Keep Shoveling: The Grit, Grind, and Growth of Blake Johnson

He nearly lost everything. Then he built and sold multiple companies for a combined $1.1 billion.

In this episode, Blake Johnson gets real about the moments most people skip over - the early wake-ups in El Centro, the cattle, the chaos, and the near collapse. We talk about:

• Growing up in a small border town and how it wired his work ethic

• The business that almost broke him and what he did next

• Taking risks, building trust, and bouncing back harder

• The mindset behind his biggest exits

• Why grit still matters more than talent

Blake isn’t just a founder, he’s a builder who’s been through it, rebuilt from scratch, and is now mentoring the next generation of entrepreneurs.

This is the episode you listen to when you’re stuck, rebuilding, or betting big on yourself.

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