The $100 MBA Show MBA2704 Extended Interview: Dale Beaumont - How to Run a Multi-Million Dollar Company and Go on Holiday 6 Months a Year
Nov 17, 2025
Dale Beaumont, CEO of Business Blueprint and OneBrain.it, shares insights on balancing multiple successful businesses with long vacations. He discusses his early days overcoming challenges, the importance of building credibility through publishing, and how he transformed failures into valuable lessons. Dale emphasizes the significance of strategic partnerships, customer retention, and creating scalable systems using over 500 SOPs. He also unveils his concept of a 'preloaded year,' prioritizing life over work, and shares personal stories about achieving work-life balance.
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Starting A Youth Personal-Development Business
- Dale started Empower You at 19 to teach personal development to teenagers using high-energy events with DJs and movie clips.
- Early credibility issues led him to write a book and pursue media exposure to scale the program across Australia and Asia.
Be Prepared To Suck For 12–18 Months
- Start small while keeping consistent: expect to “suck” for 12–18 months before momentum arrives.
- Use spare hours (early mornings, weekends) and new tools like ChatGPT to accelerate progress and output.
Action Beats Analysis Early On
- Overanalysis kills startups: action outperforms perfect planning when you're learning the market.
- Early mistakes (undercharging, bad offers) are valuable lessons you only get by doing.
