Brendan McGurgan On Timeless Principles That Build Businesses
From Elevate with Robert Glazer by Robert Glazer | YAP Media
June 9, 2026 · 52 min · Episode 675
About this episode
Brendan McGurgan discusses timeless principles for scaling businesses and shares insights from his career.
Brendan McGurgan is the co-founder of Simple Scaling and one of the leading voices on helping ambitious leaders grow global businesses. Before co-founding Simple Scaling, he spent 16 years at CDE Global — 12 of them as Group Managing Director — where he helped take the company from 15 people to nearly 700, with offices on six continents and 25x revenue growth. In 2016, the Institute of Directors named him the UK’s Overall Director of the Year. He’s also the co-author of Simple Scaling: Ten Proven Principles to 10x Your Business, and the host of the ScaleX Insider Podcast. Brendan joined Robert Glazer on the Elevate Podcast to talk about his upbringing in Ireland, his business career, and timeless principles for scaling a business. Thank you to the sponsors of The Elevate Podcast Shopify: shopify.com/elevate Framer: framer.com/elevate Indeed: indeed.com/elevate Ethos Life…
People in this episode
Host: Robert Glazer
Guest: Brendan McGurgan
Topics covered
- business growth
- leadership
- scaling principles
- entrepreneurship
- global business
Keywords
- business scaling
- leadership
- entrepreneurship
- Simple Scaling
- revenue growth
Sponsors
Shopify, Framer, Indeed, Ethos Life, Keeper Security, Fora Travel, Northwest Registered Agent, Wealthfront
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: Simple Scaling, CDE Global, Institute of Directors, ScaleX Insider Podcast, Whatnot
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