Sean Steele

ScaleHQ Podcast

Business EN ↓ 130 episodes

Founders who've scaled. Founders still striving. What could you achieve if you knew the secrets and strategies of the Founders who've already achieved scale? Join Sean Steele as he shares his insights from growing 4 companies by a total of 100m in revenue, interviewing Founders who've made it and learning from industry experts. The ScaleHQ Podcast is more about strategy and practical tools, than inspiration.

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Sean Steele

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#4 — Cleaning Up - 6.5m to 18m in 5 Years - Kelly Broderick 29.09.2021 46:06

It can be like watching grass grow when you’re a first-time Founder. It’s constant pushing.  It’s incremental gains, not leaps and bounds.  It’s a few steps forward, but even more back as you figure things out.  Drive, adapt.  Drive, adapt. But when you stick at it, anything is possible. Just ask Kelly Broderick, Co-Founder of Cleanworks.  A cleaning company that took 15 y...

Introduction to the ScaleUps Podcast and Your Host, Sean Steele 16.09.2021 12:25

Join us before you start listening to the ScaleUps Podcast for a quick 10-minute introduction, where Podcast Host Sean Steele explains: What is the ScaleUps Podcast all about? Who's the intended audience? Who is this Sean Steele guy? What kinds of guests should I expect to hear and learn from in the first 10 or 20 episodes? If you're the kind of person who needs context and a "why" before you can...

#3 — The Must Dos to Avoid Catastrophic Fails - Stipe Vuleta 16.09.2021 53:25

There are many people who can provide guidance and advice on what TO do to scale a company. And of course many are credible in doing so. However there’s few that have seen thousands of examples of businesses not making it.  Businesses failing.  Partnerships that disintegrated. Finances that were poorly managed.    Culture’s that led to the downfall of the organisation. Stipe Vu...

#2 — Intrapreneurship Special - 5m to 500m in 6 Continents - Richard Katzman 16.09.2021 59:11

Can you imagine achieving a 16% compound annual growth rate, not for 5 years, but for 32 years?    Is it possible to accelerate your growth via strategic distribution or sales and marketing partnerships, rather than going it alone?    That’s precisely what Richard Katzman did between 1978 and 2010 before selling the Kaz  Group to Helen of Troy. He grew the company from 5m...

#1 — 5x Growth in 5 Years by Transforming Lives - Esha Oberoi 12.09.2021 47:46

Imagine starting a business at 24 and growing to 350 full-time equivalent staff in 13 years. Staggering! The learnings about you as an individual, a leader and an entrepreneur all needing to come together to enable your teams to create this incredible scale. That’s precisely what Esha Oberoi did between 2008 and 2021 with Afea Care Services and Inebura, and she’s only just getting started. Open yo...