problem-solving

Explore "problem-solving" with insightful episodes like "#28 - Building Big Ass Fans For Big Ass Money", "#25 - Mission Driven: Bringing Solar Power to 1M People in Africa", "#15 - Dr. Iman's Incredible Idea", "#10 - Using $1k to Build $100M Deodorant Business" and "Can you be a happy CEO? #wartime | Ep 134" from podcasts like ""My First Million", "My First Million", "My First Million", "My First Million" and "The Game w/ Alex Hormozi"" and more!

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#28 - Building Big Ass Fans For Big Ass Money

Carey Smith sold Big Ass Fans for Big Ass Money. As you can probably tell, he found a way to make ceilings fans sound sexy, but more importantly a sexy business. Find out how this unconventional self-appointed CBA (Chief Big Ass) turned a failed bootstrapped Mom & Pop into a 1,200 person $500M giant. Hear him talk about re-branding his company name to include ‘Ass’ & how that changed his entire business’ trajectory, a random meeting that turned into selling for half a billion dollars, writing $50M worth of checks to his employees after the sale and how the secret to making money isn’t to make money. Like our podcast? Join our Facebook group to share feedback, ideas and advice so we can all make that first million: www.facebook.com/groups/ourfirstmillion. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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#25 - Mission Driven: Bringing Solar Power to 1M People in Africa

He's not on a mission to make money, quite the opposite. Xavier Helgesen is a mission driven founder, who uses money to do more good in the world. His first company, Better World Books sells 10 million used books a year that's collected by leftover books at libraries - in and shares revenues with literacy partners (Over $25M given to non-profits). This business lead him to Africa, where he noticed 20,000 people in a village had no electricity - so he decided to change that. He created Zola Electric, the largest solar power company in Africa, providing 1 million people with electricity per day. He talks to us about how he turned his college side hustle into a $70M biz, moving next to his customers in Tanzania, selling electricity to people who never used electricity and how ‘Mutual Improvement Societies’ could help you 10x your life. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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#15 - Dr. Iman's Incredible Idea

Iman Abuzeid (@ImanAbuzeid) just finished raising $15M for her nurse hiring platform Incredible Health which was led by Silicon Valley's premier venture fund Andreessen Horowitz. Growing up in a family where everyone (literally) were doctors, she naturally followed the same path. Except when she finished medical school and received her MD, she decided not to work as a doctor for even 1 day and went corporate. After being equipped with an MBA and consulting experience, she left to Silicon Valley to make her mark on the world. Listen to hear her story, her "framework" for how to think about your career, why she thinks being in silicon valley is a competitive advantage and how she pivoted her company from a failing startup to one of the most exciting startups of 2019. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

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#10 - Using $1k to Build $100M Deodorant Business

Season 2 of The Hustle's podcast is here - and we're talking to Moiz Ali (@moizali). Have you ever looked at the back of your deodorant stick and read the ingredients? Aluminum zirconium trichlorohydrex? PPG-14 Butyl Ether? Well, Moiz saw that and created Native, a natural deodorant without all the chemical junk. He built the company from his brother's dining table - doing sales, marketing, operations & customer service as a one-man-show. His hard work paid off, as he sold the company for $100M to Proctor & Gamble just 2.5 years after it launched. Listen in to hear the backstory of how he started using just $1k, how the company almost died (twice), and how he negotiated a $100M sale of the business! See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

enAugust 28, 2019

customer satisfaction

resilience

Can you be a happy CEO? #wartime | Ep 134

Me being uncomfortable will shape me into the person I want to be. Today, Alex (@AlexHormozi) talks about the challenges being a CEO. He also talks about his experiences, his thoughts on what comes after, and the hard truths that he has learned.

Welcome to The Game w/Alex Hormozi, hosted by entrepreneur, founder, investor, author, public speaker, and content creator Alex Hormozi. On this podcast you’ll hear how to get more customers, make more profit per customer, how to keep them longer, and the many failures and lessons Alex has learned on his path from $100M to $1B in net worth.

Timestamps:

(2:36) - Discomfort never stops if you desire growth.

(7:31) - Constantly challenge and improve yourself to grow.

(10:48) - If you want it, it's your path. Embrace discomfort to become better.

(14:23) - When big, delegate and communicate effectively.

(17:10) - Balancing satisfaction and growth for entrepreneurs and customers.

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enJune 27, 2019

stress

growth

entrepreneurship