Podcasts about epic challenge

You've probably heard sayings like"What you think you become." (Buddha) and "What you focus on expands." (T. Harv Eker). They are great and make for awesome social media quotes and refrigerator magnets. But I think the fact that they are used (perhaps overused today) so much has watered down the impact of the message. The things that we choose to focus our time, energy, thoughts and resources on, grow and multiply and become more real for us. We can all conjure up examples of this in our lives. It doesn't take much mental effort to do.   But I know that for at least myself, I don't take it to heart enough, and I wonder why it may be hard to shake feelings of frustration, sadness or resentment.  It's because I'm focusing on them, instead of the amazing things in life! This episode was inspired by an Epic Challenge that a friend of mine brought into our accountability group and received feedback on. Part of her feedback was that "the things you focus on expand", and it hit me in a powerful way because of the place that I was in at the time.  In this episode I talk about the Epic Challenge feedback, discuss examples of things that I've been focusing on that have expanded in my world, and provide some solutions for creating and experiencing more great moments and less sad moments. What you'll learn in this episode: How to experience more great things in life through focus 9 simple actions to help you form a gratitude habit STRUGGLING WITH CONSISTENCY?  Download the free "trust account" app from the YourDay Balance Game, and start building trust with YOURSELF today!  Android: https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.balancegame.ydbg iPhone: https://apps.apple.com/us/app/ydbg-watch-play-discover/id1489276659 FEELING THE IMPACT OF CODEPENDENCY? Watch the free #1 obstacle video and learn what derails all successful people and keeps them from moving from codependent to independent https://theydbg.com/obstacle-video/ WANT TO FEEL MORE CLARITY, CONFIDENCE AND PURPOSE? Get the "Having It A.L.L. Blueprint", my self-paced online program for designing and living your greatest life! https://hia.ck.page/products/blueprint CHECK OUT SOME OFFERS FROM OUR AWESOME PARTNERS Needed: https://bit.ly/3IKmWzL - use code HIA20 to get 20% off your order or HIA100 for $100 off a Complete Plan LEAVE THE PODCAST A REVIEW ON APPLE PODCASTS https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/having-it-all-conversations-about-living-an-abundant/id1093257684 CHECK OUT THE ENTIRE HAVING IT A.L.L. PODCAST CATALOG https://www.matthewbivens.com/ GET IN TOUCH WITH MATTHEW matthew@matthewbivens.com Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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Ray continues to highlights aspects of Disney World's biggest challenge yet, that is, Universal Orlando's Epic Universe, focusing on Epic's Celestial Park – and beyond. The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up Disney or Disney-related stories, insights, history, debates and lessons each day, including occasional interviews, with topics covering career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, life, and/or just plain fun. That includes turning to assorted thought leaders for their experience, thoughts and knowledge.Check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Consider books by Ray Keating…• Never miss any new book by Ray Keating by joining the Pastor Stephen Grant Fellowship with Ray Keating at https://www.patreon.com/pastorstephengrantfellowship.• The Disney Planner: The TO DO List Solution provides some Disney fun and insights each day, while helping you to get things done. Get all of Ray Keating's books at www.raykeatingbooksandmore.com. • Check out all of Ray's Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. • Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon. • NEW! Subversion: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks or at Amazon.com. • Order The Weekly Economist III: Another 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist.Signed books here and Kindle and paperback editions here.• Grab The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed books here.  And Kindle and paperback editions here.• The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks at RayKeatingOnline.com or paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Ray continues to highlights aspects of Disney World's biggest challenge yet, that is, Universal Orlando's Epic Universe, focusing on Epic's How to Train Your Dragon – Isle of Berk. The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up Disney or Disney-related stories, insights, history, debates and lessons each day, including occasional interviews, with topics covering career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, life, and/or just plain fun. That includes turning to assorted thought leaders for their experience, thoughts and knowledge.Check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Consider books by Ray Keating…• Never miss any new book by Ray Keating by joining the Pastor Stephen Grant Fellowship with Ray Keating at https://www.patreon.com/pastorstephengrantfellowship.• The Disney Planner: The TO DO List Solution provides some Disney fun and insights each day, while helping you to get things done. Get all of Ray Keating's books at www.raykeatingbooksandmore.com. • Check out all of Ray's Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. • Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon. • NEW! Subversion: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks or at Amazon.com. • Order The Weekly Economist III: Another 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist.Signed books here and Kindle and paperback editions here.• Grab The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed books here.  And Kindle and paperback editions here.• The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks at RayKeatingOnline.com or paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Ray continues to highlights aspects of Disney World's biggest challenge yet, that is, Universal Orlando's Epic Universe, focusing on Epic's Super Nintendo World. The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up Disney or Disney-related stories, insights, history, debates and lessons each day, including occasional interviews, with topics covering career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, life, and/or just plain fun. That includes turning to assorted thought leaders for their experience, thoughts and knowledge.Check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Consider books by Ray Keating…• Never miss any new book by Ray Keating by joining the Pastor Stephen Grant Fellowship with Ray Keating at https://www.patreon.com/pastorstephengrantfellowship.• The Disney Planner: The TO DO List Solution provides some Disney fun and insights each day, while helping you to get things done. Get all of Ray Keating's books at www.raykeatingbooksandmore.com. • Check out all of Ray's Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. • Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon. • NEW! Subversion: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks or at Amazon.com. • Order The Weekly Economist III: Another 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist.Signed books here and Kindle and paperback editions here.• Grab The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed books here.  And Kindle and paperback editions here.• The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks at RayKeatingOnline.com or paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Ray continues to highlights aspects of Disney World's biggest challenge yet, that is, Universal Orlando's Epic Universe, focusing on Epic's Dark Universe. The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up Disney or Disney-related stories, insights, history, debates and lessons each day, including occasional interviews, with topics covering career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, life, and/or just plain fun. That includes turning to assorted thought leaders for their experience, thoughts and knowledge.Check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Consider books by Ray Keating…• Never miss any new book by Ray Keating by joining the Pastor Stephen Grant Fellowship with Ray Keating at https://www.patreon.com/pastorstephengrantfellowship.• The Disney Planner: The TO DO List Solution provides some Disney fun and insights each day, while helping you to get things done. Get all of Ray Keating's books at www.raykeatingbooksandmore.com. • Check out all of Ray's Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. • Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon. • NEW! Subversion: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks or at Amazon.com. • Order The Weekly Economist III: Another 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist.Signed books here and Kindle and paperback editions here.• Grab The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed books here.  And Kindle and paperback editions here.• The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks at RayKeatingOnline.com or paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Ray highlights some aspects of Disney World's biggest challenge yet, that is, Universal Orlando's Epic Universe.The “Daily Dose of Disney with Ray Keating” podcast serves up Disney or Disney-related stories, insights, history, debates and lessons each day, including occasional interviews, with topics covering career, business, entrepreneurship, creativity, storytelling, work, life, and/or just plain fun. That includes turning to assorted thought leaders for their experience, thoughts and knowledge.Check out www.DisneyBizJournal.com.Consider books by Ray Keating…• Never miss any new book by Ray Keating by joining the Pastor Stephen Grant Fellowship with Ray Keating at https://www.patreon.com/pastorstephengrantfellowship.• The Disney Planner: The TO DO List Solution provides some Disney fun and insights each day, while helping you to get things done. Get all of Ray Keating's books at www.raykeatingbooksandmore.com. • Check out all of Ray's Pastor Stephen Grant thrillers and mysteries. • Cathedral: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks and/or paperbacks, hardcovers and the Kindle edition at Amazon. • NEW! Subversion: An Alliance of Saint Michael Novel. Signed paperbacks or at Amazon.com. • Order The Weekly Economist III: Another 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist.Signed books here and Kindle and paperback editions here.• Grab The Weekly Economist II: 52 More Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed books here.  And Kindle and paperback editions here.• The Weekly Economist: 52 Quick Reads to Help You Think Like an Economist. Signed paperbacks at RayKeatingOnline.com or paperbacks and Kindle editions at Amazon.com.Have Ray Keating speak your group, business, school, church, or organization. Email him at raykeating@keatingreports.com. 

Can we ever really know ourselves, or are we destined to always make overly optimistic self-assessments? David Dunning joins Igor and Charles to discuss the Dunning-Kruger effect, the importance of asking the right questions, why arriving at an accurate view of ourselves is so challenging, and the implications for teaching, medicine, and even scientific research. Igor explores the possible reemergence of group assessments in education as a result of advances in AI, David shares why conversations with smart people often end up as competitions to ask the most questions, and Charles reflects on the wisdom-enhancing experience of jury service. Welcome to Episode 57. Special Guest: David Dunning.

On November 5th today's guest Candice Burt stepped outside her door and began putting one foot in front of the other for 32 miles. The next day she did it again. And again. And again. On and on and on for TWO HUNDRED straight days!! Through this challenge she faced every challenge imaginable- extreme cold, snow, thunderstorms, 100 plus degrees, pretty much every type of weather out there. More challenging, she battled her own mind- staying positive and emotionally neutral as she faced not only pain but the monotony of the day in day out grind. This episode is all about what she went through over the 200 days of 200 ultras and the strategies she used to stay consistent as she kept pushing the goal post farther and farther down the line. This is an AWESOME EPISODE and I am truly honored to be able to chat to Candice again for the show! She is one of my favorite guests of all time!! Enjoy! MORE FROM CANDICE: Website: https://www.candiceburt.com Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/runcandicerun/ Wall Street Journal Article: https://www.wsj.com/sports/candice-burt-ultra-marathon-200-days-7dab983b

In today's episode, Damon shares a robust definition of marriage, why this matters in both the marriage relationship and the world, and the EPIC intimacy challenge for couples to experience the fullness and beauty of God's design for marriage.There are 4 key areas of intimacy for a thriving marriage that Damon discusses: Emotional IntimacyPhysical IntimacyIntellectual IntimacyCommunicative IntimacyIf you want a deep dive for casting a strong vision for a thriving marriage, listen in to this powerful conversation with Damon. To learn more about Damon and his ministry resources, visit JoyfulEverAfter.org and EpicIntimacy.org.More Resources: The EPIC Intimacy SeriesBetter TogetherSexpectations Online Course*Related Podcasts: What Are Your Sexpectations?The Challenge and Benefits of VulnerabilityWhat is Intimacy?*This is an affiliate link. Be Broken my earn referral fees from qualifying purchases.----------Please rate and review our podcast: Apple PodcastsSubscribe to our YouTube channel.Support this podcast at — https://redcircle.com/pure-sex-radio/donations

Here's a sneak-peek from Roland's recent EPIC Challenge where he covers the different types of equity agreements that you can utilize when getting ownership in a company. Resources:https://businesslunchpodcast.com/epic (Learn more and join the EPIC Challenge here): Connect with Business Lunch Podcast:Send in your questions through: https://businesslunchpodcast.com/ask/ (https://businesslunchpodcast.com/ask/) Follow us on YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessLunchWithRolandFrasier (https://www.youtube.com/c/BusinessLunchWithRolandFrasier) Thank you for joining us this week! Want more insider knowledge from successful entrepreneurs? Subscribe to the Business Lunch Podcast! If you enjoy listening to this jam-packed episode, connect with us on https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic-by-digital/id1022441491?mt=2 (iTunes) and make sure to leave a review! Mentioned in this episode: Get Roland's Training on Acquiring Businesses! Discover The EXACT Strategy Roland Has Used To Found, Acquire, Scale And Sell Over Two Dozen Businesses With Sales Ranging From $3 Million To Just Under $4 Billion! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/epic (EPIC Training)

There are a few billion options out there when you're looking to acquire media, so how do you know which ones will be worth the investment?  On today's episode, host Roland Frasier sits down to chat with Bjorn “Beez” Hendricks, founder of the https://the-business-builders-institute.mykajabi.com/ (Business Builders Institute), to talk about buying social media properties as a way to grow your business. Beez had been acquiring businesses for a while, then took Roland's EPIC Challenge, which he credits for his recent success. How does Beez identify media he'd like to acquire? He acquired a marketing firm first, and they reach out to influencers. They have a proven methodology for evaluating the influencers' engagement, numbers, and the authenticity of their audience, and approach them from there. Beez has acquired 18 properties on his own so far and 20+ with his community.  Listen in for some helpful strategies for finding and acquiring media that will help you build your brand.  IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: Why the iOS 14 privacy updates made social media buying even more important   How Beez and his team work with brokers when acquiring media Why you might want to acquire a Slack or a Discord group How (and why) to focus on TikTok without neglecting YouTube*- LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: https://www.linkedin.com/in/bjornhendricks/ (Connect with Beez on LinkedIn) https://www.instagram.com/businessbuilderbeez/ (Follow Beez on IG) https://the-business-builders-institute.mykajabi.com/ (The Business Builders Institute) https://socialblade.com/ (Social Blade) https://phlanx.com/ (Phlanx) http://slack.com (Slack) https://www.mightynetworks.com/ (Mighty Networks) https://web.telegram.org (Telegram) https://www.amazon.com/Rich-Dad-Poor-Teach-Middle/dp/1612680194/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=rich+dad+poor+dad&qid=1652974899&s=books&sprefix=rich+dad%2Cstripbooks%2C95&sr=1-1 (Rich Dad, Poor Dad) https://www.amazon.com/Barbarians-Gate-Fall-RJR-Nabisco/dp/0061655554/ref=sr_1_1?crid=12CAL5RS3214N&keywords=Barbarians+at+the+gate&qid=1652974847&s=books&sprefix=barbarians+at+the+gate%2Cstripbooks%2C162&sr=1-1 (Barbarians at the Gate) OUR PARTNERS: https://scalable.co/7-levels-assessment/?utm_source=business-lunch&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen (7 Steps to Scalable workbook) Get a free proposal from https://conversionfanatics.com/ (Conversion Fanatics) Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with https://www.funneldash.com/adcard (AdCard) https://yourzerodownbook.com (Get my book, Zero Down, FREE) Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic-by-digital/id1022441491?mt=2 (iTunes) and leave us a review! Mentioned in this episode: Optimize Your Website with Conversion Fanatics Put A Creative Team Of Fanatical Split-Testers To Work On Your Site! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/conversion-fanatics (Conversion Fanatics) Get 3% Cash Back on Your Digital Advertising! The Highest Cash Back Card For Your Digital Ad Spend. Made By Advertisers. https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/adcard (Ad Card) Get Roland's Training on Acquiring Businesses! Discover The EXACT Strategy Roland Has Used To Found, Acquire, Scale And Sell Over Two Dozen Businesses With Sales Ranging From $3 Million To Just Under $4 Billion! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/epic (EPIC Training)

