Studying to become an electrical engineer, Steve Chou didn’t have any intention to get into eCommerce or any kind of business for that matter. However, when his wife became pregnant with their first child in 2006, she wanted to quit her job. That led them to start looking at business opportunities and stumbled upon open source shopping cart. Their business soon took off with the help of Google AdWords and content marketing. Wanting to document his entrepreneurial journey, Steve got into blogging and eventually created an eCommerce training class as well as the Sellers Summit which is an annual conference dedicated to eCommerce. Steve dives into selling on Amazon and where he sees eCommerce going in 2019 and beyond, and shares some marketing tips for people considering getting into eCommerce.

Getting Started In eCommerce with Steve Chou

The Outsourcing & Scaling Podcast is a weekly podcast hosted by entrepreneur, CEO, and founder of the FreeeUp Marketplace, Nathan Hirsch. On the show, you’ll receive exclusive advice from leading entrepreneurs, business owners, and startup founders in eCommerce, Amazon, Shopify, and digital marketing. Discover how you can bootstrap a business from the ground up without any outside funding and scale a team so you can stay focused on the growth of the business. From real life experiences to step-by-step processes and proven business systems, you’ll gain actionable tactics you need to scale a business that doesn’t depend on you. Learn about selling on Amazon, building a Shopify eCommerce business, optimizing Facebook ads, running a digital marketing agency, outsourcing to people all over the world, running a business completely remote, search engine optimization, influencer marketing, podcast marketing, content creation, Facebook, LinkedIn, Youtube, Instagram, financial management, compan

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There is an almost preternatural obsession among people, especially among entrepreneurs, with getting every single little thing they do "right," no matter what being "right" costs them down the line. In the long term, making mistakes is a natural and healthy part of any successful journey, especially when your business is growing and you need to begin to outsource. Jim Bunch is known for being an impact investor and advisor who is on a mission to lead a global initiative to change the world. He joins Nathan Hirsch in discussing how mistakes are embedded in the journey you're choosing to take as an entrepreneur. The key is making sure you use those mistakes to springboard towards learning and getting better.

Making Mistakes: The Price Of “Right” With Jim Bunch

The determination to succeed, the grit, is key in actually embarking on your own personal journey towards success. One who lacks grit and determination is one that's doomed to get stuck where they are, with no opportunities to experience true growth. Nathan Hirsch is joined by the Founder and CEO of UpMyInfluence.com, Josh Elledge. Josh talks about why determination is such an integral part of attaining even the slightest measure of success. Let Josh and Nathan show you how you can manifest that grit and determination.

The Determination To Succeed With Josh Elledge

No business is able to truly grow and expand with only one person keeping the ship running because there's just too much to do for only one person to handle. If you really want your business to thrive in expansion, creating a team is absolutely essential—and as a business owner, this is what you have to be on top of, down to the tiniest detail. Gary Coxe is a business and life strategist, as well as the author of the book, Don't Let Others Rent Space In Your Head. Joining Nathan Hirsch, Gary dives into his experience of starting a business and how outsourcing support helped his business flourish. If you're still not convinced that you should focus on building a team over trying to shoulder everything on your own, maybe Gary can change your mind.

Creating Your A-Team With Gary Coxe

A successful business is a product of a close-knit team behind it who trusts one another. This is one of the key components that made guest, Ryan White, who he is now—a seven-figure digital entrepreneur, investor, influencer, press contributor, and speaker. In this episode, Ryan takes us across his entrepreneurial journey, particularly of starting his globally-recognized social media marketing company, Social Revelation. He shares his hiring process that is greatly rooted in being a family-oriented business as well as his business structure. Sharing his social media expertise, Ryan then gives out tips on trying to grow a brand, business, or market online. Go behind the scenes of Ryan’s company and learn great points that you can consider when starting your own, scaling it, and taking over social media.

Getting Started In eCommerce with Steve Chou

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