Scale Up With Nick Bradley

In this very special episode, Nick is joined by Matt Clark, founder of The Virtual Edge, and the architect of the ground-breaking “Rainmaker” system, for a masterclass discussion on generating leads using the power of LinkedIn, and the strategies you need to consider in order to scale your 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  Context and positioning are key. The mistake that people make is that they lack focus. By accurately targeting your ideal customer, your hit rate will increase. Connection messages should always lay out your intentions clearly. Tell new connections the reason for your interest, and be honest about what you can offer. We should always value our time above all things. Never undersell yourself, and remember that your time is worth something.  Conversion is driven mainly by the product-fit itself and the process involved. Leads are easy to obtain, but connections and conversions are entirely different. It is here where the value is found. BEST MOMENTS ‘LinkedIn is a platform that you must master’ ‘I got on there and I realised that I could virtually knock doors’ ‘We have a super-secret formula. It’s called “Ask them what they want and then give it to them”' ‘I’m a major believer in “process”' ‘Connections are not leads' VALUABLE RESOURCES Scale Up Your Business – scaleup.vip/podcast Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Generate 20 New Leads in 20 Days - download your free 5-step guide to put in place my top-performing customer creation strategies:  scaleup.vip/20leads   Matt Clark LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/mattclarksa/?originalSubdomain=za The Virtual Edge - https://thevirtualedge.com/about-us/ 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/

 In this week’s 15 Minutes To Action, Nick covers the three things you need in order to achieve success in business, or indeed life, when it comes to any goal, and the practical ways in which you can implement them immediately!  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 You need to have a clear goal. The more unclear and ambiguous your goal is, the less likely you are to achieve it. A specific plan is crucial in order to achieve your goal. Be as precise as possible. The more detail you have, the easier it will be to stick to. Discipline will allow you to invest time the time, energy and effort into making your journey towards success possible. Success is never really about our education levels, or the experience we have. It is always about how we think about ourselves.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Clarity is a super power!’ ‘You need the discipline required to make that goal happen’ ‘Repetition leads to mastery’ ’Anyone who thinks that the adventure is something they’ve done themselves - they’re very misguided'   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 METHOD Work 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/

Growing your social media reach is one of the most powerful ways to reach your audience, and increase sales! In this episode, Nick talks to Travis Huff, the founder of Real-Time Outsource, about the best way to get results through social media growth, how to wield this phenomenal tool to transform your own empire, and why storytelling should be at the core of your strategy. 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 Social algorithms reward consistency, variety of content, content that forces users to remain on the platform, and ultimately content that encourages engagement and motivation. Businesses today must not focus purely on one outreach program. They must embrace all disciplines, such as social channels and email, establishing reputation, and making sure they add value from the outset. Storytelling is incredibly powerful, and will help to draw in your audience. People love humour, and they love the sense of connection formed when you express your personality. New platforms have a greater potential in terms of turning your content into viral hits. This is because engagement relies on users, and not on advertising. When monetisation begins, engagement usually withers.   BEST MOMENTS  ’Take the phone out - start telling the story - beyond that, start being funny!' ‘People are holding on to their money right now - banks aren’t making money on late fees’ ’The more value you add, and the bigger the vision, then there is that return that comes from that’ ’Never give up folks! This is the time to step up'   VALUABLE RESOURCES Real-Time Outsource - https://www.realtimeoutsource.com/ourstoryTravis Huff LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/travishuff/Travis’s 30-Day Brand Tracking Offer can be found at www.realtimeoutsource.com/bereal The 6 Peaks Assessment 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 METHOD Work 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/

There are two types of pain in life - the pain of discipline and pain of regret. In this week’s ’15 Minutes To Action’, discipline is the focus, with Nick explaining why although we may find it hard to talk ourselves into better habits now, the rewards down the line will be far greater if we do. 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 Discipline is a short-term pain. Overcoming something difficult now is something we have to talk ourselves into. But it is far better to battle that reluctance now. You may not see the results of your business efforts right now, but it is the discipline that will keep you on that pathway. We should base our disciplines around clarity, goal-setting, managing your time effectively, courage and energy. Disciplining practices into our daily routines force those practices to become habits. Once they become habits, the need for discipline dissipates.   BEST MOMENTS   ‘Having mentors in life is absolutely one of the secrets of success’ ‘Discipline weighs ounces, while regret weighs tons’ ‘How you do anything in life is how you do everything in life’ ‘How disciplined you are makes the difference between someone who has high amounts of success versus people who don’t'   VALUABLE RESOURCES   Scale Up Your Business – scaleup.vip/podcast Join the free Scale Up Your Business community: scaleup.vip/community Generate 20 New Leads in 20 Days - download your free 5-step guide to put in place my top-performing customer creation strategies:  scaleup.vip/20leads     ABOUT THE HOSTNick 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/

