Why Small Businesses Fail (What Businesses That Scale Get Right)
Wealthy Way
Ryan Pineda
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šļø 29 May 2026
ā±ļø 92 minutes
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Summary
Ryan Pineda and cohost Brian Davila interview Brad Sugars about scaling businesses from startup to billion-dollar enterprises, covering systems, leadership, acquisitions, AI, franchising, exits, and the mindset shifts required at every stage of growth.ā£
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Chapters:ā£
00:00 - Brad Sugars Introductionā£
02:24 - Hustle Vs Real Businessā£
06:03 - Building Global Visionā£
10:10 - Starting Businesses Todayā£
13:03 - Replicating Business Modelsā£
18:01 - Four Scaling Strategiesā£
23:23 - Buying Businesses Over Startingā£
29:47 - Why Exits Create Wealthā£
36:20 - From $1M To $1Bā£
43:35 - AI And Future Businessā£
57:16 - Using AI For Decisionsā£
01:05:15 - Thinking Bigger Than Millionsā£
01:08:31 - Building Vision-Driven Companiesā£
01:10:45 - Writing Billion Dollar Plansā£
01:17:20 - Kill Businesses Fasterā£
01:21:42 - Selling Existing Products Betterā£
01:27:02 - Franchising And Scaling Fasterā£
01:29:55 - Building Businesses Around Life
Transcript
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| 0:00.0 | I'm really excited for this episode because this man is actually the OG when it comes to the coaching |
| 0:06.1 | space. They have done $2.6 billion in coaching revenue. So all these other guys you hear about, |
| 0:13.5 | man, this is the next big thing. This guy is killing it. They can't even hold a candle to what this |
| 0:18.1 | guy has done. And we're going to talk today about all of the stages of growth from zero to a million, a million to 10 million, 10 to 100, and then even 100 to a billion, because very few people have actually done it. And this guy is one of them. I've got Brad sugars. What's up, man? Good day. Good to be here. Yeah. And then I've got my bald co-host, Brian DeVilla. Let we go. Are you bald? You got a hat on. I don't know. I've definitely got the gray. Okay. |
| 0:41.3 | Got the gray. Good to be here. Yeah. And then I've got my bald co-host, Brian DeVilla. Let me go. |
| 0:38.4 | Are you bald? |
| 0:39.1 | You got a hat on. Oh, no. |
| 0:39.5 | I've definitely got the gray. |
| 0:40.9 | Okay. |
| 0:41.3 | Got the gray. |
| 0:42.5 | Well, dude, when you... |
| 0:43.3 | To prove I have five kids, you have gray hair. Five kids. You go bald. It's one of them. or 33 years of coaching might also make you that. |
| 0:50.2 | Yeah, that might be the thing. |
| 0:51.6 | Yeah. |
| 0:52.1 | So, bro, you were just telling us earlier, you're like, |
| 0:55.1 | how many offices do you guys have? |
| 0:57.1 | Oh, we just topped 1100. make you that might be the thing yeah so bro you were just telling us earlier you're like |
| 0:54.9 | how many offices do you guys have oh we just topped 1100 offices in like 80 some countries |
| 1:01.5 | 85 countries we just opened in mongolia so yeah yeah we've been coaching in communist countries |
| 1:07.0 | three communist countries now for about eight nine years years, Vietnam, obviously, and China. |
| 1:11.6 | Can you even grow a business in a communist country? Like, they never make the same? It's insane how |
| 1:16.1 | much they love to learn this stuff. You know, you think about where it's around you all the time, |
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