#134 - Scale & Profit • David Peterson & Alex Shattuck

About this episode

Scott Grates discusses scaling businesses with guests David Peterson and Alex Shattuck, focusing on their experiences and lessons learned.

In this episode of Referrals Done Right, Scott sits down with David Peterson and Alex Shattuck for a deep conversation about what it actually takes to scale a business without becoming trapped by it. Drawing from their own experiences building multiple high performing agencies, David and Alex break down the hard lessons they learned through failure, burnout, recruiting struggles, and leadership growth. What started with door knocking, long hours, and constant chaos eventually evolved into bus...

People in this episode

Host: Scott Grates

Guests: David Peterson, Alex Shattuck

Topics covered

• business scaling
• leadership growth
• agency building
• burnout
• recruiting struggles

Keywords

• scaling business
• leadership
• agency
• burnout
• recruitment

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