Scott Cramton: He is the founder of The Murder Mystery Company – the largest theatrical company in the country employing over 1,800 people. In 2018, they performed at 6,316 shows, which they estimate to have reached over 600,000 guests with their immersive theatrical murder mystery style.
Entrepreneurial Role Models:
When business started difficulties overcame:
“Dave Ramsey said this he said one of my biggest mistakes starting out was I thought that if I hired somebody and paid the money they would come to work, and work. And that was never true. I think that was one of my big ones… When I actually paid people I expected them to come to work, show up to work and actually work and in no way did that ever happen, that was never a thing. ”…[Listen for More]
Favourite Books:
- EntreLeadership: 20 Years of Practical Business Wisdom from the Trenches Book by Dave Ramsey
- The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Don’t Work and What to Do About It Book by Michael E. Gerber
- The Power of Moments: Why Certain Experiences Have Extraordinary Impact Book by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
Favourite Quote:
- ” if you are not in over your head you are not trying hard enough”
- “Perfection is the enemy of success” Mark Cuban
Recommended Online Resources:
- EntreLeadership – Everything you ever wanted to know about building and growing a business—but didn’t know who to ask Your company is only as strong as your leaders…
- HubSpot offers a full platform of marketing, sales, customer service, and CRM software — plus the methodology, resources, and support — to help businesses grow better Get started with free tools, and upgrade as you grow
- StoryBrand – The StoryBrand Framework is revolutionary because it teaches you to stop playing the hero in the story, and instead, invite customers INTO a story.
- The Entrepreneur Way – Learn from successful Entrepreneurs with Free Daily podcast interviews that reveal their business success secrets
Best Advice to Other Entrepreneurs:
“if you are not doing it yet you should be. And I don’t care hold you are, if you’re 15 years old and you want to be doing something you need to start now. Time is your worst enemy. That’s I think the thing to think about, time is your worst enemy… You don’t have all of the time in the world, nobody has all the time in world so start now and assume you are massively behind”…[Listen for More]
More About Scott Cramton:
Neil’s Quote at the Beginning:
“You do what you can for as long as you can, and when you finally can’t, you do the next best thing. You back up but you don’t give up.” Chuck Yeager
Other Quotes From the Chat with Scott Cramton:
- “you have to have a system in place for generally everything”
- “you have to have that balance where you have to have handbooks, you have to have systems in place, you have to show people and tell people what winning looks like. That’s very very important. If you don’t they won’t find it out for themselves, they will fail you and hundred percent of the time because they may not be driving in the same direction. But then once you have handbooks don’t write Handbook policies for the worst person in your office just let that person go”
- “what I would recommend is not trying to make it perfect and start. ‘Well I can’t start unless I have an office building.’ ‘Well I can’t sign up for this business if they don’t have a lawyer.’ Everybody always says that kind of stuff there is always going to be one thing you don’t have – there is probably going to be 50 things you don’t have ”
- “your business shouldn’t start out trying to be the cheapest. When you start out trying to be at the least the middle and often times near the top. You want to start out with higher prices and just try hard for better service and make it worth it”
- “I honestly think the biggest secret to success is just shipping. And that’s a Seth Godin term”
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