Carl Gould #70secondCEO

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A quick daily hit with Carl Gould to achieve a lifetime of results. #70secondCEO your micro-podcast...GO! Carl is the creator of the 7 Stage Growth Method, which has propelled over 75,000 companies worldwide. In this micro-podcast Gould shares actionable, practical tips to grow your business. You're too busy to be reading this, start listening!

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October 27, 2026Episode 19701 min

Carl-Gould-70secondCEO-The Succession Stage | Stage 7: Welcome to Rarified Air

The Succession Stage | Stage 7: Welcome to Rarified Air Hi Everybody, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, where you invest a little more than one minute a day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is: Stage 7, The Succession Stage We're ranking your business right now. Where are you in this growth trajectory? 1 is, "Huh?" 10 is, "We got it!" Alright, The Succession Stage: to what degree do you have: Management team in place? Tight controls? Solid operations? Are you running like a finely tuned machine? You have a lead generation machine? A sales team that's closing it? Are clients happy? And you're on the leading edge of product development? This is rarefied air, folks. We gotta make sure you're fully there; if not, comment below: what do you need to do to maximize your 7th Stage here? Rank yourself on a scale of 1-10, tell me your score, and tell me where you need improvement.

October 26, 2026Episode 18691 min

Carl Gould-#70secondCEO-The Salability Stage | Stage 6: Is Your Business Ready to Sell?

The Salability Stage | Stage 6: Is Your Business Ready to Sell? Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here. I am your #70secondCEO and the author of The 7 Stage Growth Method. Just a little bit more than a one-minute investment each day for a lifetime of results. Are we ranking your business on the 7 Stage Growth Model, OK? Stage 6, give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10. This is the Stage of Scalability. Remember Stage 3, when you were building your implementation team? Now you're building your management team, OK? You need to have in place a consistent resource for a lead generator: Your chief marketing or lead generation officer Your VP of sales Your director of operations who handles all things fulfillment At a minimum, that's got to be your management team. To what degree do you have those three in place, running the day-to-day operations, so you don't have to be there and can start maximizing the salability of your business? Also, you need to be cash-flow positive each month and have enough buying power to take advantage of an opportunity if it presents itself. Give yourself a rank. Huh? That's a 1, 10, NAILED IT! Alright, my name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

October 23, 2026Episode 18681 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-The Sustainability Stage | Stage 5: A Star Is Born

The Sustainability Stage | Stage 5: A Star Is Born Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Stage five, the sustainability stage. In stage five, you are sustainable because your systems are running the business; your business can now outlast the owner. A Star Is Born: your systems become the rockstars; the business has actually cut the umbilical cord from the owner; your business has now developed its own personality, and it is more than likely different than yours. The business will reflect your vision, but it might go about it in a slightly different style than you. Now that your systems are up and running and working well, you can focus on the business. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

October 22, 2026Episode 18671 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO- The Systems Stage | Stage 4: Every Frustration Is a Missing System

The Systems Stage | Stage 4: Every Frustration Is a Missing System Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here author of The Seven Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, just a little bit more than a one minute investment per day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic - Stage 4. Rank yourself on how well you have created your systems. This is the Systems Stage, where you decide on the ecosystem or the type of business you're going to be. Up to this point, you've been an entrepreneurial, run business; now we're making the switch to a professionally managed business, where you systematize every single aspect of your business. Little hint, start with the most frustrating part of your business and work your way back from there because any frustration in your business means that you lack a consistent and viable system in that particular area of your business. Give yourself a rank, 1-we haven't figured out what we want to be when we grow up, 10- we've nailed it! Put your score in the comments section below. Like and follow this podcast. This is Carl Gould and this is your #70secondCEO.

October 21, 2026Episode 18660 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Rank Your Business | Stage 3: Is Your Team All In?

Rank Your Business | Stage 3: Is Your Team All In? Hi Everyone, Carl Gould here author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, a little more than a one minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic -Stage 3. Give yourself a rank on a scale of 1 to 10, 1 low, 10 high. Stage 3 is the Synergy Stage. This is where you're building your implementation team. If you have a great plan you're an authority in your niche now you're busy and in demand and you need people to help you. They have to be fully aligned and bought into: Your mission Your vision Your values Your purpose for your business Give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10, how aligned and enthusiastic is your team about your mission? All right, because that'll tell you how dedicated they are to the long-term goals of your company. Put a comment below, what's your score? I wanna know, all right? Like and follow this podcast, my name is Carl Gould and this has been your #70secondCEO.