Have you ever had someone tell you, “I'd love to pick your brain,” and you spend valuable time giving them free advice which they ultimately ignore? On today's episode, host Roland Frasier talks about why he's done handing out his wisdom for free. It's not because he's greedy or snobby. It's because he's shrewd and it's better for the other person in the long run as well. He's learned from experience that humans rarely follow through—unless they have skin (i.e., money) in the game. He did 42 four-hour consults in 2020 for $25k each. Not a bad deal, but he has no plans to become a consultant. “No matter how high your hourly price,” he says, “it's still dollars for hours. You're still a dancing bear.” No, he's doing it because he wants equity in deals. And he's been racking up that equity as well. Listen in to find out how you can increase your profits without giving up your time. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: What's included in the automated text Roland sends to anyone asking for advice Why Roland raised his consult fee from $18k to $25k  How you can elevate your credibility which leads to more equity deals What barbell investing is and why Roland is a fan LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: https://scalable.co/epic-challenge/ (EPIC Challenge) https://www.amazon.com/Antifragile-Things-That-Disorder-Incerto/dp/0812979680/ref=sr_1_1?keywords=anti+fragile+book&qid=1651699366&s=books&sprefix=Anti+fragil%2Cstripbooks%2C85&sr=1-1 (Antifragile)  OUR PARTNERS: https://scalable.co/7-levels-assessment/?utm_source=business-lunch&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen (7 Steps to Scalable workbook) Get a free proposal from https://conversionfanatics.com/ (Conversion Fanatics) Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with https://www.funneldash.com/adcard (AdCard) https://yourzerodownbook.com (Get my book, Zero Down, FREE) Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic-by-digital/id1022441491?mt=2 (iTunes) and leave us a review! Mentioned in this episode: Get Roland's Training on Acquiring Businesses! Discover The EXACT Strategy Roland Has Used To Found, Acquire, Scale And Sell Over Two Dozen Businesses With Sales Ranging From $3 Million To Just Under $4 Billion! https://business-lunch.captivate.fm/epic (EPIC Training)

When does it make sense for you to invest and own media? Always. And you don't have to be a billionaire to do it. On today's episode of Business Lunch, “The Selfish Edition,” co-hosts Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss discuss some topics that are very near and dear to their hearts. Things like acquiring media, saying yes (and no) to opportunities, and creating new projects and ideas you're really passionate about. They recently spent a few days together at Roland's home in SoCal, got “a year's worth of work done,” and went their separate ways on absolute fire. They share some new things they've got brewing—and their energy and excitement are contagious. Also, they can't say for sure, but based on recent events, it seems like Elon Musk might have secretly taken Roland's https://scalable.co/epic-challenge/ (EPIC challenge). (That's TBD.) Listen in for some great ideas from Roland, Ryan, and Elon for acquiring media and going for what you want in business and in life. IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: Why buying platform-dependent media is still worth the risk Ways to convert traffic from a social media platform to your owned media A helpful framework to use when considering business opportunities  An easier way for a people-pleaser to say no LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: https://scalable.co/epic-challenge/ (EPIC Challenge) http://scalable.co/sevenlevels (The 7 Levels of Scale) OUR PARTNERS: https://scalable.co/7-levels-assessment/?utm_source=business-lunch&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen (7 Steps to Scalable workbook) Get a free proposal from https://conversionfanatics.com/ (Conversion Fanatics) Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with https://www.funneldash.com/adcard (AdCard) https://yourzerodownbook.com/ (Get my book, Zero Down, FREE) Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic-by-digital/id1022441491?mt=2 (iTunes) and leave us a review!

No cash out of pocket deals aren't the same thing as no money down, and they can be win-win deals for both the buyer and seller.    On today's episode, host Roland Frasier talks about how to think like an https://scalable.co/epic-challenge/ (EPIC) investor. Some people think there's always a loser when you do a deal, but Roland doesn't agree. He has a philosophy of collaboration and what he calls a fairness zone. He believes it's possible for both parties to walk away with a situation and a deal they're happy with. In a no money down deal, the seller leaves the closing with nothing to show for it. With no cash out of pocket, they're getting money; it just doesn't come from your personal bank account. EPIC investing is all about ethical deals, creative solutions, and building wealth.   Listen in as Roland shares his step-by-step process of acquiring a business with zero cash.   IN THIS EPISODE YOU'LL LEARN: What the acronym EPIC stands for (and why) How to negotiate for what you want in an ethical way 30 referral sources when you're looking to acquire Creative alternatives to paying cash   LINKS AND RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS EPISODE: https://scalable.co/epic-challenge/ (EPIC Challenge)   OUR PARTNERS: https://scalable.co/7-levels-assessment/?utm_source=business-lunch&utm_medium=podcast&utm_campaign=lead-gen (7 Steps to Scalable workbook) Get a free proposal from https://conversionfanatics.com/ (Conversion Fanatics) Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with https://www.funneldash.com/adcard (AdCard) Ger a free funnel audit from https://getmyfreeaudit.com/audit (Growrev) https://yourzerodownbook.com/ (Get my book, Zero Down, FREE)   Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/perpetual-traffic-by-digital/id1022441491?mt=2 (iTunes) and leave us a review!

When you've found a business you want to acquire, how do you get in touch with the owner to get the ball rolling?   In this week's snackable episode, host Roland Frasier shares 10 simple ways to contact the owner of a business you're interested in buying. Whether you want to acquire it outright or cut a deal for consulting for equity or do a strategic alliance or a joint venture, you have to get to the decision maker. You need to talk to the owner. And to talk to them, you need to find them. Good news: the odds are in your favor. If one or two of these tips don't work out, you've got eight more options. Be sure to check out all the links at the end.   Listen in for some quick and brilliant solutions to getting access to the owner of a company you want to buy.   #1: Look up the number of the company and call.   This is the most obvious and easiest way. If you have a company already identified, then just look up the phone number, call them, and say to the person who answers the phone. “Who is the owner of this company? May I speak to her or him?” No research necessary.   #2: Go to secstates.com.    This website is basically a collection of the U.S. Secretaries of State for each of the 50 states. That's the government office where you file to form a corporation. Click on the Secretary of State site for your state. Type in the name of the company you're trying to find out the information for. This is updated every year, and the filing also includes the address. That's a really good way to get the home address of a director. Sending an actual physical letter can be really effective.    #3: In the UK, you can go to Companies House.    There are similar agencies in the Canadian provinces and Australia as well. You're basically just going to where the company is formed and looking up the official government filings in respect to it.   #4: Check out zoominfo.com.    Zoom Info has a lot of information on companies all over the world.   #5: Just go to the company's website.    Most business websites have information about the owners on the About Us page. If you can't find it there, try the Contact Us page. Or the Meet Our Team page.     #6: Do a “Who Is?” lookup.   If you're having a really hard time, you can go do a “Who Is?” lookup or a reverse “Who Is?” lookup to see who is registered as the owner of the URL of the website of the company you're looking at. That information is public.   #7: Look up the Terms of Service.   If you go to the bottom of the website, there's a Terms of Service page. Click on that, and it will very often list the person or company that owns the site. The owner's email might even be there. You can look at the privacy terms as well.   #8: Go to dnb.com or hoovers.com.    This is a paid service where you can look up companies as well. D&B Hoovers is actually one company, but they each have slightly different databases.    #9: Google the business license.   You can Google the city/state, “business license,” and the name of the company. These searches will typically give you the names of owners. Sometimes it's an attorney. If it is, that person should know how to get in touch with the owner.   #10: Google the occupancy permit.    Google the city/state, “occupancy permit,” and the name of the company. This is just one more way to figure out who the owner is. This will also tell you if there's more than one owner. If you run into a brick wall with the first owner, don't be afraid to try the other one.    Remember: you always want to talk to a decision maker. Just like you always want to talk to the manager when you have a problem at a store, you always want to talk to the owner when you want to do a deal.    LINKS AND RESOURCES: secstates.com Companies House (UK) Zoominfo.com Who Is? lookup dnb.com hoovers.com   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Text Retention to 208 269 9111 to keep more of your customers. Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

When you're looking to acquire businesses, you can go vertical or horizontal, or you can even acquire intellectual property. Everything's for sale if you know where to look.   In this week's snackable episode, host Roland Frasier talks about the differences between vertical and horizontal integrations and how both of those can be the ticket to higher profit margins. You can also acquire intellectual property in creative ways to help breathe new life into your company. Once you start making these unconventional acquisitions, the whole world is going to open up to you.   Listen in as he shares some acquisition ideas that have worked well for him.    Vertical and Horizontal Integration   How can I get a higher profit margin? How can I make more profit off the customer relationship that I've got right now? These are great questions. The easiest way to do that is what business schools call vertical integration.   A horizontal integration is for when you're interested in acquiring more market share. You sell microphones, and you go out and acquire a company, a competitor, that also sells microphones. If they sell the same amount as you, you've just doubled your sales overnight.   A vertical integration is going up your supply chain to acquire whoever is supplying you with a product or service you're offering. You manufacture microphones by acquiring several components from other manufacturers that you assemble into microphones. So you do an acquisition of those parts manufacturers.   During this pandemic, it's been really difficult to get supplies. There are over 100 container ships backed up in the LA/Long Beach port area. Millions of dollars' worth of supplies are stuck. Maybe you could diversify the risk of your supply chain by acquiring some domestic manufacturers or suppliers of the products you want.   That's up the supply chain. You can also go down the distribution chain. If you're not selling directly to the consumer, then any company between you and your consumer is one you could acquire. What if you acquired a website that's selling your microphones? Or you acquired a music store that's selling your microphones? Owning your distribution chain will increase your profits.   What About Services?   What if you don't have a physical product? What if you sell an intellectual product like a course? It gets more complicated when you think of a service. Maybe you have affiliates or you're paying affiliate or referral fees. You can acquire your affiliates.   Let's say you have a digital marketing agency. There's a decent chance that you are outsourcing some of the services you provide. Most of the time, there's either outsourced SEO or content or media buying. Maybe you buy the ads agency that's doing your Facebook or YouTube ads.    How to Smooth Out Erratic Income   Maybe you sell ice cream, and winter is slow. Or you sell pool toys or sleds or skis or some other product people use seasonally. If you want to smooth out the peaks and valleys in your revenue, how could you acquire something people are paying for on a recurring basis? This can be either MRR (monthly recurring revenue) or ARR (annual recurring revenue). What can you sell that people need to replace on a recurring basis?   What about a flower subscription? Or a beauty product someone uses regularly and will run out of? How can you recurrify the things you offer right now? Or what other consumable products or services could you acquire that people want on a monthly basis?   Acquiring Intellectual Property   Intellectual property is one of the easiest types of businesses to buy. Maybe you have products or services that are a little long in the tooth. Competitors are coming along and doing things a little differently, and people are starting to take notice, and it's eating away at your business.    One of the things you can do is acquire that intellectual property. Intellectual property can be copyrights, trademarks, patents, trade dress, logos, brand names, URLs, trade secrets, recipes, an algorithm, or software. These are all things you can bring in to reduce your competition and breathe new life into your business. It can get people excited and help you retain customers longer, because you have this amazing innovation to talk about. You're fresh, the hot thing on the block, and they already know, like, and trust you. You have a reputation of always looking forward, always evolving, improving.   One of the easiest ways to find intellectual properties is going to trade shows or keeping an eye on new start-ups in your industry, looking at angel lists. You can also listen to presenters, read blogs, look for ads, and stay plugged into new and innovative things.    OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge

