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Summary Our guest is Jill Sitnick. She is the author of “Rescuing Jill, How MDMA, with a Dash of Magic Mushrooms, Healed my Childhood Trauma-Induced PTSD.” About The Episode In recent years there's been a lot of research looking at MDMA to treat post-traumatic stress disorder. There are also a number of clinical trials looking at psilocybin (magic mushrooms) to treat depression. And both of those are probably very close to getting approved in the next couple of years. In this episode, you'll hear from Jill Sitnick. She is the author of “Rescuing Jill, How MDMA, with a Dash of Magic Mushrooms, Healed my Childhood Trauma-Induced PTSD.” Jill shares her experience with PTSD to explain her healing with psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. She is a strong advocate for more research into psychedelics for mental health issues in the hopes of giving more people the opportunity to heal. What We Discuss With Jill: What is MDMA How can psychedelics help you heal from trauma Psychedelic-assisted therapy and recreational tripping are very different experiences Who should NOT use psychedelic therapy Why is "set and setting" so important for this therapy Why do people say this therapy is 10 years of therapy in 8 hours Don't let the conversation end there. Join us in our Facebook Group where you and fellow Fit Mess listeners can connect for monthly challenges, accountability to reach your goals, and a supportive community.  Like this show? Please leave us a review here – even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally! Resources: Guest Website Contact Us If You Enjoyed This Episode, Check Out:  How To Achieve Work-Life Balance Before Your Job Kills You with Chris Michael Harris  

Try Kachava: https://www.kachava.com/injoy If you're interested in learning more about challenges and how you can use them to maximize your reach, increase your impact and grow your coaching business just click here: http://mychallengecreator.com/ ... Meet Chris Michael Harris: Chris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful + profitable company. Having founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. Chris is the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute. Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health, and Education. What I love about Chris is that he is truly on a mission to help as many people as possible live the life of their dreams. A serial entrepreneur from very young, Chris is wise beyond his years not just in business but in life. Spend just a little time in his presence and you can't help but get grounded on the bigger questions in life, clarifying what you really want and why.  So if you've ever thought about starting your own business, want to scale your current business or simply want to uplevel your life overall, this is the episode for you. ... Connect with Chris: https://chrismichaelharris.com/  https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH/  https://twitter.com/heycmh  https://www.instagram.com/heycmh/  https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh/  https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOwDhQqFYEpG3qyznqVTLQ

Summary Our guest is Chris Michael Harris, founder of StartupU and host of the StartupU Podcast. ABOUT THE EPISODE Chris Michael Harris is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful and profitable company. But Chris wasn't always a successful leader. In his late 20s, Chris was suffering from severe health issues, which took a toll emotionally, physically, and mentally. His body was shutting down, and he struggled with suicidal thoughts. Doctors warned him he'd be gone by age 50 without making drastic changes to his lifestyle.   In this episode, Chris shares what it took to turn his life around, and find balance in his personal and professional life as well as some of the more experimental things he's tried to expand his consciousness and achieve his full potential. What We Discuss with Chris: How to avoid becoming too attached to your career Why your ego may be preventing you from being happy Why he believes some psychedelics are powerful tools that help his own mental health  Why meditation and breathwork are beneficial for mental health Gut health and how much serotonin in your brain is produced in your gut. Don't let the conversation end there. Join us in our Facebook Group where you and fellow Fit Mess listeners can connect for monthly challenges, accountability to reach your goals, and a supportive community.  Like this show? Please leave us a review here – even one sentence helps! Post a screenshot of you listening on Instagram & tag us so we can thank you personally! Resources: Guest Website Get your Free One Year Supply of Vitamin D + 5 Travel Packs from Athletic Greens! Contact Us IF YOU ENJOYED THIS EPISODE, CHECK OUT: Learn the Secret to Turning Your Pain Into Your Superpower with Jill McAbe

Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful + profitable company.       CONNECT WITH Chris Michael Harris  Website: https://www.chrismichaelharris.com LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/heycmh Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heycmh/ Apple Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/startup-u-podcast-with-chris-michael-harris/id1062072161   CONNECT WITH Cedric Francis Website: https://www.lead2greatness.com Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/cedricbfrancis Twitter: https://twitter.com/cedricbfrancis Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/cedric_francis/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/cedric-francis-a0544037/   DONATE TO Meet the Streets Outreach Website: https://www.mtsoutreach.org   Disclosure: Links contain affiliates. When you buy through one of our links we will receive a commission. This is at no cost to you. Thank you for supporting Lead to Greatness and allowing us to continue to bring you valuable content.   Promo:    Try Audible Premium Plus and Get up to two free audiobooks: https://amzn.to/3as87Aw   Recording Equipment    Mic - https://amzn.to/3dHeSAi   Road Castor Pro - https://amzn.to/3aujvvS   Headset - https://amzn.to/2QM2O8a    Mic Cable - https://amzn.to/3dJ9Wec   USB Cable (Mac Book Only) - https://amzn.to/2PbAPy2   USB Cable (Windows Only) - https://amzn.to/3sK5K2h    Cable Compatible with Bose Brands - https://amzn.to/32BpN8j    Camera - https://amzn.to/3ncI7Oz    Mini Switcher - https://amzn.to/3dJGiWy    Micro HDMI Cable - https://amzn.to/3tISvQK    High Speed HDMI to HDMI Cable - https://amzn.to/3v3NfaG  

This week we've got Chris Michael Harris. Chris has founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties. He is the founder of StartupU which is an online school for business owners helping people leave their jobs to run successful businesses.We talk about practical steps for entrepreneurship for people who are not built for the 9-5. We also talk about understanding your market and how you are serving them. Watch until the end to learn marketing strategies that gets offline businesses so many leads and conversions.Connect with Brian on Twitter, LinkedIn, Instagram or FacebookLinks:www.heycmh.com Book Links:The One Thing by Gary Keller 

In this episode, I interview Chris Michael Harris, Founder, CEO & Host of StartupU TV and Podcast, based in Austin, Texas, United States. Chris set up his business to help entrepreneurs obtain high-quality information and education in growing a business.   From working at a regular job, Jay decided to quit his job and pursue bigger opportunities. StartupU was established in 2021 and has been running for over a year. Became a firm aimed at delivering the highest quality information to entrepreneurs across the globe with over 8 FTEs. Chris has said that growing a business requires patience and faith, so he says, “A true success takes a long time to achieve, so you better prepare yourself to handle the rainstorms in your journey until you achieve the fruit of your hard work.” This Cast Covers: Helping people and entrepreneurs to bring out their unique talent and abilities to find something they can do and like to do. An online business platform focusing on education and vertical integration. Building tools and resources for entrepreneurs. Help build multimillionaire companies with zero outside funding. Integrating online programs with similar growth trajectories. Serving thousands of students all over the world. Passing 65,000 people in just 6 years of growing a business. Helping entrepreneurs enhance their marketing skills. Teaching entrepreneurs how to get their target people. Helping entrepreneurs to focus on impact areas and making sure to get the resources needed. Additional Resources: StartupU The One Thing by Gary Keller Rocket Fuel by Gino Wickman ________________________ Quotes: “Success is a north node, and faith is our compass.” —Chris Michael Harris “If you're not aligned with God's purpose for your life, you're going to create a miserable prison cell for yourself.” —Chris Michael Harris “Don't try to be everything to everyone. Be everything to the people you serve.” —Chris Michael Harris “Marketing practices are your campfire, you have to understand what's meaningful to your audience.” —Chris Michael Harris “Be proactive, and know that it's going to take way longer than you think it's going to cost a lot more than you think.” —Chris Michael Harris ________________________ Music from https://filmmusic.io “Cold Funk” by Kevin MacLeod https://incompetech.com. License: CC by http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

Can a retail store owner's health affect their ability to do business? Certainly! Have you ever considered the important role your health takes in your life as a business owner? This episode is not some “work less and have better work life balance” mantra bologna. This is a plea to have more work life COUNTER balance with Chris Michael Harris. Here's how to find me: Instagram: TikTok: Facebook: Website

