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118 — 5 Brutal Questions Every $1M–$10M Founder Must Answer Before 2025

This week, I challenges Founders with five critical questions that can uncover growth bottlenecks, identify profit opportunities, and set the stage for exponential business success in 2025.

117 — Ditch Traditional Position Descriptions: How Success Profiles Drive Real Results | Sean Solo

This week, I share why traditional position descriptions are outdated and how success profiles can empower your team to thrive.

116 — The Scale Scorecard & Growth Audit Revealed: 35-Key Ingredients to Scale, Exit, or Step Back | Sean Solo

This week, I talk about transforming your business with the Scale Scorecard: a tool to identify and close gaps in your business so you can achieve your goal of stepping up for investment, stepping back to install management, or stepping out for a full exit.

115 — How Walking Away From 30% Revenue Fueled Massive Growth | Adam Evans

In this week’s ScaleHQ Podcast interview, Sean speaks with Adam Evans, the visionary Founder behind Anywise’s strategic growth.

114 — The 8 Critical Mistakes Founders Make That Prevent Scaling, Exiting or Stepping Back (And What to Do About Them). Part 2 of 2

Sean returns with Part 2 of the 8 critical mistakes Founders make—and how to avoid them.

113 — The 8 Critical Mistakes Founders Make That Prevent Scaling, Exiting or Stepping Back (And What to Do About Them). Part 1 of 2

Sean reveals the 8 critical mistakes that block business growth—and how to fix them fast!

112 — Innovation Meets Strategy: How Drew Horsell Used an Advisory Board to 3x Revenue in 3 Years.

This week, we speak with Drew Horsell, the mastermind behind Horsell’s explosive success.

Discover how Drew leveraged an advisory board to triple his company’s size while innovating and navigating the challenges of scaling a service-based business.

111 — Simon Reynolds secrets  to entrepreneurial success.

Join us this week as we dive into an insightful conversation with Siimon Reynolds. Learn how to overcome entrepreneurial challenges and achieve sustainable growth with his proven methods.

110 — What I Learned Building the World’s Largest Student Accommodation Marketplace.

Join us for this week’s ScaleHQ Podcast with Luke Nolan as he shares his transformative insights on building the world’s largest student accommodation marketplace and provides practical advice for entrepreneurs aiming to scale their businesses.

109 — Secrets to a Saleable Business: Insights from Sean Steele. 

Sean Steele reveals the secrets to creating a profitable, saleable business.

108 — Achieving Financial Freedom: Jackson's Secrets to Building Personal Wealth through Business

This week, we catch up with Jackson Millan’s LIVE episode on “The ScaleHQ Podcast.”

In this exciting discussion, Jackson revealed his game-changing strategies for turning business profits into personal wealth, offering actionable steps to aspiring entrepreneurs.

EP107: From Lingerie to Legacy: Samantha Hurst’s Lessons Growing Click Start Digital.

This week, Samantha Hurst guest stars on the ScaleHQ Podcast to share her inspiring journey from launching a lingerie business to building Click Start Digital, offering invaluable insights into the challenges and triumphs of e-commerce entrepreneurship.

EP106: From Corporate Banks to Croatian Bays: Ant Botica's Leap from Banker to Bucket-List Builder

Learn how Ant Botica transitioned from a corporate banker to creating unforgettable yacht experiences with Solamoré Events, offering practical guidance on building a lifestyle-aligned business and overcoming entrepreneurship challenges.

EP105: From Down Under to Cyprus: Unpacking My First 100 Days.

New Beginnings: How Living in Cyprus Transformed My Approach to Life and Business

EP104: What People Should Ask About How to Scale a Business Up, But Never Do:

Revealed in Exclusive Interview with Sean Steele.

This week, Sean guest stars on Guillaume Jouvencel’s podcast show, “The Podcast Gurus” to discuss the key questions Founders need to ask themselves when scaling, offering practical guidance on overcoming challenges while preparing for maximum scale and exit optionality.

