Jesse Gilmore is the Founder of Niche In Control and the creator of the Scalable Agency Accelerator™ + Leverage for Growth® Method - a system that’s helped over 500+ agency owners break free from the founder trap and build businesses that scale without consuming their lives.
But Jesse’s journey to wealthy leadership wasn’t a straight line.
After burning out in three businesses built on hustle and long hours, he stepped into Corporate America, where he learned about systems, leadership, and scalability that lead him to see how freedom could be created.
That experience, combined with his entrepreneurial lessons, became the backbone of the framework he now teaches agency owners around the world. This conversation is raw, tactical, and deeply personal.
From lucid dreams that sparked his entrepreneurial path, to losing $60K in 3 months while transitioning his business model, to redefining freedom as choice - Jesse brings a mix of humility, candour, and hard-won wisdom.
In this episode, we unpack:
🔥 Why working harder is one of the most dangerous myths in entrepreneurship
🔥 The shift from operator to CEO - and the 3 roadblocks that keep agency owners stuck
🔥 How time freedom (not financial freedom) is the true unlock for growth
🔥 The “trifecta of chaos” every founder faces - and how to prioritize health, family, and business without losing yourself
🔥 Why proof of concept beats perfection (and how to validate your next offer fast
🔥 The power of internal vs. external locus of control in navigating setback
🔥 Why scalable offers - not more leads- are the real key to sustainable agencies
🔥 How AI is disrupting the agency model - and where the biggest opportunities lie
🔥 Jesse’s vision to impact 1M entrepreneurs and the new Scalable Agency Accelerator.
If you’re building an agency - or any business that you want to scale sustainably - Jesse’s insights will challenge the way you think about freedom, leadership, and what it really takes to build something that lasts.
👋 Connect with Jesse:
🔗 Website - https://www.nicheincontrol.com
🔗Linkedin - https://www.linkedin.com/in/jessepgilmore/
🔗Youtube - https://www.youtube.com/@nicheincontroltv
🔗 The Agency Owner's Guide to Freedom: Take Back Your Life, Control Your Time, and Transform Your Agency - https://www.amazon.com/Agency-Owners-Guide-Freedom-Transform/dp/B0CK3XGBLM
🔗 Join the Scalable Agency Accelerator launch event on November 11 - https://go.nicheincontrol.com/launch
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