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    Against All Average

    This show is for entrepreneurs and every day people who want to learn the skills and mindset to lead exceptional lives. Whether you are a multi-millionaire or just starting out, this podcast gives real world meaning to concepts you hear day in and day out. Kyle Tolzman is a serial entrepreneur that loves to have a lot fun on the mic interviewing guests from a variety of backgrounds. He's won, lost, succeeded, and failed, but he has always gotten back up. Inside each episode you will find little tips and tricks that make a big difference in business and life.
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    Talking to the Side Hustle Millionaire Tony Whatley

    Talking to the Side Hustle Millionaire Tony Whatley

    Tony once led a successful corporate career with over 27 years experience in oil/gas, managing $100MM+ international EPIC projects. He has built and scaled project management departments, and consulted within Fortune 100 corporations on systems, processes, and leadership. Tony also has extensive experience in procurement and contract laws, as well as contract negotiation. In 2015, Tony decided to focus on building businesses full-time, and left behind a multiple six-figure salary range to do what he loves.

    Tony earned a Bachelor of Science degree in Mechanical Engineering, from The University of Houston. He is also a Certified Project Manager, as well as serving as club president of Toastmasters, a public speaking and leadership training group.

    When he is not doing work to build his legacy, you can find him and his wife, Lisa, exploring the world or racing high performance cars.

    Where can you find Tony?

    Instagram: @365driven

    Website: www.365driven.com

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    From C-Student to the C-Suite with Tami Holzman, Kyle Tolzman, and Jake Rolzman

    From C-Student to the C-Suite with Tami Holzman, Kyle Tolzman, and Jake Rolzman

    Tami began her career in the entertainment industry as a talent agent, show creator and executive producer, with development deals at NBC, HBO, and the 2Oth Century Fox.  During her time as an Executive Producer and creator of Super Agent, she discovered a white space for marketing to women through mainstream sports. The opportunity inspired Tami to co-found the Female Fan Group.

     

    She segued into a successful career as the EVP of avVenta, a marketing services firm leading global business development, which led to a successful acquisition to Accenture.  Shortly after, Tami served as a Chief Brand Officer of the Plastic Bank, a social impact company turning waste into currency.

     

    Today, she is an LP and advisor with Halogen Ventures, corporate advisor, executive coach, and motivational speaker. Tami loves to mentor and promote opportunities for women.

     

    Tami lives in Pacific Palisades, overlooking the Pacific Ocean where you can find her hosting friends while saluting the sun with a cocktail in hand and an ever-present smile on her face.

     

    Tami is a guest lecturer at UCLA Marketing, USC, and Loyola Marymount Entrepreneurship courses.     

     

    In addition, Tami has a Certificate of Expertise from the University of Pennsylvania in Positive Psychology, with an emphasis on emotional intelligence, resilience skills, mental agility, and optimism. 

     

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    How to Start a Side Hustle That Pays More Than Your Day Job

    How to Start a Side Hustle That Pays More Than Your Day Job

    In this quick hitter episode we’ll be talking about side hustle ideas during the pandemic. Some of these quality ideas are below. You are welcome!

    • Specialize in re-selling high ticket item houses, cars, boats, trucks, etc.
    • Specialize in re-selling medium ticket items  tractors, lawn mowers, rototillers, weed eaters, etc.
    • Specialize in re-selling small ticket items clothes, shoes, sports cards, etc.
    • Child care and education services
    • Tutoring
    • Small group sports training for  kids
    • Grow vegetables
    • Lawn care around your neighborhood
    • Selling old stuff on facebook, craigslist, offer up, etc. 

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    Swimming Through the Depths of Despair to Living a Zero Limits Lifestyle with Jesse Brisendine

    Swimming Through the Depths of Despair to Living a Zero Limits Lifestyle with Jesse Brisendine

    Jesse Brisendine, the creator of "Zero Limits Coaching," is a world renowned expert who works with individuals and organizations to move beyond their limitations & unlock their greatness. Business leaders, Hollywood celebrities, entrepreneurs, medical professionals, and educators have utilized Jesse's services to break through limiting beliefs, uncover their unique purpose, build thriving businesses, and live fulfilling lives. 

