Success secrets: How to build your business from the ground up

Kim Komando Today

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4.8 • 770 Ratings

🗓️ 15 August 2018

⏱️ 39 minutes

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Success comes in many forms. From humble beginnings to top leader in his industry, this podcast takes you through the story of Dan Granger, CEO of the ad agency Oxford Road. Dan’s company went from a startup to making over 1 million dollars in billing in its first year! In this episode of Komando On Demand we take a look at the company’s trials and tribulations and how Dan overcame insurmountable obstacles and embarked on the journey of a lifetime.

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0:00.0	Hey guys, welcome to a special edition of the Commando on Demand podcast. Now, you've heard the expression success leaves clues, so we're announcing a brand new podcast called Starting Line, Small Business Success Tips, and we're launching that podcast and giving you a little preview right here on Commando on Demand. This new podcast series takes a look at
0:21.7	successful people in business and in life, and certainly as we're going to learn today,
0:26.1	how failures can so often lead to success. In this inaugural episode, we're excited to introduce to you
0:32.0	our first guests on starting line, Dan Granger. Kim talks to Dan about his company's success
0:37.0	and phenomenal growth. Dan's
0:38.7	company is Oxford Road, and they went from startup ad agency to over $1 million in billing
0:44.3	in their first year. Oxford Road was also named one of Inc. 500's fastest growing companies
0:49.6	of 2017. Dan's company represents some of the most innovative companies in the world, including
0:54.8	Hulu, Dollar Shave Club, LegalZo, Bowling Branch, and Quip. On this Commando-On-Demand-Mand
0:59.9	podcast, we take you through Dan's early failures. I survived by the skin of my teeth. I almost
1:05.1	got fired a few times, and it's not that I wasn't working for good people. I think they were
1:08.4	patient with me. I just, frankly, couldn't close a door.
1:12.2	And it was a really close call whether or not I was going to make it in the business.
1:16.7	And Dan also talks with Kim about the phenomenal success of Oxford Road.
1:20.8	And much, much more.
1:22.0	First, a word from our partners who helped make this podcast possible.
1:41.5	Hey Dan, thanks for spending some time with us.
1:44.6	We're going to have a great conversation about entrepreneurship and advertising and solve, well, hopefully all of the world's problems here in this podcast.
1:51.5	So thanks for being on board with us today.
1:53.7	Thanks for having me. I'm looking forward to solving all of the world's problems. I'm Dan
1:58.2	Granger. I'm CEO of Oxford Road. So, Dan, I understand from your background that you just didn't jump into this fray
2:05.6	and start your own advertising agency like when you were 18 years old, correct?
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