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Everyone needs a break: especially entrepreneurs. This isn’t an episode that tells you where to go. This all about the types of vacations that are most restful, useful, and valuable for independent business people. These entrepreneur-friendly trip types will recharge your batteries, and accomplish the one goal of a true, proper vacation: sending you back to work fresh and motivated. And of course, they’re fun! Don’t worry; these aren’t “working vacations,” unless you want them to be. While professional development can be a feature, the only rule of vacationing is to attain maximum enjoyment, whatever form that takes. We’ll discuss the benefits of 3 different trip types, and how they can work best for you. These trip types range: from the chillest to the thrillest, from the most relaxed to the most dynamic. Pick the one that suits you best, because you deserve it.  Sometimes, independent business people need to remember that as much thought and planning should go into our rest as into our work. Let us help — Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. Columbia College Founded in 1851, Columbia College has been accredited for more than a hundred years. 8-week classes are held year round, so you can earn your degree quickly. With Columbia’s “trutition,” your education is one low price; no fees, book costs, or other surprises. Columbia even offers e-texts convertible to audio for studying on the go. Graduate or undergraduate, live or online, Columbia has classes for you — plus, Columbia has eliminated all fees from the application to graduation. Head to mytruition.com/mba to learn more. The post MBA1411 My Top 3 Vacations for Entrepreneurs appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

We’ve all had the sensation: Inbox Dread. The knowledge that you’re so behind on emails, the list of black, bolded “unreads” will just be too much to bear.  How can you dig out of email overwhelm, and still get things done? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and we’re helping a listener who’s got 10 pounds of To-Dos on a 5-pound plate. Trudging through hundreds of emails — most of which are of little to no value — doesn’t exactly sound appealing. But we don’t want to miss anything important or useful.  There has to be a way forward. Today, we’ll show you how to get that inbox under control, with a few quick and dirty tricks that cut your pile down to size. Email-induced stress is a real and painful thing that can detract from your health and productivity; but you’re done playing catch-up. Learn these few adjustments you can make to your system for tackling email, and get ready to breathe easier. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Talk Money with Mesh Lakhan Uncover the story of your money. On Talk Money, Mesh will follow paper trails, chat with experts, and break down complex ideas to bring clarity to the financial world. These sharply produced, complelling stories cover everything from BitCoin to student debt and everything in between. Learn how to spend, invest, and earn in today’s world. Subscribe to Talk Money with Mesh Lakhani today. Fundopolis Investing: it seems complex, intimidating, and impersonal. With Fundopolis, it doesn’t have to be that way. Fundopolis is where people and money come together to support businesses they care about. Investing shouldn’t just be for industry insiders; it should be for communities and individuals trying to grow something they’re passionate about. Head to fundopolis.com/podcast for an enjoyable, personal investing experience. The post MBA1410 Q&A Wednesday: How do I stay on top of my email with everything else I need to do? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

If you know our intrepid host Omar, you know he’s a reader. Omar plows through over 50 books each year, searching for those golden lessons that resonate and have a real impact. That’s because he believes a book has the greatest ROI in terms of professional development. For usually less than $20, you can learn things that change you as a business person forever. Of course, not every book he reads is great. Some of them, though, are standouts, usually the subjects of our Must-Read episodes. Now, he’s chosen the top of the top, the absolute best reads on business, personal growth, and marketing he read in all of 2019. These are the MUST-Must-Reads for anyone looking to improve their entrepreneurial game. As the year draws to a close and the holidays approach, take some of that downtime to enjoy one. Or two. Or five! Some are long, some are short. Some are dense, some are super accessible. All of them will help you and your business grow, if you take their lessons to heart. One is so incredible, it made the list despite the fact that Omar hasn’t finished it yet!  Find out what they are, and get reading. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. HoneyBook HoneyBook is an all-in-one business management platform for creative small businesses. They make it easy to streamline your process with client and calendar management tools, plus custom branded proposals and contracts. Save hundreds or thousands of hours a year. Get 50% off your first year at HoneyBook.com/MBA. Show Links The Laws of Human Nature by Robert Greene Product Led Growth by Wes Bush Product-Led Institute Extreme Revenue Growth by Victor Cheng Trillion Dollar Coach by Eric Shmidt What You Do Is Who You Are by Ben Horowitz The post MBA1409 My Top 5 Books for 2019 appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

