Focus and Scale - David Asarnow - Taking Flight: The Entrepreneur Journey Podcast - Episode # 015
Today’s guest is David Asarnow, CEO at Business Nitrogen, and host of the Get Naked in Business Podcast. David shares with Sarah the mistakes he made at the beginning of his business. David explains the importance of being clear on what you want in your business. David gives tips on how to release clients and other opportunities that weren’t aligned to scale. Please tune in to this episode! We learned so much!
Takeaways:
- On David’s first flight, he made a lot of mistakes starting his business. David built two 8 figure businesses with other people, but once he went off on his own, the mistakes started to rise.
- David realized that having a strong team around him resulted in a successful business. He added value to someone in his company which helped get his entrepreneurial journey back on track.
- A challenge that David ran into was not being clear enough about what he wanted in his business.
- David’s co-pilot who helped him through his ups and downs was his wife, Jennifer. She supported him along his flight and encouraged him to keep going.
- A challenge that David’s had to overcome was focus and scale. David got involved with a lot of different business ventures and some weren’t aligned with what his company is doing now.
- David had to release clients and other opportunities that weren’t aligned to scale. Knowing what the red flags are in your company can help prevent any future issues.
- One thing that David has seen over the years of being an entrepreneur is that people tend to hold back on things that don’t focus on their mindset and their beliefs. He has learned that you need to avoid self-sabotaging yourself and your internal beliefs to succeed.
Quote of the Show:
- “I want to empower the team to make thoughtful decisions. I want to make sure that we are hiring the right people and we're developing those people in a way that they take ownership of the vision and the culture of the company.” (13:31)
Links:
- LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidasarnow/
- Website: https://businessnitrogen.com/
- Person website: https://davidasarnow.com/
- Twitter: https://twitter.com/davidasarnow
- Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/get-naked-in-business-podcast/id1501442634
- The Trigger Moment Book coming soon.
- Organization: https://www.eoatlanta.com/
Ways To Tune In:
- Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/show/1035225
- Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/4e67LgZSZ0Vc2anrFzN8A1
- Anchor: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/taking-flight-eo-atl/episodes/Focus-and-Scale---David-Asarnow---Taking-Flight-The-Entrepreneur-Journey-Podcast---Episode--015-e20q3r3
- YouTube: https://youtu.be/tCMCBqk6REY
- Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/taking-flight-eo-atlanta-podcast/id1652695640
- Amazon Music: https://music.amazon.com/podcasts/82088400-c5a3-413c-9692-4719c8f1fd67/taking-flight-eo-atlanta-podcast
Taking Flight: EO Atlanta is produced and sponsored by Ringmaster, on a mission to create connections through B2B podcasts. Learn more at https://ringmaster.com/
Creators and Guests
Host
Sarah Tourville
Sarah Tourville is the CEO and founder of Media Frenzy Global along with being the Communications Co-Board Chair of the Atlanta Chapter of the Entrepreneurs’ Organization and an Advisory Board Member of the Metro Atlanta Chamber.
