Anyone who’s built a business knows it never goes exactly according to plan.
Every entrepreneur has a different story and their own stack of hard-won lessons.
This is the show that takes you behind the scenes of building and scaling a successful business.
Join host Everett Sands, CEO of Lendistry, as he and a diverse set of entrepreneurs and leaders throw out the usual questions and get real about the motivations, secrets, and strategies that brought them where they are today.
Through triumphs and disruptions, there is no script - there’s only the story.
This is Small Business Unscripted with Everett Sands.
Brought to you by the team at Lendistry.
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Bringing Game Day Discipline to Business with Azurá Stevens
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