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David Grau Sr.

๐Ÿ‘ค Speaker
861 total appearances

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Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

I put all the best stuff in the front third to the front half so I could at least get it in front of people.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

But I am absolutely sure that there are some great books out there.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

But I think the problem becomes...

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Most entrepreneurs aren't sure what question to ask.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

They're not sure what problem to solve.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

And so what I try to help them understand is I am going to take you from the organizational model where you're the hub of the wheel and everything runs through you, and I'm going to take you out of that role, off the treadmill, and we're going to promote you to CEO.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

And as CEO, you need to learn how to run a business, a small business.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

You need to learn how to delegate.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

You don't need to learn how to hire.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

You need to learn how to hire somebody who can go find people to solve the problems that you need solved.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

And so let's figure out what the non-negotiables are.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Let's figure out all the jobs you currently do that we are going to take off of your plate in the next three years.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Now, we're not going to go hire somebody who's

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

got a good work ethic that promises to show up every day.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Now, we're going to hire somebody that can take over payroll and the bookkeeping.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Get that out of the way.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Then we're going to hire somebody who can make it rain consistently day after day, year after year.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

Well, you're on a four-week vacation in Maui.

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

we're going to go hire sales and then we're going to go hire a coo and then a cfo to help manage this place so you're the person has to organize and orchestrate that whole group those are the skills i want you to go learn and if you get them off of a book on amazon super if you want to watch the book the book i recommend if everybody's wondering what it was it's the personal mba that's the book i tell everybody

Escaping the Drift with John Gafford
Building a Business That Outlasts You (David Grau Sr.)

That's cool.