Carl Gould #70secondCEO

Carl Gould
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A quick daily hit with Carl Gould to achieve a lifetime of results. #70secondCEO your micro-podcast...GO! Carl is the creator of the 7 Stage Growth Method, which has propelled over 75,000 companies worldwide. In this micro-podcast Gould shares actionable, practical tips to grow your business. You're too busy to be reading this, start listening!

  1. 2d ago

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 4: Build Systems That Help Your Business Run Without You

    Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO—just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. You'll know you've entered Stage 4 when every role in your business begins to take on a life of its own. Things start happening without your direct involvement. The pace of the business slows down—but in a good way. You might walk into the office and find it calm, almost quiet. That's not a bad sign—it's a sign of growing efficiency. This is a big shift from the hustle of Stages 1 and 2. It's not that your business is moving slower; it's that it's moving smoother. Early in Stage 4, the focus turns inward. You're building systems, processes, and internal structure. Think of it like teaching a child to ride a bike—you're still right there with your hand on the seat, just in case. During this time, your energy is focused on your internal client—your employees. Because of that, your sales might dip slightly—but that's normal and expected. You're laying the foundation for sustainable growth. Like and follow this podcast to learn more. I'm Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 4: Build Systems That Help Your Business Run Without You

  2. 3d ago

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 3: How Aligned Is Your Team with Your Business Mission?

    Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, a little more than a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic: Stage 3.  Give yourself a rank on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 low, 10 high. Stage 3 is the Synergy Stage. This is where you're building your implementation team. If you have a great plan, you're an authority in your niche. Now you're busy and in demand, and you need people to help you. They have to be fully aligned and bought into: Your mission Your vision Your values  Your purpose for your business Give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10: how aligned and enthusiastic is your team about your mission? All right, because that'll tell you how dedicated they are to the long-term goals of your company. Put a comment below: what's your score? I wanna know, all right? Like and follow this podcast. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 3: How Aligned Is Your Team with Your Business Mission?

  3. 4d ago

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 2: Build Your Credentials to Maximize Your Earning Potential

    Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results.  The challenge that you have here is that, most of the time, the business runs the owner in stage two; this is an area of concern. Part of your focus needs to be implementing your MVP plan, working with your strategic partner, your advisor, building those credentials, and maximizing this stage by making sure you're among the highest compensated in your field, because in stage two, there is a limit to what you can earn. There is a limit, because there are only so many hours in a day, and there are only so many people you can reach. So if you are a tradesman, if you're a doctor, if you're a financial planner, if you're an accountant, if you're an attorney, there are only so many hours in the day, and there are only so many clients you can serve. So part of the equation is making sure that you are among the top-paid in your field, and to do that, you need to build your credentials to become the highest certified or the most acclaimed in your field.  Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould and this has been your #70secondCEO.

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 2: Build Your Credentials to Maximize Your Earning Potential

  4. 5d ago

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 1: Design Your Business Future and Win Your First Customer

    Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Stage one: strategic planning. If you look down at the graph, you'll see in front of you what the personality of this particular stage is. Well, your major focus is going to be drive; your other major focus is going to be income and interaction because, remember, we have to persuade the marketplace that we have a good idea, and we have to sell it first before we create it. Now that's high risk, because you have to live up to what you said after the fact you have to deliver on what you've promised. So this is all about making the promise and delivering it. You will need a quality product because, as you get to the later stage you want to develop, you're about to sell your product, so that needs to come into play. Your blind spot here, and it'll be a virtually non-existent one, is systems. You will create a little bit of structure; your systems will be virtually non-existent. You're going to do whatever it takes to get yourself to that first customer. Your focus for this particular stage is to design your future. It's both your focus and your outcome, really. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

  5. 6d ago

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 1: Turn Your Business Idea into Demand Before You Build