    Jesse is a big fan of buffets, professional wrestling, and finding the silver lining in any situation.

    Stay connected with Jesse

    Website: https://jessebrisendine.com/ (https://jessebrisendine.com/)

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    How to Look Beyond Macros in Your Fitness Coaching Journey with Matt Walrath

    How to Look Beyond Macros in Your Fitness Coaching Journey with Matt Walrath

    Matt Walrath's  pain became his passion, and his struggle to improve his body composition and performance is why he started Beyond Macros. Matt realized he could relate from experience to the challenges and body image issues his clients were dealing with.

    That is why he set up Beyond Macros to educate clients and focus on creating sustainable transformations- he cares more about setting up a client to maintain their changes after the initial transformation because the initial transformation is the easy part!

    Matt holds the following certifications

    • Functional Diagnostic Nutrition Practitioner (FDN-p)
    • Certified Sports Nutritionist (CISSN)
    • Precision Nutrition Coach (PN1)
    • Crossfit Level-1 (going on 10 years!)
    • Functional Movement Screen 1 & 2

    Where can you find Matt Walrath? 

    Website: www.beyondmacros.com

    Twitter: @beyondmacros

    Instagram: @beyondmacros

    Facebook: Matthew Walrath

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    The Art of Not Giving an F: The Journey to Being Your Biggest Fan

    The Art of Not Giving an F: The Journey to Being Your Biggest Fan

    **We are wired to care what others think….kids are mean 

    **Too often we think that others are thinking about us and most of the time they could care less.

    **Not caring what the outer circle thinks

    **Empathy and an understanding for the other person’s mindset

    **Someone said that nobody that is doing more than you will make fun of you for starting. It’s those who lack self esteem and gave up on their dreams that are usually the first to say what you are doing is not possible.

    **Take advice from people that are at the level you want to be. It takes different energy and effort to accomplish different levels of success

    **At what point do you stop listening to your family members for advice….even if it is your parents?

    **How do you respectfully not take someone’s advice?

     

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    Building a Billion Dollar Brand with Patty Aubery

    Building a Billion Dollar Brand with Patty Aubery

    Patty has expanded these live training and coaching programs to 108 countries and prepared thousands of emerging success trainers for professional careers in the transformational field. She is a #1 NY Times bestseller. She is the CVO for Goalfriends, and she is now dedicated to bringing her experience to women entrepreneurs, sales professionals, and corporate employees through live events, retreats, women’s summits and speaking engagements that teach audiences and small groups the Success Principles and strategic career planning.

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    Where can you find Patty Aubery? 

    Twitter: @pattyaubery

    Instagram: @pattyaubery

    Website: www.pattyaubery.com

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    Michelle Sorro - How Selling $220 Million on Live TV Set this Entrepreneur Up for Endless Success

    Michelle Sorro - How Selling $220 Million on Live TV Set this Entrepreneur Up for Endless Success

    Our guest today is the host of Extra’s Deal Drop and has sold over $220 million dollars of products on Live TV. Although she loves this job she knew down deep there was so much more she wanted to achieve and many more people’s lives she wanted to touch. In 2014 she started to make the change to helping entrepreneurs learn how to convert sales with video, create podcasts, and so much more. She currently is the founder of the Live Video Academy, Co-founder of the Podcast Accelerator Academy, is a speaker, author, and coach, and is the host of The Fire and Soul podcast, which is top 10 in the self-development category.

     

    Where can you find Michelle? 

    Twitter: @michellesorro

    Instagram: @michellesorro

    Website: www.michelle-sorro.com

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    From Penniless to Plentiful: Living a Crazy Amazing™ Life with Ann Marie Smith

    From Penniless to Plentiful: Living a Crazy Amazing™ Life with Ann Marie Smith

    Over the years Ann Marie has been sought after as an expert by Forbes, Telemundo, and  Una Vision to name a few and has partnered with fellow thought leaders including: Jack Canfield, Robert Kiosaki, and Nick Nanton.  

