118: The Founder-to-CEO Transition: Leadership Lessons for Growing Marketing Agencies with Dan Newman

From Business Origin Stories for Entrepreneurs, Coaches, and Leaders by Amy Schutte

June 2, 2026 · 33 min

About this episode

Dan Newman discusses the importance of leadership systems in scaling marketing agencies.

Send us Fan Mail What if the biggest obstacle to scaling your agency is not your marketing strategy, but your leadership systems? In this episode of Business Origin Stories, Amy sits down with Dan Newman, founder of Learn to Scale, to talk about the people side of agency growth. Dan works with small marketing agencies to solve communication breakdowns, leadership bottlenecks, and culture issues that quietly damage retention, morale, and client experience. Dan shares his unconventional path fr...

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Host: Amy Schutte

Guest: Dan Newman

Topics covered

leadership
agency growth
communication
marketing
culture

Keywords

leadership lessons
marketing agencies
agency growth
communication breakdowns
culture issues

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Organizations: Learn to Scale