October 20, 2026Episode 18651 min

CarlGould-#70secondCEO-7 Stages Growth - Stage 2 The Specialty Stage

Rate Your Authority in Your Niche | Stage 2: Specialty Hi Everyone, this is Carl Gould, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, just a little over a one-minute investment each day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is stage 2: the specialty stage. Alright, here we're judging how much of an expert in your niche you are. How much of an authority? Give yourself a ranking on a scale of 1 to 10. One: nobody knows who I am. Ten, I'm an ABSOLUTE authority in my niche. Here's how you know. Somebody unsolicited comes up to you at an industry conference, or somebody in the industry contacts you and says, "hey, can I can I bug you a little bit can I ask you a few questions? Buy you a cup of coffee and pick your brain because you've figured out some things that I just haven't been able to figure out, and you seem to really have that worked out." So, how often does that happen to you, and how much of an expert are you in your niche? One, you're a Houdini; nobody knows who you are; you're a disappearing act; 10, you're a celebrity in your niche. Put a comment at the bottom let me know what your score is. Like, follow this podcast. This is Carl Gould, and this is your #70secondCEO.

October 19, 20260 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Rank Your Business | Stage 1: Strategic Planning

Hello Everyone, this is Carl Gould, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method, and your #70secondCEO just a little over a one-minute investment per day for a lifetime of results. Today we are going to start ranking your business according to the 7 stage method. Stage 1- give yourself a ranking: 1 low, BORING! 10 high, inspiring, and compelling. To what degree are your strategic planning documents, all those great ideas you got out of your head and onto paper not only are they documented they are inspiring and compelling. What you do, how you do it, why you're doing it, all that together has to be a 10, a 10 in each one so give yourself a ranking. Like and follow this podcast and send me a comment, what is your score? Okay so, this is Carl Gould and this has been your #70secondCEO.

October 16, 2026Episode 18631 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Good, Better, Best: Keep Buying Options Simple

Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO, just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. At the beginning, you'll have either two options or three. If you get into a conversation where they want to customize, you can offer all your variations. You do want to keep it as simple as possible. In my business, I've always had two options. In another retail business I have now, we have three options. You can go; there is a little bit of art to this, depending on who your avatars are and how that works. But you do want to keep it somewhat simple. You don't want to make it so confusing that they cash out. You want them to kind of pick the kind of buyer they are, you know, good, better, best, and then let them customize as they make their way down the list. And in the good column, you don't allow much customization, right? In the better and the best, you allow for customization. And if somebody even chooses, like, I think I'm better or best, then that's a strategy call with one of your salesmen or your team members or your engineers, and then you can help them build the engagement or the product that they want. It's a great point. You do want to keep it as simple as possible. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

October 15, 2026Episode 18621 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-How Much Can You Raise Prices Without Losing Customers?

Hi everyone, Carl Gould here with your #70secondCEO. Just a little over a one-minute investment every day for a lifetime of results. If you were to raise your prices by 1%, just 1%, so if you charge $100 an hour, you charge 101. If you charge 3% as a, you know, commission or a percentage rate, you now charge 3.03% right if you just charge 1% more what percentage of your clientele would leave you like all right at a hundred you were fine but 101 forget it I'm out of here how many of you what would your percentage of attrition be if you raise your prices 1% 0, 3% if you raise your prices 3% what was your level of attrition 5% 5% technologists probably not but some companies like 5 a little sketchy 5% 0. You might get a little bit of 10% okay, so a 10% so somewhere between 5 and 10 you're starting to see attrition. Pick the number where you believe you could raise your prices with zero or almost no attrition, and understanding you probably can't go back to some of your contracted clients or things you already have agreements on, but with whomever you can, raise your pricing tomorrow. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

October 14, 2026Episode 18611 min

Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 7: Is Your Business Ready for Succession?

Hi Everybody, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, where you invest a little more than one minute a day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is: Stage 7, The Succession Stage We're ranking your business right now. Where are you in this growth trajectory? 1 is, huh? 10 is, we got it! Alright, The Succession Stage: to what degree do you have: Management team in place? Tight controls? Solid operations? You're running like a finely tuned machine? You have a lead generation machine? A sales team that's closing it? Are clients happy? And you're on the leading edge of product development? This is rarefied air, folks. We gotta make sure that you're fully there; if not, put a comment at the bottom: what do you need to do to maximize your 7th Stage here? Rank yourself on a scale of 1-10, tell me your score, and where is your area of improvement? Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.

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