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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.)

And you and your team do what you're trained to do.

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

And when they follow that advice, the growth rate is just about double, and they become predictable.

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

Yes, but again, let's go back to the start.

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

Many of the clients, when I first start working with them, especially if they're four, five, six people, they start to make a pretty good living, but they're still acting

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

And maybe function as a sole proprietorship.

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

So before we get to scale, we really need to spend probably about a year or at least six months getting all the foundational elements in place to later support that scale.

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

Because right now, if you built that business and it's

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

You're too successful.

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

You don't have the staff.

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

You don't have the talent in here to make it happen.

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

You're going to have to work twice as hard to make it all work.

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

And that's not scale.

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

We can't keep doing that.

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

But at the same time, you don't have enough foundational skills.

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

pieces in place to attract and retain the talent.

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

You're growing, but not profitably.

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

And so, you know, we're kind of stuck on this treadmill and we can only turn it up so fast as to what you can bear.

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

We've got to get those things fixed.

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

And the good news is,

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

They're not that hard.