    She is the founder of Crazy Amazing™.  A franchise designed to support people who want to be outstanding in every part of their life.  Her first book "Raising Crazy Amazing kids" hit #1 on Amazon's bestseller list in several categories on release date.  In an effort to make this world a better place, she has partnered with several authors to create "How to be Crazy Amazing in difficult times".  

    This book is about strategies people can use to get through difficult times, and still make a difference.  She is also an Executive Producer on two documentaries that are near and dear to her heart.  The Dreamers documentary highlights people today, who once had a dream and what they did to bring that dream to fruition. “ It's happening here” is a documentary bringing to light sex trafficking of children and the efforts of Project Underground Railroad to end it.

    And if that wasn’t enough, Ann Marie is the CEO & Owner of several companies with over 400 employees. This entrepreneurial gangster is definitely Against All Average. 

    Where can you find Ann Marie? 

    www.crazyamazing.com

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    Possibility Mindset: How to Rewire Your Brain to Achieve More Success in Life and Business

    Possibility Mindset: How to Rewire Your Brain to Achieve More Success in Life and Business

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    Mindset is the key differentiator between the worlds top athletes, CEO's , and world leaders. Similar to working out physically, the mind can be sharpened each and every day by putting the right thoughts into it. If we continue to look on the dark side, consume negativity, and surround ourselves with others that live a "poor me" type of life...our mindset begins to slide. Having mental toughness, developing a possibility mindset, and knowing that the world is working for you and not against you can literally change your life. You aren't going to want to miss this episode that bobs and weaves itself through the most important topic in business and life today.  Mindset. 

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    Using Webinars to Automate and Scale the Sales Process : An Interview with Omar Zenhom from Webinar Ninja and the $100 MBA

    Using Webinars to Automate and Scale the Sales Process : An Interview with Omar Zenhom from Webinar Ninja and the $100 MBA

    Our guest today had a bigger vision for himself when he left the closed walls of being a classroom teacher to building his own brand of education and how to deliver it. He’s been featured in Forbes, Entrepreneur, Inc., Fast Company, and has been on too many podcasts, shows, and stages to count. 

    Omar Zenhom is Co-founder and CEO of WebinarNinja, a user-friendly webinar platform designed for independent entrepreneurs and small businesses like yourselves. Founded in 2014, over a million people have attended a webinar on WebinarNinja, one of the fastest-growing self-funded software companies in the world.

    If that wasn’t enough, Omar’s Podcast The $100 MBA Show consistently ranks among the best business podcasts in over 30 countries, with over 100 million downloads over 1,500 + episodes.

    Where can you find Omar? 

    www.webinarninja.com

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    Sign Up for a Free Seven Day Course!

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    Go the link above to subscribe to Omar’s Podcast

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    From the Sound Board to Sounding Off: An Episode About Failing Forward with Dusty Harrah

    From the Sound Board to Sounding Off: An Episode About Failing Forward with Dusty Harrah

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    Dusty worked his way from the absolute bottom in the radio broadcast industry to achieve success. He has been rejected more times than he can count but has always believed in himself. We talk about priorities in life, balance, being prepared, and sooo much more. If you are starting your way on the entrepreneurial journey, you are going to want to listen to the ups and downs of Dusty’s story. This is an episode you don’t want to miss. 

    Dusty is the host of Dusty and Cam in the Morning - with former NFL tight end Cam Cleeland. 

    He was born and raised in Hillsboro, Oregon, and went to Southern Oregon University where he played football and studied journalism. After SOU, Dusty was hired at 1080 the Fan as a board operator, pushing buttons to run commercials and make sure Mariners games, college, NFL and NBA games made it on the airwaves. 