Today's guest had a massive success with his very first business. But opportunity can come at a cost. Listen as he shares with you the awesome journey of entrepreneurship with a realistic view of what to expect with rapid growth. Please welcome Chris Michael Harris. 02.03.54 How Startup U Podcast Started 06.45.35 Entrepreneurial Journey 19.31.68 About the Learning Curve 32.35.59 Website's Name 33.10.78 A Favor: The Two Things You Must Do Contact Info: https://chrismichaelharris.com https://instagram.com/heychm https://twitter.com/heycmh   Today's guest had a massive success with his very first business, but opportunity can come at a cost. Listen, as he shares with you, the awesome journey of entrepreneurship with a realistic view of what to expect with rapid growth, please welcome Chris Michael Harris, you are ready to grow your business, and I love helping entrepreneurs find success. So let's do this. I'm Damon Burton, Forbes contributor, author of the search engine optimization book, outrank and president of SEO National. I've been featured on Forbes, entrepreneur and hundreds of websites and podcasts for helping big businesses grow bigger and make more money by showing up higher on search engines, including shark tank, featured businesses, NBA teams, and Inc 5,000 companies. I'm bringing my successful network to you here@learningfromothers.com. Whether success to you means financial freedom, freedom of time or freedom of the soul. We're in this together. Welcome to the learning from others podcast. Ready to show up higher on search engines for words that you can monetize, but without paying for ads, download your free copy of my SEO book outrank. If you visit www.freeseobook.com today. Chris, Michael Harris, welcome learning from others. Good to meet you. Hey man. Great to meet you. Hey, so before we hit record, he said, uh, you know, you recognized a couple other people we've chatted with and, uh, I think that's kind of something interesting that you find when you kind of dive into the podcast world, regardless of which side of the mic you're on. I think it's called that you can run into. there's so much opportunity and there's so many people out there, but you kind of realize it's, uh, it's its own little world too. Yeah. Especially when you like really niche down to entrepreneurship, you see a lot of the same names and faces kind of popping up. It's interesting. Cause like we have our own little world, but yet we have the people that kind of continue to pop up in that world. So yeah, it was interesting to see a lot of the folks in there that I write. Yeah, I appreciate you jumping on. So, you know, the drill two questions, question number one is who are you and why are we listening to today? All right, well, I am the founder of StartUpU, you and the host of StartUpU podcast started UTV, uh, and that all kind of came to be because I had early success with my first venture when my, uh, my brother and I decided to launch a little side hustle. And that evolved into a multi-million dollar company within the next 36 months. By the time I was in my mid twenties and realized throughout that process, wow. They didn't teach me like how to do this. And despite the fact that I was at a very notable school university of Georgia go dogs by the way, national champions and right now, um, yeah, I just feel like there was so little application, both in life and formal education, not to disparage those, but that actually applied to running a business, especially when it was growing as quickly as we can. From year one to year two 48,000 to $500,000. I mean, it's ramping growth, right? Not no funding whatsoever. And so I kind of had this vision of what I would do after that, that business. And it really revolved around education. It really evolved around, I can't build every single business, but I can help people and indirectly create a lot of businesses. Uh, and so that's what we've kind of started to work on with startup you, and as we continue to serve people in the online space, both in all animals. Uh, that's the, there's a big vision as far as what we can accomplish doing that. Well, I want to dig into that entrepreneurial journey. Uh, but not until I ask you a question number two, which is why do you suck at dude? I suck so bad at feeling like I don't have to insert myself into bloody everything. Uh, I, I I'm just so some of us are just so type a, we just can't freaking take a chill pill. And sometimes I get myself in trouble and get a little distracted, uh, probably is the best way to say it by just literally feeling like I have to like, not just do something, but like I joke with a buddy of mine this morning literally is why it's so relevant. I'm like, I feel like I have to assemble the damn Avengers with everything, with everything I'm doing in my life. Like, I can't let anybody take the lead. Like I have to be, you know, the driving force of it and it drives me nuts. So I'm really bad about that. So it's in business. Business and business, personal family, everybody's health around me. I mean, it's just like, don't take me to the grocery store. I'll tell you everything you want to know about human health and wellness and optimization and what you should eat. Shouldn't eat. And it's like, bro, some people just trying to eat and enjoy their food. They don't want you analyze their label for them. And that's what I do. I'm I am a food Nazi for sure. Did you realize this? Was it? When did you become aware of this problem? My whole life. So, so you've known about it. There wasn't like a tipping point where you're like, oh, damn, I need that. I think, I think there's a more recent revelation in terms of how problematic it was. Like. Like a more of a, this is actually a detriment it's not serving you kind of thing. Right. And I think also there was a lot of underlying frustrations that have been there for a long time, but not necessarily cognizant to me to address it as a real problem that it is right. It's kinda looked at it as like me being the overachiever and everything that I do. And I kind of like staked my claim on that. Like, yeah. But then as you get older and wiser, and I think entrepreneurship really does that to you, you kind of realized that you need to pick and choose your spots a little bit more strategically and the best that's what they do, right? The best of the best. That's what they do. And so I'm, I'm I always tell us, I have acquired a lot of knowledge now. I'm like, let's acquire some wisdom. Let's get that. Like John C. Maxwell wisdom going on, like that's my that's kind of the season of life that I'm in. Yeah. Let's I mean, I think this is where it's digging into a little bit more, um, you're right. Like you learn, uh, you learn a lot, but then you also learn that not everybody cares and the part that's, the part that's frustrating for me is, um, is when people ask, you know, when, when they go, Chris, I know you've accomplished a lot of things. How did you do it? Or Chris? I know you've been through this, you know, gave me some pointers and then. You feel compelled to help them because when you find success, if you want to bring other stuff with you, but the part for me that's frustrating is when you're in that scenario, when somebody asks for it and then they don't take action on it drives me insane. Yep. Totally agree. All right. So let's talk about the first venture. Um, w what did you say? The figures where you do. Yeah. So we went from launch from college department to we at one point to within 36 months, no funding. It was a, it was a residential moving service for college students during the transitional summer months and evolved into doing furniture installation for college apartments. So we kind of did a, we were kind of on both sides. We had a commercial on a residential division. And how long ago did this? Let's see, that was, I finished. So 11 was when it was a side hustle. 12 was full time. 13 was half mil, 14 was 1.2. So it was a good, yeah. Okay. Has that jaded you having success the first round of you run into, you know, cause I think that's where we're going to want to talk about next is like the entrepreneurial journey and um, I'm not, I'm not a big fan of saying that. So entrepreneurial success was locked, right? Because I think the majority of people work really hard at it, but having such a great success, um, round number one, you know, did you walk into venture number 2, 3, 4, or whatever point, and then look back and go, this one wasn't as successful or as quickly successful. So what's different this time question. Um, so it was definitely a fail forward situation. Let me be crystal clear about that because I think a lot of people here. Revenue numbers. And they immediately think like, oh man, like he's just a hot shot. Maverick business owner, entrepreneur, like just with kit. And it's like, no, no, no. I got my ass kicked. I did, um, I got, I just, I accelerated the process and we were very blessed to be in the right place. Right time. But don't dismiss. We worked very hard to achieve what we did, right. There was just a, but to dismiss how hard I suffered, how much and how hard I struggled and suffered throughout that process, uh, there was a starvation period, but then there was like a keeping up with growth struggle. And I was in really bad shape for a long time. Like my 2014 brutal. I spent 95% of my time managing cashflow because now we're working with big companies that installation work. I told you about those manufacturers that were giving us those. They're passing their, their revenue lag on to us, right? Like their cashflow management was we had to deal with because we're the last link in the chain, there was the actual manufacturer of the product. And there was the furniture supplier who we worked with. And then there was us and all of them were trying to manage their cashflow. Well guess why? At one point I was at $443,000 in 2014, when I made one, two. It's kind of hard to make payroll when you don't have, when you're not that liquid at that point when you're still so young and the banks at that point, I think they've gone a little bit better now. They won't give you a line of credit or even a credit card until you're, well-established in the world until you're a big boy and you've shown that you can manage things, but it's kinda like when you, when you first start driving a car, they don't trust you. Insurance companies don't trust you yet until you've got a proven track record. It's no different than that. Even if you show rampant. And I've got some pretty funny stories around that with the banks and stuff like that. But I really sabotage my personal credit to get that business off the ground. So like getting even a credit card, two, three years later, even though I had the proven revenues, my, my personal credit hadn't recovered. And so it was a really tough kind of situation to kind of get out of that or whatever. But, so I want to make sure that's known because I think a lot of people hear these stories and people don't, people don't tell you what it took to do that they just tell you the sunny day scenario in revenue is only one part of the growth equation. So make sure people know. Um, not you, I'm not, I'm not getting the instruction by the way. I'm just saying people listening, please. Sorry. I'm not like I was I apologize. Um, but what I realized thereafter, there are a couple of things. One don't take growth for granted. It's it's it lightening sometimes as cotton a bottle. However, the way that you maximize the probability to catch lightning in a bottle, there is a formulaic process you go through, not again. But there is a more formulaic process that you go through. Um, I think a lot of people lean into their business venture with a gut, feel about what they're doing. Maybe it's a cute and clever idea that they have, but they don't really analyze the market. They don't analyze the, the, the need in the market. Who's underserved. And, and so what I've done is try to take a more scientific approach. I call it the science of. Um, and I already bought the URL to write the book by the way. So I was thinking about doing that. I already beat you to the punch, uh, but I, but I really have kind of tried to craft the science of startups, taking all the intangibles or as many as we possibly can. Right. The failure rate in entrepreneurship is so high. I was just reading a statistic. They showed that 70% of businesses that are started will not be around in day. And I would presume that that number is actually quite higher because there's a lot of businesses that start, they never actually register as a business. And so they're just kind of, there's no statistic around that per se. Um, but anyways, if we can somehow kind of massage a little bit further to increase the likelihood of success in relation to what it is right now, that's kind of what my goal has been and learning through. Having other ventures that I thought were just like amazing ideas. Like I was involved with the neuro marketing company. Uh, we were actually using four different layers of biometric tools to actually sense a person's response to a marketing stimuli. So not that sounded like really complicated. It's really not basically we're, we're analyzing, we're analyzing brainwaves, we're analyzing what's called galvanic skin response. So we can, we can sense like how you're actually responding to something with the intensity that you're responding to it. So we were testing this on McDonald's with their, where their kiosks. Yeah, it's all in person, right? So you have somebody go in and have all these gadgets attached to them. And what it's doing is we have, we can measure how much they, well, first, if they like something or if they did it, or if they were confused. So if they went, try to order off a kiosk, McDonald's was concerned. People are not gonna to use this because it's going to be complicated, confusing versus ordering from an actual person when you go into a McDonald's. Right. So this would effectively allow you to come in order. They could cut down on that expense and like, they would just run more autonomously. The store would, right. I was like, this is a home run is a slam. Completely flopped on his face. And there was a large clever flopped on his face. Um, and there was a reason for that because we didn't analyze the market. We didn't analyze that first. We ran into this cute idea. We didn't know. I was like, is this something people actually really want that's better than the current solution that's out there. And the answer was no. And so we got nowhere with it, even though I thought it was like, this is a billion dollar idea. Oh my God. I'm so excited about it. Got it. So the, the research FOC or the kiosk as a whole flop, the kiosk is still a thing that's happening, which is actually kinda interesting, kind of a gross anecdote here, but they were testing it in Europe and they found that like every single one of them had fecal matter on it, which is disgusting. It's okay. So this is funny conversation because. I agree with kiosk that they're going to continue to proceed. But even me, I would consider myself a relatively smart person. And especially where I go through the methodical internal dialogue where I'm like, oh, what's the marketing scenario behind them using kiosks. And you know, what do the AB tests and things like that. And I still run into. User experience issues with those. And so it's interesting to see that such a, you know, cause I knew that, uh, somebody did some research and some process went behind it, but it's amazing something so simplistic in nature, which is just take your order. Um, yeah, no. So decide now, but you know, this whole comment is definitely not to go down. Discussion of COVID, but what's interesting is with all these plexiglass things and all that everywhere, that's the first thing that I think of is now it just as this wall that captures everything and it just sits there. Everything's now touch and do it yourself and walls. And I just, every time I see it, I just think of how much stuff is just there. It's great. Um, all right. Um, I want to talk about, go back to credit. So you talked about, um, you know, growth and managing payroll and things like that. And liquidity did you have to, because I think a lot of entrepreneurs don't realize how, just like you said, everybody looks at the sunny, the sunny side of growth and they don't realize the pain and managing cashflow. And then specifically you mentioned in credit. You can grow too fast to where it shoots you in the foot. And then I'm curious if you had it, you had briefly commented in passing on personal credit. So did you have to personally guarantee a lot of the credit lines to support the business? Well, so that, that's what I'm, that's what I could not get even get approved for because I, so I went to bank of America when I was starting this business. And we had like, uh, you know, we had done it as a summer kind of side gig in college and had proven think we made like $12,000 and, you know, whatever, like it was north of 10 grand, right. So we'd already proven we can make money. So I go to bank of America where I banked and the, the regional vice president of small business division at bank of America was like, Hey, Nobody's given out credit cards or loans to small businesses to startups, there's just not. So go use your, your personal credit. And then when you're making some money, then come back and talk to us. So that's what I did. So I put all this stuff on credit cards. Growth took longer than I expected, which I know that sounds really counterintuitive. Cause they just say we grew so fast, but there was a period where like growth this when people realize growth requires. Like just because you say you made $500,000 in revenue doesn't mean you took $500,000 home. I think some people have that. So bastardized this such a distorted view, it's like Elon Musk is worth blah, blah, blah. It's like Elon Musk company is valued at that, but he's not personally walking around with that kind of liquidity, nor is Jeff Bezos. Right? Like, so there's a huge distortion between business revenue, generation, the amount of capital that that's required to continue growing that firm because every step, especially when you're growing. Now you're having to acquire all of the things quickly to facilitate and keep up with that growth. Meaning you're bringing on things you're not taking affordable steps necessarily. So you have to keep up with this massive rampant growth revenue wise. Your profitability is going to suffer because of it more than likely because you're not going to be efficient because you don't have the resources you need yet. Plus now you're bringing in resources like expanding your insurance. Well, guess what? I'm in the involuntary insurance market at that point. Cause I'm a brand new company. My rate for insurance just work comp alone was 33. Meaning every single a hundred dollars I spent in payroll, I'm spending $33 on top of that in work comp, I paid, I paid bloody Liberty mutual way more money than I ever paid myself in that business way more money. So people don't know those things, they don't analyze it, which is why we have such a vanity metric around revenue. And by the time I got to the point where I wanted that credit card, a low margin business, they see that despite the rev. Now I assaulted my personal credit to try to get that business off the ground. And you know, it, even, it took six, eight months to really get good traction, six, eight months of not paying your credit cards, maxed out, hurts your credit pretty bad. And that's exactly what happened so that there was a blemish and it was like, well, yeah, you got the revenues, man, but there's still not a lot to show that you're gonna be able to pay us back because you're not even paying, even pay yourself at this point. So, you know, we really have to Daymond John Thomas when he came on into my show and he said, take affordable steps. And I, that had never resonated with me when he said that I was like, that's what I didn't do. That's what I did not do that. I wish that I had done, there were many times throughout his journey. Um, him specifically in many others that they actually would take a quick pause. Yeah. But he closed down FUBU like three or four times. And because it just like it. Wasn't the race season, or need to go back to the drawing board or like you go, you know, make money elsewhere doing this, doing that. Now here's the deal. Don't get it twisted. I'm not telling you be a habitual professional