Bootstrapper's Paradise

Tim Eulie is an experienced creative consulting partner working with businesses in wellness, lifestyle, culinary fields, and healthcare to strategically develop their visual assets.

Tim works at all stages of UX right from the conceptual stage, creating an idea, coordinating the hardware and talent, and overseeing production to its final stages. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• How Tim started working in UX.
• What UX is and its purpose.
• Why a company needs to have solid UX.
• How to effectively apply UX to receive the best outcomes.
• The difference between UI and UX.
• How to react to user error issues.
• What makes a good UX process.

Resources:

• The Design of Everyday Things
• Ruined by Design
• The Storm of Creativity
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with Tim Eulie:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Instagram

Connecting with the host:

Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

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Nick Yarnall is a Univesity Professor, President and CEO of Potestiam, and a serial entrepreneur.

Nick is a big believer in incorporating your hobbies and your work life so that you’re working on something you love. Through doing this Nick was able to conceptualize, design, manufacture, and successfully launch a technology accessory in just 4 weeks. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• How Nick found his passion for 3D printing.
• The unique docking stations Nick designed for retro handheld gaming devices.
• How Nick engaged with his target market to gain discovery feedback.
• The power of Reddit and how Nick used it to generate hype.
• How to gain international status with a new product.
• The advantage of working on a product that you’re really passionate about.

Resources:

• Reddit Retroid
• Pocket DOCK
• YouTube
• Potestiam
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with Nick Yarnall:

• LinkedIn
• Email

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

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Jason Pratt is an innovative leader with over 15 years of experience in Management, Operations, Marketing, Consulting and Talent Acquisition.

As President of the Life Solutions Group, Jason is responsible for the management of the firm’s carrier and strategic alliance partnerships and works closely with each one to ensure the best service and outcomes possible. Jason works closely with the firm's team of professionals and helps to mentor and manage their practice.

Jason also runs his own Financial practice with a focus on Retirement Planning and Tax Advantage Strategies. Jason is a member of GAMA International and is a 2016 Frontline Leader Award winner and 2011, 2012, and 2013 GAMA Recruiting Specialist Award winner. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• The benefits of being a self-financed financial planning and business consulting firm.
• The increasing popularity of Index Universal Life insurance policies.
• How the revenue model for Jason’s productized services works.
• The living benefits of having life insurance.
• How life insurance can work as an alternative investment vehicle.
• How organizations can use life insurance products to retain staff.
• How Life Solutions Group is looking to expand over the next few years.

Resources:

• Life Solutions Group
• Tax-Free Millionaire
• The Energy Bus: 10 Rules to Fuel Your Life, Work, and Team with Positive Energy
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with Jason Pratt:

• LinkedIn
• Phone (9786055204)
• Email

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

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Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He’s extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he’s worked with. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• Creative ways to scale your company besides hiring.
• Why you should map out your growth trajectory.
• Common traps companies fall into when in a growth phase.
• The ways problems can snowball.
• Different types of growth.
• Why not all growth is good growth.

Resources:

• Blog post: How to scale your firm without hiring
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Sean Boyce by Email

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

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RJ Grimshaw is the Chief Executive Officer and President of UniFi EF and a Board Member of the Equipment Leasing and Finance Association. 

He is a Corporate Strategy & Development Specialist, with a consistent record of delivering extraordinary results in growth, revenue, operational performance, and profitability. Known for having a strong orientation in operations and finance, RJ drives operational initiatives, including infrastructure design, process reengineering, turnaround management, and reorganization. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• How Rob became the CEO of a financing company.
• What intrapreneurship means and why it’s useful for locating new opportunities.
• How an intrapreneurship mindset helps speed up product development.
• The value proposition Rob has for his new app that he’s bringing to market.
• The difficulty of measuring impact or ROI in online marketing.
• The difference between vital and functional employees and why both are necessary.

