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Are you growing a hyper-growth company? Maybe, it's not hyper growth yet... Do you have huge dreams for your business? Yes.. well then, welcome to your new must-listen community. On the Zero To 5000 podcast, we host deep conversations with the founders of America's fastest-growing companies, to unpack the secrets that are making them successful today. Forget about boring background stories, we are focused on what is making these hyper-growth leaders win now. Exciting, eccentric, and extremely insightful. Let's take you from Zero to 5000!
Episodes
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Thursday Dec 17, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Matt Lowe, the founder and CEO of Swift Straw, the fastest growing and most innovative pine straw distributor in the country.
We discussed:
- How constant innovation will keep you ahead of the competition
- Why innovation is better for everybody
- How to create an innovative culture - fighting the fear of failure
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Tuesday Dec 15, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Nate Hybl, Founder and CEO of Gusto!, the healthy local Atlanta food chain that's pushing boundaries of what food can be!
We discussed:
- Kitchens aren't about food, they're about people, and that's true for any group.
- Why servant leadership changes everybody - a CEO sweeping floors is massive for culture
- Pay won't always make the difference in getting good people
- Intentionally fostering growth in the community and human beings
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Thursday Dec 10, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Jason Walter, founder and CEO of National Land Realty.
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Tuesday Dec 08, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Mike Popowski, Founder, and CEO of Dagger, a full-service ad agency in Atlanta.
We discussed:
- Good people leave because of groundhog day - new day, same problems
- Why you must do only the things that only you can do
- Sometimes your business needs you at an 11, sometimes an 8
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Thursday Dec 03, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Sara Brooks, founder and CEO of Covet Public Relations.
We discussed:
- How to teach accountability, the most important skill
- Instill the ownership mindset in your people - first one in, last one out & learn from your mistakes
- Why your talent pool has massively expanded with the new way business is done
- People don't quit jobs, they quit bad leadership
Resources Mentioned:
- Traction - Entrepreneur Operating System by Gino Wickman
- Leaders Eat Last by Simon Sinek
- Radical Candor by Kim Scott
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Monday Nov 30, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Stephen, co-founder and CEO of Phobio.
We discussed:
- How failing in life leads you to getting ahead
- Why being protective of your time is one of the best things you can do as a leader
- Company culture is not scooters and beer kegs, it's real values that drive a team.
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Tuesday Nov 24, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Eyal Benishti, founder and CEO of IRONSCALES.
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Thursday Nov 19, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by George Azih, founder and CEO of LeaseQuery.
We discussed:
How George is building the next Paypal Mafia in Atlanta (Elon Musk, Peter Thiel, & Max Levchin
How delegation made George a better leader, grew his company more than he could imagine, and saved his health
Why an advisory board is a secret weapon you must use to make your most important decisions.
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Tuesday Nov 17, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Betsy Robinson, founder and CEO of Tier4 Group.
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Thursday Nov 12, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by KC Holiday, founder of QALO Rings.
We discussed:
- The worst thing that can happen when you try a new tactic
- How to be a visionary in your company
- "Your job is not to baby your employees, your job is to keep the lights on so that they can keep caring for their babies at home"
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Traditions provide structure for your people and structure removes anxiety
- Entrepreneurship and misery don't need to go hand in hand
Resources mentioned:
Thanks for Listening. Head to zeroto5000.com to download The Founders Guide to Talent Optimization. A 60-page report unpacking the specific talent practices that translate to peak business results.
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Tuesday Nov 10, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Jim Nasr, founder and CEO of Acoer.
We discussed:
- Blockchain as a way to compute trust
- Why clarity is more important that success
- How to use clarity with your team to create better objectives
Resources mentioned:
The power of Habit by Charles Duhigg
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Chase Bowers, founder and CEO of Dropified. Chase says he's made every mistake in the book, but it hasn't stopped him from hyper-growth to the #55 spot on the Inc. 5000. Chase unpacks the first-hand experience of growing a massively successful company in this episode.
We discussed:
- Why there's no such thing as an overnight success
- Launching a product from scratch, and the WHOLUCK strategy
- The Entrepreneur Operating System --> How your constant focus must be moving forward
Resources mentioned:
- The Four Hour Chef by Tim Ferriss
- Everything Tim has put out - The Four Hour Workweek, Tools of Titans
- Ender's Game by Orson Scott Card
- Traction by Gino Wickman - The Entrepreneur Operating System
- Multipliers by Liz Wiseman
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Tuesday Nov 03, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by the one and only Jesse Cole, the yellow tux wearing CEO of the Savanna Bananas.
We discussed:
- How normal ideas get normal results
- How managing energy will always get more results
- How to "show up to the plate" more often
Resources Mentioned:
How to be Like Walt by Pat Williams
There's a Customer Born Every Minute - P.T. Barnum's Amazing 10 "Rings of Power"
The Ride of a Lifetime by Robert Iger
Marketing Outrageously by Jon Spolestra
Thanks for Listening. Head to zeroto5000.com to download The Founders Guide to Talent Optimization. A 60-page report unpacking the specific talent practices that translate to peak business results.
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Tuesday Oct 27, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Vijay Balasubramaniyan, founder and CEO of Pindrop security. Pindrop is based here in Atlanta, Georgia and has quickly grown to 180 employees and raised over 100 million dollars, cementing itself as the industry leader in anti-fraud solutions.
