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Kris Dehnert

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643 total appearances

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Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

You've gone as far as you can go.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And I was like, oh, that's a good point.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And I put in my two weeks.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And it happened to be April Fool's Day, which was hilarious.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And they're like, oh, I'm like, no, I'm serious.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

I'm out.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

I'm out.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And so then I went into real estate in 2007, 2008, right when everything was crashing.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

But I was flipping short sales with a buddy of mine, Mike.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

That's when it really kind of ramped up.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

I realized that I could go from knowing nothing about real estate to being a national influencer in a matter of six months.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

It shouldn't be like that.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

But what I learned in that time is that if my plan's better than their plan, they're going with my plan.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And this is something that has carried on into several other companies and I can explain it in a little bit, but being a true visionary, can you see something so vividly, so clearly that everybody else around you can see it as well?

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And if they can, now you're at a point where you can, you know, I love to say this and people laugh, give direction, not directions.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And you paint this picture so clearly.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

that they see it, feel it, taste it, hear it, and then you can just back away.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And the micromanagement is not necessary.

Finding Peak w/ Ryan Hanley
How Kris Dehnert Built a $55M Brand Without Selling His Soul

And what you'll find is that people really flourish in an environment like that, especially the newer age employees and the younger kids and the generations coming up.