Lavahot Entrepreneur Podcast - Business, Marketing, and Personal Development

Self-education beats formal education. Teaching yourself new skills every day based on your passion expands your mindset. Entrepreneurial success is not based on acquired education but on your self-taught skills.

In today’s episode, we speak to John Malott, an empire builder who has gone from $600 p over $30 million. Malott is the  CEO of  O’snap, a company that aims at transforming minds, bodies and bank accounts with its innovative technology and combined cutting edge supplements.

In this session, Malott shares his entrepreneurship journey from a high school dropout, drug addiction, finding mentorship from Dave, personal development and venturing into entrepreneurship as no one could hire him. Malott has built over 1.5 billion sales over the last 27 years. Tune in to the episode and get to learn more about entrepreneurship.


Key Highlights From The Episode


[01:25] About John Malott

[04:23] How mentorship impacted Malott’s life on the right path.

[08:49] Key advice Malott would give to his younger self

[12:24] About O'snap's mission in transforming minds, bodies and bank accounts

[15:09] The negative effects of artificial sugars

[17:14] Osnap’s plant-based supplements

[19:30] Tips to creating and building your personal brand

[23:40] Collaboration as the new currency

[30:22] To connect with Malott

[31:38] To connect with Malott’s wife-Naj Malott

[33:39] Malott’s speech on based on the song-How low can you go


Notable Quotes


●       When your mind expands, it can never go back.

●       The biggest challenge is when you have a big ego right now, they might be cheering for you, but secretly, they don't really like you in the back of their mind.  Once you fail, they will kick you down really fast.

●       Humble yourself, and do not forget where you came from

●       Doors do not open when you are an egotistic maniac.

●       Before you get your body right, get your mind right.

●       Branding equals authority. Authority equals access. Access equals power. Power equals wealth.

●       Collaboration is the new currency.

●       Say less to more people because you can get that to scale.

●       Money loves speed.


Resources


To connect with John Malott

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/john.malott/

Website: https://www.osnap.com/

 

To connect to Malott’s wife, Naj.

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/najmalott/

 

The Lavahot podcast is proudly sponsored by

Rice’s Termite and Pest Control www.delmarvasbestpestcontrol.com

Matt the Carpet Guy

To find opportunities, you have to be open-minded. Try and find opportunities in every situation or any point of life.

In today’s episode, we explore finding opportunities with Cedric Armwood, who turned a $14 setback into $26,482,293 and has dominated the sales chart for the last seven years. Cedric is well-known for his slogan, “Forget Your Credit, Just Call Cedric.”

In this session, Cedric shares his journey from working as a manager at Mcdonald's, getting fired for a $14 invoice mistake, meeting the CD seller at a gas pump that offered him a chance to be a leading car sales professional with $100,000,000  worth of vehicles sold. Cedric was open-minded to take the chance and explore the opportunity. This chance led to immediate success, and it presented some philosophies that he would carry with him over the next decade.

Key Highlights From The Episode

[01:13] About Cedric

[02:05] Cedric’s sales volume

[05:13] Key success strategies

[09:08] Getting fired at Sears over $14.78

[14:24] Moving forward after his job loss

[16:42] Challenges when it comes to selling cars

[17:36] How Cedric has managed to create his top brand 

[19:28] How social media presence has impacted Cedric’s business

[22:43] How Cedric helps individuals start with their credit

[25:35] Cedric’s medical condition

[27:56] How to connect with Cedric

[32:33] What you need to get to your next step

[34:03] Where Cedric got his glasses

Notable Quotes

●       If you have seen it done before, it’s actually possible.

●       It’s not about what you earn. It’s about what you become.

●       If you put someone in a comfortable situation or payment, it allows you to retain them in the business and allows the customer to keep coming back.

●       Anytime you are doing marketing, it has to be catchy. You got to get people wondering        what that is.

●       Best known will always be the best.

●        If you help other people get what they want in life, you have everything you want.

Resources

To connect with Cedric Armwood

Contact- 443-944-3440

Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/mr_armwood/

The Lavahot podcast is proudly sponsored by

Rice’s Termite and Pest Control

Matt the Carpet Guy

Entrepreneurship is a journey full of hurdles and risks but at the same time with greater profits. With the right motivation, patience, consistency, hard work, and delaying gratification, you can reap significant benefits.

In this episode, we discuss the peaks and lows of an entrepreneur's journey with Nathan Bourne, the founder, and CEO of MyCORE. 

In this session, Nathan shares his entrepreneurship journey from humble beginnings, the setbacks, risks, fighting his ticket, not getting comfortable to success to building a direct sales organization, MyCORE Besides, he expounds on bringing value to the marketplace, committing to the process, patience, and tips to a successful entrepreneurship journey. If you are looking into starting your company or venturing into entrepreneurship, this episode has all you need.

Key Highlights From The Episode

[00:38] About Nathan Bourne

[02:27] Nathan’s journey into entrepreneurship

[06:53] Nathan’s introduction into the networking marketing industry

[10:55] Joe’s and Nathan’s high school moments and their reunion in 2011

[15:00] Being not okay with where you are and pursuing more

[17:14] Nathan’s exposure to business

[19:08] Finding the flame within people

[20:48] Bringing value to the marketplace

[26:08] Committing to the process and delaying gratification

[30:58] The transition of Nathan’s company MyCORE

[42:29] Tips to starting a company

[43:22] The main products best suited for any company and what the customer journey looks like.

[48:20] To reach out to MyCORE

[49:35] Is MyCORE hiring?

[50:28] Surrounding yourself with successful people

[53:38] Dealing with haters

[58:21] Joe’s emotional story shared to him by Nathan about him a few years back

Notable Quotes

●       You can always do more. Don’t allow excuses when it comes to what can be done.

●       In order to be viable in the marketplace, you have to bring value to the marketplace.

●       It is the little decisions that compound over time

●       People don’t commit to the process. They don’t have the patience and delay gratification and marination necessary.

●       Thoughts don’t become things. Plenty of people think about stuff. Feelings become things. Your feelings will give you the fuel to do the tangible things.

●       It’s not about what you make. It’s about what you become.

●       Life is not becoming anything but unbecoming of the things that we are not. So we can become who we were meant to be.

●       The economy flows through payroll.

●       People are not concerned with where you are. They are concerned and attracted to where you are going.

●       Haters are your biggest believers.

Resources

Mentioned Book

Rich Dad Poor Dad By Robert Kiyosaki

To connect with Nathan Bourne

Website: https://www.mycore.io/

The Lavahot podcast is proudly sponsored by

Rice’s Termite and Pest Control

Matt the Carpet Guy