When it comes to growing and scaling your business, the 7 Levels of Scale give you everything you need to know and do—and in the exact order you need to do it.   In previous episodes, co-hosts Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss have walked through levels 1-4 of their proven and powerful framework, The 7 Levels of Scale. In today's episode, they're unpacking Level 5, Build Your Board. This board of advisors is a carefully curated group of people who will help guide you in the direction you want to go with your business.   The sequence of these levels is crucial here. The framework only works in this order:    Level #1: Sell and serve 10 customers. Level #2: Build a growth flywheel. Level #3: Build an upgraded scalable operating system. Level #4: Double your take-home pay.   Level #5: Build your advisory board.   Level #6: Complete an acquisition for expansion. Level #7: Hit your number.   So catch up on episodes if you need to, then listen in for everything you need to know about Building Your Board.   Two Kinds of Boards   When you have a corporation, legally, there are different levels of people who have a role in the company. The first level is the owners, the shareholders. They elect the Board of Directors. The Board of Directors is responsible for creating the strategic vision of the company. Then, to execute the vision, they elect officers like CEO and President.    Roland and Ryan are talking about a different kind of board: a Board of Advisors. This board of people will give you guidance toward moving in a direction you want to go. The biggest distinction between the Board of Directors and the Board of Advisors is this: The Board of Directors is really there to advocate for the shareholder, to make sure everything at the company is happening like it should. That may or may not include you. The Board of Advisors, on the other hand, is primarily there to support you.    The nice thing about a Board of Advisors is that you can have as many as you want, helping in all the areas you need help in, and they don't get to control anything. They're truly just giving you advice.    Who Should Be on This Board?    Broadly speaking, your Board of Advisors should be made up of two types of people: mentors and peers. Mentors are the people who have been where you want to go. Obviously, they're a critical aspect. They'll help you with your endgame and close skills gaps, broaden your network, and hold you accountable.   You also need peers. A mistake a lot of people make is filling their Board with only mentors. You need peers who are also in the trenches, but maybe in slightly different areas. These peers will help you through some bottlenecks, call you on your shiny object syndrome, commiserate on losses, and also help you celebrate some wins.    After mentors and peers, there are two more categories you might consider. The first is strategics, people you aspire to do business with, people who are a connection to a business you want to get, people with a big network you want to tap into. Can you get someone on the board that's part of a business you want as a strategic business partner? It doesn't hurt to get to know those people upfront, sooner rather than later. These could be people with a financial or legal background, or a traditional retail background. Basically, anyone who knows things that will be valuable to you.   Roland likes to add an optional category: celebrity. Celebrities can bring huge credibility, a huge following, and access to audiences and markets you don't already have. This person might just be a celebrity in your particular industry. Being in business with celebrities opens a lot of doors with customers, potential partners, and vendors.    Who would you ideally like to have on your board? Roland likes to start with his Dream List of people in each of the four categories and go from there.   What's the Ideal Board Size?   Roland was recently in a meeting with a Board of Advisors that had 13 people on it. That meeting takes a long time because each person has something to say. They're all smart and have valuable insights, but it lasts forever to get through all 13. In the interest of expediency, he recommends 7 as a high number, 5 as a minimum. Between 5-7, you can get someone from each of the 4 categories and a couple more important people as well.   If you can build an Advisory Board that's 10-15 people, not all of them will commit to a quarterly meeting. You should definitely have regular meetings, but there could be folks on the board that you don't ask to attend. By saying, “this person is on my board,” you'll be able to attract more people. You're looking for someone who, if you text or call them, they'll answer. They don't have to come to the monthly/quarterly meetings. That's too much to ask.    In general, if your board is made up of 10-15 names, the number who gather will be 5-7. You'll also have people who will come on and off. It doesn't need to be a perpetual commitment. You want at least a minimum one-year commitment, but then they can choose to renew or not renew at the end of the year. Two years is better. But it's not a lifetime commitment. It's not the Supreme Court.    How Do You Work with Your Board?   There are two ways to work with your Board of Advisors. You're going to ask them to show up regularly to a meeting, either offline or online, typically online. You're going to ask them to take an hour or two out of their day for you to throw out your issues and questions. You're sharing financials and high-level business metrics and asking for feedback. You're giving the big-picture perspective of how you are doing right now: highlights, lowlights, areas where you need help.    Remember, some folks will show up and some won't. This second category is just available when you need them. They're like advisors on tap. Roland likes to be this kind of person on his friends' boards. He doesn't want to go to boring meetings.    He suggests getting creative and making the meeting cool, something that's fun for everybody. A nice place to eat. A retreat. Go have fun, meet with your friends, and business is just part of it. The reason you picked these advisors was to build relationships. You want to be able to give them an experiential bonding time, and you want them to be able to connect to each other.    Maybe do this and hold one meeting a year. It's a hybrid model that makes things more interesting and personal and fun. It's a lot easier to get people to gather quarterly if it's made up of peers and maybe one mentor who knows how to facilitate meetings.   How Do You Compensate Your Board?   What methods of compensation work best? First of all, pure cash. If you can afford it, pay them cash. No matter what, you cover their expenses. If you're asking them to come somewhere, you fly them however they usually fly, whether that's first class or whatever. Roland likes a quarterly cash payment. If you do much less than $5k/quarter, you would be not valuing them in a way that means anything to them. Hopefully these are people who are already very successful.   Tell them that, once you know how the company is going to do, maybe you'll do equity. Equity, actual ownership of your company, is very precious and the most expensive thing you could ever give away. If they take actual equity, they'll have to pay taxes on it without even getting the money yet. Also, keep in mind that people with equity have rights. This can get in the way of operating your business. You want to have some right to buy them out. In general, don't go the equity route. It won't motivate most people.   Peers will be motivated by the reciprocity of this relationship. The motivation is access to what's going on in your world, and you want them to help you out with yours. Mentors might want access to emerging entrepreneurs because they want to give back or stay in the game. Maybe it's access to deal flow. Maybe they're companies you want to acquire. You might significantly discount what you'd do it for if you saw it as a way to get a foot in the door. It might be worth investing what it costs to get one high level person in the room, because that's what will draw other people in at low/no investment.   Stay tuned for Level 6: complete your first acquisition for expansion. In the meantime, head on over to 7LevelsofScale.com to take the assessment to see where you're at right now and where to go next.    RESOURCES: 7 Levels of Scale Workbook     OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge

There are a number of trend-based marketing opportunities you can leverage to achieve profit breakthroughs in 2022.   In today's episode, host Roland Frasier shares 5 more business trends you'll want to know about, and stay on top of, in the coming year. In Part 1, he talked about:   ESG DEI The Great Resignation Supply reallocation AI   Listen in for trends #6 through #10 as well as practical, actionable steps to help you take advantage of them starting today.   Trend #6: Web 3.0   This one is huge. Roland believes it's the most important, most long-lasting, and will have the biggest impact because it will replace a lot of giant incumbent tech companies. You need to have an awareness of Web 3.0, what it is, how you'll be affected by it, and how to take advantage of it. In simplest terms, Web 3.0 is basically block chain technology.    Here's the cool thing. What it really is going to do (and is doing) is democratize the ability of any creator to own their audience. The challenge in the past has been that, if you're on Facebook and create a giant group, and Facebook decides they don't like you, you lose it all. There's no due process. It's not fair.   Imagine instead that all of your audiences are completely portable. You aren't relying on a social media platform. You get exposed to an audience on a platform, get booted, and get to bring your audience with you. Web 3.0 says, that when you work hard to build an audience, you get to keep the loyalty of that audience and take it wherever you want.    This will be game-changing. Opportunities will pop up that will become alternatives to social media platforms. Hopefully it will force incumbents to be better. Take any chance you get to participate and invest in Web 3.0 companies. Get your content out there in some of these places too. Help other people understand NFTs and Web 3.0.   Also, just generally across the block chain, look for opportunities to get involved with businesses and products coming out of it.   Trend #7: Authenticity   This is an opportunity to help companies understand that their audiences want to know the truth. They don't want fake photoshopped things. They want real people telling them how things really are. The heavy-produced photo shoots don't convert as well as simple iPhone videos. People are looking for ways to recapture “real.”   What are the opportunities there? First, become someone who's authentic and real. Test authenticity against whatever you had out there before. How can we be more real, more connected and communicative with our audience? How can you help other companies do that? How can you facilitate migration to authenticity? How can you coach those companies and create services and opportunities?    Social purpose goes hand in hand with this. Be authentic in supporting some social good out in the world.    Trend #8: Coopetition, Integration, and Strategic Partnerships   This is where companies are competing with each other and also cooperating in their competition. Coopetition is a big buzzword right now, but it's hard for direct competitors to cooperate with each other, so Roland isn't sure how successful it's going to be. Facilitating coopetition could be an opportunity for you, a way to make a name for yourself in a blue ocean field.   We'll definitely see more integrations, brands partnering with each other to release new products. Brands are able to create brand awareness with other brands' audiences, helping their audience connect with a whole new brand with your endorsement.    Ask: Who are the brands I would like to have access to the audience of, and how can I approach them? This will reduce your customer acquisition costs if we're sharing in this way. Strategic partnerships are similar to a product integration, just less thorough, but with a lot of opportunities as well.    Trend #9: The Democratization of Funding   We're seeing a lot of this right now. Funding from all kinds of sources. Companies like Robin Hood and SPACs (special purpose acquisition companies), even private equity funds which allow small investors who would normally be cut out of access to big deals to participate in finance activities. You might want to consider investing in some of these, but remember that they're risky.    Trend #10: First Party Data   We need new ways for marketers to find people. We used to be able to target people very specifically, but through privacy laws, iOS 14 updates, and a whole bunch of other initiatives, that's a thing of the past. Businesses that were very narrowly targeting people are having trouble making money. Their customer acquisition costs have gone up so much. Your ability to go out to a platform and harvest an audience is decreasing.   Do we go back to TV? No. But it's going to be more and more important to create our own media and own our own media. You need to have first party data, a list. You don't want to have to rely on third party cookies. You don't want to be dependent on these platforms.   How do you make money off this trend? Help companies who used to spend millions of dollars on targeted advertising put that money somewhere else and build an audience. Can you acquire companies that already have first party audiences? There are a lot of opportunities here.   No matter where you are, who you are, how much experience you have, how much money you have, you can turn these trends into monetizable opportunities for yourself. If you're not taking advantage of them in 2022, you definitely risk getting left behind.   OUR PARTNERS: 7 Steps to Scalable workbook Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

As you know, I love a good comeback story as well as people who have conjured up a unique, daunting challenge to tackle.  In this episode I chat with an old coaching friend, Karen Smidt, who is the long-time head cross country and track coach at Brighton High School, in a growing suburban, formerly rural, community northeast of Denver.  Karen is a Navy veteran, and has been the head librarian at the school for many years.  She is very welcoming as a coach and her teams routinely attract large numbers of kids to come out, and more importantly stay out, and her Bulldogs regularly finish at the top in their league championships.  Karen has always enjoyed running herself, especially on trails, but she hit a major bump in the road several years back when she required neck surgery, and then that procedure led to what are likely nerve issues that have left her with almost no feeling in her hands and feet.  That's obviously not very ideal for a runner, much less a trail runner.  So she did what any self-respecting WASP guest would do, she created a challenge, and hers is to run fifty 50-mile races, one in each state, while she is in her 50s.  And she didn't get started until arriving in her mid-50s, plus several states don't have 50-mile races, so that's added to her quest to complete this challenge before she hits 60 years old.  As Karen's husband Dan said to her after we recorded this, the only thing she likes more than running is to talk about running, so hopefully you'll also enjoy our lively chat about her inspiring quest.Please consider donating to help Boulder County fire victims relief:https://www.commfound.org/grants/get-grant/Boulder-County-Wildfire-FundCoach Karen SmidtFacebook Karen Stanley SmidtInstagram @karensmidtBill Stahlsilly_billy@msn.comFacebook Bill StahlInstagram @stahlor

There are a number of trend-based marketing strategies you can implement to achieve profit breakthroughs in 2022.   In today's episode, host Roland Frasier gives us the inside scoop on a lot of cool things going on right now in the business world. He walks us through the first five today and will share the rest in an upcoming episode.    Listen in if you want to stay on top of both what's happening now and what's coming down the pike.   Trend #1: ESG   This is one you hear a lot about in the investment banking world. ESG stands for Environmental, Social, and Governance. There's a tremendous focus right now on sustainability and corporate responsibility to keep the environment healthy (E), doing social good (S), and building in protections against the companies doing bad things (G).   There are a lot of funds right now set up to do ESG investing. The more focused we are on being sustainable, environmentally-conscious, and socially responsible, the more we'll get business from these bigger companies focused on it. Consumers are demanding this too, so you're winning on both sides.   Ask yourself: what could I do in my business, or what business could I acquire to become more sustainable? Things like rethinking your supply chain, reducing your carbon footprint, and giving back environmentally. From a social perspective, what can I do to contribute? Give back to your local community or the world at large, or specific organizations like Black Lives Matter.   Trend #2: DEI    Yes, there are a lot of acronyms to keep track of. DEI stands for Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion.  From a diversity (D) standpoint, when it comes to the people working with us—at all levels of the business—we should be diverse both racially and socio-economically.    How can we get people of different genders, however they might identify, to get involved in the company so we can get different perspectives? How can we be friendly to the LGBTQ+ community? Not just people we're selling to, but people in management, in executive positions, on the board. Studies have shown that diverse companies are more profitable, come up with more ideas, and are more innovative.   The equity (E) part is how do we give people ownership and have stakeholders that are diverse? Stakeholders who will profit and be uplifted by their involvement and the things they contribute to the company.   Inclusion (I) is very broad. How are we going to be aware of all these different interests out there, and how can we serve them? What opportunities do we have in the company to bring these diverse viewpoints in and how can we facilitate this? There's a lot of money flowing to companies that are DEI-aware. This is a huge trend and theme in 2022, and will probably go for the rest of this decade.    Trend #3: The Great Resignation   There's a whole flow of people, mostly young people, leaving their jobs saying, “I'm not happy with where I am. I'm not happy with the progress I'm making, with the prospects I have of getting to do something profitable and fulfilling and socially responsible.” People want to contribute to the world, feel good, and take care of themselves.   The Great Resignation is creating real problems for businesses. The opportunity here to think about is: how do we serve all the people who are leaving the workforce and starting businesses for the first time? People want to be entrepreneurs and go into business for themselves.    Starting a business is really hard, so you're going to see people wanting to reenter the workforce, but in better jobs. We'll need career counselors, headhunters, people to help those who failed in businesses and have challenges, business coaches, career training, etc. Anything that will serve the significant portion of people who are working remotely.   Trend #4: Reallocating the Supply Chain   For the past two years, there's been a big challenge in getting goods. We're seeing huge inflation rates. A lot of it has to do with a catch-up period after production was reduced or completely stopped when the pandemic hit.   There are 96 cargo ships in the LA/Long Beach port right now backed up. This will be worked out, but will probably take a couple years. Big opportunity: how can I reallocate the supply chain?    A lot of companies that were acquiring supplies from overseas don't want to get blindsided again and will move some/all of their manufacturing to North America (Mexico or the U.S.). If you can look and find markets where labor and location is inexpensive, this will be profitable.   Trend #5: AI   A lot of humans are being replaced with AI (Artificial Intelligence) right now and this is only the beginning. There's a huge need for companies with the ability to integrate AI with humans. We have AI agencies where AI is writing campaign ads and copy, and it's coming out better than what the humans were writing. The AI is winning. We're hitting the point where computer intelligence is exceeding human beings.   Where's the profit here? Get involved in AI verticalizations. Be part of the companies that are providing AI solutions, AI integrations, helping companies integrate AI, training people to service and work the AI as an AI technician, displacement training to help the people being displaced by AI.    These are five of the biggest trends Roland believes will provide some very profitable opportunities in 2022 and beyond. Stay tuned for Part 2!   OUR PARTNERS: 7 Steps to Scalable workbook Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

Could acquisition be the answer to your business needs? On this episode of the Making Bank podcast, Roland Frasier talks about his entrepreneurial influences, acquisition and accomplishment, and advice for starting new business practices. Roland is an entrepreneur with a passion for business. He began his career in real estate, and soon his business practices evolved, leading him to bigger and better entrepreneurial success. Roland has a history of building, buying, and selling businesses in e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS, and real estate. He is currently the CEO of All Channels Media, LLC, and principal in Scalable.co, DigitalMarketer.com, Traffic & Conversion Summit, Praxio.com, TruConversion.com, War Room Mastermind, Fully Accountable, Everbowl Restaurants, Big Block Realty, Scribe Publishing, and Real Estate Worldwide. Additionally, he has a virtual course called “The Epic Challenge,” where he teaches his methods for entrepreneurial achievement. Listen to Josh and Roland discuss acquisition and accomplishment: Starting in Entrepreneurship (5:17) Roland explains how he got his start as an entrepreneur and credits his father's tax attorney profession and entrepreneurial practices as motivators. Roland was inspired by his father's business connections and wanted to grow up and become a successful entrepreneur like them. Roland's Influences (7:10) In his youth, Roland displayed entrepreneurial behaviors to support his band and make money as a teenager. He discusses Robert G. Allen's book “Nothing Down” and how its concepts fascinated him at a young age and inspired him to get his real estate license at age 18. Since then, he has been evolving in his practices and experiencing business success. The Epic Challenge (11:43) Dale and Roland chat about Roland's new virtual course called “The Epic Challenge,” where he teaches participants how to gain entrepreneurial achievement. Accomplishment Through Acquisition (12:37) It is Roland's belief that acquisition can help you accomplish anything. He explains that there are seven different reasons one may have for desiring a change in their business and how these seven primary business needs can be solved through acquisition. The Acquisition Wheel (16:30) Roland expands upon his ideas regarding acquisition in business and the seven categories he refers to as the “Acquisition Wheel.” Using the “Making Bank Podcast” as an example, he describes the different categories and subcategories for acquisition, as well as his methods for using this practice to his advantage. Scaling Your Business (25:28) One of the most common challenges entrepreneurs face is determining how to scale their businesses. Roland elaborates on this challenge and how his acquisition strategies can apply. Additionally, he explains the importance of mindset for overcoming challenges in business. Overcoming Fear of New Business Practices (29:55) Roland chats about the acquisition process and how people are scared of potential risks when taking on new or unfamiliar business practices. He explains how starting something new like acquisition will seem difficult the first time, but the process becomes easier by starting small and gaining experience. Links mentioned: Making Bank - Website Nothing Down by Robert G. Allen - Amazon Roland Frasier - Website Roland Frasier - LinkedIn

