Lessons & Ideas

Lessons & Ideas

By Bryan HarrisBusinessEntrepreneurship
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Lessons & Ideas episodes

  • November 2019 Growth Tools Update
    Every month Will Hoekenga and I get on a call and talk about major initiatives and stuff I'm working on at my company, Growth Tools.
    This is our November 2019 Update.
    Key areas we cover:
    1. Experiments in trying to figure out how to sale our 4-week marketing classes
    2. Four engineering projects we're working on 
    3. Personel issues and hiring updates
    4. A new report we use that's provided some pretty legit takeaways 
    Hope you enjoy!
    47 min
  • 6 steps to get more out of every non-fiction book you read
    Ruben Gamez asked how I go about taking stuff from the books I read and implementing and executing on them.
    1. Read one chapter at a time
    2. Underline key points and concepts as I go
    3. At end of chapter, stop and write down all of the concepts into a note
    4. Organize the notes so it logically flows
    5. Rinse and repeat for rest of book
    6. As ideas and applications of the core concepts come up, put them in my ideas inbox
    5 min
  • 7 steps to decide what projects to work on
    James Clear recently asked how decide which projects to work on. Here is our process:
    1. Pick projects quarterly
    2. Dont add new projects once quarter begins
    3. Capture any new project ideas
    4. Spend 1 hour a month sorting the ideas and ranking
    5. Spend 1 day a quarter to pick and define appetites
    6. Write out a short scope document
    7. Schedule it
    8 min
  • September 2019 Growth Tools Update
    Every month I shoot a quick video updating the Growth Tools  team on what we're working on and what I'm excited about.
    Highlights:
    Update #1: An entirely new way to learn how to build an email list
    Update #2: Solving 2 problems with our free tool for creating lead magnets, Attract (plus, a new partner!)
    Update #3: 1 position we’re hiring for, and 1 position we’re considering
    Update #4: Sales slumped this summer. Here’s what we learned.
    47 min
  • 8 ways to get me to hire you
    We usually get 100+ applicants when hiring. Filtering through them all can be tedious. 
    Here are 8 things that I’ve noticed make people stand out.  
    1. Excitement level
    2. Fit
    3. Follow  
    4. Familiarity
    5. Fluffy words
    6. “Destiny”
    7. Experience
    8. Projects
    Here is a written summary of each point: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1wFxfLCQGVlyoj2JOIlzoYl7YQFKnGrIArRsm8Wh63O0/edit
    11 min
  • 2x buy-in from your team
    ‪One tweak thats helped to 2x buy-in from the team = rephrase task as a question.‬
    ‪👉🏻 “What would you think about ?”‬
    ‪Helps leadership develop by being part of the decision vs just the conclusion. ‬
    5 min

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