders and those aspiring to be leaders. He likes to work with goal oriented people and strives for "Integrity by design."

You can reach Mike at www.mike-horne.com.

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