Could acquisition be the answer to your business needs?   On this episode of the Making Bank podcast, Roland Frasier talks about his entrepreneurial influences, acquisition and accomplishment, and advice for starting new business practices. Roland is an entrepreneur with a passion for business. He began his career in real estate, and soon his business practices evolved, leading him to bigger and better entrepreneurial success.   Roland has a history of building, buying, and selling businesses in e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS, and real estate. He is currently the CEO of All Channels Media, LLC, and principal in Scalable.co, DigitalMarketer.com, Traffic & Conversion Summit, Praxio.com, TruConversion.com, War Room Mastermind, Fully Accountable, Everbowl Restaurants, Big Block Realty, Scribe Publishing, and Real Estate Worldwide. Additionally, he has a virtual course called “The Epic Challenge,” where he teaches his methods for entrepreneurial achievement. Listen to Josh and Roland discuss acquisition and accomplishment: Starting in Entrepreneurship (5:17) Roland explains how he got his start as an entrepreneur and credits his father's tax attorney profession and entrepreneurial practices as motivators. Roland was inspired by his father's business connections and wanted to grow up and become a successful entrepreneur like them. Roland's Influences (7:10) In his youth, Roland displayed entrepreneurial behaviors to support his band and make money as a teenager. He discusses Robert G. Allen's book “Nothing Down” and how its concepts fascinated him at a young age and inspired him to get his real estate license at age 18. Since then, he has been evolving in his practices and experiencing business success. The Epic Challenge (11:43) Dale and Roland chat about Roland's new virtual course called “The Epic Challenge,” where he teaches participants how to gain entrepreneurial achievement. Accomplishment Through Acquisition (12:37) It is Roland's belief that acquisition can help you accomplish anything. He explains that there are seven different reasons one may have for desiring a change in their business and how these seven primary business needs can be solved through acquisition. The Acquisition Wheel (16:30) Roland expands upon his ideas regarding acquisition in business and the seven categories he refers to as the “Acquisition Wheel.” Using the “Making Bank Podcast” as an example, he describes the different categories and subcategories for acquisition, as well as his methods for using this practice to his advantage. Scaling Your Business (25:28) One of the most common challenges entrepreneurs face is determining how to scale their businesses. Roland elaborates on this challenge and how his acquisition strategies can apply. Additionally, he explains the importance of mindset for overcoming challenges in business. Overcoming Fear of New Business Practices (29:55) Roland chats about the acquisition process and how people are scared of potential risks when taking on new or unfamiliar business practices. He explains how starting something new like acquisition will seem difficult the first time, but the process becomes easier by starting small and gaining experience. Links mentioned: Making Bank - Website Nothing Down by Robert G. Allen - Amazon Roland Frasier - Website Roland Frasier - LinkedIn

What if you could use the same five-step formula that helps candidates win elections to win big at digital marketing?   On today's episode, host Roland Frasier sits down with Phillip Stutts, CEO of Win Big Media to talk about using data to grow your business. Phillip worked in political campaigns for years, using a systematic formula to elect candidates (1433 victories!). When he turned 40, his answer to the stereotypical midlife crisis was to start a business in a new-to-him industry.    Five years ago, a business owner, a large landowner, came to him. He had hired a marketing agency and spent $50k on a marketing campaign and got one lead, not even a sale. After working with Phillip's team, and spending just $5k, they got him over 700 leads, and he converted a bunch of them.   Phillip realized that the same formula used in successful political campaigns could be used in companies' marketing campaigns as well. They just needed to take 5 simple, important steps.   Step 1: Know Your Customer's Data (What They Care About)   Phillip can't count how many times a business owner has come to him and told me they spent so much money on marketing and produced no results and fired a marketer. It's like a broken record. He always asks them: what did you know about your customer data before you built your brand?    In politics, before he spends any of his candidate's money, he has to make sure they know what the voter cares about. The voter doesn't care about a 25-issue platform. You can do a survey, get some data in the field, and figure out the two main issues they care about, that would get them to vote for you.    Phillip is obsessed with Step 1 and formed a partnership with a data and analytics company. Before you spend any money, he can tell you everything you need to know about your customer. The data is the most important thing. He won't work with any client who isn't willing to do a deep dive understanding of their customers. It's just not worth it to him.    His team started working with a title company that wanted to be #1. Their customer is the real estate agent, not the house buyer. Phillip's team found that 61% of the realtors in their target market owned dogs. They started running campaign ads with dogs, and now they're #1 in their region and #3 in the state. Realtors come into the title company to close on a house and say, “I saw your dog ads and loved them.” It's all about making meaningful connections, because you know what they want.   Step 2: Put Together a Strategic Plan   Phillip says that Step 2 is where everybody screws up. Almost everyone is running a marketing campaign based on tactics. You have to put a strategic plan together that aligns the vision of the company with what the customer wants. You have to align your budget with where your customer actually is.   Step 3: Build the Brand   Building the brand is not Step 1 like a lot of people think. It's a waste of time to build your brand haphazardly without first studying the data to figure out what your customer wants and putting together a strategic plan.   Step 4: A/B Testing    You've got to run test ads before you launch your campaign. You've got to compare at least two versions of something to see which one performs better. Successful political candidates run all kinds of test ads in all different versions. It's the best way to get it right.   Step 5: Launch Your Marketing Campaign   Now that you've eliminated your risk in Steps 1-4, you can launch your actual marketing campaign.   Phillip says that any company of any size can use data. He was criticized when he first started his agency, because people told him he needed to go niche—all SEO, all Facebook, all YouTube, whatever. He had a problem with that, because he believes in following where the data tells him to go. He has no dog in the hunt on any certain platform. They're going to do what's best for each client based on the data.   They use data in messaging, marketing, and targeting. And they've already found ways to get around pesky issues like iOS updates and other privacy concerns.   RESOURCES: phillipstutts.com (get a free data assessment) winbigmedia.com   The Undefeated Marketing System: How to Grow Your Business and Build Your Audience Using the Secret Formula that Elects Presidents   The Undefeated Marketing podcast   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge

The final steps to acquiring a company are very important. Do them well, and you'll be the proud new owner of a business.   This is the third and final episode of an invaluable series where Roland Frasier has been walking us through some important questions to ask when buying a business. All three episodes are important, but this one in particular will help you finish strong.   Listen in, take notes, then go connect with Roland on social media (Instagram, TikTok, LinkedIn). He'd love to hear what you took away from these episodes and what you'd like to hear next on the podcast.    Target Questions to Get the Data You Need   In the previous episode, you were finding common touchpoints and building rapport with the owner of the business you want to acquire. You showed interest, asked questions, got them talking, so you could take notes to help you craft an offer.   Once you've had that conversation, the next set of questions is more specific. Roland has a target data information sheet he fills out. You don't need a financial statement to get these questions answered. Here are some of them:   What is the top level sales? What is the profitability of the company? What are the assets and liabilities of the company? What kind of cash is in the company? What are the accounts receivable/payable?  What is the long-term debt of the company? Does it own any real estate? What other assets does it have? Does it have inventory? How many employees do they have? What is the owner's reason for selling? What will they do going forward?   The reason you ask that last question is because you want them to get excited about life after business. Then you've built a common goal.    How Do You Start the Research and Outreach Process?   A lot of people believe businesses to acquire can be found through online and offline brokers of businesses. The truth is, those are really the worst deals. Here's why. Think about when you list a house. You're emotionally invested in it, so you typically think it's worth more than it really is. When someone goes to a broker to sell their house or business, the broker will say, “What do you want for it?” They'll either say, “I don't know” or “I want x.” The broker has to think of how to keep the seller's expectations reasonable and get the deal. There's a compulsion to let someone list something for sale at a higher price than they can actually get for it. You're fighting against a seller's expectation. Plus they need to get enough to pay the broker. If you have someone who has received multiple offers they've turned down, that will be helpful for you, but you're still going to pay the highest price the broker can get.    Wouldn't it be better if you could get off-market deals that aren't listed? Or deals that were listed but the listing expired? They've gone through the “expectation curve” process and are much more reasonable in what they'll accept. Keep in mind that 80% of businesses listed do not sell.   Roland recommends finding businesses organically. You're probably not going to find businesses by running an ad. Most of this happens through word of mouth and networking. The more you meet people and tell them what you're doing and what you're looking for, the more likely it is that you'll meet someone who knows someone who can refer you to someone who has that business you're looking for.    Some places to ask about businesses for sale:   Friends and family Email signatures Social media contacts  Networking groups Meetup groups  Angel groups Contractors, employees, consultants Join masterminds Investment bankers, accountants, attorneys Trade shows/trade associations.   The more you plug yourself into the industry you want to acquire a business in, the more likely that you'll get referrals. Referrals are the best, because you're getting introduced to the person with someone's arm wrapped around you saying, “This is a good person to do business with.”  Letting your whole world know is the best way to start.   If you're doing cold outreach, there are several things you can do. The easiest in the U.S. is to go to secstates.com. This site lists all 50 Secretaries of State where filings of business entities are done and registered.   You can also find businesses on hoovers.com or zoominfo.com. Names, phone numbers, and addresses are often available. Call the company, ask who the owner is, and say you have to send them some information. Or go to the website and look at the About Us page or Team or Contact Us. You can also Google information about business licenses. Then send them information like Roland talked about in the previous episodes.   LINKS AND RESOURCES: meetup.com secstates.com hoovers.com zoominfo.com   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

Over the next few podcast episodes, we'll walk through the 7 Levels of Scale—everything you need to know to grow and scale your business. Today is about MONEY—doubling your take-home pay.   Co-hosts Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss have developed a powerful and proven framework for scaling your business. It's been a long labor of love. They had all the pieces, but they needed to tie it together in a simplified way that was transferable and repeatable. And they made it happen.   Here are the 7 Levels of Scale:   Level #1: Sell and serve 10 customers. Level #2: Build a growth flywheel. Level #3: Build an upgraded scalable operating system.   Level #4: Double your take-home pay.   Level #5: Build your board. Level #6: Complete an acquisition for expansion. Level #7: Hit your number.   They covered Levels 1 and 2 in Part 1 and Level 3 in part 2. Today is all about Level 4. Listen in for some actionable strategies to double your take-home pay (AFTER you've hit levels 1-3).   Scared Money Doesn't Scale   People hear “double your take-home pay” and think, “If I do that, I'll go broke and not have enough money to grow. Shouldn't I be putting that money back into my company?”   Ryan says there are two things at play here. One is nerd finance stuff (which Roland loves and Ryan is learning to like). There's a big mindset shift that needs to happen for many people at this point. It's time for you to be feeling more abundant, feeling some of the gains of owning a business. Ryan's first mentor back in the day once told him, “You're doing well, but you're not taking enough money. You need to pay yourself well, because scared money doesn't scale.”   This step is so important. Roland and Ryan want you to have a plan to personally bring twice as much money home. If you haven't brought home anything up to this point, you need to do more than twice, more than enough to pay for your basic expenses.    “But I could lose everything,” you think. “I need to make another sale or I could go out of business.” That fear is really good in the early days. The intensity of the lion chasing you is great for launching a business, but not great for scaling a business. That fear will hold you back, keep you stuck in short-term thinking. You need to make more money so you can start thinking longer-term.    One of the obstacles you face in business is feeling guilty taking money out of the company. You do have a tight situation when you're boot-strapping, so you've got to think about your people you need to take care of, and the growth you need to get, and the resources, media, inventory, people you need. You're spinning plates, and the plate that gets ignored is you. You actually deserve this. You need to take care of yourself. If you don't build in some profitability for yourself, any ding in the company could end it.   Don't Over-Parent Your Company; Let It Soar   Your company won't scale if you don't let it grow up. You've got to let it go out on its own and live and survive and perform at a level it needs to perform at for you. At level 3, we separated the founder/entrepreneur from being the brain of the business. We upgraded from you being the operating system to having an actual operating system. You're no longer the brain; now you have to stop being the beating heart of the company as well.   There's always another expense. If you don't pause and say, “I've got to pay me,” you'll never do it. Roland taught Ryan this lesson. Back in the day, he told Ryan to just double his salary, and Ryan freaked out. “I can't,” he said. He set his first salary at $10k/month and thought to himself, “This is all I could ever need or want.” He has since changed his mind. Four kids and all the other stuff later, that money goes pretty quick.   He doubled his salary, and wouldn't you know it, there was enough money. That felt good, so he doubled it again. The business didn't miss it. The business grew. Because the person running the company was no longer terrified about paying his bills. He could think out into the future more strategically, less scarcity-minded.    If you don't set that money aside, then the business is a gaping void that will suck up any extra money you've got. Your salary has to be like rent. The business can't go on if it can't afford to pay you to be there. You've got to take care of yourself. It's not optional.    Seriously. Take the Money.   People always fight this. The guilt can be strong. “I need to put the money back in the company.” Ryan says that, when people are struggling, he asks them why they started their business. “To make money,” they say. “To make a difference. I'm passionate about this. I wanted freedom and to be my own boss.” All of that is great, and it requires money.    “We can't afford it,” they argue. You need to structure the business in such a way that you can afford it. Look at your finances. Look at your expense ratios. Where is your money going? What changes can you make? Do you want to scale or not? You can't go to level 5 until you've doubled your salary.   Also, go back and look at levels 2 and 3. What does your growth engine look like? Is it the right growth engine? Did you follow it correctly? Should you tweak it? Is your OS operating correctly? That's the cool thing about the 7 levels. Each level supports the rest, so you can always go back to do simple tweaks and add in some things.    You really can have a lot of fun at Level 4. Roland and Ryan say that helping their clients solve the “problem” of doubling take home pay is a blast. If you're early in this journey, you want to sprint to Level 4. It's not just where you start to get paid more. It's where your company starts to professionalize and become more profitable and grow. It's where we can share the good stuff, because you're scalable.   When you make the decision to double your take-home pay, you become a better leader, and your company becomes better.    RESOURCES: 7 Levels of Scale Workbook  Take a brief assessment to see where you're at and what's next. scalable.co (sign up to work with Roland and Ryan)   The Richest Man in Babylon (book by George S. Clason) Profit First (book by Michael Michalowicz)     OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge

