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Joe Buzzello and Dan Altmire

Joe Buzzello and Dan Altmire

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 In today's episode of the New Normal Chronicles, we are given a chance to talk to two amazing gentlemen, Tom Healy and Joe Buzzello. We are going to talk about all of the great things that both of them are doing right now. How did Joe and Tom meet? Joe and Tom met on a golf course, almost six years ago. Of course, at first, they didn't know each other, and for Tom, it was an interesting first meeting. It's because they found something in common. Both of them have written a book and they also speak around the country. One thing that kept the conversation between the two of them was when Joe shared his group of local entrepreneurs, and his activities around his peers, and talked about other details like their business and the issues, challenges, and opportunities that his group has. For Tom, it was interesting for two reasons. One is that's how he has been able to grow his own business, which started speaking on college campuses until it transformed into a consulting business. Then, he took everything that his team did across the country and it turned into an online education company. After that, Tom got interested in knowing what Joe is doing in his group of entrepreneurs. He then found out that they have a great environment of people who are so vulnerable and have no ego and are very much willing to spill their guts. In one meeting, everyone gave feedback, Joe challenged them, held them accountable, gave them ideas and solutions, and introduced them to people. Then, Tom told Joe that he wanted to build one of these in the future and Joe never disappointed him and helped him do his. Until one day, Joe came to Tom's first meeting and it became successful. In fact, at some point, they just looked at each other and said, "Let's do this together. Let's co-facilitate these groups. Let's build more groups and a community of entrepreneurs and bring in speakers and do holiday parties and networking." That's how Joe and Tom met and began to build their friendship. Is the Group Still Active Today? The initial groups they have are still active five years later. The majority of them are founding members, which means that they've been in the group for four or five years. They've gotten a lot of value out of it. Otherwise, at some point, they would have left. Tom further stated that in five years of the entrepreneur's lives, they've seen some people exit their businesses successfully. They've seen people merge with other businesses and seen major life changes. They've seen all of these incredible things happening and being able to help each other, support each other, hold each other accountable along the way. In January of 2020, even though Tom and Joe had a desire to build a national platform, they both decided to do more than just be a local, in-person, and brick-and-mortar community. But they found that it's not so easy to make that pivot. However, the start of the pandemic has significantly helped them because people at the time felt more comfortable doing Zoom meetings and being around peers across the country, spending a few hours for online meetings. Tom said that what they did was really powerful and rewarding. They were able to identify people with talent and expertise. That expertise could be a topic within the business, like working with a certain type of business based on size and it could be inside of a certain industry. The exciting thing about it is that these people are willing to share their skills and wisdom with others in a way that's best for everyone. Moreover, Tom got really intrigued with the idea of taking 10 people, putting them in a room and helping them with his skills, wisdom, and expertise. He always wanted to facilitate an incredible meeting so that there's a lot of peer coaching and peer mentorship going on inside his group. However, there are some people out there who disliked their idea and didn't want to join and participate. But when they walked through the model and the impact it has, and the reasons why you may want to create one, a lot of people have realized that they need one of those in the future. That's why Joe and Tom have been fortunate and were able to do what they needed to do. It's because people can't build a national, certainly not a worldwide company with just two people running meetings. Hence, Tom and Joe now are in the business with great people and train them on everything they know on how to build and run these groups at a very high level. They're even supporting them as they build and run those groups and then making sure that the members have a ton of value while doing it on a regular basis from the community. Why Do People Want to Join in Your Group? According to Tom, one of the reasons that people join is because they are lonely. You may not believe it and it may sound horrible, but it's true. When you're running an organization and you have an issue, a challenge, a problem, it'll surely be difficult on your...
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