About this episode

Haren Bhakta discusses how small losses can lead to big wins in business, sharing his experiences and insights on leadership and company value enhancement.

Learn how business owners can apply lessons from successful companies to improve their own businesses. Haren shares his experience acquiring a company in Las Vegas, highlighting issues with leadership and suggesting ways to increase business value by reducing bureaucracy and incentivizing employees. He initially found the publicly traded micro-cap company in 2016 when it was down 99% from its high, and after launching a proxy contest in 2019, he successfully joined the board in 2019. Th...

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Hosts: John Martinka, Jessica Martinka

Guest: Haren Bhakta

Topics covered

• business improvement
• leadership issues
• employee incentives
• bureaucracy reduction
• company acquisition

Keywords

• business owners
• leadership
• acquisition
• employee incentives
• bureaucracy

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Martinka Consulting

Places: Las Vegas

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