    He worked up to becoming a SportsCenter Update anchor and sideline reporter for high school games of the week, as well as hosting a Saturday morning show on The Fan. After a couple  years, he became the producer of Primetime with Isaac and Suke for five years before taking over as the midday host with Cam in 2015. Six months after our show launched from Noon-3pm, we moved to the mornings and have spent the last 4.5 years or so from 6-9am in the morning drive slot. 

    As Dusty worked his way up at the radio station, he was also working on air with Comcast Sportsnet/NBC Sports Northwest on various shows, from Blazers pre/post game shows, Ducks and Beavers preview shows, and a radio show was simulcast for two years before the partnership ended between 1080 and NBC.

    Where can you find Dusty online? 

    Radio: 1080 the FAN

    Twitter: Dusty_Harrah 

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    Selling Ice to Polar Bears with Dalton Van Hatcher

    Selling Ice to Polar Bears with Dalton Van Hatcher

    You are stuck...you have a great product, software, or program but you just can't get sales. The people that you are talking to on the phone keep telling you that what you are selling is too expensive and won't provide enough value for them. If you're stuck, this is the episode for you. Dalton talks in detail about S.A.M and how it is the simplest way for your prospective client to find value in what you are selling. 

    Dalton Van Hatcher has spent the last 13 years in various Sales Leadership Roles in Enterprise Software and Technology Start ups. He was born and raised in Portland, Oregon went to school to play collegiate lacrosse at Bentley University in Boston, Massachusetts. He was able to join the legendary BladeLogic as an Sales Development rep and in 2007 went through a very successful IPO and acquisition. Dalton was also employee 27 at Sumo Logic and has held various leadership roles at companies like ThinkingPhones/Fuze, BMC Software, and currently he runs sales for Vapor  $90M in Series C funding. Vapor IO is based out of Austin, TX.  Dalton also advises several startups here in the PacNW and is also the Co-Chapter Head and Chairman of Seattle Revenue Collective. 

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    When You Want to be #1 but you Have to go #2 - Business Etiquette With The Boys

    When You Want to be #1 but you Have to go #2 - Business Etiquette With The Boys

    Picture this...you have five minutes before the biggest meeting of your life. You are trying to find parking and finish your coffee when all of the sudden....splash. You no longer have a clean pair of pants to wear. What do you do? 

    You finally get into this meeting, but nobody is in the "mood". The room has low energy and you just can't seem to shake it. What is the trick to get things swinging your way? 

    Your co-worker sits at the desk next to you and you can't stand how bad her body odor is. What do you do? Do you talk to your boss? Do you approach her directly?

    You are in another meeting that day and you have to go #2 super bad but you don't know how to safely exit. Kyle and Jake have a great trick for you. 

    This episode of the podcast is all about business etiquette and what to do when things aren't going your way. Listen all the way to the end of this episode or you will miss out on some funny scenarios!

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    From Box Boy to Entrepreneur: How to Use Your Current Job to Launch Yourself into a Successful Entrepreneur with Chad Muncy

    From Box Boy to Entrepreneur: How to Use Your Current Job to Launch Yourself into a Successful Entrepreneur with Chad Muncy

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    [1:30] Kyle and Jake with a Covid-19 Update

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    [3:55] Introducing Chad Muncy

    [5:15] Chad talks about growing up with entrepreneurs

    [7:25] Running a car wash with his brother growing up

    [9:20] Kyle talks about mowing lawns and young entrepreneurship

    [10:55] Chad talks about thinking he had to go to college

    [12:40] Chad talks about opening up a Magic and Prank shop in high school

    [14:30] Chad goes to school to become a police officer and decides it was not for him

    [16:42] Going from box boy to plant supervisor in 5 years

    • Health problems
    • Esophagus lining is almost gone
    • Needed to focus on self 
    • Worked a few part time jobs to make everything work

    [20:00] Muncy starts a music business that eventually failed

    • Gets business partner with a lot of capital
    • Were not busy enough to keep the lights on
    • Had to close it down

