Braun is CEO and co-owner with brother Mike of Pivotal Advisors, a Prior Lake, Minn.-based firm that helps organizations improve their sales results. In this interview he shares what the two of them learned the hard way while growing sales from thousands to hundreds of millions at various companies before starting their own firm during the Great Recession. 

Each “One Take" interview is spontaneous and recorded in one take with no edits. The series is sponsored by the Platinum Group, the Upper Midwest's most experienced advisory firm helping businesses through challenging times including restructurings, recapitalizations, reorganizations, divestitures, acquisitions and crises. The interviews are conducted by one of its consultants, Dale Kurschner, who specializes in strategic communication, reputation management and crisis communications.