Entrepreneurs on Fire

John Lee Dumas of EOFire
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Apr 5, 2022 • 26min

How College Sophomores Turned $20, a Cellphone and a Dream Into a Cookie Company Valued at Over $500M with Tiffany and Leon Chen

In 1999, Tiffany accidentally stood up Leon Chen for a date. As an apology, she baked and delivered a batch of warm cookies, and the concept of warm cookie delivery was born. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. You can have more chances to succeed by building and focusing on growing your company first before raising money. 2. You can do it. If you're looking to start a business or you're early in your business, and you are unsure about your next growth step, have confidence in yourself. It can be scary but go for it anyway. 3. There is no one way to get it done. It almost doesn't matter your values, as long as you know what they are and you live by them. Visit and get a 20% discount on cookies and/or the book - It's Not Just Cookies! (Page not found) - Tiff's Treats Cookie Delivery Website Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! Thinkific: Create more income, more freedom, more time, and make more of an impact on the world by creating an online course! Get started with Thinkific for free at Thinkific.com/eof!
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Apr 4, 2022 • 21min

How to Live Tax-Free as an Entrepreneur with Carter Cofield

Carter Cofield is a licensed C.P.A who's goal is to teach entrepreneurs how to live Tax-Free. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Being an entrepreneur, you are creating jobs which stimulates the economy so the government has massive tax breaks for entrepreneurs. The sad thing is, 90% of entrepreneurs have no idea and doesn't take them. 2. If you're saving 40% every year on taxes, that's more money to pass down to your kids, and to future generations. We need to start thinking and knowing that we have more control of our money than we think we do. 3. Every company is entitled to have annual meeting, and it can be wherever and whenever they want it to be. Do business with your friends and/or your family so you can have annual meetings and have fun, and deduct 100% of your trip. Access a tax-free living ebook that has over 200 tax deductions that all entrepreneurs and business owners can take in alphabetical order. It has a thorough explanation of how to deduct the expense. Get 70% off this ebook by visiting TaxFreeLivingBook.com/FIRE Sponsor: HubSpot: A CRM Platform that gives you exactly what you need to help your teams thrive. Learn more at HubSpot.com!
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Apr 3, 2022 • 53min

How Bootstrapped SaaS Startup Ahrefs Manages to Grow 60% YoY In a Competitive Market with Tim Soulo

Tim Soulo is the Chief Marketing Officer and Product advisor at Ahrefs, an industry leading SEO tool, powered by Big Data. He's a frequent speaker at marketing conferences around the world and an author of many data-driven SEO research studies. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. It's hard to succeed in marketing if your product is awful. You should care about the product first; then, the marketing will almost take care of itself. 2. All you have to do is to explain to your existing customers what is awesome about your product. 3. If you're not pitching your product to people who are potentially interested in it, you're actually doing them a disservice. Ahrefs TV - Watch Ahrefs videos on Youtube! Sponsor: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com!
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Apr 2, 2022 • 49min

The Secrets Behind Moving from Just DREAMING About Being an Entrepreneur to Actually Becoming One with Steven Clayton

Steven Clayton is an serial entrepreneur who has started 5 successful businesses in the last 15 years (all still running and profitable). These businesses generated over $17 million in the last 12 months. In addition, within the last 4 years alone, Steven (and his partners) have trained over 10,000 new entrepreneurs. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Hope is not a good strategy. 2. Figure out what you love to do and do more of that. Figure out what you don't enjoy doing and do as little of that as possible. 3. There is a direct correlation between most successful entrepreneurs and those who are in touch with their happiness recipe. Successful Entrepreneurs have One Big Idea. Follow JLD's FREE training & you'll discover Your Big Idea in less than an hour - Your Big Idea Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! ZipRecruiter: Find the right employees for your workplace with ZipRecruiter, the #1 rated hiring site in the US, based on G2 ratings! Try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/fire!
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Apr 1, 2022 • 55min

7 Steps To Designing The Perfect Funnel System For Your Business with Bryan Dulaney

Bryan Dulaney has been marketing online since 2006 and is the CEO and Founder of the Perfect Funnel System, which is responsible for generating over $60 Million in online revenue for his clients, partners and his own products and services. Bryan believes that your expertise powered by the "right system" can change the world! Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. When you're creating your irresistible money magnets, there are two things: 1. having the right bait for the right audience, and 2. curiosity. That is the driving force of it all. 2. It's not about making an offer for making-an-offers' sake. It's making an offer that's going to add more value and help more people 3. Create one perfect offer that provides massive value and results for others, and then create one funnel that will last the test of time. ManyChat - Meet Messenger Marketing Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! Thinkific: Create more income, more freedom, more time, and make more of an impact on the world by creating an online course! Get started with Thinkific for free at Thinkific.com/eof! Coda.io: The doc that brings it all together! Get your team all working together on the same page for free at Coda.io/fire!
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Mar 31, 2022 • 34min