learner. I'm not telling you up. Shut down. I need to go read a book up, shut down. You need to go take this course, listen to this podcast. That's not what I'm telling you. What I'm telling you is this though, you have to understand the law and respect the learning curve because it is a massive. And so if you've got to slow down and make sure that you've got good footing underneath you, or you've got to make sure that you've got good side hustles in place for, for a period of time, that you can always fall back on if you need to, or if you need to keep that job and do this business on the side, there's a period. You can do that and you need to be full-time in the business. But I would focus on this and somebody told me this and it changed my life forever. Revenue is about vanity profitability is about sanity. I would rather see somebody make a hundred grand and be extremely profitable than fly out of the gates and make a hundred, make half a million dollars. Like we. And have Lola low margins and very little to show for it. That's what I would rather see, like selling his name of the game. I'm not, I don't don't it don't get to, don't get it twisted. That's important, but make sure you're doing it in a healthy way that you can actually be. For a long period of time and it's not going to drive you insane and cause serious health complications like it did for me, like my health spiral, because I just, it was nonstop 20 hours a day, just stress, stress, stress, stress, stress. Um, and, and you have to respect at 25, 26 years old, which I was, I didn't know what I was doing. I'm learning all stuff on the. So you can only drink through a firehouse so much before stuff starts to break. And you're just like, man, I can't like this is it's too much. It's just too much. Yeah. I think, um, there's a couple of things that I want to touch on that. I agree with the, you know, the internet and social media as a whole, we all know it has its advantages and disadvantages. Um, and I think entrepreneurs should. Share their wins, but I think that they also don't properly expose their audience, their losses too. And so it just becomes as big highlight reel and. Um, what I'm referring to is you talking about, you know, the vanity metrics of revenue because they can, there's people out there left and right. That I know are out there bragging, you know, I did seven figures. I did whatever figures. Right. You know, they may have met, they may have grossed a million dollars. But they also spent $999,999 in ads to make that $1 in profit. So, um, and, and the other thing is about the learning curve and this is something I've been super passionate about. And, um, so I I've, I've had the same business for 15 years and I've intentionally. Not pushed myself aggressively and the way I kind kinda compare it is I I've dated the S the phase is right. And if I was to generalize what those phases were, it was like, okay, the first year, it was just cool to be. Self-employed like, who doesn't want to just set their own hours and work when they want, or work early work late, whatever. So I enjoyed that part of it. I dated that moment in time and took away what I liked. And didn't like, Business relationship. And then, then you move to the next phase. And for me, that was okay. Let's bring on some more team and start, um, delegating some of those responsibilities and do it so I can focus on the parts that I like. And then I grow to, you know, two to four people do that for a year or two. And then, then it's like, okay, now I understand how to manage people. Now I understand how to balance cashflow for payroll. Now I understand the personal side of business where. I have to take care of those guys, but those guys have to take care of their family too. And so you'll learn those more intimate things. And then after that, it's like, okay, let's grow. And then you go, you go from five people that 20, and that's a big difference actually going from five to 10 is a big difference than 10 to 20 is different than, than above 30 is that's a train wreck. And so then you have to go, okay, how do I manage this many people? And then you finally date all those phases and go, okay, nothing scary anymore. So now let's shoot for the moon. And like you said, you can do that. Slow and steady, but sanely. And I think that so many people just are like, let's go from zero to a hundred now. Yep. No, I, I think that's the perfect way to approach it. And something you said that I want to highlight is embracing that, dating that season, which I like you call it dating. Um, but, but embracing that season and learning what you need to learn for that. And I think that's a beautiful way to approach it. Um, and in some cases in that business in particular, we have one, two, I had to take a step back to do things that I should have been dating, as you would say. And the previous season that I had just skipped over. Right. Because you just try and keep up with, you're trying to keep up with sales. You can sell yourself to death. So I think the general thing, and I don't want to do, I don't want to discourage people. Like, obviously people are like, well, what about this other birds? And those guys that like, they were billionaire by 30 units, but I'm not, I'm not dismissing you from growth. There's a way to do it. Right. And there's a way to do it wrong. And it doesn't mean that you can't expedite the dating process. If you want to like consume everything you need for that. In a more rapid succession or more efficiently rather, there's probably a better way to say it. I think that's possible. But the thing that you can just here's okay. Let me give you the contrary. My viewpoint was this. If I make a million dollars, I can afford everything that I need to like, just kill it. Right? Like, so it was kind of like a, not skipped a step mentality, but like money will be the. And money does not money. Didn't give me knowledge money. Didn't give me no how money didn't give me systems and processes that could scale organically money. Didn't give me think there's so many things that money didn't give me that I needed to have as an entrepreneur, to be the best entrepreneur that I could be. Right. And so, so I think I love what you're saying and how long you decide to stay in that dating phase at each one of those seasons is totally up to you, but respect that they're there. So I totally agree with that. Yeah. You couldn't pay me enough money to be in mark Zuckerberg's position. I would not, but he's got going on. Sure. A billion dollars sounds amazing, but don't want it. Oh, they've got to, to a degree. If we're being honest, where they're at now with their crazy rise, they're kind of in emergency fix PR mode. Now, like the fact that Facebook is having to literally change their name to Metta after being what they've been, where at one point they had half of the population of the world on their planet. I think it's safe to say that's a dying platform. Now, fortunately for them they've acquired Instagram and WhatsApp and you know, basically their acquisition by, they can just buy where anything is social media they want to, but they're hedging, basically everything on metaverse they really are. Uh, and it should be very indicative of what's going on behind the scenes that they're like. We're going to have Facebook as a two dimensional thing that we keep while we all also launched Metta. The fact that they're kind of merging and Facebook will be no more and its current iteration. At some point I don't expect to happen overnight. That's very indicative. It's very indicative of where they're at and it's possible that they miss some things along that growth. For sure. Yeah. There's a lot more and you, and I don't know what those things are, but there's a lot more going on than just a, a PR position named James, for sure. Represent, um, you know, one of the things I wanna go back to the image was something about, um, the, the lifespan of a business and how many survived pests a certain amount of time. Um, I can't remember the existed, the, the exact statistics, but. Um, a really interesting slide that Tony Robins gave at funnel hacking live last year. And it was something like one I'm going to be off a little bit, but it was along the lines of less than 1% of businesses last 10 years. And so he went through this thing and it was like, all right, raise your hand. If you've been in business over a year and then stay or stand up, you know, and then stay standing if you've been two years, five years, 10 years. And it was just massive, 50% cuts. That's never, ever timeframe change. But what was interesting is then you layer that with another statistic, which was something like. The less than 1% of businesses ever make $1 million now, 1 million a year, 1 million ever, ever humidity compounding. Yeah. And so you, you take the combination of most business owners, five, 10 years, and most businesses don't even ever make a cumulative million dollars. And you're like, you're like 1% of 1%. And so back to you saying the unicorns of mark Zuckerberg and Elon Musk and things like that. Go kill it. Go be an entrepreneurial success, but have realistic expectations. Right? What you're walking into. You're basically, you're basically saying like, Hey mark Zuckerberg went, won the lottery. I can go in the lottery too. Um, in all of those situations, I'm not disparaging or taking anything away. Cause they're in a position they're in for a reason specifically somebody's Ilan. I mean, I have so much respect for that guy. It's unbelievable. Uh, but to think that that every, anybody that's just going to happen, there's so many things that have to go, right. And there's so much, um, There's so much that that requires you look at a guy like jobs. I think even in his book, I think he talked about this. Um, I think there's a lot of things he missed out on in his human experience in pursuit of that thing. Now here's the deal. If that's your conviction, if that's a God-given conviction that you have to do, the thing you're doing, then maybe that's what your purpose was in this world and that you have to pursue that. And that's what. You know, but, but don't, you have to do it for the right reasons. You can't do it because, Hey, I want to be rich, famous and have people talk about me, you know, in GQ magazine. Like that's not, you know, Forbes, that's not, that's not the reason you do it. I feel like the guys that do it, they have a deep conviction, a God-given conviction. And once you find that alignment, then it, things kind of happen organically because you're following something. And I always tell people this, I don't know how entrepreneurs, uh, and this isn't gonna get too preachy here, but I don't know how entrepreneur. Do it without a faith or belief in something bigger than themselves. I just don't, I don't like a purpose of some reason. Other like that vanity BS. It's not going to pick you up. It's not, when you find you're flat on your face and you're going to find your face all the time as an entrepreneur, like way more than you succeed, you're going to fail way more. Um, I don't know what picks you up cause the money right. In my experience, the money is not what picks me up. Money's nice, but it's not, when I'm down the money, I'm not like, oh, but let's, you know, thirsty for that. It will, for a period of time, it will for a period of time. But like over time, that's why some people would just fade it. What they're doing in my opinion is because that's the sole focus. Rich and having all the vanity stuff and stuff like that. But if it's a, if it's a conviction, if it's something that you feel like you were called to do that, you're serving people because you feel like that's the way that you were uniquely designed to serve people, those people being your customers. That's where I see the longterm sustainability. That's when I see people serving and not focused on the numbers because. I will lose the quality of how I'm serving people if I just focused on revenue growth. So they have that very disciplined. That's kind of the north node as I've experienced it. And that's what I've used as my north node. Am I serving to the degree that I can not staying stuck in a mat where that particular season of revenue, but like, how do I make sure that's the core of my equation? And that, that has always been, you know, this is, this is how I keep myself in line where I don't get scattered and lose sight of the sole focus of. Yeah, there's, I'm going to be willing to bet that you agree that you go through an evolutionary process as an entrepreneur where in the beginning. There's a big part of us that are in it for material benefits. You know, especially when we're younger, it's like, I want to conquer the world. I want all the money in the world. Uh, but then you go, but then as you said, you mature and then it, for me, it became, I no longer, I no longer want all the money in the world. I want just as little as, as much as possible to maintain a lifestyle. And then spend more time with my family, with my wife, with my kids. Right. You get those base needs. Yes. You need, you know, you, you want the nice house. You want those things that support general stability. Right. But then you get wiser in, in how you can make a more positive impact on the world far beyond just accumulating financial ends. No, but I think it's good. I'm glad, I'm glad this came up. Cause I think it's actually a good thing. And it's like the, the, the grand scheme of the beauty of. I'm glad that the younger folks, if you're in your twenties and that's what is driving you right now, go pursue it. We're not telling you to act wise for the sake of acting wise, you will learn, right? Just like I'm going to put my wise hat on today. No, no, no. What wisdom is accumulated through experience, go pursue those things. Go get that nice car, go have those nice things and come back and be like, yeah, wasn't really what I thought I was going to be. It didn't feel like I thought it was. 'cause I feel like that's more of like the catalyst of leading to, right. It's always, it's always a hindsight's 2020 thing. Like I can look back and say that now, but when I was in that same season, like you're talking about, it was like, yeah, I'm going to be feature, you know, 30, under 30. And like, I don't talk about it. Like I had all those aspirations and stuff like that, but it led me to having the wisdom that I have now that, that I feel like I'm, I'm a healthier human that can provide bigger contribution to the world because I arrived at that place faster. Would that have happened if I didn't pursue the vanities? Maybe not as fast it's anybody's guess. So I think you just have to embrace the season you're in. If you're like you listen to this and you're in your twenties or something, and you're like, I don't care about any of this noise. I don't care about higher powers. I just want to go make money, do, go for it, go for it. Cause you're going to end up here. I promise you and it's going to be, you're going to be better off for it. But, but then they learn. Yeah. I mean, cause we all know these things, but you don't embrace them until you experience it yourself. You know, my wife's nephew I've been mentoring him and he's he's 21 and mentoring him for about two years. And so when he was 19, it was, it was that it was like, Hey, I want to get a new car here. Here's a picture of it. What do you think? And I said, I'm gonna answer it two ways. One is me at your age. Go by. And then the other is me at my age saying that still go buy it, but you're going to quickly learn. It's not what makes you happy? Yeah, he had. Six months before he was like, I hate this car. I hate the gas behind it. I hate the insurance behind it. And what was funny is before he bought it, I said, who are you going to go race? Like, what are you, what are you getting this far? I go, it's not impressed women. You've had your high school sweetheart for years and you guys aren't going anywhere and they're still together. And so he quickly learns, you know, it, it wasn't for him, but. But I'm proud of him for still buying it to learn that it wasn't for him. Exactly. There's an interesting Jim Carrey quote. He said something like, you know, I hope that everybody finds fortunate and fame so they can realize it's not what makes them happy. And I think that says a lot, like we all know that, but there's a big difference between experiencing it and not, um, you know, maybe the last thing we'll talk about here is just a quick comment on there's a great book by Rand Fishkin called lost and founder. I have not, I know who he is though. I need to read that one. Yeah. And so, you know, most, so if you're not familiar with the audience, you're not familiar through Rand Fishkin is he started a company called Moz, had wild success. It was like the, the VC, um, darling baby story got a bunch of funding. Um, and then he talks in this book though about why that whole thing sucks, everything that was in the limelight or behind the scenes that sucked. And it talks about. He went to exit and how to buy an offer, I think was from HubSpot, offered the 28 million for the company. And he S and he held out for 40 and, um, they politely declined, and that was the peak of MAs. And it was just downhill from there. And so he gets, you know, he just, like you say, you paid Liberty mutual way more than you ever took. Um, he was a very public. He sends kind of exited, um, Mazda is that he was, he was the face of Mars for a long time. And so I really thought he was rich and with his funny mustache. Yeah. And so he gets all this publicity and, but in the book, I wish I would have taken that payout. I wish I would've done this. I wish I, would've not taken funding because I'm sorry, friends. I can't, I can barely, you know, I can barely afford my two bedroom studio in Seattle. I don't have money sitting around to lend you. I don't have all these things that everybody thinks I have everybody else made way more money than I did in that company then than myself. And so it's a really transparent book. It's, it's much along the lines of what we've talked about, where it's like, Hey, go do those big things, but understand this is a more accurate perspective of what you're going to go through. Yeah. All right, Chris Michael Harris. Thanks for the therapy session. I'll give you that the last few moments to tell our listeners how they can find out. Yeah. Everyone on social media ad. Hey CMH. Uh, obviously I mentioned StartUp U podcast started VTV so the podcasts have been around longer than YouTube. Uh, but definitely checked out there. We do. I think we have pretty similar audiences in terms of season of business that people are in. Um, so if you're interested in, in those kinds of discussions, very similar platform in a lot of senses. So, uh, that'd be great. heycmh.com. Uh, a lot of awesome free resources there as well. And my last ask of your audience would be this. It takes literally 22 seconds to do this. I promise you 22 seconds, whatever platform you're listening, whatever, wherever you get your podcasts, whatever apps you listen to podcasts on. Make sure you go and do my buddy here. A favor, do two things. I'll tell you why. And subscribe and leave a review. Those are the two most important things you can do to help a podcaster establish more reach because that tells the podcast platforms, wow, this is a show that's worth promoting. This is a show that people should know about. So if those two things it's like leaving a tip for your waiter or your waitress. So please do that for my friend here today to help his show, continue to reach more people and help them through their entrepreneurial journey. I appreciate that Chris Michael Harris, thanks for jumping on learning from others. heycmh.com. 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What really happened to JFK and why does the official story in the Warren Commission Report (the government report) not seem to make a lot of sense? Why was the clean up of the entire landscape of Building 7 so rushed after it collapsed? What evidence are they preventing us from seeing? What are the implications of the Patriot Act? And despite there being so many sociopaths and psychopaths in politics who are trying to control and manipulate us, what is it that we can do concretely so that we don't feel manipulated? We talked about all these and more in a 2-hour interview that went by so fast in my episode with Chris Michael Harris and Mario. Use the timestamps below to easily jump between topics