The market is a crowded place. One of the first hurdles new entrepreneurs struggle with is the old classic: how the heck do you stand out? Fortunately, we’ve got an expert in just that. Suzanne Chadwick has turned standing out into a full-time occupation. She’s mastered the art of being memorable for the purpose of branding and marketing. Author, speaker, and consultant, Chadwick knows how to get your business lodged in people’s heads, so that you are front of mind when they decide to make a purchase. And she’s here today. Suzanne has 5 specific things you can do to get the brand position that drives growth. By creating unique emotional connections with your audience, you can take away some of the blockers that prevent conversion. By putting in just a few extra miles, you can make the connections that make your brand pop. These are tips you can put to work immediately, and see the difference in your reach. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Kronos Kronos is workforce innovation that works. Kronos puts HR, payroll, talent, and timekeeping on a single, cloud-based platform specially designed to give HR professionals supporting a blended workforce a whole new level of confidence. Learn more at kronos.com/hrswagger Capital One With the Spark Cash card from Capital One, you earn unlimited 2% cash back on all  your business purchases. Think about it – unlimited 2% cash back on everything you buy for your business. That cash back can add up to thousands of dollars, which you can reinvest back into your business so you can keep growing. Imagine what unlimited 2% cash back could do for your business. Capital One: what’s in your wallet? Show Links The Connection Exchange The Brand Builders Academy Play Big Brand Bold by Suzanne Chadwick Survey Monkey Typeform The post MBA1408 Guest Teacher: Suzanne Chadwick – How To Create a Stand-Out Brand Experience appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

You know you want to start a business. But that’s about all you know. You’re not alone! So many people think that entrepreneurs start by having some grand product idea, but that’s rarely the case. More often, entrepreneurship starts with nothing more than the desire to be independent, and the chutzpah to go for it. So you’re off to a good start, even though you have no idea what’s next. Successful independent business is way more about execution than product ideas. As we discuss in this podcast, some of the most wildly successful entrepreneurs didn’t actually come up with anything new; they just improved the form, deliverability, or accessibility of something that was already out there. The key was: they met a need. Maybe we need to flip the notion of “creating a business idea” around. Instead, let’s try to  find your business idea, by putting our ear to the ground and figuring out what market need you can meet.  Take the time. Find an audience. Talk to it, but listen to it. Your big idea is out there somewhere, and if you’re patient and strategic, your idea will come — and it’ll seem like the most obvious thing in the world. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. Axos Bank Want a bank that moves your small business forward? Axos’ basic business checking account is crafted for business owners with solutions to meet your needs. It’s simple, convenient, and hassle free. Axos is 100% digital, with lower overhead that eliminates the need for maintenance fees, minimum balances, or domestic ATM fees. Access your money anytime, anywhere. Axos will give you $100 just to try it out: use promo code 100MBA at axosbank.com/100mba. Show Links EasyCourse Fizzle The post MBA1407 Where to Start When You Have No Ideas + Free Ride Friday appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Ready to start a software company? These are the most important things we learned from building ours! It took time to learn them. It took a lot of trial, and no small amount of error. Software as a product type has exploded, especially the SaaS (Software as a Service) model. For anyone looking to start a business, software is quickly becoming the first, best option.  We’ve seen a zillion software companies rise and fall, so what can we say that’s true for all of them? Today, we share 3 specific facts about the software game that are immutable, irrefutable, and unchanging — no matter what kind of software you want to sell. Whether you want a lifetime revenue stream, or simply want to build an app and sell it, these are the universal rules. We learned most of this on the way to building WebinarNinja, our webinar software. The key, in our experience, is to make decisions based on external realities and not just your own ideas. In other words, humility is the first ingredient. Check out these 3 rules, and keep them in mind as you plan your incredible software business. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. Axos Bank Want a bank that moves your small business forward? Axos’ basic business checking account is crafted for business owners with solutions to meet your needs. It’s simple, convenient, and hassle free. Axos is 100% digital, with lower overhead that eliminates the need for maintenance fees, minimum balances, or domestic ATM fees. Access your money anytime, anywhere. Axos will give you $100 just to try it out: use promo code 100MBA at axosbank.com/100mba. Show Links WebinarNinja The Fizzle Show Podcast Strong App Profitwell The post MBA1406 3 Golden Rules When Starting a Software Company appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Entrepreneurs are in a tough spot.  We take on tremendous responsibility to improve our lives, but sometimes it comes at the expense of our lives. We know that a happy, healthy entrepreneur is more successful than an overworked one, but business doesn’t care when you need a break. We want freedom, but we chain ourselves to our computers. How we can have lives and businesses at the same time? It’s Q&A Wednesday, and one listener is doing great, business-wise, but life is passing him by. He’s got no social life, a messy home, and no idea what to do about it. It begs the question: if your success isn’t making you happy, is it really success?  Sometimes, we entrepreneurs forget that high priorities aren’t the only priorities. Business, however much we enjoy it, is a means to an end. Moreover, actually enjoying your life as an entrepreneur is your greatest chance to be any good at it!  If there’s no balance, you’re going to sink — personally and professionally.  Fortunately, we’ve got some strategies that can help. It doesn’t necessarily mean doing less; it mostly means doing things more efficiently, more effectively, and sometimes letting others share the load. There’s no “one size fits all” solution, and no prescription work/life balance that’s perfect for everyone — but we can help you adjust the scales. SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. ActiveCampaign ActiveCampaign makes a customer experience automation platform for growing businesses. ActiveCampaign can help you formulate a great “win-back” email campaign to remind your customer why they were interested enough to subscribe in the first place. Head to ActiveCampaign.com/100MBA and start a free trial. You can get a second month free, free migration, and 2 free one-on-one sessions with a member of the ActiveCampaign team! The post MBA1405 Q&A Wednesday: How do I get a better work/life balance? appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Bad days will happen. What matters is how you respond. Our intrepid host, Omar, is no stranger to rough days at work. He’s learned how to feel it coming; the insurmountable To-Do list, the shift in mood, the feeling that nothing can go right while this particular sun is up. We’ve all been there. And we know that finding a healthy way to manage the emotions that come with a bad day is crucial to running a business effectively. Today, we discuss specific, actionable strategies you can use to cope with, navigate, and ultimately triumph over your godawful day. Whether it’s angry customers, uncooperative team members, depressing metrics, or something else, there is always a way forward.  You just need the tools. A successful entrepreneur has to develop one skill that’s sometimes overlooked: the ability to keep yourself in the right headspace in the face of frustration. Your decision-making abilities as a leader have to stay consistent — even when your luck isn’t.  By utilizing these few simple strategies, you can avoid compounding your bad day with bad decisions, and make tomorrow better. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. Mailchimp Ready to grow your business? Mailchimp is your all-in-one marketing platform. Mailchimp lets you manage more of your marketing from one place, without all the extra tools. Market smarter and grow faster with one tool that helps you create, publish, manage, and measure multi-channel marketing campaigns. Let Mailchimp help you market smarter — learn more at mailchimp.com The post MBA1404 How To Manage a Bad Day appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

