Episodes
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
The Best Of Real Estate #MakingBank ##S7E17
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
The Best Of Real Estate #MakingBank ##S7E17
In this episode of Making Bank, it will be a compilation of previous episodes showcasing the mindset and the success strategies of the top 1% so you can amplify your life and your business today. If you ever thought about Real Estate investing then this episode is just for you. The guests will drop some amazing insights and really give different tips and ways to really move into the Real Estate Market, whether it’s Multi Family or Single Home.
Make sure you check out this episode and listen to Josh and all the other guests discuss The Best Of Real Estate:
(1:00) Investing - Key Tips
Josh asks Jake and Gino about the various key tips when it comes to investing in Real Estate to which Gino tells that it is important we know clearly what the goal is and what we hope to accomplish. Jake also talks about selecting the market. Focusing on one market, especially if you're new, because you're gonna really need to create those relationships in business and in real estate.
(3:28) Buy Right, Manage Right and Finance Right
Jake talks about the three pillars to sound multi-family investing - Buying right, managing right and financing right. How big of a market you are looking at, population wise. What do you need? What is the median income of that submarket or track that you're purchasing? What is the vintage of the asset that you're comfortable with taking down? The list goes on. This will give you clarity and you can quickly remove deals off your desk when they don't make sense, so you're not wasting time with them.
(5:16) Life Cycle of Real Estate
As an entrepreneur we will be looking at different ways to place our money. There's real estate, there's residential and there’s multi-family. Here, Salvatore Buscemi will talk about what most people don't, which is the lifestyle of real estate or the life cycle of real estate.
(9:36) Scaling Successfully
Going from 220 to 225 units in five to seven years Avery Carl gives us her main piece of advice and that is to not live off of your rental income only. Just put that back into more properties. This is where people get in trouble, by living off their rental income so they can never use it to go buy another property.
(11:36) Biggest Challenges
Many times, the biggest challenge will be property management. Especially if you are doing third party management then you really have to manage that relationship tightly as an asset manager. It is recommended that everyone gets on with their property managers at least once a week. You're the leader of that, you're dictating the cadence of accountability, what things are supposed to look like, and not just saying that this is just an investment and pushing it off and hoping that they take care of it.
(14:21) Property Management
For long terms, whether it's multi or single, property management is the way to go. As for the short term clients, they are mainly taught how to manage their property remotely so that they don't have to use a property manager because in the short term, the average property management split is 20% of your gross. It is so much better to manage on their own than to pay a property manager a huge amount of money just for it.
(18:55) Second Rule of Real Estate
Never stop raising capital. Entrepreneurship is self-improvement in disguise and if you can really understand that, then you're gonna have a lot more fun.
(20:04) Key Takeaways
You can't always live in the best market to invest in for short term rental or long term. You don't have to live in the area that you're investing in a short term rental in order to be able to manage it remotely.You promote what you permit. As a business owner, as a parent, if you allow it to happen, that means you're promoting it. And it's the same thing with a property management company.
Links mentioned:
Instagram: jakeandgino salvatorembuscemi theshorttermshop
Twitter: JakeandGino salvatorembuscemi theshorttermshop
Facebook: jakeandgino salvatorembuscemi theshorttermshop
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
The Best Of Real Estate #MakingBank #S7E17
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
Saturday Nov 12, 2022
The Best Of Real Estate #MakingBank #S7E17
In this episode of Making Bank, it will be a compilation of previous episodes showcasing the mindset and the success strategies of the top 1% so you can amplify your life and your business today. If you ever thought about Real Estate investing then this episode is just for you. The guests will drop some amazing insights and really give different tips and ways to really move into the Real Estate Market, whether it’s Multi Family or Single Home.
Make sure you check out this episode and listen to Josh and all the other guests discuss The Best Of Real Estate:
(1:00) Investing - Key Tips
Josh asks Jake and Gino about the various key tips when it comes to investing in Real Estate to which Gino tells that it is important we know clearly what the goal is and what we hope to accomplish. Jake also talks about selecting the market. Focusing on one market, especially if you're new, because you're gonna really need to create those relationships in business and in real estate.
(3:28) Buy Right, Manage Right and Finance Right
Jake talks about the three pillars to sound multi-family investing - Buying right, managing right and financing right. How big of a market you are looking at, population wise. What do you need? What is the median income of that submarket or track that you're purchasing? What is the vintage of the asset that you're comfortable with taking down? The list goes on. This will give you clarity and you can quickly remove deals off your desk when they don't make sense, so you're not wasting time with them.
