February 07, 2021

542: Sean Castrina | How to Start a Simple Service Business

31 minutes

Sean Castrina is an active business owner and serial entrepreneur. He started my first company at the age of 23 and has never stopped since! After starting more than 15 successful companies he began to teach entrepreneurship as an authority. With his book, 8 Unbreakable Rules for Start-Up Success and podcast The 10 Minute Entrepreneur, his mission is to equip current and future entrepreneurs for success.

Let’s dive straight into the episode and learn how you can find success by doing something as simple as starting a service business.

Things you will learn in this episode:

[00:01 - 04:21] Opening Segment

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I introduce today’s guest Sean Castrina

Author and entrepreneur

Sean give some background into his life

Grew up in Virginia with a hard work ethic

Athletic through school

‘Average but energetic’

Working at the things you’re good at

[04:22 - 18:52] Massive Success in Simple Service Companies

How to know what to focus on developing

The things that came easy to us

What do people say that you’re good at

Our skill sets are limited - find what you’re a 7 or 10 at

Sean shares his life from college forward

Got a degree, job, then married

You never have job security

Never wanting to be dependent on others for a career

Sean’s venture into business

Starting with service companies

Copy and pasting the working model

Where to put your resources/capital

Solve a problem, fill a need, satisfy a desire, build a following

Looking for the areas people aren’t in yet

Example from Sean

Selling a successful blueprint

Making something faster and better

There are countless needs to be met

Never started something over $10,000

Using your superpower and partnering with others

Examples of needs that can be serviced

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[18:53 - 30:56] Closing Segment

Who you know or what you know?

What you know helps you not be dependent on others

Who you know gets you further and faster

How connections affected Sean

The first book would never have happened

How Sean connects with quality people

Praying for people that will advance you

Building a network within your space - your ecosystem

The snowball effect

An action step to take to find success in connections

Reach out to people who are bigger and better than you

Become the person who can advance others

ThE RaNDoM RoUnD

How to reach out to Sean

Links below

Final words

Tweetable Quotes:

“We’re not gifted in as many areas as we think we are… I’m good at this one thing so let’s put in our sizable amount of energy into it and develop it.” - Sean Castrina

“Faster and better makes a lot of money…” - Sean Castrina

“I’ve never spent more than $10,000 on a start-up yet and I have had three 7-figure businesses.” - Sean Castrina

“Every month try to reach out to someone who is bigger and better than you.” - Sean Castrina

Resources Mentioned:

8 Unbreakable Rules for Business Start-Up Success

The 10 Minute Entrepreneur

Connect with Sean on Twitter, LinkedIn, and Instagram. Visit https://seancastrina.com/ to learn more.

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