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
You Never Lose—You Either Win or Learn ft. Mike Stromsoe
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"You never lose. You either win or you learn."
That's the philosophy printed on Mike Stromsoe's favorite travel shirt—and it's the mindset that took him from working nights at a bowling alley bar to building and selling a multi-million dollar insurance agency. 🚀
In episode 8 of Elevate the Hustle, Stan and Dom sit down with Mike Stromsoe—founder of UPP (Unstoppable Profit Producer) and former independent agency owner—who now teaches agency owners how to grow their business, create wealth, and live life on their own terms.
Mike breaks down:
- Why he's NOT an insurance agent—he's a marketer who happens to own an insurance business (and why that shift changed everything)
- The simple 3-step blueprint that took him from broke to multi-million dollar exit: People, Processes, Promotion (in that order)
- Why "good enough is good enough" when delegating—if someone can do it 80% as well as you, let them do it
Plus, Mike shares why he makes chili rellenos from scratch and how his "IDGAF muscle" got stronger with age.
If you're an insurance agency owner buried in minutiae, working 14-hour days on $15/hour tasks, or convinced that nobody can do it as well as you can, you can't afford to skip this one.
Real talk, real stories, and occasionally real bad language.
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