What It Takes To Help Our Kids Start Their Dream Business with John Benzick
The Dad Edge Podcast
Larry Hagner
4.8 • 1.6K Ratings
🗓️ 10 February 2023
⏱️ 58 minutes
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Summary
John Benzick is a serial entrepreneur and the owner in at least 3 startups since 2000. He's worked with companies like McDonald's Best Buy, and Hershey. John feels led to help the next generation of kids reach their dreams, and recently authored the book Eli's Lemonade Startup.
Entrepreneurs often get caught up in business, but John knows the importance of making time for family. He and his wife have a blended family of four children, one of whom is their biological son. They understand having fun together is essential for building strong relationships with their kids.
In this episode, Larry and John explore how to provide for your family, without getting lost in the busy, day to day hustle.
Show Notes
John's book: https://venturesuperfly.com/
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | The definition of kidpreneur is a kid who believes in their ideas and dreams so much that they |
| 0:06.3 | start a business in order to make a positive difference in the world. That is a quote today from |
| 0:11.7 | anonymous. I don't know who and I don't know where that came from, but I thought it was incredibly |
| 0:16.6 | appropriate for today's podcast. Today, my guest shares some amazing value on how we can teach our |
| 0:24.7 | kids to be value-driven business owners, how we can teach our kids to create small businesses |
| 0:29.6 | that solve other kids' problems, and for us dads, how we can zoom out from the day-to-day chaos |
| 0:35.5 | of being a dad and look through the lens of appreciation. Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast. The |
| 0:43.6 | Dad Edge movement creates leaders of men, leaders of families, and leaders of communities. We will not |
| 0:50.1 | only impact this generation of fathers, but the next generation as well. The kids we are raising |
| 0:55.7 | will have better chances and odds stacked in their favor because of the amazing example that |
| 1:00.1 | their fathers emulated for them. We are here to change the world. We are here to change relationships. |
| 1:07.5 | We are here to positively disrupt this generation of fathers so no man goes to their grave with |
| 1:12.8 | regrets. We disrupt the drift of busyness and replace it with razor-focused intention, passion, |
| 1:20.1 | purpose, and direction. We are the Dad Edge and we're here to change the game. |
| 1:40.8 | What's up, gentlemen? Welcome to the Dad Edge Podcast. I'm Larry Hegner. Your host and |
| 1:44.7 | founder of this podcast show and movement for all my dad entrepreneurs out there who want to raise |
| 1:51.2 | the next generation of entrepreneurs will. This podcast is definitely for you. My guest today is John |
| 1:57.0 | Benzick. He helps trailblazers launch new products and as a founder and owner of several companies, |
| 2:03.3 | he has provided innovation to help fortune 500 companies. He's coached aspiring entrepreneurs |
| 2:09.1 | and invested in early-stage startups as well. He loves to ski, win surf, play guitar, |
| 2:17.2 | explore faith topics, especially with his wife, Megan, and his family. The reason I have him on |
| 2:22.6 | the podcast today is because he wrote a book. A children's book. It's a great book for you dads |
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