This week, Nick talks to Chris Gronkowski, a former professional athlete who’s made a huge impact in the world of business with the revolutionary Ice Shaker. As seen on ABC's Shark Tank, Ice Shaker has exploded in popularity. From a 1-bottle company to over 80 different SKU's, Ice Shaker has grown from $80,000 in sales before Shark Tank, to over $3,000,000 in less than a year after airing. 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  A work ethic is a vital component in teaching discipline, value and responsibility. By instilling this as early as possible, we maximise out potential for each day. Identifying a need is crucial in developing an idea to take to market. Focus on the needs around you and identify the gap in the market that isn’t serving those needs. Marketing is an art. Having a large audience isn’t a guarantee of business success. Reaching your customers is a process of research and applying data creatively to your marketing plans. Being a professional athlete requires determination and grit, achieved through a focussed mind-set. Business is the same. We must train ourselves in determination, building a determined mind-set that allows us to overcome the challenges ahead.   BEST MOMENTS ’Treat your coaches with respect. You never know when they will help you down the line’ ‘We were able to source a lot of the products that we already had, and the journey began...’ ‘At this point I knew I’d got ‘em!’ ’There’s a theme here about showing up when you need to show up'   VALUABLE RESOURCES Ice Shaker - https://www.iceshaker.com/pages/about-chris-and-the-gronkowski-brothersChris Gronkowski LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chris-gronkowski-053374124The 6 Peaks Assessment   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 METHOD Nick’s Facebook page: https://scaleup.vip/FB  Nick’s LinkedIn: https://scaleup.vip/LI  Nick's Instagram: https://scaleup.vip/IG  Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.globalSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

In this week’s ’15 Minutes To Action’ episode, Nick talks you through the process of getting your business ready for sale, and how to achieve “exit readiness”. It’s all about preparation, and in this show, Nick talks you through the best ways of maximising your company’s value along the way. 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  If you want to achieve something amazing, then it’s always preceded by a period of preparation that can sometimes seem unexciting. But it’s absolutely necessary. Always keep your focus on maximising your business’s value. If the long term aim is to sell and exit, then write that into your DNA from the beginning. In the run up to selling your business, allow yourself a period of triage, during which you can optimise it for sale. Generally this period should last between six and eighteen months. Optimisation for sale should always leave a little breathing room for new investors to take it forward. There should always be some potential for development, that new hands can exploit.   BEST MOMENTS ‘Being focused and disciplined can sometimes be where the challenge is’ ‘Great businesses are focused on making sure each area is optimised’ ‘It’s crucial that you go through your business, looking at it through these lenses’ ‘Make your business remarkable, Make it stunning. Make it predictable. Make it look like it’s a well-run machine'   VALUABLE RESOURCES 6 Peaks of Value Creation Scorecard - https://scaleupyourbusiness.scoreapp.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 METHOD Nick’s Facebook page: https://scaleup.vip/FB  Nick’s LinkedIn: https://scaleup.vip/LI  Nick's Instagram: https://scaleup.vip/IG  Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.globalSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

This week, Nick is joined by Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg, the co-authors of ‘Game Changer: How To Be 10x In The Talent Economy’, a work designed to help you "identify, attract, vet, employ, manage, and retain—or become—the game-changing talent that will make a difference in the work world of tomorrow”. 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 If you are determined enough to succeed and play the long game in any kind of business, then eventually things will lean into your favour, and allow you to be a force for good in your sector. It is not enough for a person to simply add value in terms of revenue. To truly integrate, they must also seek to align with a company’s values. 10x’ers always work best when they are not treated as a simple cog in the machinery. Leaders must strive to treat their organisations as human beings in order to generate the best from each person. There will always be a need for bureaucracy, but it must never impede progress or competitive advantage for an organisation. If this occurs, then the organisation runs in a detrimental way. We must streamline bureaucracy in order to put forth the right message and gain agility. BEST MOMENTS ’The art is in the execution' ‘When you want something done, you go to the busiest person in the room’ ‘Luck is the cross-section of opportunity and preparedness’ ’It’s really about a people-centric management policy as opposed to a “cover your ass” management policy' ‘Rent fast – hire slow!’ VALUABLE RESOURCES Michael Solomon - https://www.10xmanagement.com/michael-solomon/Rishon Blumberg - https://www.10xmanagement.com/aboutus/rishon-blumberg/Game Changer by Michael Solomon and Rishon Blumberg (Amazon) 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 METHOD Nick’s Facebook page: https://scaleup.vip/FB  Nick’s LinkedIn: https://scaleup.vip/LI  Nick's Instagram: https://scaleup.vip/IG  Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.globalSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

