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Episode 69: EJ Carrion — Do What's Right, Before You Scale
EJ Carrion is the founder of Student Success Agency, an agency that represents high school students and teenagers and provides them with access to student support services around-the-clock to give them exponentially more time and readiness for college, their career, and life. EJ and John discuss the unique business challenges he faces in his unconventional business, and the importance of technology and proprietary software to his business. Tune in for some great insights into entrepreneurship and building a successful, scalable business.
Key Takeaways:
[:19] John introduces his guest for this episode — EJ Carrion.
[1:14] What does EJ do?
[2:55] How did EJ discover that students not having enough access to school counselors was a problem?
[5:14] The system changes so quickly that it is hard for students to stay on top of all the information they need to make the right choices about their futures.
[10:40] Who is EJ's client?
[11:58] EJ has a very interesting business problem where the client who pays for the service (the schools) is not the same as the client who receives the service (the students). How does he navigate the complexity of this issue?
[16:31] It is important to communicate with your end user in the way they best communicate, whether through text messaging or emojis.
[18:19] What were some of the challenges associated with building the proprietary software EJ uses?
[22:38] John unpacks some lessons from EJ's experiences.
[24:35] How is EJ handling the move into automation and using technology to improve his systems and processes?
[28:11] A mistake entrepreneurs sometimes make is trying to create something at scale from the very outset — it is much more important and productive to have a product or service that customers love and then expand from there.
[34:56] Is there a possibility that EJ and his company could replace the entire counseling department in a school?
[38:41] What is EJ's pricing scheme?
[42:51] Building a real business with real revenue is crucial before trying to raise money.
[46:07] EJ has some advice for parents listening about school.
[48:54] Find out more about EJ and what he does on his websites.
Mentioned in This Episode:
Student Success Agency
EJ Carrion
"Financial Gravity Podcast Episode 33: Shama Hyder — Marketing Zen Extraordinaire"
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By Financial GravityEJ Carrion is the founder of Student Success Agency, an agency that represents high school students and teenagers and provides them with access to student support services around-the-clock to give them exponentially more time and readiness for college, their career, and life. EJ and John discuss the unique business challenges he faces in his unconventional business, and the importance of technology and proprietary software to his business. Tune in for some great insights into entrepreneurship and building a successful, scalable business.
Key Takeaways:
[:19] John introduces his guest for this episode — EJ Carrion.
[1:14] What does EJ do?
[2:55] How did EJ discover that students not having enough access to school counselors was a problem?
[5:14] The system changes so quickly that it is hard for students to stay on top of all the information they need to make the right choices about their futures.
[10:40] Who is EJ's client?
[11:58] EJ has a very interesting business problem where the client who pays for the service (the schools) is not the same as the client who receives the service (the students). How does he navigate the complexity of this issue?
[16:31] It is important to communicate with your end user in the way they best communicate, whether through text messaging or emojis.
[18:19] What were some of the challenges associated with building the proprietary software EJ uses?
[22:38] John unpacks some lessons from EJ's experiences.
[24:35] How is EJ handling the move into automation and using technology to improve his systems and processes?
[28:11] A mistake entrepreneurs sometimes make is trying to create something at scale from the very outset — it is much more important and productive to have a product or service that customers love and then expand from there.
[34:56] Is there a possibility that EJ and his company could replace the entire counseling department in a school?
[38:41] What is EJ's pricing scheme?
[42:51] Building a real business with real revenue is crucial before trying to raise money.
[46:07] EJ has some advice for parents listening about school.
[48:54] Find out more about EJ and what he does on his websites.
Mentioned in This Episode:
Student Success Agency
EJ Carrion
"Financial Gravity Podcast Episode 33: Shama Hyder — Marketing Zen Extraordinaire"