We discussed:
- As a leader, you have to make decisions, not create more options
- Training your gut is the only way to make decisions that always provide solutions
- Why self-awareness trumps everything in polarizing decisions
- True leaders are made in the hard times
- Keep your heart soft and your spine strong
Resources mentioned:
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Thursday Oct 22, 2020
Another inspiring conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by our first father / son pair, Bert & Richard Sorin. Richard is the founder of Sorinex, the worlds leading exercise equipment company, and his son Bert now runs the company as CEO.
We discussed:
- The power of strength training that has changed Bert, Drew, and countless other's lives
- Turning a passion into a business for Richard Sorin, and the value of hard work from the bottom up for Bert.
- Becoming legendary - leading a life that you can be proud of.
- Everything you want is on the other side of hard
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
Tuesday Oct 20, 2020
- Why you must have a marketing meeting every week - completely separate from sales (à la Steve Jobs)
- How to create your essential list of 25 people that, if reached, will scale your business 100x
- How Verne went from idea to global reach in 36 months using this method
- Why you always have to give to people before you can get from them
- A few must-read books for every leader
- How to truly differentiate with price
- Daily huddles and over-communicating in the midst of crisis
Books Mentioned
- Right Away and All at Once - Greg Brenneman
- Give and Take - Adam Grant
- Humanocracy - Gary Hamel (Verne's best book of the decade)
- Antifragile - Nicholas Taleb
- Never Eat Alone - Keith Ferrazzi
- Scaling Up - Verne Harnish
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
Thursday Oct 15, 2020
- 64% of total company costs are labor costs - which means you're spending the majority of your budget on people
- Execs attribute 72% of their company's value to their employees
- 36% of businesses have a talent strategy, but only 24% could explain it to their employees
- Talent optimized companies outperform other companies by 16% in terms of strategic success rates.
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
Tuesday Oct 13, 2020
- Why giving employees autonomy increases results
- How competent leaders welcome all kinds of feedback, good and bad, and then act on it
- What being impatient will do to your business (it's not good)
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
Wednesday Oct 07, 2020
- Why southern hospitality is the right way to do business
- How one simple gesture made a $15,000 apparel sale
- How doing what you love with a passion always beats working harder
- How to make employees feel like family and much much more.
One of the most enjoyable conversations we've had on the Zero to 5000 podcast.
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Monday Oct 05, 2020
Monday Oct 05, 2020
- Why you will always flame out or stall when you don't have a growth mindset
- How culture is an ROI of Leadership and why the people you hire are responsible for it.
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Thursday Oct 01, 2020
Another deep conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Chris Nedza, founder of ZeeZor and strategic director of growth at MindBody.
We discussed:
- Top 3 things to remember when starting a business
- The 'control freak' / 'absent leader' balance
- Surrounding yourself with people who will tell you no
- Transactional relationships
- Delegation & empowerment
- Being Kind to your people
- How to engage your people and lead a culture of productivity using metrics
Books to read:
- The Dream Manager - Matthew Kelly
Talks to watch:
iTalk with Arquevious "Que" Crane (If you aren't inspired by Que, there's something wrong with you)
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
Thursday Sep 24, 2020
After holding every possible position in an agency, Moira ventured out and started her own agency in 2007. Since then Moira and team have built one of the most respected agencies in the country serving over 200 firms from Fortune 10 companies to high-growth ventures. Modo Modo has made the inc. 5000 list 3 times and Moira Vetter has more awards herself than we could name. She’s won the AMA Marketer of the year award and the enterprising woman entrepreneur of the year award to name just a few.
We discussed:
- How Modo Modo started in the middle of the financial crisis in 2007-08, and pulled in $1,000,000 in revenue their first year
- Why just talking about your business's problems won't fix it
- How something productive always comes from conflict, if you manage it well
- You shouldn't give up long term gains for short term goals
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
Thursday Sep 17, 2020
On this special episode, our hosts Drew McClure and Jordan Mitchell hit us with the greatest takeaways from our season one guests. We flip the tables on this episode and have our associates Harrison and Trevor interview Drew and Jordan about the best, funniest, and most helpful moments of Zero to 5000 over the past three months. We recorded these episodes through the middle of the COVID pandemic and we learned a ton about what it takes to operate in difficult environments.
Some of the top things we've learned you'll hear in this episode:
- Hope is a sledgehammer, use it to break down the barriers to where you want to go
- Your network is your net worth, and relationships are absolutely still available right now
- Talent is always the most important parts of anyone's business
- How to keep score differently in crisis
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Sean Henry is the Co-Founder of STORD. He's a young and hungry founder who dropped out of Georgia Tech and has built a thriving company in the last few years. He's taking on behemoths in the transportation and logistics world, and is an inspiration to all young founders. Check out this bonus episode for his story as a young college drop out embracing his role as the Founder of a fast growing company.
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Thursday Sep 10, 2020
Shep Ogden and Bailey Grady have co-founded a fast-growing media company, Scout Social. These two young founders took what most folks wrote off as just a passing fad, and have built a marketing giant. With over 800 million native followers, Shep and Bailey are re-writing how marketing can be done in today's world. These two are hustling and tackling massive challenges.