Brandon Dawson | Business Growth & Scale Expert

Brandon Dawson, Co-founder, CEO & Managing Partner of Cardone Ventures, shares his proven business systems that have allowed him to propel numerous businesses to unprecedented heights, his ingenious strategies for nurturing exceptional talent and cultivating a powerhouse team, and his thoughts about the limitless potential of Network Marketing. (1:24:09)

Show Notes:

1:12 - Eric welcomes Brandon to the podcast.

2:28 - Eric and Brdon are surprised to discover their common origins.

3:50 - Eric and Brandon share some fascinating stories about Brandon's stepdad Bill Austin, Founder & CEO of Starkey Hearing Aids.

10:42 - Brandon details how having "a rich dad" and "a poor dad" influenced him.

12:31 - Eric and Brandon discuss how your upbringing can impact your path in life - for good or bad.

14:35 - Brandon and Eric share varying opinions on whether entrepreneurs are "made" or "born".

16:30 - Brandon tells us how he barely made it through high school and about the sales job he got after he dropped out of college that led to a breakthrough that serves him to this day.

21:42 - Brandon unveils his secrets to starting a business and the 10 Elements to Growing and Scaling a Business.

29:42 - Brandon recounts how he came up with the 10 Elements to Growing and Scaling a Business and the 11 Breakpoints Between Start-Ups and Billion-Dollar Companies.

34:13 - Brandon explains how he decides what the product should be for a new business and what's hot right now.

38:56 - Brandon discusses how leadership and meeting employee's personal, professional and financial goals can lead to the success of a company.

46:38 - Brandon shares an incredible story about a migrant worker who now works for him and makes $750,000 a year.

51:09 - Brandon pulls back the curtain on his ingenious strategies for developing personal, professional and financial goals with your employees.

57:20 - Brandon discloses why if you are not making $100,000 in revenue per employee, you aren't making any money.

59:30 Brandon discusses tracking employee productivity and behavior depending on whether they are in-person or remote.

1:03:33 - Brandon gives us the 5 things a business must do to attract, hire and keep great talent.

1:09:22 - Brandon reveals his motivation and mission for why he does what he does.

1:13:41 - Brandon shares what he loves about the limitless potential of Network Marketing and how his business systems can be applied to it.

1:19:24 - Brandon explains why, in business, velocity is EVERYTHING and how he relies on the 4 A's when he's up against pressure and he's trying to sort through things.

Resources From This Podcast:

Cardone Ventures: https://www.cardoneventures.com/

Glossary of Terms:

Kanban System: An inventory control system used in just-in-time (JIT) manufacturing to track production and order new shipments of parts and materials.

Questions or Comments?

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