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The Business Decisions That Broke Spirit Airlines

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EntreLeadership
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Sep 2, 2026
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Summary

šŸ“ Shape what comes next for the EntreLeadership show by participating in our 2026 audience study. After you  complete the survey, you can enter for a chance to win a Standard ticket to EntreLeadershipĀ® Summit 2027.   Spirit Airlines didn’t collapse overnight—the warning signs were years in the making.  In this episode, Head Coach John Felkins unpacks Spirit’s rise and fall to reveal how a successful business can become dangerously fragile when it stops adapting and leaves no margin for the unexpected.   Next Steps: Ā·      šŸ“š ⁠Order Dave’s most recent EntreLeadership book, Build a Business You Love. Ā·      šŸŽ„ Watch our video The Four-Part Framework to Creating a Bulletproof Business. Ā·      šŸŽÆ Not sure what to do next in your business? Let’s figure it out together. Book a free 30-minute consult call with the EntreLeadership Team. Ā·      šŸ“ž Have a question for the show? Call 844-944-1070 or send us a message. Ā·      šŸ“§ Get EntreLeadership’s free weekly newsletter: expert advice and practical tips from the same playbook we used to build Ramsey Solutions into a $300 million company. Ā·      šŸŒŽ Attend our world-class leadership conference, EntreLeadership Summit. Ā·      šŸ“ Stop guessing. Get a plan built for your business and someone who holds you to it. Find out which coaching option is right for you. Ā·      šŸ“ˆ Bad hires. Strategies that never get off the ground. 60-hour workweeks. Sleepless nights. EntreLeadership Master Series is where you trade all of that for the exact systems our Executive Team used to scale to $300 million. D…