Your First Thousand Clients with Mitch Russo

016: Mike Ayalon on Following His Passion


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Mike Ayalon is the CEO of Greek University, an educational platform that has inspired countless institutions across North America in identifying, understanding and resolving current social issues.

As a successful motivational speaker and entrepreneur, Mike has headlined over 300 presentations across 100 college campuses such as Sexual Assault Prevention, Hazing Prevention and Campus Safety, Alcohol and Drug Abuse Prevention, Strategies for Managerial Excellence, and Diversity in Student Organizations.

Mike's strong technological background and varied professional experience in building companies from startup to over $25 Million in annual sales gives him a profound understanding of the ways these issues penetrate educational structures today. Mike is a TIPS-certified trainer and the former Executive Director of Sigma Pi Fraternity with 125 chapters and over 100,000 members nationwide.

In this episode, Mike and I discuss:

  • Filling in the gaps and the start of his entrepreneurial journey
  • Lessons learned from building websites and doing SEO
  • Growing client base from the scratch
  • Importance of getting niche specific
  • Changing roles and going after his own dreams
  • Building systems so the business can run without you
  • College years, hazing and misconceptions about it
  • Dealing with the pain from the past
  • His journey to 1000 clients 
  • What he is doing that is changing the world 

Resources Mentioned in This Episode:

  • Greek University
  • Petwebdesigner
  • Greek University's Facebook
  • Greek University's Twitter

Podcast Sponsor:

  • Oscar Hamilton - Podcast Editing & Production services

 

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