President and CEO of Office Beacon – Pranav Dalal

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Pranav’s wife had an idea that start an outsourcing business by hiring workers in India. He is Indian but has no family there and he doesn’t speak the language. But he jumped in, and tells the story of starting and growing to 1,000 employees. He discusses what he had to do to niche and pivot so he wasn’t just dealing with trying to provide the cheapest price.
Great tips, and great inspiration!

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

• The Lean Startup by Eric Ries
• Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
• Good to Great by Jim Collins

Check out Officebeacon.com.

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Founder & CEO of Headspring - Dustin Wells

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Dustin is the CEO of HeadSpring a custom software development and consulting firm. But that wasn’t his first business. In fact the first two business ideas he had completely failed, even though it had an award winning business plan. Learn how Dustin listened to his market to find out what they wanted in order to create a multimillion dollar amazing company.

I was truly impressed by how Dustin was able to keep open to opportunity even when things weren’t going his way. Keep getting feedback and keep moving forward!

In the comments tell me, what do you think you would have done or felt in Dustin’s place? Would you have come to the same conclusion?

Enjoy the interview!

(This video had issues too, so we’re only audio on this one! But don’t worry the issue is fixed and the next interview is right back to video!)

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Owner and CEO of Sticks and Stones – Brad Deal

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Brad has an awesome story of opportunity.

Brad’s preschool daughter came up with a cool game, to find letters in nature and architecture. Who knew Oprah would be buying the photos one day? Check out the amazing story of Sticks and Stones and how a small family business in IL got Oprah to buy one of their products as a wedding present for Tom Cruise.

Learn the pivotal moments of creating the company, like when to stop working out of his home, and how they landed a lot of major press (like the Rachel Ray show).

Unfortunately the video had an issue so we are left with only audio for this interview! But you would totally see Brad in a t-shirt and backwards hat.

I’ll have him on again so we can see him next time.

Enjoy!

Check out CreateSticksandStones.com

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Your fear is holding back your business. Get past your fears by watching this.

One listener named Christine listened to my last webinar and knew she had to get out of her comfort zone.

Last year she made only $13,000. She now has $12,500 with of business in 2 months.

What can you do in two months?

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David Bakke run an online reselling business and also writes about small business success and money management tips on Money Crashers Personal Finance.

The Internet is filled with stories of making $50k in the first year of self-employment and six figure incomes shortly thereafter. Unfortunately, these examples aren’t the norm. I launched two home-based businesses about three years ago and have had decent success with both.

While the risk of failure is substantial, with some common-sense, frugal spending, and research, there’s no reason to think you can’t succeed. Just don’t expect your business to be an overnight sensation, and do expect to make plenty of rookie errors.

Here are a few to look out for:

1. Not Sticking With What You Know
In the beginning, I found a variety of ways to make money that seemed easy. However, one key component was missing: I didn’t know anything about the industries. No matter how lucrative any venture seems, if you aren’t well-versed in the area, you’re better off passing on it. This is especially true if you are a first time small business owner. Rookie entrepreneurs will have enough on their plate without trying to get up to speed in an unfamiliar industry.

2. Underestimating the Importance of Customer Service
When first starting off, concerns about inventory, profits, and expenses can make you forget about customer service. This is a big mistake. If you’re a newbie, or even a seasoned veteran, stellar customer service should always be a priority. You can have a great small business idea, but if you can’t deliver it to your customers in a fast, convenient, and friendly manner, all your efforts could be for naught.

3. Forgetting That Every Penny Counts
Overspending is a big no-no, no matter what stage your business is in. In order to be successful, you’ve got to save every penny you can by utilizing cost cutting ideas for your small business. Buy used equipment, barter your services for the things you need, and do whatever it takes to save money. Keep in mind that you can reinvest whatever you save to further expand your business.

4. Being Afraid to Ask a Higher Price
Whether you’re running a goods or service-based business, you’ve got to know when to undercut the competition because you’re a newbie, and when to command a higher price. In the beginning, you’ll want to make a name for yourself based on price, but after you have enough referrals, recommendations, and reviews under your belt, it’s time to increase your profits. Once you know what you’re doing, you no longer need to be the cheapest kid on the block.

5. Thinking Your Product Will Sell Itself
Whether your business is online or brick and mortar, you can never underestimate the power of marketing. You’ll want to start off with at least a modest website where customers can get information about your venture. Use social media sites like Facebook, Twitter, and LinkedIn to build your business. These platforms are inexpensive, though will require a time commitment in order to be effective. To create an interactive experience for potential customers, respond to all questions and comments in a prompt fashion. Next, investigate other forms of small business marketing like email, direct mail, and a frequently updated blog to complement your website and social media efforts.