Acquiring and selling businesses is one way to live a rich and happy life, but how do you convince someone to sell you their company?   In today's episode, Roland Frasier walks us through some important questions to ask when buying a business. This is Part 2 in a series (be sure to check out Part 1!) where he'll be sharing some of his extensive knowledge and acquisition experience as well as tactical strategies you can go out and implement right away. Acquiring businesses is Roland's specialty. He's actually written an entire book on it.   Listen in as he talks about the two questions he asks the target company's owner as he's starting the conversion about acquiring the company.   Question #1 to Ask the Owner   Roland says a lot of people create more friction than is necessary at the beginning. They jump in and say, “Hey, do you want to sell your company?” When you're ready to talk to the owner of the company you want to acquire, hopefully you've determined your acquisition criteria and the profitability level you want. But “Hey, do you want to sell your company?” is a walls-up question.   If you're going in cold, you might get this common angry response: “Who told you our company was for sale?”    The question Roland likes to ask instead is more investment-related. “Hey, I'm an investor. I'm looking for a company in [specific area] that sells [specific industry] and makes [x level of sales]. Would you be interested in having a conversation about the possibility of investment or working together?”   Coming in as an investor is very non-threatening, because almost all businesses need investors and capital. You want to be coming from a place of authenticity, so get clear on what an investment means to you. An investment doesn't have to mean you have a pool of cash available. You can have other resources and assets to bring to the table.   If they say yes, another mistake people make is asking for a financial statement or tax returns. Don't ask for that upfront. You don't want them talking to their accountant or attorney and getting their walls up again, before you even know if you want to buy the company.   Instead, just say, “That's fantastic. I have a few questions to see if we'd work well together. I'd love to know some basic numbers. Could we meet now, or do you need a few days to gather that information?”   Question #2 to Ask the Owner   This brings us to the next question: “Can you tell me the story of the company?” This one helps build rapport. You'll get the long-form narrative response about the history of the company and how it has evolved. Take notes here, because they're giving you priceless information. And it's so much less threatening to them.   While they're telling you this history, find places you can build rapport with them because you have commonalities of experience. Find common touchpoints that will build trust. Bring them up when they're done talking.   Then say: “That's great. So interesting. I love learning more about the company. I'd also love to know more about you and your entrepreneurial journey.” People love to talk about themselves. Find more commonalities. Ask more questions. Build more trust. And you'll be well on your way to acquiring this company.   Stay tuned for Part 3!   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

Over the next few podcast episodes, we'll walk through the 7 Levels of Scale—everything you need to know to grow and scale your business.   Everyone always asks Roland Frasier and Ryan Deiss “Where do I start?” when it comes to scaling their business. Their new framework they call The 7 Levels of Scale answers that question.   In the previous episode, they covered Levels 1 and 2. In today's episode, they unpack Level 3, but here are all seven:   Level #1: Sell and serve 10 customers. Level #2: Build a growth flywheel.   Level #3: Build an upgraded scalable operating system.   Level #4: Double your take-home pay. Level #5: Build your board. Level #6: Complete an acquisition for expansion. Level #7: Hit your number.   If you haven't listened to Part 1, go do that now. This framework doesn't work out of order. Sequence matters in a big way. Then listen in for everything you need to know about Level #3: Build an upgraded scalable operating system.   Two Big Errors Entrepreneurs Make   The first error entrepreneurs make is setting up an operating system without going through the first two levels. You don't need an operating system if nothing is happening in your business.   The second error they make is just go go going without putting an operating system in place. If you build your growth flywheel, then fail to build and implement an operating system, you'll grow your business into non-existence. It will implode from system overload. You can't serve the people coming in, because it's all happening too fast, and you don't have a system in place to handle it. This will wreck you, wreck your family, and wreck your business.   This happened to Ryan. He almost lost his marriage over it. To build something that's actually working—but have it almost destroy you—is one of the worst things that can happen.   What Is an Operating System Exactly?   No one can actually agree on a definition, but Google says this: “An operating system is a set of algorithms and a common language that enables different components to communicate with one another in the support of the desired outputs of a machine.” It's like a computer where the mouse, the CPU, the printer, and everything else has to communicate with each other in order for it to work.   What do we mean by a set of algorithms? Standard operating procedures. What is a common language? Communications and meeting rhythms. What are desired outputs? Your goals and objectives.That forms the foundational framework of what it means to have an operating system.   The business owner generally knows what the desired outputs are, but they haven't really been fully flushed out. You need goals and objectives and a way to communicate them throughout the company. You need standard operating procedures (SOPs) where one person knows how to do something, and documents it so others can learn and repeat it.   Roland and Ryan built a tool for their company internally and now it's available to people in their  Scalable OS Accelerator.    Document Your Set of Algorithms    Visualize how your company creates value. What is your growth engine? Once you've acquired a customer, how do you serve them? That's the fulfillment engine. In the entire process, you might have half a dozen value engines. There might be 3-4 stages that are really important. These are the ones that need to be documented.    Start with the customer and work backward. Go all the way back to Level 1: sell and serve 10. How do you do this well?    Document the entire process value flow Identify the power stages and build step-by-step checklists/playbooks around those Assign accountability.   Then use that to build company scorecards and establish the meeting rhythm. When will you meet as teams, leadership, all hands? Figure out your meeting schedule once you know about the scorecards. The meeting and scorecards are your common language.    Map Out Your Weeks, Months, and Quarters   Roland and Ryan do 90-day quarterly sprint plans. They look at their scorecards and ask: how are we progressing toward our goals? What's working and what isn't? What do we need to optimize? That determines the activities you need to do in the next 90 days.   If you don't have all these systems in place, then what do you do? Everybody just has their own ideas, their own pet projects, then no one can agree on what to do next. You have to have the OS in place.    One you've got your growth flywheel spinning, you'll need to spend 8-12 weeks building your operating system. While you build, you're also tracking and measuring. That's all through the scorecards. Then, the way you install the OS is to host your first quarterly sprint plan. Day 1 is a clarity day. Day 2 is your first quarterly sprint plan. You're looking forward but also back.    Every three years: clarity day Quarterly: sprint plan Monthly: business review Weekly: team meeting reviewing scorecards   Roland and Ryan aren't big believers in annual planning. They plan in 3-year cycles and execute in 90-day sprints.    The 6 Primary Tools that Go Into a Scalable Operating System   Value engine (visual representation like a whiteboard with post-it notes) Playbooks (step-by-step checklists that drill down into power stages) HOT canvas (High Output Team, assigning responsibilities) Scorecards (metrics and tracking weekly, reviewed monthly) Meeting rhythm (how often each team is getting together) Clarity compass (visually demonstrating desired outputs)   Roland and Ryan want to create more Level 7 entrepreneurs. They want to help more entrepreneurs scale themselves so they can scale their companies. They're sick and tired of entrepreneurs burning out and quitting on themselves. They want them to stay at the helm of their companies for as long as they want to. It's better for the world.   When you pass Level 3, you pass the scalable line. That's when your company is officially scalable. Next up: making more money. Stay tuned for Part 3!   RESOURCES: 7 Levels of Scale Workbook - Take a brief assessment to see where you're at and what's next.   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

Acquiring and selling businesses is one way to live a rich and happy life, but how do you know which companies to buy?   In today's episode, Roland Frasier walks us through some important things to know when buying a business. This is part one in a series where he'll be sharing some of his extensive knowledge and acquisition experience.   Listen in as he talks about the first two questions you need to answer before you buy.   How Am I Going to Define My Acquisition Criteria?   That's question #1. If you don't know what kind of business you want to buy, it's easy to get overwhelmed. You're like a kid in a candy store. You'll save yourself a lot of headaches by establishing criteria first. Roland uses a matrix for this. It can be as simple as a whiteboard or a piece of paper with four quadrants:   What you enjoy What you have experience in What skills you have What connections you have   Quadrant #1: Make a list of things you actually like to do. Being an entrepreneur is hard. It's more motivating to go forward and deal with problems if you're actually passionate about it. Take an inventory of your interests.    Quadrant #2: What do you have experience in? Brainstorm all your prior experience and things you've actually done in the past. Write down all of it, even if it doesn't seem relevant. You might see connections later.   Quadrant #3: What do you have knowledge, training, skills in? This is similar to #2, but this time you're writing down specific skills you have.   Quadrant #4: What are your connections? What networking resources do you have access to? What things are you a member of? What business contacts do you have? List all of them; don't leave anyone out.   These four things will help you determine what kind of business you want to buy. You're looking for common threads among things you're passionate about, have experience in, are skilled at, and have connections for. What kind of business makes the most sense when taking all four of those things into consideration?  How Do I Select a Target Type?   This is the second big question to ask yourself. How do I select a target type of business? The type of company you're looking to acquire can fall into several categories:   A company that no longer exists A company that exists but isn't profitable A company that's breaking even/profitable   Roland recommends focusing on that last category, unless you have specific skills in turnaround. Not everyone is cut out to acquire failing businesses and turn them around. It's hard. There are plenty of profitable companies to acquire. In the break even/profitable category, if he doesn't see things that could make it profitable in 30 days, he'll pass.   How do you decide how profitable a company needs to be before you acquire it? Roland doesn't care about sales. He cares about profits. There are two types of profit. The first is SDE (seller discretionary earnings). That's how profitable an owner-operated company is. Then there's EBITDA (earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization) for a company that's professionally-managed.   You might want a company with an SDE or EBITDA of a certain amount. What do you want that amount to be? First, ask: how much do I want to pay myself for doing this deal on a monthly business? Let's say $10k/month. That's his new target type—a company that's profitable and making at least $10k/month.   In addition to that, ask: what am I going to do with this company? Let it go as is, or do you actually see growth potential and there will be a little bit of investment to help it grow, either to sell or to make more money to pay yourself more?   And finally, ask: how much money do I want to budget to spend on increasing growth? Let's say you want to spend $10k/month on growth. So you need a profit of $20k/month total. You need to find a company with an SDE or EBITDA of $240k/year.   That's how Roland selects the kind of company he wants to go after. He asks which businesses fit his four criteria and have a profitability of $240k/year or more.    Stay tuned for Part 2!   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge  

Kendra Scott started her iconic brand with $500, a spare bedroom, and a newborn—and now her company is valued at over a billion dollars.   The 1st Annual Scalable Impact LIVE took place in Austin, TX in early November of this year, and Kendra Scott was one of the big-name guests. She sat down with Roland Frasier to talk about how she started her business, how it became so wildly successful, and why she's so passionate about giving back.   Listen in for some inspiration and brilliance from this woman on fire.   How It All Started   Kendra's first son was born on 11/11/01, just two months after 9/11. She vividly remembers what it felt like to be given this tiny human being in such an uncertain time. No one knew what the world was going to be like going forward, but there was an incredible opportunity for hope and connection.   Kendra knew she wanted to be the best mom she could be, but she'd also loved fashion and design since she was a little girl. “If I could do what I loved,” she says, “that would be the greatest thing in the world.” Her first business failed, then her stepfather died, leaving her with this thought: “We have one life, and it is short and it is fast. While we're here, we need to use the gifts we've been given to do good.”   She started her business very quietly, because she didn't want people to see her fail. She was terrified that people would laugh at her.    How She Worked Through That Fear   Fear is real, Kendra says, and it is okay to be scared. “I wake up every morning, leading a business that is bigger than it was the day before. I'm walking in uncharted territory every time I get out of bed.”    It helps knowing she doesn't have to do it alone. She's not afraid to ask for help. Mentors are huge for her. And she has built “the most awesome team ever.” She has 3000 employees, and 96% of them are women. The brand is the DNA of all the people who work with her at her company. It's her name, but they're truly a team. She was alone in it for a long time. Now, when she has a problem, everyone puts their heads together and rolls up their sleeves, excited to help solve the problem.    Choosing entrepreneurship means not choosing the easy route. It is so fun when it's fun and so scary when it's scary. Entrepreneurship is peaks and valleys, just like life. When you're in the valleys, you think this is it. I'm going to lose my business. When you start realizing you can get out of the valley, and you have a team doing it with you, it's so cool. You overcame something together, and your bond is so amazing.    The Kendra Scott company is on a mission to do good. Their core values are family, fashion, and philanthropy, and their customers share those values. They're caring, optimistic, and fun, and have a heart that beats for their community. “You can put your team and your community first and still have a fiscally successful company,” Kendra says. “And now I'm teaching others how to do it.”   What 2020 Was Like For Her Business   In a retail business where you have 120 brick and mortar stores, “a pandemic isn't great,” Kendra says. She remembers all the news channels with their doomsday pronouncements of “brick and mortars have seen their last day.” She didn't sleep for a couple days in March 2020. She and her team went back to the white board and started completely over. They changed everything overnight.    The only thing that didn't change was their core values. How do we stay true to our core values? was the only question that mattered. They did all their Kendra Gives Back events virtually. They created new connections with their customers—sending them letters, calling people and checking on them, making masks, delivering things to people's homes.    They fought the urge to over-strategize. “We have to paint this train while it's moving,” Kendra told her team. They couldn't stop the train. They knew they might make mistakes, but they were determined just to learn from them. You can't be inflexible and unwilling to change your plans. You've got to be agile. You've got to pivot. Or you won't survive.   How She Managed Growth While Maintaining Control   When Kendra first started her company, no one would invest in her. She had two small sons, went through a divorce, had no investors, and was doing everything on lines of credit. She signed everything she owned up for collateral. Her sister, who had a good job, moved in with her to help with rent. She couldn't pay for her tiny team and couldn't afford to lose anyone. She sold her car to pay a vendor for stones and jewelry.   Looking back, she says she's not really sure how she did it. But she would look at her sons' little faces and think, “Failure is not an option. We are going to figure this out.” She didn't get any investment capital until 10 years after she started her business.    After 10 years, she wanted the cadence of going to a board on a quarterly basis and getting feedback. So she set up an advisory board with three people and gave them an earned-in, very small equity position over a four-year period. One of them became her first investor. He gave her a very generous $20 million evaluation and bought 5% of the company.   Building a Team and Stepping Away from CEO   Bringing on a COO changed everything for her. She read a book by Marcus Buckingham called Now Discover Your Strengths that talks about writing down everything you love and loathe. She loved the customers, engaging, design, marketing, and creation of the experience. She loathed dealing with vendors and negotiating marketing contracts. She knew she needed a team that loved the things she loathed. She hired a COO and everything elevated, because she was no longer doing the things that sucked the life out of her.    She knew she wanted someone with a personality that fit with hers, a winner, someone with passion and drive, who gets excited about this age and stage of a business. He got an offer from Whole Foods at the same time that Kendra couldn't match, but he saw something in the Kendra Scott company that he believed in. His equity position turned into $40 million.   Kendra recently stepped away from CEO into a chairwoman position. After 20 years, her strengths have changed. “The biggest impact I can have is to be out there and focus on our core pillars,” she says. “I'm out in stores, I'm on calls. I want to learn so I can make this brand better every day. The philanthropy pillar is huge for me. My mission is to get more women entrepreneurs funded and help them be successful in their businesses.”   She sees the Kendra Scott brand as a pre-teen. Ralph Lauren did men's ties for 25 years before he branched into other things. This doesn't happen overnight. She knows there are opportunities to expand beyond jewelry, but she doesn't want to do just anything. She wants to do it thoughtfully. She wants to see where the white space is, where the gaps are. Where are things her customers need and desire that they can't find? It's got to be something disruptive, and that excites her.    We all have the opportunity to change the world, she says. Lead with your heart. Let your team fly. Give them the tools to soar. When they become leaders like you, that's how you'll know you've become a true success.    RESOURCES: kendrascott.com   Now Discover Your Strengths   ethicallyprofit.com Scalable.Co The Ready to Lead podcast DigitalMarketer Podcast Perpetual Traffic podcast   OUR PARTNERS: Get a free proposal from Conversion Fanatics Get 3% cash back on your ad spend with AdCard Get Roland's book, Zero Down, FREE Join Roland's next EPIC Challenge