It starts with posture.  Jordan Peterson is a controversial figure, ever since he left academia and touched many a nerve with his hugely successful self-help career. His landmark book, 12 Rules for Life, lays out a philosophy guided by deceptively simple advice — like standing up straight — rooted deeply in his interpretation of history, philosophy, and religion. There’s plenty to argue about — and there’s plenty of value to extract.  Today, we’ll discuss how Peterson’s rules apply to business and the entrepreneurial journey. We won’t cover all 12, but a few of the rules are super relevant to building your own independent business, and could be surprisingly helpful to you. Sometimes, the simplicity of advice is part of its effectiveness.  Standing up straight may not seem like a game-changer, but the effects on your mind, body, and the way others perceive you goes way beyond posture. It’s a perfect example of what you and your business can get from a “self-help” book like Peterson’s.  Tune in, and see what else you can learn from this polarizing but important figure. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Podia Easily sell Online Courses, Memberships, and Digital Downloads to your audience. With more than 10,000 creators on the platform, Podia is the easiest way to earn a living teaching what you know. Create a beautiful storefront in minutes and start selling your digital products. No technical knowledge needed, and no third-party plugins required. Check out podia.com/mba now. Capital One With the Spark Cash card from Capital One, you earn unlimited 2% cash back on all  your business purchases. Think about it – unlimited 2% cash back on everything you buy for your business. That cash back can add up to thousands of dollars, which you can reinvest back into your business so you can keep growing. Imagine what unlimited 2% cash back could do for your business. Capital One: what’s in your wallet? Show Links 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson The post MBA1403 Must Read: 12 Rules for Life by Jordan Peterson appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.

Social media is a fickle thing. One year it’s the key to your business, the next year all your “likes” don’t translate to a dime in sales. The social media Powers That Be (that’s Facebook, Insta, and the like) are constantly updating their algorithms and tweaking the way they determine how much of your content actually reaches the people you’re speaking to. It can seem a fool’s errand to try to keep up, but keep up we must. Case in point: how much are your business’s social media accounts really driving your growth? It can be tough to decide just how much time, money, and energy you’re willing to throw at the social media game. For some businesses, it’s undeniably crucial. For others, the ROI just isn’t there. Today, we’ll help you determine which category your business falls into — and what to do about it. In simpler times (when more presence automatically meant more business), we over-valued social media. After that, we under-valued it. Now, we’re searching for that “Goldilocks” level of social media investment: just enough. Tune in, and see where your business falls on the Social Media Importance Spectrum, and how to optimize your own business pages for the best results. Click Play! SUBSCRIBE ON APPLE PODCASTS Stitcher | SoundCloud | Podcast Feed | How To Subscribe Give us a Rating & Review Today’s Sponsors Brandwagon On Brandwagon, Wistia’s new talk show for marketers, hear how companies like Harpoon, MailChimp, and HubSpot are transforming their marketing efforts to build better brands. Learn valuable business insights — like how to make your brand stand out. If you’re ready to take your marketing from “meh” to “memorable,” check out BrandWagon at wi.st/brandwagonshow Fundopolis Investing: it seems complex, intimidating, and impersonal. With Fundopolis, it doesn’t have to be that way. Fundopolis is where people and money come together to support businesses they care about. Investing shouldn’t just be for industry insiders; it should be for communities and individuals trying to grow something they’re passionate about. Head to fundopolis.com/podcast for an enjoyable, personal investing experience. Show Links EasyCourse The post MBA1402 Is Growing Your Business Pages on Social Media Still Important? + Free Ride Friday appeared first on The $100 MBA. Hosted by Simplecast, an AdsWizz company. See pcm.adswizz.com for information about our collection and use of personal data for advertising.