Taking The Long Way: How Being Resilient Is A Mighty Superpower with Sarah Card - GC Legacy Construction

Sarah Card shares her journey from overcoming the 2008 financial crisis to founding GC Legacy Construction and successfully navigating the challenges posed by COVID-19. She discusses securing Starbucks as a client and scaling the business through core values and long-term thinking. Sarah emphasizes the importance of daily reinforcement of these values and the strategic decision to bring trades in-house to drive growth. The conversation explores cultural integration, operational changes, and building new trades, along with offering logistics solutions that add value beyond construction.

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(0:00) Introduction of Sarah Card's business vision and hosts' mission statement (1:33) Sponsor: Cybersecurity strategy (2:01) Sarah Card's introduction, company background, and career journey (5:15) Overcoming the 2008 financial crisis and transition to construction (10:29) Founding GC Legacy Construction and navigating COVID-19 challenges (17:07) Securing Starbucks as a client and scaling the business (21:17) Core values, long-term thinking, and building credibility (27:11) Importance of daily reinforcement of core values (29:22) Bringing trades in-house and the impact on growth (33:59) Cultural integration, operational changes, and building new trades (44:22) Adding value beyond construction and logistics solutions (49:59) Investing in technology and prioritizing processes (54:27) Future vision and advice to younger self (56:08) Contacting Sarah Card and parting words (56:47) Closing remarks and sponsor mention