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Welcome to another episode of Explode Your Expert Biz Show, brought to you by http://gtex.org.uk/,   I am your host, Simone Vincenzi, The Experts Strategist, and this is the podcast for experts who want to become the ultimate authority in their niche while making an impact in the world.   If you want to build a highly profitable coaching, speaking or training business, download now our EXPERT BIZ CHECKLIST.   The EXPERT BIZ CHECKLIST is the best tool you can use for your expert business where you will take a full assessment of your business and know exactly what to focus on to go to your next level.   Click here to download. http://bit.ly/expert-biz-checklist-podcast     Today I have the pleasure to Interview Daniel Aprea Author of Prospects Into Clients and founder of Coachized, Daniel Aprea has been coaching and training people internationally for over 10 years in 3 different languages. Engineering manager by trade, Daniel started his entrepreneurial journey by teaching advanced NLP skills and now specializes in helping experts create their dream lifestyle by growing their own business.     In this episode, we talk about: Why most entrepreneurs get stuck early on (and how you can avoid it by taking action right now) How to maximize your leverage and get more with less The 3 pillars to achieve total freedom   Connect with Daniel Aprea www.Coachized.com https://www.nextlevelbusinessbootcamp.com/summit https://www.facebook.com/DanielApreaCoachized/ https://www.facebook.com/groups/2169770156473457/       To become a GTeX Member, Apply here: https://gtex.events/call     To receive daily support in your coaching and speaking business, join our private Facebook Group EXPLODE YOUR EXPERT BIZ https://www.facebook.com/groups/explodeyourexpertbiz/   Take a full business assessment for free to have absolute clarity on your business with the EXPERT BIZ CHECKLIST. http://bit.ly/expert-biz-checklist-podcast     Also, make sure you subscribe to the podcast so you don’t miss any other episode.                    If you want to reach out to me with your questions, you can email me at Simone@gtex.org.uk that comes right to my inbox. --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/explode/message

Connor Gillivan is the co-founder of FreeeUp.com. He has built two companies to over $10 million in yearly sales within the eCommerce industry, is a leading voice for entrepreneurship and digital marketing, and is the author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. Connor started his first eCommerce business, Portlight, drop shipping on the Amazon Marketplace when he was 20 years old and still in college. Together with his co-founders he built a 60 person team located all over the world, partnered with over 1,000 US suppliers, and had total sales of more than $25 million of total. He started his second business, FreeeUp, in 2015 when he and his business partner became frustrated with their online hiring experiences.  They built a 60 person team with freelancers from all over the world, but it took years and endless amounts of turnover to arrive at that team. Just over 3 years into the business FreeeUp has grown their user base to over 15,000 clients around the world. In this episode Connor we dig deep into his journey. Connor Credits his fast start in entrepreneurship to some of the people that surrounded him when he was growing up Shares his thoughts on the importance of exposing children to the idea that entrepreneurship can be a viable career option Talks about the things he learned working in South Africa during his time in College Tells us how 2 College Sophomores built a business that sold more than $25 million on Amazon Explains how frustrations in scaling his first company led to the creation of FreeUp Offers tips for anyone that wants to be a freelancer And so much more. You can contact Connor at: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connorgillivan/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/connorgillivan/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorgillivan/ Personal blog: http://connorgillivan.com/ FreeeUp: https://freeeup.com/ My calendar: calendly.com/connor-gillivan My email: connor@freeeup.com Please do not hesitate to reach out to me. I’d love to hear your thoughts, comments, and stories, or just make a connection. Email tim@screwthenaysayers.com Facebook- https://www.facebook.com/stnwithtimalison/ Instagram- https://www.instagram.com/screwthenaysayers/ LinkedIn- https://www.linkedin.com/in/tim-alison/ Screw The Naysayers- www.screwthenaysayers.com

