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Founder and Facilitator at MensGroup.com,  Geordie Wardman joins Joseph to discuss his fast-track formula to go from freelance work to running an agency to creating your own SAAS product.  GUEST LINKS  OneStopDevShop.io  SUBSCRIBE  First100K.com  Music By: Purple-Planet.com

In this episode of The Remote CEO Show, I had the pleasure of interviewing Geordie Wardman.Geordie Wardman is the host of the Big Break Software Podcast, that interviews software company founders, SaaS owners, app builders, angel investors, and SaaS coaches/consultants.  He started 5 companies, sold three, and still running two of them. He a team of 45 people, and we're growing. He lives in Switzerland, works from home, and ski 100 days a year while running all of his businesses.  

#revopswithanedge #revopspodcast #salespodcast #revenueoperations #sales #ai Geordie Wardman founder of Onestop Devshop is a Coraller of Software Developers and he joins Jamie Carney and Pete Jansons on the SAASholes Revenue Operations Podcast to chat about what happens if Chat GPT Sells To Chat GPT? Main Clip https://youtu.be/-k8fT0Elg2shttps://www.onestopdevshop.io/https://www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saasholes/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saasholes/support

#chaptgpt #apaca #standord #microsoft Geordie Wardman founder of Onestop Devshop is a Coraller of Software Developers and he joins Jamie Carney and Pete Jansons on the SAASholes Revenue Operations Podcast to chat about should a company build their own Artificial Intelligence and Chat GPT https://www.onestopdevshop.io/https://www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman/ --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saasholes/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saasholes/support

Geordie Wardman founder of Onestop Devshop is a Coraller of Software Developers and he joins Jamie Carney and Pete Jansons on the SAASholes Revenue Operations Podcast to chat about how Artificial Intelligence and Chat GPT will affect future SAAS Projects and Developers https://www.onestopdevshop.io/ https://www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman/ Key Moments: 0:00 1:15 Show Start 2:16 Different Levels of SAAS investors 1-5-10 Million 4:00 Founders Given Leeway From Investors 5:05 Silent isn't silent when things go south 5:58 Advice on Taking Investors on with Safe Agreement 6;45 Bool recommendation Slicing the Pie 8:22 Series A Investors and Friends and Family 8:51 What is the most rounds of series investors? 9:19 500 Investors means you have to do IPO 9:33 Fremium and Chat GPT 10:22 Use Chat GPT To Write Code 12:22 Chat GPT will get you 80% of the way there on Coding 12:57 Chat GPT is the ultimate Fremium Play 13:34 Will This Cost Coders their jobs? 15:17 Graphic Design Chat GPT Impact 15:25 Upwork, Fivr, Freelancer.com will be affected by Chat GPT 15:48 Midjourney Discord Server for Graphics 16:06 What will be the new jobs for developers? 17:25 Notion.so 18:41 Do you really have to do the grunt work to be a specialist? 21:57 What is going to happen to Software Developers and IT Departments? 22:14 Stanford IPACA 24:00 Is Chat GPT Open or Closed Proft or Non Profit with Microsoft Investment? 25:30 If Data is the New oil then Chat GPT is the Distillery 28:15 Elon Musk wants the Government to Regulate Artificial Intelligence 29:00 Critical Thinking at the Board Level 29:23 Boards are too involved 2nd guessing to the point it is hard to function 30:03 What do Board Members Make? 31:08 Do We Need Sales People Anymore? 32:28 Sales is always important at the Enterprise Level 33:06 99% of Businesses are Small businesses will SME Sales Teams be affected by Chat GPT? 36:30 Buyer/Seller AI buying from AI Selling 38:30 what does the next 5 years look like in SAAS? 40:08 What classes should kids take in college now? 41:00 why do we need schools? 42:18 Getting a General Degree means you will have a career in sales : ) 43:24 You Tube Education with Proctor to verify --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saasholes/message Support this podcast: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/saasholes/support

Join Andrew Lees and Smokejumper-Turned Software Developer Geordie Wardman as they talk about how he transitioned to entrepreneurship and programming from working as a firefighter for years. Geordie shares the entrepreneurial steps he took to achieve sustainability in his career, the importance of starting lean in a business, how transformative coaching can prove to be, and what he gives attention to as an entrepreneur to ensure the outcomes that really matter.In this episode you will learn: What can I do that will allow me to work from anywhere?About MVPs or Minimum Viable ProductsWhat is machine learning most useful for?A good coach transforms you, but how?“Finish the task at hand, or nothing gets done.” …and so much more.About Geordie Wardman:Geordie works with a small but highly competent team of senior full-stack developers with dozens of years of experience in building, designing, prototyping, developing, testing, and launching native applications, software as a service app, enterprise-level websites. He believes that if you are an Internet startup, a Software as a Service company that's growing quickly, or are a 7/8 figure professional services company in need of internal applications, you likely live and die by the quality of your development team. And why not? You already have enough on your plate trying to scale for predictable or even explosive growth in your business.You can find Geordie Wardman on...Website: https://www.onestopdevshop.io/LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman/?originalSubdomain=bmYou can find That Entrepreneur Life on...Website: https://thatentrepreneurlife.com/Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/thatentrepreneurlifeInstagram: https://www.instagram.com/thatentrepreneurlifeusa/Twitter: https://twitter.com/ThatEntreprene1YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCFKPkF39Z6r2l9AT4k-tDtgSupport the show (https://thatentrepreneurlife.com/support-the-show)

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Geordie Wardman of 1Stop.io talks to Jeremy Weiss about the leading SaaS conferences in Europe. Learn why every development entrepreneur should attend at least one. Apart from 1Stop.io, Geordie Wardman has founded five companies and sold three. He is a software expert who has been in the industry for two decades now. He talks to Jeremy Weiss about top SaaS conferences in Europe.  What You’ll Learn Some of the leading SaaS conferences Why you should consider attending conferences Why does Geordie like small conferences? In this Episode Conferences are crucial for both established and novice entrepreneurs in the SaaS industry. Apart from meeting people from different parts of the world, entrepreneurs get an opportunity to network and share new ideas. Many entrepreneurs even develop bonds that lead to business conferences. Geordie says as much as he adores conferences, he never gets to attend enough of them. However, he plans to start attending leading SaaS conferences in Europe. Top on his list is the SaaStock conference that Alex Duma runs. You will need to part with 750 Euros to participate in this conference. Geordie mentions that the price is reasonable based on the value you will get. Attending this SaaS conference allows you to meet excellent and resourceful keynote speakers.  The SaaStock conference takes place in Dublin, one of the most beautiful cities in Europe. According to Geordie, some of the top software experts who speak at the conference include Aaron Krall, a conversion expert, SaaS development hacker, and email marketer. Dan Martell, the founder of clarity, a leading investor, and a SaaS business coach who coaches top-achieving SaaS founders, also speaks at the conference. Geordie reiterates that SaaStocks is one of the top conferences you should not miss.  Geordie is quick to mention that there are other key SaaS conferences you should know. He talks about SaaStr Europe. SaaStr is a unique non-vendor region where SaaS institutions converge to learn and develop their businesses through events, content, and teamwork. Jason Lemkin, who also founded SaaStr, runs the massive SaaS show in the USA. According to Geordie, SaaStr is currently giving out some special offers with tickets going for $400. He says this amount is cost-friendly for a SaaS conference. Attending SaaS conferences exposes you to the world of technology, and as Geordie says in this podcast, you could even meet your development team there. Listen to Geordie as he gives more reasons why you should attend SaaS conferences.  Growth marketing stage is another top SaaS conference that Geordie recommends, even though he is yet to attend it. It takes place in Kyiv, Ukraine. Geordie says that while it is small, he still considers it cost-effective and among the best in Europe. To attend this conference, you will need $200, which Geordie calls excellent value. Kyiv, Geordie says, is a hotspot for development. Are you looking forward to changing your development team or venturing into SaaS? The growth marketing stage should be a must-attend conference. Listen to the podcast to find out what you stand to gain from attending the SaaS conference. Some big companies attend the growth marketing stage conference, such as Adobe, Dropbox, and Nike.  SaaS monster is another top conference. It happens to be among the leading SaaS conferences worldwide, linking over 5,000 CTOs and CIOs, established companies and startups, sellers and buyers, and investors and experts. Geordie says the SaaS monster is an offshoot of Web summit, a conference that brings together companies and people changing the local technology industry. Web Summit will be held in Lisbon, Portugal, sometime this year. The SaaS part of this conference attracts numerous attendees each year. The comprehensive web summit attracts big corporate companies. Find out which companies these are from the podcast.  Geordie mentions Microconf, a leading and trusted community for non-venture SaaS founders. Rob Wallings collaborated with other co-founders to organize this conference that takes place in Croatia. He and his team put together excellent speakers like Mike Taber and a group from Hubspot. B2B Rocks, in Paris, Europe, is a top SaaS and B2B conference. Geordie says B2B Rocks charges are friendly at $500. This conference focuses on all SaaS features. Listen to the podcast to understand some of these features. Geordie mentions the Pipeline Summit, a meeting he attended in Poland. He says he met the founders of some of the biggest techno-firms. Listen to what Geordie has to say about his experience in Poland. He also mentions some of the companies he interacted with then. Geordie concludes by saying that attending conferences is critical for networking and marketing. Consider attending any of these shows, especially if you want to work with different experts from various parts of the world. Resources 1Stop.io