In episode #1932, Neil and Eric talk about the economics of buying another business versus building. When you're deciding whether or not to buy a business, the number one question you should ask yourself is whether you are buying a job. To learn more about what to look out for when pursuing acquisitions, tune in today! TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [00:20] Today's topic: The Economics of Buying Another Business Versus Building. [00:50] Why buying a business doesn't always need to be expensive. [01:14] Why each approach has its merits and drawbacks. [01:21] Why you shouldn't buy a turnaround. [03:25] How to make the economics work out by buying with debt. [03:57] That's it for today! [04:07] To stay updated with events and learn more about our mastermind, go to the Marketing School site for more information or call us on 310-349-3785!   Links Mentioned in Today's Episode:   Epic Challenge   Buy Then Build: How Acquisition Entrepreneurs Outsmart the Startup Game HBR Guide to Buying a Small Business: Think Big, Buy Small, Own Your Own Company (HBR Guide Series)   Check out our blueprint on how to build your dream business: https://www.marketingschool.io/training Subscribe to our premium podcast (with tons of goodies!): https://www.marketingschool.io/pro   Leave Some Feedback:     What should we talk about next? Please let us know in the comments below Did you enjoy this episode? If so, please leave a short review.     Connect with Us:    Neilpatel.com Quick Sprout  Growth Everywhere Single Grain Twitter @neilpatel  Twitter @ericosiu

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Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram  

Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram

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Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram

Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram

Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram

Book Recommendations: The Richest Man In Babylon Getting Everything You Can Out of All You've Got Unlimited Power Influence: Science and Practice Nothing Down, how to Buy Real Estate with Little Or No Money Never Split the Difference: Negotiating As If Your Life Depended On It Zero Down: 5 Proven Steps To Quickly Acquire Businesses + Unlimited Leads for Zero Money Out Of Pocket   Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram  

Ryan and Roland talk about sales coming back after a lull, cryptocurrency, and wine. Wine? Sure, why not.  Click here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts   Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram  

Ryan and Roland talk about “their number”, do you have one?  So what do insanely wealthy people buy that ordinary know nothing about?  https://www.inc.com/quora/6-telltale-signs-youre-wealthier-than-you-think.html   Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He's the founder of Scalable.co and Digital Marketer and one of Roland Frasier's business partners. More From Ryan Before coming on as the new co-host,  Ryan has been our guest a number of times. Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan's story in this episode. If you want to follow Ryan, check out his Twitter. He's really active on there and occasionally starts Twitter fights. Be sure to hit subscribe on Apple Podcasts so that you never miss an episode with Roland and Ryan.lick here to Listen, Follow, and Review Business Lunch on Apple Podcasts Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, click here.  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook or Instagram Through his Website. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter  Through his Website. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter or Instagram

Today Roland has the honor of talking to the co-founder of Reebok, Joe Foster (https://www.reebokthefounder.com/). Following his family heritage back to 1895, Joe's Grandfather, Joseph W. Foster, pioneered the spiked running shoe and famously made shoes for the Worlds best athletes. In this conversation, Joe talks candidly about the need for passion and undivided attention when it comes to Entrepreneurship, and the toll it can take on your family and personal life. If you sometimes feel that people around you are holding you back, you'll be inspired by Joes' experience. Joe recently released his book, The Shoemaker, https://www.amazon.com/Shoemaker-Reebok-Untold-Lancashire-Changed/dp/1471194019/ref=tmm_hrd_swatch_0?_encoding=UTF8&qid=1622238975&sr=8-1 which Roland highly recommends. “There's only room for one love when your heart is fully invested in your passion”. Joe Foster. If you're enjoying the show, be sure to hit Subscribe or Follow on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-lunch/id1442654104?ls=1&mt=2. and you can also find us on these podcast platforms, https://linktr.ee/firecircle. For complete shownotes, visit our website at https://businesslunchpodcast.com/. “I don't think you can go eight hours a day with something, whatever it is (with me, it's a company), you can't do that unless you're in love, unless you have a passion, because it doesn't give you back all that much at times, at times it gives you a lot of pain, a lot of heartaches.” Joe Foster. Thank you for listening. Who is Roland Frasier?  He's referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room' with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine's fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He's a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  Roland's EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland's EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you're interested in finding out more about this strategy, go to https://businesslunchpodcast.com/epic. Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/rolandfrasier, On Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/rolandfrasier/ Through his Website, https://www.rolandfrasier.com/. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter, https://twitter.com/bizlunchpodcast On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bizlunchpodcast/

Today is the beginning of a new chapter for the Business Lunch Podcast, as we welcome our new co-host Ryan Deiss. If you’re a regular listener (or an entrepreneur in the marketing space), then you’ve heard of Ryan, and you know this is going to be fun! So, hold on to your seats, they like to chat, and they like to chat fast! But before we dive in, make sure you hit Subscribe or Follow on Apple Podcasts https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-lunch/id1442654104?ls=1&mt=2.  Roland and Ryan discuss a significant slump in sales across all of their businesses this past week. A serious dip! So if you’ve noticed a halt in your sales, you’ll be sort of happy to hear that they did too. Ryan has a reassuring theory. But you're also going to hear these seasoned Entrepreneurs discuss a slew of other subjects relevant to business leaders. Thank you for joining us. You can find this Podcast on these platforms https://linktr.ee/firecircle, and head over to our Website, https://businesslunchpodcast.com/, for complete show notes. So, Did Your Sales Just Slump? Here at the beginning of Summer in 2021, the world finds itself in a unique spot. Much of the west is ‘opening up again,’ and depending on what industry you’re in, you may be feeling the hit right now that others felt last year. “We’ve got stuff, as you said, that’s been consistently performing the same for 12 plus months, and then it just stopped. That doesn’t mean that like, that headline stopped working, or that offered doesn’t work. I would caution people to be careful about throwing a bunch of babies out with the bathwater”. Ryan Deiss Listen for what to do (and what not to do), where Roland and Ryan see opportunities this summer, the businesses they project will ‘feel the sting’ this summer, and quick pivots to make now. And There’s More, Listen to Roland and Ryan talk about Equity. Should You Share It With Your Employees? And if not, what can you offer High-Value Employees Instead? Plus, Ryan shares the recent drama that unfolded for him on Twitter, and the two of them banter about whether he was right or wrong... Don't Miss Toward the end, you'll hear them talk about some of fine wines they've been enjoying (e.g. the 1994 Araujo Eisele and the 2003 Cheval Blanc). And more! Thank you for listening. And remember, you can also find this Podcast on these platforms https://linktr.ee/firecircle  and head to our Website, https://businesslunchpodcast.com/, for complete show notes.  Who Is Ryan Deiss? Ryan Deiss is an entrepreneur, author, and investor, and according to Shark Tank star Daymond John, “His companies practically own the internet.” He’s the founder of Scalable https://scalable.co/ and Digital Marketer https://www.digitalmarketer.com/ and one of Roland Frasier’s business partners. Love this episode? Check out episode 269 for some wisdom from Ryan on Work-Life Balance, and you can also go way back and hear Ryan’s story in this episode https://businesslunchpodcast.com/how-to-compete-when-there-is-nothing-new-under-the-sun-with-ryan-deiss/. Who is Roland Frasier?  He’s referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room’ with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine’s fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He’s a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.   Roland’s EPIC Challenge. You may have heard about Roland’s EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you’re interested in finding out more about this strategy, go to https://businesslunchpodcast.com/epic. Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/rolandfrasier, On Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/rolandfrasier/ Through his Website, https://www.rolandfrasier.com/. Contact and Follow Ryan Deiss On Twitter, https://twitter.com/ryandeiss  Through his Website, https://www.ryandeiss.com/ Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter, https://twitter.com/bizlunchpodcast On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bizlunchpodcast/

In today’s episode, we’re sharing a section from the first session of Roland Frasier’s renowned Epic Challenge (You’re Welcome). So if you’re considering doing the Epic Challenge with Roland, or you want to hear what the buzz is about, this episode is perfect for you.  Roland shares WHY there’s such an enormous opportunity right now in Buying and Selling Businesses, or as he puts it, flipping Businesses.  Including,  1. The market conditions causing multiples to be low (great time to buy). “Most businesses sell for a multiple of either their profit or their revenue. And what happens is that the multiples that are used when you get into a recessionary time (like this) are lower. But historically every single time across every recession in history, (I believe there’s been 18 in the last 100 years in the United States), these multiples, they increase as the recessions pass”. Roland Frasier 2. The wave of Boomers retiring. “In the USA, 50 million baby boomers, according to the Insurance Retirement Institute, will be retiring over the next ten years. Twelve million of those own businesses. As a matter of fact, 4.5 million businesses in the United States alone, worth over $10 trillion, are going to be transitioning over the next ten years.” Roland Frasier 3. The availability of cash for purchasing businesses. “Should you decide that you want to get into this fun process of flipping companies (I flip companies like people flip houses, right?) There’s a lot of money that is sitting on the sidelines that’s available to buy companies that fit certain criteria”. Roland Frasier For full show notes, head over to our website at  https://businesslunchpodcast.com/, and be sure to sign up there for our podcast newsletter while you are there. What Is EPIC? You may have heard about Roland’s EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you’re interested in finding out more about this strategy, go to https://businesslunchpodcast.com/epic. Listen to this show on Apple Podcasts or your preferred podcast platform, https://linktr.ee/firecircle. Who is Roland Frasier?  He’s referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room’ with much respect and affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your own entrepreneurial journey. As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine’s fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He’s a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland at https://www.rolandfrasier.com/.  To dig in further with Roland, sign up on our home page for our podcast newsletter, and hit subscribe/follow on Apple Podcasts. https://podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/business-lunch/id1442654104?itsct=podcast_box&itscg=30200  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook, https://www.facebook.com/rolandfrasier, On Instagram, https://www.instagram.com/rolandfrasier/ Through his Website, https://www.rolandfrasier.com/. Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter, https://twitter.com/bizlunchpodcast On Instagram https://www.instagram.com/bizlunchpodcast/

Where are you feeling stuck in life? We all have an "Epic Challenge" - an area in our lives where we're feeling stuck, where we're not enjoying the experience and are having a hard time changing things.  In today's episode I'm sharing with you my most recent Epic Challenge which was creating a lot of stress and frustration in my life. I'm peeling back the layers on what I go through to face my challenges, and the people and processes that I've brought into my life to help me.  Want to get in touch with me to share your Epic Challenge? Email me at matthew [at] matthewbivens [dot] com, or DM me on Instagram @matthew_bivens.

