[48] Chad Brown: How To Spot Patterns That Get In The Way Of Success

09/26/23 • 62 min

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Next Door, you'll meet Chad Brown, who became an entrepreneur at fifteen and found his calling after multiple pivots in his career.

"Fathering teenage girls is one of the greatest leadership lessons."
If my relationship with my wife is terrible, I can’t be effective as a coach leader.

His first sales job was as a sales rep for his father’s drywall business. It colored and defined Chad’s professional future.
Chad takes a psychology class and gets hooked: “A space where we can discuss the humanness of life.”
Additional highlights from our fun and energetic conversation:
➡️ Why did Chad drop out of college in 2007, and how did a “What could go wrong?”
business go bust?
➡️ Chad’s big move into a new business and why he packed his family to start a new life
in California?
➡️ What technology was a game-changer in Chad’s new entrepreneurial venture?
➡️ How does Chad balance and tackle the challenge of family life and a successful career?
➡️ The unlikely path that had Chad pivot his career again
➡️ How filmmaking and leadership coaching come together for Chad
➡️ What does “You spot it, you got it” mean?
➡️ To see any pattern in my clients where they are getting in their way, I have to
first recognize it in myself.” - “You must address the thinking that created the reality
right now.”
➡️ The question that left Chad speechless and how he recovered.
Connect with Chad:
LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/chad-brown-leadership-coach-477a7015/
Email: [email protected]
#leadership #leadership #leadershipdevelopmentcoaching

In this episode of the Entrepreneur Next Door, you'll meet Chad Brown, who became an entrepreneur at fifteen and found his calling after multiple pivots in his career.

"Fathering teenage girls is one of the greatest leadership lessons."
If my relationship with my wife is terrible, I can’t be effective as a coach leader.

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[47] Pia Wendelbo: Humanizing how business is done

Every business dreams of growth and scaling up. Successfully growing your business only happens by expanding your team. Listen to my guest and get valuable insights on how to manage change and people to ensure a smoother transition later on.
I prefer to introduce Pia Wendelbo as something other than an 'expert' in change management since the (overused) term often exaggerates one's accomplishments. However, Pia has amassed a wealth of experience in diverse fields, making her exceptionally effective in leading, directing, and managing organizational change.
Here are a few highlights of our conversation:

Why a college degree won't guarantee you a job if Pia is doing the hiring
How Pia uses her creativity, innovation, and fintech experience to humanize banking and change how consumers view banking in general
How do you convert a bland (same-old) mission statement and force your client to live up to it?
Pia's definition of the internal ecosystem necessary for organizational success.
Why anyone who is in B2B is, by definition, also in B2C? An insightful and rare approach
What is at the core of business development?
Tech is great only if people use it. How did Denmark drive tech adoption?
Stop dumping tech on your employees. Employees need time to learn and get comfortable with new technology
What is the best thing that happened to introverts in the past four years?
What is the biggest mistake companies make when they scale up?

Connect with Pia:
LinkedIn: linkedin.com/in/digital-change-agent
Email: [email protected]

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[49] Curtis Matsko: From Sobriety to $120+ Million Entrepreneurial Success

Your search is over.
If you're a business owner or a startup founder who has yet to find the formula for successfully growing your business while maintaining a happy work-life balance.
Cutis Matsko, the CEO of a growing $120+ business, proudly declares, "I've had a great life, and I am nearly always happy!"
Curtis shares his early struggle with alcoholism and the event that inspired his leather goods business. He backs his self-proclaimed "I'm a marketing genius" with impressive accomplishments and ongoing success.
Spoiler alert: You will not hear about marketing hacks or high-level vague academic concepts; what Curtis shares about what it takes to build a successful and thriving business is simple.
Being a successful CEO or entrepreneur is about who you are. If you aspire to build a successful and fulfilling business and life, it is crucial to be a good person. This means being honest, fair, and kind to others. Your personality and character traits will impact your success in ways that go beyond just financial gain.
Here are a few nuggets from my incredible conversation with a down-to-earth, genuinely good guy:
➡️ "Over the top, baby. You don't have to beat them by much to beat them
by a lot in the long run."
➡️ "I own all of my companies outright. When something goes wrong... it's
me. "
➡️ "The biggest thing we lost when we went into e-commerce."
➡️ "Don't wait for your quarterly review. If you have an idea, go find Curtis."
➡️ "Hard conversations is the way we grow in this world."
➡️ Why Curtis hated his first job (the one his father found for him) and the
the creative, gutsy way he replaced it."
➡️ As a leader, you often make decisions before it is the right time to make those decisions; you don't necessarily have all the data, so you'll be making plenty of mistakes. You have to recognize it and reign that in."
Connect with Curtis:
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/curtis-matsko
Twitter: twitter.com/CurtisMatsko
Website: https://www.portlandleathergoods.com/