Final Thoughts
Be sure to investigate your niche thoroughly before you launch, but don’t over-research such that you keep yourself from launching. There will come a point in time where you either need to fish or cut bait. You can also be assured that no matter how much research you do, you can’t anticipate every problem you’ll face. So get out there with what you’ve got, and keep these rookie mistakes in mind to minimize the problems you do encounter.

What errors have you made as a small business owner?

Serial Entrepreneur – Chris Gravagna

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Chris is a past guest and amazing serial entrepreneur. He created Wines by Wives since the last interview, and I wanted to get all the details on how he starts and launches a new company. He talks about determining whether his idea is a good one, who he talks to for feedback, and how he gets past roadblocks.

If you love wine check out Winesbywives.com and sign up!

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Did you know there is power in fear? Most of the time it seems like fear takes away your power.

But there is a hidden power in fear that you need to uncover.

You don’t want to be fearless. You want to harness the fear and use it for good. (not evil!)

Fear is a wall. And if you can learn to climb, you can stay ahead of others. They are stopped by it, but you, you use it to power you to keep going forward.

When you feel that fear, recheck the plan, and power through it.

You are still on the journey when others quit.

You are still learning and growing when others stay stagnant.

You have the courage to live the life you choose.

If you let fear stop you, it will, every single time. Right now is where you rise up and stop letting it control you. YOU are in control.

Don’t wish that you were fearless. Wish that you knew how to harness that fear and use it for your own benefit.

Learn that skill, and look down from the wall you climbed to the others that let fear stop them.

We don’t need to be super human to do this either.

“ A Black Belt does not have Super Human strength, they have simply unlocked the secrets to Human’s Super Strengths.”

Join me on Thursday April 12th at 9pm EDT (8pm Central, 7pm Mountain, 6pm Pacific) for tools and tips to start to unlock the secrets to Human’s Super Strengths. I can’t wait to talk to you live!

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Today, I just wanted to create a short podcast to actually say Hi. It also gives lots of updates on what’s going on with Eventual Millionaire, too. Next week, we are back to the regular schedule with amazing millionaires!

Thanks so much for listening!

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This is a guest post from Pinyo of Moolanomy about the personal finance side of things. Enjoy!

One of the biggest barriers to becoming a millionaire is high-interest consumer debt. While some types of debt, such as modest business debt or real estate debt, can help you leverage your capital to create lasting wealth and become a millionaire. But, if you are shackled by high-interest consumer debt and a poor credit score, you will find yourself unable to reach your financial goals.

Paying Down High-Interest Consumer Debt

When you have high-interest consumer debt, a great deal of your money goes toward interest payments – which go straight into someone else’s pocket. Additionally, this type of debt can weigh on your credit score more heavily than some other types of debt. If you want to stop using your financial resources to pay interest to someone else, you need to make a plan to pay off your high-interest consumer debt.

As you pay off your consumer debt, you will see your credit score improve over time. A good credit score can help you receive better financing options later on. If you want better interest rates on business loans and real estate loans, your credit matters. Managing your credit with the help of paying down consumer debt can help you move forward with plans to build more wealth.

Make paying down your consumer debt a high priority. As you reduce your debt, you will find that you have more money available to you in order to invest in other ventures. Putting your money to work on your behalf and earning interest is always better than paying interest to someone else. You can’t build wealth if you are constantly paying interest on consumer debt.

Using Your Good Financial Reputation to Wisely Leverage Your Capital

As you pay down your high-interest consumer debt, you can begin using your resources for other purposes. Wise debt can actually help you earn more over time, leveraging your capital. However, when you leverage your available capital, it’s important to be choosy: Only borrow to fund assets. In some cases, this can include borrowing to start a business, or borrowing to invest in real estate.

Your credit score matters anytime you want to borrow money. You can acquire your credit score online, and get a good idea of where you stand before you approach lenders. A good credit score can help you get a loan in the first place, as well as ensure that you receive the best possible terms. Good credit can save you hundreds – and even thousands – of dollars in the interest you pay while funding the assets you use to get ahead.

Of course, even good credit won’t ensure that you are approved for a loan. You need to show the lender that you have a solid plan. A good business plan is required if you expect to receive a small business loan. Due diligence and research is needed if you want to get a good deal on your real estate, and if you want property that is likely to generate income. With smart planning, good credit, and low levels of high-interest consumer debt, you should be able to get a good start on building wealth for the future.