Roland Frasier is referred to as ‘the smartest guy in the room’ with much affection from fellow entrepreneurs. We want to share his insight and expertise with you on your own entrepreneurial journey. This episode follows on from Episode 255, delivering Roland’s thoughts on building long-term wealth. In other words, HOW ROLAND DOES IT.  Listen Today if you want to grow your business faster than you ever imagined possible, and work on building wealth for the long term. “A good long-term plan should provide enough wealth assets to replace ‘from your efforts’ income for the rest of your life – post-earning years”. Roland Frasier. Who Is Roland Frasier? As the Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc, Magazine’s fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold over 30 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He’s a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland here. 5 Proven Strategies For Building Long-Term Wealth. 1) Real Estate is one of the best wealth-building assets that you can find, and there are a million ways you can get involved. You can do it with no money down, and you can play both the long-term and the short-term game with Real Estate. “Real Estate has been a constant throughout my life. I’ve built, owned, flipped, or held more commercial or residential real estate than I can remember”. Roland Frasier 2) Software As A Service Subscription (SASS) Companies. Recurring businesses have an advantage over other business models and are much more appealing to investors because they are always looking to mitigate risk; therefore, businesses with guaranteed sales are attractive. “You don’t have to know how to code to start or own a SASS company. Many people don’t realize that. You just have to know someone else who does – bring them in as a partner. Buy in or earn in.” Roland Frasier 3) *Buying and Selling Businesses – Just as you can buy Real Estate with no money down, fix it up and sell it on, you can purchase businesses with no money out of pocket and do the same. In fact, this has been one of the most outstanding wealth-building opportunities that Roland has found.  4) *Equity Investing – Taking ownership in companies in exchange for providing value. You provide services or resources in exchange for options, stock, or some form of ownership in someone else business. It’s a win-win. *Epic Challenge You may have heard about Roland’s EPIC challenge, which he moved online when the Pandemic hit. It focuses on Ethical Profits In Times of Crisis and dives into no-money out-of-pocket business acquisition strategies. If you’re interested in finding out more about this strategy, go to BusinessLunchPodcast.com/EPIC. 5) Trend-Based Investing In Private Companies That Have Momentum. Listen for why Roland doesn’t care for the public stock markets for investing, nor for startups. He does, however, love Investing in private companies that are already operating. Also, take note of what he conspicuously does not invest in for the long-term and why. “Don’t give me any startups unless you have a ridiculously inside access to deals that everybody wants.” Roland Frasier The Long And The Short Of It. To summarize, don’t get lost in only creating and building income, and don’t get lost in only creating and building wealth. Create a strategy for building both. Know how much income you need to live the life that you want. Build your active income and use it to create passive income and wealth assets.  And There’s More. In this episode, Roland goes on to talk about finding growth levers in your business. Ways to grow much faster than you thought possible. He dives into the topic of Media and Equity Acquisitions. This content is going to unlock tons of ideas for you.  “If you want to acquire more customers extremely fast, you need to get your offers in front of more eyeballs! You can do that in several ways, but all of them require media. Your ability to access more customers is only limited by your ability to access more media. You can do that through paid, search, social or owned media, but owned media is forever.” – Roland Frasier Owned Media Is Superior. The other media types are controlled by third parties whose agenda and financial interests absolutely differ from yours. You level the playing field and ensure your continued access to renewable sources of new products and customers when you own your media. “The best time to grow your media is years ago, and the second-best time is now”. – Roland Frasier If you want to skip all the effort and hassle of building your own media and avoid relying on third-party media, consider buying it from someone else! Acquire other people’s media (“OPM”). Want a hundred eyeballs on your next piece of content? Acquire a Twitter Channel with 100 followers. How about a thousand people to see your next video? Acquire a YouTube channel with 10,000 subscribers. Think you could sell more of your product if 10,000 people could see your webinar offer? Acquire a blog with 10,000 unique monthly viewers. Do you wish you could immediately access an extra 100,000 email addresses? Acquire a business that already has strong open and click-through rates. More From Roland Frasier To dig in further with Roland, sign up on our home page for our podcast newsletter. If you want to binge another episode right now from Roland, this one is a favorite. But to really get to know Roland, we recommend you take one of his superb courses. Check out the next Epic Challenge! Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook  On Instagram Through his Website  Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Instagram On Twitter

Roland launched The Epic Challenge in 2020, which teaches people how to buy businesses for no money out of pocket. When Covid hit, they took this event from a two-day in-person event to a 5-day virtual event. It’s blown up and been hugely successful generating millions in revenue to date.  In this short episode, Roland shares a simple but powerful tip on how to cut your virtual event costs, get more referrals without paying for expensive paid traffic, and overall increase your profit margin. Who Is Our Host Roland Frasier? Co-founder or principal of 5 different Inc. Magazine’s fastest-growing companies (e-commerce, e-learning, SaaS + real estate), Roland is a serial entrepreneur who has built or sold 24 businesses with adjusted sales ranging from $3 million to just under $4 billion. He’s a mentor and investor and an excellent podcaster too! Read more about Roland here. If you’re enjoying Business Lunch with Roland Frasier, head over to our home page and sign up for occasional memos from us. You can also follow Roland on Facebook, where his profile is always full of content and conversation. But most of all, to support the show, make sure you’ve actually hit Subscribe on ApplePodcasts. We would appreciate it! Listen Today For,  The importance of Surveying your audience. The power of understanding your Average customer value or average order value. The “wicked-smart” Challenge-Within-A-Challenge hack that made them an extra $829,000 in 2020. Click to find us on Apple Podcasts and other podcast players.

We’ve had the pleasure of sharing Grant Cardone and Daymond John’s biggest takeaways from this extra challenging year. Now it’s Jay Abraham’s turn to enlighten us with what he’s learned in 2020 and what he will be taking from this year into 2021. “I lost many millions. It was heartbreaking for about a day. And then you realize nobody cares. So you might as well, you know, shift. I don’t like the word pivot because I think it’s been beaten up, but I think you have to find a new way of thinking. That’s all”. Jay Abraham. Who is Jay Abraham? Jay is America’s highest-paid marketing consultant. He worked with Entrepreneur Magazine and multiplied their revenue back when nobody knew what an entrepreneur was. He’s been through six or seven tough economic cycles and therefore has experience and wisdom to help all kinds of entrepreneurs. But he acknowledges, this year has been profound.  If you want to hear more from Jay, check out the last episode we shared with him from the beginning of the Covid-19 Pandemic (Part 1). Thanks so much for joining us for this podcast episode. Be sure to hit that Subscribe button on ApplePodcasts, so you never miss a thing. We usually share a snack-size show on Mondays and an interview on Wednesdays. We appreciate your support and thank you for sharing the show with your business-minded friends. Listen For, How thinking bigger can lead you to a bigger market. “There’s all these markets that you don’t think of that are not defined as the market you would normally target, but there are subsets in any market. And when you start looking at that, it opens up all kinds of business.” Jay Abraham. Three Key Questions To Think Bigger And Identify Opportunity 1. Who has my market?  2. How many ways can I reach the market?  3. How can I move fixed costs to variable? Why Jay believes it doesn’t matter what the market is doing. “So, I mean, in all honesty, my kind of business has always flourished in adversity. I’ve been through six, seven downturns? Nothing as profound as this. And I have been trained to see opportunity in adversity. And so I’ve been able to methodically go to people, calm them down, and show them two or three things. One, it doesn’t really matter if the market’s flat or even dropping. As long as there’s a market, there’s an opportunity.” Jay Abraham. • The opportunity that many entrepreneurs miss when limiting their marketing to digital/online strategies and forget traditional media (and how this helped a client go from 40 million to 140 million-plus this year). Plus, Windows Of Opportunity In A Covid Economy (In his words). Collaboration. “If you guys and girls are all oriented towards affiliate programs, there’s a much bigger world of collaboration, endorsement, joint venture packaging, co-branding, just all kinds of stuff, that dwarfs where affiliate is. If you understand it, there’ll never be as wide a window open of companies, Influencers, organizations, not-for-profits, all kinds of media platforms, bloggers, podcasters - who are open and receptive to collaboration and joint venture performance-based opportunities. You just have to be a student enough to know how to identify, position, and then structure it. And most importantly, you shouldn’t waste the opportunity. You should have something with high viability because if you set it up for yourself, once you do that, then you can turn that into a distribution channel. You can put all kinds of other people’s stuff down, and now you have an asset play that can be very long lived”. Jay Abraham. Buying Businesses For No Money Down. “Many, many companies are on the ropes. They are just getting by, or they’re not getting by. And they’re just depleting capital. If you can identify who they are (See Roland Frasier’s Epic Challenge) you can acquire them for no money down and pay out of the proceeds. The risk is almost nothing”. Jay Abraham. A Win-Win Strategy with Newly-Unemployed High-Level professionals. “Now these people were used to making $200-$300,000 a year, now making a thousand dollars or less a week, struggling, stressed out...You can find them on LinkedIn, and you can go to them. They have these relationships that are ‘sunk costs.’ You can go to them, and if you can win their trust, introduce you instantly to maybe 20, 30 people you would never get access to at that level in a lifetime of credibility, and you give them some kind of a variable for closed deals. You can go crazy.” Jay Abraham. Access To A Brilliant SalesForce. “There’s tons of salespeople who have been put out of work or are compromised because either the company consolidated, or the product they were selling was not as viable during COVID. They’re sitting around! Jay Abraham. And so much more… If this episode helps you, head over to our home page and sign up for occasional memos and messages. Click to find us on Apple Podcasts and other podcast players. Contact & Follow Jay Abraham Visit www.Abraham.com, On Twitter  Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook  On Instagram  Through his Website  Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Instagram On Twitter  

Roland Frasier wants to buy just about everything. The X of X has made a career out of shrewd acquisitions and cross-market competencies. Roland's grown and sold numerous hugely successful companies for anything from $3million to $4 billion. So how does he known when to stick and when to flip?Today, we discover how to multiply your firm's profits the Roland Frasier way and why mergers and acquisitions can supercharge your business even during a market downturn. Plus, we hear about the EPIC CHALLENGE where Roland shares his incredible business growth formula with the world for next to nothing.What's in This Episode: Who is Roland Frasier? Paid consulting work as a vetting and staging tool What is the EPIC CHALLENGE? Roland Frasier top tips for incredible business growth Why you should be acquiring during an economic downturn How personal injury attorneys can supercharge their profits Roland Frasier PI COVID relief kit

In this episode, DigitalMarketer’s Paid Media Manager Garrett Hardy explains the paid media campaign and funnel that’s been cleaning up for Roland Frasier’s EPIC Challenge. Listen to this episode to create your own 'Challenge' funnel for paid media AND get Ralph and Amanda Ponsford’s quick updates on what you need to know about the paid ad space right now. RESOURCES MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE US Ad Library Report Turn On Two-Factor Authentication for Business Manager What is two-factor authentication and how does it work on Facebook? Improving Ad Performance Through Ad Volume Guidance Advertising Policies EPIC Challenge: Ethical Profits in Crisis Laser Target 5 Acquisitions in 5 Days EPIC Challenge: Upgrade to VIP How To Scale Your Agency To $100K per Month (And Beyond) Work with Tier 11 Thanks for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Perpetual Traffic? Connect with us on Apple Podcasts and leave us a review. Apple Podcasts not your thing? Find us on Spotify, Stitcher, TuneIn, or at DigitalMarketer.com.

Imagine 11 days with no sleep, travelling through the toughest terrain of Fiji for nearly 700 kilometres. A piece of cake right? That's the premise of the new Amazon Prime series featuring Bear Grylls. “World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji” is a ten-part series which features some of the 66 teams taking part in the ultimate endurance challenge including a team from Ireland. Speaking to Dermot and Dave, Robbie Heffernan and Rachel Nolan from the Irish team spilled the beans on the race from the painful injuries they suffered to how the Fijian's singing Ireland's Call kept them going on the roughest days. [audio mp3="https://media.radiocms.net/uploads/2020/08/17141317/RobbieHeffernanandRachelNolan_1708.mp3"][/audio]

Today's slide deck: bit.ly/30Sytam -Today we look at safe haven bond yields continuing to rise and whether these post a challenge to the rising equity market narrative. We also discuss Epic Games challenge of Apple and Google’s duopoly in app distribution on the same day in which Apple trots out its new Apple One concept. FX and other equity stories and more on the call. Today with Peter Garnry on equities and John J. Hardy on FX.

Entrepreneur Kara Goldin describes Hint Water as a Fifteen-year-old startup, but Hint is highly profitable and seeing crazy growth in 2020, even in the midst of the Pandemic. Before launching the company that she sees as her calling, Kara ran e-commerce for AOL. Because of Kara's unique story and ability to disrupt, she has traveled the world speaking to entrepreneurs and executives, motivating those who strive to become leaders. In this episode, she and Roland Frasier talk shop, and she shares some of her story and her insights for entrepreneurs.  Roland Frasier has been sharing a series of live Zoom calls with his Mastermind members on his Facebook page since the crisis began. Now would be a smart time to follow him there. Also, scroll down for a unique and timely opportunity Roland is sharing with his listeners.  If you enjoy this podcast and want to hear more from Kara, she has her own show called Unstoppable, and you can visit her site here. "I think, as Entrepreneurs, we can lead an industry, not just lead the consumer… there's room for all of us, and if I can not only help consumers to find the right things but also lead companies to do the right thing, that's massive." Kara Godin. Listen Today For, • The 'Made In America' Advantage that's opening doors in this new economy. • A simple phone call that Godin is making to her distributors that delivers solutions - and ensures sales in these tough economic times. • Why she's never been afraid of Coke or Pepsi coming in and wiping out her business. "More and more, consumers look for brands that are authentic, where there's someone behind the brand…this is partly because of the media, but people want to know the story behind the brands." Kara Goldin. • The role of your personal brand in propping up your company.  • An opportunity that Entrepreneurs have to change the status quo and make a difference.  "As an entrepreneur with a mission to help people enjoy great-tasting clean water, I felt that it was my civil responsibility to go to my local Congress to try to bring federal guidelines to clean water throughout the US." Kara Godin. Plus, 4 Takeaways You Can Learn From Godin's Success 1) When you recognize a problem that you think you have a great solution for, don't assume that someone else has thought about that same problem. 2) Can you get out of your own way? Sometimes you need to commit and embark on a journey before you can get all your ducks in a row.  "Every day I'm thinking, what did I learn from that experience?" Kara Godin. 3) Take the time to stop and think about what you would do differently if you knew what you know now. 4) Be wary of being too reliant on one distributor, one partner, or one channel.  Click to find us on Apple Podcasts and other podcast players.  Roland Frasier's EPIC Challenge How would you like to identify 5 businesses you could acquire right now? Now, what if you could acquire those businesses with zero cash out of your pocket? Sounds impossible, right? Well, that's exactly what Roland Frasier, will be showing you in his 5-day EPIC Challenge, starting May 7th. Over 5 days of LIVE coaching calls, Roland will be breaking down every step, tactic, and strategy you need to know to Ethically Profit In Crisis (EPIC). These are strategies and tactics that he's discovered over a 30-year career working on hundreds of mergers and acquisitions (both as an attorney and as an entrepreneur)! MyEpicChallenge.com Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook  On Instagram  Through his Website  Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch with Roland Frasier? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on ApplePodcasts and leave us an honest review! Your feedback will not only help us improve the show, but it will help us connect with more high flyers like you. Click to find us on Apple Podcasts and other podcast players. 

