Mar 26 2025 42 mins
Growing a business is more than just focusing on the numbers. It’s about having the right mindset, the strategy, and the resilience to keep pushing forward.
In this episode, Jonathan Herps sits down with Jon Hui, Founder and CEO of Easy Truck Rental, to discuss the realities of scaling a company from the ground up. With rapid growth in just two years, Jon shares the critical leadership insights, decision-making frameworks, and hard-earned lessons that have shaped his entrepreneurial journey.
From building a team that thrives, to letting go of control in order to scale, this conversation is packed with valuable takeaways for business owners and CEOs navigating the challenges of growth.
In this episode of Stories of Scale with Jonathan Herps, you’ll discover:
- How Jon identified a market opportunity and built a business model around simplicity (01:03)
- Expanding while managing risks (05:30)
- Effectively structuring your time for maximum impact in a fast-scaling business (09:22)
- Why stepping back is the hardest and smartest move for a CEO (12:05)
- How simplifying operations drives growth and why delegation prevents burnout (20:10)
- How leaders foster trust, accountability, and a motivated team (28:23)
- The two most powerful pieces of advice that shaped Jon’s leadership (33:17)
- What makes a leadership team truly great (35:43)
- How self-awareness and learning the art of listening reshapes leadership, curbs ego, and drives better decisions (37:39)
- Why filtering advice matters and balancing opinions aids better decision-making (42:37)
Key takeaways for CEOs and business owners:
- Effective leadership requires trust, not micromanagement.
- Scaling means shifting from working in the business, to working on it.
- Your ability to communicate, delegate, and build the right team is your growth accelerator.
- Creating a high-performance leadership team means giving people ownership and autonomy.
- If your business depends on you being in every detail, you don’t own a company - you have a job.
Tune in to hear Jon’s candid reflections on scaling a high-growth company, the leadership evolution required to succeed, and why the hardest lesson for any CEO is learning to let go.
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