Ep. 173 ~ Rapid Business Growth and Loss with Serial Entrepreneur Brendan Tully

“(We) ran out of cash and closed up shop. It was a spectacular success and then a spectacular failure…..I swore after that I would never have a business again!” Brendan Tully Today listeners, it is an honor to have Brendan Tully on our show! Brendan is a serial entrepreneur in the truest sense of the word. Currently, he is running six digital businesses and has some incredible knowledge to share. Brendan and I start chatting about his first business that went from $100,000 in annual revenue to $6,000,000 in just three years. Then he addresses losing cashflow from the business and eventually shutting it down. He addresses some of the leadership lessons he took away from that experience and how he promised himself he would never start another business again. Brendan then talks about how he got into the six businesses that he is involved in today, and how he manages his time as a serial entrepreneur. This episode is full of great tips on handling massive spikes in revenue, managing remote teams and optimizing eCommerce stores. ‘Business growth is good but uncontrolled explosive business growth is bad.” Brendan Tully 05:53: Brendan Talks About Going From $100k to $6M Annual Revenue in 3 Years 08:01: The Crash of a $6 Million Per Year Business 11:42: Leadership Lessons Running a Business of That Size 19:29: Managing Time as a Serial Entrepreneur 23:48: What Brendan Looks For in Remote Workers 30:24: Brendan on Optimizing Ecommerce Stores Honorable Mentions: Business Marketing Show Podcast http://www.businessmarketingshow.com/ A few of Brendan's Businesses https://www.didgeridoodojo.com/ http://www.paretoecommerce.com/ http://www.wpalpha.com http://www.wpspeedfix.com Contact Info: https://www.thesearchengineshop.com/