Freedom-First Pathway’s guest in this episode put in eighty to a hundred hours a week for his dad, and never saw a dime of overtime for it.

Let’s meet Najeeb Haddad, he’s the president and CEO of ENDOCORP. His dad started the company in 1996 sourcing and repairing parts for endoscopes. Najeeb grew up in that shop before he ever sat behind the desk.

ENDOCORP now touches 4M patients a year through the parts it puts back into circulation, with a plan to hit 10M by 2030.

What this episode covered:

→ Taking over the family business and earning trust from people who watched him grow up

→ Running the entire company with one other person during Covid

→ Building a culture where employees vote on who's actually living the values

→ Learning to let go of control and step out of his own meetings

→ The five year plan to serve ten million patients a year

Thanks to Najeeb for making the drive to Southfield to sit down for this one.

Chapters

00:00 Intro

02:30 Meet Najeeb Haddad and the ENDOCORP story

05:00 Second generation, eighty hour weeks, and the owner's son problem

10:30 What ENDOCORP actually does in endoscopy repair

12:58 Getting buy in, small wins, and building a culture that fits

18:00 Giving up control and stepping out of his own meetings

20:00 Consolidation in the industry and staying close to customers

21:30 People are the biggest asset and the biggest risk

23:30 Running the company alone with his brother-in-law during Covid

26:00 The five year plan to serve ten million patients

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