Ep 45 | We've Seen This Before- How The Automation Era Felt Like This AI Era (And What Was Different)

What does a 1978 supermarket chain have to do with scaling your property management business in 2025?

Everything.

In this mini episode, Pablo Gonzalez shares the untold story of how his father used automation, leverage, and centralized logistics to double margins—decades before AI, dashboards, or remote teams existed.

But this isn’t just a business history lesson. It’s a reframing of what real growth looks like.

You'll learn:

🏗️ Why scaling starts with structure—not headcount
⚙️ How automation creates capacity, not casualties
💸 What it means to build leverage before you build cost
🧠 And how first principles thinking beats hustle—every time

This story shows us how history repeats itself, and you can use it to know the answers to the test.

🎧 Listen now to discover how a warehouse strategy from 1978 can help you scale smarter, negotiate better, and grow without adding headcount.

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Chapters:

01:05 Zero Capital, 100% Leverage: The PM Version of a Buyout
04:23 Doubling Margins with One Central Warehouse
06:46 Automation = Empowered Teams, Not Job Loss
10:12 Turn Inventory Data Into Vendor Negotiation Power
14:48 Fixed-Cost Scaling in Action: Smarter Growth, Fewer Hires