Hi there and welcome back to another edition of ScaleUp Radio, the podcast inspired by the Entrepreneurial ScaleUp System and designed to make navigating our ScaleUp journeys that little bit easier by learning from others' experiences.

I’m Kevin Brent and this week on the show I’m joined by  Steven Thai, founder of Ocean King, a business that started with a van selling prawns and grew into a 32,000 sq ft food distribution company.

Steven shares his inspiring journey from being a Vietnamese refugee to leading a successful business. He discusses the importance of core values, strategic growth, and delegating tasks.

Key turning points include joining an entrepreneur peer group and implementing EOS/Traction methodologies.

Steven also offers valuable advice and book recommendations for entrepreneurs.

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Kevin's Latest Book Is Available!

Drawing on BizSmart’s own research and experiences of working with hundreds of owner-managers, Kevin Brent explores the key reasons why most organisations do not scale and how the challenges change as they reach different milestones on the ScaleUp Journey. He then details a practical step by step guide to successfully navigate between the milestones in the form of ESUS - a proven system for entrepreneurs to scale up.

More on the Book HERE - https://www.esusgroup.co.uk/

 

Steve can be found here:

https://www.oceanking.co.uk/about/

https://www.tiktok.com/@steventhai

https://www.instagram.com/oceankingltd/

https://www.facebook.com/OceanKingLtd

 

Resources:

Start With Why by Simon Sinek - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/start-with-why-how-great-leaders-inspire-everyone-to-take-action-simon-sinek/239994?ean=9780241958223

Traction by Gino Wickman - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/traction-get-a-grip-on-your-business-gino-wickman/3561744?ean=9781936661831

The Five Dysfunction of a Team by Patrick Lencioni - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/the-five-dysfunctions-of-a-team-a-leadership-fable-20th-anniversary-edition-patrick-m-lencioni/2980473?ean=9780787960759

Shoe Dog by Phil Knight - https://uk.bookshop.org/p/books/shoe-dog-a-memoir-by-the-creator-of-nike-phil-knight/1040030?ean=9781471146725

ChatGPT - https://chatgpt.com/