Episode 323: Starting a business with Christopher Volk part 1

Links: thevalueequation.comSummarySam introduces Christopher as a successful business leader who has built three companies and remained married for 43 years. Christopher explains that starting a business involves identifying the customer and product/service, then organizing the business around that solution. He talks about wanting to inspire others to start businesses and make a difference for more people.Key Points• Sam explains the focus of his podcast and what he wants to learn from Christopher (0:38)• Sam introduces Christopher as a successful business leader, author, teacher, husband, and father who has built three companies and remained married for 43 years (8:33)• He worked hard to become skilled in commercial lending and eventually left banking to work for a company in Arizona, which he helped take public (14:09)• Christopher went on to start two more companies and took them both public before stepping down and writing a book on business (16:46)• Sam recommends reading Christopher's book for more information and applying the principles discussed to all areas of life. (17:50)• Christopher explains that starting a business involves identifying the customer and product/service, then organizing the business around that solution (34:41)• Christopher believes that CEO skill sets are not universal and that a leadership team should have complementary skill sets (37:11)• Christopher talks about wanting to inspire others to start businesses and make a difference for more people, not just those who work for him (54:12)Next StepsNext Steps not detected in this meeting.