Million Dollar Mastermind with Larry Weidel

In this episode, Larry speaks with the founder of Capacity David Karandish about the variety of skills needed to run a successful start-up. David says the best entrepreneurs are experts at variable elimination.

• You will be growing more skills at a faster rate because you are in a start-up.

• Focus on the most important variables — focus on 4 to 6.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [2:12] Named Forbes best start-up. [6:00] Variable elimination. [13:33] AI revolution

If you don’t grow you’re going to stall out. In this episode, Larry speaks with business leader Tonia Poe about making the necessary changes to evolve your business and your life.

• Change your attitude towards possibilities.

• Change what you think is important.

• Change what you do with your time.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [2:20] Change is a matter of upgrading. [9:35] Dreaming big demands change. [15:15] Follow your natural curiosity.

It’s one thing to learn to earn money, it's another to learn to save it. In this episode, Larry speaks with business leader Tonia Poe about winning insights on managing your money for the long term.

• You don’t have to be from the ghetto to use bad financial ideas.

• Pay yourself first.

• You can make a lot of money and still do a bad job managing it by not living inside your budget.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [4:25] Invest in yourself. [8:30] Learn to save money. [13:20] Long term and short te

In this episode, Larry speaks with business leader Tyler “Sully” Sullivan about how to scale up your business while remaining lean through an outsourced business model.

• He only knew what he knew.

• He asks customers what they want — they're the boss not him.

• Super lean highly profitable business.

• In the beginning, he did it all out of necessity.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:40] He followed the traction. [7:55] 20-hour workdays. [9:55] Bring in the experts.

In this episode, Larry speaks with business leader Tyler “Sully” Sullivan about the beginnings of his first business BombTech Golf which has sold $15M in sales so far this year!

• https://www.bombtechgolf.com.

• Result of his obsession with wanting to hit incredibly long drives.

• His 1st epiphany — You can make money and not be working at a job or sitting in front of a computer.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:25] Accidental entrepreneur. [8:15] The Golf industry. [10:15] Go in with pure passi

In this episode, Larry speaks with business leader David Karandish about how to hire when managing a start-up. David says there are four types of people within a start-up business: prospectors, map makers, guides, and those who starve in the wilderness.

• Capacity started in 2017.

• Started with 5 people, today he has 70.

• Start-ups are not like most companies.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:20] Capacity. [7:25] AI Software Market Growth [12:00] How to hire for a start-up.

In this episode, Larry speaks with multi-million dollar earner Bryan Clayton about the difficulties of inventing a product from scratch. He says the only roadmap a startup has is customer feedback.

• How to secure new ideas to make your new company happen.

• "The Startup Owners Manual” - Steve Blank & Bob Dorf

• The personal realization that caused him to keep moving forward.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [4:20] Earn your way. [8:45] Incremental goals. [13:30] GreenPal’s slow but steady rise.

In this episode, Larry speaks with the host of The VeryVera Show Vera Stewart. They discuss the importance of getting sponsors and how she partnered with big name brands such as Sub-Zero Wolf, Cove, and Hershey.

• Getting the fundamentals in place to allow yourself to spend time being creative and adding extras that give

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [2:25] From teaching to entrepreneurship. [7:35] Professional etiquitte. [14:00] Importance of sponsorships.

In this episode, Larry speaks with successful entrepreneur Vera Stewart about the 37 years of consistent hard work and persistence that resulted in the expansive VeryVera brand — consisting of The VeryVera Show, The VeryVera Cooking Camp, The VeryVera Cookbook, and The VeryVera Internship Program.

• Why her cooking school has sold out for 18 straight years.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [1:25] The main part of her business. [6:10] The upbringing that shaped her. [11:35] The right attitude leads to growth

In this episode, Larry speaks with Multi-Million dollar earner and founder of M.C. Squares Anthony Franco. Anthony describes the many advantages of getting involved in the entreprenuerial community. His final advice for those wanting to become an entrepreneur: Don’t do it unless you can’t live your life any other way.

•Denver Startup Week - https://www.denverstartupweek.org

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [2:16] The Entreprenuerial Community. [6:00] His Approach to Sales. [14:30] Don’t Be Boring.