(5:16) Life Cycle of Real Estate
As an entrepreneur we will be looking at different ways to place our money. There's real estate, there's residential and there’s multi-family. Here, Salvatore Buscemi will talk about what most people don't, which is the lifestyle of real estate or the life cycle of real estate.
(9:36) Scaling Successfully
Going from 220 to 225 units in five to seven years Avery Carl gives us her main piece of advice and that is to not live off of your rental income only. Just put that back into more properties. This is where people get in trouble, by living off their rental income so they can never use it to go buy another property.
(11:36) Biggest Challenges
Many times, the biggest challenge will be property management. Especially if you are doing third party management then you really have to manage that relationship tightly as an asset manager. It is recommended that everyone gets on with their property managers at least once a week. You're the leader of that, you're dictating the cadence of accountability, what things are supposed to look like, and not just saying that this is just an investment and pushing it off and hoping that they take care of it.
(14:21) Property Management
For long terms, whether it's multi or single, property management is the way to go. As for the short term clients, they are mainly taught how to manage their property remotely so that they don't have to use a property manager because in the short term, the average property management split is 20% of your gross. It is so much better to manage on their own than to pay a property manager a huge amount of money just for it.
(18:55) Second Rule of Real Estate
Never stop raising capital. Entrepreneurship is self-improvement in disguise and if you can really understand that, then you're gonna have a lot more fun.
(20:04) Key Takeaways
You can't always live in the best market to invest in for short term rental or long term. You don't have to live in the area that you're investing in a short term rental in order to be able to manage it remotely.You promote what you permit. As a business owner, as a parent, if you allow it to happen, that means you're promoting it. And it's the same thing with a property management company.
Links mentioned:
Instagram: jakeandgino salvatorembuscemi theshorttermshop
Twitter: JakeandGino salvatorembuscemi theshorttermshop
Facebook: jakeandgino salvatorembuscemi theshorttermshop
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Will Basta, CEO of Ascend Ecom.
If you have an e-commerce store, or if you're an Amazon or Walmart seller, you have to listen to today's episode. Will Basta runs a company that helps businesses and brands, an average everyday person like you, start and grow successful E-Commerce Online Stores.
And I built their brand on Amazon. He helps. Source the products, get the discounts and start to be able to play in that marketplace. So if you ever thought about it, wanted to have your own passive income business, and start generating some side revenue, gotta check out today's episode. He's gonna drop some amazing tips if you're already an Amazon seller, as well as help you figure out how to get on Amazon and how to grow your store.
So check out today's episode with Will Basta on Making Bank:
(2:49) Will’s Background And Career Journey
Will started off working in the tech space and soon became an entrepreneur. Once he caught onto the entrepreneurial bug, things changed for him. There was no going back. His first venture was a digital marketing company and soon went into automation where he managed to successfully scale that company up. He also has a passion for healthcare which was what led him into the entrepreneurial life in the first place and he was also always investing in a lot of small projects on the side where he could do finance.
(4:28) Will’s Digital Market Agency Career: Failures and Successes
Will talks about how he started a digital market agency and that he has had some successes and also some failures and all the while still investing on the side. Will also talks about his other business partners, what they invested in together, the journey they took, the events, challenges they had to overcome, and everything else that they did that led them to where they are now with 400+ clients, two warehouse facilities in Dallas and an Office in Los Angeles.
(7:14) Will explains about being an Automation Provider and Wholesale distributor
Millions of sellers on Amazon’s platforms, and also on Walmart, all with different backgrounds, could be doing business out of their garage, and could also be doing FBA FBM but all having similar problems. Lack of time, lack of manpower, lack of the right data, etc. So, Will explains that automation is essentially putting all the workload, and infrastructure on them and letting them leverage their capital for their businesses. This will accelerate them into the ecosystem of Amazon and makes them extremely competitive without having their time taken out of their days.
(10:28) Will talks about how the company helps their clients
Will tells us about how many clients, from different backgrounds, some with experience and some without have reached out to them and they help them expand their businesses. They will handle all the workload for them, the infrastructure and many more so the business will be brought to the next level.
(13:18) “We are not charging 2$ per package. We’re wrapping everything into one cost”
Will here talks about how there are lots of negative effects of using a third-party warehouse. There is zero prioritization of the products going to Amazon’s warehouse or to the end client and on top of that most charge over 3$ per package for prep work. This ends up making a huge difference hence Will says that they do not charge per package but they do it under a one-time cost policy.