Nathan Hirsch is a 28-year-old serial entrepreneur who is an expert in hiring online and building eCommerce businesses. He co-founded his first eCommerce company out of his dorm room in 2009 drop shipping products on Amazon.com and built it to sell over $25 million worth of product over 5 years. While scaling, Nathan discovered the power of outsourcing and ended up building a remote army of freelancers. In 2015, Nathan co-founded and became the CEO of FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace that allows business owners fast access to a hand-picked network of top talent freelancers in eCommerce, digital marketing, web development, and much more who have already been vetted for skill, attitude, and communication. FreeeUp interviews hundreds of freelancers each week and only allows the top 1% of applicants into the network. The company has been growing at rapid paces (500%+ YoY) and has quickly become a top destination to hire online for over 3,000 businesses around the world. Nathan has built his personal brand to be synonymous with online hiring and entrepreneurship through 75+ guest appearances on top podcasts: Entrepreneur on Fire with John Lee Dumas, Eventual Millionaire, and handfuls more. Nathan has also become a regular speaker at industry conferences where he teaches other business owners how to hire freelancers and gain back more time in their growing businesses. Learn more go to freeeup.com Click Here to buy Nathan's book on Amazon - "Free Up Your Business"    

Connor Gillivan is the author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. He started his first business, Portlight, when he was 20 out of his college dorm room drop shipping products on Amazon and scaled it to sell over $20 million of product in its first 4 years. Connor started FreeeUp.com in late 2015 to connect the top 1% of freelancers online with business owners. It now serves over 2,500 businesses worldwide. Today, he is the CMO of FreeeUp driving growth for the company through digital marketing strategies and continues to run Portlight as its CEO. In this episode of Futureproof, Connor and Kelly discuss the importance of getting the right people in your business. Hear how you identify and secure the top 1% and why recruitment processes matter if you want the best people. Find out more and connect with Connor on: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connorgillivan/ Twitter: https://www.twitter.com/connorgillivan/ LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorgillivan/ Personal blog: http://connorgillivan.com/ FreeeUp: https://freeeup.com/ My calendar: calendly.com/connor-gillivan My email: connor@freeeup.com

As a broke college kid looking for extra beer money, Nathan Hirsch, CEO of FreeeUp.com, an outsourcing platform, was running a million-dollar baby product business from a college dorm room. His business exploded and soon he found he needed some help. Nathan took advantage of remote hiring and became addicted to it because he saw […]

As a broke college kid looking for extra beer money, Nathan Hirsch, CEO of FreeeUp.com, an outsourcing platform, was running a million-dollar baby product business from a college dorm room. His business exploded and soon he found he needed some help. Nathan took advantage of remote hiring and became addicted to it because he saw all the potential and had access to talent from all around the world. His time shifted from expanding and growing his business to doing interviews and hiring people in a faster way. Nathan shares the one thing he learned early on was that trying to do everything yourself will backfire and fail on you. Getting that 360 degree perspective from diverse people working for you can help you identify the blind spots so you can make every minute productive. Love the show? Subscribe, rate, review, and share! Here’s How » Join the Take Back Time community today: TugOfWarWithTime.com Tug of War With Time Facebook Tug of War With Time Twitter Tug of War With Time Pinterest

Connor Gillivan, CMO of FreeeUp.com, the company he founded to connect the top 1% of freelancers online with business owners. shares the secrets to grow your business with podcast appearances. Connor's Journey Connor  talks about how his upbringing made it possible for him to become an entrepreneur, and how his business needs prompted him to start his current company, Freeeup.com. Connecting with Podcasters to Grow Your Business Connor has gained new clients, customers, and freelancers through his interviews on podcasts. During our conversation, he shares: The key success factors for a successful podcast pitch How to select the right podcasts to be on The process to reach out to podcasters How to become a "dream guest" and nurture your connections with podcasters Niche Influencers to Grow Your Business Podcast interviews are not the only way Connor has leveraged connections with influencers to grow his business. During our conversation, Connor explains how business coaches, who are niche influencers in his industry, have helped him share his message with a targeted audience. What's Next for Connor Connor and his partner are excited about the new growth opportunities for Freeeup.com.  They plan to expand outside of e-commerce and serve service businesses such as coaches, consultants, law firms, etc. Resources Shared GIFT: CLORIS25 - $25 coupon to try out FreeeUp.com TOOL: Trello.com for task management Book:  Delivering Happiness by Tony Hsieh, the CEO of Zappos More About Connor Gillivan Connor Gillivan is the CMO of FreeeUp.com, the company he founded to connect the top 1% of freelancers online with business owners. Overall, Connor has sold over $30 million online, and has hired hundreds of freelancers to build his companies. The author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies, he’s the owner of ConnorGillivan.com, where you can connect with him. You can also connect with him via email at connor(at)freeeup.com   

