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Ilana

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Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

After Sonos, you're really building AudioG and really starting to see this like massive success with building incredible team by your side. What do you think are some of these things things around leadership that then obviously you took to Cardone Ventures and I see and I rip the benefit. But what are some of these things that you learned in RGG and maybe even in Sonos?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

After Sonos, you're really building AudioG and really starting to see this like massive success with building incredible team by your side. What do you think are some of these things things around leadership that then obviously you took to Cardone Ventures and I see and I rip the benefit. But what are some of these things that you learned in RGG and maybe even in Sonos?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And that's incredible. And we'll talk about it because I think that was almost engineered approach and very clear data driven approach is what sold me. I'm a geeky engineer. So this is what sells me. And I want to talk about it. But right before that, so you sell your company in 2016.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And that's incredible. And we'll talk about it because I think that was almost engineered approach and very clear data driven approach is what sold me. I'm a geeky engineer. So this is what sells me. And I want to talk about it. But right before that, so you sell your company in 2016.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And for a lot of our audience, they somehow find themselves in a situation where they're trying to figure out what's next for me. And I think for a lot of our listeners, this is a hard moment because if you're a high achiever, if you're driven, you always kind of know what's next for you.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And for a lot of our audience, they somehow find themselves in a situation where they're trying to figure out what's next for me. And I think for a lot of our listeners, this is a hard moment because if you're a high achiever, if you're driven, you always kind of know what's next for you.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And there's going to be times that you're suddenly like, oh, God, like there's like this plateau of opportunities. I don't know what excites me anymore. What was it like for you, Brandon?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And there's going to be times that you're suddenly like, oh, God, like there's like this plateau of opportunities. I don't know what excites me anymore. What was it like for you, Brandon?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

Now I'm crying.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

Now I'm crying.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

Wow, that was incredible, Brandon. We had an episode with the previous president of Starbucks, and he said a quote that I think sits in my head. It basically says, there's no amount of success that you can live on forever. And that one of his hardest moments was actually when he retired. And I thought that was really powerful.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

Wow, that was incredible, Brandon. We had an episode with the previous president of Starbucks, and he said a quote that I think sits in my head. It basically says, there's no amount of success that you can live on forever. And that one of his hardest moments was actually when he retired. And I thought that was really powerful.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And now you decided to partner with Grant Cardone, and you work together with your amazing wife, Natalie Dawson, who I love. First of all, how is it working together? I think a lot of people are very afraid of working with their partner. How did you find that?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

And now you decided to partner with Grant Cardone, and you work together with your amazing wife, Natalie Dawson, who I love. First of all, how is it working together? I think a lot of people are very afraid of working with their partner. How did you find that?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

Well, I hope you're enjoying this amazing conversation. We have a lot more to cover, but don't forget to like this video and subscribe to our channel. Now, if you're looking to fast track your own career, figure out what's next for you, get that clarity, fast track your own growth, check out that free 30 minute training. You'll get a lot of value out of it. It's sleepacademy.com slash training.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

Well, I hope you're enjoying this amazing conversation. We have a lot more to cover, but don't forget to like this video and subscribe to our channel. Now, if you're looking to fast track your own career, figure out what's next for you, get that clarity, fast track your own growth, check out that free 30 minute training. You'll get a lot of value out of it. It's sleepacademy.com slash training.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

That's sleepacademy.com slash training. Now let's get back to the show. Let me ask you about a few things that you said that I think are really important. So I just came back from New York. We were recording an episode with Gary Vee. And one of the things that he said in the studio is about haters. And you touched it for a second. We all going to see more hate now in the digital space.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

That's sleepacademy.com slash training. Now let's get back to the show. Let me ask you about a few things that you said that I think are really important. So I just came back from New York. We were recording an episode with Gary Vee. And one of the things that he said in the studio is about haters. And you touched it for a second. We all going to see more hate now in the digital space.

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

It's just so easy to hate. It's so easy to bash someone. How do you cope with hate? I think if there's one thing that for me, it always like I try to ignore it and it always hurts. How do you cope with it?

Leap Academy with Ilana Golan
How I Lost My Company and Built a $500M Business Instead | Brandon Dawson | E79

It's just so easy to hate. It's so easy to bash someone. How do you cope with hate? I think if there's one thing that for me, it always like I try to ignore it and it always hurts. How do you cope with it?