Ep.278 – COO, Vintory, Randy Bonds

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Our guest today is COO Alliance Member and Chief Operating Officer for Vintory, Randy Bonds. Since grade school Randy has had a passion for entrepreneurship. For more than 30 years he has been building his skills by owning and operating eight companies all focused in travel and tourism. Founding, scaling, and selling five companies taught him a lot about operations. Each company Randy has been involved in has helped him to understand a variety of operational processes – some of which work, and others, not so much. Over the last 16 years, his focus has been in the vacation rental industry, including owning three property management companies (one international), a digital marketing company for VR’s, and helping other VRM’s grow inventory with Vintory.

In This Episode You’ll Learn:

• What it was about Vintory that made Randy want to shift from entrepreneur team member in the company.
• Navigating the CEO/COO relationship.
• The importance of having a balance between work and personal life.
• How to balance the need to say “no” to great ideas with not discouraging employees.

Resources:

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