Jean-Louis Lelogeais talks with Jason Barnard about the entrepreneurial long game.
The Entrepreneurial Long Game! Jean-Louis Lelogeais, co-founder of PEO Partners and SVP Global, reveals the mindset shifts that transformed him from startup consultant to managing over $21 billion in assets. Drawing from 40+ years building three successful ventures—including surviving the dot-com crash and the 2008 financial crisis—Jean-Louis shares his proven framework for entrepreneurial endurance. Learn why big ideas require passionate commitment, how setbacks become your greatest teachers, and discover the critical timing for building legacy-focused leadership teams.
In this inspiring episode, you'll discover:- Why "big ideas that change the world" are essential for long-term success- How to build staying power when ventures take longer than expected- The partnership advantage: why 1+1 equals more than 2 in entrepreneurship- How to create feedback loops that prevent costly mistakes- The legacy mindset shift that separates successful exits from failures
This conversation offers a blueprint for entrepreneurs ready to play the long game and build businesses that outlast their founders.
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This episode was recorded live on video June 24th 2025
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Transcript from Jean-Louis Lelogeais with Jason Barnard on Fastlane Founders And Legacy. Entrepreneurial Long Game
[00:00:00] Jean-Louis Lelogeais: When you start as an entrepreneur, you're doing it all, right? So the fun part of it, the intellectual challenge, because I would tell you. Also for me, the big idea also has to be intellectually challenging. But the reality is, your day to day. It's not that you still need to prove the wires.
[00:00:20] Jean-Louis Lelogeais: You need to do the admin side. You need to maintain the QuickBooks. So if you're not passionate, all that kind of, because there's no resources to get a whole team to do a bunch of things for you. So you got to be ready to get your hands dirty and do a lot of stuff that may seem beyond you, and it is not particularly the most thrilling stuff but you do it because that's part of what's required and what drives.
[00:00:50] Narrator: Fastlane Founders and Legacy with Jason Barnard. Each week, Jason sits down with successful entrepreneurs, CEOs and executives, and gets them to share how they mastered the delicate balance between rapid growth and enduring success in the business world.
[00:01:06] Narrator: How can we quickly build a profitable business that stands the test of time and become their legacy? A legacy we're proud of. Fastlane Founders and Legacy with Jason Barnard.
[00:01:19] Jason Barnard: Hi everybody and welcome to another Fastlane Founders and Legacy with me, Jason Barnard. And the quick hello and we're good to go.
[00:01:27] Jason Barnard: Oh, welcome to the show.
[00:01:33] Jason Barnard: Impossible to say or sing.
[00:01:37] Jean-Louis Lelogeais: That was pretty close. and I'm not going to try to sing back to you, Jason even though my wife is Korean and I've spent many hours at karaoke. But, it's still hopeless. But it's very good to meet you. And how are you doing today?
[00:01:57] Jason Barnard: I'm absolutely fine, Mr. Lelogeais. What I did like about that is you said that your name is impossible to sing or say, so I thought I would sing it completely wrong because that's what you're used to. That's been your life.