Elevate The Hustle

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Elevate the Hustle is the bold, founder-to-founder show for leaders who want to stand tall and scale smart. 🦒 Hosted by Stanley Meytin and Dominic Piccirillo, co-founders of Elevate Teams, the show dives into the real journey—growth, chaos, culture, and the systems that unlock time and revenue. You’ll hear from independent insurance agency owners, entrepreneurs, and operators who are in the arena: how they hire, how they lead, and how they use world-class talent to level up. It’s fast, funny, and practical—no jargon, no theory, just the plays that actually work. Who it’s for: Owners, principals, and operators who want real leverage—better processes, better people, better outcomes. What you’ll get: Actionable hiring and ops strategies, culture-first leadership insights, and memorable stories that push you to think bigger and build bolder.

Episodes

  1. Throw Out the Timeline: Going Independent at 50 and Scaling Smart ft. Rob Bowen

    36M AGO

    Throw Out the Timeline: Going Independent at 50 and Scaling Smart ft. Rob Bowen

    "A lot of people get paralyzed and they don't make a decision, but that's a decision."  Rob Bowen learned that in the Navy. At 50 years old, he decided to stop waiting and start his own insurance agency. 🎖️  In episode 3 of Elevate the Hustle, Stan and Dom sit down with Rob Bowen, Navy veteran, owner of Patriotic Insurance Group, and one of Elevate's very first clients. They met at a golf outing in Nashville (where Dom barely made the tee time after "networking" until 3 AM), and what started as a round of golf turned into a years-long partnership.  Rob breaks down:  Why he left a stable job at 50 to become an entrepreneur, and what finally pushed him to do it The military leadership lesson that changed how he runs his agency How he went from doing certificates of insurance himself (badly) to delegating outcomes, not tasks Why most agencies are busy doing "busy work" instead of revenue-generating activities The real reservation he had about hiring remote workers, and how it became a non-issue fast What it's like preparing to sell your agency after only 5 years of going independent Plus, Rob shares his go-to golf club (a 15-year-old Nike hybrid), why he'll never do another certificate of insurance, and the one book every agency owner should read.  If you've ever thought "I'm too old to start over," this episode is for you. Real talk, real stories, and occasionally real bad language. If you're an insurance agency owner or entrepreneur who wants straight talk and stories from the trenches, hit play. 🌐 Website: elevateteams.io 📷 Instagram: @elevateteams 🔗 LinkedIn: Elevate Teams 🎙️ YouTube: @ElevateTheHustlePodcast

    29 min
  2. The Queen Bee of Connecting: Why Culture-First Hiring Changes Everything for Insurance Agencies ft. Kelly Bailey

    DEC 22

    The Queen Bee of Connecting: Why Culture-First Hiring Changes Everything for Insurance Agencies ft. Kelly Bailey

    "Do you know Kelly Bailey?"  If you're in Florida insurance, the answer is yes, and you're probably best friends. (And if not, you will soon.) 🐝 In episode 2 of Elevate the Hustle, Stan and Dom sit down with Kelly Bailey—founder of Hive Recruiter and serial connector who turned decades of "side hustle" placements into a full-time business.  They dig into:  Why fear of failure keeps people from starting, and why Kelly did it anyway What actually drives people to leave their jobs (spoiler: it's not always money) The "vibe check" that matters more than checking boxes on a resume Why most agency owners are hiring the wrong people for the wrong jobs How Stan finally convinced Kelly to stop working until 1 AM and hire her own VA, and what happened when she finally did Real talk, real stories, and occasionally real bad language. If you're an insurance agency owner or entrepreneur who wants straight talk and stories from the trenches, hit play. 🌐 Website: elevateteams.io 📷 Instagram: @elevateteams 🔗 LinkedIn: Elevate Teams 🎙️ YouTube: @ElevateTheHustlePodcast

    50 min
  3. Bring the Giraffe: How LATAM Virtual Assistants Help Insurance Agencies Grow (and Stand Out)

    DEC 15

    Bring the Giraffe: How LATAM Virtual Assistants Help Insurance Agencies Grow (and Stand Out)

    “A giraffe walks into an insurance conference…”   Sounds like the setup to a joke, right? Except this actually happened. And we were the ones who brought it. 🦒   In this first episode of Elevate the Hustle, founders Stan Meytin and Dom Piccirillo tell the real story behind the 16 foot giraffe they brought into the FAIA conference in Orlando—and why it wasn’t just a stunt, it was a statement about how they do business. From there, Dom takes you back to the early days: - Starting an insurance agency from scratch in New York - Working 70–80 hour weeks and burning out - Trying offshore help in India and realizing what doesn’t work - Discovering Latin American talent and building a hybrid team that helped him scale and eventually sell his agency. Stan and Dom break down how that experience turned into Elevate Teams—matching insurance agencies with trained, vetted virtual assistants from Latin America—and why they believe delegation, process, and culture are the real unlocks for growth.   They also dig into: - The simple exercise that showed Dom he was doing “intern work” as the owner - Why most agency owners stay stuck in the weeds - Why sometimes, in business, you have to do something so bold people can’t forget you (like, say, rolling a giraffe into a ballroom)   The episode wraps with a rapid-fire round so you can get to know them—golf handicaps, Jets fandom, guilty-pleasure Starbucks orders and all. Real talk, real stories, and occasionally real bad language. If you're an insurance agency owner or entrepreneur who wants straight talk and stories from the trenches, hit play. 🌐 Website: elevateteams.io 📷 Instagram: @elevateteams 🔗 LinkedIn: Elevate Teams 🎙️ YouTube: @ElevateTheHustlePodcast

    34 min
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About

Elevate the Hustle is the bold, founder-to-founder show for leaders who want to stand tall and scale smart. 🦒 Hosted by Stanley Meytin and Dominic Piccirillo, co-founders of Elevate Teams, the show dives into the real journey—growth, chaos, culture, and the systems that unlock time and revenue. You’ll hear from independent insurance agency owners, entrepreneurs, and operators who are in the arena: how they hire, how they lead, and how they use world-class talent to level up. It’s fast, funny, and practical—no jargon, no theory, just the plays that actually work. Who it’s for: Owners, principals, and operators who want real leverage—better processes, better people, better outcomes. What you’ll get: Actionable hiring and ops strategies, culture-first leadership insights, and memorable stories that push you to think bigger and build bolder.

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  • Creator
    Elevate Teams
  • Years Active
    2K
  • Episodes
    3
  • Rating
    Explicit
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