Geordie Wardman of OneStop DevShop talks about the importance of having a proof of concept rather than working with numerous features that offer no value Geordie Wardman is the founder of OneStop DevShop. Apart from running a successful podcast, he has founded five companies during his entrepreneurship journey, three of which he has since sold. Geordie has been in the software industry for two decades now. He talks to Jeremy Weiss about his journey.  What You’ll Learn Why you should consider delegating your technical tasks to professionals Why you should consider collaborating with Geordie in your project What exactly did Geordie do for John? Importance of getting proof of concept for your project In this Episode In today's fast-evolving world, where many entrepreneurs hire remote workers, they still have to struggle with managing them. Are you looking forward to working with freelancers but do not know how to go about managing them? Geordie is your go-to person. He will do the management part and give you enough time to focus on the things that matter. OneStop DevShop specializes in developing applications in blockchain, real estate, and even eCommerce. Technology is advancing fast, and keeping up with the changes is becoming a difficult task. As a startup entrepreneur, you want to collaborate with experts in the industry to grow your business from scratch. Case in Point: Geordie talks about John, a thriving real estate broker who recently approached him. According to Geordie, John enjoys a massive network and has been in the market for approximately 30 years now. He has a robust idea and is convinced that it will hit the ground running now that he believes he has all the necessary contacts. He figures out that an app would help him sell his idea better. Instead of collaborating with a professional in the field, he decides to do it all by himself. Geordie explains more about John’s concept in this podcast. Now John wants to try and pitch his idea to would-be buyers, so he starts walking from one conference to the other, talking to people and getting favorable responses. However, there is a problem. John has been trying to do everything by himself. After six months of doing this with no traction, John approaches Geordie, who, after listening to John’s expectations, presents him (John) with copywriting services and delivers a fully functional website in a record two weeks. John has little technical knowledge, which explains why he struggled to create an ideal app or website for his business. Geordie mentions that he prefers engaging experts and letting them do things that he is unable to achieve. How did Geordie handle John’s case? Listen to the podcast to find out. Having been an entrepreneur for a long time, Geordie says that he perceives everything from a business owner’s point of view. He mentions one of the crucial factors he considers, and you can get it first hand from the podcast. Geordie says that he is not only a developer but also a business owner, which means he understands the struggles that entrepreneurs face. While you may have your idea, he strives to suggest better ways of helping you achieve your goals in record time. Geordie gives a general example of what he and his team did for John. Find out the details from the podcast. What is the biggest question that Geordie gets from non-tech savvy entrepreneurs? He says that many of them are interested in determining the amount of time it will be before they can see positive results. Some of Geordie’s clients want to determine the cost implications and how functional the software will be to their businesses. Geordie mentions that sometimes he and his team trim down some features after evaluating the customer’s needs. In the case of John, Geordie says his features were too many. They had to sit down, identify, and work with the most critical ones for the project for a start. In the end, Geordie had trimmed down what would have been a year-long project to five weeks. He explains that together with his team, they strive to give their clients the best to accelerate their success in the market. According to Geordie, once clients make money and have successful businesses, they will want to keep working with the team at OneStop DevShop because they deliver results. He mentions that he prefers testing a client’s concept first to see if it works instead of struggling with features that add no value.  Resources OneStop DevShop Geordie Wardman LinkedIn Geordie Wardman Twitter

Jane Portman of Userlist and author speaks about discovering her passion from an early age, launching a range of businesses, and the lessons she learned along the way. Apart from being a user-experience, user-interface consultant and author, Jane Portman is a co-founder at Userlist. She specializes in assisting software companies to develop profitable and focused products. She speaks to Geordie Wardman about her journey. What You’ll Learn How Jane started her entrepreneurship journey How Jane transformed from doing UI breakfast and related stuff to launch Userlist What problem does Userlist solve? Strategies that Jane and her team use to address a SaaS problem Why real-time chat support is not always compulsory for small bootstrap founders What strategy did Jane and her team use to validate the need for their product? Why you should join a slack community Importance of understanding best practices before launching a company Why you need a launch goal for your product How small bootstrap companies can determine their target buyers Importance of understanding your product Jane’s plans for the future In this Episode Some of the best entrepreneurs in the world discovered their passion during their formative years. Jane falls in that category, and she gives Geordie a brief history of where it all started. You cannot miss the details in this podcast. Jane ventured into the book writing world before launching the UI breakfast, which she says is in its sixth year with 200 episodes under her name. She says she had been consistent in producing and publishing podcasts until she had her third baby and had to adjust her frequency. However, Jane is quick to mention that she is getting back to the weekly program with time. Jane says the UI breakfast podcast is a massive project that she plans to have for some years. Find out why she is pleased with the podcast's performance from this engaging discussion. Jane gives some insightful tips for aspiring podcasters that you should hear. The journey to establishing Userlist was not an easy one. Jane says she had launched another product previously, which did not yield much success. Still, she gathered massive lessons that would come in handy as reference points in her future businesses. Initially, Jane says Userlist was intended to solve a problem that she encountered first hand. Listen to this podcast to find out what the problem was. Userlist focuses exclusively on SaaS, which Jane says has enabled them to generate an appealing, concise, and simple yet robust product. Developing an MVP can be challenging and Jane seems to have done it differently. Listen to her as she explains how she went about it and how they developed their product from scratch. According to Jane, they launched their product late because they probably were not ashamed of it. She says they spend a lot of time, in the beginning, preparing the product to make it appealing and beneficial. Jane talks about the lessons she learned from launching Userlist. Listen to the podcast for more details. Jane mentions an equity splitting method that every entrepreneur needs to know. Having a launch goal, Jane says is crucial if you want to succeed in business. She goes ahead and discusses the launch goal they had and how significant it was for the business. However, she is also quick to mention that launch goals do not give you instant users. Jane talks about working with Tiny Seeds which gave them massive assistance. They also interacted with peers and discussed the problems they face as small business entrepreneurs. Working with Tiny Seeds saw them receive mentorship from experts they would otherwise not have known. Jane is excited to mention that they were privileged to have April Dunford, a positioning expert, as their mentor. She gives a detailed explanation of their experience working with April that you do not want to miss. At some point, she mentions how they compared Userlist with their competitors. Listen to the podcast for the details. Before Tiny Seeds, Jane says they had already acquired one of April’s books, which were instrumental in their venture. Find out what book that was from the podcast. Jane says that Userlist benefited from implementing April’s rules. What changes did Jane and her team experience? Listen to the podcast to find out. Still, in April's book, Jane mentions that they learned how to understand their product and figure out their ideal customers. This aspect is critical for every entrepreneur and one of the most insightful parts of the podcast. Jane gives out details about the funding they received from Tiny Seeds. What did it take to acquire the funds? Listen in to find out. Jane mentions various things they either have recently launched, or are planning to launch in the future. To aspiring entrepreneurs, Jane says; explore different options when it comes to searching for investors.  Resources Jane Portman LinkedIn Jane Portman Twitter Userlist UI Breakfast

In this episode of Small Business Connections, Ann talks about ways to never stop growing and the importance of realizing your time value with software entrepreneur, the founder of Onestop Devshop, Geordie Wardman. They discuss how Geordie transitioned from being a forest firefighter to an entrepreneur, ecommerce, time management, pivoting online and Geordie’s favorite books of business. Onestop Devshop builds software for websites and mobile applications for small businesses. Ecommerce Solutions Geordie recommends as a brick and mortar to develop your online presence in order to gain revenue online, while as a consultant, it is vital to develop your digital audience. Ann mentions that today’s digital audience is your foot traffic. Businesses need to make sure their business is easily accessible. Onestop DevShop offers Shopify apps and other applications to make it easier for customers to find you online. Pivoting Online The sooner you start the more established you will become. Geordie suggests creating something you can continue after the pandemic. The flux of working from home and continuing to work from home will continue for many businesses. Ann shares the best time to plant a tree was 50 years ago or today. Time Management Geordie masterminds with other entrepreneurs and found that time is an entrepreneur’s most valuable asset. If time is trouble, put a value of your hour, what you would charge for your time. Geordie recommends tracking your time and reviewing after a month to reveal tasks you can change the amount of time you spent. Geordie says that no CEO should be working on the same thing twice. You will discover tasks you should delegate or hire someone to do for you. OneStop DevShop developed the app, ticktocklab.com and as a listener of the show, if you mention you heard it here, on the Small Business Connections Podcast, he will offer you a discount on the app.   Geordie graduated from the University of Maine with a degree in forestry. Married and coming to the realization that forest firefighting was taking him away from his wife and the pay only comes through when on the fire, Geordie switched into a computer career. He completed some Oracle certifications and entered the corporate world. It took two years and Geordie knew it was worth his while. He is now on the other side of his entrepreneurial journey and has been at it for 15 years. Geordie’s Favorite Books of Business The One Thing: The Surprisingly Simple Truth Behind Extraordinary Results by Gary Keller  The Compound Effect: Jumpstart Your Income, Your Life, Your Success by Darren Hardy  Ann shared her charity, Burgers and Bands for Suicide Prevention, as we are in the state of a mental health crisis and we need your help to continue to spread the words: #YouAreNotAlone. We are far below the necessary funds this year so, the mission is to raise funds through our virtually hosted event. Tune in to the Burgers and Bands Virtual Facebook Event. Please tune in and support this cause if you are able. The host of ASMM Small Business Connection is Ann Brennan. She is the owner of ASMM Digital Marketing and started the podcast as a means of helping her clients get in front of more people.  Since its inception, it has grown to include guests from around the world.  If you would like to be on the show, please message Ann directly through LinkedIn. Thanks for listening and be sure to subscribe.

Derry Holt of OneUp Sales talks about his journey from being a Video game developer to building a SaaS company that has evolved to become a popular firm in the UK. Derry Holt is the CEO and co-founder of OneUp Sales and also a video games developer. After working as a software engineer in the games industry for years, he later channeled his energy into the sales software sector. He tells Geordie Wardman everything about his journey in this captivating podcast that you do not want to miss.  What You’ll Learn What inspired the launch of OneUp Sales? How does the OneUp Sales concept operate? How James (Derry’s co-founder) came up with the OneUp Sales idea Why you should execute your idea whether someone else is doing it or not What kind of competitors does Derry have? Derry’s vision for OneUp Sales The one mistake that Derry and James made during their developmental stage Importance of market validation What strategy did Derry use to attract customers? How did Derry figure out that his software was ideal for the recruitment agency industry? When did Derry and James first experience recruitment? Differences between SaaS companies and recruitment firms when it comes to onboarding Importance of networking in business What’s Derry’s long-term vision for OneUp Sales? In this Episode: Did you know that you can convert what you are passionate about into a money-making venture? Having been video game developers for years, Derry Holt and James, his co-founder, figured they could use their video game building knowledge to develop business software. They thought about combining the massive data that salespeople generate with equally rich data video games to keep people engaged and motivated. What began as a simple approach of engaging in fantasy football with salespeople has evolved to integrate a TV display within the system. Listen to the podcast to figure out the connection between salespeople and video games. Derry also gives details on how the OneUp Sales concept operates. You will need to listen carefully to grasp the details. Along the journey, Derry and James enrolled in an accelerator program in the UK, where they received office space and support free of charge. During this period, their mentors encouraged them to figure out whether they wanted to build a business or become developers. Derry and James thought about developing a game, but some hurdles stopped them from doing so. What were they? Find out from the podcast. After deliberations, they decided to do something they had never tried before, which you can find out by listening to this podcast. The duo made up their minds to take time and work on the project. They were also committed to consulting people until they were sure that their target audience would spend money on it. It took the team some years to finally get their idea right and convince people to buy it. Listen to Derry as he says it all in this podcast and get motivated. Whether you are an aspiring entrepreneur or have just started your company, this podcast will inspire you to keep going regardless of the challenges. At some point, Derry and James had to lay off all of their staff and start afresh. It was not until 2018 when the company started experiencing some growth. They even formed some collaboration in the UK with recruiting networks. The company experienced lots of growth then. They would late raise some money, but Derry feels like they should have done one thing before raising capital. Find out what that is from the podcast. According to Derry, there are numerous things they would change were they to do it all over again. Listen to the podcast for details. Derry explains the different phases of growth that they went through extensively. He also tackles the struggles they suffered as well as the plateaus they conquered, and you cannot afford to miss this part. Derry talks to Geordie about partnership networking. He also discusses the SaaS and recruitment companies they collaborate with. Listen to the podcast for more details on this. Having been in the industry for a long time, Derry understands the recruitment space well. If you are looking forward to investing in the industry, you will benefit from his insights on where to look for customers. The world is currently grappling with the Covid-19 pandemic, and Derry and his team have experienced some challenges. Listen to the podcast to understand how the experience has been for them. Derry also talks about how they have managed to remain afloat. Are you an aspiring entrepreneur? Don’t miss this particular section of the podcast. Derry has tremendous plans for the company that he shares with Geordie. Listen in and get the inspiration you need to start your business today. Resources Derry Holt LinkedIn Derry Holt Twitter OneUp Sales

