Episode 271: Gravy Dumpster
Back to Work
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4.7 • 2.3K Ratings
🗓️ 10 May 2016
⏱️ 113 minutes
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TOPIC: Grow what? Grow HOW?
This week, Dan and Merlin have a surprisingly passionate discussion about growth.
Companies gotta "grow," right? But…what the hell does that really even mean?
Lotta ins, lotta outs, lotta what-have-yous.
Also, an important update on Pek Pongpaet.
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| 0:00.0 | Hello. |
| 0:02.0 | Good afternoon, sir. How are you? |
| 0:04.0 | Good afternoon, Dad. How are you? |
| 0:06.0 | Very well. |
| 0:08.0 | Very well. |
| 0:09.0 | Doing pretty good. |
| 0:11.0 | Pretty. |
| 0:13.0 | Pretty good. |
| 0:15.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:16.0 | How's everything up there, Wade? |
| 0:18.0 | I'm a little worried. |
| 0:20.0 | Well, concerned. |
| 0:21.0 | Did you have a chance to follow up with Monica? |
| 0:25.0 | No, you know what? We did get a follow-up email, but I haven't. |
| 0:28.0 | I've been holding on to five days now. |
| 0:30.0 | So, five days now, you're kind of the business lead on this day. |
| 0:32.0 | Well, I wanted to follow up with you and you know, |
| 0:34.0 | to feed me out on the issue. |
| 0:36.0 | Yeah. |
| 0:37.0 | To see if it's something we wanted to pursue or not. |
| 0:41.0 | But I'm okay. |
| 0:43.0 | I mean, this is probably something we should talk about off-air. |
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