    [25:20] Going through an extremely hard time

    • Went back to work for former business partner
    • Asked if he could learn additional skills
    • Started to learn E-Commerce
    • Eventually became the marketing director
    • Saved up enough money to start his own business
    • Started cleaning company and sold it

    [29:30] What is an entrepreneur

    • No plan B
    • No fake “hustling”
    • Wants to be own boss

    [31:40] Kyle talks about starting his lacrosse company

    • Needed to have a better marketing plan
    • Need to be patient
    • Don’t take the easy way out
    • Great things happen when your back is against the wall

    [36:10] The basics of starting a business

    • What do you know how to do that people will pay for
    • What resources do you currently have
    • Chad talks about filming real estate videos as an example
    • Business is simple...do not make it complicated

    [40:50] Must move forward with action

    • Take the action that takes the least amount of effort with the most results
    • Create systems that minimize the chaos
    • People pay you money for doing something...it’s that simple
    • Simplify your business

    [46:20] Chad talks about time freedom

    • Hates chaos
    • Wants to be happy
    • Still works hard but his way

    [48:45] The importance of social media

    • Don’t put out fluff
    • Tell your story through your social
    • They want to see what your employees are doing
    • What do you do for fun
    • Fun, Fun, Fun
    • Survey your customers
    • Consistency...once a day to start

    [55:55] Chad talks about Business Story Podcast

    [58:30] Chad talks about burnout and anxiety

    • Listen to Steve Fredlund episode

    [60:00] Conclusion

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    www.postinsocial.com

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    Understanding the effects of Grief and Trauma; How to Push Through the Hard Times with Jenny Murison

    Understanding the effects of Grief and Trauma;  How to Push Through the Hard Times with Jenny Murison

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    [4:00] Introducing Jenny Murison

    [5:45] Jenny talks about her childhood

    [8:00] Jenny talks about losing the first love of her life and struggling through grief

    [10:00] The process of writing Beautiful Thunder

    [13:35] Grief is different for everyone.

    [15:20] Daily habits that help folks with grief. 

    • Reach out to a therapist or friend and share
    • Build a community around yourself
    • Wake up to something positive
    • Podcasts, reading, etc. 

    [18:40] Getting up quickly, reading inspiration, gratitude.

    [20:25] Jake talks about when he is in a good flow

    • Laugh or smile in the first 5 min of waking up
    • Small steps
    • Smiling

    [22:55] How to get out of a funk

    • Look on the bright side
    • Keep getting back up
    • Don’t be too hard on yourself
    • What is your plan? 
    • What got yourself through the funk before? 
    • Daily habits...as simple as taking a shower

    [30:25] It’s ok to have bad days

    -Everybody goes through dark days

    -Know that there is always light at the end of the darkness

    -Sometimes you just have to cry it out

    -Give yourself permission to have bad days

    [33:50] Failure is part of the process

    -Give yourself some grace

    -Failing is great!

    -Not trying is not an option

    -Don’t compare yourself to others

    [36:40] Connecting with emotion to create amazing written work

    • The closer Jenny is to the emotion in her writing the better it turns out
    • Don’t disqualify the emotion. Get into it and it will help your work

    [38:42] Do you write for yourself or others

    • A little bit of both
    • Writing is like breathing for Jenny
    • Wants to inspire others to have hope

    [42:07] How to have a quality relationship with someone different than you

    • Tension is inevitable. Embrace that there will be tension. 
    • Each side brings something positive to the table
    • It’s ok to be different
    • Find ways for things to work for each other
    • Neither person’s system is right. Do what works
    • Lift each other up base on their strengths

    [50:10] Where can we find Jenny and her book? 

    -www.jennyhealinghearts.com

    -jennyhealinghearts on instagram!

    -Book link below

    https://www.amazon.com/Beautiful-Thunder-Journey-Through-Grief/dp/0578664704

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    Creating a Winning Culture So You Can't Lose

    Creating a Winning Culture So You Can't Lose

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    [4:00] Can’t run the business as a dictatorship

    -You must encourage your employees. Give them ideas about how to get better.

