Million Dollar Mastermind with Larry Weidel

Frances Avrett is one of the most influential female entrepreneurs. When she started her career, she was just a farmer’s wife helping with the greenhouse business plans when hard times struck, and she had to step up and be the primary caregiver of her family. She found herself in the financial services world, and it has led her to great success.
• One principle – Start where you are right now whether you are ready or not.
• Make decisions fast.
• Comparing business that compared to the greenhouse business.
• Law of the harvest.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:42] Big career change. [9:28] Narrow things down. [12:42] Take a lot of “no”.

When business legend Bill Orender challenged Larry to be interviewed on his own podcast, he knew he couldn’t let Bill down. Larry tells us the thing that all of his businesses have in common: the wow factor. He also gives us the rundown of what success and winning mean to him.
• Winning is living.
• Don’t have a bucket list, have a list of something you do all the time.
• Accomplishment is, overcoming obstacles.
• Go for wow.
• Get exposed to great things.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:58] Abundantly Beyond. [8:47] In life, you’re supposed to do something great. [12:48] Inspired by wow art.

With business, you learn you have to spend money to make money, and that’s exactly what founder Aaron Singerman did when he started RedCon1. Now he has made it to #27 on the INC 5000 2020 list and is active in the process of expanding his business to new levels. He gives us insights into how his business invested $500K dollars and went into the black within 60 days.
• Keeping 200 high-quality people performing at peak level.
• Why & when you must invest in your business.
• Team town hall meeting.
• Continue the excitement of your company by continuing to have new things of all kinds happening.
• It’s awesome to be big.
• If you’re making progress, you’re happy.
• Never quit, is the big thing to instill into yourself.
https://redcon1.com

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [4:10] $500K of stocked products. [13:23] Plans going forward. [17:58] Painful moments.

After his partner left the radio show, Aaron Singerman knew he couldn’t let the door stay closed to the endless opportunities ahead. One opportunity led to another and before he knew it, he was starting RedCon1 and is now #1 on the INC 5000 list in his product category and has an annual revenue of over $100M. He’s learned that as you create success, you create more opportunities.
• Importance of finding the thing in life you can be great at.
• All in, all the time.
• Anything worth doing is worth overdoing.
• Suddenly his long-time radio partner quit.
• Don’t stare back at the closed door.
• Being proactive in looking for opportunities to move up.
https://redcon1.com

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:43] Immediately pivoted. [7:06] Opportunities are around you. [11:17] No way to be successful with that attitude.

Up to a 9-figure revenue with his supplement company, RedCon1 owner Aaron Singerman gives us the rundown of how his business came to be. Going from a life of drugs to a healthy life can be challenging, but he has managed to make nothing out of something within 5 years. Aaron proved his dedication to RedCon1 by purchasing the URL for RedCon1 for $5,000.
• Where the name came from and how it’s important.
• Where RedCon1’s vision came from.
• Overcoming lack of high school education and early drug problem.
https://redcon1.com

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [4:54] Started off as marking director. [9:32] Differentiating factor. [13:27] Epiphany moment.

Larry is in the hot seat, with special host Bill Orender a legend in the business world, talking about the foundational thinking that caused the growth of the financial services company for over 38 years. Larry walks us through going from being a successful housing superintendent to losing his job and being unemployed having to figure out a way to find success again. He took his time, but within 9 months he found something he could be excited about again!
• Trying to get the spark.
• You can find the missing pieces when you follow those who know what they’re doing.
• Failure today can lead to success tomorrow.
• Sustained success is what causes you to get big.

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [8:40] Loved winning. [12:30] If you’re not improving, you’re going to die. [17:35] If you’re not growing, you’re bored.

After designing the living room pieces, Lamborghini and Riva 1920 were so impressed with Jackson Hedden’s work that they decided to have him design bedroom pieces for them as well. Jackson takes us through the wild experience he’s had with luxury brands and explains how he matches his designers with customers based on personalities.
• How he won the Lamborghini account.
• Money making designs are mass-produced.
• It’s the research you do on your own is what makes the difference.
• What he learned from Lamborghini and Bentley about being elite.
• The end goal is to have a certain percentage of the market belong.
• Problems start when other people get involved and don’t care as much.
• How to tell if a vendor or supplier is going to work out long term.
• It’s all about testing:
Say to yourself, “I could be wrong.”
Test it – if it doesn’t work, improve it.
https://www.jacksonhedden.com/

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [7:13] Bentley Experience. [11:40] A “wow” business. [20:17] Turn your antenna on.

After starting his company in 2019, Jackson Hedden has made his way up the INC 5000 list at #251 for 2020. He discusses how his company started out and the steps they took to discover that running your business with a personable touch leads to more success than to make it seem larger than life.
• The first meeting is getting to know them personally.
• Turn clients into your ambassadors.
• Top, Middle, and Bottom Funnels
• Business is business everywhere.
• How to make them fall in love with you.
• Prospects respond to the personal touch – No one wants to be handed off to an assistant.
• Learn pain points.
https://www.jacksonhedden.com/

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:38] Individualized Research [13:47] Hit them with your personality first. [15:12] Non-personable

Founder of self-named design house, Jackson Hedden takes us through the journey of how working for Ford for free helped lead him to contracts with Lamborghini, Bentley, Kodak, Lego, and Gillette. Jackson discusses how he took payments in knowledge over money and how it led to great success.
• Working for free allows you to build up your portfolio until you can charge.
• In the beginning they come to you because of your personality and drive.
• When you work for the best, you learn how to be the best.
• Learn from professionals and you save years of development.
https://www.jacksonhedden.com/

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [3:09] Mentality. [6:20] Instead of money, take knowledge instead. [11:32] What is UI & UX?

Since their beginning, NOVICA has paid over 100 million dollars in commissions to local artist around the world. Co-Founder of NOVICA, Roberto Milk is back to talk about the attention his company gives to the important aspect of quality. Their prices aren’t the highest, but their quality is. He also discusses some of the bumps the company made in the process, including the hiccup the company experience to ensure their deal with National Geographic brought success to the company.  
• 30% of their artist's lives are changed forever. 
• Constantly heard… This will never work. 
• The 3 times they faced a financial crisis. 
• Data is in shared platform.
• To win long term, get comfortable with the worst-case scenarios. 
• https://www.novica.com/

TIME-STAMPED SHOW NOTES: [12:16] Build a system, not a business. [22:57] Shared platform. [25:50] Behind the scenes.