Our guest today is Dane Espegard. Dane wrote the book The Dream Machine, which is a leadership guide to creating teams of high performers who achieve extraordinary outcomes. We’re gonna take a deep dive into creating the perfect business, and creating and keeping a winning team to run that business. This is a great podcast for our small business owner listeners. Let’s dive in!
3:00 - Why did you write The Dream Machine
4:50 - What is Cutco?
9:00 - What is Cutco’s business model?
14:00 - What’s the turnover/retention?
16:50 - Road to management
23:30 - How do you measure success?
26:40 - Business pivots during lockdowns?
31:45 - Cutco’s best year ever - 2020
34:50 - Do non-naturals “make it?”
39:30 - What led to your book “The Dream Machine?”
48:25 - What is a 22 year olds dream?
59:15 - Best dreams you’ve seen from others?
1:11:50 - Closing Questions
Quickly- I'm Scott Groves - Husband, Father, Loan Officer, Coach, Author, Podcaster, and Recent Blue Belt in Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu. This podcast is paid for and brought to you by.... by me, Scott Groves :-)
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