My Dad Built A $50 Million Company But Won’t Let Go

The EntreLeadership Podcast

Ramsey Network

Entrepreneurship, Business, Management

4.7 • 4.1K Ratings

🗓️ 3 November 2025

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Today, we’ll hear about: • A son concerned that his dad runs his $50 million business like a start-up • A mother-in-law whose controlling behavior is destroying the family business • A business owner who doubled her revenue in one year by taking Dave’s advice • A young owner trying to grow his business quickly Next Steps: · 📞 Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message: https://ter.li/ask-us · 📚 Learn about the EntreLeadership System™: https://ter.li/system-p · 💻 Get EntreLeadership Elite™ for your business: https://ter.li/elite-p · ✉️ Sign up to receive tactical tools, advice and resources in your inbox every week: https://ter.li/enl · 🏢 Attend EntreLeadership Summit: https://ter.li/summit · 🎤 Attend EntreLeadership Master Series: https://ter.li/masterseries · 📖 Order Dave’s new book, Build a Business You Love: https://ter.li/b4kru2 Connect With Our Sponsors: · 💼 Go to Belay Solutions or text ENTRE to 55123 for their free resource! · 💻 Visit NetSuite today to learn more. · 🧾 Visit Payority for a free consultation! · 📈 Grab Sales Gravy's free resource to help you hire and lead better. · 📝 Use code ENTRE15 to get 15% off your first year of Trainual. Listen to More From Ramsey Network: 🪑 Front Row Seat with Ken Coleman 🎙️ The Ramsey Show 💸 The Ramsey Show Highlights 🧠 The Dr. John Delony Show 🍸 Smart Money Happy Hour 💡 The Rachel Cruze Show💰 George Kamel Ramsey Solutions Privacy Policy Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	From the headquarters of Ramsey Solutions, this is Entree Leadership, where I take calls from leaders like you about what it takes to win at any stage of business and leadership.
0:20.7	I'm Dave Ramsey, your host with over 30 years of experience leading in the trenches
0:24.5	ride alongside you.
0:26.0	If you've got a question you want to ask on the show, well, fill out the form at entreleadership.com
0:30.8	slash ask or call and leave a voicemail at 844-944-1070.
0:37.0	That's 844-9-4-1070. That's 844-9-44-1070.
0:41.3	1070.
0:43.2	Love to have you, boys and girls.
0:45.0	Jonathan's with us in Los Angeles.
0:46.7	Hey, Jonathan, what's up?
0:48.4	Hey, Dave, how you doing?
0:49.4	Better than I deserve.
0:50.6	How can I help?
0:52.1	Hey, so my dad's company is a subcontractor for doors frames and hardware out in SoCal down here.
0:58.8	And they're doing about 40 to 50 million in revenue a year.
1:02.5	And I started kind of like a side hustle wholesaling some of the material.
1:07.5	And now that's doing about 12 million a year.
1:10.0	Wow.
1:10.6	Good for you guys.
1:12.4	So, yeah, so things are going really well.
1:15.5	My dad, unfortunately, is still kind of like a treadmill operator at that size, which is a little bit intense.
1:21.9	Yeah, that's pretty, very intense.
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