Doing Whatever You Want, Is Keeping Your Business Small (Here's Why) | Mark C Winters

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Tommy sits down with Mark C. Winters, co-author of Rocket Fuel and author of the new book Visionary, to name the seat most founders never see: the integrator. They get into why four visionaries exist for every one integrator, why founders who sell rarely last a year, the 2017 hire that set Tommy free, and the one question every owner should answer before they ever think about selling.

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-- 🕐 TIMESTAMPS 🕐 --
00:00 - Introduction
00:43 - Mark's Origin Story
04:11 - Predictable Visionary Patterns
06:55 - Small Shops To $400M
08:20 - Is "Founder" A Risk?
09:40 - Why Founders Leave After The Sale
12:18 - Who Becomes The Integrator
16:10 - What Getting Stuck Looks Like
20:11 - Five Abilities To Break Ceilings
23:50 - Can Your Spouse Be The Integrator?
27:58 - The Seat Founders Can't See
31:15 - The Thankless Number Two
34:09 - The Three-Piece Puzzle
39:33 - The First Sign It's Failing
42:38 - Four Visionaries, One Integrator
43:34 - The Bottleneck At The Top
46:57 - The Ski Resort CEO
49:00 - How To Find Your Integrator
51:09 - The Hard Truth
55:01 - The One System To Install Now
1:02:40 - Would You Give It All Back?
1:08:48 - Where To Find Mark

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