 One of the most important factors in your success will be the voices that guide you through your journey. No matter what stage you’re at in business, you can always benefit from the wisdom of those who’ve trod the path before you. In this week’s ’15 Minutes To Action’, Nick pays tribute to the incredible people who have helped him to ascend to the top in business, and how they helped him get there. 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  When embarking upon our journey, we must crystallise our goals. Decide on the things we hope to achieve, and visualise the place we want to be. Physical health leads to mental wellbeing. If we improve our physical energy, then we can achieve more. Personal branding, social media and marketing are essential tools in building our business and our unique stamp on the world. Asking yourself the tough, probing questions can unlock new worlds of creativity. It unlocks the issues that hold us back and presents new solutions.   BEST MOMENTS ‘One of the biggest changes in my life was realising that I needed to surround myself with people who could help me get to where I wanted to get to’ ‘I’m not a self-made man. I got a lot of help’ ‘If you have more energy you can do more. You can be more’ ‘It’s the people you meet in these environments that can change everything'   VALUABLE RESOURCES Dent Global - https://www.dent.global/Daniel Priestley LinkedIn -https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielpriestley/?originalSubdomain=ukCarl Allen LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/iamcarlallen/Rob Moore LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/robmoore1979/?originalSubdomain=ukRock Thomas LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/rockthomas/Rich Litvin - https://richlitvin.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 METHOD Nick’s Facebook page: https://scaleup.vip/FB  Nick’s LinkedIn: https://scaleup.vip/LI  Nick's Instagram: https://scaleup.vip/IG  Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.globalSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

This week sees Nick in conversation with the incredible Steve Sims, a man who’s worked with the likes of Elon Musk, Andrea Bocelli and Elton John in turning dreams into a reality. Known as the “real life Wizard Of Oz”, Steve is a man who can turn the impossible into the possible. 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 Nothing is ever impossible. The greatest challenges come through being told that an aim is unachievable. The more extreme the task, the greater the sense of fulfilment.  Our ability to convince someone else to do something amazing is increased exponentially if we convince them that we believe in it. When we want something, we often ask for it using questions that can easily be shut down. Ask investigative, open questions that can influence the answer, and you’ll see far greater success. Before focusing time and resources on technological solutions, identify the solution itself, and then present yourself as the solution to the clients who need it. This is the path to a scalable model. Asking “why” can unlock a whole new pathway towards opportunities. Often the answer can throw up a different way of thinking, and whole new set of motivations and insights.   BEST MOMENTS  ‘My superpower is ignorance. I’ve never understood that anything isn’t possible’ ’People know when I walk into the room what I’m after!’ ’They always laugh at you before they applaud’ ‘I want people to have a great “I can” than an “IQ"'   VALUABLE RESOURCES The Bluefish - https://www.thebluefish.comSteve Sims - https://www.stevedsims.comBluefishing: The Art Of Making Things Happen – Steve Sims (Amazon)   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 METHOD Nick’s Facebook page: https://scaleup.vip/FB  Nick’s LinkedIn: https://scaleup.vip/LI  Nick's Instagram: https://scaleup.vip/IG  Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.globalSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/

Nick talks to Chester Elton, author, speaker, founder of The Culture Works, and leading global expert on leadership, culture, and engaging your people. Chester joins Scale Up With Nick Bradley to talk about his book, ‘Leading With Gratitude’, and why gratitude in business is so important in effective leadership. If you’re struggling to build great teams and instil your culture, then this week’s show is a must-listen! 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 Travel, spending time in different cultures, and getting out of your comfort zone, grants you a series of life lessons and teaching that you simply can’t get from academia. When taking on a new responsibility or pursuit, the more you do it the better you get. You can’t expect to walk into a new skill. It’ll be hard at first, but stick with it. We are never too advanced in our field to stop receiving guidance from coaches or mentors. Even the top athletes in the world still retain the services of coaches in order to keep growing. You can’t be fearful and grateful at the same time. Focussing on the positives in our life not only eliminates fear but promotes a positive state and mindset, and encourages productivity. 99% of the world turning up in the hopes that they’ll do a good job, but mistakes will inevitably happen, and that’s okay.    BEST MOMENTS ‘You treat everybody well. You be good to everybody. Everybody’s having a tough day’ ‘Who are you grateful for that’s not at the table. Who are you grateful for who’s at the table, who hasn’t been thanked yet?’ ‘Your job is to wake up every day and make someone’s day a little better’ ‘Anything that you start, that you’ve never done, is difficult’ ‘We call it “little wins along the way"'   VALUABLE RESOURCES Chester Elton - https://www.chesterelton.com/welcomeChester Elton LinkedIn - https://www.linkedin.com/in/chesterelton/Leading With Gratitude (Amazon)www.leadingwithgratitudebook.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 METHOD Nick’s Facebook page: https://scaleup.vip/FB  Nick’s LinkedIn: https://scaleup.vip/LI  Nick's Instagram: https://scaleup.vip/IG  Scale Up Your Business, coaching/consulting: https://suyb.globalSupport the show: https://highvalueexit.com/