Casey Stanton founded CMOx to help fitness, health, manufacturing, and technology firms accelerate their growth. He has been a marketing consultant for years and has worked with numerous companies during his career. Listen to Casey as he narrates his story to Geordie Wardman.  What you’ll Learn What prompted Casey to start selling his products online What is Casey’s description of marketing? What key problem does Casey solve? Why having the right workforce is critical for your business. The type of companies that Casey works with Why Casey founded CMO Exponential Key skills of a marketing technician Why you should manage your team tightly The importance of creating social proof What does social proof do? The importance of believing in what you do Why marketers should be factual rather than persuasive Why a sales script is important Importance of a good conversation in business In this episode: Fate has a humorous way of connecting people to their destiny, and nothing describes Casey’s experience better than this. He narrates to Geordie how he struggled to get work and later settled for mowing lawns. One day he approached a man he worked for and sought to find out how he had managed to get his life together. Casey says the answer he received that day changed his life for the best. Listen to the podcast to find out what the answer was, and the riveting events that followed.    Casey says he founded CMO Exponential, a company that specializes in providing part-time and fractional marketing officers. Together with the team, they have a pragmatic operation that they have christened the functional marketing framework. He mentions that they utilize this method on seven and eight-figure firms to help them grow. CMO Exponential also works with startups and six-figure businesses. If you fall into this category, you should listen to Casey as he explains how they can help you in your journey. Coming up with a marketing strategy, according to Casey can be challenging. However, the moment you have one, you do not have to keep on paying a chief marketing officer. Still, Casey mentions that we are living in hard times, and businesses need CMOs now more than ever. With everything going digital, Casey believes that every business intending to grow should hire a full-time CMO. If you are considering moving your business online, then Casey gives a detailed breakdown of the companies they work with. Listen in to understand how your business can benefit from collaborating with CMO Exponential. Casey offers detailed information on the impact of a marketing strategy on business success. According to Casey, while there are numerous strategies available today, not everything will work for your business. He stresses the importance of understanding your product, identifying your target consumers, and coming up with a concept that works for everybody involved. This is comprehensive coverage that all entrepreneurs will benefit from. You will need a pen and paper as you listen to this podcast. At some point, Geordie engages Casey about his new time tracking software. He seeks to find out what he would do to enhance its performance. Casey’s explanation is what every new entrepreneur needs to propel their products to the next stage. You cannot afford to miss this part of the podcast. Even as Casey explains the importance of testimonials, he also gives out the case study formula. He also explains what you should do after acquiring social proof. Listen in to find this out. One on one selling is crucial as it helps sellers see their customers and listen to their complaints. This strategy also helps entrepreneurs in figuring out why customers are not buying the products. It can also help them figure out how to improve the product, to meet customer demands. Casey advises entrepreneurs not to shy away from making a single sale in a week, especially when starting. While he understands how discouraging it can be, he says that the effort you invest today will pay you tomorrow. If you are a marketer, you know that dealing with people can be difficult, especially when they reject your product. According to Casey, sales is a chance for somebody to say no to you. All marketers should avoid losing sleep because no is part of the sales process. Casey discusses the importance of having a robust sales process, keywords, and an SEO campaign, and this is something you must listen to. According to Casey, you should not let the complexity of marketing interfere with your sales strategy. He also mentions three other very critical issues that every entrepreneur should know. Listen to the podcast to figure these out. Resources CMO Exponential Hire a professional marketer Casey Stanton LinkedIn Casey Stanton Twitter Casey Stanton website

Steve Pockross is the CEO of Verblio.com, a multimedia content creation platform that focuses on SEO and quality writing. Steve has more than 20 years of experience in startups and nonprofit organizations. He was part of the initial management team at LiveOps and has led five marketing and SaaS businesses previously. He shares his journey with Geordie Wardman in this engaging podcast. What You Will Learn What problem does Steve and his team solve for their customers? Understanding market 2.0 Key pain points of getting the ideal content creator How does Verblio.com operate? Challenges that Steve experienced when he first joined Verblio.com Strategies that Steve used to achieve his goals for the company Importance of organic traffic for businesses What services does Verblio.com offer? Other marketing initiatives and channels that Steve and his team use How Steve and his team handled challenges brought about by the ongoing global challenge In this Episode: Content creation is fast becoming essential, especially now that the world is struggling with a global pandemic. Businesses have had to change the way they operate to stay afloat. If you are an entrepreneur, then this podcast will help you understand the importance of content and how you can use it to drive sales.  Steve says that his target customers are digital marketers who specialize in inbound content marketing. If you are struggling to create quality content that gets to your audience at different inbound funnel levels, then you will highly benefit from this podcast. While creating content consistently can be a problem, Steve mentions that maintaining quality is what many of their customers struggle with. If you are wondering why people create content, then Steve gives a comprehensive explanation in this podcast. He also explains the crowdsourcing model and how it has evolved over the years to incorporate Saas technology. Listen to this podcast and understand how you can adopt the same model within your establishment. Steve believes in defying common knowledge to come up with unique ideas that deliver quality. This fact is evident in his explanation of the market 2.0 model. Listen to Steve as he shares his views with Geordie. He says there are tremendous opportunities that companies can leverage to come up with models that work best for their needs. Steve talks about some of these strategies in the podcast, and you cannot afford to miss his insightful details. How does Verblio.com work? Steve as he breaks down how the platform works. He also points out notable differences between the platform and other similar platforms in the market today.  At some point, Steve looks back at the events that followed his appointment at Verblio.com. Listen to his narration on this podcast and gather some valuable lessons. Steve says he was tasked with taking over the company and growing it. Seeing that he had no prior experience with a bootstrap company, he experienced a few challenges. He lays them bare in this podcast, and you can only understand them by listening. Steve and his team came up with a robust strategy to facilitate growth in the company. What strategies were these? Listen in to find out. Steve gives numerous practical examples within the podcast that make it worth listening to. You will have an easy time identifying with both the theory and practical sessions of this podcast. How did Steve find ways to scale? He says that he first thought about improving the quality of the product the company was offering. Apart from quality content, Steve says their clients measure them depending on the flexibility, scalability, and user experience of their platform. He discusses other things he thought of doing to improve their services in detail. You will get all this information from listening to the podcast. Steve talks about the tremendous marketing strategies they had in place before the ongoing global pandemic brought them to a halt. He says, at some point, they had no marketing strategy at all, and they had to go back to the drawing board. Listen in to find out how he managed to come up with even more robust strategies to scale the company. Steve reiterates that content is today a more effective marketing channel than was the case a few years ago. He lists down some of the benefits that entrepreneurs can gain from using content as a marketing strategy. Steve also talks about the crucial content trends that you should know. If you are an aspiring entrepreneur, Steve advises you to work with experts and focus on what you are good at. He concludes by highlighting some powerful SEO tools every content creator should consider. Resources Verblio.com website  Steve Pockross LinkedIn Profile

Our guest today is Geordie Wardman. Geordie has been an entrepreneur for 15 years and currently lives in Switzerland with his family. He helps other people build companies, builds his own software services and products, and still manages to ski 100 days a year while working on all of his businesses. In this episode, Geordie shows us a version of the Opt Out life that you may not have even thought of, and teaches us that no matter where you're at in life, you could pick up and move to Switzerland. More at optoutlife.com/podcast/geordie-wardman/

From an early age, Mitch Bowler already knew that he wanted to become a video game artist. While his vision is no longer the same, Mitch is still enthusiastic about art. He strives to inspire all artists to be better versions of themselves. Mitch shares his journey with Geordie Wardman in this informative podcast that you do not want to miss it.  What You Will Learn How Mitch became a video game artist Understanding realism and how to learn it within a virtual setting What problem do Mitch and his team solve for their clients? How did Mitch know the problem his clients were facing? How Mitch build his first MVP Why Mitch and his team wanted a custom software solution for their operations so badly The amount of time Mitch took to switch from the Frankenstein to the Bubble app version Why entrepreneurs should invest in a coach Why understanding where your strengths lie is critical in the entrepreneurship world Understanding the concept of time tracking How Mitch incorporated his time tracking spreadsheet into the Bubble app How Mitch and Geordie changed the time tracking spreadsheet into SaaS How to successfully build a SaaS program within 30 days In this Episode Having a vision from an early age can be all you need to carve your own career path. Mitch understands this well, seeing that he started his journey as an artist from the age of seven years. He spent lots of time on the farm with his grandfather, from where he learned how to make money from doing a few chores. Mitch narrates the impact a rumor about a video game that would help artists create their own video games had on him. Listen to the podcast for details on what happened next and Mitch’s journey to being a video game artist. During his stint in the art industry, Mitch made a decision that saw him quit his corporate job to become a digital nomad. Then, he spent a lot of his time with entrepreneurs trying to understand their journey. In his quest to discover new things, Mitch struggled to figure out how to develop a guaranteed art program. After around three years of trying, Mitch was unsuccessful. He even tried collaborating with a professional, and still, they could not do it. According to Mitch, the art industry can be challenging. Mitch says he now understands why parents are hesitant when it comes to sending their kids to art school. Listen in to know his reasons. After years of struggling, Mitch finally found a qualified person who was recruiting 12-year-old children to engage in realistic paintings. He gives a detailed explanation of this concept in this podcast. Mitch realized that while realism is essential, there was a shortage of teachers. He wanted to devise a system where interested learners could access lessons anywhere just as they would with physical learning. It is at this point that Mitch began assessing technological solutions in the search for a system that would help him actualize his dreams. His search yielded nothing, and while he had the option of using chat rooms and forums, he knew that was not going to work. Mitch started considering custom solutions that would help him make online learning smooth for everyone. To succeed in the entrepreneurship world, you should identify your customer’s problems and come up with viable solutions. Mitch already understands what his customers want, and he shares all this information with Geordie in this candid conversation. Listen in and grab a few lessons. Mitch launched his first MVP on Evolve Artist, his first tool, but later moved it to Bubble. By this time, they had around 100 users and four blocks of curriculum, each of which he charged $300. Mitch says that art students who sign up for his program pay a more affordable price than they would for a physical art college. Listen to the conversation for more details. Mitch says that building Bubble was a learning process for him, and it took him some time to be comfortable with it. After years of managing the Bubble app, Mitch tells Geordie that he has since become self-sufficient and hardly runs into problems. Geordie and Mitch discuss a SaaS idea that they developed together in less than 30 days. Here, Mitch tells Geordie how he came up with the concept of time tracking. The discussion at this point is long and engaging, and you do not want to miss it. According to Mitch, knowing how you spend your time changes your relationship with both money and time. It also transforms you into a better decision-maker. Listen to the podcast and understand why a time management tool makes you more efficient.  Resources Mitch Bowler LinkedIn Mitch Bowler Twitter Evolveartist.com Tick Tock Lab.com

