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 91: Hiring for Culture Fit, with Lisa Macqueen
Hiring for Culture Fit What You Will Learn: How Lisa’s husband Hamish started Cleancorp and convinced her to get involved in the business once he realized he couldn’t get to seven figures doing everything himself Why Lisa joining the company created a new opportunity to scale and implement processes and systems, growing the business […]
Read More →Episode 90: Business Pivot, with Molly Gimmel
Business Pivot What You Will Learn: How Molly started D2DInc and became involved with the National Association of Women Business Owners (NAWBO) shortly after to seek support and education What pain points D2DInc experienced at the seven-figure mark, and how they made a wildly successful business pivot out of consulting and into government contracts […]
Read More →Episode 89: Loving What You Do, with Brett Gilliland
Loving What You Do: Turning the J-O-B of Running a Business Into J-O-Y What You Will Learn: Why many business owners feel like they’re stuck in a J-O-B and aren’t finding J-O-Y in owning a business Brett shares powerful quotes from historical figures, authors, celebrities, and business luminaries about loving what you do and […]
Read More →Episode 88: Get Your Priorities Straight, with Tommy Breedlove
Get Your Priorities Straight What You Will Learn: Tommy shares his background, and he shares how at age 36 he experienced a career crisis that taught him how important it is to get your priorities straight How Tommy got started resetting his mindset and making big changes and improvements in his life and attitude […]
Read More →Episode 87: Delegation Skills, with Cody Foster
Delegation Skills What You Will Learn: How Cody’s career led him to become a financial advisor and co-founding a business, and what early challenges he faced, and lessons he learned as an entrepreneur How Cody and his teamwork to help small business owners who “happen to be financial advisors” Why the biggest challenge Cody […]
Read More →Episode 86: Discipline Creates Freedom, with Ed Rush
Discipline Creates Freedom What You Will Learn: Ed discusses being a cocky F-18 pilot in the Marine Corps who learned he wasn’t as good as he thought, and the key self-improvement lesson the experience taught him Why business comes down to a few fundamental concepts, and why Ed feels most business owners have a […]
Read More →Episode 85: Finding Silver Linings in Business Challenges, with Justin Copie
Finding Silver Linings What You Will Learn: How Innovative Solutions, Justin’s 31-year old business, is today’s fastest-growing Amazon Web Services (AWS) partner How the rapid advancement in technologies and the work environment rework caused by the global pandemic has created a meteoric growth boom for Innovative Solutions How the company’s former CEO served as […]
Read More →Episode 84: Business Lessons Learned, with Misty Lown
Business Lessons Learned What You Will Learn: How Misty created More Than Just Great Dancing’s affiliate licensing program which now has 265+ affiliate studios serving more than 100,000 students per week Misty shares key business lessons learned while growing her affiliate business, and why your business needs a higher Purpose Why Misty’s focus is […]
Read More →Episode 83: Be Your Own Bank, with Mark Willis
Be Your Own Bank What You Will Learn: Why one of the most important lessons you can learn about money is that where you keep it makes it do different things How Mark helps seven-figure business owners reframe the way they think about money, and how that can help you create certainty for yourself […]
Read More →Episode 82: How to Manage Rapid Business Growth, with Rob Volpe
How to Manage Rapid Business Growth What You Will Learn: How Rob’s team at Ignite 360 strategically helps their clients of all sizes and sectors find the “one big idea” that can move their business forward How Rob learned how to manage rapid business growth after his organization reached seven figures in just six […]
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