Growth Think Tank

Gene Hammett is a Speaker, Executive Coach, Inc Columnist, and Host of "Gr

Develop leadership skills and understand leadership development from expert interviews with transformational leaders. Leaders in the Trenches gives raw discussions that dive deep into new strategies to accelerate your company growth and your leadership abilities. Get interviews from Fortune 100 leaders to experts in various domains of marketing, sales, and leadership that allows you to explode your growth. Learn from their failures and discover the finer elements of significance that will impact your company. Guests include Daymond John, Les Brown, Michael Gerber, Jonah Berger, Bob Berg, Greg McKeown, and with the host Gene Hammett.

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Growth Think Tank

Episodes (1000)

Monday How to Increase Company Value by Ending Founder Dependency
Jul 27th Reading Leadership Books is Great, And Hypergrowth Demand Real Leadership: What It Actually Takes to Lead a Company Through Hypergrowth with Wes Cobb at JLJ Associates
Jul 23rd The Inner Work of Leadership in Chaos with Nicholas Janni, co-author of Leading in Chaos

Growth Think Tank

Aug 3, 2026
11 minutes
10 MB

Want to increase company value without grinding out more hours? The fastest lever is not revenue. It is reducing founder dependency. In this episode, Gene Hammett shares a real client story: a business doing $4 million in revenue, worth roughly $8 million in enterprise value. Seven years later, after serious investment in leadership development and building a team-driven company, that business is worth around $50 million. And the founder just took a vacation where he fully unplugged. No emails, no calls, no meetings, no driving sales. Gene breaks down the Founder Freedom Factor, why buyers pay less for companies that depend on...

Growth Think Tank

How to Increase Company Value by Ending Founder Dependency

Gene Hammett is a Speaker, Executive Coach, Inc Columnist, and Host of "Gr

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