Most Startups Fail Because They Focus on the Wrong Things. Here’s What Actually Matters.

In this episode of Show Your Value, we sit down with Jim Curry from BuildGroup, a rare kind of investor who isn’t chasing fast exits or inflated valuations. He’s in the trenches helping companies build for the long haul and his insights are a masterclass in what real value creation looks like.

Topics Covered:

- Why short-term thinking kills startups

- How to build a company worth keeping and selling

- What great investors actually do between board meetings

- Why most founders burn cash like “drunken sailors”

- The real cost of raising too much money

- How AI is rewriting the rules of business execution

- Why the team under the founder determines success

- How to spot investors who will destroy your company

- The mindset shift founders must make to survive the next decade

Jim has helped companies like Rackspace scale to billions with capital discipline, ruthless focus, and a commitment to long-term value. If you're a founder, operator, or investor who wants to do business the right way, not the trendy way, this episode is for you.

Learn more about Jim and BuildGroup: https://www.buildgroup.com

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What does it actually take to scale a business that lasts?

In this special compilation episode of Show Your Value, Lee Benson curates the most powerful insights from past guests who’ve done exactly that built resilient, people-first businesses that scale without losing their soul.

You’ll hear:

- The Kinko’s story that redefined how to structure and scale retail operations

- How pattern recognition becomes a superpower for top leaders

- Why emotional energy and empathy are unfair advantages in leadership

- How one company built a recession-proof culture with zero layoffs in 100 years

- What most leaders get dead wrong about value creation and retention

- And how real founders lead through uncertainty without losing their people

This is a blueprint for founders, executives, and culture-driven builders who want to scale smart, lead intentionally, and create long-term value across every form of capital. Material, emotional, and spiritual.

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Most businesses never scale not because the idea isn’t good, but because the thinking is too small.

In this powerful compilation episode, you’ll hear from multiple founders and thought leaders on the mindset shifts, strategic pivots, and personal beliefs that separate those who build a life of true prosperity… from those who stall out chasing someone else’s idea of success.

Whether you're just getting started or sitting at a plateau, this conversation will challenge you to think bigger on every level.

🧠 Inside the episode:
• Why 2% of women-owned businesses hit $1M (and 98% don’t)
• The evolution of belief: how $1M turns into $100M
• The truth about venture capital, access, and building from nothing
• What prosperity really means (and why most people get it wrong)
• Why it’s never too late to start, even after 40, 50, or 60
• How to find your Polaris Point and build around it
• Leadership, reciprocity, and the mindset that creates lasting success

This isn’t fluff. It’s raw wisdom from people who built companies, wrote books, lost everything, rebuilt, and now live intentionally on their own terms.

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