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Today's guest is the Founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast, and StartupU TV. He built two multi-million companies from the ground up, one offline and one online. He also believes there has never been a better time in human history to start your own successful, highly profitable, and tremendously rewarding business. Please give a very warm welcome to today's special guest, Chris Michael Harris! Top 3 Amplifiers: 1. How to treat your body like a performance athlete as a CEO to optimize your output 2. Why MOST businesses fail and how to avoid it. 3. Why social media is not the answer to success for business owners. To listen, find other episodes, access the show notes, and find out more go to www.amplifyto7figures.com. Enter the giveaway here: https://amplifyto7figures.com/giveaway Connect with today's guest: Startup Launch Factory: https://chrismichaelharris.com/startupu/ Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heycmh/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH/ Twitter: https://twitter.com/heycmh Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/c/StartupU

You don't see brain surgeons simply diving into surgery without any training, so don't expect success using this approach when starting your own business. In this Expert Insight Interview, we welcome Chris Michael Harris, founder of StartupU.

In this episode we interview Chris Michael Harris (CMH), the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful + profitable company. We dive into the topic of how to redefine success to help you build a thriving business. Chris has founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, and excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession.He is the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute and is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health, and Education. The show has featured many mainstream guests such as: Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Guy Kawasaki, Dr. Josh Axe, Marie Forleo, and many more. Download the ultimate startup checklist here: https://chrismichaelharris.com/ultimate-startup-checklist/

Chris Michael Harris is the Founder or StartupU, an interactive learning platform that helps people start and grow their online businesses. Chris is also the host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV. The podcast frequently trends in the Top 100 around the world and has featured guests such as Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Grant Cardone, Guy Kawasaki, Jack Canfield, Marie Forleo, Dave Asprey, Dr. Josh Axe, and 40+ New York Times Best Selling Authors. In today's episode, Chris Michael Harris is sharing his major life transformation from being as broke as can be to running a multi-million dollar company from his college apartment. Connect with Chris here: https://chrismichaelharris.com/

Founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV   Built first 7-Figure+ business from college apartment, doing business in 32 States with 5 of the 7 major players in the turnkey furniture space.   Podcast frequently trends in the Top 100 around the world, spending the first 8 weeks in the Top 5 on New and Noteworthy under Business, Health and Education.   Reversed a pre-cancerous health condition naturally after receiving a diagnosis that would likely lead to an early death by the age of 40 (50, at best).     In this episode, Karen and Chris discuss: Success Story of Chris Commit to Get Leads Fully immerse yourself in your industry. If you don't know what needs to be done, you won't know who to reach out to.  Consult to Sell It's not B2B or B2C - it is H2H: Human to Human.  Connect to Build and Grow Use the PADE (prioritize, automate, delegate, eliminate) process to leverage and scale yourself out of positions you don't need to be in. Success Thinking, Activities and Vision Build in the habits that will allow you to thrive. Motivation and discipline are highly overrated, but success habits will allow you to find your own success.  Sweet Spot of Success     "You have to put yourself in the best position to succeed first and foremost, because that's going to lead to momentum, momentum leads to motivation."- Chris Michael Harris     *5 Minute Success - Listener Giveaway* Go to USCDownload.com to receive your FREE Ultimate Startup Checklist; everything you need to validate your business idea and get the ball rolling on getting your first customers!     Connect with Chris Michael Harris: Twitter: https://twitter.com/heycmh  Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH/  Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/   Show: https://chrismichaelharris.com/podcast-page/  YouTube: https://chrismichaelharris.com/youtube-page/  LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh  Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/heycmh/      About the Podcast Join host Karen Briscoe each week to learn how you can achieve success at a higher level by investing just 5 minutes a day! Tune in to hear powerful, inspirational success stories and expert insights from entrepreneurs, business owners, industry leaders, and real estate agents that will transform your business and life. Karen shares a-ha moments that have shaped her career and discusses key concepts from her book Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day: Secrets of a Top Agent Revealed.   Here's to your success in business and in life!     Connect with Karen Briscoe: Twitter: @5MinuteSuccess Facebook: 5MinuteSuccess Website: 5MinuteSuccess.com Email: Karen@5MinuteSuccess.com   5 Minute Success Links   Learn more about Karen's book, Real Estate Success in 5 Minutes a Day   Karen also recommends Moira Lethbridge's book "Savvy Woman in 5 Minutes a Day"   Subscribe to 5 Minute Success Podcast   Spread the love and share the secrets of 5 Minute Success with your friends and colleagues!     Audio production by Turnkey Podcast Productions. You're the expert. Your podcast will prove it.

