  Episode Overview – Introducing the Couples &amp; Entrepreneurship SeriesIntroducing… Couples &amp; Entrepreneurship! During this special series, we will be having candid discussions with successful entrepreneurial couples to see what it really takes to build a successful life and business.  				 			  				 				 				 					   				 			  				 				 				 					Episode Key Timestamps  What is Couples Month?  An entire month of conversations with Couples! 5-6 shows a week (Tom keeps adding more guests LOL) All different experiences &amp; dynamics, from working together, working on their own thing, 1 entrepreneur 1 not, long-term relationship, married, parents (even a couple grandparents!), you name it!    Why Did We Decide to Do It?  Managing it all is a HUGE struggle! The stress of starting &amp; running a business can really put a strain on your relationships, ESPECIALLY with your spouse We’ve seen this ourselves in our own relationship, and we had a tough time finding others going through the same thing That’s why we’ve created a special series FULL of stories from a whole list of couples. To show you that you’re not alone, we ALL go through these struggles, even if you don’t always see them on social media To share the strategies we’ve all used to find the “harmony” within the complexity of our lives To celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary   What to Expect  New episode every day! Subscribe at: tomandariana.com/couples A special gift for the series TONS of valuable takeaways from our guests, and #goldnugget moment   What we Need From You  SHARING IS CARING – so many people can benefit from these lessons, please share this series with anyone you think it might help Your feedback as you listen – what lessons did you take away, what did you like about the series, is this something you’d like to see more of,  what else could we add to improve it. Leave a comment wherever you’re listening!    Introducing the couples &amp; entrepreneurship series.  Interviewing some of the top entrepreneurial couples.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  Subscribe via Apple Podcasts Subscribe via Stitcher Subscribe via YouTube Become a Lifestyle Builder    The post Introducing The Couples &amp; Entrepreneurship Series appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p> </p><p> </p><h2>Episode Overview – Introducing the Couples &amp; Entrepreneurship Series</h2><p>Introducing… Couples &amp; Entrepreneurship! During this special series, we will be having candid discussions with successful entrepreneurial couples to see what it really takes to build a successful life and business.  				 			  				 				 				 					   				 			  				 				 				 					</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2> <ul> <li><b>What is Couples Month?</b> <ul> <li><b>An entire month of conversations with Couples! 5-6 shows a week (Tom keeps adding more guests LOL)</b></li> <li>All different experiences &amp; dynamics, from working together, working on their own thing, 1 entrepreneur 1 not, long-term relationship, married, parents (even a couple grandparents!), you name it!</li> </ul> </li> <li><b> Why Did We Decide to Do It?</b> <ul> <li>Managing it all is a HUGE struggle! The stress of starting &amp; running a business can really put a strain on your relationships, ESPECIALLY with your spouse</li> <li>We’ve seen this ourselves in our own relationship, and we had a tough time finding others going through the same thing</li> <li>That’s why we’ve created a special series FULL of stories from a whole list of couples.</li> <li>To show you that you’re not alone, we ALL go through these struggles, even if you don’t always see them on social media</li> <li>To share the strategies we’ve all used to find the “harmony” within the complexity of our lives</li> <li>To celebrate our 10 year wedding anniversary</li> </ul> </li> <li><b>What to Expect</b> <ul> <li>New episode every day! Subscribe at: <a href="https://tomandariana.com/couples" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">tomandariana.com/couples</a></li> <li>A special gift for the series</li> <li>TONS of valuable takeaways from our guests, and #goldnugget moment</li> </ul> </li> <li><strong>What we Need From You</strong> <ul> <li>SHARING IS CARING – so many people can benefit from these lessons, please share this series with anyone you think it might help</li> <li>Your feedback as you listen – what lessons did you take away, what did you like about the series, is this something you’d like to see more of,  what else could we add to improve it. Leave a comment wherever you’re listening!</li> </ul> </li> </ul> <p><em>Introducing the couples &amp; entrepreneurship series.  Interviewing some of the top entrepreneurial couples.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fintroducing-the-couples-entrepreneurship-series%2F&amp;text=Introducing%20the%20couples%20%26%20entrepreneurship%20series.%20%20Interviewing%20some%20of%20the%20top%20entrepreneurial%20couples.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://tomandariana.com/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via Apple Podcasts</a></li> <li><a href="https://tomandariana.com/stitcher" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via Stitcher</a></li> <li><a href="https://tomandariana.com/youtube-videocast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Subscribe via YouTube</a></li> <li><a href="https://tomandariana.com/lbcouples" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Become a Lifestyle Builder</a></li> </ul> <a href="https://tomandariana.com/lbcouples" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <p></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/introducing-the-couples-entrepreneurship-series/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Introducing The Couples &amp; Entrepreneurship Series</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Introducing The Couples & Entrepreneurship Series

Episode Overview – Introducing The Lifestyle Builders PodcastIn this episode, we “re-introduce” ourselves with the Lifestyle Builders podcasts after a long hiatus from our last show as the hosts of the Serial Startups podcast. We give you the low down on who we are, what’s changed for us over the past 2 years (a new brand and a new community), what to expect from the show and upcoming episodes, and some you important insights into our beginnings.Episode Key Timestamps [01:10] – Welcome [05:50] – Trying my hand at the stock market [06:50] – My big $7,500 mistake (and starting our third business) [11:35] – Starting our second business [14:40] – Ariana leaving her job &amp; having our first child [20:50] – Starting our third business [29:39] – Our brand pivot to Tom &amp; Ariana [30:02] – The beginnings of Lifestyle Builders [30:48] – How Tom left his job [33:08] – The various things to consider when leaving a job [39:07] – What you can expect from this podcast I'm listening to episode #1 of the Lifestyle Builders podcast @tomandarianaClick To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  Our Previous Podcast – The Serial Startups Podcast Tom’s Book Recommendation: The Automatic Millionaire Invest in Yourself: When, How, and How Much to Spend to Grow Plan With Purpose: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Your Ideal Lifestyle What a Six-Figure Business Actually Looks Like Lifestyle Builders Mentorship Join our Free Facebook Group for Family-Focused Entrepreneurs   Episode Free Download   Are you looking to create your ideal lifestyle?  Then we invite you to become a #lifestylebuilder. Find out more here. The post Introducing The Lifestyle Builders Podcast appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview – Introducing The Lifestyle Builders Podcast</h2><p>In this episode, we “re-introduce” ourselves with the Lifestyle Builders podcasts after a long hiatus from our last show as the hosts of the Serial Startups podcast. We give you the low down on who we are, what’s changed for us over the past 2 years (a new brand and a new community), what to expect from the show and upcoming episodes, and some you important insights into our beginnings.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>[01:10] – Welcome</li> <li>[05:50] – Trying my hand at the stock market</li> <li>[06:50] – My big $7,500 mistake (and starting our third business)</li> <li>[11:35] – Starting our second business</li> <li>[14:40] – Ariana leaving her job &amp; having our first child</li> <li>[20:50] – Starting our third business</li> <li>[29:39] – Our brand pivot to Tom &amp; Ariana</li> <li>[30:02] – The beginnings of Lifestyle Builders</li> <li>[30:48] – How Tom left his job</li> <li>[33:08] – The various things to consider when leaving a job</li> <li>[39:07] – What you can expect from this podcast</li> </ul><p></p><p><em>I'm listening to episode #1 of the Lifestyle Builders podcast @tomandariana</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fintroducing-lifestyle-builders-podcast%2F&amp;text=I%27m%20listening%20to%20episode%20%231%20of%20the%20Lifestyle%20Builders%20podcast%20%40tomandariana&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/></p> <h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://serialstartups.co/podcasts/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Previous Podcast – The Serial Startups Podcast</a></li> <li><a href="http://amzn.to/2By7dSn" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Tom’s Book Recommendation: The Automatic Millionaire</a></li> <li><a href="invest-business-growth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Invest in Yourself: When, How, and How Much to Spend to Grow</a></li> <li><a href="lifestyle-plan-purpose/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Plan With Purpose: The Ultimate Guide to Creating Your Ideal Lifestyle</a></li> <li><a href="https://serialstartups.co/heres-six-figure-business-actually-looks-like/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What a Six-Figure Business Actually Looks Like</a></li> <li><a href="https://joinlifestylebuilders.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lifestyle Builders Mentorship</a></li> <li>Join our <a href="/fel-podcast" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Facebook Group for Family-Focused Entrepreneurs</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p></p> <p><a href="http://joinlifestylebuilders.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p><b>Are you looking to create your ideal lifestyle?  Then we invite you to become a #lifestylebuilder.</b></p> <p><a href="http://joinlifestylebuilders.com" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank"><b>Find out more here.</b></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/introducing-lifestyle-builders-podcast/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Introducing The Lifestyle Builders Podcast</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Introducing The Lifestyle Builders Podcast

Episode Overview – A Podcast &amp; An IdeaAfter 44 episodes, we are taking it back to the reason that we started the podcast, sharing our experiences with creating the podcast and talking about the future of our business.Episode Key Timestamps 01:00 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 01:57 – Where It All Began 03:50 – Tips For Anyone Starting a Podcast 05:47 – The Execution of the Podcast (Including Equipment) 07:46 – Learning How to Edit 08:47 – The Pros &amp; Cons of Starting a Podcast 15:38 – Where This Entire Idea Came From 19:17 – Tip of the week Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode ATR-2100 USB/XLR Microphone (The mic that we use) Our Complete Podcast Equipment List Camtasia – The Software We Use for Audio/Video Editing Join Startup Academy – The Business School for Entrepreneurs  Episode Free DownloadThe post Reflection: A Podcast &amp; Idea – How It All Began appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview – A Podcast &amp; An Idea</h2><p>After 44 episodes, we are taking it back to the reason that we started the podcast, sharing our experiences with creating the podcast and talking about the future of our business.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>01:00 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>01:57 – Where It All Began</li> <li>03:50 – Tips For Anyone Starting a Podcast</li> <li>05:47 – The Execution of the Podcast (Including Equipment)</li> <li>07:46 – Learning How to Edit</li> <li>08:47 – The Pros &amp; Cons of Starting a Podcast</li> <li>15:38 – Where This Entire Idea Came From</li> <li>19:17 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/atr2100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ATR-2100 USB/XLR Microphone (The mic that we use)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/podcast-setup-equipment/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Complete Podcast Equipment List</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/camtasia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Camtasia – The Software We Use for Audio/Video Editing</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join Startup Academy – The Business School for Entrepreneurs</a></li> </ul><h2> Episode Free Download</h2><p></p><p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/reflection-podcast-idea-began/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Reflection: A Podcast &amp; Idea – How It All Began</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Reflection: A Podcast & Idea – How It All Began

