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From Humble Beginnings to Scaling Big: Perseverance, Networking, and Overcoming Challenges

From Humble Beginnings to Scaling Big: Perseverance, Networking, and Overcoming Challenges

Update: 2025-07-30
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In this episode, Keaton Turner shares Matt Steffens experiences moving livestock in Redmond, Oregon, reflecting on growth and the podcast's impact. He discusses entrepreneurship's highs and lows, networking opportunities, and reacts to Matt Steffens' video on humble beginnings and the American dream. Keaton emphasizes perseverance through business challenges, highlights network expansion, and gives a shoutout to Ace McCarthy. Topics include construction challenges, team updates, customer savings, and overcoming resistance to change. He explores organizational structure, management, preventing burnout, and scaling businesses, concluding with shoutouts and encouraging audience engagement.

(0:00 ) Moving cows and sheep in Redmond, Oregon
(0:37 ) Growth reflections and podcast impact
(1:29 ) Highs and lows in entrepreneurship
(2:28 ) Networking through the podcast
(3:25 ) Reaction to Matt Steffens' video
(4:31 ) Humble beginnings and the American dream
(7:21 ) Perseverance and "Death Valley" in business
(9:00 ) The power of expanding networks
(12:26 ) Shoutout to Ace McCarthy
(17:32 ) Construction challenges in summer
(21:32 ) Personal and team updates
(23:07 ) Customer savings and business challenges
(31:07 ) Overcoming customer resistance to change
(35:51 ) Organizational structure and having one boss
(41:04 ) Management layers in large projects
(48:26 ) Tactical vs. strategic management balance
(51:35 ) Management support and preventing burnout
(1:00:09 ) Organizational layers in scaling businesses
(1:02:03 ) Envisioning a transformative business
(1:03:34 ) Shoutouts and encouragement for audience engagement
(1:04:03 ) Closing thoughts
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From Humble Beginnings to Scaling Big: Perseverance, Networking, and Overcoming Challenges

From Humble Beginnings to Scaling Big: Perseverance, Networking, and Overcoming Challenges

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