Resources:

• FedFis
• Fintech Cowboys
• UniFI EF
• Staff Geek
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with RJ Grimshaw:

• LinkedIn
• Website
• Twitter
• Email

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

Bootstrapper's Paradise - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He’s extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he’s worked with. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• What a growth trap is and when it starts to affect businesses.
• Why so many firms fall into a growth trap.
• What a healthy growth trajectory looks like.
• The issue of focusing on the wrong set of metrics.
• Why profit is more important than revenue.
• How to avoid your professional services firm falling into a growth trap.

Resources:

• Blog post: How to avoid the growth trap when trying to scale your professional services business
• Blog post: Scaling services starts with the bottleneck
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn
• Sean Boyce by Email

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

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Dave Banerjee has been the CEO of RND Resources for over 37 years, where he provides outsourced regulatory compliance consulting to Broker-Dealers, Registered Investment Advisers, FCM, Banks, and Insurance agencies. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• How RND Resources helps financial service companies.
• The fundamental basis of investment markets.
• The increase in innovative activity in financial engineering products.
• The different types of people involved in new digital elements.
• How Bitcoin started and the validity of the idea behind it.
• NFTs, digital autonomous organizations, and how financial service companies are innovating in this space.
• The difference between regulations in the institutional and retail space.
• The level of commitment required to pass the regulatory process.
• Different policies around cross-currency transactions.
• The difference between minimizing taxes and tax avoidance.
• How the world of finance will change in the future.
• The issues with blockchain technology.

Resources:

• RND Resources 
• FCC
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with Dave Banerjee:

• LinkedIn

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

Bootstrapper's Paradise - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He’s extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he’s worked with. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• How to prepare your service firm to be ready for growth with scalable services.
• Common ways people try to scale services.
• Why hiring extra people is an inefficient way to scale your service.
• The value of making your operations more efficient.
• The importance of focusing on profit rather than revenue.
• Why it’s necessary to chart your growth trajectory and how to do it.
• What a value map is and what it needs to include.
• How to identify bottlenecks in your growth trajectory.
• How you can improve operational efficiency through creating repeatable processes.

Resources:

• Blog post - Scaling services starts with the bottleneck
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn
• Sean Boyce by Email

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

Bootstrapper's Paradise - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/

Nik Shah is an investor, entrepreneur, and Founder & CEO of Home.LLC where he helps people buy their first house and build wealth.

Nik sold his first startup in his freshman year of college and graduated from Carnegie Mellon University with a focus in Business & AI/ML. He has been a management consultant to Fortune-100 clients at Ernst & Young and built a $250M innovation fund as Chief of Staff at Ernst & Young. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• What Home.LLC is and how they help people buy their first home with minimal savings.
• The huge amount of demand there is in the housing market.
• What makes a business model sustainable.
• How to identify pain points that people are willing to pay for.
• How to get authentic feedback and reliable data.
• How to measure product-market fit.
• Ways to build more momentum in your startup.
• Why the name of your company is not important.

Resources:

• Home.LLC
• The Mom Test
• Superhuman
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with Nik Shah:

• LinkedIn
• Email

Connecting with the host:

• Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

Bootstrapper's Paradise - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/

Sean Boyce has run his own consultancy firm NxtStep Consulting for over 10 years and has founded multiple other companies at the same time. He’s extremely experienced in working with B2B SaaS product businesses and is well-known for having a big impact on the businesses he’s worked with. Here are a few of the topics we’ll discuss on this episode of Product Launch:

• How to avoid making assumptions in the sales process.
• Why repeatability needs to come before scaleability.
• How to create a hook in your sales process.
• The power of running a podcast.
• How podcasting can help you connect with new prospects.

Resources:

• LinkedIn Sales Navigator
• How to Build a Sales Process for Your Product
• StaffGeek
• People Analytics
• The Consulting Trap
• NxtStep
• Podcast Chef

Connecting with the host:

Sean Boyce on LinkedIn

Free Email Course - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/course

Private Coaching - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/coaching

Bootstrapper's Paradise - https://bootstrappersparadise.com/