Business Growth & Scaling Episodes

July 16, 2021

437: Bootstrapping SIX and SEVEN figure businesses from scratch w/ Ray Blakney

Ray Blakney is an award-winning Filipino-American entrepreneur who grew up in Turkey but now lives in Mexico. His businesses include Live Lingua (one of the top online language schools), Twiducate (a social network for schools with over 200k registered users, and Podcast Hawk (a SAAS product that helps you get booked on podcasts on auto-pilot). He is also host of one of the top language learning podcasts on iTunes Learn Spanish with Live Lingua releasing a new episode daily.
June 11, 2021

433: Doing over $10m with... lawncare!? w/ Bryan Clayton

Bryan Clayton is CEO and cofounder of GreenPal, an online marketplace that connects homeowners with local lawn care professionals. GreenPal has been called the “Uber for lawn care” by Entrepreneur magazine and has over 200,000 active users completing thousands of transactions per day. Before starting GreenPal Bryan Clayton founded Peachtree Inc. one of the largest landscaping companies in the state of Tennessee growing it to over $10 million a year in annual revenue before it was acquired by ...
May 28, 2021

431: Doing $100m+ by doing the right thing in business w/ Jeff Morrill

Jeff Morrill co-founded Planet Subaru, “your undealership,” in 1998, and built it into one of the most successful privately-held car dealerships in the United States. He later started other businesses in automotive retail, real estate, telecommunications, and insurance that generate over $100,000,000 in annual revenue. His achievements in building profitable and ethical companies have been featured in a variety of national media including USA Today, Entrepreneur Magazine, Automotive News, The Bo...
May 17, 2021

426: Get more people to want to work with you!

Want to become more likable so that more people want to help you and work with you? In today's episode you'll hear about a simple mindset shift and attitude hack to start being more magnetic to people!
May 7, 2021

422: What if it wasn't so complicated?

In today's episode I just want to talk to YOU! We're going to talk about accepting the fact that what if business in fact is just simple, and now it's a matter of execution?
May 5, 2021

421: Make money by helping people for FREE!

In today's episode you'll learn an extremely simple and effective strategy to getting paid to help people for FREE! You can use this strategy immediately, regardless of what stage of business you're at... especially if you don't even have a business idea just yet!
April 16, 2021

419: Growing (and hiring) from solopreneur to multi-six figure nutrition empire w/ Kate Lyman

In today's episode you'll hear the real and inspiring story behind how Kate Lyman went from solopreneur to now running a team of five nutrition coaches plus other support staff that is currently a multiple six-figure nutrition company. Kate opens up to share her story and journey, as well as specific strategic decisions that she's made when it comes to hiring as well as how she gets clients. Find Kate's nutrition coaching business at katelymannutrition.com or follow her on Instagram @klnutrit...
March 31, 2021

415: You MUST understand these three phases of play!

Feel like you're not moving forward in growing your business? In today's episode we'll talk about the three phases of play of building your business, summarized by three letters: BSS, which stand for Build, Sell, and Scale.
Feb. 8, 2021

397: Lessons from being an Eagle Scout w/ Joe Pollhein Sr. & Joe Pollhein Jr.

In today's episode you'll hear from the father-son duo of published authors, Joseph Pollhein Sr. and Joseph Pollhein Jr., as they share lessons and insights from their book Soaring With Eagles: West Point Lessons for Becoming an Eagle Scout. You'll hear how the values instilled in them by becoming Eagle Scouts have shaped their journeys to become authors and entrepreneurs. Check out their book by visiting WestPointEagleProject.com
Jan. 29, 2021

393: How Marc Zimmermann co-founded one of the fastest growing online fitness companies!

In today's episode you'll hear how Marc Zimmermann went from being a professional soccer player in Germany to a personal trainer and now is the co-founder of one of the fastest-growing online fitness companies in the world. You'll hear about his entrepreneurial growth, lessons learned, and obstacles faced along the way. Get Marc's FREE 7 day fitness challenge and access to his live weekly workouts at CompleteTheChallenge.com.
Jan. 27, 2021

392: The answer (probably) ISN'T marketing!

Every time you login to social media and see an ad, it's probably a marketer telling you a new solution to your marketing troubles. In today's episode we'll talk about how and why it's probably not that you've got a marketing problem, and where you should be focusing instead.
Jan. 15, 2021

387: How a married couple with two kids are growing a physical products biz w/ Guven & Allie Arpaci

Guven and Allie Arpaci are the founders of Together Textiles, a Turkish textile company selling Turkish towels and more across the United States and online at TogetherTextiles.com. In this episode you'll hear all about their journey of going from traditional 9 to 5 employees to full-time entrepreneurs while managing their company's growth as well as full-time parenthood.
Sept. 30, 2020

376: How to BUILD a business!

When it comes to growing a business, it's more about BUILDING your business rather than LAUNCHING your business. In today's episode we'll talk about how important it is to truly BUILD a successful foundation if you're serious about succeeding as an entrepreneur.
Sept. 25, 2020

375: Growing your business ORGANICALLY by NICHING DOWN with Michael Kittinger

Michael Kittinger is the founder of Traffic and Pipelines, where he helps financial advisors get more customers and clients using a simple, effective, and personable organic strategy to GROW! Michael has fine-tuned an organic approach to finding your perfect customers and clients on LinkedIn, and in today's episode he shares how to do that in a way that gets people EXCITED to hear from you! Grab a free training and some goodies from Michael at trafficandpipelines.com/imetbrian
Sept. 16, 2020

371: A simple strategy to make your product or service better!

When it comes to developing your product or service, the main goal is to make it SELLable! In today's episode we'll talk about an easy way to focus on the things that will drive sales and generate revenue... and keep you focused on what really matters inside your product or service!
June 24, 2020

357: How to know if a strategy works!

In today's episode we'll do a straightforward and simple analysis of how to determine if any strategy is a good one or not.
May 15, 2020

356: I never knew this would happen...

In today's Featured Friday episode we'll talk about my own entrepreneurial journey and how all the puzzle pieces build something bigger, better, and more impactful... even when it's hard to see the path at times!
May 8, 2020

353: I started a new business!

In today's episode you'll hear about how I went from zero to thousands of dollars in revenue in less than three weeks... starting from scratch!
Feb. 28, 2020

348: How a 27yo started a $2m+ company! (Chris Meade from CROSSNET)

Chris Meade teamed up with his brother and a childhood friend to invent not only a new product, but a new sport called CROSSNET... and in their first full year of business they generated over $2 million in sales! In today's episode you'll hear his story and how they continue to grow the company.
Feb. 26, 2020

347: Find the gold rush!

Every industry has its equivalent of a gold rush... so in today's episode we'll talk about how YOU can start reaping the rewards of those gold rushes!
Jan. 3, 2020

324: Planning my ENTIRE business in real-time

In today's episode you'll sit side by side with me and members of the Wantrepreneur to Entrepreneur community as I plan the entire year of my business during my Office Hours. Join the monthly Office Hours by registering for free at JoinOfficeHours.com
Dec. 31, 2019

323: The state of entrepreneurship in 2020

In today's episode we'll talk about 13 truths heading into 2020 for entrepreneurs.
Dec. 23, 2019

320: Make the next 12 months the BEST of your life

In this re-air of Episode 134, you'll get a reminder of what's in your control... and how to make sure that you control those things in a way that sets you up for the best year of your life!
Dec. 18, 2019

318: The truth about SCALE!

In today's episode we'll talk about how being in a position where you don't have to scale is your biggest advantage.