Episode Overview – The 4 Step Process to Implement AnythingAs entrepreneurs, we all have new things that we have to implement everyday.  Often times the ideas or processes are not bad, but the implementation is the key to the success of failure.So today we decided to share the process that we use every-time we implement something, which we aptly call “The 4 Step Process to Implement Anything”.  Enjoy!Episode Key Timestamps 00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 03:08 – The history behind this concept 04:50 – Step 1 – People 05:53 – Step 2 – Strategy 06:55 – Step 3 – Process 07:30 – Step 4 – Tools 08:11 – Using this process in our businesses – Real Estate Investing 11:44 – Using this process in our businesses – Wine &amp; Liquor Store 18:20 – Using this process in our businesses – Serial Startups 21:36 – Tip of the week Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode Our Business Graveyard – Dedicated to Those Businesses No Longer With Us (Podcast) How to Set Your Business Up For Success With Business Planning (Blog) Does Your Business Need a Business Plan (Podcast) The 7 Critical Aspects of a Business Plan (Podcast) How to Use Your Business Plan in Your Business (Podcast) The Business Plan Template (Free Download) The Business Planning Course How to Tackle HR &amp; Hiring Employees (Podcast) Get More Done By Using Effective Task &amp; Project Management (Blog) ConvertKit (The e-mail marketing tool that we use) ClickFunnels (The sales funnel tool that we use) Edgar (The social media scheduling tool that we use) Startup Academy – The Business School for Entrepreneurs  Episode Free DownloadThe post The 4 Step Process to Implement Anything appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview – The 4 Step Process to Implement Anything</h2><p>As entrepreneurs, we all have new things that we have to implement everyday.  Often times the ideas or processes are not bad, but the implementation is the key to the success of failure.</p><p>So today we decided to share the process that we use every-time we implement something, which we aptly call “The 4 Step Process to Implement Anything”.  Enjoy!</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>03:08 – The history behind this concept</li> <li>04:50 – Step 1 – People</li> <li>05:53 – Step 2 – Strategy</li> <li>06:55 – Step 3 – Process</li> <li>07:30 – Step 4 – Tools</li> <li>08:11 – Using this process in our businesses – Real Estate Investing</li> <li>11:44 – Using this process in our businesses – Wine &amp; Liquor Store</li> <li>18:20 – Using this process in our businesses – Serial Startups</li> <li>21:36 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/our-business-graveyard-dedicated-to-those-businesses-no-longer-with-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Business Graveyard – Dedicated to Those Businesses No Longer With Us (Podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/how-to-set-your-business-up-for-success-with-business-planning/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Set Your Business Up For Success With Business Planning (Blog)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/does-your-business-need-a-business-plan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Does Your Business Need a Business Plan (Podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/the-7-critical-aspects-of-a-business-plan/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 7 Critical Aspects of a Business Plan (Podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/how-to-use-your-business-plan-in-your-business" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Use Your Business Plan in Your Business (Podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-plan-template" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Business Plan Template (Free Download)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/businessplan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Business Planning Course</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/tackle-hr-hiring-employees/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Tackle HR &amp; Hiring Employees (Podcast)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/get-done-using-effective-task-project-management/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Get More Done By Using Effective Task &amp; Project Management (Blog)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/convertkit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ConvertKit (The e-mail marketing tool that we use)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/clickfunnels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ClickFunnels (The sales funnel tool that we use)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/edgar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar (The social media scheduling tool that we use)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy – The Business School for Entrepreneurs</a></li> </ul><h2> Episode Free Download</h2><p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/big-picture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/4-step-process-implement-anything/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 4 Step Process to Implement Anything</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

The 4 Step Process to Implement Anything

Episode Overview – The Roadmap for Business Startup &amp; GrowthRoadmaps help guide you on your journey.  Today, we walk you through the roadmap for starting a growing a business, which will guide you through the 5 phases that we introduced in the previous episode.Episode Key Timestamps 01:01 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 03:03 – The 5 Phases of a Startup Business Recap 04:50 – The Roadmap 05:10 – Phase 0 – “The Prequel” Steps 09:31 – Phase 1 – “The Foundation” Steps 15:52 – Phase 2 – “The Grind” Steps 17:33 – Phase 3 – “Success” Steps 19:30 – Phase 4 – “Growth” Steps 22:06 – Tip of the week How you handle time and money in your personal life correlates to how you will in your business.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  How We Paid off $100,000+ in Debt (Podcast Episode) Should You Bootstrap Your Business (Podcast Episode) Startup Academy Big Picture (Free download) Startup Academy: The Business School for Entrepreneurs   Episode Free Download – Startup Academy Big Picture  The post The Roadmap for Business Startup &amp; Growth appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview – The Roadmap for Business Startup &amp; Growth</h2><p>Roadmaps help guide you on your journey.  Today, we walk you through the roadmap for starting a growing a business, which will guide you through the 5 phases that we introduced in the previous episode.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>01:01 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>03:03 – The 5 Phases of a Startup Business Recap</li> <li>04:50 – The Roadmap</li> <li>05:10 – Phase 0 – “The Prequel” Steps</li> <li>09:31 – Phase 1 – “The Foundation” Steps</li> <li>15:52 – Phase 2 – “The Grind” Steps</li> <li>17:33 – Phase 3 – “Success” Steps</li> <li>19:30 – Phase 4 – “Growth” Steps</li> <li>22:06 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><p><em>How you handle time and money in your personal life correlates to how you will in your business.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Froadmap-business-startup-growth%2F&amp;text=How%20you%20handle%20time%20and%20money%20in%20your%20personal%20life%20correlates%20to%20how%20you%20will%20in%20your%20business.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/how-we-paid-off-100000-in-debt/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How We Paid off $100,000+ in Debt (Podcast Episode)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/should-you-bootstrap-your-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should You Bootstrap Your Business (Podcast Episode)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/big-picture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy Big Picture (Free download)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy: The Business School for Entrepreneurs</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download – Startup Academy Big Picture</h2> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/big-picture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/roadmap-business-startup-growth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Roadmap for Business Startup &amp; Growth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

The Roadmap for Business Startup & Growth

Episode Overview – The 5 Phases of Startup Business GrowthStarting a business is a real challenge.  We would know, we’ve started countless businesses.  Several have been successful, and a few have failed.  We’ve also coached dozens of entrepreneurs, in addition to surrounding ourselves with entrepreneurs who have all had at least one startup business.So from all this, we have been able to see what works and what doesn’t when it comes to building a successful business.  In addition, we have been able to identify the common phases that businesses go through as they start and grow.  These phases serves as the basis for Startup Academy – our new training and support community for entrepreneurs.To celebrate the launch of this community, all month long we are going to extract some of the most critical information from the community and give it to you for free.  Today, we are going to share the “big picture” with you and walk you through the 5 phases.Episode Key Timestamps 01:01 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 06:29 – How did we come up with the 5 phases 09:06 – Phase 0 – The Prequel 12:23 – Phase 1 – The Foundation 17:10 – Phase 2 – The Grind 20:19 – Phase 3 – Success 24:42 – Phase 4 – Growth 26:23 – Tip of the week Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode Startup Academy Big Picture (Free download) Startup Academy – The Business School for Entrepreneurs  Episode Free Download – Startup Academy Big PictureThe post The 5 Phases of Startup Business Growth appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview – The 5 Phases of Startup Business Growth</h2><p>Starting a business is a real challenge.  We would know, we’ve started countless businesses.  Several have been successful, and a few have failed.  We’ve also coached dozens of entrepreneurs, in addition to surrounding ourselves with entrepreneurs who have all had at least one startup business.</p><p>So from all this, we have been able to see what works and what doesn’t when it comes to building a successful business.  In addition, we have been able to identify the common phases that businesses go through as they start and grow.  These phases serves as the basis for <a href="http://serialstartups.co/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy</a> – our new training and support community for entrepreneurs.</p><p>To celebrate the launch of this community, all month long we are going to extract some of the most critical information from the community and give it to you for free.  Today, we are going to share the “big picture” with you and walk you through the 5 phases.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>01:01 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>06:29 – How did we come up with the 5 phases</li> <li>09:06 – Phase 0 – The Prequel</li> <li>12:23 – Phase 1 – The Foundation</li> <li>17:10 – Phase 2 – The Grind</li> <li>20:19 – Phase 3 – Success</li> <li>24:42 – Phase 4 – Growth</li> <li>26:23 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/big-picture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy Big Picture (Free download)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy – The Business School for Entrepreneurs</a></li> </ul><h2> Episode Free Download – Startup Academy Big Picture</h2><p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/big-picture" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p><p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/5-phases-startup-business-growth/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The 5 Phases of Startup Business Growth</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

The 5 Phases of Startup Business Growth

Episode Overview – How to Maximize the Value of ConferencesConferences can be a game-changer for you and your business.  In this episode, we discuss why you should attend, how to find them and what to do before, during and after to maximize your value.Episode Key Timestamps 00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 05:39 – Why you should be attending conferences 10:32 – How to find conferences to attend 14:08 – What to do before the conference 21:48 – What to do during the conference 27:17 – What to do after the conference 31:03 – Tip of the week Take time after a conference and debrief before getting back into the grind.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  Our Facebook Group (Come and hang out with other great entrepreneurs) Vistaprint (Where we order business cards and other marketing materials) What $15,000 in Real Estate Training Looks Like (The first upsell that I fell for) Startup Academy – Join the Waitlist &amp; Get Notified When It Opens   Episode Free Download Coming soon… The post How to Maximize the Value of Conferences appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview – How to Maximize the Value of Conferences</h2><p>Conferences can be a game-changer for you and your business.  In this episode, we discuss why you should attend, how to find them and what to do before, during and after to maximize your value.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>05:39 – Why you should be attending conferences</li> <li>10:32 – How to find conferences to attend</li> <li>14:08 – What to do before the conference</li> <li>21:48 – What to do during the conference</li> <li>27:17 – What to do after the conference</li> <li>31:03 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><p><em>Take time after a conference and debrief before getting back into the grind.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fmaximize-value-conferences%2F&amp;text=Take%20time%20after%20a%20conference%20and%20debrief%20before%20getting%20back%20into%20the%20grind.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SerialStartupsCommunity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Facebook Group (Come and hang out with other great entrepreneurs)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/vistaprint" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Vistaprint (Where we order business cards and other marketing materials)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/what-15000-in-real-estate-investing-training-looks-like/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What $15,000 in Real Estate Training Looks Like (The first upsell that I fell for)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/join" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Startup Academy – Join the Waitlist &amp; Get Notified When It Opens</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p>Coming soon…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/maximize-value-conferences/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Maximize the Value of Conferences</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

