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🗓️ 26 October 2020
⏱️ 44 minutes
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The CEO who grew Sonic Drive-In from $800 million to $5.5 billion shares how he grew the brand from $800 million to $5.5 billion, how Sonic kept him involved for 35+ years, how to climb the corporate ladder, and more.
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0:00.0 | Dr. Zee on today's show we're we are interviewing the former CEO of the Sonic |
0:05.4 | Drive-In Company. I bet it's gonna be a blast. It's gonna be a blasty blast. |
0:08.8 | Now Dr. Z, I see what you did there. This guy's growing this this guy grew his, the Sonic company from 800 million dollars in sales to 5.5 billion dollars in sales. |
0:19.0 | That's, that's, that's huge. |
0:22.0 | And he's written a book about it. |
0:23.0 | I think all the listeners should check it out. |
0:24.6 | And in addition to covering his new book, |
0:26.7 | he talks about how Sonic kept him involved |
0:30.0 | for 35 years because he was an employee then. |
0:33.0 | Yeah, it's a great story and it's a all-American dream-come-tru kind of story. |
0:38.8 | He also shares with you how to climb the corporate ladder, how to inspire hourly employees, how to |
0:45.0 | to inspire hourly employees how to keep the employees from eating all the food |
0:46.5 | What to look for an hourly employees all this and more on time |
0:51.0 | Wait a second wait a a second, wait a second. |
0:54.0 | But I have to report, someone's going to be upset out there |
0:57.1 | because they're going to think that they're going to get a tutorial |
0:59.2 | on how to roller skate from the CEO of Sonic. |
1:01.6 | And it's not going to happen's it's not going to happen. |
1:03.0 | It's not going to happen. |
1:04.0 | Is that a game changer for some? |
1:05.0 | Hey, why don't you give us a turn the dial right now? |
1:07.0 | Let me do this. |
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