Archive 2: 2017
480: Build a Sustainable Business: Operate Strategically, Correct Your Mistakes, and Create Consistent Systems with Josh Patrick
Josh Patrick is a serial entrepreneur. He's the founder of The Sustainable Business and The Stage 2 Planning Group.
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His new book is Sustainable: A Fable About Creating a Personal and Economically Sustainable Business. Josh talks to us about why it's okay for your employees to make mistakes, how to correct those mistakes, and what sort of disaster scenario planning you need to have in place to have a business that runs smoothly and makes money, but is also as hands-free for you, so you can focus on strategy.
He also explains the five step process we need to implement in order to create a sustainable lifestyle business:
- get clear on your values and mission (direction)
- make yourself operationally irrelevant (delegate)
- increase recurring revenue (a smooth sales process)
- systematize
- become economically viable
Resources
- Email: jpatrick@stage2planning.com
- The Sustainable Business (Official Site)
- Josh Patrick (LinkedIn)
- The Business Sustainability Radio Show (Podcast)
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479: The Hustle: How to Stay Current, Stand Out from the Crowd, and Achieve Massive Business Success with Sam Parr
Sam Parr is the co-founder and CEO of The Hustle, a daily email newsletter that gives 500,000+ people the business news and information they need to start their day. Sam explains how The Hustle was started, what it does, his strategy and how he differentiates himself and his company in the marketplace.
Visit & Subscribe to "The Hustle" Newsletter
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478: Live a Fulfilled Life, Be At Your Best, Know Your Worth and Rebrand Yourself with TEDx Curator and Business Consultant Elizabeth Barry
Elizabeth Barry is an author, marketing executive and a badass leadership coach.
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She teaches people self-love, exceptional communication skills and how to live a life fulfilled, both in and out of the office. For over a decade, she's taught self-branding workshops and helped leaders discover their business BEST through the art of powerful communication, personal branding, marketing and PR. She's devised a 2018 coaching mastermind program that transforms lives, unblocks energies and helps amazing CEOs, managers and Founders engage in discovering and rediscovering their creative life powers.
Resources
- Elizabeth Barry (Official Site)
- Elizabeth Barry (SpeakerHub)
- Elizabeth Barry (LinkedIn)
- Elizabeth Barry (YouTube)
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477: Alternative Investor Insights, Energy Managment, Staying Organized, and Goal Setting with Susan Lassiter-Lyons
Susan Lassiter-Lyons from Investor Insights is an American investor, entrepreneur, author, and coach.
She's the president of the American Association of Alternative Investors and founder and CEO of Lassiter Marketing Group, a privately held financial publishing company. Susan has closed 612 real estate investment transactions, raised $30.3 million in private capital and her insights are consumed by more than 52,000 subscribers in the US and Canada.
She's a prolific real estate and angel investor managing a portfolio that includes 740 real estate units, 14 tech start-ups, and 15 cannabis companies. Listen in to discover how she deals with adversity, as well as how she remains consistent and motivated to build a successful business.
Resources
- Susan Lassiter-Lyons (Official Site)
- Investor Insights (Community of Alternative Investors)
- Susan Lassiter-Lyons (LinkedIn)
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476: Simplify Your Life and Grow Your Business: Get Found, Optimize Your Website for Maximum Results, and Repeat Your Successes with Jared Warner
Jared Warner from 123GetFound started his first online business out of his Parents garage in 1998 with his twin brother, Jeff.
Since that day he's started many entrepreneurial ventures but hasn't always tasted success. He's gone 100% broke three times chasing his dreams but wouldn't change a thing.
Today he runs the business of his dreams that gives him the freedom to live life on his terms.
Visit 123GetFound: Attract More Customers to Your Business
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475: The 5AM Miracle and the Free Time Formula: Focus on What Matters Most, Amplify Your Productivity, and Remain Flexible to Avoid Burnout with Jeff Sanders
Jeff Sanders is a keynote speaker, author of The 5 AM Miracle, and host of The 5 AM Miracle Podcast.
Jeff's latest book, The Free-Time Formula, launches in February 2018 and you can learn more at JeffSanders.com.
Resources
- The 5 A.M. Miracle: Dominate Your Day Before Breakfast (Amazon Book)
- The Free-Time Formula: Finding Happiness, Focus, and Productivity No Matter How Busy You Are (Amazon Book)
- The 5 AM Miracle Podcast (Podcast)
- Jeff Sanders (Official Website)
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474: Moments of Adversity: Take Risks, Be Relatable, and Adopt a Growth Mindset with Dr. James Kelley
Dr. James Kelley is of the book: The Crucible's Gift: 5 lessons from authentic leaders who thrive in adversity. The book unpacks the journey a leader takes to become more authentic, starting with their crucible.
James teaches, writes, and produces is bi-weekly podcast Executives After Hours. The podcast is predicated on interviewing executives about their personal journey. The show's motto: "I care about who you are, not what you do, because what you do defines who you are."
If you want to learn more Dr. Kelley's talk on authentic leadership, inspirational or corporate wellness strategies, please email at james@drjameskelley.com for your next event.
Resources
- Executives After Hours (Podcast)
- The Crucible's Gift (Book)
- Dr. James Kelley (Twitter)
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473: Work Less and Make More: Track Your Time, Delegate, and Tidy-Up Your Super Fast Business with James Schramko
James Schramko is an internet marketer and business coach who has helped over 2,000 students create and maintain six, seven and eight-figure businesses.
He's grown his coaching communities into multi-million dollar businesses that fund a lifestyle he loves. Running his businesses with an input of just hours a week, he finds ample time to surf, spend time with family and friends, watch movies and travel. The keys to such idyllic living are what he shares inside his two paid communities, SilverCircle and SuperFastBusiness.
James talks with us about his best productivity (and simplicity) secrets, easy ways to make money and find the low hanging fruit in your business. 80/20 isn't enough, you must go for 64/4!
Resources
- Super Fast Business (Website)
- Silver Circle Business Mentoring (Website)
- Work Less, Make More (Book)
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472: Book Launch Genesis: Move the Needle, Build an Online Army to Run a Bestseller Campaign, and Discover the Secrets to Daily Podcast Content with Erica Glessing
Erica Glessing is the CEO of Happy Publishing, she is a master of happiness and creative expression. She's has published 325+ authors to #1 bestseller status (and counting) and runs the company Happy Publishing to give light-bringers a bigger voice on the planet.
Resources
- Happy Publishing (Website)
- The Erica Glessing Show (8-minute Daily Podcast)
- Erica Glessing (Amazon)
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471: Optimize Conversions, Get the Word Out, and Talk to Your Customers to Find Objections, Ideas, and Clients with Merchant Account Wizard Dr. Glenn Livingston
Dr. Glenn Livingston, a clinical psychologist was the long time CEO of two major dollar consulting firms which have sold more than $30,000,000 in services to Fortune 500 companies like Kraft, Nabisco, Novartis, American Express, Whirlpool, Panasonic, Lipton, Bausch & Lomb, and many more. You may have seen or hear his work, research, and/or theories in major periodicals such as The New York Times, Crain's NY Business, The Los Angeles Times, The Chicago Sun Times, ABC/CBS/Bloomberg radio... and more!
In recent years Dr. Livingston built and sold a 21 person online advertising agency and turned to teaching small businesses to leverage the tools and techniques used by big industry.
Resources
- Merchant Account Wizard (Reduce Merchant Fees)
- Glenn Livingston (Official Site)
- Never Binge Again (Site)
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