Ayman Al-Abdullah, former CEO of AppSumo and now a business scaling coach, shares valuable insights from his journey in entrepreneurship. He discusses his strategies for breaking through revenue walls and the importance of identifying your target audience. Ayman elaborates on the 9 Plateaus that hinder growth, emphasizing that doing less can actually lead to increased revenue. With a focus on mastering one marketing channel and shifting your mindset towards viewing money as an investment, he provides a roadmap for CEOs aiming to scale their businesses effectively.
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Ayman Al-Abdullah is the former CEO of AppSumo, and now coaches CEO’s on how to scale their business from seven figures to nine. Graduating as an accounting major during the 2008 recession, Ayman saw a lot of his friends treading the battlefield of the job market. He had always been interested in entrepreneurship, so instead of working for someone else, he decided to begin his own business, but he kept coming up against a revenue wall - A monetary figure he just couldn’t get past. As time went by, he landed at AppSumo, and dedicated himself to breaking that barrier, taking the company from 3 million to 80 million. Now, as a coach, he stays booked up helping fellow CEO’s break through their own financial barriers. In this episode, Chris and Ayman will talk about his 9 Plateau’s that keep CEO’s from pushing their business’s from seven figures to nine. They’ll discuss the phases of a company’s growth, why doing less is one of the key steps to boosting revenue, and why identifying who you want to serve is the game changer your company just might need to shake itself out of its funk.
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