    What are the 7 Stages?. Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. So what are these 7 stages? We've been talking about them a lot already. Let me give you an overview of each of the 7 stages before we get more into it. Stage one is the strategic planning stage. This is where your dream is born; you're going to focus on the direction, the planning of your company; you're going to sell your business first, then you're going to create it. Well, what the heck does that mean? Have you ever heard of a franchise? Ray Kroc, way back when, had the idea of selling businesses to people when they didn't exist, and then creating them later on. He actually had to convince the government that it was not fraudulent. Have you ever bought a home or an apartment just by looking at the building plans when there was nothing but a hole in the ground, and a building was going to be built later on? That builder or that developer sold the business first, created second. A very common practice in this day and age when they build new sports arenas is they sell what's called Personal seat licenses before the venue is ever built. They sell you the right to buy that seat once it's made. In other words, they sold the whole stadium. They sold out the stadium before the stadium was ever built. Have you ever bought a ticket to a performance that has not debuted yet? Have you ever pre-purchased a book or a record album or musical album or DVD or CD? Anyone who pre-sells anything is selling the business first and creating second. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould and this has been your #70secondCEO.

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 1: Turn Your Business Idea into Demand Before You Build

  6. Oct 2

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Your Business Mirrors You How Owner Strengths Create Business Blind Spots

    Your Business Mirrors You: How Owner Strengths Create Business Blind Spots  Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. As we've said many times, the business mirrors the owner's personality; it must. In order for this business to get off the ground, it must mirror your personality and your personal strengths. The strengths of the owner become the strength of the business; along with that come the blind spots, and here's one of the ways that you'll know where your strengths lie and where your blind spots lie. So, if you look at the diagram we provided for you on the page, you'll notice that it's a circle; it has four quadrants. Upper right hand corner is the D or direction the dominance, the bottom right hand corner is the I, the income, the influential part of you the bottom left hand corner are the systems, that's the steady nest part of you to support a  part of you and the top left hand corner are the controls, not the compliant part of you. If you'll draw–you'll notice there's two diagonal arrows that run from the D to the S and back again and the I and the C and back again. These the four quadrants, the diagonal these are the ones that are somewhat adversarial in these four quadrants are somewhat adversarial in nature and create a blind spot. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould and this has been your #70secondCEO.

  7. Oct 1

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Build the Right Team Match People to Their Strengths Roles Your Business Vision

    Build the Right Team: Match People to Their Strengths, Roles & Your Business Vision Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. When you create your organizational chart, you'll match people to their styles. And that's step number one: most people are going to gravitate towards the jobs that they're good at already, and we're gonna, when we talk about attributes, we'll talk about the skills and what they mechanically bring to the table. People gravitate towards certain roles because people like what they're good at. So, when you ask somebody, when you're hiring them, what is it you like about your job, they're going to tell you what they're good at. We tend to like what we're good at, and we tend to be good at what we like. So when building a structure, simply ask the person you hire. Look at the tasks here: which one do you want? Which one looks good to you? Which one do you think you would like? They will choose what they think they're good at in the beginning anyway. So in the beginning, when you're building a structure, and here's the key: before you make your first hire, this is why you have to have your plan, because we do something that we call sharing your vision with others. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

  8. Sep 30

    Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Build a Better Organizational Chart Track Your Tasks Improve Cash Flow Scale Your Business - Pt. 3

    Build a Better Organizational Chart: Track Your Tasks, Improve Cash Flow & Scale Your Business - Pt. 3 Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Once you have gone through this exercise, you will have done a number of things. First, you will have created all the job descriptions within the business because you've listed the tasks you went through and put your name next to each one. Soon you will change the name because your goal and your job thereafter, when working with your mirror and your strategic partner, is to fire yourself upward every quarter for the first 18 months. And that will get you to stage four in 18 months or less. It depends on how fast you keep firing yourself upward. Thereafter, fire yourself upward every quarter for another 18 months, and that will bring you to stage seven. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

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A quick daily hit with Carl Gould to achieve a lifetime of results. #70secondCEO your micro-podcast...GO! Carl is the creator of the 7 Stage Growth Method, which has propelled over 75,000 companies worldwide. In this micro-podcast Gould shares actionable, practical tips to grow your business. You're too busy to be reading this, start listening!

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