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Carl-Gould-#70secondCEO-Stage 7: Is Your Business Ready for Succession?

Carl Gould #70secondCEO··14 October 2026·1 min

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Hi Everybody, Carl Gould here, author of The 7 Stage Growth Method and your #70secondCEO, where you invest a little more than one minute a day for a lifetime of results. Today's topic is: Stage 7, The Succession Stage We're ranking your business right now. Where are you in this growth trajectory? 1 is, huh? 10 is, we got it! Alright, The Succession Stage: to what degree do you have: Management team in place? Tight controls? Solid operations? You're running like a finely tuned machine? You have a lead generation machine? A sales team that's closing it? Are clients happy? And you're on the leading edge of product development? This is rarefied air, folks. We gotta make sure that you're fully there; if not, put a comment at the bottom: what do you need to do to maximize your 7th Stage here? Rank yourself on a scale of 1-10, tell me your score, and where is your area of improvement? Like and follow this podcast so you can learn more. My name is Carl Gould, and this has been your #70secondCEO.