    -Must hire employees that want to get better.

    -Must clearly communicate your vision hourly.

    -Give employees examples of what greatness looks like.

    [8:30] Watch your actions when you are telling others what to do.

    -Put your phone away if you are on the floor.

    -Lead by example on the floor.

    [10:30] Always create a culture that is customer based.

    -Your focus should never be on anything else than your customer.

    -Show your employees how to truly care and be engaged with the customer.

    -Debrief a variety of customer conversations. How should it look? 

    [14:20] Hiring for strengths

    -Some employees don’t have customer service type strengths.

    -Build a company where employees can work to their strengths. 

    -Strength Finder 2.0.

    -Get people in the right spots.

    [17:15] Training your employees

    -How do I keep my employees growing? 

    - Hire employees that are willing to learn.

    -You can’t be a push over as a leader either. 

    -You can’t treat every employee the same.

    -Train your employees to be Against All Average.

    [20:15] Custom tailor your management style

    -Each employee is different.

    -Each employee has different goals.

    [21:00] If you pee on the seat clean it up!

    -If you see a problem solve a problem.

    -Create a culture where business is taken care of.

    -Train your staff to have crazy attention to detail.

    -Little things matter.

    [23:20] Recognize your employees

    -Say please.

    -Say thank you.

    -Reward employees for aligning themselves with the company culture.

    -The top must communicate as effectively as possible to all employees.

    -Follow up with a handwritten thank you card/letter.

    -Take care of your employees.

    [30:30] Don’t get wrapped up in the numbers

    -Pay attention to the process and praise those that are going through the process.

    -Don’t be afraid to adjust your goals.

    -Make sure that all of your goals are not number oriented.

    -This will help build genuine and raving fans.

    [36:00] Overview of the episode

    -Model what you want your employees to do.

    -Create examples of what the expectation is. 

    -Say please and thank you.

    -Figure out what makes your employees tic. 

    -Don’t let someone ruin your company culture. 

    -Choose your words carefully when criticizing. 

    -Empower people to take complete control of the process.

     

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    From Small Town Farmer to Small Town Connections Guru with Natasha Parvey

    From Small Town Farmer to Small Town Connections Guru with Natasha Parvey

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    [3:30] Introduce Natasha Parvey

    [4:20] Grew up in an extremely small farming community

    Learned to have fun, work hard, and be a leader at an early age

    [9:30] Keep it local Columbia County

    -Columbia Country is a huge commuter county where roughly 75% of people do not work in the county

    -Keep it local Columbia County wanted to keep everyone on one page

    -The Ford Foundation helped as well. 

    [12:45] Created a directory for all of the businesses in Columbia County

    -This helps to advertise businesses for free

    -Try to keep money in Columbia County 

    [14:00] What are businesses feeling during the Covid-19 pandemic

    -Some are ready to open and some are still trying to figure everything out. 

    [15:40] What are some simple ways that business can reach out to customers in this time? 

    -SBA, Chamber of Commerce, and social media are some great ways.

    -Create a niche. Do not be a broad business.

    -Wear a name tag when you are out and about. 

    -Metal or wood business cards.

    -Get your car wrapped

    [22:00] Natasha talks about not bad talking competition

    -Stand out differently

    -Never quit

    [23:50] What were the biggest failures with keep it local cc?

    -Needed to create a good marketing campaign and get everyone on the same page. Both business owners and patrons. 

    -Also needed to get away from talking to people in a scripted way and become “one of them.”

    [25:11] Sales scripts are not the way to go

    -You need to know the script to break the script

    -Conversational tone is the best way to win over your potential customers

    [29:40] What could businesses do differently to succeed. 

    -They need to work on their business and not in their business as much. 

    -Need to connect with others in the industry

    -What makes you different? 

    [31:30] How do keep a positive mindset? 

    -Conference calls? 