Today's guest is Chris Michael Harris. Chris brings a unique perspective to this podcast because he works with people who are thinking about becoming entrepreneurs. What's fascinating is that those principles that he will speak about, are things that apply whether you are looking to transition from that job into owning your own business or if you have been owning and operating your business for the last 20 years. Chris often wondered how he would fit into the world after school. After being dissatisfied with his “real job”, he built two multi-million dollar companies from the ground up, one offline and one online. Chris believes there has never been a better time to start your own successful, highly profitable, and tremendously rewarding business. Because of this, he started a school, called StartupU. If today's episode inspired you to put your business plans into action, or you would like to receive more help in taking that leap of faith in becoming an entrepreneur, check out https://chrismichaelharris.com/ultimate-startup-checklist/.

‘When you do those side hustles, when you're involved in making money outside of the traditional means, you start to normalize the risk-taking, and then you realize that it was a preconceived notion.'   Chris Michael Harris is the founder of StartUpU, a podcast host, a speaker, and a business and performance coach. He has founded, bootstrapped, and scaled businesses, and now he helps business owners tap into their own potential.   ‘Don't be afraid to be seen getting started.'   Chris shares more than just an entrepreneur's success story. He wants to help you make your own too. How do you shift from an employee to an entrepreneur mindset? Learn about the difference in thinking between employee vs. entrepreneur. - Discerning which information source to learn from - Finding your people - Hiring a business coach - Creating motivation - Building habits   Connect with Chris online: Personal website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh/  

Chris Harris shared his journey about his early success in life and business and then the resulting crash and recovery.   Take away: Fully maximize and embrace whatever season you're in right now. Celebrate the journey and focus on what you're grateful for.   Action step: Figure out what are your bad habits and start developing success habits.    Money Learnings: Chris's father taught the opposite of what he was learning from school. He is always being told by his father to explore ways to make money.   Bio: Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful +  profitable company.  Chris is the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute. Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health, and Education.   Having founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris' dreams of business building came to an abrupt halt when he received terrible lab results just weeks shy of his 30th birthday.    Looking at the possibility of cancer and a significantly shortened life, Chris immersed himself in health and wellness, treating and eventually reversing his chronic condition over the next 4 years, but doing so through natural remedies and lifestyle/dietary changes.    Chris is now focused on helping people redefine what success looks like and how to achieve it, all while treating yourself like a Performance Athlete.   Highlights from this episode: Link to episode page   Entrepreneurship is a viable career path Chris shared his early business journey How and what Chris learned from getting through his health crisis Change your bad habits and start developing successful habits https://chrismichaelharris.com/ultimate-startup-checklist/ Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH/ Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/ Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOwDhQqFYEpG3qyznqVTLQ Instagram: @HeyCMH   Richer Soul Life Beyond Money. You got rich, now what? Let's talk about your journey to a more purposeful, intentional, amazing life. Where are you going to go and how are you going to get there? Let's figure that out together. At the core is the financial well being to be able to do what you want, when you want, how you want. It's about personal freedom!   Thanks for listening!   Show Sponsor: http://profitcomesfirst.com/   Schedule your free no obligation call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro-appointment-15-minutes   If you like the show please leave a review on iTunes: http://bit.do/richersoul https://www.facebook.com/richersoul http://richersoul.com/ rocky@richersoul.com   Some music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast   Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.  

Hi, I'm the Profit Answer Man Rocky Lalvani! I help small business owners simplify their financial reports so that they can make more informed business decisions with fewer hassles. We utilize the Profit First system created by Mike Michalowicz Effortless Cashflow Course: http://bit.do/effortlesscashflowcourse Schedule your free, no-obligation intro call: https://bookme.name/rockyl/lite/intro-appointment-15-minutes Bio: Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful +  profitable company.  Chris is the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute. Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health, and Education.   Having founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris' dreams of business building came to an abrupt halt when he received terrible lab results just weeks shy of his 30th birthday.    Looking at the possibility of cancer and a significantly shortened life, Chris immersed himself in health and wellness, treating and eventually reversing his chronic condition over the next 4 years, but doing so through natural remedies and lifestyle/dietary changes.    Chris is now focused on helping people redefine what success looks like and how to achieve it, all while treating yourself like a Performance Athlete.     Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH/ Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/ Linkedln: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh/ Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOwDhQqFYEpG3qyznqVTLQ Instagram: @HeyCMH   More about making profitability simple: http://profitcomesfirst.com/ Questions: questions@profitanswerman.com Email: rocky@profitcomesfirst.com Profit Answer Man Facebook group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/profitanswerman/ My podcast about living a richer more meaningful life: http://richersoul.com/ First 2 chapters of Profit First: https://sendfox.com/rocky Music provided by Junan from Junan Podcast Any financial advice is for educational purposes only and you should consult with an expert for your specific needs.

In this episode, Chris Michael Harris and I redefine what success looks like and how to achieve it. So if you want to keep the flame lit until you win the battle, understand nothing is too late, and that health is everything, tune in now!

Chris Michael Harris and his brother started their first official business from their college apartment and, through a crazy team effort, built that company to multiple 7-figures in just 36 months. To date, Chris has been involved with several multi-million dollar builds, none of which required any outside funding.  That in itself is amazing! His personal goal is to help others achieve the joy and fulfillment of successfully leaving the 9-5 scene, and running their own business, full-time. To accomplish this, Chris founded StartupU to give you the education you wish you had back in college.  To accomplish this, StartupU professors, resources and coaches are comprised of only tried and proven strategies to grow your online business.  

Episode 171 features Chris Michael Harris (CMH), the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful + profitable company.Find Chris Online:Website: http://chrismichaelharris.comLinkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/heycmh/ Instagram: https://instagram.com/HeyCMHTwitter: https://twitter.com/heycmhYouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/StartupUFacebook: https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH/About Chris:Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful + profitable company.Having founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris excels in taking concepts from the idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession.Chris is the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-based Accelerator Program, Founder InstituteChris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health, and Education.The show has featured many mainstream guests such as Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Guy Kawasaki, Dr. Josh Axe, Marie Forleo, in addition to over 40+ NYT's Best Selling Authors and Thought Leaders in their respective space.........Thank you for listening! I'd appreciate a 5-star review on Apple Podcasts if you believe I've earned it. - Leave a Review If you'd like to connect online please feel free to reach out... Brian's Now Page: https://www.brianondrako.com/now/Brian's Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/brianondrako/Brian's Twitter: https://twitter.com/brianondrakoBrian's Linkedin: https://www.linkedin.com/in/brianondrako/ See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, we interview the founder of StartupU, host of StartupU Podcast, Speaker, and Performance Coach, Chris Michael Harris. Chris has a wealth of knowledge and experience in taking concepts from ideas to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession.    He recounts his entrepreneurial journey and gives tips and advice on how to launch a successful startup.    If you're interested in getting in touch with Chris, please visit their website at https://chrismichaelharris.com/   P.S Whenever you're ready, here are 3 ways I can help you create more cash flow, more wealth and more time:   Get the 60-minute crash course In our FREE Facebook Community, we have an on-ramp program that will help you map out your goals, review your foundations, get some quick runs on the board and get you excited again about your life and business. If you want to learn more, visit https://www.facebook.com/groups/thewealthmentorcommunity/   Join our Your Lifestyle Business Implementation Program and be a Case Study I'm putting together a new business owner case study group this month... stay tuned for details. If you'd like to work with me on your scale plans... contact me on Messenger and comment the word 'Case Study' at https://www.messenger.com/t/jackson.millan   Book a Breakthrough Session And if you ever want to get some 1:1 help, we can jump on the phone for a quick call, and brainstorm how to get you to remove cash flow bottlenecks and turn your business profits into personal wealth. contact me on Messenger and comment the word 'Breakthrough' at https://www.messenger.com/t/jackson.millan

Andy's guest this week is Chris Michael Harris (CMH), the founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV, Speaker, and Performance Coach. In this episode, Chris and Andy discuss: Chris's story How to know when to start a business?  How to know what business to start Analyzing competition Finding the blue ocean Dealing with challenges Developing SMART goals What it means to own your career Having founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, in both the on and offline space, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. In addition to being involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries and serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health and Education. Connect with Andy Storch here: https://andystorch.com/ (https://andystorch.com/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/) https://tdtt.us/ (https://tdtt.us/) Connect with CMH: Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/ (https://chrismichaelharris.com/) Ultimate startup checklist: USCdownload.com @heyCMH on social platforms

Andy's guest this week is Chris Michael Harris (CMH), the founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV, Speaker, and Performance Coach. In this episode, Chris and Andy discuss: Chris's story How to know when to start a business?  How to know what business to start Analyzing competition Finding the blue ocean Dealing with challenges Developing SMART goals What it means to own your career Having founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, in both the on and offline space, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. In addition to being involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries and serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health and Education. Connect with Andy Storch here: https://andystorch.com/ (https://andystorch.com/) https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andystorch/) https://tdtt.us/ (https://tdtt.us/) Connect with CMH: Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/ (https://chrismichaelharris.com/) Ultimate startup checklist: USCdownload.com @heyCMH on social platforms

Thanks for joining us today as we welcome Chris Michael Harris back for Part II on the No Labels, No Limits podcast. As a reminder, Chris is the founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV, Speaker, and a Performance Coach.He naturally excels in taking concepts from the idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. During his mid-to-late twenties, he founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his in both the on and offline space. All before he had “THE CONVERSATION” with his doctor.Today, in addition to being involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries and serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health and Education. During our interview, Chris says, "That's what we're gonna do first, before we go to hire somebody, we're going to automate as much as we can. Your first hire should be your tools, period." Listen in to the full episode as he shares his journey.Learn more and connect with Chris here:www.heycmh.com www.USCDownload.com https://www.facebook.com/heycmhhttps://www.twitter.com/heycmhhttps://www.instagram.com/heycmh/http://apple.co/2c2epXf%20 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

"It's one thing to say that I'm an entrepreneur, it's something else to go through hell and say 'I still want to be an entrepreneur.'" -Chris Michael Harris Chris Michael Harris is the founder of Startup U and the Startup U podcast. He has started and grown multiple Seven Figure businesses. We will hear today how he build and then lost his first seven figure business, how Chris dealt with a debilitating health crisis during the most stressful part of losing that business, and how he healed himself, ad came back stronger to start his next venture. What you'll learn in this episode: How Chris Built multiple seven figure businessesThe Secret to getting in touch with busy and important influencersHow Chris healed himself from debilitating physical conditionsThe exact tests and companies Chris uses to track his healthThe future of social media and online marketing Quotes "I love marketing but I love marketing psychology better." -Chris Michael Harris"It's going the extra mile in doing the things that people other probably aren't going to do; that's your biggest area of opportunity." -Chris Michael Harris"The further you immerse yourself into a market, the more disruptive ideas you have." -Chris Michael Harris"When your gut starts to shut down, you gotta deal with it soon or you're gonna have big problems." -Chris Michael Harris"During my health crisis I had to trust God completely. Completely. And I had never done that before." -Chris Michael Harris"It's one thing to say that I'm an entrepreneur, it's something else to go through hell and say 'I still want to be an entrepreneur.'" -Chris Michael Harris"We can't assume to always know how God is using us." -Chris Michael Harris"I was astounded to learn that over 80% of items in the grocery have added sugar." -Chris Michael Harris"Some of the most educated people in health and wellness are chiropractors." -Chris Michael Harris"Health and wellness starts in the gut." -Chris Michael Harris"Just make sure that you're introducing counterbalance in your life." -Chris Michael Harris"The magic happens when you're in the extremes." -Chris Michael Harris Continue the adventure: Chris Michael Harris My Interview on Chris' podcast: EP 319: The Superconductors of Success w/ Derek Loudermilk You'll also love these episodes: David Wood | Master Coach and Super Learner | How to Train Yourself to Train Others Nik Wood | Global Goals | How to Heal and Create the Future We Want as a Species Darin Olien | Superfoods, Sustainability, Sovereignty, Systems, and More Andrew Henderson | The Nomad Capitalist on Building Wealth, Multiple Passports, Geopolitics, and Freedom

