Exit Is Now - Plan Accordingly With Scott Snider The Journey of a Young Entrepreneur: A Conversation with Casey Clark, CEO of Cultivate Advisors
Nov 9, 2023
Casey Clark, Founder and CEO of Cultivate Advisors, shares his insights as a young entrepreneur and business coach. He recounts an adventurous business retreat in Alaska that combined peer learning with outdoor challenges. Casey reflects on his early ventures, including a student painting franchise that launched his career. He introduces Cultivate's innovative Propeller Method for scaling businesses, emphasizes the importance of shifting focus from customers to team, and reveals his strategy for maintaining a balanced work schedule while promoting delegation.
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Alaska Client Adventure
- Casey ran an Alaska adventure trip for 12 curated business-owner clients to learn and network while experiencing the outdoors.
- He used it to observe client impact firsthand and to take notes on practices he could apply to Cultivate Advisors.
Hustle From Paper Route To Franchise
- Casey started entrepreneurial work with paper routes and mowing lawns, using flyers and hard effort to fund college.
- Those early hustles taught him sales, marketing, and confidence that launched his franchising path.
Meeting His Co-Founder In Franchise Training
- Casey joined a painting franchise as a college student and met his future co-founder when paired as the 'worst' and 'best' rookie.
- That pairing taught him skills and confidence, and later Dan became his Cultivate co-founder on the sales team.
