#18 Road to a Billion Dollar Valuation and a 007 Like Car Collection w/ Stéphane Rambaud

Check out https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ for this week's TOP 8 Business Growth strategies and subscribe to our newsletter to download Gary’s 13 Keys to Creating a Multi-Million Dollar Business. Follow us on Instagram @DitchDiggerCEO (https://www.instagram.com/ditchdiggerceo/) for more helpful Business Growth tips. Our goal is to inspire everyone to start their own business and help you grow it to millions or even billions in value so if you feel any benefit from this episode please let us know by leaving an iTunes review, sharing this episode on social media and emailing a link to anyone you think would also find benefit here. Thank you. “Always strive to be quicker, better and more reliable than competitors.” - Stéphane Rambaud “Build an exceptional company by doing MORE of what you are great at.” - Stéphane Rambaud A third generation freight forwarder, Rambaud began his career in 1986 at Phoenix International, a Chicago-based privately held freight forwarder. He was instrumental in Phoenix International's global expansion, especially with the creation of an Asia office network in 1995.  While at Phoenix International, Rambaud held a variety of positions including executive vice president, chief operating officer, and president and CEO.  After C.H. Robinson's acquisition of Phoenix International in 2012, he led the global forwarding integration between the two companies. Rambaud is a member of the Global Young Presidents' Organization, the Economics Club of Chicago, and studied International Commerce at Académie Commerciale Internationale in Paris, France. Shownotes: 3:00 Stéphane's childhood 6:30 How Stéphane came to America 14:00 Here is what entrepreneurs you should implement now 23:30 How did your partnerships work out? 27:00 Getting partners to buy into plan 30:30 Stephan's definition of luck 32:30 Big differentiators 35:30 Building the company culture 40:00 Maintaining culture through the sale 44:00 Most important mentors 47:00 Growing a business in America 58:00 Collecting and restoring classic european cars 1:07:30 Quinton's True Takeaways Connect with Gary Rabine and DDCEO: Visit the DDCEO BLOG: https://www.DitchDiggerCEO.com/ Follow DDCEO on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/DitchDiggerCEO Like DDCEO on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/DitchDiggerCEO Follow DDCEO on Twitter: https://twitter.com/DitchDiggerCEO Subscribe on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCh03Px5ez_xe_oE_iJMMNIg