(14:01) Practices and Strategies used
Will explains how they source products, and how they use seasonal data to know what is selling at certain times of the year. He talks about how there is some slight risk involved in all the data and guesses but then they mitigate that out with stuff that they know is selling really well. He explains in detail how they undercut a lot of competitors with various strategies and skill sets.
(19:05) Gating and ungating
Will talks about the various tips, and tricks that they use to help their clients. He also talks about how they help their clients get unrestricted to be able to sell their products on Amazon. Their company is a wholesale distributor they can accelerate the process of being a legitimate one, and help with ungating which most sellers aren’t aware of. So they help them really get into the market and be able to excel.
(22:20) Private Labeling
Will talks about how it is a very important aspect of a long-term play. He says they have their own exclusive private label team, and they have manufacturers within the US and abroad and this helps them hold value over themselves and makes them unique.
(25:11) Couple more tips and ideas
Will talks about how they do a hybrid model of wholesaling with private labeling. A little bit of arbitrage with FBM and FBA. He talks about how important diversity is when you are sourcing products so that you can always pump in more money whenever you need it.
Links Mentioned:
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Sunday Nov 06, 2022
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today's episode, we have Will Basta, CEO of Ascend Ecom.
If you have an e-commerce store, or if you're an Amazon or Walmart seller, you have to listen to today's episode. Will Basta runs a company that helps businesses and brands, an average everyday person like you, start and grow successful E-Commerce Online Stores.
And I built their brand on Amazon. He helps. Source the products, get the discounts and start to be able to play in that marketplace. So if you ever thought about it, wanted to have your own passive income business, and start generating some side revenue, gotta check out today's episode. He's gonna drop some amazing tips if you're already an Amazon seller, as well as help you figure out how to get on Amazon and how to grow your store.
So check out today's episode with Will Basta on Making Bank:
(2:49) Will’s Background And Career Journey
Will started off working in the tech space and soon became an entrepreneur. Once he caught onto the entrepreneurial bug, things changed for him. There was no going back. His first venture was a digital marketing company and soon went into automation where he managed to successfully scale that company up. He also has a passion for healthcare which was what led him into the entrepreneurial life in the first place and he was also always investing in a lot of small projects on the side where he could do finance.
(4:28) Will’s Digital Market Agency Career: Failures and Successes
Will talks about how he started a digital market agency and that he has had some successes and also some failures and all the while still investing on the side. Will also talks about his other business partners, what they invested in together, the journey they took, the events, challenges they had to overcome, and everything else that they did that led them to where they are now with 400+ clients, two warehouse facilities in Dallas and an Office in Los Angeles.
(7:14) Will explains about being an Automation Provider and Wholesale distributor
Millions of sellers on Amazon’s platforms, and also on Walmart, all with different backgrounds, could be doing business out of their garage, and could also be doing FBA FBM but all having similar problems. Lack of time, lack of manpower, lack of the right data, etc. So, Will explains that automation is essentially putting all the workload, and infrastructure on them and letting them leverage their capital for their businesses. This will accelerate them into the ecosystem of Amazon and makes them extremely competitive without having their time taken out of their days.
(10:28) Will talks about how the company helps their clients
Will tells us about how many clients, from different backgrounds, some with experience and some without have reached out to them and they help them expand their businesses. They will handle all the workload for them, the infrastructure and many more so the business will be brought to the next level.
(13:18) “We are not charging 2$ per package. We’re wrapping everything into one cost”
Will here talks about how there are lots of negative effects of using a third-party warehouse. There is zero prioritization of the products going to Amazon’s warehouse or to the end client and on top of that most charge over 3$ per package for prep work. This ends up making a huge difference hence Will says that they do not charge per package but they do it under a one-time cost policy.
(14:01) Practices and Strategies used
Will explains how they source products, and how they use seasonal data to know what is selling at certain times of the year. He talks about how there is some slight risk involved in all the data and guesses but then they mitigate that out with stuff that they know is selling really well. He explains in detail how they undercut a lot of competitors with various strategies and skill sets.
(19:05) Gating and ungating
Will talks about the various tips, and tricks that they use to help their clients. He also talks about how they help their clients get unrestricted to be able to sell their products on Amazon. Their company is a wholesale distributor they can accelerate the process of being a legitimate one, and help with ungating which most sellers aren’t aware of. So they help them really get into the market and be able to excel.