Roland Frasier talks with Results Coach, Marketer & Persuasion Expert Michael Bernoff about his experience and perspective during this Pandemic and economic slowdown. Bernoff's specialty is teaching communication skills that allow you to be stronger mentally, emotionally, and physically. It seems like a great time to get better at that, right? Roland Frasier has been sharing a series of live Zoom calls with his Mastermind members on his Facebook page since the crisis began. Now would be a smart time to follow him there. For more from Michael Bernoff, check out our last (longer) episode with him here, and visit Call2ActionTime.com for his current programs.  Today, Listen For • How (more than ever) watching your language and perspective can hinder or help you to be an effective person. • Pivoting suggestions for industries that are frozen (including martial arts, a yoga boutique, and restaurants). • What he's doing with the three hours a day that he's 'gained' in lockdown (because he's not commuting or dining out). • Where Michael is placing his focus right now.  • How the Bernoffs are approaching 'lockdown' with 'Re-allocation of funds' at home. • And more! Mentioned In This Episode Michaels' New Book.  Roland's EPIC Challenge  How would you like to identify 5 businesses you could acquire right now? Now, what if you could acquire those businesses with zero cash out of your pocket? Sounds impossible, right? Well, that's exactly what Roland Frasier, will be showing you in his 5 day EPIC Challenge, starting May 7th. Over 5 days of LIVE coaching calls, Roland will be breaking down every step, tactic, and strategy you need to know to Ethically Profit In Crisis (EPIC). These are strategies and tactics that he's discovered over a 30-year career working on hundreds of mergers and acquisitions (both as an attorney and as an entrepreneur)! Sign up for the EPIC Challenge today! » Contact & Follow Roland On Facebook  On Instagram  Through his Website  Follow Business Lunch Podcast On Twitter Thanks so much for joining us this week. Want to subscribe to Business Lunch with Roland Frasier? Have some feedback you'd like to share? Connect with us on ApplePodcasts and leave us an honest review! Your feedback will not only help us improve the show, but it will help us connect with more high flyers like you. Click to find us on Apple Podcasts and other podcast players. 

Hello Everybody! And welcome back to Simply Protect Kids. Unfortunately, Arianna deleted most of her part of the recording, so this episode could not be posted in full. Instead, I thought it would be fun to put random things that we said throughout the episode together and see how crazy it would sound. I hope it can make you laugh, especially during the dark time we are in right now. And don't worry, Caroline re-recorded the episode with her brother to make up for it, and that episode will be posted right after this one. So you get two episodes in a week! So fun!! follow us on social media: instagram- @simplyprotectkids Simply Protect Kids is a podcast where three teens talk about their highs, lows, and everything else in between. We want to shed some light on what it's like to be young in our current society. We've been told time and time again that our generation has the ability to change what's wrong with the world. That we have a voice. So here we are, using our voices. We'll talk about daily life, politics, philosophies, media, and much more. But through our perspectives as a couple of pals trying to start the conversation of our generation. have a mighty fine day.

Murph dwelves in the challenges of the Leadville Race Series and the Leadville 100 MTB Race in Colorado as Mark and TJ catch up on post-RAGBRAI happenings

This Patreon bonus episode, originally released March 2019, is being released free this month as part of Flying Machine's Flyer Drive! To learn more and become a Patron, go to http://flyingmachine.network/support. Enjoy the episode! Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" is famous for several iconic statements, including the admonishment of "white moderates." But did you know that the "white moderates" Dr. King was referring to were specific local clergymen in Birmingham who had written an open letter opposing the protests he helped to organize? These clergy are dubbed "The Birmingham Eight." Who were these men? What did it mean for them to be "moderate," and how did they respond to Dr. King's letter? And what can this incident in American history teach us about allyship? Citations: “A Call for Unity: Text and Background.” Dallas Baptist University. https://www3.dbu.edu/mitchell/documents/ACallforUnityTextandBackground.pdf Gilbreath, Edward. 2013. Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church. Downer's Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. “Harmon, Nolan B. (Nolan Bailey), 1982-1993: Manuscript Number 134.” 2009. Pitts Theology Library, Emory University. January 27. http://pitts.emory.edu/archives/text/mss134.html King, Martin Luther. 1963. “Letter from a Birmingham Jail.” University of Pennsylvania. April 16. https://www.africa.upenn.edu/Articles_Gen/Letter_Birmingham.html Mathews, Donald [Paul Hardin, Jr.]. 1989. “Interview with Paul Hardin Jr.“ University of North Carolina. December 8. https://docsouth.unc.edu/sohp/html_use/C-0071.html Montgomery, Brandt L. 2017. “Bishop Carpenter and Civil Rights in Alabama.” Covenant. August 10. https://livingchurch.org/covenant/2017/08/10/bishop-carpenter-and-civil-rights-in-alabama/#_ftn4 Saxon, Wolfgang. 2006. “Rev. Earl Stallings, 89, Pastor Praised by Jailed Dr. King, Dies.” The New York Times. March 4. https://www.nytimes.com/2006/03/04/us/rev-earl-stallings-89-pastor-praised-by-jailed-dr-king-dies.html Stallings, Earl, et. al. 1963. “An Appeal for Law and Order and Common Sense.” January 16. https://genius.com/Alabama-clergymen-an-appeal-for-law-and-order-and-common-sense-annotated Music: Potstirrer Podcast Theme composed by Jon Biegen from Stranger Still http://strangerstillshow.com/ Believer composed by Silent Partner Easy Day composed by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100194 Artist: http://incompetech.com/ Intractable composed by Kevin MacLeod Licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution license (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/) Source: http://incompetech.com/music/royalty-free/index.html?isrc=USUAN1100194 Artist: http://incompetech.com/

Do you suffer from "Epic Challenge Syndrome?" What's the cut off line when pushing your body to get faster and stronger? And how do you gauge it? If there's one golden rule in triathlon (especially as we get older) it's "Respect Your Body." Taking things slowly almost always wins. Today we look at ways to produce longer and healthier careers in triathlon and the bedroom (well, kidding on the last part, but maybe not?).  Epic Challenge syndrome  Building speed and longevity Healthy conversations with your body Depression, Anxiety Volume and Moods Finding the Right Volume Load Volume in Taper  Are you Bought In? Training on the Defensive Confidence In Your Coach Eat when you’re ready instead of rushing Races aren’t ever the same How to measure fitness Outshooting your Fitness THIS is the hardest race you’ve done Can you sleep with your results? Effort and Pain  What you give should be enough Struggling with your Swim? Join our new SWIM SQUAD 12 Month Program and build confidence in the water. You'll get 4 workouts a week, 4 customized video swim analysis, weekly swim tip videos and discounts on our Swim Camps. For more information go to this link.  We currently have ONE slot open for August camp. For more information on camps, click this link  Support the Crushing Iron podcast on Patreon, where the community pledge is only $3.26 per month. There are other options, but every little bit helps us keep this podcast on the rails. Thanks in advance. You can also support us at our new store at CrushingIron.com. We have some NEW classic logo t-shirts and the Official Crushing Iron Spectator shirt for sale. Support the cast and get some new gear for it! Are you thinking about raising your game or getting started in triathlon with a coach? Check out our Crushing Iron Coaching Philosophy Video Please subscribe and rate Crushing Iron on YouTube and iTunes. Support our podcast with some New Gear at CrushingIron.com For information on the C26 Coach’s Eye custom swim analysis, coaching, or training camps email: C26Coach@gmail.com Facebook: CrushingIron YouTube: Crushing Iron Twitter: CrushingIron Instagram: C26_Triathlon www.crushingiron.com   Mike Tarrolly - crushingiron@gmail.com Robbie Bruce - c26coach@gmail.com 

We celebrate 40 episodes of Fitspeek by going extreme! Chad Bentley is an accomplished ultra distance triathlete from North Vancouver & originally from Abbotsford. Chad will be doing the Epic Five Triathlon which features five Ironman distance races on five Hawaiian islands on five consecutive days later this month. You can hear about his transformation … Continue reading "Epic Five, Epic Challenge, Epic Athlete: Chad Bentley (Fitspeek 40)"

In today's episode I'm going in with Anthony Strayhorn on his Epic Challenge - an area of his life where he is feeling stuck, frustrated, confused and unable to make a change. We’re getting personal, we’re getting real, and we’re playing for breakthroughs! Anthony's Epic Challenge is about learning how to toe the line between consideration and courage with his clients. He is a personal fitness coach and works with people who are looking to shift their fitness, lifestyle and consciousness. Anthony is looking to tap into his compassion more, but not at the expense of tough love. It's the balance of these two things he's striving for.  No small feat. But that's why it's called an EPIC Challenge afterall! Once again, some of the things we discuss in this episode may not be for young ears so you may want to vet this one before letting the kiddos listen. What you’ll hear in this episode: Anthony gets honest on his current Epic Challenge and why he’s sought feedback The real feelings and emotions that come up when you give someone feedback they may not want to hear How to juggle between coming from the mind and heart

It’s Epic Challenge time again! That means I’m going in with my guest on the area of their life where they are feeling stuck, frustrated, confused and unable to make a change. We’re getting personal, we’re getting real, and we’re playing for breakthroughs! This week I’m joined by Kelly Lynn Prime. Kelly’s Epic Challenge is about releasing self judgement, shifting the conversation of the inner critic, and surrendering to unconditional love. No small feat. But that's why it's called an EPIC Challenge afterall! Once again, some of the things we discuss in this episode may not be for young ears so you may want to vet this one before letting the kiddos listen. What you’ll hear in this episode: Kelly get honest on her current Epic Challenge and why she’s sought feedback The lenses through which Kelly sees and relates to herself Methods of deflection used to avoid addressing the Epic Challenge Raw and honest feedback Kelly received from her community on her Epic Challenge, and how she received it

On today’s episode we explore another EPIC CHALLENGE! This time I’m sitting down with my great friend Sandy Chambers as we explore her current challenge: Who do I need to be to feel powerful, healthy and light in my body, and graduate to the Intermediate playing field in the YourDay Balance Game*? Sandy holds nothing back as she shares why she considers this challenge EPIC, the feedback she received about how she can power through her epic challenge, and the actions she has taken to heal and grow. Some of the things we discuss in this episode may not be for young ears. We talk about some grown folks stuff here! The YourDay Balance Game is a world class health and fitness game that is governed by balance and love. The YourDay Balance Game (YDBG) has three dimensions (Fitness, Lifestyle and Consciousness) and each of these three dimensions can be measured (through the Gameday, Balance Chart and COI respectively). The fitness assessment (Gameday) measures body composition, strength, endurance and flexibility. There are 5 levels in the Gameday (Beginner, Intermediate, Advanced, Pro and All Star) with the requirements and exercises in each growing in difficulty as you progress. Sandy is currently a Beginner player in her Gameday, and a major part of her current Epic Challenge is who she needs to be to graduate to the Intermediate level. What you’ll hear in this episode: Sandy open up on her current Epic Challenge and why she’s sought feedback The three major areas to address in order to move through the challenge Some very intentional and powerful actions Sandy has gotten into to create a new experience for herself

Since January 2014 my wife and I have been a part of a weekly accountability group called a Circle Of Influence (COI). A standard part of each COI meeting is to cover one person’s Epic Challenge. Through sitting in dozens and dozens of Epic Challenges (some of them my own), over the past 2.5 years, I’ve experience just how transformational of a process it can be when a person is willing to explore a stuck area in their lives, open to receiving feedback that’s coming from a loving and honest place, and willing to act (or not) on the feedback to impact their growth. I wanted to bring the power of the Epic Challenge to more people, and that inspired this brand new series in the podcast where we will be diving into people’s Epic Challenges! First up is Larry Nichols. Larry is a great friend of mine and a true source of inspiration for me and many others. He has an incredibly big heart and does not hold back on pouring love into everyone he meets, from lifelong friends to strangers on an airplane. He’s just one of those people with an infectious smile that makes you think, “Why is this man so happy??” In this episode Larry talks with me about his current Epic Challenge, which centers on two things: how his current work aligns with his passions, and his ability to maintain his personal integrity in everything he does. Larry’s challenge is incredibly relatable to anyone who has questioned their job or the business they are in, and who has searched for meaning behind the work they do. What you’ll hear in this episode: Larry and I dive into his Epic Challenge to uncover the root of where he’s stuck The feedback Larry received around his Epic Challenge that helped him get unstuck Actions that Larry has taken to create a new experience for himself

You've probably heard sayings like"What you think you become." (Buddha) and "What you focus on expands." (T. Harv Eker). They are great and make for awesome social media quotes and refrigerator magnets. But I think the fact that they are used (perhaps overused today) so much has watered down the impact of the message. The things that we choose to focus our time, energy, thoughts and resources on, grow and multiply and become more real for us. We can all conjure up examples of this in our lives. It doesn't take much mental effort to do.   But I know that for at least myself, I don't take it to heart enough, and I wonder why it may be hard to shake feelings of frustration, sadness or resentment.  It's because I'm focusing on them, instead of the amazing things in life! This episode was inspired by an Epic Challenge that a friend of mine brought into our accountability group and received feedback on. Part of her feedback was that "the things you focus on expand", and it hit me in a powerful way because of the place that I was in at the time.  In this episode I talk about the Epic Challenge feedback, discuss examples of things that I've been focusing on that have expanded in my world, and provide some solutions for creating and experiencing more great moments and less sad moments. What you'll learn in this episode: How to experience more great things in life through focus 9 simple actions to help you form a gratitude habit

Hope and Concern Sparked By Paris Climate Deal / Goodbye Oil, Gas and Coal? The World Faces the Epic Challenge of the Paris Agreement / The Climate Movement in the Streets / Paris Agreement Opens Door for Green Investment / Beyond the Headlines / The Wooden Sword / A Story of Peace

Hope and Concern Sparked By Paris Climate Deal / Goodbye Oil, Gas and Coal? The World Faces the Epic Challenge of the Paris Agreement / The Climate Movement in the Streets / Paris Agreement Opens Door for Green Investment / Beyond the Headlines / The Wooden Sword / A Story of Peace

Hope and Concern Sparked By Paris Climate Deal / Goodbye Oil, Gas and Coal? The World Faces the Epic Challenge of the Paris Agreement / The Climate Movement in the Streets / Paris Agreement Opens Door for Green Investment / Beyond the Headlines / The Wooden Sword / A Story of Peace

Hope and Concern Sparked By Paris Climate Deal / Goodbye Oil, Gas and Coal? The World Faces the Epic Challenge of the Paris Agreement / The Climate Movement in the Streets / Paris Agreement Opens Door for Green Investment / Beyond the Headlines / The Wooden Sword / A Story of Peace

Hope and Concern Sparked By Paris Climate Deal / Goodbye Oil, Gas and Coal? The World Faces the Epic Challenge of the Paris Agreement / The Climate Movement in the Streets / Paris Agreement Opens Door for Green Investment / Beyond the Headlines / The Wooden Sword / A Story of Peace

2015/01/20. gather. Author of "Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church" and "Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity".

2015/01/20. gather. Author of "Birmingham Revolution: Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Epic Challenge to the Church" and "Reconciliation Blues: A Black Evangelical's Inside View of White Christianity".

Jeremy continues in our Epic Challenge series with a message titled "Boxes"

Jeremy starts a new series titled "The Epic Challenge"