Things I've Learned On My Journey to CEO of Batteries Plus with Scott Williams
Entrepreneurs on Fire
John Lee Dumas
4.8 • 4.1K Ratings
🗓️ 30 September 2022
⏱️ 22 minutes
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Summary
Scott Williams is a highly accomplished executive with over 25 years in retail and e-commerce, who joined Batteries Plus as the company's CEO in January of 2019. During his six-year tenure, his achievements included driving significant results by improving retail operations, revamping marketing, as well as many others.
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| 0:00.0 | Who's ready to rock today Fire Nation JLD here and welcome to entrepreneurs on Fire |
| 0:07.7 | brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network with great shows like My First Million. |
| 0:13.0 | Today we'll be chatting about things Scott Williams has learned on his journey to CEO of |
| 0:18.0 | Batteries Plus. |
| 0:19.5 | And to drop these via bombs, I have brought the Scott Williams into EO Fire Studios. |
| 0:23.5 | He is a highly accomplished executive with over 25 years in retail and e-commerce who joined |
| 0:28.3 | Batteries Plus as a company CEO in January of 2019 during his six year tenure. |
| 0:33.9 | His achievements included driving significant results by improving retail operations, revamping, |
| 0:38.5 | marketing as well as many others. |
| 0:41.0 | In today Fire Nation, we will be talking about the challenges as well as the wins of being |
| 0:45.8 | a CEO for Batteries Plus. |
| 0:47.9 | We'll talk about brand growth, tips and advice for other CEOs and so much more when we |
| 0:53.4 | get back from thinking our sponsors. |
| 0:57.5 | Test Story hosted by Scott D. Clary is brought to you by the HubSpot podcast network and features |
| 1:02.8 | Q&A sessions plus convose on sales, marketing, business and more. |
| 1:07.0 | A recent app on how to protect your business in times of crisis is a must listen, listen |
| 1:13.0 | to success story wherever you get your podcasts. |
| 1:18.0 | Scott say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming |
| 1:23.2 | successful that most people disagree with. |
| 1:26.0 | Well, as I've advanced through my career and tried to learn a little bit along the way, |
| 1:31.0 | I've made a few stops and I have the belief that what makes you successful is primarily |
| 1:37.2 | around leadership, strategy, motivation, teamwork and many times folks are really focused |
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