Josh Porter | What If Business Success Is The Easy Part?

Ken Joslin7/25/202637:14

Josh Porter nearly tripled his revenue and opened three new clinics in 18 months. The breakthrough that made it possible wasn't a business strategy - it was four words written on a piece of paper in a room full of men. Josh Porter, PA-C, is the founder of Optimize You, a hormone and wellness clinic based in Chattanooga, Tennessee. In the last year and a half, he's scaled from 2 locations to 5, grown annual revenue from $1.7M to $3.9M, expanded his team from 10 to 21 employees, and become one of the standout stories in the GSD community. But Josh is the first to tell you: the business growth was the easy part. In this episode, we walk through the full journey - from showing up to his first conference alone in scrubs, to writing a $50K check he wasn't sure he could afford, to a mastermind moment in Atlanta that forced him to name a belief he'd been carrying since his father died when he was 12 years old. In this episode you'll hear: Why a clinician becomes an entrepreneur - and what gaps that creates in leadership What it actually felt like to bet on himself in a room full of people he didn't know The Atlanta breakthrough: "I am not enough," childhood loss, and watching his son write the same thing How his wife being in the room in Puerto Rico changed the trajectory of their marriage and his business vision A Sundance season where his marriage was struggling and a friend cried through the phone instead of offering advice What it looked like to open two clinics three weeks apart - and what he'd tell himself now Why he brought 22 people to Create the year after showing up alone in scrubs What he'd say to a faith-based entrepreneur who can't justify the investment This is what faith-based entrepreneurship looks like when it's honest. Subscribe and hit the bell - we release new conversations weekly. Comment below: what belief are you rewriting this year? Learn more about the GSD community: growstackdrive.com/14 #JoshPorter #OptimizeYou #HealthcareEntrepreneur #FaithBasedEntrepreneur #KenJoslin #GrowStackDrive #ClinicGrowth #LeadershipDevelopment #IAmEnough #ChristianEntrepreneur #BusinessGrowth #Mindset #Proximity #ScalingABusiness #PodcastEpisode