(22:20) Private Labeling
Will talks about how it is a very important aspect of a long-term play. He says they have their own exclusive private label team, and they have manufacturers within the US and abroad and this helps them hold value over themselves and makes them unique.
(25:11) Couple more tips and ideas
Will talks about how they do a hybrid model of wholesaling with private labeling. A little bit of arbitrage with FBM and FBA. He talks about how important diversity is when you are sourcing products so that you can always pump in more money whenever you need it.
Links Mentioned:
https://www.linkedin.com/company/ascend-ecom/
https://www.instagram.com/ascend_ecom/
Monday Oct 31, 2022
The Innovator Mindset With Bob Moesta #MakingBank #S7E15
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Monday Oct 31, 2022
Welcome to Making Bank. On today’s episode, we have Bob Moesta, President & CEO of the Re-Wired Group.
Bob Moesta is a Builder, Creator, Maker, and Teacher. Bob has been an innovator and has been building things for more than 40 years. He has worked with people like W. Edwards Deming, Dr. Genichi Taguchi, and Prof. Clayton Christensen, Jason Fried & Ryan Singer. He is one of the principal architects of the Jobs-To-Be-Done theory. Bob has continued developing, advancing, and applying the innovation framework to everyday business challenges in various industries. He has dedicated his life to developing products and services that help people make progress in their life.
Listen all the way till the end. A lot of valuable information is unpacked by Bob.
3:00 - Bob’s First Company
Bob’s first company was building speakers in Detroit, something called Big Trash Day. He would collect speakers and refurbish them into and resell them to their neighbors. Bob’s mom often said that he was an engineer out of the womb but an entrepreneur by the time he was nine. Bob had learning disabilities from a young age on account of several brain injuries so he had to invest in learning in different ways which allowed him to look at problems innovatively.
7:18 - The Common Thread Of Success
While Bob loves technical things, especially in business. His heart is really in helping people. Finding out what people’s problems and needs are and then finding ways to help them. He calls this right-to-left thinking. Finding a demand and what people’s needs are and then technically designing a product and taking it to market. This principle applies if you study the demand first and then shape products accordingly.
10:39 - What Makes A Person Innovative
There is a difference between an inventor and an innovator. An inventor is someone who comes up with ideas. An innovator is someone who comes up with ideas to solve actual problems. If you can successfully figure out ideas that will solve problems that are relevant in the world, you’ll start to look at solutions that actually solve problems. It’s funny that in most business schools, people never teach selling. If you study why people buy and understand that, it will help guide all the solutions you make.
15:20 - “Learning To Build” - Bob’s New Book
Now at the age of 57, Bob reflected back on all his idea notebooks and began to draw patterns from them. In his book, he lists 5 Primary Skills that everyone needs for building effective businesses and products. These can be applied by anyone to help entrepreneurs and guide them on which part of the market to really focus on and develop.
Links Mentioned:
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
The Innovator Mindset With Bob Moesta #MakingBank #S7E15
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Sunday Oct 30, 2022
Welcome to Making Bank. On today’s episode, we have Bob Moesta, President & CEO of the Re-Wired Group.
Bob Moesta is a Builder, Creator, Maker, and Teacher. Bob has been an innovator and has been building things for more than 40 years. He has worked with people like W. Edwards Deming, Dr. Genichi Taguchi, and Prof. Clayton Christensen, Jason Fried & Ryan Singer. He is one of the principal architects of the Jobs-To-Be-Done theory. Bob has continued developing, advancing, and applying the innovation framework to everyday business challenges in various industries. He has dedicated his life to developing products and services that help people make progress in their life.
Listen all the way till the end. A lot of valuable information is unpacked by Bob.
3:00 - Bob’s First Company
Bob’s first company was building speakers in Detroit, something called Big Trash Day. He would collect speakers and refurbish them into and resell them to their neighbors. Bob’s mom often said that he was an engineer out of the womb but an entrepreneur by the time he was nine. Bob had learning disabilities from a young age on account of several brain injuries so he had to invest in learning in different ways which allowed him to look at problems innovatively.
7:18 - The Common Thread Of Success
While Bob loves technical things, especially in business. His heart is really in helping people. Finding out what people’s problems and needs are and then finding ways to help them. He calls this right-to-left thinking. Finding a demand and what people’s needs are and then technically designing a product and taking it to market. This principle applies if you study the demand first and then shape products accordingly.
