How to Build Wealth and Exit the Rat Race with David Royce

Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas

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🗓️ 26 August 2025

⏱️ 23 minutes

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Summary

David built four of the fastest growing companies in his industry. His recent venture, Aptive, grew to 500m dollars in just eight years into the third largest residential competitor in America.

Top 3 Value Bombs

1. A company’s secret sauce is really the recipe of best practices, key metrics and its people.

2. A great brand is a story that never stops unfolding. Entrepreneurs should continually innovate in order to survive.

3. Innovation just makes work fun. Humans are always happiest when we’re striving after our true potential.

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0:00.0	Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire, the only
0:07.0	daily show interviewing the world's top entrepreneurs seven days a week. Today we'll be breaking
0:11.3	down how to build wealth and exit the rat race to drop these value bombs. I brought to David
0:15.6	Royce in the EO Fire Studios. David built four of the fastest growing companies in his industry.
0:20.7	His recent venture,
0:21.6	Aptiv, grew to $500 million in just eight years. And today we'll talk about standing out
0:27.3	against the competition. We'll talk about what holds entrepreneurs back from becoming a larger
0:31.8	business. And David's number one piece of advice for an entrepreneur who's looking to succeed
0:36.5	in a new industry and oh so much more.
0:38.8	And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to David and our sponsors.
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1:27.0	David, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that
1:30.6	you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with. I hear a lot of people say
1:37.1	that someone was successful in business because they got into an industry early on. And this is
1:42.6	typically referred to as like a first mover advantage,
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