How to Maximize the Value of Conferences

Episode Overview – How to Tackle HR &amp; Hiring EmployeesIn order for your business to grow, you will likely need to be hiring employees at some point.  This can be challenging, especially if you haven’t done it before.  So today we will be walking you through the basic of how to hire great employees. Episode Key Timestamps 00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 01:24 – Our Experience with Hiring 04:31 – To Hire or Not to Hire… 06:23 – W2 Employee or 1099 Contractor? 10:13 – How to Find Employees 14:15 – What the Actual Hiring Process Looks Like 15:04 – How to Train Your Employees 19:02 – How to Pay Your Employees 20:50 – Tip of the Week  Be prepared to hire employees before you need them.Click To Tweet  Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Fail and What to Do About It (Book) Intuit 1099 vs. W2 Survey &amp; Guide Employment Sites (Monster, Indeed, LinkedIn, Craiglist) Gusto: The Online Payroll that We Use &amp; Recommend Quickbooks (Also Includes the Options for Adding Payroll)     Episode Free Download  The post How to Tackle HR &amp; Hiring Employees appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview – How to Tackle HR &amp; Hiring Employees</h2><p>In order for your business to grow, you will likely need to be hiring employees at some point.  This can be challenging, especially if you haven’t done it before.  So today we will be walking you through the basic of how to hire great employees.</p><h2> Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>01:24 – Our Experience with Hiring</li> <li>04:31 – To Hire or Not to Hire…</li> <li>06:23 – W2 Employee or 1099 Contractor?</li> <li>10:13 – How to Find Employees</li> <li>14:15 – What the Actual Hiring Process Looks Like</li> <li>15:04 – How to Train Your Employees</li> <li>19:02 – How to Pay Your Employees</li> <li>20:50 – Tip of the Week</li> </ul><p> </p><p></p><p><em>Be prepared to hire employees before you need them.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Ftackle-hr-hiring-employees%2F&amp;text=Be%20prepared%20to%20hire%20employees%20before%20you%20need%20them.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/></p> <h2> Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/emyth" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The E-Myth Revisited: Why Most Small Businesses Fail and What to Do About It (Book)</a></li> <li><a href="http://quickbooks.intuit.com/r/1099-w2-employee-calculator/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Intuit 1099 vs. W2 Survey &amp; Guide</a></li> <li>Employment Sites (<a href="http://monster.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Monster</a>, <a href="http://indeed.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Indeed</a>, <a href="http://linkedin.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LinkedIn</a>, <a href="http://craigslist.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Craiglist</a>)</li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/gusto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gusto: The Online Payroll that We Use &amp; Recommend</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/quickbooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quickbooks (Also Includes the Options for Adding Payroll)</a></li> </ul> <p> </p> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-foundation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/tackle-hr-hiring-employees/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Tackle HR &amp; Hiring Employees</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

How to Tackle HR & Hiring Employees

Episode Overview – What Type of Insurance Does Your Business Need?When it comes to insurance for your business, it can easily get overwhelming; workers comp, general liability, property, disability… where do you begin?  In order to make it easier, during this episode we are going to give you a quick rundown of the different types of insurance that are available and which ones you may want to consider for your business.Episode Key Timestamps 00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background 04:18 – General Liability Policy 04:52 – Property Insurance 06:01 – Business Owner Policy (BOP) 07:02 – Professional Liability Insurance 07:33 – Workers Compensation 08:03 – Disability Insurance 08:55 – Unemployment Insurance 09:13 – Commercial Auto 09:51 – Umbrella Policy 10:27 – What Type of Insurance You May Need as a Solopreneur 11:07 – What Type of Insurance Might a Small Business With Employees Need 12:57 – How to Find Insurance Brokers/Quotes 15:29 – What Can Happen if You Don’t Have Insurance 19:17 – Tip of the week Find someone doing your same business and see what insurance they have.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  Episode Free Download  The post What Insurance Does Your Business Need? appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview – What Type of Insurance Does Your Business Need?</h2><p>When it comes to insurance for your business, it can easily get overwhelming; workers comp, general liability, property, disability… where do you begin?  In order to make it easier, during this episode we are going to give you a quick rundown of the different types of insurance that are available and which ones you may want to consider for your business.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>00:55 – Show Introduction &amp; Background</li> <li>04:18 – General Liability Policy</li> <li>04:52 – Property Insurance</li> <li>06:01 – Business Owner Policy (BOP)</li> <li>07:02 – Professional Liability Insurance</li> <li>07:33 – Workers Compensation</li> <li>08:03 – Disability Insurance</li> <li>08:55 – Unemployment Insurance</li> <li>09:13 – Commercial Auto</li> <li>09:51 – Umbrella Policy</li> <li>10:27 – What Type of Insurance You May Need as a Solopreneur</li> <li>11:07 – What Type of Insurance Might a Small Business With Employees Need</li> <li>12:57 – How to Find Insurance Brokers/Quotes</li> <li>15:29 – What Can Happen if You Don’t Have Insurance</li> <li>19:17 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><p></p><p><em>Find someone doing your same business and see what insurance they have.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Finsurance-business-need%2F&amp;text=Find%20someone%20doing%20your%20same%20business%20and%20see%20what%20insurance%20they%20have.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/></p> <h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-foundation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/insurance-business-need/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What Insurance Does Your Business Need?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

What Insurance Does Your Business Need?

Episode Overview – How to Setup Your Business EntityThere are a lot of steps involved in getting your business started.  One of the critical ones to to choose and create the right business entity (legal structure).  There are a lot of options out there and it can be confusing to try and compare and contrast them.So in this episode, we are going to give you a brief overview of each type and some information about what types of businesses tend to use each type.  We also discuss the importance of hiring an accountant, some tips for finding a good one, and why we think you should learn to do your books. Episode Key Timestamps 01:08 – Show introduction &amp; background 01:45 – Investing in yourself 03:46 – The 5 main business structures 05:50 – Sole Proprietorship 07:28 – DBA (Doing Business As) 08:00 – Partnership 10:07 – S Corporation 12:05 – C Corporation 13:18 – LLC (Limited Liability Company) 15:20 – Do you need to choose a business type and file? 18:20 – The importance of an accountant 22:00 – Why you should learn to keep your own books 28:16 – Tip of the week Free is the most expensive information in the world.  Especially in business.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  The Free Serial Startups Community (A great place to find an accountability partner) LegalZoom (A company that can assist you in creating your company and is cheaper than a lawyer) Gusto (The online payroll provider that we use) 5 Challenges of Not Knowing your Business Financials (Podcast Episode 27) Understanding the 3 Main Financial Statements (Podcast Episode 28)  Cashflow – Does Your Business Have Enough? (Podcast Episode 29) QuickBooks (The bookkeeping software that we use for all of our businesses) Quicken (A bookkeeping application) Wave (An online bookkeeping platform) Freshbooks (An online bookkeeping platform) Keeping the Books (A great book to get you introduced and help you understand bookkeeping)   Episode Free Download  The post How to Setup Your Business Entity appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview – How to Setup Your Business Entity</h2><p>There are a lot of steps involved in getting your business started.  One of the critical ones to to choose and create the right business entity (legal structure).  There are a lot of options out there and it can be confusing to try and compare and contrast them.</p><p>So in this episode, we are going to give you a brief overview of each type and some information about what types of businesses tend to use each type.  We also discuss the importance of hiring an accountant, some tips for finding a good one, and why we think you should learn to do your books.</p><p> </p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>01:08 – Show introduction &amp; background</li> <li>01:45 – Investing in yourself</li> <li>03:46 – The 5 main business structures</li> <li>05:50 – Sole Proprietorship</li> <li>07:28 – DBA (Doing Business As)</li> <li>08:00 – Partnership</li> <li>10:07 – S Corporation</li> <li>12:05 – C Corporation</li> <li>13:18 – LLC (Limited Liability Company)</li> <li>15:20 – Do you need to choose a business type and file?</li> <li>18:20 – The importance of an accountant</li> <li>22:00 – Why you should learn to keep your own books</li> <li>28:16 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><p><em>Free is the most expensive information in the world.  Especially in business.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fsetup-business-entity%2F&amp;text=Free%20is%20the%20most%20expensive%20information%20in%20the%20world.%20%20Especially%20in%20business.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SerialStartupsCommunity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Free Serial Startups Community (A great place to find an accountability partner)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/legalzoom" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LegalZoom (A company that can assist you in creating your company and is cheaper than a lawyer)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/gusto" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gusto (The online payroll provider that we use)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/5-challenges-of-not-knowing-your-business-financials/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">5 Challenges of Not Knowing your Business Financials (Podcast Episode 27)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/understanding-the-3-main-business-financial-statements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding the 3 Main Financial Statements (Podcast Episode 28) </a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/cashflow-does-your-business-have-enough/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cashflow – Does Your Business Have Enough? (Podcast Episode 29)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/quickbooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QuickBooks (The bookkeeping software that we use for all of our businesses)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/quicken" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Quicken (A bookkeeping application)</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.waveapps.com/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Wave (An online bookkeeping platform)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/freshbooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Freshbooks (An online bookkeeping platform)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/keepingthebooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Keeping the Books (A great book to get you introduced and help you understand bookkeeping)</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-foundation" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/setup-business-entity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Setup Your Business Entity</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

How to Setup Your Business Entity

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Show 3 – How We Paid Off $100,000+ in Debt

