Sep 3, 2026 · 35 min · 12 segments
For our 150th episode, host Nick Olsen welcomes Bob Verdun, CEO of Scaling Up, to share how he turned an unsolicited private equity offer into double the price through a full auction process — and the…
Bob VerdunGuest
Nick OlsonHost
what is your ideal client at scaling up? It's, and then, and what do you hope to accomplish, you know, with your coaches and the work that they're doing with the business owner?
Our clients are usually about $10 million in revenue, up to a couple hundred million in revenue is probably the majority of the bell curve.
We'll start with some clients at $5 million or so in revenue, but generally it's a little bigger than that.
What we really can help a client with is more fun, more time, and more value to their business.
So our methodology really helps bring sanity to a business and the operator and really focuses on how do you grow this thing in a way that is manageable, predictable, and increases the value of the business.
the idea to put this book together on on scaling evaluation from a coach's perspective for a lot of them it's it's a career so they just love coaching and helping people and for some of them it's it's a way to stay engaged they've they've sold a company they've had an exit They have a great life, but they want to keep doing things.
Like I said, I was bored a couple of years ago, and I'm on multiple boards and invested in tens of companies.
Now, you guys started something new called Scaling Up Profits, something that's free to your clients.
what is your ideal client at scaling up? It's, and then, and what do you hope to accomplish, you know, with your coaches and the work that they're doing with the business owner?
Our clients are usually about $10 million in revenue, up to a couple hundred million in revenue is probably the majority of the bell curve.
We'll start with some clients at $5 million or so in revenue, but generally it's a little bigger than that.
What we really can help a client with is more fun, more time, and more value to their business.
So our methodology really helps bring sanity to a business and the operator and really focuses on how do you grow this thing in a way that is manageable, predictable, and increases the value of the business.
the idea to put this book together on on scaling evaluation from a coach's perspective for a lot of them it's it's a career so they just love coaching and helping people and for some of them it's it's a way to stay engaged they've they've sold a company they've had an exit They have a great life, but they want to keep doing things.
Like I said, I was bored a couple of years ago, and I'm on multiple boards and invested in tens of companies.
Now, you guys started something new called Scaling Up Profits, something that's free to your clients.
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