He Was Racing to the Bottom... Then He Started Building His Own Equipment | Chris Meso

Описание: For nearly 30 years, Chris built Mobile Air from a garage into a multi-state niche manufacturing company. He went from getting crushed by competitors with a 20-year head start to charging two to three times their price, and customers wanted his equipment more.

He prototyped equipment on real job sites, told contractors "if it doesn't work, you won't pay for it," and slowly built something no one else could copy.

Then he sold to private equity. And something he didn't expect happened. He lost himself.

We talked about:
→ Why the first five years nearly killed his business and how he reinvented it from the kitchen table
→ What watching Lehman Brothers collapse on TV taught him about timing an exit
→ The moment on a golf course that made him walk away from retirement and start coaching entrepreneurs

Chris now runs T-Rex Advisory, where he helps business owners go deeper than the tools and systems. He works with entrepreneurs on the stuff no one talks about: ego, identity, purpose, and what happens when the thing you built for decades is suddenly gone.

If you've ever wondered what it actually costs to build something from nothing and what's left when you let it go, tune into this episode.

Thank you Chris for your time in coming on and sharing your story!

Chapters
0:00 Introduction to Chris Meso
1:14 Welcome to Entrepreneur Intel
2:32 Starting Mobile Air From a Garage at 28
5:06 Why Working for Someone Else Felt Scarier
7:03 Surviving the Race to the Bottom
10:18 Prototyping Equipment and Building a Moat
13:28 Sunday Afternoon Planning Sessions for 20 Years
15:30 28 Years of Building: The Decision to Sell
18:37 Watching the Financial Crisis Unfold From a Hotel Room
24:02 The All-Consuming Process of Selling a Business
28:54 Quitting the Golf Club on Hole 16
31:07 Losing Purpose After the Exit
39:06 Ego, Humanness, and Going Deeper as a Leader
43:09 How to Connect With Chris Meso

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