Want to get more done in less time? The answer is outsourcing. In this episode, Jonathan sits down with Connor Gillivan. Connor is the author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. He started his first business on Amazon and scaled it to sell over $20 million of product in its first 4 years. In 2015, he launched FreeeUp.com in order to help connect the top 1% of freelancers online with business owners. Today his company serves over 2,500 businesses worldwide. Links mentioned: http://freeeup.com

Welcome to Yes You Can Podcast! With Virginia Phillips Today’s episode, we have Connor Gillivan. Connor has built and runs two million-dollar companies. He has started an outsourcing platform that helped over 5,000 business owners and freelancers grow their operations. He is also the author of the book, “Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies” where he reveals the lessons that he and his business partner have learned from the many ups and downs experiences as entrepreneurs. In this episode, Connor joins us to share how he started his entrepreneurial career in his dorm room and scaled his business to over million dollars in yearly sales through dropshipping. He will give tips and ideas to figuring the best way to get sales on the Amazon marketplace. He will also share how he and his business partner come up with an outsourcing solution, how it is different from other outsourcing platforms, and how it can help businesses and freelancers. If you want to scale your business through outsourcing, this episode is for you! Tune in next week for another episode and powerhouse guest to get more insider tips! Follow us Facebook Podcast: https://www.facebook.com/YesYouCanPodcast/ Facebook AOEE: https://www.facebook.com/AOEETheAcademyofEntrepreneurialExcellence Twitter: https://twitter.com/dreamtoprofit LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/virginiaphillipsco/ Please subscribe and let us know what you think of the show by providing a rating or review. Apple Podcast: https://itunes.apple.com/us/podcast/yes-you-can-with-virginia-phillips-podcast/id1359185865 Stitcher: https://www.stitcher.com/podcast/virginia-phillips/yes-you-can-with-virginia-phillips Spotify: https://open.spotify.com/show/16aLkRbM8wMdYWJYIHNJRW?si=bkrNxGAMSJme-qZ770nc5g Castbox: https://castbox.fm/channel/Yes%2C-You-Can!-with-Virginia-Phillips-id1203620?country=us   [sc name="Episode 2 - Shortcode"]   Today’s Guest Connor Gillivan is a 27-year-old serial entrepreneur. He started his first company out of his college dorm room and scaled it to sell over $25 million on the Amazon Marketplace. Connor is also a published author. Know more about him when you visit ConnorGillivan.com where he writes about entrepreneurship tips, eCommerce strategies, and marketing strategies. Today, Connor is the Chief Marketing Officer of FreeeUp.com, a company that connects top freelance talent with business owners online. Get more actionable tips and advice from Connor! Send him an email: connor@freeeup.com Like him on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/connorgillivan/ Follow him on Twitter: https://twitter.com/connorgillivan Stay connected at LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorgillivan/ Schedule a meeting: https://calendly.com/connor-gillivan    

Connor Gillivan is the co-founder of FreeeUp.com, a place where companies connect with the top 1% of freelancers. The company now serves over 2,500 businesses world-wide. He is the author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. Mr. Gillivan spent three months in South Africa twice to expand knowledge in social entrepreneurship and appeared on media outlets including "The Conscious Millionaire." Website:  https://freeeup.com/ Twitter: @connorgillivan

