The Founders Fire

← The Founders Fire8 Jul · 54 min

The story behind the Ferraris Emil Juresic has never told until now

The story behind the Ferraris Emil Juresic has never told until now8 Jul54 min

<p>You&#39;ve seen the cars. The offices. The 500 staff. The half a million people watching him online. You haven&#39;t seen the four years that made all of it possible and the moment he lost everything. </p><p>Before the property empire, Emil Juresic was a boy in a war zone, walking five kilometres through sniper fire to carry water back to his family. Four years with no power, no clean water, barely any food, waking up each morning not knowing if that was the day. He arrived in Australia at 15 with an accent, no English, and one decision already made: no one would ever be the boss of his life again.</p><p><br></p><p>He rarely lets people all the way into those years. In this episode, he does, and you start to understand where the pain tolerance, the hunger and the refusal to ever give up actually come from. </p><p>Emil shares the mistakes he&#39;s made that nearly cost him everything and the things he&#39;ll never stop doing no matter how big his company gets. </p><p><br></p><p>CHAPTERS</p><p>0:00 &quot;You&#39;re marrying a zombie.&quot; His warning to anyone who loves a founder<br>2:43 Two kinds of business owner, and why one of them is born broken<br>5:43 The chainsaw test: could you put your fingers on the table?<br>8:18 The three choices when business puts you on your knees<br>11:24 Carrying water through sniper fire at eleven years old<br>14:21 &quot;The best times of my life.&quot; Why he won&#39;t call the war trauma<br>23:10 He employs 500 people and still moved 15 tonnes of sand himself<br>25:10 The Braveheart rule he leads every business by<br>30:02 Getting wiped out at 30, the graduation he never wanted<br>44:27 Half a million followers calling him an idiot. His answer<br>52:36 How an entrepreneur really sleeps, and why he loves it</p><p><em>This episode touches on war, trauma and the mental toll of building. If it resonates, support is available in Australia through Lifeline on 13 11 14 or Beyond Blue at beyondblue.org.au.</em></p><p><br></p><p>Connect with Emil - https://www.instagram.com/emil_juresic/?hl=en</p><p>---------</p><p>See behind the scenes over at https://www.instagram.com/danmoussa_thirdwayadvisory/</p><p>Or Linked In - https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-moussa-thirdway/</p><p>And if you need help to find the hire that will completely change your business reach out over at https://www.thirdwayadvisory.com.au/</p><p>Hit follow wherever you&#39;re listening so you don&#39;t miss a single episode</p>