39: Scaling a Leisure Business with Dom Gaynor

In this episode Dom Gaynor, CEO of TeamSport, shares how he helped grow a small go-karting business from three small UK sites to an international business focusing on leisure and team building. Dom imparts his expertise with regards to growing and scaling the business via online marketing, new sales tactics and external investment.

In today’s conversation we learn how to retain core values whilst growing a business and why culture is key for sustainable growth. 

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Leaders are pulled in all directions. There is no rule book.

Beginning with 'No Grit No Pearl' each episode of the Gritty Leaders podcast explores a tension or paradox of leadership asking how founders, entrepreneurs and scale-up CEOs decide which way to turn.

Published fortnightly, each Gritty Leaders episode:
o Is for leaders in start-up and scale-up growing companies
o Asks directly about the tough decisions of leadership: strategy to tactics; the rough and the smooth
o Tells real stories of leadership grit to get 'inside' leadership
o Tests leadership ideas and theories in today's business front line
o Wraps up by drawing Gritty Leadership Lessons from what's been said

Ben and Ian are regularly joined by guests. Founders and leaders of growing companies weigh-in to discuss the Gritty Leadership Question of the episode and tell their personal stories, "I learned about gritty leadership from..."

• No. of episodes: 60
• Latest episode: 2023-10-24
• Business Entrepreneurship Management

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