Scale Up With Nick Bradley

James Altucher is an American hedge-fund manager, author, podcaster and entrepreneur who has founded or cofounded over 20 companies. He has published 20 books and is a contributor to publications including The Financial Times, The Wall Street Journal, TechCrunch, and The Huffington Post. James joins Nick to talk about the definition of entrepreneurship itself, how technology is impacting the way we think and learn, how mind-set and risk management can help us to make better decisions, and why failure should always be seen as the first step towards achieving success. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Entrepreneurship is often defined as a great idea taken to market through careful investing and promotion, but there are many facets to entrepreneurship. Even revamping existing concerns can be defined as such. We only have so much time on this earth, and so it is always best to apply our finite resource of time to pursuits that matter to us, personally, and which bring us the greatest rewards. Investing is a path to wealth, but we have to temper our ambitions with a good deal of risk management. We can't win big without speculation, but always do your best to make the bets as safe as possible. When we fail, we learn. Lessons stick with us if they are gained through failure. Sometimes, the power of these lessons is far greater than if they had come through a win. BEST MOMENTS 'I learned so much more from YouTube videos than I ever did from my teachers in school' 'You have to try a lot of things to know what you love doing' 'You only live once' 'Failure is the pathway to success? Failure sucks!'  VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    James Altucher - https://jamesaltucher.com ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

Nick is joined by serial entrepreneur, international speaker and best selling author, Adam Strong, to talk about how you can change up your game for 2022 by looking at the insights provided by 2021, and to discuss the incredible Game Changers Summit taking place in January. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS  Effective collaboration can only truly occur when the values of all parties involved are in complete alignment. Sales and negotiation are the beating heart of all business. If we develop these skills at the outset, then we set ourselves up for lasting growth. Preparation is the ultimate key to making sure your time is spent wisely, and that business transactions always end with a win-win. Many are entering the world of entrepreneurship after the upheavals caused by COVID. But those who do must remember to adjust their mind-set, their skill-set, and to surround themselves with the right people. BEST MOMENTS 'I'm a believer in that if something is working then rinse and repeat' 'Always know when to walk away' 'Ask more questions - intelligent questions' 'We want to get you on the right rails so that you can create exponential growth in 2022' VALUABLE RESOURCES  Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    Adam Strong LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/adamistrong/?originalSubdomain=uk The Game Changer Summit - https://www.thegamechangerssummit.com/gcs2022-registration-page49997234 ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

With the onset of the new year, everyone is pouring fuel into their business intentions for 2022, especially when it comes to marketing. In this episode, Nick talks to Phillip Stutts, the best-selling author of 'The Undefeated Marketing System', and a man who has used his considerable talents and skills in marketing to aid in over 1400 election victories and 3 presidential victories. Phillip joins Nick to talk about the art of marketing, and how you can truly influence minds and decisions in order to not just reach your target audience, but to convince them of your message. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS  We excel when we aim high. There is no sense in playing it safe in order to score mediocrity. If we push ourselves then we try harder, fly higher, and achieve more. Many people who do extraordinary things are fundamentally flawed in other areas. Nothing pushes us harder to succeed than feeling as though we might fail entirely. Relying on one single channel when it comes to sales and marketing is never wise, especially if we do not own the data or the system. Competitors can always use processes to keep us down or affect sales. Look for ways of centralising your output and owning the data. We lack empathy in our society. People across the world seem currently obsessed with telling their own stories. Empathetic marketing begins with looking at data and coming to understand what matters to the world around us instead of ourselves BEST MOMENTS 'What I loved about it is the game - the marketing game behind how politicians get elected' 'A lot of people who do extraordinary things are flawed characters' 'The marketing world is rigged for almost every single business out there' 'My mission in life is to wake up business owners' VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    Phillip Stutts - https://www.winbigmedia.com/phillip-stutts ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

One of the main roadblocks we can face when trying to achieve more, is the failure or inability to say no, which can lead to overwhelm and a lack of momentum. In this week's show, Nick tells you why the key to productivity might be to say no more often... Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Many do much work on building the plan, the process and the strategy. But we must recognise that the real key to success is in the outcome. When we become overwhelmed, it makes identifying the next logical step forward that much more difficult. We have to focus on the tasks that move us forward and say no to the ones that stop our momentum. The difference between successful people and VERY successful people is that very successful people say no to almost everything. There is always one task you can do first, which will allow the others in your life to be successfully completed more effectively BEST MOMENTS 'Develop an amazing ability to say no' 'If we don't focus, we get ourselves into a position of overwhelm' 'That creates a cycle which allows you to iterate, improve and go on'  VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment   ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

As an endurance athlete with a zest for adventure, Sonja Wieck explores the bigger questions in life and while pushing the boundaries of what is possible. Sonja joins Nick for a very special episode, in which she talks about her perspective when it comes to achievement, why struggling against adversity is a gift in itself, and why focus and persistence are the key to success. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Running towards acceptance and love from those we value most, can provide an extra level of dedication that allows us to reach higher than we may suppose Whatever goals you have set for 2022, we only fail if we stop trying. Dig in, get focussed, and be clear about your why. Visualisation can make the difference between breaking through the finish line and becoming an also-ran. Be clear about what you want, and try to visualise the challenges you may face along the way in order to help you prepare beforehand. Often we do not recognise that the fruits of the race come from not winning or even competing, but from the efforts we put it before. The journey is where the value lies. BEST MOMENTS 'What I know now is that I really only take action if something lights me up inside' 'The struggle is the gift' 'I can be pretty stubborn when it comes to my own internal light' 'When you win and when you lose, you have to come to terms with who you are as a person' VALUABLE RESOURCES  Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    Go Sonja - https://gosonja.com ABOUT THE HOST   Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

