61. The One Role That Could be Rocket Fuel to Your Growth with Best Selling Author Mark C Winters

Do you ever wonder why no matter how great an idea you have, you struggle with making it click? A perfect dream is just that unless you can turn it into reality. But all it probably needs is the right person to work on your vision. In this week’s podcast episode, Mark C. Winters joins us in an informative episode on the execution problem faced by most startups, the integrator as key to solving that, the relationship between visionaries and integrators, and how to find the right partner for your business. If business hasn’t grown as much as you like then this episode is a must for you! Resource Links: Brett Trainor Website (https://bretttrainor.com/) “3 Stages of Startup Growth and How To Breakthrough” (https://bretttrainor.com/resources/) Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman and Mark C. Winters (https://amzn.to/3jtlfbv) Entrepreneurial Leap by Gino Wickman (https://amzn.to/2DcJAlj) Mark C Winters Website (https://www.markcwinters.com/) Find Out If You’re A Visionary Or An Integrator (https://blastoff.rocketfuelnow.com/quiz/crystallizer-quiz.php) focus@will Website (https://www.focusatwill.com/) We’ll be talking about: Mark’s line of work [02:28] Visionary and integrator defined [04:11] Great ideas are not powerful if you can’t execute them [07:13] An integrator doesn’t have to be a co-founder [08:21] What motivated Mark to write the book [12:14] The five rules and five tools in the ‘Rocket Fuel’ journey [13:23] Staying on the same page is essential in a business marriage [15:48] Identifying a visionary and an integrator [21:43] The essence of the seven-step connection process [23:38] Finding your integrator [25:03] The downside with an assessment score overlap [27:52] Determining if the visionary and integrator are a good fit [31:11] The next step for Rocket Fuel [34:44] One thing Mark recommends [38:08] About Our Guest: Mark C. Winters is the co-author of the #1 Amazon Bestseller ‘Rocket Fuel.’ He is also the CEO of Rocket Fuel Ventures, a company that helps entrepreneurs achieve business success by helping visionaries partner up with integrators. You can reach Mark through any of his social media pages, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn and YouTube. If you liked this episode, please don’t forget to subscribe, tune in, and share this podcast.  Connect with B2B Founder:  Subscribe on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCySoKsETeKxu-Fnf2VfE7Gg/