You know, when you launch a business, anyone out there who's launched the business will know what I'm talking about.

There's no shortcut. There is no shortcut. Don't listen to these people on Instagram.

You're sitting on the bike beach drinking champagne on a boat and jumping into a green,

Lamborghini coming off there with chicks everywhere that doesn't happen it doesn't

happen you have to be relentless and I've been relentless all these years I've also

been obsessive and I'm not addictive personality start off didn't have a clue and you

just keep going.

And I enjoy the journey, I enjoy the buzz.

Enjoy the buzz of working it all out.

Even now launching the new businesses that we've done, again, didn't have a clue, but we work it all out.

I guess I'm addicted to our brands that we all are part of today.

I've never worked for anyone. I don't think I

could work for anyone. No, I don't think you could. I know. No, I know I could. Yeah.

Hello and welcome to the Eventful Entrepreneur podcast. I'm producer Dan and today's episode

is going to be slightly different to your usual programming. Over the past two years,

along with some fascinating guests, Dodge and I have had the opportunity to sit down and chat

through his life over nine full episodes. Now we understand

not everyone has that many hours to put aside. So after many requests from listeners over the

past year, we're going to try to squeeze Dodges' eventful life into one single episode.

The question is Dodge, is it possible? We'll have to to wait and see it might be a long one

I'm going to start Dodge with something that's become an unofficial catchphrase of yours

let's roll all the way back where did you grow up and how did you get into business

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