How to Scale a Global Business Without Silicon Valley Money with Greg Moran

Boom. Shake the room, Fire Nation. JLD here, and welcome to Entrepreneurs on Fire brought to you by HighLevel, the all in one sales and marketing platform. Today, we'll be breaking down how to scale a global business without Silicon Valley money. To drop these vibe bombs, I brought Greg Moran into EOFire Studios. Greg is a multi exit founder, author, and investor behind Scaling Across Borders, a docuseries uncovering how scrappy founders build world class companies in overlooked markets with grit, creativity, and zero Silicon Valley backing. And today, let's talk about scaling from the shadows, execution over funding, global team building, scarcity advantage, global talent magnets, and oh, so much more. And a big thank you for sponsoring today's episode goes to Greg and our sponsors. Are you ready for the ultimate all in one platform for entrepreneurs, marketers, coaches, and agencies? Build funnels, automate follow ups, manage clients, and even white label your own software. Say hello to our featured partner, HighLevel, and visit highlevelfire.com to start your free trial today. Greg, say what's up to Fire Nation and share something that you believe about becoming successful that most people disagree with. Hey. Thanks for having me, John. Let's see. What do I I I think I think a lot of things about, about success that maybe most people don't. But I'll tell you, the biggest the the biggest thing more than anything is probably to think globally from day one. And I know a lot of the conventional wisdom that you hear is about, like, niche down, niche down. And I think that that's exactly right. But, you know, we're we're in a global world. We're I mean, we're in a global environment, and I think founders should be thinking about how do I how do I start to expand my borders of what's possible in this business right, right out of the gate from day one. Well, I love that. And that's why today we're talking about how to scale a global business without Silicon Valley money. And I wanna talk about scaling from the shadows, Greg. So share the real blueprint for scaling a business from scratch when no one's watching and no one's betting on you. Yeah. You know, John, I think what the playbook that is followed by the kind of the typical Silicon Valley company, not to take anything away from those companies. Right? But the playbook that has to be followed when you're building in places that kind of the world isn't looking to as as the sort of the primary startup ecosystem, number one, you you have to create your own talent. You you're not particularly in technology businesses and things like that, you're not necessarily surrounded by this experienced talent. So you've gotta get really good at creating your own talent. Now I'm not talking like HR or oh, develop. You know? I mean, literally taking somebody with raw skills, good critical thinking skills, good ambition, and then …