In this episode I speak to Connor Gillivan – a 27 year old serial entrepreneur who started his first drop-shipping company out of his dorm room at Quinnipiac University building it to over $20 million of sales on Amazon.com in just 4 years. After becoming an expert at hiring, he co-founded FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace bringing together the top 1% of freelancers with growing businesses. He is also the owner of ConnorGillivan.com, where he writes about entrepreneurship and eCommerce. 1:25 - Background information on Connor and how he started his first business. 2:33 - How Connor got started in his business with his business partner. 3:44 - Some of the obstacles in their business early on. 5:30 - What motivated Connor to continue on in the business and not give up; whose advice he sought. 7:06 - Being accepting of advice from mentors. 8:09 - Recognizing and cultivating a long-term vision while still being focused on issues at hand. 9:56 - What mentoring advice he would give himself now if he could go back and talk with himself two months into the business. 11:47 - Expanding the business into dropshipping and learning about that side of the industry. 13:29 - Starting a cash-flow positive business versus starting out without any profit. 16:42 - Challenges that still exist in dropshipping and ways to get started. 22:07 - The most effective way Connor has found to test a business and advertise through social media. 23:18 - Background on Connor’s book, Free Up Your Business. 27:20 - Information on Connor’s venture, FreeeUp and improving on the online freelancing marketplace. 30:11 - The pain point that FreeeUp is solving. 31:53 - Approaching growth in his various businesses and applying that to other businesses. 33:50 - Connor’s view on the importance of a financial plan and how to approach changing circumstances. 35:25 - Story from FreeeUp about staying diversified and how that led to growth. 38:24 - What’s next for Connor and he’s looking into diversification to continue growing into different markets. 39:48 - Background on Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service. 40:36 - Connor’s view for his large scale goals. 42:06 - How his entry to e-commerce is comparable to the online hiring industry now and being driven by empowering other people. Resources and Links Mentioned: Free Up Your Business by Connor Gillivan  Amazon’s Mechanical Turk service https://freeeup.com/ http://connorgillivan.com/ Facebook Twitter LinkedIn    

Connor Gillivan. He’s a 27-year old serial entrepreneur and published author. He started his first company out of his college dorm room and built it to sell over $20M in products on Amazon.com. After he became an expert on hiring online, he co-founded FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace focused on connecting the top 1% freelancers with business owners. He’s the author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. Famous Five: Favorite Book? – Shoe Dog What CEO do you follow? – Elon Musk Favorite online tool? — Jira How many hours of sleep do you get?— 5-6 If you could let your 20-year old self, know one thing, what would it be? – “I wished I knew to stay focused on what I do best”   Time Stamped Show Notes: 00:47 – Nathan introduces Connor to the show 01:32 – Connor makes 20% to 30% of the gross margin of a product on Amazon 01:38 – Net profits end up being from 5%-15% 02:04 – It was 6 years ago when Connor started his business 02:15 – Connor earned on the first year of the business 02:51 – Connor has scaled up his first company 03:00 – The company still operates with $1-2M in revenue per year 03:08 – The team is composed of freelancers who are based around the world 03:27 – The 3 founders, including Connor, are getting their pay quarterly 03:40 – Connor now spends his time on his second business FreeeUp 03:52 – Connor’s first company is Portlight 04:05 – Average price point was  $75-100 04:25 – FreeeUp was launched in 2015 04:29 – Connor and his co-founder learned about hiring freelancers through Odesk and Elance, which merged and is now called Upwork 04:36 – They didn’t like the process of posting job ads and going through every applicant 04:46 – FreeeUp has a better solution where the business owner doesn’t have to do the upfront work 04:58 – FreeeUp finds the top 1%  candidates for the business owners 05:18 – Toptal is more focused on top developers and designers 05:23 – FreeeUp’s freelancers are specialized on e-commerce business operations 05:35 – There’s no upfront free 05:43 – FreeeUp has a standard markup that they charge on their clients for hourly rates 06:06 – The minimum charge is $2 and 20% for the higher price 06:55 – There are over 500 freelancers on FreeeUp 07:28 – FreeeUp’s system can measure the amount they’re paying their freelancers 07:37 – The biggest metric is the hours billed to the client 08:01 – Average billing per hour is $10 08:18 – FreeeUp is keeping $60K-80K in revenue per month 09:11 – FreeeUp has around 1500 signups on the platform 09:16 – FreeeUp bills between 300-500 people who are utilizing their workers 09:45 – 2000-2500 people have been billed since FreeeUp started 09:58 – FreeeUp has a referral program where clients can refer other people who would want to use FreeeUp and they receive $0.50 for every hour that has been billed 10:28 – FreeeUp is more hands on with their client 10:56 – Most clients start slow and when they see FreeeUp’s benefits, they’ll use it more 11:10 – Team size is 20-25 part-time people 11:51 – Connor is currently in Orlando, FL 12:11 – Both of Connor’s businesses are bootstrapped 12:21 – Total transaction volume for 2016 is a bit over a million 12:33 – 2016 average revenue 12:44 – 2017 projected transaction volume is $3-4M 13:20 – Connor puts his money back into his businesses to scale them 13:47 – Connor splits the 20% from FreeeUp 14:32 – Since April, FreeeUp has grown 1000% 15:20 – FreeeUp started winning in the ecommerce industry 15:58 – FreeeUp now offers digital marketing as well and try to find different areas that will interest more clients 17:10 – The Famous Five   3 Key Points: There are more business owners relying on outsourcing for their needs and share with others just how beneficial outsourcing is. Ensure you have backup funds for your company. Focus on what you do best.   Resources Mentioned: The Top Inbox  – The site Nathan uses to schedule emails to be sent later, set reminders in inbox, track opens, and follow-up with email sequences Klipfolio – Track your business performance across all departments for FREE Hotjar – Nathan uses Hotjar to track what you’re doing on this site. He gets a video of each user visit like where they clicked and scrolled to make the site a better experience Acuity Scheduling – Nathan uses Acuity to schedule his podcast interviews and appointments Host Gator – The site Nathan uses to buy his domain names and hosting for the cheapest price possible Audible – Nathan uses Audible when he’s driving from Austin to San Antonio (1.5-hour drive) to listen to audio books Show Notes provided by Mallard Creatives

