Doug Walner's guest appearances

Doug Walner

Scaling Up Business Podcast

Brian Scudamore

Ron Price

Tom King

Tom Peters

Stacey Brown Randall

Daniel Ramsey

David Katz

Todd Palmer

Randy Cohen

John Ruhlin

Tom Schwab

Ari Meisel

Ari Weinzweig

Mike Michalowicz

Andy Bailey

OwlTail

Daniel Marcos

Judy Guido

In this new episode of Scaling Up Insights, we have returning panelists, Judy Guido and Daniel Marcos, and a new panelist, Doug Walner, the CEO of Align Today and he has over 25 years of technology business management. Client case study: Alltite ends up pivoting and they were able to double the size of their firm almost overnight. People think when you pivot, it has to be a big idea, but Alltite is the perfect example of just stepping one step to the left and reaping the benefits of a slight shift in focus. The biggest hurdle entrepreneurs need to get over is having accessibility to cash. If you really want to grow, you need to have cash in the bank to execute on it. Alltite is another example of how they focused on the right cash cycles so that there wasn’t a “halt” in production as things really started to ramp up to double their usual output. The businesses that are unfortunately going under are those that just don’t want to change with the times. With a new environment, with a new crisis, or even when a new technology comes out, it’s always important to look at how you can take these newfound tools (or circumstances) and figure out how you can run with them. The reality is, a lot of leadership is just struggling to stay afloat and they’re in it to just “not lose.” This is detrimental to the business on a lot of levels. You need to be in the game to win it and that means being open to new ideas. Interview Links: Judy: Guidoassoc.com Daniel: Danielmarcos.co Doug: Aligntoday.com Resources:  “Alltite  Slashes  Cash  Conversion  Cycle  by  60%”  “The  15  Most  Profitable  Minutes  Of  The  Workday” “Making the Hybrid Workplace Fair”  “10  Big  Things:  Social  Media's  Next  Generation”  Love  Is  Free.  Guac  Is  Extra:  How  Vulnerability,  Empowerment,  and  Curiosity  Built  an  Unstoppable  Team  12  Lessons  in  Business  Leadership:  Insights  From  the  Championship  Career  of  Tom  Brady  Scale  Through  Acquisition  — 5X  in  36  months  From  112  Hours  to  18  Hours  Time-to-Ship   Sponsored by: Sweetprocess.com Resources: Scaling Up Workshop: Interested in attending one of our workshops? We have a few $100 discounts for our loyal podcast listeners!Scaling Up for Business Growth Workshop: Take the first step to mastering the Rockefeller Habits by attending one of our workshops. Scaling Up Summits (Select Bill Gallagher as your coach during registration for a discount.) Bill on YouTube

249: Scaling Up Insights — Coach Panel with Judy Guido, Daniel Marcos, and Doug Walner

As your company gets bigger, business owners discover a tough problem — you become less and less in touch with what your employees are doing and you don’t know if you’re on track with your goals. And if you do regular quarterly meetings, another problem that arises is that your actions are not tightly aligned to your goals between the day-to-day. Today’s guest has some answers on how to become more involved and aware of where your company is going.   Doug Walner is the CEO of Align Technologies Corp, a growth management tool to help develop, track, and measure your progress. He has over 25 years of technology business management and his background includes human capital management, consumer production, aviation, and media.   When Doug was in the process of selling one of his companies, the diligence and amount of paperwork involved to show buyers and investors his company and his staff were on track with their goals were extensive and tedious. When Align came along, things really changed for so many entrepreneurs, especially when it came time to sell.   One of the amazing features about Align is that employees can now see what everyone in the business is in charge of doing, and how they’re doing. It creates transparency and accountability within the company. Due to its interface, buyers and investors can also quickly log into Align and see progress reports, priorities, and have historical data for the business in an instant.   It’s just good business to track as much as you can about the company. This opens you up for so much more when you’re ready to sell or get more financing. When businesses rely on the founder to ‘keep things going,’ it becomes very difficult for an investor to fund you when they cannot realistically see if your business is even scalable.   Interview Links: Aligntoday.com   Resources: Scaling Up for Business Growth Workshop: Take the first step to mastering the Rockefeller Habits by attending one of our workshops. Scaling Up Summits (Select Bill Gallagher as your coach during registration for a discount.) Bill on YouTube

As your company gets bigger, business owners discover a tough problem — you become less and less in touch with what your employees are doing and you don’t know if you’re on track with your goals. And if you do regular quarterly meetings, another problem that arises is that your actions are not tightly aligned to your goals between the day-to-day. Today’s guest has some answers on how to become more involved and aware of where your company is going. Doug Walner is the CEO of Align Technologies Corp, a growth management tool to help develop, track, and measure your progress. He has over 25 years of technology business management and his background includes human capital management, consumer production, aviation, and media. When Doug was in the process of selling one of his companies, the diligence and amount of paperwork involved to show buyers and investors his company and his staff were on track with their goals were extensive and tedious. When Align came along, things really changed for so many entrepreneurs, especially when it came time to sell. One of the amazing features about Align is that employees can now see what everyone in the business is in charge of doing, and how they’re doing. It creates transparency and accountability within the company. Due to its interface, buyers and investors can also quickly log into Align and see progress reports, priorities, and have historical data for the business in an instant. It’s just good business to track as much as you can about the company. This opens you up for so much more when you’re ready to sell or get more financing. When businesses rely on the founder to ‘keep things going,’ it becomes very difficult for an investor to fund you when they cannot realistically see if your business is even scalable. Interview Links: <a href="https://aligntoday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Aligntoday</a><a href="https://aligntoday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">.</a><a href="https://aligntoday.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">com</a> Resources: <a href="https://scalingcoach.com/scaling-business-growth-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scaling</a> <a href="https://scalingcoach.com/scaling-business-growth-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Up</a> <a href="https://scalingcoach.com/scaling-business-growth-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">for</a> <a href="https://scalingcoach.com/scaling-business-growth-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Business</a> <a href="https://scalingcoach.com/scaling-business-growth-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Growth</a> <a href="https://scalingcoach.com/scaling-business-growth-workshop/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Workshop</a>: Take the first step to mastering the Rockefeller Habits by attending one of our workshops. <a href="https://scalingup.com/summits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Scaling</a> <a href="https://scalingup.com/summits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Up</a> <a href="https://scalingup.com/summits/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Summits</a> (Select Bill Gallagher as your coach during registration for a discount.) <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsseCk2d2oJ4c5LGeQjJ9xg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Bill</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsseCk2d2oJ4c5LGeQjJ9xg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">on</a> <a href="https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCsseCk2d2oJ4c5LGeQjJ9xg" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">YouTube</a>

158: Doug Walner — Scale Efficiently with Align