13 - Breakthrough Business Lessons From Spartan Race Founder Joe De Sena

Published: Nov. 3, 2017, 7 a.m.

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I know that some of you are going to be really excited about our guest today, on the Healthpreneur Podcast. His name is Joe Desena, and he is the founder of Spartan Race. Yeah, The Spartan Race.

Obviously, Joe has done amazing things with Spartan Race, but you may not know that he is also a serial entrepreneur. He\\u2019s started a bunch of businesses over the years and he\\u2019s learned a lot of tough lessons during his years \\u201cin the trenches,\\u201d so to speak.

We\\u2019ll get into all that and more in this episode\\u2014there\\u2019s so much to learn from Joe, and he\\u2019s got some really cool stories as well. You definitely don\\u2019t want to miss this one. Not only did he conduct this interview from the top of a mountain, but Joe also has a few special gifts for our listeners...

In this episode, Joe and I will discuss:

  • Joe\\u2019s early beginnings
  • \\u201cFire, ready, aim\\u201d
  • Business plans
  • The power of human relationships
  • Going all in
  • Joe\\u2019s awesome stair story

3:00 - 10:00 - Stairs, fireworks, entrepreneurial beginnings.

10:00 - 13:00 - Everybody\\u2019s got a plan till they get punched in the face.

13:00 - 21:00 - The Spartan origin story, lessons learned.

22:00 - 26:00 - Joe\\u2019s \\u201cwhy\\u201d.

26:00 - 32:00 - The day-to-day, hiring.

32:00 - 35:00 - The rapid-five questions.

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