Zero To 5000

Another deep conversation on the Zero to 5000 Podcast today. We were joined by Chris Nedza, founder of ZeeZor and strategic director of growth at MindBody.

We discussed:

- Top 3 things to remember when starting a business

- The 'control freak' / 'absent leader' balance

- Surrounding yourself with people who will tell you no

- Transactional relationships

- Delegation & empowerment

- Being Kind to your people

- How to engage your people and lead a culture of productivity using metrics

Books to read: 

- The Dream Manager - Matthew Kelly 

- Home Run - John C. Maxwell

Talks to watch:

iTalk with Arquevious "Que" Crane  (If you aren't inspired by Que, there's something wrong with you)

After holding every possible position in an agency, Moira ventured out and started her own agency in 2007. Since then Moira and team have built one of the most respected agencies in the country serving over 200 firms from Fortune 10 companies to high-growth ventures. Modo Modo has made the inc. 5000 list 3 times and Moira Vetter has more awards herself than we could name. She’s won the AMA Marketer of the year award and the enterprising woman entrepreneur of the year award to name just a few.

We discussed:

- How Modo Modo started in the middle of the financial crisis in 2007-08, and pulled in $1,000,000 in revenue their first year

- Why just talking about your business's problems won't fix it

- How something productive always comes from conflict, if you manage it well

- You shouldn't give up long term gains for short term goals

On this special episode, our hosts Drew McClure and Jordan Mitchell hit us with the greatest takeaways from our season one guests. We flip the tables on this episode and have our associates Harrison and Trevor interview Drew and Jordan about the best, funniest, and most helpful moments of Zero to 5000 over the past three months. We recorded these episodes through the middle of the COVID pandemic and we learned a ton about what it takes to operate in difficult environments.

Some of the top things we've learned you'll hear in this episode:

- Hope is a sledgehammer, use it to break down the barriers to where you want to go

- Your network is your net worth, and relationships are absolutely still available right now

- Talent is always the most important parts of anyone's business

- How to keep score differently in crisis

Sean Henry is the Co-Founder of STORD. He's a young and hungry founder who dropped out of Georgia Tech and has built a thriving company in the last few years. He's taking on behemoths in the transportation and logistics world, and is an inspiration to all young founders. Check out this bonus episode for his story as a young college drop out embracing his role as the Founder of a fast growing company.

Shep Ogden and Bailey Grady have co-founded a fast-growing media company, Scout Social. These two young founders took what most folks wrote off as just a passing fad, and have built a marketing giant. With over 800 million native followers, Shep and Bailey are re-writing how marketing can be done in today's world. These two are hustling and tackling massive challenges.

Randy Dobbs was the CEO of three different companies valued at more than $1 billion. He’s known as a turnaround specialist who has transformed organizations from $100 million annual losses to billion-dollar successes. But Randy’s most impressive attribute is his ability to lead with hope in crisis. In this inspiring and emotional episode of Zero to 5000, you will hear Randy share his story of turning around multiple failing businesses with his core value of hope. 

This could be the single most important episode we’ve released to date. Randy’s wisdom is needed now more than ever. This episode will teach you how to lead and communicate through a crisis. A true must-listen for all founders and leaders. 

“Are you managing your business dying in this crisis? Or are you managing your business living for a better day?” - Randy Dobbs

Randy Dobbs The Business of Hope Ted Talk: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wv8ga-wVLs

Brandon and Casey share wisdom from building one of the fastest-growing insurance firms in America.

Cindi Filer started a staffing company for part-time mothers and fathers over 25 years ago. With a mission to help stay-at-home parents with skills and experience find careers that still allowed them the flexibility to raise their families, Cindi built Innovative Outsourcing into one of Atlanta's most respected staffing companies. With years of wisdom, this episode is guaranteed to help you think differently about what's possible for your business and your family.

How to Leverage Risk to achieve Your dreams.. Patrick Carroll 

Patrick Carroll is an American Entrepreneur, Philanthropist and CEO and Founder of Carroll Org. a prominent real estate investment company. 

Sangram Vajre is the founder and CEO of Terminus. Learn how to Flip Your Funnel and sell while you sleep in this exclusive interview.