Geordie WardmanSoftware Entrepreneur, Podcaster and Skis 100 Days A Year  In this episode of Your FIRST $100K Show, Joseph Warren is joined by Geordie Wardman to discuss his fast-track formula to go from freelance work to running an agency to creating your own SAAS product. "Finish the task at hand or nothing gets done." Top 3 Tips/Strategies: ★ Do Freelancer work and really develop your skill set ★ Create an Agency then hire out work to freelancers ★ Ask your customers what they want then create a Product LinksOneStopDevShop.io Subscribe Apple | Stitcher | iHeart Support★ Make A One-Time Donation Epic Resources! 1) 5 Minute Strategy: Learn How to Obliterate Anxiety, WORRY And Stress (in 5 minutes or less)! 2) FREE Warm Up Call: Go 1-on-1 with JW & you’ll discover what's been holding you back from playing all out in less than an hour! 3) Spiritual Surrender Bootcamp: Finally, learn how to let go of your Little Control Freak™ and start winning BIG in your life! Music: Purple-Planet.com

Robert Collier said “Always enter the conversation already occurring in the prospect's mind.” With most outbound marketing and sales approaches, you’re simply shooting a shotgun and hoping to hit something. It’s usual (even good!) to have a 1-2% reply rate from cold email. But what if you could join the conversation your prospect is actually having, knowing they have a need? With Social Listening, you can! Listen to this episode where I interview my friend Geordie Wardman on exactly how he leverages Twitter to see conversations happening RIGHT NOW and how he uses outsourced labor to get the conversation started so he can close B2B services. This is a great business-to-business marketing tactic that should be on your Priority of Marketing Campaigns list. Tune in and learn exactly what to do!

Adam Hergenrother is an entrepreneur and CEO of a billion-dollar organization that started building businesses while in college. He strives to ensure that his clients become the business leaders they need to be. Hallie Warner, on the other hand, is Adam’s chief of staff. Hallie has also co-authored the book The Founder and The Force Multiplier that illustrates how executive assistants and entrepreneurs can achieve more together. Adam and Hallie share their journey with Geordie Wardman.  What You Will Learn Why entrepreneurs should enroll for a training Why entrepreneurs should invest in the right people How did Adam find Hallie? Why entrepreneurs should discover employee talents and place them in positions where they perform best How to find the best executive assistant  What factors should you consider when searching for an executive assistant? Leveraging social media and staffing agencies to identify great talent What do executive assistants expect? Importance of matching a candidate’s behavior to their position The importance of working towards the same goal as partners Why organizations should use the right language when advertising for jobs Importance of employee retention In this Episode: Adam established his companies in the real estate industry, where he opines, he had to work 1517 hour days. Along the way, he discovered what he could achieve with the right team of talented people around him. Today, Adam has more than 60 local control stations (LCS) and five main operating companies. All of these companies deal with training real estate developers. Adam tells Geordie that success is not simultaneous but sequential. Listen to Adam as he shares more details about his companies. Hallie joins in to mention that they recently started podcasting with Adam confirming that they had launched the service in more than 75 countries. Adam tells Geordie how he believed that to prosper, he had to spend long hours working hard when he started. While he is sure the strategy works, there are alternative approaches entrepreneurs can adopt. Adam is quick to mention that sometimes entrepreneurs have to put in the work to get enough money. At some point, Adam realized he needed leverage in his life. How did he achieve this? Adam says he easily delegates duties that someone else can do. Listen as he gives Geordie all the details. At some point, Adam was redeploying employees in his office, and that is how Hallie was appointed. He would later realize that some of his employees were in the wrong positions, and this is how Hallie became the Executive Assistant. Adam talks about how he tackled the matter without hurting any of his employees. You can only get the details from listening. Geordie turns to Hallie for her take. Hallie confirms that before securing the job, she had just moved to the area, and all she wanted was a job. Having been an executive assistant before, Hallie knew she was fit for the task. Listen as she tells Geordie the vision she had for the job. She describes skills that the ultimate executive assistant should have, where she mentions various factors. Listen in to understand these factors. She also has tips for entrepreneurs who are looking to hire an executive assistant. Hallie recommends places where entrepreneurs can find the ideal executive assistants. Listen to the conversation and benefit from the information she shares. Different companies have varying interviewing procedures. Adam discusses the interview strategy they use before identifying the right candidate. Listen to what they do, and you may want to replicate it for your organization. Geordie mentions how important having employees who challenge you is, and Adam agrees. Listen to his sentiments in detail. Adam also talks about hiring a force multiplier. He also mentions how letting things you are holding on go allows people to force multiply your life. How do Adam and his team attract the right person that is aligned with his companies? Adam says they have an approach that promotes culture before profit. He explains that their culture is all about models and execution. Adam explains this concept further, and you should listen in to understand it. Hallie says they recently started working on establishing a SaaS company to track their progress. Listen to both Adam and Hallie as they speak on this matter in depth. Adam says entrepreneurs should discover what they do not have and realize you can leverage a force multiplier. Doing so helps them fill the divide, which makes everything easier and more aligned.  References Adam Hergenrother Hallie Warner Hallie Warner LinkedIn The Founder and Force Multiplier Adam Hergenrother LinkedIn

Scott Desgrosseilliers is the CEO and founder of Wicked Reports. He established the company to facilitate optimization and acceleration of the digital marketing ROI for small and medium-sized businesses. The ideal Wicked Reports customers are people who sell products online. Scott opines that companies should strive to track lifetime customer value. Wicked Reports strives to help SaaS businesses have a clear picture of their paid advertising progress. Listen to Scott as he discusses his story with Geordie Wardman. What You Will Learn How Scott started his journey Why entrepreneurs should spend money on a campaign and the impact of the same on long-term ROI How Scott and his friend leveraged Facebook campaigns to attract leads Importance of Email when it comes to closing leads Why entrepreneurs should read widely What Scott does best How did Scott gain customers while still consulting for his friend? How Scott came up with his pricing What challenges did Scott face during his journey? How companies can leverage offers to increase awareness and make more money Where does Scott source his developers? Why you should pay your employees well Which of Scott’s marketing methods is the most effective for his business? In this Episode: Marketing attribution is the value or credit that you allocate to a particular marketing touchpoint. Experts define it as the science of establishing the ideal marketing drive or media that drives revenue. Scott says the idea behind market attribution is that you spent where your money is making money to increase your earnings. Again, you desist from wasting money where you do not make money. Before starting his SaaS journey, Scott was running databases amid other tasks like being a technical architect and project management. He was getting tired of these tasks and wanted to leave. When Scott shared his feelings with his seniors, they requested him to work for a year. Scott shares some detailed information with Geordie on what happened next. Listen in to find out what he said. Scott would later collaborate with his friend, who had a lobster business and lots of work to handle. However, he (Scott's friend) was struggling to keep his business afloat amid a competitive space. At some point, Scott's friend sought his help in a bid to convert leads. Scott explains how he leveraged this opportunity to demonstrate his capabilities. He ended up becoming his friend’s consultant, and within a short period, he helped him close many deals. Listen to Scott as he shares all the details with Geordie. Scott says that he established Wicked Reports out of passion but reiterates that the company happened by chance. After launching his SaaS Company, Scott and his team printed T-shirts with the company name ingrained in them. The team wore the T-shirts and walked around, asking people what they were doing to track their ROI. They interviewed different business owners to find out whether their emails were earning them money. Scott and his team were surprised that no one they interviewed had a definitive answer. That is how Scott identified a pain point and decided to work on it. He says the demand for a SaaS product was so high that his company hit the first MRR within the first year after launching. Surprisingly, they achieved all this by relying on word of mouth. Listen to Scott as he explains how he and his team worked tirelessly to achieve this tremendous success. Even with this success, Scott says they were using an ugly product. Listen as he explains his sentiments. At some point, Scott and his team organized a show to promote the business. He talks about how they made colossal amounts of money from the show and numerous leads. You will need to hear the story in his words to understand. While Scott has no problem hiring from any part of the world, he prefers working with people within the same time zone. He also opts to work with people who speak English. According to him, doing so enhances convenience. Scott says he has both full time employees and others who work under full-time contracts. All of his employees work remotely. Scott reiterates that content marketing is critical not only for his business but for many others. He says has a content team that leverages his thoughts to come up with the right content for his business. He believes that great content is crucial for the success of any business.  References Scott Desgrosseilliers Wicked Reports Blog Wicked Reports Scott Desgrosseilliers

In this episode of the Remote CEO Show, I had the pleasure to interview Geordie Wardman. Geordie is the host of the Big Break Software Podcast, that interviews software company founders, SaaS owners, app builders, angel investors, and SaaS coaches/consultants. He started 5 companies, sold three, and still running two of them. He a team of 45 people, and we're growing. He lives in Switzerland, works from home, and ski 100 days a year while running all of his businesses.

April Dunford was a repeat vice president of marketing at various tech start-up companies before she finally transitioned into consulting. She focuses on positioning, where she helps customers understand their competition and target market. Listen as she tells Geordie Wardman what she does.  What You Will Learn How did April reposition her first product? How April and her team discovered the impact of repositioning Does your product influence the market? Importance of doing a market study The importance of understanding your competition  April’s journey into understanding positioning. How did she approach it? What is April’s advice to start-up companies that do not have enough customers? Why small businesses should begin with a thesis before creating a product Why companies should identify their target market Why you should know who your customer is and who is not Importance of copywriting in marketing Common mistakes that small businesses make before consulting a professional SaaS company Investor expectations vs. customer expectations In this episode Many successful entrepreneurs today never achieved success overnight. It took them many years to understand their product, learn and master their competitors, and know their target market. April says her first job was a startup company. As a junior, together with her team they did product repositioning from where she learned two things. Listen to this conversation to find out these two things. One critical thing that April walked away with was that positioning was crucial for the success of products in the market. At some point, April began teaching about positioning at a local University before transitioning into teaching small businesses. Today, she is a professional consultant. April gives Geordie a detailed story of her experience with repositioning her first product. This story is interesting, and you need to listen to it to get the concept behind it. While working for the startup, April's role was to conduct a market study to find out how the company’s product was doing in the market. The task involved calling 200 customers. From her survey, many of their customers were not interested in that product. Rather than focusing on how poorly the product was doing in the market, April and her team brainstormed transformation ideas. Their efforts paid handsomely, and the product received tremendous support and success. She says many customers still use the product to date. According to April, if she were to do it again today, she would pursue a different approach. Listen as she shares her sentiments with Geordie. How did April come up with the positioning strategy? She tells Geordie how she imagined someone could have done or even documented it (positioning) before. April embarked on research and enrolled in marketing classes. She would later discover a great book about positioning. Listen in to find out which book that is. She says the book was impactful, and many trainers still use it in master classes. This book explains the importance of positioning in detail, and April believes every marketer should read it. However, she is fast to note that this book will not tell you how to execute positioning. April furthered her studies in marketing school, where she learned more about positioning. Listen to her conversation with Geordie to find out what she gained from the lessons. In her quest to understand and execute positioning, April broke it down into various component pieces before establishing the best answer for each item. April says figuring the components out was not a difficult task. Listen to understand how she did it. She gives details on the relationship between products, unique features, and a competitive alternative. Listen to understand her explanation precisely. April opines that many companies only put products on the web, believing that willing customers will use the product. However, companies need to do more to ensure the target audience knows about your brand. She says a SaaS company can help improve the visibility of your product. April reiterates that for every product there is in a crowded market companies should establish who loves the brand and why they do. Companies should figure out what makes their products unique among their competitors. April speaks about this matter in detail. Listen in to capture everything that she says. She explains that people have numerous reasons for not buying a particular brand. However, your focus should be on the people that love your brand, which she calls a rare event, especially in the current competitive arena. Remember, people have many choices and can buy anything from anywhere. Understand why they would pick you over the others, to understand what you should change, or improve to meet their expectations. April says selling anything today amid the crowded market is a miracle that businesses should appreciate.  References April Dunford Net promoter April Dunford Twitter Obviously Awesome

