Episodes

Mo asks Monty Hamilton: Tell us a business development story that you are really proud of. Monty’s proudest moment occurred three years ago, when they sold a stake in Rural Sourcing to Bain Capital. It took building the right relationships and...

Mo asks Monty Hamilton: What’s your favorite science, step, or story from the GrowBIG Training or Snowball System? The blueprint of Monty’s business is think big, start small, scale up. Rural Sourcing started out as a 10 person organization and...

Mo asks Monty Hamilton: What is your personal definition of business development? Growth is simply about relationships. Being valuable to someone is intrinsically rewarding. Over the course of Monty’s career, the Give To Get mentality became a core...

Mo asks Monty Hamilton: Take us back to the moment when you realized that growth was great and it was something you wanted to focus on. Monty landed a job at Arthur Anderson Consulting out of business school, where he got his start learning how to...

Andrew Robertson, CEO of BBDO Worldwide, shares the key principles of business development success that every subject matter expert can immediately apply to their career. Learn how to ensure every business relationship is a triple win, the one BD...

Mo asks Andrew Robertson: If you could wave a magic wand and record a video around business development and send it back to your younger self, what would it say? There is very little in business that is as satisfying as business and relationship...

Mo asks Andrew Robertson: Tell me a business development story that you're particularly proud of. Andrew tells the story of a client in London that BBDO had been working with for 20 years and how they lost most of that client’s work after...

Mo asks Andrew Robertson: What is your favorite science, step, or story from the GrowBIG Training or Snowball System? Writing down the seven relationships that are the most important to growing the business was a technique that changed the way Andrew...

Mo asks Andrew Robertson: What is your personal definition of business development? Business development at its best is win/win/win. Your business wins, the client wins, and thirdly, the client is winning so much that they become your best business...

Mo asks Andrew Robertson: When did you first realize that business development or relationship development was a good thing? The first time Andrew realized business development was fundamentally about discipline was while working as a barman in...

Dennis Baltz shares the wisdom he’s picked up during his 30-year career in helping people solve some of the most challenging risk problems in the world and how being focused on helping people with a purpose has allowed him to work with dozens of...

Mo asks Dennis Baltz: If you could go back in time and record a video around business development to send to your younger self, what would it say? Dennis would say “It’s not that deep” Business development can be simple. Trust yourself and...

Mo asks Dennis Baltz: Tell me a business development story that you are really proud of. In the insurance and risk industry, the sales cycle is somewhere between three to five years, so it’s definitely about playing the long game. Organizations...

Mo asks Dennis Baltz: What is your favorite science, step, or story from the GrowBIG Training or Snowball System? Dennis loved so much of the GrowBIG Training, but the one that stands out the most is the idea of the Most Important Thing. When working...

Mo asks Dennis Baltz: What is your personal definition of business development? Helping people with a purpose. Being strategically helpful is the name of the game. Sales can be fun when you are offering something of value to someone, not just making...

Mo asks Dennis Baltz: When did you realize that business development is something that would be interesting to you? Dennis’s interest in business development goes all the way back to his high school days in 1987, where he was trying to find people...

Chris Graham shares his growth story of both personal and professional development, and how he uses his skills and connections in his private equity firm Crown Capital Investments to impact the communities and families of the businesses they’re...

Mo asks Chris Graham: If you could record a video around growth skills and send it to your younger self, what would it say? Chris’s message would be simple: Think bigger, quicker. Chris had been entrepreneurial his whole career, but he didn’t...

Mo asks Chris Graham: What growth story are you most personally proud of? Making the pivot from law to private equity is the thing that Chris is the most proud of. The pivot was hard and took a long time but it has allowed him to make more impact...

Mo asks Chris Graham: What is your favorite science, step, or story from the GrowBIG Training or Snowball System? One of Chris’s favorite strategies actually came from one of Mo’s Grow Big Playbook emails about how long your emails should be....

Mo asks Chris Graham: What is your personal definition of growth? Chris has always been driven by learning new things. Since he spends nearly all his time now selling, he focuses on reteaching all the things he has learned over the years. What people...

Mo asks Chris Graham: When was the moment you realized growth was a good thing? As a lawyer, you’re responsible for the whole gamut of the business. The whole process is about connecting and engaging with clients on a deeper level, and Chris...

Cyril Peupion shares his world-class expertise on managing the way you work and dives into how he thinks about business development, making an impact, and nurturing relationships that can change your life. Find out how to shift your mindset to make...

Mo asks Cyril Peupion: If you could record a video around business development and send it back to your younger self, what would it say? Cyril describes a restaurant in Paris that is the best in the world in delivering a ribeye and has a queue lined...