10:39 - What Makes A Person Innovative
There is a difference between an inventor and an innovator. An inventor is someone who comes up with ideas. An innovator is someone who comes up with ideas to solve actual problems. If you can successfully figure out ideas that will solve problems that are relevant in the world, you’ll start to look at solutions that actually solve problems. It’s funny that in most business schools, people never teach selling. If you study why people buy and understand that, it will help guide all the solutions you make.
15:20 - “Learning To Build” - Bob’s New Book
Now at the age of 57, Bob reflected back on all his idea notebooks and began to draw patterns from them. In his book, he lists 5 Primary Skills that everyone needs for building effective businesses and products. These can be applied by anyone to help entrepreneurs and guide them on which part of the market to really focus on and develop.
Links Mentioned:
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Grow Your Podcast With Todd Cochrane #MakingBank #S7E14
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
Saturday Oct 29, 2022
If you have a podcast or you've been thinking about starting a podcast, you have to listen to today’s episode. The original OG of Podcasting Service, Todd Cochran is going to drive in and give you some awesome insights on how you can start a podcast and what you need to grow your show.
Todd is the CEO of RawVoice / Blubrry - a podcast media company that represents 105,000 Audio and Video podcasters in which his company provides advertising opportunities, media distribution/hosting, podcast media statistics, and other services. Todd is a podcast advertising specialist. Executing podcast advertising deals with a variety of national vendors for the past 13 years. Todd was responsible for bringing GoDaddy into the Podcast Advertising Space as one of the first podcast advertisers in 2005.
3:20 - Getting Started In Podcasting
Todd always came from an entrepreneurial background. After retiring from active duty in the army, he fell upon podcasting and soon began to grow a following and business team in podcasting. The company was profitable right from the start. Todd connected with GoDaddy to bring in advertising podcasts which was a new method of content creation and reaching listeners in the early 2000s.
7:43 - Launching Advertising For Podcasting
When we started building the podcast industry, the challenge was not so much with advertisers as compared to content creators. There were not enough podcasters in the space and so there was a lack of quality content in the space that people could actually advertise and invest in.
11:50 - The Growth Of Podcasting In The Last 15 Years
Thanks to platforms like Spotify and Apple, it has tremendously increased access to podcasts. The number of shows and the size of audiences have increased exponentially through the years. The real challenge now it to be able to effectively monetize podcasts and build a revenue model out of them.
14:40 - How To Grow Your Podcast Show
You never build your castle on rented land. A podcast should grow on your website. For content creators, you have to grow your podcast on your dot.com. Drive most of your traffic from social media and other platforms to your website so that it builds recognition from the original source of content and this is what finally can convert leads to growth.
18:00 - Understanding The Stats Behind Your Show
What content creators are looking for is actual information. If you can track where people drop off and how to keep them listening, you will be most effective in understanding what the audience wants and where they taper off. It’s easy to look at the high numbers in terms of downloads but what you need to look at is the sweet spot in terms of content.
Links Mentioned:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddcochrane/
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Grow Your Podcast With Todd Cochrane #MakingBank #S7E14
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
Sunday Oct 23, 2022
If you have a podcast or you've been thinking about starting a podcast, you have to listen to today’s episode. The original OG of Podcasting Service, Todd Cochran is going to drive in and give you some awesome insights on how you can start a podcast and what you need to grow your show.
Todd is the CEO of RawVoice / Blubrry - a podcast media company that represents 105,000 Audio and Video podcasters in which his company provides advertising opportunities, media distribution/hosting, podcast media statistics, and other services. Todd is a podcast advertising specialist. Executing podcast advertising deals with a variety of national vendors for the past 13 years. Todd was responsible for bringing GoDaddy into the Podcast Advertising Space as one of the first podcast advertisers in 2005.
3:20 - Getting Started In Podcasting
Todd always came from an entrepreneurial background. After retiring from active duty in the army, he fell upon podcasting and soon began to grow a following and business team in podcasting. The company was profitable right from the start. Todd connected with GoDaddy to bring in advertising podcasts which was a new method of content creation and reaching listeners in the early 2000s.
7:43 - Launching Advertising For Podcasting
When we started building the podcast industry, the challenge was not so much with advertisers as compared to content creators. There were not enough podcasters in the space and so there was a lack of quality content in the space that people could actually advertise and invest in.