In this episode of The Hyperfast Agent Podcast, host Dan Lesniak speaks with software guru and entrepreneur, Geordie Wardman. Geordie has started 5 companies that build software to help entrepreneurs save time, and shares tips on how to utilize automation and delegation to minimize repetitive tasks. Episode Highlights:  Geordie's companies develop software to help entrepreneurs track their time. Passive income has inspired Geordie in creating his companies and picking his investments. The time-tracking program that Geordie is working on allows entrepreneurs to delegate tasks that they don't need to be doing. Tracking time in a spreadsheet can make your time usage so much more efficient. There are a lot of real estate agents that struggle with efficiently using their time. Real estate agents can use Geordie's method without taking any time out of their day by recording on Loom. Anyone that wants to build software around this principle can reach out to Geordie for a quote. Software As A Service (SAAS) companies have given Geordie multiple revenue streams and diversified his portfolio. Time efficiency allows entrepreneurs to grow their businesses faster through automation and delegation. You need to know what tasks you do not need to be doing in order to increase productivity. Take your annual income and break it down into monthly and hourly so you know what your time is worth. Anything outside of your most important tasks should be delegated so you can focus on growing. Training others to do the important tasks will fuel growth and reduce stress. Lead gen, sales, collection, and fulfillment are the elements that make up all businesses. Utilize Google Docs to separate your business into finance, operations, sales, and marketing. There are a plethora of software that you can use to organize and manage your teams. Using solely email makes it difficult to organize and can make things very messy. KPIs can be used to track the progress of the business and each individual department. Most real estate agents are focusing on the lagging indicators instead of the leading indicators. Keeping a finger on the pulse of the company will ensure that nothing is broken and holding the company back from growing. Geordie is working on a new project that is going to bring in more leads through social media. Twitter and Facebook provide a massive number of free leads if you know how to look. Focus on finishing one task until it is done before you move onto the next one. Diversifying your portfolio will allow your business to break through the challenge of a global pandemic. 3 Key Points: When you are able to track your time, you can find out how much time you are spending on tasks that should be delegated. Writing out the key elements of the business, and then training other people to do those, is how all companies grow. Your business is not going to be different. Using Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) allows entrepreneurs to track their most important numbers and keep a finger on the pulse of the business. Resources Mentioned: Learn more about (Hyperfast Academy); (Join the HyperFast Team) Dan Lesniak (bio, Facebook, Twitter) Geordie Wardman (Website, Twitter) Loom - Video Software Profit First - Book Zoom Slack Trello Skype Google Hangouts Google Sites QuickBooks

Dane Maxwell is an enthusiastic entrepreneur who strives to help others navigate challenges in the business industry to achieve success. Dane started establishing companies from a young age. While many of them failed, that did not deter him from pursuing his desire to establish a multi-million dollar company. Some of his companies still exist. Listen as he shares his exciting journey with Geordie Wardman. What You’ll Learn What to look out for in a contract crew The book Dane launched. Was it a business model or a passion project? Why entrepreneurs should hire experts to help solve their customer’s painful problems Demonstrating customer results is a critical part of success in business. Find out why. Why entrepreneurs should be intentional about the goals they want to achieve What happened when Dane realized his talent What triggered Dane into writing a book? How did Dane go about writing his book, Start from Zero? When can an entrepreneur hire without struggling with trust issues? Importance of reading books How to make friends with the mind What freedom is Pricing your products In this Episode Being passionate about something means going beyond limits to achieve what you desire. This approach is the case of Dane Maxwell, who started out working as a hotel tech support. Dane would later learn business and sales, and marketing before venturing into SaaS development with no tech skills at all. Dane tells Geordie that many times the brain of an entrepreneur battle to identify that magic point. It is this confusion that deters you from identifying opportunities at the right time. Many times, another brand may crop up and do something differently that transforms the industry, and overtakes your product. According to Dane, as much as what you do matters, how you do it is more crucial. Dane talks about the launch and progress of his book project. Listen in to know everything about it. Dane ventured into the business world at 22 years old. He believes that had he started earlier, he would probably be worth much more than he is worth today. Listen to his conversation with Geordie as he explains this concept in depth. According to Dane, your consciousness as an entrepreneur can make or break your business. He goes ahead to give a personal example that you need to hear first-hand. Did you know that you are likely to become what you believe you are? Dane tells Geordie how being bullied from a younger age made him believe he was garbage. Little did he know how talented he was. What happened when he finally understood himself, confronted his fears, and took the initiative to change his belief? Listen to his sentiments and learn from the same. Dane opines that one of the highest return on investment (ROI) he has ever achieved was from hiring therapists for business matters. You do not want to miss the part where he explains the importance of hiring a reliable, trustworthy therapist. However, he is also quick to mention that finding a good therapist can be a difficult task. When is the best time to hire, and how do you identify the right person? Dane believes that companies can hire when they have the most leverage. They can also hire when customers come to them in search of solutions. Dane has more to say on this topic that you can only understand by listening to the podcast. Listen to find out his sentiments on finding the right person to hire. Dane discusses his book, Start from Zero, and explains that it is all about mindset. Listen to the podcast and learn more about this book and why every entrepreneur should read it. Dane explains about identity and how working with it can become poisonous at some point. He opines that identity never makes you happy. Often, Dane says, many people suffer in pursuit of an end to their current suffering. What happens if you focus your entire mind on this search? Listen to Dane’s answer to this question. Do you want to grow wealth? If you do, you need to listen to Dane as he explains the four brains to grow wealth. Dane says making money is neither mystery nor magic. He says, making money may be the easy part but keeping it can be a difficult task. He tells Geordie how to grow, and keep money. Marketing is a critical part of business success. Find out how Dane markets his business. Dane and his team have a specific structure for their blogs. You will need to listen to find this out. He also shares about how he finds employees for his SaaS Company. Dane has a free excerpt for his book that you can read before committing yourself to the entrepreneurship world.  References The Foundation Paperless Pipeline Dane Maxwell Start from Zero

Rand Fishkin has founded many platforms like moz.com, Whiteboard, inbound.org, and Whiteboard Friday before his latest platform, SparkToro. Listen as he shares his journey with Geordie Wardman. He also gives extensive details about SparkToro, an audience intelligence platform that allows marketers to understand websites that an audience reads. Marketers can use this platform to know who their target audience follows on various social media platforms.  What You Will Learn How Rand dropped out of college and the events that followed  How Moz was established How Moz evolved and achieved success in revenue generation Hy did Rand leave Moz? How is Moz different from SparkToro? How Rand and his co-founder started SparkToro Alternative content marketing strategies that companies can use How the audience intelligence product works How did the SparkToro launch go? What are Rand’s marketing plans? In This Episode: Education is critical, but sometimes it takes dropping out of college to become one of the most successful SaaS or SEO gurus available. Rand, for example, dropped from college in 2001 to join his mom at a marketing consulting company. This company would later become Moz. Then, the company was a struggling web design venture, forcing Rand to launch an SEO blog. This blog attracted lots of consulting customers who were interested in SEO services. Rand and his team would later launch some software, nascent tools that interested parties could subscribe to. To their amazement, demand for the subscription product skyrocketed, and that is how they raised part of their venture capital. The success of Moz did not stop here, and you can get all the details from the podcast. Listen to figure out how Rand became CEO, and how the company experienced exponential growth before Rand finally left to establish SparkToro. Rand discusses the venture model in detail. If you are an entrepreneur looking to launch a company, you need to listen to Rand’s wise words. Rand says he and his co-founder own SparkToro entirely. Listen as he shares more details on SparkToro with Geordie. For years, Rand has been a passionate marketer, and many people sought him for assistance on SEO matters. However, Rand made a critical discovery about SEO and search. Listen as he shares the discovery with Geordie. Rand discusses the frustrations entrepreneurs have to deal with when it comes to identifying potential customers from different parts of the world. He tells Geordie that together with his co-founder, they decided that no one should go through these troubles. Listen to find out what they did to achieve that milestone. Rand mentions that while he works with his co-founder, they have hired some experts to help them during their journey. Listen to Rand explain how the audience intelligence works, how it helps collect data, and how they use the data to develop a validation system. Rand explains that he believes in a marketing flywheel model. Currently, Rand says he is excited because they have a diverse market and extensive applications. One of the strategies online marketers use to attract traffic is through guest posts and links. However, Rand says that this method hardly works unless your platform is SEO based. According to him, many of the links you use for SEO hardly send back traffic. The SparkToro system is different because it sends you high-quality traffic. In this case, you would not need a link because your objective is to get coverage and awareness. Rand says that email list building has been one of their most successful marketing strategies. Still, he is quick to mention that, together with his co-founder, they are hesitant about sending people too many emails. They only strive to send emails that will be beneficial to you. According to Rand, SEO, or SEM (search engine marketing) are not a terrible strategy, but they are risky. He explains this concept in detail and concludes by saying that some businesses have come tumbling down for relying on search exclusively. Rand opines that investing in social media and content marketing that does not depend on SEO, but the quality of content is a great idea. Marketers should invest in content that leaves an impact on people so much so that they would miss it if it were unavailable. Rand has some sentiments about podcasting as well. Listen as he shares what he thinks and how you can use them to your benefit.    Resources Rand Fishkin Moz.com Rand Fishkin LinkedIn SparkToro SparkToro Product Rand Fishkin Twitter

