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EP 231 Build Business, Demolish Doubt with Derreck Stratton

Brandon T. Adams chats weekly with entrepreneurs John Lee Dumas, Donald Trump's Prodigy Tana Goertz, Shark Tank Stars, Millionaire Inventors, Crowdfunders, and Successful Millionaires
What if you could create a $50,000 dollar a year business right out of highschool? And quadruple the amount of money made by your college counterparts in just a few years?

Derreck Stratton shares his experience in the construction and demolition industry, detailing how he went from doing $20,000 deals to 1 million dollar deals.

A few highlights from this interview include:
- How to use your past experiences to generate transferable skills for future opportunities.
- Lessons learned from the military that can be applied to the business world.
- How Derreck grew his business from the ground up to generate millions in revenue.
- Derreck’s top three steps to build your company from his own experience.
- Advice for others to create a company and scale their business to generate more revenue.
- The importance of building a strong team that you treat like family.
- How your team can help you to face tough losses together.
- Derreck’s plan to help others get into the 1.7 trillion dollar construction industry.
- Derreck’s best advice for any entrepreneur out there looking for success.