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The Playbook With David Meltzer

What it's Like Taking a Company Public With Jesse Singh: CEO, AZEK Company | #ThePlaybook 462

The Playbook With David Meltzer

David Meltzer, Entrepreneur.com

Entrepreneurship, Business, Careers

4.6 • 1.9K Ratings

🗓️ 11 September 2021

⏱️ 18 minutes

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Summary

Jesse Singh, CEO of the AZEK Company, sits down to discuss why the most effective leaders are able to shift the focus from themselves and shine a spotlight on their team members, as well as how taking a stand on a cause can help to unite an organization’s vision. Singh and host of #ThePlaybook, David Meltzer, chat about a wide range of topics including how a company’s IPO can lead to elevated expectations, their best piece of advice for dealing with anxiety at work, and why it takes a high level of commitment for leaders to unlock their team’s full potential. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

On this episode of the Playbook, I have Jesse Singh, the CEO of the AZEC company.

0:05.4

And we're going to talk about why focus on ourselves when we can focus on the company as a whole.

0:13.1

Join me for all this and more on the Playbook.

0:16.9

This is Entrepreneurs the Playbook. For each week, I bring you some of the greatest athletes,

0:22.2

celebrities, and entrepreneurs to talk about their personal and professional playbook to success.

0:28.4

And what made them champions on the field and in the boardroom.

0:33.0

I'm your host, David Meltzer.

0:34.9

I have Jesse Singh, the CEO of AZEC company, an amazing company that's going so fast,

0:40.8

but it's amazing because Jesse, it's aligned with a book that I wrote, compassionate capitalism.

0:46.8

I have challenge CEOs like yourself of multi-billion dollar companies to work a little bit harder

0:53.3

and a little bit smarter to help other people and make a lot of money.

0:57.2

As you know, the motto is make a lot of money to help a lot of people and have a lot of fun.

1:01.4

And you seem to have your pulse and your thumb right on top of that.

1:06.0

When in your career, did you shift your paradigm or perspective that it wasn't just good enough

1:12.0

in business to make a lot of money that there had to be something bigger and better to do?

1:18.1

Yeah, well, first, great to be on.

1:21.2

I think as you look at it, when you grow up,

1:27.8

I was fortunate I had a good family and there's always a dialogue when you're growing up about

1:32.7

doing the right thing, doing good, being honest, working hard,

1:37.3

which many, many people are fortunate enough to grow up in.

1:41.7

I think that's always been there.

1:44.0

I think for me, the biggest shift has really been around when you take away the focus from

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