{"version":"1.0.0","episode":{"title":"\"We Fired All Our Managers!\" — Lessons From a $500M Expansion (& What It Took to Make It Work) | David Wyler, CEO of Jeff Wyler Automotive Family","url":"http://getcarcurious.com/episodes/we-fired-all-our-managers-lessons-from-a-500m-expansion-what-it-took-to-make-it-work-david-wyler-ceo-of-jeff-wyler-automotive-family","audioUrl":"https://chrt.fm/track/C6AG88/traffic.megaphone.fm/CREUR4175930618.mp3","description":"Today I'm joined by David Wyler, CEO of Jeff Wyler Automotive Family.\n\nWe dig into why Wyler abandoned traditional corporate management in favor of a “coach” model, how a strict 100-mile acquisition rule protects execution, and why culture—not capital—is the only defensible edge left in consolidation. \n\nDavid also unpacks his massive acquisition of the Midwest Auto Group, the lessons of stagnation during COVID, and what it really takes to scale a family business without losing its soul.\n\n\n\nThis episode is brought to you by:\n\n\n\n1. 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