It's a new year, and with the fresh start that it brings come new opportunities. In this short, sharp kickstart to 2022, Nick talks about how focus can help to accelerate the plans you have for the year ahead. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS The more laser focussed you are on what you are trying to achieve, the more transformational the results are. Consistent action creates consistent results. You need to make sure you build systems to allow this to happen. Sometimes you win, and other times you learn. If things don't go your way, then allow the experience to aid in your optimisation. BEST MOMENTS 'Focus is a super power' 'Be consistent in whatever you do' 'You don't lose - you learn' VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment   ABOUT THE HOST   Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

Chris Duffin is the founder of Kabuki Strength, and an inventor dubbed "The Mad Scientist Of Health". He's also a thought leader and entrepreneur in the health and fitness space. Chris joins Nick for the final show of 2021, to talk about how you can face life's challenges using strength, both physical and mental, and prepare yourself for the new year ahead. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS We are built to adapt to our environments. If we place ourselves among challenging circumstances, then we can either overcome and thrive, or be defeated. When we focus on our value system and concentrate on just the things that are most important to us, then it forces us to drop extraneous distractions and get rid of the baggage that holds us back. If we put ourselves out into the world, and keep our honesty about who we are, then we are far more likely to attract the things that we're truly in search of. Far too many people accept mediocrity and remain in their comfort zone. But life is not about relaxing and accepting that. It's about listening to the voice of our hearts and following the direction in which it takes us. BEST MOMENTS 'You can be a stronger and better version of yourself' 'You need to truly refine your value system and what's important to you in your life' 'Life is about working out how to pare things down' 'I ask people if they want to be part of changing the world' VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    Chris Duffin - https://christopherduffin.com ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

With the end of the year in sight, it's a period where many will reflect upon the achievements and milestones reached across the past 365 days. But as Nick explains in this week's show, it's also a time to look at the year ahead. It's a time to think about the ways in which you can achieve exponential growth and have the best possible 2022 for your business and life. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS Those who achieve the most in life and business are those who set goals. These become habits, which influence behaviour and provide a structure that allows them to grow effortlessly. All people can have vision, but unless they execute a plan to move towards it, and take action in order to reach that vision, it will never be a reality. Use SMART goals in order to maximise impact - Specific, Measurable, Attainable, Relevant, Time-bound After setting goals, we need to prioritise them in terms of what we want our year to look like. Do the thing that is the most challenging first. BEST MOMENTS 'The people who achieve what they want to achieve in life - they set goals' 'The vision is what you want to create' 'If you start commit to habits, then those habits will quickly turn into behaviours' VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment   ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

Anthony Trucks is a former NFL Athlete, American Ninja Warrior on NBC, international speaker, host of the Aww Shift podcast, and the founder of Identity Shift coaching. Anthony joins Nick to discuss his mission in life - to help others to understand their past and present so as to shift their identity and elevate their life and business. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS  Your failure or your success is determined by your identity, and you are only one shift away from creating your ultimate life. Success is about matching our identity to the dreams we have and the goals we pursue. If we can change our identity to match our vision, then success can be realised. When we suffer from setbacks or shame, we tend to want to seclude ourselves further - to silo away from the world. If we don't like ourselves, then seclusion only makes this state worse. If we can find a way to love the small things in life, and positively anticipate their effects upon others, then no job is a task. BEST MOMENTS 'I like to make sure that everyone else has fun with me - that's the goal' 'If you don't have an identity that matches the dream, then the dream doesn't get realised' 'Sometimes you might like where you're headed, but you don't like the speed' 'The destination is the journey' VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    Anthony Trucks - https://anthonytrucks.com ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

Nick is joined by Steve Sims, known as the “real life Wizard Of Oz”, and a man renowned for turning the impossible into the possible. Steve talks about the art of problem solving, with a specific focus upon how to attract not just the clients we need in order to keep our businesses thriving and growing, but the ones we want most to work with. Find out now if you’re building a high-value, exitable business (even if you have no immediate plans to sell it). You’ll get an instant PDF report with powerful insights specifically tailored to your business in just 4 minutes. https://highvalueexit.scoreapp.com/ KEY TAKEAWAYS The art of entrepreneurship is to identify a problem that is being underserved and create a solution that works not just for us, but for the world at large. Far too many businesses overcomplicate their offerings and thereby reduce their own appeal. This is usually down to fear and lack of confidence. In order to best appeal to the customers we want, we ned to put ourselves firmly in their shoes and solve the problem with empathy and consideration. BEST MOMENTS 'We find other people who have got that problem and then sell them the solution!' 'When COVID happened you had the opportunity to say "was this done to me, or was this done for me?"' 'Selling a million dollar house takes the same amount of effort as selling a ten million dollar house' VALUABLE RESOURCES  Scale Up with Nick Bradley: scaleup.vip/podcast Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.global Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Take the SUYB Predictable Growth Assessment™, to measure your current business performance and show you where to focus next to get to where you want to be: https://scaleup.vip/PredictableGrowthAssessment    Steve Sims - https://www.stevedsims.com ABOUT THE HOST  Nick Bradley is a renowned entrepreneur, investor, speaker, and business growth expert. His background is growing and scaling Venture Capital and Private Equity backed businesses globally. Over the last decade, he has completed 117 acquisitions and 25 business exits with a combined valuation of over $5bn dollars.His mission is to help business founders build valuable businesses and create life-changing exits so they can realise freedom, wealth, and impact. CONTACT METHODWork with Nick: https://highvalueexit.comNick’s Facebook page: https://highvalueexit.com/fbNick’s LinkedIn: https://highvalueexit.com/liNick’s Instagram: https://highvalueexit.com/igSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/