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Podcast Highlights- Brian Scudamore Gives Up Millions To Focus On His Dream #EEP Podcast #278 Clip

19 Nov 2019 · 1 min

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In this podcast excerpt, Brian Scudamore recounts a pivotal moment when he was taken on a fishing trip by two Waste Management executives who attempted to buy his company. The executives offered between $75 million and $100 million—far more than he ever imagined. Despite the massive financial incentive, Scudamore refused, explaining that he was not driven by money but by a clear, long‑term vision for his business. He describes having a vivid "painted picture" of what he wanted to build and emphasizes that he was not finished realizing that vision, illustrating his commitment to purpose over immediate wealth.

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Was I was out on a fishing boat with two executives from waste Management and I talk about this in the book and Waste management had approached me and wined and dined me and took me on this amazing fishing trip. I'm in the boat. Two garbage company executives were in the middle of nowhere. They're trying to get me to sell my business. And I said no. Sounds like you're about to get killed by the mob. Exactly. So there I was saying no. And I thought maybe I would say no to a future of any type of but these guys basically, you know, they were talking 75 to $100 million which would have been more money than I could have ever imagined. And I said no because I didn't believe a I was motivated enough by money to want to take that money. But even bigger, I saw a vision. I knew what I wanted to build. I had my painted picture clearly in my mind and I wasn't done.