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The Playbook With David Meltzer

How Leila and Alex Hormozi Build Companies

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Careers, Entrepreneurship, Business

4.91.9K Ratings

🗓️ 24 September 2023

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

Today's episode is from a conversation with Leila and Alex Hormozi, the power couple behind Acquisition.com. We dive deep into the art and science of leadership, focusing on the critical role that people and culture play in business success. Leila emphasizes the value of talent acquisition, stating that strategy is born from people, while Alex shares his journey from being a 'dictator' to an approachable leader. Together, they offer an inside look at how they've scaled their companies, discussing the balance of external and internal vision, and the importance of investing time in long-term projects. Tune in to explore how to build a thriving team and organization.

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0:00.0

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook, where each week I bring you some of the greatest

0:04.8

athletes, celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and

0:09.5

professional playbook to success. Today we have the dynamic duo. These people

0:14.2

live by my mission of making a lot of money in an abundant way, helping a

0:18.8

lot of people and having a lot of fun. That's why I had to have them. I had to

0:23.3

beg Barrow and steal to get the Hormosi's here at Leyla. Thank you and Alex

0:28.4

thank you for joining me here on Office Iris. Thanks for having us. You guys are

0:32.5

incredible and you just clogged up the entire hallway at the wind because

0:36.3

everybody loves you which is super cool and I have so many different topics to

0:40.6

talk about and the one that I chose was probably the most important to me as

0:44.8

an entrepreneur and most difficult as I've gone 35 years of running and

0:50.5

investing and building businesses acquiring and losing them and going back to

0:54.5

all of it again and it's team building. That in the end through all the

0:58.6

businesses that I have it's really about people and how to be a leader to build

1:04.7

those teams and what I have come to a humble realization it's really about being

1:09.0

an intelligent follower. I know as an individual how difficult it is to be a

1:14.4

leader throughout decades but I could imagine as a couple how difficult it must

1:21.3

be to lead an organization for you both do you have a single definition of

1:28.0

leadership and if so you know what is that and beyond that if it's different

1:32.8

you know where do you see leadership in the role of your incredible success?

1:37.3

This is 100% Leyla's. He knows his place. Okay so I'll give you a stat so one in

1:46.0

three business strategies that are set out to be executed are actually executed.

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