EP103: Differentiate & Optimise Your Margins through Outcome-Aligned Pricing.

This week, I explore the revolutionary outcome-aligned pricing model , revealing how this dynamic strategy can heighten your business to new levels of success.

EP102: Controversial Episode: Self-Discipline Only Unlocks 70% of Performance and Here's Why.

This week we're talking with Jaemin Frazer, the visionary behind "The Self-Permission Method," to uncover his controversial yet potentially transformative approach for fulfilling Founder potential.

EP101: 5 Simple Steps to Building a Founder-Led Content Engine with Teeth in Just 30 Minutes Per Week.

This week we’re talking B2B content marketing with Robert Katai, the brains behind the B2B Creator Newsletter to extract practical, actionable tips for you.

EP100: Lessons Learned After 100 Interviews with 8, 9 and 10-Figure Founders and Experts on Scaling

100th episode!

Today I reveal my 6 biggest takeaways from 100 interviews with successful Founders and experts on scaling.

And a little update on my crazy move to Europe.

EP99: Lessons Learned Building a High Profit 8-Figure Education Business in Just 5 Years

After co-founding then exiting Australia’s largest buyers agency Cohen Handler, Ben founded Buyers Agent Institute.

In just 5 years, he scaled it into a high profit, 8-figure business.

This week, I interview him to find out what his secret is to building a successful, high-growth business.

EP98: How to Build Strategic Partnerships that will Accelerate Your Business Growth

This week, Talila Kroy is back to reveal how you can use strategic partnerships to take your business growth to the next level.

EP97: From Zero to 350m+ and 4,000 People in 21 Years.

How do you add 200m in revenue in 2.5 years?

This week Sean interviews Ben Marsonet the Group CEO of Altus Traffic to understand their rapid transformation.

EP96: What I Learned Building 4 Companies in 15 Years and the Inevitable Burnout that Followed.

From Startups and Success to Burnout: A 15-Year Entrepreneurial Journey.

EP95: Event Hacks: How to Create Memorable Experiences and Drive Results

This week, Sean deep dives into unique approaches to events as a potential (and often ignored) way to bring potential clients through your pipeline

EP94: Sales Superstars A Founders Guide to Hiring and Empowering Salespeople Part 2 

Sales expert Talila Kroy breaks down her secrets to recruiting sales people, to help you take your customer acquisition to another level.

EP93: Unlock People Potential & Growth by Mastering the 9-Box Grid.

How can you maximise the performance and potential of your team?

This week, Sean breaks down one of the best and most simple talent management tools around, the 9-Box Grid.

EP92: Sales Superstars A Founders Guide to Hiring and Empowering Salespeople Part 1

Sales expert Talila Kroy breaks down her secret to setting up an effective sales function that can take your customer acquisition to another level.

EP91: How Misalignment Can Blow Up Your Business and What to Do About it. 

This week, Sean interviews Karen Traversi Kovaleski. Karen has created alignment in companies from start-up to >$100 million. In this episode, Karen breaks down her 5 step method to realigning a business that's veering off track

EP90: How This General Manager Grew Her Business 350% Through Product and Culture

When the growth in your business has stalled, it's time for new leadership and a new strategy.

General Manager Alena was appointed and she tripled her business by doubling down on product and culture...

EP89: Lessons Learned Starting a Software Business after Scaling a Large Services Company

How do you start again?

After scaling a successful services company, Esha Oberoi found herself starting all over again as a brand new start-up founder.

This week I find out what lessons she integrated into this next journey.

EP88: 3 Million in Revenue with Just 2 Staff - The Story of Cardly

How many people do you need to scale to 3 million? 50? 10? How about just 2.

EP87: Building Competitive Advantage in a Crowded Marketplace

Markets get crowded. So how do you differentiate?

This week, I interview Rowan Kunz, who has managed to scale his business in a market with super-low barriers to entry - its as crowded as you can get!