Episode OverviewYou’ve probably heard the statistic that 80% of fail within the first five years.  The reality is, many more than that fail each year, simply because they never actually get started.  There are a lot of entrepreneurs with good ideas, but the ones that succeed are the ones that take the leap to start.So in this episode, we are going to discuss the 5 main reasons that we have seen people put off starting their business and how we recommend moving past them. Episode Key Points Understand 5 common reasons people never start their business Realize that you will never know everything and you just need to start Learn what analysis paralysis is and how to overcome it How to utilize just in time learning as an entrepreneur Why failing is actually a good sign as an entrepreneur Why you should implement a Work in Process (WIP) limit on your ideas The importance of understand what assets you have when starting a business Why you need to surround yourself with other entrepreneurs Why a mastermind group is essential for entrepreneurs Why launching before your product or business is perfect is the way to go From John Lee Dumas – FOCUS – Follow One Course Until Success “Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction” – Harry Truman Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode Show 4 – The Importance of Goal Planning 30 Days to Launch eCourse Why We Got Rid of Cable Fiverr Upworthy (Formerly oDesk) Request Your Free Access to the Serial Startups Community Facebook Group Want Pug Videos?  Check Out Our Friends Jill &amp; Josh @ Screw the Nine to Five Community Check out our Startups Academy Lean Startup Tom with Josh from Screw the Nine to Five and Shane from Flipped Lifestyle Episode Transcript   Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt; Transcript coming soon… The post Show 7 – Why Haven’t You Started Your Business Yet? appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview</h2><p>You’ve probably heard the statistic that 80% of fail within the first five years.  The reality is, many more than that fail each year, simply because they never actually get started.  There are a lot of entrepreneurs with good ideas, but the ones that succeed are the ones that take the leap to start.</p><p>So in this episode, we are going to discuss the 5 main reasons that we have seen people put off starting their business and how we recommend moving past them.</p><p> </p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2><ul> <li>Understand 5 common reasons people <strong>never start</strong> their business</li> <li>Realize that you will <strong>never know everything</strong> and you just <strong>need to start</strong></li> <li>Learn what <strong>analysis paralysis</strong> is and how to overcome it</li> <li>How to utilize<strong> just in time learning</strong> as an entrepreneur</li> <li>Why failing is actually <strong>a good sign</strong> as an entrepreneur</li> <li>Why you should implement a <strong>Work in Process (WIP) limit</strong> on your ideas</li> <li>The importance of understand what <strong>assets you have</strong> when starting a business</li> <li>Why you need to <strong>surround yourself</strong> with other entrepreneurs</li> <li>Why a mastermind group <strong>is essential</strong> for entrepreneurs</li> <li>Why <strong>launching before</strong> your product or business is perfect is the way to go</li> <li>From John Lee Dumas – <strong>FOCUS</strong> – Follow One Course Until Success</li> <li>“Imperfect action is better than perfect inaction” – Harry Truman</li> </ul><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/the-importance-of-goal-planning-in-your-business-and-life/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 4 – The Importance of Goal Planning</a></li> <li><a href="https://entreprenewlyweds.leadpages.net/30-days-to-launch/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">30 Days to Launch eCourse</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/why-we-got-rid-of-cable/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Why We Got Rid of Cable</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/fiverr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiverr</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/upworthy" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Upworthy (Formerly oDesk)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/fbcommunity" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Request Your Free Access to the Serial Startups Community Facebook Group</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/500493680082315/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Want Pug Videos?  Check Out Our Friends Jill &amp; Josh @ Screw the Nine to Five Community</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/startup-academy/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Check out our Startups Academy</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/leanstartup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lean Startup</a></li> </ul><p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/itunes" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p><p></p><p>Tom with Josh from Screw the Nine to Five and Shane from Flipped Lifestyle</p><p></p> <h2>Episode Transcript</h2> <p> </p> <h5>Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;</h5> <p>Transcript coming soon…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/why-havent-you-started-your-business-yet/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 7 – Why Haven’t You Started Your Business Yet?</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Show 7 – Why Haven’t You Started Your Business Yet?

Episode OverviewFailure is definitely a part of being an entrepreneur.  There are a lot of challenges that you will face while building your business, some of which can be costly and really make you question if you can get past them.  But what if there was a way to try out your strategy for building income through starting a business or investing in real estate?In this episode, we are going to discuss the concept that we used to try out different strategies to building income through different investing strategies and finding the one that will likely work for you.Episode Key Points The variety of risks that exist with starting a business How a simple sales tax mistake forced us to invest thousands into our store Why we still think you should still become an entrepreneur Learn how to become an entrepreneur without actually becoming an entrepreneur Learn the basic process for playing Cashflow 101 How playing a game can drastically improve your understanding of risk and strategy How you can learn basic finance and accounting strategies with ease Why playing this game with other people will amplify your learning Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode Cashflow 101 Board Game Cashflow for Kids Rich Dad Poor Dad What $15,000 in Real Estate Training Looks Like – Don’t Get Scammed Should You Pay Off Debt or Start a Business? Episode Transcript Coming soon…Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;Transcript coming soon…The post Show 6 – How to Fail as an Entrepreneur (The Smart Way) appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview</h2><p>Failure is definitely a part of being an entrepreneur.  There are a lot of challenges that you will face while building your business, some of which can be costly and really make you question if you can get past them.  But what if there was a way to try out your strategy for building income through starting a business or investing in real estate?</p><p>In this episode, we are going to discuss the concept that we used to try out different strategies to building income through different investing strategies and finding the one that will likely work for you.</p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2><ul> <li>The variety of <strong>risks that exist</strong> with starting a business</li> <li>How a simple <strong>sales tax mistake</strong> forced us to invest thousands into our store</li> <li>Why we still think you <strong>should still become an entrepreneur</strong></li> <li>Learn <strong>how to become an entrepreneur</strong> without actually becoming an entrepreneur</li> <li>Learn the basic process for playing <strong>Cashflow 101</strong></li> <li>How playing a game can <strong>drastically improve</strong> your understanding of risk and strategy</li> <li>How you can <strong>learn basic finance and accounting</strong> strategies with ease</li> <li>Why playing this game with other people will <strong>amplify your learning</strong></li> </ul><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2><ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/cashflow101" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cashflow 101 Board Game</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/cashflowforkids" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Cashflow for Kids</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/richdadpoordad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Rich Dad Poor Dad</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/what-15000-in-real-estate-investing-training-looks-like/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">What $15,000 in Real Estate Training Looks Like – Don’t Get Scammed</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/should-you-pay-off-debt-or-start-a-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should You Pay Off Debt or Start a Business?</a></li> </ul><h2>Episode Transcript</h2><p> </p><p>Coming soon…</p><h5>Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;</h5><p>Transcript coming soon…</p><p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/how-to-fail-as-an-entrepreneur-the-smart-way/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 6 – How to Fail as an Entrepreneur (The Smart Way)</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Show 6 – How to Fail as an Entrepreneur (The Smart Way)

