When we start out on a business adventure, we are in LOVE with our idea! We want to talk about it, spend time working on it, and we can't stop thinking about it in the shower. Bill Flynn joins the show today with over 30 years of experience working with startups to explain to us what we should be falling in love with instead when we start a business. 

Check out Bill's #1 Amazon Best Seller, Further, Faster, here: https://amzn.to/3hcznV0 

Our brain is the most powerful influencer for us when it comes to taking action on our idea or not. It's vital for us to unlock our brains and gain confidence in our abilities otherwise we may never take this action. Business and wellness coach, public speaker, and author, David Rahman joins the show today to discuss why we are lacking confidence and how we can reprogram our brains to unlock our inner abilities! 

Learn more about David here: https://www.mind.coach/

Shannon Bowling is the co-owner of Impact Business coaching and an advocate for starting a business as a side hustle. In this episode, we hit on several key takeaways for those looking to start small and grow from there. These include how to reduce the amount of time and energy needed to build a business in your free time, why your first business maybe shouldn't be a passion project, and more! 

Shannon recommends the books Eat That Frog! by Brian Tracy (https://amzn.to/31LnG0P) and Awaken the Giant Within by Tony Robbins (https://amzn.to/3kAUjam). 

Shannon Bowling's LinkedIn (https://www.linkedin.com/in/shannon-bowling-1771b499/).

At 15 years old, Ariana Feygin proves that one is never too young to make an impact! From starting to become a chef at 4, getting on MasterChef Junior, and starting her own philanthropic company, she has shown the power of perseverance. Ariana and host, Caleb Dykema further discuss aiming higher than what everyone thinks you can reach, and continuously pushing yourself to bigger goals.

Bulb Into Business: Part 1, a module focused on helping you get your mindset ready for starting a business is now up on https://justthebulb.com/. Check it out!

The difference between having an "idea focus" and having a "customer focus" is a great chasm that many new entrepreneurs face. If it's not crossed, the business will fail. In this solo episode, Caleb Dykema discusses the time he discovered this great chasm when he was developing his prototype and describes how he built a bridge to cross to the other side. 

Set up your mind for success by going to https://justthebulb.com/ and checking out the Bulb Into Business Part 1 module!

Matthew Kee is the Startup Development Manager at Startup Hub as well as the co-founder of Kadence Financial. In this episode, Matthew explains why most startups don't need, nor do they want funding in the beginning because of how high-risk your business is. We also discuss how to remove this risk to position yourself for funding down the road. 

Matthew recommends the book, The Lean Startup by Eric Ries (https://amzn.to/2XiHXtg) 

We talked about one of the many options for an app builder that doesn't require code. Glideapps is one of them (https://www.glideapps.com/) 

You have an idea for a business...but don't know where to start. So often we have great ideas for products, apps, services, or side hustles, yet so few people take action to create their idea. They think they lack the resources, experience, and motivation to start but it's just a matter of changing the mindset. This module is meant to help you take the first critical steps in laying out the mindset and vision necessary for your success. 

After this episode, you will be more ready than ever to take action and turn your light bulb idea into a business! Maybe you still have questions? Schedule a free 45-minute video chat with me, Caleb Dykema, where we can fit this model to your specific idea! Schedule here: https://calendly.com/justthebulb/bulb-into-business

Jordan Paris, the host of the Growth Mindset University Podcast, joins the show today to discuss how one should design their own life and not let a job design it for them. We put this in terms of going after your idea and how you can design your ideal life as an entrepreneur by providing people value and getting monetary value in return. 

A book that supplements this episode is Designing Your Life by Bill Burnett and Dave Evans (https://amzn.to/2Bp90eO).

Check out Jordan's podcast here: https://jordanparis.com/category/growth-mindset-university-podcast/.

You want to get your product onto Amazon but you're not sure where to even begin or you're looking for a new side hustle. Eric Wulterkens has been selling on Amazon for 13+ years and joins to the show today to discuss the mindset and physical tools needed to be successful when doing it for the first time. Although Eric mainly sells books and media, many of his strategies can be applied to selling anything on Amazon. 

Two books that have brought him success are The Blue Ocean Strategy by W. Chan Kim (https://amzn.to/2CU8Yw4), and The Long Tail by Chris Anderson (https://amzn.to/3jlA0x0). 

Check out one of Caleb's favorite design tools, Canva (https://canva.7eqqol.net/justthebulb). 

Brian Johnson struggled with finding a job after college and didn't want others to suffer the same way. After having coffee with someone with a similar business model, he began developing his own staffing agency to fix this problem. Now he's an advocate for recent grads and college students looking to find their purpose once the cap and gown have been removed. We discuss his solution for recent grads looking for their purpose, how a lifechanging experience can be a coffee cup away, and having different plans in place starting out in college. 

The recommended book for this episode is Awaken The Giant Within by Tony Robbins (https://amzn.to/32sVNNb)