Connor Gillivan is a 27 year old serial entrepreneur and an expert in eCommerce and online hiring. He co-founded his first eCommerce company out of his dorm room in 2009 and scaled it to sell over $20 million on the Amazon Marketplace. While scaling, he and his co-founders started outsourcing operations and became experts at hiring online. In 2015, Connor co-founded and became the CMO of FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace specialized for the eCommerce and digital marketing industries. He and his co-founder wanted a better way to hire reliable remote workers without having to spend hours upfront recruiting and interviewing. Today, FreeeUp serves over 2,000 online businesses and is rapidly becoming a favorite destination to hire online.  Connor is a best selling author with his book titled Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. The book shares secrets that he and his business partner have developed over the 7 years of working together and outlines how entrepreneurs can scale their business to over $1 million.  Finally, Connor owns his own blog, ConnorGillivan.com, where he writes about starting eCommerce businesses, growing as an entrepreneur, and navigating the startup world. 

On the show today is Nathan Hirsch of FreeeUp.com to talk about how to outsource Amazon. If you are running around and there aren’t enough hours in the day to run your business and your life, this is a sorely needed interview. It is all about how to outsource Amazon tasks. Nathan shares with us his story of going from a broke college student to Amazon drop shipper, to creating FreeeUp. He did it all with an attitude of strategic trial and error. He explains why it’s important to know whether you are hiring somebody to do something you do know how to do but is repetitive, or hiring somebody for something you don’t know how to do and that isn’t worth your time to learn. The first person to hire in Nathan’s business model is an outside expert to help you move forward. Then start with outsourcing to one assistant at a time. Nathan’s Story Nathan was a college student looking for extra beer money when he started buying and selling textbooks. He felt that the bookstore was ripping everyone off. Soon enough he had lines out the door of people selling their textbooks to him. That soon led him to Amazon because, as he says, “you don’t sell books for very long without learning about Amazon.” Thinking books were soon going to be a thing of the past, Nathan began experimenting with other products and drop shipping. He ended up running a million dollar business out of his college dorm room. He hired friends, making good and bad business decisions and learning along the way. Once Nathan graduated, he did his Amazon business full time and it was growing and doing very well. But he realised he was spending too much time on HR activities. He was using UpWork at the time and had a great remote team, but wanted a more efficient way to hire, and so FreeeUp was born. FreeeUP - Outsource Amazon Tasks FreeeUp is different from other outsourcing platforms because it isn’t a job board where you have to post the job and then sift through all the applicants. Instead, FreeeUp does the vetting for you and they introduce you to one worker they have pre-vetted who meets your requirements. They only let in the top 1% into their network so you get that experience of being able to hire top talent quickly, which is so important as a business owner. Getting Started and Outsource Amazon Tasks Nathan recommends starting with outsourcing pretty early, but waiting until you have some sort of revenue stream. If you’re still in the idea phase, don’t hire yet. He does believe in bootstrapping at the start—he even wrote a book on bootstrapping called Free Up Your Business: 50 secrets to bootstrap million dollar companies—but advises once you start having a little bit of revenue you should start investing it back into the company. The best way to do that is with good people. There are two main ways to do that. Either hire someone to take something off your plate or hire an expert to do something that you don’t know how to do. If you have tasks that you do repeatedly and you have systems and processes in place, and your time isn’t focused on the right thing, because you’re doing these tasks instead of focusing on the company, then you should hire lower-level workers and put them in place to free up your time. If you are approaching something that you don’t know how to do (e.g. marketing or creating a video) then you should hire the mid-level or expert-level workers. They are more expensive but you don’t have to train them and there’s an opportunity cost if you learn how to do it yourself because it usually isn’t worth your time as a business owner. The best business owners have a hybrid of both. Don’t Be Afraid to Invest in Your Business Many people are too obsessed with trying to find the cheapest way to do stuff and are very afraid of spending money. The problem is that they are not taking the opportunity cost of that attitude seriously enough. Cheap becomes expensive. Trying to save money in the short term can cost a lot in th...

