Hello, everyone. Welcome back to CEO Secrets. Today’s guest is the CEO of Spartan Investment Group LLC, a company that was included in the INC 500 list for 2 years in a row.  They ranked 308th last year and jumped to 166th this year. Let's welcome, Scott J. Lewis.

Scott gained his leadership and management skills while he worked as a regional sales manager for a biotech company.  Years later, he had the opportunity to join the army.  He knew that he’d get really good leadership training and experience there so he enlisted himself. After four years, he came off of active duty then went into the federal government. This is where he learned a lot about strategic planning, project management, and risk management.

All the skills and knowledge that Scott gained from his past experiences positioned him to start his company and be able to set the foundation to build a real estate investment firm.

Let us hear from Scott as he shares how he built his company and ended up on the top 500 fastest-growing private companies in the country.


Top Takeaways:
1. The big catalysts for growth that put Spartan on the Inc 500 list for the past 2 years (1:58)
2. How does Spartan raise funds? (3:25)
3. What caused Scott to decide to go into the self-storage asset class. (6:06)
4. How Scott took the thinking process he learned from the military and applied it to his business (6:24)
5. Scott’s reason for starting the business  (11:54)
6. How to achieve growth by adhering to systems and processes (13:17)
7. How they came up with the 740-item due diligence checklist (15:30)
8. Scott’s advice on how to drive growth for your business (21:33)

To learn more about Scott and the Spartan Investment Group LLC, go to https://spartan-investors.com/