The EO Business Podcast

Ep. 164 - From Big Bets to Bigger Lessons: Human-Centered Leadership | David Miller

• Linh Podetti • Season 3 • Episode 164

Guest: David Miller, EO Platinum One Global Bridge member since 2013, Founder of Alchemy of Scale 

Host: Linh Podetti, EO Sydney member since 2022, owner of Outsourcing Angel

David Miller has lived the entrepreneurial rollercoaster, from leading a $1.5B financial firm, to scaling a cannabis brand past $10M, to starting over after setbacks that would break most founders. 

In this powerful episode, David shares how big risks led to even bigger lessons, why mistakes often become the most valuable messages, and how he blends method with magic to create true human-centred leadership. In this episode of the EO Business Podcast, David opens up about: 

- The truth about scaling too fast, and what it really costs 

- How failure can transform into your most powerful story 

- Why leadership is equal parts process and presence 

- Lessons from Warren Buffett & the world of billion-dollar finance 

- Building again with clarity, resilience, and a people-first lens 

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ABOUT DAVID MILLER 

David Miller is an entrepreneur, investor, and leadership coach who’s built and rebuilt businesses across industries — from Wall Street finance to cannabis startups to human-centred coaching. With decades of experience scaling companies, raising capital, and navigating setbacks, David now helps founders find both the method and the magic in their own journeys. His story is proof that risk, failure, and reinvention are not the end, but the beginning of transformation. 


CONNECT WITH DAVID MILLER 

Website: alchemyofscale.com 

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/david-miller-business-coach/ 

Instagram: @davidmiller.buzz

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