Interview with Jeff Brown: How the Read to Lead Podcast Host Got His Start, Ways to Be More Courageous as an Entrepreneur, and What it Takes to Get More Done

James Karl Butler is a serial entrepreneur who has built four companies from the start-up phase to over a million dollars in revenue. He is the author of eighteen books. He grew his first retail bridal store from $0 to over $1,000,000 in sales in three years and grew another retail business from $0 to over $1,000,000 in just over 18 months. James has helped some of the most respected and largest retailers and businesses across the country to grow their sales and shatter their previous sales records. He is a celebrated systems and marketing authority who speaks and trains business owners how to create rapid and sustained growth in their business. He is the author of the best-selling book The System is the Secret. He inspires entrepreneurs to take action in their businesses through applying the principles in his books and podcasts. He offers a coaching and training program to a worldwide audience of entrepreneurs providing insights and systems-based training designed to help business owners grow their businesses to the next level. He and his wife Heather are the parents of five children. You can follow him on Instagram at @jameskarlbutler