Show Notes
What happens when you’re working 100 hours in your business, and then one day at a cafe you start feeling pressure on your chest… and it turns out that you’re having a heart attack. You’re only 40.
That’s exactly what happened to Andrew Handosa (Doza for short) and he realised he needed to change everything about how he lived his life and ran his business.
He fired his clients, started going on solo CEO retreats and now he has one of the fastest growing businesses in Australia. Not only that but he’s built out his team to 30 people in 2025 (all of which are just as committed to his vision) and he even took them to Hawaii in December because they all worked towards his company vision and absolutely smashed it.
So how did he turn his life and company around? That’s what I’m asking him today.
Key moments:
0:00 - The moment when Doza couldn’t tell his pregnant wife that they were completely broke
4:13 - The time Doza caught a team member stealing and sleeping on the job
8:52 - The moment that changed everything for him…
16:20 - Why firing his clients and changing his entire business model was one of the best things he did
18:46 - Why Doza put $250k back into the business
20:02 - The 70% decision rule that Doza uses to take action on his ideas rather than wait till he’s ready
23:08 - How to know if you’re accidentally setting your team up to fail
26:00 - The Geronimo Vision Book: How Doza creates a vision his team WANT to participate in
33:39 - Doza’s hiring funnel and why he talks candidates out of taking the job
35:42 - The importance of offshore teams and how to nurture them in your company
39:10 - The stuff founders should NOT be doing if they want to get time back from the business
40:35 - How Doza coaches his clients to become better leaders
46:00 - Separation Sunday: the way Doza and his team stay on track towards their company AND their personal goals each week (it’s a game changer)
56:50 - If Doza had to start from scratch what are the first three roles he would hire for
Message Doza on IG @hey.doza ‘empire-jess’ to get his company vision Empire 28 and see how you can apply it to your own business.
If you want help building your offshore team, send me a message over at @jesswhatman_agentsync - https://www.instagram.com/jesswhatman_agentsync/
Not sure what you could delegate or the next role you need? Ask Andy - https://agentsync.com.au/meet-andy Find out more about off-shore employees over at https://www.instagram.com/agentsync_/ and https://agentsync.com.au/ And see behind the scenes content over at https://www.instagram.com/built.to.lead.podcast/
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