EP86: Practical Ways to Assess and Mitigate Cyber, Privacy and Contractor Risks in Your Business

How are you managing key risks in your growing business? Burying your head in the sand works... until it doesn't.

EP85: Building a Better Culture When Things are Uncertain

If you are looking to turn uncertainty into a growth opportunity, then you need to tune in this week.

Where Kerryn Fewster breaks down the secrets to...

EP84: Competitive Advantage By Solving More Problems for Customers.

How do you build a competitive advantage? This week I break down John Knights secret to building a competitive advantage, by focusing on...

EP83: Simple But Effective 3-Step Process for Scaling Your Customer Acquisition

How do you get more customers in the door? This week, Cham Tang breaks down his 3-Step Process to boost customer acquisition.

EP82: Guarantee a Better ROI on Your Next New Product or Service 

How do you ensure maximise the chance of success when launching a new product or service? This week, Sean finds out from product management expert, Mike Smart... 

EP81: How to Leverage Your IP to Scale Your Growth and Impact

How can you leverage your IP? This week Sean interviews Tina Tower to learn the secrets of turning your knowledge into more scalable growth...

EP80: Recruitment Secrets from Founder of 80 FTE Talent Business

Sean uncovers the science behind making the perfect hire with recruitment expert Roheel Ahmad.

EP79: Marketing Secrets from Rapidly Growing Digital Agency - Ryan Jenkins

What secrets can I learn from a digital marketing leader about how to reduce my cost of acquiring customers? Find out this week.

EP78: Advisory Board or Governance Board? Which is Best?

What's the best support model when scaling? This week, I break down Advisory Boards and Governance Boards, to help you find the best model for your business.

EP76: 12 Questions to Nail Your Business Planning for Next Financial Year

Sean breaks down 12 reflective questions to help you plan for an outstanding next financial year.

EP75: Sean's Insider Secrets of Mergers & Acquisitions

If you want to know the ins and outs of making the right moves, what to look out for in due diligence and what tricks investors play then have a listen.

EP74: What It’s Like to Sell Your Business for $20m

This week Sean speaks to Anita and Paul, Co-Founders of Nexacu, about how they built their business and achieved a $20M exit.

EP73: The Future of AI in Business: Pros, Cons, and Opportunities

Is it going to be a game changer? Artificial intelligence will impact your business no question. But the question is how? 

EP72: How to Generate Sales in a Tough Market

Sean interviews Luigi Prestinenzi, a sales expert, who breaks down his step-by-step approach to generating sales.

EP71: Troublemaker to Moneymaker: Sean Steele's Journey to 100m in Revenue

This week we flip the podcast on its head, as Jaemin Frazer interviews Sean, to learn how this disruptive teen became CEO.

EP70: Disrupting a Tired Industry: Bittn's Journey to 60,000 Customers in 10 Years

This week, Sean interviews Ryan Robertson, to discover his secrets to scaling Bittn to over 60,000 customers in 10 years.

EP69: 14 Ways to Raise Capital for Business Growth, Big Dreams and BHAGS

Do you need to raise some cash to fund your next level of growth? Then listen up as Sean shares 14 ways you can raise capital for your business in this weeks episode of the ScaleUps Podcast.

EP68: Cashflow Optimisation Strategies to Maximise Your Growth Potential if you're a 7-Figure Company

Survival as a business often means getting paid FAST. In this episode, Sean shares 14 of the most important strategies for 7-figure companies to survive.

EP67: How a High School Dropout Became a Multi-Millionaire: The Entrepreneurial Story of Brian Will

Sean interviews Brian Wills, high school dropout turned Founder, CEO and multi-millionaire who shares lessons learned on the journey.

EP66: How Two Brothers from NZ Built a Team of 500 in 5 Years

Brothers and co-Founders of The Back Room, Wayne & Scott share how they have scaled to 500 without losing their team culture.

EP65: How being socially responsible can have a positive impact on your bottom line

Natalie Simmons, founder and CEO of Barefoot Citizens Consulting, shares how important your business’ impact on society and the environment really is.

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