A CEO’s 15 Tips to Building a Successful Business

Timecodes
0:00 - Intro
0:40 - Hire Fast, Fire Faster, Promote Fastest
2:07 - Be passionate about retention
2:41 - Don’t take money off the table too early
3:30 - Ideas mean nothing without a plan and execution
4:00 - Progress before goals
4:47 - Stop comparing and start creating
5:16 - Be long term greedy
5:47 - Bet on yourself first
6:10 - Speed to lead above all else
6:46 - Focus on the horizon not the competition
7:25 - Everyone should be uniquely qualified
7:52 - Supply customers with the most value for the lowest possible cost
8:20 - MIT: market idea team
9:00 - Give customers what they want, not what you think they need
10:09 - Treat everyone with respect. Even the assholes.

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Ryan Serhant is one of the most successful and well-known real estate brokers in the world. After a decade leading one of New York City’s top-ranked real estate teams, he founded SERHANT., the first brokerage designed for the marketplace of tomorrow. In addition, Ryan is an entrepreneur, producer, public speaker, bestselling author, and star of multiple TV shows.

SERHANT. Studios is an in-house marketing arm and production company for Ryan's real estate and television endeavors. To date, content produced by SERHANT. Studios averages over 100 million impressions per month. The media arm has helped grow SERHANT. into the most-followed real estate brand in the world through Ryan's YouTube channel, the Facebook Watch show Unlocked, and the first-of-its-kind real estate media network, LISTED.

[JacksonMiley-iqmo]

Okay so I turned 400 into 14k in a month. That's more than 10x return on investment, but if this strategy was indeed viable in the long term, I would be the world's richest man in less than a year.

[khemkhaengniran]

I wasn't financial free until my 40’s and I’m still in my 40’s, bought my third house already, earn on a monthly through passive income, and got 4 out of 5 goals, just hope it encourages someone that it doesn’t matter if you don’t have any of them right now, you can start TODAY regardless your age INVEST and change your future! Investing in the financial market is a grand choice I made.

[SophiaChristian-soof]

INSPIRING!! Success depends on the actions or steps you take to achieve it. Building wealth involves developing good habits like regularly putting money away in intervals for solid investments. Financial management is a crucial topic that most people tend to shy away from, and ends up haunting them in the near future.., I pray that anyone who reads this will be successful in life!!

[ronibajralia]

Ryan, I want to express my sincere gratitude for your videos. Since I turned 23, I have achieved financial independence, and now at 29, I am the proud owner of a thriving auto dealership in Chicago. My business operates nationwide, offering door-to-door delivery services. I arrived in this country as a war refugee from the Balkans in 1999. Even before obtaining my driver's license, I began buying and selling cars. It took considerable effort and time, but I eventually realized my dream of opening a dealership with just five vehicles. It took me more than a decade to save enough money, as I started from scratch. Presently, I sell approximately 700 cars annually through Haus of Imports in Lemont, IL. Cheers!

[chrisbluebird]

You don't become financially successful over night. You must put in background work to achieve success, but we tend to see the finished part. Fear is a dangerous component, hindering us from taking bold steps we need in other to reach our goals.

[brittanynicolette]

Managing money is different from accumulating wealth, and the lack of investment education in schools may explain why people struggle to maintain their financial gains. The examples you provided are relevant, and I personally benefited from the market crisis, as I embrace challenging times while others tend to avoid them. Well, at least my advisor does too, jokingly.

[gabrielarseneaultcourtieri]

Started my own real estate company in april 2022 and i have been selling more than 3 million worth of real estate in 10 months. Been watching your stuff for years. You helped me a lot and i wanted to say thank you.

[renatabarbara]

Awesome! your potential seems timeless. Good time management, diversifying income flow and chalking out a plan remains the smart way to prepare for the unexpected and the best way to grow and sustain wealth. 4yrs in investing space and extremely pleased with the decision I made. The good news is — it’s not too late.