Show 5 – How to Overcome Challenges of Working with Your Spouse

Episode OverviewGoal planning has been one of the most critical factors to our success, not only in business, but also in our lives.  Early on we did not really focus on goal planning, and if we did, we definitely did not communicate those goals with one another.  This caused us to be unfocused, caused Tom to bounce from business idea to business idea and lots of frustration for Ariana.So in this episode, we discuss why goal planning is critical, and we walk through the process that we use to plan out our goals and how we will achieve them.Episode Key Points The importance of checking in on your goal Why we recommend starting with your vision The time-frame we recommend for planning your goals out What cadence we recommend for reviewing and updating your goals Why we recommend your goal planning include both business and personal goals The importance of making your goals visible How goal planning can reduce financial strain Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode Halfway There – How Am I Doing on Retiring Blue Painters Tape Post-It Notes Pack Our Goal Planning Wall in Our Office Goal Planning Mini-Course We will be releasing our goal planning Mini-Course soon. Join the waiting list to be the first to know when we release it. Join the Waitlist for the Goal Planning Mini-Course&gt;&gt; Episode Transcript  Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt; Serial Startups Podcast Show 4 0.00 Ariana: This is Serial Startups Podcast Show 4. In this episode, we’re going to discuss goal planning and why it is so important to not only your business, but to your life. We’re going to start off the show today a little differently. We’re going to do…each of us is going to get 30 seconds to ask the other person random questions. Tom: Oh jeez. Ariana: So I will start first. Let me set the timer here. Okay, if you were stranded on a desert island, what one item could you not live without? Tom: My wife. Ariana: Aw, that’s no fair. First car? Tom: Chevy Cavalier. Ariana: Favorite show as a kid? Tom: Gilligan’s Island. Ariana: You lie. It’s MacGyver. Tom: MacGyver. It’s definitely MacGyver. Ariana: Okay. Favorite color? Tom: Black. Ariana: Oh no, I only have five seconds left. Tom: Pizza. Ariana: If you were the last person on the Earth, oh time’s up. 1.00 Tom: The answer is pizza. Ariana: Okay, stop timer. Alright, we’ll give you some time to think of yours. You thought of some. Tom: No. Ariana: Oh. (laughs) Tom: Alright, are you ready? Am I ready? Ariana: Wait a minute, you’ve got to…okay. Well you can resume the thing before you start because you’ve got to say okay. Tom: Alright, now my turn for the fun. So, starting now. Cats or dogs? Ariana: Cats. Tom: Pizza or pasta? Ariana: Pasta. Tom: Why do you love me? Ariana: Lots of reasons. Tom: Do you like chocolate? Ariana: Who are you asking that question to? 2.00 Tom: What’s your favorite book? Ariana: I don’t have…that is impossible to answer. Tom: Who’s your favorite child? Ariana: What? Horrible father of the year award. Tom: I’m so bad at this game. Oh man. Ariana: You are horrible at this game. Tom: That was the worst 30 seconds of my life. Ariana: And you had to look up help on the internet. Tom: Hey, what’s the internet for if we can’t look up help on it? Ariana: Oh my Lord. Okay, so to jump back into the show for this week. Tom: So what are we talking about today? Ariana: Goal planning. Tom: Awesome. Your favorite subject. Ariana: My favorite, favorite subject. We did not start off our life together with goal planning, not at all, not even a little bit. We kind of did stuff as it came along. We both had jobs. We didn’t really look too much further past that. And everything we did was kind of spur of the moment back then. 3.00 Tom: And you know, let’s look at this. So I actually did a lot of goal planning but my big problem is I never shared any of it with Ariana. So I…part of our frustrations I think early on and why we struggled to have success and to do some of the things we wanted to do is we each had our own goals or thoughts for what thing should be but I don’t think we ever communicated this as clearly as we should have. Ariana: No, we didn’t. I don’t think we communicated them well at all. Tom: Well I saw 15 years for us to retire. That was a pretty good goal. But you know, I think a lot of people, a lot of couples go through this. You talk about your day to day stuff but you never take a step back and really say what are we trying to achieve together? What are some of the goals that maybe I have that you don’t have and vice versa so that if nothing else, we have awareness to them? 4.00 Ariana: I mean yeah. We never really looked at the big picture together. We didn’t say okay this is our goal, how are we going to get there with the whole retiring in 15 years plan. Tom: And I remember, there is a blog post that I’ll reference in here that seven and a half years in, so a couple years ago, I actually took a look back and said how are we doing on that 15 year goal and the results were pretty uninspiring. For the most part, because we had started multiple businesses and they were making money but we were investing all of that money back in and what kind of became clear to me at that point was it was great that we had these businesses, it was great that we were making money, but we didn’t have measurable steps to say how do we go from where we are now to get to that goal of retiring? And because we didn’t have measurable steps, we weren’t able to actually say here’s the next things we want to do, one which would allow me to focus and not do a million things, but then two, realize that if we were off track we could actually make some adjustments on it. 5.00 Ariana: Yeah and to jump back to one of the stories we told in the intro, was Tom going out and spending that $7500 in credit card debt to get the real estate training without talking to me about it and also his plan to buy a duplex instead of a house when we got out of college – a lot of that came back to the fact that we didn’t set goals and we didn’t talk about them with each other so it was hard for me to see the end result of the real estate goal because Tom didn’t sit down with me and say, okay, here’s why I think we should do it. Here’s my plan. Let’s see if we can get this thing started. So instead of coming out and saying, oh I think we should buy a duplex for our first house, you know we would have sat down and talked things over and I probably would have been a little bit more receptive to that idea. Tom: Yeah and as we go through this, this show is titled why you need this in your business and in your life, and what we found I think overall is everything starts out with our life and how we do it there and if you can master it in doing it in your life, you can probably master it in business. 6.00 Tom: But a lot of times what people will do is skip over what they think these initial things are. You know, it takes some time to really get aligned on goals, get aligned on how much money do we have and where should we be spending that money. A lot of people just want to jump in and start a business but for example, if you go and spend $7500 on a credit card for real estate training without telling your wife, you’re probably not going to have too much success in the business because you’re starting off on a bad foot. Thankfully I have an amazing wife and I would still say that if she wasn’t sitting right next to me. But we were then able to talk through and say well now let’s figure out what we’re trying to get to and when we’re going to spend money and time, when we’re not, and make sure we agree on that together, and not just have one of us go out on our own. Ariana: I know and we do have a specific process for the goal planning that we suggest once it’s down and does. 7.00 Tom: And we’ll say that it’s taken up multiple years to actually get this process honed in and we’re still changing it every time we meet, there’s usually something that we’ve either learned or we could improve on. So when we started this out, we simply got together every six months or once a year and we just wrote down in a Microsoft Word document individually what we each wanted over the next year and then we got together and said here’s my goals, here’s your goals, how do we combine them? And to be honest, the first couple times we did that after we talked about them, we forgot about them for the next year. So what we realized and I think a lot of this actually came back from Ariana trying to pull me back in from starting five different businesses at once, was really realizing that we needed to understand where we wanted to go long term and short term and then make sure that what we were doing when we were starting the next business or when we were growing a business was directly aligned to that. 8.00 Tom: So the process that we use now is we started out with a vision and what that vision is in our 30 days to launch course, we actually recommend people, literally get a board or a sheet out and just put pictures of what you think your life should be like and describe it in a paragraph because that’s really the picture of where you want to go and where you want to be, but it’s not a specific goal. But once you have that vision and we recommend people do this individually. So for example I would do it, Ariana would do it and then we would pull it together and we would make a single board vision paragraph of what we would want our combined lives to be like. Then what we do is we set out a whole bunch of goals and we like to align these over various time periods. So we tend to go out ten years and say okay, ten years from now, what are some of our big goals? 9.00 Tom: And then we work backwards from there and say okay, in order to achieve that in 10 years, what do we have to do in five years, what do we have to do in three years to achieve the five year goals, two years, one year, and then for the current year, we like to go every three months or every quarter and basically say what are the major things that we’re going after that quarter to then lead into the things the next quarter and so on? So we do annual planning, a big planning event once a year where we look out at the whole year and then really the whole ten years, and say are our goals still aligned to the right time periods? How did we do last year? And then what things do we have to move on that board as time goes on? And then we also do planning once a quarter at the beginning of the quarter to say, were we able to achieve what we targeted the last three months and then what have we got to focus on in the next three months? And then once we’ve done that quarterly planning, we get together once a week and kind of review the week. 10.00 Tom: How did this past week go? Did we achieve what we wanted to? Do we have to shift anything for the upcoming week? And then what goals or what tasks are we each going to take in order to actually get our things done and move our business and our lives forward? Ariana: Yeah and so I’m going to talk about…step back here and talk about how we apply these. One of the big ways we do it like Tom said is we’ve brought it down to the small scale of the weekly planning where we get together and we talk about things but the most important part of the annual planning is really making sure that you’re including everything. Tom has the tendency to focus more on the financial aspects of our yearly goals and the business aspects of our yearly goals whereas I like to bring it back to some of the smaller stuff, but maybe it’s not necessarily smaller but non-business items. You know, household improvements, if you’re going to need a new car, if you have plans to go on vacations, anything like that. Tom: So this is where Ariana gets the title of reality checker from. 11.00 Ariana: Again, multiple times I get that title. Tom: Yep, because once again I look at all the businesses, all the stuff we can do to get to our goals and to our vision, and then she pulls it all back into everything else that we’ve got to consider. Ariana: Yeah so I mean you want to make sure that you’re including everything; all aspects of your life should be in your goal planning process because you want to make sure everything is out in the open between the two of you. If you have a goal that your spouse may not have or may not have thought about, you want to put that out there so that you guys can really look at your sequence and see, okay does this make sense to do it here or should we push it, delay it to this time of year when we have less going on? Or you know, maybe you’ve got some taxes coming back and you’ll be able to afford a home improvement item that you’ve been waiting to do, stuff like that. You want to see. You want to plan everything out. You want to put it where it makes the most sense for you. And that way, every quarter you’re coming back to look at it or six months in, you want to go back and look at your year plan, something might have changed for you. 12.00 Ariana: Maybe you lost a job or you got a new job or you want to move things up, or push things back. You know, it allows you to stay on the same page with your spouse and make sure that you’re not, nothing is falling through the cracks and you’re getting it all on there and to bring it back, Tom mentioned Word documents and that we used to do our goal planning but he has recently bumped us up to a goal wall which is he’ll talk about later and I think we have a picture of it somewhere, a small scale picture of it somewhere. Tom: Yeah we’ll include it on the show notes and I like to call it a mega-wall. Ariana: Yes, it is the mega-wall. It goes along with our mega-desk. Tom: Everything we do here at Serial Startups is mega. Ariana: So yeah we’ll include a .pdf or a how-to on how to create your goal wall with this show. Tom: And so where can people find the show notes? Ariana: serialstartups.co/show4 Tom: Beautiful. Ariana: Another thing we want to talk about are the impacts in your business with goal planning. 13.00 Ariana: And that’s something that now that we do that in our personal life pretty well, we’ve also put that into our business planning, making sure that we have any important dates in there, making sure that we have any goals that we want to hit for that business, put them down, put them somewhere where you can see them. Give yourself a reminder. Put it on the calendar. Do something so that you’re putting that stuff out there and you’re not just letting it fall behind. Like Tom said, those Word Docs, they were great to start off, but we would forget about everything halfway through the year. Now that we have the goal wall and we’re reviewing it constantly, it makes it a lot easier for us to see all those goals. And we actually like to have different tiers on our goal wall. You know, we have a personal line. We have a business line, so that we can kind of split that stuff out but we’re still seeing it every week and every quarter when we’re coming back to review it. 14.00 Tom: Yeah and one of the things I like because we split out the personal and the business is at a quick glance, especially because it’s literally on the wall, we can see, are we spending too much time let’s say in the business and then we’ve got to make sure, maybe we pull back some time for our personal and our family life. So just by being able to have it broken out that way, we can clearly see where our time is being spent and make sure that’s where we actually want it to be. The other thing I think is we’re able to look at where do we spend our money and we know why we’re spending it that way. So there’s certain times where we have to have a big investment in our business, whether we’re buying equipment or a new tool or something like that and because we’re doing this planning, we can look at how much money is coming in, and then with what we’re planning to spend out, how is that going to impact us overall and then going forward, what results are we expecting to get and then we can track, are we actually getting what we’re expecting out of that? 15.00 Ariana: Yeah and if you’re interested in really diving in and doing some major goal planning, we do offer our 30 days to launch course on our Startup Academy, SerialStartups.co and click on Startup Academy. And if you do become a member, you’ll have access to that 30 days to launch program and I think the first section is pretty extensively about goal planning but even if you’re not ready for that, we are going to offer a smaller, simpler goal planning kit as well. So we’ll link to that in the show notes. Tom: And you know it’s funny. In our 30 days to launch course, we’ve had a lot of people go through this, a lot of times they’re surprised that the whole first week, we don’t even talk about business. The whole first week, the focus is on getting aligned like with your spouse or with your business partner, whoever you’re doing this with, and understanding what are your goals, how much money do you have to invest, how much time do you have to invest, and kind of getting that stuff solidified before you then dive into a business. So I always just find it interesting that people are very shocked when they’re doing a course on how to start a business and we actually start talking about goal planning and those types of stuff. 16.00 Ariana: Yep, and now for our tip of the week. Tom: So I can’t emphasize this enough and I’ve done a lot of consulting with organizations and one of the biggest impacts we’ve had is putting things on the wall to make them visible. And it’s such a thing that we overlook but when things are out of sight they’re out of mind and there is so much that draws our attention today with our smart phones and with our computers and everything else that… Ariana: Everything is technical on. Tom: Absolutely. So the reason we have a goal wall is so that we’re walking by it all the time and we can see those things and when something looks off, we can adjust it. So our goal wall and once again we’ll put some pictures and some guidance in the show notes at serialstartups.co/show4. And our goal wall is basically the blue paint that you can get at Home Depot. Ariana: Tom is the king of post-it notes. We should buy a stock in the company. 17.00 Tom: Absolutely.  Post-it notes and then just a marker and we’ve aligned the wall to lay out all of those time periods, broken up by business and by personal and then it’s a very quick and easy way for us to actually talk about our goals and we actually do our goal planning in front of that wall. Ariana: Make sure you talk to your spouse before you put the painter tape on the wall. Tom: Absolutely. So it’s not to say you guys need a goal wall but the recommendation is make sure wherever you put this, it’s visible so that you’re looking at it from time to time, not just doing it once a year and then forgetting about it until next year. So with that, I think that’s pretty much it for this week’s show. And we’ll see you guys next time. Ariana: Yep, bye guys. END 17.38 .  The post Show 4 – The Importance of Goal Planning in Your Business (and Life!) appeared first on Serial Startups.

