From a single storefront to a $200M enterprise, David Segal reveals the sophisticated frameworks behind building a category-defining business.

Learn the counterintuitive principles that separate exceptional operators from average founders, including the hidden challenges of success and the strategic tension between working in versus on your business.

A look into the mind of a builder who has mastered both the science of operations and the art of scale. And watch in real-time as he does it again with Firebelly Tea.

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(00:00 ) Intro

(04:59 ) What entrepreneurship is

(07:10 ) How to manage your psychology

(10:40 ) Yearly planning, daily action

(15:50 ) Avoiding "ivory-tower syndrome"

(18:30 ) Segal's childhood and background

(25:15 ) The history of DAVIDsTEA and Firebelly

(36:40 ) The evolution of tea and business over the last twenty years

(42:30 ) On failures

(49:00 ) Dealing with depression

(52:30 ) Lessons about money

(56:55 ) Business and life lessons from Warren Buffett

(1:00:00 ) On time management

(1:04:50 ) What's missing in Segal's life

(1:08:39 ) On success