Gino Wickman is the author of Traction: Get A Grip On Your Business and Get A Grip: An Entrepreneurial Fable… Your Journey to Get Real, Get Simple, and Get Results. He is the founder of EOS Worldwide, a leadership team development company based in Livonia, Michigan aimed at the small business and entrepreneurial community. He developed the Entrepreneurial Operating System (EOS), a practical method with tools that are used by almost 100,000 companies worldwide. In the past two decades, he has personally delivered over 1,900 full-day sessions with over 135 companies.
In this episode, we talked about entrepreneurship, systems, business growth…
Show notes
- Introducing Gino Wickman. [2:03]
- How Gino figured out how he fit into the business, and how he comes up with great ideas. [3:45]
- What businesses should be thinking about right now, during the pandemic. [5:41]
- Why you should “save your business first” during a crisis. [8:25]
- More information on Gino’s book, Entrepreneurial Leap. [9:38]
- Gino’s advice to technicians that are starting a business, and the kinds of mistakes they should avoid. [13:14]
- How to handle negotiations on acquiring businesses that did not succeed, while still paying respect to the blood, sweat, and tears poured into building that business. [18:58]
- The best advice for entrepreneurs who are having difficulty systemizing their business and avoiding being too hands-on. [20:55]
- Why visionaries must always be counterbalanced by integrators. [26:23]
- How to know if you’re really a visionary, an integrator, or neither. [31:01]
- More information on Gino’s book, Traction. [33:07]
- How to properly plan and execute strategies for business succession. [34:16]
- What the next 10 years look like for Gino. [37:47]
- The eight most common mistakes entrepreneurs make [39:20]
- Why you should be aware of how much you’re really worth, and when you need to charge it up. [42:27]
- Why it’s all about the bottom line, and the simple formula that should guide entrepreneurs. [45:00]
- Gino’s three valuable “quick tips” that entrepreneurs can get a lot out of. [48:22]
- Three books on Gino’s reading list. [50:30]
- How to get more information about Gino. [52:14]
- Gino’s most important piece of advice to home service business owners. [53:56]
Resources And People Mentioned:
- Entrepreneurial Leap by Gino Wickman is available to Order on Amazon
- E-Leap Website: Take the Free Entrepreneur-in-the-Making Assessment
- Entrepreneurial Leap YouTube Channel
- Start With Why by Simon Sinek
- Henry Ford
- Oprah Winfrey
- Sara Blakely
- Michael Gerber
- Walt Disney
- Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters
- Traction by Gino Wickman
- Finish Big by Bo Burlingham
- Dan Sullivan – The Strategic Coach
- Casey Brown TED Talk
- Think and Grow Rich by Napoleon Hill
- Essentialism by Greg McKeown
- The Hypomanic Edge by John Gartner
- https://e-leap.com/mentortrack
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