11:50 - The Growth Of Podcasting In The Last 15 Years
Thanks to platforms like Spotify and Apple, it has tremendously increased access to podcasts. The number of shows and the size of audiences have increased exponentially through the years. The real challenge now it to be able to effectively monetize podcasts and build a revenue model out of them.
14:40 - How To Grow Your Podcast Show
You never build your castle on rented land. A podcast should grow on your website. For content creators, you have to grow your podcast on your dot.com. Drive most of your traffic from social media and other platforms to your website so that it builds recognition from the original source of content and this is what finally can convert leads to growth.
18:00 - Understanding The Stats Behind Your Show
What content creators are looking for is actual information. If you can track where people drop off and how to keep them listening, you will be most effective in understanding what the audience wants and where they taper off. It’s easy to look at the high numbers in terms of downloads but what you need to look at is the sweet spot in terms of content.
Links Mentioned:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/toddcochrane/
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Being A Good Business Partner With Brian Littlefield #MakingBank #S7E13
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today’s episode, we have Brian Littlefield, Co-Founder of Jocko Fuel, energy drinks with clean and natural ingredients.
If you've ever had a business partner or working with a partner in your business now, Brian shares how to level up your business to grow it with a partner. Brian’s company Jocko Fuel is not getting worldwide recognition for its all-natural ingredients in energy drinks. He shares his journey as an entrepreneur and how he started Jocko Fuel as well.
Enjoy the episode.
2:37 - Starting Off As An Entrepreneur
Brian got my inspiration for entrepreneurship from his dad and his work ethic from his mother. While he didn’t grow up in a rich or affluent family, he always had the desire to grow and be successful. He lost his path along the way and lost focus on his priorities. Soon he gained so much weight that he was regularly in the hospital and hit a breaking point. That’s when he discovered the idea for Jocko.
10:20 - Clean Products For Optimal Health
It is so important to consider what you are putting into your body. So many health supplements out there in the market today have a few healthy ingredients and then many chemicals that are really questionable. There are no cutting corners and shortcuts in health. Make sure that the supplements you use are healthy and clean.
14:50 - Navigating THrough Challenges Of Business Growth
The key is to be able to help solve a problem for consumers. Many people would like to live a healthy lifestyle if they had it more accessible to them. Today toxic options are so much more convenient and affordable than healthy options and if we can be competitive with that, then more people will choose healthy options in the market.
19:50 - Taking Feedback From Your Customers
Always listen to what your critiques have to say. Many times they will be your biggest cheerleaders and advisors that will give you the insight that you need to level up and take your business to the next level both in terms of products and sales.
Links Mentioned:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-littlefield-52933450/
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Being A Good Business Partner With Brian Littlefield #MakingBank #S7E13
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Sunday Oct 16, 2022
Welcome back to Making Bank. On today’s episode, we have Brian Littlefield, Co-Founder of Jocko Fuel, energy drinks with clean and natural ingredients.
If you've ever had a business partner or working with a partner in your business now, Brian shares how to level up your business to grow it with a partner. Brian’s company Jocko Fuel is not getting worldwide recognition for its all-natural ingredients in energy drinks. He shares his journey as an entrepreneur and how he started Jocko Fuel as well.
Enjoy the episode.
2:37 - Starting Off As An Entrepreneur
Brian got my inspiration for entrepreneurship from his dad and his work ethic from his mother. While he didn’t grow up in a rich or affluent family, he always had the desire to grow and be successful. He lost his path along the way and lost focus on his priorities. Soon he gained so much weight that he was regularly in the hospital and hit a breaking point. That’s when he discovered the idea for Jocko.
10:20 - Clean Products For Optimal Health
It is so important to consider what you are putting into your body. So many health supplements out there in the market today have a few healthy ingredients and then many chemicals that are really questionable. There are no cutting corners and shortcuts in health. Make sure that the supplements you use are healthy and clean.
14:50 - Navigating THrough Challenges Of Business Growth
The key is to be able to help solve a problem for consumers. Many people would like to live a healthy lifestyle if they had it more accessible to them. Today toxic options are so much more convenient and affordable than healthy options and if we can be competitive with that, then more people will choose healthy options in the market.
19:50 - Taking Feedback From Your Customers
Always listen to what your critiques have to say. Many times they will be your biggest cheerleaders and advisors that will give you the insight that you need to level up and take your business to the next level both in terms of products and sales.
Links Mentioned:
https://www.linkedin.com/in/brian-littlefield-52933450/