E71: "The Dream Machine" - Building A Better Team

Our guest today is Dane Espegard. Dane wrote the book The Dream Machine, which is a leadership guide to creating teams of high performers who achieve extraordinary outcomes. We’re gonna take a deep dive into creating the perfect business, and creating and keeping a winning team to run that business. This is a great podcast for our small business owner listeners. Let’s dive in!

3:00 - Why did you write The Dream Machine

4:50 - What is Cutco?

9:00 - What is Cutco’s business model?

14:00 - What’s the turnover/retention?

16:50 - Road to management

23:30 - How do you measure success?

26:40 - Business pivots during lockdowns?

31:45 - Cutco’s best year ever - 2020

34:50 - Do non-naturals “make it?”

39:30 - What led to your book “The Dream Machine?”

48:25 - What is a 22 year olds dream?

59:15 - Best dreams you’ve seen from others?

1:11:50 - Closing Questions

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