Larry Petretti's guest appearances

Larry Petretti

Life on Fire TV (Video) – Online Business Coaching With Nick Unsworth

Life on Fire TV (Audio) – Online Business Coaching With Nick Unsworth

The Mentors

Daymond John

Valerie Shoopman

Bill Baren

Nick Unsworth

Ben Chaib

Andy Zitzmann

Sue Zimmerman

Michael O'Neal

Andreas Boettcher

Amateo Ra

Joni Young

Gary Vaynerchuk

Kevin Thompson

John Lee Dumas

Ray Higdon

OwlTail

Is it possible to spend your whole career working for someone else, only to start your first business at 55 years old? Immediately after high school, Larry Petretti began a career as a carpenter eventually moving out of the field and into the business side, working his way to the top of a massive construction enterprise.  At each level he took the time to meticulously learn his craft to know what it takes to run every part of a construction business, from sales to management and operations. The soft skills he acquired in his 20s brought him tremendous opportunities in his 30s and a job offer for a COO job that allowed him to travel all over the world. By the time he decided to start his own business, he was certain of his success. Learn how you can apply some of the same principles to massively reduce the risk of entrepreneurship by starting when the time is right for you.You'll also hear how Larry's decision not to go to college was ultimately better for his career and business, and how he found the time to continuously educate himself to surpass his peers. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

Is it possible to spend your whole career working for someone else, only to start your first business at 55 years old? Immediately after high school, Larry Petretti began a career as a carpenter eventually moving out of the field and into the business side, working his way to the top of a massive construction enterprise. At each level he took the time to meticulously learn his craft to know what it takes to run every part of a construction business, from sales to management and operations. The soft skills he acquired in his 20s brought him tremendous opportunities in his 30s and a job offer for a COO job that allowed him to travel all over the world. By the time he decided to start his own business, he was certain of his success. Learn how you can apply some of the same principles to massively reduce the risk of entrepreneurship by starting when the time is right for you.You'll also hear how Larry's decision not to go to college was ultimately better for his career and business, and how he found the time to continuously educate himself to surpass his peers. Hosted on Acast. See <a href="https://acast.com/privacy" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">acast.com/privacy</a> for more information.

Building a 90 Million Dollar Business After 50, with Larry Petretti

Want to know how to start and run a $75,000,000 company, and how that success can allow you give back?   Today we’ve got a very special guest on the show who has done just that through his company, Petretti &amp; Associates, and the organization Pencils of Promise. The post 76: Larry Petretti on Doing Big Business &amp; Giving Back Big Time appeared first on Life On Fire.

Want to know how to start and run a $75,000,000 company, and how that success can allow you give back? Today we’ve got a very special guest on the show who has done just that through his company, Petretti &amp; Associates, and the organization Pencils of Promise. The post <a href="https://lifeonfire.com/2014/08/larry-petretti/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">76: Larry Petretti on Doing Big Business &amp; Giving Back Big Time</a> appeared first on <a href="https://lifeonfire.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Life On Fire</a>.

76: Larry Petretti on Doing Big Business & Giving Back Big Time

Want to know how to start and run a $75,000,000 company, and how that success can allow you give back?     Today we’ve got a very special guest on the show who has done just that through his company, Petretti &amp; Associates, and the organization Pencils of Promise.   Larry Petretti has spent his entire adult life in the contraction business.  He started at the bottom and worked his way up to running a $50 million dollar company as CEO, then in 2010 started his own company.   When Larry started his company, he had a clear philosophy, “We were never looking to be the biggest.  I told the boys, let’s be the best.”   “Exceptional service.  Period. That’s it.”, is how Larry treats all of his clients.   One key to the success of Larry’s company was that he was incredibly specific about his niche and value proposition. He wasn’t taking on any and all construction projects.  He wanted to do corporate interiors for fortune 500 companies.   Many people have heard the term, “success leaves clues”.  Narrowing your niche is a common theme with successful people.   Another clue we can take from Larry is that he spends about 75% of his time meeting with clients and potential clients, which is the highest and best use of his time.   Way too many entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs waste 80, 90, or even 100% of their time in lower-level activities like managing email or doing technical work that could be delegated to someone else.   It’s actually very simple to determine what you should do in your business and what you should delegate.  You should do what ONLY you can do.  Everything else should be delegated.   After having been in business for quite some time, and having been approached for all kinds of fund raising activities, Larry was introduced to Pencils of Promise.     And, after meeting the people who ran the organization, he gave them the largest donation they had ever had at that time, $1,000.   This was eye-opening for Pencils of Promise and completely changed the way they looked at fund raising.   Fast forward to today, as we shot this interview, we’re sitting in Guatemala with Larry meeting the children we have committed to help and seeing the schools we have committed to build, and for Larry, that experience was one of the most touching and memorable of his life.   It is a rare experience to meet the recipients of your charitable donation face-to-face and to personally receive their gratitude, not to mention getting your hands dirty and actually helping with the mission.     For Larry, and for us, that was the most impactful part of our experience as donors.   What an amazing inspiration Larry is, both as a business man and philanthropist!    Interested in finding out how you can help?   Just go to http://lifeonfire.com/76 for more info!   If you loved this episode, let us know by writing a review in iTunes for Life on Fire TV, tell us what you love, and leave us a 5-star rating.   Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes!  You fire us up!

Want to know how to start and run a $75,000,000 company, and how that success can allow you give back?   Today we’ve got a very special guest on the show who has done just that through his company, Petretti &amp; Associates, and the organization Pencils of Promise. Larry Petretti has spent his entire adult life in the contraction business.  He started at the bottom and worked his way up to running a $50 million dollar company as CEO, then in 2010 started his own company. When Larry started his company, he had a clear philosophy, “We were never looking to be the biggest.  I told the boys, let’s be the best.” “Exceptional service.  Period. That’s it.”, is how Larry treats all of his clients. One key to the success of Larry’s company was that he was incredibly specific about his niche and value proposition. He wasn’t taking on any and all construction projects.  He wanted to do corporate interiors for fortune 500 companies. Many people have heard the term, “success leaves clues”.  Narrowing your niche is a common theme with successful people. Another clue we can take from Larry is that he spends about 75% of his time meeting with clients and potential clients, which is the highest and best use of his time. Way too many entrepreneurs and aspiring entrepreneurs waste 80, 90, or even 100% of their time in lower-level activities like managing email or doing technical work that could be delegated to someone else. It’s actually very simple to determine what you should do in your business and what you should delegate.  You should do what ONLY you can do.  Everything else should be delegated. After having been in business for quite some time, and having been approached for all kinds of fund raising activities, Larry was introduced to Pencils of Promise.   And, after meeting the people who ran the organization, he gave them the largest donation they had ever had at that time, $1,000. This was eye-opening for Pencils of Promise and completely changed the way they looked at fund raising. Fast forward to today, as we shot this interview, we’re sitting in Guatemala with Larry meeting the children we have committed to help and seeing the schools we have committed to build, and for Larry, that experience was one of the most touching and memorable of his life. It is a rare experience to meet the recipients of your charitable donation face-to-face and to personally receive their gratitude, not to mention getting your hands dirty and actually helping with the mission.   For Larry, and for us, that was the most impactful part of our experience as donors. What an amazing inspiration Larry is, both as a business man and philanthropist!  Interested in finding out how you can help? Just go to <a href="http://lifeonfire.com/76" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://lifeonfire.com/76</a> for more info! If you loved this episode, let us know by writing a review in iTunes for Life on Fire TV, tell us what you love, and leave us a 5-star rating. Thank you for subscribing to our podcast in iTunes!  You fire us up!