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Jan 2025
1h 7m

Building a Team That Builds the Business...

Tommy Mello: $200 Million Founder|Forbes, Inc., Entrepreneur Columnist
About this episode

J.J. Levenske is the President and Co-Founder of Bleuwave, a company that provides facilities-based solutions for its clients. J.J. has over 30 years of experience in the construction and business solutions industry, and is a past board member at Vistage Worldwide, Inc., a global CEO peer advisory and executive coaching organization. He is also the host at MAC & Bleu, a podcast covering all things related to Building the Future. In this episode, we talked about team building, mergers and acquisitions, visionary leadership, enterprise value growth...

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