Connor Gillivan has built a 7-figure businesses trading drop-shipped items on Amazon. Connor has also founded a business called Freeeup which you can use to outsource technical yet time-consuming eCommerce tasks to their band of 400 and growing vetted freelancers (think Upwork but for eCommerce!). AND Connor has just published a brand new book “Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies” – packed with great tips and advice from Connor's years of experience. Given all that I knew I needed to get Connor on the show for a chat. We're going to cover all 3 of those areas today – so get ready for some great information. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy

In this episode Shakira M. Brown a.k.a The Small Biz Whisperer talks amazon selling and bootstrap start-up success with Connor Gillivan. Connor is a 27 year-old serial entrepreneur and best selling author on Amazon. After becoming an expert in eCommerce on Amazon, he worked to build a 60 person team and generate over $20 million in sales. He currently is the co-founder and CMO of FreeeUp.com, an online hiring platform bringing together high quality freelancers and growing businesses. The company vets hundreds of remote workers in eCommerce, digital marketing, and web development every week keeping only the top 1% then offers them to their clients for $5 to $50 per hour.  Connor is a master of effective supply and demand. As a college student he and his now business partner created a dorm room-based used textbook reselling business on Amazon.com designed to offer a more competitive price on used textbooks than college campus bookstores. From there they created partnerships with manufacturers which led to having a drop ship business in which they didn’t touch most of what they sold on Amazon.com and the rest is $20 million in sales history.  Connor is a best selling author on Amazon.com for his book Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. The book shares 50 lessons entrepreneurs can implement to become better at delegating and building high quality teams for their businesses.  Connor shares his inspirational journey with me from college student to successful entrepreneur and shares some of the steps he and his business partner took along the way to reach multi-million dollar success. If you have been thinking about selling anything on amazon.com or building an online business listen to this episode to get tips and insights worth millions. Show Notes: Private Brand Coaching for Your Small Business with The Small Biz Whisperer Check out this Websites: http://njprexpert.com Follow Me on Twitter: @SmallBizWhisper Subscribe to this Podcast in iTunes (please leave a review if you like what you hear!) Subscribe to this Podcast in Google Play Subscribe to this Podcast in Stitcher  Interview Links Pick up Connor's Book on amazon.com: Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies FreeeUp.com to hire or signup as a freelancer Check out Connor's blog where he writes  about eCommerce, entrepreneurship, and startups: www.connorgillivan.com Connect on social https://twitter.com/connorgillivan https://www.facebook.com/cdgillivan https://www.linkedin.com/in/connorgillivan Be a guest on Moment Masters Show - email podcast@momentmasters.com 

