Elite Entrepreneurs Podcast

If you’re one of the 3-5% of entrepreneurs that’s grown their business to seven figures in revenue, congratulations! You are an ELITE entrepreneur. Few people can say they’ve accomplished what you have. I’m sure that success hasn’t stopped you from wondering: What’s the next step?

Getting from six to seven figures is a commendable and extremely difficult feat, but it’s not smooth sailing after you clear the $1 million mark. If you’re like a lot of entrepreneurs, you’re probably encountering a host of new problems you’ve never fought through before. Leadership changes, vision changes, and you might find yourself wearing ten hats in a given day. That climb up to $10 million seems insurmountable, right?

Welcome Brett Gilliland, your host of the Elite Entrepreneurs podcast. Brett Gilliland is Founder and CEO of Elite Entrepreneurs, a company that specializes in giving $1M+ business owners the knowledge, processes and tools to grow to $10M and beyond. Brett is an expert in organization development, leadership and strategy and spent 10 years helping Infusionsoft grow from $7M in revenue to over $100M. Brett was involved in the foundational work of Purpose, Values and Mission at Infusionsoft and facilitated the strategic planning process for many years.

Episode 123: Growing a Business Past $1M with Mike Simmons

Growing a business past the $1M revenue ceiling is no easy task. Business owners have to fundamentally change the way the approach the work and their team. In this episode Mike Simmons joins Brett Gilliland to share some of the insights that have been learned from successfully growing past this mark with multiple businesses. On […]

Episode 122: Getting Clarity In Your Business, with Anita Grantham

Anita Grantham is a mission-driven culture champion that is passionate about building teams that inspire people to do the best work of their life. As a people- and culture-focused executive with experience in a variety of industries including technology, cloud-based marketing, construction/real estate, education, and customer experience, Anita has developed talent from multiple angles and […]

Episode 121: Creating Strong Work Culture, with Tyler Devin

After a horrific car accident in 2005, Tyler was motivated to forge his own path in life and find a way to create wealth. Years later, Tyler owns two online lead generation companies generating eight figures in revenue annually. Tyler has been in the industry for over 15 years and has a wide range of […]

Episode 120: Building a Business to Exit, with A.J. Lawrence

A.J. Lawrence has more than 25 years of professional experience across business strategy development, sales and marketing, recruitment, remote company development, and operations efficiency. He’s spent most of his career working across industries like CPG, tech/SaaS, health & wellness, financial, travel & hospitality as an investor, founder, and consultant. His professional time is divided between […]

Episode 119: Automating Your Customer’s Journey, with Paul Sokol

Paul Sokol started selling dime store candy for 25 cents in middle school. After a gauntlet of college combined with direct sales & founding his first company, he dove headfirst into entrepreneurial business automation with Keap. This was in the summer of 2008. Since then, he has helped thousands of business owners & people leaders, […]

Episode 118: Overcoming Self-Doubt, with Brett Gilliland

When your business is growing at a rapid pace, you may feel like you’re barely hanging on. Although you’re on the path to taking your company to the next level, you question if you have what it takes to get it there. In this solo episode of the Elite Entrepreneurs podcast, you’ll learn strategies to […]

Episode 117: Relinquishing Control to Scale Your Business, with Eric Berman

Eric Berman is currently founder/CEO of Brandetize, a full service, performance-based marketing agency that partners with esteemed thought leaders such as Brian Tracy, Jack Canfield, Phil Town, as well as consumer brands such as Heartmath, Terasana, Aptera, DaviSkin, The Good Feet Stores and more. Additionally, Eric has consulted for venture capitalists and successful companies at […]

Episode 116: If You Want to 100x Your Business, You Will Need to Master This Discipline, with Ron Alvesteffer

During his 23 years of ongoing leadership at Service Express, Ron Alvesteffer has helped the company leverage double-digit revenue growth year over year, expand its international footprint, create a unique performance-driven culture, and more. Ron is most proud of the strong company culture Service Express fosters through its company Vision of “helping employees achieve their […]

Episode 115: Developing Great Business Leaders, with Peter Ruppert

Pete is a veteran in the education industry. Over the past 20 years, he has opened over 120 schools and acquired more than 25 others. His experience in education spans president and CEO roles of organizations in the private school, charter school, and early education industries. He also served as a public school board member […]

Episode 114: The Value of Community, with Loren Feldman

Loren Feldman is editor-in-chief and founder of 21 Hats, a platform for business owners, where he edits a daily newsletter for entrepreneurs and hosts the 21 Hats podcast. He has also co-hosted a call-in show for business owners, Mind Your Business, on Sirius XM. Previously, he was a senior editor at Forbes, where he created […]

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