Show 4 – The Importance of Goal Planning in Your Business (and Life!)

 Episode Overview – Q&amp;A 8 Common Entrepreneurial Questions AnsweredWhen you hang around entrepreneurs, you will undoubtedly hear a lot of entrepreneurial questions.  Entrepreneurs challenge themselves, which means that they are constantly facing new challenges and will be asking peers their questions.  We’ve heard a lot of these questions in our free community for entrepreneurs (http://sscommunity.co), and decided that today we would answer and provide our perspective on some of the most common questions that we hear.  Listen in to get answers on things like… business cards, working from home, websites, social media and much more.Episode Key Timestamps 01:12 – The benefit of being around other entrepreneurs 02:24 – Do I need business cards? 05:57 – Do you wear casual or business attire when working from home? 08:21 – Should you work with family? 10:37 – Some people have said that websites are dead.  Is that true? 13:17 – How do you recommend planning your week? 16:47 – Should I build a product or a following first? 19:19 – What social media platform should I start with? 20:30 – What do I do if my spouse is not on board with my business? 23:52 – Tip of the week Create a validate a product first.  You need to get paid, otherwise it will stop you from serving.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  The Serial Startup Community (Our private Facebook group for entrepreneurs) ClickFunnels (The tool that we use to build out our sales funnels) LeadPages (The tool that we used to use to build our sales funnels) Kajabi (Another popular tool for building sales funnels) Show 11 – Use Lean &amp; Agile to Skyrocket Your Productivity Show 23 – Overcoming Your Biggest Productivity Drains (Part 1) Show 24 – Overcoming Your Biggest Productivity Drains (Part 2) Show 25 – How to Setup Your Weekly Productivity Process Free Download (Checklist &amp; Resource Guide for Branding, Social Media and Creating Your Website)   Episode Free Download  The post Q&amp;A: 8 Common Entrepreneurial Questions Answered appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2> Episode Overview – Q&amp;A 8 Common Entrepreneurial Questions Answered</h2><p>When you hang around entrepreneurs, you will undoubtedly hear a lot of entrepreneurial questions.  Entrepreneurs challenge themselves, which means that they are constantly facing new challenges and will be asking peers their questions.  We’ve heard a lot of these questions in our free community for entrepreneurs (<a href="http://sscommunity.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">http://sscommunity.co</a>), and decided that today we would answer and provide our perspective on some of the most common questions that we hear.  Listen in to get answers on things like… business cards, working from home, websites, social media and much more.</p><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>01:12 – The benefit of being around other entrepreneurs</li> <li>02:24 – Do I need business cards?</li> <li>05:57 – Do you wear casual or business attire when working from home?</li> <li>08:21 – Should you work with family?</li> <li>10:37 – Some people have said that websites are dead.  Is that true?</li> <li>13:17 – How do you recommend planning your week?</li> <li>16:47 – Should I build a product or a following first?</li> <li>19:19 – What social media platform should I start with?</li> <li>20:30 – What do I do if my spouse is not on board with my business?</li> <li>23:52 – Tip of the week</li> </ul><p><em>Create a validate a product first.  You need to get paid, otherwise it will stop you from serving.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fqa-8-common-entrepreneurial-questions-answered%2F&amp;text=Create%20a%20validate%20a%20product%20first.%20%20You%20need%20to%20get%20paid%2C%20otherwise%20it%20will%20stop%20you%20from%20serving.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SerialStartupsCommunity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Serial Startup Community (Our private Facebook group for entrepreneurs)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/clickfunnels" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ClickFunnels (The tool that we use to build out our sales funnels)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/leadpages" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LeadPages (The tool that we used to use to build our sales funnels)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/kajabi" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Kajabi (Another popular tool for building sales funnels)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/use-lean-and-agile-to-skyrocket-your-productivity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 11 – Use Lean &amp; Agile to Skyrocket Your Productivity</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/overcoming-your-biggest-productivity-drains-part-1/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 23 – Overcoming Your Biggest Productivity Drains (Part 1)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/overcoming-your-biggest-productivity-drains-part-2/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 24 – Overcoming Your Biggest Productivity Drains (Part 2)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/how-to-create-your-weekly-productivity-process/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 25 – How to Setup Your Weekly Productivity Process</a></li> <li><a href="https://entreprenewlyweds.leadpages.co/leadbox/1427d3473f72a2%3A176b023aa346dc/5705718560718848/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Free Download (Checklist &amp; Resource Guide for Branding, Social Media and Creating Your Website)</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-branding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/qa-8-common-entrepreneurial-questions-answered/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Q&amp;A: 8 Common Entrepreneurial Questions Answered</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Q&A: 8 Common Entrepreneurial Questions Answered

Episode Overview – 6 Essential Elements of Your Business BrandCreating a business brand (branding) is a critical piece of your business foundation.  When people see hear about your business, what ideas or perceptions do they have?  What impact does that have on the success of you business?  And how can to begin to develop a brand for your business without spending a lot of time and money?These are the questions that we will be discussing and answering in the show this week.Episode Key Points What are all of the pieces that are involved with creating a brand? How did we create our brands for each of our businesses? The 6 essential elements to consider when developing your business brand Steps and tips for creating your own business brand Episode Key Timestamps 01:25 – How we developed our brand for each business that we have. 11:23 – What is a brand? 12:44 – Who needs a brand? 14:15 – Coming up with the name for your brand 15:50 – Creating the messaging for your business 16:18 – Defining the story of your business 19:04 – Defining your business “personality” 21:40 – Creating your business look 26:30 – Consistency &amp; integration of your business 28:26 – How to implement and create your own brand 34:27 – Tip of the week – Researching your competition Your brand is more than your logo.  It is how people perceive you when they hear your name.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  How We Created Our Logo for Our Real Estate Business Should Your Bootstrap Your Business (Podcast episode defining options for funding your business) Business Planning Mini-Course (Provides guidance for research that will help with branding) Screw the Nine to Five (Jill &amp; Josh Stanton’s excellent example of branding and being authentic) The Psychology of Color in Marketing &amp; Branding (Information for how to choose your colors) Fiverr (A website where you can order design work to be done for as little as $5) LogoNerds (A website focusing on cresting logos) 99 Designs (A company where various designers can submit logo and brand kits for your business) Canva (A free/low cost online graphic design tool) Coolers (A website that helps you define the color palette for your brand)   Episode Free Download Book a Free Discovery Call With Us  The post Business Brand – The 6 Essential Elements That You Need appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview – 6 Essential Elements of Your Business Brand</h2><p>Creating a business brand (branding) is a critical piece of your business foundation.  When people see hear about your business, what ideas or perceptions do they have?  What impact does that have on the success of you business?  And how can to begin to develop a brand for your business without spending a lot of time and money?</p><p>These are the questions that we will be discussing and answering in the show this week.</p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2><ul> <li>What are <strong>all of the pieces</strong> that are involved with creating a brand?</li> <li><strong>How did we create our brands</strong> for each of our businesses?</li> <li><strong>The 6 essential elements to consider</strong> when developing your business brand</li> <li>Steps and<strong> tips for creating</strong> your own business brand</li> </ul><h2>Episode Key Timestamps</h2><ul> <li>01:25 – How we developed our brand for each business that we have.</li> <li>11:23 – What is a brand?</li> <li>12:44 – Who needs a brand?</li> <li>14:15 – Coming up with the name for your brand</li> <li>15:50 – Creating the messaging for your business</li> <li>16:18 – Defining the story of your business</li> <li>19:04 – Defining your business “personality”</li> <li>21:40 – Creating your business look</li> <li>26:30 – Consistency &amp; integration of your business</li> <li>28:26 – How to implement and create your own brand</li> <li>34:27 – Tip of the week – Researching your competition</li> </ul><p></p><p><em>Your brand is more than your logo.  It is how people perceive you when they hear your name.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fbusiness-brand-6-essential-elements-need%2F&amp;text=Your%20brand%20is%20more%20than%20your%20logo.%20%20It%20is%20how%20people%20perceive%20you%20when%20they%20hear%20your%20name.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/></p> <h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/created-logo-sylvester-enterprises/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How We Created Our Logo for Our Real Estate Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/should-you-bootstrap-your-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Should Your Bootstrap Your Business (Podcast episode defining options for funding your business)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/businessplan" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Business Planning Mini-Course (Provides guidance for research that will help with branding)</a></li> <li><a href="http://screwtheninetofive.com" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Screw the Nine to Five (Jill &amp; Josh Stanton’s excellent example of branding and being authentic)</a></li> <li><a href="http://coschedule.com/blog/color-psychology-marketing/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">The Psychology of Color in Marketing &amp; Branding (Information for how to choose your colors)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/fiverr" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Fiverr (A website where you can order design work to be done for as little as $5)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/logonerds" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LogoNerds (A website focusing on cresting logos)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/99designs" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">99 Designs (A company where various designers can submit logo and brand kits for your business)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/canva" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canva (A free/low cost online graphic design tool)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/coolors" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Coolers (A website that helps you define the color palette for your brand)</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/work-with-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Book a Free Discovery Call With Us</a></p> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-branding" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/business-brand-6-essential-elements-need/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Business Brand – The 6 Essential Elements That You Need</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Business Brand – The 6 Essential Elements That You Need