[aaronnicklaus]

1. Hire fast, fire faster, promote fastest
2. Passionate about retention
3. Do not take money off the table to early: reinvest in the business,
4. Ideas mean nothing without plan and execution
5. Progress before goal
6. Stop comparing start creating
7. Long term greed: short term success is nothing
8. Bet on yourself: do not trust other, you can only control yourself not other
9. Speed to lead: slow response, recruiting, perfect, acknowledge
10. Focus on horizon not competition: don’t worry about anything else
11. Everyone should be uniquely qualified: not hire only because candidate is good
12. Most value lowest cost:
13. Market, Idea, Team
14. Give customers what they want, not what you think they need: survey! ask your customer!
15. Treat everyone with respect, even a**hole

[taylorgreen]

The trick to being a successful business person is to understand personal finances and investing, because these will most likely lead to greater financial independence. By being knowledgeable about money and investing, individuals can make informed decisions about how to save, spend, and invest their money. I know someone who made over $350k in this recession influenced market, but to the best of my knowledge, it was through a financial advisor.

[chrisanthony]

I used to be an accountant for a big firm, what i realized was my bosses always went all in on particular stocks and the stocks used to end up paying for their sports cars and vacation homes, obviously they had to invest a lot to get that but i thought to myself "What's stopping me from doing this" So i reached out to one of my bosses and he introduced me to his FA and he helped me invest and taught me a few things about the market, one of the tips were to keep a small "in case the market crashes" fund to try and take advantage of the low prices, he taught me i had be greedy when others were fearful. I'll always be grateful for my old boss and his F.A they really changed my life, I now have a 7 figure portfolio and my old boss and my FA are now one of my closest friends

[RyanRego-dfox]

This video is some of the best business advice that I have ever seen on YouTube. This is something that as a CEO, I would normally pay $100 K plus in for consulting fees. Please make more general business videos like this that are not necessarily just focused on real estate.

[escapingmediocrityhub]

I appreciate how transparent you are in your videos. It's clear that you're passionate about
financial freedom and that you genuinely care about helping others. Thank you for being such a positive force in the YouTube community!

[rogerclarke]

Hi from the UK. We convert shipping containers into homes, Garden rooms and workspaces and more. 
After a few years of getting Things wrong with my team !
I have found that knowing my team's dreams and aspirations, while doing little things to keep them stay on track to their dreams goals from time to time, has given my team a love for our company and it's growth, that is organic and self propelled. We have all become of one mind. Our company now seems to have value in their eyes. Our productivity has gone up six fold with less men.
Your video has been helpful and a real blessing. Thank you so much for posting.

[Gorilla_Real_Estate_Dubai]

First week of my own company in Real Estate in Dubai. Thank you man 🙏🏻

[hjakbold]

When it comes to investing, diversification is the key, that's why I engage in sectors based on projected growth. There's no shortcut to getting rich but there are smart ways to go about it

[AndyNC]

Great advices.
If you're not supporting and promoting the good ones, they'll leave and only the bad ones will stay if you don't fire them.
And with the trust advice I'll keep it like Cameron Poe once said:" There's only two men I trust. One is me. The other is not you."
YOU will always be in your life... others come and go.

[Myglamcheek]

I loved the concept of long term greedy, and Retention. I am a Media buyer, my boss is a short term thinker and hate being advised by a Junior employee. He’s very slow at making decisions and executing plans which is affecting his entire business. I love watching videos of this kind, because I love learning from the best.

Thanks for sharing Ryan ❤!

[DriftGamingRoblox]

I'm a middle schooler who will be taking over a family company, pool business. So much pressure trying not to fail, trying not to ruin everything my grandfather has worked his hole life on. Your video really helped!

[colbr]

Some excellent advice here, in some areas almost counter intuitive, speed to lead and Hire Fast, Fire Faster, Promote Fastest are particularly valid for me. As this is an area where I'm normally very cautious.