This mastermind group has met for 17 years — through business failures, a member exiting after 16 years, and hard conversations most groups avoid. In Part 2, Dwayne Kerrigan continues the conversation with three founding members of his mastermind group: Curt Cronin, Michael Grandjean, and Sam Hazledine. They dig into…
If you're still counting the scoreboard in dollars, you've probably missed something along the way. Dwayne Kerrigan opens up about a moment with his own mentor that caught him off guard — he started welling up mid-conversation and couldn't even explain why at the time. Looking back, he says it…
How many times have you told yourself the same story in the last ten years? Michael Grandjean admits he catches himself doing it constantly — replaying the same version of events until he stops and asks a different question. As he puts it: "This is not my empowering story. What…
Most business relationships don't survive one bad quarter, let alone real life. This mastermind group has stayed together through 17 years of wins, losses, and even burying their own parents — not because they show up with advice, but because they've built a space to actually be vulnerable. As Curt…
Most founders think holding every decision is what keeps a business safe. Sam Hazeldine learned the opposite once his team passed a couple hundred staff — he stopped calling himself the "benevolent dictator" and started deferring to the people who actually know the job better than he does. #Leadership #BusinessGrowth…
"The true warrior cuts through their story and steps forth from their vision." That's the line Curt Cronin's mentor gave him and now it's how he decides which stories to keep and which to rewrite. #Mindset #PersonalGrowth #Entrepreneurship #Mastermind #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast
A mastermind group of 17 years reveals how they've stayed together through business exits, personal loss, and everything in between. In this episode, Dwayne Kerrigan sits down with three members of his mastermind group, The Honey Badgers: Curt Cronin, Michael Grandjean, and Sam Hazledine, for a rare, unfiltered look inside…
When Joe Stough looks for someone to build a relationship with, the job title isn't what matters most. He's looking for passion and vision alignment — someone who believes in what he's trying to accomplish and can become a genuine "passion partner." Sometimes the most valuable person in the room…
Joe Stough's warning about AI isn't that it can't build software — it's that it can build exactly what you ask for, even when what you're asking for won't scale. Speed doesn't automatically equal good architecture. And AI doesn't replace the need to understand what you're building. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough…
Scaling isn't just about growing faster. It's about building the systems that can survive the growth. Joe Stough explains why operational excellence has to become a foundation before the pressure of rapid growth exposes every weakness in the organization. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #BusinessScaling #OperationalExcellence #BusinessGrowth #Leadership #Entrepreneurship #CompanyCulture #ScalingACompany #FounderMindset
What should happen when someone on your team strongly disagrees with you? Dwayne Kerrigan tells the story of an employee who raised his voice at him — and why Dwayne actually saw it as a good thing. As he puts it: "You can't lay down. It’s not good for the…
Joe Stough doesn't think a healthy company is one where everyone agrees all the time. "Iron sharpens iron" means different perspectives get put on the table, people challenge each other, and the sparks fly but humility and respect stay in the room. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #CompanyCulture #Leadership #Innovation #LeadershipLessons #TeamBuilding…
FlyGuys CEO Joe Stough returns for Part 2 of this conversation on scaling technology companies through operational excellence, culture, and AI. Joe breaks down the four-element operational excellence management system he built at FlyGuys — plus the cultural foundation of the golden rule and iron sharpens iron — and explains…
Joe Stough thought he was retired — until six months of fishing drove him nuts. When he finally called his old company to come back, they told him his office had never even been touched. "Come back Monday morning.” #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #DwayneCarrigan #FounderStory #RetirementFail #WorkStory #BusinessStory #CareerJourney #Relatable #FunnyStory…
Joe Stough got into a full-blown, stand-up shouting match with a job candidate in the interview — and knew he had to hire him. His reasoning: "He's got the balls to tell me I'm stupid, which I needed." #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #HiringStory #FounderStory #BusinessLessons #UnconventionalAdvice #Leadership #StartupStory #FunnyStory #HiringTips #WorkStory
Dwayne Kerrigan gets real about why mentor stories matter: forget the business success — that's just a byproduct. The real value is showing people stuck in their day-to-day that there's another path, and that someone can help them find it. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #Mentorship #Entrepreneurship #BusinessAdvice #FounderJourney #Leadership #PersonalGrowth #GrowthMindset…
When Kevin O'Leary asked Joe Stough to sum up his entire career in one word, there was no hesitation: culture. Dwayne takes it a step further — success leaves clues, and that one word is the biggest clue in this entire conversation. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #KevinOLeary #CompanyCulture #Leadership #BusinessSuccess #FounderMindset…
Joe Stough learned early that culture doesn't happen by accident — you either build it on purpose, or you inherit the mess that grows without you. Twenty-five years later, that one line from his mentor still shapes how he runs every company he leads. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #JoeStough #CompanyCulture #IntentionalCulture #Leadership…
FlyGuys CEO Joe Stough built one of the world's most widely-used operational excellence software platforms then walked away from it, helped take a food delivery company public on Nasdaq, and is now running a 22,000-pilot drone data marketplace. In this episode, Joe traces his path from those early lessons in…
High performance isn't Herculean — it's small things done consistently, with just enough resources to keep you slightly outside your comfort zone. There was never a "pinch me, I made it" moment, just the next challenge. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #HighPerformance #ConsistencyOverTalent #ComfortZone #NoPinchMeMoment #MindsetShift #EntrepreneurMindset #PersonalGrowth #FighterPilotMindset #SmallThingsDone #LevelUp
Between feeling fear and reacting to it, there's a gap most people never use. That's where leadership lives — but we're wired to chase immediate relief instead of pausing to remember the goal. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #TheSpaceBetween #FearVsReaction #LeadershipMindset #EmotionalIntelligence #PauseBeforeYouReact #MindsetShift #EntrepreneurMindset #PersonalGrowth #DecisionMaking #StayFocused
The trick to breaking a stress spiral mid-flight in a $30 million jet? Wiggle your toes. It's an invisible reset nobody else can see — unlike box breathing, which everyone will notice. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #StressReset #PhysicalDisruptor #WiggleYourToes #FighterPilotMindset #CalmUnderPressure #NervousSystemRegulation #MindsetShift #EntrepreneurMindset #PersonalGrowth #StayGrounded
She used to see other female fighter pilots as competition, not community — until she realized that mindset assumes there's only one seat at the table. Now she wants to be proof that anyone can take the exceptional path. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #WomenInAviation #ThereIsRoomForAll #FemaleFighterPilot #Sisterhood #CompetitionToCommunity #EntrepreneurMindset #WomenSupportingWomen #ThunderbirdsPilot #PersonalGrowth…
Bravery isn't the absence of fear — it's seeing it clearly and doing the thing anyway. Even the most successful people are just cycling through the same discomfort, over and over, and choosing to leap regardless. #DwayneKerrigan #TheDwayneKerriganPodcast #FearAndBravery #WhyNotMe #MindsetShift #CourageToLeap #PersonalGrowth #EntrepreneurMindset #LeapOfFaith #GrowthMindset #ImposterSyndrome #StartOverAndPivot