From a single storefront to a $200M enterprise, David Segal reveals the sophisticated frameworks behind building a category-defining business.
Learn the counterintuitive principles that separate exceptional operators from average founders, including the hidden challenges of success and the strategic tension between working in versus on your business.
A look into the mind of a builder who has mastered both the science of operations and the art of scale. And watch in real-time as he does it again with Firebelly Tea.
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(00:00) Intro
(04:59) What entrepreneurship is
(07:10) How to manage your psychology
(10:40) Yearly planning, daily action
(15:50) Avoiding "ivory-tower syndrome"
(18:30) Segal's childhood and background
(25:15) The history of DAVIDsTEA and Firebelly
(36:40) The evolution of tea and business over the last twenty years
(42:30) On failures
(49:00) Dealing with depression
(52:30) Lessons about money
(56:55) Business and life lessons from Warren Buffett
(1:00:00) On time management
(1:04:50) What's missing in Segal's life
(1:08:39) On success
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