Show Notes
In this episode, we are looking at the barriers we often encounter when actually growing and scaling your business.
Marketing, motivation and mindset are the three things I talk about on this podcast, but they are the three critical success factors that I believe that every business owner, entrepreneur, and founder needs to be able to be successful and to grow their business and to be positive in their performance and everything that they do.
So what are common barriers to success?
What tactics can we employ to overcome these barriers?
I offer some great advice to hurdle those barriers and build up more momentum on our journeys to success.
Episode Highlights
Jump to a moment.
- 03:47Get it down on paper
- 06:19Having that confidence
- 08:34Fear of the unknown
- 11:25When the panic sets in
- 12:53Support if you need it
About Dawn of a New Era
Dawn of a New Era is a weekly business podcast for founders, experts and professionals who want to grow a company without losing themselves in it. Every episode looks at the practical mechanics of scaling — revenue models, marketing, leadership, pricing and positioning — alongside the psychology that decides whether founders follow through.
Episodes are a mix of solo teaching and long-form interviews with founders, investors, authors and specialists. New episodes are published on Thursdays and are available on Apple Podcasts, Spotify, YouTube and every major podcast app.
- Episode · 83
- Published · 6 October 2022
- Run time · 14:48
- Host · Dawn McGruer
About your host
Dawn McGruer is a bestselling author, award-winning keynote speaker and scaling advisor. She has spent over 25 years building, scaling and selling businesses, and has supported more than 30,000 founders, marketers and professionals worldwide.
Her work sits at the intersection of commercial strategy and the psychology of performance — helping founders build companies that grow beyond their own capacity through better models, licensing and intellectual property leverage. She is the author of The Billionaire Brain®, published by Forbes Books.
Read more on the about page, explore her research and insights or see how to work with Dawn.
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