How a Pro Athlete Turned Handmade Bat Entrepreneur Inspiring story with a guy who turned his skill and passion for the game of baseball into a business selling premium hand crafted baseball bats. He literally starts from cutting down the tree and selecting the wood to turning the bats and doing all the marketing and…
Sources and Options For Business Financing Explained Tiffany and I had a great discussion about what it takes to fund a business and what the options are that entrepreneurs can tap into. She is an expert in the area and works with business owners to source capital for their ventures. I chimed in with my…
Prior to my current role in software implementation, I worked as a bookkeeper while getting a degree in Accounting. After graduation, I really had a passion for cost accounting and wanted to work with businesses to help get their inventory and processes under control. Now, I work with many small to mid-sized businesses to implement…
All Business Is Sales- Learn How to Get In The Mindset to Win! Aaron Janx was a sales pro from his earliest days and that ability has lead him to become a successful entrepreneur. Any time you are in business you need to be selling, whether it’s customers, vendors, employees, investors, lenders or just your…
One of the most prominent definitions of ‘startup’ term was coined by Paul Graham, a programmer, entrepreneur and an essayist. While most other theoreticians tried to connect ‘startup’ word with advanced technologies or newly founded companies, he said that startup enterprises are those that are designed to grow fast. This fast company growth is in…
Montiel Brands Goes From Selling From Car Trunk to Huge Online Results Maggie Montiel shares her great startup story of going from selling a line of “wouldn’t sell elsewhere” clothes from the trunk of her car to building a thriving online retail active wear business seen on celebrities and models as well as thousands of…
What Kind Of Money Is Out There and What’s The Best Kind For You Starting a business takes money, even if it isn’t much depending on what you start. Of course, some kinds of businesses require lots of capital and continue to suck it down quickly as they grow. In this episode I break down…
Arman Left A Dream Job At Google For Entrepreneurship and Loves It Arman Assadi worked his way into a dream job at Google but decided to jump into a life of serial entrepreneurship based around a passion for teaching- and has never looked back. Despite not having a clear plan he decided that leaving was…
Can You Profit From AirBnB Without Even Owning Rentals? Yes! Superhost Ryan Scott chats with me about how to make money with AirBnB by providing great service and putting enough systems in place to make sure you can scale that service beyond just your own single unit. Then the conversation gets really interesting when we…
Starting With $300 and A Can’t Fail Attitude! The cool thing about this interview is it confirms a lot of what I already believed- that it is easier to start in a business you know, that selling is a key skill, that you don’t need very much money to start and that if you build…