Thanks for joining us today as we welcome Chris Michael Harris. Chris is the founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV, Speaker, and Performance Coach.He naturally excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. During his mid-to-late twenties, he founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his in both the on and offline space. All before he had “THE CONVERSATION” with his doctor. More on that later… Today, in addition to being involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries and serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health and Education. During our interview, Chris says, "Three things are going to really help you make sure you're addressing your problems, but you're also maintaining yourself. So you can continue to go forward again. Be good. Everyone wants to be good every day. Not great every once in a while." Listen in to the full episode as he shares his journey.Learn more and connect with Chris here:www.heycmh.com www.USCDownload.com https://www.facebook.com/heycmhhttps://www.twitter.com/heycmhhttps://www.instagram.com/heycmh/http://apple.co/2c2epXf%20 Get bonus content on Patreon See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, Host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV, Speaker, and Performance Coach.     Having founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, in both the on and offline space, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. In addition to being involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries and serving as the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health and Education. The show has featured many mainstream guests such as Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Marie Forleo, Grant Cardone, Guy Kawasaki, Jack Canfield, Russell Brunson, Ryan Deiss, Dr. Josh Axe and Dave Asprey (to name a few) in addition to over 40+ NYT's Best Selling Authors and Thought Leaders in their respective space. With his focus on leaving the world better off than he found it, Chris is passionate about service to others and creating empowering content to uplift his audience to take control of their own futures.   Contact Chris: Website LinkedIn YouTube Facebook Instagram Twitter

Chris Michael Harris is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful and profitable company. Having founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage totraction and growth in extremely rapid succession. You can find Chris Michael Harris on his site, https://chrismichaelharris.com/. Connect with Tony at www.tonygrebmeier.com and find the journal at https://www.befulfilledjournal.com/. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

Today's episode is a bit different because I am joined by a guest that does not come from the real-estate realm. Joining me today is Chris Michael Harris. Chris is a serial entrepreneur, business and performance coach, keynote speaker, and an online expert. He is also the founder and CEO of Startup U and the host of the popular Startup U Podcast. We begin this episode with Chris sharing his background story. Chris grew up in Georgia and throughout his childhood and his teenage years, he always had an entrepreneurial spirit. As a kid, he spent his summers mowing lawns, detailing cars, and doing all different kinds of DIY projects. He was able to build his business to a point where he made $16,000 over the course of one summer. This side-hustling continued well into his college years, where he made $43,000 in only two weeks by reselling clothing items on eBay and he continued to make thousands of dollars with a moving company that he started with his brother. After he graduated from college, Chris got a “real job” but continued working with his moving company over the weekends. Six months into his new job, while he was on a vacation in Vegas, he decided to quit his job to dedicate all of his time to his moving company. Within 36 months, they were a multimillionaire dollar company doing business in thirty-two states. We then move on to discussing how this rapid growth affected his business. He explains how his business grew faster than his ability to stay on top of things. Chris found himself not being able to keep up and soon his dream became his nightmare. He eventually ended up spending 95% of his time plugging holes, managing cash flow, basically being in survival mode, instead of actually building a sustainable business. He shares some of the problems he encountered during this time, one of which was hiring crews in a short amount of time, and not really being able to vet people probably before hiring them. Chris then goes on to talk about the effects of this rapid growth on his health. In January of 2016, the state of Georgia no longer allowed moving companies to use rental trucks, unless they had one of their own. On top of the fact that they had to buy their own truck, as a new company, they had to pay outrageous insurance rates as well. So, $200,000 later, Chris was able to get a single truck. By May, Chris's health got so bad to a point that he had to seek medical help. After running some tests, they came to the conclusion that his gut was in a really bad shape, his thyroid was not working properly, and he had almost every vitamin and mineral deficiency. He was told that if he continued to live like this, he would be gone by the time he was 50 years old. Next, we talk about how Chris realized that he needed capital. He pitched 725 different investors in three months. He got several commitment letters from people who wanted to sit down with him, have a look at his business and go over all the details. He was able to get a loan of $100,000, but in August of 2016, his moving truck was coming back from Florida and got into an accident on the freeway. At this point, Chris believed that he was going to jail because workman's comp for his workers had expired, and he couldn't afford to renew it. Fortunately, none of the people were injured, but Chris realized then and there that his business was finished. We then talk about how after losing his business, Chris focused on his health. Seeing his father suffer from Crohn's disease, he knew that he didn't want to go the pharmaceutical route. He immersed himself in learning about health, wellness, and natural ways to get his health back. He also started to look for motivation externally, and because of that, he created his podcast. During this time, his greatest support was his wife who started her own online business and was able to get him everything he needed to continue in his path of recovery. Very soon, his podcast was in the trending top five podcasts in the world in business, health, and education. He was able to interview some of the most successful people in the world and get some great advice and much-needed inspiration. Chris then goes on to share some of his best advice when it comes to sleep, diet, and stress management. Lastly, we talk about Chris's business at the moment and what he does now. He explains how after he started his podcast, he decided to focus completely on wisdom work. He started with mentorship and coaching for different companies, and he founded the StartupU Training Programs to help entrepreneurs navigate some of the things that he experienced. Make sure you don't miss this amazing episode of the Just Start Real Estate Podcast, with the amazing Chris Michael Harris, that will help you not only take care of your business but your health as well! Notable Quotes: “80% of business is fundamentally the same, it's the 20% that's the nuance, the trade-specific stuff.” Chris Michael Harris “There was a time when entrepreneurship meant unemployed.” Mike Simmons “Eventually I just fell into it and realized that entrepreneurship for me was a lifestyle, not a career.” Chris Michael Harris “Real estate investors struggle with where they find their groove and they start growing, and then the business grows faster than their ability to stay on top of it.” Mike Simmons “My dream became my nightmare so quickly because of growth.” Chris Michael Harris “What you end up experiencing is that you spend 95% of your time plugging holes or managing cash flow or doing things in survival mode, not actually building a sustainable business.” Chris Michael Harris “Revenue is for vanity, profitably is for sanity.” Chris Michael Harris “I pitched 725 investors in three months.” Chris Michael Harris “If my guys die because my work comp just expired because I couldn't afford to renew it, I'm going to jail.” Chris Michael Harris “2020 for me, after going through 2016, was a walk in the park.” Chris Michael Harris “We always hear the story at a high level. We never hear like the true depths of where people are.” Chris Michael Harris “Not only did I have a health crisis, but I had an existential crisis. ” Chris Michael Harris “My superpower as an entrepreneur was to work hard. I was willing to outwork anybody.” Chris Michael Harris “In any business, you can accelerate the steps but you can't skip the steps.” Chris Michael Harris Links: Chris on LinkedIn Chris on Twitter Startup U Podcast Chris on Instagram Startup U Training Programs Chris on Facebook Chris on YouTube Chris's Website Garmin Vivosmart June Multifamily Event 7 Figure Flipping Return on Investments Just Start Real Estate JSRE on Facebook Mike on Facebook Mike on Instagram Mike on LinkedIn Mike on Twitter Level Jumping: How I Grew My Business to Over $1 Million in Profits in 12 Months

Today’s episode is a bit different because I am joined by a guest that does not come from the real-estate realm. Joining me today is Chris Michael Harris. Chris is a serial entrepreneur, business and performance coach, keynote speaker, and an online expert. He is also the founder and CEO of Startup U and the host of the popular Startup U Podcast.   We begin this episode with Chris sharing his background story. Chris grew up in Georgia and throughout his childhood and his teenage years, he always had an entrepreneurial spirit. As a kid, he spent his summers mowing lawns, detailing cars, and doing all different kinds of DIY projects. He was able to build his business to a point where he made $16,000 over the course of one summer. This side-hustling continued well into his college years, where he made $43,000 in only two weeks by reselling clothing items on eBay and he continued to make thousands of dollars with a moving company that he started with his brother. After he graduated from college, Chris got a “real job” but continued working with his moving company over the weekends. Six months into his new job, while he was on a vacation in Vegas, he decided to quit his job to dedicate all of his time to his moving company. Within 36 months, they were a multimillionaire dollar company doing business in thirty-two states.   We then move on to discussing how this rapid growth affected his business. He explains how his business grew faster than his ability to stay on top of things. Chris found himself not being able to keep up and soon his dream became his nightmare. He eventually ended up spending 95% of his time plugging holes, managing cash flow, basically being in survival mode, instead of actually building a sustainable business. He shares some of the problems he encountered during this time, one of which was hiring crews in a short amount of time, and not really being able to vet people probably before hiring them.     Chris then goes on to talk about the effects of this rapid growth on his health. In January of 2016, the state of Georgia no longer allowed moving companies to use rental trucks, unless they had one of their own. On top of the fact that they had to buy their own truck, as a new company, they had to pay outrageous insurance rates as well. So, $200,000 later, Chris was able to get a single truck. By May, Chris’s health got so bad to a point that he had to seek medical help. After running some tests, they came to the conclusion that his gut was in a really bad shape, his thyroid was not working properly, and he had almost every vitamin and mineral deficiency. He was told that if he continued to live like this, he would be gone by the time he was 50 years old.    Next, we talk about how Chris realized that he needed capital. He pitched 725 different investors in three months. He got several commitment letters from people who wanted to sit down with him, have a look at his business and go over all the details. He was able to get a loan of $100,000, but in August of 2016, his moving truck was coming back from Florida and got into an accident on the freeway. At this point, Chris believed that he was going to jail because workman’s comp for his workers had expired, and he couldn’t afford to renew it. Fortunately, none of the people were injured, but Chris realized then and there that his business was finished.    We then talk about how after losing his business, Chris focused on his health. Seeing his father suffer from Crohn’s disease, he knew that he didn’t want to go the pharmaceutical route. He immersed himself in learning about health, wellness, and natural ways to get his health back. He also started to look for motivation externally, and because of that, he created his podcast. During this time, his greatest support was his wife who started her own online business and was able to get him everything he needed to continue in his path of recovery. Very soon, his podcast was in the trending top five podcasts in the world in business, health, and education. He was able to interview some of the most successful people in the world and get some great advice and much-needed inspiration. Chris then goes on to share some of his best advice when it comes to sleep, diet, and stress management.   Lastly, we talk about Chris’s business at the moment and what he does now. He explains how after he started his podcast, he decided to focus completely on wisdom work. He started with mentorship and coaching for different companies, and he founded the StartupU Training Programs to help entrepreneurs navigate some of the things that he experienced.   Make sure you don’t miss this amazing episode of the Just Start Real Estate Podcast, with the amazing Chris Michael Harris, that will help you not only take care of your business but your health as well! Notable Quotes:   “80% of business is fundamentally the same, it's the 20% that’s the nuance, the trade-specific stuff.” Chris Michael Harris   “There was a time when entrepreneurship meant unemployed.” Mike Simmons   “Eventually I just fell into it and realized that entrepreneurship for me was a lifestyle, not a career.” Chris Michael Harris   “Real estate investors struggle with where they find their groove and they start growing, and then the business grows faster than their ability to stay on top of it.” Mike Simmons   “My dream became my nightmare so quickly because of growth.” Chris Michael Harris   “What you end up experiencing is that you spend 95% of your time plugging holes or managing cash flow or doing things in survival mode, not actually building a sustainable business.” Chris Michael Harris   “Revenue is for vanity, profitably is for sanity.” Chris Michael Harris   “I pitched 725 investors in three months.” Chris Michael Harris   “If my guys die because my work comp just expired because I couldn't afford to renew it, I'm going to jail.” Chris Michael Harris   “2020 for me, after going through 2016, was a walk in the park.” Chris Michael Harris   “We always hear the story at a high level. We never hear like the true depths of where people are.” Chris Michael Harris   “Not only did I have a health crisis, but I had an existential crisis. ” Chris Michael Harris   “My superpower as an entrepreneur was to work hard. I was willing to outwork anybody.” Chris Michael Harris   “In any business, you can accelerate the steps but you can't skip the steps.” Chris Michael Harris Links:   Chris on LinkedIn Chris on Twitter Startup U Podcast  Chris on Instagram Startup U Training Programs  Chris on Facebook Chris on YouTube Chris’s Website  Garmin Vivosmart  June Multifamily Event 7 Figure Flipping Return on Investments Just Start Real Estate JSRE on Facebook Mike on Facebook Mike on Instagram Mike on LinkedIn Mike on Twitter Level Jumping: How I Grew My Business to Over $1 Million in Profits in 12 Months