Episode OverviewOn the last episode, we walked through some of the challenges that you may face if you don’t understand how to read and leverage your business financial statements, as well as some solutions.  As you may have guessed, several of the solutions were using your financial statements.So today we are going to start with the basics and introduce the 3 main financial statements (balance sheet, income statement and cashflow statement) and help you understand how to read them.Episode Key Points Why understanding your personal finances is a good idea before starting a business What your cashflow statement is, along with some basic examples using a job and a paycheck The quote “cash is king” is true, but the timing of that cash coming in or going out is also critical What your income statement (aka profit and loss statement) is and some basic examples The difference between what people mean when they say “top line” and “bottom line” What your balance sheet is and a basic example to help you understand assets and liabilities In business, cash is king, but the timing of that cashflow is critical as well.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  Our Free Facebook Community for Entrepreneurs (Request Your Access) QuickBooks (The bookkeeping software that we use) Introduction to the 3 Main Financial Statements (Free Download)   Episode Transcript Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt; Transcript coming soon… The post Understanding the 3 Main Business Financial Statements appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview</h2><p>On the last episode, we walked through some of the challenges that you may face if you don’t understand how to read and leverage your business financial statements, as well as some solutions.  As you may have guessed, several of the solutions were using your financial statements.</p><p>So today we are going to start with the basics and introduce the 3 main financial statements (balance sheet, income statement and cashflow statement) and help you understand how to read them.</p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2><ul> <li>Why<strong> understanding your personal finances</strong> is a good idea before starting a business</li> <li>What your<strong> cashflow statement</strong> is, along with some basic examples using a job and a paycheck</li> <li>The quote “cash is king” is true, but the <strong>timing of that cash</strong> coming in or going out is also critical</li> <li>What your <strong>income statement (aka profit and loss statement)</strong> is and some basic examples</li> <li>The difference between what people mean when they say <strong>“top line” and “bottom line”</strong></li> <li>What your balance sheet is and a basic example to <strong>help you understand assets and liabilities</strong></li> </ul><p><em>In business, cash is king, but the timing of that cashflow is critical as well.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Funderstanding-the-3-main-business-financial-statements%2F&amp;text=In%20business%2C%20cash%20is%20king%2C%20but%20the%20timing%20of%20that%20cashflow%20is%20critical%20as%20well.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SerialStartupsCommunity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Our Free Facebook Community for Entrepreneurs (Request Your Access)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/quickbooks" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">QuickBooks (The bookkeeping software that we use)</a></li> <li><a href="https://entreprenewlyweds.leadpages.co/leadbox/140443473f72a2%3A176b023aa346dc/5650817738604544/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Introduction to the 3 Main Financial Statements (Free Download)</a></li> </ul> <a href="http://serialstartups.co/business-finances" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a> <h2>Episode Transcript</h2> <h5>Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;</h5> <p>Transcript coming soon…</p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/understanding-the-3-main-business-financial-statements/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Understanding the 3 Main Business Financial Statements</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Understanding the 3 Main Business Financial Statements

5 Challenges of Not Knowing Your Business Financials

Episode OverviewIn this episode, we help you establish a weekly plan that you can repeat week after week to help you organize all of your work, stay on task and get more done.Our previous 2 episodes discussed productivity drains and some strategies to overcome them.  Today, we pull it all together and help you establish a weekly cadence of planning and execution.  Be sure to grab our free guide that walks through this process as well.Episode Key Points Understanding and applying Lean concepts means more value and less waste Defining a way to capture and organize all your tasks will make sure you don’t lose things Capturing tasks will also allow you to free up your mind and not feel like you have to do them immediately The importance of establishing consistency in your weekly routine Prioritize your tasks so you make sure that you are working on the most important tasks We recommend doing a weekly time audit to determine where your time goes Realize that life will happen and may throw off your productivity for a day or a week, but make sure you bounce back Writing down everything you do each week will help you see where your time goes and is a starting point for outsourcing To track your work, you can either count your tasks and see how many are left, or estimate them and track how much is left At the end of the week, do a weekly review to identify wins, losses and what changes to make for improvements Tracking progress is like a scoreboard.  It will tell you if you are winning or losing.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  Evernote Asana Trello Productivity &amp; Task Mini-Course (Learn More) Download Our Free Weekly Productivity Guide   Episode Free Download  Episode Transcript Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt; 				 					 Transcript coming soon…  				  			  			  				 				 			  				 			  The post How to Create Your Weekly Productivity Process appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview</h2><p>In this episode, we help you establish a weekly plan that you can repeat week after week to help you organize all of your work, stay on task and get more done.</p><p>Our previous 2 episodes discussed productivity drains and some strategies to overcome them.  Today, we pull it all together and help you establish a weekly cadence of planning and execution.  Be sure to grab our <a href="https://entreprenewlyweds.leadpages.co/leadbox/140d4ca73f72a2%3A176b023aa346dc/5753341694967808/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">free guide</a> that walks through this process as well.</p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2><ul> <li>Understanding and applying Lean concepts <strong>means more value and less waste</strong></li> <li>Defining a way to <strong>capture and organize all your tasks</strong> will make sure you don’t lose things</li> <li>Capturing tasks will also allow you to<strong> free up your mind</strong> and not feel like you have to do them immediately</li> <li>The importance of <strong>establishing consistency</strong> in your weekly routine</li> <li>Prioritize your tasks so you make sure that you are <strong>working on the most important tasks</strong></li> <li>We recommend doing a <strong>weekly time audit</strong> to determine where your time goes</li> <li>Realize that<strong> life will happen and may throw off your productivity</strong> for a day or a week, but make sure you bounce back</li> <li>Writing down everything you do each week will <strong>help you see where your time goes</strong> and is a starting point for outsourcing</li> <li>To <strong>track your work</strong>, you can either count your tasks and see how many are left, or estimate them and track how much is left</li> <li>At the end of the week, do a weekly review to <strong>identify wins, losses and what changes to make for improvements</strong></li> </ul><p><em>Tracking progress is like a scoreboard.  It will tell you if you are winning or losing.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fhow-to-create-your-weekly-productivity-process%2F&amp;text=Tracking%20progress%20is%20like%20a%20scoreboard.%20%20It%20will%20tell%20you%20if%20you%20are%20winning%20or%20losing.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li>Evernote</li> <li>Asana</li> <li>Trello</li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/productivity-free-download" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Productivity &amp; Task Mini-Course (Learn More)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/productive-project-management-course" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Download Our Free Weekly Productivity Guide</a></li> </ul> <h2> Episode Free Download</h2> <p><a href="http://serialstartups.co/productivity-free-download" rel="nofollow" target="_blank"></a></p> <h2>Episode Transcript</h2> <h5>Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;</h5> 				 					 Transcript coming soon…  				  			  			  				 				 			  				 			  <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/how-to-create-your-weekly-productivity-process/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Create Your Weekly Productivity Process</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

How to Create Your Weekly Productivity Process

Overcoming Your Biggest Productivity Drains (Part 1)

Show 19 – Does Your Business Need a Business Plan?

Episode OverviewIn our third and final show of our “lessons learned” mini-series, we are going to take a walk through businesses that we once had and no longer are a part of, either because we closed them or sold them. People often only see the successes that entrepreneurs have, but rarely see the failed businesses or efforts from those entrepreneurs.  So today we will walk through 4 businesses that we no longer have and explain what they were, why we no longer have them and what we learned from them.  				 			  				 				 				 					Episode Key Points  You can learn and apply skills from the various jobs that you have had to being an entrepreneur Our first business was selling used books on Amazon and was low cost Every business needs a defined process (and tools to support the process) to be efficient When one business needs a product or service, other businesses probably do too Starting a business by bootstrapping can lead to taking jobs because you need money, even if they don’t align to your business You should never start a business without doing some business planning Before starting a business, decide and agree on how the exit strategy (especially if you have a partner) Home party business can be low cost to start, but are a challenge after going through your “warm” leads It can be easy to jump into an online business and not treat it like a business, but this is a mistake  Use skills from previous jobs to help start your own business. - Tom SylvesterClick To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode  An Overview of Our Online Book Selling Business How to Start a Home Party Business Show 12 – An Overview of Our Wine and Liquor Store Show 13 – An Overview of Our Real Estate Investing Business Show 14 – An Overview of Our Internet Marketing Business Show 15 – An Overview of Our Entrepreneur Coaching Business Join Our Free Facebook Group for Entrepreneurs  Episode Transcript Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt; 				 					 Transcript coming soon…  				  			  			  				 				 			  				 			  The post Show 18 – Our Business Graveyard – Dedicated to Those Businesses No Longer With Us appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview</h2><p>In our third and final show of our “lessons learned” mini-series, we are going to take a walk through businesses that we once had and no longer are a part of, either because we closed them or sold them. People often only see the successes that entrepreneurs have, but rarely see the failed businesses or efforts from those entrepreneurs.  So today we will walk through 4 businesses that we no longer have and explain what they were, why we no longer have them and what we learned from them.  				 			  				 				 				 					</p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2> <ul> <li>You can <strong>learn and apply skills</strong> from the various jobs that you have had to being an entrepreneur</li> <li>Our first business was <strong>selling used books on Amazon</strong> and was low cost</li> <li>Every business<strong> needs a defined process</strong> (and tools to support the process) to be efficient</li> <li>When one business <strong>needs a product or service</strong>, other businesses probably do too</li> <li>Starting a business by bootstrapping can lead to<strong> taking jobs because you need money</strong>, even if they don’t align to your business</li> <li>You should <strong>never start a business without</strong> doing some business planning</li> <li>Before starting a business, decide and <strong>agree on how the exit strategy</strong> (especially if you have a partner)</li> <li>Home party business can be low cost to start, but <strong>are a challenge after going through your “warm” leads</strong></li> <li>It can be easy to jump into an online business and <strong>not treat it like a business</strong>, but this is a mistake</li> </ul> <p><em>Use skills from previous jobs to help start your own business. - Tom Sylvester</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Four-business-graveyard-dedicated-to-those-businesses-no-longer-with-us%2F&amp;text=Use%20skills%20from%20previous%20jobs%20to%20help%20start%20your%20own%20business.%20-%20Tom%20Sylvester&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/overview-online-book-selling-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">An Overview of Our Online Book Selling Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/how-to-start-a-home-party-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Start a Home Party Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-wine-liquor-store/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 12 – An Overview of Our Wine and Liquor Store</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-real-estate-investing-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 13 – An Overview of Our Real Estate Investing Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/overview-of-our-internet-marketing-businesses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 14 – An Overview of Our Internet Marketing Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-entrepreneur-coaching-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 15 – An Overview of Our Entrepreneur Coaching Business</a></li> <li><a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/SerialStartupsCommunity/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join Our Free Facebook Group for Entrepreneurs</a></li> </ul> <h2>Episode Transcript</h2> <h5>Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;</h5> 				 					 Transcript coming soon…  				  			  			  				 				 			  				 			  <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/our-business-graveyard-dedicated-to-those-businesses-no-longer-with-us/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 18 – Our Business Graveyard – Dedicated to Those Businesses No Longer With Us</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Show 18 – Our Business Graveyard – Dedicated to Those Businesses No Longer With Us