Growing a Top 25 Business Podcast with Sam Parr

Sam Parr is the founder of The Hustle & Trends.co — one of America's fastest-growing media companies with a focus on millennials, tech, and culture (acq. by HubSpot). He's also the co-host of My First Million — a top 25 business podcast. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Figuring out what people have done is truly helpful, but you've got to go and get after it. 2. It's a good habit to create a plan, have a goal, get into the momentum and the habit of hitting your target, and seeing progress. It's beneficial to life, and makes you feel that you can overcome so many things. 3. It is easier to have money, and to throw money at problems. Check out the greatest hits of 2021 from Sam's podcast - My First Million Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! Clay Clark: Looking for a business coach who has helped thousands of entrepreneurs increase profitability by an average of 104% annually - all for less money than it would cost to hire a minimum wage employee? And all on a month-to-month basis!? Schedule your free consultation today with Clay Clark at ThrivetimeShow.com/fire! Coda.io: The doc that brings it all together! Get your team all working together on the same page for free at Coda.io/fire!
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Mar 30, 2022 • 26min

Why Now is the Time to Redesign Your Work and Life with Graham Cochrane

Graham Cochrane is the founder of The Recording Revolution, a 7-figure online music business and author of the book "How To Get Paid For What You Know". Top 3 Value Bombs: 1) If you haven't started a business, you have a business hidden inside of you. 2) None of us are truly experts. We're all just normal people who grew up in the dark and are figuring things out. 3) It takes more creativity and diligence to stop doing all the things every day. Evaluate what it is in your business that leads to consistent sales and revenue, and do only those things. Discover Graham's passive income system and start earning $1000/mo with just 30 minutes a day - Passive Income Workshop Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! Coda.io: The doc that brings it all together! Get your team all working together on the same page for free at Coda.io/fire! ZipRecruiter: Find the right employees for your workplace with ZipRecruiter, the #1 rated hiring site in the US, based on G2 ratings! Try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/fire!
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Mar 29, 2022 • 30min

The Secret to Creating a Residual Income Empire off of Credit Cards with David & Patricia Carlin

David & Patricia Carlin are the Powerhouse Couple behind Residual Payments. They have dominated the credit card processing industry for over 2 decades creating millions in residual income. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. A merchant account helps a business accept payments online. Once you get setup, everytime you take a card payment, residual income is generated as percentage of that transactions at the end of the month. 2. It's not the knowledge, it's the accountability to make sure that they do what they need to do, hitting their goals, and have that support. 3. Having personal relationships far surpasses being a sales person trying to get a deal competing with other people. Learn more about the program with a 30-day moneyback guarantee - Residual Payments Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! Coda.io: The doc that brings it all together! Get your team all working together on the same page for free at Coda.io/fire! Thinkific: Ever feel like a record on repeat with 1-on-1 coaching? That's what's great about online courses – take your knowledge and turn it into an online program! Get started with Thinkific for free at Thinkific.com/eof!
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Mar 28, 2022 • 19min

Turning Passion into Profit with Jaspreet "Jas" Mathur

Jaspreet "Jas" Mathur is an accomplished Canadian entrepreneur, venture capitalist and lifestyle influencer. He launched his first business at age 12 and has since founded and reinvented a variety of successful companies. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. You have to identify your definition of success and find the purpose driving you to become the most successful version of yourself. 2. Limitless means you can achieve anything and everything you set your mind to. 3. Evaluate your friends; stick with the people who inspire you, and learn from them. Surround yourself with the right people. Connect with Jas on Instagram - Jas' Instagram Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com! Coda.io: The doc that brings it all together! Get your team all working together on the same page for free at Coda.io/fire! Conversion Fanatics: If you're generating 7 to 8 figures + from your website, and you're not doing conversion optimization, you're leaving revenue on the table! Visit ConversionFanatics.com for a free proposal today and tell them EOF sent you!
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Mar 27, 2022 • 28min

The Flawless Facebook Ads Formula with Ethan Sigmon

Ethan Sigmon is the founder of Opesta, a Facebook Messenger automation software. Prior to founding Opesta, he built a 7-Figure Facebook Ads Agency where he has generated tens of millions in sales through Facebook ads. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. When you're running an effective ad, you want to be testing one variable at a time so you'll know exactly what difference that variable makes. 2. The Shotgun technique: Create as many ads as you can with as many different creatives and as many different copy types, and; then test to as many different audiences as possible. You'll figure out what works really fast! 3. Everything you do should have a system and a process. Sponsor: HubSpot: Learn how to grow better by connecting your people, your customers, and your business at HubSpot.com!

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