Welcome to the trailer for Episode #264 with Geordie Wardman, from OneStop DevShop. During this episode, Geordie and I will talk about his experiences on jumping off an airplane to put out forest fires and how now, he has several tech based companies and manages to still ski 100 days a year while managing all of his businesses. We talked about a bunch of different things: how having a mentor is a must if you're starting to be an entrepreneur how the foundation of building a business is starting with being creative with either a skill or a product when you're starting, it's a good advice to start with freelancers to mitigate the risk how important to diversify your business so that you have a fall back plan in case something happen that is out of your control Some useful links: Listen to Geordie's podcast, Big Break Software Podcast, here Listen to #Screwitjustdoit 250th episode with Oliver Cookson here Check out the Bonjoro website for video messages here

In his own words, Mark Thompson says he had been an ordinary entrepreneur for close to 10 years before co-founding PayKickstart. During that time, Mark created different software, mainly focusing on SaaS. He also developed information products that he sold to his target audience, with PayKickstart as their core business. The ideal PayKickstart customers are; digital entrepreneurs, people who specialize in selling software solutions, people running membership sites, online course creators, coaches, and consultants. Listen in as Mark shares his journey with Geordie Wardman.  What You Will Learn What prompted Mark and his team to offer their PayKickstart shopping cart tool to their vendors? What happened to the previous applications that Mark and his team built over the years? Does Mark have any plans to develop a SaaS platform? Niches that PayKickstart focus on What sets PayKickstart from its competitors? How did Mark transform the PayKickstart tool into a product? Pain-points that Mark and his team relied on to build the PayKickstart platform How PayKickstart leveraged their sister company to make their first $10,000 in MRR How PayKickstart found their customers What growth strategy did Mark use after opening the platform to the public? How giving bonuses helps drive traffic to your site How long was it before PayKickstart got brand recognition? Why companies should have a blog The impact of SEO on companies How affiliates can help companies increase revenue Mark founded PayKickstart out of necessity. After selling many products over the years, he and his team realized that many of the shopping carts their customers used were archaic. Not only were these carts rigid, but they were also not adaptable to their business. After consultations, Mark and his team decided to develop an internal tool that would help them sell their products. They were determined to use the PayKickstart tool to promote their affiliate partners. After around two years of using the tool in-house, it evolved to become a system that the team had not envisioned. Listen in as Mark explains how people would call them endlessly to enquire about their cool checkout page. Mark and his team released the PayKickstart tool to the public close to three years ago. Today, the PayKickstart tool has evolved into a fully-fledged platform complete with robust functionality. The PayKickstart tool helps eliminate the technical hurdles that come with managing recurring revenue. Mark says that over the years, they have realized it is not easy to become the best providers in the market for a single product. He and his team only focus on ensuring that PayKickstart is running smoothly. PayKickstart strives to evolve with the times to ensure customers get the best, up to date services. Mark and his team have devised numerous advanced tools that help maximize conversions. Listen to Mark as he shares more reasons with Geordie on what sets PayKickstart apart from their competitors. Mark shares his journey and the events that preceded the development of the PayKickstart platform. At some point, they offered the tool for free to a specific number of people, after which they started charging a small fee per month. Mark mentions that their sister company played a role in helping PayKickstart penetrate the market. A growth strategy is critical for companies, especially when starting. Apart from working with affiliates, and inviting people to webinars, PayKickstart gave its customers a free post-shopping offer. Mark tells Geordie how he and his team went about it. Listen in to find out what other methods PayKickstart used to attract more customers and attract more customers through word of mouth. Like any other business, PayKickstart has faced some challenges along the way. Mark says their biggest challenge so far has been people canceling. To prevent this, Mark and his team have worked hard to revamp the site, improved the signup flow, and improved the in-app onboarding experience to give people value. Mark explains that PayKickstart still runs different challenges in a bid to introduce customers to their services. Mark has some sales conversion and retention tactics to share that you need to hear. He and his team are committed to retaining costumers, a tactic he calls 'overcoming objections to save the sale.' With significant advancements on the PayKickstart platform, Mark has managed to offer customers a smooth experience and minimize cancellations. Customers can now navigate through the website with ease. Further, Mark strives to convince customers to stay. Listen to find out the strategies he has applied to achieve this. Mark mentions that while PayKickstart has experienced challenges, they have leveraged them to grow the platform.  Resources Mark Thompson PayKickstart.com Mark Thompson LinkedIn Mark Thompson Twitter PayKickstart Facebook

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Welcome to the trailer for Episode #264 with Geordie Wardman, from OneStop DevShop. In this Wednesday episode, Geordie and I will talk about his experiences on jumping off an airplane to put out forest fires and how now, he has several tech based companies and manages to still ski 100 days a year while managing all of his businesses. Join us on Wednesday for the full episode.

We interviewed Sean Fulp on his company's experience with SaaS. Listen now to understand why advanced technology is essential for the smooth running of your business. Sean Fulp is the executive managing director for Newmark Knight Frank, a publicly-traded international full-service real estate company. The company strives to facilitate real estate transactions without teams or agents. Sean recently collaborated with Geordie Wardman and his team in a bid to understand how SaaS works. He shares the entire experience with Geordie.  What you will Learn Why companies need to adopt advanced technology practices How businesses can leverage SaaS to achieve more with a small team Importance of data in different industries Why companies should consider outsourcing their services Why companies should engage decision-makers that control the product in their industry Importance of automating certain functions in your business Why communication is critical for any business project How to identify a great team to work with Why you should opt to engage professionals instead of doing things on your own In this Episode: Times have changed, and nearly every industry today has transformed from analog to digital practices. Companies that are not innovative are likely to drag when it comes to productivity and return on investment. It is this realization that prompted Sean to approach Geordie and his team in search of a viable solution. Apart from selling commercial real estate, Sean admits that the company specializes in various other things. He says the organization is diverse, and he only leads a particular revenue stream within the company. Sean and his team are in agreement that they need technology to scale their practices both from an automation and marketing point of view. In his words, he refers to himself and his able team as market makers. Listen as Sean explains why and how they plan to accomplish more with fewer people. Sean tells Geordie the reason they need the SaaS technology is to help facilitate smooth transactions from a marketing and workflow point of view. He mentions that the structure of the company allows for effectiveness when they are dealing with their customers face to face. However, they are hardly doing so currently. Instead, they are adopting virtual practices. Sean says they do not see themselves going back to running the business physically. Technology will play a role in propelling their efforts to the next level. He tells Geordie that they strive to increase their revenue. To achieve this, they spend a lot of their present engaging decision-makers who control the commercial real estate industry. Sean says he chose to work with Geordie’s team to get help in automating things that hardly generate revenue to enhance workflow. He and his team are happy that adopting SaaS has helped them reduce the duration it takes to complete tasks. Listen as he expounds on this topic. Sean admits that they have achieved a lot from working with Geordie. You will need to listen to understand how much Geordie and his team have helped Sean automate their reports. From working with Geordie, Sean and his team have connected with people from different backgrounds. He says they now have an effective system that allows them to collaborate with their consumers smoothly. He is pleased about the consistent use of a vast range of applications and tools that Geordie and his team use. He admits that they always receive recommendations on how to enhance the efficiency of their services from Geordie’s team.   Listen to Sean as he narrates the tremendous benefits he and the company have gained from working with Geordie. Sean has excellent things to say on what his company has achieved from working with Geordie’s team. He says before the collaboration, they were achieving okay results. However, they wanted something better. They were looking to collaborate with a passionate and committed team of professionals. He admits that Geordie and his team have surpassed his expectations. You can only get a clear essence of his satisfaction from listening to the explanation in his own words. Sean is happy with what Geordie and his team have managed to do on the design and engineering part of their website. Listen to learn more about what Geordie’s team did and how Sean and his team are handling the site to maintain its user-friendliness. Sean shares tips on his experience so far. Listen to him as he explains his utmost appreciation to Geordie for what they have managed to do within a short period. If you are a business owner, Sean reiterates the importance of understanding your scope of business. What are you developing? How long will it take? Do you have qualified in-house staff to do it to perfection? According to Sean, sometimes you just have to stop what you are doing to ensure the entire team understands the scope. From there you can work together towards success.   Resources Sean Fulp Sean Fulp LinkedIn Newmark Knight Frank

On this episode of Saturday Strategy, host Johnny Themans welcomes guest Geordie Wardman, serial entrepreneur and founder of Onestop Devshop, a software development company. Geordie is here to offer insight on scaling any business, while focusing on software companies. A problem that many people in business face when they start out is the challenge of transitioning from a solopreneur to the business owner they want to be. Identifying and taking action on the steps in between your start point and end point is often the hardest part. Geordie describes what life as a freelancer is like, what the ambitions and goals could be at the end, and which steps to take during the transition from freelancer to agency to product owner. How do you know your skills are valuable? Geordie details the answer to this and it’s simpler than you may think. He then offers insight on looking for a problem to solve, generating leads, and augmenting agency income with products to diversify cash flow. He talks about what you can do to start planning your journey towards owning a lucrative business and shares his views on virtual agencies, divulging a few that he utilizes himself. Software as a Service (SaaS) is an easy way to take part in this booming remote work trend and it’s definitely not going to end. If you would like help with your software idea or would like to start down that path, Geordie would like to offer you a FREE 15-20 minute consultation to brainstorm and answer any questions you may have. You can find his contact information below. About our Guest: Geordie Wardman is a serial entrepreneur who is currently working on developing online software products. He is the founder of Onestop Devshop, an online software development agency that he started last year which is on track to hit $1 million in revenues this year. He has one start up SaaS for lead generation where he is in the process of finalising raising funds for it and another distressed SaaS that he purchased recently which helps people get online reviews. Geordie has a team of 45 and the business is growing steadily each month. He lives in Switzerland with his family, skiing 100 days a year while running all of his businesses from home. He’s especially passionate about Software as a Service (SaaS), software start-ups, marketing, entrepreneurship, bootstrapping, and lifestyle businesses. Contact Geordie via e-mail: geordie@1stop.io Connect with him on LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman Visit his business’s website: www.gemm.tv Follow his business on Twitter: www.twitter.com/gemmsupport Listen to his podcast: www.bigbreaksoftware.libsyn.com Contact Johnny through WhatsApp: 0 797-743-7360 Follow Saturday Strategy on Twitter: www.twitter.com/SaturdayStrate1 Follow Good2Great on Twitter: www.twitter.com/GOOD2GREAT_ltd --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/good2great/message

