Startup Dad Revolution Podcast: Father | Entrepreneur | Family | Leader | Coach

Alan Moore is co-founder of XY Planning Network. He is passionate about helping financial planners start and grow their own “feet only” firms to serve the Gen X and Gen Y clients. He currently lives in Bozeman, Montana so he can hit the slopes on powder days.

Alan is a startup dad who shares in this episode, why the journey to success doesn't necessarily mean there won't be any bumps in the road. Here are some of the key points you will learn:

• Moving forward when the unexpected happens
• Being honest with yourself and doing what you know is right even when it's tough
• Salvaging a relationship with your former spouse after divorce, so you can continue to be an awesome dad
• Managing your income and cutting expenses
• The importance of having a niche and knowing your market
• Why two maybe greater than one - getting a partner in your business
• Hiring when you need the help
• Managing private health insurance

The HandyMan Segment: Tips | Tactics | Tools

• What's your secret sauce? Start
• What is one time management tool? Schedule everything
• How do you stand out above the noise: Content Marketing - show people that you are different
• What is a habit that attributes to your success as a Husband, Father and Entrepreneur? Focus
• Manage your health: CrossFit
• Book every StartupDad should read from a Entrepreneur and Fatherhood Perspective: 4 Hour Work Week

Resources & References Mentioned

• XYPlanningnetwork.com - Contact Alan!
  • Alan Moore - Twitter
• Blue Ocean Strategy - W. Chan Kim and Renee Mauborgne
• The 4 Hour Work Week - Tim Ferriss

Hans Finzel is all about living your passion; doing what you love and loving what you do. This is the theme of his new book, “The Power of Passion in Leadership.” He has been married to his wife Donna for 40 years and together they have four grown children and 6 grandchildren that they enjoy spending time with.

Hans Finzel is our expert startup dad who shares advice on exercising leadership in your business and in your home. Here are some of the key points Hans discusses in this episode:

• Learning from teachable moments and why spending quality time with your child(ren) create great bonding moments.
• The importance of separating work from your home life.
• Sustaining a healthy marriage by dating your spouse and keeping each other as the primary focus in your marriage.
• Becoming a better leader:
  • Practice the art of leadership and the importance of learning to improve
• Being a leader at home:
  • Is less about being the boss and more about creating a partnership with your spouse
  • Providing affirmation to your children and correcting the not so good things
• The formula to leadership
  • Leader + Follower + Situation = Great Leadership
    1. Leader – you as the leader facing your own inner demons and getting healthier
    2. Followers – getting the wrong people off the bus and getting the right people on the bus
    3. Situations – providing the solutions that are not always easy
• Learning through failure and self-discovery
• Knowing when you are not good at certain things and being OK with hiring someone that does
• The importance of recruiting the right people
• Good leaders listen and learn

• HansFinzel.com – Contact Hans!
• The Power of Passion in Leadership – Hans Finzel

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Erik Fisher is the community manager for Social Media Examiner and host of the award-winning podcast, Beyond the To Do List. His podcast focuses on how-to’s about social media, productivity, and podcasting. He has been married for 13 years, and has a 10 year old daughter and a four year old son.

Erik shares in this episode his family life, his StartupDad journey and the keys to his success. Here is what you will learn from Erik in this episode:

• Being productive, by saying no to the right things.
• Trying to find balance with business and family.
• How to learn from the past by focusing on the future.
• Finding your niche and sticking to it.
• Learning your craft through research and personal development.
• Being secure where you are in your journey.

• What’s your secret sauce? Analytical mind
• What is one time management tool? Look at it ahead of time
• How do you stand out above the noise: Be yourself
• What is a habit that attributes to your success as a Husband, Father and Entrepreneur? Taking the time to unplug
• Book every StartupDad should read from an Entrepreneur Perspective: Million Miles and A Thousand Years

• Beyond The To-Do List – Contact Erik!
• Million Miles and A Thousand Years – Donald Miller

Shawn Stevenson is a bestselling author and creator of The Model Health Show, featured as the #1 fitness and nutrition show in the world on iTunes. With a university background in biology and kinesiology, Shawn went on to be the founder of Advanced Integrative Health Alliance, a successful company that provides wellness services for both individuals and organizations worldwide. Shawn is also a dynamic keynote speaker who has spoken for TEDx, universities and numerous organizations with outstanding reviews.

Dan Miller is the President of 48 Days LLC. He specializes in creative thinking for increased personal and business success. Dan believes that meaningful work blends our natural skills and abilities, our unique personality traits and our dreams and passions. Dan is active in helping individuals redirect careers, evaluate new income sources and achieve balance living. He believes that a clear sense of direction can help us become all that God designed us to be.