Pinyo is the owner of Moolanomy Personal Finance and an entrepreneur with over 20 years of business experience. He is interested in business management, investing and wealth management. He has written for many online publications, including American Express Currency and U.S. News Money.

Being  a Millionaire with Brad Schy – Musical Chairs Tickets

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Brad loved concerts and sporting events. It just made sense for him to sell them to friends and family. But he had no idea that years later he would have a huge company buying and selling tickets. Learn great ideas about minimizing risk, and how customer service makes a big difference in his industry.

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

• EONetwork
• The E-Myth Revisited by Michael E. Gerber
• Mastering the Rockefeller Habits: What You Must Do to Increase the Value of Your Growing Firm by Verne Harnish

Check out Musicalchairstickets.com or
email Brad your questions/comments: brad@musicalchairstickets.com
tel: 310-207-7070 toll free: 800-659-1702 fax: 310-826-8002

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Did you miss the webinar for some reason on Tuesday? Were you worried you would never know how you rate?

Well worry no longer, since the replay is finally here!

You will:

• Learn 10 Aspects of the Millionaire Mindset
• Rate Yourself on each of those 10
• Get solid action tips on how to improve the ones you need to work on!

Plus! Until tomorrow you can register for a two day free trial of the Academy.
You will have access to the first two skill sets. Enjoy!

Jim Kukral is an amazing speaker and author. I have read a few of his books and connected with him. That means I was extremely excited when he signed up for my email list and read the Eventual Millionaire Manifesto.

Then he asked me to be in his new book.

Needless to say, I think all of you should read it. Not just because I’m in it, but because it’s a great book. It’s filled with stories of lifestyle entrepreneurs, just what you want to be.

 Buy Business Around A Lifestyle (aff link)

So I asked Jim to answer a few questions for you.

Who is this book for?

The book is for anyone who wants to stop living the life they hate, and working in the career/business they hate, and instead, change it all around and build a lifestyle first, then a business around it.

The world changed on 9/11 in so many different ways. Since that day, there has been a major shift happening in the way people think and live their lives. Sure, many people still chase the dollar as their ultimate goal. However, many more people have begun to realize that the world could, well, end tomorrow.

That’s why people are choosing to pursue a business around a lifestyle, instead of a lifestyle controlled by their business. It makes sense, right? If the world was going to end tomorrow, would you still try to live your life in a way you never wanted to?

Take a look around you and you’ll see that this shift to becoming a lifestyle entrepreneur is being adopted by more and more people every day. Some of those people are falling into it because they have been laid off from their jobs and are literally forced into it. Some of those people just figure out a way to make it happen because of the “end of the world” thinking mentioned above.

This book, and the two volumes that will come after it, are written to help you understand how to live the life you always wanted, by building a business that can help you get there. A business that doesn’t control you. A business that doesn’t force you to work 80-hour weeks, or work on something you absolutely dislike.

There is absolutely no reason you shouldn’t have the life you always wanted. Life is too short to live that way. The stories and examples from the lifestyle entrepreneurs in this book will open your mind to this very true reality and hopefully get you to finally understand these facts.

What are your two best tips in the book?

First off, you have to believe that living the life you want is possible. Until you do that, you cannot reach for it. So you need to stop and plan and think about what you really, really want from life. Then it’s a matter of implementation and getting things done. You have to become a doer. Doers get what they want, and everyone else gets what they get. You can’t have the life you always wanted if you are relying on other people to give you things. Another one. Ideas are worthless unless you take action on them.

What are your top strategies to promote the book?

I’ll be doing a free promotion of the book on launch day via amazon. Other than that, I do lots of guest blogs and I will do a video talking about the book. Podcasts, Skype interviews, radio shows, you name it. Check out www.authormarketingclub.com for more tips on book marketing.

What is the one thing you think most businesses need to know about creating an enjoyable lifestyle driven business?

They need to know it’s possible. Too many people can’t see it. They were raised to not believe in that. They were taught to think that they have to work in the same job, doing what they hate, for their entire lives. The Internet changed all of that. There’s never been a greater time in the history of the world to build a business or brand and promote it and have a chance for it to succeed then right now. Never.

You can take a look at the reviews on Amazon and decide for yourself. (Plus if you have Amazon Prime you can download it for free!)

Check out BusinessAroundALifestyle.com for more info about it and learn about the next two books in the series.

