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EntreLeadership · 2026-07-20 · 48 min · 9,083 words

Real Business Owner Exposes “Business Influencer” Culture

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There's no such thing as an overnight success. What looks like overnight is usually 10, 15, 20 years of hustling and grinding when no one was watching. My first year, I was trying to figure out how to make payroll, how to keep the lights on, and how to not lose my mind all at the same time. There was a whole lot of pressure and a whole lot of primitive basic mistakes. Here's the truth about growing a business.

It's slow, it's hard, and it will take more out of you than you expect. But if you keep showing up and keep doing the work, you persevere, it will pay off. And then you're gonna look back and go, wow, that was a ride. And to show you what that really looks like, Entre Leadership's head coach John Felkins is sitting down with someone who spent the last 25 years building a business from a two-person operation to a multi-million dollar company. They're going to walk through the highs and the lows and the lessons learned so you can keep growing your business even when it's hard.

You're the founder and CEO of Advantaged Tech IT? Advantaged Technologies, but I've been called worst. Okay. How many folks do you have working there now? Just about 100.

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