Our Guest:   Connor Gillivan is a 27 year old serial entrepreneur. He co-founded his first company selling textbooks on Amazon from his college dorm room and built it to sell over $20 million.  After building a team of over 60 people, he co-founded FreeeUp, an online hiring marketplace making the process of finding reliable freelancers easier for businesses. His book, Free Up Your Business, is an Amazon bestseller and shares 50 secrets how he's built his companies.   Story:   From starting a multimillion dollar company in sales from his dorm room to founding a company with a team of 60 people, today we have our guest Connor Gillivan.   A few highlights of what you will hear:   Connor’s journey from where he started. Started his first business during college. What dropshipping is. How he co-founded FreeeUp. What his responsibilities are for his company. His best selling book, Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies. How he hit Amazon bestseller for his book. Where FreeeUp is going in the future. Impactful Quotes from Connor:   “We were selling all kinds of products -- you name it we were probably selling it at one point.”   “It allows you to have inventory online without actually holding it, which gives you a great opportunity to test different products.”   “We came to the conclusion that we didn't like the solutions that were out there, because of the time it took.”   “Writing a book and being able to offer advice to other people in the business is what we wanted to do.”   “That's what I am strategizing, figuring out the best way to continue to get consistent sales.”   “Each Friday of every week I would spend about 4-5 hours of writing the book.”   “This year we are on pace to do around 3-4 million dollars in sales.”   “We have around 1500 clients signed up on our platform on a weekly basis.”   “Our goal is to keep growing it consistently.” Featured Quote:   “It always seem impossibly until it's done.” -Nelson Mandela Connect with Connor!   FreeeUp Connor Gillivan Free Up Your Business Start now!   Ready to take your business and lifestyle to the next level in college? Grab your seat in our Entrepreneur Accelerator Program: College Edition. Connect with us! Sabah Ali and Dan Tieman. Our Snapchats: @Sabahh14 & @Tieman - Snap us!

My guest today is a writer, traveler, e-commerce expert, and an entrepreneur. He got started with building a landscaping business while still in high school and ran it until going to college. While in college, he met his business partner and launched as eCommerce business called Portlight, which has sold over $20 million in products and has a team of ten people running it. He is currently the co-founder and CMO of FreeeUp, where my guest and his team enable companies to hire the top 1% of freelancers in eCommerce, virtual assistance, marketing, and web development. He also just released a new book called Free Up Your Business. Now, let’s hack… Connor Gillivan.

Many Shopify store owners are bootstrapped solopreneurs, which means you're handling everything in your business. As your business grows, you may want to delegate tasks, to give yourself free time to do focus on more valuable things, or maybe you just want to work less. The first time you hire is the scariest. Where do you start? How do you train people? How should you hire? To answer these questions and more, we're joined by Connor Gillivan, author of Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies, founder of FreeeUp.com, and a veteran ecommerce entrepreneur who has sold over $20 million on Amazon. — Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on iTunes Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast on Stitcher Subscribe to The Unofficial Shopify Podcast via RSS Join The Unofficial Shopify Podcast Facebook Group — Learn: How Connor went from college dorm room entrepreneur to selling over $20 million on Amazon How he took that experience and leveraged it to build FreeeUp, online hiring marketplace for eCommerce business owners, with over 1,000 customers. How Shopify store owners can utilize remote freelancers to stay focused on what they do best and make their operations more efficient. Connor's process for how store owners can remove tasks from their plate, surround themselves with experts, and keep pushing the company forward with their expertise. And why it's okay to take a trial and error approach Links: FreeeUp.com - company Connor's Personal Blog Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies Connor's Facebook Connor's Twitter Connor's LinkedIn Free Guide I want to send you a sample chapter of Ecommerce Bootcamp, absolutely free. Tell me where to send your sample at ecommerce-bootcamp.com

Connor Gillivan is a 27 year old serial entrepreneur that has built and runs two million dollar companies. He started his entrepreneurial career in his dorm room buying and selling text books on the Amazon Marketplace. After becoming an expert at Amazon, he helped to expand the company, Portlight, to other product categories eventually selling over $20 million on Amazon, building a team of over 60 people, and working with over 1,000 drop ship suppliers. Connor co-founded his second venture, FreeeUp, in late 2015 after becoming an expert at hiring remote freelancers with Portlight. He and his business partner were frustrated with the current platforms and wanted to create a simpler solution to hiring remote workers online. FreeeUp is now an online hiring marketplace offering pre-vetted workers from $5 to $50 per hour to over 1,000 businesses. The platform is experiencing rapid growth and has been featured in leading publications like The Huffington Post. Connor's first book, Free Up Your Business: 50 Secrets to Bootstrap Million Dollar Companies, publishes on April 26th on Amazon and FreeeUp.com. The book reveals 50 core lessons that he and his business partner have learned from the many ups and downs they've experienced as entrepreneurs. In his free time, Connor writes about eCommerce, leadership, and startups at http://www.ConnorGillivan.com.