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#81 - Blake Johnson: Entrepreneurship, Bootstrapping, Resilience

#81 - Blake Johnson: Entrepreneurship, Bootstrapping, Resilience

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Blake is a serial entrepreneur, investor, and philanthropist who has founded and sold businesses exceeding $1.1 billion. He shares his journey from small-town beginnings to building Byte into a billion-dollar company without outside funding, and discusses lessons in entrepreneurship, resilience, leadership, and giving back.

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#81 - Blake Johnson: Entrepreneurship, Bootstrapping, Resilience

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