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Multiple Projects means Mutiplied Opportunities with Ryan Hart of Hart Venutres

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Ryan Hart is CEO of Hart Ventures LLC. He has a team that develops projects like Globa.ly (Addressing the world via custom URL short codes specific to GPS) and Crown in Town (A Best Rating for Businesses). He gives his advice on trying new things and quitting others that aren’t working.

Check out Hartventures.net.

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I’m  excited to tell you about this new webinar coming up on

Tuesday March 6th at 9pm EST (8pm CST, 7pm MST 6pm PST).

Register Now!

Before I started interviewing millionaires, I read every book about them.

I always wanted to see- how do I compare? Should I keep doing what I am doing?

What exactly needs to change to move me towards a million?

That’s what this webinar is about. Not just learning how you are different, but how you can change your mindset to allow you to go where you want to go.

You can’t have success if there is a brick wall in front of you, and you don’t notice it. (It hurts if you walk into it )

So sign up so I can give you a hand. Enjoy your day!

Antarctica Tourism and Millionaire Speaker Hugh Culver

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Hugh is amazing. He tells his story of creating a large tourism company in Canada and how he ended up bringing people to Antarctica for $35,000 a person.

Hugh has a great story of marathons, white water rafting, as well as creating the only tourism company in the world that traveled to Antarctica. Learn why saying “You might die doing this” is a good marketing tactic, and why charging way more is easy.

Plus learn some great advice from Hugh’s $25,000 keynotes, and tips and advice for your speaking career (and mine, I get to ask him a lot of questions about what I should be doing as a speaker!)

Check out HughCulver.com.

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From laid off to Inc 500 in 5 years: Millionaire Scott Weintraub

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Scott has an amazing story of being laid off twice from his job and starting businesses both times. He gives the step by step process he went through in the time when he knew his job was on the line, and what he did to get his first 3 proposals (in the first week he was in business!)

He gives really important marketing advice on how he landed as #160 on the Inc 500. Scott also explains why revenue solves everything. He is so genuine and can really show what is possible from just taking the steps he knew he should take.

Resources Mentioned in the Podcast:

• The 100 Best Business Books of All Time by Jack Covert and Todd Sattersten
• Good to Great by Jim Collins

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David Meerman Scott – Author of the New Rules of Marketing And PR and Leadership Strategist

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David is an amazing speaker and author and spreads his message about online marketing strategy and social media.

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In this webinar I mention how I was speaking with a millionaire last week, and we were talking about how people want the next biggest tip or tactic in time management.

But really it’s not about a new system, or software. It’s about going back to the fundamentals.

This webinar has tips and tactics too, but it truly goes through fundamentally what millionaires do with their time.

Lots of stories and quotes from the millionaire interviews on time! Enjoy!

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The next webinar will not have a replay. So if you want to get the “I don’t have enough money!” information you need to sign up and be there!

Register for the next webinar!

Have you ever said this?

“I don’t have enough money.”

When you’re in business, not having enough money is a big obstacle.

Or as I like to say, a big excuse.

Join me for the second webinar in my No Excuses Approach Webinar Series.

In this webinar you will learn:

-Real examples on how millionaire business owners started their businesses without a lot of money

-How you can get resources without money (mentors and more!)

-And tips and ideas for growing your business without a lot of money

Join me live and get a free bonus!

When we start a new year, it’s fun to think about how much time we have for goals and fun.We have so many goals to start a business or grow our businesses in 2012.

Then reality sets in.

We are busier than ever! And now it’s tax time added on to all of the other things you have to do.

We all want 2012 to be the best year yet, and it totally can be. We just need to get a handle on this time called TIME. I surveyed you guys about what you wanted me to focus on this year. I asked what was stopping you from achieving your goals and the top 3 responses were:

 ”I don’t have enough time!”

 ”I don’t have enough money!”

 ”I don’t know what to do!”

These are all excuses. And one of the key traits I’ve learned as I’ve studied millionaires is that they have a “No Excuses Approach”.

Don’t get me wrong, they have excuses too! But they don’t let them stop them.

So on Tuesday January 17th I’ll be hosting a free webinar. It’s the first of a series of three to get you past these excuses!

Join me:

     Tuesday January 17th at 8pm eastern (7pm central, 6pm mountain, 5pm pacific)

     We’ll talk about:

• Gaining more time for what you want
• How millionaires handle their time (because they are busy too!)
• Tips and tricks for getting the most out of every minute
• Plus a Q&A

I like to make things actionable too so make sure you have access to a notepad (digital or paper!) so you can start changing the way you work right on the webinar.

I’m really excited to get to know you a bit better, so register before it fills up!