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Brad Sugars

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931 total appearances

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Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

Well, there was a lot of that sort of stuff happening too.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

It's crazy how those cycles happen though.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

And I think just being fast enough and flexible enough to change is what makes most business people successful.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

You see, if you wait...

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

for disruption, you're gonna die.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

If you disrupt yourself, your business is gonna keep growing.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

So I've been with ActionCOACH now, we're, what are we, 32 years old as a company.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

We've had to disrupt ourselves probably six times, restate the business, redo the business, change the business entirely, because if we didn't, then our competitors could catch us and beat us type thing.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

You gotta innovate.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

And when I started the business coaching industry or profession, it didn't exist.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

So I've always said to our team, we're not building a business, we're building an entire profession.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

And so we've got to look at what has the accounting profession done before us, the legal profession, engineering, and copy those who've gone before us.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

I think it's really important to learn from those who've been down the road before.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

Yeah, it seems that way.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

Everyone's a coach.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

And we, look, I find that coaching really works, Sean.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

And if you find someone that matches your style and what you need at that point in time, it's going to work.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

Whether they've got a massive level of experience or not, doesn't really matter.

Digital Social Hour
Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

What happens with coaching is this.

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Bradley Sugars: There Are No Billion-Dollar Companies (Here’s Why) | DSH #1712

If someone actually is a coach, I mean, they ask you questions.