This is how you build a billion dollar company with Fred Schebesta (Finder.com.au)

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“Instead of seeing opportunities and going for everything, just focus on one very small opportunity in that new market and do that really, really well and then expand.” — Fred Schebesta

At just 22, Fred started his first company when he was still at uni, and sold it a few years later to a publicly listed company. He was listed in Australian Anthill's 30 Under 30 List at the age of 23, and in 2017 Ernst and Young named him Entrepreneur of the Year.

If you want first-hand advice and insights on what it's like to run and scale a successful business in Australia and beyond, and hear some honest truths about the growing pains that come with it, then look no further. Fred provides a lot of first-hand insights and advice for business owners as he talks us through his own epic entrepreneurial journey in this episode of The Make It Happen Show.

 ⏩ Fast-Forward To Your Favourite Moments ⏩
0:00 - Introducing Fred Schebesta
5:26 - How he got leverage in a competitive market with already established players
8:06 - How to get to a point where the company operates without the founder
13:58 - When solo founders should start to scale and look at expanding their operational capability
18:01 - Keeping a good, healthy culture in a global company?
22:56 - Fred’s change in working pace from startup to global company
26:09 - How Fred sees and finds opportunities
32:00 - Make It Happen In A Minute

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Fred doesnt have a billion dollar company. FINDER share price has crashed. It makes negligible earnings.