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EPISODE · Feb 17, 2025 · 57 MIN

352: Entrepreneurship, Failure, and Rebuilding: Lessons from the Trenches with Max Emma

from Break Your Bullsh*t Box

In this episode:Amber sits down with Max Emma, an entrepreneur who immigrated from the former Soviet Union to the United States and built a successful business empire after overcoming financial hardships, including bankruptcy. Max shares his journey from working in corporate America to growing his family’s landscaping business and eventually founding a bookkeeping franchise. Key Takeaways:"You can’t build a business and care what people think about you at the same time, because somebody is always going to have a problem with it." - Amber Fuhriman"People assume that because you have a title—lawyer, accountant, business owner—that you suddenly know everything. The truth is, we’re all just figuring it out as we go." - Amber Fuhriman"I used to take rejection personally, but I learned that 'no' just means I’m one step closer to a 'yes'." - Max Emma"I realized I was the bottleneck of my own business—I was trying to do everything at once instead of delegating." - Max EmmaIf you are interested in connecting with Amber, send an email to [email protected] with other incredible people looking to break out of the corporate mindset by joining the Facebook Success Center: http://bit.ly/2MuWn53Checkout Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0Schedule a connection call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

In this episode:Amber sits down with Max Emma, an entrepreneur who immigrated from the former Soviet Union to the United States and built a successful business empire after overcoming financial hardships, including bankruptcy. Max shares his journey from working in corporate America to growing his family’s landscaping business and eventually founding a bookkeeping franchise. Key Takeaways:"You can’t build a business and care what people think about you at the same time, because somebody is always going to have a problem with it." - Amber Fuhriman"People assume that because you have a title—lawyer, accountant, business owner—that you suddenly know everything. The truth is, we’re all just figuring it out as we go." - Amber Fuhriman"I used to take rejection personally, but I learned that 'no' just means I’m one step closer to a 'yes'." - Max Emma"I realized I was the bottleneck of my own business—I was trying to do everything at once instead of delegating." - Max EmmaIf you are interested in connecting with Amber, send an email to [email protected] with other incredible people looking to break out of the corporate mindset by joining the Facebook Success Center: http://bit.ly/2MuWn53Checkout Amber's Speaker Reel: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPj5OBvjrr0Schedule a connection call with Amber: https://calendly.com/amberfuhriman/connection-call?month=2021-05 Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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