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The Entrepreneur Next Door 🏡
My name is Zev Asch; welcome to The Entrepreneur Next Door Podcast. I've spent my entire career in what I call "the trenches of small business and entrepreneurship." I spent three decades as a successful corporate marketing executive in small and family-owned businesses, an academic career as a Graduate Marketing Professor and director of Entrepreneurship and leadership at Touro University Graduate School of Business, and over a decade as a business transformation coach.
As an avid podcast listener, I've always craved one that features unknown, grounded non-celebrities and entrepreneurs who can be my next-door neighbors.
Join me for intimate, unfiltered conversations with everyday people who took a leap into entrepreneurship and openly share their journey from failure to success. I spend hours preparing for each interview and asking intimate and challenging questions; one insight can make a profound difference in your business or life.
Finally, I promise that my podcast will never be used as a platform for me or my guests to self-promote. I strictly prohibit it and ensure each guest understands before being featured on my show.
My goal is to ensure that every episode delivers at least one insight that can help you improve your business or one aspect of your personal life.
Listen, subscribe, and share this channel with my thanks.
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The Entrepreneur Next Door 🏡
[49] Curtis Matsko: From Sobriety to $120+ Million Entrepreneurial Success
Your search is over.
If you're a business owner or a startup founder who has yet to find the formula for successfully growing your business while maintaining a happy work-life balance.
Cutis Matsko, the CEO of a growing $120+ business, proudly declares, "I've had a great life, and I am nearly always happy!"
Curtis shares his early struggle with alcoholism and the event that inspired his leather goods business. He backs his self-proclaimed "I'm a marketing genius" with impressive accomplishments and ongoing success.
Spoiler alert: You will not hear about marketing hacks or high-level vague academic concepts; what Curtis shares about what it takes to build a successful and thriving business is simple.
Being a successful CEO or entrepreneur is about who you are. If you aspire to build a successful and fulfilling business and life, it is crucial to be a good person. This means being honest, fair, and kind to others. Your personality and character traits will impact your success in ways that go beyond just financial gain.
Here are a few nuggets from my incredible conversation with a down-to-earth, genuinely good guy:
➡️ "Over the top, baby. You don't have to beat them by much to beat them
by a lot in the long run."
➡️ "I own all of my companies outright. When something goes wrong... it's
me. "
➡️ "The biggest thing we lost when we went into e-commerce."
➡️ "Don't wait for your quarterly review. If you have an idea, go find Curtis."
➡️ "Hard conversations is the way we grow in this world."
➡️ Why Curtis hated his first job (the one his father found for him) and the
the creative, gutsy way he replaced it."
➡️ As a leader, you often make decisions before it is the right time to make those decisions; you don't necessarily have all the data, so you'll be making plenty of mistakes. You have to recognize it and reign that in."
Connect with Curtis:
LinkedIn: http://linkedin.com/in/curtis-matsko
Twitter: twitter.com/CurtisMatsko
Website: https://www.portlandleathergoods.com/