    -Connect with each other

    -Podcasts

    [34:00] Building relationships

    -Adding value to the community is essential

    -Thank you cards crush!

    -What can you do for your customer.

    -How can you solve as many problems for them as possible. 

    [40:00] Working on your business instead of in it

    -There is so much to the business

    -Need to be able to sit back and analyze the business as a whole

    -Need to plan ahead

    -Leave the day to day transactions to someone else

    -Must be the visionary for your business

    [49:20] What skills do you wish you had when you were starting out? 

    -More confidence

    -Starting toastmasters sooner

    -Public speaking in general

    -Wake up with an attitude of gratitude

    -It’s ok to restart

     

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    #10: Growing Your Net Worth From Nothing to More Than Three Million with Adam Sommers

    #10: Growing Your Net Worth From Nothing to More Than Three Million with Adam Sommers

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    [1:25] Wise moment of the week

    • Failure is ok just learn from the first mistake.
    • Even better, learn from others. 

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    [4:40] Introduction of Adam Sommers

    [11:10] First job after college

    • Corporate accounting software firm was not a good fit for him
    • Moved back to St. Helens to work as an accountant for a company and did pretty much everything

    [16:00] The problem with the corporate world

    • They move too slowly
    • Aren’t as close to the customer

    [20:00] Side gigs helped Sommers Financial

    • Teaching...frustrating

    [23:30] The start of Sommers Financial

    • Planning for people get to the next phase
    • The next phase is assets paying you

    [25:30] Side gigs

    • Limo driver
    • Coaching
    • Uber driving

    [27:00] Finding ways to put money towards assets

    [29:00] Finding value in investments

    • No dessert….doesn’t have enough value
    • A third in your business, A third in the market, and a third in real estate

    [31:52] How to set up a professional business space

    • Branding, colors
    • Layout

    [34:00] How to make your tax bill lower

    • Retirement plan 401k, IRA, Roth IRA
    • Tax Strategy
    • Real estate
    • Call a certified financial planner

    [37:40] Giving your customers a complete experience

    • Think what else can you provide your customers
    • One stop shop

    [40:00] Ask your customers what they want

    • Surveys
    • Asking at the end of calls
    • React to what your customers are saying

    [42:15] Using your network to better guide your clients

    • Chamber of commerce
    • Other business groups
    • Be careful of joining the wrong groups

    [47:00] Mentorship

    • First boss was extremely helpful
    • Also a real estate investor
    • Has another friend from college that helped a lot with real estate

    [50:00] What is the key ingredient that you know now that you didn’t know when you started

    • Important to have empathy with you customers
    • Don’t take things personally

    [52:00] Where can you find Adam Sommers on the web? 

    • www.sommersfinancial.com

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    #9: How to Start a Thriving Business Without Quitting Your Day Job

    #9: How to Start a Thriving Business Without Quitting Your Day Job

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    [1:30] Jake gets made fun of by Kyle

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    [4:40] Should you quit your day job when you become an engineer? 

    • Start your business two years prior to when you went to quit your day job
    • It’s a lot easier to put money back into your business if you have a day job

    [8:15] It takes time to start a sturdy well built company

    • Takes time to build your network
    • Takes time to nurture your network
    • Everyone's situation is different

    [13:00] Perfection slows you down

    • You don’t need a perfect logo to start
    • You don’t need a perfect website to start
    • Keep moving forward

    [14:40] Hire out different skills that you are not good at. 

    • You will never move fast enough if you try to do everything yourself
    • Wasting time and it still will not be professional
    • You have to spend money to make money

    [21:20] Don’t mow your own lawn

    • Move things off your calendar that are not revenue producing
    • Work/life balance

    [25:00] Stay in your strengths as much as possible

    • Leave design to designers
    • Leave sales to salespeople

    [29:50] Entrepreneurs think they need to be great at everything.

    • Just move forward
    • Hire out accounting and bookkeeping
    • Hire out graphic design
    • Look at your books don’t fill them out

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