Elevate The Hustle
Elevate the Hustle is the bold, founder-to-founder show for leaders who want to stand tall and scale smart. 🦒
Hosted by Stanley Meytin and Dominic Piccirillo, co-founders of Elevate Teams, the show dives into the real journey—growth, chaos, culture, and the systems that unlock time and revenue.
You’ll hear from independent insurance agency owners, entrepreneurs, and operators who are in the arena: how they hire, how they lead, and how they use world-class talent to level up. It’s fast, funny, and practical—no jargon, no theory, just the plays that actually work.
Who it’s for:
Owners, principals, and operators who want real leverage—better processes, better people, better outcomes.
What you’ll get:
Actionable hiring and ops strategies, culture-first leadership insights, and memorable stories that push you to think bigger and build bolder.
Elevate The Hustle
Leaving a $65B Insurance Program to Start From Scratch ft. Allen Hudson
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"I was making someone else a lot of money. I was making good money, but the amount of money I was making someone else was considerably more."
That realization changed everything for Allen Hudson. ⚖️
In episode 4 of Elevate the Hustle, Stan and Dom sit down with Allen Hudson, founder of Community Risk Advisors. Allen was running a $65 billion insurance program when he realized the corporate ladder had a ceiling—and he didn't own any of it. So he walked.
Allen breaks down:
- Why "Jane and John Doe Insurance Agency, Inc." is dead, and what replaces it
- The shocking reason his first US-based hire quit after 3 months
- How he's scaling by having senior team members build and train their own teams
- Why specialization is the only path forward for agencies trying to compete
- His advice for both brand-new agents and 25-year veterans who've been doing it the same way forever
Plus: Why Red Robin became his go-to meal, how he got banned from almost every bar at UMD, and why entrepreneurship dropped his golf handicap from 6 to 11.
If you've been waiting for the "right time" to go independent, this episode will make you rethink everything.
Real talk, real stories, and occasionally real bad language.
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