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How to Build a Business That Feels Like a Family This wide-ranging interview breaks down how to build a company culture and why it is so important to stick with your passions.

By David Meltzer

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Ryan Fischer, CEO and Founder of Chalk Performance Training, talks about how his teenage years, spent juggling BMX competitions and a job at a watermelon farm, helped him realize his competitive streak. Fischer shares the stories of some of his greatest athletic successes and his greatest losses, as well as how he was able to learn from each of them and grow.

Fischer and The Playbook host David Meltzer discuss a range of topics such as building a business that feels like a family, why you need to get used to feeling uncomfortable as an entrepreneur, sticking with your passions and how to improve your decision-making process.

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David Meltzer

Co-Founder of Sports 1 Marketing, Speaker, Author and Business Coach

David Meltzer, co-founder of Sports 1 Marketing and host of Entrepreneur's podcast, “The Playbook”, is a Top 100 Business Coach, global public speaker and three-time international best-selling author who has been honored by Variety as “Sports Humanitarian of the Year”.

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