Dave Lavinsky talks with Jason Barnard about starting at the end. Start At The End! Dave Lavinsky—serial entrepreneur, bestselling author, distinguished business strategist, and the founder and president of PlanPros.ai—shares the game-changing methodology that's helped over 1 million entrepreneurs build bigger, faster-growing companies. Drawing from 30+ years of experience launching, scaling, and exiting multiple ventures across diverse industries, Dave reveals his proven "reverse engineering" approach to business planning that transforms wishful thinking into concrete roadmaps for success. Get ready for a deep dive on:- The "Start at the End" methodology: How to envision your ultimate business goal and work backwards to create an actionable plan- Why traditional business planning fails and how reverse engineering your success changes everything- The exact framework for breaking down 10-year visions into yearly, monthly, and daily actionable steps- Asset-building strategies that compound over time vs. daily tasks that waste your potential- The psychology behind goal-setting and why most entrepreneurs lose sight of their end game in the daily fires of business This episode delivers transformative, battle-tested wisdom for entrepreneurs, founders, and business owners ready to stop drifting and start building systematically toward their ultimate vision. #StartAtTheEnd #BusinessPlanning #EntrepreneurStrategy #BusinessGrowth #ReverseEngineering #AIBusinessPlanning #FastlaneFounders #DaveLavinsky #BusinessStrategy #EntrepreneurJourney #StartupPlanning #BusinessSuccess #VisionaryPlanning #GrowthStrategy #EntrepreneurTips What you’ll learn from Dave Lavinsky This episode was recorded live on video August 26th 2025 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7wNsDwtfcCI Links to pieces of content relevant to this topic:https://planpros.ai/https://www.growthink.com/Dave Lavinsky Transcript from Dave Lavinsky with Jason Barnard on Fastlane Founders And Legacy. Start at the End [00:00:00] Dave Lavinsky: So if we have a hundred employees in 10 years, we probably have 90 in nine years. You probably have 80 in eight years, right? Obviously, it's not linear, but it's gonna be somewhat of a trajectory going forward. So yes, let's look at five years, where do we need to be in five years? And get that down on paper. And then once again, and keep moving backwards to figure out what we need to achieve this year. Because I think a lot of businesses, if we look at this year, even if they're successful from a profitability perspective, are they building the assets that they need to build to get to where they really want to be? [00:00:38] Narrator: Fastlane Founders and Legacy with Jason Barnard. Each week, Jason sits down with successful entrepreneurs, CEOs and executives, and get them to share how they mastered the delicate balance between rapid growth and enduring success in the business world. How can we quickly build a profitable business that stands the test of time and becomes our legacy? A legacy we're proud of. Fastlane Founders and Legacy with Jason Barnard. [00:01:07] Jason Barnard: Hi, everybody and welcome to another Fastlane Founders and Legacy with me, Jason Barnard, and a quick hello and we're good to go. Welcome to the show, Dave Lavinsky. [00:01:20] Dave Lavinsky: I like that. Thanks for having me here, Jason. [00:01:22] Jason Barnard: Yeah, you get the baritone. [00:01:24] Dave Lavinsky: I'll take it. [00:01:26] Jason Barnard: Lovely to meet you. We're gonna be talking about Start at the End, which is a really cryptic title. [00:01:32] Dave Lavinsky: Okay. [00:01:32] Jason Barnard: Can you, in one sentence, tell me what we're gonna be talking about? [00:01:37] Dave Lavinsky: When we talk about Start at the End, we talk about envisioning where you want your business to be in X years, which is the end, and how you create a plan,