Chris Michael Harris is the Founder or StartupU, an interactive learning platform that helps people start and grow their online businesses. Chris is also the host of StartupU Podcast + StartupU TV. The podcast frequently trends in the Top 100 around the world and has featured guests such as Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Grant Cardone, Guy Kawasaki, Jack Canfield, Marie Forleo, Dave Asprey, Dr. Josh Axe, and 40+ New York Times Best Selling Authors.

Thank you Chris for taking the time out of your day to come on the show! Time stamps are bellow for all of the topics we cover!Intro: 00:00Who Chris: Is 01:00Chris's First Entrepreneur Endeavor (moving Company): 04:40 Entrepreneurship doesn't need to be Fancy: 09:50Chris's Health and Creating StartupU: 17:00Why I stareted My podcast: 33:00Zach Snyder's Justice League:36:37Doge Coin: 52:50crypto: 53:50Chris Michael Harris Socials:Twitter: https://twitter.com/HeyCMHInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/heycmh/Podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/startup-u-podcast-with-chris-michael-harris/id1062072161YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOwDhQqFYEpG3qyznqVTLQFollow My Socials: Twitter: https://twitter.com/YMBS_ChrisInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/ymbs_chris/Podcast: https://youmightbesurprised.buzzsprout.com/Want to be a guest on the podcast? Email:youmightbesurprisedd@gmail.com

Chris Michael Harris began his entrepreneurial adventure with an explosion of success, taking his very first startup company from $0 – $1.3 million in 24 months. But as his business grew, his identity became more and more wrapped up in the need to be a successful startup entrepreneur. And after a health crisis, a legal crisis, and a financial crisis all crashed into his life all in a short period of time, he was forced to shut down that company for good, leaving him floundering in his own personal struggles with identity. If you’ve gone through hell, are going through hell, or are a newly minted entrepreneur who has yet to go through any desperate moments, this episode will give you inspiration to keep moving through the struggles you face as a business owner. Every mistake and every difficult situation has a resolution and will give you a story to tell. So join us and Chris as we hear his story! If you enjoy this podcast, leave us a review! We’d love to hear your thoughts and how you personally and your business have been impacted by this content! Resources: Find out more about Chris Michael Harris on www.heycmh.com, and get the Ultimate Startup Checklist at uscdownload.com! And you can check out Marie Forleo’s B-School at https://www.marieforleo.com/bschool/ Follow us on social media! Instagram: Chris Michael Harris @heycmh The Entrepreneur Adventure: @theentrepreneuradventure Josh Melton @sidegigprophet Chad Brown @serialcfo Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/theentrepreneuradventure/ https://www.facebook.com/HeyCMH

“We’ve lowered the bar so much when it comes to what health and wellness should look like, that I think we’ve lost sight of what healthy actually is.” If you’re an A-Type entrepreneur putting in the work and the hustle to make your business thrive, there’s often a cost. For Chris Michael Harris, that cost was a health crisis. When he hit rock bottom, Chris was a 29-year-old suffering from severe gut issues, which created a knock-on effect emotionally, physically, and mentally. He had deficiencies across the board, he was bedridden, his body was beginning to shut down, and he struggled with suicidal thoughts. His condition was so bad; doctors told him he’d be gone by 40 - best-case scenario, 50. This diagnosis forced Chris to review his lifestyle and his perceptions of what it means to be healthy. Turns out, he’d set the bar extremely low, and looking back over his life, Chris began to see a pattern of environmental factors which stretched right back to birth. Chris is now 34 and is in the best health of his life after committing to a journey of restoring health. He’s energetic, vibrant, and supported by the data he needs to stay in optimum health. In this episode, Chris reveals what it took to turn his life around - and in the process, challenge what it means to be healthy. “You can’t achieve optimal health and wellness with an unhealthy gut.” Through online training, memberships, and coaching, Chris Michael Harris helps people become Superhuman Entrepreneurs who are ready to make an impact in whatever it is they do. Chris is also the host of the Startup U Podcast What’s beautiful about this episode is Chris’ health takes center stage. We used the entire episode to dive deep into Chris’ personal wellness journey - giving you an insight into the recovery that’s possible when you take your health into your own hands. Together, we explore: Factors that contribute to gut health. How Chris figured out a plan to get well. What inspired Chris to stick with the journey to wellness. The power of documenting wins on your journey. What health challenges can teach you about life. Why your healing journey starts online. Healing without financial stress. Chris’ top book recommendation. Why you want to test your stool. And more! If you’re not feeling as good as you want and you’re ready to raise the bar in your life for what it means to be healthy, this episode is for you. As well as being inspired by Chris’ personal journey, you’ll also discover some powerful tips and strategies that will leave you feeling more empowered with your health. “We are put in situations so that we can overcome that challenge and then bless other people with that.” How to contact WebsiteFacebookInstagramTwitterWe thrive on your feedback, so if you’ve enjoyed this show, please rate us and leave us a review. And don’t forget to subscribe to ensure you never miss an episode again. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

            Join me in this episode as I sat down and chat with Chris Michael Harris, a prominent serial entrepreneur, podcast host, and aspiring author/motivational speaker. Having founded his first business in college with his brother in their college apartment, the Harris brothers soon found their relocation/furniture installation business scaling to $1.2mm in revenue a mere 36 months later and conducting operations in 32 states across the country.               Chris is now involved with several exciting endeavors in a variety of industries. Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as the top 5 worldwide under New and Noteworthy on iTunes. The show aims to provide younger/early-stage entrepreneurs with the necessary tools to take command of their futures and live an empowered life of self-employment.               With his focus on leaving the world better off than he found it, Chris is passionate about service to others. Chris believes that everyone has a talent that can be monetized. Listen and learn more about Chris’s amazing insights, ideas, actions, and belief systems that have gotten him to where he is today. Be sure to check out his website, podcast, and online programs to help you with your own entrepreneurial journey. Enjoy!   Episode Highlights:   ●       Breaking Into A 7-Figure Business [2:50] ●       Growing your Team [13:50] ●       Overcoming Health Challenges [15:40] ●       Transitioning from One Business to Another [26:50] ●       The Business Lounge [31:27] ●       Chris’ Coaching and Online Programs [34:10] ●       Startup Books [41:30] ●       Book Recommendations and More [44:40]   Resources Mentioned In This Episode: ●       I believe anyone can be a leader in today’s world that’s why I’ve created a short, user-friendly book called Redefining the Top 1 Percent. Get your FREE copy by joining our Facebook Group here. Not only are you getting a free copy of my book, you’ll also get lots of FREE training and resources on a weekly basis. ●       Get to know more about Chris and his works by visiting his website at chrismichaelharris.com. ●       Chris hosts the Entrepreneur Hour Podcast, a podcast that trended as high as Top 5 in the world on Apple Podcasts under Business, Health, and Education. Tune in weekly for some of the most impactful and actionable advice on the internet. ●       Subscribe to Chris’ Startup U Podcast; a show intended to help people with their entrepreneurial journeys and provide them with valuable insights. ●       Learn how to start + grow your online business via Chris’ StartupU Training Programs. ●       Join the Business Lounge, a full-blown mentorship program for online entrepreneurs. ●       Chris recommends the book, The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan. In case you missed it, Jay was previously a guest in our show. Listen to the episode here. ●       Connect with Chris by sending him an email or through  the following: o   Facebook o   Twitter o   LinkedIn o   YouTube o   Instagram ●       Book Recommendations: o   The One Thing by Gary Keller and Jay Papasan o   Choose by Ryan Levesque o   Ask by Ryan Levesque   Quotes: “Usually, people that become really good entrepreneurs, they were doing it their whole lives.” “Greatness, for whatever reason, requires this passage through hell.” “Your first real business is like your first puppy love.” “We have a terrible tendency where we tend to measure growth directly synonymous to revenue.” “You are never starting over. Even if you have a job and you’re starting a business, there’s still so much you’ve learned that directly applies.” “People like you and me, we change the world through innovation, entrepreneurship, and free market.” “We all have a unique set of skills and knowledge that can benefit the world in some way.” “It’s not about all the things; it’s about the one thing that makes the difference."     Ways to Subscribe to Redefining The Top One Percent:   Apple Podcast Castbox PlayerFM Spotify

