
About this episode
Greg Hirsch wants more seasoned professionals to understand how valuable their experience can be to an ETA journey.
Topics in Greg’s interview:
- Fifteen years learning systems at Sysco Foods
- Failed startup revealed builder, not founder path
- Helped scale trucking roll-up through industry consolidation
- Revisiting his “heck no” pile
- Invests in timeless blue-collar essential industries
- Late-40s searches benefit from life experience
- Spouse alignment essential before risking family security
- His wife’s perspective on the process
- Growth comes from removing operational friction
- His wife’s perspective on the process
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Edited by Anton Rohozov and produced by Pam Cameron
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