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Hello Tractor CEO and Self Renewal
Energy and tenacity is a powerful combination.
This Week on Think Like an Owner
My guest this week was Jehiel Oliver, founder and CEO of Hello Tractor, a farming equipment rental platform serving farms across Africa. Jehiel has an amazing blend of energy, excitement, and tenacity that is hard to find and energizing to be around. Jehiel and I talk about how he influences behaviors in creating new markets, training markets, capital strategy through growth, and growing in his role through vulnerability.
This episode is sponsored by Ravix Group, is a fractional CFO, outsourced accounting, and HR consulting firm serving small and large businesses alike. Whether you or someone you know is getting started, searching to buy a business, or building out an organization, Ravix will help on the journey. To learn more about Ravix Group, head to their website and tell them Think Like An Owner sent you.
CEO Reading List
John Gardner’s essay The Road to Self Renewal was recommended at a recent gathering and it struck a chord with me as I ponder the rest of my career and life. This quote in particular stood out to me:
“For renewal, tough-minded optimism is best. The future is not shaped by people who don’t really believe in the future. Men and women of vitality have always been prepared to bet their futures, even their lives, on ventures of unknown outcome. If they had all looked before they leaped, we would still be crouched in caves sketching animal pictures on the wall.”
I highly recommend giving the essay a quick Sunday afternoon read if you haven’t come across it before.
Operational talent is the limiting factor in SMB acquisitions, not financial capital.
Those who can reliably source, train, and retain talent will far outperform the savviest financial investors in the space
— Justin Mazeka Vogt (@J_M_Vogt)
12:20 PM • Oct 18, 2023
The largest determinant of success for an SMB owner / ETA candidate?
An ability to work "up and down" the spectrum of business activities.
From the strategic to the tactical.
From the board meeting... to determining optimal truck stock on plumbing vehicles.
If you want to buy… twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
— Chris Hoffmann (@STLChrisH)
3:20 PM • Oct 22, 2023
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