You've heard the names:

Tesla, Uber, Amazon, Netflix - the list goes on.

They are companies that are impacting the world and changing the way we do ordinary things with extraordinary solutions.

While building a business has never been easier, creating a successful business may never be tougher.

It takes a sharp mind, acting fast, and finding a balance with confidence and skepticism in everything you do.

That's what today's guest is here to share with you.

Rod Drury is the founder of one of the most successful cloud-computing account software solutions available, known as XERO.

He's here to share his journey of learning and triumph so you can apply his findings to your business and life.

Quotes

You'll always overestimate what you can do in 2 years but underestimate what you can do in 10. - Bill Gates

If you're wrong you've learned something. - Rod Drury

Never overestimate the threat of competition. - Rod Drury

Entrepreneurship is disrupting everything. - Rod Drury

What you'll learn in this podcast:

• Rod's method for growing businesses and teams fast so that he's able to get a unique advantage in his industry
• An important way of looking at your business that's setting apart the most successful companies from the others
• The importance of becoming an expert in your domain (and Rod's easy method for doing this daily)
• Why you might want to start small in your business (and how this may actually allow for you to grow faster)
• How to look at competition so that you aren't paralyzed by it

Key resources:

• Check out XERO: XERO Cloud Accounting Software
• Follow: Rod on Twitter
• Rod's Recommendation For Following Your Industry: Feedly