Category Archives: Entrepreneurship

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287: How to Grow Your Business Like Amazon

With Steve Anderson, author of The Bezos Letters

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It’s not often I can say that I’ve had the privilege to dine at the home of my podcast guest.

I can today, however.

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I’m talking about Steve Anderson. His wife Karen is his co-author (she also makes a fine dinner host).

This brand new book is called The Bezos Letters: 14 Principles to Grown Your Business Like Amazon.

In it, Steve shows business owners, executives, and leaders how to apply Bezos’ same practices to watch their business become more efficient, productive, and successful – fast!

Steve has worked for years to help desiminate the “hidden in plain sight” roadmap Bezos used to lead and grow Amazon.

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286: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills

With Marianne Cantwell, author, Be a Free Range Human

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You know when you go outside on a pleasant day and there’s that perfect breeze in combination with just the right amount of warmth from the sun on your face?

That’s pretty much the same feeling you’ll get from hanging out with my guest today.

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Delightful, effervescent, fun, and cool (yes, cool) are all words I would use to describe her.

Her name is Marianne Cantwell and her book is called Be a Free Range Human: Escape the 9-5, Create a Life You Love, and Still Pay the Bills.

Marianne’s book is about much more than quitting your job and becoming your own boss. It’s about life on your own terms, working when, where; and how you want – so you don’t have to fit yourself into someone else’s box to make a great income.

Be a Free Range Human won’t just inspire you, it will give you unconventional and practical steps you need to discover what you really want to do with your life.

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281: How You Too Can Find a Business Within You

With Kajabi co-founder Travis Rosser

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For the last six years, I’ve worked for myself. The transition wasn’t planned, per se, but was long overdue.

I’d desired to do my own thing for such a long time but had allowed myself to get complacent because I had a “safe and secure” job.

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There is no “safe and secure” when working for someone else. The sooner you realize that the better off your life will be.

It’s also one of the many reasons I am excited to chat with the co-founder of Kajabi, Travis Rosser.

Last year, Travis released the book You Inc.: The Step by Step Guide to Finding a Business Within You.

If you have even a hint of entrepreneurial spirit within you, you owe it to yourself to listen to this.

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279: Stand Out, Grow Your Tribe, and Build a Successful Business

With Pat Flynn of Smart Passive Income

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What can I say about today’s guest but that he’s one of the nicest (and most successful) guys you’ll ever meet.

In other words, Pat Flynn is proof positive that the saying nice guys finish last is a myth.

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In his latest book Superfans: The Easy Way to Stand Out, Grow Your Tribe, and Build a Successful Business, Pat outlines what it takes to turn followers, subscribers, and customers into Superfans.

People don’t become superfans the moment they find you, Pat says. They become superfans because of the magical moments you create for them over time.

His new book will show you how. Click below to join our conversation now, or keep scrolling for a summary.

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265: Ryan Levesque on the Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Business

Author of the new book, Choose

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One of the most generous people I know is the guy who makes a return visit to Read to Lead nearly four years after his first stop.

His name is Ryan Levesque and he’s the kind of guy that, on the day his new book releases, he decided to GIVE IT AWAY along with a couple of hundred bucks in bonuses.

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That new book is called Choose: The Single Most Important Decision Before Starting Your Own Business. Click that link and you only pay shipping ($7.95).

Ryan is throwing in a few hundred bucks in extras and a few surprises along the way as well.

See? Pretty generous, right?

He freely shares quite a bit of his knowledge in our conversation today also (we chatted for nearly an hour). If, after listening, you can’t get enough of Ryan (who can blame you), head on over to the Boss-Free Virtual Summit (before May 7) where Ryan is one of over 34 speakers on the topic of starting a business and being your own boss.

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