Eric Spofford - CEO of Spofford Enterprises | From Drug Addict to 9-Figure Exit

Success Story with Scott D. Clary

Success Story Media

Business, Education, How To, Self-improvement

4.6 • 326 Ratings

🗓️ 15 January 2024

⏱️ 60 minutes

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➡️ Like The Podcast? Leave A Rating: https://ratethispodcast.com/successstory ➡️ Join 321,000 people who read my free weekly newsletter: https://newsletter.scottdclary.com ➡️ About The GuestEric Spofford is the CEO of Spofford Enterprises. He is an entrepreneur, speaker, coach, recovered drug addict, and student of the game. At 23, inspired by his own struggles with addiction, Eric founded and operated one of the largest addiction treatment organizations in New England, which he sold for nine figures in 2021. Eric is also a seasoned real estate investor and developer.Spofford Enterprises oversees investments in commercial and multifamily real estate, private equity funds, a media company, and behavioral healthcare businesses, among other innovative ventures. Eric has numerous accolades to his name, including testifying before the U.S. Senate, being awarded Young Entrepreneur of the Year by the U.S. Small Business Administration, and becoming a published author. ➡️ Show Linkshttps://www.instagram.com/ericspofford/https://twitter.com/ericspofford_/https://ericspofford.com/ ➡️ Podcast SponsorsCollective - https://collective.com/successHubspot - https://hubspot.com/ Kajabi - https://kajabi.com/success (Code: success)ButcherBox - https://butcherbox.com/success (Code: success)Justin Wine - https://justinwine.com/ (Code: success)Green Light - https://greenlight.com/successIndeed - https://indeed.com/claryThe Sales Evangelist Podcast - https://thesalesevangelist.com/NetSuite — https://netsuite.com/scottclary/Factor — https://factormeals.com/successpod50 (Code: successpod50)HelloFresh — https://hellofresh.com/50successpod (Code: 50succespod)ZBiotics — https://zbiotics.com/success (Code: success) ➡️ Talking Points00:00 - Introduction01:20 - Triumph over Addiction10:34 - Navigating Legal Challenges Post-Recovery17:22 - Building a Business from Struggle20:38 - Thriving with Limited Business Experience23:14 - Sponsor: The Sales Evangelist Podcast24:57 - Embracing Failure27:49 - The Art of Exiting a Business34:42 - Creating a Supportive Mentorship Infrastructure38:15 - Authentic Mentorship39:56 - Choosing the Right Mentor42:26 - Unveiling Entrepreneurial Challenges45:12 - The Power of Internal Work50:27 - Lessons in Addiction and Entrepreneurship51:37 - Connect with Eric51:45 - Defining Success

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0:00.0	Welcome to Success Story. I'm your host Scott Clary.
0:03.0	The Success Story Podcast is part of the HubSpot Podcast network.
0:07.0	They have incredible podcasts, but they also have incredible tools for entrepreneurs.
0:11.0	One of my favorite tools that I've used and yes I've used
0:14.0	HubSpot even though they're a sponsor way before they even sponsored the show is a
0:18.4	HubSpot sales hub because if you are an entrepreneur your sales software shouldn't be the bane of your existence.
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1:17.0	So I ask everyone the same question. Pick a point in your life that was very impactful.
1:29.3	So it could have been growing up, it could have been a business experience, could have
1:31.7	been a experience with your parents, whatever, could have been a business experience could have been a experience with your parents whatever could have been something different but what's that
1:36.0	one thing that you think to that sort of sets you on the path that you're on today?
1:41.5	You know it's hard to to answer that question
1:46.0	without immediately going to December 7th of 2006 which is my sobriety date and that's the date where one chapter one version of
1:58.4	Eric stopped ceased to exist and a new one started.
2:04.0	Although I had no idea that's what was happening at the time.
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