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August 20, 2025 33 mins

Full Episode Page: Nick Berry: The Five Stages of the Business Owner's Journey to Scale Your Business

A solo masterclass from Nick on the Five Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He shows how to turn chaos into a focused business growth roadmap, build a sales engine and lead generation system for predictable revenue, and evolve from producer to leader using The Business Alignment System.

Find Out:

  • How the Five Stages map becomes your business growth roadmap
  • What a sales engine and lead system need for predictable revenue
  • Which KPIs to track at each stage to stay focused
  • How to evolve from founder-producer to builder to leader
  • When to hire leaders who own outcomes, not tasks
  • How The Business Alignment System guides small business scale

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Chapters
00:00 Navigating uncertainty in business ownership
00:26 Five Stages of the Business Owner's Journey
03:10 Founder to CEO time allocation
04:23 Stage 1: Sales Engine and market validation
08:23 Stage 2: Lead generation system for predictable revenue
12:14 Stage 3: Machine Builder with SOPs and delegation
17:05 Stage 4: Team Builder and leadership development
20:17 Stage 5: Legacy Builder and scaling options
26:18 Know your stage to set priorities
27:35 Business Alignment System map and compass
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Grab yours: https://www.nickberry.info/roadmap

New here? Meet entrepreneur and business advisor Nick Berry.

The Business Owner's Journey podcast is where entrepreneurs, leaders, and innovators join entrepreneur Nick Berry to share stories, challenges, and strategies from their journeys as business owners.

Nick Berry is known for creating the Business Alignment System™ and 5 Stages of the Business Owner’s Journey. He offers a (free) personalized 90-Day Business Growth Roadmap telling you exactly where you are today and what specific steps to take next.

🟢 Official: NickBerry.info. tBOJ is hosted by Nick Berry, produced by Nick Berry, Kelly Berry & FCG.
🟢 Sponsors: Redesigned.Business, FR, Entrepreneur's Edge

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