Miami Hustle Series

048: What can startups learn from a 200 year-old industry?

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What can startups learn from a 200 year-old industry? It may sound like an unlikely correlation, but as it turns out, an exercise in turning around a railroad's operations can teach us a lot about what it takes to manage a startup.   Today's episode is focused on answering the question "What are the most important things that someone should be working on when building a startup." In a separate Podcast I produced, I interviewed consultant Roy Johanson - his experience turning around the operations of a railroad give us some insight on how taking the time to observe a business, it's dealings and how its customers respond to the way things are currently being run can guide us to make beneficial changes that go beyond the scope of traditional management.    Roy also gives us some essential questions that we should be asking ourselves while working in and on our businesses. His process appealed to us because it wasn’t just another story about an up and coming tech company’s 5 easy steps to startup glory and ventur