In the early days of business one of the ways I generated more exposure for myself and my business was through leveraging PR. Here I share the strategy I used in the past to approach top entrepreneurs and media personalities.

Your friends will believe in your dreams, but it's your enemies that will help you achieve them. The price you pay as an entrepreneur for leading the field means that everyone will be copying and following you. Don’t get upset about this. Business shouldn’t be about protecting ourselves from the competition or getting incrementally better. It’s about innovating and aiming to be 10 times better.

We filmed today’s episode at TEDxMacquarieUniversity, where I spoke about the future of education. Our question comes from a member of the audience and AskJackD viewer, Angela. I’ve said before that the best entrepreneurs find one thing to focus on, and become the best in the world at it... but how do you find that ONE thing?

We need to be comfortable with being uncomfortable, and with failure... but a reputation that has taken years to build can be tarnished in only seconds. So how do we fail forward, without damaging your brand? I give some tips for how to manage and contain failure so that it pushes you onwards, not backwards.

How has failure pushed you forwards? #AskJackD

Is there a correlation between rappers and entrepreneurs? Absolutely YES. Rappers and entrepreneurs share both a creative ability and a need to create. They are two different expressions of artistry, born from the same need to construct something that didn't previously exist.

What are your thoughts? Are you an entrepreneur with another creative talent? Share your story below #AskJackD

In this episode I’m joined by entrepreneur Justin Dry, who has built a company with $50mil+ revenue, 400,000 members and a team of 100.

We take questions on:

- Business growing faster than cashflow allows

- Lessons learnt from the early hard days

- Operating in a changing industry

- Building a brand

- Why hiring is more important than firing

When hiring people to join your team you should focus on talking them out of coming to work for you, not into it. It's called de-selection, and this is why it works.

In this episode I talk to Instagram influencer & Founder of Build Your Empire, Brad Cameron, around what it takes to grow an your Instagram account to 1 million followers.

We take questions on:

3:09 - How did you generate so much traffic and build a follower base towards yourself and company?

8:51 - I want to start my own business but have no access to funding for startup what should i do?

12:57 - What are must haves when trying to create a business plan?@jackdelosa @bradcameron_ I've managed busy restaurants for years, effective in operations and building teams and can cook. I want to open a restaurant but not sure how to start.

16:19 - Where do you find people to network with to find a mentor?

19:42 - Where do you find people to network with to find a mentor?

Out of every 4000 people that try and raise money in Australia only one person succeeds. Yes, the odds are against you, but the good news is the ability to raise money for a business is a skill and it can be learnt. Today I go through what you need to show investors to attract funding.

Is it better to invest or use crowd funding as a start up? I talk through the benefits of crowd funding, and why it's okay to start with with nothing... it might be the best, and most challenging, thing that you do.