What separates businesses that stall from those that scale, endure, and matter?

This special episode brings together some of the sharpest thinkers, operators, and leaders we’ve ever had on the show to answer that question head on.

Across vision, leadership, systems, culture, and execution, these conversations reveal the real levers behind sustainable business growth. Not hacks. Not trends. Principles that compound.

You’ll hear why aiming bigger changes everything, how founders become bottlenecks without realizing it, why most leadership failures have nothing to do with strategy, and how the best companies build trust, resilience, and value over decades.

Featured insights from:
• Garry Ridge on turning failure into learning moments that fuel innovation
• Stephanie Chung on leadership that drives ROI, not optics
• John Rossman on why successful companies quietly fail and how to stop it
• Ken Schmidt on how Harley-Davidson rebuilt loyalty by putting people first
• Kass and Mike Lazerow on perseverance and the hidden cost of quitting too early
• Peter Cuneo on the strategy that saved Marvel and built a legendary turnaround
• Charlie Garcia on system-level thinking borrowed from the military and government
• Plus my insights on vision, leadership, and why great companies last

If you’re a founder, CEO, or operator trying to grow without breaking your business, this episode gives you a playbook built from real experience, not theory.

Listen straight through or jump to the segments that hit your biggest constraint right now.

Growth is not accidental. Value is designed.

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Scaling a business eventually forces one uncomfortable question.
Is the company stuck, or has the CEO stopped evolving?

In this episode of the Show Your Value podcast, Lee Benson talks with Luke Peters about what changes as a business moves from early traction to real scale.

Luke shares the story of building a company from his garage to more than $80M in annual revenue, what shifted as the business grew, and the lessons that only become clear after years of leading through complexity.

This conversation explores:

- How CEO decision making changes at each stage of growth

- Why hiring experience too late creates hidden limits

- The difference between running a business and building one that scales

- What it really means to prepare a company for an eventual exit

- Why growth requires discomfort and personal evolution

This episode is for founders and CEOs who sense their company is ready for the next level but know the answer is not another tactic.

It is a grounded conversation about leadership, responsibility, and building something that lasts.

Follow the Show Your Value podcast for thoughtful discussions on value creation, leadership, and long term growth.

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In this episode of Show Your Value with Lee Benson, Lee is joined by Kass and Mike Lazerow, experienced founders and investors, for an honest conversation about the realities of building companies over the long term.

Drawing on decades of experience starting, scaling, and exiting businesses, including high-growth ventures and acquisitions, the conversation focuses on leadership under pressure, founder responsibility, and the often overlooked behaviors that determine whether companies succeed or fail.

This episode explores the less visible side of entrepreneurship, from constant failure and decision fatigue to the role of incentives, culture, and self-awareness in building durable organizations.

Topics discussed include:

• Why entrepreneurship is consistently misunderstood
• The role of failure as a daily part of the job
• How founders unintentionally become bottlenecks or destroyers
• Why incentives shape behavior more than motivation
• Leadership ego, fear, and accountability
• Fulfillment, purpose, and long-term value creation

This episode is for founders, CEOs, and operators who want a realistic view of entrepreneurship and leadership without shortcuts or surface-level advice.

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