Laura is a designer and entrepreneur who studied design. After completing her studies, she worked in an agency. She would later branch out from the agency to work as a freelancer. Laura worked from home for approximately eight years. In her quest to make design easy to understand, the idea of creating a course crossed her mind.  Throughout her learning years, Laura had struggled with converting simple designs into attractive ones. She wanted a course that would help transform simple designs to make them professional and good looking. Listen to Laura as she tells Geordie how she created a portal for her clients.  What You’ll Learn What Laura disliked about working from home? What problem did Laura’s portal help solve? How Laura found out the impact of her portal How Laura handled the minimum viable product (MVP) process Navigating a WordPress hosted portal setup How long do aspiring developers take to master Laura’s design course? Importance of copywriting in design Leveraging Google Docs to come up with a landing page How to enhance your design skills How to design a compelling website with minimal struggle Why a minimal website is better than an eye-catching one Where to get good quality designs, illustrations, and icons for your website About design fundamentals What to consider when hiring a designer In This Episode Today, customers want the best website experience, and service providers have no choice but to satisfy them. Often, knowing how to offer the best services can be challenging as Laura found out. While she knew her needs, she did not understand how to articulate it until she created a portal for her clients.  At some point, Laura spoke at a conference where she discussed her client portal to fellow freelancers. Listen as she explains what happened after the conference. The feedback Laura received from the conference compelled her to launch her product immediately. She still pursued her dream of creating a design course.  How was Design Academy established? Laura says that during her time as a freelancer, she interacted with many developers. They wanted to venture into development but did not know how to go about achieving their dream. What does Laura’s design course entail? She reiterates that she hardly teaches her students how to master the course. Instead, she strives to ensure that learners can move from novice level to a complete attractive website. Laura shares the strategy she uses to teach her students with Geordie Wardman in this discussion.  According to Laura, developers can enhance their design skills through research and viewing other websites. She says the best way to gain experience is by saving sites that you like. Often, remembering sites you have encountered can be a difficult task. That is why developers should leverage tools that help them save sites for future reference.  Minimal and simple website design works best, especially for beginners. Laura says developers can always change websites in the future. What about drawing? According to Laura, drawing can be challenging, and many novice developers may not be in a position to do it on their own. However, they can solve this by using an illustration set. Laura explains how to go about it in-depth in this podcast. She also talks about using icons and combining them with colors.  What colors work best for a website? Listen in to find out how colors can transform the appearance of your site. Laura explains that at some point, you may need to hire a designer to handle your development needs professionally. However, she explains that there are various factors to consider before collaborating with any designer.  One of the main things she recommends is taking a look at the designer’s website. You can be sure that a designer won’t outsource their website development as they would their portfolio. Listen to Laura as she explains to Geordie why you need a designer that can match their website development to copywriting.  What approach does Laura use on a personal level when choosing a developer? Does she prefer developers from a specific region? What is the importance of hiring an all-rounded developer? Laura talks about all this comprehensively in this podcast.  Laura discusses the importance of working with professional developers and designers. She also reiterates that she spends a lot of her time teaching on design academy than she does on her client portal.  Resources How Laura built it Design Academy Laura Elizabeth Laura Elizabeth Twitter Design Fundamentals Client Portal

Geordie Wardman is the Founder of OneStopDevShop (https://onestopdevshop.io/) and WaveReview, and Host of The Big Break Software podcast.    At OneStopDevShop, they take on the vision of your product, and work with you to ensure its success using software development. Over on WaveReview, Wardman runs an SaaS company started in 2013 providing online reputation services for boutique hotels, spas, salons & Amazon customers.

Patrick Stiles is the founder of Vidalytics. He prides himself in having 11 years of experience in the entrepreneurship world. Vidalytics is a video hosting, analytics, and marketing platform.  The platform specializes in hosting videos that customers post on their personal websites for marketing purposes. The ideal Vidalytics customer is a small business owner who owns a website and direct response marketers.  Entrepreneurs who are interested in boosting engagement on their platforms will benefit from working with Vidalytics.  In this Episode Marketing can be challenging and it takes time before you can convert website hits into sales. Patrick Stiles founded Vidalytics in 2016 to help its customers monitor activity on their websites and improve their conversion rates.  As an entrepreneur, Patrick operated many businesses, some of which are still running and profitable. At some point, he decided that he needed to put all his energy into one business. He used money from one of his companies to start Vidalytics. Unfortunately, the business did not do quite well and this saw Patrick sink deep in debt.  After deliberations with his team, he decided that placing it in the public market was a good idea. Still, the company (Vidalytics) did not perform according to Patrick’s expectations and this is where he knew he needed to do something. Listen in to find out what happened next and hear Patrick as he discusses the components of a good video. What differentiates one video from the other? How long should the ideal video be?  Patrick also shares what success in the marketing realm means from his perspective. He says, there are different ways of defining success in the marketing industry especially in terms of ads. He reiterates that increased ads on your website are an indication that your venture is doing well.  Is there a defined method of making videos that convert? Patrick is certain that you only need to learn your audience and understand what they need. Once you collect this information you can customize videos that your audience wants to see repeatedly. Hear all about it as Geordie Wardman extracts valuable information from Patrick.  Will your business venture pick up immediately? Patrick discusses how he struggled to finally bring Vidalytics to its feet. From trying webinars that bore little fruit to allowing people to sign up for free which later on turned to be a disaster. Listen in to find out how the situation went from zero sign-ups to many people registering for accounts.  You will learn how to create videos that convince your customers to want to buy from you. Patrick says people tend to buy emotionally rather than logically. As a video creator, you want to speak to your customers' emotions in order to convert their clicks into sales and scale your business.  What Sets Vidalytics Apart from their Competitors? Vidalytics performs case studies with their customers. This has been instrumental in helping them understand what their customers should do to improve the performance of marketing strategies. Patrick says that Vidalytics provides tools their customers need to figure out which part of their marketing videos is converting customers.  This is a proper way of letting the customer establish areas they need to improve on to meet customer expectations. The platform allows customers to monitor how the platform works before they can invest with them. Vidalytics has no plans of expanding in the near future. Instead, they want to focus on growing their audience at the moment in a bid to scale the platform further. 

Sachin Monga is the co-founder and CEO of Cocoon, an app that provides a secure and private space to keep up with your closest friends and family members.  Before co-founding Cocoon, Sachin worked at Facebook for seven years, holding various positions. Now, his goal is to bring new technology into the world that augments natural social behavior and makes us better humans. In this episode… In our modern world, even the closest of friends and family members often live in different locations around the globe. And despite advancements in technology, it can be a real challenge to stay connected in a personal and private way. With occasional phone or video calls, texts, and posts on oversaturated social networks, there is still a lack of a digital safe space to call your own.  However, Sachin Monga is trying to change all that. After working at Facebook for seven years, Sachin realized that he didn’t have an intimate digital space to connect with his family, who lived far away. This led him to co-found Cocoon, a private social “space” that brings close friends and family members under one digital roof, no matter where in the world they currently live.  In this episode of the Big Break Software Podcast, Geordie Wardman takes a stroll down memory lane with Sachin Monga, the co-founder and CEO of Cocoon. Sachin discusses leaving Facebook to design a more personal social space, the challenges he faced when building the Cocoon MVP, and all the other exciting milestones of becoming a software entrepreneur. Stay tuned.

Kelsey Recht is an online media entrepreneur and the Founder and CEO of VenueBook, an event venue booking platform that makes it faster and easier to book events.  Kelsey has an MBA in Marketing and Entrepreneurship from Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management. She founded VenueBook in 2010 and has since raised $10 million in Venture Capital funding. In this episode… The event industry had been facing a significant problem: the lack of real-time availability data to enable reliable online venue booking. Online media entrepreneur, Kelsey Recht, saw this problem ten years ago, and she decided to found her venue management software, VenueBook, to solve it.  From a self-funded $10,000 MVP to managing over 2200 venues and raising $10 million in VC funding, Kelsey has only continued to grow and develop her platform, and she isn’t planning to stop anytime soon.  In this episode of The Big Break Software Podcast, Geordie Wardman interviews Kelsey Recht about the success of her event venue booking platform, VenueBook. She breaks down how she built her MVP to its software big break, the important lessons she learned along the way, and her strategies for making it through the COVID-19 setbacks.

Chris Ronzio is the founder and CEO of Trainual, an SaaS platform that allows companies to create online training manuals for employees, contractors, salespeople, interns, or vendors with just the click of a button.  Chris is obsessed with helping small and growing businesses get organized and achieve success -- so much so that he wrote the book 100 Hacks to Improve Your Business. He is also a columnist for Inc. Magazine and the host of the Process Makes Perfect podcast.  In this episode… From serving a few clients and hitting seven-figures in consulting revenues, to taking a massive pay cut and creating a product that would help hundreds of entrepreneurs grow their businesses, Chris Ronzio was never one to back down from a challenge.  With his training software, Trainual, Chris is now helping thousands of small and growing companies around the world design their own business playbooks. In this episode of the Big Break Software Podcast, Geordie Wardman interviews Chris Ronzio about leaving a stable consulting business to create Trainual. They discuss Chris’ first business endeavor in high school, the importance of Facebook Ads for marketing his MVP, and how he got to $30,000 in MRR. Stay tuned.

Jói Sigurdsson is the founder and CEO of CrankWheel, a screen sharing SaaS that's tailor-made for sales professionals. With CrankWheel, marketers can add a visual presentation to any phone call by simply sharing their screen or browser tab. Before CrankWheel, Jói spent nearly 10 years as a senior staff software engineer at Google. In this episode… Remote sales work, but they are often still largely inefficient. What if salespeople could share their screen in seconds and complete their pitch without even getting off the phone?  That’s what Jói Sigurdsson’s SaaS, CrankWheel, is doing for its clients. With this software, prospects can view a shared screen in the middle of a phone call without having to download an app.  In this episode of The Big Break Software Podcast, Geordie Wardman interviews Jói Sigurdsson about developing his MVP for CrankWheel, reaching his software big break, and growing from $0 to $36,000 MRR all the way from Iceland. Stay tuned. 

In this episode, Craig chats with Geordie Wardman about his experience working with both SaaS and agency models. They go over the pros and cons of an agency model, Geordie’s tips on how to build a great offshore team, the art of dabbling, and what he looks for when he buys businesses. He also covers […]

Stefan Koenig is the Co-founder and CRO of Hull. Hull is a real-time customer data platform for marketing ops leaders in scaling SaaS companies. It allows customers to aggregate their complex marketing stack into a single coherent operational process so the teams can work together better and make more sales. In this episode… The SaaS journey is rarely smooth sailing all the time, and the team over at Hull.io know this well. This week Stefan Koenig, a Co-founder at Hull, shares their growth story. When they started as a gamification and identity management platform and got into TechStars, they couldn’t raise seed funding, So they pivoted into a customer data management platform.  After their pivot, they had to bootstrap all over again to build their new MVP before they tried raising capital. They succeeded the second time around and raised over 2.2 million USD in seed funding to reach their software big break. How did they pull it off?  Hear all about the startup journey of Hull.io in this episode of the Big Break Software Podcast, as Geordie Wardman and Stefan Koenig of Hull.io chat about how Stefan and his co-founders pivoted their SaaS startup after failing at raising fund and going on to make their software big break. 

