Inter:views | Cracking The Entrepreneur Bottleneck

Make no mistake, your number one job as a business owner is not to die.  In human bodies, blood is what keeps us alive. In a company, the life blood is cash-flow.  That’s why your #1 priority should always be cash-flow.  Cash-flow is the real cash, the money that you have on hand. It’s different from revenue or profit, which are numbers on a piece of paper. Cash-flow is tangible: you can see it in your bank account.  Growth requires cash. The faster your business grows, the more cash you need.  In this special episode, I answer one key question: How can you have consistent sources of cash to fuel the growth of your company? —---- Download my eBook - https://www.laurentnotin.com/get-my-ebook #podcast #entrepreneurmindset #entrepreneurship #cashflow  #financialmanagement

Alinka Rutkowska  is the Founder & CEO of Leaders Press where she creates books for entrepreneurs from scratch, and launches them to best-seller with a 100% success rate. We go deep into book writing.  Content: How entrepreneurs can share their wisdom with a book How to get on the bestseller list  The differences between lead generator books vs. legacy pieces What the book writing process is  How to get on to the best seller list What her legacy piece would look like —---- Download my eBook - https://www.laurentnotin.com/get-my-ebook

I’ve talked to a hundred entrepreneurs on my show. I’ve coached and mentored dozens of business owners and start-up founders.  There’s one thing I’ve learned about entrepreneurship: It’s a calling! Either you have it or you don’t. No entrepreneurs set themselves up to fail. No entrepreneurs believe they can't do it. But it happens more often than we'd like to think. Why? Usually, because company's founders have locked themselves into a situation they can't get out of. They know something's wrong, perhaps they've seen some signs or people have warned them, but somehow, they don't act. Call it ego, fear, or lack of accountability. It doesn't matter.  Because of their inaction, the company doesn't move forward either. The consequences can be devastating.  That's what I call becoming the main bottleneck in your business, and it's the biggest risk you face.  There are many ways you can be a bottleneck, but the price you pay is always the same: you're stuck. And when you're stuck, your business is stuck. Listen to the episode to find out how it manifests and what you can do about it.  --------- Listen now: https://www.laurentnotin.com/podcast #podcast #entrepreneurmindset #entrepreneurship #entrepreneur #unlock

Nick  is the Founder & Steward of Lime Painting, an emerging franchise brand in the US, focusing solely on high-end homes and businesses. We discuss: > How he became an entrepreneur in the painting industry > What franchising is about and the advantages of owning a franchise vs. starting your own business > The importance of giving back to communities > How to stop the “noise between your ears” (hint: show up, push harder and smarter) > The keys to expand the business from 7 to 60 franchisees in one year during the pandemic --------- Get my eBook -  https://www.laurentnotin.com/get-my-ebook

Launching a new 26-episode special series to help you better navigate your entrepreneurship journey.  We start with episode 1, A For Advice.  Here’s the definition from the dictionary: guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action.  Here’s my definition applied to entrepreneurship: Seek knowledge and experience from people who have it. Listen more, and speak less. Do yourself a favour and stop pretending that you know everything. --------- Get my eBook -  https://www.laurentnotin.com/get-my-ebook 0hVbGk6eBpnhN02MeY4Y

Howard holds the world’s fastest reader title in the Guiness Book of Records.  He can increase the learning rate of an average individual by 100% in 4 hours resulting in better decisions, fewer costly mistakes, and more time to devote to the things that matter to them. In this episode we discuss: Why being the world’s fastest reader matters The importance and benefits of learning faster and remembering it How to actually read faster How to ask the right questions How to deal with pressure and be in the right state of mind 72 years of wisdom.  --------- Get my eBook -  https://www.laurentnotin.com/get-my-ebook

Mike is a serial entrepreneur, Author of the best-selling book Owner Shift - How Getting Selfish Got Me Unstuck, and host of the How’d It Happen podcast.    In this episode, we cover: Bootstrapping vs. VC money How he became the bottleneck in his business How getting selfish got him unstuck What entrepreneurship taught him about himself What’s his current mission I’ve been repeating it: being the bottleneck in your business is the highest risk you face. Learn from others like Mike. 

Arnaud defines himself as an Author, Entrepreneur, and Optimist.  In 2012, he co-founded a start-up because he thought he could go after Facebook. Unfortunately, he had to throw in the towel after 7 years. He shares this experience in his book How Hard Can It Be - Startup Lessons From Trying (And Failing) To Take Down Facebook In this episode we cover the story behind the book, the lessons he learned about start-up and himself, how he managed failure, and why he remains an optimist. A podcast for ALL start-up founders.

Carrington is the founder and President of Carrington Legal Search and best-selling author of "Blooming." This conversation focuses on the importance of designing one’s own life. We cover: How trauma has impacted her journey and made her who she is today What it takes to create opportunities for oneself Why our stories determine who we are, and how to shift to a positive mindset How entrepreneurship has transformed her Many of the things she says will resonate with you as they did with me. 

To be and remain the best, entrepreneurs need to sharpen their skills, be disciplined, grow resilience, inspire others and make fast decisions under constant pressure.  Exactly like professional athletes.  But where professional athletes understand the importance of resting to let their bodies and minds recover, it seems most entrepreneurs don't follow their example.  Imagine what happens to professional athletes when they overtrain. They injure themselves, and potentially ruin their careers.  Well, it's exactly the same with entrepreneurs. When they overwork and forget to rest and relax, they burn out.  In this special episode of Inter:views, I invited 3 coaches to discuss founders' mindset: Evelien van Es,  Andrew Miller, and Joye Ra.  On the menu: What's the relationship between mind, body, and work? We always think work, work, work although it's not sustainable long-term. Why is it so counterintuitive?  What negative patterns do you see with most entrepreneurs you work with? Why? What should business founders do more of (or less of)? How can entrepreneurs deal with pressure and failure? Is it OK or not OK to show you're vulnerable when you're a business founder? Why? What's your one recommendation to entrepreneurs to help build their mindset?