From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in (year). Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Jim Dew is the CEO of Dew Wealth Management. He has 24 years of experience building high-functioning wealth management teams and virtual family offices for entrepreneurs. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Have the right structure. It may seem overwhelming depending on where you are as an entrepreneur, but you can put that out as a goal you can start working toward 2. Go DEAPR on your tax planning. D is for defer; E is for eliminate; A is for arbitrage; P is for pay now, not later; R is for reduce. 3. The tax code is very complicated, and there are many opportunities to do things legally to dramatically reduce taxes. Find out where you fit on the Wealth Mastery Matrix! - Wealth Mastery Matrix Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Podopolo: The best podcast listening app in the world is here! Visit Podopolo.com, download the app for free, mention JLD or EOFire when you sign up, and start listening now!

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in (year). Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Clay Clark is the former U.S. SBA Entrepreneur of the Year, founder of 6 multi-million dollar companies, Forbes Contributor, author of 13 books & host of 6-times iTunes chart-topping podcast. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Most people have allowed the process of optimizing their website to become over complicated. 2. “Whatever you do, do it well; do it so well that when people see you do it they will want to come back and see you do it again and again and again..." 3. Understand the urgency of the situation. Check out Clay's eBook for Search Engine Domination! - TheBestSeoBook.com Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Speakeasy: An app that allows you to organize your own live talk show! Visit GetSpeakEasy.com to download the app and start interacting with your audience LIVE!

Bobby Demars is the Founder of Blind Barrels - a blind whiskey tasting subscription, the first to create disruption of the industry’s current distribution model by showcasing American craft distilleries. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Find a place to park your problems. Address yourself why you’re stressed. Are you chasing what others want to see in you or what you want to see in yourself? Comparison is the death of joy. 2. Redefine your success. Check in on how you feel and the people around you feel. That should be the benchmark of your success. It’s the happiness you create for others and for yourself. 3. Overcoming obstacles is difficult. Managing it with your mindset before you take the risk will allow you to deal with these ideas, obstacles, and stresses that automatically come with your business. Check out Bobby’s website - Blind Barrels Sponsors: ZipRecruiter: If you want a stress-free hiring process, then trust me: you’ll be so thankful you tried ZipRecruiter! Try it for free at ZipRecruiter.com/fire! HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Podopolo: The best podcast listening app in the world is here! Visit Podopolo.com, download the app for free, mention JLD or EOFire when you sign up, and start listening now!

Collin Mitchell, the host of Sales Transformation, is currently co-founder and CRO of salescast. As a 4X founder, he is passionate about Sales, Entrepreneurship, and Podcasting. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Changing mindset from “always be closing” to “always be helping” made a big difference in winning more relationships that resulted to larger deals. 2. Don’t hold back anything. If you’re a person that educates people in your niche, and you start to create super fans through that, people will want to work with you and support what you do. They will send business your way. 3. Being a better listener and a more curious person are two of the most important traits for a seller or an entrepreneur. Sign up for Collin's Newsletter Founders GTM Playbook and get a free copy of his new book Content-Led Growth - Founders GTM Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Speakeasy: An app that allows you to organize your own live talk show! Visit GetSpeakEasy.com to download the app and start interacting with your audience LIVE!

Justin Colby is an entrepreneur, real estate investor, and a mentor that has built 3 multimillion dollar business with a focus on marketing and sales. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Now is always the best time to real estate. Don’t be the person trying to catch the falling knife, or find out the top of the market so you can sell, or the bottom of the market so you can buy. 2. Be an opportunity seeker. Go out and create the opportunities at volume so you can maximize opportunities. 3. It’s about maximizing each opportunity. Some are better rentals, some are better as flips, and some are better as wholesale. Follow Justin on Instagram - Justin Colby's Instagram Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Podopolo: The best podcast listening app in the world is here! Visit Podopolo.com, download the app for free, mention JLD or EOFire when you sign up, and start listening now! Speakeasy: An app that allows you to organize your own live talk show! Visit GetSpeakEasy.com to download the app and start interacting with your audience LIVE!

