Our Guest:
Nathan Hirsch is a serial entrepreneur and expert in remote hiring and eCommerce. He has been selling online for over 7 years and has sold well over $20 million worth of product through his eCommerce business. He is now the co-founder and CEO of FreeeUp.com, the hands-on hiring marketplace connecting hundreds of online business owners with reliable, pre-vetted remote workers. FreeeUp is redefining how businesses are able to hire remote freelancers online. He can be found on leading podcasts, such as Entrepreneur on Fire, Eventual Millionaire, and many more, speaking about online hiring tactics. He currently lives in Orlando, Florida.
Story:
From starting in college to buying and selling textbooks to make money, to developing a marketplace for companies to connect and hire workers, today we have our guest Nate Hirsch.
A few highlights of what you will hear:
- Nate's journey from where he started.
- FreeeUp.com Company.
- Started a textbook business in college.
- Dropshipping on Amazon.
- Developing a team for a your business.
- How to land a great job.
- What people look for in workers.
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- Skills
- Attitude
- Communication
- Failures Nate had to overcome during college and business.
- Strategies on dropshipping.
- How to contact big manufacturers.
- Methods on marketing a new business.
- Staying consistent in college.
Impactful Quotes from Nate:
"Instead of going to job boards to post jobs, you come to us."
"Before I knew it I was running this multimillion dollar dropshipping business out of my college dorm room."
"That's when I got my idea because I got really good at developing teams, just like I was in college."
"Do you care more than just about the paycheck."
"If you are a newbie you need to focus on the attitude and communication aspect."
"Day one, I get a call from one of my assistant saying that our biggest vendor just dropped us."
"I went to this ultimate high to this really big low."
"You should never have your business relying on one employee."
"The whole thing really started from cold calling, cold pitches, and word of mouth."
"If you're not willing to do it then someone else will, and work harder at it."
"Figure out what you're passionate about and focus on those things, life is too short to do things that you don't want to do."
Featured Quote:
"Work hard play hard."
Connect with Nate!
- FreeeUp.com
- Sign up as a client. Mention this podcast, you can get a dollar off your first worker forever!
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