#entrepreneur #hustle #opportunity In this episode we are joined by entrepreneur, educator and podcaster, Chris Michael Harris https://chrismichaelharris.com/ . Chris drops some great tips for the entrepreneur in this show. Chris gives his personal story about one of his start-ups he ran from an apartment at the University of Georgia. The genesis of this start-up was from his college dorm at the University of Georgia helping fellow students move furniture. This boomed to a 7 figure income in a few short years. Hard work, hustle and solving a problem was the key to this success. In this episode we also talk about the P.A.D.E. strategy to overcome being 'stuck' or hitting a plateau which many entrepreneurs encounter. Also check out Chris' YouTube channel here https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCTOwDhQqFYEpG3qyznqVTLQ . Be sure to subscribe to your YouTube channel and Hit the Notification Bell https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC5U0invXUtqoyrAnniwDjhQ/?sub_confirmation=1   Also, for more information, check us out at https://answersthatcount.com/ . We have articles of current, relevant information about business and economics.   For Apple Podcast, link here https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/answers-that-count-hosted-by-charles-musgrove/id1479296350   Roku https://channelstore.roku.com/details/a4b08b575428a5aac2c924402bbc675f/answers-that-count Amazon Fire TV https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/?ie=UTF8&ASIN=B08DP6ZSTM&ref=mas_ty 24-7 Live Channel https://30a-tv.com/30a/answers-that-count-with-charles-musgrove/   Link to and Like our Facebook page at https://www.facebook.com/answersthatcount.   Please leave comments below, or send me requests or questions at cmusgrove@answersthatcount.com

About Chris Michael Harris,Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive, online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business and turn it into a highly successful + profitable company.Having founded, bootstrapped and scaled multiple startups to 7+ figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris excels in taking concepts from idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession.Chris is the Entrepreneur in Residence for Silicon Valley-Based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute. Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a podcast that has trended as high as Top 5 worldwide on iTunes under Business, Health, and Education. The show has featured many mainstream guests such as Daymond John, Barbara Corcoran, Marie Forleo, Grant Cardone, Guy Kawasaki, Jack Canfield, Russell Brunson, Ryan Deiss, Dr. Josh Axe, Dave Asprey, + countless NYT's Best Selling Authors and thought leaders around the world.Having grown his first business from launch to $1.2MM in revenue in just 36 months, Chris now teaches online business owners how to take ideas and turn them into revenue generating companies.Now he gets to enjoy real freedom and pursue his lifelong passion for Rock music-- having produced and recorded an album, bicycling 11 miles a day, writing a poetry book and traveling the world.You can connect with Chris atGetstartupu.comPlease send me your feedback , your key takeaways, any topics you would like me to cover, any concerns and questions at showupwithpriyanka@gmail.comYou can follow me atFacebook PageInstagramLinkedinAs a certified Director of Operations and Business Growth Strategist with 12 years corporate experience as a Senior Engineer,  I help impact driven entrepreneurs  to scale  by simplifying, streamlining and systemizing their business to increase revenue and eliminate the chaos. For any Operations need for your business , connect with me at http://scaleupwithpriyanka.com/If you are looking into launching your own podcast - check out this course which I went through to launch my podcast in 28 days to Top 60 rated show on Itunes 'Entrepreneurship category'. This is my affiliate link to sign up for the podcast course :  https://aff.podcastprofitlab.co/17187/60011

"You have to look at the behavioral pattern. I talk about marketing psychology, not just marketing. You have to think about what the users are doing on your specific platforms. Youtube is notorious for driving CTR which is your clickthrough. Looking at your analytics, you can make decisions and you can determine what content or what platform's driving what and I don't think many of us are doing that."– Chris Michael Harris, Founder and Host of StartupU (formerly known as "The Entrepreneur Hour")Join Ben Schneider and Chris Michael Harris as they discuss the origin of Chris' journey to serial entrepreneurship, how he achieved success through marketing psychology, and the #1 hack he learned when creating content for his business. Analytics play a huge role in a business' success. In today's digital world, it is almost habitual for most entrepreneurs to always refer to their data when it comes to predicting which path to take next for their businesses. For Chris, data is everything. And in this episode, he explains exactly why!Episode Notes:To find out more about Chris Michael Harris, click the following links:Website | Facebook | Instagram | LinkedIn | Twitter Listen to the "Startup U" show through the links below:Podcast | YoutubeLearn how to start + grow your online business via the StartupU Training Programs! Click here to know how!Connect with Ben on Instagram and on his website. For more information and to explore other episodes, click here. We'd love to hear from you! Leave us a rating and review!Shoot us a message and FOLLOW us on Instagram: @bllpodcastcomCalling ALL entrepreneurs and online talents! --check out the job search platform Jobmofy.com to upgrade your business!Email: hello@bllpodcast.com

Chris Michael Harris (CMH) is the founder of StartupU, an interactive online learning platform that teaches entrepreneurs how to take an idea or an existing business & turn it into a highly successful & profitable company. Having founded, bootstrapped & scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, Chris excels in taking concepts from the idea stage to traction & growth in extremely rapid succession. He is also the Entrepreneur in Residence for a Silicon Valley-based Accelerator Program, Founder Institute, and the host of the podcast, Entrepreneur Hour. In this episode, we revisit his entrepreneurial life and also, discuss how entrepreneurship is a lifestyle and not a career opportunity. Tune in!

Chris Michael Harris has built a multiple 7-figure business from his college apartment only to learn he had a precancerous condition and soon watched his business crumble. Leaving him financially destitute and with multiple lawsuits. Chris immersed himself in health and wellness, treating and eventually reversing his chronic condition over the next 4 years, but doing so through lifestyle/dietary changes and discipline!  Now Chris is on the mission of helping people redefine what success looks, and how to achieve it, all while treating yourself like a Performance Athlete. Go to https://chrismichaelharris.com Linkedin Thank you so much for listening! WE ARE SO GRATEFUL!!!! Our Sponsor:  Fit Rich Life: How To Master A Fit Rich Life In 15 Days Get The Book Today: https://www.fitrichlife.com/book Subscribe to the newsletter: https://www.fitrichlife.com/home-page Apply To Be A Podcast Guest: https://www.fitrichlife.com/podcastapp42996398   See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.

In this episode, you'll learn why having an entrepreneurial mindset is crucial in this industry as well as learning the keys to productivity. Chris Michael Harris is a serial entrepreneur, business / performance coach and the host of the Entrepreneur Hour Podcast. Chris Michael Harris tells his story of how he created a multi-million dollar business in college and his plans / goals to get to a billion dollars by 50. Listen to his keys to productivity, they are the main reason for listening. Chris Michael Harris website: https://chrismichaelharris.com/Chris Michael Harris podcast: https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/entrepreneur-hour-with-chris-michael-harris/id1062072161 Join Thomas Jordan's Private Facebook Group - On-Camera Professionals - https://www.facebook.com/groups/239079973525254/ I N S T A G R A M | https://www.instagram.com/thomasjordantv/F A C E B O O K | https://www.facebook.com/thomasjordanTV/

Chris Michael Harris is the Founder of CHM Media, is the host of Entrepreneur Hour Podcast, and Entrepreneur Hour TV. He is also a speaker and a performance coach. Having founded, bootstrapped, and scaled multiple startups to 7+ Figures in his mid-to-late twenties, in both the on and offline space, Chris excels in taking concepts from the idea stage to traction and growth in extremely rapid succession. In this episode of the One Away Show, Chris Harris opens up about a health condition that impaired him from being his go-getting, ambitious self. From this experience, Chris takes lessons from Gary Keller's book, The One Thing, about learning how to slow down and take your time to reach your goals, rather than a sprint and burn out. You can read more about this episode here: https://bwmissions.com/blog/chris-harris-podcast Follow Bryan Wish on Linkedin: www.linkedin.com/in/bryanwish/ Follow Bryan Wish on Twitter: https://twitter.com/bryanwish_?s=11 Follow Bryan Wish on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/bryanwish_/ Join our Mission: bwmissions.com/join/ Join our Community: my.community.com/bwmissions

Chris Michael Harris discusses his rocky entrepreneurial journey from starting a million-dollar moving company, to a cancer scare, to having a successful podcast where he interviews other successful entrepreneurs such as Daymond John and Barbara Corcoran.

Chris Michael Harris is a serial entrepreneur, business & performance coach, keynote speaker, online expert and host of the Entrepreneur Hour podcast and Entrepreneur Hour TV. https://www.javiermercedes.com Chris's YouTube Channel: https://bit.ly/2kfkXv0 Website: https://chrismichaelharris.com Social: @heycmh Support me on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/javiermercedes YouTube:https://www.youtube.com/javiermercedes Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/JavierMercedesx Twitter: https://twitter.com/JavierMercedesx Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JavierMercedesx

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Visit ToughDecisions.net for complete show notes of each podcast episode. In this episode, we interview Chris Michael Harris, a prominent serial entrepreneur, podcast host, and motivational speaker. Chris is involved in many different business industries and he’s currently the host of Entrepreneur Hour. Join us as Chris talks about how his aim for growth led him to a major health issue, what the hardest part in exiting is, and his tips in moving forward with a better health for yourself and your business

Visit ToughDecisions.net for complete show notes of each podcast episode. In this episode, we interview Chris Michael Harris, a prominent serial entrepreneur, podcast host, and motivational speaker. Chris is involved in many different business industries and he’s currently the host of Entrepreneur Hour. Join us as Chris talks about how his aim for growth led […]

Having founded his first company in college with his brother in their college apartment, the Harris brothers soon found their business scaling  to $1.2mm in revenue a mere 36 months later and conducting operations in 32 states across the country. Chris is now involved with several exciting endeavors ranging a variety of industries.  Chris is also the host of Entrepreneur Hour, a top rated podcast that has trended as high as top 5 worldwide on iTunes.  

Tired of your 9-5 job, and dreaming of becoming your own boss? These confessions of a serial entrepreneur offer insight into making your dream a reality. Interview with Chris Michael Harris of the Entrepreneur Hour Podcast. Show notes available at https://www.yezminthomas.com/confessions-of-a-serial-entrepreneur/

He graduated from the University of Georgia and started his first business from his college apartment. After pitching his company 725 times over 8 months, he was finally able to raise the capital he needed to expand his business. Now Chris is a serial entrepreneur, podcast host and mentor. As a highly motivated and highly successful person, Chris Michael Harris has amazing insights to share about the ideas, actions and belief systems that have gotten him to where he is today. Chris was made for entrepreneurship. His drive for more than a pay-by-the-hour job led him to follow a career path that isn’t for the faint of heart. Still, Chris believes that everyone has a talent that can be monetized. Those that haven’t used it yet may just lack the confidence to let it shine.  Chris has created a lifestyle around his work and his enthusiasm for his chosen career path is contagious. The insights gained in a listen to Roshawnna and Chris’ conversation would be hugely beneficial to the budding entrepreneur and successful business person alike! Roshawnna and Chris discuss: [2:30] Why Chris decided to become an entrepreneur and how things looked starting out for him. [3:30] The importance of putting together a great team and a great game plan. [4:30] How to deal with regrets as an entrepreneur. [5:30] The importance of finding a great fit for yourself and your talents and how you’ll know when you’re there. [6:30] Chris’ belief in the importance of ‘gut feeling’ for entrepreneurship. [9:00] Chris explains that allowing mentorship in to his life has been paramount to his success. [10:00] Formal education was a huge boon to Chris’ career. Here he explains how and why. [16:00] The difference between money and smart money and what it can mean for your business. [19:30] Why you have to be committed to your ‘Why.’ [22:00] The importance of having a great team and how to put one together. [33:00] Chris shares some book suggestions for varying stages in the startup process. [34:30] Chris shares his regimen for maintaining both mental and physical