#17 l Creating a world renowned global design firm with CEO of Astound Dale Morgan

In this episode, we had the privilege to have an hour of Dale Morgan’s busy schedule to talk about how he created his company featured in the INC magazine 100 best in business awards companies. Dale Morgan is the founder of ASTOUND, an award-winning creative agency with state-of-the-art fabrication capabilities across North America. https://www.astoundgroup.com A finalist for Ernst & Young’s Entrepreneur of the Year award, Dale and the team at ASTOUND have brought projects to life for global brands such as Google, NIKE, Shopify, Mastercard and Coca Cola while expanding their services from tradeshows, events and experiences into retail strategy, design, and outfitting, and architectural project development. Discover my website here: https://butzi-speaker.com Here is the time reference: 00:00 – 01:18 – Introduction of Dale and Astound 01:19 – 03:10 - How Astound helps other companies 03:11 – 08:10 - About Dale and becoming an entrepreneur 08:11 – 13:03 - Starting Astound and the first projects 13:04 –16:3 - Expanding one step at a time and pushing boundaries 16:33 – 20:22 - Fighting obstacles along the way and learning 20:23 – 23:34 - What’s the life of a CEO? Balancing life & work 23:35 – 27:38 - Experiencing Covid-19: Surviving as a company and finding solutions 27:39 – 30:12 - Marketing and Advertising 30:13 – 33:53 The Houses: A disruptive and exciting move 33:54 – 36:36 Management & Leadership 36:37 – 37:24 What’s next? 37:25 – 42:17 Dale’s tips and influences 42:18 – 43:40 - Conclusion FOLLOW HIM ON: Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/dalemorgan1/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/astounddale Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/dalermorgan/?hl=en