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The EntreLeadership Podcast

#273: Lessons From Dollar General with Cal Turner Jr.

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Lampo Licensing, LLC.

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.74.1K Ratings

🗓️ 2 July 2018

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Providing unbeatable value to customers is a timeless idea—and one that former Dollar General CEO Cal Turner Jr. credits for growing his family’s business into a billion-dollar enterprise. Join us as he shares stories straight from the entrepreneurial front lines, along with insight into his father’s founding strategy and why it worked. We’ll also hear from Dave and his daughter Rachel Cruze about how—and why—they keep family and business separate at the office. Spoiler alert: Clearly defined roles are the best place to start. entreleadership.com/podcast The 6 Major Mistakes That Will Destroy Your Family Business from EntreLeadership Custom Growth Plan from Infusionsoft Want expert help with your business question? Call 844-944-1070 and leave a message or send an email to [email protected]. You could be featured on a future podcast episode!

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0:00.0

I have the idea for opening a store that has one price, one dollar.

0:04.6

We'll make it a general store, I'm a country boy, so we'll make it dollar, general store.

0:11.1

What do you think?

0:12.1

And they all said they were unanimous.

0:14.4

It won't work.

0:16.0

Helping business leaders grow themselves, their team, and their profits.

0:21.6

This is on trade leadership.

0:24.2

Now, here's your host, Ken Colman.

0:27.8

Coming to you from the music city, this is the broadcast All the Leaders, Buy Leaders,

0:31.9

Four Leaders.

0:32.9

Thank you so much for joining the conversation.

0:34.9

Go to focus on Family Business this episode.

0:38.1

We know that a lot of you out there are in Family Businesses.

0:41.6

Dave Ramsey and Rachel Cruz are going to pull a talk that they did together on an

0:46.0

on-trail leadership stage on lessons they've learned from running a Family Business.

0:51.4

And then Cal Turner, Jr., is our feature conversation.

0:54.7

He's the author of a book called My Father's Business, The Small Town Values that

0:58.3

built dollar general into a billion dollar company.

1:02.0

Would you believe that dollar general is a billion dollar company?

1:04.4

I didn't until I met Cal.

1:06.8

Great gentleman.

1:08.2

And of course, you know we're going to bring you some great free resources.

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