It can be easy to get impatient on the entrepreneurial journey... I don't offer answers -- just encouragement. Keep grinding!
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Are you interested in tripling the valuation of your business? Are you tired of cash flow problems and seasonality? Consider changing your business model and adopting the subscription model! Also, I share about my own doubt and entrepreneurial "low-times" that come from time to time.
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Recently, I listened to books about three of modern history's greatest business legends: Musk, Bezos, and Jobs. Here are 4 observations I made about their lives and what I can apply to my small business and leadership style.
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I am in the process of changing my landscaping company to a performance-based pay system. In this episode I talk about why I am making this change... and why you may want to consider doing the same thing.
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Today, I share updates on all my businesses and what I have been up to. I am still making mistakes, learning, growing, and trying to become a better entrepreneur. One big announcement is that I will start selling Augusta Lawn Care franchises in September 2019! I am looking for 10 people to join as our first franchisees.
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Today, I share the specific tactics I've used for online direct response marketing. Click, Create, Convert. These are the steps to creating a seven figure business, regardless if you are online, offline, retail or service-based.
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The best way to get predictable, consistent results is to use technology to automate your sales cycle. From the point of brand awareness, all the way to asking for a referral you must take time out of the equation and make the Customer experience seamless.
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Your Customers are paying for an experience with your product or service. They don't want to hear excuses or the chaos behind-the-scenes! In this video, I use the analogy of a restaurant to prove an important point about Customer Service.
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Entrepreneurship has become a label. To many people, they attribute a life of luxury, wealth, and lavish living with being a business owner. Today, I talk about the realities of being a small business owners... the grind, the hustle, the loneliness, and the sacrifices. ARE YOU IN?!
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I know what it is like to start at zero... I know what it's like to hire your first employee... and I know what it is like to run a business that makes less than $1M in annual revenue. Today, I share 4 reasons why you should scale your business to at least a 7-figure company.
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If your business is small or you're just starting out, don't shy away from your truth. Be authentic to who you are, and use marketing to tell customers your story.
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Today, I interview the godfather of LEAN, Paul Akers. Lean is a concept in business and life of cutting waste and making processes more efficient. Paul is the owner of a renowned manufacturing facility that uses techniques from Toyota and Japanese manufacturers to make their people and processes ultra-efficient.
Paul is the author of a book I highly recommend called, "2-Second Lean"
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For many of the small business owners I talk about there is ONE thing holding them back from getting to the next level. No it is the economy, competitors, or access to capital... Is something I call O.P.O. (Other Peoples Opinions).
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Yesterday, I fired one of my employees... after his second day on the job. Why? You will have to listen to this episode.... but at the end of the day FIRING is what dictates your company culture.
By the way, this is the first episode recorded in our NEW studio! Checkout the YouTube channel to see video!
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Create content. That's it. Those two words sum up the entire episode. I share how I have used content to grow my online businesses... but more importantly how I am using content creation to grow my local landscaping business.
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Do you have this syndrome? It's called NSTS (New Shiny Thing Syndrome).
Be Patient. Focus. Be attentive to the business you are building NOW!
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I recently hired a few people for my business... it took me 30 interviews to get those successful candidates. Here are 4 of the things I use in my interview process to find and hire great talent while retaining a great company culture.
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The role I play at my landscaping company is changing. In order to work on strategy, hiring, culture, and branding I am delegating the other functions of my day-to-day role. If you want your business to go to the next level, this is an imperative step... not an easy one, bu necessary one.
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In this episode I share the goals I have for all by businesses in 2019 and recap what took place in 2018. Going into the new year, my ONE WORD will be "impact."
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Here are my tips for all small business owners that feel their business is underachieving. PLEASE listen to this episode if you are considering starting a business... this will save you years of frustration! I'm tired of fake entrepreneurship and the lack of solid info for small businesses... and it sort of shows here.
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Have you ever heard what your employees think about you? Have they ever heard what their coworkers think about their performance?
Here is what doing annual reviews did for me and my business. I encourage you to implement the same strategies.
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The stock market has been volatile the past few months which has investors talking about a eminent recession. Are you and your business ready to capitalize on the economic contraction? You can actually GROW during recession... if you plan for it now.
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No it's not clickbait... I really do believe that you should tell your employees exactly where every dollar of the business is going.
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I am not a perfect boss or leader... yesterday highlighted that fact. A business owners we must learn that as we build a Team and delegate tasks, we cannot step in and make everyone trip over us as they are trying to do their job... it slows progress and kills culture.
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Innovation is an overused word in the world of startups and tech moguls; however, it is important to change and evolve as a small business. Today, we discuss the importance of learning from other industries to improve your processes and systems.
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