In this episode of the Scuttlebutt Podcast, host Brock Briggs delves into the fundamental principles that propelled Amazon from their first sale in the 1990s to a staggering $575 billion in revenue by 2023. Drawing from the book 'Working Backwards' by former Amazon employees Colin Breyer and Bill Carr, Brock…
Mastering Global Talent: Leadership Strategies and Business Lessons with John Matzner In this insightful episode of the Scuttlebutt Podcast, John Matzner, co-founder of Sagan Passport, a global talent agency, shares his expertise on building and managing a global workforce. The video delves into the principles of leading remote teams, maintaining…
The growth of your org and your leadership hinges on this one sentence: "The more guidance you give people, the more comfortable they feel exercising their own autonomy within their box." If your people don't have authority or FEEL the authority they possess to make decisions in their operational area,…
In this episode, Brock speaks with Nolan Gore. Nolan operates a landscaping company that's going to do over 5 million in revenue this year, which is more than 2x Since he bought the company back in 2017. In this conversation, you'll learn why work life balance doesn't exist and why…
One of the biggest benefits touted by vets are government set asides or the preference federal government offers for veteran owned small businesses. The reality is that when you start out, you're an unproven business competing against other "small businesses" which they classify as up to ~30 million in revenue.…
In this episode, Brock speaks with Ryan Kilkenny. Ryan is the founder and CEO of Atomic Planning, a virtual retirement planning financial services company. Ryan is former Marine Corps and after a few years learning financial advising at Edward Jones started his own practice with a focus on retirement planning…
The minute your raise money, you no longer have complete decision making authority. In venture and PE, there are people outside of your business slamming their firsts about growth so that they can make their money back. Raising money isn't all its chalked up to be. Some businesses require it,…
In this episode, Brock speaks with Mike Jones. In this conversation, Mike talks about how to do targeted networking with a particular focus on raising money for a business, as well as running effective meetings with people. We talked about him launching one of the first Crossfit gyms in Minneapolis…
I believe yes. But it takes work. Likely more work than other people. If we get hung up thinking about things we deserve, we'll never move forward.
In this episode, Brock speaks with Rodney Adams. Rodney is a former Marine Corps infantry, both enlisted and officer and is now the CEO and founder of Mr. Home Repair of Tulsa. We get into why the title of veteran means different things to different people and the good and…
Hearing people describe the early days of starting their business always reminds me of Shackleton's ad: "Men wanted for hazardous journey, small wages, bitter cold, long months of complete darkness, constant danger, safe return doubtful, honor and recognition in case of success." I used to think entrepreneurship was for suited…
I'm reading The Attributes by Rich Diviney and one of the things he talks about is how adverse environments put our attributes on display. The military provides lots of these opportunities. Chances to see what we lack. Chances to practice. I won't equate combat to starting a business, but when…
The bar to enter home service is extremely low which drives an extremely long tail of poor service. In some industries, the need for work is so high, it causes business owners to be complacent about how they treat customers. They know they're only a day away from getting another…
Quantitative investing has parallels to each side of a market. Human beings are driven by fear and greed. We get scared and act irrationally when things look grim. We are overly aggressive when things seem optimistic. As an owner you can sell to these emotions. You also need to be…
In this episode, Brock speaks with Jeremy McCool. Jeremy is a former Army infantry officer, and currently the founder and CEO of HEVO, a wireless electric vehicle charging company. We talked through Jeremy's inspiration for HEVO, a story recounting restoring power to a village in Iraq while deployed. He explains…