Amar Ghose is the CEO of ZenMaid, a contract management software for maid services. Amar founded ZenMaid in 2013 with his partner Arun Dhevabhaktuni in Palo Alto, CA. Before founding ZenMaid, Amar ran his maid services and worked as a tech sales professional, helping different SaaS businesses acquire customers. Today, Amar is considered as a leader in the cleaning space. In this episode… Starting and growing a SaaS business has many twists and turns. Amar Ghose has faced his fair share of those and was able to start and grow ZenMaid from zero to a market leader in the maid cleaning services industry. According to Amar, it all began with the realization that every single maid service on the planet has one thing in common: a schedule. They have to know where they need to be, when they should be there, and what to get done on every job. That’s why Amar Co-founded ZenMaid to provide that solution to maid cleaning services.  Tune in to this episode of The Big Break Software Podcast with Geordie Wardman as he discusses with Amar Ghose of ZenMaid about how he came up with the idea for ZenMaid, how funded his MVP, the growth strategy he used for his business, and how navigated his way from zero to $30,000 MRR  to reach his software big break.

Justin Burns is the co-founder and CEO Miestro, an online platform for coaches, trainers, and organizations to host and sell their courses. Justin started working right after high school and found himself gravitating towards sales. Justin is now considered as a  well-known expert in the online marketing space. He is also a best selling author and a keynote speaker with an impressive coaching and teaching background. In this episode… In the SaaS space, it is very easy to just get caught up trying so hard to iterate and build your product right. That’s a good thing but if you’re doing it without talking to your customers first, you will end up losing a lot of money and getting frustrated. According to Justin Burns, it is vital for SaaS companies to get feedback from their prospective customers on what they want from a product to achieve a great product-market fit. Justin Burns didn’t start out early in the tech industry and he didn’t even have a tech background to begin with. He started out as an employee straight out of highschool to owning a $50,000 MRR SaaS company and being considered as an expert in online marketing. How did he do it? Tune in to this episode of the Big Break Software Podcast as Justin Burns of Miestro shares with Geordie Wardman how his entrepreneurial started and eventually led to him entering the SaaS industry, how he used his early days as a keynote speaker to market his product, how he approaches affiliates with promotion offers, and how his company eventually got its biggest break.

Michael Katz is the CEO and founder of mParticle, an established startup in the customer data platform space. Michael has had a lot of experience raising investment funds, taking a company public, making big exits, and even starting all over again. In this episode… Great companies in the tech space take pride in their people and the proprietary data they are able to collect. But not every company is able to collect and analyze the type of data required to grow their business. And according to Michael Katz, this opens up a stream of SaaS opportunities in the customer data space. In this episode of the Big Break Software podcast, Geordie Wardman interviews Michael Katz of mParticle about how he started and raised capital for his SaaS company, the SaaS opportunities in the data space, his role as mentor on Techstars, and more. Stay tuned.

Todd Herman is an author, mentor, and performance coach for high performers in sports and business. He is the creator of the multi-award winning leadership and skills development program, 90 Day Year, and he authored the WSJ bestselling book, The Alter Ego Effect: The Power of Secret Identities to Transform Your Life.  Todd was also a recipient of Inc. 500’s Fastest Growing Companies Award, as well as the Rama Award for Wisdom and Leadership. His professional programs are delivered annually to over 200,000 professionals in 73 countries. In this episode… Goals are often talked about in business circles as a destination to arrive at, a target to reach, and a milestone to achieve. However, not very many business executives and entrepreneurs are able to truly achieve their goals. Why? Because according to Todd Herman, people fail to achieve their goals because these lack the required motivation to see them through.  The question now is, how do you set long term and short term goals and still have the required motivation to follow through? What are the different types of goals and how do they feed off each other?  Todd Herman of The Peak Group gives his insights on seeing through your goals and truly working on your passion projects in this episode of The Big Break Software podcast. Tune in as Geordie Wardman talks to Todd about how understanding goal setting can help you develop the passion you need to move your career and business forward, and how you can create and achieve goals that will truly make you feel accomplished. Stay tuned.

Don Bora is a Co-Founder of Eight Bits Studios, a software development agency helping startups and young companies. He has co-founded or helped start a handful of other companies including Kiwi Internet Group, WisePatient.com, MobileMakers, and a few others.  Don also co-founded a non-profit company with the goal of placing highschool students in tech internships in Chicago. He is also on the board of a non-profit that runs a Boot Camp for Veterans. In this episode... Where are you in your SaaS business journey? Are you testing your MVP or are at the development stage and waiting to launch? It doesn’t matter which stage you’re at, you’ll find insights from this week’s guest, Don Bora of Eight Bit Studios super helpful.  With over 30 years of CTO level experience, Don has co-founded or helped start a handful of companies including Kiwi Internet Group, WisePatient.com, and MobileMakers. He also runs a software development bootcamp for military veterans.  In this episode of the Big Break Software Podcast, Geordie Wardman interviews Don Bora about the service versus product breakdown using Don’s company, Eight Bit Studios as a case study. Find out how Don grew his software development agency by150% in two years, his metrics for choosing the clients to work with, and why great service deserves unquestionable value. Exciting right? Stay tuned.

Geordie Wardman is the founder of One Stop.io. He's founded five companies, sold three of them and has been in the software industry since 2000. In this episode… SaaS founders are always on the lookout for invaluable insights to grow their business and one way that has proven to be very effective is being on and listening to other founders via podcasts. But when it comes to podcasts you should listen to in the SaaS space, you can easily be spoiled for choice. In this episode of the Big Break Software podcast, Geordie Wardman narrows your options now to seven of the best SaaS podcasts out there. From Omer Khan’s SaaS Club podcast to Jason Calacanis’ This Week in Startups podcast, you will find Geordie’s picks of SaaS podcasts you should be listening to very helpful. Stay Tuned. 

Omer Khan is a SaaS podcaster and founder of the SaaS platform Prestopod where he helps podcasters plan, organize and publish podcasts. He also runs a coaching program called the SaaS club where he helps new and early-stage SaaS founders build and grow their business. In this episode… Many early-stage SaaS startup founders are typically more driven by the idea and the product than figuring out whether they have a problem that’s worth solving. And so when these startup founders go into their launch program they soon realize that they either do not have the roadmap to move the business from point A to point B, or they’ve built a product that does not solve the right problem. Having been there himself, Omer Khan talks about how founders can find the problem and create the right product for the SaaS market.   Omer Khan is a SaaS founder himself and a consultant to early-stage SaaS founders, helping them build and grow their business by providing content, community, and coaching.  Omer sits down with Geordie Wardman in this week’s episode of The Big Break Software podcast to talk about his long term career in the software industry, going solo as a podcaster and SaaS founder, the mistakes early-stage startup SaaS founders make, and how they can identify problems in the market to solve. Stay tuned. 

From three different locations across the UK & Europe. A special guest episode! Geoff managed to secure some time to talk with Geordie Wardman, founder of One Stop Dev Shop and host of Big Break Software Podcast. We chatted about remote working for agile teams (which is now somewhat relevant given the COVID-19 outbreak!) and also what makes a great entrepreneur. You can find out more about Geordie and his work at: Geordie Wardman @geordiewardman https://www.linkedin.com/in/geordiewardman/ https://onestopdevshop.io/ http://bigbreaksoftware.libsyn.com/

Alex Theuma is the founder of SaaStock, Europe’s largest SaaS event conferences. They help SaaS companies get traction, grow, and scale through their global conferences, local meetups, community, and content.  SaaStock started as small informal meetups back in 2016 and it has since grown to be one of the largest events in Saas among thought leaders, Venture Capitalists, successful SaaS owners, and entrepreneurs. In this episode… Launching your company is an exhilarating feeling, but seeing it grow and expand to a point where it becomes capable of helping other people in establishing their own mark in a competitive industry can feel quite unbelievable. Alex Theuma of SaaStock experienced just that in the process of building his company. He lost $60,000 in a conference he hosted and he persisted in hosting another one which helped turn things around for himself and his company, making it gain a ton of investors and earning $4 million in revenue. In this week’s episode of The Big Break Software, Geordie Wardman talks to Alex about the early days of his company, trends and competition in the SaaS industry, the importance of building a strong sense of community in the industry, and which niche he thinks should be the main focus of those who are wondering what SaaS product will take off next. Stay tuned.

JD Graffam is the owner of Simple Focus, a successful digital agency, JD buys SaaS companies and adds them to his portfolio. While his agency is growing nicely, he reinvests profits from the agency into SaaS companies and he's up to 10 now and growing.  JD studied English at Millsaps College in Jackson, Mississippi. He self-taught himself graphic design, web design, and CSS. Prior to starting his own agency, he has worked with a large corporation for many years. In this episode… Unlike in the past, there's a lot of competition these days for people who are in the market for profitable SaaS products and companies. But what are the key metrics you need to look at before making your purchase and closing the deal? See, not all products and businesses are worth your time and money, and being able to filter through them is essential to making an incredible business decision.  In this episode of The Big Break Software Podcast, Geordie Wardman interviews JD Graffam about what he looks for in the companies he’s looking to buy, what makes a company seem like a lucrative venture, and what he learned from the failure of his first product. Stay tuned.

Geordie Wardman is the Founder of Onestop.io and the host of this podcast. He has founded 5 companies and sold three of them, and has been working in software development since 2000. Geordie has personally mentored over 40 SaaS and e-commerce founders because of his love for helping people. Geordie has worked in over 15 different countries. In this episode… Many people tend to feel more comfortable working with local developers and being able to drive down the street & meet them face-to-face. However, this does not always work out well & it is not a guarantee that local developers will deliver the right product or service as needed.  This was the case with Nate, one of Geordie's clients who had been frustrated by a local development team he had hired to work on his app. After engaging the services provided by Geordie, this client was finally able to develop the product, he wanted.  Geordie Wardman has the tables turned on him as Dr. Jeremy Weisz interviews him on this week’s episode of The Big Break Software Podcast. Geordie tells us more about the type of App the client wanted, how the client was frustrated by the local team, and how Geordie’s team helped create the product the client wanted.

Geordie Wardman is a 15 year entrepreneur, Saas builder and owner, author, and just started a software consulting service. You can learn more about Geordie here: http://onestopdevshop.io/ This episode is brought to you by Authors Unite. Authors Unite provides you with all the resources you need to become a successful author. You can learn more about Authors Unite here: http://authorsunite.com/. Thank you for listening to The Business Blast Podcast! Tyler --- Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/authorsunite/support

In this episode, I interview Geordie Wardman Founder of WaveReview and blogger at www.geordiewardman.com . Geordie helps us understand how to triple our reviews, how to start on as little as $300 budget and the fun you can have building a business. The clue is in his website name WaveReview.

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How do you design your dream life first, then make the money to support it? Geordie walks us through how he did it. Imagine showing up to a beach in paradise, falling in love with the city and lifestyle, then starting a few businesses to pay the bills so you can stay forever. That and more with Geordie. Show Notes: FMPodcast.com/episode15

Geordie is the Founder of Gemm WiFi, putting WiFi solutions into Mexican Hotels. He is also the Founder of WaveReview Reputation Marketing, creating a review engine to help businesses take control of their online reputation. Lastly, he is the Co-Founder Salt Revolution, changing the way people think about salt... one pinch at a time.

Geordie is the COO for GEMM. He is responsible for developing Hotel Reputation Management Software and managing hotel support services for WiFi to thousands of rooms throughout Latin America.