Gordy Bunch is a U.S. Coast Guard Veteran, 2015 Ernst & Young Entrepreneur of the Year, Founder of TWFG, and Chairman of The Woodlands Township. In our podcast we talk about how Gordy built a $600,000,000 business using $10,000 of his personal savings. There is much to learn from Gordy Bunch in this interview.

Podcast Segments

The first decision in business [1:42]

1,000 Lb. Samurai Statue [2:40]

A road trip to San Diego [4:13]

1994 Haitian Rescue [7:40]

Lessons from the Coast Guard [10:22]

Human trafficking & The Chinese Mafia (Snakeheads) [12:06]

Gordy’s early prep for business [16:25]

Right person, wrong job [22:15]

Hanging onto employees or releasing them [23:43]

The Peter Principle [25:40]

Gordy’s ideas about success [28:18]

Helping create 100’s of millionaires [31:06]

Early days of Entrepreneurship [32:56]

Early adoption, first mover advantage & market research [37:49]

Building a company from 1 person to 5,000 & the importance of staying humble [40:54]

Balancing life by serving [47:25]

Divine intervention [55:08]

How Gordy gauges his success [59:02]

The most important thing Gordy does with his time [1:01:47]

Jesus and becoming an Ironman [1:04:24]

Beetlejuice, electrocution and Jedi mind control [1:07:55]

Helping others to gain strength [1:11:56]

The importance of commitment [1:13:07]

The greatest challenge and getting through it [1:13:44]

How to learn from our greatest failures [1:16:20]

Gordy sharing advice with a young entrepreneur [1:18:24]

Principles Gordy lives by [1:21:33]

Selected links from show

VEL Institute

Gordy Bunch Article

TWFG Financial

TWICO Insurance

Susan G. Komen

American Heart Association

CASA

College of the Ozarks