How This Founder Survived Near Death Before Mastering “The Game of Business” to Create (and Share) Outsized EBITDA [Going it Alone Series]

How This Founder Survived Near Death Before Mastering “The Game of Business” to Create (and Share) Outsized EBITDA [Going it Alone Series]

Alex Membrillo

Alex Membrillo

Alex Membrillo is the CEO of Cardinal Digital Marketing, an agency with strong SEO strategies for finding quality leads. Cardinal Digital Marketing has been named one of Inc. 5000’s Fastest-Growing Private Companies in America. Alex has made his way to the Top 40 Under 40 list by Georgia State University and the Top 20 Entrepreneurs of Metro Atlanta list by TiE Atlanta. 

Alex is also an Official Member of the Forbes Agency Council, an Honors Program Mentor and Guest Lecturer of Marketing and Entrepreneurship at Georgia State University, and on the Leadership Council for Junior Achievement of Georgia.

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Here’s a glimpse of what you’ll learn:

  • Alex Membrillo describes the ups and down of launching his agency, Cardinal Digital Marketing
  • What was the most important lesson Alex learned when everything was falling apart? 
  • How can your leadership vision create a culture that employees love? 
  • Alex’s advice for growing an agency: integrity and quality talent

In this episode…

Do you feel like you’re backed into a corner with nowhere to turn when it comes to running your company? Has your business plummeted without a clear path to redemption?

Alex Membrillo, CEO of Cardinal Digital Marketing, shares how he bounced back from failure to create a nationally renowned agency. Alex sits down with host, Todd Taskey, to discuss the ups and downs of creating Cardinal Digital Marketing, what he learned during his lowest moments, and why integrity and quality talent are essential for agency growth.

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