Here are some key points Dan shares in this episode:

• Being intentional with success not only in business, but most importantly in the home
• Balancing his family and business
• The early years of his entrepreneur journey
• How he sees simple ideas and turns them into opportunities
• Why a job never appealed to him and why he considered getting a traditional job a financial demotion
• The blessing and privilege of an entrepreneur lifestyle
• Validating an idea before you take the leap
• Making the right choices regarding private health insurance

Resources & References Mentioned

• 48Days.com
• 48Days.net
• 48 Days to the Work You Love - Dan Miller
• Wisdom Meets Passion: When Generations Collide and Collaborate - Dan Miller

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Nov 23rd - Episode 101: Dan MillerNov 25th - Episode 102: Shawn Stevenson

Our Father in heaven, hallowed be your name, your kingdom come, your will be done, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us today our daily bread. And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors. And lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from the evil one.

Dr. Tracey Marks is the author of "Master Your Sleep: Proven Methods Simplified." She is a psychiatrist with 18 years experience helping women jump off the hamster wheel and manage life so they can actually enjoy it. As a working mom herself, she noticed that her patients and friends were seeking solutions to help them avoid burnout. She is the creator of Beyond Burnout, a resource for working moms, and she's the host of The Beyond Burnout Podcast.

Derek Olsen is the author of the #1 best selling book “One Bed, One Bank Account.” Derek and his wife Carrie co-host the Better Conversations podcast. Visit www.DerekAndCarrie.com for their free newsletter and get a free e-book.

In this episode Derek shares with us:

• His why- the work he does supports his family
• How being on the road for five months, selling everything and doing meet-ups was a live changing experience
• The behind the scenes journey to his leap
• How one question helped him realize what he didn't want to do for next five years
• The importance of having spousal support when making a decision to quit your job
• Self-publishing their book One Bed, One Bank Account
• How creating a tight budget allowed them the fuel to continue supporting their family and a self-sufficient business
• How their world really changed when the two became three
• The behind the scenes story of Carrie's entrepreneur journey
• The importance of getting out of your comfort zone to reap the rewards

Resources & References Mentioned

• DerekandCarrie.com - Signup for a free newsletter and eBook!
• One Bed, One Bank Account - Derek & Carrie Olsen
• The Better Conversations - Podcast
• 48 Days to the Work You Love - Dan Miller

1. Continuing along the path of essentialism… Cleared out my inboxes: Inbox Zero! 40K emails or so…
   • Process used to clear out
   • Process used to maintain
2. Next week Essentialism Focus is mastering my calendar.
   • I’ve started working on it this week but I’m really going to make serious effort to schedule every bit of my day (no white space) and keep to that schedule.
3. Sales for Jaime Tardy spoke to 5… 2 purchased right away 1 pending and the other 2 weren’t good fits.
4. StartupDad Fanpage just exploded going over 2500 likes, received about 10 or so Ratings and Reviews 3 emails, the Facebook posts above and twitter… I haven’t even had a chance to look at by my twitter notifications have been blowing up. Hopefully good stuff.
5. Interviewed Shawn Stevenson today! TheModelHealthShow and we
6. Working on 2016 Plans
   • Really spent the time to outline a mix of my ideal day would look like.
   • Forecasting 2016
   • Defining my Gross income goal for the year and then breaking that down by months and weeks as well as by prospects (i.e. potential customers0, sales calls, etc… So starting high and drilling down so that it doesn’t see so crazy and undoable… Now I have to figure out the marketing, funnels, etc… to get the potential customers into the door.

1. Enjoy the journey
2. It’s about the journey not the destination
3. It’s a tough / long road
4. Building the character
5. Figuring out all these pieces is not easy
6. Is it worth it! So far financially it’s been tough….

• The $100 Dollar Startup by Chris Guilebeau

• Super excited about this call to action… I discovered, thanks to my good friend Brian Shea, that for a few bucks more a month the email marketing application that I use: Called Active Campaign provides an SMS opt-in feature. Basically what that means is that I can provide you guys with a regular telephone number, which I’m about to do and a pin and when you text that number with the pin you can opt-in right over your phone to get on the StartupDad Newsletter list… Like I said I’m really excited to this bad boy out. So the call to action for this week is send me at text message at 646-495-9867 and enter pin startupdad in the text box and hit send. Prompted to provide the email you want to use for the opt-in and BAM! you’re in… It’s awesome!