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Ready to plan your perfect business exit? Prepare for a once in a lifetime exit and secure your legacy at the Scottsdale founders forum. The Scottsdale Founders Forum is tomorrow! Register now at scottsdalefoundersforum.com In Ep. #56 of the #FoundersGuidePost Podcast, I had the privilege of sitting down with Doug Ducey, the co-founder of Cold Stone Creamery and former Governor of Arizona. We talked about his journey of transforming Cold Stone from a single store into a global brand and the key decisions that led to its successful sale in 2007. Doug shared strategic insights on scaling a business, leveraging franchising as a growth strategy, and navigating the complexities of preparing for an exit - offering valuable lessons for entrepreneurs at every stage of their journey. What You'll Learn: Building a Scalable Business: Learn how to strategically grow a company by leveraging unique value propositions and past experiences to build a scalable, sustainable brand. Using Franchising as a Growth Model: Discover how franchising can be a powerful tool for expansion when capital is limited, with a focus on empowering franchisees and maintaining consistency. Preparing for a Strategic Exit: Understand the importance of thorough preparation, assembling the right advisors, and timing the market to achieve a successful and strategic business exit. LOVED this episode? Leave us a review and rating here: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/founders-guide-post/id1648393214 Links & Resources: Find Doug on LinkedIn Preserve Your American Success Story! Find Armando on LinkedIn About the Guest : Doug Ducey is a renowned businessman and leader who served as Arizona's 23rd governor from 2015 to 2023. Before entering public service, he gained recognition in the corporate world as the CEO of Cold Stone Creamery. Under his leadership, the brand expanded from a single shop in Tempe, Arizona, to over 1,400 locations worldwide, making it a global success story by the time of its sale in 2007. As governor, Ducey focused on economic growth, education reform, and tax reduction, transforming Arizona's economy with a balanced budget, record surplus, and the implementation of the nation's lowest flat tax. Now serving as CEO of Citizens for Free Enterprise, Ducey brings a wealth of experience in business, governance, and strategic leadership, offe

Joe Ducey, aged at just 22, already possesses some valuable insight into what it takes to grow a family alongside a Big Career. With a U.S. governor for a father, those are lessons he learned early, up-close, and at home. Formerly the CEO of Coldstone Creamery, Arizona Governor Doug Ducey sold the company and left his corporate career when Joe was in middle school. As Joe remembers it, his dad had “never missed a sports game,” despite having such a high-stakes career — and all the free ice cream wasn’t such a bad perk either. Still, Coldstone was expanding into Asia at the time, and Doug had to travel often for work. And, as an ethos that Joe says both he and his dad share, he recognized that “you don’t need a title to lead.” So, Doug left his C-Suite title behind — but not long after, he had the opportunity to lead in a new way by running for State Treasury. “Before any of this started… he sat us down at the dinner table and put forth a proposal that he’d already talked through with my mom,” Joe says. “I have two brothers, one older and one younger, and he’s like, ‘Are you guys all on board? Here’s the good, bad and ugly of what’s to come.’” Joe says that, in his family, making joint decisions and having difficult conversations together has always been the norm. The reason, of course, is because they’ve pinpointed their goals, gone after new ones, and managed life’s curveballs (as well as their impact on mental health). And it’s also held even when Joe has disagreed with his Dad politically. The tough dinner table conversations, Joe said, have always brought them closer and cemented that family always comes first. In this episode of The Anthony Sarandrea Show, Anthony and Joe talk about what it was like to grow up with a CEO-turned-politician dad, the values Doug instilled in him, and how his experience can serve as a blueprint to other Big Career families. What You’ll Learn: How Stoicism has helped Joe cope with the pressures of being a politician’s son Why his two biggest passions are teaching young people financial literacy and promoting honest conversations around mental health (and how his family shares in those passions) How he’s learned to turn fear into gratitude And much more! Favorite Quote: “The people on Twitter are always talking about my family and me — I had to realize that’s out of my control. And if you stress about things that are out of your control, then you’re going to have an anxiety-filled life. What this person is saying about me, I can’t control that. So I want to focus on, ‘What’s my mission? What are my goals? What can I do about them?’” — Joe Ducey Connect With Joe: LinkedIn Facebook How to Get Involved: Anthony Sarandrea, the founder of SiteFlood, is a philanthropist, entrepreneur, and keynote speaker known as a renowned customer and lead generator worldwide. <span style="font-weight: 4