Episode OverviewIn the final show of our series on giving an overview of our businesses and how we run them, today we are going to take your inside our entrepreneur and small business coaching business.One of the best things that we have done to start and grow our businesses is to seek out and hire coaches and mentors.  These have allowed us to break through barriers and get past hurdles.  We have also been able to coach and work with various entrepreneurs to help them do the same.So in this episode you will learn about the inner workings of our final business and how we run this business.  Whether or not you have a consulting business, just like the other episodes in this series, you will learn valuable tips that you can use to run your business. Episode Key Points Not only do we coach, but we continue to hire coaches ourselves How to migrate a pure offline business into an offline/online model How you can outsource parts of your business, even when you are the expert Tools and processes that can help you be more focused and productive What batching is and how it can save hours and reduce stress when creating content Knowing your market and identifying your target customers Pre-selling and how it can help you with developing products people actually want What a minimum viable product (MVP) is and how to incorporate it into your business Using your existing skills to freelance or become a consultant Don't spend the wrong amount of money on the wrong type of (entrepreneur) coach. - Ariana SylvesterClick To TweetWe don't just pitch (entrepreneur) coaching because we do it.  We do it because we use it.Click To Tweet Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode     Show 12 – An Overview of Our Retail Wine and Liquor Store Show 13 – An Overview of our Real Estate Investing Business Show 14 – An Overview of our Online Internet Marketing Business ATR-2100 Podcasting USB/XLR Microphone Our Complete Podcast &amp; Video Setup/Tools Camtasia (Video Editing) Canva (Image Editing) Buffer (Social Media Automation) Edgar (Social Media Automation) Dropbox (Cloud Storage and Backup) Evernote (Notetaking &amp; Storage) Gumroad (Selling Digital Products) LeadPages (Sales Pages &amp; Email Opt-in Boxes) ConvertKit (Email Marketing) Join our Free Facebook Community Lean Startup Book How to Setup a WordPress Website in 10 Minutes     Episode Transcript Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt; Transcript coming soon…   The post Show 15 – An Overview of Our Entrepreneur Coaching Business appeared first on Serial Startups.

<p></p><h2>Episode Overview</h2><p>In the final show of our series on giving an overview of our businesses and how we run them, today we are going to take your inside our entrepreneur and small business coaching business.</p><p>One of the best things that we have done to start and grow our businesses is to seek out and hire coaches and mentors.  These have allowed us to break through barriers and get past hurdles.  We have also been able to coach and work with various entrepreneurs to help them do the same.</p><p>So in this episode you will learn about the inner workings of our final business and how we run this business.  Whether or not you have a consulting business, just like the other episodes in this series, you will learn valuable tips that you can use to run your business.</p><p> </p><h2>Episode Key Points</h2><ul> <li>Not only do we coach, but<strong> we continue to hire coaches </strong><b>ourselves</b></li> <li>How to migrate a pure offline business into an <strong>offline/online model</strong></li> <li>How you can <strong>outsource parts of your business</strong>, even when you are the expert</li> <li>Tools and processes that can help you be <strong>more focused and productive</strong></li> <li>What <strong>batching is and how it can save hours</strong> and reduce stress when creating content</li> <li>Knowing your market and<strong> identifying your target customers</strong></li> <li><strong>Pre-selling and how it can help you</strong> with developing products people actually want</li> <li>What a <strong>minimum viable product (MVP)</strong> is and how to incorporate it into your business</li> <li><strong>Using your existing skills</strong> to freelance or become a consultant</li> </ul><p><em>Don't spend the wrong amount of money on the wrong type of (entrepreneur) coach. - Ariana Sylvester</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fan-overview-of-our-entrepreneur-coaching-business%2F&amp;text=Don%27t%20spend%20the%20wrong%20amount%20of%20money%20on%20the%20wrong%20type%20of%20%28entrepreneur%29%20coach.%20-%20Ariana%20Sylvester&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/></p><p><em>We don't just pitch (entrepreneur) coaching because we do it.  We do it because we use it.</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fan-overview-of-our-entrepreneur-coaching-business%2F&amp;text=We%20don%27t%20just%20pitch%20%28entrepreneur%29%20coaching%20because%20we%20do%20it.%20%20We%20do%20it%20because%20we%20use%20it.&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p><h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-wine-liquor-store/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 12 – An Overview of Our Retail Wine and Liquor Store</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-real-estate-investing-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 13 – An Overview of our Real Estate Investing Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/overview-of-our-internet-marketing-businesses/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 14 – An Overview of our Online Internet Marketing Business</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/atr2100" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ATR-2100 Podcasting USB/XLR Microphone</a></li> <li>Our Complete Podcast &amp; Video Setup/Tools</li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/camtasia" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Camtasia (Video Editing)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/canva" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Canva (Image Editing)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/buffer" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Buffer (Social Media Automation)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/edgar" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Edgar (Social Media Automation)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/dropbox" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Dropbox (Cloud Storage and Backup)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/evernote" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Evernote (Notetaking &amp; Storage)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/gumroad" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Gumroad (Selling Digital Products)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/leadpages" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">LeadPages (Sales Pages &amp; Email Opt-in Boxes)</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/convertkit" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">ConvertKit (Email Marketing)</a></li> <li><a href="http://sscommunity.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Join our Free Facebook Community</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/leanstartup" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Lean Startup Book</a></li> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/setup-wordpress-blog-quick-cheap/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">How to Setup a WordPress Website in 10 Minutes</a></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> </ul> <h2>Episode Transcript</h2> <h5>Prefer to read the transcript instead? Click the plus icon ---&gt;</h5> <p>Transcript coming soon…</p> <p> </p> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-entrepreneur-coaching-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 15 – An Overview of Our Entrepreneur Coaching Business</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

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Episode Overview In the second show of our series on giving an overview of our businesses and how we run them, today we are going to take your inside our real estate investing business. Real estate investing sounds very exciting (and it can be), but it also requires a lot of work and has the risk of losing a significant amount of money if you are not careful.  In this episode, we are going to walk through the various criteria that we use to run our business, as well are share some costly mistakes that we have made.     Episode Key Points  What our favorite “real estate investing” shows are an why You should avoid spending $10,000+ on training, especially when you are just starting out 5 ways that we make money with buy and hold real estate investing How we hired people to help us with this business as we began to grow How doing the work yourself can actually cost you money Consistency is essential with processes to manage multiple properties The key forms that you need as part of being a landlord How using standard materials have saved us thousands of dollars when renovating properties The tools that we use to help us run our real estate business Where you invest and what strategy you use have a big impact on your success Why you need to understand your market and potential tenant pool when making decisions Being clear on the financials is ESSENTIAL to being successful with real estate investing Developing a brand that stands out and helps you get known in your market   It cost us more money to do the work ourselves than to hire it out. - Tom SylvesterClick To Tweet  Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode    Show 12 – An Overview of Our Wine &amp; Liquor Store     The post Show 13 – An Overview of Our Real Estate Investing Business appeared first on Serial Startups.

<h2>Episode Overview</h2> <p>In the second show of our series on giving an overview of our businesses and how we run them, today we are going to take your inside our real estate investing business.</p> <p>Real estate investing sounds very exciting (and it can be), but it also requires a lot of work and has the risk of losing a significant amount of money if you are not careful.  In this episode, we are going to walk through the various criteria that we use to run our business, as well are share some costly mistakes that we have made.</p> <p> </p> <p> </p> <h2>Episode Key Points</h2> <ul> <li>What our <strong>favorite “real estate investing” shows</strong> are an why</li> <li>You should avoid <strong>spending $10,000+</strong> on training, especially when you are just starting out</li> <li><strong>5 ways that we make money</strong> with buy and hold real estate investing</li> <li><strong>How we hired people</strong> to help us with this business as we began to grow</li> <li>How doing the work yourself <strong>can actually cost you money</strong></li> <li><strong>Consistency is essential</strong> with processes to manage multiple properties</li> <li>The <strong>key forms that you need</strong> as part of being a landlord</li> <li>How using standard materials have <strong>saved us thousands of dollars</strong> when renovating properties</li> <li>The <strong>tools that we use</strong> to help us run our real estate business</li> <li>Where you invest and what strategy you use <strong>have a big impact</strong> on your success</li> <li>Why you need to <strong>understand your market and potential tenant pool</strong> when making decisions</li> <li>Being <strong>clear on the financials</strong> is ESSENTIAL to being successful with real estate investing</li> <li>Developing a <strong>brand that stands out</strong> and helps you get known in your market</li> </ul> <p> </p><p><em>It cost us more money to do the work ourselves than to hire it out. - Tom Sylvester</em><br/><a href="https://twitter.com/intent/tweet?url=https%3A%2F%2Fserialstartups.co%2Fan-overview-of-our-real-estate-investing-business%2F&amp;text=It%20cost%20us%20more%20money%20to%20do%20the%20work%20ourselves%20than%20to%20hire%20it%20out.%20-%20Tom%20Sylvester&amp;via=serialstartupco&amp;related=serialstartupco" rel="noopener noreferrer nofollow" target="_blank">Click To Tweet</a><br/> </p> <h2>Links and Resources Mentioned in the Episode</h2> <ul> <ul> <ul> <li><a href="http://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-wine-liquor-store/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 12 – An Overview of Our Wine &amp; Liquor Store</a></li> <li></li> </ul> </ul> </ul> <p>The post <a href="https://serialstartups.co/an-overview-of-our-real-estate-investing-business/" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Show 13 – An Overview of Our Real Estate Investing Business</a> appeared first on <a href="https://serialstartups.co" rel="nofollow" target="_blank">Serial Startups</a>.</p>

Show 13 – An Overview of Our Real Estate Investing Business

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