Jon Ostenson is a top 1% Franchise Broker, Owner/Investor, and Author of the book 'Non-Food Franchising'. He draws on his experience as a former Inc. 500 Franchise President and Multi-Brand Franchisee in serving his clients. He is a frequent contributor on Franchising for Forbes, Inc., and The Franchise Journal. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. We've never seen so much interest in business ownership and alternative investment opportunities as we've seen over the past two to three years and it's only getting stronger. It really is across the board. 2. These non-food businesses, they're cash flowing, they're Amazon resistant in many cases pandemic resistant or recession resistant. That's what's attracting people. 3. A lot of businesses in different industries are getting into franchising and finding there's just a lot of benefits to scaling through that path and it's certainly not right for everyone, but for a lot of businesses, it is. Franbridge Consulting - Visit and sign up for a complimentary copy of the new book, Non-food Franchising. Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Thrivetime Show: Is this your year? Visit ThrivetimeShow.com/eofire to see how Clay Clark’s business coaching has helped thousands of entrepreneurs to dramatically increase profitability!

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in (year). Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Greg Smith is a former lawyer, now founder of a software company with over 40,000 customers selling hundreds of millions in online courses. Greg, CEO of Thinkific, employs over 100 people helping you create your own course or membership site. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Do not stop at the moment of sale, but focus on delivering value after the sale. 2. Linear learning is proven to give better results. 3. No one will promote your product if it is not a solid product to begin with. Live up to your promise. Fire Nation, right now you can a get 1 month free on the Thinkific Pro plan, PLUS leverage over $1,000 worth of training bonuses FREE. Visit Thinkific.com/fire! - Thinkific Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Podopolo: The best podcast listening app in the world is here! Visit Podopolo.com, download the app for free, mention JLD or EOFire when you sign up, and start listening now!

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in (year). Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Paul Daly is the founder and CEO of Congruent and host of the Clarity Compressed podcast. After the acquisition of his first business he is focused on empowering others to connect with their audience through his brand-first approach. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Brand is a feeling, and that feeling is the reflection of your viewers values back at them. 2. Brand building does detract from sales, and that is why you need to have the vision for what your brand should and could be. 3. Brand is gravity. Realize that the strength of your brand will attract the right things to you. A workshop that teaches you how to define and deploy brand in the real world! Get 50% off with code EOF! - Brand Is Gravity Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Speakeasy: An app that allows you to organize your own live talk show! Visit GetSpeakEasy.com to download the app and start interacting with your audience LIVE!

From the archive: This episode was originally recorded and published in (year). Our interviews on Entrepreneurs On Fire are meant to be evergreen, and we do our best to confirm that all offers and URL's in these archive episodes are still relevant. Rick Mulready is the host of the The Art of Online Business podcast and an industry leading expert in teaching online experts how to take their online business to the next level. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Simplify the set up; allow the Facebook algorithm to get you the results you're looking for. 2. Identify how well you understand your targeted customers when you are doing ads so you can leverage all the targeting capabilities on Facebook and on Instagram 3. It's all about mindset and the willingness to test and be patient when running your ads Visit Rick's website to learn more about his trainings! - Rick's Website Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Podopolo: The best podcast listening app in the world is here! Visit Podopolo.com, download the app for free, mention JLD or EOFire when you sign up, and start listening now!

Matt Briel is the VP of Marketing at Lulu.com. After more than 15 years leading Sales and Marketing teams in the Media & Publishing space, he’s developed a unique passion for helping creators and solopreneurs become more successful by leveraging books as a catalyst for opportunities and sustainable revenue. Top 3 Value Bombs: 1. Get out there and do it. And if you've been inhibited in the past by fear there are tools out there that can help you do this quickly and easily. 2. One thing that that entrepreneurs and creators these days really need, especially early on, is attention. You have to draw attention to what you're doing, who you are, what your goals are, what your business might be. 3. Most people these days are having the most success connecting with their communities by selling directly and creating those exclusive one-on-one relationships; it just feels more personable and relatable. Connect with Matt on LinkedIn! - Matt's LinkedIn Sponsors: HubSpot: Learn how HubSpot can help your business grow better at HubSpot.com. Speakeasy: An app that allows you to organize your own live talk show! Visit GetSpeakEasy.com to download the app and start interacting with your audience LIVE!