From Blue Collar Kid to $750M in Client Revenue

Chad Cannon has talked to over 1,600 business owners one-on-one. He's consulted with more than 5,000 companies and helped generate over $750 million in client revenue. He'll also tell you he had no idea what he was doing for most of it.In this episode Harris turns the tables and interviews Chad — tracing the origin story of the man he calls when nothing in his business is working.Chad grew up blue collar in Northwest Indiana, watching his dad turn down every offer to start a company. That one childhood memory explains a lot about everything that followed. From growing a $500K division to $4M at 23, to navigating the 2008 recession as a young executive, to launching 25 New York Times bestsellers in four years at Thomas Nelson, to six years scaling Michael Hyatt's business from seven to mid-eight figures — Chad has spent his entire career inside other people's businesses, and he wouldn't have it any other way.In this episode:The "accidental entrepreneur" pattern is more common than you think — and why recognizing it in your own story might change how you see where you're headedWhat Chad learned from 1,600 one-on-one conversations with business owners that you can't learn from any course, book, or MBA programWhy the founder who's profitable at $1M is often better positioned to scale than the one doing $3M at thin marginsThe coaching program that had 2 sales against a 400-unit goal at the halfway point — and what turning it around actually requiredWhy your dad's relationship with risk might have more to do with your business than you'd like to admitWhat happens when you stop thinking like an employee and start thinking like an owner — even when you're still working for someone elseThe difference between knowledge and wisdom, and why that distinction is about to matter more than ever in a world where AI has all the answersWhy the people who've helped the most businesses scale are often the ones who'll tell you the smallest things make the biggest difference