Episode Synopsis "006: Shaun Black, 20+ year Serial Entrepreneur"

In episode 6, I caught up with Shaun Black, a 20+ year entrepreneur with some serious ties to the produce and grocery store game. We discussed Shaun's journey to date, which includes many important business lessons from past failures. Here's the full run-down: 1 - Meet Shan Black, family man and no-nonsense entrepreneur (0:00) 2 - An official start to the entrepreneurial journey (3:16) 3 - Shaun's 3 most important lessons about business (5:28) 4 - When bad systems meet a bad culture in the grocery store biz (9:22) 5 - The real value the comes from experience (11:04) 6 - Getting creative in the produce business after 20 years (13:59) 7 - The acquisition of B2B produce business (16:19) 8 - You can't automate a customer you're not doing business with (17:49) 9 - The hidden 4th most important business lesson (20:22) 10 - How you can get ahold of Shaun (22:00)

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