Inter:views | Cracking The Entrepreneur Bottleneck

Here’s my definition of discipline for entrepreneurs: Be organized, and get things done, one thing after the other. 

Entrepreneurs are often creative people, excellent at what they do, but sometimes lack the business skills required to run a company. 

My point: don’t worry, you can always learn the business skills (or hire someone). But you must excel at getting things done. And that requires to be disciplined.

So where to start? 

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Fredrik van Huynh is the Co-Founder & CEO of Absolute Internship, an award-winning internship programs designed for ambitious, hard working and talented university students.

Fredrik is also a Tedx Speaker, the host of Fika with Rice Podcast and he’s ranked among Top 25 Swedish Entrepreneurs Disrupting Industries and Breaking Boundaries Around the World. 

Topics we cover: 

- Building a remote company

- Marketing beyond digital

- Bootstrapping the business instead of getting investors in

- Biggest entrepreneurship lessons 

- The importance of reading books

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Make no mistake, your number one job as a business owner is not to die. 

In human bodies, blood is what keeps us alive. In a company, the life blood is cash-flow. 

That’s why your #1 priority should always be cash-flow. 

Cash-flow is the real cash, the money that you have on hand. It’s different from revenue or profit, which are numbers on a piece of paper. Cash-flow is tangible: you can see it in your bank account. 

Growth requires cash. The faster your business grows, the more cash you need. 

In this special episode, I answer one key question: How can you have consistent sources of cash to fuel the growth of your company?

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Alinka Rutkowska  is the Founder & CEO of Leaders Press where she creates books for entrepreneurs from scratch, and launches them to best-seller with a 100% success rate.

We go deep into book writing. 

Content:

• How entrepreneurs can share their wisdom with a book
• How to get on the bestseller list 
• The differences between lead generator books vs. legacy pieces
• What the book writing process is 
• How to get on to the best seller list
• What her legacy piece would look like

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I’ve talked to a hundred entrepreneurs on my show. I’ve coached and mentored dozens of business owners and start-up founders. 

There’s one thing I’ve learned about entrepreneurship: It’s a calling! Either you have it or you don’t.

No entrepreneurs set themselves up to fail.

No entrepreneurs believe they can't do it.

But it happens more often than we'd like to think.

Why?

Usually, because company's founders have locked themselves into a situation they can't get out of.

They know something's wrong, perhaps they've seen some signs or people have warned them, but somehow, they don't act.

Call it ego, fear, or lack of accountability. It doesn't matter. 

Because of their inaction, the company doesn't move forward either.

The consequences can be devastating. 

That's what I call becoming the main bottleneck in your business, and it's the biggest risk you face. 

There are many ways you can be a bottleneck, but the price you pay is always the same: you're stuck.

And when you're stuck, your business is stuck.

Listen to the episode to find out how it manifests and what you can do about it. 

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Nick  is the Founder & Steward of Lime Painting, an emerging franchise brand in the US, focusing solely on high-end homes and businesses.

We discuss:

> How he became an entrepreneur in the painting industry

> What franchising is about and the advantages of owning a franchise vs. starting your own business

> The importance of giving back to communities

> How to stop the “noise between your ears” (hint: show up, push harder and smarter)

> The keys to expand the business from 7 to 60 franchisees in one year during the pandemic

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Launching a new 26-episode special series to help you better navigate your entrepreneurship journey. 

We start with episode 1, A For Advice. 

Here’s the definition from the dictionary: guidance or recommendations offered with regard to prudent future action. 

Here’s my definition applied to entrepreneurship: Seek knowledge and experience from people who have it. Listen more, and speak less.

Do yourself a favour and stop pretending that you know everything.

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Howard holds the world’s fastest reader title in the Guiness Book of Records. 

He can increase the learning rate of an average individual by 100% in 4 hours resulting in better decisions, fewer costly mistakes, and more time to devote to the things that matter to them.

In this episode we discuss:

• Why being the world’s fastest reader matters
• The importance and benefits of learning faster and remembering it
• How to actually read faster
• How to ask the right questions
• How to deal with pressure and be in the right state of mind

72 years of wisdom. 

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Mike is a serial entrepreneur, Author of the best-selling book Owner Shift - How Getting Selfish Got Me Unstuck, and host of the How’d It Happen podcast.   

In this episode, we cover:

• Bootstrapping vs. VC money
• How he became the bottleneck in his business
• How getting selfish got him unstuck
• What entrepreneurship taught him about himself
• What’s his current mission

I’ve been repeating it: being the bottleneck in your business is the highest risk you face. Learn from others like Mike. 

Arnaud defines himself as an Author, Entrepreneur, and Optimist. 

In 2012, he co-founded a start-up because he thought he could go after Facebook. Unfortunately, he had to throw in the towel after 7 years. He shares this experience in his book How Hard Can It Be - Startup Lessons From Trying (And Failing) To Take Down Facebook

In this episode we cover the story behind the book, the lessons he learned about start-up and himself, how he managed failure, and why he remains an optimist.

A podcast for ALL start-up founders.