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🗓️ 10 November 2023
⏱️ 82 minutes
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In this episode of The Founder Podcast, I join host Nikhil Sai on The Nikhil Sai Show.
Join us as we explore my journey from growing up in a small town to becoming a millionaire and launching various businesses.
Discover how I navigated failures, bankruptcy, and ultimately built Solgen into one of America's fastest-growing companies.
Learn the secrets behind leadership, team building, and an innovative approach to digital door knocking.
I share insights on culture, operations, and the mindset that fueled Solgen's success, attracting top talent and achieving a multi-million-dollar exit.
Don't miss this inspiring conversation all about turning challenges into opportunities!
Highlights:
"I was always looking for ways to change the world. Initially, I thought it was by being a doctor. And so I went and set up my roadmap in order to become a doctor."
"Work is something that I've never been afraid of. And I've always enjoyed doing."
"I saw an advertisement that said, 'Get paid a minimum of $13 an hour,' and I was like, minimum, what does that mean?"
Timestamps:
00:00: Introduction
02:24: Work Ethic
06:12: Business Failures
13:02: Scaling Solar Company
15:22: Long-Term Cash Flow
18:00: Leadership
25:36: Hiring
29:19: Retaining High Level Talent
36:21: Culture
39:48: Scaling Growth
43:19: Selling
48:57: Acquisition
52:16: SOP's
58:30: Financial Planning
1:01:36: Priorities
1:12:41: Personal Growth
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0:00.0 | And for me, what I learned through my bankruptcy was like, I was no longer in the game to impress anyone, right? |
0:07.0 | Like I didn't care what people saw me drive. |
0:09.6 | I didn't care what people thought I had. |
0:12.4 | All I knew was I wanted real tangible assets to be able to |
0:18.3 | build my life off of and then eventually you know I could buy the nice watches or whatever it was but like |
0:25.5 | none of that stuff my initial dollars absolutely none of it went to like luxuries. |
0:34.0 | What's going on? What's going on everybody who's actually listening to this |
0:36.0 | podcast right now. |
0:37.0 | First of all, guys, welcome back to the Nie Kiesai |
0:39.0 | show which is Mr. by me, Nie Kiesai and guess what's going on today. |
0:42.0 | We have another amazing guest. me and I'm Nie Kielzai and guess what's going on today. |
0:42.7 | We have another amazing guest. |
0:45.3 | Today we are going to interview a very crazy and fulfilling entrepreneur we will be having today. He actually built one of the |
0:54.7 | fastest growing companies in America ever built in just a few years of his |
1:00.3 | entrepreneurship and it's going to be fun to get into his story and we will learn about all the scale, the operations, |
1:06.1 | on how they have actually built a company which is huge thousand-piece employees and they are the |
1:10.8 | fastest growing company, six fastest growing company as per financial times. |
1:16.0 | Now we are going to interview an entrepreneur who actually have changed the solar installation industry with a title shift. It's going to be crazy. |
1:25.0 | And these guys are operating in level-plus states and they recently have been valued by a PE firm |
1:30.5 | over $360 million and they have done multi-million figures in revenue. |
1:35.0 | The guy who's actually jumping on this podcast is none other than CEO and |
1:39.6 | founder of Solge and Power, Chris Lee. Hey Chris, good to see you today. |
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