🎙 Inventive Journey | Real Stories From the Startup Survival Club

🎙 Inventive Journey | Real Stories From the Startup Survival Club

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🎙 Inventive Journey | Real Stories From the Startup Survival Club episodes

  • "Don't Make Their Mistakes" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Remy Blumenfeld

    There are inevitably people who have trod the path that you are on beforehand. And, whereas it may feel like an exciting adventure that you are on alone, there are people who have made mistakes which you don't need to make because they can tell you what they are.   There are people who have had successes that you won't understand until they share them with you. So the role of advisors and mentors and board members, however they have come into your company, it doesn't really matter. What does matter is "take their advice"...

    30 min
  • "How to Start Your Social Media Marketing" Expert Advice with Erica Johnson for Entrepreneurs

    "Done is better than perfect. I think a lot of business owners get in this perfectionist mode, and they hear an outside voice tell them, 'Well, you're not posting, what you're posting isn't good enough, ...' from their families, or their friends, or some guru they see.  

    "No. In the beginning days of your business, you've just got to get started. You just have to do something..."

    28 min
  • "Value, Strength, Joy, Monetization" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Lee Chambers

    Find where you can bring value, something that you enjoy (because you're going to have to do a lot of things that you don't enjoy), find where you're strengths are, and something that's monetizable.  Get all them together, and find what's in the middle. There'll be something in there for you that you can do, that will bring value to the world, will get you paid, that'll be something you'll enjoy, and something that you are good at. In that nexus point, that's what you want to do.

    31 min
  • "Your Weapon Is Speed" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Sam Kamani
    As a start-up, your weapon is speed. You are not corporate, so you don't have the bureaucracy, you don't have to have board meetings, you don't have to take 9 months to make a decision.
    But corporations are bigger, and they have more money and more resources. So the only thing you are competing on is speed. So move really, really fast.
    If you have an MVP, if you have an idea, just put if out there. Even if it's just on a landing page, get some feedback, get some free signups, do whatever it takes to keep moving.
    29 min
  • "Don't Do It Alone" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Arn Terry
    Don't do it alone. Find a coach, find a mentor. I'm not talking about your brother or your mum or your dad who has a business. Find someone who has been successful in that type of business.
    For example for yourself, in law practicing. So, if I was to sell in a business in law, I would come to you. I would come speak to you. You know? If I were to sell, you know, get my business to 7 figures, I would speak to you. You've been there. You've done that.
    So it's about finding someone who can mentor you, who has done it. Not just someone who will be like, "Oh ya, you should do this!" Well, ok, well, have you succeeded yet?
    36 min
  • "Give Yourself Some Credit" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Jeremy Hill
    Oftentimes, you give other people too much credit, and you don't give yourself enough.
    I wish that the credit strategy that has been in my head for 10 years, that we just started a year ago, I would have started 5 years earlier. The amount of success that we are having now would have been incredible to be 5 years further.
    We plan, and God laughs, and so here we are. No problem. Right? So, originally, I wish I had done that. I wish that I would have personally given myself more credit earlier.
    36 min
  • "Let Them Be The Expert" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Zach Frantz
    If you have a business partner who is an expert in something, and you're not, which was the case for us (like, we're both good at the opposite things), let that person be the expert.
    Just because someone initially came up with the idea, or just becomes someone thinks they have a good marketing idea, doesn't mean that it IS a good marketing idea.
    In our case, my co-founder is a brilliant designer and a brilliant marketer. If there was one thing that I could be like "Zach, just go back and shut up about it, just let him do his thing..."
    34 min
  • "Don't Accept Crap Rules" The Inventive Journey Podcast for Entrepreneurs w/ Aubrey Blanche
    Don't believe all the crap rules they tell you. Most of it is made up. Ask for whatever you want.
    My job title is "Head of Equitable Design" which was NOT the job that they were hiring for. I have a history of literally making up my own job. That's the thing about tech. It calls itself very innovative, but it's actually a very risk-averse industry.
    And so one of the lessons that I've learned is that there is a lot of facades about what is possible, and what you are told is possible. But if you can punch through that, hopefully non-violently, and just say, "Here's what I want!" I have found more often than not that you'll bring folks to you that want to give you that thing & share that vision.
    28 min

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