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Podcast: How to Scale a Business
Episode: How Mark Zweig Helped a CEO Turn $27M Into $400M With One $35 Million Mind Shift
Description: Mark Zweigher has spent 45 years in management consulting, built multiple Inc. 5000 companies, and analyzed over a thousand small businesses through his work as an entrepreneur, board member, and professor at the Walton College of Business. In this episode, Mark reveals the brutal truth about why most small businesses fail to scale—from the "word of mouth marketing" trap to family business dysfunction to the fundamental misunderstanding of what creates business value. He shares the exact $35 million mindset shift that transformed one client from a $27 million stagnant company to a $400 million enterprise, explains why buying existing businesses beats startups, and br...