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Hosts Mark J. Podolsky and Scott Todd interview Josh Smith (GSD Mode). Josh recounts his entrepreneurial path from a 23-year-old starting in real estate to fund a planned health-club, growing into an 82-agent residential real estate company plus multiple related ventures (five active companies today, ten total historically). He emphasizes building repeatable systems and playbooks, mastering hiring (hire fast when needed but use strong onboarding/tests and QC), and the mindset of endurance and long-term patience. Concrete achievements mentioned: top 1% of realtors worldwide, voted 30th top realtor in America by the Wall Street Journal, sold over 5,000 homes, company software with ~2,000 users across US/Canada. Discussion closes with tips: play the long game (Josh) and a recommended tool (BlueTick IO from Scott).

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10 companies total over the years; 5 active today (all but one tied to real estate).

Started at age 23 in 2005 to raise capital (initially to fund a health club); college dropout with no credit/money and needed an $800,000 loan he couldn’t secure initially.

82 agents working exclusively for him; software used by over 2,000 users in the United States and Canada.

Top 1% of realtors worldwide; voted 30th top realtor in America by the Wall Street Journal; has sold over 5,000 homes; host of the GSD Mode podcast.

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